Getting Cricky Simply Sunday- Color Challenge

Good Afternoon Crafty Friends! I hope that life is treating each and every one of you well. I've been very under the weather for the last 2 weeks, which has taken my energy to do anything,  and unfortunately it is something that I just have to let run its course, but I was able to get some pretty strong cough medicine to help with this nagging cough. But you didn't stop by to hear about my ailments! LOL! You came by to see what crafty goodness I have to share with you for this week's Getting Cricky Simply Sunday Challenge! This week's challenge is a color challenge. You must use the colors Green and White + 1 other color. This was quite the challenge for me. I searched through all of my paper packs to see what fun green patterned papers I had. As I was searching a great idea came to mind for me. This week is the 1st of 2 weeks for the students in our state in grades 3-5 & 8th grade. They have to take a state mandated test that is a VERY BIG deal. I am fortunate enough to be able to work with several 4th and 5th graders through our after school mentoring group and each year I like to give them a small token to encourage them to do their best on the MSA. So that was my inspiration for the quick and easy cards that I put together to share with you. Here they are: The card on the left is a 3x3 card and the one on the right is a 4x4 card. The horseshoe used on both cards was cut from the Create a Critter cartridge. The sentiments are from the following K. Andrew Design stamp sets: Splashtastic Summer & Fall-O-Ween I used the horseshoe to symbolize Good Luck and I want the kids to know that this is thier chance to shine and show the state just how smart they are! I hope you have enjoyed what you have seen today! Be sure to join in on the fun by submitting your project HERE! Remember this is a color challenge so you must use Green and White + 1 other color. Well that's all for now! Until Next Time... Big Crafty Butterfly Hugs



Getting Cricky Simply Sunday Challenge & Pre-Hop Week

Good Afternoon Friends!! I hope that everyone is having an absolutely wonderful weekend!! I think it always goes by WAY TOO FAST!!! Can't we just have Monday be a part of the weekend too! LOL! For this week's Getting Cricky Simply Sunday Challenge we had to create a project to celebrate an Engagement, Wedding, or Anniversary. I think that these are all very special occasions and with Valentine's Day literally around the corner, I'm sure there will be lots of engagements. So that was what I chose to focus on for my project to share with you. Not only is today our Simply Sunday Challenge but it is the start of our Pre-Hop Week. This week many of my DT Sisters will be sharing projects that highlight 1 Cricut cartridge or SVG set and K.Andrew Design Stamps. We truly want to show you how verstaile and wonderful these stamps are. Here is my project for today: The base of my card is cut from the cartridge that I will be featuring all week: Smiley Cards. I think that this cartridge is a lot of fun and I can't wait to show you how fun they are when you add some K. Andrew Design stamps to them!!! The center piece for the front of the card was created from heart punchouts that I adhered together to create this flower. I inked the edges with Vintage Photo distress ink and then bent the edges of the white petals to add some dimension. The "Will" sentiment was created by masking off and combining two sentiments in the Coffee & Tea for You & Me set and the "you" is from the Winged Things set. Now for the inside of the card which holds the element of surprise! LOL The box with the ring was cut from the Sweethearts cartridge. The "Be Mine" sentiment is from the new I Heart You! set. The "?" is from the Coffee & Tea for You & Me set. This was a fun card to put together! I hope you've enjoyed it! These are the stamp sets that I have featured today Be sure to go HERE to grab your very own sets!!! You will be SO happy that you did!!! Before I go, I just want to invite/remind you to join us on Friday for the monthly Getting Cricky Blog Hop!! We will have some wonderful ideas to help with those moments when you start to experience Cabin Fever! Feel free to join us for the pre-hop events by creating projects using ONE Cricut cartridge/SVG cut AND K. Andrew Design Stamps! Link up with us below!    Well that's all for today! Be sure to check out my DT Sisters projects for this challenge and Link Up your very own project as well! Can't wait to see what you create! Until Next Time... Big Crafty Butterfly Hugs

Simply Sunday Snow & Embossing Challenge & Day 1 of the Getting Cricky Pre-Hop Week

Greetings Crafty Friends!!! I hope that everyone is having a wonderful weekend! I've found some time to relax and just enjoy some "ME" time!!! We all need some of that every so often! I want to welcome you to this week's Getting Cricky Simply Sunday Challenge! This week's challenge theme is Let it Snow- Use embossing! I had so much fun creating my project for this challenge and I couldn't wait to share it with everyone. So without further adieu I present to you my project! I can't begin to tell you how much FUN I had making this card! Now for the details! These adorable penguins are cut from the Simply Charmed cartridge. The snowflake is from the Christmas Solutions cartridge. All paper is from my pile of scraps! And where is that awesome sentiment from you ask! Well it is from 2 sets from the One and Only K. Andrew Designs line of stamps! I used the Winter Wishes set and Crafty Friends! This was the absolute perfect sentiment for what I had envisioned in my head! Not only are we having our Simply Sunday Challenge, but this Friday is our Monthly Getting Cricky Blog Hop, which I know that you are going to LOVE! To get everyone excited and pumped about the hop several of my wonderful Design Team Sisters and I have selected on of Kristal's sets to feature for the entier week by sharing different projects each day. We want to show you just how versatile and wonderful each set really is! The set that I am featuring ALL week is Winged Things!!!  You can head over to the K. Andrew Designs store to grab your very own set!! I promise you it will be so hard to pick just one, so you are just going to have to get them ALL! :) The butterfly was cut from the Once Upon  a Princess cartridge. And my sentiment of course was from the Winged Things set! I love this sentiment not only because of my LOVE for butterflies but because of the inner message that this sentiment conveys. It absolutely perfect! Well thanks for stopping by! Be sure to stop back by each day this week to see more of the projects that I have made using K. Andrew Designs- Winged Things set! And of course don't forget to join us on Friday, January 20th for our monthly Blog Hop!!! You definitely don't want to miss it! Until Next Time... Big Crafty Butterfly Hugs!

Getting Cricky Simpy Sunday Challenge- Joys of the Season

Greetings Crafty Friends! I hope that you have had a great week and your weekend is treating you well. It's time for the latest Simply Sunday Challenge over at Getting Cricky with K. Andrew! This week's theme is Joys of the Season-Holiday Decorations.  I had so much fun creating my project for this week's challenge. Lately I have been intrigued by the look of stacked boxes/cubes. This interest tempted me to making a holiday decoration that was not only simple to put together but also beautiful. Even better I will be able to use it as a decoration in my new home. Without further adieu,,here is my project I was SO happy with how these turned out! They were very easy to put together as well. They were created using my Martha Stewart scoreboard. This is the top box. I used some rhinestones and the K.Andrew's Winter Wishes set. I love this set!!! This is the middle box. I don't have any white inkpads, so I simply used some white embossing powder and I think it really helped the sentiment and snowflakes POP on the red paper. I used a Martha Stewart border punch for the bottom of the lid. This is the largest box and I had so much fun decorating this lid. The stars were embossed with silver/glitter powder and the border is from an EK Success punch. All of the sentiments for this project were from K.Andrew Designs: Winter Wishes set. You can get your very own set by visitng her store. You will be so glad that you did! I hope you have enjoyed seeing my project! I am going to create a picture tutorial to share how easy it is to make these awesome boxes. Don't forget to link up your Joys of the Season-Holiday Decoration project over at Getting Cricky! Until Next Time... Big Butterfly Hugs!!