Versatile Blogger Award!

I am so honored to have gotten my first Versatile Blogger award!

The rules are:

1. thank the person who awarded you

2. 7 facts about yourself

3. award 15 other blogs

So first off, a hugeeeee thank you to Heather over at Scrapping Runner Creations!

Second;

1. I am a new mother to a 5 month old baby girl, Kenzie:)

2. My favorite color is pink

3. I am currently in school to be a CSI

4. I have been scrapping since I was 15

5. I'm obsessed with brightly colored makeup

6. I am the middle child

7. My kitty (not even a year old) just had 4 baby kittens underneath my bed

And lastly;

1. Patti

2. Jennifer

3. Tanner

4. Abbey

5. Amber

6. Shelley

7. Kyle

8. Christy

9. Brynn

10. Christina

11. Liz

12. Cathy

13. Sonia

14. Tammy

15. Ellen

Love mini album

This is a chipboard album that I made in a class a few years ago. They supplied us with a lot of the papers, the book itself, and a lot of the elements. I haven't had a chance to put anything in it until recently. :)

Everything on the front was supplied by the class including the papers, the decoupage, the letters, and the heart. I crinkled and inked myself and put everything together and glued the letters and decoupaged the paper onto the book. I don't remember how I tied that string through the 3 holes though : /

Around the inside paper heart are little brass brads, and it is inside a heart shape depression in the chipboard painted red.

This is the book standing up. It measures 6x6in.

On the back of the little dangle heart I drew the middle of mine and my boyfriend's matching tattoos. It is an N and an M in the shape of a heart on the back of our necks for his name and mine.

The inside cover is on the left and the right is page 1. The heart is what the front heart is torn out of, with a brad at the top. The polka dot paper was supplied and the red paper is from DCWV matstacks and the ovals are cut out with Making Memories oval cutters. I inked around the edges with black ink.

"What I love about you" is a sticker from EK success sticko stickers called "my true love."

Page 2 paper is "wooden this be nice" by over the moon press for EK success. It started as a 12x12 but I cut pieces out and used them throughout the book. "kiss" is a sticker from DCWV quote sticker stack "love" and rhinestones from stash. The lips is a stamp.

Page 3 photo mat is from DCWV immortal love matstack. "Sweetheart" on the bottom is a stamp by studio112 and the strip at the top is a sticker.

Lips stamp by Recollections in ColorBox "merlot" ink. I then tapped black over the whole image and inked the edges. Then put it on a pop dot.

Sticker strip is Recollections dimensional stickers. I cute the size I wanted and left the rest of the 12in piece on the backing.

Page 4 papers were supplied. "my love" from Micheals, I can't remember the brand.

Page 5 strips of paper are from the same paper as page 2. Ribbon bow is premade by Me&My big ideas Soft Spoken embellishments "love". The "you and me" is a stamp.

Little hearts are punched out and inked then trimmed to fit on the page. I love the way they look on the side of the paper like this. :)

"You and me" stamp by studio112 clear mini stamps in black ink.

Page 6 and 7 papers are from DCWV immortal matstack. "Love" is from same pack that the premade ribbon is from and the ribbon holding the charm is from Micheals.

"Crazy for you," charm with little rose is from Making Memories "Love Amour" embossed charms. 

[[love these!]]

Page 8 papers were all supplied except photo mats. The photo on the right I traced with a razor blade and popped up on pop dots for dimension. (That is the tattoo between his shoulder blades) In the bottom right corner "There is just something about you" sticker is is from the same pack as the sticker on page 1.

Inside back cover paper was supplied. "love" is from same paper from page 2. The heart tag and envelope are from Tag Alongs, Petals and possibilities, the little flower and petals are real pressed flowers, all premade.

I wrote on the tag, "April 26, 2009. A day I will never forget. You asked for my heart, and I don't ever want it back. I love you!" in white gel pen and faux stitched around the entire edge.

I hope you like it! :)

Happy Mother's Day :)

I have been working on this card the last few days and I am totally proud of how it came out! It's perfect for spring, for mother's day and for the latest challenges! ;) I hope you like it!

This is the front of my card :) it is a tri-shutter card which i have never made before but i certainly see more in the future lol

the 2 hearts are from sweethearts card cut at 1.5" and middles switched

the flowers (pink & green) are prima paper flowers, button from stash and up on pop dots

the green polka dot paper is from stash, cant remember the name of it though, and is inked with pink around the edge. the pink patterned paper is from DCWV nana's nursery baby girl mat stack

this is the card pulled open, isn't is cute!!

close up of the sentiment..

 hoppy, s, and day are making memories stickers in handwriting lime

"mother" is a studio 112 stamp inked with pink by color box

embossed with my sizzix texture boutique (that i just got!)

Sentiment printed from computer in pink and embossed with swirls

little pink heart embossed with polka dots from stash

another view from above of the whole card

bunny is from create a critter at 2" using same paper from DCWV and googly eyes!

she is also on some pop dots

ribbon is from micheals

pearl cluster is "crystal stickers" by mark richards

i also used stickles on 2 of the little hearts

I hope you like it!!

Here are the challenges im enterin this into:

pollycraft monday challenge- swirls and pearls (pearls on top, swirl embossing and paper)

celebrate the occasion- Thank you (thank you for being such an amazing mom)

die cuttin divas- gardening theme (flowers and bunny)

the cuttlebug spot- buttons (center of flowers)

cardz tv- bunny

pause dream enjoy- fun fold (tri-shutter)

365 cards- GHI- grosgrain ribbon, hearts, ink (ribbon on bottom, hearts on front and little hearts throughout, pink inked edges and stamp

cricut cardz challenge- pink, green, white only

tacky tuesday- bunny and "hop" (hoppy mothers day)

ambers crafts- die cuts (hearts and bunny)

spoonfull of sugar- ribbons, pearls, flowers

house of gilli- pastel and bling (pearls)

WHEW! LOL!

Seashell candles

I felt a little inspired by the seashells and I guess decorative today. I was looking for something to fill my underwater box with and I found some white decorative sand and a bag of decorative seashells at Michael's. I bought 3 glass candle holders and made these cuuuteee candle holders for my shelf, I love them!!

Now all thats missing is the tealight candles which i forgot to buy :) hope you like it!

Under the Sea

So, I haven't made any new projects lately becuase I have been really slammed with homework and my daughter. But I found this little clear box and I have been wanting to make something with underwater creatures so I decided to play around :)

All the cuts are from create-a-critter and the bow is from ribbon stash from michaels. I also used stickles in "star dust" for the fishes fins, the jellyfishes bow, and the seahorses fins.

This was a very fun project! Hope you like it, look forward to many more cards and projects since my 2 year anniversary is coming up! 

We are currently long distance so I want to send him some cards :) and make a book for our anniversary :)

EDIT: today i filled the box with sand and seashells i bought at micheal's to complete the under the sea feel :)

To a sweet baby 1 year old!

Happy Birthday Gyasi!

My nephew is turning 1 year old on March 13th and I wanted to make him my own card! I think it came out soooo cute!

elephant, giraffe, and monkey cut out at 2" and 3" from create-a-critter cart

"now youre 1!" cut at 1" from simply sweet

scalloped circles are cut at 2" using the phrase option on create-a-critter cart

3 animals are on pop dots as well as the sentiment for dimension

I cut scalloped circles at 1.5" and a narrow rectangular "track" for the sliders

then i connected the green side of the slider to a second layer connected by a pop dot inside the track

scalloped circles are inked with green and black colorbox ink

ribbon is "spool o ribbon" by offray

entering in the following challenges:

paper variety -green

corrosive challenge -distressing... each scalloped circle is ink distressed

dream valley -anything goes

i did it creations -punches or dies

house of gilli -green

pollycraft -3 circles... under each animal

more than favors -zoo theme

woodware usa -anything goes

cricut cardz -bookmarks... each slider can be a bookmark by removing the sentiment

Stylish Blogger Award!

First of all, I wanted to thank Sherrie for awarding me with the stylish blogger award! I am so proud; my first award :)

Next, I am supposed to say 8 things about myself:

1. I have a beautifullll baby girl named Kenzie Elyse who is 3 months old now

2. I have been scrapbooking since I was 15 years old [almost 7 years]

3. I only started making cards since I bought a cricut only a few months ago

4. Im in school for criminal investigation

5. I like to draw, read, and do puzzles in my spare time [when I can get some]

6. I love shopping :)

7. My favorite kind of food is Mexican food

8. I am veryy family oriented

Lastly, I am supposed to award 8 bloggers that I have recently discovered {this is going to be hard since there are so many that I love}:
1. sherri
2. jennifer
3. liz
4. erin
5. lisa
6. donna
7. pam
8. marilyn

Thanks again! :)

Happy Birthday Gary!

Okay so I am really excited that I am entering my first card into a few challenges!! The 25th was my dad's birthday and i started this card on the 24th but i didnt finish it until now : / i only have time in the middle of the night so it took me a while... like 3 nights straight. ughh lol but it was soo much fun and i love it!

this is the front of the card and it is 5.5" tall

barn and horse are cut from the create-a-critter cart at 5.5" and 2"

"its your day" cut from george and basic shapes with shadow blackout at 2"

"stud" cut from simply sweet with shadow at 1"

glitter on heart and glitter gel pen around words and accents

the window is cut from george at 2" once the whole rectangle and once the silhouette and i cut the cross inside by cutting out the corners.

the sun, clouds, chicks, and horse are from create-a-critter all at 1" except horse at 2"

[these little chicks were such a pain because everything was soooo small to handle]

"chicks" was cut from simply sweet at 1"

beads for the accents

"surround yourself with" was printed using kristen font

and inked around edges on the front and the bottom and the horse.

hope you like it!

Entering in the following challenges:

cooking with cricut- swirls and twirls

so saturday- sparkles

stampin with the dragon- birthday

card makin mamas- birthday

if the shoe fits- purple

tacky tuesdays- chick cut & "chick"

terrific tuesdays- create-a-critter

wacky wednesday- farm theme

jitterbuggin- shaped card 

my pink stamper- feathered friends

My very first cricut project! {A few months ago}

I made this banner for my best friend's mom on her 45th birthday.. I think it came out really cute.

I used an animal print assorted paper pack for the letters cut at 5.5" from the Simply Sweet cart. I added a shadow and connected them all with bronze assorted mini brads.

Very Fun!!

Happy Birthday Courtney!

My best friends birthday was on Feb. 9th and she loves zebra and the color purple! So I decided to use my new cartridge; Create-A-Critter and I absolutely lovvee it! :)

The zebra is from page 47 cut at 3.5" with the shadow instead of blackout for the outline

The happy birthday is from the same cart page 27 with the top layer offset for a shadow effect

All paper is from Recollections 1lb scrap stack including irradescent white background paper

The iloveu is from page 49

faux stitched with silver pen and glitter gelpens 

the girls are hand drawn using bic markers