My First Blog Award!

COOL!!!  I received this great blog award from Heather over at Scrapping Runner!  Thank you so much Heather!  When you receive this award you are to thank the person who gave it to you, tell 7 things about yourself and pass the award on to 15 other deserving bloggers.  So here are 7 things: 
   1-Jesus Christ is my Lord & Saviour! 
   2-I've been married to my wonderful husband for 27 years
   3-I have 3 fantastic grandchildren, ages 11, 10 & 15 months
   4-I have been a church pianist since my senior year of high school, with only a couple of breaks (yes, that's a LONG time!)
   5-I really like game shows (just like my Mom did) and reading (also just like Mom)  :-)
   6-I also enjoy puzzles, like Sudoku, crosswords etc.
   7-I absolutely LOVE horses!

Now for some other blogs I think deserve this award:
Melanie http://www.courtney-lane.blogspot.com/
Joy  http://www.obsessedwithscrapbooking.blogspot.com/
Alma  http://www.almabrooksblog.blogspot.com/
Saundra  http://luvscrappingtogether.blogspot.com/
http://cricutcouple.blogspot.com/
Linda  http://paperboutique.blogspot.com/
Michele http://chelemom.blogspot.com/
Paula  http://morethanfavors.blogspot.com/
http://craftingmisfit.blogspot.com/
http://craftingmisfit.blogspot.com/
Joy  http://joy-purttypaperz.blogspot.com/
Ana Maria http://teachu14.blogspot.com/
http://www.pinkcricut.com/
Enfys  http://going-buggy.blogspot.com/
Mom To 3 Kids http://eastunders.blogspot.com/

These are some of my favorite blogs.  Be sure to go check them out!  Again, thank you Heather for the award!

Mother's Day Gift Bag

 Hello again!  Today I have a fun gift bag for my Mother's Day gift.

 

The bag itself was purchased at Hobby Lobby, the ribbon also.  The patterned papers are from The Paper Studio.  The digi stamp is from Designed2Delight Digital Stamps  and is the stamp of the week for their challenge this week.  The scalloped circles and "MOM" are cut from the Cindy Loo cartridge.  You can't tell from the pictures, but the orange circle is cut from glitter paper.  The buttons are from my "ages old" stash.   I used the "center point" cutting feature on my Expression for the first time!  That's a really great feature that I will be using again. 

I'll be entering this project in the following challenges:

Designed2Delight

Delightful Inspirations Card Ideas

Flaunt It Fridays

Celebrate The Occasion

My Sheri Crafts

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Me Monday 

The Paper Variety

Thanks for stopping by!

Craft-e-Corner blog candy!

Craft-e-corner Blog is giving away this great cartridge.  Head on over there and check it out, along with all of her great projects

Cricut Expression 2 Giveaway!

WOW!  Everyday Cricut is giving away a new Expression 2!  This is a new anniversary edition that has just come out.  What an awsome giveaway!  They have a fantastic blog, too, so go check them out!

Mother's Day Card

Here is a Mother's Day card made with a digi stamp called "Ladybug Balancing Act" from Designed 2 Delight challenge.  This blog will give you a free digi stamp each week if you use it to make a project and post it to their challenge.  Very generous!

                        This is for my mother-in-law, who has 3 sons.

 I can only imagine the scary situations a mom of 3 boys has come upon. :)

                                I love pop dots!

         Little, simple finishing touches inside make a huge difference.

The card base is from Hobby Lobby; base paper is handmade paper from The Paper Studio; ladybug is cut from Doodle Charms; the sentiment tag cut from Gypsy Wanderings; the sun is from Life is a Beach with the face hidden with the Gypsy and a Peach Keen stamp instead; ribbon is from Michaels and the sentiment is computer generated.

I'll be entering this in these challenges:
Designed 2 Delight
Peachy Keen Let's Face it Friday

Easter Chicks

I was invited to make something to join in a blog hop at The Crafting Misfit this week.  Thank you for the honor!  The requirement is to use a techinique that is new to us.  I decided to make a flower that I've not tried before.  This type of flower is made by just folding circles. 

Here is the flower.  It was really simple to make and came out cute!

and here is the same card in orange and the flower is made by folding the same green paper but using the opposite side.

The printed paper is Martha Stewart and is 8x8.  I simply folded the page in half to make the card 4x8.  The "Happy Easter" and the chicks are from Easter 2010; the 5 circles for the flower are cut from George & Basic Shapes at 1"; "Chickie" is cut from Plantin School Book and welded on my Gypsy.  Thanks for stopping by!

I'll be entering this card in the following challenges:
The Crafting Misfit
Fantabulous Cricut
Cooking With Cricut
More Than Favors Wacky Wednesday

When Life Brings Rain...

Dance in the Puddles!  

This card base is from Hobby Lobby, the cardstock is some I've had in my stash forever, the paper flowers are also from my "had this forever" stash and I folded them in quarters to get the shape, size and fluffiness I was looking for.  The ribbon is from Michaels and the little cloud stamp is from Studio G.  The little girl is cut from Everyday Paper Dolls @ 1 1/2", the puddle and grass are from Create a Critter.  The sentiment is my own and computer generated. 

I'm submitting this card to the following challenges:
The Paper Variety
Get Inspired with Chatterscene April Showers Challenge
Cooking With Cricut