S.W.A.K.

What's the old saying? A day late and a dollar short?

 

Well I was about 15 minutes late and time short. lol

 

I was going to enter the PKS challenge this week but also wanted to use those adorable SOTM stamps so was waiting and guess what came in the mail today? Yes a super cute bear set. Well of course tonight was class night so I was a little late getting home from work and then time to eat and some time with the grandkids before bed and off to the craft room but not fast enough. :-(

 

I did end up with a really cute card for Valentine's though so all was not lost.

How totally cute is this little guy.

I used the PKS January kit

PTI's Pinking Shears and XOXO border dies

and

3 Girl JAM Hot Chocolate crinkle ribbon.

He is also on an Action Wobble

3 Girl JAM Challenge #6

Hello Everyone. I hope you have all had a wonderful week and are getting ready to play this weekend. The 3 Girl JAM DT has another terrific challenge starting today. We are using a sketch this time. I really like using sketches because there are many times when my creativity takes a vacation. lol

My beautiful grand daughter is turning 5 this year and she loves playing with me in my Craft Room. It was a little tough keeping this card secret from her but I did manage to do it. I made her this cute spinner card and she is going to love it. She is a major candy junkie and every time we go to Hobby Lobby I have to buy her a bag of

M & M's.

The adorable M&M diva is from the Candy Pals set at Treasure Box Designs. Her sweet little face is from Peachy Keen's "Laught Taffy" face assortment. 

 I used some Hot Chocolate crinkle ribbon to match this cuties hard chocolate shell.

The spinner was made using Papertrey Ink's Spinner Die and the sentiment is from Pink by Designs "Just My Ticket" stamp set.

Our sponsor for this challenge is

The winner will receive a $15 Gift Certificate, 1 Crinkle Ribbon bundle from 3 Girl JAM and a Guest Designer spot on one of our future challenges.

You have until November 15th to link up your project, over on the 3 Girl JAM Challenge blog, for a chance to win.

Thanks a Latte

Happy Monday and Happy October everyone.

This weekend I turned another year older. My present to myself was to hibernate in my craftroom. It was so much fun and I got quite a bit accomplished. Another little secret is that hopefully by the time the sun goes down tonite we will have another grandson.

Today's project is in honor of our third challenge

"Coffee and Ribbon"

over on the challenge blog.

I used the Perk-fect Pair digi from Fresh Brewed Designs.

3 Girl JAM Hot Chocolate crinkle ribbon

I am also showing a sneeky peek of the NEW Burlap that will soon be in the store!!

The sentiment is from The Stamps of Life Coffee4Two stamp set.

Coffee Anyone

Has everyone been enjoying the 3 Girl JAM challenges?
I know the Design Team has been having a lot of FUN.

Our 3rd challenge is all about Coffee.

Create a project with a Coffee image, sentiment, ribbon or anything else Coffee related on it and link it up over on the

3 Girl JAM Challenge blog

by October 4th!

Today I used the "Warm and Cozy Latte" digi and "Lots of Lattes" digi paper from Fresh Brewed Designs. I printed the latte on 2 colors and paper pieced it. I added some twine and cute buttons to the wrap. My bow was made with 3 Girl JAM's "Hot Chocolate" crinkle ribbon.

Our sponsor for this challenge is

The winner will receive.....

3 digis (of their choice) from Fresh Brewed Designs

and
a Crinkle Ribbon bundle (of their choice) from 3 Girl JAM.

Yummy Treat Box

Good Monday Everyone!

It has been such a busy week around here.  It feels good to have my crafty studio back in order and having some fun again. One of these days I will have to do a video showing my room. It feels much more open now that I removed a lot of stuff and passed it on to freecycle.

Well on to my project. This is a super cute box that can be used for so many things. I used mine for some yummy Hugs and Kisses. The bow was made with some delicious Hot Chocolate crinkle ribbon and the flower is rich, deep Merlot crinkle ribbon topped off with a Vintage Button. I totally love this combination!!

The box was made using a tutorial from Pink by Design (it is 26 minutes into the ustream and the piece that is supposed to be 9 x 5 you need to cut at 8 3/4 x 5). The sentiment is also from Pink by Design "Enjoy the Journey".

So now that I have given you some Ribbon Flower inspiration make one of your own and link it up to the current 3 Girl JAM challenge HERE.

Crafty Friends

I hope everyone is having a blessed Sunday today. Around here we are relaxing and enjoying having the family together. The grandkids have been little fishes all week and I think I even saw them sprouting gills. Their mom's friend has been having her neices quite a bit so they have been having a blast with 2 new friends to play with. I on the other hand have been having a blast in the craft cave. Broke out the Copics and did a little coloring. I ordered some Spectrum Noir markers and am anxious to get them and see how they are. If anyone has these markers I would love your opinion and helpful hints. I am not an artist by any means but do like having fun with the markers and learning new things. As long as I stay mostly inside the lines I'm happy. :-)

Today my Crafty DT sis Heather and I are featuring K Andrew Designs "Crafty Friends" stamp set.

If you would like to find out more about this set just click the pic.

For my first project I colored up my "Crafty Friend" Ariel from SBS in one of my favorite colors.

I added some "Hot Chocolate" crinkle ribbon from 3 Girl JAM.

Topped it all off with a sentiment from today's featured stamp set and I think it turned out fantastic.

 Here is a peek at my other projects I created with this crafty stamp set. You can check them out at Getting Cricky and also see what Heather has in store for you.

Awesome Pinterest Planner

If you are looking for the 3GJ "Nice to Meet You" blog hop click HERE

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Okay so tomorrow will be 3 weeks since I joined Pinterest and I am so addicted. This is the next best things to YouTube for finding cooooool inspiration!!!

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I saw this planner for bloggers and it is just the best planner ever.

I made a couple of tweaks for me and absolutely LOVE it!!!

My niece wants me to make one similar for school.

Beckie from Infarrantly Creative is brilliant!

She also has printables on her site.

I used K Andrew Designs "Positive Thoughts" stamp set and stamped several of the wonderful sayings all over the cover. I stamped "Smile" over and over because some days we just need an extra reminder!!

If you would like to have this stamp set in your collection, now is the time. There is a sale going on and if you enter the promo code letshavefun you will get 20% off your entire order but hurry it won't last forever.

I used my Cinch and punched holes on the top of the cover and used alligator clips (i think that's what you call them) to hold the calendar pages. I tied 3 Girl JAM's Merlot crinkle ribbon from the "Wine and Jewels" bundle and Hot Chocolate crinkle ribbon from the "Hot and Cold" bundle on each of the clips and it looks beautiful.

If you order during the month of April you get free shipping. Hurry and take advantage of the savings!!!