More Than Favors Wacky Wednesday-Gift Cards Holders.

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Hello Crafty Friends,

Today at More than Favors, its Wacky Wednesday time. And this time it's Megan and I's time to design. This week the challenge is Gift Card Holders. Megan did a wonderful job on this challenge, and I am in awe over her creation. She really outdid herself with her Altoid Gift Card Holder.

I have never made a gift card holder before, So I went over to Momo's blog and scraplifted her idea for gift card holders. You can find her video HERE. Thank You Momo, for the wonderful tutorial.

Here is my take on a gift card holder:

Scrappy Mom's Stamp from "Simple Sentiments"

You can find all there current stamp sets by clicking HERE.

Ribbon is from Michaels

Pattern Paper-K&Company Valentines Day Stack

Martha Stewart Border Punch

Recollections Brad and Paper flower

Prima Flower

Imagine Tag from Better Together Imagine Cartridge

and Recollections Cardstock

1inch circle punch (that I might add broke) Darn Marvey

And Recollections Black Pearls

Yep, Im gonna throw in a Homemade gift card for my sweetie ;)

So Head on over to Paula's at http://morethanfavors.blogspot.com/ and Play with us!

Happy Crafting Friends,

Handmade Cards Contest At ProvoCraft

Hello My Crafty Friends,

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This week on the Cricut Official facebook page and the Cricut Circle Blog, ProvoCraft is having a Handmade card contest in honor of the new Yudu Cardmaker. Now this is not a machine I am going to run and buy. I do however find the machine very interesting and would not mind experimenting with it.  I made a card following there request:

Create a card using at least one Anna Griffin product (paper, stamps stickers etc.) and one or more of the following Cricut cartridges; Don Juan, Winter Lace (...seasonal) and Wall Décor & More (these are the cartridges to be featured on HSN, Jan 20).

Watch HSN on January 20 to see the newest creative tool from Provo Craft (you’ll love it). Two winners will be announced, after each Provo Craft segment, on the Official Cricut Facebook page

Winners will receive the NEW Provo Craft creative tool as well as the NEW Anna Griffin product.

 If you look close, you may see the winners’ cards on the show (wink).

I entered the contest!!!!!

For my card I used Cricut cartridge "Wall Decor & More" and paper from the Anna Griffin "Isabelle Collection" stack.

Inking around the edges of the mushroom, I-Rock Gemz, and a simple but darling sentiment from Scrappy Moms Stamps "Everyday Greetings" stamp set.

I will be watching HSN that day as Im sure many of us will. Good luck to all the entered, and maybe, just maybe, I'll be chosen, And Scrappy Mom's Stamps will make its First T.V. Debut!!! Keep your eyes peeled on the display while Jinger tells us all why we need this cardmaker :)

Happy Crafting my Friends,

Cartridge Chaos #2, and A SNEAK!!!!

 Hello All my Craftastic Friends,

Well today is Monday and that means its time for another Cricut Cartridge Chaos Challenge.

I saw alot of adorable projects that were done for last weeks challenge using Graphically Speaking. I want to thank each and every single one of you for joining our challenge. You Rock!

So we put up a poll where all of you could vote for this weeks cartridge to be used. And with 116 votes, Mini Monsters won the battle.

This week you can find the Mr.Linky, the winner from last week, and the Poll for next weeks cartridge over at my friend Paulas. You can go to her blog by clicking HERE!

Now for my project, I wanted to make my Mini Monster a LUV Monster. I instantly want to say Care Bear Stare, when I look at her, but shes far from a Care Bear. For my card base I used Birthday Bash (love the card features on this one).The monster is of course from Mini Monster, Martha Stewart Bakers Twine that Paula sent me for Christmas. Kraft Cardstock, K&Company pattern paper from there Valentines stack, and the cute little heart in the middle of her belly is a Imagine stock image. Sentiment is from Scrappy Moms Stamps "The Charmed Life". You can see a complete list of all there current stamps by clicking HERE!

Now if your coming here from PINK CRICUT to see these cards I made, YAY you found them. Sarah pretty much said everything I have to say now. I went to Michaels to get some 12x12 Kraft paper, and of course they always stick all the Cricut Cartridges right by the door so I can drool.  I saw that they had a Sesame Street Cartridge for 9.99, So I grabbed that up in hurry. When I looked below in the basket, low in behold what did my eyes see? But 3 Cartridges that I knew were not supposed to be out yet. Or maybe they are, who knows? But ProvoCraft please don't hate me If I spoil your release. Yes they had Florals Embellished, All Sports, and Formal Occasion. I originally had all three in my hands, but Sarah actually said NO that she didnt All Sports yet. And that cartridge really isnt my cup of tea yet. I think she would have but it was 44.00 and who really wants to pay that price. But I sure did LOL. I had to have those 2 glorious cartridges in my hot sweaty hands :) They also had A Groovy Times cartridge in the bin but I just won one of those off ebay so I shrugged my shoulders and went about my shopping. I want to let you know, I could not use these on my Imagine or Gypsy. Nor could I enter in the rewards points. When I checked out I asked about the 9.99 cartridges. The lady (asst mngr) told me that they will be putting out various cartridges all week for that price to give everyone a fair shot. She said all Michaels are supposed to do so. So if you didn't get any yet, looks like you still may have a chance. And you may have a chance to find the other cartridges as well! Score if you do. Or maybe you will wait, which in all honesty is what I should have done :)

I wanted to post 2 cards today made with each of the cartridges. The Floral cartridge has alot, and mostly Mothers Day phrases inside so Im thinking its meant for Mothers Day. And of course the Formal Occasion is perfect for anyone who has kids. Its all about dances, Sadie Hawkins, Prom, Winter Court, and so on.  So without further ado, Here are two quick cards made with the cartridges.

Floral Embellished

Pink By Design "Jump n Jive" Stamp set.

And Formal Occasion.

Pink By Design "Oh Boy" Stamp set. 

Happy Crafting Friends

Cricut Cardz Challenge #57

Hi Crafty Friends,

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 The Challenge this week over at Cricut Cardz Challenge is to make a card using any cartridge, but using the colors red, black, and white only.

So for my card I used Celebrate with Flourish. Some stitching, bling, and a darling sentiment from Scrappy Moms Stamps " Sweet Somethings". I wanted to give it an envolope feel.  So head on over to Cricut Cardz Challenge and play with us! Happy Crafting!

First Terrific Tuesday with Scrappy Moms Challenge

Welcome Crafty Friends,

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1st Ever Terrific Tuesday Challenge - Birthday Bash!

Welcome to out very 1st Terrific Tuesday Challenge! Scrappy Moms Stamps will be having 2 Cricut Cartridge based challenges a month - on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays. You will have until the following Monday to submit your entry.
All submitions will be entered into a monthly prize drawing - January's drawing will be for Scrappy Moms soon-to-be released Valentine's stamp set, Love Notes! It's so new they can't even show you a picture yet - it's still in spec at the manufacturer!

 This week's cartridge it Birthday Bash. If you don't have Birthday Bash you can use a similar cut from a different cartridge. We want everyone to play along and, hopefully, have a blast! To Enter into this challenge Please click HERE

This is such a wonderful challenge that Scrappy Moms is putting on! And Im really excited to see all the entries. Please play along with us and most importantly HAVE FUN!!

Now onto my card:

For my card I used the card base image found on page 33 of the Birthday Bash Cartridge.

The celebrate phrase is also found on page 33. Now there is a shadow feature for this phrase however it has the anteater above it. I just clipped him off.

The darling little squirell is found on page 61 of the booklet. And instead of him holding the number 1 like the booklet shows I just cut the number 2 from page 62. My son will be turning 2, Jan 29th. So this will be his birthday card.

Kraft Cardstock from Michaels, and all pattern paper is from My Minds Eye "Alpahbet Soup".

Colored cardstock and ribbon is from Michaels.

Stitching all over this card really made it pop. I call this the "NIKKI" effect. After glancing at my picture I realised that I missed the stitching between the e and the l. I quickly ran over and fixed my card :)

The Sentiment is from Scrappy Moms Simple Sentiments.

I look forward to seeing all the entries into this challenge. Thank You Melanie and Tammy for putting on such a great challenge.

Welcome to the First Cartridge Chaos Challenge!

My friend Paula at More Than Favors and I are going to host a series of challenges called Cartridge Chaos! The Challenge is to use the cartridges that we already own and have in common! This Challenge will be posted on Mondays. You will have a whole week to enter the challenge (thru Sunday) and 4 days (thru Thursday) to vote for the next Cartridge you want us to use. Only one of the blogs will have a Mr. Linky & a Live Poll. I hope you will join us! The very First one is on Monday January 10th! Our First Cartridge will be.... Graphically Speaking! Our Great friend Momo from Made by Momo, picked our cartridge for the very first challenge.

We will have a Winner each week and that winner will then have an entry into the Grand Prize at the end of the month! Naturally the Prize will be a CRICUT CARTRIDGE! We will be alternating weeks for the poll and Mr. Linky. So next week the challenge will be on Paula's Blog. But we will both have projects for the Challenge.

The Poll will always be located on the upper right hand corner Be Sure to vote for Next Week's Cartridge! We used Random.org to select the 5 cartridges on the Poll.

Here is my Project:

The frame, heart, steam, and cup were all made with Graphically Speaking. I added some Recollections heart brads on the corners. Along with some stitching and some flourish (I wish I hadnt lol) in the corners. Sentiment is from Scrappy Moms Stamps " Sweet Somethings ".
I hope you will Join us!

Here are the rules:
1. You must be a follower
2. You must link it to Mr. Linky (if you have a problem feel free to email me I will help you link it)
3. If you don't have a Blog just email me your project at twoscraptasticgals@gmail.com and I will link it for you
4. Leave a Comment
5. Deadline for this Challenge is 11:59pm PST Monday January 16th (giving the West Coast a chance to get there entries in as well)
6. If you do not have the challenge cartridge, you may make something with a similar cartridge.
7. Most importantly HAVE FUN!!!

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Don't Forget Tomorrow is the First Cartridge Chaos Challenge!

My friend Paula at More than Favors and I are going to host a series of challenges called Cartridge Chaos! The Challenge is to use the cartridges that we already own and have in common! This Challenge will be posted on Mondays. You will have a whole week to enter the challenge (thru Sunday) and 4 days (thru Thursday) to vote for the next Cartridge you want us to use. Only one of the blogs will have a Mr. Linky & a Live Poll. I hope you will join us! The very First one is on Monday January 10th! Our First Cartridge will be.... Graphically Speaking!

I hope you will Join us!
Here is our List of cartridges!

1.Accent Essentials

2.Alphalicious

3.Birthday Cakes

4.Blackletter

5.Calligraphy Collection

6.Christmas

7.Country Life

8.Create A Critter

9.Cuttin' Up

10.Designer's Calendar

11.Disney- Tinker Bell and Friends

12.Don Juan

13.Doodlecharms

14.Forever Young

15.French Manor

16.From my Kitchen

17.George and Basic Shapes

18.Graphically Speaking

19.Gypsy Font

20.Gypsy Wanderings

21.Home Décor

22.Indie Art

23.Life is a Beach

24.Live Simply

25.Love Struck 2010

26.Mini Monsters

27.Mother's Day 2010

28.New Arrival

29.Nifty Fifties

30.Opposites Attract

31.Pagoda

32.Paisley

33.Paper Doll Dress Up

34.Plantin SchoolBook

35.Printing Press

36.Rock Princess

37.Shall We Dance

38.Smiley Cards

39.Songbird

40.StoryBook

41.Stretch your Imagination

42.Tags, Bags, Boxes & More

43.Wild Card

44.Winter Woodland

45.Wrap it Up

As we use the Cartridges we they will bold and link our projects to the List.

We will have a Winner each week that winner will then have an entry into the Grand Prize at the end of the month! Naturally the Prize will be a CRICUT CARTRIDGE!