Changes!

Hey friends, so much has happened (good and not so good) since I last blogged. Some of the good things:

• I LOVE life!
• Family has a different meaning now! It doesn’t mean the nuts that have fallen from MY tree. It does include the strong parts of my tree that have stuck by me – NO MATTER WHAT! (you know who you are and aren’t), my daughter, my son, my daughter-in-law, my Grandchildren, and my new Grandson who’s on the way, my dear and close friends, and my new online sisters!
• My Son has married a wonderful woman whom I am honored to call Daughter! And she has brought two beautiful grandkids into this family and I love them so much!
• I am looking forward to welcoming a new little one to our family in 2013!
• I am now a Cricut Circlet! Yes, I have found the PINK side!
• My blog has changed – and with any luck, it will change again – soon!
• I am crafting again! This is a big one, folks.
• I am many steps closer to getting my craft room set up just right!
• I have a new punchbowl (ok, this is an insider comment. If you know what it means, then it’s for you! Don’t be a hater!)
• And most important,  I am blessed!

There are more changes that have happened and many more to come and I’m excited about it all! I happy and excited to be sharing my art and heart with you and I invite your comments (Blog Love!). If you like what you see, I hope that you will follow me on my crafty journey. And for all of my current followers, I LOVE YOU ALL! Thank you for sticking with me!

Here’s a preview of tomorrow’s post:

Until next time, Happy Crafting,

New Blog Under Construction

I have been MIA for quite some time but I’m coming back with a new blog look and a new ME! I’m excited about the changes and I’ll explain as I go. A big THANK YOU to all of my followers who have stuck it out with me so far. I appreciate you all. So excuse the ‘mess’ while I’m working on making a new blog to go with my new life!

My Crafty Channel

I want to introduce a new website called My Crafty Channel. This is something new and I am very excited about it. Here is some info from My Crafty Channel:

What is My Craft Channel?

It is the first of its kind online craft TV network that features over 20 top craft celebrities from across the country.  It brings the blogger, crafter, and scrapbook community together in one place to provide inspiration through broadcast quality shows in various categories from sewing, scrapbooking, DIY projects, mixed media, stamping, digital hybrid crafts, photography, party planning, product reviews and more!

Mission Statement:

To create a massive network of talented women who already have a large individual following.  By joining together we can create a large vehicle that gives us a voice and a platform to share our message to a larger mainstream audience. By working together  with manufacturers and retailers in the craft sector, our goal is to complete the circle by providing inspiration to the end user through broadcast quality shows.

When and Where?

This Fall we will launch our new website where you can come and view new broadcast quality shows every week. As long as you have an internet connection you can tune into these amazing hosts and be INSPIRED!!

Please go visit them and meet all of the new hosts. Go ahead and follow their blog. The also have some awesome giveaways! Here is the link: My Crafty Channel 

Last Friday they announced that Teresa Collins is one of their new hosts! i {{{HEART}}} teresa collins!!! i will post photos of all the TC scrapbooking items that i bought at ckc later! And today they announced that Heidi Swapp is also going to be hosting! another big {{{HEART}}} for HS!

Until next time, Happy Crafting,

Blog Candy Winner(s)?

Thanks to all who commented on last weekends posts about the new Cricut cartridges that were released in June. I have my favorites, too. I absolutely have to have Sophisticated! Teresa Collins has wonderful designs and this cartridge is no exception! plus, the cartridge box matches the colors in my scrap room! what? this is not a reasonable excuse to buy a cart? Traveler is another cart that I need. I still have so many photos to scrap of vacations and even when I was a Flight Attendant. Although I have Pack Your Bags, there are images on Traveler that I like more. Now to the winner of the Blog Candy! (Sorry for being late with this post )

CARRIE K.

In one of her comments, Carrie said, “I agree with you, thank goodness that is all for this month!! I NEED Flower Shoppe!! But I am still not caught up from a couple of months ago! I wish PC would give us a 2 or 3 month vacation and let us get caught up!!”

Carrie, now that you mentioned it, I am thinking that I need Flower Shoppe also! I’m in a “flower phase” right now and most projects have some kind of flower on it.

But wait! I’m feeling so good about blogging again, that I picked a ‘runner up’ for some Blog Candy!

KIM

In one of her comments, Kim said, “Provo Craft did an amazing job keeping us all buying! I love the Traveler from Creative Memories! Living in Florida this would be the perfect cartridge:)”
~Kim

Kim, I cannot wait to get mine! (Yep, it’s already been ordered!) I hope it gets here soon!

Carrie and Kim, please email me your addresses so I can get your Blog Candy sent to you. Thanks girls for commenting and following. It makes me feel like I’m blogging for a reason, that someone is out there reading and enjoying this!

Until next time, Happy Crafting,

Look What I Found at Hobby Lobby!

This may not be news to everyone but it was to me! As I was teaching a Cricut class at Hobby Lobby a while back, I told the class about embellishing their Cricut cuts with different items – embossing with the Cuttlebug, inking, pen work, popping up with pop dots, etc. I was getting ready to tell them about spray inks when I remembered that Hobby Lobby didn’t carry Glimmer Mists so I used Sheer Shimmer Spritz made by Tsukineko. Don’t get me wrong, I love these mists, especially the Shimmer and Frost, but they only come a a very limited selection of colors. So after the class, I HAD to go see what Hobby Lobby had on sale! At that time, they had all scrapbook papers and paper pads 50% off! So a pad of Core’dinations Nostalgia cardstock just jumped into my arms! But a few rows over my friend Pam who works in the scrapbooking department showed me what they just got in – GLIMMER MIST!!!

Yes! The same ones made by Tattered Angels! They came in 1oz bottles in a package with 4 bottles each.

The first package, below, is called Sundance and it contains Peach Delight, Lemon Zest, Apple Red, and Silver Sugar.

The second package has Heidi Swapp’s  name on it and contains the colors Electric Blue, Black Magic, Viva Pink, and Iridescent Gold.

They retail for 14.95. So since the pack of cardstock was 29.99 and I was going to spend the same amount on that (remember, the cardstock was 50 off!) I put the cardstock back and got the Sundance Glimmer Mists! - yea, I know I coulda waited for the 40% coupon, but like I said, I was going to spend the same amount of money anyways, so there! - I am going back to get the Heidi Swapp mists this week - yea, with a coupon this time! - because I really want to try the Black Magic and Viva Pink mists!

I {HEART} Hobby Lobby. They seem to really try to keep up with the new scrapbooking items. just so I can add to my collection!

Oh, and by the way, when I got home, guess what I already had in my cardstock stash, still unused? Right, the same pack of Core’dinations Nostalgia! So I made a very good choice!

Until next time, Happy Crafting,

Last of the Hello Thursday New Cartridges for June

Well, here they are – the last new cartridges for June, at least I hope so. As much as I love to see new cartridges, I need a break or should I say that my wallet needs a break! There were two types of cartridges released last Thursday – 4 “Project” cartridges and 4 “Event” cartridges. So a total of eight!!!

These are the “Event” cartridges:

Robot Party

Space Party

Princess Party

Girl’s Makeup Party

With these cartridges you’ll have everything that you need for an event like a party. There are invitations, party favors, treat boxes, and more! I really think that the Girl’s Makeup Party is really cute and not only for parties but you could use this or any of these images for scrapbook pages and cards. Very versatile!

These next cartridges are the “Project” cartridges:

Sweet Tooth Boxes 

Fancy Frames

Flower Shoppe

Word Collage

That’s it for this month and there’s a lot to pick from. My favorite picks are Flower Shoppe (the flowers that you can make are dimensional & I LOVE that) and Word Collage. I also like Fancy Frames because I think it would be fun to do some vinyl projects for home décor and so much more.

So what are your favorites? Remember to leave a comment here to let me know which ones that you have to get (or at least the ones that are going on your wish list). I don’t have to have any of them – I really need them, lol! That’s my story & I’m sticking to it!  But you have to comment on all three posts that I wrote on all of the new cartridges (Saturday’s, Sunday’s, and today’s) to have a chance to win Blog Candy! I will pick a winner on Wednesday!

Have fun looking at all the new goodies Provo Craft. They have really given us some great choices to add to our collections!

Until next time, Happy Crafting,

Hello Thursday, Part 2–More New Cartridges!

I hope that you all commented yesterday on which cartridges were your favorites. If you didn’t, it’s not too late to do so – just scroll down to yesterday’s post and you can still leave a comment so you can get in on the Blog Candy! Now here are the next round of carts that came out on the 2nd Hello Thursday this month. (I REALLY think you’re going to love these!) These are all Full Carts, too!

Summer Celebrations

Wonderful images to celebrate summer – almost anywhere!

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Autumn Celebrations

Great for Fall, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Back to School, even Breast Cancer Awareness!

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Phrases

Great for scrapbook layout titles and cards!

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Ornamental Iron 2

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Sophisticated

(This is my absolute FAVORITE! I just love Teresa Collins)

Isn’t it beautiful?

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Traveler from Creative Memories

Love this one for all those vacation photos. Also great for the beach, pool, and traveling – did you notice the tags, you could cut these with your Cricut, write in your info, laminate them and presto! you’ve got cool looking luggage tags! Use them as journaling blocks, also.

These are some of the best carts and the images are terrific! All of these are available now here at Cricut.com. Traveler won’t be available until July 1st and you can only get it from a Creative Memories consultant. To find one in your area click here – Find a CM Consultant.

Well, that’s all for today. Check back tomorrow for the last round of Hello Thursday cartridges. Don’t forget to leave a Comment and let me know which of these carts will either make it to your home or at least on your wish list. If you leave a comment on each of these posts and follow my blog your name may be picked as the winner for my Blog Candy!

So until tomorrow, Happy Crafting,