Birthday Sundaes Challenge Blog

I found a new challenge blog...Birthday Sundaes.  Here is the details...I love making birthday cards so I'm super excited about this! They are also giving away some candy so make sure you pop over!
A little about the new challenge blog:Birthday Sundaes is a weekly challenge blog beginning March 20, 2011.  The goal of Birthday Sundaes is to build up those birthday card stashes!  I just love to make birthday cards and hope you do too! Types of challenges Birthday Sundaes will be hosting are color, supply, recipe, inspiration & technique challenges incorporated into birthday themed cards.

One of a Kind

What a long week it has been. The kids are over-tired and crabby, I'm tired and will be crabby if the kids don't stop fighting!
My therapy...a card and my cricut. What great therapy right :)
So I have a question to put out there for all of my readers...If you like to enter challenges, how do you choose what ones to enter? Every time  I blog hop I find another challenge and then another challenge. I read on someones blog they had a sidebar list of the challenges they follow and what day a new one came out...I really need to do that. I love making cards for challenges but I have a hard time getting them all straight. I have a notebook I keep track of the challenges in and the ones I enter but there has to be an easier way...right? Any insight would be GREATLY appreciated :)
On to my card. I made this for 2 challenges:
365 Cards: Day 4- One of a Kind
M.A.G Challenge by the Page: Pooh and Friends Cart Page 43


What do you think?
I hit 100 followers yesterday! How exciting it is for me. When I started this blog I never thought people would want to see my cards let alone follow my progress. I'm thinking I should do a 150 follower giveaway. What do you think? Any ideas on some good blog candy giveaway prizes?

Thanks for visiting..Until tomorrow.....

Another Post :)

I love to read...unfortunatly my kids would rather play than pick up a good book. Every night we have to read for school with both the boys. Finding a book that my 4th grader is interested in and wants to finish has been a struggle...until now. We just started reading, altogether, "39 Clues". I am not sure how many there are in the series but we are on chapter 3 in the 1st book. The great thing is, he is LOVING the book. Both the story and reading it to me and his brother.
So I made my son a bookmark for his book and will also enter this into the following challenges:
Cricut Cardz Challenge #64- Bookmark
Karens-Kakes-Krafts- Un-Do Challenge

Until tomorrow...

Lucky Me! and Lucky U!

Yesterday I was having a crafty slump. Nothing was working for me, so I put everything away for the day. I'm back hoping to have a better day. One of the first things I see today on my blogging list was that I won some stamps over at Dana's blog
Imagine What You Could Do. She was having a 50 follower giveaway. Make sure you go check out her blog. She does such great work! So thank Dana!!
Back to crafting..I made this St. Patty's Day card for that someone special...my husband! I'm going to get mushy but he is such a wonderful and supportive husband. What more can I ask for...I get to stay at home and craft all day while he works SO HARD! So thanks so much for all you do for me and the kids :)






I am entering this over at the following challenges:
Fantabulous Cricut- Shape Card
Crafting with Cristina-St. Patty's Day Card
Paper Cutz Challenge #81 St. Patty's Day
Craft Junkie Too
So until tomorrow....

Is it Spring Yet?

As I was making my card today...thinking about how nice the weather was going to be (34 is better than 20...LOL) I looked outside and it was snowing! I new that this Spring Card was the closest I was getting to flowers for a while :(
It seems that I'm having an off crafting day...I cant get my colors to work...my designs are not what I wanted and my camera wasnt taking good pictures...so what you see is my "wanting it to be spring card, on my off crafting day"
Maybe tomorrow will be better...I am stepping away for a while and maybe will be back later!


I am entering this in the following Challenges:
365 Cards: Day 2- Pick 5
For Fun Challenges- Purple, Green and Yellow
Celebrate the Occasion- Challenge #3

Hope to be back later or...until tomorrow.....:)

Hap-bee Birthday

There is just never enough hours in the day to get everything done that needs to get done. I usually have my kids ready for bed with all homework, reading, spelling and math facts done by 8:00. Tonight we didn't make it to bed until 8:45...uh oh rough morning tomorrow i'm sure! Your probably saying whats 45 minutes late....to us it means ALOT! I'll let you all know tomorrow :)
So I was in school helping level some 2nd grade books when I found out it was one of the staff's birthday. Normally I would have just wished her a happy birthday but now I have an excuse to craft :) I came home and made this birthday card for her. I used the sketch from 365 Cards- Day 1 which I will enter this card for. The inside (which I don't have a picture of says---Hap-bee Birthday)

Hope you like it! Until tomorrow.....

2 Awards from 4 Bloggers & Challenge Top 3---What a Day!

What a day! I was so excited to get this blog award from Karen over at Karens-Kakes-Krafts. Her blog and her work are amazing. Make sure you check her site out! Because I was given this award, I have to return the favor, and choose 8 other bloggers to give it to, and tell 8 things about myself. so here goes: 

1. My favorite color to wear is Black

2. I love to shop for a good bargain

3.I am at Michaels, Joannes or ACMoore at least once a week :)

4.Papercrafting is my FAVORITE hobby! I designed cakes for a while but I  LOVE this!!

5.I'm a SAHM to 2 boys! I get to spend lots of time volunteering at their school

6. I serve on the PTO for their school...2nd VP co-chair. Lots of work but Lots of fun

7.I am a VERY shy person! Blogging is bringing me out of my shell

8. I wish it was warm so I can start my garden! I love to garden!

These are the bloggers I am passing this award on to.

1.Jayden's Mommy

2.My Scrap Diary

3.Inking It Up Crazy

4.Paper Trail

5.The Country Life

6.Krafting with Kings

7.Serenity Scrappers

8.Cross my Heart Papercrafts

I got this award from Michele at Scrappin Fish Memories and More   , Andrea at Scrapality and Angela at Krafting with Kings. Please make sure you go and check out these amazing bloggers! They do beautiful work!!

Now it is my turn to Pay it Forward and honor 3-5 Crafty Crafters, with less than 300 followers... that I have been following and that deserve some recognition for their hard work. All of these blogs are truely inspirational and deserve to be recognized.  Go check them out when you have a chance. Here they are

1.Imagine What You Could Do

2.Donna's Dreamwork

3.The Country Life
4.Chloe and Her Clip on Koalas

I made top 3 in Claudia & Company Recipe Challenge. Check out my card posted here.

I thank all these very creative ladies for thinking of me and my blog. Hope they all accept this award! Please go and check out some amazing work!!