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

Krafty Keekerz 1 Year Blog-A-Versary !

Welcome to Holly's Hobbie and the Krafty Keekerz Blogaversary Hop!

Today we are celebrating the 1st Anniversary of Krafty Keekerz' Blog!

If you are looking for Operation Julie's Smile please click here!

If you've come from visiting Heather you are headed in the right direction!!  If you're just visiting and would like to start from the beginning you can go to http://keekerzcrafts.blogspot.com/.  This hop will feature craft projects with a kitty-cat theme!  You will want to check out each blog for some great ideas and some sweet blog candy.   Courtney is offering some awesome blog candy compliments of Mr. Cricut Crazy! 

 

  Happy hopping everyone and enjoy the fun! 

 I met Courtney while on the design team for Inking it Up Crazy and we have been friends since. Today we are celebrating one year of her blogging her amazing creations and the theme today is cats!

Here is my project, I am a bit in love with it!

Recipe:

Cricut Lite Meow Cartridge

Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge

Cricut Essentials Cricut Cartridge

Charcoal Twine from the Twinery

White Gel Pen

American Crafts Metropolitan Patterned Paper

Black Recollections Cardstock

Misc colored/patterned cardstock scraps

ATG Gun

Glue Gun

Sentiment from Stampendous Stamp

Studio G Chalkz Ink Pad

 I hope you enjoyed my cat project. As you may know this about me, I do not make typical sized or shaped cards.... This is why I put a rosette inside of my card. I like my cards to be displayed so I dont mind if they dont lay flat or fit into a typical sized envelope! Thank you for hopping along and helping us to celebrate Courtney's One Year Blogaversary at Keekerz Crafts!

The next stop on the hop is Gina! I cant see what fabulous project she made!  

Thanks for stopping by! Please leave me a comment as I will be giving away a random set of stamps to one person that leaves me a comment during this hop. Winner will be chosen by random.org on Monday so please leave me a way to contact you!

Love Always!

Holly

Here is the hop order in case you get lost!

Courtney- http://keekerzcrafts.blogspot.com/

Tanner- www.mrcricutcrazy.com

Sherri - http://squeakyscrapper.blogspot.com

Wendy-http://wendyscreativecraftingcorner.blogspot.com

Carolanne-http://www.loganscraftymomma.com/

Jamie - http://jmecreations.blogspot.com

Heather-http://greenscrapinmachine.blogspot.com

Holly- http://hollys-hobbie.blogspot.com/  --Thats ME!

Gina - http://californiascrappin-gcinderella21.blogspot.com/-- NEXT STOP!

Adrian- http://byadrian4u.blogspot.com/

Theresa- www.thescrapbookingqueen.com

Penelope-http://thescrapbookingqueen-princesspenelope.blogspot.com/

Alannah- http://alannahsspace.blogspot.com

Linda- www.fancyframework.com

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

Susan - http://susanascorner.blogspot.com/

Vicky-http://luvmygypsy.blogspot.com/

Michele- http://magicalcreativeinspiration.blogspot.com/

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!

World Card Making Day at Inking it Up Crazy - Fun Fold Card

Today is World Card Making Day and I have been asked to be a Guest Designer at

Inking it Up Crazy. 

The card I was asked to make today is a Fun Fold Card. That is a card that is different from a normal card.

The only different card I know how to make is a Gate Fold card. I cut my cardstock to 5 1/2 x 11 inches and then I scored it at 2 3/4 inches at each end.

Here is the project that I made:

I kind of love it!

Recipe:

Cricut Essentials

My Pink Stamper Spooky Puns Stamp Set

Black/ White Core'dinations Cardstock

Misc Orange Star Cardstock

Studio G Striped Paper

White Gel Pen

Martha Stewart Black Ink Pad

Misc Button

Twinery Twine (the best!)

$1 Stamp from Michaels (mummy)

I hope you enjoyed the project that I made! Have a great Cardmaking Day! Dont forget to link your projects that you make back to Inking It Up Crazy as she has a couple of prizes to win if you participate in her challenges!

Love Always,

Holly

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



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

My Cricut Craft Room 100 Cartridge Blog Hop

Welcome to My Cricut Craft Room's 100 Cartridge Blog Hop

You should have come from..... Heather S at http://operationcricutdesign.blogspot.com/

If you did not please start at the begining of the hop at
http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/

The cartridges I chose for this hop were Elegant Edges, Sweet Tooth Boxes and Jolly Holidays. I wanted to have a cartridge that I also used on all of them so I chose a circle cut on Cricut Essentials cartridge and encorporated it into my designs.

Elegant Edges:

 This card is perfect for Halloween! I just love all the fun colors!

Recipe:

Elegant Edges

Cricut Essentials

My Minds Eye Blackbird Paper

Black Cardstock

White Gel Pen

White Ink Pad

Stamps from Michaels $1 bin - both vampire and sentiment

ATG gun

Jolly Holidays

I bought Jolly Holidays on Black Friday last year and had yet to open it so I am glad that I chose it for this hop. It is becoming one of my favorites rather quickly!

Recipe:

 Jolly Holidays Cricut Cartridge

Cricut Essentials

Basic Grey Jovial snowman paper (my favorite- its so cute!)

Red, White & Black Cardstock

White Gel Pen

Twine from The Twinery (the best twine!)

Sentiment is from the Craft Lounge Snowy Sayings Stamp Set (says Skating by to say hi!)

Martha Stewart Black Ink Pad

I used a red pen to give the snowman rosy red cheeks.

Sweet Tooth Boxes:

This is one of my newest cartridges so I have been playing with it a lot. I made these boxes to deliver bars of Scentsy in when I sell it. I thought it would be a cute way to say thank you and enjoy! I am going to wrap the box in tulle and tie it at the top in a bow but I didnt have the right color to do so yet!

Recipe:

Sweet Tooth Boxes Cartridge

Cricut Essentials Cartridge

My Minds Eye Blackbird Paper

Orange Cardstock

Black Martha Stewart Pen

Ribbon was $1 in a bin at Walmart

I hope you enjoyed what I made! I think I will use all these cartridges a lot in the next couple of months!

Since this is my first blog hop since being chosen to be a member of My Cricut Craft Room I will be giving a $20 Product Credit for my Scentsy site.  All you have to do to have a chance to win it is to

1. be a follower of my blog (I am giving away a $20 gift card to Michaels or Joanns when I reach 100 followers again)

2. visit my Scentsy website at https://dixonmommy.scentsy.us/Home and tell me either your favorite scent or your favorite warmer in a comment below

I will pick a winner on Friday and post it here. The winner has two weeks to contact me at hollyshobbie@gmail.com

CONGRATULATIONS TO AMY WHO POSTED:
Amy Esaid...

Your projects are all adorable! Jolly Holidays looks like it would be a fun cartridge to have!

I've never tried Scentsy before, but the Cinnamon Bear sounds like it would smell fabulous!!!

amyis300 AT hotmail DOT com
scrapthissavethat.blogspot.com

AMY - please email me at hollyshobbie@gmail.com to find out how to get your $20 Scentsy Credit! I just want to thank everyone who is a follower and who left a comment with me! I read and appreciate them all! Also- if you didnt win the Scentsy credit and are still interested, I give away fabulous incentives to anyone that orders from me! 

Thanks again for looking at my projects!

Love Holly

Next you should go to

Jen R. http://memorieswithjen.blogspot.com/

and see what amazing things she has crafted!

If you get lost along the way here is the entire line-up

1.      My Cricut Craft Room http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com 

2.      Mayra http://gettingcraftywithma.blogspot.com/

3.      April http://curlsandgrins.blogspot.com/

4.      Melissa http://pinkpolkadotscrapping.blogspot.com

5.      Erica - http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/2011/09/my-project-for-100-cartridge-blog-hop.html

6.      Pattie http://sweetpsscrapbooks.blogspot.com/

7.      Patricia http://micraftygal.blogspot.com/  

8.      Ricki http://manicexpressionsdesigns.blogspot.com/  

9.      Rosa http://kleymanr.blogspot.com/  

10.  Samantha http://samanthascricutcreations.blogspot.com/  

11.  Sharon http://simplysweetbysharon.blogspot.com/

12.  Shelly http://kccroppers.blogspot.com/  

13.  Suzy's Crafts http://suzyssimplecrafts.blogspot.com/  

14.  Tammy S. http://thepurplemuse.blogspot.com  

15.  Tanya http://nonnascraftcorner.blogspot.com/  

16.  Tracy http://www.scrappininthewoods.blogspot.com/

17.  Yvette http://gammascreativecorner.blogspot.com/    

18.  Amanda http://craftsbyamanda.blogspot.com/

19.   Giveaway http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/2011/09/surprise-giveaway-saturday-september-3.html

20.  Autumn http://autumnsbuggycreations.blogspot.com/  

21.  Connie http://conniescraftycloset.blogspot.com/  

22.  Courtney http://craftingwithcourtney.blogspot.com/  

23.  Gayle http://gscraptime.blogspot.com/  

24.  Heather F http://www.papercrafteranonymous.com/

25.  Heather S http://operationcricutdesign.blogspot.com/  

26.  Holly http://hollys-hobbie.blogspot.com/  ----YOU ARE HERE------

27.  Jen R. http://memorieswithjen.blogspot.com/

28.  Jenny R http://myimagitivity.blogspot.com/  

29.  Laura http://laurascraftsandmore.blogspot.com/  

30.  Lisa http://www.allmadebylisa.blogspot.com/  

31.  Karey http://www.creativecraftcorner.com/

32.  Kat http://katscrapfever.blogspot.com/  

33.  Lezlye http://lezlyes.blogspot.com/  

34.  Lucinda http://thegrowinggibson.blogspot.com/  

35.  Blog Candy http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/2011/09/reserved-for-this-weekends-blog-candy.html

Birthday Card

Today our design team is doing one last project and we were asked to create a Birthday card that will be posted on Kassidys blog Inking It Up Crazy. I have had so much fun on this design team and am sad that our time is up! I have made lifelong crafty friends that I will someday (hopefully) meet! Thank you Kassidy for choosing me to be on your design team. What an amazing group of ladies it is made up of!

Here is the card that I made:

Recipe:

Simply Charmed

Cricut Essentials

My Minds Eye Hip Hooray Boy Surprise Paper

Misc white, red, blue cardstock

American Crafts Ribbon

White and black gel pen

Recollections button dimensional sticker

Atg gun

Action Wobble

The party hat is on an Action Wobble so it wiggles back and forth.

Hope you like it!

Love Holly

It's Christmas! Christmas in July Blog Hop

Welcome to Recycled-Genius and the ...CHRISTMAS IN JULY Blog Hop!

**WINNER OF THE CHRISTMAS CRICUT CARTRIDGE IS COMMENT #2 CHOSEN BY RANDOM.ORG. I WILL BE CONTACTING YOU SHORTLY! THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO LEFT ME A COMMENT, I REALLY APPRECIATE THEM ALL!

If you've come from visiting Linda @ http://www.fancyframework.com/, you're in the right place! If you've just happened to come across my blog and would like to play along with our fun hop, you can go to Jamie’s blog at http://jmecreations.blogspot.com and start at the beginning. We would love to share some holiday ideas with you today. Each Fabulous Inking it Up Crazy Design Team member will be featuring a project made especially for this hop. We have a very talented and creative team, so make sure to check out each member's blog. There will be some fun prizes along the way, so get to hopping!!!!

Today we are celebrating all things Christmas! I love Christmas so any day I can celebrate it is a bonus for me!

For my project I decided to use my new Paper Smooches Santa Paws stamp set. I just got it in the mail and I love it. I have a new fascination with gate fold cards so I made one to go with the stamp. So adorable. I don't know who wouldn't love this little Santa!

Recipe:

Paper Smooches Santa Paws Santa
Martha Stewart black ink pad
My Minds Eye I Believe patterned paper
The Twinery twine
White Gel Pen
Misc Red Card stock
White Recollections Card stock
American Crafts Elements Glitter Buttons
Cricut Essentials Cricut Cartridge
Atg Gun
Misc scalloped cut out

Hope you love this fun holiday card as much as I do!

Love Holly


Giveaway!

Since its Christmas we cant do a project without a present! I am giving away the Cricut Christmas Village Seasonal Cartridge. To be eligible to win you have to be a follower and leave me a comment and tell me what your favorite thing about Christmas is. I will randomly draw a winner on Monday July 18th. Good luck!




Your next stop on the hop is the lovely and talented

Courtney @ keezercrafts.blogspot.com

Here is the order of the hop in case you get lost along the way.

Jamie- http://www.jmecreations.blogspot.com/

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

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

Linda-http://www.fancyframework.com/

Holly - http://recycled-genius.blogspot.com/ THAT'S ME!

Courtney-http://keekerzcrafts.blogspot.com/

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

Happy Hopping! And Merry Christmas in July!

Kassidy's Month Long Birthday Bash - Birthday Post

Its almost Kassidy's Birthday at Inking it Up Crazy! Kassidy has become one of my best crafty friends and I absolutely adore her! She is so creative and talented and it is a great privilege to call her my friend!

Today on her blog it is Birthday Day! You were to create something that is birthday related.
This is the card that I made for Kassidy for her birthday. It goes with the present that I am getting for her. I hope she enjoys it!

Recipe:

Cricut Cartridge Simply Charmed
Cricut Essentials Cricut Cartridge
E2

Me & My Big Ideas Happy Birthday Paper
Echo Park Walk in the Park Polka A Dot Paper/Brown Paper
Scrap Pink, Hot Pink, Yellow, Orange, White Cardstock
Black and White Gel Pens
Misc Pink and Green button
The Twinery Pink Sorbet Twine (cant live without their twine)
ATG gun
Modge Podge

I hope that Kassidy has the most wonderful birthday tomorrow!

Love 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

Mothers Day Card #3: My Pink Stamper Challenge + Echo Park Paper Challenge

This is the first card that I made for Mothers Day using my new Expression 2! The cards got better as I made them but I still like it a lot. I just got Echo Parks new 6x6 paper stacks on Friday and then they announced a challenge for National Scrapbooking Day to use their paper in the projects that you make and you could win some of their paper lines. Also My Pink Stamper listed 12 challenges throughout the day on Saturday and for this one I used her challenge of using pink, green and black to make a card. I am not big on black for Mothers Day so I just used a black gel pen and hopefully that is good enough!

Recipe:

Cricut American Alphabet
Cricut Essentials
Echo Park Summer Days patterned paper
Misc blue cardstock
Purple ribbon from Target
Lilac Twine from the Twinery
Misc button
ATG gun
Modge Podge
Black Gel Pen

Hope you had an amazing weekend! You can see all the challenges by visiting MyPinkStamper.com

Love Holly

Mothers Day Card #2 - My Pink Stamper Challenge using Echo Park paper

Here is another card that I made yesterday for Mothers Day. My Pink Stamper had a challenge to make something mom related and Echo Park paper has a challenge to use their paper for National Scrapbooking day so I did both challenges while making my mothers day cards!

Here is card number two that I made. I used my new 6x6 paper pack from Echo Park called Summer Days. I absolutely love the paper its so summery and since it is still raining here, it makes me excited for nicer weather to come our way!

Recipe:

Cricut Cartridge American Alphabet

Cricut Essentials Cartridge

Echo Park Summer Days Patterned Paper & purple/green paper

Scrap purple paper

Lilac twine from the Twinery

White Gel Pen

Hope you had a great Mothers Day & National Scrapbooking Day! What an exciting weekend I had! You can check out all of the challenges at MyPinkStamper.com

Love Holly