Getting Cricky Pre-Hop Week- Day 5

Hello Again, Crafty Friends!!! I hope that you are having a wonderful week! It's hard to believe that it is already Day 5 of the Getting Cricky Pre-Hop Week. But you know what that means!!!! Tomorrow is our big BLOG HOP!!!! :) I can't wait for you to see all of the awesome creations my DT Sisters and I have to share with you. So be sure to be at your nearest computer by 9 PM EST TOMORROW, Friday, February 17th so that you don't miss a thing!!! Now for today's project featuring the Smiley Card cartridge and K. Andrew Design Stamps!!! Here it is: To create this card, I of course used my Smiley Card cartridge for that super cute balloon. I stamped the face using Peach Keen Character Assortment set. The cloud behind the balloon was cut using one of the pre-installed images on the Imagine and I used a pattern from the Enjoy the Seasons cartridge. My sentiments are from the K.Andrew Designs- Coffee & Tea for You & Me, Winter Wishes, & Splashtastic Summer. You can see what they look like below and order your very own sets HERE. Well that's all I have for today! Don't forget to join us in this week's challenge to use only 1 Cricut Cartridge/SVG cut AND a K. Andrew Design Stamp!!! I can't wait to see what you create!!! And don't forget to join us tomorrow for our monthly Blog Hop!!! Until Next Time... Big Crafty Butterfly Hugs!

Getting Cricky Pre-Hop Week- Day 4

Happy Wednesday Crafty Friends!!! I hope that everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day!!! I enjoyed some quality time with my boyfriend and that always puts a smile on my face :). I loved my goodies from cupid, but I have to say the most shocking gift that I received was a homemade strawberry cheesecake from one of my students. My students know that this is my all time FAVORITE dessert and I thought that that was the sweetest treat!!! So between the wonderful gifts from my boyfriend and the many gifts from my students, I must say that it was an overall great day!

But enough of all that. Are you enjoying all of the wonderful projects that my Getting Cricky DT Sisters and I are sharing this week!!! Have you joined in on the fun yet?!? If not, what are you waiting for!!! Hop in that crafty space of yours and join in on the fun!

If you've been visiting throughout the week, then you know that our challenge this week, is to use 1 Cricut cartridge/SVG and ANY K. Andrew Designs Stamp set. This has been an exremely fun week so far.The cartridge that I am featuring this week is Smiley Cards. This is an exclusive cartridge that is only on the Gypsy. I have found so many awesome features and cuts that I didn't even know were on this cartridge

Enough of my blabbering, let's get to the real reason why your here with me and that's to see my project of the day.

Sorry the lighting isn't the best, but this card is so fun and cheery in person!!! The background paper was printed using the Enjoy the Seasons Imagine Cartridge. The sun is of course from the Smiley Cards cartridge My sentiments, which are PERFECT for this card and it's recipient are from the following sets: Splashtastic Summer & Coffee & Tea for You & Me. 

You can grab your own sets and many more by going HERE

Well that's all I have for today. Be sure to link up your projects below and stop back by tomorrow. Also, don't forget to join us on Friday, Febraury 17th for the monthly Getting Cricky Blog Hop. We will be sharing some wonderful projects for curing that "Cabin Fever" that you or the kids may be experiencing!!!

Until Next Time....

Big Crafty Butterfly Hugs

Zumba-style Birthday!

Good Morning Friends!!! Stopping by to share a card that I made to wish my Zumba instructor a very happy birthday! She loved it! Every bit of the card reminded me so much of her! I just LOVE how this card turned out!! The girl is cut from the Rock Princess cartridge and the other embellishments are things I had around. Last but certainly not least are the sentiments! They are from the one and only K.Andrew Designs! Here are the sets I used. Well thats all for now! Until Next Time... Big Crafty Butterfly Hugs!!!

Birthday Greetings

Hi there crafty friends! I hope that everyone is having a wonderful week so far. I just wanted to stop in to share a couple of birthday cards that I made using my Cricut Imagine and of course my favorite stamps by K. Andrew Designs. The cartridge used for both of these cards was Yummy. I had so much fun with that cartridge and I definitely will be adding it to my collection, I was fortunate that my co-worker let me borrow hers! :-) Here are the K. Andrew Design stamps that I used:  Be sure to go HERE to get your very own sets!!! Well that's all for today! Until next time... Big Crafty Butterfly Hugs!!



Simply Fabulous

Hello my crafty friends! I hope that you each are having a wonderful week so far! The week has started out pretty good for me. I had a very relaxing weekend and was able to get a lot of crafting done. As mentioned in my previous post, my goal this year is to do better at getting birthday cards out to my family members and friends this year. I'm already off to a decent start! LOL!  My cousin is celebrating her birthday today, so I made sure to get her card done over the weekend. It also gave me a chance to play with the Cricut Imagine that Santa brought me for Christmas. Can I just say that I am really LOVING this machine! I can't wait to see all that I'm able to do with it in addition to continuing to use my Expression.  Oops..so sorry I digressed. LOL. Anyway, I used the Summer in Paris cartridge for the cuts on the card and the Industrial Glow cartridge, that came with my Imagine, for the patterned cuts and for the teal background. Most importantly I used the Fashionable Friends and Coffee & Tea for You & Me stamp sets from the AWESOME K. Andrew Designs stamp line! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this stamp line. They are so versatile and fun! To order your very own sets be sure to visit her store HERE. You can even preorder the upcoming Valentine's Day sets!!! You don't want to miss out on these awesome sets!!! Free set you can get when you PreOrder BOTH Valentine's sets OR make a purchase of $25 or more Be sure to stop by the Getting Cricky site this Sunday to see our new Simply Sunday Challenge! Lots of Frosty fun!!! :) Last but not least we have our monthly blog hop coming up next Friday!!! You are going to fall in LOVE with the projects that the design team has to share with you! Be sure to join us for all the fun and bring a friend, or two, or three, bring ALL your friends! :) Until Next Time... Big Crafty Butterfly Hugs!

I Think I'm Back

Hello There Crafty World!!!

I know that I have been MIA for well over a month! I can't believe it. I've missed not being able to craft but I think I'm getting into the groove of having a new home and a new school year, and I think  I'm finally going to be able to start crafting again.

During my absence, I did have a chance to craft a few things here and there, so I thought I would take this time share them with you all!

This is a card I made for my younger brother.

This was made for my other younger brother

This is one of the cards I made to welcome back my 1st grade teammates to the New School Year!

The inside of the card

These are the Welcome Back bags that I made for my students! I have 24 lovely students and I had fun making these bags!

Close up of the patriotic apples on each of the bags. Our theme this year is United We Stand...United We Learn

Thank you cards that I made for a few students/families who gave me birthday and back to school gifts

I love how these turned out!

Inside of the Thank You cards

Thank You cards envelope

As I said earlier in my post, things have been pretty crazy. I moved into my new house in the beginning of August and then had to head back to work to prep for the school year. During our Open House we experienced an earthquake, followed by a hurricane that weekend, which closed school for 3 days and then on top of all that there were tornado warnings, and endless amounts of clean up from the hurricane. Luckily, during the hurricane I, personally did not lose power, but several of my family members and students were without power for days.

So with that crazy start to the school year, so many of us have felt like we haven't been able to get our feet on the ground and help our students to adjust. Hopefully this next month will be filled with normalcy for me not only at work, but at home as well. I have been in a bit of funk lately and just have not wanted to do much of anything. It has been tough to deal with, because I know that there are SO many things that I needed to get done to continue to settle into my new house, but I just haven't wanted to do anything. This weekend, was the first weekend where I've really felt like my old self, and feeling like things are looking brighter for me. I hope that this also means, I will be feeling rather crafty too! :)

Sorry that this post is so long, I just wanted to share what has been going on in my life and why I've been M.I.A.

Until Next Time...

Big Crafty Hugs!