Dear Santa...

Hello my dear blogging friends!  Hope you are enjoying this lovely brisk weather.  I created this card as part of the sneak peak for Barb at Bugbites this week she is highlighting two of her brand spankin' new stamp sets that she will soon have ready for purchase! 

Yesterday I had some cards posted using her "Magic Spells" stampset and today I am using the sentiment from her "Winter Wishes" stampset-- LOVE it!  Well I actually love them both but I think now that winter is quickly approaching this will soon be my go to set.

Oh and get ready for this...hold on ladies...this is the ONLY sheet of Christmas paper that I have in my whole house...shock...gasp...can you believe it... I was digging through everything in a panic knowing I needed/wanted Christmas themed paper-- oh dear I am going to have to go out shopping for some ASAP!

 Sentiment: BugBites stamps

Santa: Cricut Simply Charmed

Paper: the one lone sheet of Christmas themed in the whole house

Punch: SU!

Solid paper: SU!

Googlie Eyes

Who Wants A Juicy Lucy?

Hi...if you are looking for my FCCB Spring Fling post click here for some sweet BLOG CANDY!!!

I hope you're all having a great night.  Tonight I made a card for my friends TK and RK-- they are super fabulous people and we had dinner with them a few nights back (yes, yes, a delayed Thank You...shhh don't tell Ms. Manners please)!   But TK made "juicy lucys" for us and wow they were delicious!  So while I was also wandering around at some of my favorite sites and found a challenge that this card would be perfect for!  Amber is having a challenge this week and the theme is "My Favorite Things!"

What a super fun challenge so I used some of my favorite things for this card!  I love kraft colored cardstock, I think gingham rocks, I LOVE juicy lucy burgers and spending time with friends we love is also my favorite :)  And I used my Cricut...yet another fave! Oooo and I did a gate fold card--love those too! And did I mention how I LOVE stamps from the $ bin!!  Oh...and for those of you who are wondering...a "juicy lucy" is a hamburger that is filled with ooey gooey yummy melty cheese--delicious!  There are many places in MN and I'm sure other parts of the country who claim to have the best juicy lucy!  But I think TK might give them all a run for their money :)

The Juicy Details!

Cricut Cut: Simply Charmed

Paper: random scraps

Stamp: from the $ bin at J's!! LOVE IT!

Thanks A Melon

I had to play with my Simply Charmed cartridge---I'm not completely sure I love all the faces but I'm hoping once I get my Gypsy I will be able to omit the faces completely!  I do love many of the options on this cartridge.  This card was one I created for ABC Challenge and Cricut Cardz Challenge.  The theme for the ABC Challenge is P is for Pearl-- I love using pearls on my cards!  And the Challenge at Cricut Cardz was to make a tall card... I decided to make a long card :) 

I used my stamps from My Pink Stamper again tonight and I LOVE how this card came together.  I did cut it a little bit so I did have to chop off some of the top of my watermelon-- oh well nothing a little scissors couldn't handle. 

I must say I love the idea I had when it came to determining the background for my oval-- I was planning to use a scallop oval but it didn't look right so I was digging around and the piece left over from the red cut of the watermelon was perfect!!  So I trimmed it off of the full sheet and viola!



Recipe:

Cricut Cut: Simply Charmed

Paper: SU! and the red gingham is from Making Memories

Stamp: My Pink Stamper

Other stuff: Pearls