Scrapping Mommy

New Release Week at My Creative Time - Day 1

2012-02-13T01:00:00.001-07:00

How fun!! This is my first time participating in a new release at My Creative Time. Emma has come up with some of the cutest stamps ever and I get to share a card that I made with the first set today.....it's called Happy Hunting.

I used my Copic markers to color the image in and the patterned paper is scraps from my overflowing drawer. ;) I added a little bit of pen stitching and some ribbon and bakers twine from The Twinery to tie it off.

Sneak Peek Giveaway Time!With all of our Sneak Peek weeks, Emma likes to do some FUN giveaways!

***All you have to do is leave comments on our blogs! You do NOT have to comment on every blog, BUT if you do, you will just have more chances to win!

***SPREAD THE WORD TO THE WORLD ON FACEBOOK about this release & whatever connections you may have! Let us know on "My Creative Time's" FB page here http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/My-Creative-Time/364568506334 that you did so! OR you can just tag me in your post!

Emma will randomly pick & announce all winners on Thursday, Feb 16th during this AWESOME release happening @ 12:01am PST in her video! GOOD LUCK!

Log onto to your facebook now & let start spreading word!;)

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Hugs,

Amy

3D Birthday Cupcakes with My Creative Time

2012-02-08T01:29:00.002-07:00

Today is my first official project for My Creative Time and today is 3D Wednesday. Emma asked me to create a 3D project with her All Around Birthday Time stamp set and so I created these fun cupcake containers with my Cricut and Sweet Tooth Boxes cartridge.......I am so loving the 3D projects that this cart can create.......

I used my Cuttlebug and D'Vine Swirls to emboss the top part and added some ribbon and the new Flax colored bakers twine from The Twinery and a button.

The flower on the top is cut with the Flower Shoppe cartridge and I added a little texture with a large tipped embossing stylus and also a little bit of darker orange ink for added depth.

The tag is stamped with the All Around Birthday Time stamp set and then cut out with the Scallop and Stitched Circle die set.

Hop on over to the My Creative Time blog to see what the other awesome designers came up with to share with you today.

Hugs,
Amy

Supplies-
   Cardstock: Wausau (pearl, yellow), Stampin' Up! (orange), Bazzill (white)
   Patterned paper: Imaginisce
   Die cuts: Cricut with Sweet Tooth Boxes and Flower Shoppe cartridges
     Embossing: Cuttlebug with D'Vine Swirls embossing folder
   Stamp: My Creative Time
   Ink and ribbon: Stampin' Up!
   Twine: The Twinery
   Button: Fancy Pants Designs

Valentine Lollipop Holder and Design Team Announement

2012-02-05T01:00:00.004-07:00

I have two wonderful things to share with you today. First of all I wanted to share this Valentine's Day decorated lollipop holder that I made with a fab little Stitched Lollipop Holder die that is available from Emma at My Creative Time. I was able to get 5 from one 12 x 12 sheet. I used her More Gift Card Sentiments to stamp the "Happy Valentine's Day" words on the die cut shape and then inked around the edges a little bit.

I also used My Creative Time's Teeny Tag Greetings for the little "Be Mine" tags and then tied them all up with some fabulous Pink Sorbet bakers twine from The Twinery. I added some little die cut hearts that I cut with my Cricut and Doodlecharms cart that I embossed with my Cuttlebug and Swiss Dots embossing folder and then added a little pink button to finish it off. Aren't they sooooo cute!! I just ♥ them!!

So, do you want to hear about my exciting design team announcement?? Emma has invited me to be a part of her AMAZING design team at My Creative Time!! WooHoo!! I am really excited to get to work with such a WONDERFUL line up of talented designers and her FABULOUS products. I can't wait to show you more.

I wanted to write a little bit to introduce myself to Emma's readers......
I am married to a wonderful man and also a mommy to three very active kiddos who occupy most of my time. Many evenings, after they are tucked into their beds, I sneak into my crafting room and there you will most likely find me up until the wee hours of the morning creating away. I have been crafting from a very young age along side my grandmother who was always doing something crafty......I would love to pass on the love of crafts to my own children, so I have a corner in my crafting room where they can do their own special projects right along side mommy. I enjoy doing all kinds of arts and crafts, but the one that I love the most is paper crafting. ♥

Hugs,
Amy

Peachy Keen Stamps Toilet Paper Roll Challenge

2012-02-03T12:28:00.002-07:00

Today there is a new challenge up at the Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge blog........to create with toilet paper rolls. I made napkin rings........I used two rolls and then I marked them so that I could carefully cut them into thirds with a craft knife. I wrapped them with some scrap papers and then stamped the super cute heart and face image from the January 2012 KOTM from Peachy Keen Stamps.

Here is a close up:

I paper pieced the flowers and added a little twine from The Twinery, some chalk to the face as well as a little white pen detail.

I hope that you can join us over at the Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge blog and show us what you can create with a toilet paper roll.........

Hugs,
Amy

Flashback Friday's Blog Hop Celebration!!

2012-02-03T01:05:00.004-07:00

Welcome to the Flashback Friday 20.0 blog hop celebration!! If you are here from Yvonne's blog, you are in the right place, but if not and you would like to join in and have a chance at some wonderful prizes, CLICK HERE to start at the beginning and to get all the details.

I am really excited to get to join ~amy~ along with the other guest designers for Flashback Friday for this fun blog hop. The theme for Flashback Friday 20.0 is Black and White. You need to post a picture of your first Black and White card. Well, I searched my archives on the blog and guess what.....I couldn't find a single card that is just black and white and I knew that I had created one at some point. I dug into my card stash and sure enough there was one in there that I had partially created for a challenge a while ago and never posted because it was late. I just added the the sticker sentiment to finish off the card.....

So, would you like a *peek* at the wonderful prizes that are up for grabs??

Click on the banner below to get started on the hop plus all the details on how to enter for the yummy goodies pictured above, but if you are already on your way through, hop on over to Karin's blog to see what she has to share with you.........and don't forget to leave your comment below......

Hugs,
Amy

Supplies-
   Cardstock: Bazzill
   Die cuts: Cricut
   Embossing: Cuttlebug
   Stickers: SRM Stickers
   Ribbon: The Ribbon Boutique

I am linking this up for CPS's 5th Anniversary Challenge with sketch 166 (funny, I think this is the original sketch I created this card for a year or so ago, but didn't make the deadline, so it got shelved and never blogged).

For Cath (sans CHA) with Love Blog Hop

2012-01-30T21:58:00.002-07:00

Hello friends and new visitors!! How many of you know what CHA is?? Well, for me, I imagine it to be crafting heaven......a convention center filled with every possible scrapping item.....the latest and greatest under the sun. Since I have never been, I live vicariously through those of you who do go and share your experiences. One of those whom I follow the whole CHA experience with over the last few years is Cath Edvalsen who is the Trends Editor for Paper Crafts and also runs the Moxie Fab World Blog. Well, due to a nasty pain in one of her shoulders, she wasn't able to attend this year, so to cheer her up, I decided to join in on a blog hop just for her.

Here is my 'up-lifting' card......

I used some stamps from Taylored Expressions and my Copic markers on this card. The kites are stamped on patterned paper scraps and then cut out and adhered with some dimensional adhesive. The kite string is some white crochet thread. I used my fringe scissors for the grass and then went back and cut the 'blades' to various heights to make it look a little more like grass. I also used some scissors to distress around the edges of the white cardstock. I used a few strands of embroidery floss to stitch around the card and some twine from The Twinery and a button at the bottom of the card.

So, are you ready to join us in this fun blog hop?? Click on the pic of Cath below to check out the list and the details of this fab blog hop (don't forget to leave some *love* for Cath along the way):

Since I just love participating in the Moxie Fab World Challenges, I created this card for the Cool Tools Week: Cutting and Trimming Challenge. Thanks so much Cath for all of your wonderful and inspiring posts over the years and I hope that you are feeling better soon!! ♥

Thanks everyone for stopping by!!

Hugs,
Amy

Cute and Fun Cupid Card with Peachy Keen Stamps

2012-01-30T05:00:00.002-07:00

Hello friends!! I have a new post to share with you here today as well as on the Peachy Keen Stamps Blog. It is my first as a new 2012 design team member. WooHoo!!

I just love Valentine's Day and this adorable Cupid's Sting image from Peachy Keen Stamps is so fun color with Copic markers. Isn't his expression fabulous?!? I added some white gel pen accents to the colored image and a gold colored paint pen to color in the halo as well as some glossy accents to the heart on the arrow. I then cut it out with my Large Circle Nestabilities set.

I also embossed the edges with my Nestabilites in my Cuttlebug and then added some blue ink with my ink blending tool and two shades of blue. I used the lighter one first and moved in closer to the image and then with the darker color, I just stayed closer to the outside making sure to blend it all together again with the lighter color.

I finished it all up with some ribbon, bakers twine from The Twinery, a button, glitter, a doily, and some pen stitching. I hope that this has inspired you to get some stamping done for cards to send to loved ones this Valentine's Day!!

Hugs,
Amy

Supplies-
*Cardstock - Bazzill
*Patterned paper - Pink Paislee
*Stamps - Cupid's Sting by Peachy Keen Stamps
*Ink - Memento (black), Stampin' Up! (blues)
*Markers - Copic
*Die cuts - Cuttlebug and Nestabilities
*Pen - Zig (black), Uni-ball (white)
*Ribbon - Stampin' Up!
*Twine - The Twinery
*Glossy accents and Ink blending tool- Ranger
*Glitter - Martha Stewart
*Other - button, doily

Baby Shower Party in a Bag with SRM Stickers

2012-01-30T01:01:00.047-07:00

Have you seen the latest and greatest from SRM Stickers?? It is their brand new Party in a Bag and it comes with a set of 4 tubes and some fabulous SRM Stickers to finish up anything else you want to make for your party (think invitations, banners, favors, cupcake toppers, etc). Here is what I created with the new Baby Boy Party in a Bag set along with my Cricut Imagine and some yummy twine from The Twinery:

Here are the tubes:

I made these super fun flags as cupcake toppers:

Here is one of the fun invitations:

Here is the fun banner:

Here is a pic of the Baby Boy Party in a Bag set:

So, what do you think?? I know that there are so many fun ideas for parties with these new sets. You can see this set along with others by the designers on the SRM Stickers blog. You can also hop on over there and leave some love on my post......it will be the last one as a design team member for SRM Stickers. ::sniff:: ::sniff:: If you want to see more of the Party in a Bag sets, CLICK HERE.

Hugs,
Amy

Love Always and A Winner

2012-01-27T17:56:00.002-07:00

Hello friends!! I wanted to pop on here quickly to share a card with you that I finally had a chance to create. I just got the new Victorian Romance Cricut cartridge and wanted to make a card with it. I used Sketch 149 at Card Patterns as well as The Play Date Cafe's PDCC116 colors for my card.

Supplies-
     Cardstock: Stampin' Up!
     Die cuts: Cricut Expression2 with Victorian Romance and Stamping cartridges
     Embossing: Cuttlebug with Teresa Collins Timeless embossing folder
          and Swiss Dots embossing folder
   Twine: The Twinery
     Stickers: SRM Stickers
     Button: My Mind's Eye
   Pen: Zig
     Other: lace, embroidery floss

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

PDCC116

Card Patterns Sketch 149

Ribbon Carousel RCC37

Moxie Fab World's Cool Tools Week: Embossing and Debossing Challenge

Now, it is time to announce the winner from A Peachy Princess Birthday Blog Hop. I wanted to thank you all for stopping by and leaving such lovely comments. I have gone to Random.org and drew for a winner from all 85 comments left and the winner is:

Congrats Vickie!! Please send me an email with your shipping info and I will get your prize off to you. You have 3 days to claim your prize. I am thinking that it is almost time for another cartridge giveaway......what do you think?? Stay tuned!!

Hugs,
Amy

A Peachy Princess Birthday Blog Hop

2012-01-21T23:00:00.006-07:00

Hello everyone!! Today I am joining in on A Peachy Princess Birthday Blog Hop. We are celebrating Angelica Suarez's birthday today......YAY!!

Happy Birthday Angelica!!

If you came from Amanda's blog, you are in the right place. If you want to join in on all the fun today, hop on over to Kathy's blog to get started. Since I am on two design teams with Angelica, I thought I would use a little bit from both of those teams - Peachy Keen Stamps and The Twinery - on my 'Happy Bird Day' card.

Here is a close up:

For my card, I used my Cricut and Stretch Your Imagination to cut the bird; Elegant Edges for the label; 3 Birds on Parade for the word 'bird'; Beyond Birthdays for the words 'happy' and 'day'; and Celebrations for the hat. I also used paper from Bella Blvd.; cardstock from Bazzill and Core'dinations; Happy Lashes stamps from Peachy Keen Stamps; Lemondrop twine from The Twinery; border punch from Stampin' Up!; a white gel pen; and a blue button.

In celebration, I have a sampling of yummy bakers twine (like I used on my card above) from The Twinery to give away to one lucky person who leaves a comment under this post by Monday January 23rd at midnight. I will draw a winner via random.org and post to my blog later in the week, so don't forget to check back to see if you are the lucky winner.

I hope that you can hop along and see what each of these fab designers created to share with you today and also to help us wish Angelica a very Happy Bird Day......oops.....I mean a very Happy Birthday!! ♥

Kathy Jakopovich

Amanda Bodine
Amy Crockett (you are here)
Cristina Garcia (your next stop)
Lauren Brewer
DoBea Alberts
Raven Baca
Jennie Garcia
Heather Hoffman
Lorie Souther
Stephanie Muzzulin
Erin Schreiner
Brenda Weaver
Michelle Criswell
Michele Gross
Leanne Garner
Tifany DeGough
Samantha Casey
Nikki Foraker
Heidi Anne Giebel
Glorajean Beardall
Vivienne Holden
Janice Wilson
Saundra Rega
Julie Day
Lisa Buttafuoco
Kristi Bennett
Mel Haas
Stephanie Washburn
Kim Score
Emma Aguilar

Have fun!!

Hugs,

Amy

A Peachy Keen Linking Party

2012-01-13T09:01:00.003-07:00

Today on the Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge Blog there is a linky party going on and you are all invited to come and join us!! All you have to do is link up a *new* project with Peachy Keen Stamps at the Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge Blog. Here is the very first card that I created as a member of the new Peachy Keen Stamps DT. It is inspiration for the linky party this week. I used the new January Kit of the Month stamps.....isn't this little angel adorable??

I layered her over a heart that I cut on my Cricut. I stamped the XOXO background stamp over my stripe patterned paper and tied it all up with some colorful bakers twine from The Twinery.

I colored my little angel in with my Copic markers. Isn't that little face adorable?? The best part about this set is that the face is customizable. You can choose the face/expression you want on your angel. My 7 year old daughter just *loves* this set and she wanted to pick the face that I used for this card and this is the one she went with. I think she made a fabulous choice. She is a little stamper in the making, I tell ya!! I also added a little bit of chunky glitter along the edges of the wings. It doesn't show up real well in pictures, but it looks fab in person.

Here is a picture of the fabulous January KOTM from Peachy Keen Stamps:

I hope that you will all join us this week over at the Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge Blog.....I can't wait to see what you all create.

Hugs,

Amy

The Twinery Design Team - Shine Your Light Card

2012-01-12T06:00:00.158-07:00

Hello everyone!! I am totally ecstatic to be sharing this post with you today. It has almost killed me to keep it quiet for the last week or so.....I still have to pinch myself to see if it is real or just a dream. I am a member of The Twinery's 2012 Design Team!!

See, I told you I had a super exciting announcement!! For those that are visiting for the first time, I am a full-time mommy to three and in my spare time, I love to create with paper. I absolutely {♥} creating with The Twinery's twine when I make my projects.........like this card I made to share with you today. It uses their yummy Lemondrop Twine. I am always looking for fun ways to use twine, like the light coming off of the lighthouse on the card below. If you would like to see more of my twine projects, CLICK HERE.

Supplies-

Cardstock: Stampin' Up!

Paper: Cosmo Cricket

Die cuts: Cricut Mini with New England Shore digital cartridge

in Cricut Craft Room

Twine: The Twinery

Stickers: SRM Stickers

Pen: Zig (black), Uni-Ball (white)

Button: Fancy Pants

Other: sewing machine and thread

Here is a list of the first half of The Twinery's 2012 Design Team. There are so many awesome designers, it is going to take two days to get everyone announced.....click on the links to tell them all congrats, too!!

Julie Ranae - Design Team Coordinator
Angelica Suarez - Senior Designer
Monika Wright - Senior Designer
Teri Anderson
Dorangela Bobet
Helen Bird

Lauren Brewer
Natalie Clause
Amy Crockett
Tifany DeGough (returning as a 2nd term designer)
Carolyn King
Kathy Skou
Kellie Winnell

**You can now see the full list of The Twinery's Designers on the left sidebar**

Don't forget to hop on over to The Twinery Blog today to enter to win a sample pack of twine and then again tomorrow to see who else made the team. =)

Hugs,

Amy

It's A Love Thing with SRM Stickers

2012-01-12T01:00:00.034-07:00

Hello friends!! I have a super fun Valentine's Day card to share with you today here and on the SRM Stickers blog. Valentine's Day is my favorite holiday (with Thanksgiving coming in at a close second) and I {♥} to create cards for my loved ones every year. Today my card is meant for that special guy in my life. ::wink:: ::wink:: (now I hope I can delete the email before hubby sees this in his inbox in the morning). ::crossing fingers:: I used my Cricut and the Sweethearts and Banner (CCR Exclusive) cartridges along with some FAB SRM Stickers to create my card.

Isn't this just the cutest?? Here is a closer look so that you can see the layering and dimension:

     Supplies-
        Cardstock: Stampin' Up! (pink, yellow, turquoise), Bazzill (white, light blue),
            The Paper Company (kraft)
        Die cuts: Cricut with Sweethearts and Banners (Craft Room Exclusive) cartridges
        Stickers: SRM Stickers
        Ribbon: Stampin' Up!
        Embossing: Cuttlebug with Swiss Dots embossing folder
        Pen: Zig
        Button: unknown
Other: hemp twine

I am entering this card in the Die Cutting Challenge in the Moxie Fab World.

I am thinking I need to update the look of my blog. Anyone have any ideas on what I should do?? I have a newer picture of my kiddos and I that I want to put in the header. Do you know anyone that does a fab job for a really great price?? I just don't have the time to create one right now.....plus with my computer crashing a couple of months ago, I lost some of my digital kits (one in particular that I really wanted to use).

Later today, I will have an AWESOME announcement, as well as another card.......stay tuned!!

Hugs,

Amy

Stickers and Stamping

2012-01-09T01:00:00.012-07:00

Today on the SRM Stickers blog, I get to share a post with stickers and stamping. I used this lovely animal set from Unity called Autumn Pals along with the wood-grain stamp I picked up from Stampin' Up! a while ago to create this fun set of 3 x 3 inch mini cards. The sentiments are from SRM Stickers. Don't they work perfectly for any card?? I colored the images with my Copic markers and finished them all off with a little bakers twine from The Twinery.

Supplies-

Cardstock: Stampin' Up! (white, pink, green, yellow, orange);

Bazzill (white); The Paper Company (kraft)

Stamps: Unity (animals); Stampin' Up! (wood-grain)

Stickers: SRM Stickers

Markers: Copic

Twine: The Twinery

Gel Pen: Uni-ball Signo

I would love it if you would hop on over and leave some love for me on the SRM Stickers blog, too. I have some really exciting things coming up to share with you.....so, stay tuned!!

I am linking this up at The Ribbon Carousel for RCC34:

Hugs,

Amy

Fun Valentine's Day Card and Design Team Announcement!!

2012-01-03T17:07:00.004-07:00

Welcome everyone!! I have some exciting news to share with you........I made the 2012 Peachy Keen Stamps Design Team!! Congrats to the new team!! I am super excited to be working with this amazing team of designers and can't wait to show you more. Right now for the announcement, I quickly threw together this card......I literally had only one hour from when I thought of making it to share with you for the announcement until it needed to be posted.

I used a combination of the Princess Face Assortment (eyes) and the Wide Eyed Kids Assortment (mouth) for my stamp. The way I did this is by masking off the parts I didn't want to use and then inking it up and removing the tape before I stamped it to my image.

If you want to see some more of my projects created with Peachy Keen Stamps.......CLICK HERE. Don't forget to hop on over and check out the other talented designers that made this fab team on the Peachy Keen Blog and tell them Congrats!!

****On a fun side note, I just found out this morning that I won a new Silhouette Cameo on the House of Hepworths blog. WooHoo!! I have started out the year with some awesome luck....hopefully it continues throughout the rest of the year. =)

Hugs,

Amy

Fun Scooter Card

2011-12-30T15:54:00.002-07:00

Well, tomorrow night is the night that we ring in the New Year and I am ready to leave this year behind. I have had awesome experiences, and some not so great ones, but I am excited to see what the new year brings.

I created this card with some new stamps that I got from The Sweet Stamp Shop, my SRM Stickers, twine from The Twinery and Echo Park paper scraps from layouts I have done this year. I colored the image with Copic markers.

I have been super busy this month with family things (emergencies, illnesses, and celebrations), so I haven't had much time to craft, but hopefully with the new year that will change and I will be able to share more with you next month.

Let me know if you are looking forward to the new year and if you have any resolutions.

Hugs,

Amy

Merry Christmas!!

2011-12-24T13:27:00.000-07:00

They day is finally upon us......all the planning and celebrating over the last few weeks will culminate tomorrow. I have had fun making some neighbor gifts that I have been giving away this year. I got the idea from How Does She to make these fun blocks of wood cut from 2x4's. I covered them with Mod Podge and paper and then added some vinyl sentiments that I cut on my new Cricut Mini and the Cricut Craft Room. On the front of them it says "Merry Christmas" (Teresa Collins Christmas Sentiments) and the back has "let it snow" (Cricut Alphabet) so that they can display it in their house all winter long.

The treats that are wrapped up are Oreo Pops the I made and covered in chocolate. I found a tutorial on how to do these on How Does She. Believe me you want to follow the tutorial or else you will not be able to put the suckers in without breaking the cookie and then they won't be very pretty.

I used the Cricut Imagine and the Imagine More cartridge to print and cut the tags for them:

I added some stamps from My Craft Spot (From:) and Stampin' Up! (candy) and then some of the lovely bakers twine from The Twinery all topped off with a button.

So, are you all ready for Christmas?? I am all ready and can't wait to spend the next two days with my awesome family. I hope that you have a very merry Christmas filled with family, friends, fond memories and the spirit of Christ!! ♥

Hugs,

Amy

Color Splash Card for PDCC111

2011-12-16T13:06:00.001-07:00

Wow....it has been a while since I was able to create a card for a challenge. With design team projects, church projects, getting ready for Christmas, and mommy duties, I haven't had enough time and I tell ya, I sure missed it. I did sneak a little time in last night to pull out my stamps and Copic markers to create this card for the Color Splash Challenge PDCC111 this week a the Play Date Cafe.

Supplies-

Cardstock, ribbon: Stampin' Up!

Patterned paper, floral sticker: Imaginisce

Stamp: Taylored Expressions

Markers: Copic

Ink: Memento

Sentiment: SRM Stickers

Button: Fancy Pants Designs

Black pearls: Kaisercraft

Other: sewing machine and thread

Here is the challenge photo:

So, tell me, are you all ready for the holidays?? I am =><= this close to being done with everything.......I just have to complete a couple of projects and then shopping for that one last person on my list that is sooooo hard to buy for and then I can relax and celebrate. ;)

Hugs,

Amy

Birthday Bash Giveaway Winner!!

2011-12-11T16:49:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone!! I want to thank you all for stopping by and entering my Birthday Bash Giveaway!! There were 200 entries. WOW!! I really enjoyed reading what gift you were hoping to receive this year and most of you are hoping to get some scrapping goodies.....all after my own heart. There are many people that commented that what they truly want is to spend time with family and I think that that is the greatest gift of all! I also liked to read on Scrapping Mommy's Facebook Page about what kind of crafty items you like to give to others and most of you like to make and give cards. So fun!! My favorite is cards, too.

I have gone to Random.org to pick a winner for the fun giveaway and the winner is:

Patricia said...: I would like to get something crafty for my birthday...it don't matter what! I just love anything I can use in the craft room. HEY! Maybe I can win your giveaway for my birthday (Dec. 15th)! That would be awesome!; December 4, 2011 6:02 PM

Congratulations Patricia and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Be sure to EMAIL ME with your shipping info and I will get this bundled up and shipped off to you for a late birthday present. ;) You have until Friday to contact me before I draw a new winner.

Thanks again everyone. I hope to get some new projects up this week and since you all like giveaways so much, stick around for the new year.....I will have some more fab prizes to giveaway. =)

Hugs,

Amy

A Countdown To Christmas with SRM Stickers

2011-12-08T01:00:00.002-07:00

I can't believe how close it is getting to Christmas!! Only 17 days left and to help my family count down the last 12 days, I created this fun hanging project.

I cut out these fab little boxes with my Cricut and Tags, Bags, Boxes, and more cartridge and tied them off with some pretty ribbons. I then added some fab Fancy Pants Designs paper to them and then finished them off with some awesome SRM Stickers and cute little buttons, along with some fun pen stitched accents. Did you know that SRM Stickers makes great number stickers for calendars and such?? They were a perfect to use on this fun project.

I filled each one with a little surprise for my kids like candy canes, stickers, buttons, little chocolate pieces, and fun activities (decorate a gingerbread house, paint ornaments, make Christmas cookies, etc) for each day.

I currently have it counting down 12 days, but I can always expand it to 24 days by adding more boxes to the bottom (maybe next year). I remember as a kid that my mother had a countdown to Christmas type of project where there were treats tied to it and we got to take one off every day until Christmas. So, tell me, do you have any fun holiday traditions that you do with your family to count down the days to Christmas?? I would love to hear about them.

I would really love it if you hopped on over to the SRM Stickers blog to leave a comment under my project post for today. Also, don't forget that I have a fun giveaway that goes until tomorrow. CLICK HERE for all the details.

Hugs,

Amy

Beach Shadowbox Frame for Handmade Gift Exchange

2011-12-04T12:29:00.014-07:00

Hello my crafty friends!! I have been doing a few of these shadow box frames for gifts and such and I wanted to share the beach themed one I made for my exchange partner Lori (Loretta) in the Handmade Gift Exchange hosted by Craftaholics Anonymous. She said that she loves the beach, so I thought I would create and send her a beach themed shadowbox so she can have a little bit of the beach every day.......

The images are all cut with my Cricut and I used dimensional adhesive to layer them for dimension within the frame. I also used my Cuttlebug and D'Vine Swirls embossing folder for the waves. The "Life's A Beach" is an SRM Sticker. Here is a different angle to see the dimension in the waves......

Here is the lovely Inspiration jar the I received from Lori....it will be so fun to pull daily inspiring tags from it.

I a really glad that I was able to participate in this fun Handmade Gift Exchange. Thanks so much to Lori for the wonderful gift and also to Linda at Craftaholics Anonymous for setting it all up!! =)

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget that I have a Birthday Bash Giveaway going on right now.....hop on over and get entered!! =)

Hugs,

Amy

I am linking this up at:

Blue Cricket Design Show and Tell Linking Party

Birthday Bash Giveaway!!

2011-12-03T13:51:00.001-07:00

Hey everyone!! It is my birthday this weekend (Dec 4th) and I wanted to celebrate here on my blog by having a giveaway!!

Up for grabs I have a Birthday Bash Cricut cartridge, an i-rock tool and a hot rock compact by Imaginisce, 75 assorted flowers by Imaginisce, and some fabulous bundles of bakers twine from The Twinery. I personally use and LOVE each of these items and I wanted to share them with one lucky winner.

Required entry:

Leave a comment below telling me what gift you hope to receive this year.

Additional entries (optional):

Be a follower or subscriber of Scrapping Mommy (sign up on the right sidebar) and leave another comment below. If you already subscribe, you can leave a comment below and let me know.
"Like" Scrapping Mommy on facebook and post to Scrapping Mommy's facebook wall telling me what your favorite kind of craft to create for others is and then come back here and leave another comment below.
Blog, facebook, or tweet about this giveaway and come back and comment below with a link back to how you shared.

That is a total of 4 entries per person. You have until December 10th to get your entries in and then come back on December 11th to find out if you are the winner. I will select a winner via random.org and the winner will have one week to contact me or I will have to draw another winner. Good Luck!!

Hugs,

Amy

*The above prize is from me and not a sponsor. I hope you enjoy!!

Autumn Celebrations Winner!!

2011-11-29T15:43:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone!! How was your holiday weekend?? I had a great time with family. I did have a little one that was sick over the long weekend, and so I haven't had much time to get some projects done that I can share with you yet.....but I am working on some DT stuff that I get to share with you later. =)

I am really excited to see that I have new "likes" on Scrapping Mommy's facebook page. If you haven't seen it yet, click here to check it out. I have gone to Random.org and had it pick a number for the Autumn Celebrations cartridge. It picked #7 and so the winner is..........................

Tonya said...

Autumn is such a lovely time. I love how it paints a beautiful picture and hugs you close with warmth with just a whisper of what's to come.

November 24, 2011 9:46 PM

Congratulations Tonya!! Please EMAIL ME with your shipping info so that I can get this fun cartridge off in the mail to you.

Thanks everyone for the wonderful support here on Scrapping Mommy. Stick around because I have some more blog candy to give away......it is my birthday this coming weekend and I just love to give away something fun on my blog every year. ;)

Hugs,
Amy

Happy Thanksgiving!! Favorite Harvest Card and Giveaway!!

2011-11-24T19:55:00.000-07:00

Hello friends!! I would like to wish all of my American friends a very Happy Thanksgiving and I also wanted to let all of my readers know how truly thankful I am to you for your visits to my blog. I love to be able to inspire you through my creativity and I hope to be able to continue to do that throughout the coming year. I haven't had much time to make a new card for Thanksgiving, but I did want to share one with you, so here is one of my all time favorite Thanksgiving day cards.........

This card is from November 2009. I colored the image with Stampin' Up! markers and layered 4 different images together with dimensional adhesive for a 3-D look. You can see all the details for this card HERE.

Since I didn't have a new card to share with you today, how about I give away a new Autumn Celebrations cartridge to one lucky reader??

How to enter:

Leave a comment below telling me your favorite thing about Autumn.
Be a public follower or email subscriber to my blog (links in the right side column) and then leave a comment below letting me know that you are.
Like Scrapping Mommy on facebook and leave a comment below letting me know that did.
Share this giveaway on your blog, facebook, twitter, or via email and leave a comment with how you shared this giveaway.

You have four chances to enter....be sure to leave a separate comment for each one. I will draw a winner via random.org on Tuesday November 29th, so don't forget to check back to see if you are the lucky winner. Good Luck!!

Hugs,

Amy

Set of 4 Holiday Tubes with SRM Stickers

2011-11-22T09:21:00.002-07:00

I had such a fun assignment with SRM Stickers recently.....to create a set of 4 holiday tubes. I love the idea of the sleigh and three different reindeer on each of the tags and had to make some.....I think they would be lovely neighbor gifts, don't you?? I filled these tubes from SRM Stickers with Almond Hershey's Kisses.

I used my Cricut Expression machine and the Christmas Solutions cartridge to cut the images and I used the Winter Frolic cartridge to cut the tags. I used the Cuttlebug to emboss the tags and then I painted over the embossed area with cream colored paint and a foam brush. I added the lovely We've Got Your Sticker - Merry from SRM Sticker stickers as a sentiment and then I finished off the tags with a little lace and stitching.

I added a little bit of ribbon to tie the tags to the tube along with a little gold colored bell.

What do you think?? I hope you enjoyed seeing them as I did creating them to share with you. I would love it if you hopped on over to the SRM Stickers blog and left a little love on my Christmas Tube post with these tubes.......that would totally ROCK!! =)

I am working on lots of projects over the next couple of weeks. I hope that you will come back soon. I am just itching to give away another Cricut cartridge. ::wink:: ::wink::

I am linking this post to the following:

Link Up Party at Robin's Creative Cottage

and

Hugs,
Amy