Seaworld!

Wow! What a fun time, this past weekend!! :)

Went to seaworld and pet a penguin, got to feed a kangaroo (Busch Gardens) and see all the fun shows!!!
Here are a few non crafty photos!

Gonna get back in the grind of crafty stuff this week, so stay tuned!! :)

 ^^ This is Coby, the friendly penguin!

 This guy wanted his picture taken :)

 This is Rocky...he didn't want visitors today....he went back to his buddies right after this photo! lol

 Me and my love, hangin out right before we saw the penguins!

 My new lunch box....lol  I must say, my kids at work thought it was hilarious! (I'm a School Resource Officer) LOL :)

These guys are so soft and very friendly.....if you have food, that is!!! ;) 

anyhow, hope ya enjoyed the photos! I will be back to craftiness soon!!! :)

Been Super Busy!!

Wow, the past week and a half have been really busy, haven't had much time for my crafting. :(  I did finally finish all 24 thank you cards...I didn't think I was ever gonna see the end of that!! LOL

I got my peach keen stamps in, finally! I love them, they are adorable! ( I got the "cornies, monsters, and every day paper doll" assorted size sets.

I also got my order in from Cricut Machine (they have good deals on cricut cartridges and accessories!) I paid 60 dollars and got 3 cricut paper pads, deep cut blade and housing, 2 cricut cake mats, tacky tape, cricut spatula, black and brown cricut marker, winnie the pooh font, sesame street seasons and elmo party cartridges! Check them out! (I am in no way affiliated with Cricut Machine.) Im gonna order Winnie The Pooh cartridge today (14.99 + shipping). :)


I'm excited, tomorrow me and my boyfriend will be headed out of town to Orlando. We are taking a much needed weekend getaway! We are going to go to Seaworld and take the "Penguin Up-Close" tour. (I have an infatuation with penguins) So, basically I will be up close and personal with a penguin and will be able to pet it and have my picture taken with it!  I can't wait! although, leaving home at 6 or 630 in the morning will not be a lot of fun. :(

Tomorrow evening we are doing the Medieval Times dinner theater thing. I haven't been to it in like 15 years, so I am pretty excited about that too!

Then, to end out the weekend we will be heading to Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida. woohoo! I love roller coasters!! :)

SOOOOO, starting monday, I will post a few pictures of the weekend and start back on my crafty schedule!!

I will also have an experimental cake to post pictures of next week, too! ( I am making a test cake for my bestfriend's kid's birthdays in march and want to make sure I can do it, before I commit!) I am goin to attempt a "Robot" 3D cake using fondant....woohoo!! lol

Talk to you guys soon! Have a GREAT weekend!!

I'm Such a Dork! :)

So, I am surfing the wonderful "world wide web" and looking at possibly getting the gypsy.....my main reason being a certain feature that is on it, not the portability factor....lol SOOO, I am looking at the peachy keen stamps, trying to decide if I want to make those purchases, but trying to find a cheap gypsy to go with them....

Why? You ask.....

Well, I will tell you!! :)

In all of the tutorials that I have seen with people using the peachy keen stamps, they have also used the gypsy to "hide contours"....uh huh. Well, I didn't realize that on my design studio (that I already have!!) you can do the same thing! Oh my goodness....I'm such a dork. I have had DS for almost a year now, and barely use it.....NOW, I will be using it OFTEN!

So, long story short, I realized I can purchase the stamp sets and NOT have to worry about coming up with the money for yet another new device!!


I am trying to not purchase anything that takes up ANY more room. My boyfriend and I moved in together and are sharing a room for our entertainment things (his Xbox and my craft stuff!) Needless to say, I have officially taken over 3/4 of the room with all of my stuff. (I think my craft stuff multiplies on its own, sometimes!!)

Man, I cannot wait until we move out of this house into one with just us (we currently share the house with his brother and his brother's girlfriend). Then we will have our own rooms....he will have his "Man Cave" and I will have my "Crafty Room!"

Although, he has been very generous with sharing, so I can't complain....too much!!

Sorry for the rambling! 

I will be hard at work this weekend making more cards, it's very therapeutic!!

Thank You Cards

I finally started working on my thank you cards from the funeral services from last weekend...Im super late, however I didn't want to do the traditional store bought cards. My mom always loved handmade things and I think, if she were here, she'd want a handmade thank you card sent out....plus, I just have so much fun creating them!

I have to make approximately 20 cards....so I decided to go with a simple design...one that I can easily recreate several times!!

Recipe:
1 - 5x7" White Folding Card
1 - 4.75x6.75" Black Cardstock
1 - 4.5x6.5" Recollections Patterned Page
1 - 2" wide Recollections "sparkly" white cardstock (comes in the "precious metals" 8.5 x 11" pack)
1 - 6" black ribbon
6 - paper flowers
3 - brads
I embossed the white strip with Cuttlebug Divine Swirls folder.

The tag was printed on by my printer and then cut to size and layered. :)

Thanks for looking! Have a great day!!

Cooking With Cricut Challenge #72!

Well, this is my first challenge :) I have never done one before, so hopefully I do this right!!

It is from Cooking With Cricut , Challenge #72 : Grown Up Valentine Must have black and brads.

I used black cardstock and embossed it with sizzix dots; then white cardstock and embossed it with cuttlebug swirls. The punches on either end of the white cardstock is a recollections edger punch. The "xoxo" came from Cricut's Tie the Knot Cartridge.  The brads were placed in each corner.....mostly because I couldn't figure out where else to put them!! :) 

Thanks for looking, I hope you enjoy!!

Happy Heart Day!!

Happy Valentine's Day! :)
With all the commotion going around at home (my mom's passing), I haven't really thought about Valentine's Day.....until last night! I totally forgot to make my boyfriend a card! Soooo, I threw something together really quick so that I could give him something this morning! (thankfully he is very low maintenance and understands the reason I haven't thought about it!!) Anyhow, he was grateful for my cheesy thrown together card, nonetheless. :)

the inside simply says "in love w/you!"  Hope you enjoy! I will definitely be posting more cards soon! :)

A few cards I have made...

First Blog Ever!

Well, here it is...Monday February 13th and this is my very first online blog! I will be adding photos of some cards that I have made in the past. (Yes, some of them are from when I first started, so bear with me!!) As I have continued to work on handmade cards and whatnot, I feel that my experience and expertise has gotten soooo much better! :)

I will also add photos of my Pit Bull! They are not all mean!! She is a 70lb lap dog....or she thinks she is, anyways!! She is totally a people loving dog and adores children. Cats...not so much!! :)

I will be back later to upload some photos!!!! See ya then!