My Craft Spot Blogspot Monday Challenge #17

Hi Everyone,
WOW its been a while! From my last post till today I've been on vacation and then got really sick with a cold, can you imagine, a cold in the middle of summer. THAT IS THE WORST....I am finally beginning to feel like myself that I actually got into my craftroom and entered a challenge. This is my very first challenge ever, I have been following My Craft Spot for some time know and really enjoy it. Take a look I am sure you will to.  http://craftspotbykimberly.blogspot.com/  Anyway below is my entry, lets see what happens.

Materials Used:

Sentimentals Cricut Cartridge ~ Stamp Frame

Christmas Stack paper ~ patterned paper, can't remember who, I've had it for quite a while

The green paper is Coordination Paper from the Elements line and sanded it all around

The stamps are from Stampin' Up

Used red bakers twine and a vintage button from my stash

Well I hope you enjoy

Have a great night

Stand & Salute "Liberty"

What a beautiful start to a long weekend! Yesterday my husband, niece and I went to Philadelphia for the day; wow was there a lot of people. We had a fabulous day their, all the historic sightseeing and the philly cheesesteak, yum! We took over 100 pictures, here is a layout for a picture that we took at the Liberty Bell.

Created with:
Bazzill ~ white 12 x 12
DCWV Old World Stack ~ Blue background paper
DCWV Autumn Splendor ~ Red glitter paper for star
The other blue & white paper is scrap that I am trying to use up
I inked the edges on the liberty bell border using Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Broken china and I also popped "Liberty" and the border for some more demension.
That is pretty much it, a very simple layout
Enjoy the rest of your day

Stampin' Up Card

Good morning All,
Here is an early one, I made this card using Stampin' Up " A Flower for all Seasons"

Here is a shot showing the double layer on the tag

The sentiment on the front of the card reads

"You Blossom with Every Season"

Created with

Stampin' Up Stamps ~ A Flower for All Seasons

Stampin' Up Paper ~ Good Morning Sunshine, patterned paper

Spellbinders ~ Classic Squares Large, Classic Scalloped Squares Large & Ribbon Tag Trio Two

Ink ~ Archival Ink Jet Black

Prisma Pencils

Sentiment is computer generated

I hope you like the card

Have a beautiful day!

OMG!! Thank you so much Dana!!

I am so excited, Dana from danascraftycorner.blogspot.com has given me a blog award, THANK YOU SO MUCH...in return I am to post 7 things about myself and pass it on to 7 bloggers

1. I will be married to my prince 12 yrs this coming October
2. I don't have children of my own but I do have 4 nieces and a nephew which keep me busy
3. I love the beach
4. I have a shih tzu named Cindy
5. I am a travel consultant for 8 hrs a day, 5days a week
7. I am a girly girl who loves to go to HomeDepot ~ hee hee
8. And I truly greatful for this award and I hope that everyone that vistis my blog enjoys my creations

I pass the award to:
Lorraine ~ http://cardcreationsbylorraine.blogspot.com
Shirley ~ http://cardcreationsbylorraine.blogspot.com
Teri ~ http://teriberi2.blogspot.com
Tanya ~ http://timeforscrappin.blogspot.com
Tammy ~ http://theeventqueen.blogspot.com
Paulette ~ http://scrapalette.blogspot.com
Nilda ~ http://www.papercreationsbynilda.blogspot.com
Check out all of the above blogs above, these are all very talented ladies.
Have a great night!
THANK YOU AGAIN DANA

Stand & Salute 4th of July decoration

What a beautiful day it was here in New Jersey today. Earlier this morning I went Garage Sale Hopping with my cousin, nothing worth bragging about I only spent $5, I hope we have better luck next weekend. Anyway this afternoon I decided to get my Stand & Salute cartridge out and see what kind of decoration I could come up with. I LOVE this cartridge it has so much to offer without being all about the military. Definately going to keep this one out. Here are my decorations, I didn't take pics of all of them, I only used the 2 images below but made four of each for my windows.

Created with
Stand & Salute Cartridge
Gina K Paper ~ Pure Luxury heavy base weight 120lb
Value Pack paper for the blue
DCWV Mi Casa paper stack for the red ~ notice it has shimmer in the "fireworks" cut

 Enjoy the rest of your weekend

Layout using several Cricut Cartridges

Hi Everyone,
Hope everyone is having a great start to their weekend. I started the day with 2 layouts in mind. Both my older nieces graduated this year, Nicki from 8th grade and Danii from HighSchool, how time passes us by. They both graduated with honors and we are all so proud of them. I designed a layout for both titled
"Apple of our eyes"
Created with:
Stampin' Up Patterned paper (red & green apple paper)
Stampin' Up Solid colored paper
Stampin' Up Lace
Rub on (Excellence, it was on clearance in Staples for $ .50)
Studio 18 Bling from Michael's $ bin
Criuct cuts from:
A Child's Year - Title
Hello Kitty Font Cart - Class of 2011
Hello Kitty Greetings Cart - Diploma
Preserves Cart - Apple
Photo mat was cut out from Stampin' Up solid paper
Leave a comment I would love to hear from you and become a follower as there will be many other postings to come.
Have a restful weekend!

Cindy Loo Layout

HAPPY FRIDAY!!
Finally the weekend has arrived. I wanted to share a layout with you that I made last year for a co worker of mine of her baby girl. This layout is using Cindy Loo cuts along with some ribbon purchased at Michaels and MS punch Doily Lace Trim,the solid paper is from Bazzill and the butterflies are from K&Co. Leave a comment let me know what you think.