New Design Team Position - Pumpkin Spice!!!

I am SOOOO thrilled to announce that I am part of Pumpkin Spice's new Design Team!!!!! Go check out my other DT sisters HERE! Thank you SO much Denine for choosing me!!!

I got everything on this page from Pumpkin Spice except for the silver embossing powder. 

Pumpkin Spice is the best place I have found for service, shipping, AND prices! So I am thrilled to represent them! Go check them out HERE!

I thought this would make a good manly card. 

Recipe:

Paper: My Mind's Eye: Lush2: Navy Flower Paper™, My Mind's Eye: Lush2: Orange Houndstooth Paper™

Ribbon: My Mind's Eye: Lush2 Navy Trims™

Brads: MME: Lush2 Orange Decorative Brads™

Sentiment: My Pink Stamper: Music Speaks™

Cartridges: Creative Memories Reminisce Accents™
Glossy Accents


Have a "GRAND" Day! 

"Courtney Style" and the winner from my giveaway!

Well, my time as a Guest Designer for My Mind's Eye has come to an end. I can't believe it! I have been SO honored to be a part of this FABULOUS DT for a month! These ladies are so sweet, kind, generous, and encouraging. Thank you SO much for having me and I'll still be participating in all the challenges because I LOVE My Mind's Eye!!!


I also want to thank the My Mind's Eye fans!!! You have been SOOO welcoming and I have read all of your comments and responded to those that I could respond do! I really appreciated the warm welcome and support!!




Without further adieu, here is "Courtney Style". 


I needed a couple of shape cards of course. 


I made the banner for the 4th of July of course, but wanted to share it with you anyway.


And the last project was for a friend's set of twins for the road trips this summer. They were going to drive all over the place and I thought this could keep them entertained for a bit! I also wanted to leave room on each page for them to write down some of the special things that they "spied". 


Seek Sweetness in Everyday Life

Recipe:

Cartridge: Kate's ABC's™

Patterned Paper:

My Mind’s Eye: Lush2 “Navy Flower Paper”™ (solid blue)

My Mind’s Eye: Lush2 “Navy Damask Paper”™ (off white with navy blue damask flocking)

My Mind’s Eye: Stella and Rose: Mabel “Play” Damask Paper™ (light blue for flowers and tag)

My Mind’s Eye: Stella and Rose: Mabel “Little Lady” Fine Flowers™ (yellow with white and blue flowers)

Brads: My Mind's Eye: Lush2 Brads™

Sentiment: My Pink Stamper: Sweetest Cupcakes™

Embossing Powder: Silver from Paper Trey Ink™

Ribbon: Offray

Glossy Accents

Ink: Versamark in Neptune

White Gel Pen

Foam Dimensionals

Fluttering By to Say Hi

Recipe:

Cartridge: Kate's ABC's ™

Patterned Paper:

My Mind’s Eye: Stella and Rose: “Delightful” Blossom Paper™ (brown)

My Mind’s Eye: Stella and Rose: Mabel “Joy” Crocheted Paper™ (tag)

My Mind’s Eye: Stella and Rose: Gertie “Girly” Diamonds Paper™ (grass)

My Mind’s Eye: Stella and Rose: Gertie “You & Me” Ornamental Paper™ (grass)

My Mind’s Eye: Stella and Rose: Mabel “Love” Letters Paper™ (script)

My Mind’s Eye: Stella and Rose: Mabel “So Sweet” Herringbone Paper™ (orange)

My Mind’s Eye: Stella and Rose: Gertie “Girly” Lace Paper™ (pink)

Sentiment: My Pink Stamper: Buggy Punnies™

Glossy Accents

Foam Dimensionals 

Twine: Paper Trey Ink

4th of July

Recipe:

• Cartridges: Birthday Bash™ (banners) and Cake Basics™ (circle) 
• My Mind's Eye: American Made™
• Charms: My Mind's Eye: Stella and Rose: Hattie "Happy" Bits and Pieces™
• Doily Ribbon: My Mind's Eye: Stella and Rose: Mabel "Little Lady" Trims™
• i-bond by Imaginisce™
• Glue Arts Extreme Adhesive Squares™
• Crop-a-Dile™
• Eyelets
• Ribbon: Paper Trey Ink in Enchanted Evening Saddle Stitch™
• Twine: PTI™

I SPY WITH MY LITTLE EYE

Recipe:

• Cartridges: 
• Create a Critter™ (sun, clouds) 
• Birthday Bash™ (letters)
• Straight from the Nest™ (grass and flowers)
• Life is a Beach™ (cruise ship, lighthouse, birds)
• Kate's ABC's™(jar, letters for what was being spied (ex. red, small, tall))
• Wall Decor and More™ (elephant)
• Nifty Fifties™ (bowling ball)
• Cuttlebug Embossing Folders: 
• Forest Branches™
• D'vine Swirl™
• Paper Lace II Companion Folders™
• Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye: Fine and Dandy™
• Album: My Mind's Eye: Fine and Dandy™
• Sticker Stacker:  My Mind's Eye: Fine and Dandy™
• Turquoise Rhinestones: My Mind's Eye: Fine and Dandy™
• Stickles in Orange Peel and Diamond ™
• Glossy Accents™
• i-rock™
• Hot Rocks in Glitter™

Thank you again SO much!!! 


AND, the winner from the My Mind's Eye blog hop of my paper pack that I was giving away is.........

Congratulations to Gaby Creates! Thank you for the sweet things that you said and now I am over 1000! It must have been all those well wishes! :) Now it's time for YOU to celebrate! Please email me at CourtsCraftsBlog@gmail.com with your address so I can send you some My Mind's Eye goodness!

Make sure you sign up for the My Mind's Eye Newsletter on the blog to see my two most favorite projects that I made this month! They will be featured there! :) 

Giveaway alert!

Hey y'all! 

I am FINALLY back home from my awesome trip and am crafting away! I am SO excited for this month's Hello Thursday and while Robyn (My Pink Stamper) is waiting for the "green light" from Provo Craft, she is having some awesome giveaways! So hop over HERE an check it out! 

Also, I went over 1000 followers! I am going to have to do a big giveaway! I'll also be picking the winner of the My Mind's Eye probably tomorrow so if you haven't left a comment, be sure to do so HERE! 

THANK YOU for all your support! 

Now hop on over to Robyn's blog HERE! :) 

Imaginisce Santa's Little Helper Release Party!!!

This line is so adorable! As soon as I saw it, I knew that I wanted to use the two cuts from Create a Critter : the penguin and the reindeer. Seriously, doesn't the reindeer look just like the one in the line? I love them!

Warmest Winter Wishes

Recipe:

• Cartridges: 
• Create a Critter™ (penguin, igloo, and twinkle lights)
• Patterned Paper:
• Imaginisce: Santa's Little Helper: Cinnamon Snowflake™ (red with white glossy snowflakes)
• Imaginisce: Santa's Little Helper: Peppermint Stick™ (red and white glossy stripes)
• Stickles: Turquoise, Lime Green, and Yellow
• Glossy Accents
• Sentiment: My Pink Stamper: Winter Punnies™
• Cardstock:
• Paper Trey Ink True Black, yellow, green, and blue
• Colorbox in White
• Googly-eyes
• Blush from my make-up
• black and white pens

Cricut-less Merry Christmas

Recipe:

• Patterned Paper: Peppermint Stick™ (holly berry trees)
• Season's Greeting Word Die Cuts™ (tree)
• Christmas Sentiment Sticker Stackers™ (santa and sleigh)
• i-rock by Imaginisce™
• Hot Rocks Compact in Jewel™ 
• Alpha Stickers: My Little Shoebox - Red Lipstick™
• ribbon from my stash by Offray™

Thanks Snow Much

Recipe:

• Cartridges: 
• Create a Critter™ (reindeer cut at 3 inches)
• Wild Card™ (doily shape cut at 4.25 inches)
• Sentimentals™ (tag cut at 1.75 inches)
• Patterned Paper:
• Imaginisce: Santa's Little Helper: Cinnamon Snowflake™ (red with white glossy snowflakes)
• Imaginisce: Santa's Little Helper: Peppermint Stick™ (red and white glossy stripes)
• Imaginisce: Happy Harvest: Dancing Leaves™ (brown for the deer)
• i-rock by Imaginisce™
• Hot Rock Compact in Pink, Black, and Clear™
• Sentiment: My Pink Stamper: Winter Punnies™
• Cardstock:
• Paper Trey Ink True Black and Vintage Cream
• Twine from the Twinery in Cappuccino™
• Glossy Accents
• Ink: Momento in Dark Cocoa

Make sure go to check out the Imaginisce Blog for a TON of inspiration this whole week using Santa's Little Helper! 

Artful Delight August Release!

The Artful Delight August Kit has been released for this month and she is going to have a CARD kit too!!! I will be working with the card kit this month and am really looking forward to playing with it (when I get home!). 

Click HERE to order once it is past August 1st! If you want to pre-order the kit, email Leeanne at leeanne@artfuldelight.com

August Scrapbook Kit

this kit will include

Glitz - Vintage Blue collection 12x12 sheets (1 each)

Rose

Stripe

Toile

Polka

Motif

Floral

Glitz - Dance in Sunshine collection 12x12 sheets (1 each)

Floral

Stripe

Damask

Authentique - Journey collection 12x12 sheets (1 each)

Jaunt

Promenade

Voyage

Authentique - Blissful collection 12x12 sheets (1 each)

Felicity

Euphoria

Happiness

Coordinating Bazzill Cardstock 12x12 sheets (1 each)

Sunflower Medium (Prismatic)

Caribbean Breeze (Smoothie)

Blackberry Swirl (Smoothie)

Walnut Cream (Smoothie)

Misc paper

2 sheets Vintage Dictionary pages from Kraft Outlet

Embellishments - size and color my vary per kit

1 package - Jenni Bowlin - Embellished Butterflies in Black

1 package - EK Success Studio 112 - Black Swirls Glitter Chipboard

1 bottle Stickles - Silver

1 sheet - Authentique - Blissful collection - Tabloids - Element Stickers

1 sheet - Authentique - Blissful collection - Petite Type Square Alphas

1 sheet - Authentique - Journey collection - Petite Type Square Alphas

3 - Tim Holtz - Idea-Ology Journaling Tickets

3 - Tim Holtz - Idea-Ology - Classics Buttons

12 - Jenni Bowlin - Banner Chipboard shapes

2 - Jenni Bowlin - Pewter Stick Pins

3 - Petaloo - Mixed Blooms (blue/green) Flowers

1 yard black seam binding - Reasonable Ribbon

1 yard yellow seam binding - Reasonable Ribbon

1 yard aqua seam binding - Reasonable Ribbon

PRICE: $32.50 plus shipping

click here for details about subscription prices

Card Making Kit

this kit will include

Glitz - Vintage Blue collection 6x6 sheets (2 each)

Stripe
Toile
Polka
Motif
Floral

Glitz - Dance in Sunshine collection 12x12 sheets (2 each)

Stripe
Damask

Authentique - Journey collection 12x12 sheets (2 each)

Jaunt
Promenade
Voyage

Authentique - Blissful collection 12x12 sheets (2 each)

Felicity
Euphoria
Happiness

Coordinating Bazzill Cardstock 8 1/2x11 sheets (3 each)

Sunflower Medium (Prismatic)
Caribbean Breeze (Smoothie)
Blackberry Swirl (Smoothie)
Walnut Cream (Smoothie)

Misc paper

2 sheets Vintage Dictionary pages from Kraft Outlet

Embellishments - size and color my vary per kit
1 Inkadinkado Stamp Set - Garden Gate
1 package - Helmar - Zap Dots - 1/4" square adhesive
2 - Jenni Bowlin - Embellished Butterflies in Black
2 - EK Success Studio 112 - Black Swirls Glitter Chipboard
1 bottle Stickles - Silver
1 sheet - Authentique - Blissful collection - Tabloids - Element Stickers
1 sheet - Authentique - Blissful collection - Petite Type Square Alphas
1 sheet - Authentique - Journey collection - Petite Type Square Alphas
3 - Tim Holtz - Idea-Ology Journaling Tickets
2 - Tim Holtz - Idea-Ology - Classics Buttons
6 - Jenni Bowlin - Banner Chipboard shapes
2 - Jenni Bowlin - Pewter Stick Pins
2 - Petaloo - Mixed Blooms (blue/green) Flowers
1 yard black seam binding - Reasonable Ribbon
1 yard yellow seam binding - Reasonable Ribbon
1 yard aqua seam binding - Reasonable Ribbon
1 yard dark grey satin ribbon - Reasonable Ribbon
1 yard navy grosgrain ribbon - Reasonable Ribbon

PRICE: $23.00 plus shipping

There are VERY few card kits, so if you want one, order it soon and order it HERE if it's after August 1st! If you want to pre-order the kit, email Leeanne at leeanne@artfuldelight.com

I'll be back tomorrow with a crafty post for the Imaginisce Santa's Little Helper Release Party! Make sure to check the blog all week for inspiration and maybe a giveaway.... or THREE!!! :) 

My Pink Stamper Design Team!

I am so so so so so thrilled to announce that I will be on the My Pink Design Team for another term!!! I absolutely love Robyn and all the girls and I am SO excited to get to play with them more and promote her awesome product!!!

Welcome to the "new girls" on the team and if you didn't get picked, keep your chin up! She always has such a tough decision to make! Buy her stamps and keep posting on her Facebook page. We all love to see your work!

I am on a train right now heading from Chicago, meeting up with my best friend Kourtni and driving to Rochester, MN to visit another one of our best friends from college, Michelle! Then we're driving to Omaha because Kourt is being stationed there next in the Air Force so I will be home on Thursday and can't wait to play with my paper!!

I hope you are all having a great week!

My Mind's Eye Happy Birthday Hop and **HUGE Giveaway Alert**!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the My Mind's Eye blog which is celebrating it's 2nd birthday! To celebrate they are giving away one of EVERYTHING from the CHA release! It's such a huge giveaway!!! Check out the blog for more details! 


You should have gotten here from Tamara's blog. If not, start at the beginning at the My Mind's Eye blog and hop in order! :) 


Be sure to copy down the words as you go along because you will need to email them to Amber in order to have a chance at that grand prize! Also, be sure to leave comments on each stop as well as the MME blog so that you could also maybe win a collection of your choice! AND there is my giveaway too!!! 


This is also a "word of the month" post so my word is CELEBRATION! Since I will be at CHA when you see this, birthdays, 4th of July, *hopefully* hitting 1000 followers, AND being a My Mind's Eye Guest Designer this is definitely a month to celebrate for me! And maybe for you! Scroll down to see the prize I am giving away!  

Sweet

Recipe:

• Cartridges: 
• Cake Basics™ (cupcake)
• Birthday Bash™(tag)
• Patterned Paper:
• My Mind's Eye: Life of the Party "Sweet" Bon Bon Paper™(both stripes and polka dots)
• Key: My Mind's Eye: Stella and Rose: Hazel "Lovely" Bits and Pieces™
• Brad: My Mind's Eye: Stella and Rose: Gertie "Delightful" Decorative Brads™
• Sticker sentiment: My Mind's Eye: Life of the Party "Be You" Accessories Sheet™
• Stickles in Diamond

Happy Birthday
This is the birthday card I made for my co-father (he's my father in law)'s birthday! 

Recipe:

• Cartridge: Nifty Fifties™
• Patterned Paper: 
• My Mind's Eye: American Made "Petticoat Plaid Paper" (blue plaid background and red polka dot)
• My Mind's Eye: American Made "Words of Devotion Paper" (red stripe)
• Sentiment: My Pink Stamper: Birthday Crazy™
• Stickles Platinum and Yellow™
• Glossy Accents
• Raffia from Michael's

Make a Wish

Recipe:

• Patterned Paper:
• My Mind's Eye: Hip Hop Hurray Girl Theme "Party Time" Paper™ (banner background)
• My Mind's Eye: Hip Hop Hurray Girl Theme "Happy Day" Paper™ (blue polka dot)
• Die Cuts: My Mind's Eye: Hip Hop Hurray Girl Accessories™ (make a wish, label, and cupcake)
• Stickles in Diamond and Turquoise. 
• Crinkled Ribbon from Kris Swain's Etsy Store in Dusty Rose™
• Foam Dimensionals
• Black pen

To CELEBRATE I am going to giveaway the boy Hip-Horray collection by My Mind's Eye! Leave a message on this post and I will pick a winner in about a week! I'll announce it here on my blog so be sure to check back here to see if you've won! If you are international, I just ask that you pay the shipping please. :) 

Now hop along to Trisha's blog! Don't forget to leave me a comment for my giveaway and write down my word so that you might be able to win the HUGE prize from My Mind's Eye! 

The lovely friends people I had the privilege of seeing at CHA.

Some more pictures of people and I from the two days at the CHA trade show:

Bridget from Imaginisce and myself. She is so super sweet! 

Watch this sequence of events... This was hilarious. Jill (THE Jill from Jillibean Soup is on the left side of the picture and LOVELY Kimber is on the right hand side of the picture. I would love to think I could call these ladies friends after my short experience with them! They are just the sweetest, kindest, funniest group!)

 Watch the lovely lady on the left coming in for the photo-bomb... She is also a Jillibean Designer - I think her name is Summer - or Samantha. Oh, I'm sorry for forgetting! 

And of course the super generous, talented, and wonderful men of Echo Park! 

I also got to spend some time with the most fabulous designer of Provo Craft Cartridges (in my humble opinion) Brandon. But somehow we didn't get a picture together!

Cameron was super nice as well! Jill and Sue were there helping with gorgeously designed projects and of course Jinger is always the sweetest! 

I am not going to CHA today - but I will be going to the supershow with my best friend Kourt tomorrow! :) SO exited she is flying in for that! Time to shop! 

Tonight we are going to a restaurant named Avec in Chicago and then going to the Signature Room at the Hancock Tower for drinks - I have never come to Chicago without going to the Hancock tower for drinks - prettiest view from a women's restroom EVER! haha. 

Imaginisce at CHA!

I am SO excited to be sharing my photos with you from CHA! I hope you enjoy them! 

The Imaginisce booth! 

Robyn being a super-star helper!

The make and take from today!

New lines!

Bridget showing them how great Imaginisce is!!! 

Jeff Durham and an enthusiastic customer! 

New Products!!! Do you see the new colored foam dimensions?!? 

The new snips and i-punch! 

The New Vinyl!