It came - It came - My Gypsy is here

I held off - I swear I tried to fight it but I lost the battle last weekend when Oh My Crafts dropped the price of the Gypsy to $159! It was at this point that I realized I had to get it - I mean prices like these just don't happen everyday right :) So here I am in the middle of a Colorado snow storm playing with my new toy! I can't wait to share everything that I learn with my fellow cricut lovers! I feel like a "new kid on the block" again with a new cricut toy - haven't felt this way in several years!

BBTB Cutting Cafe Challenge & Cards Toot

Happy Monday Everyone! I am starting my Monday late this morning because my entire family is home today! Since today is a holiday I get to enjoy the weekend with them a bit longer.

I have some fun news to share this morning! I found out late last week that one of my little cards was picked up by Cards Magazine! Woot! I am thrilled to be a part of the July 2010 issue! The card that was picked up - was one that I created just a few weeks ago and never got around to posting on my blog - so when the magazine comes out I will share it with you all.

This week over at BBTB2 we were challenged by Rene to use the double hearts from the wedding solutions cartridge and combine that with our sponsor this week which is the cutting cafe. If you are in the market for some digital stamps - you need to check out what Regina has to offer - amazing stuff I tell ya!

Well I am off to enjoy the day with my precious family - have a super week everyone!

BBTB Reveal - Wild Card Cartridge

Ready or not we are starting a new week - if your house is anything like mine it's going to be a crazy week filled with lots of little valentine cards, treats, parties, and so much more - it all adds up to having lots of things to get done!

Well since Valentine's Day is coming this week - Peggy picked out the perfect little challenge for us this week. Using the Wild Card Cartridge she challenged to use the little heart card and envelope. This little card has a few different options depending on what you want to do - I decided to use the blackout feature and use up some valentine papers that I had left over from last year! I kept it pretty simple this week - tied some ribbon, added a flower and button and a few stitches and this was done - a very easy card that could easily be duplicated.

Here's a look at my card:

Have a happy week everyone - and if I miss telling you later - have a very Happy Valentine's Day!

Winner....Winner...Winner

Happy Friday Everyone!

So there were 55 people that entered my drawing from the BBTB challenge. Using random.org the winning number is:



So comment 54 was......



Congrats Donna! Send me an email at jenthecrazyscrapbooker@hotmail.com with your mailing address and I will get your doodlebug flock right off to you!

A photo...and some exciting news :)

This past summer I signed up for a course in photography through BetterPhoto.com - I hate to admit it but I never really committed to doing the classes. To be honest without going into great detail - things this summer just stunk - and I had a lot of personal things going on. I am happy to say that things are going so much better for me personally.

Although I messed up my course with Better Photo - I was determined to get into another class! I am determined this year to understand f-stop and shutter speed, camera lenses and so much more! I am determined to take better photos and finally be able to fully use this expensive camera my husband bought me :)

So - guess what! I am all registered for an upcoming class by Karen Russell! I could not be more excited! I am a big fan of her work - and I have heard so many amazing things from others that have had the privilege of taking her class! I was not able to get into the first class - as it filled in just 2 mins! But I am happy to say I am registered in her class starting at the end of June! If you are not familiar with her or her work - you will want to check it out (click here to do so)

This year I thought really long and hard about doing the 365 photography challenge - but
to be frank committing to something that big seemed pretty scary to me - silly I know - but still committing to take a photo everyday seemed like something that would be hard for me to keep up with - now of course a little over a month into it I wish I would of done it. YEP go ahead and roll your eyes will me - *giggle*.

So I have decided to try to take a new photo everyday for the rest of the year :) Heck - it's never too late to join in on some fun, right? Now I might blog about this from time to time - but I don't think I will blog every time I have a new photo to post - instead I am going to add a slide to the right side of my blog and add in my photos - I hope that you will enjoy viewing them and watching (hopefully) as my photography skills grow.

Now to get me started on my journey to better photos - I will leave you with a photo I took this afternoon of my sweet little girl. I took this photo (now keep in mind that I am new at this) in my AV mode the aperture is set at 5.6 and shutter speed at 1/200, ISO 200).



Have a super day everyone!

Freebie February!

Happy Wednesday Everyone! The week is just flying! If you noticed today I changed the title of my "freebie" to freebie February. I have decided that realistically in order for me to have better balance in my life and enjoy more time creating I have decided to share a freebie on a monthly basis and if time allows I of course will share more ;). I hope you that you will continue to visit my blog and share with me what you make using my cut files.

So today I made this little "curved" template for you. It is sized to fit a standard card and is in 2 pieces - so you can layer them - add a simple little sentiment and an embellishment and you are good to go :)

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


Have an awesome day everyone - and remember if you decide to download this cut leave me a comment here :)

BBTB Blog Hop!

Good morning everyone! I hope you are all off to a great start to your week! Today the BBTB2 team is having our monthly "blog hop" - so grab a cup of your favorite morning brew and your comfy chair and "hop" with us because each of the blogs today will be offering some "blog candy"! Make sure to leave a comment on each of the blogs today for your chance to win!

*Now if you are "hopping with us today" you should have arrived from Jeri's blog - if not click here to go back because you don't want to miss her sweet little card - it's almost as sweet as she is!

This week we were challenge by Melissa to use the "Rabbit/bunny" cut for the winter woodland cartridge. I have to admit I picked up this cartridge as soon as it came out but I have only used it once - I know I know...it's an adorable cartridge - but to my defense I did pick it up at Christmas time and as we all know tis the season of crazy right? So I was very happy that Melissa issued us this challenge. For those of you that like to play along, please join us and upload your creation to the BBTB2 blog!


Since I am still on a "Valentine kick" (you should see my craft room right now -heart explosion I tell ya!) I decided to pair this little bunny with a digi stamp that I made using photoshop - and also the little bag from the Plantin School Book Cartridge! What an adorable little bag this is! I then used my design studio to place a heart in the middle. Using my cuttlebug and the ever so popular swiss dot folder I embossed some acetate. I then decorated my little bag with some of the cutest Pink Paislee pattern papers.


Here' s a look at my bag:




So now onto my blog candy!!! Up for grabs is this set of crushed velvet flock from Doodlebug Designs!:

If you would like to be entered into my "blog candy" just leave me a comment here on this posting - I will draw the winner using random.org this friday morning! Good luck to all that enter!

Now the fun doesn't stop here! From here you will want to head on over to Heather's blog - she has a creation today that will knock your socks off!

Have a super day everyone!