Trendy Twine!

I don't know if I'm just late on this new trend or what but I'm LOVING the products over at Trendy Twine!!! Thanks to Emma at My Creative Time for introducing me to these new and fun products. I have seen different twines on the market but these are the first I've seen with multiple colors and they are amazing! I wish I have the bankroll to support my Love of crafting because I would have ordered EVERY color available. :) Head on over to Trendy Twine now to see their amazing products and to enter their very first challenge.

I am entering this corner bookmark that I made using twine I had lying around. When I get some fun money I'll be buying Trendy Twine for sure!

Recipe:

4"x 4" red cardstock

2 3/4" x 2 3/4" white cardstock

Sentiment from CTMH - Friendship

Heart stamp from My Creative Time's Happy Mail

Red and White Twine

Got Flowers paper flower and rhinestone

Ink: Stampin up Basic Black and Cherry Cobbler

Thank you for stopping by my blog and I hope you have a creative day!

Cre8tiveGirls Blogoversary!!!

DAY 2

Welcome to the second day of my Wombmates blogoversary!!! ( I can call her that because she's my twin!) If you have been hopping along, you should have come here via Giselle's blog; however, if you are just joining the Blog Hop please start at Yvette's Blog so you don't miss out on any of the fun! 

Here is the complete Blog Hop line up: 

Yvette www.cre8tivegirls.blogspot.com

Georgiana www.carsonscricutcreations.blogspot.com

Sherrie www.sherriescraps.blogspot.com

Giselle www.yuveriaseden.blogspot.com

Yvonne www.onecreativemomma.blogspot.com - ME

*** Emma www.creativetimeforme.com - Go here next! ***

Doris www.momsbeenscrappin.blogspot.com

Chris http://craftemama.blogspot.com/

Paula http://www.alluringinkspression.com/

Martha http://scrapabulous.blogspot.com/

Gerda www.cardscreations.blogspot.com

Continuing with the theme of Firsts, I have a fun project for you today. While surfing my favorite blogs yesterday I came across Sarah @ www.pinkcricut.com and her fantastic Kusudama origami flowers. She has an amazing video tutorial that is a must watch.  

See it HERE.

Well, as soon as I saw these flowers I knew I had to try them right away.

These are the colors and patterns I decided to use...

Project Recipe:

Technique: Kusudama Flower Fold

Paper: Best Of K&Company Too Designer paper

2 sheets each of 5 different papers

Zots Glue Dots in Medium and Large

Martha Stewart Pink Bone Folder

Brown and Pink wire edge ribbon from Costco

Large Clear Buttons, Smaller Green Buttons

and Rhinestones

To make this decorative ball I made 12 Kusudama flowers

I hope you have enjoyed my project today and that it inspires you to try something new. Your next stop on the Blog Hop is my very Creative friend EMMA!  Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

My Pink Stamper - Design Team Entry

Summer Time!

Hello Crafty Friends! today I would like to share with you my entry for the My Pink Stamper design team. Robyn has openings for her upcoming 2011 2 Term My Pink Stamper Design Team! All you need to do is add a project for this challenge by TODAY, July 20 11:59 pm CST to her Blog HERE. She will be choosing a handful of Bloggers/Crafters to serve 6 months on her upcoming team! 

Here are the requirements....

*You will need to have a blog that you regularly post on for at least 3 months.

*You cannot already be serving on a DT that has product that is a conflict of interest (most DTs are just fine as long as they do not sell product that is similar to My Pink Stamper Original Cricut Stamps idea)

*Your project must be made just for this challenge

*Post a pic on your blog with a full recipe along with what the challenge is about

*This needs to be a new project that you make just for this challenge

*Only one entry per person, please

*You do not need to be a professional but you must have a love for the craft! :)

Challenge: Make a card, scrapbook page, or other Cricut project with your favorite Cricut cartridge using the following colors......

Orange

Turquoise 

Green

Brown

(other optional color of your choice)

Here is the project I created especially for this Design Team Challenge!

A Summer Teepee Card 

that will be displayed in my craft room.

I just love all the colors.

Recipe:

Cindy Loo Cricut Cartridge: Doily4 cut at 2 3/4"

K&Company Summer Travel Designer Paper

DCWV Textured Green, Brown and Turquoise Cardstock

Got Flowers Iced Paper Flowers

Studio 18 Rhinestones & Zip Dry Glue

Here is a picture of the back side of the Card/ Table Decoration

Thank you so much for stopping by and please keep your fingers crossed that I'm picked for Robyn's amazing Design Team!  

Challenges this project was entered into:

Die Cuttin Divas - http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.com/

Anything Goes Challenge Blog - http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.com/

Big Hugs, ~Yvonne

Two Seasons

I saw this challenge a few weeks ago and thought I'd give it a try. Making a card that was identical in it's design but different in color to see if I could create the feeling of a season. My first card is a Spring time card, created with Purples and Greens and the second card is for Fall using Rust, Orange and Cream colors.

Let me know what you think... Do they feel like the season I created them for?

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a great day!

Happy Birthday Kiley!

I made this card and treat bag for a little girl who had her birthday party yesterday. 

Treat bag project from Pink By Design 

Live Ustream July 8th, 2011

Birthday Cards!

What a Month!

June and the beginning of July are full of birthday for our family.  So I've been very busy making masculine and feminine cards.

If anyone has a trick for drying the SU Whisper White ink - I would appreciate it. I let my banner sentiment dry overnight and it was still wet the next day!!! 

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a fantastic day!

Spring Bloghop

Operation Write Home

Bunny Hop Bloghop!

Hello Everyone & Welcome to Operation Write Homes' Bunny Hop Bloghop! I'm super excited to be participating and I know you'll have fun along the way.  This isn't the first stop so if you are just joining us you'll want to go back to the beginning at OWH Stars and Stamps Blog because you do not want to miss out on any of the FUN!

If you've arrived here from the very talented Nancy at Scrap Happens, then you are certainly heading in the right direction! I love her bright and Cherry card! :) Oh and I'm jealous that she's at Hobby Lobby today - we don't have them here in California.

For the Bloghop, we were asked to make a Spring card. I took this literally and you can see exactly why in my video. I hope you join us in making Spring themed cards for OWH. The Easter deadline is March 18th with Mother's Day following right behind on March 31st. Please make sure your cards arrive by these deadlines so that they can be mailed promptly to our troops. I also invite you to visit the Hero Blog and read the many entries there from Heroes far away.  They really do appreciate all the love and care put into each card. 

Recipe:

Cricut Cartridges: Birthday Bash, 

Create a Critter and Wrap It Up

AWI - Action Wobble

(click on Action Wobble to place an order!)

Sentiment - Michaels $1 bin find

Got Flowers - Iced Paper Flowers

Rhinestones

Textured Cardstock

White Gel Pen stitching

Now it's time to head on over to the Creative Blog of 

Seongsook at http://seongsookduncan.blogspot.com. 

I hope you enjoy all 135 stops along the OWH Bunny Hop Bloghop and that you have a fantastic rest of your weekend!!!

Challenge Card

Sweet Baby Girl!

This card is for a very special Mom.

Recipe:

Heidi Grace Designer paper

Cloud9 Designer paper

DCWV Cardstock

Cricut Cartridge - Potpourri Basket

Sentiment - "Mom You Rock" Stamp set 

from Emma at My Creative Time

Action Wobble

Paper Flowers and Rhinestones

Basic Basic Ribbon

Card measures 5x7

Action Wobble video

Challenges:

Throwback Thursday - My Creative Time with Emma
Anything Goes Challenge - Guylou's Inimitability Blog
Distressed paper - CCEE Stampers
Challenge #99 FLOWER - Stampin' B's
Use a Sentiment - Paper Play
Handmade Elements - Some Odd Girl

Happy Birthday Card

Happy Day!

Blog Hop Inspiration

Matchbox Valentine Cards

I found so much inspiration during the OWH Veterans Day weekend blog hop!!!I hope to try many new layouts, techniques and maybe even attempt to use Digi stamps! :)

Here is my first project inspired from April. Her matchbox cards are adorable and you can find them here.

Scrapbook Birthday Page

There is no one like YOU!

My Mother in Law was over the other day to watch my kiddos so I could attended a school meeting and while she was here we created this card. The request was to make an 8 1/2" x 11" card that could be put into a scrapbook for my Mother in Laws dear friend.

We started with the colors, added coordinating flowers, a few rhinstones, some ribbon, a meaningful sentiment and a Rooster, of course. (If you know my Mother in Law you'll understand) It was fun crafting with my Mother in Law and it's something I don't get to do very often. Another day will have to be planned in the near future.

A Simple THANK YOU!

Thank you notes

Do you always send out Thank you cards when good things come your way?

My family recently received a wonderful gift, A very dear friend of our family signed us into Disneyland and California Adventure for my daughters 5th birthday. There was no way we could have afforded to take our family into both parks and enjoy the food as well as treat the girls to a doll at the end of the night. So this one act was huge in our books.

When the arrangements were made and up until the moment we walked through the gates I must have said thank you a hundred times; however, I didn't think it was enough. So a couples days after our FANTASTIC day I decided to make a card for our Dear Friends. The card is bright and cheerful just like our mood from spending the day at the Happiest Place On Earth and inside I sent a gift card for dinner and a movie. Hopefully they can have a family night together, one as wonderful as the day they gave us.

I quickly sent the card off in the mail so that they would receive it before the weekend but forgot to take a picture of the finished product. So I've made duplicates to match the original for the next time good fortune comes our way and a thank you is required.

Friendship!

Recipe:

5 x 7 white card

4 3/4 x 6 3/4 pattern paper

4 1/4 x 6 1/4 lavender card stock - aged with brown ink

4 x 6 vellum notecard

Got Flowers - Yellow iced paper flowers

Lavender brads and Rhinestones

My Pink Stamper - Design Team Entry

90th Birthday Card

size: 8 1/2 x 11

Recipe:

Cricut Cartridges -

Potpourri Basket & Plantin SchoolBook

Cream Card stock

K&Company Paper

"Got Flowers" Mulberry paper flowers

Pearl buttons - assorted

Cream DMC craft thread

Rhinestones

Close to my Heart - Topiary Ink