EAD Designs Color Challenge!

SQUEAL! It's time for the EAD Color Challenge! 

Being Irish, I LOVE these stickers and the challenge colors! It's no secret that I like this color combination! Just look at my blog colors! I wonder if they would let me enter in my entire blog site into the challenge.?. Probably not... ;) 

Here is what I made with these stickerz which are now available in the store! 

It's just a simple card, but I thought it was adorable and the detail on the four leaf clover flourishes are just beautiful. I hope you enjoy it! Now go see what the other ladies have in store for your inspiration and play along with us this month! :) One random winner will get $20 to the EAD Designs Store and everyone who plays will get a 25% off coupon! How generous is that!?! Just click on the "Color Challenge" tab at the top!

Valentine projects at Imaginisce and CHA winner!

Good morning! 

I am hosting a small Valentine's dinner with two other couples and I thought I should do some decorating! 

So, this is something I made for the wall. I have had a lot of different plans for this board, but I like how this came out! 

Sorry! Out for publication!!! :) 

Recipe:

I cut the letters at 4.5" using the Cake Basics Cartridge™ with Imaginisce Garden Party "Wild Flowers". 

I used the Roly Rosies by Imaginisce in Pink and Brights™.

I also used a few of the Pop-up Posies in Pink™

Garden Party Collection Floral Flourishes in pinks and neutrals™.

Bloomin' Things Mesh Brads from Garden Party (they show online as pink and green, but they are actually pink and white.)

Gotta Buy Basics Fashion Flowers Neutral™

I attached EVERYTHING with my i-bond cordless glue gun. Totally in love with that glue gun!

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I can't wait to get my little hands on the new colors for the Roly Rosies and Pop-Up Posies as well as the new fabric Roly Rosies! I provided the link in case you wanted to check them out! :) 

Stop by the Imaginisce blog to see what the other Design Team ladies have created for your inspirational pleasure!

Lastly, the winner for my CHA giveaway is:

Kimberli said...

Looks like you had a great trip, glad you're getting back in the groove of things - I'm looking forward to seeing your new projects! Thanks for the chance to win!

Kimberli, email me at CourtsCraftsBlog@gmail.com and I will get that right out to you!!! 

Valentine using Imaginisce!

So we Design Team girls wanted to create some valentines using paper that you still have. So we are trying to take the lines that you wouldn't think of and turn them into valentines. The girls have some awesome inspiration for you over at the blog and I am just showing you my simple card made from my last remaining scraps of a Cottage Christmas piece of paper! 

Recipe:

Paper: Cottage Christmas "Christmas Countdown" and Enchanted "If the Crown Fits" by Imaginisce™

Cardstock: Paper Trey Ink Vintage Creeam™

Stamp sentiment: My Pink Stamper: Love-alcious™

Cartridge: Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Art™

Cuttlebug Folder: Swiss Dots™

***Scroll Down to see my first EAD post and for a giveaway!***

EAD Designs Blog Hop and a giveaway!!!

Hello and welcome!!!

You should have gotten here from the EAD Designs blog. If you did, you're on the right track. If not, start back there to join in the fun! 

Emily from EAD Designs has given me a set of stickerz to give away to one of you!!! Thank you Emily! She has always been SO great and so kind to me. I am so honored to be a part of her team for the month of February and can't wait to share my projects with you! 

Here is the project for today. It couldn't get much simpler. Sometimes simple is great! I promise I cut the ribbon bottoms even when I made it and the bow skewed a little and I forgot to change it before I took the picture! Sorry! 

Recipe:

Stickerz: EAD Designs: OhLaLa printed on clear

Cardstock: Paper Trey Ink (white)

Paper: My Mind's Eye: Fine and Dandy: Tickled Pink™

Gems: My Mind's Eye: Fine and Dandy: Tickled Pink Bling™

Instructions: 

This is an A2 sized card: 4.25x5.5" after it's folded.

I cut a strip of paper from the Fine and Dandy line and stuck on a bunch of the words and tied a bow! 

Such an easy and cute valentine! 

Don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win these. They are the stickerz I used on my card! :)

Next you are off to Lauren's blog! I just love her creations! 

Artful Delight with Graphic 45

EEK!!! I am SO excited as for two months we have all been looking forward to working with Graphic 45's Once Upon a Springtime! And wait until you see what is coming up... There might be some new CHA releases in there... Just sayin'! 

I absolutely fell in love with these Peter Rabbit papers and the shabby chic vintage feel. I think this is such a fabulous kit and what Leeanne paired it with is perfect! This kit will be sold out quickly so pop on over if you would like it! The last two didn't even make it half way through the month!

The sentiment is really close to my heart as when I was a nanny of 4, I called one of the kiddos, "cutie patootie" all the time. She was three and she just thought it was SO funny. So this phrase warms my little heart.

Recipe:
Artful Delight February Kit
Ribbon from my stash
Sentiment stamp from My Pink Stamper Buggy Punnies™
Ink is ColorBox in Black
Stickles in Waterfall were from the November Artful Delight Kit (sold out, sorry!)
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This card is based on the sketch made by my fabulous Design Teammate Debbie! She is so talented! 

Here is a picture of the kit and a list of what is included:

Graphic 45 - Once Upon a Springtime collection - 1 sheet each

Once Upon a Springtime

Enchanted Forest

Fairy Folk

Butterfly Kisses

Woodland Fantasy

Spellbound

Tiny Treasures

Pixie Post

Primrose Cottage

Flight of Fancy

1 sheet each:

Jillibean Soup - Soup Staples - Brown Stock

Parisian Anthology Divine Damask

Solid Cardstock - 1 sheet each

American Crafts - Mint & Canary

Embellishments

1 yard Twine - Kraft Outlet

3 small tags - Kraft Outlet

1 yard Maya Road Crochet Trim - Brown

4 American Crafts - Pearl Brads - Letterbox

1 pkg Kaisercraft - Self Adhesive Pearls

2 Prima Flowers - Guava Peony Brahms

5 Jenni Bowlin - Butterfly Chipboard Elements

3 Prima Flowers - Butterflies Vlinder

1 Kaisercraft - Wood Flourishes - Border

1 pkg American Crafts Thickers - By the Yard - White

1 My Minds Eye - So Sophie Savvy Die-cut cardstock frame

Bonus

Each package will include 1 of these - Once Upon a Springtime Frames or Tags in addition you will receive surprise bonus items - all items will be from the kit, may be extra paper or embellishments or both.


***Make sure to leave a message on the last post for a chance to win the make and take from the class I took at CHA! And come back again tomorrow for the EAD Designs blog hop and a chance to win some stickerz!***


ALSO don't forget to play in the sketch challenge at Artful Delight HERE where you can win March's kit!!! 

Last of the CHA pics and a giveaway!

Well, I have been back and fiercely trying to catch up on everything! 

I found these pictures lingering on my camera so I thought I would share them with you!

I still have not edited the video yet, but I plan to! :) 

Here is a picture of me kissing Cricut on the new "E2". :) Since you know I love green, of course I love this! 

I met Brandon at Maker Faire in San Mateo almost a year ago. I was there every hour on the hour to hopefully win something in a drawing, but I never did, but every hour we would laugh together and he is SUCH a nice guy! He is also one of the illustrators for Provo Craft and did some (if not all) of the Toy Story cart as well as most of the 3D images that come out on cartridges! He really is a creative genius since I have a hard enough time just trying to figure out where to glue the 3D objects let alone how to create it! :) 

Of course he was hoping for me again during the giveaway at 3 on Monday at CHA (I was in the Imaginisce booth from 2-6 the other two days and couldn't therefore be there) and naturally, I didn't win - but that was fine because I was surrounded by great company! 

I did two classes that day. You were only allowed to sign up for one. So I signed up for the first one and then waiting in line as a standby for the second one for an hour hoping to get in and I did! There were only 24 people to a class to the competition was fierce! We made watches in the second one, so this is Wendy Lawrence, Monique Griffith, and I showing off what we made! Cricut Power!

I did complete this project with the Yudu CardShop and the person next to me said she couldn't pack hers on the plane and was going to leave it. I asked if I could give it away on my blog and she said yes! So, this is the giveaway for the day! Leave a comment on this post and I will draw a winner on Wednesday. It is a solid block of wood and will be expensive to ship, so this is only open to US residents. I'm so sorry! Keep scrolling....

I was getting ready to celebrate hitting 300 followers when I was asked to be on the DTs of Imaginisce and My Pink Stamper which rocketed me up through 600!! SO I have been buying things for you all and will be giving them away in the next few weeks!

Tomorrow I will have my first project done with the Artful Delight February Kit (SO CUTE) and on Monday I will have my first project up for EAD Designs - a blog hop and a giveaway! :) 

EAD Designs Guest Designer and Monthly Steal!

I am back from CHA after a few airline delays, but I am safe and sound in San Francisco. I'll post more on that later, but here is my special announcement!

EEEK!!!! I am SO excited to let you all know that I am the Guest Designer for February for EAD Designs. The ever-so-sweet Emily invited me and of COURSE I couldn't reisist! You know how I feel about their stickerz and vinyl and I couldn't be more thrilled to represent such a great company for a month! So join in the fun! 

Today I am sharing the Monthly Steal with you!

What a beautiful way to get the point across for both small businesses and homes! Don't forget that as with all monthly steals, when they are gone they are gone. So pick yours up if you want it! :) 

Head on over to EAD Designs to pick this up and come back again tomorrow to the EAD Designs blog to check out She's Crafty with the fabulous Jenn!