Sprinkled with Love

BLOG HOP INFO FOR TONIGHT:

Tonight is the Getting Cricky with It Blog hop, and to kick this hop off, we are having a USTREAM at Kristal's Channel: Getting Cricky. Just click HERE (insert link http://www.ustream.tv/channel/gettingcricky ) to join us. Ustream starts at 6pm PST 7pm MST, 8pm CST, and 9pm EST). See you there and then back here for our blog hop!


Hello again my lovely bloggy friends :) Thanks for joining me again today! First things first HAPPY 5TH ANNIVERSARY TO MY WONDERFUL HUBBY, Thank you for being so supportive of me and my hobby!!! Now on to bloggy stuff :) Today I am featuring K Andrew design stamps again. Now before I get to my project for today I want to remind you all to join us later today for the release HOP of Kristal's stamps. The hop will begin at 5pm PST starting on Kristal's blog Getting Cricky and our live Ustream with the whole DT (minus me;( ) will start at 6 PST at www.ustream.tv/channel/gettingcricky. I know that most of the design team is offering blog candy for the hop so if you want lots of chances to win make sure you come check us out! I will be offering a chance to win the set I have been featuring all week Food for Thoughts :)

Now on to today's project...

Just look at how clearly and nicely these stamps stamp! I have really enjoyed my crafty time with them this week! This cool little treat holder is another cut from the silhouette store, I might be slightly addicted to that place right now, hehehe. Now I don't want to wear you out before tonight so I'm going to keep this mornings post short. Hope to see you tonight for lots of FUN!

Easy Peasy with K Andrew's Design stamps

So I've been telling you how much fun I've been having with K Andrew's Design stamps and today I'm so thrilled to show you the fabulous gift I made using them! This gift was Easy Peasy (pun totally intended)! I used Kristal's Food for Thought stamp set that is full of fun puny sayings! This set benefits Kristal's signature charity Storefont Shelter for Homeless Children. I love that $1 from every stamp set that Kristal sells goes to support a charity for the life time of the stamps sales. This is not a limited time offer, its for EVERY single set she sells. This gift took me about 25 minutes to make and will feed 8 people :) Now on to the project you say?? Ok.

Supplies used
Stamps: K Andrew Design Art Stamps (Food for Thought), Peachy Keen (Faceless Veggies)
DP: Cosmo Cricket (Garden Variety)
Cardstock: Bazzill
Bling: TPC Studios
Embossing folder: Cuttlebug
Die cut: Spellbinders
Random tag and Ribbons
 
Don't forget to run over and order your stamps today before the FREE SHIPPING offer expires! Visit Kristal's online store {Here}.  Also don't forget to join us for our blog hop and live Ustream tomorrow evening! You won't want to miss it there are lots of  fabulous projects and fun giveaways along the way! We would love it if you would grab our blinkie below and add it to your sidebar to help us spread the word!

See you all tomorrow for our HOP!

Hello my fabulous friends! I'm excited to show you what I have made with my new K Andrew's Designs stamps :) I have been having so much fun playing the past couple of days and I finally found some time to get pictures taken last night so you can see these fun creations. Make sure you stop back here tomorrow for another fabulous project I have made with her stamps :) So here is my first fun project...

Orange You a-peel-ling treat holder

Fruity candy yumminess

This is a fun little treat holder with those fabulous gummy sugared orange slices in it.  There are so many possibilities with this Food For Thoughts stamp set. And since I love giving gifts this set is going to get lots of use!

I have really enjoyed using it with Peachy Keen's faceless fruits and veggies Kristal's sentiments pair so nicely with these. I don't have the Back Yard Barbeque cricut cartridge yet but I think I could have some fun with that too!

 Now in case you haven't heard the buzz yet we are having a blog hop and live Ustream Getting Cricky style on Friday June 17th to celebrate the release of her new stamp line. YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS! If I'm not mistaken all of the DT will be offering blog candy so make sure you hop all the way through for lots of chances to win! We would love it if you would help us spread the word by grabbing the blinkie on my side bar and posted it on your blog!! And if you haven't joined our current Simply Sunday Challenge there is still time. Our theme is designers choice how easy is that??

Now don't forget to come back to see tomorrow's project :) Until then....

Simply Sunday

Today is Simply Sunday day at Getting Cricky with K Andrew and this week is an exciting one for sure! Well they all are at Getting Cricky but this one is especially exciting because the DT all received our first set of K.Andrew Designs Art Stamps to create with. Now let me tell you how awesome these stamps are!! Kristal's stamps are made out of super thick photo polymer meaning you get a clean crisp image every time!  Kristal sent me the Food for Thought set to be creative with for this week.

This set is so versatile and I love that about it. You can make super cute little notes to stick in lunch boxes, birthday cards and even everyday cards to lift someones spirits. 

Because Kristal has such a helping spirit she gives $1 from EVERY stamp set to a selected charity. This is not for a limited time it is for EVERY single stamp set she sells! The Food For Thoughts set goes to support Storefont Shelter for Homeless Children, Storefront Shelter is Kristal's signature charity in which homeless children are found, rescued, and reunited with their parents if possible. If not, they are found new homes and are given intervention so they do not return to the streets.This particular set is on sale in Kristal's store right now for $14.99 with FREE shipping for a short time. You can visit Kristal's online store at www.kandrewdesigns.com.

So do you guys want to see what my little mind came up with this week?? For my first card I made a quick little note that I can put in my husband's lunch one day when I send cupcakes with him.

You'll have to forgive the picture quality, we have had a rather gloomy couple of days here and I couldn't get a picture with good lighting.

For this fun little love note I just made an A2 size card front. Isn't that cupcake just tooo cute?? Its an image from the Silhouette store and it is drawn with some FABULOUS (!!) pens by Chomas Creation. Head over to Chomas Creations and check out the selection of pens and holders for both the Cricut and Silhouette. I'm so in love with these you will be seeing lots of creations with them!!!

I decided to make two projects again this week just to show you how versatile Kristal's stamp set is. I've taken several pictures of this card so you can see all the fun detail... The fun "smile" sentiment stamped on the front of this is from the Food for Thoughts set. 

Card Front

Card Inside

Side View

  Now don't forget to join us this week this week for the Simply Sunday Challenge over at Getting Cricky we love to see what you all create! This weeks theme is designer's choice, if you want to know ahead of time what the theme for Kristal's Simply Sunday challenge will be you can always click on the challenges tab at the top of her blog. And remember that Kristal will choose one designer from the week to be our guest designer for the following Simply Sunday :) 

To celebrate the release of Kristal's stamps we will be having a blog hop next Friday June 17th and a live Ustream with the Mrs. Kristal herself :) If you like grab this blinkie below and add it to your side bar to help us spread the word, we sure would appreciate the love!!

 

I hope that this helped get your creative juices flowing!! Until next time!

Some Fun Stuff!

Uhggg, why am I struggling with this post so much tonight??? Bear with me people, the words just aren't coming to me tonight, LOL! Hmmmm, maybe I'll start here. I've had a little blinkie posted on my sidebar for awhile and I've been bursting at the seems to show you all the layout I had published in Ginger Scraps Street magazine :) Yeah my FIRST publication ever!! :D

This LO is of my brother who went through a very long cowboy phase. As soon as I saw this paper from My Mind's Eye I knew it was made for this picture that my mom took. This photo was not staged it was a total accident, making it even more perfect! Since we live in town without a farm insight I thought the title was very appropriate. If you want to see the publication and all of the other wonderful artist who made some awesome western themed projects click  {HERE}. Thanks Ginger Street and Mrs. K Andrew!

Speaking of K. Andrew who wants to know who won my stamp giveaway??? First let me tell you how much I hate doing giveaways! Not because I dislike giving stuff away,  its not that at all, its because you all can't win and I feel like I am disappointing so many people! Believe me if it were up to me you all would get a little goodie because you are all winners! Ok back to the winner right, to make it all fair I used my personal random generator. His name is Ian and it gives us a fun activity during the day when he gets to participate, so drumroll please.........


Jessica who wrote: "4 - I love Kristal's humor, so I would love to see more stamps that express that side of her creativity and personality! I also love her inspiration. So more of her life quotes and analogies (and she has a lot of good ones) would make for some really awesome stamps!"

Congrats Jessica! Send me an email with the title K. Andrews stamp winner at
squirly_scrapper at hotmail.com with your address and the name of the stamp set that you would like me to send you :)

Alright my loyal peeps, that's all from me this evening. I'm going to go back and see if the frame that I have been impatiently waiting on drying is dry yet....Thanks for listening to my ramblings and don't forget to go join us this week at Getting Cricky for our Simply Sunday challenge our theme is vintage :)

K Andrew Designs Stamp Preview #4

Alright girls, ready for a quicky?? It's 11:30 PM here and I'm beat today. We had a very successful garage sale but I got way too much sun. I'm not complaining because we wait so long for it here in WI but it sure does wipe you out. So tonight I am showing off the FABULOUS set of stamps from K Andrews Designs called Food For Thought. I can't wait to make some little love notes to stick in my husbands lunches :)

Don't forget for all pre-orders Kristal is offering FREE shipping and for all of her sets $1 will be donated to a charity. How much better can it get than that??

So if you want to get your hot little hands on this stamp set visit Kristal's blog Getting Cricky and click on the products tab.

Don't forget that you can have a chance to win here as well!
I will pick one commenter for a set of their choice for FREE.  Here's what you have to do!
Each thing you do will give you an entry into the drawing. I will announce the winner on Sunday and that person will have 72 hours to contact me with your mailing information at *squirly_scrapper (at) hotmail (dot) com*. (sorry, I'm a busy momma and I don't have time to hunt people down)


*Become a follower of mine or leave me a comment telling me that you already are one.
*Tell me which stamp set you like best
*Send me one new follower who mentions your name in their comment saying you sent them
*Leave me a comment telling me what you would like to see in future sets from K Andrew's designs


If you would like more chances to win go visit my DT sisters, many of them have some giveaways as well! Find their blog addy's on my sidebar!

Alright off to bed with me! We have another big day tomorrow, I love summer and family time! Isn't life the best?

K Andrew Designs Stamp Preview #2 & #3

Golly, golly please forgive me!! I missed getting my preview post for K Andrew's Designs Art Stamp set #2 up yesterday make sure you hop over to her blog to check out all her fun at Getting Cricky! Life has been a bit crazy around here the last couple of days. We are trying to get ready for a garage sale and today is also the last day of school for my husband who is a middle school principal. Plus today is my littlest baby, Ethan's,  1st birthday, Yay! I'm such a bad mom I don't even have a card made for him ;(

I did make 5 cards last night for my husband to take with him today, 2 retirement cards, 2 baby cards and 1 thank you card. But because it has been so crazy around here I didn't have time to get pictures take to show you before he had to take them, yipes!

Because I didn't get my post up last night I'm going to combine our preview for set #2 Positive Thoughts and set #3 Freedom isn't Free. Now don't get me wrong I love ALL of Kristal's new stamps but my favorite is Positive Thoughts. So let's get to it and take a peek :)

I can't wait to make some cards for all of my valued girlfriends with this set!!

This set will benefit Kristal's  SIGNATURE Charity: Storefront Shelter which takes the street 6 nights a week looking for homeless children in San Diego, CA. 86% of it's proceeds go directly to the children.

I just love that some of the profits from each of her sets will benefit a charity!

If you want to order Positive Thoughts click {HERE}!

And here is set #3 Freedom isn't Free. I have so many family in different branches of the military who are always asking for me to make cards for everyone in their units to choose from to send home. Kind of a general grab box so they have cards to send home (kind of hard to find a Hallmark store sometimes, lol) but I like to send a card for each person in the unit as well so this set will be perfect!!

Here is the charity that Kristal has chosen to donate to with this set.

Intrepid Fallen Heroes is a non-profiit organization that provides rehabilitative services to US military members who are severely disfigured from combat. (Imagine half a face blown off, or the loss of both legs). This is a charity organization very near and dear to Kristal as her husband is an active duty military man.

If you would like to order Freedom Isn't Free please click {HERE}.

I will be back tomorrow with one more surprise preview!!

Now don't forget about my giveaway too! I will pick one commenter for a set of their choice.  Here's what you have to do!
Each thing you do will give you an entry into the drawing. I will announce the winner on Sunday and that person will have 72 hours to contact me with your mailing information at *squirly_scrapper (at) hotmail (dot) com*. (sorry, I'm a busy momma and I don't have time to hunt people down)

*Become a follower of mine or leave me a comment telling me that you already are one.
*Tell me which stamp set you like best
*Send me one new follower who mentions your name in their comment saying you sent them
*Leave me a comment telling me what you would like to see in future sets from K Andrew's designs


If you would like more chances to win go visit my DT sisters, many of them have some giveaways as well! Find their blog addy's on my sidebar!

Fabulous Friends

As you all know I am on the Getting Cricky with K Andrew's design team and I am so excited about her new venture! This super sweet lady has designed some new stamp sets and let me tell you they are FABULOUS!  Kristal is taking pre-orders for all of her sets right now and you can see them all under the products tab on her blog or by clicking {HERE}. Because Kristal is so generous she is not only giving you FREE SHIPPING on all pre-orders she is donating $1 of her profits to a charity. I will  be doing a preview of the new stamp set for the next few days and at the end of the week I will pick a winner from all of my comments for a stamp set of your choice. Now, let's look at one of Kristal's new sets shall we????

Fabulous Friends by K Andrew's Designs

This set has sooooo many fun saying in it I can't wait to make some feel good cards for my girlfriends! Kristal will be donating $1 from the sale of this set to Cancer Angels. Kristal has done a lot of research about each of the causes she will be donating to in order to make sure the money will actually be going to help the people it needs to help. Here is a little information about Cancer Angels.

Taken from Kristal's Blog:
Cancer Angels is a non-profit organization that helps aid Level 4 cancer patients of ALL kinds. Many of these patients have such severe cancer and chemo that working or holding down a job is near impossible. Cancer angels gives them hope and monetary help while undergoing treatment in this stage. Imagine finding out you have cancer, and losing your job, home, and everything else because you can't work. Sometimes you just need an angel...and this is my way of becoming a silent angel (all of us together) to those who so desperately need some good news in the midst of such a storm.

Now here is what you need to do to qualify for the drawing. Each thing you do will give you an entry into the drawing. I will announce the winner on Sunday and that person will have 72 hours to contact me with your mailing information at *squirly_scrapper (at) hotmail (dot) com*. (sorry, I'm a busy momma and I don't have time to hunt people down)

*Become a follower of mine or leave me a comment telling me that you already are one.
*Tell me which stamp set you like best
*Send me one new follower who mentions your name in their comment saying you sent them
*Leave me a comment telling me what you would like to see in future sets from K Andrew's designs

Now that's four entries to win so hop to it girls and good luck!