Card Creating Tuesday @ My Cricut Craft Room

Hi my crafty friends!

Today is Card Creating Tuesday at My Cricut Craft Room!

Today I made a cute card for you. I used a combination of colors I still dont know if I like but I think the card itself turned out pretty cute. I have a friend going through a hard time so I thought I would make this card for her to cheer her up.

Recipe:

Birthday Bash - card shape

Cricut Essentials - black circle

Elegant Edges - red scalloped shape

Paper Smooches Hot Concoctions stamps and sentiments (love these)

Twine from the Twinery

Misc paper scraps

Glue Gun

ATG gun

White and black ink pads

I hope my friend gets a kick out of this card!

Dont forget to check out the other projects at My Cricut Craft Room, I am sure they are amazing!

JME Creations Design Team Day - Purple Orange and Green Project

Good Morning Crafty Peeps!

Today is Design Team Day over at JME Creations !

The theme of today is to make something using purple, orange and green! 

Normally this isn't a problem for me but as I was making this project, my three year old got sick was vomiting everywhere. (Didn't mean to gross you out)  So unfortunately my card got less attention than I wanted.

 

Card Closed

 Front Cover

I really like the card I just wish I had more time so there wasn't so much green showing. And surprisingly I didn't use a lot of purple because purple is one of my favorite colors!

Recipe:

Cricut Cartridge Birthday Bash

Cricut Essentials Cartridge

Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge

Paper Smooches Monster Stamp

Crafty Sprouts Monster Kisses Stamp Set -sentiment

Ribbon from Walmart

Misc Button 

Twinery Twine scrap

Scrap White, Green & Patterned paper

Glue Gun

ATG Gun

Black Ink Pad

Thanks so much for stopping by to see what I created! Don't forget to leave me a comment or become a follower, I would really appreciate it.  Remember to check out the other amazing projects at JME Creations! 

Love Always,

Holly

My Cricut Craft Room - 100 Cartridge Blog Hop

Today is the 100 Cartridge Blog Hop at My Cricut Craft Room!

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE WORLD CARDMAKING DAY POST... PLEASE CLICK HERE 

If you came here from Samantha Sickles then you are headed in the right direction.  If you did not, please start at the beginning at 
http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/

This weekend we have split our group up into two hops (one on Saturday, one on Sunday) to show you projects from over 100 Cricut Cartridges! It is so much fun!

This month the cartridges that I chose were Birthday Bash and Cricut Essentials. These are my two favorite cartridges lately.

Here is my project:

 

Recipe:

Cricut Essentials Cricut Cartridge

Birthday Bash Cricut Cartridge

Paper Smooches Stamp sentiment

Twine from the Twinery 

White Gel Pen

Misc Echo Park/ colored cardstock

Core'dinations Purple and Blue Cardstock

Martha Stewart Black Ink Pad

I hope you enjoyed my project! Its such a fun birthday card to give to someone! 

Love Holly

Next you should go to Melissa Pinter at http://pinkpolkadotscrapping.blogspot.com

and see what she has made. I am sure it is something amazing!

Don't forget to visit all the hops along the way as Erica from My Cricut Craft Room is giving away some awesome goodies to people who comment on the blogs.

To see the entire line-up or if you get lost along the way, please refer back to  

http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/

I couldnt get the list to add or I would have had it here! 

Have a crafty weekend and enjoy today because it is World Card Making Day!

JME Creations - Design Team Day Blue/Brown Project

Today is Design Team Day at JME Creations!

We were asked to make a blue/brown project.  I tried to use all brown and blue but I gave in and threw red in there too.

Today I made a tag to attach to one of my Christmas gifts this year.  I dont usually make my own Christmas cards but I do want to add a personal touch to the gifts that I give out so I thought I would make cute tags to put on each gift that I give this year.

Here is my project:

Recipe:

Simply Charmed Cricut Cartridge

Cricut Essentials Cricut Cartridge

Birthday Bash Cricut Cartridge

My Pink Stamper Winter Treats & Sayings

Core'dinations Blue Cardstock

Recollections Brown Cardstock

Recollections Bling

Red/ White Scrap Cardstock

Recollections Bling

White Gel Pen

**I havent added any string or ribbon because once I wrap the present I will find coordinating ribbon to tie the tag onto the package.

Thanks for stopping by! Dont forget to check out what the rest of the design team has created! I cant wait to see all the wonderful projects at JME Creations!

Hope you have a crafty weekend! I will have more projects up this weekend for the 100 Cartridge Blog Hop at My Cricut Craft Room and a fun card!

Love Always,

Holly

HSN Cricut Banner - Cricut Contest

Happy Sunday! Tonight Cricut will be debuting their Cricut Expression 2 on HSN and they had a contest to make a pennant banner that says Cricut. The best banners will be shown and displayed starting tonight at midnight throughout the day tomorrow.

I have never made a pennant banner so this was my first try. I am hoping just to see my banner although the winners of the Contest will win some amazing prizes!

Here is my Cricut banner!

I made it for Halloween using Studio G paper and this is where I first made my spider button.  I used a lot of Twinery twine because I love it!  I am hoping that I get to see it on tv tonight/tomorrow. That would be so fun, whether I win or not! I am proud of my first banner and I think I will start making them more often!

Recipe:

Birthday Bash Cricut Cartridge

Cricut Essentials Cricut Cartridge

Car Decals Cricut Cartridge

Studio G Paper

Misc Cardstock paper

Twine from the Twinery (love it!)

Button

Recollection Bling

Googly Eyes from the Dollar Store

White Gel Pen

ATG gun

Wish me luck! I am hoping to see my creation along with some of my friends' beautiful banners! It should be a fun 24 hours or so!

Love Always

Holly



JME Creations - Design Team Day - Fall Project

Hi Everyone! I hope that you had a great weekend!

Today is Design Team Day at JME Creations!

Our project today is Fall!

It is just turning into Autumn here and the leaves are falling outside. I was going to make a leaf project but for some reason I cant get Halloween out of my head. Maybe its because of the cute stacks of paper all over my craft room that are Halloween themed.

This is my pumpkin project that I made for fall.  I just got a bunch of My Pink Stamper stamps that I have wanted for a long time (thanks hubby!) and so today I used my first set "Spooky Puns" and I heart them.  I have so many projects due in the next two months that I will be using all of the sets that I have very soon!

Recipe:

Simply Charmed Cricut Cartridge

Birthday Bash Cricut Cartridge

My Pink Stamper Spooky Puns Sentiment

Studio G Paper and Stickers

Black, Orange, Pink, Green Cardstock

Core'dinations Purple Cardstock

White Gel Pen

$1 Ribbon from Walmart

Black Martha Stewart Pen

Martha Stewart Black Ink Pad

Glue Gun

I heart this card so much. I decided to make a ribbon for being the "pick of the patch" and I love how it turned out.  I hope you have a great week and are starting to enjoy Fall. 

Please visit JME Creations and see what the rest of the talented team have come up with! They are a great and amazing bunch of ladies!

Love Holly

 

Card Creating Tuesday - Let the Good Times Roll

Today is Card Creating Tuesday at My Cricut Craft Room!

Today I made a card using my favorite Paper Smooches monster stamp!

Recipe:

Birthday Bash Cricut Cartridge - sentiment

Cricut Essentials Cricut Cartridge - Circles

Echo Park Splash Striped Paper

Paper Smooches Monster Stamp

White Gel Pen

Martha Stewart Black Ink Pad

Martha Stewart Punch

American Crafts Ribbon

Scrap Blue, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green paper

White Cardstock

I think this is such a fun card for a birthday party invite! I just loved to make it! The monster makes me smile everytime that I create with it!

Love Always 

Holly

Kassidy's Month Long Birthday Bash- Bakers Twine Day

My friend Kassidy at Inking it Up Crazy is having a Month Long Birthday Bash to celebrate her June birthday. There is a new post everyday with amazing giveaway prizes. Today's theme is Bakers Twine and I used my favorite twine ever from The Twinery. Check out her blog and don't forget to enter to win everyday for some amazing prizes!

Recipe:

Twine from the Twinery: Pink Sorbet, Carribean, Lemon Drop, Lilac
Birthday Bash Cricut Cartridge: Alligator
Cricut Essentials Cricut Cartridge
Expression 2
Echo Park Summer Days Paper
Misc Cardstock: White, Pink, Green, Yellow
Core'dinations Purple Cardstock
Recollections bling: nose holes and alligator toe nails (faux pedicure)
Googly eyes from the Dollar Tree
White Gel Pen
ATG Gun

Hope you enjoy my card! The twine looks great with all the bright colors of the Echo Park patterned paper! I hope that Kassidy has the best birthday month ever! What a fun way to celebrate your special day!

Love Holly

Design Team Day! Use Your Favorite Cricut Cartridge

Its Design Team Day at Inking it Up Crazy! Today we were told to use our favorite cartridge to make something wonderful! I could never pick a FAVORITE because I love so many... but I do have a new one that I LOVE so I chose that one. The cartridge I chose is Birthday Bash! My oldest son is in preschool and his class had so many birthdays last month that I constantly found myself reaching for this cartridge.

Products Used:

Core'dinations Cardstock: Pink, Purple, Teal (glitter my favorite!)
Black Cardstock
White Gel Pen
Recollections bling

Its such a cute and simple card and it went with her birthday theme so I thought it was fitting to make! Hope you like it as much as I do! Now next on the design team hop is Sandee she is super talented and has made something wonderful with her favorite Cricut Cartridge!

Love Holly

Inking it Up Crazy Design Team Project Hop Line Up:

Kassidy: http://www.inkingitupcrazy.blogspot.com/

Jeanine: Http://www.Scrappinwithjc.blogspot.com/

Holly: (You Are Here!) www.recycled-genius.blogspot.com

Sandee: http://www.sandeescreativeplace.blogspot.com/

Susan: http://itsmesusanp.blogspot.com/

Jamie: www.jmecreations.blogspot.com

Courtney: www.keekerzcrafts.blogspot.com

Lisa: http://www.lisa-craft-blog.blogspot.com/

Linda: www.fancyframework.com

Erika: http://www.cricutlove1.blogspot.com/

I love being a part of this design team! They are so amazing!

Inking It Up Crazy Design Team - Layout Project

This week for our design team the project is a layout. This is my third layout ever! I would love to do more but first I need to get all my pictures in order. I have thousands of pictures! Most have not even been printed....

Anyways, back to my layout. I found some pictures of my first son when he was one. I used to take him to storytime and his favorite part was the bubbles. One of my favorite pictures ever is on this layout where you can see his smile stretch across his entire face. Oh how he loved bubbles! (and he still does)

Products Used:



Mini Monograms: bubble letters, frames around pictures
Birthday Bash: letters & "for"
Create a Critter: "love"
Twine from the Twinery (thank you Linda)
Misc Buttons
Mr. Campy patterned paper from Cosmo Cricket (whom I love)
White Gel Pen
Misc Cardstock: white, aqua, maroon, brown
Xyron, Mod Podge, ATG gun: adhesives used

I hope you liked what I made. Make sure you check out what the rest of the wonderful design team made at Inking It Up Crazy I am so blessed to be on such a wonderful design team and I cant thank Kassidy enough for choosing me! Check out the challenge for the week from Kassidy, you can participate and make a layout too!

Have a great week! I have a million projects to get done so I will be posting them as I go. Dont forget to become a follower. I only need 14 more to reach 100 and I will give away a Sizzix Sidekick~

Love, Holly

I Love Roo, A Challenge And My First Giveaway!!!

So my friend Paula has Wacky Wednesday challenges every week and since this is her #23 challenge (one of my lucky numbers) I decided to enter. The theme is green, pink and brown which means you have to encorporate these colors into your creation. If you get picked (randomly) you can win a new Cricut Disney cartridge. To view the info on the challenge visit http://morethanfavors.blogspot.com/ and make something and enter!

I decided to make a Valentines Day card using my Cricut. I used the kangaroo from my new Birthday Bash cartridge (which I have out to make Hunter a birthday card), the writing is from Plantin Schoolbook and the shaped background is from Live Simply. I have never used any of these cartridges yet so it made me happy to get them all out and use them. (And I got inspired to make more cuts as I looked through the booklets)

Recipe for Card:

Brown Core'dinations Cardstock
Pink scrap cardstock
Green scrap cardstock
Green Core'dinations sparkly cardstock
Zig Pen
ATG gun
Pink Stickles which I painted on the heart balloon
Scrap button
Martha Stewart bakers twine (which Paula actually bought for me because I couldnt find it)

If you would like the dimensions of each cut, please leave me a message and I will get them to you. I chose to say I Love (heart) Roo because I thought it was original and cute.

So this is my submission for her challenge, I hope that I win! The cartridge she is giving away would be perfect to scrapbook our trip to Disneyland this past March. (our first time there!)

Anyways I also am doing my first giveaway! I only have 31 followers (who I love to pieces) and would like to get to 100! (I know I can do it!) So spread the word... If you are one of my followers when I get to 100 you are going to be put in a drawing to win a Sizzix Sidekick! This is a die cutting and embossing machine (you do have to buy folders for it unless I find some by the time I reach 100 followers) So have your friends become my friends and leave a message on this post that you are a follower. I will randomly choose a winner (random.org) when I reach 100. For an extra bonus, if you enter Paula More Than Favors Wacky Wednesday Challenge (ends on Feb. 1st) please leave a comment on this post and you will receive 5 more entries into the Sizzix giveaway!

Hope you like my card! Send all your friends to follow me because we could all use more friends right?

Love Holly