Design Team Thursday #6 ~ Joy's Life

Happy Thursday!

Today is the 6nd Thursday of Joy's Life.com's, Design Team Thursday!

This is the card I made.

I made this card to match a banner that I made a couple weeks ago. You can see it here.

The scallop circle was cut from the Sugar and Spice cart and the cherries were cut from the Paisley cart.  The paper is from my scrap box and I found the ribbon in my stash.

The sentiment is from Joyslife.com's All Around Sentiment Stamps set!

Have you seen the new stamp set that Joy just released!?!

Super cute, no? You can get yourself a set here.

Tomorrow there is a new "Let's Face it Friday" Challenge on the Peachy Keen Challenge blog. I can't wait to show you my card!

Did you know that Alex and I are giving away a set of My Pink Stamper stamps? Click here to leave a comment to be entered to win!


Thanks for stopping by today! See you tomorrow!

Rolled Flower Tutorial!

So after last nights mini disaster on our PP&P Ustream, Alex and I decided that we would make another video demoing how to make the rolled flowers.

These super cute and easy flowers can be found on Shelly's blog. She offers the cut file for purchase for a $1.00. You will need to have either, Make-the-Cut or Sure Cuts A Lot to cut them out. Well worth the $1.00 investment! Thanks to Shelly for coming up with the awesome svg file.

Here are a few pictures of the finished flowers.

Here is the video that we made showing how to make make them.

Don't forget we still have a giveaway going on for a set of Robyn's 

My Pink Stamper Stamps CLICK HERE.

 

Thanks for watching! See you tomorrow!

**Giveaway Closed** Popcorn, Pj's, and Projects Ustream Recap!

Happy Wednesday!

Whew! Alex and I had so much fun last night at our Popcorn, PJ's and Projects Ustream! Thanks so much for everyone that attended! We ended up broadcasting for an hour longer then we had planned, a total of 4 hours, so thanks to everyone to hung out with us for that extra hour! If you missed it, you are in luck because we recorded it! Here's the link. :)

As we promised, below are pictures (in order) of all the projects that we made and all the sponsor links and blog info.

First up was Alex's decorative votive holder.

Pretty no?

Alex designed this votive candle holder using PSA Essential products! If you are interested in purchasing PSA they have an exclusive offer for our viewers! Isn't that AWESOME!  Go to...2 PREPPY GIRLS.com and received 10% OFF all PSA Essential Products. Just enter the code: CRAFTERS at checkout. The offer expires midnight 2/28.

Next up was the rolled roses...

I found the cut file for these super cute and easy flowers on Shelly's blog. She offers the cut file for purchase for a $1.00. You will need to have either, Make-the-Cut or Sure Cuts A Lot to cut them out. 

We had some technical difficulties, getting the roses together, during the Ustream. They are super easy to make... once you make a few of them. Alex and I are planning to make another quick video showing how to make them. We will have it posted by the end of the day.

Next up were these super cute favor boxes... 

 

Unfortunately, I cannot claim this super cute project as my own idea. I found it on Tamara's super cute blog.

She  has a tutorial showing how to make them and she even gives you the cut file, of the box, for free! WooHoo! Makes the box that much cuter huh?

This one is for St. Patrick's Day!

I put 2 small "fun" sized candy bars in each box. I also used Peachy Keen stamps for the bunny and leprechaun's faces. I used the PK-450 Wide Eyed Kids Face Assortment 

for the bunny's face and the PK-470 Happy New Year Face Assortment for the leprechaun's face. Both the bunny and the leprechaun were cut from the Simply Charmed cart at 4".

Thanks so much to Kathy and Angelica at Peachy Keen Stamps for sponsoring us and donating two assortment sets! Love you girls! :)

Next up was Alex's "Transformer" Stationary box...

 It opens up to this!

Can you believe it? I know! So cool right?

This Terrific Stationary Box, which Alex dubbed  "the transformer stationary box"  was originally designed by Jackie Topa @ Split Coasters Stampers. It looks complicated by it really isn't.  I just had to share it with you! My version came together in about 30 minutes, however I was LAUGHING so hard at the chatters on the Ustream, it took a little longer. You might want to check out her awesome and super detailed tutorial and video!

Check it out HERE!

Last but certainty not least... I made my super fantastic co-host a gift...

It's a personalized etched casserole dish. I purchased the dish at Wal-mart for $7 and used some vinyl, my Gypsy, Cricut, and some etching cream. I put her last name on one side and chickens on the other! It came out so cute and Alex loves it. Well... at least that is what she said. :)

I want to thank Super Joy at joyslife.com for sponsoring us and donating a Vinylology DVD! 

Cricut* Vinylology DVD

In this 2 Disc DVD, you’ll enjoy over 3 hours of projects and instruction about using vinyl with your Cricut. I’ll teach you techniques for glass etching on flat and curved surfaces, reusing vinyl, layering vinyl, adding vinyl to your walls, windows, cars, t-shirts and more! We’ll use vinyl to create unique magnets, tiles, frosted glass block, monogrammed glasses, reusable designs, chalkboards and even more. You’ll also learn about different kinds of vinyl, transfer tape and how to use both wet and dry vinyl application. 15 different Cricut cartridges are used to create a variety of projects that are designed to teach you techniques that you can use to create these projects and more!

  Thanks again Super Joy! :)

Oops, as I said,  we were having so much FUN that we ran out of time and forgot to do our last GIVEAWAY, so lucky you...Alex and I decided to give it away on our blogs TODAY !....

It's a set of More Punny-licious Stamps! 

How do you enter, you ask? 

Simple...

1. Leave a comment

2. Become a follower, if not already

3. For a 2nd chance to win, leave a comment at my Ustream buddies' blog Alex

We will choose a winner Friday or Saturday :)

**please note, due to shipping we can only accept USA and Canada entries.

Once again, a HUGE THANK YOU to all that took time out of your lives to spend a few hours with us! Also a special shout out and Thank you to Raven and Theresa our fabulous moderators.

I hope you have a wonderful day! See you tomorrow!

Tacky Tuesday's Challenege #3

Happy Tuesday!

I am so excited because today is Tacky Tuesday's Challenge #3!

First off, I wanted to announce the winner of challenge #2. We had 40 super cute and very creative entries this time! Thank you to everyone that played along with us! I used random.org to choose the winner...... and the winner is.... Kimberly Miller Jensen! Congrats Kimberly!  

Remember that we changed the rules a bit. If you do not have the cart that we pick, you can still play along as long as you use a similar cut, but you will still need to do a play on words somewhere on the front of your card.

This weeks challenge we are using the Chick from the Simply Charmed cart (Page 35), you will also need to use the word "chick" somewhere in the sentiment on you card/layout.

 This is Janie's Card! 

This is Raven's card!

 We have a guest designer this week! This is Alex's card!

 This is the Queen's card! Hop on over to her blog for more info and photos!

This is my seriously tacky card... in more ways then one.

The winner of this challenge will receive a set of PK-451 Wide Eyed Kids 1 1/8".

Make sure that you post your card to our Facebook group, Tacky Tuesday's, before March 1st, 2011.

Also... don't forget that tonight is the...

Popcorn, PJ's, and Projects Ustream!

 We are going to have soooo much fun! I hope you will join us!

Here is the link to the Ustream page: 

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/you-had-me-at-craft

All the fun starts tonight at 6:00pm (pst), 7:00pm (mst), 8:00pm (cst), and 9:00pm (est).


Hope to see you there!

Have a wonderful day!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day!

I hope you had a great weekend. I spent most of my weekend doing yard work in my front and back yards. It was a TON of work but both yards look so much better. I should have taken before and after photos, but I was to embarrassed to let anyone see how bad I had let them get.  It feels really good to have both yards back in shape. Next weekend will be the side yard/carport area's turn.

I was able to spend a little time last night working on projects for tomorrow night's Ustream. Have you heard about the Ustream that Alex and I are hosting tomorrow night? We have some really fun things planned and some really cool prizes to giveaway! It's going to be so much fun, I can't wait! I hope that you will be able to join us. :)

I will admit that I am a little sad that this will be my last Valentine's Day card until next year. I have had a lot of fun the last couple weeks making Valentine's cards.

  This one came, together fairly quickly. I just mimicked the love bird paper. Every once in awhile it's fun to take a design from your favorite paper and mimic it. I think that this love bird paper is one of my favorites this year.

The paper is Doodlebug Designs and Coredniations. The ribbon was purchased at Michael's.

The birds were cut from the Songbird cart and the heart is from Create a Critter.

Tomorrow there will be a new Tacky Tuesday challenge! I can't wait to show you the design team's cards, they are so cute! There is also have a special guest designer this week.  This weeks challenge prize is a set of PK-451 Wide Eyed Kids 1 1/8" stamps. I hope that you play along with us!

Also... don't forget that tomorrow night is the...

Popcorn, PJ's, and Projects Ustream!

 We are going to have soooo much fun! I hope you will join us!

Here is the link to the Ustream page:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/you-had-me-at-craft

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you have a wonderful Valentine's day! See you back here tomorrow!

Popcorn, PJ's & Projects Ustream With Ruthie & Alex!

Don't forget to mark your calendars!

I hope that you will join Alex and I as we share some FUN and EASY paper crafting tutorials, LIVE all evening !!! Pop IN and OUT at your leisure AND you never know... there might be some fun GIVE AWAYS too !... wink, wink :)

I can't wait to tell you MORE of what we have planned! So stay tuned ! We are so EXCITED that we just might explode! :)

You can RSVP here!

I hope you are having a wonderful weekend! I worked, doing  yard work, in my back yard all day yesterday and I am getting ready to start on the front yard! I am hoping to get everything finished today. Wish me luck! :)

See you back here tomorrow!

Design Team Thursday #5 ~ Joy's Life

Happy Thursday!

Today is the 5nd Thursday of Joy's Life.com's, Design Team Thursday!

This is the card I made.

I made another card with the Lacey Labels cart, I just can't help myself! The shark was cut from the "Life's a Beach" cart.

The twine is from The Twinery. Have you seen their three new colors!?! I can't wait to get mine in the mail.

The sentiment's are from Joyslife.com's Father and Son Stamps and Mother and Daughter Stamps sets!

Have you seen the new stamp set that Joy just released!?!

Super cute, no? You can get yourself a set here.

Have you heard about the Popcorn, Pj's and Projects Ustream?

I hope that you will join us as we share some FUN and EASY paper crafting tutorials, LIVE all evening !!! Pop IN and OUT at your leisure AND you never know... there might be some fun GIVE AWAYS too !... wink, wink :)

I can't wait to tell you MORE of what we have planned! So stay tuned ! We are so EXCITED that we just might explode! :)

You can RSVP here!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a wonderful day!

What's in your purse?

Happy Tuesday!

I thought that I would do something a little different today.

I have been following Kristine's blog for a year or so now and at the beginning of the year she started "My A List Life" on her blog. I have never been much of a journaler, but I am obsessed with making lists. I make lists all day long... for everything. So when I first saw her post for "My A List Life", I knew that I was in. :)

I thought it would be fun to share my week 3 list. 

This week the “List it” download is: “List every item in your purse” . . . that’s right EVERY item . . .no cheating.  I think random things like this can be kind of fun.  It is a unique way to really get to know someone.  It’s one of those things that would have been kind of fun to read about the items my grandma kept in her purse.  

So here it goes:

1 Subject College Ruled Notebook (full of notes) :)

Cards Magazine, Feb. 2011

Cricut Magazine, Feb/Mar 2011

Crafts 'n things  Magazine, April 2011

Sunglasses

Wallet

iPhone

Cell Phone #2

2- large envelopes, blog candy, that I need to take to the post office and mail.

Gypsy

Mini Maglite Flashlight

Halls Sore Throat Drops

Advil

3 Tampons

3 pens

Business card holder & cards

2 mini rolls of Offray ribbon

Aquaphor

Lip gloss

Blistex

Post-it notes in the shape of a heart

Post-it tabs (white and pink)

Keys 

Loose change

So... I have two questions.

1. What does that say about me? 

2. What's in our purse right now?

I have a couple winners to announce.

The winner of last months Tacky Tuesday's Challenge is Kimberly of Kimberly's Craft Spot! Here is her super cute card.

Kimberly wins the 1 1/8" Princess Faces set from Peachy Keen Stamps.

Everyone created such cute cards! Thanks to everyone who played along! The new challenge will be up next Thursday, Feb 15th.

The next winner is from the "Love at First Sight" blog hop.

...and the winner is...

Emily

Emily  2 days ago

What a cute banner. I think I am going to try making one for Easter. We always have a big family gathering at our house and it would be fun to have a banner for decoration. Thanks for sharing and the chance to win the set of Peachy Keen stamps. I have been a follower for awhile now. 

Congrats Emily!

(I have sent you an email.)

Thanks so much to everyone who took the time to "hop" along with us! It was such a fun hop! I also want to say welcome to all my new followers and thank you to everyone who left a comment. :)

Also...

Dont' forget to mark your calendars!

I hope that you will join Alex and I as we share some FUN and EASY paper crafting tutorials, LIVE all evening !!! Pop IN and OUT at your leisure AND you never know... there might be some fun GIVE AWAYS too !... wink, wink :)

I can't wait to tell you MORE of what we have planned! So stay tuned ! We are so EXCITED that we just might explode! :)

You can RSVP here!

See you back here tomorrow!

I hope you have a great day!

Hogs and Kisses!

Happy Monday!

Did you have a good weekend? I spent Saturday with my BFF, Caroline. Every year her hubby and his dad go skiing for a week in Tahoe. He left Saturday morning and so we decided to have a "girls" day. We drove to Temecula, CA and went shopping and then had lunch at a yummy restaurant in their quaint "Old Town". It was a beautiful day and we ate out on the patio and had lots of fun talking and spending time together. Then yesterday afternoon I spent some time with Theresa, working on projects for this week on my blog and for my up coming Ustream with Alex.

Have you heard about the Ustream that Alex and I are having?

I hope that you will join us as we share some FUN and EASY paper crafting tutorials, LIVE all evening !!! Pop IN and OUT at your leisure AND you never know... there might be some fun GIVE AWAYS too !... wink, wink :)

I can't wait to tell you MORE of what we have planned! So stay tuned ! We are so EXCITED that we just might explode! :)

You can RSVP here!

So lets  get on to today's card shall we?

You can't tell from the photo, but the pigs/hogs are on wobbles. The card was made by welding together two labels from the Lacy Labels cart. The pigs and heart were cut from the Just Because cart.

The inside of the card says, "Hogs and Kisses!"

The papers are Coordinations and K and Co. The twine is from The Twinery.

OINK OINK!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! If you have time, leave a comment here, for a chance to win a set of Peachy Keen Stamps. I will be to be picking a winner via random.org, tonight, and will announce the winner in the morning! 

I hope you have a wonderful day!