Thanks

Thanks!

Recipe:
Artful Delight: September Card Kit (Sold out! Sorry!)

*Designer Notes*

I wanted to keep this really clean and simple. I was in love with this little pumpkin and his green pin striped leaf the minute I saw him. Isn't it adorable!?! Debbie made these to put in the kit. Anyway, I really just wanted to showcase the pumpkin so I kept it simple. I LOVE EAD Designs stickerz - if you have been around my blog, you certainly know that! So I was excited to incorporate them into this project. I hope you enjoy it! 

My first pop-up card!

**woot woot! My Core'dinations rainbow thank you cards are being featured at Practical Scrappers! Thank you Practical Scrappers! You can click on the name to take you to the post. :) **

Hello and happy Wednesday! 

Today for my Pumpkin Spice post I am sharing with you a baby/thank you card! My friends just found out that they are expecting another child. They are my friends with identical twin 18 month olds! Whew are they going to have their hands full! :) I am very excited for them. 

They had us over for dinner while we were in Las Vegas so I wanted to make a thank you card for them. It turned into a baby card! 

They were surprised on the sex for their girls and are waiting again to find out for this one, so I had to make a gender neutral card.  I hope they like it!

It's also my first attempt at a pop-up card! Here is the inside.

Recipe:

• Cartridge: Everyday Pop-Up Cards™
• Patterned Paper:
• My Mind's Eye: Lime Twist: Out of the Blue "Smile" Balloons Paper™ (orange polka dots)
• My Mind's Eye: Lime Twist: Out of the Blue "Boy" Train Paper™(green and white checks)
• My Mind's Eye: Lime Twist: Out of the Blue "Remember" Argyle Paper™ (green polka dot)
• i-rock by Imaginisce™
• Glam Rocks in Pearl by Imaginisce™
• Stickles in Lime
• Crinkled Ribbon from Kris Swain's Etsy Store in Lime (please let her know I sent you if you purchase from her!) ---whoever just did this morning, THANK YOU! I know you will be THRILLED with your ribbon!!! :) 
• Sentiment: My Pink Stamper: Sweet Baby™

Fall is When Nature Turns to Gold and WINNER call!

**I still have not heard from two winners. I will give you 48 hours and then I will be drawing new winners! Check to see if you are one of them HERE**

Happy Fall!

Thank you so much for all of your support through my grandfather's passing. It was SUCH a great comfort to me. I was going to go back and try to email you all or go to your blogs, but I have 450 comments and I feel like I need to take a deep breath and then move forward so I will be trying to get back to you more moving forward. I hope that doesn't insult any of you because I SO appreciate the time you took to leave those messages. They meant so much. Thank YOU!

I did a - hold your breath - Cricut-less and stamping only card! It was practically painful! haha. But I had inspiration and I just went with it! 

Recipe: Artful Delight's September Kit (only one left - if there are any left!)

Stickles in Golden Rod™

Gold embossing powder from Paper Trey Ink

i-rock by Imaginisce™

Glam rocks in metallic by Imaginisce™

Hope you like it! :) 

Core'dinations Rainbow Set of Cards

Hello! 

I hope you all had so much fun hopping along with us and I can't wait to find out which of you won things! There is still time to get your comments in, so check out Artful Delight's blog HERE for all the details. Also, don't forget to play and link up to the challenges in case you win the 6 months of kits! What a HUGE prize! 

Now, for today I wanted to participate in the Core'dinations color challenge! There is still time to play! :)  Instead of putting all of the colors on one card, I made a card set. I picked out my twine from the Twinery and matched the Core to that. I think they look SUPER good together! My Core colors came from Roy-G-Biv™ and Elements™.

Everyone always needs thank you notes, so these little ones are perfect to tuck in places or leave behind when you are staying at someone's house!

OUT FOR PUBLICATION! Back in September of 2013

OUT FOR PUBLICATION! Sorry! Back in September of 2013

Recipe:

• Core'dinations Paper
• Cuttlebug Emboss Folders:
• D'vine Swirl Emboss Folder™
• Forest Branches Emboss Folder™
• Clockworks 5x7 Emboss Folder™
• Argyle Emboss Folder™
• Seeing Spots Emboss Folder™
• Checkerboard Emboss Folder™
• Twine from The Twinery at Shop Pumpkin Spice
• Buttons from my stash
• Sentiment: My Pink Stamper: Sweet Baby™

Artful Delight Blog Hop Day 3!

Check out the Artful Delight Blog for all of the rules of the giveaway and contests! But here are the bullet points:

1. Leave Comments.

2. Participate in 3 days of challenges and link them up by September 30th. 

And you could be richly rewarded! haha.

If you got here from Marlene's blog then you are in the right place! If not, start HERE at the Artful Delight blog.

Today's challenge is a Color Challenge: Pink, Kraft, and White!

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Recipe: Artful Delight's February Kit, but the ribbon and ink came from the September Kit (ONLY ONE LEFT!)

Sentiment: My Pink Stamper: Fancy Phrases™

Cartridge: Mother's Day Bouquet™

AND today is the KIT REVEAL FOR OCTOBER!!! 

Scrapbook Kit

Card Kit

Scrapbook kit

Bo Bunny Et Cetera collection (1 sheet each) 

Extra
Watermark
Stamped

Coordinating Cardstock 12x12 (1 sheet each)

Gingerbread Dot
Chiffon Journal
Decaf Dot
Coffee Stripe

Pink Paislee Nantucket collection (1 sheet each)

Jumbo Shrimp
Clam Chowder
Clam Bake
Crab Cakes

FabScraps Heritage collection (1 sheet each)

Floral
Script 2

Melissa Frances 5th Avenue collection (1 sheet each - single sided)

Pearl
Hattie


Embellishments (colors and sizes may vary per kit)

1 sheet Bo Bunny Et Cetera Combo Stickers
1 sheet Elle's Studio Blank Pennants
1 package Melissa Frances Pink Hydrangea Embellishment
1 Melissa Frances Newstand Medium Frame Resin Embellishment
1 package Bazzill Basics Clear Self Adhesive Jewels
1 1/2 ft May Arts Crochet Ribbon - Ivory
5 Tags - Melissa Frances 5th Avenue collection
2 Prima Classic Lace Crocheted flowers
4 - Scallop Felt Border - Handmade
1 - Handmade Felt Key
1 - Handmade scallop square
5 - Handmade Felt Rolled Roses


Card Kit

Bo Bunny Et Cetera collection (2- 6x6 sheets each) 

Extra
Watermark
Stamped

Coordinating Cardstock 12x12 (1 sheet each)

Gingerbread Dot
Chiffon Journal
Decaf Dot
Coffee Stripe


Pink Paislee Nantucket collection (2- 6x6 sheets each)

Jumbo Shrimp
Clam Chowder
Clam Bake
Crab Cakes

FabScraps Heritage collection (2- 6x6 sheets each)

Floral
Script 2

Melissa Frances 5th Avenue collection (2- 6x6 sheets each - single sided)

Pearl
Hattie

Embellishments (colors and sizes may vary per kit)

1 sheet Bo Bunny Et Cetera Combo Stickers
1 sheet Elle's Studio Blank Pennants
1 package Melissa Frances Pink Hydrangea Embellishment
1 package Bazzill Basics Clear Self Adhesive Jewels
1 yard Baby Blue Seam Binding - Really Reasonable Ribbon
1 yard Light Pink Seam Binding - Really Reasonable Ribbon
1 yard Ivory Seam Binding - Really Reasonable Ribbon
3 yards Ivory Satin Ribbon - Really Reasonable Ribbon
5 Tags - Melissa Frances 5th Avenue collection
1 package 3-D Dots EK Success - Foam Adhesive
1 Inkadinkado Stamp Set - Personal Impressions
1 package American Crafts buttons - Neutrals
4 - Scallop Felt Border - Handmade
1 - Handmade Felt Key
1 - Handmade scallop square
5 - Handmade Felt Rolled Roses

SOOOO pretty!!!! 

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

Don't forget to leave a comment and then participate in the challenges!

If you want the card kit, I would suggest clicking HERE or emailing Leeanne at leeanne@artfuldelight.com  and pre-ordering it because they have been going REALLY fast!

Artful Delight Blog Hop day 2!

Check out the Artful Delight Blog for all of the rules of the giveaway and contests! But here are the bullet points:
1. Leave Comments.
2. Participate in 3 days of challenges and link them up by September 30th.
And you could be richly rewarded! haha.

If you got here from Marlene's blog then you are in the right place! If not, start HERE at the Artful Delight blog.

Today's challenge is a tic-tac-toe challenge!

I went straight down the middle with mine - Use Your Scraps, Use at Least One Button, and Fall Theme

There is golden stickles all the way around the tree which looks really good in person, but doesn't quite sparkle for the camera. :) 

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Recipe: Artful Delight's September Kit (only ONE left!!!)

Stickles in Golden Rod (outlined the tree)

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

Don't forget to leave a comment and then participate in the challenges!

Artful Delight Blog Hop Day 1!!!

This is what is written at Artful Delight's website so that I get all of the information JUST right. :) 

Welcome to Artful Delight’s first blog hop. There is a lot to celebrate this weekend.Today is Leeanne's birthday and what better way to celebrate than with games and prizes! We hope you can play along. For the next three days we will have a challenge each day. Play along with the challenges for your chance to win the GRAND PRIZE!!! Each day we will have some awesome inspiration, hop along with us and leave some comments. Random commenters will be chosen for a chance to win prizes. We will be also be announcing the new Delightful Designers today. We will end the weekend on Sunday with the October kit reveal and our final challenge.

The challenges will remain open to play along with until September 30. All winners and prizes will be announced on Artful Delight's blog the evening of September 30^th.

So who wants to know what the GRAND PRIZE is? Are you ready for it……..the winner of the grand prize will receive a 6 month subscription to Artful Delight kits!!!! All you have to do it play along with the challenges. You can play along with one or all three for more chances. Just upload your project in the linky tool on Artful Delight's blog (in the sidebar) for your chance to win. Please label it with the challenge you are playing along with and your name.

So who’s ready for some fun? Below is a list of participants for our blog hop. Hop along and meet our new designers and also ++see some great inspiration.

Today's challenge is a sketch challenge!

If you got here from Julie's blog, then you are in the right place! If not, start HERE at the Artful Delight blog.

It is our lovely leader Leeanne's birthday today!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEEANNE!!! This is actually the birthday card that I made for her! Hopefully it will arrive at her house today! :) 

Happy Birthday Bee-u-tiful

Okay, so I took some liberties with the sketch. The big rectangle is the tree. The small square is the bee. The layer behind it with it's layer is the frame and the background. The circle is the button and the scalloped edge is the twine. The sentiment is where the small rectangle goes on the bottom right. Remember to always use your imagination with sketches! They are meant to kick start YOUR creativity! :) 

Recipe: 

• Artful Delight's April Kit. It's sold out but I just wanted to show those that purchase the kits how useful they can be months later and how great they are! You'll see a different kit each day that I am still creating with because she packs so much into them! 
• Twine: The Twinery
• Sentiments: My Pink Stamper: Sweetest Cupcakes™ (Happy Birthday) and My Pink Stamper: Punny-licious™ (Bee-u-tiful)

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Artful Delight is having an AMAZING set of Coupon Codes for you to use to purchase kits! This is SUCH a great deal! This is the deal in her own words:

For 1 week only I am offering pre-payment on subscriptions. There will be an option to purchase a 3, 6, or 12 month subscription with a coupon code for 34% off. I know kind of a weird sale percentage but I am turning 34 on September 23rd so that is where the number came from. The coupon code will be taken off just the price of the subscription and then the full shipping charges will be applied at checkout.

So just so you see the savings, there is a $9.35 savings per kit (off the 6 month subscription price) if you pre-pay and use the coupon code. It is only on pre-payment of subscriptions.

There will be a 15% coupon code for any purchase over $23.00.

The 34% off coupon code is BDAYBASH
The 15% off coupon code is BDAYBASH15

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It is my GREAT honor to introduce you to my sweet, wonderful, talented friend June who will be on the next term of Artful Delight's Design Team! She and I talk almost every day and I have nothing but WONDERFUL things to say about her, her character, sweetness, and creativity! Here is her introduction in her own words.

I am a 44yo paper addict. My newest addiction is Cricut cartridges. I am married to my college sweetheart for the past 20 years. We have a 21yo cat named Skeeziks and 9yo super adorable fraternal twin girls.  I am delighted to be a part of the Artful Delight design team!

Now, hop on over to her blog: Simply Elegant Paper Crafts and see what she created with the sketch!

Don't forget to leave a comment on all the blogs and participate in the challenges!

Bon Voyage release party!

Is my title an oxymoron? Goodbye-hello? :) 

I was SO excited to find out that Imaginisce was releasing "a more grown up line" as I call it! This is a BEAUTIFUL line that I know you will love! The colors are deep and earthy and rich and gorgeous. 

My projects did not photograph well, but hopefully you can still see the beauty! :) 

Dream Big

Recipe:

Cartridge: Everyday Pop-Up Cards™

Patterned Paper: Imaginisce: Bon Voyage™

i-top by Imaginisce™

Brad Daddies and Shells in Small by Imaginisce™

18mm punch by Imaginisce™

Sentiment: My Pink Stamper: Encourage Me™

White Gel Pen

Embossing Powder: a la Mode in White

Heat Embossing Tool: Colorizer by EK Success™

It's Not the Destination... It's the Journey.

Recipe:

Patterned Paper: Imaginisce: Bon Voyage™

Die Cuts: Imaginisce: Bon Voyage™

i-top by Imaginisce™

Brad Daddies and Shells in Medium by Imaginisce™

22 mm punch by Imaginisce™

Sentiment: My Pink Stamper: Encourage Me™

Ink: Momento in Rich Cocoa™

Twine: Paper Trey Ink™

Dream it, be it!

Recipe:

Cartridge: Everyday Pop-Up Cards™

Cuttlebug Folder: Clockworks™

Patterned Paper: Imaginisce: Bon Voyage™

i-rock by Imaginisce™

Hot Rocks Compact in Pink, Black, and Clear™

Sentiment: My Pink Stamper: Encourage Me™

White Gel Pen

Ink: Momento in Rich Cocoa™

Ribbon: Paper Trey Ink™

Eyelets: from my friend June (thank you!)

Well, Imaginisce usually gives away some goodies during our release parties... so maybe you should hop on over to the Imaginisce Blog and check it out! wink wink! 

Lucky to have you for my friend

Good Wednesday mornin' to you all!!! I made this card for my Pumpkin Spice post! I hope you like it!

I made this for my best friend Kourt who moved from being here locally in California to Omaha, Nebraska. I miss her all the time. So I wanted to send her a card to let her know she's the BEST! She loves elephants as much as I do!

Recipe:

• Cartridges: 
• Everyday Pop-Up Cards™ (Elephant)
• Elegant Edges™ (border)
• Patterned Paper:
• My Mind's Eye: Lost and Found 2: Sunshine "Two of Us" Damask Paper™ (black)
• My Mind's Eye: Lost and Found 2: Sunshine "Lovely" Plaid Paper™ (yellow damask)
• My Mind's Eye: Lost and Found 2: Sunshine "Forever" Classified Paper™ (yellow houndstooth)
• My Mind's Eye: Lost and Found 2: Sunshine "Lovely" Sewing Paper™ (blue polka dot)
• My Mind's Eye: Lost and Found 2: Sunshine "Sunshine" Music Paper™ (grey stripes)
• Solid cardstock:
• Paper Trey Ink "True Black" and "Vintage Cream"™
• Twine: My Mind's Eye: Lime Twist: Happy Go Lucky "Together" Twine™
• Ribbon: Kris Swain's Etsy Store in Dusty Rose
• Sentiment: My Pink Stamper: Friend-tastic™
• Ink: Colorbox in black™
• Corner Rounder
• i-rock by Imaginisce™
• Hot Rocks Compact in Pink, Black, and Clear™
• Button from my stash
• Glue Arts Extreme Adhesive Squares™
• Stickles in Diamond™

I am entering it in the My Mind's Eye Sketch Challenge HERE. 

My Pink Designer Showcase - Cricut Banner

WELCOME to this week's edition of the My Pink Designer Showcase! The challenge for us designers (if you want to call it a challenge - I had SO much fun!) was to come up with a project that was orange, black, green, and purple and used the new Spook-alicious line! 

Many of you know that there was a contest that is just ending where Provo Craft asked us to make a banner that spelled out Cricut and send it in for a chance for it to appear on HSN and therefore win a new E2 AND (if you are a Circle member) $150 credit to Cricut.com! What an AWEOME prize! So this is what I made for the contest! Wish me luck!

I wanted to use my new Apothecary Emporium from Echo Park too! I know that they have been good to Robyn and that she loves their papers and in my opinion they go hand in hand! 

I crinkled the spider in my hand really firmly. It's cut out of card stock vellum. It's my newest fad! Do you see the "Boo to you!" sign? Love it! My Pink Stamper stamps made this SO much more festive!

I know the skeleton has arms and legs, but I cut them out and then liked him better without them still. I thought it kept him not quite as creepy. haha. Maybe because without arms and legs he can't get me! 

I also did quite a bit of i-rocking on the bottom of the letters. 

LOVE that spider stamp that Robyn includes in the Spook-alicious stamp set! It's kind of cute in a creepy way!! I inked around the edges in the same white American Crafts ink that I used to stamp the words to give it a haunted feel. 

Now, I will give a design secret away. I had plans on getting that fake spider web stuff and putting it behind my letters! I wish I would have done it but I ran out of time before I needed to send this off! So don't forget to incorporate that into your Halloween projects! I am sure it will end up making it into mine! :) I thought the raffia was good enough for this one though and made it not so scary feeling! 

I hope you like it! Head on over to the My Pink Stamper Blog to see what the other ladies made with the Spook-alicious stamp set! I'm sure they will be spook-tacular! 

Recipe:

Sentiments: My Pink Stamper: Spook-alicious™

Cartridges: Wild Card™ (spider web), October 31st™ (bat, skeleton, sign (characters hidden on Gypsy), spider), and Blackletter™ (letters)

Patterned Paper: Echo Park: Apothecary Emporium™

Solid Paper: 

Black: Paper Trey Ink™

Purple: Cricut card stock in Pinks and Reds™

Vellum: Paper Trey Ink™

i-rock by Imaginisce™

Hot Rock Compact in Pink, Black, and Clear by Imaginisce™

Twine: The Twinery in PeaPod™

Ink: American Crafts in white

Raffia and Toile: from my stash

Crop-a-dile™

Glue Arts Extreme Adhesive Squares™

Foam Dimensional Tape

This also qualifies for the EAD Design's COLOR challenge! I LOVE their product! 

Thank You

Well, this card is PERFECT for today's post! I would like to say THANK YOU to all of you for all of your support, encouragement, kind words, and ... and... and... You have been FABulous! I have been tickled pink and consider you all friends. Thank you for believing in me!!! 

I definitely owe you some mixed media projects and they will be coming up probably in October. Would you believe that almost every day for the rest of the month I have something due for a design team so I can't squeeze them in at the moment, but I will get you something other than cards very soon! :) 

Thank You

Recipe:
Artful Delight September Card Kit (sold out, but there are a few scrapbook kits still I think!)
Glossy Accents™
Picturesque Cartridge™
i-bond™ by Imaginisce

*Notes: I have NEVER used chipboard that is SO sticky! I was SO impressed by the amount of adhesive that is on the back! Make sure you have it where you want it before you stick it down! I loved it!*

*I also used my i-bond (cordless hot glue gun) to put all of the layers together so that they would stick. When looking from the side, this card is about 3/4 of an inch thick! It's so big!*

Don't forget to let the card evolve into what it wants to be. This card was originally supposed to go with the sketch challenge HERE. I was going to have the leaves pop out where the circles are and put the flower on the far right. Then it just started to want to take on it's own shape and I went with it and now I love it!

Winner Day!!!

I had SUCH a great time giving all of this away and I hope you did too! Congratulations to the winners and I will be doing this again very soon! 

A HUGE thank you to Shop Pumpkin Spice because they are AWESOME and because they sponsored two of these giveaways! Thank you SO much!!!

Pre-party: Winner of the 4 6x6 pads donated by Shop Pumpkin Spice is....

Angela, SPS has said that you can pick ANY 4 6x6 paper pads from their store, so please email me your choices when you send me your address! :) 

Day 1: Winner of the Twinery Sampler Pack is.... 

Day 2 and 3: Winners of the slippers and shirt are... 

SHIRT

 SLIPPERS

Day 4: Winner of the Imaginisce Paper Pack from ME! :) 

Sorry to put your email address out there! I usually don't do it, but it was the only way to identify you! I hope you don't mind!

Day 5: Winner of the You Are My Sunshine Kit donated by Shop Pumpkin Spice is... 

Awww, Shanna, I am SO happy that you won this and I hope it makes your day a little brighter on the anniversary of something so hard. HUGS! 

Thank you for ALL of your kind words that day. You have NO idea how much they meant to me!!!

Day 6: Winner of the Cuttlebug folders is....

WOW! What a lucky lady winning two of my giveaways!!! YAY for you!!!

Ladies!!! Please email me your addresses and what you won to CourtsCraftsBlog@gmail.com and I will get those right out in the mail to you! 

Apple of My Eye

This card came to me in the middle of the night when I couldn't sleep. I woke up, thought about it.... then I woke up in the morning and executed. I know that I have been really "punny" and therefore there should be an apple on here somewhere, but I actually covered up the apple with a heart. I still think that you can say, "You're the apple of my eye" without it having to be punny. :) So I hope you enjoy it! 

Recipe:

Artful Delight September Card Kit (unfortunately the card kit is sold out, but there are still scrapbook kits available!)
Cartridge: Tie the Knot™ (hearts) 

Don't forget to leave a comment on my 6 days of giveaways! I will be drawing the winners VERY soon! There is a seventh giveaway on the Pumpkin Spice Blog Hop that was on September 3rd! 

Autumn Greetings

***Don't forget to leave a comment on my 6 days of giveaways! I will be drawing the winners VERY soon! There is a seventh giveaway on the Pumpkin Spice Blog Hop that was on September 3rd! ***


Autumn Greetings

Recipe:

Artful Delight September Card Kit (unfortunately the card kit is sold out, but there are still scrapbook kits available!)

I made this card using the sketch below. I just used one row since I was turning it into a card! 

IF you play along in the sketch challenge, you would WIN October's ENTIRE kit! There aren't that many entries so your chances are REALLY good! Check it out HERE! Just link your projects to the sketch on the right hand side of the site! Good luck!