Side Steppin' Skunk

Today the new tutorial at  SCS  was how to create a side-step card.  So I decided to try my hand at this-- I'd don't a step type card before but never one in which the steps were off to the side.  I admit I kinda like it.  I of course had to include a little critter from my favorite cartridge.  I will be sending this little cutie off to my friend Jackie--I hope she likes it....I'm guessing she'll probably see it on here before it makes it to her in the mail. 

I used some random cardstock I had lying around the pink base is some retired fushia from SU! and the green was a random strip--I used one of my favorite punches for the grass--gotta love Martha.  And the sentiment is from My Pink Stamper.  I am pleased to report my bestie is slowing becoming addicted to MPS!  Love it!  I also had to bling out my skunk...she's even holding a bling flower with matching earrings!!  I do feel like a little something is missing on the top part of the tall side but nothing in my stash seemed to fit and I thought if I cut out clouds that would be overkill!

I wanna be Bakerella!

So it's official...I thought I wanted to be Bakerella...but Iam here to report that will not be happening any time soon.  A friend had picked up the book on cake pops...hmmmm cake and frosting...you mix it...blah blah and cover.  My friend wanted to make the little cupcakes--super adorable might I add...but we didn't have the right shapes for the the little cutters we needed and she was feeling way more creative than I.  So we decided to do the basic cake pop... basic...huh.  We both hold advanced degrees in our field and well cake pops almost were the death of us (only a slight exaggeration here my friends.)

My thoughts for all of you aspiring bakers out there... dream big...maybe one day we'll be creating the mini cup-cake pops or the adorable duckies.  However, in order to keep our friendship and sanity we decided on the simple cake pops!   If anyone out there reading this has any tips and pointers about the candy coating process and how to make it far less painful...please... email me :) 

I don't think I'll be quitting my day job any time soon!

Mom's The Word!

Hi everyone!  I hope you had a lovely Easter weekend.  The sun was shining here in MN---ahhhh it was so glorious.  The challenge at FCCB is "Mom's the Word!"  Make a project for a special Mother out there!  Please be sure to use the word mom (or mum, mommy, mother, etc.) 

I created this card using some new paper I picked up... I just can't say NO to a DCWV stack...they simply call to me all the time and this time unlike the others I just couldn't say no.  I hope you enjoy my card.  I created the flower by cutting various sizes out from the flower on the Paisley cartridge.

The deets!

Paper: DCWV Cotton Blossum stack

Cricut: Paisley Cartridge

Brad: from my stash

Stamp: SU Teeny Tiny Wishes

Simple Thank You

Good evening everyone!  I was beginning to wonder if it was December here in MN and I completely missed summer.  It was quite a shock to wake up to snow on the ground :(  I was not at all happy to see that!  The card tonight I am posting is just a simple thank you card I put together-- my hubby needed a "manly" thank you-- I think this one passed the man test!  I love this embossing folder--it's from SU!  Love it!

FCCB Challenge #56 Let's Do The Hop!!

Hey everybody!  I hope you're excited for another challenge with the lovely and talented ladies over at FCCB!  I know I had a wonderful time with our Spring Fling Crawl and I hope you all did too!  Today we are doing "The Bunny Hop!"  and I would LOVE if you could join us at FCCB!  Create a project using a bunny or a chick!  JOIN US!!! 

And it's also my wedding anniversary today!  Happy Anniversary Honey---here's to a gazillion more years :)  If anyone has any great ideas about what we should do for our special day let me know!

For my project I did a simple card this week but I do love, love, love me some flocking so I decided to add that to card for this week.

 The deets!

Cricut: Cut from Create-A-Critter

Paper: Not a clue...from the good ole stash-o-rama

Stamp: sentiment from My Pink Stamper

Other: flocking!!  Ribbon scored it at the $ Tree!  Love a deal :)

And we've got a Winner!!!

It's official random.org and I are not friends!  I was having a heck of a time copying my "official" number from there for my post!  I'm clearly still way tooooo new to this blogging bit to figure out what the heck I'm doing right...or wrong for that matter!  But I did use random org to pick my winner and without further ado...the winner is...

Cherie said...

This project is so cool!! I am going to have to make something like this for my grandma. She would LOVE it!!! I am a new follower, and I am from Minnesota!! :) Thanks so much for sharing!

 

I am sooooooooooooooooooooo tickled to have so many new friends and followers to my blog--seriously.  I had no idea I'd have sooo many awesome followers in such a short period of time.  Once I hit 250 followers be on the look out for some more candy!!!  I better find something amazing huh :) 

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!