~♡♡Happy Mother's Day To All My Friends♡♡~

♡♡♥Good morning and Happy Mother's Day to all my friends♥♡♡

I cannot think of a more extraordinary gift then being a mother.

As I watched my boys play baseball yesterday I could not help but

think that no matter what else is going on in my life I am incredibly

blessed with 3 amazing boys who are healthy and happy.

It truly is a wonderful Mother's Day.

I made this card for a friend who just had a baby and thought today

was the perfect day to share it with you all.

Sorry this Card is Out For PUBLICATION-

look for it in the OCTOBER issue of CRICUT Magazine!

It is all printed and cut with my Cricut Imagine...I just adore that machine LOL

I printed it all on American Crafts white card stock and just assembled!

I also had to share this picture with you of my son (hehehe)

He was "helping" daddy and the boys get the pool installed.

I really think he was just playing in the mud.

We finally got the pool put in yesterday...now bring on those hot summer days!

Happy Mother's Day once again....I hope you have a mother in your life

or at least some beautiful children to remind you of how blessed you are.

♥♥♥♥♡♡♡♡♡♥♥♥♥♡♡♡♡♡♥♥♥♥

~My Monday Making Mom's Gifts~

Good morning my crafty friends!

I can't believe its Monday again...already...

What a long and productive weekend.

I am ready for some quiet time in the house again.

My poor boys lost their baseball game, it was a hard day for some

reason. Everyone was tried and grumpy that morning LOL

For May I am the Guest DT for the Kraft Outlet and it was a fun

place to create for!! :) Here is the official blog for the Kraft Outlet

http://www.thekraftjournal.blogspot.com/

I have a Mother's Day Project to share today...

I decided to make a "Pocketful of Tags" a a gift for "mom".

Now she will have tags anytime she needs them and they are all hand made!

I made a cute little "pocket" using the Kraft paper from Kraft Outlet

http://www.kraftoutlet.com/store/Default.asp

I used my Cricut Imagine to print the little quotes and layer them.

I used my Thermo Web Adhesive for these.

And the base tags are all from the Kraft Outlet as well.

It was a fun and easy project....go check out the instructions on the blog.

Ok I am off to get stuff done! You will be seeing one project a week

from in May from the Kraft Outlet! :)

Happy Monday everyone!

~Happy Easter w/Cricut Imagine Purse Card Holder~

Good morning my crafty friends and a very Happy Easter to you all!

We are spending the day as a family with a lovely lunch and

just spending time together. Maybe hiding some eggs! :)

Yesterday we had a little birthday party to go to,

so before the party I whipped up this little Purse Card Holder

with my Imagine and the Imagine cartridge "Imagine More Cards"

I LOVE this cartridge more than I thought I would! LOL

I used my Glue Arts Extreme Glue and some My Mind's Eye trim

along with some Imaginisce flowers & American Crafts Rosette trim.

It was really fun to make and the perfect

"Birthday money" holder for a little girl. :)

This is the back, I ran the trim all the way around.

I am so pleased with the Imagine printing and cutting for me.

OK that's all for me today, it's time for the family!

Happy Easter everyone!

~HAPPY Friday!!!!! Another Imagine Card & Giveaway!~

YEAAAAAAAAAAAA It is FRIDAY!!!!

And we had sunshine yesterday!!!! Can you tell I am happy???

Good morning my crafty friends! I love spring!!

I am ready for Easter, for Spring, for SUN, for new chickens...

BRING IT ON!!!!!

I have this fun Imagine card I made last week for Easter

I know it's not your conventional card but I love it!

I used my Kate's Kitchen Imagine Cartridge to make it, and I

printed the regular chicken eggs up, then added stickles so they looked

like colored Easter eggs, then I added the resin on top. SO FUN! :)

OK now listen up blog friends....Clear Scraps....one of my favorite companies

they have GIVEAWAYS every single Friday and hardly ANY COMMENTS!

Why?? It's FREE stuff! Plus a chance to play with acrylic!

Please go blog about it, Facebook about it and Twitter! Go tell everyone!

I love Clear Scraps and the girl work their tails off to give new ideas!

GO FOLLOW and enter!!! :) You might win?!!

http://clearscraps.typepad.com/

Ok I have an insane weekend ahead full of baseball tournaments and

sitting in the SUN! Oh and Nachos! WOOT WOOT!

You know you wanna be me this weekend LOL

It's all about the nachos!!!!! :)

Happy Friday! I LOVE YA! Thanks for stopping by!

~Cricut Cartidge GIVEAWAY!!!!~

Good morning my crafty friends!!!

I am excited about today...

Keely Yowler & I put our heads together and made Cricut Projects! :)

This one is mine, it's a SPRING wall hanging.

I used the Garden Party papers from Imaginisce, my Home Decor Cartridge

with my Cricut Imagine to cut the paper,

and of course my Glue Arts Glue 3D Combo Pac.

I am pretty happy with it, its very funky and well....ME!! LOL

I struggled with it too, I think I tore it apart 4 times which is not easy.

Anyways GO hop to the Imaginisce Blog and enter to win a BRAND

NEW Cricut Cartridge!!!!! YEA!

http://www.imaginisceblog.com/

Ok I am off to tend to my sick boys, this sickness might kill

their mother LOL Have an amazing day!~

~March 1st! More Cricut Imagine Fun!~

Good morning my crafty friends!

I hope your days is going beautifully.

Did you see my new blog buttons?? Oh I am in love!

Thanks Jumping Jax Designs!! They are booked because they rock!

We have officially hit tornado season in Tennessee and it has begun strong.

Yesterday we had crazy winds and storms all day, I was fighting

the weather to get my son to the Dr. I hope it clears up by Thursday!

After the video yesterday I thought it would be fun to share a 100%

Cricut Imagine Card! The only think I did not use the Imagine for

was the Jenni Bowlin alphabet rub-ons, and my Glue Arts 3D Combo Pac.

OUT FOR PUBLICATION

I love that is has shapes in the machine for everyday use and no keypad!

Anyways, a quick post today because the March Tally Scrapper kit

goes live at 8am central today and I know I will be

packing orders from Tally today and shipping.

I always ship same day so off I go!

Oh and before I forget there is a new challenge on Imaginisce today.

Have a beautiful Tuesday everyone,

and I thank each and every one of you for stopping by!

~New Video with the Cricut Imagine & Me...Pinky!~

Good morning my crafty friends!

I had been planning on making an Imagine video for a while

now and when I had my class a couple weeks ago I realized

I really need to get on it, so I did!

If you did not know about the Cricut Imagine I hope this helps

and if you did then I hope I made you laugh or smile!

Don't forget about the GIVEAWAY last week on my blog

HERE

And the awesome Butterfly Album on the Clear Scraps Blog

HERE!

Oh and coming soon...March 1st a new challenge and Blog Hop on Imaginsce!

March 3rd a SPECIAL CRICUT POST AND GIVEAWAY ON IMAGINISCE!

So stay tuned, alot going on in March!

♡Thank YOU for stopping by! I love ya!!♡

~More Berrylicious Fun, Giveaway & Chicken Update!!~

Good morning! I told you this week was going to be FUN!

Imaginisce is on day 3 of the Berrylicious Release PARRTAYY!

Today is card and this is my card, I used my Cricut Imagine to create the BEE

and the TITLE of this card (Sentimentals Cart.)and I had so much fun misting!

OUT FOR PUBLICATION SORRY

You can see I used my i-rock of course and my favorite glue from Glue Arts

the Glue Glider Pro and the UCUT foam adhesive!

OUT FOR PUBLICATION SORRY

I even hand stitched on this bad boy LOL

GO HURRY! Try to win on the Imaginisce Blog!

www.imaginisceblog.com/

I have not posted a chicken update for a while now, but I know

some of you are curious. We get between 7-10 eggs daily

even in the 8 degree weather they lay at least 6-7 eggs.

Since the boys had the day off I had them take the chickens outside

for some bugs and pecking, it always seems to perk the girls up.

I know these boys are ready for baseball and spring!

Chicken butts! ♡♥♡♥♡

And of course the ever faithful companion Daffodil.

She never bothers the chickens, just watches them.

We are planning on getting 5 more chicks in a few weeks and they will be

carefully hand raised. BECAUSE we need a rooster! Once we have a rooster

we will be able to raise our own chickens from now on.

I have a special giveaway when this Berrylicious madness ends! :)

Please stay tuned to my blog and send your friends!

~Thank you for stopping by~

~More Berrylicious FUN & GIVEAWAY!~

Good morning!!! Are you ready for more Berrylicious fun?!

I made this wall hanging for my kitchen, you know I love making

jam for the boys and I wanted something very fun and country for

my own kitchen. I used cardboard as the base and just saturated it

with the Marshmallow Shimmer mist.

Then because it was so wet LOL I used my heat gun on it and I

pretty much lit it on fire! LOL It was awesome!

I used my Cricut Imagine to cut out the frame and some awesome

Samantha Walker fabric for the i-top brads and hanger.

Of course I used my Glue Arts EXTREME adhesive for the cardboard glue.

Worked perfectly!

Today is ANOTHER GIVEAWAY day for the Berrylicious release party

so go check it out for sure!! You might win!

http://www.imaginisceblog.com/

Check back tomorrow for a NEW Chicken Update!!!! :)

And after the Berry -madness I have a great giveaway coming up!

~Thank you for stoping by~

I appreciate every single visit!

~Happy Crafty Card Making Tuesday~

Good morning my crafty friends!

*Don't forget about the Cricut Cartridge GIVEAWAY!*

I hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's Day.

I spent the day with a sick little man and then with my other little people.

Hubby had to work late, but it was a lovely day.

So much fun watching my 8 yr old excited about his new pocket knife.

You know ever since I got this Cricut Imagine I have been ADDICTED

to making cards! I cannot help it!

Something just clicked in my head when I saw the images I could make.

This is a cupcake image from the Better Together Imagine Cartridge,

I pieced it together with the Glue Arts UCUT pop up adhesive and

used several papers and the Jenni Bowlin Crate Paper for the ruffle.

*I know it's old school but I love it*

I also added some blingity bling with my Imaginsce i-rock and the

pretty glass gems. Oh and of course Stickles, cause I needz my bling!

Thanks for coming by today!

✄♡♥I appreciate every single comment♥♡✄

~Happy New Year w/ A BANG & prizes!~

Good morning and a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR!

It is officially 2011 and I feel fresh and anew already.

Today is the new sketch challenge at Imaginisce but guess what?

It's NOT a sketch challenge, it's an ALTERED CHALLENGE!

Guess what else?? I am the lucky girl who gets to bring in the

New Year and the new challenge!!!!!! WOOHOO! I love Imaginisce.

The challenge is to "Find" something to alter, not buy something new.

It's all about recycle and re-use.

So I found this clock I have had for many years....and if you want to see

the original clock and details...guess what? You have to hop on to

the Imaginisce blog to see it all....

You will want to hop over anyways because they are giving away

a HUGE prize package just for hopping today...

including on my blog!!!!!!

So get over there and you could win BIG!!!!!

http://www.imaginisceblog.com/

Once again I want to thank each and every one of you for being a huge

support in 2010. My life changed so much last year and it

was all for the better and honestly, all of you made it happen for me.

Without all your love and support I would not be where I am today.

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

♥ Happy New Year from the Pink One ♥

~Great News & More Cricut Imagine Projects~

Good morning my amazing crafty friends~

It is officially Christmas Eve, can you believe it?

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope your holiday is very

caring, kind, and bright. Sending much love your way.♥

I have some awesome news to share below my project....

*WAIT* don't scroll down yet LOL

**Many of you asked about ink costs, I have been checking and

it is the same as my HP printer, around 30-35.00 a cartridge?**

I wanted to make another Cricut Imagine Project but this time

make a layout instead of cards.

I used the Cricut Imagine to

print and cut the background bracket shape, then to make the floral shape

with the measuring tape and I layered it, popping it up with the

Glue Arts U CUT embellishment glue.

The background acrylic is of course Clear Scraps and in fact

this will be on the Clear Scraps blog very soon with a

"Take the fear out of acrylic blog"

And that amazing stamp you ask?? *Cause I heard it LOL*

My beautiful friend Eva sent me this Unity Stamp set.

Now you know I am not a card maker or stamper but I have

been trying my hardest to get out there and make it happen.

This stamp set "Love in Return" it spoke to me, I knew exactly what

I was going to do with it right away, thanks Eva.

♥Now on to my GREAT NEWS! ♥

Yes I will be with Imaginisce for one more year.

I cannot tell you how truly honored I am and how amazing it is to

work with a company that supports you 100% and is

genuinely kind and values you as not only a crafter

but a person. That is what makes a company a GREAT company

and makes it EASY for me to say YES!!!!!

I will be working full throttle just as I did last year.

In fact, look for me January 1st on the Imaginisce blog

I will be hosting a challenge, so stay tuned.

I see many old faces and many new faces on the team and

I can already tell you all, you will be inspired!!!!

Don;t forget today is the GIVEAWAY day on the Clear Scraps blog

you know I am the Blog Editor In Chief now and would love for you all

to sign up for the giveaways ♥

Ok that is it for me today...I am off to bake more cookies for Santa

and spend the day with my amazing family.

♥Much love to you and yours♥

Thank YOU for stopping by, I love the comments and support!

~Pinky~

~More Cricut Imagine Fun~

♥Good morning and MERRY CHRISTMAS to all my crafty friends♥

I decided this week to focus on the Cricut Imagine and share a

few projects with you that I made especially to show the Imagine work.

This card is 100% white cardstock that I printed and cut with the Cricut Imagine.

Like I shared yesterday, you can print it as one piece or layer it.

This one layers all the way but I chose to just layer the butterfly.

OUT FOR PUB!

The Imagine also has blank cuts you can print and cut like

butterfly, bracket shape, scallop shapes, clouds etc....

Anyways...I used Vintage Core'dinations cardstock for the background

then the rest was all white cardstock printed and cut by the Imagine.

OUT FOR PUB

I have a feeling this Imagine is going to make me a card maker! :)

I used the handy dandy Glue Arts U Cut 3D for the dimension

and that was pretty much it, just a touch of vintage lace and I was good to go!

So, what do you think of the Imagine so far?

This cartridge was included in the Imagine box so it was not extra *YEA*

I am excited to play some more and make a few layouts...

that is the next thing on my list!

Ok I am off to bake and cook today, the boys are jumping

out of bed every morning in anticipation of Christmas...

it's time to make Santa some cookies...Sugar Cookies I hear LOL

~Happy Holidays everyone~

~Pinky~

~Cricut Imagine & Imaginisce Project~

Good morning my crafty friends♥

You know I have been playing with my Cricut Imagine these last

couple weeks, but all the work I have done with it was for DT work.

I have had some requests to do some blog projects with it, so

this week I am trying to focus on my Cricut Imagine work to share

some fun projects that I make with it.

This is the first one, it is a card I made.

The entire background is white paper that I printed and cut

on with the Imagine with the Best Friends cartridge.

The Imagine prints out your project then it cuts it out making your

own customized die cuts. Also you can layer the cut and pop everything

out just like those 3D stickers you buy in the store.

It's a very Cosmo Cricket inspired cartridge and really fun!

I used the new Garden Party die cuts, mesh brad , my irock for the gems and

one of the Imaginisce Roly Poly Posies flower and the new

ibond tool...man that ibond makes those flowers come together quick.

And you know on the twine I used the Glue Arts Ribbon Adhesive,

I was worried it would not hold on twine but guess what? It does! YEA!

Every project from 6 months ago has fallen apart so I am extremely thankful

I found Glue Arts!! The entire card was made with the

Extreme Glue and Glue Glider Pro too.

I think I used every tool I have on this card LOL The background piece

is actually a layered piece that had a title, but with the Imagine you can

break up the entire cut into layers OR print it up into one piece.

I chose to only print and first 3 layers and leave the words out.

I am going to tell you I was not sure how I would like it, but I love

how much more artsy the Imagine feels!!! It is more down my alley

and it's so fun to play with. So far I really like it but I only have 2 cartridges,

so we will see as they progress and as I collect more. But I love it!

I am going to TRY to do a video but I am sick right now

and my voice is awful plus I am coughing, so it will have to wait

a couple days, maybe through Christmas :)

Ok I am off to make breakfast, we have a big night of shopping ahead for

Christmas Eve snack night and baking to do for Santa and the boys.

How is your holiday going? Are you ready and done shopping?

Tomorrow I will post some pictures of my tree and the house.

I am done shopping but have a few things to wrap and just the food

left to shop for, so not too bad. I am excited!

~Thanks for stopping by~
~Happy Holidays from my family to yours~

~Pinky~