Christmas in July

Hello my friends!  Can you believe we're half way through July?!  Where the heck has the summer gone (and yes, I totally say that every season)?  It has been so HOT, HOT, HOT here in Minnesota {shame on me for complaining considering in January I will be frozen through and through} that it's almost unbearable to spend a lot of time outdoors.

Needless to say, because of the heat and humidity we've spent a considerable amount of time indoors crafting away.  I just finished up scrapbooking a handful of pages for my dear friend (I'll post pictures if I get her OK) and completing my cards for the Christmas in July Card Swap with Scrappin With Cricut.  I really enjoyed both projects, although the latter of the two was much easier (more on that later). 

Anyway, if you want to join in on the swap registration is open until tomorrow!  You only need to make 3 cards (and you'll get 3 in return) and have them in the mail by July 20th.  Click HERE to join the fun.

I kept my cards pretty simple because, well not everyone is bling-y as myself :)  Plus, I love when I receive a card that is super cute but easy in case I want replicate it {in my own way of course}.  Take a looks-y at one of them below. 

Sorry the picture looks yellow, it was late! 

Each strip is a little sparkly and so pretty!

The "'Twas the night before Christmas" is a rub-on sticker and the strips are border stickers that I just lined up (I purchased both of these on close-out after last Christmas).  SO simple but SO cute.  I love this card (and I am totally in the mood for Christmas crafting now)!  

Thanks so much for stopping by, see ya soon!

Banner, Country-style

Hey everyone!  Here is the other banner that I cranked out for my nephew's birthday.  He is a sweet, little boy that loves (and I mean LOVES) tractors, specifically Mpls Moline tractors.  Happy Birthday little man!

Click on any picture to take a closer look!

I tried to country-fy the banner because well I'm pretty sure that his daddy would not allow anything with sparkle or ribbon :)  Gregory is 100%. ALL. BOY.  (which is SO not what I am used to in our house of pink.) 

 I used jute for the thread part and it looks great!  Fits right in with the tractor theme :)

 The red panels are an embossed paper with stars that look kind of shiny. 

 The tractor background is popped up :)  

Recipe:

Banner:  Birthday Bash 5.5 inches

Font: Birthday Bash 3 inches

Tractor/background: All About Boys 2.75 inches

Grass: Sports Mania

Jute rope

Patterned paper: DCWV All About Boys Stack

White, Brown, Yellow Cardstock: Recollections

Green Card stock: Creative Memories Green Apple

 Thanks for stopping by...Happy Sunday!

Banner...Grrrrrr!!!

Hello!  So I am FINALLY able to post some of what I've been working on, HOORAY!  I didn't want to post them too early because they were gifts but the party is done so here we go....

I've been on a banner-spree as of late because, well I love them. :)  My niece and nephew (two different sisters) share a birthday so I whipped a couple of these bad boys out for their birthday parties.  

Click on any of the pictures for a closer look!

Taylor is a lime-green fanatic so I knew she would LOVE this :)  ( I left the tulle quite long on both sides to make sure she was able to hang it in her room.  It can be trimmed accordingly!)

 I fanci-fied the letters because she's 11 and what 11 year old doesn't love some bling-age?  Each letter in her name received 3 little crystals, courtesy of my new i-rock!

 My original idea was the put turtles of some sort on each end panel but the lime-green leopard paper was too busy and too much green.  The stars worked well!

 I used glitter paper for the stars because, of course stars twinkle, no?!

The stars and all the letters were given dimension too.  They all popped up nicely!

Recipe:

Banner (Black base and Patterned paper): Birthday Bash 5.75 inches

Font: Creative Memories Cheerful 3.5 inches

Stars: Rock Princess 4 inches

Patterned paper: Recollections

Black Card stock

DCWV Glitter Paper

I-rock crystals

Black Tulle 

I also entered this in Cooking With Cricut's Weekly Challenge!!

Make sure to buzz by tomorrow to see the banner I made for my nephew :)  It's adorable! 

Stampin' Daisies Pre-Order

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HURRY, HURRY, HURRY!

busy, busy, busy

Hello my friends!

Have you ever been super busy and then look around only to wonder what the heck you've been busy with?!  LOL!  Totally me lately!  

I have been working on some LO's but they are for a friend and I don't want to ruin the surprise just yet.  I've also started making my nephew a banner for his 3rd birthday, and gifts for the holidays (Christmas isn't that far away)!  So stay tuned because lots of posts will be coming your way...

P.S.  I FINALLY fixed all the snafus with my blog (YAY!) so I can post pictures again!  Thank heavens for FireFox and smart friends that can help technologically challenged people like myself, HA!

Sentiment Challenge!

Stampin' Daisies is hosting a sentiment challenge!

All you need to do is...

-Comment below sharing some of your favorite sentiments!

-Send your friends on over to comment as well!

 Not too difficult, 'eh?!

When we hit 100 sentiments, we'll announce a winner (using random.org) at Stampin' Daisies!

WOO-HOO!

The winner receives an upcoming stamp set!!!

I'm Baaaacckkkk...

Well sort of.  I have been fighting with Blogger since last Friday morning and let's just say it's Blogger: 159 Jenny: 0.  For whatever reason I'm not able to post pictures...they won't show up?!  Anyway, I've been working diligently trying to fix it.  Keeping my fingers crossed!

A BIG thank you to everyone that is hangin' in there with me :)  You're the best!