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Friday, September 23, 2011

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 30th.

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!

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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Happy Birthday - Shop Pumpkin Spice Kit card #3

This is the third card in the set that I made for the Shop Pumpkin Spice Designer Kit "You Are My Sunshine". You can check it out HERE.

So far I made a baby card, an anniversary card, and now... a birthday card!


Happy Birthday



There is still one more card coming up - everyone needs a Thank You Card! :) Stay tuned next Wednesday! :) 

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Friday, July 29, 2011

"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 Damask Paper”™ (off white with navy blue damask flocking)
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









I SPY WITH MY LITTLE EYE







Recipe:



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! :) 


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Friday, June 10, 2011

My Pink Stamper Pink-alicious Blog Hop!

Robyn's challenge to us for this week was to make anything we felt like that reminded us of summertime! 

You should have gotten here from Lori's blog. If not, start here at My Pink Stamper's blog! 

I give myself a little more "leave" when it comes to ice cream in the summer. You all pretty much know that I am in a condo, but I am also on the top floor and get sun from about 1pm on. So while it's FAB in the winter and we literally turn on our heaters maybe once a year, in the summer it can get a little hot--- and stays hot as there is almost no one with AC in San Francisco. So ice cream or my particular favorite - Frozen Yogurt (adoringly called "FroYo") is my new thing. BUT there aren't any Cricut Cartridges with FroYo on them (Provo Craft are you listening!?! :) :) :)) So ice cream is the next best thing. :) 

I made this card using Artful Delight's June Kit and of course My Pink Stamper stamps!  


Design notes: I welded these two images on my Gypsy. BUT with Cricut Craft Room coming out, everyone will be able to do it!!! :) 



Recipe:



Now head on over to my good friend Cristi's blog! 

Oh, and it's my birthday today. :) Tomorrow I have a pot-luck scheduled with a bunch of friends! :) Hope you all have something fun planned for the weekend!

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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!

This is the card I made for my mom for her birthday. It's her birthday today!!! :) 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!! I'll love you forever. I'll like you always. As long as I live, your baby I'll be. 

If you all know that book, we put it in every birthday card to each other. :) I have the best mom and am so blessed! She is the reason I started making cards... and then she demanded that I make cards for her throughout the years - and then that turned into a true love of making cards and here I am today! So while this one was not made with scissors and construction paper, it is made from the heart. 

I made this card at the most recent Circle Crop last Friday - which was a blast! A huge thanks to Rita (the Circlet that put on the event), Monique and Wendy who helped out a ton, and of COURSE Provo Craft for putting it on!!! Thank you so much! 



My new friend Diana Larson inspired me with the idea of two patterned paper strips which when accordianed (new Court word!), turned out to be a great idea! Thanks for the idea Diana! 

I made this all using Artful Delight's June Kit! Make sure to grab yours before it's too late!!! 

Recipe:



Pop on over to Artful Delight's blog where you can see a ton of inspiration using this month's kit! 

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Sunday, May 8, 2011

You're the icing on top!

I hope you all enjoyed National Scrapbook Day!

Just another creation made with the Artful Delight May Kit! There is SO much paper in this kit!!! 

I actually made this card for Jenny's 30th birthday post on Friday but too many of my friends thought it was a wedding cake and not a birthday cake. So I made her the mouse card instead.

I just wanted to show you that a "cute, summery" kit can also be classy! Hope you like it! 


Recipe:
Cartridge: Tie the Knot™
Paper: Echo Park Paper: Summer Days: "Clouds" (stripes), "Blue/Orange) (blue solid) and "Borders" (flowers)™ (Artful Delight May Kit)
Cardstock: Paper Trey Ink (true black), Colorbox white
Sentiment: My Pink Stamper: Sweetest Cupcake™
i-rock by Imaginisce
Hot Rocks Compact in Crystal™
Ink: Colorbox in black
ribbon from my stash

Have a beautiful day! 

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Friday, April 8, 2011

My Pink-alicious Blog Hop Birthdays and **Giveaway Alert***




Hello! And welcome to My Pink-alicious Blog Hop Friday! 


Robyn at My Pink Stamper has asked us to make something birthday using one of her sets! I used her Sweetest Cupcakes set for my card. I LOVE these stamps! 


You should have arrived here from the FABULOUS Tammy Skinner's blog! She is one of the Hello Thursday Girls with Robyn! I had the pleasure of rooming with Tammy, Robyn, Karlee, and two of Tammy's fabulous friends: Angela and Myrel. We had SUCH a ball together!


If you didn't come from Tammy's blog, start at the beginning at My Pink Stamper's blog to join in all of the hopping fun and to make sure you find all of the giveaways! 



My card:

Recipe:
Sentiment: My Pink Stamper: Sweetest Cupcake™
Cartridge: Straight from the Nest™
Turquoise, Pink, and Damask are all My Mind's Eye: Lush2 Collection Fuchsia and Turquoise from Pumpkin Spice™
Rhinestone from MME: Lush2 collection Turquoise™
Brown/white from Paper Trey Ink™
Glossy Accents
White Gel Pen



Here is a complete list just in case you get lost:
Robyn
Michelle--Meesh's Pieces
Shelley
Edna
Julie-readysetstamp
Lori
Cristi
Raechel
Bling Queen Wendy
Agnes--Flowerdisco
Sonia
Tracy--Craft Junkie Too
Andrea
Pam
Helen
Tammy
Courtney--Court's Crafts<---YOU ARE HERE
Angela's Simple Creations
Kassidy
Shauna at Craftee She
CarrieAnne
Karlee
Maria


As for my giveaway.... How about a $15 to Pumpkin Spice! They are an AMAZING online store with fantastic prices and amazing shipping prices. They also carry all of the My Pink Stamper stamps so you can pick up this stamp set if you love it as much as I do! A HUGE thank you to Denine from Pumpkin Spice for going halvsies with me on this gift certificate!  I will run the contest through Tuesday and will pick a winner either on Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. 



Now, hop on over to Angela's Simple Creations to see what she has done!!!

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Thursday, March 10, 2011

Happy Birthday!

Hello! I have been MIA for a little bit. My husband's birthday was last week and he found out he had to go on an impromptu trip to Poland and China! So the rest of my week was spent getting him ready for that and a good portion of it was at the Chinese Consulate. He left on Saturday for two weeks and I am so lonely! But luckily a friend needed help with her kiddos so I have spent the week with her gorgeous 1.5 year old and their 7 week old son. It has been so much fun! 

THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN DOWN FOR PUBLICATION!!! :) 


This card is for my best friend's husband named Phil for his 27th birthday. He's just a big kid so he will love this! 


Designer's notes: I fussy cut the owl and 2 and 7 from the patterned paper that came in the kit. ***I have gotten a few questions about what fussy cut means (I love getting questions and helping out so ask me ANYTIME - You can always email me directly at the email address listed on the top right of my blog!) Here is the answer: 

Fussy cutting is cutting out anything with a pair of scissors that is not in a normal shape that you punch out. For instance, it is used a lot when stamping an image, coloring it, and then cutting out the exact figure - instead of using your Nestabilities, shape punches, or Cricut Center Point feature and cutting it out that way. So I used a pair of embroidery scissors in this case to cut out just the owl out of the pattered paper. If I had used a oval punch to simply punch it out, it would not have been "fussy cut". I hope that makes sense and thank you for asking ladies! 

I used Glossy Accents this time to make the line that twine was going to sit on to make the banner and that worked great! I got that tip from Jenny at Wee Memories. 

I also used the Glossy Accents on the party hat, balloon, nose, feet, and leaves. It definitely added a nice "pop" factor. 

Lastly, I bent the "Happy Birthday" stamp to fit the contour of the branch which worked wonderfully! 


Recipe: 
Artful Delight's March Kit (only 4 left!!!)
Twine from the Twinery in Cappuccino™
Sentiment: My Pink Stamper: Sweetest Cupcakes™
Glossy Accents™
Cartridges: Birthday Bash™ (banner) and Straight from the Nest™ (branch) 
Cuttlebug Folders: Swiss Dots™ and D'vine Swirl™
i-bond (cordless glue gun) from Imaginisce™ (to glue the rope to the card)
d-stress (sander) from Imaginisce™ (I sanded the blue edges of the banner)
Glue Arts Glue Glider Pro™


This card also qualifies for the Cricut Circle's contest of a man card with three elements that they listed. I used distressing, twine and string along with two complete Cricut cuts (banner and branch).


I hope this brings you inspiration on doing boy/man cards which are hard for a lot of us! 


Don't forget to play along with Artful Delight's sketch challenge this month where you could win next month's kit! It's rumored to have papers from 3 different collections! Don't quote me on that, but I am really excited about the possibility! 

Also, Artful Delight is having a GIVEAWAY over at their Facebook Page (click on the link). Like them and let them know Courtney sent you over to say hello and good luck winning! Leeanne is always very generous! 

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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

My Pink Designer Showcase!

Hello!!! 

Today My Pink Designer's were allowed to showcase any of the new stamps! I am SO excited to share with you the birthday card that I made for my friend Christy! 

I used Robyn's stamps called Sweetest Cupcakes. I LOVE these!

Here is the fun card I did with them!


Recipe:
Cuttlebug™ Embossing Folder: Polka-dots™ (borrowed from my best friend Kourtni - it is now also on my wish list!)
white embossing powder: A la mode™
Heat embossing tool: EK success Coloriser™
Stickles in Waterfall™
Glossy Accents by Ranger™
ribbon from my stash

I hope you all have a wonderful day! Be sure to stop by the other designer's blogs and see what they have created!  You can start HERE at My Pink Stamper's website! 

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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

I'm Sweet On You

Another card using Artful Delight's February Kit! I am SO in love with the colors in this kit and especially this polka dotted paper! Of course... it's green... which warrants my immediate affection!

Recipe:
Ink: Colorbox in black
Cardstock (black) Paper Trey Ink™
Ribbon from my stash

Have a beautiful day! 

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Happy Birthday using Graphic 45 from Artful Delight's February Kit

I hope you all had a fabulous Valentine's Day! We had 4 friends over and I made a 5 course meal complete with wine pairings. We had such a lovely time!

I made this card for my grandmother's birthday (we call her Nanny). This kit is SO versatile from babies to grandmothers to little boys and everything in between - I just love this kit!


Recipe:
Cartridge: Wrap it Up™
Card Stock: Paper Trey Ink™
Ribbon from my stash
Ink: Colorbox in black

Don't forget to play along with the sketch challenge this month! You could win March's kit! If you sign up for the kit club, then Leeanne with either refund your money for that month if you win or extend it by a month. The kits are fantastic and I can't say enough wonderful things about how hard she tries to pack as much into those kits as possible! 

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