Prayers for Monique!

I just wanted to do a quick post about our fellow crafty blogger, Monique from Monique Griffith Designs. She was diagnosed with Invasive Breast Cancer this year and is undergoing a double mastectomy today. Please keep her in your prayers for a successful surgery and an easy recovery!

I DID IT!!! * Update

I bit the bullet and went and got a Gypsy! I was going to buy one from one of blogging buddies but felt guilt about spending the money. When I told my husband I wasn't going to do it he said that I deserved it and I just just go buy it. YAY!!

So now I have (hopefully) registered it and am waiting on THE email - the one that has my Cricut rewards - so I know for sure it went through. I checked on my Cricut.com account and it doesn't show up yet. If it's not there tomorrow I'm going to call PC and make sure it's registered. I want to make sure that I don't miss-out on the cartridge downloads on Nov 1st. Or maybe the second - I bet PC's servers crash A LOT on the 1st with all the people trying to complete the download! LOL

*** I wound up calling PC and for some reason I wasn't prompted to do the Gypsy Sync yesterday - so I WASN'T REGISTERED. Whew - I'm glad I called!! I got everything to work today and have run all the updates as well. Yay! ***

Anyhow, if any of you have great tips/secrets to share about using the Gypsy I'm all ears! :)

Big {{{ GYPSY HUGS }}}!
(Sorry, Emma- I had to use it just this once, LOL!)

New A Pinch and A Dash Sneak Peek!

Happy Friday!! Today a have a new SIMPLE sneak peek card for you - it seems to be one of the more "popular" sentiments on our new A Pinch and A Dash set . LOL

The yo-yo is from B is for Boy and cut at 3.5". I love Nicole's card with the wonky rectangle from George and Basic Shapes so much I decided to try one of the rectangles on my card -thanks for the inspiration Nicole! :) I used the DS to make it and it's shadow so I don't have an exact size but it's approximately 4" high by 3 1/8" wide.

I like that the yo-yo is an unusual cut to use with a kitchen themed stamp set - yet, somehow it just fits (at least to me - LOL)!

I hope you enjoyed my little card! Have a great day!

Winner from Funmare Blog Hop!!!

I just realized that I STILL haven't drawn a winner from the Funmare Before Christmas Blog Hop!!! I am sorry - it's been a crazy couple of weeks!

So here is the lucky winner...

Terry from iluvmybugs said...

These are just the cutest lollipop holders I've seen! TFS
~Terry~

Congratulations, Terry - I will email you for your address and choice of stamp sets. :)

I am working a new sneak peek card so check back later to see the final product. I hope you will like it!

Card Drive for Madison

A quick evening note - Trish from Techniques by Trish has started a card drive for a sweet little girl who has Leukemia, if you would like to send a card here is the link to the post with all the info...

Card drive for Madison

Thanks for reading - hope you have a wonderful night!

A Pinch and A Dash Sneek Peek - Relish the Day!

Happy Monday! I was finally able to finsh this card today - it has been a CRAZY week! :)


The hot dog is cut at 2.5" from Simply Charmed and I used Star Dust Stickles on the relish for a little pizzaz! The tag is from Once Upon a Princess (the fairy button) at 3" and I used my white paint pen to doodle. The sentiment is from our new Scrappy Moms Stamps set - A Pinch and A Dash.

I hope you enjoyed my card - you can see other great projects at...

Crafting with Cristina
Canadian Nickel Scrapn'
Makin Pretty Things
Two Scraptasitic Gals
Made by Momo
Bug Lover Cards
Liz's Paper Loft
Ink and Paper Creations
Techiques by Trish
Live, Love, and Scrap!

Thank you for joining me today - have a wonderful week!

Funmare Before Halloween Blog Hop!

Thank you for joining me from the Fang-tastic Meighen! I hope you enjoy the creepy little project I have for you...

I am making this ghostie lollipop holders for my girls' classes for Halloween. Unfortunately, I only had time to get ONE done for the hop - it's been a CRAZY week! LOL





I used the DS to weld the ghost shadow together to form the "wrapper" then cut the white ghost twice for the back and front. I used the Scrappy Moms Stamps A Haunting We will Go set for the sentiment. For the eyes I use Peachy Keen Everyday Character faces - I masked everything but the eyes. I used a carmel apple lollipop and trimmed down the wrapper on the corners so they wouldn't stick out.

For blog candy I am giving away a choice of one of our Scrappy Moms Stamps set. :) Just leave me a comment with a way to get a hold of you to enter. If you enjoyed your visit and don't already follow me, I'd love for you to join it. :)

Hope you enjoyed your visit - creep on to Nicole at Canadian Nickel Scrapn' for a frightfully good time!