Tuesday Birthday Blog Hop

       Welcome to my blog and the 

My Birthday Blog Hop!

I would like to thank Debbie for including me in her blog hop.

I would also like to wish her a very happy birthday!

I would like to also thank Picture Keeper for sponsoring this blog hop.

The hop will start on January 24th at 8am and end on the 28th. 

We will draw the winners on Saturday the 29th, so make sure you check back and hop with us.

Our sponsor is Picture Keeper.   

They are providing a giveaway on each of our blogs.

I would like to thank Picture Keeper for sponsoring this blog hop. 

See below for more information 

on how to win!

  

If you want to play along with our blog hopping fun, you can go to the beginning 

at http://scrapbydebbie.blogspot.com/

Recipe of my card:

The cupcake and Happy Birthday was cut on my Imagine.  Then I used my Copics to color.  I added bling with Stickles.  The papers were from my paper stash.  I used my Spellbinders to cut and emboss the blue background. 
Cartridges used: 
Happy Birthday-Martha Stewart Elegant Cake Art
Cupcake- Straight From the Nest

This card is a gate fold.  I used my spellbinders to cut the sentiment and background.  The flowers are from the Cricut cartridge Mother's Bouquet.
The vines and leaves were also cut by the Cricut on the cartridge
Holiday Cakes and Bloom.
I added Stickles and pearls to make the card pop.

Come back tomorrow for the next project.

Here is the list of all the stops:

http://scrapbydebbie.blogspot.com/  Debbie http://love4stamps.blogspot.com/  Raven morethanfavors.blogspot.com/ Paula http://creativearmywife.blogspot.com/ Jennifer   http://kmberger.blogspot.com/   Kathy  http://kathleessnippitsncricuts.blogspot.com/ Kathie  janeskeepsakes.blogspot.com/ me http://scrappinc.blogspot.com/ Cindy  http://www.pinkcricut.com/  Sarah aka Pink Cricut  http://www.cherylswindow.blogspot.com/ Cheryl www.craftingwithsarah.blogspot.com/ Sarah W  http://pennyduncancreations.blogspot.com/  Penny http://diannesscrappycreations.blogspot.com/ Dianne scraptasticalkreations.blogspot.com    Kristy

"We would like to send a special thanks to Picture Keeper for sponsoring the Birthday Blog Hop.  Each of the bloggers will be giving away 1 Picture Keeper on our blog at  the end of the week.  Since we will be posting a picture of our craft project each day on the Picture Keeper Facebook page, you will need to "like/follow" Picture Keeper on Facebook in order to win the raffle."

I will be giving away my own blog candy.  

In order to win. 

1. You must be a follower (let me know by a post)

2. Leave a comment all 5 days.

3. Make sure you leave your contact info. 

4. If I would happen to hit 100 followers 


(looks like I    will be getting there) by Saturday, 

      A Cricut Cartridge will be added to my Blog Candy.

I will pick a winner on Saturday, January 29th. 

Have fun at our Blog Hop!!!!!

Thank you for all the great comments yesterday!!!!!!!!

Thanks for Hopping Along!

Your next stop is

http://scrappinc.blogspot.com/

  Welcome to my blog and the 

"My Birthday Blog Hop!"

I would like to thank Debbie for including me in her blog hop.

I would also like to wish her a very Happy Birthday!  

I would like to also thank Picture Keeper for sponsoring this blog hop.

The hop will start on January 24th at 8:00 am until January 28th. 

We will draw the winners on Saturday the 29th, so make sure you check back and hop with us.

Our sponsor is Picture Keeper.   

Each of us will have a Picture Keeper to give to a lucky winner. 

I would like to thank Picture Keeper for sponsoring this blog hop. 

See below for more information 

on how to win!

  

If you want to play along with our blog hopping fun, you can go to the beginning 

at http://scrapbydebbie.blogspot.com/

This is a Side Stair Step Card

I found instructions on Shelly's Images.  

She has great instructions on how to make many different folds.

This is Shelly's site:

http://www.shellysimages.com/side-step-card.html

Recipe of my card:

• I used card stock from Bazzill
• The paper is from paper stacks that I had in my scrapbook room.
• I used my gypsy to pick my cupcakes.
• I used Straight From the Nest, From My Kitchen and Sweet Treats cartridges.
• The saying B-day on Lyrical Letters
• I cut them out on white paper and colored them with my Copics. 
• My Cuttlebug was used to emboss the paper behind the B-day.
• The presents in the back of the card was cut from paper

Come back tomorrow for the next card.

Here is the list of all the stops:

http://scrapbydebbie.blogspot.com/ Debbie **** Birthday Girl and host

http://love4stamps.blogspot.com/ Raven

http://morethanfavors.blogspot.com/ Paula

http://creativearmywife.blogspot.com/ Jennifer

http://kmberger.blogspot.com/ Kathy

http://kathleessnippitsncricuts.blogspot.com/ Kathie

http://janeskeepsakes.blogspot.com/ me

http://scrappinc.blogspot.com/ Cindy

http://www.pinkcricut.com/ Sarah aka Pink Cricut

http://www.cherylswindow.blogspot.com/ Cheryl

www.craftingwithsarah.blogspot.com/ Sarah W

http://pennyduncancreations.blogspot.com/ Penny

http://diannesscrappycreations.blogspot.com/ Dianne

http://scraptasticalkreations.blogspot.com Kristy

Picture Keeper’s method of baking up photos SO  simple anyone can do it!

• Plug the small USB drive into any USB port on your computer.
• Click “Start Backup”.
• Picture Keeper finds and saves all your image files to the USB device!

Cool Facts:

• You can back up your images easily anytime after your initial backup- it only saves the new or changed images next time.
• You have the ability to save pictures on multiple PC’s.
• You can go with advanced options and pick and choose what types of files or which folders you want to save.

Go to the following for more information.

http://www.picturekeeper.com/index.php/products/

Each Blog will be giving away one 4GB (saves 4,000 pictures)

Picture Keeper!

Be sure to friend Picture Keeper on Facebook!

"We would like to send a special thanks to Picture Keeper for sponsoring the Birthday Blog Hop.  Each of the bloggers will be giving away 1 Picture Keeper on our blog at  the end of the week.  Since we will be posting a picture of our craft project each day on the Picture Keeper Facebook page."

You will need to "like/follow" Picture Keeper on Facebook in order to win the raffle.

I will be giving away my own blog candy.  

In order to win. 

1. You must be a follower (let me know by a post)

2. Leave a comment

3. Make sure you leave your contact info. 

I will pick a winner on January 29th. 

Thanks for Hopping Along!

Your next stop is

http://scrappinc.blogspot.com/

CARDZ TV Cupcake Challenge

The challenge is to 

make a card, LO or craft project using a hand stamped, digital stamped or Cricut cut image of a cupcake! Post your name and a link to your project in Mr Linky by midnight EST, Friday, January 28th. I'll use random.org to pick a winner for the Inkadinkadoo cupcake stamp set, which I'll announce on Saturday, January 29th. Good Luck and have fun, guys!

I loved the look of this card when I saw Mary make it.  I now love making this fold.  I used My Copics to color the cupcakes.  I used my new Cricut cartridge Mother's Bouquet to make the flowers.  I used Stickles to blink up the images.  I used ribbon with w flower button at the bottom of the card.

Birthday Blog Hop Coming Up

I will part of a Blog Hop starting Jan 24th and ending on the 28th.  There will be prizes so please come back to hop with us.  I have some new cards I have been working on just for this hop.

My Pink Stamper's First Blog Hop!

This is my entry into Pink Stamper's Challenge.

Go over to My Pink Stamper to start the hop.  Everyone had excellent work to share.

Here is my entry:

I saw Mary on Cards TV make the Joy fold card.  I had to make one for myself.  I was so surprised it was easy to make.  I love using stamps and coloring with my copics.   I was very happy with this card.

New Cart & New Card

This is my weekly card I send to my daughter.  I just got the Winter Wonderland cart and had to make something from it.  I love all the great images.  I was able to color the images using my imagine.  I also used Martha Stewart snow to make the trees look glittery.  

I also purchased 4 other carts that I am really enjoying.  My favorite has to be Mother's Day Bouquet.  I can't wait to put the images, I ran off while doing this card, together.  I also used paper and colors from the Imagine carts. I will put pictures up once I have made a few.

My Pink Stamper Design Team 2011- Challenge and Submission

My Pink Stamper Says:

"If you haven't already heard the news click HERE to watch my video from last night.  I have 2 openings for my upcoming 2011 My Pink Stamper Design Team!  All you need to do is add a project for this challenge by Wednesday.  I will be choosing two of you to serve 6 months on my upcoming team!"  Here are some of the requirements....

*You will need to have a blog*You cannot already be serving on a DT that has product that is a conflict of interest (most DTs are just fine as long as they do not sell product that is similar to My Pink Stamper Original Cricut Stamps idea)*Your project must be made just for this challenge*Post a pic on your blog with a full recipe along with what the challenge is about*This needs to be a new project that you make just for this challenge*Only one entry per person, please*You must have either a Cricut or Imagine to serve on the team*No experience necessary but you must have a love for the craft!  :)
Challenge:  Make a card, scrapbook page, or other Cricut project with your favorite cartridge using my favorite colors......
PinkGreenBrown

Recipe:
Holiday Cartridge for borderCelebration Cartridge for hats3 Rhinestones different colorsSilver embossing powderEmbossing padembossing folders (Swiss Dots, Snowflakes)Die to cut label for New Year sentimentCuttlebugGlue- ATG or glue of your choice, glue dots, liquid adhesive to attach gemsCardstock- all Bazzil from HSN Martha Stewart Score board
I enjoyed using my Celebration cartridge with my Gypsy and Imagine.  I am so excited that I can use them together.  I have many cartridges but this one looked like fun for a New Year's Card.  
I cut the party hats out in two colors of green and one in black.  I heat embossed all of them with silver to make them bling up.  I added 3 different colors of rhinestones at the top of each hat.  Finally, I added Stardust Sparkles to the hats to make them sparkle.
My background cardstock is from Bazzil on HSN.  It is shiny.  I embossed it using Swiss Dots.    I also used my Martha Stewart board to make the double line around the edge of the card.  The label was cut out on my Cuttlebug and embossed with Snowflake folder.  I then heat embossed it with silver embossing powder.  The silver goes around the edge and highlighting across the top of the piece.  I glued Happy New Year also cut from the Celebration cartridge.
The border is from the Holiday cake cartridge.  It it the star border. I also used some of the stars to place around the card.  I also heat embossed silver around the edges of the border.  
Once everything was attached I used the Stickles again to fill in the stars on the border and on the words Happy New Year.
I really love the look of this card.  I was very happy the way it turned out.