Crafting with Sarah

Wild About You!

2014-01-14T13:50:00.001-05:00

Hello Crafty Peeps!

I hope that you are doing well today. I have a sweet little valentines day card for your enjoyment. I am going to try and make this a short and to the point post so here goes.

Here's the card.

I made a center step card... Here is how I did it.

Take a 5 ½ x 11” card stock
one inch in from the side cut from from 1” to 6 ½” on both side
score along the long side from the cut line at 1” 2” and 6 ½
repeat on the other side
score between the cut lines at 5 ½
fold the card with the center as a mountain fold and the smaller folds are mountain valley

There are great tutorials on you tube if you need more help. It sounds complicated but it really is an easy folded card to make. Here is a side view of the card so you can see the folds

Ok so the Monkey stamp was from stampendous #ssc 160 but I think that it is discontinued I used Stazon jet black ink because I was going to be using water and i didn't want it to smear.

I used my inktense colored pencils to color the monkeys and then I used my round circle die to cut it out. I also used my nestablites scalloped circle to cut out the green border.

For the card I made a mat out of the same green paper the was 4 3/8” x 3 3/8”

The white mat measured 4 ¼ x 3 ¼

I then used a leaf stamp from the same stamp set and stamped a background using close to my heart pear ink and Topiary ink.

For the sides I used the same green and cut it at 4 ½ x ¾

I used an EK success heart punch and punched out 6 hearts out of pink glitter paper.

For the bottom I used 2 other stamps from the set and used the Pear ink from CTMH to stamp the swirl vine and the sentiment

Here are some more pics of the finished card. I know it is not traditional Valentines colors but I thought that it would be a perfect card for someone that I love.

Thanks for stopping by

I hope you all have a great day and a wonderful week. God Bless you all!

Crafty Hugs

Sarah

My 1st Silhouette Project

2014-01-07T09:56:00.000-05:00

Good Morning Friends!

I hope y'all are staying warm with the arctic blast that has hit most of us. I don't have any snow but boy is it cold. This morning it is 0.7 degrees and seems to be falling. I know that is not as bad as most places, but here in NC it usually doesn't get this cold. I hope you are all staying warm.

OK so on to the project

For Christmas I got a Silhouette Cameo. YAY!!!! I have played around with it and I love it. Oh it is amazing at the intricate cuts that it can make. I am still trying to get use to the software and all the features of it. Luckily I am familiar with Sure cuts a lot and I can use it with the Cameo.

I love my Cricut but it was more of a love hate relationship, I loved the designs and the Cricut hated to cut them. Just kidding. I can see where I will still be using both of them but for now I am putting my crafting efforts in the Cameo.

So here is the 1^st project that I made with my Cameo.

I used a cut from the Silhouette store Birthday cake #41228 from Miss Kate Cutables. I love this cut. The layers are super cute and it was so easy to assemble.

I think it was sized around 4.5 (note to self: write it down next time)

The Card Base is 5 by 5 ¼ in Kraft card stock

The number paper(mme lime twist out of the blue) is cut at 5 ¼ tall by 4 ¾ wide.

I then used the large circle die from the Spellbinders Nestabilities and die cut the striped paper(mme lime twist fly a kite).

I cut a strip of patterned card stock at 5” by 1 ½ and a white piece of Cs at 4 ½ by 1” I then flag cut the ends and adhered them on top of the circle cut.

I then used Lady bug red memento ink and stamp Happy Birthday from the Stampendous Birthday Bracket stamp set(retired but can be found on ebay).

For the banner I used washi tape and a piece of twine. I looped the tape over the twine and then flag cut the the ends of the tape.

I popped the cake up on foam tape. I then added glossy accents to the “chocolate” layer and added some white dash lines to parts of the cake.

I really enjoyed making this card. I loved how the Cameo was able to cut out the small parts without shredding them to pieces. I can see many more projects coming.

I hope you all have a blessed day and thanks for stopping by my blog.

Until Next time

Crafty Hugs

Sarah

Hello Again

2014-01-06T21:51:00.000-05:00

Hello Crafty Friends!

Happy 2014!!! It has been so long since I have posted anything on my blog and I have missed it so much. My goal for this year is to post at least 2 times a week.

During last year I went through some tough times and had almost quit crafting completely, but I am happy to report that I am back to crafting and I look forward to sharing with all of you.

What can you look forward to seeing on my blog:

Silhouette Projects

Cricut Projects

Product reviews

I hope that you will all stay tuned for what is coming up in 2014. I am looking forward to sharing and learning and getting reacquainted with all of you!

Crafty Hugs

Sarah

Beautiful bling blog hop

2013-04-27T00:00:00.000-04:00

Welcome to the Beautiful Bling Blog hop.  April's

birthstone is a diamond, so we added some bling to our projects.

Hello Crafty friends. I hope you are all well today. I am so glad that you could join us for the Beautiful bling blog hop. There are some great projects lined up for today, so be sure to visit all the blogs and show some love.

You should have came from Pamela if not you will want to start at the beginning so that you don't miss any crafty goodness.

So here is my Beautiful Bling project for you.

I made this card for my niece's 23rd birthday. she loves pink and heels and leopard anything. so that is where I got my inspiration from.

I used my G to cut the shoe using gypsy wanderings.

I embossed it with a hot pink embossing powder.

added some pink ribbon and bling of course.

Thanks for hopping along next go to Carla

Here is the whole line up, just in case you need it.

Melanie  http://afternoonscrapper.blogspot.com/

Suzanne  http://www.zannieberry.blogspot.com

Teresa  http://freshandrenewed.blogspot.com/

Tricia  http://mysticalcardcreations.blogspot.com/

Lori  http://www.scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/

Pamela  http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com/

Sarah  www.craftingwithsarah.blogspot.com

Carla  http://racincrafts.blogspot.com/  <----------- NEXT

Connie  http://conniecancrop.blogspot.com

Nancy  http://alwaysastorycreationsbynancy.blogspot.com/

Liz  http://scrapiliciouslife.blogspot.com

Jennyfer  http://www.scrapalajen.blogspot.com

Sandy  http://scrapbookblessings.blogspot.com

Daphne  http://craftyscrapsofstuff.blogspot.com

Misses Crafty http://sweetbirdmemories.blogspot.com

My Christmas Card stash is low Hop

2013-04-26T00:00:00.000-04:00

Welcome to the My Christmas Card Stash is Low Hop!

It is our sincere hope that this helps to inspire you to get working on those Holiday cards early so as to reduce a little of the stress felt around the season!

You should be coming from . Sandy- www.scrapbookblessings.blogspot.com)'s blog but if you just found your way here please start atSarah - www.itswhatkeepsmesane.blogspot.com the beginning at blog.

There will be 2 blog candies for this hop.

First, There will be a stash prize given out randomly to 1 comment from all the blogs. You MUST comment on all the blogs!! You will have until Tuesday the 26th at 11:59pm CST to comment. Sarah will announce the winner on Wednesday morning.

The second prize will have a little more work for you to enter. We're going to have a little challenge for you to enter. 1st you will need to stop and comment on every blog. 2nd you will need to create a holiday card/gift tag/general gift giving paraphernalia and enter it at the inlinkz on Sarah's blog. You have a week to enter and you can enter up to 3 projects. The prize for this challenge is a stamp set and crinkle ribbon bundle of YOUR CHOICE from our sponsor Mae Sunshine Designs!

Here is my project

I used winter woodland to create my card. it was cut at 5"
Your next stop should be . Sandy- www.scrapbookblessings.blogspot.com's Blog.

If you get lost along the way here is the whole line up!

. Sarah - www.itswhatkeepsmesane.blogspot.com  

2. Sandy- www.scrapbookblessings.blogspot.com

3. Sarah W- www.craftingwithsarah.blogspot.com

4. Miranda - www.nanasscrapspot.com 

5. Anita - http://scrappyhappymommy.blogspot.ca

6. Robin L. - http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/

7. Diana - www.daisylovecreations.blogspot.com

8. Carla - www.racincrafts.blogspot.com

9. Tammy - http://lifeupdownandsideways.blogspot.com/

10. Maria - http://asimplefive.blogspot.com/

11. Mary - http://irongatestamps.blogspot.com/

Butterfly Blog hop

2013-04-25T00:00:00.000-04:00

Thank you for fluttering by today and seeing all the butterflies we have in this hop. These crafters have preformed butterfly magic again with their creations and I hope you enjoy looking at the beauty of these creations.

Jearise from http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com is our hostess today and she has a butterfly filled gift for one lucky visitor today so please make sure you begin at her blog to find out how to enter the drawing.

Here is my little bit of butterfly magic for today...

For my card I used Elegant edges to create a shaped card. The butterfly is from Everyday pop up cards.

Thank you so much for joining us today and please flutter on to Camille.

 LINE  UP:

Jearise - http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com

Lynne ~ http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/

Janet ~ http://ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/

Jamie ~ http://craftygirl21.blogspot.com/

Lissa Marie -  www.somanycrafts.com

Anita~ http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com

Michele - www.scrapytaz.blogspot.com

Miriam - www.miriamscreations.blogspot.com

Ashley - http://thebloghopprincess.blogspot.com

Robin - http://scrapandchat.blogspot.com/

Nancy - http://alwaysastorycreationsbynancy.blogspot.com/

Jessica - http://svgattic.blogspot.com

Sarah W - www.craftingwithsarah.blogspot.com

Camille ~ www.shortonideasaz.blogspot.com/

Pamela - www.scrappletree.com

Spring Bling a ling blog hop

2013-04-07T00:00:00.000-04:00

Hi Friends! Thanks for stopping by the Spring bling-a- ling blog hop.

You should have hopped over from Lucy if not you will want to start at the beginning so that you don’t miss a thing.

Here is the card that I have made for you.

I used the bloom cricut lite cartridge for the flowers. I cut them at 2 ½ “ I then added some crystal stickles and some gem stickers for bling.

make sure you leave a comment on everyone's blog for the chance to win this great prize package from Zannie Berry Scrapbooking

Now head on over to Nadja

Here is the entire line up in case you get lost along the way.

1  Suzanne  http://www.zannieberry.blogspot.com

2 Lucy http://love2createitall.com

3 Sarah  www.craftingwithsarah.blogspot.com

4 Nadja http://nadjarobbins.blogspot.com/

5 Janet  http://ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/

6 Tiffany  http://angel4ever-thecraftyteacher.blogspot.com/

7 Julie www.thecricutchirp.com

8 Erica  http://ericarosecreates.blogspot.com

9 Robin  http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/

Aloha summer " dt post"

2013-04-03T00:00:00.000-04:00

Hi Crafty friends! if you are anything like me you love summer and can't wait until summer comes around. My favorite place to be is at the ocean. I love the sea, the birds flying around and feeling the salty breeze.
So I want to tell ya that this months theme is Summer, sunshine, smiles. So basically anything that makes you happy.

I used Life's a beach cricut cartridge to create this card.

I love how she turned out.
Thanks for stopping by
Crafty hugs
Sarah

Our Kreative Karma post! My favorite Chic

2013-03-25T00:00:00.000-04:00

Hello Crafty Friends!

I hope you are all having a wonderful day! Today is my day to post for Our Kreative Karma. I can’t believe that March is almost over with so, again this month we were to use pastels, spring or Easter designs. I chose to make this a birthday card using a chick and some My pink stamper stamps.

So Here’s my card

I used Create a critter for the chick and cut her at 3 1/2"

For the banner I used the ek success scallop scallop punch on green glitter paper. Then wrapped it with limeade twine from doodlebug.

I added some glossy accents on the beak and feet.

and of course some googly eyes.

I used My Pink Stamper stamps and memento tuxedo black ink.

I think it turned out so cute. what a great card for a birthday close to Easter or just to send to a friend to let them know you are thinking of them.

I hope that you will go over to Our Kreative Karma blog to follow us and see what the other designers have made this month.

Crafty Hugs

Sarah

Hey Chicka!

2013-03-21T00:00:00.000-04:00

Hello Crafty Friends!

I hope you are all having a wonderful Thursday. I have been crafting up a storm and just loving that I have time to get in my craft area. I suffer from anxiety and depression and getting in the zone helps take away all of that, so if you have those problems I would love to hear about how crafting has helped you. I know it can be a sensitive subject to talk about but I think it is time to get it out in the open. So that others know that there is someone out there that understands them.

Ok so I have been on this Chick and Chicken kick all this week. Next week I am gonna have to find something else to focus on. Hehe!

.I used country life to cut out the chicken. I cut her out at 3”. Here are some pictures of the cuts and the card.

I guess that is it for today. I hope you all decide to get in your crafty space and get some crafting done today!

Thanks for visiting my blog and see you tomorrow.

Crafty hugs

Sarah

These boot were made for splashin

2013-03-20T00:00:00.000-04:00

Hello Crafty Friends!

I hope you are all having a wonderful day! I am having a great day so far. I wanted to share a quick card that I made yesterday.

So Here’s my card

I used the paisley cartridge to cut the boots at 3” they are super big at that size.

After cutting the boots I added some stickles on the "pulls" and on the decor of the boot. then added glossy accents to the soles of the boots.

The stamp is from a stamp set that came from oriental trading com. which i stamped with pacific blue ink. I tied a bow with yellow twine from doodlebug.

So that's it. Thanks for stopping by.

Crafty Hugs

Sarah

Bunny back in town card Our Kreative Karma Post

2013-03-19T00:05:00.000-04:00

Hi Crafty Friends!
I hope you are doing well. For your viewing pleasure today I have a circle card that I used a cricut cake cartridge and birthday bash to make a simple and cute card.

The cuts I used are from
Holiday Cakes pg 69 for bunny @ 2 ¼”
Birthday Bash pg 29 for card and layer @ 4 ¼

Here is my card.

I cut the bunny from the cake cartridge from a pale green and pale purple. Then I added stickles to the dots on the bunny.

When I cut the card, I cut both layers at 4 ¼” then I used the swiss dot cuttlebug folder to give the layer some demision.
The stamp is from walmart studio g it says the bunny is back in town. But with the embossing it didn’t stamp to well so I had to rewrite it.

Then I tied a bow with green satin ribbon.

And that is it. That’s all folks.
Thanks for stopping by! I hope you will head over to Our Kreative Karma and follow our blog so that you can see when my design team sisters post.
Crafty hugs!
Sarah

God bless you card Wild card cartridge

2013-03-18T16:23:00.001-04:00

Hi Crafty Friends!

I have a quick card to share with you today.

I cut this card and envelope from the Wild Card Cartridge @ 4.25" for every cut. They layered together so well.

Thanks for stopping by for this short post.

Crafty Hugs
Sarah

Our Kreative Karma Post " My Favorite Peep"

2013-03-11T00:00:00.000-04:00

Hi Crafty friends!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Mine was okay! I had a little stomach bug on sat. but I got over it pretty fast, and I was able to create this cute little card for your viewing pleasure.

Here is my card and then I will tell you what I did.

For the bunnies I used and svg file. (I will try to find the link for you and place it here) I cut the bunnies at 2.5 inches on my cricut using scal.

After cutting them, I ran them through the xyron sticker maker and added clear glitter to them to make them look candied.

I could not remember if peeps have eyes or not so I chose not to add any because when I did they feel off.

I then cut 2 clouds that I found on google images. I made them a scal file and cut them at 2” and 1”

I popped the 1” up on foam tape.

For the grass I just cut the green paper with my scissors and ruffled it up.

I hand wrote the sentiment but I am not happy with my hand writing and wish I would have printed it on the computer so I may change that.

So that’s all folks!

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you will head over to Our KreativeKarma and follow our blog so that you can see when my design team sisters post.

Crafty hugs and love

Sarah

2013-03-09T04:40:00.000-05:00

Welcome to the Gorgeously Green Blog Hop! All the projects have at least 2 shades of green.

If you leave a comment on everyone’s post, you could win this blog candy consisting of paper from DCWV and Basic Grey, Rub-ons, ribbon, borders, printable alphas, adhesive, and more!

You don’t have to become a follower of Afternoon Scrapper, but it sure would be nice if you did.

My project:

I made this heart shaped world card for my nephew that is serving in the army over seas.

I cut the heart from Give a Hoot pg 39 at 2 1/2" I added glossy accents to the water area, and a heart on NC and a pearl on the middle east.

The back ground paper is from The paper studio from hobby lobby.

For the sentiment I used my computer to type it up and I printed it off in green ink.

I then layered it with some green and yellow polka dot paper. for the flat back pearls I colored them with a sharpie to change their color.

Up next is Daphne@ http://craftyscrapsofstuff.blogspot.com

In case you need it, here is today’s line up:

Melanie http://afternoonscrapper.blogspot.com/
Pam - http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com
Liz Mullen- http://scrapiliciouslife.blogspot.com
Teresa- http://freshandrenewed.blogspot.com/
ClaireR -http://threewaterscreations.blogspot.com/
Suzanne- www.zannieberry.blogspot.com
Nancy - http://alwaysastorycreationsbynancy.blogspot.com/
Jennyfer - http://scrapalajen.blogspot.com
Sarah W www.craftingwithsarah.blogspot.com
Daphne~ http://craftyscrapsofstuff.blogspot.com
Miradna - http://www.nanasscrapspot.com/
Theresa - http://scrappinginheels.blogspot.com

Haidee-http://created2bunique.blogspot.com/

Sarah - http://itswhatkeepsmesane.blogspot.com

Melissa - http://pinkpolkadotscrapping.blogspot.com

Happy Leprechaun Card dt post

2013-03-05T01:03:00.000-05:00

Hello Crafty Friends!

I hope you are all doing well. Today is my designer day over at Our Kreative Karma. This month them is Spring, we are to create something for St. Patty’s day, Easter or use pastels.

I chose to create something for St. Patty’s day.

So here is my card.

I used the simply charmed cricut cartridge.

I cut the leprechaun at 3”.

I used a sizzix face instead of cutting out the facial features on the cut.

For the card, I used a dark green card stock cut to an A2 card.

The gold paper is from American Crafts foil pack. I cut it at 5 ¼ by 4

The shamrock paper is from Paper studio from hobby lobby.

I used a studio G stamp for the sentiment, and stamped it with topiary in from close to my heart.

I used an action wobble to give the lep. some movement. Then I added some glossy accents to the eye and boots and some glitter to the shamrock paper.

I love the way that he turned out.

Thanks for stopping by my blog. I hope that you will go over to Our Kreative Karma and follow us.

There are so many talented ladies on the design team and I would love for you to check out the other designers.

Heart Warming Blog Hop

2013-02-16T00:00:00.000-05:00

 Welcome to the "Heart Warming" Blog Hop! 

We're so Happy you could join us today! If you came from Robin S then you are in the right place if not please start at Melanie's Blog we don't want you to miss any of the fun!

Hi Crafty Friends!

I am so happy to be part of another great hop. This hop is the "Heart Warming"! We were to make a project with Hearts on it. I love being part of a hop with such talented ladies.

You should have came from Robin ! if not please head over to Melanie's blog to start at the beginning.

Ok on to the card.

So here is my little cutie!

I used Create a Critter 2 for the little bee cut. I cut her out @ 3 ½”

The base of her is black glitter paper. The other layers are just randoms I had in my scrap file.

For the card I use a Kraft base that measures 4 by 5 ½”

Then I added a black glitter layer that is ¼” smaller than the base.

The heart layer is next and I cut it ½” smaller than the black. I then ran it through the swiss dots cuttle bug folder.

For the stamp I used a studio g stamp that said be mine so after stamping that I added an extra e.

I think it turned out so cute.

Next you should head over to Vanessa

Here is the line up in case you get lost along the way.

Melanie http://afternoonscrapper.blogspot.com/
Tricia http://mysticalcardcreations.blogspot.com/
Miranda http://www.nanasscrapspot.com/
Anita http://scrappyhappymommy.blogspot.ca/
Ashley http://marinewifesscrappinlife.blogspot.com/
Robin S. http://scrapandchat.blogspot.com/
Sarah www.craftingwithsarah.blogspot.com
Vanessa http://wwwpaperkraftsunlimiteddesings.blogspot.com/
Teresa http://freshandrenewed.blogspot.com/
Misses Crafty www.sweetbirdmemories.blogspot.com
Nancy http://alwaysastorycreationsbynancy.blogspot.com/
Robin C. http://cutonedesignsbyrobin.blogspot.com/
Liz www.scrapiliciouslife.blogspot.com
Melissa http://pinkpolkadotscrapping.blogspot.com/
Claire http://threewaterscreations.blogspot.com/
Lucy http://love2createitall.com/
Diana http://daisylovecreations.blogspot.com/

All that Stickles Challenge entry

2013-02-11T14:22:00.002-05:00

Hi Crafty Friends!
I hope you are all well today. I am doing wonderful!

I love Stickles!!!! How bout you? Have you heard that there is a challenge blog dedicated to STICKLES!!! YAY!! This weeks challenge was to use x-mas red stickles.
So here is my project for the challenge.

I used the art philosophy cartridge for the scallop oval, oval and scallop borders. The Hearts come from the sweetheart cartridge.

I popped some of the hearts up and stickled the red hearts with Christmas red stickles and on the tan heart I used crystal stickles (my fav)

I had so much fun making a card for this challenge. Here is the link for the blog. I hope you will go and check it out. http://www.allthatstickles.blogspot.com/

Crafty Hugs
Sarah

Flowers for my friend Valentine's day Card

2013-02-11T00:00:00.000-05:00

Hello Crafty Friends!

I hope that you had a great weekend. I know that mine was great even though it was uneventful. I enjoyed spending time with my family and getting some crafting in.

I have a super cute Valentine’s day card to share with you today. I used 3 birds on parade and a paper heart doily to create my card. Take a look!

The bird is cut @3” from 3 birds on parade. I just inked the edges and for the flowers I used flat back pearls and colored them with my copic light orange marker to change their color. I then added glossy accents to the beak and legs of the bird.

The doily came from a large pack that I picked up at the dollar store. I used memento ink in a very light pink to change the color of the doily. I then added that to the card.

I used some American crafts ribbon along the top.

The sentiment is from studio g.

I think that is all that I did. Sorry I didn’t write down all my steps this time as I wasn’t planning on sharing this one. But when it came out so cute I just had to let you see it.

Until next time

Crafty Hugs

Sarah

Kreative Karma DT Post "Lovin' Those Birthdays"

2013-02-10T00:00:00.000-05:00

Hello Crafty Friends!

Today is my design team post over at Our Kreative Karma! Our theme this month is "lovin those Birthdays" so you may be asking what does that mean. well since it is February we can make either a birthday project or something for love and Valentine's day. I chose to make something for Valentines day!

So Here is my Love inspired card:

The card is A2 sized measuring 4 1/4 by 5 1/2
The brown dot layer is 5 1/4 by 4
The pink rose layer is 5 1/4 by 3
The banner is 5 by 2 1/2
I used the fiskars scallop punch to add a border to each side of the banner.
Then I added flat back pearls to each scallop.

For the heart. I used the Close to my heart Artiste cartridge and cut the scallop heart at 1 1/2" and the regular heart @ 1"

I then added crackle accents to the heart for a vintage look.

I then used the close to my heart love and comfort sympathy set for the sentiment. I stamped it with tuxedo black ink.

I used brown ribbon to tie a bow around the banner portion of the card

So there is my lovely "vintagey" feeling card.

I would love for you to stop by over at the Our Kreative Karma blog and follow us.

Crafty Hugs
Sarah

Thanks a melon!

2013-02-09T13:26:00.001-05:00

Hi Crafty Friends!

I am so happy to be able to post back on my blog. My keyboard on my computer had been messed up since the doggy drink accident. I had ordered one a week ago and when it came it was the wrong one so I had to order another and It finally came today and we got it installed. Super happy Girl right here!!!

I have a cute little shaped card that I wanted to share with you today.

I sized every thing in my gypsy and I didn't save the file so I am not really sure of the sizes. But the watermelon cut comes from simply charmed. I just welded together 2 of the bases and then created the layers. I ran the red part the Swiss dot cuttle bug folder and inked it with festive berries distress ink.

For the little tag I use Pink Stampers fruit and veggie puns and added some red bling. I tied a bow with doodlebug limeade twine.

Thanks for stopping by!

Crafty Hugs!
Sarah

Post it note holder with gel pen

2013-01-29T00:00:00.000-05:00

Hi Crafty Friends!

Today is my first post as a Our Kreative Karma Design team Member. I am super excited about being part of a team with such Creative ladies that I love. If you haven’t check out the design team blog please head over there (of course after you check out my project lol), follow, and see what we are all about.

For This month it was all about our hobbies and since my is paper crafting and using my cricut, well I just could not resist making something out of paper. I decided to make a cute little post it note holder with gel pen. These make great gifts and are wonderful to have in your purse or in the car.

So here is what I did.

For the main part of the holder you will need a piece of cardstock that measures 7 ½ by 3 ¼

Score that cs at 3 ½ 3 7/8 and 4 ¼ .

Now fold all the score lines.

Next we make a cut between the 2 score line at ¾” and 1 1/8” on both sides of the base layer.

Now we are going to fold the score lines. Fold the 2 outer lines Mountain style and the center line in a valley fold. So that it looks like an M if you look at it from the side.

Now pop out the cuts that you made these are for the pen.

I like to use ½ a stack of post it notes. I add score tape to the back of them and place them on the larger section of the base.

For this card I decided to use a cherry them. I just love the look of black, red and white with Cherries. It feels “retro” to me.

For the front of the card, I added some black and white polka dot paper.

The Cherries are from the Preserves cartridge cut at 2 ½”

I added some glossy accents to the cherries to make them seem more real.

Then after the glossy accents dried I added some rhinestones for a little bling.

I glued the Cherries stight to the base so that there would be nothing to snag on. Then added the mini gel pen. I found these at the dollar store for a pack of 4.

Here is my finished post it note holder.

Thanks for stopping by my blog and I hope that you will go over to the Our Kreative Karma blog and follow us. We have a lot of exciting things coming your way and you wouldn't want to miss out.

Crafty Hugs!
Sarah

weekend recap and card

2013-01-28T15:03:00.001-05:00

Hello Crafty Friends!

I hope you are all doing well today and that you all had a great weekend.

My weekend was filled with highs and lows.

The Highs were:

My hubby, my mom and I took my 5 year old Nephew Jordan to Chucky Cheese, and we had a wonderful time.

I got a new book called Organize now at Barnes and Noble

The lows:

ok! so when I am not feeling well I lay on the bed and watch videos on my laptop. I have a black raised stand that holds my computer, mouse and until Saturday, I would set my drink on there as well. I figure you have all guessed it by now but my rambunctious Chihuahua Cooper

The drink spilling culprit Cooper

Jumped on to the bed wanting to play and spilled half a can of soda on my laptop. I was so upset. Not really at him but at my self. I know better than to have drink near my laptop. I tried to dry up the spill, popped all the keys off my laptop and I thought that I had got it up in time. Well I guess I hadn’t. My laptop started beeping and acting crazy so I took the battery out and my hubby used the shop vac to try and dry it out, still nothing. So I looked online and most said to lay it upside down for at least a day. I was so upset and I couldn’t stop crying. I thought I had lost everything. I had no idea how I was going to replace my computer. I just had no idea what I was going to do. Hubby dug out the old dinosaur laptop from the closet( I mean that computer had not been turned on in 3 years and it weighs about 10lbs) but I used it. Not happy about it but I did get to get online with it.

Now on to the good part of my low!!! Today I decided that I would try to turn on my computer and Guess What?!? It works, well partly (having to use the enter key on the number pad) I am so super happy. I didn’t lose everything and all I am going to have to do is replace the keyboard. So YAY!!!!!

Ok so now that I have typed you to death I wanted to share a cute little card that I made.

I used the close to my heart stamp set Pun Fun.

(click link above to order. when you spend $35, you can order a cute little valentine kit for just $10 Pic of the kit at the end of post)

The card is 4 by 4 with layers cut ¼” smaller.

I stamped with Memoto tuxedo black and colored in with my American Crafts colored pencils.

I used some washi tape instead of twine to go under the stamped piece.

Then I added some rhinestones to the corners.

Super cute card just to send to a friend to say Hello or thanks!

Thanks for stopping by, Make sure you come back tomorrow for my 1^st post as a Kreative Karma Design team girl. I have something cute to share with you.

Crafty HugsJ

Sarah

This is the cute little kit that you can get for 10 when you order $35 or more, The kit includes 12 die-cut boxes, 3 cardstock sheets, 1 sheet of silver glitter paper, 12 treat tubes, and an exclusive D-size stamp set created specifically for the kit!

Link in sidebar for my Close to my Heart store or click here

Just BEEcause

2013-01-25T00:00:00.000-05:00

Hi Crafty Friends!

I hope you all have been having a fabulous week. My week has been wonderful but I am so looking forward to the weekend,

I have a cute little card for your viewing pleasure today.

For this cutie I used the Stamp set Pun Fun from close to my heart for the bee and the sentiment.
(Link to my store above and in side bar)

I colored it using my American Crafts colored pencils.

The card base is 4 by 4 and I used a shimmer Yellow paper from recollections.
The polka dot is 3 3/4 square.
and the flag shape is 3 x 2 1/2. To get the cuts to line up at the bottom I cut the flag shape on both pieces at the same time. By having them line up at the bottom, Then after cutting the boarder amount was the same all around.

Ok so after the cutting the flag I did some black dash line and a flight path for the bee. I then ran some twine around the card and through the flag shape. I tied a little bow and added some black rhinestones and stickles to the wings.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you all have a great weekend and get your craft on! I will be back on Monday with another project for you. Until then Happy Crafting!

Winter in the Air Blog Hop

2013-01-19T00:00:00.000-05:00

Looking for the Anything goes blog hop Click Here

Oh the weather outside is frightful, but these projects are so delightful.
Welcome to the ‘Winter’s In The Air’ blog hop.

We have all made projects to warm your heart, and potentially decorate your home, during these snowy months.

You should have came from Elecia. If you just happened to run across this hop you will want to start at Melanie to see all the wonderful projects.

Here is my project that I made.

I received this cute little guy from a cut swap and just had to use him. I dressed him up a little more and love the way he turned out.

For the card I used a standard a2 sized card and added a white cardstock layer that I embossed with the swiss dots cuttlebug folder, I then inked the dots with weathered wood distressing ink.

The blue paper measures around 2 ½” by 3 ½” I just adhered it straight down to the white card stock.
The snowflake paper is 2” by 3 ½” I sprayed it with homemade shimmer spray and with a blue mist. After allowing it to dry I inked the edges and rounded the corners.

I then used White daisy ink from Close to my heart and Winter punny stamp from My Pink Stamper.

After I let that dry for a long time( because of the white ink) I popped up the snowman on foam tape.and placed him crooked, I think he looks like he is making a snow angel. How funny would that be. hehehe

Here's another look at my card.

If you comment on everyone’s post you will be entered to win this from Melanie.

It includes paper, stickers, metal embellies, adhesive, mists, stencils, a journal and more. Be sure to check back on Tuesday, Jan 22 to see who won.

Here is the line up for today.
Melanie http://afternoonscrapper.blogspot.com/
Claire http://threewaterscreations.blogspot.com/
Elecia http://creationsby-kahaulani.blogspot.com/
Sarah www.craftingwithsarah.blogspot.com (You are Here)
Nancy http://alwaysastorycreationsbynancy.blogspot.com/ (NEXT)
Anita http://scrappyhappymommy.blogspot.ca
Ashley http://marinewifesscrappinlife.blogspot.com
Miranda http://www.nanasscrapspot.com/
Michele http://michelescraftroom.blogspot.com/
Teresa http://freshandrenewed.blogspot.com/
Robin http://cutonedesignsbyrobin.blogspot.com/
Lucy http://love2createitall.com
Christine http://hotberrydesigns.blogspot.com/
Charity http://thebookinroom.blogspot.com
Lluvia http://sweetbirdmemories.blogspot.com

Have a great weekend and thanks for hopping with us.