Scrappy Little Notepad

Becky from Squirly Girl Creations is having a super fun challenge. I made a little notepad using just my scrap paper and my K. Andrew Designs "Positive Thoughts" Art Stamps.

I started out with a scrap Z-fold card (you can make 2 out of a 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper so I had 1 left over in my stash) and I added some scrap printer paper. Using my Your Story (for the first time) I bound it all. I made the rocket with the Nifty Fifties cartridge (using my scrap stash) and added some pearl pen, glitter pen, stickles, fabric scrap from my new Expression cover and presto chango I have a little notepad.

 

So now I know everyone has scraps and don't try telling me different. :-) I also know a lot of you have K. Andrew Designs stamps because we can't resist them. Head over to Squirly Girl Creations and enter her challenge.

Finally a Cricut Cover

I finally got a cover made for my Expression!! The pattern came from Custom Crops if anyone would like to make one. I can not believe it took so long for me to bite the bullet because it went together in about an hour. I kept putting it off for reasons unknown to me. lol Now I need to find a pattern for my Inspiration so I can have a matching set. If anyone knows where I can find one give me a holler.

Can anyone see my very favorite thing in this picture?? It's hanging right there above my scissors. Yes Yes Yes it is my ring of K. Andrew Designs stamp sets. They hang right at my fingertips because I am always using them. Her stamps are so cool and she is releasing 3 more sets in August!!!

• Sympathetic Sayings
• Coffee & Tea for You & Me
• Winged Things

If you have not yet seen Kristal's stamp line, what have you been waiting for, head over to check them out. She also donates at least $1 from every set that we purchase. Her current sets are:

• Amazing You
• Food for Thought
• Freedom Isn't Free
• Fashionable Friends
• Positive Thoughts
• Splash-tastic Summer

and they are fantastic.

While you are there getting some of these for your own fun please drop her a note telling her that OmaGloria sent you!!

God Bless the USA

I am really liking Shaker Cards. I used the hat from "Stand and Salute" for this card and filled it with Twinklets Diamond Dust. The sentiment is from K. Andrew Designs "Freedom Isn't Free" stamp set. This set benefits Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund.

Challenges:

• Getting Cricky for the Simply Sunday Freedom Isn't Free challenge.
• Crafty Sprouts Shaker Card Challenge.
• Celebrate the Occasion Challenge #23 "Any Occasion" (blue and white)

Shaker Card

This is my very first shaker card and it was so much fun. I think it turned out pretty cool.

I am entering it in the Sweet Treats - Ice Cream Cone challenge at Bitten by the Bug 2 and the Shaker Card challenge at Crafty Sprouts.

The Ice Cream Cone is from Sweet Treats and the balloons are from Smiley Cards. I also added some twine from The Twinery. The sentiment is 2 different stamps from K Andrew Designs "Food for Thought" stamp set. The sale of this set benefits the Storefront Shelter. A donation of at least $1, from each stamp set sold, is made to charity.

Kristal is Amazing

 This weekend all the Design Team members for K. Andrew Designs had a blog hop to thank Kristal and let her know how amazing she is. They invited everyone else to let Kristal know how much she is appreciated also. Kristal is such an inspiration to so many people. She has such a generous spirit and always has such great words of wisdom and comfort. The project I made to show her how I feel about her uses every last one of her "Amazing You" stamps because they all describe her and I couldn't pick just 1. (kind of like Lay's potato chips) LOL

There is less than 2 weeks until she announces her new Design Team and I have been on the edge of my seat. I applied and would so love to join her Team. Every part of my body that will cross has been crossed. Her current Design Team has had so much fun the last 3 months and I have enjoyed seeing all the great projects they have made. Anyone would be honored to work with Kristal.

There is still time to apply. (August 4th)

You Float My Boat

This is my attempt at a lever card. I had a lot of trouble figuring out how it went together until... YouTube to the rescue. The cut file is from SVG Cuts and I could have sworn that they had videos on all their projects but I checked everywhere and it could not be found, but on YouTube there was another lever card so I could get the general idea.

The sentiment is from K. Andrew Designs "Splash-tastic Summer" stamp set. Her stamps are so awesome and they also benefit charity. Splash-tastic Summer benefits Autism Research Institute.

Hymn & Zig Ziglar Quote in Vinyl

Amy from Love to Crop hijacked Getting Cricky yesterday with a most excellent post. I loved it so much I had to turn it into vinyl for my walls.

 This is a quote by Zig Ziglar that is now in my craft room so I can always remember to stay positive. When I googled him I found a few more quotes that I would like to turn into wall art also.

This is a hymn by Annie Johnson Flint. It is so beautiful and has such a strong message. God has not promised us a life without pain and sorrow but he has promised that he will be there with us when we are going through it. It is on the wall right outside my craft room so that everyone that comes to my house can see it and just maybe they will find some comfort in it when they need it.