Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms out there! I hope you all have a wonderful day filled with love and happiness. I especially want to wish a very Happy Mother's Day to my wonderful mom. To quote Abe Lincoln: "All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother" :)

On a side note...you never know how much you love a reading list until it is gone, as mine has been for five days now. Apparently it is an issue with Blogger and I really hope they are working on it because I am so frustrated.

Happy day everyone!!

Grad Card and Blog Troubles

First of all, I have to apologize for not leaving any comments today...my reading list of blogs I'm following is completely gone. I've had this happen periodically before and I would just refresh and it would return. But it's been down for almost 24 hours now and I'm not sure what to do about it. It doesn't matter what computer I use or if I empty the cache and try again. It is so frustrating. I'm not even two months into blogging, so I don't know if this happens alot, or how to go about getting it back. I am going to have to do some online searching for answers. If anyone knows a solution, I would so appreciate it if you could please let me know.

I made a super-quick easel card today for a little girl who will graduate kindergarten in a few weeks. The background paper is from DCWV's All Dressed Up stack. I cut the fish bowl from animal cart twice: once in plastic and again in white Core Couture. I cut the water layer and then embossed it with the Sizzix swirls folder in my Cuttlebug. The fish is also from Animal Kingdom. I made the hat and threaded some twine for a tassel. You can't tell from this pic, but I used foam tape to attach the water to the back of the bowl and then adhered the clear plastic over the front so the fishie is behind the plastic and it looks like she is swimming in a bowl. The bubble ribbon is from Hobby Lobby. I used an EK Success punch for the base of the easel. Congrats was cut from Simply Sweet.

I am entering the card in Celebrate the Occasion Challenge #12 - Graduation

Hopefully I'll figure out this problem with my reading list and I'll be able to stop by and say hello soon. Have a great evening everyone :)

Cricut-tastic Award!

I want to sincerely thank Heather at Paper Crafters Anonymous for awarding me the Cricut-tastic Award! I am so honored and appreciative! Please stop by Heather's blog so you can see her amazingly beautiful work! The rules of this award are:

Your Blog has been deemed Cricut-tastic!

Wear this Badge proudly on your Blog 

share it with friends! Since Cricut is 5 years old and they 

have an E2 out share this award with 10 people

that you think have Cricut-tastic Blogs!

You also have to tell 5 Cricut Related things about yourself:

1. I started out with the Personal Cricut and I wore that little machine out :P

2. I had absolutely no idea what all I could do with a Cricut until I purchased the instructional DVD from Above Rubies Studio

3. I really want the E2 but I've only had my Expression since Christmas, so I couldn't justify spending the money

4. I save most of the left-over scraps when I cut an image and I have no idea why...don't know what I'll ever use them for!

5. I try to buy a new cart or two each month

I have a hard time narrowing who to send awards to when everyone is so deserving. The ten I have chosen for this award, in no particular order, are below. Please visit these blogs to see their Cricut awesomeness!

1.Sherrie @ Sherrie Scraps With Passion

2. Dina @ Crazy For Cricut

3. Beejay @ Sleepy Cat Crafts
4. Melanie @ In Love With A Bug

5. ScrappinC 

6. Shelly @ My Paper Love 

7. The Crafting Misfit 

8. Nati @ Nati's Little Scrap Blog

 9. Magaly @ MagalyCreates 

10. Cindy @ CardCrazeeMe53

Pagoda Birthday Card

Happy Tuesday, bloggers! I just can't find time to spend in my craft room lately :( I have so many projects I want to work on, but not enough hours in the day. I was able to craft for a bit today and I made this birthday card at 5 x 8 and added cardboard to the back to make it stand. The background paper is from K & Company's Que Sera Sera stack. I used core couture and DCWV for the other elements.

The bridge, flowers and paper lanterns are from Pagoda. I haven't used this cart in a while and I forgot what great images is contains. It is kinda hard to see in the pic, but I added foam behind the middle of the bridge to make it pop out so it is 3 dimensional. I added crystals to the bridge posts and center of the flowers. The sentiment reads "May Your Birthday Be Filled With Many Blessings."

I am entering the card in the following challenges:

1. Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog #58 : flower shower - a project with at least three flowers
2. Birthday Sundaes Challenge #7 - anything goes
3. Cricut Cartridge Chaos Challenge #16 - Pagoda
4. GAB Challenge #13 - any 3d project

Hopefully I'll have more projects to post soon. Thanks for looking and have a great evening :)