Winner of the Sports Mania Blog Hop

Wow!!! That was a great hop. I had so much fun. I want to thank Kathryn for putting together such a great hop. She did an amazing job.

Now on to what you've been waiting for. The winner of the blog candy, Home Decor Cricut Cartridge, is...

Sandy S. said...

Wow..... love this. My son plays football at the High School. Would love to add this idea to some of this layouts. TFS. Sandy

I will be sending you an email. Thanks so much for participating.

Sports Mania Blog Hop

Hi everyone. Welcome to my blog and welcome to the Sports Mania Blog Hop. Today is also Super Bowl Sunday. I'm glad you stopped by for some fun before the big game starts. So let's get started. I have the pleasure of being in a hop hosted by Kathryn.  To start at the beginning of the hop, start at her site. You should have arrived here from Lissa's site.


My Project is a football card. This is a basic A2 card  that measures 5.5 x 4.

Recipe:
Sports Mania Cricut Cartridge
Recollections white card-stock
Recollections green card-stock
Recollections brown card-stock
Variety of Tim Holtz Distress Inks
Ranger Glossy Accents
Mosaic Cuttlebug Embossing Folder
Pink by Design Stamps - Got Game
Stampin' Up Ink - Black
Action Wobbles

In case you get lost, here is a list of the participants...
1) Creations with Kathryn – http://wamfamily.blogspot.com
2) TX Scrapper Mom - http://txscrappermom.blogspot.com
3) Tina Time - http://ollieanddextersmommy.blogspot.com
4) Dee's Special Things - http://www.dees-specialthings.blogspot.com
5) So Many Crafts, So Little Time – http://www.somanycrafts.wordpress.com
6) Crafty Scentiments – http://www.craftyscentiments.blogspot.com   <--- ME
7) Believe, Dream, Create – http://www.believedreamcreate.blogspot.com
8) Life on the Bright Side – http://quiverofangels.blogspot.com
9) Fairy Craft Mama – http://www.fairycraftmama.blogspot.com
10) Beyond Scrapin – http://www.beyondscrapin.blogspot.com
11) Scrappin at McCalley House – http://mccalleyhouse.blogspot.com
12) VinDeeLoo's This 'n That – http://vindeeloosthisnthat.blogspot.com
13) RoxyBonds - Scrappin – http://roxybonds-scrappin.blogspot.com
14) Peanuts & Pepper Paper Crafting – http://peanutsandpepperspapercrafting.com
15) LuvToScrap – http://leann619oh.blogspot.com



The Blog Candy that I'm offering is Home Decor Cricut Cartridge. Lots of cute images on this cartridge. To win, please leave a comment and a way for me to contact you. I would love it if you would become a follower as well but it is not necessary. I will use Random.org to pick a winner on Monday afternoon.

And now on to the next stop in the hop at Believe, Dream, Create

Stuck in the Snow

The streets are supposed to be clean. This firetruck go stuck in the snow today.

Blizzard 2011

OMG!!!! Is all I can say. It's about 10:00 am and it is still snowing. We are literally snowed in. I don't know how or when we will get out. I don't know how the snow plows will even get through this mess. The snow in the streets are just as high as on the sidewalks.

Check out the pics for yourself. Sorry if they are not the greatest. There were taken from inside and most of the windows are filled with snow and are foggy.

 The view out of the front door.

  

Closer view of outside from the front door.

  Another view

 This shot was taken out of the living room window.

A closer view

View from the side window

 A view from a different window 

You can barely see where someone tried to use the

snow-blower to  clean. It didn't work.

 

 A view out of the back door.

Looking out of the back door.

The snow covers the door so much there was only an 

inch of space clean

A view out of the basement door.

Another Yummy one...

Here is my version of a card that I scraplifted from StephanieR who is on the Cricut message board. This card was also made entirely from the Yummy Imagine cartridge.

Recipe
Yummy Imagine Cartridge
Bazzill White Cardstock
I-Rock and gems
Glossy Accents
Stickles - Yellow

Here is another birthday card that i made. I used the Imagine More Cards cartridge for the Imagine. I bought this cartridge for a super amazing low price. For a time on Amazon.com they had this cartridge listed for $5.21. I thought it was a trick, but I decided to try and see of it would go through and yes it did. I can't believe I was able to purchase it at this price. 

All of the cuts and background paper were used from the Imagine More Cards cartridge. I loaded the cartridge onto my Gypsy and I was able to print and cut it out. I cut the images out in layers instead of using one solid design.

Recipe

Imagine More Cards Cartridge

Bazzil White Cardstock

Glossy Accents

I-Rock and Gems

Festive Friday Blog Hop

Hi Everyone. Thanks for joining us on our second installment of Festive Friday. This is a year long hop that will happen on the second and fourth Friday of every month (except December). This hop is all about Christmas cards.We would love for you to join us as this is the perfect way for you to get some of you Christmas cards made before the rush of the holiday season.

If you  are visiting my site, please stay and have a look around. If you would like to see some of the great creations the other ladies have made, start at the beginning of the hop at Terri's blog.

Here is a list of participants if you get lost along the way.

1) Terri Sproul
2) Chris Hurley
3) Amanda Marks
4) Debbie Buckland
5) Brenda Lee Burfeind
6) Yolonda Anthony
7) Katie 
8) Debbie Feist

Now on to my project. I want to show you how I used the Gypsy to design my card.

I was lucky to be one of the beta testers for the Imagine App on the Gypsy. Since this is only a beta test, I don't know what the finished product will actually look like.

The opening screen on the Gypsy now shows an Imagine Icon.

The Imagine application is opening up.

You will have several choices once you reach this screen.

Today I am using the print & cut feature.

Here you will choose which cartridge you want to use.

This is the normal view of the images.

I chose to use the keypad view.

I picked the poinsettia flower pot.

I printed and cut the flower pot as a whole image and

I also separated the layers. I used two of the flower cuts so

could give the image more dimension. They were cut at 4 inches.

I also cut a piece of the pattern paper using real dial size at 5 inches.

After checking that all of the settings are correct,
you are ready to print and cut your image.
I placed the paper in the Imagine and pressed "GO"

This card is a standard A2 size card (4.25 x 5.5). I placed the solid die cut on the mat. I then used the die cuts that were cut into layers and mounted them on top of the solid die cut to give it dimension. I also used extra cuts of the flower for even more dimension. As you can see, I went a little crazy with the stickles. It sure made it one sparkly card.

 

Recipe:
Bazzil White Cardstock
Imagine Cartridge - Snow Angels
Foam Tape
Stickles - Star Dust, Yellow, Warm Lipstick, Fruit Punch, Burgundy, Aqua
Distress Ink - Peeled Paint, Spiced Marmalade, Broken China

Now on to Katie's blog.

Festive Friday

Join us tomorrow for another installment of Festive Friday.