I'm a Guest Designer :0)

Hello, all my crafty friends!! I'm so sorry I haven't posted much this week.. I've been getting stuff ready for a Cricut swarm this weekend.. So, I will be back to posting regularly next week I promise, but I do have a project for you today.. A very talented blogger friend of mine Zeni from the Scrappy Zeni blog asked me to be a guest designer for her today.. I feel so honored to be asked and I hope you all like my card I created..





Here's what I used to create this Rocking card:

*Cricut Decals (Stick Rocker)
*Cricut American Alphabet (Star)
*"Father and Son Stamps" ( Joy’s Life product page )
*Boy Mates Assort. Face stamps (Peachy Keen)
* Paper (DCWV & the Paper Studio)
*Ink
*White Pen
*Black & Red Markers
*Stickles
*Ribbon

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog.. Oh, don't forget the new"Getting Scrappy Challenge"going on right now!! I would love to see you get scrappy with us :0)

Happy Birthday Champ!!

Hello, Hello all my fabulous crafty friends!!! Sorry, I've been a little MIA this last week... I celebrated my 5th wedding anniversary and I just took some much need family time as well.. Well, after my much need break I am back in action and I have a great guy card I want to share with you all.. I created this card for my nephew who's a football player.. I decided to my card a shaker card,because there is an awesome shaker card challenge going on right now on Crafty Sprouts blog... I hope you like my card as much as I do :0)




Here's what I used to create my shaker card:

*Locker Talk (trophy)
*Plantin SchoolBook (Circles)
*"Father and Son Stamps", "Holiday Occasions Stamps", & Everyday Occasion Stamps" sets ( Joy’s Life product page )
*Paper (My Minds Eye & the Paper Studio)
*Ink
*White Pen
*Balloon Chunky Glitter
*a clear plastic cup (saved from a candle packaging)

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog.. Oh, don't forget the new"Getting Scrappy Challenge"going on right now!! I would love to see you get scrappy with us :0)

Getting Scrappy Challenge #13

Welcome all our scrappy friends to another

I wanted to take a second to thank everyone who entered our last challenge your layouts were fabulous and it was really hard picking the Top 3 ... So, if this is your first time joining us, this is how the challenge will work.. We will post a new challenge ever other Sunday and we will choose one random winner every other challenge.. So, if you enter both challenges you double your chance to win..

Our winner for the the month of July is:

Amber

Congrats Amber!! Can you please email me at amandascraftsandmore@hotmail.com so I can get your prize to you as soon as possible..

Here are the Top 3 Contenders of July:

Top 3 winners feel free to snag your Top 3 Button (just copy and paste it in your picture gadget)

Michele F.


Jean Knox


BLJ Graves Studio

Challenge #13 is...

Christmas in July
(create a Christmas or winter page )

Here are the challenge rules:
*This is a LAYOUT challenge
*Must be a new layout for this challenge
*Must link directly to the project and not just your blog or gallery
*Please use a Cricut or SVG cut somewhere on you layout
* You will have a week to submit your page
*If you don't have a blog just email your pages to : amandascraftsandmore@hotmail.com


Here is this months prize:

Peachy Keen Wide Eyed Kids 1 1/8"

Donated by our Challenge Sponsor:




Oh ,we have a special guest designer for you this week.. It's the very Fabulous and Super Talented Miss Ruthie from the September Ninth blog.. I am so happy to have her join my Getting Scrappy Challenge this week.. Now, here are all of our layouts:

Ruthie

Amanda
Cricut Carts: Baby Steps, Cuttin' Up, Simply Charmed, From My Kitchen,
and Plantin SchoolBook

Melissa
Cricut Carts: Winter Frolic and Elegant Edges


Okay, we showed you our layouts now it's your turn to show us your ... Link your layouts below.. We can't wait to see your pages and don't forget the most important rule have lots of Scrappy Fun :0)

From one Ol' Bag to Another!

Hello all my crafty friends.. Well, I have a super fun card I'm so excited to share with you all.. I created this card for a dear friend's birthday and I just love that it turned out better then I had pictured it in my head.. I also created my very own wobbles, Woo Hoo!! I learned how to make them from Brenda from the Creativity is a State of Mind blog.. She has a tutorial video on her blog if you would like to learn how to make them yourself just click here.. I love how my wobbles turned out.. So, you all might be seeing a lot more wobbly projects from me ;0)

{Here is a picture of my homemade wobble :0) }

This is what I used to created my card:

*Paisley (Purses)
*"Fashionable Friends" stamp set (*Getting Cricky with K Andrew*)
*Everyday Character Face Parts and More Stamps (Peachy Keen)
*Paper(DCWV, Crate Paper, the Paper Studio)
*Ink
*Decorative Scissors
*White Pen
*Homemade wobbles
*Ribbon
*Brads

Challenges:
YOU HAD ME AT CRAFT - stop by and link up your crafty projects

*Getting Cricky with K Andrew* - Simply Sunday "Fashion-ista" Challenge

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog.. Oh, don't forget the new"Getting Scrappy Challenge"going on right now!! I would love to see you get scrappy with us :0)

Happy Birthday Sweetie

Happy Monday all my crafty pals, I hope you all had a great weekend.. Well, I have a super cute birthday card I made for my god-daughter that I wanted to share with you.. I tried something new{I made the front of my card a large window} and I really like how it turned out..





Here's what I used to create my sweet card:

*Gypsy (to create the window on the front of the card)
* Wild Card (card base & circle)
*Simple Charmed (popsicle , party hat)
*"Father and Son Stamps" set & "Yummy Puns Stamps" set ( Joy’s Life product page )
*"Snow Cuties Assort. Stamp" (Peachy Keen)
* Paper (the Paper Studio & scrap pattern paper)
*Ink
*White Pen
*Brown Copic Marker
*White Puffy Paint
*Embroidery Floss

Challenges:
My Craft Spot - Monday Challenge #16 - Ink it up!
** Cooking With Cricut ** - Anything Goes Challenge
Paper Cutz Challenge -Paper Cutz Challenge #99
Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge - Let's Face it Friday - Plentiful Patterns
YOU HAD ME AT CRAFT - stop by and link up your crafts

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog.. Oh, don't forget the new"Getting Scrappy Challenge"going on right now!! I would love to see you get scrappy with us :0)

Getting Scrappy Challenge #12

Welcome all our scrappy friends to another

I just wanted to thank everyone who played along with my last challenge.. I really enjoyed looking at all of your layouts... So, if this is your first time joining us, this is how the challenge will work.. We will post a new challenge ever other Sunday and we will choose one random winner every other challenge.. So, if you enter both challenges you double your chance to win..

Challenge #12 is...

Photo Inspiration
(use any element in the photo on your layout.. {Ex. stars, stripes, flag, colors, ect})

Here are the challenge rules:
*This is a LAYOUT challenge
*Must be a new layout for this challenge
*Must link directly to the project and not just your blog or gallery
*Please use a Cricut or SVG cut somewhere on you layout
* You will have a week to submit your page
*If you don't have a blog just email your pages to : amandascraftsandmore@hotmail.com

Here is this months prize:

Peachy Keen Snow Head Ornament Set

This month's prize was donated by Melissa.. Thanks Melissa for
the awesome donation..

So, here are our layouts:

Amanda
Cricut Carts: Cuttin' Up,Paper Doll Dress Up, Graphically Speaking

Melissa
Cricut Carts: county fair, life's a party, a child's year, plantin schoolbook, and elegant edges


Okay, we showed you our layouts now it's your turn to show us
your ... Link your layouts below.. We can't wait to see your pages
and don't forget the most important rule have lots of Scrappy Fun :0)

Girls Just Want To Have Fun

Hello my craft peeps, I hope you all are having a great Thursday... Well, I just got a new stamp set from the very talented and super kind Kristal from the *Getting Cricky with K Andrew* Blog.. All of Kristal's stamps set support different charity's that are very dear to her heart.. So, your not only buying are you getting an awesome stamp set your helping a wonderful charity as well.. How great is that?? If you would like to check out all of Kristal's stamps click HERE.. I bought the Fashionable Friends set and it's such a fun & fabulous set..

So, here is the card I created for my god-daughter's birthday.. The little girl digi stamp is one I designed and I have posted it below for you to snag {if you want too} .. This card turned out so cute and I think my god-daughter will love it :0)

Bikini Cutie{by Amanda Bodine}

Here is what I used to create my card:

* Cricut American Alphabet (for background shape)
* Bikini Cutie (a digi by me)
* "Fashionable Friends" stamp set (*Getting Cricky with K Andrew*)
* Paper (the Paper Studio)
*Swiss Dots (Cuttlebug embossing folder)
*Ink
*Copics
*Color Pencils
*White Pen
*Ribbon

Challenges:
Paper Sundaes Challenge #76 - Stitching
The Crazy Challenge -CCH# 74 On the Beach
My Craft Spot - Monday Challenge #15 - Sunny Days

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog.. Oh, don't forget the new"Getting Scrappy Challenge starting this Sunday!! I would love to see you get scrappy with us :0)

Have a Great Birthday, Matey

Hello all my wonderful crafty friends, I hope you all had a fabulous weekend !!! I had a great 4th of July weekend and got to spend lots of time with my family.. I'm really excited to share this really cute birthday card I made for my nephew.. When I was looking through my sentiment stamps, I was inspired by this adorable pirate sentiment on my Joy’s Life "You're So Punny Stamps"set.. After finding my sentiment, the octopus pirate cutie on "Create a Critter" cartridge popped in my head and I thought the two would be a perfect match :0)




To create the Arrrr-dorable card I used:

*Gypsy(to create card base)
*Plantin SchoolBook (large rectangle for back half of the card base)
*From My Kitchen (small rectangle for the front of the card base)
*Create a Critter (Octopus Pirate)
* "You're So Punny Stamps"set ( Joy’s Life )
*"Boy Mates Assort. Stamps (Peachy Keen)
*Large Scallop Decorative Scissors (to create waves)
* Ink
*White Pen
*Black Marker
*Stickles

Challenges:
Fantabulous Cricut - Challenge Me Monday #67 { Create a water-themed project}
*Getting Cricky with K Andrew* - Simply Sunday Challenge {Summer-time Fun project}

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog.. Oh, don't forget the new"Getting Scrappy Challenge"going up this Sunday.. I would love to see you get scrappy with us :0)