Upcycle Valentine

Oops, I had this scheduled to post (but hadn't finished up my post yet). I was going to finish it up and post it last night but we had this explosion of some sort at our little power substation down the street and lost all of our power for a few hours. My family actually saw the 'explosion' happen as we were driving home from my parents house. It was kind of scary. I decided to go to bed and forgot all about this post during the craziness of it all. I got up this morning (thankfully to having power again) and got ready for church and got home from church a bit ago and saw that I had a sweet little comment on this post and realized that OOPS I didn't finish the post. Haha, so there is your random story for the day.

I made this for a sweet friend that goes to my church. She is a mom of three grown boys that live away from home and she is divorced. She had mentioned that she wasn't super excited about the upcoming 'LOVE' holiday and I wanted her to know that she is VERY loved. She is such a sweetheart and I wanted her to know that me and my family were thinking of her and hoping she was having a good day.

The little circles/messages on the bottom of the kisses is ABSOLUTELY NOT MY OWN. I've seen people do these for quite a while now and thought I would try one too. I saw Peachy Keen's designer, Emily's, cute kisses with the new Kawaii Face stamps by Peachy Keen on them and knew I had to use a few of those for mine too. You should check out her SUPER cute post HERE. 

I used LOTS of My Creative Time products for this upcycle project (9 to be exact). The tube was from a tube of mini M and M's from Christmas. I washed it up and then decorated it. I used the Fun Stitched Edges for the scalloped bottom layer and some patterned paper on top of that. I used some pretty twine at the top and bottom too. I attached one of My Creative Time's Teeny Tag Dies with a sentiment from the Teeny Tag Holidays. I used the Build a Banner Dies for the circles on the bottom of the kisses. I dressed up those circles with sentiments/images from the following stamp sets by My Creative Time: Any Day Bingo and Crossword, You Had Me at Chocolate, Postcard Add Ons, Turn That Frown Upside Down and Chocolate Greetings.

Since I used more than 8 My Creative Time products on this I wanted to enter it in their current designer challenge HERE. I'm also linking it to the linky party at Peachy Keen Stamps since I used face stamps from the newest release. You can find that linky party HERE. Hugs- Glora

HERE are the QUICK LINKS:

Simply Crafts - Sunshine Cut

Hi friends. It is once again the first Wednesday of the month and time for another Simply Crafts Challenge. I chose the cut this month and I picked the sunshine from the Create-a-Critter cartridge. Sorry that I've picked from that cartridge a few times but it is one of my all time favorites. It just has SO much packed into it. If you would like to join in on our challenge this month go to the Simply Crafts Challenge blog HERE to learn more and to link your project up.

I made a shape card for my project.

I used my Gypsy to weld two sunshines together (5.5" each). And then I cut an extra base layer so that I could cover the fold. The pretty polka dot paper is by Doodlebug Design called Petite Prints. I had an awesome friend send it to me and I'm using every little scrap of it, I just LOVE it that much! I inked all the edges and did faux stitching as well. The BEAUTIFUL happy face is by Peachy Keen Stamps and is called 4" Happy Lashes - Open Mouth. I used some Glossy accents on part of her eyes and her nose. The sweet little 'SMILE' sentiment is from My Creative Time's Turn That Frown Upside Down stamp set. I chalked the cheeks in an orange/yellow shade. And added a sheer ribbon bow.  I definitely hope this card will make someone SMILE!

Pam has got a beautiful card using this cut and some BEAUTIFUL dots and stripes paper (I already sneaked a peek), so make sure you stop on over and see the details on how she made her card HERE. And if you want to join the Simply Crafts Challenge click HERE.

Have a sunshiny day! Hugs- Glora

Items Used:

*Create a Critter Cricut cartridge
*My Creative Time stamps - Turn That Frown Upside Down
*Peachy Keen Stamps - 4" Happy Lashes - Open Mouth

*Glossy Accents
*Sakura Gellyroll pen
*Inks for inking
*Chalk
*Sheer Ribbon
*Doodlebug Design- Petite Prints

You Are My Sunshine Note Card

Good morning friends. I have a quick card to share with you today. I made this note card for the current Let's Face it Friday challenge over at Peachy Keen Stamps. We were supposed to make something that radiated the warmth of the sunshine. I thought that red, orange and yellow were perfect for showing the warmth of the sunshine. I also inked the edges of everything to give it a little more warmth.

This beautiful dotted border stamp is by My Creative Time. It is called Small Talk. The sentiment is from Emma's Turn That Frown Upside Down stamp set. The face is from Critter Faces by Peachy Keen Stamps. And all the paper is from the Die Cuts with a View Citrus Stack.

Items Used:

*Just Because Cards Cricut cartridge

*My Creative Time stamps - Small Talk

*My Creative Time stamps - Turn That Frown Upside Down

*Peachy Keen Stamps - Critter Faces

*DCWV - Citrus Stack

*Maraschino twine from The Twinery

* Tuskineko Kaliedacolor ink for inking

Simply Crafts with Glora and Pam #7

Hello, so sorry I have been missing in action the last little while. My husband had a few days off and we decided to do some fun stuff with our kids. Anyway, it is time for another Simply Crafts with Glora and Pam, which is a cut challenge between me and my crafting bestie, Pam, AKA: Simply-Pam. This month Pam chose the cut. It is button #10 on the Rock Princess Cricut cartridge. Her mini skirt was a little too short for me so I added some extra layers... anyway, here is my take on this cut.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you will drop by Pam's blog and see what she made with this cut. I'm certain it is FABULOUS. She is SO super talented! Click HERE to go to Pam's blog.

Items Used:

*Rock Princess Cricut cartridge
*My Creative Time stamps - Turn That Frown Upside Down
*Peachy Keen Stamps - Basic Paper Doll Face Parts
*twine from The Twinery
*DCWV - Crafty Stack
*chalk

Don't Worry 'Bee' Happy

Here is a card that I made for the Peachy Keen Sketch Challenge - oops, looks like I missed the deadline by 10 minutes. Oh well, I guess I should follow my card's advice... so I won't worry and I will be happy.

The cute sentiment is from the Turn That Frown Upside Down stamp set by My Creative Time. The face is Everyday Face Parts by Peachy Keen Stamps as well as the medium polka dot stamped background.

Items Used:

Paper Doll Dress Up Cricut cartridge
My Creative Time stamps - Turn That Frown Upsdie Down
Peachy Keen Stamps - Everyday Character Face Parts
Peachy Keen Stamps - Medium Polka Dots
Sakura White Gel Pen
Zig Black Marker
Glossy Accents
Twine from the Twinery
Ribbon
Button

You Make ME Smile!

I have made up a fun little card for the Peachy Keen Sketch Challenge #55 over at the Peachy Keen Challenge Blog. I LOVE the sketch and I also LOVE this adorable little penguin that came free with my last order.  For the glittery snow trim, I bought a snow writer from Peachy Keen stamps and added some fine glitter to it while it was still wet. I love this effect! I used a mix of watercolor pencils, inking and paper piecing for this little cutie! The darling sentiment is from Emma's Turn That Frown Upside Down stamp set.

I also wanted to give everyone a reminder about the Whimsical Wednesday Blog Hop on Friday. There will be a Gypsy available as one of the prizes for commenting on each blog. Click HERE for more details on how to earn extra entries towards winning the Gypsy. Thanks for dropping by today!!! Hugs- Glora

Items Used:

*My Creative Time stamps - Turn That Frown Upside Down

*Peachy Keen Stamps - free penguin stamp

*Snow Writer (purchased from Peachy Keen)

*Glossy Accents
*Sakura White Gellyroll
*Watercolor Pencils
*DCWV - Nana's Nursery

You Make Me Smile

I have combined a couple of my favorite challenges into one card today. I used the sketch with a twist from the Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge #51 and the colors from the Market Street Stamps Color Cue Challenge #2. 

I thought this would make a great any day type of card so I used this perfect sentiment from Emma's Turn That Frown Upside Down set. I also stamped these adorable little Market Street Stamps starfish onto some textured cardstock. Then I inked them, colored in the little stitching and the eye whites and then added a little chalk for their cheeks. I also pop-dotted them up which was the twist to the sketch challenge.

I also decided to add this new creation to Alex's (You Had Me at Craft) new weekly link-up party. There are some pretty cute creations over there. If you get some time you might want to head over and take a look.





Items Used:

*My Creative Time stamps- Turn That Frown Upside Down
*Market Street Stamps - Sea Animals

*Fiscars Border Punch - Effervescence

*Lemondrop twine from The Twinery

*Ink in various colors for LOTS of inking
*Sakura White Gellyroll Pen
*Chalk
*Zig Markers
*Skittles
*Pop-dots

Thanks to my friend Pam for the skittles and the border punch :). It is always fun to have some new stuff to play with.

Livestrong Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Livestrong Blog Hop. If you just came from Monica's blog than you are in the right spot, if not, the beginning of the hop starts with Maria.

Our projects for today are to focus on hope and encouragement. I wanted to make some small note cards that were simple, bright and cheerful for my project. I hope you like them. All of them were embossed with clear embossing powder.

This first one uses Follow Your Dreams stamp set by My Creative Time and the Loopy Loo Polka background stamp by Market Street Stamps.

This one uses Turn That Frown Upside Down by My Creative Time and Paisley by Market Street Stamps.

This one is My Favorite Sayings by My Creative Time and Sweet Lace by Market Street Stamps

This one uses Pain Pain Go Away! by My Creative Time and Punched Tin by Market Street Stamps.

Here is a picture of all of them together.

I have a small giveaway of Circle dies for your Cuttlebug (pictured below). All you have to do to have a chance to win is leave a comment on this post by Monday morning and have a US or Canada mailing address. I will pick a random winner on Monday, May 9th.

Your next stop on the hop is to Martha. Click HERE to go to Martha's blog.

I wanted to mention that Emma over at My Creative Time has just released a special stamp set that coincides perfectly with this hop. I wanted to post a picture of it and a link to her blog. By purchasing this stamp set, you are partnering with "My Creative Time" to help stamp out breast cancer. For each set that is purchased, My Creative Time will donate $2 to Susan G. Komen for the cure! Click HERE to check out this stamp set.

I'm glad you could stop by. Have a great day.

Items Used:

*My Creative Time stamps - Follow Your Dreams
*My Creative Time stamps- Turn That Frown Upside Down
*My Creative Time stamps - My Favorite Sayings
*My Creative Time stamps - Pain Pain Go Away!
*Market Street Stamps - Loopy Loo Polkas
*Market Street Stamps - Paisley
*Market Street Stamps - Sweet Lace
*Market Street Stamps - Punched Tin
*Twine from The Twinery
*Grosgrain ribbon

Simply Crafts with Glora and Pam #3

Well another month has come and gone. I can't believe it is April already! Anyway, it is the first Wednesday of the month so that means it is time for the cut challenge between me and my crafty friend Pam. This month Pam chose the stick pony cut from A Child's Year Cricut cartridge. We could use either the boy or the girl. I fell in love with the little cowgirl so I went with it. Here is my card.

That cute sentiment is from My Creative Time's Turn That Frown Upside Down set. It was perfect for this card. I also used lots of distress ink to give it a rustic sort of feel.

I hope you will all stop by and see what beautiful creation Pam made. She is SO super talented. Click HERE to go to Pam's blog.

Items Used:
*A Child's Year Cricut cartridge - cowgirl
*Toy Story Cricut cartridge - Rope border frame
*My Creative Time stamps - Turn That Frown Upside Down
*Tim Holtz Walnut Stain Ink
*Adhesive pearls

Secret Notes

My girls helped me plan a little surprise for their Daddy who left on a business trip last week. They helped me color up some 3 x 3 note cards for each day he is gone. I colored Daisy and the little duck. My oldest daughter colored Mickey and my littlest colored Donald.

We also made up a few goody bags. I will post them later.

Items Used:

EK Success stamps (Disney)
Peachy Keen Stamps (Duck)
My Creative Time stamps (sentiments except on the duck one)
Copic Markers
Crayola Markers
Colored Pencils

MS Blog Hop

Welcome to the MS (Mulitple Sclerosis) Blog Hop. If you are coming from Amy's blog, then you are in the right place! However, if you are just randomly coming up on this blog hop, please head back to Fancy Framework so that you can see ALL of the fun we have in store for you.

Our projects today all have to do with MOVEMENT. I hope you will take the time to drop by all of the stops and if you have the money, and/or are looking for a 2011 tax write-off, make a donation HERE or bid on some of the projects that are up for auction. Some of us girls are donating our projects to the cause. So if you are looking for some fun cards and/or craft items and would like to get a tax write off at the same time, then you are in luck go ahead and bid. In the comment form put BID: (and then an amount). I am a NO pressure sort of gal, so I will not feel bad if you do not want to bid on my project. Honestly. Feel free to comment for a chance to win the blog candy, whether you want to bid or not. Sound fair? Good.

Now on to my cards.

I made an everyday girl card and an everyday boy card. The darling sentiments inside are both from My Creative Time's stamp set called, Turn That Frown Upside Down. They are both on Action Wobbles and are fun to play with. They would definitely put a smile on the face of the little one that received it. They come as a set (including envelopes) so if you do bid it is for both of them, and just for fun, if the winning bid is over $10, I will include the leprechaun card posted HERE (which is also on an Action Wobble).

Outside / Inside of girl card:

Outside / Inside of boy card

Thanks so much for joining in the fun. I have 10 Action Wobbles as my blog candy, so go ahead and make a comment and I will randomly select a winner from the comments on Monday, March 7th, 2011.

The bidding on the items will go until Monday morning as well. I will let the winner know the rest of the details at that time.

Your next stop is Gloria from Girlia's Cards. If you get lost along the way, head on back to Linda's blog as she has a list of the full line up.

Thanks so much for hopping along.

If you are interested, below is a list of items used and two super short videos showing the boy and girl moving on their Action Wobbles.

Items Used for Girl Card:

*Twinkle Toes Cricut Lite cartridge
*Lilac Twine from the Twinery
*Peachy Keen Stamps - Wide Eyed Kids
*My Creative Time Stamps - Turn That Frown Upside Down
*Versamarker
*White Sakura Gellyroll Pen
*Pop Dots
*Action Wobble
*Glossy Accents

Items Used for the boy card:
*B is for Boy Cricut Lite cartridge
*Peachy Keen Stamps - Wide Eyed Kids
*My Creative Time stamps - Turn That Frown Upside Down
*Versamarker
*White Sakura Gellyroll pen
*Action Wobble
*Glossy Accents

Turn That Frown Upside Down

Have you ever seen something someone has made and been so in awe of it, that you just had to try something like it? Well this is what happened to me last night. My fellow Creative Time design team member Miss Nikki AKA: Scrappin' Navy Wife made the cutest astronaut spinner card. If you haven't seen it, you have got to check it out! It is OUT of this WORLD ADORABLE! Click HERE to link to Nikki's awesome card and blog.

So like I said I couldn't get the idea out of my head. My daughter saw it too and wanted a girly version made for her. I put on my thinking cap and pulled out my Gypsy and this is what I came up with. I only put two different faces on mine, but it is still super fun to play with. Part of the inspiration came from Emma's (My Creative Time's) adorable stamp set 'Turn That Frown Upside Down'. I knew that sentiment would be perfect because I would litterally be turning the frowny face into a smiley face- LOL. So here is the frown:

And here is the SMILE - aren't those Peachy Keen Wide Eyed Kid face stamps THE CUTEST?!!!

Here is a super short video showing how the card works. Thanks for looking.

Once again - total props to awesome Nikki - Scrappin' Navy Wife!!! And thanks for dropping by!

Items Used:

*My Creative Time Stamps - Turn That Frown Upside Down

*Peachy Keen Stamps - Wide Eyed Kids

*Twinkle Toes Cricut Lite Cartridge
*Wild Card
*Gypsy
*Lilac Twine from The Twinery
*Versamarker
*Sakura White Gellyroll pen
*Adhesive pearls