Happy 21st Birthday Blog Hop!

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Welcome to Day 1 of Ashley's 21st Birthday Blog Hop!

We are so glad you could join us! 

If you've come from JULIE K'S blog, you're in the right place! 

If you have just come across the hop and would like to start at the beginning, please visit Ashley at Made Especially For You.

This weekend we are celebrating Ashley's 21st Birthday with some fun and creative, birthday/alcohol-themed projects! It's not 21 without a drink or two, right?!

I remember when I first met Ashley! She was the VERY FIRST PERSON to accept me for a Design Team postion! And funny thing I found out JUST RECENTLY..that was her FIRST design team she ran on her own! So not only was she the reason I got into Design Teams, but I helped her create her first one!! ALSO, I thought she was in her 20's AT LEAST at that time! She was SO well organized and SUPER mature, I just assumed! LOL! I am SO glad I am able to be a part of this VERY special day for her, seeing as she made my life very special!!! So, Happy 21st my friend!!! ENJOY!!!!

So, what would a 21st be without some alcohol?? Well, I made a totally girlie 3D Beer Stein! This file is from SVG Cutting files, and was the FIRST 3D project I made with my Cricut Explore!  Here is what my project looks like! I hope you like it Ashley!!!

SUPPLIES: Cricut Explore and Cricut Design Space SVG Cutting Files 3D Beer Stein Jaded Blossom Another Year Old & Craft On

We have 21 fabulous sponsors providing 21 fabulous prizes for those who hop with us, and because there are so many of them, we have included all the prize information in the second stop of the lineup. To be eligible to win, you must... - Leave a comment on EVERY stop of BOTH days of the hop  Winners will be randomly chosen and announced on Friday March 14th at Made Especially For You. Your next stop is JASMINA'S blog. 
Here's the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way... Ashley Hop Prizes Tonya Nikki Julie K. 

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Hope to catch you Craftin' and Stampin'! 

Oh Christmas Tree Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Oh Christmas Tree Blog Hop, brought to you by the design teams of Made Especially For You and Red Carpet Studio!

Today the design teams of Made Especially For You and Red Carpet Studio have teamed up to share with you all sorts of Christmas tree projects to help you get ready for the Christmas season!

 If you're looking to start at the beginning of the hop, please visit Ashley's blog. If you've come from PAM'S blog, you're in the right place!


 

For today's hop, I made my holiday Christmas Cards! I got this idea from my Stampin' Up up line, Tami who made these BEAUTIFUL cards! She used a used Dryer sheet for it! Click her name to see how she did it! And, I know, sounds weird, but look how pretty it is!

 

Front of card so you can see the whole scene

Side view so you can see a bit of the sparkle!

 

SUPPLIES:

Whisper White Card stock/Chocolate Chip Card stock

Chocolate Chip Ink

Season Of Peace Stamp Set for the tree.

Many Merry Messages for NOEL

USED Dryer sheet

Dazzling Diamonds Glitter

Ribbon from my stash

Spray Adhesive

We have some wonderful sponsors giving away prizes to those who comment on every stop of the hop!

Paper Piecings by Nikki
$15 Gift Certificate

SK Digis

$6 worth of digital stamps

Participants have through Sunday evening to hop. The winners of the blog candy will be announced on Made Especially For You on Tuesday December 18th. Please make sure to leave your contact information when commenting to be eligible to win!

Here's the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way:

Ashley - http://especiallymade.blogspot.com
Tonya - http://scrappingfunwithtonya.blogspot.com/
Cyndy - http://arcyscraps.blogspot.com
Tara - http://craftindesertdivas.blogspot.com/
Kristy - http://scraptasticalkreations.blogspot.com
Beverly - http://creationsofmykind.blogspot.com/
Robin - http://www.thecricutscrapper.blogspot.com
Candice - http://stampinpearls.blogspot.com/
Pam - http://scrappinfabpam.blogspot.com
Sandra - http://crea-sandra.blogspot.com/
Eileen - http://scrappingactuary.blogspot.com
Dawn - http://dawnsworldnz.blogspot.com/
Anneliese - http://queen-of-the-crop.blogspot.com/

Laura - http://scrappinaroundtheclock.blogspot.ca

Pam - http://scrappinfabpam.blogspot.com
Jessica - http://craftinandstampin.blogspot.com

Happy Hopping!

Hope to catch you Craftin' and Stampin'!

Made Especially For You-Christmas Card with a Die Cut

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 Hey All!!

It's time for another post for Made Especially For You!!

Here are the details for this challenge!!

Week of December 3rd - December 9th
Challenge: Create a Christmas card using a die cut
Sponsor: Whimsical Designs - http://www.whimsical-designs.com/
Prize: 1 stamp set of the winner's choice
Sponsor Button:


For my project today, I pulled out my Big Shot, ONCE MORE, this holiday season. And yes, I know this holiday season JUST BEGUN, but for crafters, you know you work on Holiday items in June! You have to stay on top of things for craft shows, gifts, last minute items, etc, so you HAVE GOT TO BE AHEAD OF THE GAME! So, yes, I say again, I pull out my Big Shot once more! LOL!!

For my project today, I made ANOTHER Gift Card Holder! I know I made once last weekend to show you, but I am showing you another one that I made! I am up to 14 all together now that I made! WHOOP WHOOP!!!

Here is my project:

 

SUPPLIES:

Die Cutting Machine: Big Shot

Die: Stampin' Up Top Note die

Paper: Recollections and My Minds Eye (old stashed piece!)

Die Cut Images: K&Co

Tools: Pop Dots, Crop O Dial, Eyelets, Twine, ATG

 

Tell me this one isn't SUPER CUTE??? I just love the way it turned out!! Heck, I may just keep my Big Shot out for a little while longer!!

 

Make sure you check out the rest of my DT sisters and that you enter your project for a chance to win some goodies!!!

 

OK all, hope to find you all Craftin' and Stampin'! 

Made Especially For You-Shaped Card

Hey All!

It's time for another challenge over at Made Especially For You!

Here are the details for the week!

Week of November 26th - December 2nd
Challenge: Create a shaped card - anything but a square/rectangle, a circle card would be acceptable
Sponsor: Meljen's Designs - http://shop.meljensdesigns.com/
Prize: 4 non-colored images of the winner's choice
Sponsor Button:


I just LOVE shaped cards! And over at The Cutting Cafe, they had an AWESOME shaped card for Christmas that I KNEW I wanted to make!!!

Here is my card:

My card

A bit closer so you can see the shape and more detail

Up close shot of the "bling" on snowflakes

Supplies:

 

Machine: Silhouette Cameo

Files: The Cutting Cafe FUN WITH SNOWFLAKES and CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT FUN

Stamps: Recollections

Ink: Stampin' Up Pacific Point

Paper: My Minds Eye "Tis The Season" 6X6 pad

Tools: Bling-Stash ( I do know its from Tuesday Morning though!), ATG, Pop Dots, Ribbon from my stash

 

 

I hope you have a second to stop by and see my DT sisters work! Holy cow are they talented!!! Then, make sure you enter YOUR shaped card to win!!!

 

 

Hope to catch you all Craftin' and Stampin'! 

Made Especially For a you-Sketch Challenge

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Hey All!!



It's time for another challenge over at Made Especially For You!!! 



Today's challenge is a sketch challenge! Here are the details:

Week of November 12th - November 18th
Challenge: Create a card inspired by the provided sketch

Sponsor: Bugaboo Stamps - http://www.bugaboostamps.com/
Prize: 7 images of the winner's choice
Sponsor Button:




For my card, I used an image from Bugaboo Stamps! I just love this woman! She cracks me up! Here is my project:

Very simple card because I believe her face says EVERYTHING I need my sentiment to say! When you open it up on the inside, it says:

How funny is that??? I cracked up laughing at these digi's because they speak the truth! They are FUNNY!!

So, make sure you check into my DT sisters pages so you can see how they worked our sketch challenge! Make sure to send them some love!!

OK all! Hope to catch you all Craftin' and Stampin'!

Turkey Toe Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Turkey Toe Blog Hop, brought to you by the design teams of Made Especially For You and Red Carpet Studio!

Today the design teams of Made Especially For You and Red Carpet Studio have teamed up to share with you all sorts of turkey-themed projects to help you get ready for Thanksgiving!

 If you've come from PAM'S blog, you're in the right place.

For today's hop, I made a Turkey Thanksgiving Card for today's project! And I used a file from The Cutting Cafe for it and my Cameo! It was super easy to make and I think it turned out shiny like I wanted!!! I kinda didnt care for the back of him, but I didnt want a shaped card, and I must of thrown out 4 backgrounds before I decided to add some twine and a button to it! I suppose I am happy with it! You know as paper crafters, we are all our own worst critics!!! LOL!

Here is my card:

 

We also have some wonderful sponsors giving away prizes to those who comment on every stop of the hop!

Paper Piecings by Nikki
$15 Gift Certificate

My Thoughts Exactly

$15 Gift Certificate

Floppy Latte Designs

$10 Gift Certificate

Prize Package from Scrappin' Fab Pam

Participants have through Sunday evening to hop. The winners of the blog candy will be announced on Made Especially For You on Tuesday November 13th. Please make sure to leave your contact information when commenting to be eligible to win!

Here's the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way:

Ashley - http://especiallymade.blogspot.com
Robin - http://www.thecricutscrapper.blogspot.com
Chas - http://scrapinlizards.blogspot.com/
Eileen - http://scrappingactuary.blogspot.com
Tara - http://craftindesertdivas.blogspot.com/
Stephanie J - http://sthom97093.blogspot.com/
Candice - http://stampinpearls.blogspot.com/

Kristy - http://scraptasticalkreations.blogspot.com
Dawn - http://dawnsworldnz.blogspot.com/

Laura - http://scrappinaroundtheclock.blogspot.ca
Cyndy - http://arcyscraps.blogspot.com

Pam - http://scrappinfabpam.blogspot.com
Jessica - http://craftinandstampin.blogspot.com

Happy Hopping and hope to find you Craftin' and Stampin'!

Made Especially For You-3 Leaf Challenge

Hey All!!!

It's time for another challenge at ME4U!

Here are the details!!!!

Week of October 15th - October 21st
Challenge: Create a card featuring three leaves
Sponsor: V's Sweet Ideas - http://www.vssweetideas.com/
Prize: $10 gift certificate
Sponsor Button:




Here is the card I created for my 3 leaf challenge!

I used my Silhouette Cameo to create my leaves and saying! Super easy! And got me right in the mood for Fall! Which made my saying be SUPER EASY to be true! Lol!

Sorry if the picture isn't with my description! I am having laptop issues so I'm creating the post in my phone!!!

So, please check out the rest of the DT inspiration at www.especiallymade.blogspot.com


Hope to catch you all Craftin' and Stampin'!

Made Especially For You & Exploring Cricut DT Team Up-Monster Mash!

Welcome to the Monster Mash Blog Hop, brought to you by the design teams of Made Especially For You and Exploring Cricut!

Today the design teams of Made Especially For You and Exploring Cricut have teamed up to share with you all sorts of spooktacular monster-themed projects to help get your crafty gears turning for all those upcoming Halloween projects!

If you've come from DIANE'S blog, you're in the right place! If you just came across the hop and would like to start at the beginning, please visit Ashley at Made Especially For You.

For my project, I created a SPOOOOKKKYYY haunted 3D Haunted House (From Silhouette online store) and a SCARY Skeleton Bat Monster!!! Super Creepy right??? And I placed a battery operated light from Target inside it!!! It looks AWESOME on my coffee table as a little decoration!

We also have some wonderful sponsors giving away prizes to those who comment on every stop of the hop!

Paper Piecings by Nikki
$15 Gift Certificate

Saturated Canary

$15 Gift Certificate

Memory Works

$10 Gift Certificate

The winners of the blog candy will be announced on Made Especially For You on Tuesday October 16th. Please make sure to leave your contact information when commenting to be eligible to win!

Your next stop is IAN'S blog!  

Here's the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way:

Ashley - http://.especiallymade.blogspot.com

Diane - http://happyscrapperdiane.blogspot.com

Jessica - http://craftinandstampin.blogspot.com
Ian - http://anewbiecrafter.blogspot.com

Laura - http://scrappinaroundtheclock.blogspot.ca

Sharon - http://meemeescreations.blogspot.com

Pam - http://scrappinfabpam.blogspot.com

Lori - http://scrappinsaints.blogspot.com

Robin - http://www.thecricutscrapper.blogspot.com
Georgiana - http://carsonscricutcreations.blogspot.com

Cyndy - http://arcyscraps.blogspot.com

Emily - http://emilyqueenofallthingscrafty.blogspot.com

Kristy - http://scraptasticalkreations.blogspot.com

Diana - http://craftypeepdb.blogspot.com

Eileen - http://scrappingactuary.blogspot.com
Kim - http://littleredshood.blogspot.com
Annette - http://mymindsdustbunnies.blogspot.com
Michelle - http://mumoftwoblog.blogspot.com

 

Happy Hopping!

Hope to catch you all Craftin' and Stampin'!

 

Made Especially For You-Sketch Challenge!

Hey All!!

Boy am I glad its Monday! Worked all weekend at my day job and my teaching job, then came home to entertain some friends, and thankfully now I get a chance to relax today since bub is off from school! WOO HOO! Can you say CRAFTY TIME???

So, to start off our crafty time today, lets take a peak at what our ME4U challenge is all about!


Week of October 8th - October 14th
Challenge: Create a card inspired by the provided sketch

Sponsor: Bugaboo Stamps - http://www.bugaboostamps.com/
Prize: 7 images of the winner's choice
Sponsor Button:


I gotta admit...I LOVE SKETCH CHALLENGES! I feel like the card is already to go, just gotta add some color and some patterns to it! This sketch was most especially fun!!! Here is my take on it!

Supplies:

 

Digi Stamp-Bugaboo Stamps

BOO background Stamp- $1bin from AC Moore

Letter Stamps-Urban Alphabet CTMH

Markers-Stampin' Up

Stampin' Up Basic Black Embossing Powder

Ink-Color Box

Ticket Punch-Stampin' Up

Twine-Scraps

 

I really had a lot of fun with this card! I haven't pulled out my embossing powders since I moved into my new house! So...were talkin about a few months here!! 



So, please check out the rest of my DT sisters and show them some love! They made some REALLY awesome projects for today's challenge! Then, be sure to enter YOUR take on the sketch challenge HERE!!!

OK all, hope to catch you Craftin' and Stampin'!

ME4U-Halloween Card with a Banner!

Hey All!!!

It's time for another Made Especially For You challenge!!!!

Here are the details!!!

Week of October 1st - October 7th
Challenge: Create a Halloween card featuring a banner
Sponsor: The Stamping Boutique - http://thestampingboutique.com/
Prize: 3 images of the winner's choice
Sponsor Button:



This card once again got me pulling out my markers to practice my coloring!!! And I even used my new Tattered Angels mist on it!!! Wanna see it??? Here it is!!

 

I have to admit I am not fond of how I did the banner. I thought it was going to look a little different in my mind, versus putting it onto the card!!! But, I do love the colors, and I love the orange background paper. Its from Teresa Collins Halloween Stack!

 

 

Now, go check out my DT sisters cards!! They are so wonderful, you will be SO inspiried to enter this weeks challenge! You can enter that HERE!!!

 

 

OK all, hope to catch you Craftin' and Stampin'! 

 

ME4U-Gatefold Card!

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Hey All!!

Happy Monday!!!

I got SO MUCH CRAFTING done this weekend it was just INSANE!!! Go ME!!!

One of the crafts I got done was for this weeks project over at Made Especially For You!

Here are all the details for this weeks challenge!

Week of September 24th - September 30th
Challenge: Create a gatefold card
Sponsor: Paper Piecings by Nikki - http://www.paperpiecingsbynikki.com/
Prize: $15 gift certificate
Sponsor Button:


I have not made a gatefold card in about 6 months, so this was a fun one for me to make! And not to mention, I did a GIANT haul with my AC Moore money :) This haul included TONS of paper! Since my camcorder is fixed brand new for me today, I didnt get a good chance to film, but I will!!

Anyway, here is my card:

 

Let me say just how much I love Instagram for making my card look that much creepier!!!

 

Inside of my card!

 

 

I hope my gatefold card inspired you to decide to enter one for this weeks challenge! And if my card didn't do it for you, you gotta check out my DT sisters cards!! They are AWESOME!!! Sure to make you want to create one!!! Be sure to enter it HERE!!!

 

 

OK All!! Hope to catch you Craftin' and Stampin'! 

Made Especially For You 3 Balloon Challenge

Hey All!!

Happy Monday!!! Its time for another challenge over at Made Especially For You!!!


 I am SO glad this is still my "Sunday" because I am BEAT! Had a big craft show yesterday and it took everything out of me!!! I even had to FLY home to complete this challenge! I did think about what I was going to make for the challenge was I was there! Here is all the info:

Week of September 17th - September 23rd
Challenge: Create a card featuring three balloons
Sponsor: The Stamping Boutique - http://thestampingboutique.com/
Prize: 3 images of the winner's choice
Sponsor Button:



Well, I knew what I wanted to do....I wanted to make the invites for our Halloween Party!! Here it is:

(Hubby says my card should be scary, so maybe its not the invite..lol!)

 

Supplies:

 

Oval Punch, Circle Punch (for the balloons)-Stampin' Up

Twine (for strings)-Stampin' Up

Background Paper-K & Co paper

Solid Paper-Recollections

Pop Dots

Snail

 

Please check out the rest of the designs from the DT, and make sure YOU enter your 3 Balloon card for a chance to win!!

 

OK all, hope to catch you Craftin' and Stampin'!