Sunshine and Happiness ~ Scrappy Moms Stamps June Release

Hi There! Welcome to Luv Scrapping Together!

 

Today I am sharing a card that I created with the newest release from Scrappy Moms Stamps.

 

 

For my card I used a cut from the Cricut Country Life cartridge. I choose my patterned paper from Heidi Grace "Sunshowers" 6x6 paper pad that I had purchased from Jo Ann Fabrics. I love the patterns in this paper pad.

 

I inked all my edges with Ranger Distress Ink in Teas Dye, added some Summer Sun Satin sequins I purchased from Neat & Tangled, and finished it off with some ribbon from my stash.

 

I added a little doodling for a fun look.

 

My sentiment is from Scrappy Moms Stamps "Flower Power! set.

 

 

You can find all of Scrappy Moms Stamps HERE.

 

The new stamps are in stock and ready to ship. Hurry and get yours!

 

Until next time...

Happy Crafting!

 

It's Your Day... ~ PKS Photo Inspiration Challenge

Hi There! Welcome to Luv Scrapping Together!

 

If you are looking for the PKS and SVG Cutting Files Bog Hop click HERE.

 

It's challenge time at Peachy Keen Stamps! This week is a photo challenge.

 

Here are the details:

 

 

THE CHALLENGE

Create a project using the photo as inspiration. Interpret the photo ANY way you'd like, just be sure to let us in on your creative process! The colors next to the photo are only suggested!

We'll be awarding "TOP PEACH" to the player who uses their Peachy Keen Stamps this week and our two runner ups will receive a spiffy badge to display on their blog!

 

Guidelines:

- Design must be new

- Link up by 5/22 - 11:59 pm EST

 

Here is the card I created using the photo for inspiration:

 

 

For my card, I used PK-206 Female Floatin' Frog. This stamp set comes with the floating frog and a few sentiments. I had so much fun coloring her!

 

This next picture shows the shine I added to her eyes and her drink. I, also, did some doodling with my black gel pen.

 

Here is the rest of the sentiment that I stamped on the inside of the card:

 

Other products used:

 

Country Life Cricut cartridge ~ sun

Create A Critter Cricut cartridge ~ pond

Copic Markers

Spectrum Noir Markers

Fiscars Grass Punch

 

I hope you will join us this week! I look forward to seeing what you create. All the details can be found on the Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge Blog.

 

Until next time...

Happy Crafting!

 

 

Sweet as you are! ~ PKS Inspiration!

Hi Peachies!Welcome to Luv Scrapping Together!

It's my turn to post on the Peachy Keen Blog and I have a cute gift bag to share.

 I love buying plain kraft bags and decorating them to make them look extra special for the recipient. Peachifiying them is always fun!

I love Peachy Keen Stamps faces! My cherries were on the small size but the faces from PK-123 Darren and Laura Lee worked perfectly. The faces are looking at each other, isn't that just too cute!

I chose a sentiment from PK-106 With a Cherry on Top! This set has a lot of interchangeable sentiments that give you a lot of options.

Other items used:

Lacy Labels Cricut Lite cartridge

Country Life cartridge

My Mind's Eye "Twinkle Twinkle Little Girl"

My Mind's Eye "Fine and Dandy Girl"

Ranger Glossy Accents

Ranger Distress Ink "Tea Dye"

I hope you all have a wonderful week!

Until next time...

Happy Crafting!

Pretty Birthday Card

Hi Crafty Friends! Thanks for stopping by Luv Scrapping Together!

Today I have a birthday card to share with you. I made this card for my dear sister. I wanted something pretty and I think I accomplished that with this card.

The details:

Gypsy Wanderings ~ tag shape and shadow

Country Life Cricut Cartridge ~ flowers

Patterned Paper ~ jillibean soup Dutch Mustard (purchased from Shop Pumpkin Spice ) and DCWV Autumn Splendor

Sentiment ~ 40:31 Creations Say Anything

Ranger Distress Ink ~ Tea Dye

Misc. ~ ribbon, foam tape, white gel pen, atg

I wanted to inform you all that Scrappy Moms Stamps will be releasing 2 new sets tomorrow and Saturday we will be having a Halloween Blog Hop.

 So come back tomorrow to see the fabulous new sets. You are going to love them!

That's it for today. Thanks for stopping and Happy Crafting!!

You Brighten My Day! ~ SMS Terrific Tuesday Challenge

Hello, Crafty Friends! Welcome to Luv Scrapping Together!

Today I get to share with you my first official Scrappy Moms Stamps project! Totally excited about that!! :)

It's Terrific Tuesday Challenge time at Scrappy Moms Stamps. The challenge is to use any cut from Country Life Cricut Cartridge. Don't have that cartridge? Don't worry! You can use any similar cut from another cartridge or SVG. Try to incorporate a SMS somewhere on the project if you have them but it is not required. We just want you to have fun.

I made a card that could be used to encourage or thank someone. I really love the way it came out. Let me show you...

The cut used is from page 72 of the Country Life handbook. As I was planning the card out in my Gypsy I decided that I didn't want to use all the layers.

My sentiment is from Scrappy Moms Stamps, "Quirky Quotes." It works beautifully with this image.

The designer paper I used is from My Mind's Eye, Stella and Rose Gertie Papers. It is gorgeous. I bought a 6 x 6 paper pad from ShopPumpkinSpice. They have some of the best prices for designer paper and the shipping isn't bad either!

All of my cuts were inked with Ranger distress ink.

I wanted my ribbon to look a little like fluffy clouds so I used Crinkle Ribbon in Snow White and gathered it. I added a button with some DMC floss to finish it off. The Crinkle Ribbon can be purchased from My Craft Spot. Kimberly's selection of colors is gorgeous!

That's my project for today! Make sure to click the button below to go to Scrappy Moms Stamps and see what my fabulous design team sisters have for your inspiration. They always inspire me!

Thanks for stopping and Happy Crafting!

Mums The Word

Happy Monday!

It's time for another challenge at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog. This week "Challenge Me Monday" is Moms the Word. Use the word mom, mother, mum on a project. This is a great challenge to get a head start on your Mother's Day cards. After all, Mother's Day is May 8th. I definately took the opportunity to make a card for my mother-in-law.

I love making shaped cards and decided that the pitcher with flowers from Country Life would make a pretty card. Here is another pic from a different angle.

I love to add a little decorative paper inside to give it a finished look. I cut the flowers twice and pop-dotted them for a little added dimension. I also made faux chipbord letters. I cut 2 layers out of cereal boxes and one layer out of patterned paper. I guess my card would be considered a faux shaped card, too. I just cut 2 shadow layers and scored one at the top. I, then, use my atg on the top portion of the scroed layer and adhere both layers together. I really like this method because you don't get flattened shapes.

Here is what was used:

Country Life Cricut cartridge ~ All cuts

DCWV Rustic Stack

Ranger Distress Ink ~ Tea Dye

Recollection Gems

Hemp

White Gelly Roll Pen

Please go check out all the fantabulous creations that my fellow design team members have for you over at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog. You are sure to be inspired.

Join us in creating this week. I can't wait to see what you all do!

Happy Crafting!

Thinking of Ewe

Happy Friday! It time for another challenge over at Flaunt It Fridays! This week we are flaunting the sheep from Country Life Cricut Cartridge. If you don't own that cartridge you can use a similar cut. Here is my project:

Here is what I used:

Cricut Cartridge ~ Country Life

Cardstock ~ Recollections, Echo Park ~ Life is Good

Pink By Design ~ Country Living

My Craft Spot ~ Golden Harvest Crinkle Ribbon

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder ~ D'Vine Swirls

Snow White Flock

Button

Hemp

Hop on over to Flaunt It Fridays and check out what my fellow designers have for you this week. You will not be disappointed. Then join us in the challenge. We'd love to see you there.

Happy Scrapping!

Peachy Keen Guest Designer Week 10: Day 3

Hello my crafty friends! Welcome to day 3 of Peachy Keen Goodness with Peachy Keen Stamps!


I am so excited to share my project with you today! I have created a spring centerpiece for you. This was quite inexpensive to put together because most of my materials came from the dollar store or the dollar section of my craft store

Isn’t this just adorable!! I love these little faces. I love the Peachy Keen Critter Faces and Wide Eyed and Bushy Tailed Faces. They are just so fun to play with! I like to add a little shine to the eyes and nose with Ranger Glossy accents.

Here is what I used:

Peachy Keen Stamps ~ PK-757 Wide Eye and Bushy Tailed Face Assortment for bunny and

PK-754 Critter Faces Medium Set A for the chick. I used only the eyes for this.

Cricut Cartridges ~ Create A Critter – bunny, Simply Charmed – chick and flowers, Country Life – Banner

Ranger Glossy Accents

Stickles ~ Yellow, Starry Night, and Stardust

White Gelly Roll Pen

Ribbon

Martha Stewart Baker’s Twine

(2) 1/8 inch dowel rods cut

Small bucket

Floral Foam

Easter Grass

Now before you go I want you to know that the generous Peachy Keen family allowed me to pick out a set of stamps for one of you to win this week. As I was looking through the stamps I just could not pass up these cuties!

PK-757 Wide Eyed and Bushy Tailed Face Assortment

All you have to do to win these cuties is to leave a comment here on my blog and on the Peachy Keen Stamps blog. You don't have to follow me but I certainly won't frown if you do :)

For even more chances to win make sure to leave a comment on each of my Peachy Keen posts this week. I will use Random.org to choose a winner on Saturday.

Thank you for stopping by today. Make sure you come back tomorrow to see what I have created for

Day 4!

~Hugs

Saundra

"Share the Love" Cricut Crawl

Welcome to Luv Scrapping Together and the fourth Fantabulous Cricut Crawl...Fantabulous Cricut's version of a blog hop!

Valentine's Day is in a week and everyone at Fantabulous Cricut has decided to Share the Love! Each Design Team member will be featuring an original Valentine-themed project that includes the word LOVE somewhere on it.

If you've come from visiting the super talented Robin at Robin’s Creative Cottage, you're in the right place! If you've just happened across my blog and would like to play along with our Fantabulous Cricut Crawl, start HERE.

Make sure to check out each DT member's blog for some awesome inspiration! There will be PRIZES along the way at some of our DT members' blogs, AND there will be a Grand Prize up for grabs at FCCB for one participant that submits a "Share the Love" project at FCCB!

How fun is that?

For my project I created a banner. I have been wanting to make a banner for quite a while and I thought this was the perfect opportunity.

To make this banner I used the following:

Chipboard i.e. cereal boxes

Cricut Cartriges ~ Birithday Bash, background ~ Country Life, letters, this cartridge doesnt have a shadow feature for the letters so I just off set my letters to give it a shadow effect ~ Sweethearts, cupid and layers

Valentine Buttons

40:31 Creations ~ Love stamps

Patterned cardstock ~ Paper Studio

Colorbox Pigment Ink ~ cranberry

Tulle

Foam tape, Pop Dots, Atg

Now a blog hope is never complete without some type of blog candy, right? Today I am giving away a set of stamps from 40:31 Creations titled New Baby.

These stamps are of high quality and stamp beautifully.

To win these stamps all you have to do is:

1. Leave a comment on this post.
2. Be a follower. If you are not a follower become ona dn leave another comment telling me that you did.

Want more chances?

“Like” Me on Facebook Here and come back and leave a comment telling me you did.

Friday I will be in another blog hop and you can comment there for even more chances to win! How does that sound? I will post the winner Next Tuesday so you have plenty of time to get through this hop and Friday's hop.

Now it's your turn! Let's see your Share the Love projects! Make sure to include a Cricut cut somewhere on your project and the word Love!

Next stop is the wonderfully talented Sharon at Lady Bug Designs. Go see what she has in store for you today... And when you're done, make sure to link up your project to FCCB's Fantabulous Cricut Crawl post to be entered into the contest!

Happy Crawling!

Challenges I'm adding this to:
Paper Playtime  ~ Cupid or hearts
More Than Favors ~ "Wacky Wednesday" Challenge #25 Valentine's Day

Hello Kitty Blog Hop

Hello! Welcome to the Flaunt It Friday's  Hello Kitty Blog Hop. If you are here from the super talented Elsa's blog Cricutlver then you are in the right spot. If you just arrived here and would like to start from the beginning please go directly to the Flaunt It Fridays blog. For this week's challenge we were asked to flaunt the Hello Kitty with Airplane on Page 65 from the Hello Kitty Greetings Cart. I am one of the designers that does not own that cart but I was able to use other carts to create a Hello Kitty look-alike.

I made a treat bag topper. To make my Hello Kitty look-alike I used Create A Critter for the kitty and New Arrival for the airplane. I used my Gypsy to "hide" the kitty face and the windows on the airplane. I Peachy Keen Stamps PK-754 Critter Faces Medium for the kitty face. I had to kind of ink certain parts of the face stamps to get the parts that I wanted. I used heart shaped brads for my airplane windows and used to white gelly roll pens for the stitching. The Cuttlebug D'Vine Swirls was used to emboss the background paper.

Now for my second project we got to choose any cut from the Hello Kitty Greetings but again since I don't own the cartridge I chose a similar cut. I used the Cricut Search Engine and found that there are cherries on Hello Kitty Greetings so I found some cherries on several cartridges and chose the cherries from Country Life. For my second project I made a card.

This is a 4.25x5.5 inch card. The cherries were cut from the Country Life cartridge. The patterned paper came from DCWV Sweet Stack. I used a Fiscars punch and added ribbon and button with baker's twine. Used my white gelly roll pen for a bit of accent. The sentiment is from Pink By Designs Country Living stamp set.

Now what's a blog hop without some blog candy! Today I am giving away a $10 gift certificate to Peachy Keen Stamps! All you have to do is make sure you are a follower and leave a  comment after this post. Our hop will run all weekend long and I will chose the winner for my my blog candy on Tuesday Jan. 11th.

Now remember, you must leave a comment on everyone's blog to have a chance to win the Grand Prize Giveaway which is the Love Always stamp set sponsored by Pink By Design. The grand prize will be on Sandra's blog! You will have all weeked to complete the hop and we will draw the winner sometime on Monday or Tuesday.

Thank You so much for taking the time to hop with us for the Flaunt It Friday's Hello Kitty Blog Hop! We can't wait to see how you "Flaunt" your Hello Kitty this week at Flaunt It Fridays. Your NEXT STOP is the very talented Pam at Simply Pams Blog. I know she has something special put together for you there.
Here is the order of the hop in case you get lost:

1. SANDRA http://365daysofcricut.blogspot.com/
2. JANIS http://pausedreamenjoy.blogspot.com/
3. DORCAS http://4craftyangels.blogspot.com/
4. MELISSA http://apaperjourney.blogspot.com/
5. CHRISTINA http://cardcreationsbyc.blogspot.com/
6. JESS http://myscrapdiary-jess.blogspot.com/
7. DENISE http://lalasworldblog.blogspot.com/
8. CORRI http://www.buglvr.blogspot.com/
9. ROSE http://roseohio-myblog.blogspot.com/
10. ERIKA http://cricutlove1.blogspot.com/
11. AMANDA http://www.myscrappinobsession.com/
12. JEN http://huffinatorshangout.blogspot.com/
13. CELESTE http://ccscards.blogspot.com/
14. CARLEY http://www.the-real-icarley.blogspot.com/
15. STACEY http://staceyscreativecorner.blogspot.com/
16. ABBY http://www.scrapbookaholicbyabby.com/
17.CHERYL http://www.pinkandpaper.blogspot.com/
18. LAUREL http://www.blog.littlepeaceofmyheart.com/
19. ELSA http://cricutlvr.blogspot.com/
20. SAUNDRA http://www.luvscrappingtogether.blogspot.com/ <------------ You are here!
21. PAM http://simply-pam.blogspot.com/
22. SHARON http://meemeescreations.blogspot.com/
23. SHEANDRA http://www.lawyersscraptoo.blogspot.com/
24. AMY http://perfectlyunperfectcards.blogspot.com/
25. JENNY http://crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/
26. GLENDA http://glendascards.blogspot.com/
27. VIVIANA http://vivienpapel.blogspot.com/
28. PAULA http://craftwithbee.blogspot.com/
29. STEPHANIE http://www.alwayscrafting.com/
30. MICHELLE http://mumoftwoblog.blogspot.com/
31. JD http://jdscricuteering.blogspot.com/
32. JENNY K. http://kozfam5.blogspot.com/

A Country Birthday

Good Morning Friends!

Hope you all are having a wonderful week! I wanted to share a birthday card I  made for my great aunt.

This is a 5x7 inch card.

Here is what I used:

Cricut Cartridge ~ Country Life

Patterned Paper ~ DCWV

Kraft Cardstock

Matha Stewart deep edge punch ~ I won this from Peachy Keen's Birthday hop :)

Green and White Baker's Twine

Ranger Distress Ink ~ Tea Dye

Bling

White Gelly Roll Pen

Foam Tape

It was pretty simple to put together but I like how it turned out.

I also wanted to remind you all about the Rockin' New Year's Blog Hop. It starts tomorrow and I believe there is some blog cand to be had!

Have a great day, Friends!

Blessed Layout

Good Morning!
Today’s Challenge Me Monday #37 over at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog is to create something for which you are Thankful. I am so pleased to show you my project today. Many of you may have noticed that I am mostly a card maker but when I was told that I needed to make something for which I was thankful I knew right away I would need to feature my family. I feel truly blessed to have them all in my life and I love them dearly. So, I challenged myself and decided to do a layout of my family.

Here ar few close ups:

I have already framed this and will be hanging it in my craft room. I just love it!

Here are the details:

• Cricut Cartridges ~ Plantin Schoolbook, scallops ~ Create A Critter , pumpkins ~ Simply Charmed, scarecrow ~ Just Because Cards, corn ~ Country Life, banner
• Patterned Paper ~ K&Company, Pumpkin Pie paper pack
• Solid Cardstock ~ Mostly Bazzil
• Peachy Keen Stamps ~ PK-692 Monster Mash Face Assortment
• Crinkle Ribbon ~ Acorn (you can purchase it from Kimberly at My Craft Spot)
• Color Box Chalk Ink ~ Chestnut Roan
• White Gelly Roll Pen
• Martha Stewart Gems (I’ve had these for well over a year and finally used them!)
• Hemp
• Glue dots and foam tape
• Alpha stamps (I've had these for years and do not remember their manufacturer)

I think that’s it! I hope you are inspired to make something for which you are thankful and join us in this week’s Challenge Me Monday at Fantabulous Cricut.

Have a blessed week, Everyone!
 ~Saundra :)