tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38537031833005355232024-03-09T20:46:09.751-06:00LC Card Making Cornercuttlebug_fanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580817432078871562noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3853703183300535523.post-7871780676610456972013-06-19T11:11:00.001-05:002013-06-19T11:11:54.151-05:00I'm back and my new Etsy shop<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hello my friends! It has been a while since my last post. So many things have happened since then; from my son's surgery last week, to the lost of my beloved grandpa the last day of 2012. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2012 was a busy year and so far 2013 is no exception. My son started school last year and with that, I lost my full-time craft partner. At the beginning, I thought I would have more time to do my crafts...silly me. School was a big change for our family and kept us very busy. My until-then-so-healthy son caught every single virus/bacteria going around... he even got pneumonia. So much fun...NOT!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In addition, he developed allergies and this resulted in a chronic ear infection. As recommended by his ENT doctor, last Friday tubes got inserted in his ears and tonsils and adenoids got removed. He is recovering well and since my son's summer break was finally here, he didn't have to miss school. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So my son has to take it easy for two weeks, therefore we are spending a lot of time home. I really don't mind it since summer is very hot were we live. We have been watching movies, playing games, coloring and of course doing crafts. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Last week as I was all worried about my son's surgery and I was about to lose it, out of nowhere my husband suggested I should open an Etsy shop to sell my creations. That was an idea I have had in my head a long time ago but never got to do it. Not even after some of my friends and my sister suggested I should do it and even once in a while I get e-mails from my blog's readers asking if I would consider selling some of my creations. </span></div>
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cuttlebug_fanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580817432078871562noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3853703183300535523.post-17277797502250803002012-11-01T05:00:00.000-05:002013-01-24T13:53:59.036-06:00SKdigis News and Monthly Release<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Hello my friends, as some of you may know, I'm part of the SKdigis design team. Sonia, the owner and designer of </span><a href="http://skdigis.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">SKdigis</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">, decided to stop the weekly challenge since this is the time of the year when everyone is so busy getting ready for the holidays. The good news is that instead of weekly challenges, we're having a month long linking party. Basically, you can link any of your creations using </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><a href="http://skdigis.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">SKdigis</span></a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">as the main image for a chance to win a wonderful prize. For more details about the linking party and rules, please go to </span><a href="http://skdigis.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">SKdigis</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">In addition, </span><a href="http://skdigis.com/" style="color: #444444;">SKdigis</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> will have monthly releases and each member of the design team will create samples showcasing the new images. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><a href="http://skdigis.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">SKdigis</span></a> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">new images for the month of November are way too cute and I had a hard time choosing an image for my sample card. I ended up using the "Day and Night" image. Isn't the cutest thing ever? I used Mojo Monday Sketch #250 and colored the image with Copics. I </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">hope you like my sample card as much as I do. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">For the hat I used a tutorial I found on Pinterest. The lady at </span><a href="http://mamalusco.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">http://mamalusco.blogspot.com/2010/02/dr-seuss-hat-tutorial.html</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> did an amazing job explaining how to make the hat. I just had to make minor modifications to her design in order to fit my son's head. </span></span><br />
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<br />cuttlebug_fanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580817432078871562noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3853703183300535523.post-15808235600956556692012-10-08T09:00:00.000-05:002012-10-08T09:00:10.478-05:00Challenge 5: Spooky Nights<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hello friends, </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Hope you're having a wonderful beginning of the Fall Season! I'm enjoying the cooler temperature although I've been fighting a nasty cold since last week and still feeling under the weather. Being sick has kept me home a lot, so I have been spending some time on Pinterest and also I've been working on a couple of craft projects including a card for this week's challenge at </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://skdigis.com/" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">SKdigis</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span">.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Let me start by saying that this week's challenge is sponsored by Barb from</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bugbites411.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">BugBites</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> who has included one of Sonia's design in her recently released stamp set. Isn't that amazing? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This week's </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">challenge is to create a craft/card/layout using any of the cute Ghost digis Sonia has in her shop. I created a card using the Scared Ghost digital image which can be bought <a href="http://shopskdigis.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">here</span></a>. Sentiment is computer generated. To check the rest of the DT creations or to link up your creations for a change to win this week's prize, please visit us at </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://skdigis.com/" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">SKdigis</span></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I created this card using the Monster #3 digital image from </span><a href="http://skdigis.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">SKdigis</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">. I colored this cute little monster using Copic markers. A complete list of materials and tools used on this card can be found at the end of this post.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">If you would like to play along or to check out the rest of the Design Team creations, please stop by </span><a href="http://skdigis.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">SKdigis</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> Challenge Blog.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Thanks for visiting my little blog and see you soon!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Tools:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">- Brother laser printer</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">- Crop-a-dile</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">- Sewing machine</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">- Copic markers</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Materials:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">- Wiggly eyes</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">- SKdigis Monster #3 digital image</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">- SU! ribbon (retired)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">- GP black cardstock</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">- GP white cardstock</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">- </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">12x12 </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">K&Company Spooktacular paper stack</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Leirad</span>cuttlebug_fanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580817432078871562noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3853703183300535523.post-22205053719926423212012-09-17T09:00:00.000-05:002012-09-17T09:00:08.085-05:00SKdigis Challenge No. 2: B&W + 1<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hello my friends! It's challenge time at the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><a href="http://skdigischallengeblog.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">SKdigis</span></a> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Challenge Blog. For this week Sonia came up with a very interesting challenge: create a card using black and white plus one color. This includes enbelishments and paper choices. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">This is my take for this week's challenge at </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><a href="http://skdigischallengeblog.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">SKdigis</span></a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Challenge Blog. I made a Birthday card using the cute Zebra image designed by Sonia at </span><a href="http://skdigischallengeblog.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">SKdigis</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">. I chose pink to be my + one color. I had so much fun coloring this image using Copic and Bic Mark-it markers. If you would like to buy the Zebra digi, you can find it </span><a href="http://shopskdigis.blogspot.com/search/label/Zebra"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Hope you liked my card. To check out the rest of the SKdigis Design Team creations and/or to submit your own for a chance to win a gift certificate valid at the </span><a href="http://shopskdigis.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">SKdigis Shop</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">, please visit the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"> <a href="http://skdigischallengeblog.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">SKdigis</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> Challenge Blog. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you soon!</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Tools<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875);">:</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">- Brother laser printer</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">- Paper cutter</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">- ATG (double-sided tape dispenser)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">- SU! scallop paper punch</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">- RV34 and R20 Copic markers</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Materials:</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">- </span><a href="http://shopskdigis.blogspot.com/search/label/Zebra"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">SKdigis Zebra image</span></a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">- SU! Pearlized accent ink (for the Zebra's white stripes)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">- SU! sentiment rubber stamp (retired)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">- SU! Crystal effects (for the eyes)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">- 12x12 DCWV The Black Currant paper stack</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">- GP white cardstock</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">- GP black cardstock</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">- SU! Melon Mambo cardstock</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">- Pink twine</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">- SU! Scallop circle die cut</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">- Tuxedo Black Memento ink </span>cuttlebug_fanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580817432078871562noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3853703183300535523.post-47364404350496199662012-09-07T22:10:00.002-05:002012-09-17T06:41:01.926-05:00SKdigis $6 Gift Certificate Giveaway Winner<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hell my friends hope you're having a wonderful evening. As promised, the winner of the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"> <a href="http://skdigis.blogspot.com/">SKdigis</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> $6 gift certificate giveaway was picked today using </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><a href="http://random.org/">random.org</a>. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The lucky winner is Amanda (post 11). </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Congrats Amanda!! I will email your gift certificate ASAP!</span>cuttlebug_fanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580817432078871562noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3853703183300535523.post-54888949132891938872012-09-03T06:00:00.000-05:002012-09-07T21:52:56.821-05:00SKdigis Blog Challenge Inauguration Blog Hop<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hello,welcome to the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://skdigis.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">SKdigis Blog</span></a></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Challenge</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Inauguration Blog
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SKdigis</b> and the wonderful Design Team which I'm proud to be part of is inviting you to join
us as we kick off this new challenge blog with some inspiration using the cute
and creative <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SKdigis</b> images.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">If you've come from visiting Kimberly Clark at<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><b> <a href="http://leokc34.blogspot.ca/">Paper Munch</a></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, you're in the
right place! If you've just happened across my blog and would like to join in
the fun during our </span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Challenge <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Inauguration Blog Hop</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, click </span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://skdigis.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">HERE</span><span style="font-weight: normal;">.</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Each designer in the hop line up is featuring
a project using one of the <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">MANY</span></b> digital designs you can find in the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://shopskdigis.blogspot.com/" style="color: #0b5394;">SKdigis
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">For this week's Challenge, I created the card above using the KSdigis<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"> <a href="http://skdigis.blogspot.com/p/freebies_30.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">August 2012 freebie</span></a></span>. This little bug is a cutie! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This card is for one of my dearest friends who's has recently been through a lot. She's been trying to get pregnant for a year with no success and last Friday her mom had bladder surgery. Hope this will cheer her up! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I colored the image using Copics and had lots of fun with this cute image. Edited to add that I used <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><a href="http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2012-08-27T03:00:00-06:00&max-results=1&start=1&by-date=false">Mojo Monday Sketch 255</a>. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">What’s more exciting is that you can
participate too by creating a project using any of the wonderful <a href="http://shopskdigis.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">SKdigis images</span></a> (She even has some <a href="http://skdigis.blogspot.com/p/freebies_30.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">freebies</span></a>!) and linking it up over at <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://skdigis.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">SKdigis Blog</span></a></b>
for a chance to win a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">$6 gift
certificate</b> to SKdigis online store and a chance to be a guest designer.
That’s not all…each DT member in the hop is also giving away a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">$6 gift certificate</b> to the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SKdigis online store</b> as well. So that’s
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">For my giveaway,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> all I ask you to do is to become a follower of my blog (if you are not already) and leave a comment in this post letting me know your favorite digital stamp from the <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">MANY</span></b> available at the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://shopskdigis.blogspot.com/" style="color: #0b5394;">SKdigis Shop</a> </b>and a way on how to contact you</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. The winner of my giveaway will be picked using <a href="http://random.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">random.org</span></a> and will be announced on Friday, September 7th.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Today I would like to share with you a card I created using Skdigis' <a href="http://shopskdigis.blogspot.com/search/label/Animals">Happy Hippo</a> digital stamp. <a href="http://skdigis.blogspot.com/">SKdigis</a> is a new site offering cute digital stamps at very affordable prices! The digital images are created by the very talented Sonia Kertznus. If you like what you see, please stop by her site, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://skdigis.blogspot.com/">SKdigis</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. She has lots of cute digital stamps and she even has some <a href="http://skdigis.blogspot.com/p/freebies.html">freebies</a> for you to try! Sonia is officially launching her site on September 3rd and to celebrate it she will have a blog hop. She will also have challenges every other week. I'm honored to be part of her design team and I'm looking forward to creating with all of her wonderful digital images. Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by!</span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">SU! Patterns Pack II pad (retired)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">SU! Crushed Curry ribbon (retired)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Metallic mini brads (from Joann's)</span></li>
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cuttlebug_fanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580817432078871562noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3853703183300535523.post-30072571479186417092012-08-21T10:02:00.000-05:002012-08-21T10:04:09.020-05:00I'm back!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hello my friends! It has been over six months since my last post. So many things have happened in my life since then... On April 10th we found out I was pregnant and even though we didn't plan it, we were very excited about the good news. Unfortunately on April 18th, I started to have some bleeding and went to see my Ob gyn and he couldn't hear a heart beat... it has been the most painful experience in my whole life.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As you could imagine, I wasn't in the mood for crafting and I even considered selling all my stuff. Funny thing, the same day I was going to prepare my stuff to sell, my friend Sonia from <a href="http://skdigis.blogspot.com/">http://skdigis.blogspot.com/</a> sent me an email inviting me to be part of her design team since she was launching her new digital stamps. I took it as I sign that I should keep creating and accepted the offer. So I will be posting my creations using her digis here in my blog and also in here challenge blog. Starting September 3rd, Sonia will have a challenge every other week where you can submit your creations for a chance to win one or two of her cute digital stamps. You can check them out here: <a href="http://shopskdigis.blogspot.com/">http://shopskdigis.blogspot.com/</a>. She even has some <a href="http://skdigis.blogspot.com/p/freebies.html">freebies</a> for you to try.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hello friends, today while my son, DH and I were watching PBS Kids Sprout, and a TV commercial about chocolate covered strawberries showed up on every commercial break. The berries looked so delicious but after hearing how much half a dozen would cost ($19.99 plus shipping), and since I already had all the ingredients on hand, I decided to make some myself. First, I washed and dried the fresh strawberries. I put them in the freezer for 15 minutes. Second, I melted the chocolate following the instruction from the package. I used Ghirardelli premium chocolate chips for baking, bittersweet chocolate and white classic. Then I dipped each strawberry into the melted bittersweet chocolate, covering it in a layer of chocolate almost to the top. I let the chocolate to drip off the excess and then placed each strawberry on a tray lined with wax paper. I put them in the fridge for 5 minutes while I was preparing the white chocolate to decorate them. As you can see, it was very easy to do and so much fun that even my dear husband helped me to decorate some of them. They looked very good and tasted delicious!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Thanks for stopping by!</span>cuttlebug_fanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580817432078871562noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3853703183300535523.post-83903702447489988752012-01-24T17:51:00.000-06:002012-01-24T17:51:30.299-06:00Problems with Blog's Background/Design<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hello friends, I hope you are having a wonderful week! I'm experimenting some problems with my blog's background/design and still need to figure out what is going on. I will try to fix it in the next couples of weeks, so I want to apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause. Thanks for your patience. Hugs and kisses,</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">My take for this challenge was to create a card using cuts from the CTMH Art Philosophy cartridge. This cartridge is one of my favorites!! Cardstock is Georgia Pacific (Walmart) and glitter is from Martha Stewart Collection. Since this card is all white I decided to used embossing to give dimension to it. Hope you like it! To check out the amazing creations from the rest of the design team don't forget to stop by the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><a href="http://cricut360.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Cricut 360</span></a> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Challenge blog. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hello my friends! Just wanted to announce the Winner of my giveaway, a 8x8 DCWV Latte cardstock pad. I used <a href="http://random.org/">random.org</a> and the winner was:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 25px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/16186913650231769982" rel="nofollow" style="color: #5588aa; text-decoration: none;">Kimberli</a> said...</span></i></span><br />
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<dd class="comment-body" id="Blog1_cmt-2461081536217341350" style="color: #333333; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.25em;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">What a beautiful banner - your whole fireplace looks amazing all decorated for Halloween! I'm a new follower!<br />
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<span class="comment-timestamp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none;">Congratulations Kimberli. Please send me your address to leiradcarrasco at gmail dot com and will send your prize right away. To the rest, thanks for taking the time to visit my blog and participate in this giveaway. Have a wonderful rest of the week!</span></span></dd>cuttlebug_fanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580817432078871562noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3853703183300535523.post-40605180399872337762011-10-14T05:00:00.041-05:002011-10-14T11:49:17.314-05:00Cricut 360 Challenge No. 14 - Blog Hop<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">Hello my friends!! It's time for another Challenge at the Cricut 360. This week we have the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><b>Cricut 360’s Spooky Halloween Blog Hop</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">!</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">There will be prizes along the way at some of the DT members' blogs, AND a grand prize, a<b> Freshly Picked Cricut cartridge</b>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF_dDzsKrfwcASh77W622L4-uFS_NWeO6ZdiUJ2bHaP7dhXota5IiRNy-YDpSwuSHK9DPhhokFzvJN6TXUOLQplG8oVYvIhRikIkXL5WDPlRaw8yxUxZ5ugRcovWtR4LJtgNKY_Kpv9KI0/s1600/FRESHLY+PICKED.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF_dDzsKrfwcASh77W622L4-uFS_NWeO6ZdiUJ2bHaP7dhXota5IiRNy-YDpSwuSHK9DPhhokFzvJN6TXUOLQplG8oVYvIhRikIkXL5WDPlRaw8yxUxZ5ugRcovWtR4LJtgNKY_Kpv9KI0/s200/FRESHLY+PICKED.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(80, 125, 23); border-bottom-left-radius: 5px 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px 5px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(80, 125, 23); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(80, 125, 23); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(80, 125, 23); border-top-left-radius: 5px 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px 5px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; position: relative;" width="108" /></a></span></div><div style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">If you want to play along, please link up your project over at </span><a href="http://cricut360.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><b><i>Cricut 360</i></b></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">Edited to add that the plastic pumpkins (from Michaels) were hand-carved by my wonderful husband. I made the flowers arrangements for the pumpkins using flowers and ribbon I bought at Joann's. </span></span><br />
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<ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Cricut Expression</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Crop-a-dile</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">CTMH Art Philosophy Cartridge</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Happy Huntings Cartridge</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Stretch Your Imagination Cartridge</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Doodlecharm Cricut Cartridge</span></li>
</ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Materials:</span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Black cardstock from Joann's</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Whisper White cardstock</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Recollections Halloween 12x12 cardstock pad (2010)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Black, orange, and green ribbon from Michaels</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Eyelets</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">SU! brads</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Braided wire</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 22px;">As an special thank you for participating on this blog hop, I am giving away a Latte 8x8 DCWV paper pack. You just need to become a follower of my blog (if you aren't already) and leave a comment in this post. The winner will be randomly selected and announced on Wednesday October 19th, 2011. </span><br />
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<div style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>My key word is: <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">AND</span></i></b></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Hope you really like my project and now please go and stop by <b><i>Lisa</i></b>'s blog, </span><b><i><a href="http://kaye2222.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Beyond Beauty</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">to check out</span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> what she has in store for you today... And when you're done, make sure to link up your project to </span><a href="http://cricut360.blogspot.com/"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Cricut 360</span></i></b></a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> for a chance to win!</span></span></div>cuttlebug_fanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580817432078871562noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3853703183300535523.post-23000222409272107782011-10-01T09:00:00.007-05:002011-10-01T09:00:01.146-05:00Make a wish B-day card<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwn4dcs1r7S_tQNY-Vj1IS59Ypn_ktN3pOWUQhP6kaGuMAyoRODD_vHYQdmO_HyVRVWO5SIcIduTyHp7jVl3yJky_aZ8lBIkr230Z3XvzbA6VaUUUQ6y2nkLdaRSuD3uUSO7jvccvrLNc/s1600/DSC_1015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwn4dcs1r7S_tQNY-Vj1IS59Ypn_ktN3pOWUQhP6kaGuMAyoRODD_vHYQdmO_HyVRVWO5SIcIduTyHp7jVl3yJky_aZ8lBIkr230Z3XvzbA6VaUUUQ6y2nkLdaRSuD3uUSO7jvccvrLNc/s320/DSC_1015.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hello my friends, hope you are having a wonderful weekend! Today I wanted to share with you a card I made for a good friend. Tomorrow is her B-day and I sent this card to her last week, so I hope it gets on time. For this card, I used sketch 207 from </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2011-09-26T06%3A00%3A00-06%3A00&max-results=1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Mojo Monday</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The butterfly was cut using my Cricut Expression and the Create a Critter cartridge. All designer papers, cardstock, embellishments, and sentiment are SU! (most of them are retired). Thanks for looking!!</span>cuttlebug_fanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580817432078871562noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3853703183300535523.post-325950536430389832011-09-30T05:00:00.004-05:002011-09-30T10:48:49.629-05:00Cricut 360 Challenge No. 13<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Hello, it's time for another challenge at </span><a href="http://cricut360.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Cricut 360</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">. This week's challenge is to create a Welcome Baby card or layout using white and pastel colors, any of the Cricut cartridges, and your Cuttlebug (embossing). This is my take for this challenge. Please visit the </span><a href="http://cricut360.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Cricut 360</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> blog to check out the design team amazing creations or to link up your own. Thanks for looking!!!</span></span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Stretch Your Imagination Cricut cartridge</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Stapler</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 25px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">SU! Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder </span></span></li>
</ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 25px;">Materials:</span></span></div></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 25px;">SU! Whisper White cardstock</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 25px;">SU! Love Stories Scrappin' Kit (retired)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 25px;">Pink/White ribbon from Michaels</span></span></li>
</ul></div>cuttlebug_fanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580817432078871562noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3853703183300535523.post-37699852632551282362011-09-29T01:17:00.006-05:002011-09-30T22:34:01.526-05:00Get Well Soon Card<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAHHKsNTeu5G7VZ6loZ-lVePy3W2NQCljUatif5vQbIDqk2EC1eu3fz8gaFqIj563SW2N_Di-GGn6fVABGaLlGE7DxLbfD2nRDfKQ0KgvS1-Nypi3GlgynwfZeYTkpFRA5V7hJoH6Qcqs/s1600/DSC_1020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAHHKsNTeu5G7VZ6loZ-lVePy3W2NQCljUatif5vQbIDqk2EC1eu3fz8gaFqIj563SW2N_Di-GGn6fVABGaLlGE7DxLbfD2nRDfKQ0KgvS1-Nypi3GlgynwfZeYTkpFRA5V7hJoH6Qcqs/s320/DSC_1020.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Today I would like to share with you a Get Well card I created using </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">a Sketch from </span><a href="http://iheart2stamp.com/2011/09/03/september-sketch-for-you-to-try/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">I Heart 2 Stamp</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> I colored the image using Sketch Copic Markers. Hope you like it!!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Tools:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">SU! Pun Fun Stamp Set</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Sketch Copic Markers</span></li>
</ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Materials:</span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">GP White cardstock</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Bazzill Gray textured cardstock</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The Paper Source green cardstock (don't know the actual name of it)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 25px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My Mind's Eye Happy Go Lucky 6x6 Designer Paper Pad (Lime Twist Collection)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 25px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Aqua Rick Rack</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 25px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">SU! Kiwi Kiss button</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 25px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">SU! hemp twine</span></span></li>
</ul></div>cuttlebug_fanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580817432078871562noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3853703183300535523.post-22263852028070660152011-09-28T16:15:00.003-05:002011-09-29T01:31:36.902-05:00Tilda Birthday card<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlLGk1wuTe5oDYCs7xOruuDKtUs_Ja5G3QCAws-aJQE0Frv-VMzjlCVwxni-zhkcPOvHyiPD_9FdBZcayWdt7D61CsEf4r3ArTa939Y5QKycGa3jVlrkNmOSdCzw4Sw3cHRpHOiCpavnI/s1600/DSC_1042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlLGk1wuTe5oDYCs7xOruuDKtUs_Ja5G3QCAws-aJQE0Frv-VMzjlCVwxni-zhkcPOvHyiPD_9FdBZcayWdt7D61CsEf4r3ArTa939Y5QKycGa3jVlrkNmOSdCzw4Sw3cHRpHOiCpavnI/s320/DSC_1042.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hello my friends! Hope you are having a wonderful week now that Fall is finally here. I have always loved the look of images colored using Copic markers but thought they were on the expensive side. Last July my sister gave me a Michaels' giftcard for my B-day and since Michaels started carrying Sketch Copic markers, I took advantage of their 45% off coupon for entire purchase on artists' markers and bought a bunch. My husband saw how I was excited about the markers, so he gave me extra money to buy some more. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I really wanted to play with my Copics right away but unfortunately my work kept me pretty busy for the last two months, so I didn't have a chance to play. Things at work have finally slowed down and decided to give it a try. This is the first time I'm coloring a stamped image using Copics and really hope you like it. I know I still have a lot to learn, but wanted to show you what I have been doing. I have also been working on a bunch of other projects that I'm planning to share with you this week. Thanks for looking!!</span><br />
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<ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">SU! So Happy for You stamp set (2011 Sale-A-Bration)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Tilda Playing Hopscotch stamp</span></li>
</ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Materials:</span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">GP White cardstock</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 25px;">My Mind's Eye Happy Go Lucky 6x6 Designer Paper Pad (Lime Twist Collection)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Aqua rick rack</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">SU! Dimensionals</span></li>
</ul></div>cuttlebug_fanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580817432078871562noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3853703183300535523.post-49278080925508192592011-09-16T05:00:00.004-05:002011-09-16T10:18:00.030-05:00Cricut 360 Challenge No. 12<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hello my friends! First of all, I would like to apologize for not posting anything for last week's challenge at the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"> <a href="http://cricut360.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Cricut 360</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">. Things at work had been very hectic and I didn't have the time to design for last week's challenge. Still pretty busy but I hope that things start to slow down by next week so that I can have a little "me time" and start creating.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Anyway, this week's challenge at </span><a href="http://cricut360.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Cricut 360</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> is to create a card or layout to celebrate Native American Day (September 19). This is my take for this challenge. I decided to use a very well known Indian proverb as inspiration and hope you like it. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">If your would like to play along this week, please join us at </span><a href="http://cricut360.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Cricut 360</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">!</span></span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Cricut Give a Hoot cartridge</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Brother sewing machine</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 25px;">SU! Scallop Edge paper punch</span></span></li>
</ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Materials:</span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">SU! Early Expresso cardstock</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">SU! Early Expresso ribbon</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Kraft cardstock from Joanns</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My Mind's Eye Lime Twist 6x6 Happy Go Lucky and Fly a Kite designer cardstock pads</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">SU! Dimensionals</span></span></li>
</ul></div>cuttlebug_fanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580817432078871562noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3853703183300535523.post-18699708342242061982011-09-04T22:07:00.003-05:002011-09-05T11:52:57.921-05:00Beautiful work of art by a friend<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hello my friends, today I just wanted to share with you the beautiful work of art my dear friend painted for our family room. He is a great artist and have to say that I love every single detail of it!! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Thanks for stopping by.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Tools:</span><br />
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<ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Cricut Expression</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Cricut Design Studio software</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Crop-a-dile</span></li>
</ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Materials:</span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Orange, pink and aqua twine</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Metallic eyelets</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Kraft cardstock from Joann's</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The Paper Source Chocolate chip cardstock</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The Paper Source Green cardstock</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">GP Black cardstock</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">SU! dimensionals</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">K&Company Carolyn Gavin 12x12 Greenhouse specialty paper pad</span></li>
</ul></div>cuttlebug_fanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580817432078871562noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3853703183300535523.post-90770606607758629982011-08-31T10:54:00.001-05:002011-08-31T10:54:49.963-05:00Yay, my LO made the Cricut Chirp!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I'm so excited, one of my projects was featured on the Cricut Chirp! The Cricut Chirp is a weekly online newsletter featuring projects using any of the Cricut machines. </span><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Last night I checked my email and while reading the Cricut Chirp newsletter, there it was, one of my projects made the Chirp. I</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> just couldn't believe it, s</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">o it took me a moment to realize it was my project, ha ha ha. My featured project was the First Day of School LO I made for the Cricut 360 Challenge No. 8. More details about this LO can be found </span><a href="http://leiradcardmakingcorner.blogspot.com/2011/08/cricut-360-challenge-no8.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbbxniaj0timh48C1djDgBRqMo76EWExHXCg7QBnazN76SdCIxFDr-CIIFsmV_aSte0BEPDoXfzJYh-y6FcVv2llaVJAjWa3KVj0UXDnU0Ppt45JCQKo0wegnc80vfIQKDHno4n4U2sc0/s1600/Cricut360_Challenge8-Leirad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbbxniaj0timh48C1djDgBRqMo76EWExHXCg7QBnazN76SdCIxFDr-CIIFsmV_aSte0BEPDoXfzJYh-y6FcVv2llaVJAjWa3KVj0UXDnU0Ppt45JCQKo0wegnc80vfIQKDHno4n4U2sc0/s320/Cricut360_Challenge8-Leirad.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">I feel so happy and honored, so I wanted to share the good news </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">with my followers. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">If you want to check out the rest of the amazing projects featured this week, you can find the Cricut Chirp </span><a href="http://www.cricut.com/newsletters/volume.aspx?ID=334&utm_source=CricutChirp_083011&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CricutChirp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">HERE</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> Thanks for stopping by!</span></div>cuttlebug_fanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580817432078871562noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3853703183300535523.post-44653613482323775322011-08-26T05:00:00.002-05:002011-08-26T05:00:00.231-05:00Cricut 360 Challenge No. 9<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hello! Labor Day weekend is just around the corner which means we all get a chance to RELAX! This week at</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"> <a href="http://cricut360.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Cricut 360</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> the challenge is to create a card or layout with that in mind. The only requirement is to use any of the Cricut Cartridges. For more details about this week's challenge, please visit the </span><a href="http://cricut360.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Cricut 360.</span></a></span><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">For this week's challenge I created a card using the very cute penguin from the Create a Critter cartridge. The Just Chillin' sentiment is also from the Create a Critter cartridge. Hope you like it!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Create a Critter Cricut Cartridge</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Crop-a-dile</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Cuttlebug Spots and Dots Embossing folder</span></li>
</ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Materials:</span></div></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Paper Source Chocolatechip cardstock</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">GP white cardstock</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Lime Green Twine</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Metallic eyelets</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 25px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">SU! Designers Series Play Date paper pack</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 25px;">Orange cardstock (Joanns)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 25px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">SU! Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper Stack (retired)</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 25px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">SU! Expresso marker</span></span></span></li>
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