Pampered Chef

Don't ya just love Pampered Chef parties?!

I recently hosted one and thanks to my generous family and friends, i got $140 worth of free products and tons of discounts! $255 worth of stuff for only $57!! LOVE IT!!!

Here are the Thank "Ewe" cards i made for them and included a small gift of appreciation.

Can you tell, I'm still on the Create a Critter kick?

Thanks for stopping by friends, Enjoy the weekend!

Another School Year Comes to an End...

It's been a great year for our kids! They were Blessed with AMAZING teachers and have grown so much intellectually and socially =) For this we are truly grateful! I really believe teachers make a huge difference in a child's life and are so underpaid! boo!

For these gems in our children's lives, i made these little gifts of appreciation.

Tutorials for these projects can be found here (gift bag) and here (gift card holder).

Thank you Claud and Kim Burmeister for the inspiration!

HELLO SUMMER!!

Let the adventures... BEGIN!

Winner Winner!

Thank you Kathy-kat for this great Blog Candy!!

Need some new recipes and stampin inspiration?

Check out Kathy's blog here!

Kathy is also a wonderful knitter and has also offered hand made scarves as blog candy! I was fortunate enough to receive one as a gift last Christmas and I LOVE IT!

Have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend everyone!! Thank you to all our military veterans!!

Nina's 8th Birthday Invitations

Happy Sunday!

Today i was in a rush to make my DD's birthday invitations as her big day is fast approaching!

I used up some left over DP and some cricut cut outs I made a few weeks ago to test the Create-a-critter cartridge. This is what i came up with :)

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great week!

Teacher Appreciation Week

Finally, a week to celebrate all those teachers who've made a difference in our lives!

For Nina's violin Teacher, i made a set of cards to thank her for sharing her love of music. In a years time, Nina has progressed very well and we are all very proud of her :)

The front card was totally cased from the SU! Mini catalog. What a cute and simple little stamp set, but oh so versatile!

Thanks for stopping by!

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1500 hits! Now that's a milestone!

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Easter Gifts

Finally, some SUN!!

And just in time for the Easter Holiday :)

I made these little Hand Sanitizer Holders for the kids teachers. So fun to make, and SO easy!

I got the idea from Dawn Griffith whom i absolutely adore! She's got the BEST ideas and tutorials!!

Have a beautiful Easter Weekend everyone!!

love the bag?

enter for a chance to win :) Details here!

Thanks Claud for sharing!

C is for COOKIE!

Using my scraps of DP, we came up with this colorful birthday card =) I'm not too happy with the outcome, it wasn't cut as sharply as i would've wanted it, but i hope the recipient won't mind :)

I used the Sesame Street Friends cartridge. Thanks for stopping by :)

Cricut kick!

It's official. I'm addicted to the Create a critter cartridge. (try saying that 3x fast!)

DD and I have been creating these little critters and enjoying every minute of it!! She likes to name each one too. I also ordered a matching stamp set from mypinkstamper found here. TOO CUTE!

Oh what a rainy day can do for craft time =) i heart WA!

Happiness is...

Mr. UPS ringing my doorbell with a Stamping Up package waiting for me!!

It makes my day every time! Woot-woot!

I finally got some markers from the Clearance Section! I've been wanting to get these sets but opted for copics instead... so when i saw them for only $12 a pop, i couldn't resist!

And since i have all the now retired colors of the Bold Brights, i had to get the refills :)

LOVE that Clearance rack!!

cough cough cough!

Whew! It's been AGES since I've dusted off the ol Cricut!

I needed to make thank you notes for my son's birthday gifts and I've been wanting to try out the Create a Critter cartridge i got a few months back.

I L-O-V-E IT!!!

The little critters are too cute for words!

i haven't been excited about a cricut cartridge in a while, so now i'm hooked again! woohoo!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a good one!

(sorry for the ugly pictures... too lazy to use the dslr!)

Easter Cards

Just a few cards for Easter...

My copic coloring is pretty rusty... don't look too closely =)

Thanks for stopping by :)

For William

Our friend Selina's little Boy William will be celebrating his 2nd birthday this Saturday =) Wanted to make a simple card for him... but it took me FOREVER to think of a layout. How sad. It's been SOOOO long... need to get back into the groove of things.

Thanks for stopping by!

Eye Candy

My sweet friend Liann gave me all these wonderful scrap goodies!!

Check out the match box and picture frame she made for me :)

How talented is she??

She even made most of the beautiful flowers!

Thanks Liann for always being so generous and for inspiring me to be a better crafter! YOU ROCK!!

SU! Party

Last weekend I played hostess to a Stampin' Up party with the gals from the hood, lead by the talented Kathy Skinner :)

It was nice to just chill and craft with the ladies. Looks like they're getting the crafting bug! I can only hope this is the beginning of a beautiful relationship with creativity!

Check out the cards we made for the day =)

Thanks for stopping by! xo

Vday for Violin Teacher

A simple tin & card I made for Nina's Violin Teacher - Ms. Marcia =)

Thanks for stopping by!

Hope you all had a wonderful day of Love!