Katie's Creations

Summer In Paris Cartridge

2010-10-09T00:20:00.000-07:00

I just got this one on EBay for only $14, and I can't wait to start creating with it! ( :

Cowgirl Up Challenge Featuring Delicious Doodles

2010-07-08T20:44:00.000-07:00

We have a wonderful challenge this week over at Cowgirl Up starting July 11th to make a card using colors from your favorite ice cream flavor. If you would like to play along we have a great prize this week from our lovely sponsor DELICIOUS DOODLES!

Here is my card using the Willie The Westie image from Delicious Doodles. I went with a Strawberry- Banana color combination and used a very simple layout to showcase the cute image. I also made a pink tattered rose with a microbead center.

Isn't he so cute!? I can think of so many ways I will be using him in the future. A big thank you to our sponsor for letting us use one of lovely digi stamps! There are so many other wonderful images that you should check out over at Delicious Doodles!

(I also love the peacock and the Mr&Mrs Owl!)

Your prize will be your choice of any 3 images the Delicious Doodles Store and 2 images of choice from Cowgirls Up!

Along with a "Winners Badge" to display on your blog!
The "Top 3" will win "1 Image of choice from Cowgirl Up"
and a "Top 3 Badge" that they will be able to proudly display on their blog's.

Please head on over to COWGIRL UP CHALLENGE and play along for your chance to win!

Cowgirl Up First DT Challenge

2010-07-03T17:13:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone! Hope you all are having a great fourth of July weekend! This is my first card using the Cowgirl Up Digi Stamps and my first card as a member of their design team! I love these boots! SUPPLIES:

White card base, Patterned Paper, Red & Gold Paint, Tan Ribbon, Aluminum Word {These embellishments will soon be available in my Etsy store}, and Boots Digi Stamp from Cowgirl Up

Cowgirl Up also has a new challenge this week so stop by and check it out! Thanks for stopping by! Ps- I created a new signature for all my Cowgirl Up DT work! ( : Pretty Cute right?

Sweet Sweet Candy!

2010-06-20T21:53:00.000-07:00

June must be my lucky month! I won the blog candy from Juli over at Cards by SweetPz! I am so happy to have won this great prize pack! I must first say a huge THANK YOU to Juli aka Sweet P! If you have not visted her blog you should stop by and see her awesome creations! I can't wait to use all these goodies on my projects!

I also was asked to join the design team for Cowgirl Up Stamps. We will be doing weekly challenges and I get to use some of the Cowgirl Up digi stamps! How awesome? It is my first time on a design team so I will be learning as I go!

Check in on Sunday for my first DT challege and play along!

What A Catch! Treasure Tempestwind

2010-06-20T16:00:00.000-07:00

I hope everyone is having a great Father's Day today! I got a little crafting done this week after my new Sweet November stamp in the mail. I must give a big THANK YOU to Amy at A Thousand Sheets of paper for this gorgeous stamp along with the pearls, prima flower, ribbon, paper, glitter pen and card! I cannot believe that I actually won the blog candy Amy was hosting! As soon as I saw her beautiful mermaids I knew I would have to have one! I LOVE mermaids! The candy that Amy sent to me included the lovely Sweet November Treasure Tempestwind and Eddy rubber stamp, along with tons of other goodies! Seriously- how lucky am I? I will soon be collecting her three lovely Sweet November friends from All That Scraps!
I got the idea to have Treasure and Eddy in a bubble from Amy's card. I used my Cuttlebug to emboss the white paper and to cut out the Hello greeting (from a Hello Kitty die.) I tried my hand at the cracked glass technique that is featured on the All That Scraps challenge on Treasure's tail fins. It gives her tail a nice vintage feeling, although it didn't crack as much as I wanted it to.

I also made a tattered rose from the scallop cut on the Graphically Speaking Cricut cartridge. This is my first flower in this style and I think it actually turned out pretty good!

I am joining in on these challenges this week:
Whimsical Wednesday: Diedrich Dare- Live In The Sunshine, Swim In The Sea
All That Scraps- Cracked Glass (on Treasure's Tail)
Crazy 4 Challenges- Paper Flowers
Color Chef- Blue, Green, Cream
Pollycraft- Sing A Song (Under The Sea from The Little Mermaid)
My Time To Craft- Xtra Special
Papertake Weekly- Favorite Ice Cream Flavor (Blue Raspberry)
A Spoon Full Of Sugar- Sunshine (Swimming)
Play Date Cafe- Color splash Blue
Cricut Cardz- Vacation (Graphically Speaking Scallop for flowers)
Paper Pals Arts- Summer
PaperPlay- Something Old (Divine Swirls Cuttlebug Folder)
Charisma Cardz- All About Bling (Pearls)
Cooking It Up With Katie- Green, Embossing, & Ribbon
Fun With Shapes & More- Flowers
Stamp Something- Summer
Rosie-D's- Something Blue & Fish
Creative Inspirations- Monochrome (Blue)
Cupcake Inspirations- Blue, Green Flowers
Corrosive Challenge-Blue and White
AI Factory- Distress It (Flower)
Aly's Sunday Sketch- Flowers
Paper Sundays- Pretty Princess/Girly-Girl
Cowgirl's Sunday Stampen'- Anything Goes
Meljen's Design Team- Ribbon, Lace, Fibers
Anyone For Anya- Fab Flowers (Sweet November Stamps for CC Designs)
Bunny Zoe's Crafts- Nice and Girly
Craftalicious Challenge- Monotone (Blue)

Mom Wordbook With The Cricut

2010-04-23T18:49:00.001-07:00

This is my first word book that I made with my Cricut. This is for my mom's birthday and I am happy with how it turned out. I used cereal boxes for the chipboard and the silver words and letters are made from soda can aluminum cut or embossed with my cuttlebug. I also used ribbon, pearls, flowers, crystals, and other embellishments to decorate. I designed this in design studio. If you would like the cut file leave your email and I will send it to you! Challenges I am entering my word book in...
The Pink Elephant- Aqua
How Much Is Too Much- 12 Things
Die Cuts R Us- Double Duty (Multiple pages in book)
Creative Card Crew- April Showers Bring May Flowers
Cricutters Anonymous- Picnic (Flowers)
Gingersnap- Botanical, The Good Earth (Blue/Flowers)
Penny's Paper- Anything Goes
Saturday Challenge- Distressing
Pile It On- Make It Sweet (I think of tea with sugar as sweet!!)
Kaboodle- Embossing
All Sorts- Butterfly Inspiration Pic
Our Creative Corner- Beautiful Blossoms
Bizzy Becs Creatalicious- Flowers and Wings
Double Dutch- Mum's The Word
Fantabulous Cricut- Mothers Day
Pollycraft- Make your own flowers
Sisterhood of Scrap- Flowers
Shabby Tea Room- Comforts of Home Photo Inspiration
Flourishes- Vintage
Papertake Weekly- Do Something Different
Spoon Full of Sugar- 3D Something
Tuesday Taggers- Memories
I also wanted to share some quotes I found about mothers:
A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts. ~Washington Irving

Mother - that was the bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries. ~T. DeWitt Talmage

A little girl, asked where her home was, replied, "where mother is." ~Keith L. Brooks

Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes

Most of all the other beautiful things in life come by twos and threes, by dozens and hundreds. Plenty of roses, stars, sunsets, rainbows, brothers and sisters, aunts and cousins, comrades and friends - but only one mother in the whole world. ~Kate Douglas Wiggin

I cannot forget my mother. [S]he is my bridge. When I needed to get across, she steadied herself long enough for me to run across safely. ~Renita Weems

All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother. ~Abraham Lincoln

"The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother."
-- Theodore Hesburgh

Can't Wait To Try These Giltter Balls

2010-04-22T08:12:00.000-07:00

I know its only April, but I am going to try these this Christmas!

Beautiful Blogger Award

2010-04-01T05:15:00.000-07:00

Yay! My first award! I have to say thanks to Dayna at Buggin' Out for this awesome award! She is so creative and talented! I am always blown away by her layouts! I especially love her layouts of her wedding and gorgeous baby girl! Plus she is a Wisco girl so you know she's awesome! Here are the rules for this award: add a link and a note about the person who gave you this award and then pass this award on to 5 people you recently found and love. You also have to share 7 things about yourself. Easy-peasy lemon squeezy!

Here are some of the blogs that I really love!

A Sprinkling Of Glitter
Queenies
Carol's Cards
A Necessary Creativity

Ann's Creative Nook

Now for a little bit about me!

1. I graduated from University of Arizona with my doctorate in pharmacy (Pharm. D.) last year. I only made people call me Dr. Katie during the week of graduation ( : It took me six years but I had a lot fun and it was totally worth it.2. I love animals! I love all animals and I love going to zoos and aquariums. I have the sweetest yorkie who is the most loyal and smart little guy. Here he is taking his medicine after a foot injury:3. I love to travel! My favorite places to go are Maine, California, and anywhere with a beautiful beach. Living in AZ, Las Vegas is the perfect weekend trip for me. Here is a pic of David and me from one of our many Vegas trips:4. I love to ski! My dad taught me how to ski when I was a little girl and I have been going every winter ever since!5. I recently got into archery! My bf gave me a bow a few years ago and has been teaching me ever since. I love picking up new hobbies.

6. I have the most wonderful younger brother. He is smart, funny and always there for me. 7. I am a TV junkie! I love my DVR- speeding through commercials is the best. My favorites range from the high-brow, intellectually stimulating shows like Frontline, Independent Lens, Nova (basically anything on PBS!) to the guilty pleasures like 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom. I love anything that can make me laugh and I also love medical/crime shows (House, Bones, NCIS.)

Well, those are just a few things about me. Thanks for letting me share them!

Thanks again Dayna!

Welcome Spring!

2010-03-27T16:10:00.000-07:00

Wow! It's been a while since I've posted a new project! I've been focused on my new personal blog, This Is Katie. Check it out if you have some time! I just wanted to post a few things I've been working on lately. I recently discovered the joys of digital scrapbooking. I created this little Happy Easter project:I love that the little chick is looking at us. The frame is one of the many awesome freebies at Just So Scrappy, which I found on Lori's Freebie List. These sites are amazing! The rest was added in Power Point. I am also playing along with the Easter theme at I Love Digi Challenge, Paper Play Challenges, C.R.A.F.T, Dare U 2 Digi Stamp,

I also made a VERY quick little project for a part of my friend's little girl's birthday present. I left it for the last minute so I didn't get to decorate it the way I wanted, but it did get the "how did you get that stuff in there?" response I was hoping for! If you have never made one you should! Easy and fun! Just cut a flap in the plastic 2 liter soda bottle where the label normally would be and then decorate your own paper label and cover the opening. Easy peasy! I am sharing this project at Creative Inspirations for their Anything But A Card challenge. I also wanted to share the awesome package Ann at Ann's Creative Nook sent me for winning one of her challenges. She sent me some brads, buttons, chipboard shapes, and the cutest Luau stamps! I can't wait to use these! If you have not checked out her blog, you should head on over! She always picks great challenges!

Thanks for stopping by!
~Katie

Of All The Fish In The Sea...

2010-03-04T18:25:00.000-08:00

This is another quick card I made recently. As you can tell I love my Cuttleug "Love Heart" die and have used it again this week! I also love my Anya stamps and this mermaid Anya may be one of my favorites! The black stripes are ribbon and I used my favorite Martha Stewart border punch and my cuttlebug circles embossing folder. I used silver ink to give my love heart some sparkle and dimension and some chalks to liven up the mermaid's skin and tail. Hope you all enjoy it!

Here are some of the challenges I am going to enter this week:
Saturday Spotlight- Clean It Up (Clean and Simple)
Paper Play- Just Because
S2G Challenge- Green (Mermaid's Tail)
Crafty Creations- One Color (Mostly Blue)
Creative Card Crew- Celebration
Cupcake Craft- Circles
Cuttlebug Spot- Green
Lexi's Creations- Anything Goes
Crazy 4 Challenges- All About Texture
Stamp, Scrap, Doodle- Sparkle (Silver Ink)
Crafty Card Makers- Color Theory: Analogous- Blue, Purple, Green
Practical Scrappers- Chalks/Ink (Mermaid and Heart)
Die Cuts R Us- Sketch

Thanks in advance for all your comments! I love the feedback!

For A Lovely Couple

2010-02-19T14:43:00.000-08:00

This is a quick card I made for my best friend. She got engaged and asked me to be her maid of honor! I made this for her to say congrats and thanks for such a great honor! (If anyone has great bridal shower tips and ideas- let me know!)

I used my Cuttlebug for the embossing, Greeting Farm for the cute stamp, black and white polka dot ribbon, and a silver pen for the details.

Here are a few challenges I am entering:

Ann's Creative Nook- Silver (XOs and the heart) in honor of George Washington's appearance of the quarter for Presidents Day- http://annscreativenook.blogspot.com/
The Cute and Girly- LOVE- http://bythecuteandgirly.blogspot.com/
Anya Ink- Monochromatic (Red)- http://anyaink.blogspot.com/
Little Paper Shop- Distressing- http://littlepapershop.blogspot.com/
The Pink Elephant- Ribbon- http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com/
Cupcake Craft Challenge- Keep It Simple- http://cupcakecraftchallenges.blogspot.com/
Kaboodle- Spots and Stripes- http://kaboodledoodles.blogspot.com/
Practical Scrappers- Flowers (In bride's hair) http://www.practicalscrappers.com/
Die Cuts R Us- No Patterned Paper- http://www.diecutsrusdesignteam.blogspot.com/
Design Dollies- Honor a Woman in Your Life- http://designdollies.blogspot.com/
Flourishes- Favorites- http://www.flourishesnewsletter.blogspot.com/
Spoon Full of Sugar- Spring- http://aspoonfullofsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/
Little Red Wagon- Ribbon- http://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/
The Pixie Cottage- Love- http://www.thepixiecottage.blogspot.com/
The Crafting Pot- Valentine- http://thecraftingpot.blogspot.com/
Pals Paper Arts- Keep It Simple Sweetie- http://www.palspaperarts.com/
Colour Create- http://colourcreatechallenge.blogspot.com/
Frosted Designs- Polka Dots- http://frosteddesigns.blogspot.com/
Stamp Something- Spring- http://stampchallenges.blogspot.com/
Crafty Calendar- Love&Friendship- http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.com/
Our Creative Corner- Old is New- http://www.ourcreativecorner6.blogspot.com/
Anyone For Anya- Flowers (In Bride's Hair)-http://anyoneforanya.blogspot.com/
Creative Inspirations- Red&Black- http://creativeinspirationschallenge.blogspot.com/
Stampin' Sisters In Christ- God's Love- http://stampinsistersinchrist.blogspot.com/

Hope she likes it and you all do too! Thanks for stopping by and I love all the sweet comments!

#1 Teacher for Tara

2010-01-26T12:48:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! One of my friends recently graduated from college and will soon be starting a teaching career. I made her this bookmark to let her know I am thinking of her. I used my Cricut and for the apple and "#1" cuts. I used a stamp and digi stamp from the Greeting Farm for the cute teacher and grad girls. I added some details with some silver, gold, white and red pens.

I also entered this in a few challenges:

By The Cute and Girly: NEW- for my friend's new job! http://bythecuteandgirly.blogspot.com/
Caardvarks:RED- http://www.caardvarks.blogspot.com/
Anya Ink:NO Patterned Paper- http://anyaink.blogspot.com/
Incy Wincy Designs:Ribbon- http://incywincydesigns.blogspot.com/
Pollycraft: Red&White- http://pollycraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/
Die Cuts R Us: Ribbon- http://www.diecutsrusdesignteam.blogspot.com/
Spoon Full of Sugar: Freestyle- http://aspoonfullofsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/
Playdate Cafe: Red/Blue/White/Black- http://theplaydatecafe.blogspot.com/
Quixotic Challenge: Old Stamp- http://quixoticpaperie.blogspot.com/
Crafty Creations: Celebration- Celebrating my friend's graduation- http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/
Charisma Cardz: Fruity- http://www.charismacardz.blogspot.com/
CRAFT Challenge: RED- http://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/
Daring Cardmakers: Pointy- The points on the #1 and grad cap- http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com/
Crafty Calendar: Warm Colors- http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.com/
Stamp, Scrap, Doodle:Spring- http://ssdschallenge.blogspot.com/
Bee Crafty- Fav Colors (primary) (digi=grad anya)- http://bee-crafty.blogspot.com/
Hope Stamps Eternal- Photo Inspiration (red from robot)- http://hopestampseternal.blogspot.com/
Stampin' Sisters in Christ: A Touch of Green (Leaves and #1)- http://stampinsistersinchrist.blogspot.com/
Pile It On: Warm Wishes (Warm Colors)- http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com/
Sassy Designs by Susie: Red/white/blue- http://sassydesignsbysusie.blogspot.com/

Thanks for looking! ( :

Rudolph Was Here...

2010-01-14T01:45:00.000-08:00

Happy 2010 everybody! I am back from a holiday hiatus and thought I would share this cute lil Rudolph card. He is cute from the Cricut Animal Kingdom cartridge with googly eyes and glitter glue on his nose. I did a little distressing/shading with chalks around his head and mouth.
I also used some scrap winter paper and ribbon (which says "Santa's on his way!") as well as a snowflake and heart punch. I am entering it in a few challenges:

Crafty Cardmakers- What's New Challenge: I bought myself some new glitter glue recently http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.com/
Practical Scrappers- Glitter/Bling: Glitter on his nose! http://www.practicalscrappers.com/
Die Cuts R Us- Leftovers: The patterned paper and ribbon http://diecutsrusdesignteam.blogspot.com/
Design Dollies- Wintery: http://designdollies.blogspot.com/
Creative Card Crew- Distressing: http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.com/
Creative Inspirations-New Products (glitter): http://www.cinspirations.blogspot.com/
Creative Belli Blog- Glitter: http://www.bellichallenge.blogspot.com/
ABC Challenge- Layers: http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com/
Crafty Cats- Bright&Sparkly: http://www.craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/
Daring Cardmakers- Garnet: http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com/

Thanks for looking!

Our First Ski Trip Together Layouts

2009-11-24T22:12:00.000-08:00

This is a couple of 8x8 layouts of the first time my boyfriend and I went skiing together. I love that skiing is a hobby we can share!

I love the torn paper look on this layout! It reminds me of snow. I entered it in the paper tearing challenge at Frosted Designs and the distress challenge at Little Red Wagon. I also entered it in the snowflakes challenge at One Stop Craft Challenge and at KL Stampin N Scrappin. I also entered it in the Christmas challenge at Pollycraft Challenge,Belli challenge, and Papertake Weekly. The challenge at 3 Clovers was Christmas with no red or green. The Crafty Calendar Challenge was to show weather and I went snow for this one. I also entered in the Allsorts Challenge for the Christmas song, "White Christmas." The challenge at Christmas Blog Challenge was no Christmas stamps and no Christmas patterned paper. The monthly challenges at Creatalicious Challenge and Cute and Girly were for winter/Christmas projects.

I'm thinking about putting the date or some journaling underneath the picture of us together, so I will add that pic once I get it done. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Slide Rock and Sedona Scrapbook Pages

2009-11-24T21:04:00.000-08:00

These are more of my 8x8 scrapbook pages. These pictures are from a trip we took to Sedona. The challenge for the Alphabet Challenge Blog is F for Flowers, so this first page has a red flower with a souvenir penny as the center: I love this color combo and it fits perfectly with the Quixotic Challenge challenge: Kraft and Red. The Little Paper Shop also has a red, brown, and kraft color challenge.

I distressed, tore, and chalked the edges of this layout so I am entering it in Little Red Wagon Challenge #3: Distress It Up.

I have used paper tearing in several of my Sedona layouts and that was the challenge this week at Frosted Designs

Thanks for stopping by!

California Vacation Scrapbook Pages

2009-11-24T20:28:00.000-08:00

I thought I would share a few of my scrapbook layouts. This is going to be a gift album for my boyfriend (as soon as I get it done-LOL). These are pictures from our trip to California for my birthday. The challenge at A Spoon Full of Sugar is to use pink and brown. I think the sand color counts as a light brown, right?The Design Dollies are challenging us to create a watery themed project. The theme at Crafty Catz is Celebration and the layout below is of my friends, my boyfriend, and I celebrating my 22nd birthday. The challenge at Incy Wincy is anything goes, but they do have a nice sketch I would like to use someday!

The challenge at Practical Scrappers is stitching. I love the look of real stitching, but I usually just grab a gel pen and do some faux stitching. The heart above has some stitching that I doodled with a silver pen.

Thanks for stopping by!

Welcome Baby Allison Gift Bag

2009-11-16T21:43:00.000-08:00

This is a gift bag that I made for my cousin Sarah's baby shower. Her baby girl is going to be named Allison and her nursery is decorated in pink and brown with butterflies. I thought I would enter it in a few challenges as well:

Little Red Wagon (http://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/)- Use Your Scraps- I used some brown scraps I had for the swirls and the brown butterfly.

Fun With Shapes and More (http://funwithshapesandmore.blogspot.com/) Light- I think of butterflies as light and airy so I think that fits.

Stampin' Bs Design Team (http://stampinbsdesignteam.blogspot.com/) Anything But A Card- I love decorating gift bags. I think people like personalized gifts.

One Stop Craft Challenge (http://onestopcraftchallenge.blogspot.com/) Gift Bags

Gingersnap Creations (http://gingersnapcreations.blogspot.com/) Thankfulness: I am thankful for the new addition to our family!

Little Paper Shop (http://littlepapershop.blogspot.com/) Die Cuts: I used my Cricut and Cuttlebug for the die-cuts on this bag.

Whimsy Stamps (http://whimsystamps.blogspot.com/) Not a Card

Die Cuts R Us (http://www.diecutsrusdesignteam.blogspot.com/) A Girly Project/Emboss

Pollycraft Challenge (http://pollycraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/) No Cards Allowed

Creative Card Crew Challenge (http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.com/) Doodles- I used some metallic glitter pens to create a doodle border around the butterflies

Design Dollies (http://designdollies.blogspot.com/) Distressed- It doesn't show up that well in my picture, but I inked the edged of the welcome die cut

Creative Inspirations (http://www.cinspirations.blogspot.com/) New or Neglected- I have so many great glitter pens that I hardly ever use so I used them for the doodles on the butterflies

Flutterby Wednesday(http://dannisdreamscrafts.blogspot.com/)Thankful- I am so thankful for the new addition to my family and to see all my family at the baby shower!

Just Buggin' (http://justbugginchallenges.blogspot.com/)Into The Wild- I used the Home Decor cartridge for the butterflies.

Three Clovers Thursdays (http://threecloversdesigns.blogspot.com/) Birds or Bugs- For my bugs I went with butterflies.

Cute Card Thursday (http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/) Glitter Me Silly- I used metallic glitter pens to doodle around the edges of the butterflies.

Secret Crafters(http://thesecretcraftersaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/) Four Seasons- This bag reminds me of spring!

Allsorts (http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/) For A Child

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Safari CD Envelope

2009-11-07T00:44:00.000-08:00

This is a little envelope for a mix CD that I made for one of my friends. I used my Cricut and the ZooBalloo cartridge for the animals and PaperPups for the "Best Friends" sentiment and Home Decor for the leaf. I cut the CD envelope using Cricut Design Studio and a .cut file from Capadia Designs (http://capadiadesigns.blogspot.com/2008/04/cd-envelopes.html). I also decided to enter it in a few challenges:

Scrap, Stamp, Doodle: "Anything But A Card" http://ssdschallenge.blogspot.com/

Crafty Catz: "Dots" There is a polka dot pattern on the inside of the CD envelope and dots on the giraffe http://www.craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/

Kaboodle Doodles: "Fall Splendor"-I used fall colors for this project including shades of orange, yellow, and green. http://kaboodledoodles.blogspot.com/

Ann's Creative Nook: "Inspiration from Art" I found the cutest little giraffe painting called "Jerry" by Kate Mawdsley which can be found here (http://www.fulcrumgallery.com/Kate-Mawdsley/Jerry_86894.htm) and I have included a picture of it below. I love giraffes and my friend loves zebra print so I decided to use those animals for her gift. http://annscreativenook.blogspot.com/

Above is a picture of me feeding a giraffe at the zoo here in AZ. I really do love giraffes! They are such gentle giants. Thanks so much for stopping by and looking at creation! I always appreciate your feedback and sweet comments!

Happy (Belated) Halloween!

2009-11-02T12:38:00.000-08:00

Here is a little circle card that I made for Halloween. The flower cut is from Plantin Schoolbook, the Boo is from a Cuttlebug folder, and the paper was from the Target dollar bin from a while back. I am entering it in the Just Buggin' challenge this week- "Something Frightful." I also entered it in Kelly Jo's Color Chef Challenge which was black orange, purple, green, and white. I also entered in Crafty Calendar Challenge's first challenge- Autumn. Papertake Weekly's challenge was Spots and Stripes and I would say this card has plenty of stripes! Trimmie's Craft Challenge, Secret Crafter Saturday, and Crazy4Challenges all have a Halloween theme this week so I entered all of those challenges. Creative Inspiration Challenge was to doodle on your creation, so I have happy halloween, doodled in silver pen around the edge of the card.

Hope everyone had a very safe and happy halloween this year! Thanks for stopping by! I will leave you with a pic of me as the wicked witch of the [south]west! If you haven't tried FaceinHole.com it is a very fun way to waste some time! ( :

PS- I am having some difficulty with the links for some reason and so here are the links to the challenges:

http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.com/

http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/

http://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/

http://thesecretcraftersaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/

http://crazy4challenges.blogspot.com/

http://creataliciouschallenges.blogspot.com/

http://creativeinspirationschallenge.blogspot.com/

Blue Christmas Without You!

2009-10-18T23:12:00.000-07:00

Sundays are usually my lazy crafty days... that's why this is my third post today! I still have so many autumn projects I want to complete, but I couldn't resist making a quick Christmas card. I always look forward to Christmas months and months in advance- it's my favorite time of the year! My boyfriend and I are big skiers so we are both excited for ski season to begin! Here we are on our ski trip to Flagstaff, AZ this past February: I used my Cuttlebug for the snowflake and best friends embossing. I used my paper trimmer as a guide to create the embossed lines. For the flower I used the same technique I used on my first challenge, but in this case I used a different flower from the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge. I inked the embossing and edges and added some accent dots to the sentiment with a silver gel pen. This was a simple and quick card but I thought I would still enter it in a few challenges.

My Time To Craft- "Quick and Cute" was the challenge this week at My Time To Craft. This card was so quick and simple and I think the big handmade flower gives it that cute touch. The creative team over there are looking to add a few more crafters to the design team. I would be so happy to be a part of their wonderful blog so I put myself into the running! I know I may not have a ton of experience in the card making department but I have always loved creating something from the heart and sharing my creativity with others. There are so many amazingly talented people out there in the blog world so I am really honored just to be able to have someone consider me for their design team! Wayne Gretzky said it best, "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take!" I only wish I had time to make a few more for the DT call- so hopefully they will take a look at some of my previous projects! ( :
Cuttlebug Spot- The challenge this week was "monochromatic" and I decided to go with all blue with a little silver in the brad and the pen doodling.
Crafty Creations- This is my second submission to the Crafty Creations site and I definitely think I followed their "Blue" challenge with this one!

Thanks for taking a look! I always love to hear your feedback! ( :

~Katy

Miss Ya!

2009-10-18T18:39:00.000-07:00

Doesn't this card make you miss the sunshine of summer? Its HOT here in AZ right now, so I can't really complain about lack of sunshine, but I do miss my cousin! She moved to Kansas and its been much harder to stay in touch with her so far away. I made this card for her and thought I would enter it in a few challenges as well. Here we are on the beaches of Mexico a few years back! For this card I used the Stretch Your Imagination cartridge and my Cricut to get the cute sandcastle, seashell and sand dollar. I also used the Paper Pups cartridge for the "Miss You" sentiment. The stamp is "Hope&Grace- Sing" from The Greeting Farm. This week I noticed that a lot of the color challenges were similar color so I am entering this card in several of them:

SPCC- The colors for this challenge were Bermuda bay (which I used for my sky), brocade blue (which I used for my ocean), and whisper white (which I used for my sand dollar and waves)
Pollycraft- The colors for this challenge were tangerine (which I used for my sun and sunshine rays), turquoise (which I used for the sky), and chocolate (which I used on the guitar and to accent the sandcastle)
Color Throwdown- The colors for this challenge were baja breeze (which I used for the sky), chocolate (which I used on the guitar and to accent the sandcastle), Sahara sand (which I fittingly used for the sand...lol)
Crafty Creations- The challenge this week was to use blue. I used shades of blue for the sky and the ocean.
Stamp Something- The challenge this week was to use some bling. It is difficult to tell in my pictures, but I used a glitter pen to outline the flower in my beach gal's hair and the shells have a subtle shimmer. The sweet stamp is from The Greeting Farm. I would pass out from excitement if I actually won the copic marker prize. I used colored pencils to color my image and I would love to actually get to use copics on my next project! I'm still a newbie so I won't hold my breath lol! ( :
Our Creative Corner- The colors for this challenge are soft suede(which I used for the sand), sage shadow (which I used for the sky), blush blossom (which I used on the adorable "Hope and Grace-Sing" image from The Greeting Farm), and handsome hunter (didn't use this one... hope that still counts for the challenge!)
Whimsy Stamps and Everybody Art Challenge- The challenge for both of these sites was to use punches. I used a circle punch for the sun and just cut off the overhanging edges. I used chalk to add a little shading.

Well~ That's a record number of challenges for me! Thanks for checking out my latest creation! As always, I love all the comments!

~Katy

Blast From The Past!

2009-10-18T15:01:00.000-07:00

The challenge at Scrap Your Crap this month is to post some old layouts. It's fun to look back at some of my favorites...

My first job at a smoothie shop when I was 15! (Gotta love the decorative edge scissors!)

My 8th grade graduation: (I loved embossed paper back then too!)

Vegas Layouts Using Soda Can Embellishments

2009-09-28T19:38:00.000-07:00

I recently scrapped some of my Las Vegas pictures from 2007...I am sooo behind on scrapbooking! Thought I would share them and share a little economical tip for embellishments. Most of us have aluminum cans around the house from soda, beer, energy drinks, etc. If you have a Cuttlebug and some dies you should try this tip out: This title "Friends" is made from aluminum cans cut with my CB alphabet dies and my Cuttlebug. (The F is not so crooked in real life it just got bent a little when I took it out of the protective sleeve)

Here is the second page of my Vegas layout. These pictures are from Fremont Street. If you have not been here to see the Fremont Street Experience I highly recommend it!

I made the "FUN" title and the heart using my CB dies. For the F and the N I used the negative image from the FRIENDS letters I had already done. I glued the card themed punches onto the heart for a more Vegas style: All you need to do is just cut the can as shown below- BE CAREFUL not to cut yourself though! The edges can be a little sharp. Discard the top and bottom of the can and use the panel cut from the side with die cuts, embossing folders and even some punches!

I find the tall-boy style cans (like Arizona Iced Tea and some beers) are better for the large embossing folders. Here is some of the embellishments I made using my Arizona Iced Tea and Dr. Pepper cans. Some of my Dr. Pepper cans had a football style so I used the colored side instead of the silver.

I also got some insiration from the challenge at Scrap, Inspire, Create, although I didn't follow the challenge exactly! I had both a circle and texture theme and I used 3 photos per page, handmade embellishments, silver mesh ribbon, and 2 patterned papers.

Thanks for looking! ( :

Happy Birthday Dave!!

2009-09-24T12:15:00.000-07:00

My wonderful boyfriend turned 24! I have not been doing too much crafting lately, but I did manage to make him a card. He LOVES the Greenbay Packers football team and even got me to watch football with him. That is the theme of this card. Here we are at the Cardinals vs Packers game:For this card I used my Cricut to create the card itself. The Paper Pups cartridge has a card feature and a lot of great greeting card sayings including this happy birthday one. I cut the star design from the Home Decor cartridge and added a green jewel star embellishment. I used my Cuttlebug to emboss the green circle background under the sentiment and to emboss the dot stripes up each side. I free-hand drew a large football shape, cut it out and used the small dots CB folder to emboss it. I cut strips of white paper for the lace on the ball. I used my CB alphabet/number dies for Dave's name and the #24 (since it is his 24th bday.) I stamped, colored and cut out the cute little "Quarterback Ian." He is from The Greeting Farm. They have the sweetest little cartoon people and if love to stamp you should check them out! They have digital images too for those of us who are not the most skilled stampers. I inked the edges and dots with green ink and voila! I also made some oreo cake balls insead of a cake! Yum Yum!!

CHALLENGES:

The challenge at Three Clovers is a back to school theme using numbers. This card reminds me of all those high school football games I used to go to with all my friends! Ian has a #10 on his jersey and the #24 is on there too.

365 Cards had an interesting challenge today! The challenge was to grab one challenge from June, one from July, and one from August and combine them to make a card. It was fun going back and looking at all the past challenges they have had! I used the challenges from Aug 29th, July 22nd, and June 19th. On Aug 29th the challenge was to use sports balls on the card. I used a football. On July 22nd the challenge was "you raise me up," which was a challenge about using raised elements. I used the star jewel and the embossing for my raised elements. The June 19th challenge was "say it with stripes." I used the dots stripe on each side of the card and stripes on the football.

The challenge at Crafty Creations Challenges was "windows." The birthday sentiment is cut by the Cricut in a window style.

Charisma Cardz's challenge is "Getting Sporty," which fits perfectly with the overall theme of my card.

THANKS FOR LOOKING! ( : I love all the positive feedback from everyone and any advice too so leave me some love! Thanks again!!

Katy D

My First Challenge!

2009-08-23T17:08:00.000-07:00

I found so many great challenge sites for scrapbooking/cardmaking today that I was inspired...not to mention that I am playing with my NEW CRICUT! ( : This card was originally inspired when I saw the challenge to use pink, black, and white on http://www.caardvarks.blogspot.com/. That is a favorite color combination of mine, so I thought it wouldn't be too difficult for me to come up with a quick card.

I also love the site http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com/, which inspired me to do more than one challenge at once. This week's challenge on PIO is "Good Things Come in 3s" so I used 3 buttons and (mostly) 3 colors.

The inspiration for the giant flower was from http://bee-crafty.blogspot.com/. Their challenge was over the top. This flower is very 3-D and really jumps off the card. It wouldn't fit in an envelope, so I think that makes it a little over the top for a card. To create this flower I used my Cricut Expression and Plantin Schoolbook Cartridge. I just cut the flower out in 5 different sizes (I used 3",2.5",2", 1.5" and 1"). I then folded each petal in half to get the dimension. I inked the edges, glued them all together, and then added the button for the center. The "love," butterflies, leaf, ,and flourish are all from the Cricut Home Decor Cartridge.

The last inspiration that I got from all these wonderful scrapper challenge site was from http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com/. This challenge was "B for Buttons." I used a large black button for the center of my flower and two small white buttons for embellishments.

WooHoo! I am officially addicted to challenges! ( :

Thanks for looking!

Katy

Hoppy Birthday Cards with my Cuttlebug

2009-08-23T09:10:00.001-07:00

Here are a couple of birthday cards I completed recently. I LOVE this frog die from Cuttlebug! (I use him all the time!) For this pink card I used the frog die from "GARDEN CREATURES" 2"x2" CB Die Set, The Crown from CB Kids Fairy Alphabet Die Set, the Make A Wish from the Happy Birthday CB embossing folders set. I sanded the embossed element to help it pop off the page. I used punches and a jewel for the flowers and ribbon to delineate the patterned and plain card stock.

I used my CB GARDEN CREATURES Die to cut the frog and used a lil pink scrap for the tongue. I used a CB embossing folder for the message Happy Birthday and sanded it to help make it stand out. I used the HIPPY CHICK alphabet die set for the name. I used some punches for the balloons and the stars.
I even used the embossing folders to dress up the envelopes... I'm not sure if you can mail them like this so best to use that only for hand-delivered cards! ( :
TFL!

Katy

Thank You Cards

2009-08-23T08:45:00.000-07:00

These are the thank you cards I made for all the graduation gifts I recieved this May. I am pleased with them and they were fun to make!
TFL!

Katy

Holiday Cards: Christmas and Easter

2009-08-23T06:04:00.000-07:00

These were my first batch of home made Christmas cards. I love the look of stamp hot embossed!

This is a Easter basket card with embossing/shapes from the Cuttlebug and strips of green paper cut with decorative edge scissors. I used glitter and rick-rack to decorate the eggs.

My Cards

2009-08-23T05:59:00.001-07:00

These are some of my earlier card attempts. I have been a scrapbooker for many years, but just recently got into card-making.

For these little bugs I used an old stencil and paper-pieceing techniques, my Cuttlebug for embossing and my Couzzle for the word "Mine."

Thanks for looking!
Katy

Welcome to my Crafty Place!

2009-08-23T05:55:00.000-07:00

Hi All,

I just wanted to say hello and thanks for checking out my blog! I am so inspired by all the beautiful cards, layouts and other crafty goodies that I find posted out there! I wanted to have a place where I can share my creations!

Enjoy!