Creative Scraps Challenge Week #2- "Open to the Public"

Good Morning Everyone!!

It has been an extremely LONG day!! As some of you may know...my hubby has been ill all week long and the last few days have gotten worse.  So tonight I took him to the ER because he hasn't eaten or drank any more than 2 glasses of water, 5 spoons of applesauce, and 3 bites of jell-o in the last 3 days.  So they had to put 2 litters of fluids through an IV just because he was so dehydrated. The reason I'm telling you this is because it is now 2am, and I just completed my card! LOL I took him to the ER 9pm, didn't get home till 12.15am, and i am now done my card at 2am! LOL Thank goodness for sleeping in tomorrow!  Ok so ENOUGH of my blabbering....(I'm sure some will ask so--my hubby was doing much better when he left the ER tonight, still had a minor sore throat but he is on antibiotics for it, he just needs rest which he is getting now :)) 

So as you know this weeks Creative Scraps Challenge Week was ALL about Birthdays! Cristi is in charge of posting this week so head over to her blog to join the challenge....click HERE! For those of you who are new to the challenge--- Every other week we challenge ourselves, whether it be with a theme, color combo, certain cartridge and we showcase our work all week long.  Then on Sunday(this week its today because of Momo's blog hop tomorrow), we have an added element to challenge us and we open the challenge for one week to all of you!!! So in short, we offer inspiration to you all during the week and then open the challenge up for entries for a whole week! And normally.....there is blog candy involved! 

 We also have 2 FANTASTIC GUEST DESIGNERS TODAY!! They are personally some close blogging friends of mine and I absolutely adore their work! We have Momo (our returning guest designer), Sarah (Live, Love, and Scrap!), and Julie ( Ready, Set, Stamp).  Thank you sooo much ladies for joining in on the challenge this week!

Ok so for the Weekly Girls (Cristi, Dorcas, Molly, and Myself) we gave ourselves 2 added elements this week......We HAD to use Once Upon a Princess and Bling! So here is what I came up with

I don't think it is up to "par" but it really took up all of the remaining energy I had left in me tonight :) I think it still turned out cute though! Of course the sentiment is from Scrappy Moms Stamps "The Charmed Life" which i just received in the mail today! YIPPEE!!!! I hope that you guys enjoyed my card and make sure you head over to CRISTI'S blog for all of the details on the challenge AND be sure to link your projects!! We can't wait to see what you come up with!

PS.....I chose this girl because she reminded me of the way my Mom would dress me as a kid! I always had a dress or skirt and blouse on and ALWAYS had a big bow in my hair! I especially remember one birthday where i was dressed just like this but my dress had a black top with an orange skirt to it. I wanted to replicate it but it reminded me too much of Halloween! But here is a picture of my first day of kindergarten!

Episode 26- Clean/Dirty Dishwasher Magnet

Hey Everyone!!

So here is a project that i have been wanting to work on for a while but never got around to it! Its funny how when you go to a store and see something--it reminds you of something you've been wanting to work on! And for $.69 you absolutely Can NOT go wrong!! :) I really hope you guys enjoy this project!!!

Don't forget to check out Dorcas and Cristi's Blog today for their Creative Scraps Projects for the Day! Also, don't forget to check to in to Cristi's Blog tomorrow for every one's project AND see Momo and our 2 SPECIAL GUEST DESIGNER's projects as well!!! Hope you guys have a fantastic Day!!

Ps....Don't forget to check out the HUGE Stampin' Up! Clearance Sale going on right now....you can find all the info on the post below this one!

Creative Scraps Challenge Week #2- Post 2

Good Morning and Happy Hump Day Everyone!!

We are half way through the week and I'm feeling FANTASTIC!!! I not only finished all my rehearsal dinner invites that I had to make for my etsy order BUT I also met my Card Making Idol Yesterday....the one and only MOMO!!!! Now I have to admit, I was a wee bit nervous at first---I mean I've been stalking Momo's blog since the end of December and she has really been my creative inspiration and the one who pushed me to start my blog and start video's and she and my hubby pushed me to start etsy! BUT after the jitters were out, we just talked non stop for 2 hours (like we've been childhood friends) while we ate lunch and had dessert. It was a blast and we will be getting together very soon!! Here are a few pictures of us out together!

And as I said on my FB fan page....if you think she is sweet on her video's or ustream...just wait till you meet her!!! Shoot....Momo, I forgot to get your autograph! LOL Just Kidding! :)

Oh wait a minute....we have a challenge going on today don't we?!?! LOL

So if you guys have been following along, you know that this week is all about Birthdays! So I made another kid-ish card with my Hello Kitty Greetings Cartridge! Now all the pieces for her legs didn't look right with the card feature so i had to do a bit of cutting myself but I think it turned out cute in the end! I also HATED the bunny on her head so I cut it off and used the face cutout from a different page! :) I've glossified the icing and teal-berries on the cake too! And I was a bit bummed because i was masking my stamp and when i stamped "Cake" it didn't place right where i wanted it :(  { But the stamps as you all know are from Scrappy Moms Stamps!! Can't wait to get my order in the mail! Hopefully soon!!!}  Oh well, I still think its cute!!

----OK OK ENOUGH RAMBLING!!----

Hope you guys enjoy it! Don't forget to head over to my military wife bff, Molly's blog to check out her project for today! ITS SO STINKIN CUTE! And I think I'll have another video up for you guys tomorrow too!!! I'm on a bit of a roll i think! LOL

Have a Great Day Everyone!

OH MY GOODNESS.....I ALMOST FORGOT!!!! STAMPIN' UP! IS HAVING A MEGA SALE IN THEIR CLEARANCE RACK, AND I MEAN MEGA!!! NOW THE PAPER AND INK PADS ARE RETIRED COLORS BUT FOR $3.99 A PACK OF PAPER, $2.99 FOR INK PADS.....YOU SERIOUSLY CANNOT BEAT IT! THEY HAVE TONS, AND I REPEAT TONS OF GORGEOUS RIBBON ON SALE AS WELL! AND THEIR RIBBON IS 10YRDS(FROM $2.99-$3.99). AND THEY HAVE A BUNCH OF BUTTONS, EMBELLISHMENTS, RUB-ONS, AND A FEW PUNCHES THAT ARE SOOOO HARD TO FIND NOW! I SAW ONE ON EBAY FOR $15 THE OTHER DAY AND THE SAD THING IS I BID ON IT BUT THANK GOODNESS I LOST BECAUSE I JUST BOUGHT IT FOR $2.99!! These items are first come, first serve so if your interested in something, don't wait till tomorrow to get it because it may be gone by then!!! If your interested in ordering, please email me at techniquesbytrish@gmail.com and we'll be sure to get you all these clearance goodies! click HERE to go straight to their clearance rack to look!
 {I'm almost at my goal for this quarter so even small orders will help!! thanks guys!}

Episode 25- Notecard Sketchbook

So I have slowly but finally gotten my Mojo back!!! THANK GOODNESS!!! I've been finishing up the invitations and slowly have been getting my creativity back! I really hope you guys enjoy this project and video!

Don't forget that the Creative Scraps Challenge week is going on this week! Be sure to check out Dorcas and Cristi's blog today for more inspiration!

PS........I'M HAVING LUNCH WITH THE VERY FAMOUS MOMO TODAY!!!! I'LL BE SURE TO POST PICTURES UP!! AHHHHHH, I MIGHT BE STAR STRUCK WHEN I SEE HER! LOL

Creative Scraps Challenge Week #2!!!!!

Good Morning Everyone!!! Welcome to Creative Scraps Challenge Week #2!!! We are so excited to finally be on our second week....we had so much fun during our first week that we couldn't wait for this week!  First and foremost, I want to thank everyone who joined in on the last challenge week!! We really appreciate all of you who left comments all week and who actually joining in on the challenge....That remind me! We have a winner for last weeks challenge..............The Winner Is........

#16--Adrian!!!! 

Congrats Adrian!!! If you could email me your address, we will get the package out to you!!

Next.....I want to give a BIG WELCOME to Dorcas-- She has joined our team of Molly, Cristi, and Myself!! You know what that means....just a more inspiration for all of you! She is a fabulous crafter and we're thrilled that she is joining our team!

So this week will be a bit different....Since Momo is having her Birthday Blog Hop on Saturday, we didn't want our schedule to interfere.  So here is how the week will go(and us girls joked because Cristi and Dorcas have been Best friends for a VERY long time and Molly and I are recent military wife Best friends--LOL)....

Monday: Me and Molly will present projects

Tuesday: Cristi and Dorcas will present projects

Wednesday: Me and Molly

Thursday: Cristi and Dorcas

Friday: We will have everyone presenting a new project, with Momo and 2 other Special Guest Designers!! And the challenge will be open to all of you!

Ok So for this week.....the challenge was to create a project with a birthday theme.  And we can use ANY cartridge.....thank goodness! LOL So here is my project...

This card was TOTALLY inspired by Momo's work. I went crazy with the board punch layered and got some buttons on the card!! The cupcake is from the Simply Charmed cartridge and its cut at 4".  The tag was just hand cut AND of course I'm using the Scrappy Mom's "Sweet Somethings" stamp set! If you have been waiting to get some of their stamps....they just put together a bundle pack for all 7 of their stamp sets! You should seriously look into it because these stamps are fantastic!!! I just ordered 2 more from them, Charmed Life and Winter Wishes....cant wait to get them!!!  

So be sure to head over to Molly's Blog: Army Wife Learns the Cricut, to check out her absolutely adorable card that she made for today!!

Welcome to the Halloween/Fall Blog Hop!!

Today, I'm part of the Halloween/Fall Blog Hop that is being hosted by Steph at Always Crafting and I'm so excited!!! I have been itching to do another Blog Hop since I did the Back to School Blog Hop so I was HONORED that Steph asked me to be part of this one! :) There will be 11 crafty ladies (including myself) along the blog hop with TONS of great projects!!! And I'm sure there will be some blog candy along the way too!  Carol and Barrie, from scrapadabadoo have agreed to sponsor the hop and they have donated a FANTASTIC prize!!! So one person will have the opportunity to win both the Tim Holtz On The Edge Die and a Kaiser Craft Paper Pack  (Jades Garden). Now the very special part is the Die will be Autographed by Tim Holtz himself!!! Be sure to check out Steph's blog for details on how to win this fantastic prize!! Now you should have joined me from Melissa's blog but if you've just stumbled upon my blog, your going to want to start at Steph's blog and hop along to see all of the phenomenal projects and blog candy!!  Ok so onto my project for the hop! I kept is super simple....its been a bit of a chaotic weekend (Thank Goodness for my m.w.bff, Molly who brought me back down to "Scrapping" earth hehehe) and I was trying to finish a mini I've been working on but it just didn't work on in my favor.  So, I created these cute little candy holders to give to trick or treaters!!!!

For this project I used the Pillow Box from the Wedding Solutions cartridge. (Got the cartridge with cricut rewards points and mainly for this pillow box!) I just love it, it can be used for SOOOO many different things and occasions.  Of course, the cute little mummy and candy corn girl is from Mini Monsters (and her face is from non-other than Everyday Faces from Peachy Keen).  AND OF COURSE, both sentiments are from the Scrappy Mom's "A Haunting we will Go" Stamp set! I use these stamps WAY too much but they are just perfect with your Cricut projects and non-Cricut projects.....and they have 7 different sets!!! {How am I doing Mel??? Am I selling it or what?!?! LOL.....BIG Shout out to Scrappy Mel who deals with Sarah(Live, Love, and Scrap!) and I always harassing her about us wanting to be part of the design team for their stamps! But we cant help it...we just LOVE their stamps)} 

So my project was SUPER simple but I think it turned out pretty cute!! And I think the kids will really like it! This is the first time Jesse (my hubby) and I have lived in a "neighborhood", so we're hoping to get trick or treaters to hand these out to!

Now off to the FANTASTIC Sonia from Archiving Angel for another super project!

Trying to get back on the train....

.....the crafting train that is! LOL I've been off on my mojo and haven't had any energy to record videos but i really need to get on it because I've been getting comments that you all have been missing my "techniques".  So i promise I'll be back soon...I've also been trying to finish invitations so its been a crazy. Anyways....I had a FANTASTIC time on the Ustream Live last night with Momo and all the girls!!! I can't believe that I actually got in front of the camera LOL i was getting all kinds of nervous, so i apologize because I was probably super quiet. I also wanted to THANK YOU ALL who have helped Momo reach her 1,000 followers before she hit her 1year blogiversary!!! Its just amazing!! 

Ok so onto our Blog Roll!!

We have our fabulous Host and Star of the Show: Momo at Made by Momo

Moderators:

 Sarah at Live Love and Scrap!

Julie at Ready, Set, Stamp!

Now for Everyone Else in the Ustream:

Kristin at The Crafty Kitchen

Heather at GreenScrapinMachine

Kimberly at Lovebug Creations

Carolanne at Logan's Crafty Mommy  (this is a youtube account)

Rosemary at My Play Time

Danielle at GirlRacer Scrap

Kayla at Scrapbooking Hideaway

Christel at Scrappin' Sista

Kristi at Little Paper Sprinkles

Heather at One Crafty Yeoman

Merideth at Scrappin' for a Cause

Lisa at CricutCrazyLisa

Auntie Marg at Auntie Marg's Blog & Crafty Stuff

Amanda at My Scrappin Obsession!

Candice at Stampin' Pearls with Candice

Adrian at By Adrian 4 U

Michele at Live. Love. Dream. Design

Abby at Scrapbookaholic

Diana at Scrappinbutterfly

Giselle at Cross my Heart Papercrafts  (from Miami, FL)

Dawn at I'm a crafty momo

Lindsay at Lindsay's Craft Lounge (from Milwuakee, WI)
Mel at Scrappy Mel (one of the creators of Scrappy Moms Stamps!)
Angela at Simple Creations
Linda at My Quilling Nest

Now someone emailed me and asked me to give out email address.....not only am i not comfortable doing that because I don't have permission to give them out,  it would take me SO much longer as well.  However, most bloggers have their email addresses on their blog or they have a "contact me" section on their blog.  So if you interested, check their blog out OR leave a comment on their blog and ask them!

FORGOT TO MENTION!!
On Sunday October 3rd, I'll be part of the Halloween/Fall Blog Hop that is being hosted by Steph at Always Crafting and I'm so excited!!! I have been itching to do another Blog Hop since I did the Back to School Blog Hop so I was HONORED that Steph asked me to be part of this one! :) There will be 11 crafty ladies along the blog hop with TONS of great projects!!! And I'm sure there will be some blog candy along the way too!  Carol and Barrie, from scrapadabadoo have agreed to sponsor the hop and they have donated a FANTASTIC prize!!! So one person will have the opportunity to win both the Tim Holtz On The Edge Die and a Kaiser Craft Paper Pack  (Jades Garden). Now the very special part is the Die will be Autographed by Tim Holtz himself!!! So be sure to check back on Sunday for the blog hop!!