Jessica's Craft Shaque 400 Follower Challenge!!

Happy Thursday, everyone!! I hope you are having a fabulous week!! The weekend is almost here...yay!! I have a card today to enter into my dear blend Jessica of Jessica's Craft Shaque's 400 Follower Challenge!! She has a couple of different ways to win some amazing prizes!! One is to create a project inspired by one of her projects. This is so not easy!! I chose a project of hers to recreate for the Blends Join Hands Blog Hop in January (see the post HERE) and it took me forever to pick which one to copy...she has so many amazing projects!! For this Challenge, I narrowed it down to three and then decided on one because it would let me use a set of K Andrew Designs stamps that I haven't used yet (gasp!!) :)

Here is my recreated project:

And here is Jessica's gorgeous card that I hope I did justice:

You can see Jessica's original post HERE!!

For my card, I started with a Spellbinders Grand Nestabilities Scalloped Rectangles base. I adhered a Grand Nestabilities Rectangle on top, embossed with a 5x7 Cuttlebug Embossing Folder that I have no idea what the name is...I've said this before, but why, why don't they print the names on there?? The red background is a Spellbinders Nestabilities Label 10, and I used Core'dinations Gemstones paper. The adorable coffee cup is from K Andrew Designs Coffee & Tea Time stamp set. I've actually never used this set yet...I'm not a coffee drinker so I never think to make coffee-themed cards. I used Kraft paper to wrap around it to look like a coffee cozy :) "Hot" is from Kristal's Coffee & Tea Tag-Along set.

The flowers are a mixture of Spellbinders dies, Flower Shoppe cuts and fabric flowers from my stash. "Love Ya a Latte" is from K Andrew Designs Coffee & Tea for You & Me stamp set.

I am just getting this in under Jessica's deadline. The challenge ends tomorrow so I hope you will join in on the fun!! Click HERE to go to Jessica's blog! There are some fabulous prizes up for grabs!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!! Don't forget to come back tomorrow for the monthly Getting Cricky Blog Hop!! Hope to see you there :)

Getting Cricky Design Team Post - Reach For The Stars!!

For my Decorate to Celebrate post, click HERE!!

Today is my Design Team day at Getting Cricky!! I am using the Of Mice & Lil' Men stamp set, and a fun new Spellbinders set, Mix'd Media Playtime!! Here's a sneak peak at my project:

Head on over to Getting Cricky to see the entire card!! And mark your calendars for Friday, May 18th for our monthly Getting Cricky Blog Hop!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Decorate to Celebrate #25 - All About DAD!!

Happy Wednesday, everyone!! I hope you are having a fabulous week!! It's time for another super-fun challenge at Decorate to Celebrate!! The theme this week is All About DAD!! We are asking you to create any project to be used as a party decoration (or party supply) for a PARTY FOR DAD!! Let's celebrate EVERYTHING WONDERFUL ABOUT BEING A FATHER with your table decorations, party banners, pennants, yard signs, cupcakes, party favors and more!! :)

For my Dad project, I created a tie banner and fun mustache decorations!! Okay, my Dad neither wears ties nor has a mustache, but I just loved these cuts :)

I know I use them alot, but I love making banners...they are such great decorations for all kinds of celebrations!! I found these ties on the Billionaire Lite cart, both the bow ties and regular ones. I  used paper from DCWV's Dots, Stripes & Plaids stack. The rosettes were made from 1" strips of paper, scored at the half inch mark. DAD was cut from Base Camp at 1".

The mustaches are also from the Billionaire Lite cart...I think when I originally purchased this cart, it was for the mustaches!! They are so cute!! I thought they would look so fun on projects :) "Happy" and "Father's" is from K Andrew Designs All About Family stamp set. "Day" is from K Andrew Designs Coffee & Tea for You & Me stamp set. Click HERE to purchase your own sets!!

Now it's your turn!! Head on over to Decorate to Celebrate to see the amazing projects my talented Design Team sisters have created, and then link up your All About DAD project!! I can't wait to see what you create :)

Friend Card and New Stamp Sneak Peeks!!

Happy Monday, everyone!! I hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day!! I was at a resort the last few days and couldn't get an internet connection (gasp!!) I didn't plan ahead and have posts ready to go, thinking I could just write them up when I got there. This may be the longest I've gone since I started my blog in not posting. I was having serious withdrawal :(

I have a card to share with you today that I made for a dear friend who is always the first to offer enthusiastic encouragement, genuine kindness and unwavering support. I wanted to let her know how much her friendship means to me :)

The papers are from Bo Bunny's Garden Girl stack. Aren't they beautiful?? All of the gems are from The Paper Studio, the organza ribbon is from Michaels and the button and fiber from my stash.

The base of the card is a Spellbinders Grand Scalloped Square, with a Grand Square on top. I used a Long Classic Scalloped Rectangle for the next layer, and then I layered Edgeabilites Ric Rac along the bottom, alternating purple and green.

The base of the tag is a Nestabilities Label 20, and I hooked Parisian Accents dies over the top and bottom. The tag is a Fancy Tag One and I used a coordinating stamp from Stamping Scrapping for the border. "Friend" is from K Andrew Designs Winter Wishes stamp set:

Have you seen the newest K Andrew Designs stamps, available for preorder??!!

The first one is Guy Talk for the guys in our life!! Father's Day is right around the corner, and this set is full of great Mix and Match sentiments to create endless fun and cool sayings for that great guy in your life (hubby, boyfriend, dad, son, friend, uncle, etc). This is a larger set...aren't the sentiments awesome??!!

And next is Southern Sayings!! I love the sentiments on this one, and I'm not even Southern :) This is also Mix and Match so the sayings can be used for endless sentiments. It is also a larger set.

And TODAY is the LAST DAY to get FREE shipping on these preorders if you order them and any other sets with it. As long as you order ONE Of these new preorders, your entire order ships free when they arrive. They will be here no later than the 24th of May with an expected ship date to you of the 26th!! Use code: newship at www.kandrewdesigns.com

Thanks so much for stopping by today!! I just realized I passed the 900 follower mark so I think it's time for a giveaway, don't you??!! Stay tuned for details :)