More Walk in my Garden

Hi Crafters,

Have you entered for a chance to win 3 stamps sets?  Enter by Friday for a chance to win see the Post Below to post a comment.

This post is a continuation of my post earlier in the weekend. I cut this funky little turtle from Walk in My Garden at 2 inches.  I took a scrap of the cream cardstock and ran it through the cuttlebug twice using one of the skinny boarder folders and added a quick stamp.

Happy Crafting,

Mini Envelope Card with Martha Stewart Scoreboard AND Blog Candy!

Hi Crafters,
Here's a quick project I worked on yesterday and a video about my blog candy giveaway drawing on FRIDAY April 1st (no I'm not trying to fool you).

This giveway is limited to those living in the contiguous 48 states.  The only thing you need to do to win is comment on THIS post (you do not need to be a follower).  Please leave your email address so I can contact you if you win. The giveaway ends on Friday April 1 at 9:00 EST. Good luck!

Walk in My Garden

Hi Crafters,

I participated in a card challenge today with a friend.  I wasn't in the mood to pull out the gypsy and tinker with things today so I grabbed Walk in My Garden and used the cricut the "old fashion" way. It actually worked out well for what I had in mind.  I got this great stamp set a few weeks ago from Walmart and envisioned stamping the centers of flowers with these cool circular patterned stamps. I cut these on shadow at 2 inches.  The leaves were cut at a variety of sizes varying from 3/4" to 1 1/2".  The tags are actually blades of the grass from Walk in my Garden with holes cut in them using a small hole punch.  I cut those at 2 and 3 inches. I used the cuttlebug to emboss the background.

I added some bling and buttons to the various cards just for a little extra oomph. These have been stamped with Operation Write Home and tucked into their envelopes for shipping.

I have a few videos uploading one with details for my giveaway this week!  Keep checking back!

Happy Crafting,

365 Challenge: Crush

Hi Crafters,

I got several things done around the apartment and while I was waiting for the next OWH challenge to post I found another challenge to participate in.  The challenge was to make a card with the theme of "crushes". I made this with this cute embossed bee with hearts.  I then stamped with an xoxo stamp around the edge and added brown "stitching" with a marker. I embossed the green with the swiss dots folder. I used some twine around the top and glued everything together.

Happy Crafting,

Operation Write Home Challenge: State Flag

Hi Crafters,

It's been a while! I have a new project for you today.  I am participating in the Operation Write Home challenge day (check them out on facebook http://www.facebook.com/opwritehome to see the challenges for the day.  The first challenge this morning was to make a thank you card with inspiration from your state flag. I'm from Virginia so I had a few shades of blue, a splash of purple, and a hint of green. I saw this as a great opportunity to get my card mojo back.  I made this card with a few layers and the cuttlebug.  The back piece is 4.25x5.5.  The purple layer is 4x5.25, and the dark blue is 3.5x4.0.  I ran the dark blue layer through the cuttlebug and stamped the purple layer with green ink.

My other challenge I am working on is cleaning between challenges.  So I'm off! I'll check in again in a bit!

Happy Crafting,

New Cricut Community

Hi Crafters,

There is a new cricut community in town.  It's called Let's Cricut.  They have a message board which is just getting started.  The really cool thing about this community is it has a great gallery in the works.  People can upload and tag cartridges or techniques (vinyl, cards, layouts etc).  People have already uploaded some great stuff.  My name is also CraftyMrs there.

I am about to go make some cards.

Happy Crafting,