Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Anything Goes Blog Hop!

YAY! It's Saturday! That means that it's time for the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Anything Goes Blog Hop! My Design Team friends and I are sharing all sorts of randomly themed projects that will be perfect to get you in the craftin' mood!  We have a prize up for grabs and a little freebie just for you. We'll also be kicking off our next challenge---Anything Goes!!!  So, be sure to check out each and every project along the way today...you don't want to miss a THING!  If you are here from the blog of the awesome and talented Ruth you are in the right place!! 

For my project, I decided to create some cards for some friends who are kickin' some serious butt with their diets and exercising...seriously they are soooo awesome and I'm so proud of them! And these brand new cuts are so fantastic-- love them!!!

Here are the fabulous files I used:

And of course the fabulous and talented Lisa has created a cute little freebie just for you!  This freebie will ONLY be available for FREE Saturday, February 14 and Sunday, February 15  

This hop also kicks off our new Anything Goes Challenge!  Link up your anything goes themed project that uses PPPR files for a chance to win a $20 Gift Certificate to Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons.  You can link up and read all of the guidelines HERE!!!

Now how about some fabulous Blog Candy????

One lucky hopper will win a $15 gift certificate to PPPR!  Here's what you need to do: 

1. Be a follower of EVERY!!! Blog in our fabulous hop!
AND
2. Leave a comment at EACH blog along the hop.  Be sure to let us know you are a follower and a leave us a way to get in touch with you!

Lisa Pretty Paper Pretty Ribbons --start here!!!
Nanne' at Nannes Creations
Nicole at Teach Danz
Ruth at Paper and Musings
Me!!! Sarah's Stampin and Stuff--you are here!
Shannon at Designs of a Paddy Mack---Your NEXT stop!
Tina at Tina Time

Gloria at Gloria's Goofy Craft Spot

Kathy at Kathy and Kids
Katy at An Inside To My Heart
Leah at Leah Schaeffer

Melisa at Melisas Crafty Creations

Hope Your Day Soars....

Hey there friends!  Hope you're having a great day.  I have a super fun card to share with you all today using the great stamp set released from my friends at Scrappy Moms Stamps--it has been so amazing being their Guest Designer this month-- I am so sad to see it come to an end :( but alas the time has come.  I used another great cut from the fabulous Lisa at Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons.  

Details

You're the....

Seriously...bread to my butter...ummmm hello awesome!  Oh how I wish I didn't love butter oh so much! hmmmm just thinking about a warm fresh piece of bread with some rich melted butter on it makes my heart so happy-- so I was super happy making this card!  Yes, yes I know, I know I have been all about this stamp set from Scrappy Moms Stamps.  I hope you enjoy this card as much as I do!

Die cut details

PPPR Bread and Butter Cutting File

Eggcellent!

Hey there crafty friends!  I have another card to share with you all as part of the fabulous new stamp release with my friends at Scrappy Moms Stamps!  The super duper card base and the great egg die cut are from the fabulous and talented Lisa from Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons.  

Details:

Paper is from my stash

Enamel dots are homemade

Scrappy Moms: Let Your Dreams Take Flight

I am so in love with this sentiment-- I adore the font and love this saying!  It's perfect for so many things, encouragement, graduation, or just a pick me up!  It is part of the new release from my friends at Scrappy Moms Stamps.  The airplane cut is from the fabulous Lisa at Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons it's from the Are We There Yet? set.

Scrappy Moms Stamps Guest Designer and New Release

Hello there my crafty friends! If you are looking for my fabulous CardzTV Stamps post it's HERE!  I hope this post finds you well.  I am delighted to be posting here today as I was super duper lucky to be asked to be the January Guest Designer with the awesome team over at Scrappy Moms Stamps  how fabulous, Right?!! :)  Today they are releasing two new great stamp sets that are super fun!  And here they are:

LOVE THESE!!!!!

 

And here is what I created to share today!!!

My apologies for it being so dark but it's been so dark and gloomy here I just couldn't seem to get a good photo :(  Hoping for a bit of sunshine soon to add in my photos!

All of the cuts for this card are from the crazy talented Lisa at Pretty Paper Pretty Ribbons

 

I hope you love them as much as I do and that you stop back throughout the weekend and into next week as I will be sharing some more great projects with you created with these great sets!

You Make Me Melt!

Hello my crafty friends!  Today is my design team day at Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons and I am super excited to share my card with all of you today.  I used a great sentiment from Scrappy Mom Stamps.  I love this little Ice Cube and well you know I simply adore those fabulous card bases!! Love when Lisa creates these cuties :) I also used some sequins for the first time-- super fun but I definitely need to find a good way to adhere them to my cards---product suggestions welcome!

Details: 

Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Melting Ice

Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons A2 Card Bases 1

 

I am also linking this up with my friends at Scrappy Moms Stamps for the challenge "Think Warm!"

Sending You A Latte Thanks!

Hey there friends! I hope this post finds you well and having a great Wednesday!  I am delighted to be posting today.  I am soooo behind on my thank you cards so I am trying to build up my stash :) Hope you love today's card as much as I do---it totally cracks me up!  The cut files are from Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons and I kinda love em!  The card bases seriously ROCK my world!  Love them so much!  The great sentiment I used is from Scrappy Moms Stamps.

The awesome Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons files I used: 

A2 Card Bases 1

Java Great Day

My top heavy MN ducky!

Oh my goodness--my card has a lot going on right now and it's super top heavy!  Taking a picture was quite the challenge.  I've had this card in my head for a long time but I just didn't know quite how to execute it!  But I think I did a pretty decent job on this :)  Lots of challenges will be entered with my heavy duck!! And I am in love with this sentiment--it just makes me giggle--I love me some Scrappy Moms!!

Soooooo many layers--oops!

The deets!

Paper: solids SU and DSP American Crafts

Cut from Cricut Camping Critters

Sentiment: Scrappy Mom's Stamps

Heat embossed sentiment

Challenges I am entering with this!!!

Paper Playtime: use an animal and a sentiment 

Scrappy Moms Stamps--Tag You're It!!

Krafty Girls--a project based on something my state--hello canoeing in the BWCA!!

Die Cuttin' Divas: use a pet--well I've never had a pet--so this will have to do :)

Little Scrap Pieces: use green!  I love green!!!

Ski You Later!

One of my fave stamp companies is having a challenge... I might be a little late for the party but heck that's okay...it's says until Monday...and well it's still Monday so I'm safe :) Hehe!  The challenge is Christmas with Scrappy Moms Stamps! and this is the card I entered into their challenge.  I simply can't get over that it's almost Christmas...ummm all my gifts are purchased...but not all wrapped!  One day at a time I guess :)  Hope you enjoy my card!

The Deets:

Paper: solid SU! DSP Hobby Lobby

Cut: Car Decals Cricut Cart

Sentiment: Scrappy Moms

Twine: The Twinery

Another Scrappy Mom's Sneak Peak!

I am still in love with the new release for this month at Scrappy Moms! 

If you've not seen it yet let me show you again :)

I simply had to make another card and here it is:

The Deets

Cut: Cricut Love You A Latte cart! (love, love, love!)

Paper: DSP: DCWV and Solid SU!

Sentiment: Scrappy Mom's Freshly Brewed

Another sneak peak!

Hello blog friends!  Hope you're doing well.  It's time for another sneak peak of the amazing new Freshly Brewed stamp set from my friends at Scrappy Moms Stamps.

Did I mention that I LOVE this set?!?!? :)

This stamp set is sooooo great if you love coffee or even tea!  Yay for coffee!!! 

I of course was soooooooooooooooo excited that I was able to use my new Cricut "Love You A Latte" Lite cartridge! 

The Deets of my card:

Cut from Love You A Latte

Solid Paper SU! DSP some SU! and other DCWV

Sentiment: Scrappy Moms!

Scrappy Moms November Stamp Set Release!

Oh my goodness...it's Friday...and it's 11-11-11 and Veteran's Day (Thank you to all who serve and have served!) and I am soooooo terribly excited it is time for another amazing stampset release at Scrappy Moms Stamps!  If you are a fan of coffee or heck even tea-- this stamp set is one you simply must own!  I love it soooooo much!  I am thrilled to be highlighted as their Guest Designer for November and I hope you check out my blog in the upcoming days to see my creations with this great stamp set.

LOVE THIS SET :)

So now that you have had a moment to soak in the greatestness that is this set...I hope you can take some time to check out my project for today!  I have been waiting for well over a year to create this project.  Back before I had my blog and long before I fell in love with my Cricut I found a tutorial for this amazing wallet...okay so pick your chins up off the floor and wipe your drool and check out mine!  I used SU! paper along with the Autumn Splendor from Recollections (love this paper!) and of course my new Scrappy Mom Stamps.

I scream...you scream....

I scream...you scream... (think if I scream loud enough Melanie and Tammy will hear me screaming to be on their DT?)  Do you ever have one of those days.... I think I am having one of those weeks-- and to top it all off I think I am getting sick again...feels like a sinus infection...but you're not here to listen to me whine :) I decided I simply had to join in on the Terrific Tuesday Challenge at Scrappy Moms the challenge is to create a 3D project and add either twine or a button!  Well I decided to add both :)  I also hope you are getting geared up to see Scrappy Moms amazing guest designer for the month of November... she's really fab...oh wait..it's me :) hehe! Whoa...that's a whole lot of shameless plugs for myself!
So enough rambling and onto my project.  I used the Sweet Treats cartridge to cut this little box out and I kinda love how it turned out-- super easy to put together and I had orginally cut cones for both sides but decided to add a sentiment to one side by itself versus tying a tag on with twine...hope you like it :)

The Deets:

Box and cone cut from Sweet Treats cricut cartridge

Ink SU!

Houndstooth embossing folder

Sentiment: Scrappy Moms Stamps-Kid Incorporated

Button--who knows :)

Twine: The Twinery

Let's Veg Out!!!

Oh how I wish I was veggin' out right now...on a beach chair someplace warm and sunny...but not too warm...and I suppose not too sunny!  I hope you take some time to check out the super fabulous challenge that is happening over at Scrappy Moms this week.  The challenge for their Terrific Tuesday Challenge is "Country Life."  I just recently picked up this cartridge for a few of the different cuts on it that I have been wanting to use but just haven't found the time!  However, tonight I made sure I found the time and I love my card...yup...I'm bragging a little but seriously...don't you just love when you have a vision in your head and you just know it's going to be great.  Well for me most of the time things don't always go so great...BUT tonight...ummm hello love what I did.  Wow... and it clearly is getting late as I've raved about how great I am for long enough :)  Stop over at Scrappy Moms and check out the other fab cards!

The Deets!

Cricut Cart: Country Life

Paper: Solid SU and DCWV DSP

Twine: The Twinery

Sentiment: Scrappy Moms-The Charmed Life

Who's excited?!?!?!?

I have been dying for months and months keeping this a secret from all of my bloggy friends...but I will be a Guest Designer for Scrappy Moms!!  <faint>

More crafty goodness to come but I just had to share my news :)







I'm Back!

Finally I am back to the crafting and blogging world!  Thank goodness.  I have been insanely busy at work and I am hoping now that things will slowly settle down I can craft a bit more.  I had to enter another challenge of course...and as you can see this just about sums up about what I would think about going back to school!  Ha!  I don't think I could go back...my graduate work was more than enough for me.  But here's hoping that all of the kiddies out there who are heading back to school are looking forward to it way more than I would be :)

I used one of my favorite carts of late for this card-- Chore Chart.  Who would have thought me...someone who doesn't enjoy chores would love this cart so much.  I will be entering this card in a couple of challenges:  Cricut 360  and Creative Cutter Room 

The Deets:

Cricut:  Chore Chart

Paper: Creative Memories for all but the white with lines

Twine: The Twinery

Sentiment: Scrappy Moms

FCCB Challenge #73 Piece of Cake!

Happy Monday everyone.  Ahhh Mondays...it's time for another challenge over at FCCB and this week's challenge will be a "piece of cake!"  so I definitely think you should join us.  Use a cupcake or baked good on your project.  Don't forget we love to see what you can do with your Cricut so please make sure you include atleast 1 cricut cut!

I used my Sweet Treats cartridge for this card-- haven't used that cart in a loooooong time!  I used my MS punch and of course some twine!  And I had to use my Scrappy Moms stamps for the sentiment-- I mean seriously...I think I might be in love with SMS :)  Love em!  So super cute.  But you know me I am often having a love affair with soooooo many different stamps and twine and oh the list goes on and on and on....

The Deets!

Paper: solid SU! and DSP DCWV

Twine: the Twinery

Cricut: Sweet Treats

Punch: MS Loopy something or other

Other: red stickles and white gel pen

Bots of Fun!

Hope your Thursday has been bots of fun :)  haha!  My Thursday has been insanely busy and the next few days will likely continue to be as tiring and long.  Oy! 

I hope you enjoy my card for the day-- love the robot I cute out-- just using one layer-- and he still turned out pretty cute.  The eyes of course were needed and twine...ya just can't make a card without twine.  I love the paper I used...the flip side is actually robots--which triggered me to think I needed to make a robot.  The sentiment is from Scrappy Moms and love how it looks with this card :) 

The Best Ship of All...

Happy Tuesday blogging friends!  Oh how I wish I could stamp on my lunch break everyday!  Ahhh maybe one day that dream will come true.  I had to play with the others over at Scrappy Moms! and today for the Terrific Tuesday challenge is to use the Pack Your Bags cartridge!  I love this cart!  So I was happy to pull it out to use for this challenge.  I of course had to add a cute sentiment to complete this card--it's from Scrappy Moms--love it!  Hope you do too. 

I used mostly random papers from my stash.  The solid paper is almost all SU but the bright yellowish orange color is from one of those random paper stacks from M's-- I was sharing with a friend that I just had to find some paper to match the bright yellow colored twine from The Twinery--looks like I might have been successful J--let me check my stash :)  And the cute blue DSP is from creative memories.