Welcome to Ashley's Birthday Blog Hop!

WooHoo! Happy Birthday Ashley! We are going to celebrate like party animals! You should have arrived here from Jillian's blog. If you stumbled into our party, hop on over to Ashley's at http://myscrappinpalace.blogspot.com/ to start at the beginning.

So I made a few cards to celebrate Ashley's special day.

All three cards were made with aniamls from Create a Critter and paper from an awesome My Mind's Eye paper stack called Party Time. Love it! It has such cute papers that are good for boys and girls. The sentiment stamps are from Pink by Design's Take the Cake set.

Blog Candy - Yum!

So I went through my stash looking for bright, fun stuff!

Here are 5 sheets of Cosmo Cricket Pixie-Licious paper and stickers.

To be eligible to win, please become a follower and leave a comment below before Thursday, midnight. I will choose a winner Friday, January 5th when I wake up.

Next please hop on over to the super crafty Abby at http://scrapbookaholicbyabby.com/ to see her Birthday Creation .

If u get lost here is the entire Birthday Blog Lineup:

Ashley - http://myscrappinpalace.blogspot.com
Courtney - http://courtscrafts.blogspot.com
Wendy - http://wendyscreativecraftingcorner.blogspot.com
Angela - http://creativecraftin.blogspot.com
Jillian - http://princessandthepaper.blogspot.com
Darlene - http://talesoftayandbay.blogspot.com U are Here!
Abby - http://scrapbookaholicbyabby.com
Tracy - http://adventures793.blogspot.com
Momo - http://madebymomo.blogspot.com
April - http://ajoy2scrap.blogspot.com
Kristin - http://lilsweetpeasplace.blogspot.com

Thanks for hopping along!

Darlene

Cricut Circle Weekly Challenge #14

I made this card for the Cricut Circle Weekly challenge.
According to polls, “getting in shape” is among the Top Ten Resolutions people make each New Year’s Eve. Let’s do it! Let’s start the New Year off right by getting in shape . . . a shape other than a rectangle. We challenge you to create a project in a shape other than a square or rectangle. Your project must also include a number somewhere and bling of some kind (to go along with this week’s theme of “Blinging in the New Year”!



I had a great time using my new Imagine for this project. I used the card shape from pg 25 for my base and then the telephone from the same page. We needed to include a include a number somewhere, I did have numbers on the dial of the phone, but I wanted it to be for the New Year. So I used some Echo Park little alphabet stickers to say 'in 2011'. Done!

I think it is so cute, but more importantly I got the "thumbs up" from my teenage daughter! LOL

Darlene

YEA!! I did it!

I made it on my first design team! Card Creations & More by Christina. Woo Hoo! I am so excited. We will be having challenges every other Saturday starting on January 15th. I can't wait to get started on my projects.

No special reason for these two cards. Especially since the Saints lost today. These were my first custom order cards for a friend at work. I just love how they turned out.




Don't forget about Ashley's Birthday Blog hop on Tuesday! We will have lots of Birthday themed projects and blog candy.

Darlene

Birthday Blog Hop

Come join us on Tuesday, January 4 for Ashley's Birthday Blog Hop. Here is the line up...

Ashley http://myscrappinpalace.blogspot.com/

Wendy http://wendyscreativecraftingcorner.blogspot.com/

Angela http://creativecraftin.blogspot.com/

Bunny http://princessandthepaper.blogspot.com/

Darlene http://talesoftayandbay.blogspot.com/

Abby http://scrapbookaholicbyabby.com/

Tracy http://adventures793.blogspot.com/

April http://ajoy2scrap.blogspot.com/

This is my first blog Hop to participate in. I'm so excited. I'm sure a few of us will have a little blog candy, so don't forget to hop on by.

A few of my favorites from this past year

I just think this little chick is so cute. It was alos a couple of firsts for me. I used Glossy Accents on the umbrella and boots. And I made my own Perfect Pearls glimmer mist spray and used it on the raindrops and then used Glossy Accents after they had dried. Oh yeah, and I used my new at the time Martha Stewart fringe scissors. Love those, makes cutting the grass so easy.



In late 2009, we adopted a tiny stray kitten. So young, I had to bottle feed her for two weeks. We named her Magnolia, or Maggie for short. She has become so dear to me. I swear sometimes she must think she is a dog. She is so funny. Anyway, I hadd to start a scrapbook just for her. This is one of my favorites. I love the simplicity. I also used grungeboard and my crop a dile for the 1st time. I colored the grungeboard circles with SU ink and then stamped the title. Magggie won the fight, by the way.

My daughter has a snowglobe collection, so I had to make this for her.



I made this for the first Cricut Circle monthly challenge. It was also my first home decor project. I love the papers from Sassafras Indie Girl.




These pictures are from quite a few years ago. My how the girls have grown! In real life, the LO has alot of dimension.

I love love this LO. My favorite color is blue, and these papers from Lily Bee Designs are gorgeous. My cousin moved to Australia a few years ago and was in town for a visit this past summer.

Flaunt It Friday #5

For this week's challenge at Flaunt it Friday, we needed to use the martini glass on the From the Kitchen cartridge. I had a tough time with this - just didnt know what paper to use, etc.

I ended up using some Crate Paper DP because I like the colors. The stamp is from Jump and Jive by Pink by Design and the paper for the martini is all from Michaels. I have no idea who or when I would give this too! LOL

Darlene

Flaunt It Friday #4

This week's challenge at Flaunt it Friday was to use the turtle from Create a Critter, and to try to not just make a card. Whew! That was hard. I have been on such a card kick, I was having a hard time thinking any other way. My daughter and I had made little gift bags for her teachers for Thanksgiving, so I decided to do that again. I used some of my favorite Granola Basic Grey paper. I used Perfect Pearls mist to color my flowers to match and used Glossy accents on his shell. Isn't he cute?