Holy Moly...I haven't posted since November?!! Happy Valentine's Day!

Hello, blogger friends! and Happy Valentines Day!
I can't believe I haven't posted on my blog since November! I knew I'd been busy, but! I've been too busy to post! I've posted on the CricutFanantics.blogspot.com since then I think.
Anywho, I wanted to post the valentine cards I made for my grandkids. I also just finished all 3 birthday cards, I'll post shortly also!

The little "I'm bananas for you" card was done using CAC2 and Wild card2! I used the "I'm bananas for you" on the inside. I used PKS stamp sets for the little "I wub you" bear. Not crazy about how the heart came out, should have just cut a heart! but I've been sick and wanted it done in a hurry. Kallie will think its too cute anyway! I used the Silhouette to print and cut the Hello Kitty Cupid and the title "this is gonna sting" ( I love that saying for this!) The paper is from a K&Co..I got the Hello Kitty Cupid from one of my favorite inspirational blogs, SeptemberNinth.blogspot.com and can be found here. Not sure if that is still available, but I believe it is!

There's still time to get the February stamp of the month!

You can get more info here on my CTMH website!

I'll post pics from my card class shortly also!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great weekend!!

Peachy Keen Challenge and AWESOME sale!

Good afternoon my blogger friends!
I had to have a card for my DIL's mother. Poor thing has been in the hospital for a couple of weeks! Bless her heart! She probably can't wait to get home and rest!! So I decided to use PKS Get Well Fairy! I love these stamps! They are from the June Stamp of the Month, found here! And they are having a huge sale right now! I wish I had enough money to buy more! This is the link to the challenge.

Isn't this little fairy adorable!?! I need some more colors of markers though! I first cut it out using watercolor white paper with my Silhouette Cameo and the SVG's that you also receive when you get the Stamp of the month. Then used Tim Holtz markers to color and then used waterbrush to blend and Sakura's glitter pen to add sparkle. And I love these swing cards! When I saw these stamps this type of card jumped out at me, "poof" is perfect for this! IMHO, anyway! The border punch is Anna Griffins punch from a set of 3 that I got on HSN.Unfortunately they sold out! They are so beautiful and intricate. Perfect for smaller cards with not much room for borders! The paper is from Martha Stewarts Seasons Paper pack also purchased from HSN. I'm addicted to double sided paper lately!
The embossing is from the Cricut All-in-one Embossing set,Thank you. Click on Thank you for link!
Thanks for stopping by! Now go check out that sale! You'll love their stamps! You can thank me later if by some chance you've never seen these!

Smell better soon!

Hope you are all having a great weekend! Still hot, probably too, right?! I'm in Fort Worth so we're used to it about this time of year! I feel bad for all of you that aren't used to it!
My post today is 2 cards, one for a very dear friend of mine that has been very ill and my DH's auntw who has similar "issues" as well! they both have lymphoma also. My heart breaks for both of them.
Well, since I love PKS stamps, and when they had a sale a week or so ago, I finally caved and got the Skunk Cheer stamps. But there is also a challenge at the Cricut Circle Blog, so I combined the best of both worlds! as well as my Silhouette Cameo and Cricut! a match made in heaven!

The Circle Challenge:
Weekly Challenge #62: Card Sketch Challenge!
The Challenge: Create a Cricut card using the card sketch provided below.
Rules and Guidelines: Circle Blog Challenges are open to Cricut Circle Members only. Your project must be newly created for this challenge and include atleast 2 Cricut Image Cuts. You must submit a project to be entered into the Challenge Prize Drawing. One entry per person, please.
How to Enter: Submit your entry using the InLinkz tool found at the bottom of this post. Please post your full name along with your entry. Entries are due by 9:00 pm MST on Thursday, July 19th, 2012.
Prize: We will select one winner to receive $25 in credit added to their Cricut.com account. Please allow 4 to 6 weeks for delivery from winner announcement.
Winner: The winners will be selected randomly from qualifying entries using www.random.org and will be announced on the Cricut Circle Blog on Friday, July 20th, 2012.
 

I decided to make one with the Create a Critter Skunk image and one with the PKS image. But when I got ready to make the PKS, my black Stazon pad wasn't damp enough! So I scanned in the image from the PKS stamp and Cut and Print with my Silhouette!! woohoo! I wanted the same kind of coloring on the CAC skunk so after cutting with the E2, I used gray and white Perfect pearls! It looks so cool IRL!! The flowers were also cut and printed with Silhouette!!
My recipe:
Cricut E2
Create a Critter Skunk cut with black at 2.75"
Doily and border from 3 Birds
Banner, pink background cut from CTMH Art Philosophy Cart
Black and White background from Slice Black and White Pad
Pink Shimmer paper from DCWV Shimmer Stack
Perfect Pearls - White, Pewter and "pink bubblegum"
PKS Skunk Cheer up set

I think I'll like the PKS best when I get a stamp! Whatcha think?!! thanks for stopping by and good luck to my Circle friends! Have a great week ahead!

Mothers Day and NSD submission for Cricut Circle

Hello friends!
I'm back with a project for the Circle! I've been busy working on a blog hop coming up this weekend and put the circle on the back burner! Until I needed a Mothers Day card. They have such great timing for my projects! Be sure and come back this weekend for an Imagine blog hop! Prizes, prizes, prizes!!
 

The "Something Old" is the rose from WIMG and the new is card base from "Sophie"! (one of my favorites also!) The paper is double-sided, Timeless by Teresa Collins! Goes perfectly with her Baby Boutique cart! I need to buy some more! (small pack!)  The frame is from Elegant Edges, MOM is from Florals Embellished. The roses and the frame were flood filled with Baby Boutique patterns and colors.
Thanks for looking and good luck to all my Circle Friends! I don't have any of those carts!! woohoo! Would sure love to win!
Come back this weekend for the Imagine blog hop! You don't want to miss prizes from Erica at My Cricut Craftroom and I have a prize as well!
Here's a sneak peak!

Silhouette Cameo arrives today!! and Decorative Letter Challenge!

I love how my projects always seem to correlate with the Cricut Circle challenges! This weeks Challenge #54: Decorative Letter Challenge, just so happened to come along when I needed a few cards for the grandkids and family friends' kids! This little "girl" loves dinosaurs and can't believe her baby sister loves dolls! its hilarious to watch her tell her sister she can't bring that "thing" in her house! They are 5 and 2! So I came up with this:

Create a scrapbook page, card, home decor item, or other project where you include a word of your choice. One or more of the letters in your chosen word must be replaced by a Cricut shape. For example, replace the letter “o” in the word LOVE with a heart.
I used CCR and Imagine Hopscotch  for the background and Create a Critter for the title and dino. The dino is on a wobble! She loved it! Oh yea, and the hat is a banner from Imagine Yummy I flipped and added some glitter stars! She's only 5!
In other news on the homefront! I have a Silhouette Cameo arriving today!!! woohoo!! I'll get back to you on that! I love my cricuts but I've been very disappointed in them and CCR lately! and I love the Print and Cut feature on my very testy Imagine so I thought I'd give it a whirl with the Cameo!
Thanks for stopping by and Good luck to all my Circle friends!