You're My Favorite - Circle Challenge!

Hey all! 

Welcome to new followers and friends! :) 

Today I made this card up super quickly to get into the Cricut Circle Weekly Challenge which was "Sweet Summertime" and they wanted us to use a stamp too. 

I don't have a whole lot of stamps - seriously nearly all of them are My Pink Stamper so I just used a stamp for my sentiment. I felt bad about realizing that they probably meant a background stamp so I pulled apart the card (as I was writing this) and added a background stamp (which doesn't show up in the photo as well as it shows up in person) and re-shot it and here is the before and after! :) The background stamp is in the upper left and bottom right.

You can get EVERYTHING I used on this card apart from the solid cardstock, cartridges, and Cuttlebug folder from my AWESOME sponsor PUMPKIN SPICE! They have the best shipping rates and the best prices on product! They also have the best customer service! Check it out! I love enabling! :) 

Recipe:

• Cartridges: Birthday Bash™ (card shape) and Straight from the Nest™ (ice cream cone)
• Embossing: Paper Lace II Companion Folders (not on Cricut.com yet)
• Patterned Paper:
• My Mind's Eye: Stella and Rose: Gertie "You & Me" Ornamental Paper™(green polka dots and "ice cream" (both sides of paper))
• My Mind's Eye: Stella and Rose: Gertie "Friends Forever" Tapestry Paper™ (yellow check)
• My Mind's Eye: Stella and Rose: Hazel "Mother" Meadow Paper™ (pink cherry)
• My Mind's Eye: Stella and Rose: Hazel "Lovely Bouquet" Paper™ (pink polka dots) 
• Sentiment: My Pink Stamper: Friend-tastic™
• Doily stamp: My Mind's Eye: Stella and Rose: Gertie "Girly" Stamps™
• i-rock by Imaginisce™
• Hot Rocks in Pink, Black, and Clear™
• Crinkled Ribbon: Kris Swain's Etsy Store in "Tickle me Pink" (Please let her know I sent you in the comments of the check out if you decide to go buy! :) Thanks!)

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:

• Cartridge: Cake Basics™(Comes with the Cricut Cake)
• Cuttlebug Folder: Paper Lace II Companion Folders™ (Not on the website yet)
• Sentiment: My Pink Stamper: Sweetest Cupcake™
• Cardstock: Paper Trey Ink: Chocolate and Vintage Cream (card base), Bazzill Basics Frosted Teal (Artful Delight June Kit)
• Patterned Paper:
• Fancy Pants: It's the Little Things "Honeysuckle"(Artful Delight June Kit)
• Button: My Mind's Eye: Stella and Rose (Artful Delight June Kit)
• Ticket and "stamp" cardstock embellishments: It's the Little Things Collection Design Embellishments (Artful Delight June Kit)
• Seam binding ribbon: PaperLovesGlue Etsy Shop in Peach Blossom (Artful Delight June Kit)
• Stickles in Waterfall (Artful Delight November Kit)
• i-rock by Imaginisce™
• Hot Rocks Compact in Pink, Black and Clear™
• Foam Dimensionals
• Glue Glider Pro
• Glue Arts Extreme Adhesive Squares

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

Hi - Case alert!

Today at Betty Bee's Buzz we are showing you how you can use corrugated chipboard on your projects! 

My friend June provided you with a host of inspiration on Monday and I knew when I saw her cards exactly what I want to do! 

I think this is my first "legal" sized card - 9"x4"

I am a *proud* member of the Cricut Circle and we had a challenge to case a card in the private magazine that is provided for us! I have never cased a card to this extent and thought it was just charming so I chose this one. 

If you want to learn more about the Cricut Circle I am happy to answer any questions you have! 

I took a screen shot of this card to share with you so you could see how closely I cased it. In the magazine, we get cut sizes, recipes, and instructions so it was easy to follow closely.

This is the card I cased by Janet Wilkins

Recipe:

• Cartridge: Straight from the Nest™
• Embossing: Paper Lace II Companion Folder™
• Cardstock:
• Kraft
• Paper Trey Ink Vintage Cream
• Bazzill Basics (green)
• Patterned Paper: 
• My Mind's Eye: Good Day Sunshine: Girl Scheme "Head in the Clouds" Paper™
• Pink Paislee: Hometown Summer "Summer Fun"™ (yellow)
• October Afternoon: Modern Homemaker "Cherry Pie" (red)
• Corrugated chipboard: Jillibean Soup
• i-rock by Imaginisce™
• Hot Rocks Compact in Pink, Black, and Clear™
• Jenny Bowlin Paint Dabber in Seed Packet™
• Button from Paper Trey Ink™
• Ribbon from Kris Swain's Etsy Store in Sunflower (if you order from her please let her know I sent you in the comments section)
• Twine from the Twinery in Cappuccino 
• Brown Sharpie
• White gel pen
• ATG
• Foam Dimensionals