Digiments Sneak Peek

I have a little digiments sneak peek to share today! Tomorrow Michelle will be releasing another awesome collection of 30 digiments (digital stamps) for sale! The sentiments range from Patriotism to friendship! Make sure to stop by the blog tomorrow and grab yours because there are going to be some AMAZING deals! (click here to head on over to the digiments site)
Now on with my sneak peek. With this new release there are some really awesome sentiments that are just perfect for those wonderful sisters in our lives! So here's a little acetate card I made using one of the sister sentiments:



Tomorrow I will also have another little project to share (as well as it being on the digiments blog ;))

Have a super friday everyone!

Changes...

I just wanted to put out a general posting letting everyone know that I am very flattered by all of the emails and comments that I have received and the friendships that I have made over the last couple of years. I truly do love paper crafting...but I have turned a "hobby" into a job...and I have not spent as much time with my family as I need to. They truly are more important to me then ANY hobby, publications that will not matter in 10 years, or filling my room full of FREE products...and I need to refocus on my marriage and my kids.

Now, this is not saying that I will not be still sharing my work, freebie cuts, etc. But I can not promise that I will be doing this weekly. I will continue with my designing for special teams that I am on...and I will still be sharing those things here on my blog for now.

Basically, I have realized that life is too short to watch it from my craft room window, while working for free things that my husband can afford to buy me anyway...I need to go out and enjoy life with my family again.

Have a super week everyone!

Kids out of school~BBTB Challenge ~ Freebie Wednesday

My two oldest are officially out for summer break and boy are they enjoying the good life ;) Last Thursday, I took a quick photo of them in the wind on their last day...here they are...all smiles ;)

In direct contradiction to this...I asked my 3-year-old how he felt about having the 2 older ones home 24/7...here's his reaction...(LOL)

What can I say...the boy likes his alone time with Mommy! But he is coping :)

So,with this being the first week with the kids out of school...my life has really gotten a bit crazy trying to get everyone into various activities and us onto a schedule that we can manage this summer...what can I say other than life with kids keeps things hopping ;)

So, I am just now finally able to get my BBTB challenge posted this week. This week Regina challenged us to use the bookmark cut from the animal kingdom cartridge. I decided to pair this up with some of October Afternoon's fun monster line papers and embellishments and create a bookmark for my daughter.



Since summers is in full swing for us here in Colorado, I thought a couple of butterfly cuts would be appropriate for this weeks freebie cut since they remind me (for some reason) of lazy summer days...here's a preview of what you can download: (CLICK here to download this file)


Remember if you like my cuts...want to see more of them...and if you download these, leave me a comment here on my blog :)

Have a great wednesday everyone!

and the winner is...

It's Friday...time to draw the winner of the fruit greetings stamps from the cutting café! Using random.org....

It picked number 48...



Which was:

Treva!



Congrats Treva! Email me at jenthecrazyscrapbooker@hotmail.com to claim your prize!

Thanks everyone for playing along!

It's Wednesday...Freebie Wednesday that is!

Happy Wednesday everyone! I hope that you are off to a fantastic day. Mine started off a bit on the relaxing side, since my husband so kindly went into work a little bit later today and took the kids to school for me...so sweet of him. Well that "extra sleep" lasted all of 20 minutes, my oldest called me in a panic..."it's water field day Mom...I need my suit"...oh well 2 more days...and then we will be on summer break.

With school wrapping up I couldn't resist but to make up a few more gifts for the kids teachers. I decided to pair up the gifts, a challenge from Scrappin' Sports and More, and the wednesday freebie together...how's that for multi-tasking?

So, today's freebie cut was inspired by the stampin' up spiral notebook punch. I decided to do a rounded corner version of the cut paired with a square middle this week and then sometime in the next few weeks I will do a different spin on it. (so keep checking back if you like this cut).

Here's a preview of what you can download today: (click here to download this cut)

Here's my little gift that I made using this cut (see the card) paired with some Scrappin' Sports and More papers, Scrappin' Sports and More cardstock stickers and a little box that I made from acetate, pattern paper, and cardstock using my scor-it. The gift is filled with little reeses's pieces candies and I tied it all together playing off of the puzzle piece paper from Scrappin' Sports and More.

Also, here's another version of this same little box, paired with a belly band card for a teacher that is retiring this year.

I also have yet another little card and "gift" to share (tis the season)...my oldest son just finished another season of soccer and I needed a quick gift for his coach. Using some paper from Scrappin' Sports and More, I wrapped a extra large candy bar and made a quick little card using the same paper and my sports mania cartridge.

Have a super day everyone, and remember if you download my cuts, take a moment and leave me a comment!

BBTB Blog Hop (GIVEAWAY from the cutting cafe) & Digiments Contest!

Happy Monday Everyone! It's hard to believe but today my kids are starting their last week of school before summer break begins! Isn't it crazy how fast time flies when you are a parent and not a child! I remember thinking summer break seeming so far off, and now as a parent I find myself thinking...really? it's already summer again? LOL

If you are joining us for the BBTB blog hop, you should have arrived to my blog from Marina's blog, if you didn't, click back to her blog to see her awesome creation from this week! You will also want to make sure to enter her "giveaway"!

So this week over at BBTB we as a team were sponsored by the Cutting Café! Each of us were able to pick out one of Regina's digital stamps or cut files to work with along with using the storybook cartridge with the fancy artesian cut from on page 56 &75 of the manual. You are able to access both of these cuts by using the accent blackout feature.

I decided to use the "Fruit Greetings"...I just love these little digital stamps...they are just so so cute!

These stamps retail for $6.99, and here's a peak at the stamps:

Here's a few pictures of the cards and desktop gift holder I made using these stamps and the cricut cut from Storybook Cartridge:

SO, how would you like to WIN these stamps? I have the honor to give away this darling fruit set to one lucky winner!

So if you would like to win this digital stamp set/cutting file, leave me a comment here on my blog under this posting. I will "draw a name" using random.org this Friday *May 22nd*, the winner will then be emailed the file. Good luck to all that enter!

*To continue on with the BBTB BLOG HOP, you will be heading on over to the talented Ms. Krista's blog* make sure to leave her a comment to be entered into her giveaway from the cutting café (click here for a direct link)

But before you do....We ALL love giveaways...I have another one to share with you today! Digiments, which is a new digital stamping company which specializes in digital sentiment stamps, is giving away the next ENTIRE set of sentiment stamps! How cool is that! If you haven't had a chance to check out these stamps, they retail for 1 dollar each (such a bargain) or you can buy all 25 for $20 dollars. So if you would like to win these stamps, head on over the the digiments blog (click here for a direct link) and download the free digiment (which you are going to LOVE) and design a project using it...yes, it's that as simple! I hope you all will enter!

Here's a little card that I made with the free digiment, some SEI pattern papers (which I just LOVE), and I also decided to use the cut from this weeks challenge over at the BBTB site (which was from the storybook cartridge):

Card front View:

Card Sideview:
Have a super week everyone! make sure to stop by KRISTA'S blog...your next stop for the BBTB Hop!

Simply Handmade TOOT~ and the winnner is....

So I have some exciting news :) Yesterday, I was delighted when I opened up my email to find a publishment request from Simply Handmade, which is a magazine put out by Trends. One of my little projects that I made a few months back will be included in the upcoming Oct/Nov 2009 book. If you haven't had a chance to check out Simply Handmade, it's a really neat publication with so many awesome ideas, using anything from paper crating to altering wood projects (and everything in between).

Ok, thanks for letting me TOOT :) Now on to the winner of the little teacher apple tile. Just a little info on how this worked, I entered 23 "tickets" into the random.org generator and it drew.....

NUMBER 14

Which was..... Angie!!!


Congrats Angie! I am sending you a pm right now! As soon as I hear from you I will get this off in the mail.

Thank you EVERYONE for playing and leaving comments. Just as a *hint* if you love GIVEAWAYS there is going to be a really neat one on my blog on monday! YOU do not want to miss out on your chance to win this!