Male 60th Birthday Card

Made this card for a dear male friend’s 60^th birthday. J

Started w/ a card base using the Cupcake from the Cricut cartridge, Something to Celebrate.  Made it into a shaped card and made it as girly girly as I could.  LOL

I was being a li’l discreet about his age, in having the “60” in small numbers, next to the heart.  Looking at it, he prob. thought I mistakenly made this for someone else --- a girl!!! LOL

Then when he opens it up, I get down to the nitty gritty.  LOL  ---- him being over the hill and a buzzard.  LOL  

I’m sure he’ll get a huge kick out of it.  J

Tools/Items:-

Cricut Imagine

Cricut Imagine Cartridges  – see below

Cricut Cartridges – see below

Cardstock – white (for the Imagine)

Patterned paper (Over the Hill background)

Glue – ATG; Zig Two-Way

Stickles – Yellow (candle wicks)

Stamp -- swirls

Googly eyes

Flower sticker

Pop dots

Cricut Imagine Cartridges 

Best Friends – background & branch

Blossom – cupcake and layers

Cricut Cartridges

Life’s a Party – buzzard & layers; Over the Hill & candles

Something to Celebrate – cupcake & layers

Sentiments were computer-generated.

Christmas In July Blog Hop ~ Anything Goes!

Welcome to the 4th and final Christmas In July Blog Hop! The theme for this week is Cricut Christmas ~ Anything Goes! We've got a lot of talented Cricut crafters who have created Christmas projects, using their Cricut, to inspire you! And don't forget the prizes! We have a Christmas Village cart to give away to one lucky blog hopper! 

Here's a sampling of what's in store for you:-

Here's the blog hop line up:

Paulette at http://scrapalette.blogspot.com/ 

Sis at http://papercraftscissors.com/ 

Maria at http://stampcutcreate.blogspot.com/

Laura at http://www.coolbeansbylb.blogspot.com/

Brenda at http://happyscrapper64.blogspot.com/

Lisa at http://addictedtothecricut.blogspot.com/

Donna at http://carolinascreativecropper.blogspot.com/

Cindy at http://www.inlovewithpaper.blogspot.com/

Angela at http://angiespaperpassion.blogspot.com/

Theresa at http://scrapsbygracie.blogspot.com/

Beth at http://seaswancreations.blogspot.com/

Betsy at http://betsymcreates.blogspot.com/

Loraine at http://www.lorainespaperplayhouse.blogspot.com/

Enjoy!!!

Christmas In July Blog Hop ~ Ornaments Edition!

Welcome to the third Christmas in July Blog Hop! This week's projects are Christmas Ornaments! There’s another terrific line-up of Cricut crafting bloggers for you to hop to their blogs and see their projects! And, there’s another prize for this week. It's a Trim the Tree cart!   In order to be entered, make sure you become a follower of all of the blogs and leave some love, otherwise known as comments.  J  Good luck in the drawing! 

Here’s the line-up:-

Paulette at http://scrapalette.blogspot.com/ <<< START
Angela at http://angiespaperpassion.blogspot.com/ 
Colleen at http://scrappycol.blogspot.com/
Theresa at http://scrapsbygracie.blogspot.com/
Beth at http://seaswancreations.blogspot.com/
Laura at http://www.coolbeansbylb.blogspot.com/
Lori at http://singingshell.blogspot.com/

But, before you go, here’s the winner for my blog candy:-  #18

cdm317 Saturday, 13 July, 2013

Hi! I hope you are having a wonderful birthday! Your card is super cute! It's the type of card that really makes me smile! I love your Santa, he is so whimsical, and that wobble is perfect with him! How can it be that I wasn't a follower, I am now! You have a super fun blog!

cdm317, please e-mail me by clicking on my E-MAIL button located on my side-bar, so I can get your goodies out to you. J

Christmas in July Blog Hop - Week Two

Ho Ho Ho!!  It’s Week Two of the Christmas in July Blog Hop ~ Christmas Card Edition!  J

We've got some more talented Cricut crafters lined up and they can't wait to show you the cards they’ve created! So make sure you visit each blog in the hop and leave a comment.  Not only because we all love comments, but because each blog you comment on will give you an entry in the prize drawings! This week's prize is a brand new Christmas Cards cart! The winner will be drawn from all the entries on Fri. July 19^th. And, the prize drawing at the end of the month is for a brand new Christmas {Noel} cart! So, be sure to follow all of the blogs and comment before going to the next blog.

Hopefully, you have made your way here from Lisa at http://addictedtothecricut.blogspot.com/

If not, make sure you start the hop from:- Paulette at http://scrapalette.blogspot.com/

My project for the hop is a Ho Ho Ho Santa card --- on an action wobble!  (my very first card using an action wobble.)  Look how cute it is when it wobbles. J

Wobbling away:- (those are hubby's fingers, helping me to wobble!) :-)

 Inside:-

Here’s the Recipe:-

Tools/Items:-

Cricut Imagine

Cricut Imagine Cartridge  – Snow Angel (Santa’s outfit)

Cricut Cartridges – see below

Cardstock – white (for the Imagine)

Patterned paper – trees & green starry night (for backgrounds)

Sizzix Embossing Folder – Starburst (Santa’s beard)

Glue – ATG; Zig Two-Way

Stickles – Frosted Lace (for fur)

Pearl (for pom-pom)

Seed beads (for eyes)

Cricut Cartridges  

Jolly Holidays – Santa, crow, and layers

Artiste (Close to My Heart) – Ho Ho Ho & Merry Christmas

Thanks so much for joining us for the second week of the Christmas in July Blog Hop.  Your next stop is:-

Donna 

Don’t forget to comment on each blog for a chance to win this week’s prize and the grand prize!  J

Here’s the entire line-up, just in case you get lost along the way:

Paulette at http://scrapalette.blogspot.com/

Sis at http://papercraftscissors.com/

Diane at http://dianesdribble.blogspot.com/

Lisa at http://addictedtothecricut.blogspot.com/

you are here:-
Linda at http://ladybuglair.blogspot.com/
go here next:-

Donna at http://carolinascreativecropper.blogspot.com/ 

Cindy at http://www.inlovewithpaper.blogspot.com/

Fran at http://lovebugtimme.blogspot.com/

Colleen at http://scrappycol.blogspot.com/

Theresa at http://scrapsbygracie.blogspot.com/

Beth at http://seaswancreations.blogspot.com/

Oh yeh, I’m giving away a li’l blog candy, too.  (It’s a surprise!)  Nothing as exciting as the Cricut cartridges, but just a li'l something, so be sure to post a comment, to win.  J

Christmas in July Blog Hop

Welcome to the Christmas in July Blog Hop ~ Christmas Gift Card Edition! We've got some talented Cricut crafters lined up and they can't wait to show you the Gift Card Holder they created! So make sure you visit each blog in the hop and leave a comment. Not only because we all love comments, but because each blog you comment on will give you an entry in the prize drawings! This week's prize is a brand new Gingerbread cart! The winner will be drawn from all the entries on Fri. July 12^th. And, the prize drawing at the end of the month is for a brand new Christmas {Noel} cart! So, be sure to follow all of the blogs and comment before going to the next blog.

Your first stop is:- http://scrapalette.blogspot.com/

and here is the entire line-up, just in case you get lost along the way:

Paulette at http://scrapalette.blogspot.com/ 
Laura at http://www.coolbeansbylb.blogspot.com/ 

Fran at http://lovebugtimme.blogspot.com/
Colleen at http://scrappycol.blogspot.com/
Theresa at http://scrapsbygracie.blogspot.com/
Beth at http://seaswancreations.blogspot.com/
Betsy at http://betsymcreates.blogspot.com/

Then, don’t forget to come back here, to my blog, on Sat. July 13^th. I’ll be in the Christmas Card Edition and will have some blog candy on my blog.

I’ll give you the entire line-up, on that day.   Hope to see you then!!  J

Guess what's going to take place????

A .     .     .     

blog hop!!!   J

Every Saturday in July, we will be celebrating Christmas in July.  Come and hop along to see some great projects for Christmas.   Here's a heads-up:-

July 6   ~ Cricut Christmas Gift Card Holders
July 13 ~ Cricut Christmas Cards
July 20 ~ Cricut Christmas Ornaments 
July 27 ~ Cricut Christmas Anything Goes {a gift, home decor, LO, etc}

There will be some great give-aways, too.  J

My hop is Saturday, July 13th.   I will have some blog candy on my blog that week, as well as the other prizes to be won.  J

Sooooooo, set your calendar for July 6th and hop along w/ us for the entire month of July.

The hostess of this "Christmas in July Blog Hop" is Scrapalette.  You can visit her, to find out more details, by clicking on the link on my side-bar.  (the Santa!!)  J

Google Reader News

Hiya!  Just in case you weren’t already aware of this, I wanted to let you know that Google Reader is shutting down, effective July 1, 2013.  This basically means that you will no longer be able to follow my blog, or any other blog for that matter, which uses Google Reader. 

But, don’t despair because there are other ones out there that will allow you to continue following blogs.  The one I found and liked is:-  Feedly.  Here’s the direct link to their website:-

http://www.feedly.com

They have a feature that will automatically transfer over all of your Google Reader data.  So, all of the blogs that you have presently been following, you can continue to do so.  WhooooHoooo!  Great news!

There are a lot of other ones out there, too, but just make sure you make the transition because, when Google Reader shuts down, everything will be lost, if you haven’t found another replacement by July 1st.