It's Back to Work I Go

Hi everyone, I told you I would be back here more frequently now!! LOL! I started back to work today after having been off all summer. I love being able to get back and see how all of my co-workers are doing and have spent their summer. It always seems like we haven't been gone for too long. It was a busy day full of meetings and then I did have some time to work in my classroom, which is a BIG work in progress. I will post pictures after I have everything set up. I just wanted to share a card that I made for my mister for his birthday back in June. It was only my my 3rd time working with a digi stamp, which I have really grown to love lately as my Cricut machines have been giving me some issues occasionally. The image is called Handy Harry from Digital Delights by Louby Loo.  I have gotten a lot of the digital images that I've worked with from this site and I just LOVE them, they fit my personality and crafting style so well! This sentiment is from the K. Andrew Designs set called Guy Talk. I used my Crayola colored pencils to color this adorable guy in! (at the time I did not have any Promarkers yet!) The paper is from my stash, I can't remember which stack I used but I do know that it DCWV. This is the inside of the card. These sentiments are also from K. Andrew Designs. Well, thanks for taking a moment to stop by my blog! It's another day of meetings and classroom prep for me tomorrow! I look forward to sharing some classroom pics with you next week. I'll be back this weekend to share some decorations that I put together for my cousin's wedding in July! Until Next Time... Big Crafty Butterfly Hugs!

I'm BACK!!!...FINALLY

My oh my!!! It's been a LONG time since I've blogged! I had to take a hiatus from crafting and blogging because I just wasn't feeling it! I feel like that happened a few times over the past year, and I'm not sure why. Don't know if it's something that all crafters go through or just me. Nonetheless, I'm back and plan to do my best to blog at least once or twice or maybe even three times a week!!! Although I was on a sort of hiatus, I did create a few things here and there over the past few months. I decided that for my first official post back, I would share a super cute and fun card that I created this past weekend. Isn't this just adorable!!! All of the paper used was from my scraps! The tree and all of the images are from Stamps By Judith. The tree is called the Tree for All Seasons and I then used the Butterfly, Cupcake, and Star Stubbs that can be purchased separately. The images were all colored using my Letraset Promarkers, which I LOVE!!! (I'll blog about those another day!) Here is the inside of the cards All of the sentiments are from the following K. Andrew Designs Stamps: Splashtastic Summer, Winged Things, Coffee & Tea for You & Me I'm not sure if you can tell, but I added some Stickles to all of the images for a little bit of bling! And there you have it! Hope you like it! I am also using this for the Create Your Classroom Design Team Call! Thanks for taking time to stop by and check out my creations! I promise to not take another hiatus for a long time!!! Until Next Time... Big Crafty Butterfly Hugs!!!

What a Wonderful World- Getting Cricky Guest Designer

Hello Crafty Friends!! I'm so excited to be a Guest Designer over at Getting Cricky with K. Andrew today!!! I just LOVE all of her stamp sets, and I almost have all of the sets she has released so far! :) When Kristal asked me to be a guest designer, I was more than thrilled! I already knew right away what I was going to make to share with everyone! A few weeks ago I shared a project that I made that included some adorable pinwheels, and I wanted to take a chance to share how to make them with you, so that you can add them to your projects as well!  Here are all of the items you need to get started. The patterened paper is double sided and is from My Minds Eye: Fine & Dandy Girl 6x6 Pad, DCWV Rickrack Cards Blue & Brown, Mrs. LuvvyOwl- Digital Delights by Louby Loo, Timeless Twine, lollipop sticks, brads  From the 6x6 paper cut two 2 1/2 inch x 2 1/2 inch squares.  Next cut slits that are about 1 1/2 inches long from each corner to the center of the square.  You will then fold one side of each flap to the center of the square. Each of the corners should overalap slightly. Put a hole in teh center where the flaps overlap and insert a brad. Once you have inserted the brad, you can attach your pinwheel to the lollipop stick using a glue dot and use the twine to tie a little bow! I colored the lollipop stick with Tim Holtz Distress Ink- Vintage Photo. Voila! You have now created your very own pinwheel! Aren't they super cute! the best part is that they are super easy to make! Once I had my pinwheel made, I was ready to put my project together! I just LOVE how this project came together! Here is the stamp set that I am featuring in my projects today: Of Mice & Lil Men  Here is the project put all together! I just LOVE it!! Here is a close up of the top half of my project! The cute little owl is perched on the other lollipop stick, since I only needed one pinwheel for this project! This awesome sentiment is from the Of Mice and Lil Men stamp set from K. Andrew Design! This set is AWESOME and also goes perfect with so many different projects! And here is a close up of the bottom half! This sentiment is from one of my favorite K. Andrew Design stamp sets- Positive Thoughts! This set has some very inspirational sentiments!!! I was so excited about my guest designer opportunity that I created a few other projects to share as well! Sorry if I went overboard! LOL!!  Sentiments are from the following sets, Of Mice and Lil Men, All in the Family, & Crafty Friends. This tag is for a sweet treat that I will be giving to one of my co-workers who has had a lot going on lately and just needs a little pick me up!  Sentiments are from the following sets: Splashtastic Summer, Of Mice & Lil Men. Image is Daisy Flower from Digital Delights by Louby Loo Last but not least is the Graduation announcment card that I am making for my little sister to send out to family letting them know about her graduation this month! Sentiment is from Of Mice & Lil Men and grad cap is from Happy Graduation cartridge!!! WOW!!! So many fun projects each showcasing how awesome and versatile the K. Andrew Design stamps are, especially the set Of Mice and Lil Men!!! Be sure to head over to Kristal's store to grab your very own set so that you can get creating! Thanks so much for stopping by and taking time to see my creations! I hope that you have been inspired! Until Next Time... Big Crafty Butterfly Hugs!!!

Sweet Love

Good Morning Crafty Friends, Sorry it has been a little bit since my last post. I have been working very hard with my students and it was getting quite exhausting as we patiently awaited the arrival of Spring Break! It has now arrived, well actually it arrived a few days ago, but I've been a busy bee in those few days. :) I have so many projects that I have worked on over the past few weeks, that I finally have time to blog about! So look for those throughout the week. Yesterday, my boyfriend and I celebrated being together for 7 years!!! It's so hard to believe that it has already been that long! Every moment of the past 7 years has been a learning experience for the both of us. I would not trade him for anyone in the world. We definitely belong together and the best thing is that no one can break the bond that he and I have created! :) So of course I had to find a way to put some of my craftiness into showing him how much I appreciate and love everything that he has done in the last 7 years and the wonderful and sweet man that he is! He is a big gamer and every gamer needs their fuel, right! LOL! So I decided to make him a goodie basket full of some of his favorite treats that he can munch on while playing Call of Duty! The twist is that he only got 7 treats one for each year that we have been together! I made this cute tag to go on the front of the basket by using one of the preloaded shapes on the Imagine and of course I had to use my K. Andrew Design Stamps. The sentiments are from the following sets It's Valentine's, Fall-O-Ween, Coffee & Tea for You & Me, and Winter Wishes. Talk about versatility! I had to hand write the "7" because I didn't have a stamp for that! I also made a card to accompany the basket. It is very simple and I love how it came together! It was a Cricut-less card that used a lot of the scraps that I had in my crafty space! I'm not sure if you can tell, but the red heart in the center is popped up because I really wanted our love for each other to be the focal point! This is the inside of the card, which also uses K. Andrew Design Stamps. This set is called All In the Family and it is one of the newest sets that have been released. What would any celebration be without a sweet treat! I have another passion besides teaching and card making and that is cooking! I love to cook and try my hand at making so many different meals and desserts. For this special occasion I decided to try my hand at making a Chocolate Oreo Cream cake that I found at Real Mom Kitchen. We both like Oreos and every now and then chocolate so I thought that it would be fun to try! It turned out very DELICIOUS! I jazzed the edges up a little bit with some of the leftover oreo crumbs that I had, rather than let them go to waste! :) Well I just wanted to share with you some of the craftiness that I was up to yesterday! I'm off to clean the crafting space a wee bit so that I can just mess it all up again! LOL! Be sure to check back this week to see some of the projects that I've worked on! I'm also entering this in this week's Die Cuttin Divas Challenge #59- Sketch Until Next Time... Big Crafty Butterfly Hugs!

OMG!!! Blame my Head NOT My Heart!

OMG!!!! I am so VERY sorry!!! I just realized that I NEVER picked a winner from the UR So Sweet Blog hop!!! I feel so awful for not remembering. It's been a very busy couple of weeks for me. So since I was the one who forgot I have chosen not 1 but 2 lucky winners to receive some crafty goodness!


Without further adieu here are the lucky winners...

#9- Melissa Sunshine Honeybee

#1-Amanda


PLEASE contact me at rlhamm1 at gmail dot com by Tuesday to claim your prize!


Before I forget, again! LOL! Our next Getting Cricky Blog Hop will be next Friday, February 17th!! We have LOTS of fun crafty goodness in store for you and it starts with the Simply Sunday challenge this coming Sunday! Be sure to join us for all of the fun! See you then!!!


Be sure to stop by the K.Andrew Designs Store and grab some stamps!!! You won't regret it!


Until Next Time..


Big Crafty Butterfly Hugs!!

U R SO SWEET!!! - Getting Cricky Monthly Blog Hop

Welcome to the "U R SO SWEET" Getting Cricky Blog Hop!!

We're so happy you could join us for this month's Getting Cricky Design Team Blog Hop!!  We have an EXTRA SPECIAL hop for you this month -- All week long, the Design Team has been featuring many of Kristal's stamp sets in anticipation of the hop...  If you've missed out on any of the week, be sure to check out our previous posts for MORE THAN 100 CREATIVE IDEAS and PROJECTS using Kristal's stamps as well as giveaways, promotions, tips, and tutorials!! 


If you've hopped along from Amanda then you are in the right place!! If you are just joining me from your dashboard, or reading this via email, please be sure to CLICK HERE to start at the beginning with Kristal's blog (you'll want to catch up on all the FUN!!)...


Each of Kristal's stamp sets benefit charity. At least $1 per stamp set goes to benefit the charity noted on the stamp set package. Kristal is donating to the following charities: Cancer Angels, Storefront Shelter for Homeless Children, Intrepid & Fallen Heroes, E. Glaser Pediatric AIDS  Foundation, Doorways Shelter for Women & Children (Domestic Violence), Wayside House for Women, Camp Good Days & Special Times, Adopt a Classroom, and Autism Research Institute. Kristal will donate $1 for every stamp set sold, retail or wholesale to the charity noted; and over time believes this will add up to some wonderful miracles for these special people. So you can feel good that each time you purchase a K Andrew Designs art stamp set, someone around the country is receiving some good help!


K Andrew's stamps are all made and assembled here in the USA, which is very important to Kristal. This ensures all product materials are safe and that jobs are being provided and maintained here in America.  You can learn even more about Kristal's stamps (and pick some up for yourself) by visiting her online store: K Andrew Designs:





Kristal's stamp sets are perfect for cards, layouts, and so much more...


For my project, I'm featuring the Winged Things set. This set is so much fun to use! I'm so glad I chose it as my focus set for the week, because I really got to play with the many possibilities it offers to enhance my projects!

 For more details or to make this set YOURS, please click on the preview:



 It's Valentines





Now for my project!!!

Isn't this little bee just too cute!!! She is cut from the Create a Critter cartridge. I added a little bow to her antenna to give her a little bit of charm. :)

The base of my card is cut from the Pack Your Bags cartridge and welded together using my Gypsy.  And of course my sentiment is from the awesome Winged Things set!

This is the inside of the card. I just love that I was able to put this phrase together. I just love how versatile the K. Andrew Designs stamps are! That makes them that much more fun to play with! :)

Don't forget to stop HERE to pick up your very OWN set of K. Andrew Designs stamps. Remember when you buy $25 worth of stamps, you get the Mini Heart Bonus Set for FREE!! How awesome is that! Even better when you use the code: rholyndafreeship  You get FREE shipping on your order too! This is too good of a deal to pass up, so what are you waiting for!!!





What would a Blog Hop be without some candy! Since you've stuck around this long, how could I NOT offer some SWEET Candy!! I will have a some surprise Blog Candy for 1 of my awesome followers!!! So what do you have to do?!?

1. Leave a comment on this post telling me your favorite candy treat.

2. Become a follower of my blog if you aren't already.

That's it! I will pick a winner next Wednesday, January 25th!

Now you can hop on over to your next stop: Vero ......

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Until Next Time...

Big Crafty Butterfly Hugs!!!

Getting Cricky Promotion Week- Day 4

Hello, Hello My Crafty Friends!!! I hope that you have been enjoying seeing all of the wonderful projects that my WONDERFUL Design Team Sisters and I have been sharing this week. Can you believe that we are already on the 4th day of this Promotion Week!!! That means that we are one day closer to the Getting Cricky Monthly Blog Hop!!! Hopefully you have been inspired to pick up your very own set of K. Andrew Designs Stamps and get crafting! :) This Friday, January 20th 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 one of Kristal's sets to feature for the entire 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!! While your there be sure to use the code: rholyndafreeship to get FREE SHIPPING on your ENTIRE order!!! How awesome is that! I promise you it will be so hard to pick just one, so you are just going to have to get them ALL! :) While your there why not go ahead and Pre-Order one or ALL of her awesome new sets, which will ship at the end of January. Here is a peek at them! Key to My Heart Mini- Available for FREE with a $25 or more purchase It's Valentines! I Heart You All About Animals All in the Family Now for my project that I have to share with you today!   The eagle is cut from the Stand and Salute Cartridge. The sun beneath the eagle is cut from the Pack Your Bags cartridge. Here is a close up of the sentiment that I used from the Winged Things Set. Such powerful words! 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!