A BIG THANK YOU AND A WINNER!

Thank you to all of you that stopped by the Bug Hop. A Big welcome to my new followers. I loved all the comments. The winner is #16, Babe O'Mara. I will be sending an email soon.  Thanks again to everyone. Hope you all  come back to see what's new.  Don't forget, next weekend is the Chillin part of the Hop.
Loving, crafty hugs, Debi

Grillin Bug Hop May 28-30...

Welcome to BugBites first ever Bug Hop, Grillin’ & Chillin’ Bug Hop!  
To celebrate the beginning of summer, Barb over at BugBites is hosting two consecutive weekends of Bug Hops.
This weekend it is all about the Grillin’, May 28-30.
If you've come from visiting Ashley from Shelly Crafts, you're in the right place! If you've just happened across my blog and would like to play along with our Grillin’ & Chillin’ Bug Hop, click HERE to start from the beginning.

Each designer along the bug trail is featuring a project based on the Grillin’ & Chillin’ theme. What’s more exciting is you can participate too by creating a project and linking it up over at BugBites for a chance to win a Big Prize.

But, there’s a twist. Your project must included at least one Cricut cut and at least one of the critters that have been hidden within some of the bug stop blogs. Be sure to visit all the bug stops to find all your critter choices.

While you are looking for the critters, be sure to check out the blog candy that each designer has to offer you. You don't want to miss out on any of it!

This is my idea of Summer grilling. Laying in the sun and getting the best tan ever. And of course the place for that is on the beach.  I live only one hour away from the beautiful Pacific ocean.  I cut the hot dog from Everyday Paper Dolls. I cut it twice and layered the hot dog. I made the towel and the sun. I ran the sand through the Swiss Dot folder and sanded it lightly.  The shoes, sunglasses and hat are stickers.  Most of the paper is Recollections.  Check out my bug candy below. I'd love it if you become a follower but you have to leave a comment to be eligible to win.  Enjoy the hop. Now hop on over to
Lisa at Indy Mermaid and see what she has in store for you today.
Remember, once you have hopped to all the bug stops, it's your turn to show us your Grillin’ & Chillin’ project.
Make sure to include a Cricut cut somewhere on your project, include one of the hidden critters and link up your project over at BugBites by Midnight CST May 30 to be eligible for the big prize.

It's not big but it's good. There are 3x3 note cards with envelopes  to decorate. Some rub on transfers. A plain note book with a closure to decorate. And no bug hop would be complete without a bug punch.  I will do a random drawing on Monday morning. Thanks for stopping by.  Hugs, Debi

fUN BUG HOP THIS WEEKEND...HOPE YOU'LL HOP ALONG!

Just a reminder...there is a really fun bug hop this weekend. Lots a really talented bloggers will display their goods. There will be lots of blog candy too. You won't want to miss this start of the summer hop. See you all here and there. Have super nice holiday weekend.   Hugs, Debi

Another Nice Award

I recieved this award from Gina @ Gina's Crafting Spot. Thank you Gina, you're such a sweetheart. Please go visit Gina. She as many awsome projects and video's.
I want to pass this award on to Schell @ Schell's Craft Corner. She is also babytweetums on Y/T. Schell is one of the sweetest and giving bloggers I happen to meet here on my blogging adventure. I made a comment on some hand made flowers she made and put on her mini album she made for her mother. You can check that vidio out here. Bless her heart, she mailed me about 2 dozen of those beautiful flowers. Thank you again Schell.  Big crafting hugs, to all you wonderful bloggers out there, Debi

This is called a Lovie or a Snodel.

This is a blanket doll that is suppose to promote sleep in infants. It's called an aromatherapy doll. The parents sleep with it for a couple of nights to get their scent on it and then give it to the baby at nap time and at night time. I made it and sent it to my daughter just this past week. I hope it works.
I wondered if anyone else has heard of this type of doll? They say that they are used for very small, premature babies and also in children hospitals. My daughter just wanted one to promote naps. I guess we'll see if it works. I'll keep you posted. The web site for these is www.snoedel.com but they are really very easy to make. Thank you for stopping by. Leave a comment and let me know what you think. Hey if you any idea's on how to get infants to nap during the day, please let me know so I can pass it on to my daughter.
Hugs, Debi

I am so excited. I got another blog award. Thank you Robin. I'm honored and I will post this award with pride. Please check out Robin's blog at The Cricut Scrapper. She rocks and her projects are totally awesome. I also want to thank Tisha at Tisha's Craft Cove. Tisha is a real sweety and a great crafter. Please check out her blog.
 I have to post 5 Cricut things about myself.
1. I only have  a Create.
2. I didn't think I would ever do as much as I do with my Cricut.
3. I have way more cartridges then I ever planned on owning. (23)
4. Now I even have a Gypsy.
5. I love creating with all my Cricut tools.
Now the fun part. I get to pass this on to 5 other blogs. Enjoy ladies. You deserve it. Your blogs are awesome and you do great work.
I want to say to all my followers...I LOVE YOU...and thank you for all your wonderful support and sweet comments. Please go check out these blogs and leave these ladies some love. Hugs, Debi
The Bean @ The Greenbean's Crafterole.
Gina  @ Gina's Crafting Spot
Pam  @  Simply Pam
Barb  @  Bug Bites
Melanie  @  In Love With A Bug

A Challenge at Cardz TV

This challenge is to use any fruit. This is what I came up with. I used stickles on the grapes. I like this paper. It's an older stack of DCWV. I got it very inexpensive at Joann's. I hope you will all go over and join in the challenge. Please leave a comment and let me know what you think.  Hugs, Debi

CCCC challange LO

This weeks cut was from Give a hoot.  I have to start doing some LO's of my new granddaughter. I have lots of new pic's of her. I found this little sleeping fox and it looked so cute on here. The word are some stickers. The paper is K&Company...Best of Brenda Walton. The pic corners are from the Jasmine cart. The flowers are from my stash. Hope you like it as much as I do. Leave me a comment and let me know what you think.

Hugs, Debi

Seed packet box

Isn't this box cute? It's super easy to make. It holds 10 or more packets of seeds. You can find the directions here. I gave this to my sister for her birthday. She loved it. The cut is from Freshly Picked. The flowers are from my stash. The paper is from Colorbok (exclusive of Walmart). Hope everyone had a very wonderful Mother's Day. Please leave a comment and if you make this box come back and let me know so I can come to your blog and look. Hugs, Debi

A mother's day card for my daughter.

This is a different kind of card. It's called a suprise pop up card. You can find how it's done here. I made it so that it's also a card when you open it up but you can also just use the tag and the pop up for the card in it's self. I used a cut from "A Child's Year". The paper is from a very old DCWV paper stack. I used some pop up sticker flowers and I added some stickles to a few of the dots. I was really happy with the way it turned out. I make alot of cards and forget to take pictures of them before I mail them out. I hope I'm not the only one who does that. Here's what it looks like when you pull the tag up.

Okay, let me know what you think. Oops, it's hard to tell what it says inside. "A mother holds her child's hand for awhile, their hearts forever". Happy Mother's Day to you all. Big Hugs, Debi

Altered coffee can...

This was a regular old coffee can. (Yuban) I measured the up and the round and used sticky tape to put the paper on it. I cut the cookies out of From my Kitchen and that paper was self stick em...but I still had to add a little bit of sticky tape to the part that was rounded. You know paper doesn't really stick well to rounded projects. We learn as we go. So now I have a good looking cookies can. Really easy. Hope you like it. BTW...it keeps the cookies fresh too. Let me know what you think. Hugs as always, Debi

Papercutz Challange...a LO using buttons and, or bows...

This is my new Grand daughter. Again, the coloring is so awful. I took many photo's but they were all coming out with this awful yellowish tint. But, here is my entry for the Papercutz challange. We had to do a LO using buttons and bows. The frames I used on here are from my stash. I tryed to cut some out on my Gypsy but they wouldn't cut out the size I needed so I just used these. This adorable paper (that you can hardly see) is from K & Co. Best of Brendra Walton. Most of it is very girly paper. My daughter did her nusery in jungle babies so I cut out some animals. There are buttons and bows in the upper right corner and a pretty pink bow in the center right. I think she is the cutest girl ever...but then I'm the grandma...lol. Thanks for stopping by and checking this out. I hope you'll leave a comment. Hugs, Debi

Mag Challange #22...Everyday Paperdolls pg. 68

This was a fun challange. I havn't used this cart in so long. I'v forgotten what cute things are on it. I don't know why the coloring is this photo is so bad but I gave this man gray hair. The only paper I know I used on here is the back ground paper and it is Tim Holtz, Vintage photos. The other papers are just recolletions from Micheals. Please leave a comment. If you have any idea's how to make the color in the picture a little better, I could use any advice. Thanks so much for stopping by... Hugs, Debi

Sister card.

"Like branches on a tree, we may grow in different directions, yet our roots remain as one."

That's what the inside of this card says. I just loved that saying and it was perfect for my sister who is 7 yrs older then myself. We are so different but we look alot alike. She is my best friend and I love her so much. I love all my sisters but she just holds a special place in my heart. I tell her she is an angle on earth.

I just love vintage cards and I was trying to achieve that look on this card but for some reason it didn't turn out very vintage looking.  Maybe it was the background paper. I have a hard time getting that look on any  of my cards. But on the other hand, I'm really happy with the way this turned out. I used A Child's Year for the cut. The word sisters are stickers and the word dream is a rub on. The paper is DCWV.  It's a A2 size card. I hope you'll leave a comment and tell me what you think. Hugs, Debi

This is a birthday card for my sister. It's a Z fold card. I got this whole idea from Mary at Cardz TV. She did a video on it so it was very easy to follow and easy to make. The ladybug is from Create a Critter. and the daisy is from Doodlecharms. It will fit in a A2 size envelope. All the paper came from a stash I had in my basket. I think this card turned out really cute. Leave me a comment and let me know what you think.
Hugs, Debi

BLOG AWARD!

I got this Blog Award from Tiffany at Sparkled Memories. Thank you very much Tiffany.

I hope everyone will check out her blog. She is very talented and her blog is great.

The main purpose of these blog awards are to be regonized by other bloggers. Also to send you all to other blogs so you can see thier creations and become followers.

So to except this award I have to:

1. Thank the person who gave it to me.

2. Post 7 things about myself.

3. Pass it on to 15 other blogs.

    

 Here are 7 things about me:

1.  I like Hazelnut flavored coffee creamer, nothing else will do.

2.  I really dislike talking on the phone.

3.  I don't own a cell phone.

4.  My favorite author is Danielle  Steel.

5.  I am a total reality TV junkie

6.  I'm a night person. I do my best work in the late night. Even clean my house.

7.  I don't enjoy cooking but I like to bake.

Now I'm suppose to send this to 15 blogs.

Elaine , Tammy, Star, Angela, Lisa, Terri, Alison, Laura, Kimberly, Celeste, Kathlee,

okay, there were some bloggers who didn't want the award so this is it for the list.
Thanks again Tiffany. Hope everyone will visit these blogs and start following.
Hugs, Debi

AND THE WINNER IS...

The winner of the April fools day hop is number #29. Tiffany, from Sparkled Memories. I will be contacting you with the good news. Thanks to everyone for the super wonderful comments and to all my new followers. I really hope you all come back and see more inspiration. If I haven't already, I will be stopping by your blogs and following and commenting too. Thanks again. I really had a lot of fun being in my first blog hop. Hugs, Debi

Most recent Bday card...Scroll down for the April fools hop.

I made this card using the Micky and Friends cart. I cut this at 5". The card measures 4.5"x7". There are a lot of small cuts and very intricate cuts on this cart. so I wouldn't want to cut them much smaller than 4".

I made this card for a man who was turning 33 so I didn't want to use ribbon or bling. I didn't even even do any doodling on it. I had alot of fun making this card and I like the way it turned out.

Let me know what you think.

Hugs, Debi

                                                     APRIL FOOLS BLOG HOP!

Welcome to It's A Joy 2 Scrap's April Fool's Day Blog Hop! I hope everyone is having a fantastic Friday! If you came here from Katie's BLOG, you are in the right place. However, if you happened upon my blog, please head over to It's A Joy 2 Scrap's blog so you don't miss any of the fun.


For this hop, we were asked to create a project that “tricks the eye.”  I really had to dig deep in my thought process. My first thought was to make an animal with a human head. But then I came up with something even better then that. What better way to trick the eye then to use the same paper but in a different direction?

So even though it's hard to see (and it's suppose to be) here is a card that says "The Big Day"  Thanks April for letting me join in your Blog Hop. I can't believe I got to be in this with all the other talented crafters. I had alot of fun creating this card and I think it turned out pretty good.

This is an A2 size card.

Paper, DCWV Flower shower
Martha Stewart punch
A flower from my stash
Birthdays and Beyond


If you would like to head back over to April's blog It's A Joy 2 Scrap and let her know you made it thru the hop, then off you go. But before you go I do have some blog candy.

1. Become a follower and 2. Leave a comment on this post.

Thanks for hopping with us!



If you get lost along the way, here is the line up of my fellow crafters:
ELAINEhttp://www.expressionsbyelaine.blogspot.com/
VICKIhttp://www.scrapbookingcreationsbyvicki.blogspot.com/
DARLENEhttp://www.talesoftayandbay.blogspot.com/
LINDSEYhttp://www.lageorgiapaprie.blogspot.com/
TAMMYhttp://www.tammyjennings.blogspot.com/
KARAhttp://www.karassweetcreations.blogspot.com/
AMYhttp://www.lovetocrop.blogspot.com/
ASHLEY http://www.proudusmcwife.blogspot.com/
JANICEhttp://www.cricutolgy.blogspot.com/
TONIAhttp://www.pigtailsandpapertrails.blogspot.com/
KIMhttp://www.me-makimsplace.blogspot.com/
JANICEhttp://www.craftingeek.blogspot.com/
JILLIANhttp://www.jillianbeancrafts.blogspot.com/
WENDYhttp://www.gilbyscraftster.blogspot.com/
KAYLAhttp://www.myscrapbookinghideaway.blogspot.com/
JENNYhttp://www.scrapwithjenny.blogspot.com/
PATTYhttp://www.craftykitten1.blogspot.com/
TIFFANYhttp://www.sparkledmemories.blogspot.com/
CARLENEhttp://www.misspinkcurcut.blogspot.com/
KRYSTALhttp://www.drystalskreativity.blogspot.com/
JENNYhttp://www.papercutcreations.blogspot.com/
MICHELLEhttp://www.makebymisha.blogspot.com/
LINETTEhttp://www.moonscrapper.blogspot.com/
KATIEhttp://www.kwilliamskreations.blogspot.com/ (This is where you were)
DEBIhttp://www.debican01.blogspot.com/ (This is where you are now)

Im so excited. My first blog hop. You won't want to miss this Blog Hop. Look what day it's on. There is a line up of very talented crafters. Including me...if I do say so myself. Mark your reminders. Hugs, Debi