What A Wonderful Thing!

Good Evening Friends! I have enjoyed every minute of my Spring Break, but unfortunately tomorrow means that I shall return to work! I honestly have missed all of my wonderful kiddos and can't wait to find out about the adventures they each had over the break! In the midst of preparing for the work week, I did manage to find a few moments to get some crafting in! I decided to try something that I've not done before and I was so extremely happy with the turn out. I've been seeing a lot of cards and projects with pinwheels on them so I wanted to give them a try! I LOVE how they turned out and the project turned out much better than I envisioned! Without further adieu here is what I was able to create! I cannot say it enough how happy I am about how this came together! I started by making the pinwheels. The larger pinwheel is made from a 3'' square and the smaller pinwheels are from 2'' squares. I then used brads to hold them together. The sticks are lollipop sticks, that I use when I'm making candy, that I inked using Tim Holtz- Broken China. I then attached the pinwheels to the sticks at varying heights. The grass is a piece of scrap paper that I had and then fringed to make it look more like grass. The clouds were cut from one of the pre-loaded images on the Cricut Imagine and then inked with Tim Holtz- Broken China. Everything except for the grass is popped up using pop dots. I LOVE those things! I use them on almost EVERYTHING! LOL! Last but not least my sentiments are from K. Andrew Designs Stamp line! I just LOVE her stamps and I enjoy mixing and matching all of the different sentiments. These two sentiments come from the following sets Of Mice and Lil Men and Winged Things. This was a fun project to put together and I plan to frame it and have it in my office/craft space to remind me that having and using my imagination is a in fact a wonderful thing! I am entering this into the following challenges: Love to Crop- Say What? Say Anything! Getting Cricky Simply Sunday- Favorite Project Die Cuttin Divas- Use Pastels Well that's all I have for now. Be sure to stop back during the week to see some of the other fun things I have worked on! Until Next Time... Big Crafty Butterfly Hugs!

"Getting Cricky With It"- Surprise Blog Hop

Welcome to the “Getting Cricky With It” Surprise Appreciation Blog Hop for Kristal!!! Today the Design Team is bringing you some very special projects created for our wonderful and amazing leader Kristal! Our term is almost over and we wanted to show her just how much we appreciate ALL that she has done for us this term. The projects that we will be sharing with you will also be sent to Kristal. We encourage ALL of her fans to join in on the fun as well! Be sure to add your card/project to the link below and then be sure to mail it off to her! If you've hopped along from the blog of the AMAZING Kristal 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: I'm featuring the following sets in my project: For my project I have made a card and a gift bucket full of wonderful things to help Kristal to relax and rest. She does SO much for everyone that I thought this special gift would be just fitting for her! :) This is the card that I made. The patterned papers and images are all cut from the Enjoy the Seasons cartridge for the Imagine. The sentiment was created by combining the Coffee & Tea for You & Me set and the Winter Wishes set. This is the inside of the card. The sentiment is from the Scripture Sayings set and the images are from the Winged Things and Crafty Friends sets. This is the bucket of relaxation that I put together for Kristal. Inside are some nail files, a manicure set, some eye masks including a gel one, a candle & holder, bath confetti, and a cd of relaxing music! This is the top of the bucket with a paper flower that I picked up at Michael's. I hot glued it to the lid for some added fun! Here is the total package! I really hope that Kristal takes some time to get some much needed R & R! She is SO very deserving of it!!! Thanks so much for taking time to join us for this very special hop! Don't forget that if you want to join in the fun of this hop, you can create something just for Kristal and send it off to her. Be sure to link up your project below! Now you can dance on over to your next stop : CHARLOTTE! Here is the line up in case you get lost along the way: 1.      Kristal 2.      RhoLynda 3.      Charlotte 4.      Cheri 5.      Linda 6.      Amanda 7.      Debbie 8.      Vero 9.      Lisa 10.  Jennie 11.  Kristan 12.  Jamie 13.  Christel 14.  Jana 15.  Patti 16.  Heather 17.  Miranda 18.  Ildi 19.  Jessie 20.  JoAnn 21.  Letillia 22.  Larelyn 23.  Anita 24.  Laura 25. Sherry 26.  Shawn 27.  Faith 28.  Amy Until Next Time... Big Crafty Butterfly Hugs!!!

Getting Cricky Cabin Fever Blog Hop

Welcome to the "Cabin Fever" 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 as well as an array of Cricut Cartridges, SVG cuts, and more 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 as well as giveaways, promotions, tips, and tutorials!!

If you've hopped along from Kristan 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 & Coffee & Tea for You & Me Sets. For more details or to make this set YOURS, please click on the preview:




Winged Things

Coffee & Tea for You & Me

Here is my project for today's hop.

It's a chinese style takeout box created using the Sweet Tooth Boxes. The pattern was printed on the Imagine using the Enjoy The Seasons cartridge. The cute little pencil is on two sides of the container and it is from the Smiley Cards cartridge. I used some Peachy Keen faces to give it some personality!  I was inspired to create this project after seeing this post over at the Somewhat Simple blog. Instead of using a jar I decided to make a chinese box. Probably because I've been craving chinese lately. LOL!!!

The circles and thier patterns were also cut on the Imagine. This sentiment is from the Coffee & Tea for You & Me set.

This is the other side of the box and the sentiment is from the Winged Things set.

These strips of paper contain ideas for what kids can do when they are 'bored'. I figure to make it even more fun, they could grab a pair of chopsticks and pick things out of the box.

Here is the box all closed up, with a few "noodles" hanging out! :)

I just LOVE how this idea came together and I can't wait to give it to someone to put to use! I think that if I make more of these, I'm going to make some fortune cookies, to put the "noodles" into! :) How fun would that be to open up the box and find those in there!

Now that you've seen what I can make using the K. Andrew Design Stamps, head over to her online store to purchase your very own sets. Remember that if you spend $25,  you will get the Mini Heart Bonus Set for FREE!!






Thanks so much for stopping by!! I'm so glad that you did!

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

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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

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 5

Greetings 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 it's Day 5 of our Promotion Week!!! That means that we are even 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 I have not 1 but 2 projects to share with you today!! I had so much fun making both of these cards, and they are just so YUMMY!!! :) First up is the super fun gate fold card that I created. This is a 5 x 7 gatefold. That yummy bonbon is cut from the Yummy cartridge for the Cricuit Imagine. When you open up the card you see... This adorable and happy lollipop! Doesn't it just bring a smile to your face!!! I couldn't stop smiling as I was making it! The lollipop was also cut from the Yummy cartridge. I love this cartridge and I'm so thankful that my co-worker allowed me to borrow hers until I can get my hands on one! The sentiments from the Winged Things set were so fun and perfect in every way for this card! 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 TOMORROW, January 20th for our monthly Blog Hop!!! You definitely don't want to miss it! Until Next Time... Big Crafty Butterfly Hugs!