you're in my thoughts

Hello everyone! It's Monday, let's make this an amazing week! :o)

This week's challenge over at Made Especially for You is to create a card using three leaves. 

I decided to go with a very clean and simple look and created two cards. 

All of the leaves are from the Art Philosophy cartridge. 

 I cut all six leaves on white cardstock. I then used Crushed Olive, Vintage Photo, Festive Berries, and Wild Honey distress inks to ink them up. After inking them up, I splashed water on them to give them a different look. 

 The stamp is from a stamp set I bought at Michael's. I threw away the package and can't remember the name. :o( 

I hope you join this week's challenge over at Made Especially for You! The winner will receive a $10 gift certificate to V's Sweet Ideas! 

Thank you for stopping by my crafty friends!

♥ Cyndy

a-maize-ing

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Hi crafty friends ♥

Over at Joy's Life Design Team blog you'll be seeing all types of projects this week! Make sure to check it out each day because there's no telling what these talented women are going to create next! :o) 

I decided to go with a very clean and simple card. 

 The corn stalk is from the Just Because cartridge. I actually just cut the entire cut in the yellow pattern paper and used the G07 Copic marker to color in the "stalk."

The scalloped oval is from Twinkle Toes and the oval is from Art Philosophy. 

 The sentiment is from Joy's Life It's All Fall Puns set! Isn't it a-maize-ing! ;) 

Have a fun, crafty day!
♥ Cyndy 

Mr. & Mrs.

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This week challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut is Wedding Bliss. All you have to do is create  a project for a special couple, (Wedding, Anniversary, etc). I don't have any anniversary cards in my stash, so hey, perfect timing! 

 The card base is from Art Philosophy cartridge. "Mr. & Mrs." is from Sweethearts cartridge. 

 The sentiment is from Joy's Life Everyday Occasions stamp set! With this set you can make your own sentiment, the possibilities are endless! Sorry for the bad lighting :( 

Don't forget to join us HERE! 

Thanks for looking! 

♥ Cyndy

Krafty Girls 3D challenge

Hello crafty friends! How is your summer going? I have been so incredibly busy this past week, but I should be getting back to my daily routine soon! 

Anywhoo, over at Krafty Girls we have a new challenge up! This week's challenge is to create a 3D item! 

I have seen crafters make "cakes" out of these boxes and they turn out adorable! I think I will try one soon! 

This box is from Tie the Knot cartridge. The tag that the stamp is on is from Art Philosophy cartridge. The stamp is from one of the stamps that come with the bundle. 

Show us your crafty 3D creations HERE  =)

Thank you for stopping by!

♥ Cyndy

Color Splash

Hello everybody! It's the beginning of a new challenge over at Krafty Girls. This week's challenge is Color Splash! Simply create a paper project that is black and white and use a splash or pop of color of your choice.

The scallop circle is from the Art Philosophy cartridge. The stamp is from Close to My Heart - it's the one that came with the bundle :-) 

The pattern paper is from Echo Park's Yours Truly paper pad.

Join the challenge here.

Thanks for stopping by! 

Cyndy

Mommy card

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Wow! The FCCB Save the Earth Crawl was awesome! Back to our Challenge Me Monday challenge today! All You have to do is make a project for your Mother, Grandmother or another special lady in your life using her favorite color. (ex. Mother, Grandmother, Sister, Aunt, etc.)! 
This card is so simple and can easily be switched up for a "girl" card! 

The card base is from the Art Philosophy cartridge and the silhouette image is from A Child's Year cartridge. 

The sentiments on the outside and inside are from My Creative Time's Mom You Rock set. 

I kept it very simple on the inside.

 Here's the card again. The tulle is from Michaels and the twine is Denim from The Twinery. 

Linking this up to: 

My Creative Time - Throwback Thursday Frame challenge 

DoubleClick - AKA Abusybee - Mother's Day 

4 Crafty Chicks - Favorite Embellishment

CardzTV -  Mother's Day card

Delightful Challenges - Mother's Day Project

Crafty Creations Challenges - Mother's Day Cards/Gifts

More Than Favors - Mother's Day 

Play along with us here! :) 

Thanks for looking! 

♥ Cyndy

Made for Mom Blog Hop :o)

Hello crafty peeps and welcome to the Made for Mom Blog Hop! I'm so thrilled that Jenny from Crazy About Cricut has given me the opportunity to join her and her Thankful Thursday DT for this hop! You should have come here from Amber's blog!

My mom's birthday is May 11th (so close to Mother's Day!) so I decided to make a card for her first :) 

The card base is from Wild Card cartridge. The flowers, flourish, and sentiment mat are all from the Art Philosophy cartridge. 

The sentiment is from My Creative Time's Mom You Rock set. I added some pearls on the inside of the flowers. The twine on the side of the card is Lilac from The Twinery. 

Where there's a blog hop, there's blog candy! There are FOUR prizes up for grabs! Make sure to check out Crazy About Cricut for more details! ;)  

NEXT UP IS  SANDRA ! 

Here's the line up for the blog hop ;) 

Jenny 
Amber 
-----> Me, you're here! :) 
Sandra 
Cheryl  
Madison 
Lola  
Lissa Marie  
Leah Pagliaroli 

Don't forget to go through the blog hop and see the amazing work from these talented ladies! 

Thank you so much for looking!

♥ Cyndy

Mom LO

Hello everybody! Mother's Day is coming up pretty soon and over at Krafty Girls we have the perfect challenge. The challenge this week is Dear Mom. All you have to do is create a card, scrapbook layout, 3D object, or home decor project for Mother's Day.

The banner is from the Art Philosophy cartridge. It is layered on the chipboard that comes with the Art Philosophy bundle. The word "MOM" is from Storybook. 
The twine used is Blossom from The Twinery. 

This sentiment is from My Creative Time's Mom You Rock set. I used two stamps to create this sentiment (I stamped them a little too close :/ ) 

Take a look at the rest of the DT to get inspiration and don't forget to join in here!! 

Thank you for looking!

♥ Cyndy 

Spring is in the Air

Boy,,  does time fly or what! Tomorrow is the first day of Spring! This week's challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut is just PERFECT for it :) All you have to do is use at least three flowers in your project!
The title font is from the Art Philosophy cartridge.

 I'm so behind on my scrapbook layouts, so I made a quick one! I actually got the idea of "catching up" on layouts by doing them for challenges from Tracey from Trail of Treasures. We'll see how it goes :)

I colored these cuties with my newly acquired copics! My bestie and I scored a set of 36 SKETCH markers for $136!! What a steal! =)  BUUUT I havent mastered them :( If you have any tips please let me know!! =)

  All three flowers are from Peachy Keen's Funny Flowers set. It's one of the first non-face stamps I got!  

I didnt want to do too much on the LO because I didn't want to cover this beautiful glitter paper! :)

Dont forget to see all of the design teams fabulous designs here!

Thank you so much for looking

♥ Cyndy

Happy Birthday!

I haven't made a birthday card in a LONG time (at least it feels like it!) 

Birthday Sundaes is having a challenge - get messy! Here's what i did! 

I cut this cupcake in white cardstock -it's from the From My Kitchen cartridge. The sentiment is from Scrappy Mom's Simple Sentiments. 

I went ahead and colored the pieces with Tim Holtz Distress Inks using the blending tool. 
circle/"cherry" - Barn Door
the top of the cupcake - Spun Sugar 
the silhouette-like of the cupcake top - Victorian Velvet
cherry leaf - Crushed Olive
bottom layer of the cupcake wrapper - Broken China
top layer of the cupcake wrapper - Faded Jeans

 I cut the scallop circle and circle also in white cardstock from the Art Philosophy cartridge. 

 I colored it using the blending tool also. The scallop circle is colored with Broken China and the circle with Wild Honey. 

 I then sprayed it with only water with my mini mister to give it a blotchy look. (not sure if you can see it) Hopefully you can in at least one of these photos. :/ 

I used Perfect Pearls with Perfect Medium to give it some shine and finished it off with very little doodling on the cherry and wrapper. 

I also inked the edges of the patterned paper with Broken China. Again, here's the final outcome :) 

I'm also linking this up to:

Made Especially For You - Use faux or real stitching. 

Craft Junkie Too - TGIF Linky Party

Joyful Stamper - Anything Goes 

Little Scrap Pieces - Use Green 

Cardz TV - You Take the Cake 

Party Time Tuesday's - Anything Goes 

Thanks so much for looking and have a great weekend!

♥ Cyndy

Challenge Me Monday #96

Hello! Today's challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut is to create a “Valentiny” card – a small card measuring 3x3. Usually I stick with the regular A2 size, but decided to try these little cards. I have to say, I had fun!

I kept it simple :) The pink polka dot paper was just border punched with Fiskars Notebook Border Punch. The hearts were cut at 1.5 from the Art Philosophy cartridge and stamped with the coordinating stamp from the bundle.  The sentiment and lips are from My Creative Time's Happy Mail.
Join in because the prize is MCT's 100 % Sweetness stamp set! :)

Hope you have a great week and thanks for looking!
♥ Cyndy

More tags!

Good morning and Happy New Year to all of you! Wow! Can't believe its 2012, but so glad :) I usually don't do tags or use chipboard, but a few weeks ago I bought the Art Philosophy bundle and it cost me a pretty penny sooo I'm taking it upon myself to use EVERYTHING! So here go two more tags

I just cut paper the same size as the tag and just layered. simple enough ;)  I used My Creative Time's Turn That Frown Upside Down for both sentiments and Keepin' It Classy for the girls :)



I tried using scraps which is why this one is cut off from the bottom lol
I used my cropidile to insert the eyelet.

Thanks so much for looking !

♥ Cyndy


Ps. Looking to score on a cartridge?
check out Maribel's giveaway here :) and take a look around, her projects are soo beautiful !

Gift Card Holder

Happy Fridayyy! Last Friday of the year! How exciting! I want to show you a gift card holder I made for my brother in law. I used the gift card holder cut from the Cindy Loo cartridge and welded the border from the Art Philosophy cartridge :)

The sentiment is not straight at all lol I did this at the last minute.... so I didnt get a chance to do another one :( the Sentiment is from Scrappy Moms Winter Wishes stamp set. I distressed all around the border of the paper using Tim Holtz Winter Edition Distress ink pads. loooove them !

 This is how it looked when first cut.

 The final product. Again, I used the same distress inks to ink around the edges of the paper.

I wish I could explain this to you detail by detail, but I'd be terrible and plus, it's been done :) Click here to check out the Scrappin' with my bug's video on how to make gift card holders.

Thank you so much for looking and have a fantastic day!

♥ Cyndy

Christmas Tag

Good morning! This weekend I got to play with my new toys for just a little bit hehe
I made a tag using my new [amazing] Art Philosophy cartridge. I used my Tim Holtz Winter Edition distress inks to distress it a bit. I started off by distressing all around the tag with Iced Spruce, then the corners with Evergreen Bough, and lastly adding the Festive Berries red to the remaining parts of the tag. I used the crop-a-dile big bite for the eyelet.

 

This girl and her wine glass is from My Creative Time's Keepin' It Classy set.

The sentiment is from Pink By Design's Winter Fun set.

Here is the back of the card. Same process for the distressin'. Im a newbie at distressing, but loving it!  Oh and did I forget to mention, I used my new Imagine for the paper? It's from the Imagine More cartridge. :)

Thank you for stopping by!

♥ Cyndy