Crafty Sprouts-DT Friday

Hello my crafty friends! I hope you have all had a wonderful week! We had some rain this week and it has been gloomy! Loving it!! I can't tell you how much I love the cold, rainy weather. Anyways, here is my card for Crafty Sprouts.  The current challenge is a color challenge: red, black, and green.  You still have time to make something and enter for a chance to win!!

The embossing folder is from CuttleBug-MiniMonsters

Ribbon: ReallyReasonableRibbon

Sentiment: Crafty Sprouts-Monster Kisses

Monster image: GoDigitalScrapbooking

Challenges: ReallyReasonableRibbon-Halloween

I hope I have inspired you all to make something and head on over to Erika and enter your project!

Plus don't forget to visit all of my DT Sisters and leave them some love!!

Have a great weekend everyone.

From the Xander Zone Blog Hop & Auction

Welcome to the Xander Zone!!  You are in for quite a trip through todays Blog Hop and Auction.  Our dear friend Betty Roberts, owner of Simply Betty Stamps has just found out this week that her 17 year old son Christian has Stage 1 Throat Cancer.  He will be having surgery next week and many months of Therapy to follow.  (To read more from  Betty on what’s going on please go HERE)

Betty’s DT and the Crafty Sprouts DT along with a few friends have come together today for the From the Xander Zone Blog Hop and Auction!  If you are stumbling into this hop please head to Crafty Sprouts to catch the beginning of the hop!

If you hopped here from the brilliant and sweet Nicole, then you are at the right place!

As you hop along today you will see cards created with Xander, the first in a new series to be released called “From the Xander Zone”.  He is available with a donation to Betty’s family.  Christian will be undergoing Surgery next week to remove his tonsils and then the thrice weekly Therapy will begin on the tumor.  His therapy could last for many months.

                                                                

There is also  a contest running through October 16^th and Christian will pick a random winner who will receive the whole collection!  The details on the contest are at the SBS blog.

As you hop today you will also see many cards and projects up for Auction.  In order to make a bid on an item leave a comment on that person’s blog with your offer AND your name and email address.  Please remember that it might not be you who gets the winning bid, so check back if you really want it! 

At the end of the Hop (Tuesday night October 11^th at 9pm EST the auction will come to a close.  Winners will be sent a paypal invoice and the Winners will be announced on the Simply Betty Stamps blog.  Please note that we are asking for timely payment, with 48 hours of the announcement on Tuesday morning or the runner up will be chosen.  This is for the simple fact that Betty’s family needs this money as quickly as possible for all of these unexpected and out-of-pocket needs.


Now here is the card that I made for Christian...

I used Simply Betty Stamp-Jack Skellington.

The sentiment is computer generated.

I will be mailing this card out to Christian hoping it brings a smile!!

If you would like to send him a card, you can mail to:

Christian Ford

P.O. Box 132314

Big Bear Lake, CA  92315

Your next stop is the sweet and talented Cheri from Graphicat Creations.

In case you get lost along the way, here’s the hop order!

Crafty Sprouts  

 Cyndi

Kristi 

Suzi 

 Zeni 

Wendy

 Rebecca

 Vicki

   Alison  

   Raven 

Jess 

  Lea   

Lelia 

  Sandra
Aeryn

 Nicole  

  Elsa 

  Cheri  

Carley  

 Linda

Pam
Susan

Simply Betty Stamps

I will be auctioning this cute lit Cricut Plushie and Cricut Charm!! Both are super, super cute and are looking for a home with tons of love to give.  Plus they come with a lot of "Creative Mojo" to help out any crafter!! lol

Starting bid at $10 please (remember this is for a great cause)!!! Make sure to keep checking that you remain the top bidder!!  (No international bidders please. Sorry). Thank you everyone in advance!!

Crafty Sprouts-Color Combo Challenge

Good morning my crafty friends!! Thank you for joining us at Crafty Sprouts for another fun challenge!
This week, Erika is asking you to make something using the color combo of Red, Green, and Black. That's it!!  Easy peasy!!! Here's mine....

Isn't this the cutest stamp by Simply Betty!?!?  I just love her!! 

I cut out my card using my SpellBinders die.

All the flowers are by Prima.  

The super cute sentiment is by Crafty Sprouts-Totally Witchin' stamp set.

Make sure you join us for this super fun challenge.  Signs by Design is sponsoring this challenge and the winner will be receiving 25 colors of vinyl!! WootWoot!! Can't get any better than that!!

Also, please go on over and visit Crafty Sprouts and my DT sisters to check out there super cute projects using Simply Betty Stamps and for more ideas and inspiration.

Good luck everyone!!

Challenges:

Paper Playtime-Halloween

Happy Harvest

Hey everyone. I hope your week has started off to a great start.  I have a card that I made this morning for a few challenges.  I was really excited because I finally got the chance to use Simply Scarecrows Cricut Cart.  I've had it since it released, and had been so busy with Halloween, that when I finally got to it today I remembered how cute it was.  Anyways, here it is...

The background paper is from a new release by DCWV called Collage Musings Stack.

The leaf I cut out using Gypsy Wanderings.

The cute scarecrow, corn stalk, and crows are from Simply Scarecrows.

The "Happy Harvest" sentiment is from PKS-Faceless Fall Fun.

I heat embossed it using Versamark and Stampendous-Red Dragon embossing powder. 

Here is a picture so you can see how I used the leaf as a window to show the sentiment. 

Hope you all liked it!!

Challenges:

Cricut Circle Monthly Challenge-Window Dressing

Cooking with Cricut-Colors of Autumn

Fantabulous Cricut-Leaves

More than Favors-Fall

My Craft Spot-Ribbon

DYSU-Duo

Celebrate the Occasion-Any occasion, must use ribbon

Click HERE for my Blog Candy Giveaway!!

Thanks for coming by!!

Too Cute to be Scary

Hello to all of my crafty friends.  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!  I wanted to share a card I made  this morning.  I love Halloween. It has to be my favorite Holiday.  So I really enjoy making Halloween cards. I decided to make this a suspension card.  The circle with the stamps spins so you get two sentiments.

The cute lit' guy is from Mini Monsters.

The Super cute stamp is from Crafty Sprouts-Monster Kisses.

The bats were cut with Happy Hauntings.

This stamp is also from Crafty Sprouts.

Here is a picture of how the sentiment spins.

Hope you like it!!

Challenges:

Cricut Circle-Interactive card

Cricut Cardz- Halloween

Paper Playtime-Halloween

Scrappy Moms-Mini Monsters

Click HERE for my Blog Candy Giveaway!!

Hope you all have a great week!!

Crafty Sprouts-DT Friday

Good morning everyone.  I wanted to share this cute Halloween card I made for Crafty Sprouts DT Friday.  Crafty Sprouts has a sketch challenge going on right now.  The challenge is being sponsored by The Greeting Farm Stamps.  So make sure you come by and enter your project for a chance to win!

The sentiment is from Crafty Sprouts-Totally Witchin set.  Isn't it just adorable??

This cute digi is from our friends at the Greeting Farm.

Here is the stamp set so you can check it out...

You have until 9/30 to enter the sketch challenge.  I can't wait to see what you all make!!

Make sure to go by Crafty Sprouts and my DT sisters to leave them some love and check out their cute projects!!

Crafty Sprouts' Stamp Release and Blog Hop!!

Happy Friday Crafty Friends!!
So excited you have joined us today! You should have just hopped over from the sweet and talented Sandra at 365 Days of Cricut, if not you can start at the beginning by going over to Crafty Sprouts!  Wow, we have so much going on today!!!
First off,  a huge Congratz to Erika on the release of her new stamps!!! I absolutely love them and they are just the cutest stamps ever!!
Second, we have our Sketch Challenge that starts today as well.  This challenge is being sponsored by The Greeting Farm Stamps.  Make sure you check them out.  Here is the sketch and my card...

The patterned paper is from K&Company-Halloween.

Digi-The Greeting Farm Hallo Witch

Colored her with Copics

Stickles

Sizzix-Dots, Circles, Stars embossing folder

Totally cute stamp-Crafty Sprouts Totally Witchin Stamp Set

Fence-Martha Stewart Creepy Fence

Ok everyone, here are Crafty Sprouts New Stamps....

These are just perfect for the upcoming holidays.  Make sure you go on over and order your stamps today!!  Trust me, you are going to absolutely love them!!!

Giveaways:

Erika is giving one lucky winner all 3 sets of her new stamps!!! WootWoot!!

To enter, you need to hop on over to all the blogs from today and make sure you leave a comment!!!  The winner will be announced on Monday, Sept 19.

Here is the lineup:

Erika-Crafty Sprouts

Zeni-Scrappy Zeni

Jess-My Scrap Diary

Raven-Love 4 Stamps

Tanya-Scrappin' KY Momma

Sandra-365 Days of Cricut

Elsa-Cricut Lvr (You are here)

Kristi-Little Paper Sprinkles

Thanks everyone for coming by.  Thank you also for all of your sweet comments all week long.  Have a great weekend!!

Day 3 of Crafty Sprouts' Sneak Peeks

Hi Everyone! Thanks for joining us for Day 3 of Crafty Sprouts' Sneaky Peeks!! I hope you've had a chance to check out Day 1 and Day 2. Plus make sure you comment all of the Dt's posts to qualify for a chance to win one of these awesome stamp sets!!
So today, we are showing you the last set of Erika's new releases.  It is a Halloween themed stamp set called "Totally Witchin."  Halloween has to be one of my favorite holidays, so I don't have to tell you how excited I was to get this stamp set! I can't wait for you guys to see it because you are going to fall in love with it!!!!!  So let me show you my card....

This cute lit' digi is from JustInkLined.

Colored him with Copics.

Here is Erika's super cute stamp from her new set!

I absolutely love this!! So, so cute!!

Ok everyone, that is my sneaky peek for today.  Make sure you come back tomorrow for our blog hop, to see all 3 of her new stamp set, giveaways, and tons of fun!!!

Again, make sure you enter to win a stamp set by leaving a comment at Crafty Sprouts and all of my DT sisters posts as well from Tues, Wed, and Today.  2 lucky winners will be announced on Monday, 9/19.

I hope you like what you see so far. You will all be able to order Erika's new stamps starting tomorrow!!

Thank you all for all the sweet comments you have been leaving all week long.  I truly appreciate every single one!!!

Have a great day everyone!!

Day 2 of Crafty Sprouts' Sneak Peeks

Hello my crafty friends. Thank you so much for joining us for Day 2 of Crafty Sprouts' Sneaky Peeks! I hope you all had a chance to see Day 1 sneaky peeks and comment for a chance to win some yummy stamps!
Ok, so for today, we are showcasing Crafty Sprouts' new release called "Lets Go Blog Hopping."
How cool is that? We all have those special bloggy friends that we love so much and these stamps are absolutely perfect for making them a special card or gift!! Here is my card for you to see.....

I used Crafty Sprouts' "I heart your blog" stamp to make my own designer paper. Don't you just love it??

Then I used "So happy to have a blog buddy like you" for the tag.

Both of these stamps are included in this set and aren't they just perfect for all of our bloggy friends?!?

Make sure you join us this Friday 9/16 for the release of her new stamps.  You will be able to order on Friday by going here.  Plus, don't forget Friday is also our Crafty Sprouts' Blog Hop.  One winner will have a chance to win all 3 of her new stamp sets!!  WooHoo!!

Until then, you can enter to win  a stamp set by leaving a comment at Crafty Sprouts, here and all of her DT blogs this whole week (Tues,Wed,Thurs).  2 lucky winners will be chosen on Monday, 9/19.

I hope you have enjoyed all of our sneaky peeks so far.  Make sure you come back tomorrow for more.

Plus, don't forget to enter for a chance to win...

Just go here to enter.

Crafty Sprouts Stamps Sneak Peek

Hello Everyone! I am so excited to share Crafty Sprouts' new stamp release on Friday!! For now, we will be doing sneaky peeks all week with a Blog Hop on Friday so make sure you join us for that.  Crafty Sprouts is also having some giveaways, so make sure you all play along!!

Today we will be showcasing Erika's Christmas set which is called "Have a cool Yule."
Here is my card...

I absolutely love making Christmas cards.  So much fun and so many possibilities!!

This cute lit' digi is from Digital Delights by Louby Lou.  I colored him using PhotoShop and also added some clear Stickles to his hat for an extra sparkle.

Here is the super cute stamp from Erika's new set!! I love the font she used and the big chunky letters!!

So, so cute!!

You will be able to order these stamps starting Friday 9/16, by going here.

Giveaways:  2 winners will be randomly selected to win one stamp set.  To qualify, you must comment on all the DT blogs Tues, Wed, and Thurs. The winner will be announced on Monday, 9/19.

Thank you all for stopping by.  Please head on over to Crafty Sprouts to check out her projects using this new set and leave her some love as well as all of the DT!!

If you haven't entered my giveaway for a chance to win...

just click here to enter.