Operation Scrap Winners

Hi all :) I have been getting my new computer up and running all day. Transferring  files from the old computer, installing all the essential programs; Silhouette Studio, Adobe Photoshop Elements and a new browser. I then got lost in Photoshop (after a zillion updates and patches I didn't have on the old one) working with some of my images and recreating some of the brushes that I didn't care to transfer. Can I tell you how excited I am about my new updates, why didn't I do them earlier??? I even figured out how to get rid of that pesky white square behind the squirrel in my post signature, YAHOO!

Needless to say I didn't get the 45 welcome back to school cards finished for my DH's middle school staff, oops. Tomorrows another day, right?!

I have a few things to share with you today. First the winners from "Operation Scrap". Thanks for the name Jamie from Oohlalapaperie!
Because I loved all of your creations and I only had 8 of you join me in my mission, YOU ALL WIN :) So all of you who participated in my challenge please email me with your mailing address and I will send you all a little something fun for playing along. THANK YOU :)  You can email me your info at squirly_scrapper at hotmail dot com.

Now what would a post be without some inspiration? Here is a card I made a few weeks ago but haven't had a chance to get up yet.

I used K Andrew Designs Art Stamps Fashionable Friends on this set. The inside says "From one ole' bag to another". If you have been wanting some K Andrew stamps now is the time because she is having a 72 hour free shipping sale. Use this code at checkout freeshipfor72 now I'm a little late at posting this so HUSTLE over there I believe the code is good through Saturday 8/6.

The other think that I'm late at posting is Kristal's 3rd new set preview. Sympathetic Sayings and my favorite of the 3. This set will be larger than her other sets. I know this set will get LOTS of use!

Now I'm off to bed for tonight but stop back on Monday when I will start another challenge.

The Birds and The Bees

Welcome back my scrappy friends! I love that each of you takes the time to visit me and see what it is that my crafty little brain has to share with you :) If you are here for the first time I would love it if you would become one of my peeps by following me and becoming a Facebook friend. Don't forget I love reading your comments too, it is always the highlight of my bloggy day! In case you haven't seen I have a challenge on my blog right now. You can check it out by clicking {Here}. I will end this challenge on Friday August 5th and your chances are good right now because of low participation.

No on to my title for today... Can any of you guess what it stands for??? LOL! Well of course it's K Andrew Designs Art Stamps! Kristal's newest set is all about things with wings.

Don't you just love that this set includes some images??? I do, I do :) Did you know that all of Kristal's stamps are all high quality photo polymer made right here in the good ole USA! Not only that but a portion of EVERY single set sold is given to a charity that gives 85% or more back to the people it helps (some charities give as little as 5% back)! This particular set will help a fabulous charity called Elisabeth Glaser's Pediatric Aids Foundation. This program gives 87.5% to  prevent pediatric HIV infection and to eradicate pediatric AIDS through research, advocacy, and prevention and treatment programs.

Now I can't do a post without showing you something to get your creative juices flowing :) So here is a card I made with  K Andrew Design Art Stamps set Splashtastic Summer. All of the design paper and sticker embelishments are made with Simple Stories paper line 100 Days of Summer. I love their paper lines!

I hope you enjoyed today's creation :) I'll be back tomorrow with a preview of Kristal's third set Sympathetic Sayings, my personal favorite of the new releases! I'd love it if you hopped over to the K Andrew Designs Facebook page and tell her what your favorite of the three sets is. Tell her I sent you while you are there :)

Coffee and Tea K Andrew Designs New Release and some Simply Sunday

Whew, its Monday! I didn't think I would ever hear myself say "those" words, lol. The weekends in our house are so busy until after Labor Day weekend when my brother gets married. This last weekend was spent camping with some really great friends and now its all wedding. I did find some time to scrap a few cards in my spare time (bwahahaha). I say "scrap" because I am still on my mission to use up as many of my scraps as possible, I am determined :) Don't forget you can join MY CHALLENGE using your scraps and any K Andrew stamps that you have. Squirly Girl Creations also has a Facebook page now too, I'd love it if you would "like" me. All you have to do is click on the button on my side bar.

This weekends Simply Sunday Challenge over at Getting Cricky was positive thoughts and since I have been showcasing Kristal's Positive Thoughts stamp set all week this wasn't a hard one for me at all. So I used up a few more of my scraps this weekend to make these little cuties.

K Andrew Design Art Stamps, My Mind's Eye and Simple Stories (green polka dot)  patterned paper, Silhouette store cut (train), random buttons

My Minds Eye patterned paper, Tonic punch (butterfly), Dienamics die (doily), Spellbinders (circle), thriftstore find lace, Offrey ribbon and Maya Road stick pins

Now I hope you will make some thing that makes you happy and link up over at Getting Cricky! We'd love to see what you create!

Did you hear the news??? Kristal is releasing three more awesome sets :) Today I'm going to show you her Coffee and Tea mix and match set. $1 from every single one of these sets sold benefits a fabulous charity called Wayhouse for Women. This is a fabulous rehabiltation program for women and mothers who have a substance abuse problem. This program gives 89.6% to getting mothers back into their lives and with their family by ensuring they kick the habit and have the skills long term to not relapse!

Kristal is taking pre-orders on this set right now. So go over and reserve your set now to make sure you get you get yours while the getting is good :) I personally LOVE the font on this set!

Come back tomorrow to see Kristal's new set Winged things.

Positive Thoughts Mini card Showcase

Hello scrappy friends! I was on a card making kick yesterday and made a bunch of cards. I challenged myself to use up some of the scraps in my scrapbin. I was almost waist high in them :) I decided that I would also only use the Positive Thoughts stamp set by K Andrew Designs for my sentiments.  $1 from every single one of these sets sold benefits Storefront Shelter (Homeless shelter for children and youth) in San Diego, CA. This is Kristal's signature charity.  All of Kristal's stamps are made in the USA, keeping jobs here for us, with the highest quality photo polymer. Meaning you get a crisp clean image every time you stamp with them. 

So here is what I came up with from my scrap bin and a few embellishments.

Postive Thoughts mini with My Mind's Eye

Positve Thoughts mini with My Mind's Eye

Positive Thoughts A2 with Graphic 45 and The Angel Co.

Positive Thoughts 3x3 with My Mind's Eye and Unity

Positive Thoughts mini with My Mind's Eye and Unity

Positive Thoughts mini with My Mind's Eye and Unity

 Now I'd love to see what you make with  K Andrew Designs Art Stamps and your scraps!

Maybe a friendly little challenge while I'm gone camping???

Here's the rules...

1. You must use K Andrew Designs Art Stamps

2. You may only use your scraps! (on your honor, please don't cheat)

3. Link up to Mr. Linky mentioning my blog and this challenge in your post

4. Become a follower of mine

5. I'd love it if you would grab my blinkie and add it to your blog and like Squirly Girl Creations on FB as well :) (these are not required but would be super nice)

I will have a small prize for the winner :) Have fun, I can't wait to see what you create!!!!

Operation Owl Hop winner and a shaker card too

Ooooh weeee, I feel like I've run a marathon today there is so much going on around my house. Amongst getting my family ready for a camping trip with some family friends I made 7 (yes I said 7!!!) cards today. Mind you I was doing laundry and other household chores, lol I think I earned my multi-tasking gold star today :) So I thought before I went to bed I would sneak a post in to tell you who won my personal blog candy from the Operation Owl blog hop this weekend and to show you one of the 7 card creations from today. So on with the show you say.... Susan you are my winner! I left you a comment on your blog with my email address please contact me so I can get your goodies off to you :)

Susan said...
Oh is this cute! The sentiment is perfect for Kristal and I'm sure it will be very appreciated.
I am a new follower here. I'm looking forward to coming back after I hop to see more of your projects!
TFS!
Susan
cricutandgrasshopper.blogspot.com

Now on to the card...

I am rather proud of this card because this is made completely with scraps from my scrap bin which is waist high! I am entering this in Crafty Sprouts & Crazy 4 Challenges (C4C97) shaker card challenge. I love the Impression Obsession shaker pouches, they are self adhesive and so simple to use! I decided to use one of my Unity Stamp Co. stamps from a Kit of the Month in the pouch and add birdseed. And what card would be complete without a K Andrew Designs Art stamp??

Now are you still with me?? Did you see that Squirly Girl Creations now has a Facebook fan page?? I would love it if you would follow me on Facebook! All you have to do is click the like button on the left hand side of my blog right below my blinkie :)

So off I go for tonight to have a date with my pillow. I have more inspiration for you tomorrow so please stop back tomorrow evening :)

Getting Cricky Simply Sunday

If you are looking for the Operation Owl Thank You hop click here

Welcome to another fabulous Simply Sunday. If you have joined me from your dashboard thank you for being a follower of mine and make sure you hop over to Getting Cricky to see what the other designers have to inspire you with.  If you have hopped over  from Getting Cricky I would love it if you would consider becoming a follower of mine.

We are featuring the Freedom Isn't Free stamp set from K Andrew Designs this Sunday. $1 from every one of these sets sold benefits Intrepid Fallen Heroes for those service men and women who are seriously wounded/disfigured while serving overseas service. This set is perfect for making cards for our service people here and over seas.

Now I'm going to apologize in advance for the quality of these pictures I was having problems uploading the ones I took with my Nikon so I had to resort to taking pictures with my little camera and they are very grainy. But you get the idea.

I used six stamps from the Freedom Isn't Free set. To make the non embossed area on my card I used an A2 sized piece of chipboard with a square cut out of it on the outside of my embossing folder and ran it through my cuttlebug with the C plate rather than 2 B plates.

Those of you that remember our monthly hop will remember my navy kids. Well I tried my hand at the little cuties again but I thought I would make the army girl this time around. I think she turned out just as freakin' adorable as the navy kids and now I have a better idea on the sizing, lol! This cutter file is from Little Scraps of Heaven Desingns. Please check her out she has some adorable cut files and a sale this week! If you spend $20 you receive 55% off by entering the coupon code xmasjul at the check out and who doesn't love a sale. I used my Silhouette to cut out my little army girl. Speaking of Silhouette they are releasing a new 12x12 cutter in October, I can't wait! I saw the prototype at CHA :)

While I was at the consumer portion of the show at CHA I picked up a Bow-Easy at the Taylored Expression booth and I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it. My bows are perfect every time now and its super easy to use. You can pick one up at their online store. 

Well that is all from me today. But check back tomorrow, I've made up a group of mini cards to share with you.  If you have time please check out our Operation Owl Thank You hop from yesterday. There is a grandprize and lots of other blog candy as well. I love reading your comments so thank you to those of you who have taken the time to leave them for me! I have the word verification turned off so commenting is quick and easy here :)

Operation Owl Hop

Welcome to Operation Owl a thank you hop for Kristal Andrew from her Design Team and a few guests who love her too.

(Surprise Kristal!)

If you have arrived here from Amy of Love to Crop you are in the right place! But if you have joined me from your Google Reader, Networked Blogger or email then please start at the beginning with Brenda of Creativity is only as State of Mind. 

I am so pleased to have all of you join us for this hop. Kristal means so much to all of us and this is our little way to say Thank You and WE LOVE YOU Kristal! 

I find myself grateful everyday for the lord  introducing Kristal to me. Though we have never really met in person I feel like we are soul sisters. I believe we have a greater purpose together and we will conquer great missions together. NOPE, I don't know what those are yet but the lord will figure that out for us too :) 

I found this quote online the other day and it reminds me of our friendship....

"In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit."
-- Albert Schweitzer

Kristal is this person for me!  After we closed our retail store her blog postings lifted me everyday. I have really enjoyed getting to know Kristal online.  She reminded me that when god closes a door he opens a window and that it was not ME who failed it was the situation.  I hope that I can be this person for Kristal and help her through the trials that life throws at us. So I made this card for Kristal to tell her Thank You for all she has done for me. Which is so much more than inviting me onto her design team for K Andrew Design Art Stamps and introducing me to the great group of women that is on her team. (Love you girls!!)

Owl Always Love You

 Now the picture of this card does it NO justice! I used K Andrew Design Art Stamps (Amazing You), some older Graphic 45 papers and the cardboard is from Canvas Corp. I machine stitched (without the thread) around the two sides, inked up the edges and  colored my Unity Stamp Co.  itty bitty  with my copic markers. I also added gold Viva Decor pearls to the flower centers but you can't see them in the photo. That Unity stamp is brand new and I'm lovin' it :)

Now who wants some candy?? Here's what to do to qualify for this:

1. Become a follower or tell me if you already are. (you'll have to come back and see if you are a winner on Monday)

2. Leave me a comment telling me what you love about Kristal

3. Post about this hop on facebook

*4. Grab my blinkie and add me to your side bar if you have a blog. (NOT required but I would love it if you did!!!)

AND if you link up a card/project to our Mr. Linky you will qualify for an extra entry. But please don't come back and leave a comment saying you did. I will add the number of entries into the random generator and that will be your extra number. 

Here is what you can win. (sorry about the glare on the pictures)

Bazzill Prize Pack

I will also be adding this to the  Awesome Grand Prize graciously donated by Amy Chomas??? To qualify for this you must comment on every blog on the hop line up. This winner will not be drawn by me.

Now keep hopping along to Charlotte! And just incase you get lost along the way here is our entire line up.

Brenda                 http://createbyburffrau.blogspot.com

Amy Chomas      http://amychomas.blogspot.com/

Jess                       http://myscrapdiary-jess.blogspot.com/

Kathy T               http://scrappingfelkatz.blogspot.com

Lisa                      http://indymermaid.blogspot.com

Becka                  http://www.creationswithbecka.blogspot.com

Kathy P               http://the3esblog.blogspot.com

Ro                        http://rodonner.blogspot.com

Amy                     http://www.lovetocrop.com

Becky                  http://www.squirlygirlcreations.blogspot.com

Charlotte             http://alittlebitofdetail.blogspot.com

Julie                     http://jk-littlebitofbling.blogspot.com

Rebecca               http://craftingmisfit.blogspot.com/

Erika                      http://www.craftysprouts.com/

Brenda                 http://createbyburffrau.blogspot.com

Getting Cricky Blog Hop Winner

Hello my fabulous peeps! Let me start with an apology for taking so long to post this! I have been so busy this week, but in a good way. I was at CHA all week!!!! I have so much to share with you guys but unfortunately that will have to wait till later this weekend because my Hubby wants my attention tonight (awwwe, I know he is so sweet!). I'm so excited because while I was gone he bought me a new computer :) EEEk, sorry off track here, lol! Here's our winner from the hop :)

Charlotte said...

Love the cute little military boy and girl. Your card is FABULOUS!!!! Great message and paper. It is sure to delight one of our heros. Thank you for a great blog hop!

Charlotte, PLEASE contact me at squirly_scrapper at hotmail dot com because I would love to get your prize off to you before I leave to go camping this next week :)

One last annoucement before I leave you all tonight. Don't forget to join me for a hop this Saturday at 8 am EST with some FABULOUS ladies for a "Hoot" of a good time!
Its going to be a great time with LOTS of REALLY GOOD BLOG CANDY!!!