Chalky Challenge

I hope you are enjoying your week so far and not being bothered too much by this strange weather we're having. As some of you know, I live in Austin, Texas area now and the weather is even freaky here this winter. We've actually had days off or delays at school due to ice. One day it's warm and the next there is below freezing and ice. Our old stomping ground of Tucson is just getting extremely warm weather and it sounds like everyone is wearing shorts there already and then back east in Michigan where I grew up, they are still snowed in.

If you are snowed in or just don't want to go out in the cold, then start crafting an include some chalk in any way shape or form on your project and enter your creation in our monthly challenge at Chalk N Stock.

Here is what I created for the design team this money. I used some chalk to color parts of the digital stamp and to ink the edges. 

 

Thank so much for stopping by and hope to see your creations in the Chalk N Stock monthly challenge.

Tags, Bags, and Boxes with the Krazy Crafting Crew

Welcome to this month's blog hop with The Krazy Crafting Crew!! This month we are making Tags, Bags, Boxes and whatever can be made 3D!! If you just came by to visit with me, thank you, but please start at the first stop with our hostess, Janet at Janet's  Creative World.  

Janet is also offering a fantastic giveaway. Here's her description of the giveaway that you DON'T want to miss!!  

Close To My Heart Cloud Nine Cardmaking Kit. Includes card bases, envelopes, cardstock, double sided paper, a stamp set, and washi tape, glitter tape and other embellishments to make 10 cards! Valued at $45.00! You can win this by leaving comments on each blog, and if you're not currently a follower, why not follow the blogs because there's always fun in this group and a blog hop each month to inspire you!

Here's my creation for this month's hop:

I used the winner's cup from the set A Day at the Races from SVG Attic to make this. I'm not finished yet because I have so many different ideas as to what to do. As I was getting ready to take this picture, I thought would it be cool to wrap tulle around the bottom but I don't have any tulle to match it. I think I need a Michael's run.

Thank you for stopping by and visiting with me today. Please leave us a comment and let us know how you like our hop!! Now hop on over to the next stop with Miranda.


The complete lineup:

Janet         www.janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com
Liz             www.tryin2craft.blogspot.com
Christina    http://cema1cema.blogspot.com/
Lissa Marie   www.somanycrafts.com
Lori            www.Scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com
Zenita        www.scrappinwithz.blogspot.com
Cicily          www.pinkdalmatianscrapper.com
Jearise       www.lorbysworld.blogspot.com
Miranda     www.nanasscrapspot.com
Paula          www.preciouspagesbypaula.blogspot.com
Katina        www.lifeslittleblessings.com

Pet's Blog Hop with the Creating Bog Hops Cafe

"Pet's" Blog Hop with The Creating Blog Hops Cafe'

Welcome to this month's blog hop with...

The Creating Blog Hops Cafe'

Love is in the air this month, so we wanted to show a little love to a our Fur-Babies.

Here we are in our second month on the last Saturday of the month to inspire you with some wonderful projects. This month's theme is..."Pet's"

So, grab yourself a Latte' and hop along with us while we proudly show off our projects and our Fur-Babies.

 

In less then a year we have upped our animal count by four fish but two died, one cat and just recently a new dog and to honor my new cat I have created a little kitty cat box to show you today.  I am working on creating a doggie one but not quite there yet.

 

 

 

This is our new cat, Bevo and if any of you are on my Facebook page, you'll know the difficult time we had adjusting to him and him to us. He wasn't taken care of very well before we got him but he's looking pretty dapper now. He's a Maine Coon and living up to his reputation of size and personality. He's around 10 pounds now but still considered a kitten in the world of Maine Coons. They don't reach their full size until between the ages of 3 and 5 so that means he could get up to 25 pounds but I think he will end up at around 15 pounds.

 

 Thank you for stopping by today and please continue on to Lori's blog.

 

 1. Robin L. - http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/ 

2. Cathy D - http://cathyplus5.blogspot.com/

3. Angela - http://angelascraftyspot.blogspot.com/

4. Sharon - http://piece-ofheart.blogspot.com/

5. Connie - http://conniecancrop.blogspot.com

6. Lucy ~ http://love2createitall.com

7. Alicia http://goldengoddessdesigns.blogspot.com

8.  Tami ~ http://scrappinmykids.blogspot.com/

9. Nancy - http://alwaysastorycreationsbynancy.blogspot.com/

10. Jearise ~ http://lorbysworld.blogpsot.com

11. Lori ~ http://scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/

Up, Up and Away

I felt I needed to get my blog on today since I have more projects to post than I know what to do with them but I find myself getting side tracked all the time and then just forgetting.

I made this balloon project with Graphic 45 paper and one of the sets from SVG Attic.

I was going through my stash of paper and when I saw the pigs with wings and the saying "When pigs fly." I just knew it was perfect for my project.

The embellishments on this balloon box are from Miriam's Crafting Supplies and the bottom of this is a box that can be filled with candy.

Have a great day!

Challenge Entered:
Miriam's Crafting Blog 9th Monthly Challenge - Hot Air Balloons

Birthday Magic

Some cards are easier than others to put together and this was one of those easy cards. I flipped on my gypsy and the first cartridge that appeared was A Child's Year and from there everything just fell into place for the birthday card I made for my dear crafting friend Lynne.

I discovered this charming child fairy on the cartridge and cut her out on my Cricut at 4 inches tall. I did a shadow behind her but was surprised it wasn't as big as it was suppose to be but yet it worked without me having to cut another shadow out. I used Stickles glitter glue in Stardust to outline the wings and Liquid Pearls in Buttercup for the star on the end of the wand. I had some ready made paper flowers that I sprayed with Perfect Pearls Mist in Turquoise. I used my Sizzix Big Shot and Spellbinders Nestabliliteies S4-246 for the background behind my child fairy. Finally, I added an corner from Miriam's Crafting Supplies.

Thanks for stopping and I hope I have inspired you some today.

Until next time, crafting hugs from me to you.

Love comes in many shapes by Jearise

Today I am showcasing a card I made using a few different cartridges and my Cricut machine. The card is for Valentine's Day but I got creative with the background and welded some different kinds of hearts together so the hearts are different sized and inside a square on one side and a circle on the other.

 Products from Cutters Creek:

Stickles - Color: Grape Ice for the work love and the hearts at the bottom of the card
ATG tape
Scotch Quick-Dry Adhesive
Glue Dots

Hearts from the Heart using my eClips

I decided to dig out the eClips cartridges I bought awhile back and start to use them. I make my own svg patterns or use ones I have bought or gotten through a design team I'm on so I rarely use cartridges any more and I thought that I really need to dig them out and use them.

I made three heart boxes for my children. I'll fill each of these with goodies on Valentine's day but for now they are a pretty decoration on my window sill.

The designs on the second and third boxes also came off a eClips cartridge and I used my Big Shot to give the red heart some texture. I used pink Perfect Pearls mist on the black glossy heart too.

Cartridge name: Valentine's Day and Hearts

Thanks for stopping by today.

Entered in this challenge:
Decorate to Celebrate Challenge #68 - Valentine boxes or birthday
Cut It Up challenge #38 -Valentines Day