A day late...

And a dollar short. I am so behind that I thought today was Wednesday. If  I were in school, and blogging was a subject, I would get an "F" with comments from the teacher that said, "unorganized, unfocused, tardy and missing assignments." Sheesh... I have been taking week long breaks between posts and that is just unacceptable! I'm going to have to do some extra credit work to make it up to you. Read on...

This is my Jingle Belles card for the week. The challenge was "Deck the Halls" and to use a ATC (artist trading card) or playing card on your handmade card. I printed my own ATC's- vintage kids decorating a snowman. I added it to a shipping tag and embellished with fabric leaves and a button tied with twine.

I mounted the tag to some Basic Grey Jovial paper, added a strip of red and tied some blue seam binding ribbon around it. I added a punched star and a decorative stick pin and it was done.

And now, to try and win your hearts over again (I am not above bribery), let's do a little giveaway. I have made several of these tags and they are for sale in my Etsy shop. You can add them to gifts, scrapbook pages, or like I did above, to a card. I am GIVING AWAY one set of 3 tags.

All you have to do is leave a comment telling me what you will do with the tags and I will choose a winner on Saturday afternoon. I'll be back here tomorrow... I am pre-posting now so I don't get side tracked! :)

JB- Labor Lost

This week, over at Jingle Belles, they are cutting the "labor" out of card making. They want us to CASE a card that another friendly card maker has already done. No problemo... loads of inspiration at the JB blog! I chose the previous challenge "Shape Up" and used Leslie Hannah's cute card of a shaped beanie.

How cute is this?!! Leslie makes loads of cute cards and you can check them out on her blog "The Crooked Stamper." She is hilarious! So, this is the card I ended up making...

So, her beanie creation totally inspired me to not only CASE her card, but also make some cute felt embellies to add to my Etsy shop:

And, since you guys totally got jipped out of seeing crafts last week due to my blog abandonment, I made another holiday to share...

This card took me like 5 minutes to make. Easy.

Now, go check out Leslie's blog, The Crooked Stamper. Gotta RUN!

Scrapping Everyday Miracles- Challenge #1

Hello, friends! Today is the first challenge over at the brand spankin' new blog, Scrapping Everyday Miracles! Be sure to check out the blog for some awesome inspiration!

Hopefully you had a chance to hop with us this last week and check out the DT and their awesome work. Each of the Design Team members made a layout showing what God is doing in their life, focusing on the little things....those everyday miracles!

My layout is of my daughter, Anna. She finds such happiness in the everyday, little things. She loves to swing, climb trees, gets giddy over finding a bug, she always brings her own sunshine. She is such a blessing!

Now it is your chance...

Little Things Challenge... What kind of everyday little things is God showing you in your life?

Don't forget our Scrap TWIST!
Please use computer journaling to journal and paint/mist. Computer journaling doesn't have to be just journaling that you print from your computer... it can embellishments that have pre-printed journaling on them. For example a sticker that has the perfect quote on it.... or a die cut frame that has something meaningful printed on it... so in short make it yourself or use something pre-made. The paint/mist is self explanatory and easy I think!

Link up your layout to the Scrapping Everyday Miracles blog post by June 30th.... and you could win a prize from our lovely sponsor.... ME!... A gift certificate to choose what you like from my Etsy shop! Yay!

Not only can you possibly win some some of my cute felties, but from all of the layouts submitted for June's Challenges, the DT will pick their top 3 layouts.... and if you are our top favorite you will win a spot as our Guest Designer for August. FUN!

I can't wait to see what you create!

PTI May Blog Hop!

Hi Friends! Today is the May Papertrey Ink blog hop! The challenge this month was to use flowers! Here's my card:

I used the Papertrey Everyday Button Bits set for my flowers. The felt bee is one of my creations, also available in my Etsy shop! I printed the sentiment "thanks a buzz-illion!" on my computer and trimmed.

Thanks for stopping here along the hop! Enjoy all the creations... I know I will!

Holiday Hoot!

I have a bloggy friend who suggested I make a Christmas owl. I said, "Brilliant!" and then got to work and this is what I came up with...Isn't he adorable? How cute would this be on a green long sleeve t-shirt? This Holiday Hoot owl will be available in my Etsy shop soon!
The holidays are quickly approaching... are you ready?

Cute Shares

Last weekend, my niece, Claudia got baptized. I am her godmother, too! I got her a sweet gift, but I also wanted to make her something special... her nursery is pink with owls and birds, so my wheels were turning...

I got a plain wooden frame at my LSS and painted it with pink, white, and raspberry. I wrote Claudia's name with a pencil first, then painted it black. The finishing touch was one of my cute felt owls (available HERE in my Etsy shop). The photo opening is for a 3.5x5 picture.
This is the picture I used in the frame. My brother, Nate and his beautiful family:
Here's Claudia in her baptismal gown. My mom made it and all the grandchildren have worn it.

My sweet baby... I love her so much and I'm so honored to be her aunt and godmother!

Trinkets Etsy Shop

I have discovered a wonderful Etsy shop... Trinkets. You will love it too! Look at these adorable creations:

This would be fabulous in my studio or in Anna's room...

And these would look so cute on a scrapbook page to frame for a little girls room, or on a headband, or as a brooch, or to attach to an art journal, or a picture frame, or...Be inspired... go create... but first, check out Trinkets shop. You'll love what you see! I did, and I can't wait to get the goodies I ordered! ;)

Etsy Shop Goodies!

Oh boy! Take a peek at these newly listed Etsy shop goodies! Journaling spots for your albums and scrapbook pages, and new felties! The felties are made of fabric and a washable glue, so you can use them for appliques too! I had so much fun making these little cuties, I hope you enjoy the preview!

Journaling Spots:

Christmas Bird:

OWLS! Love them...Sweet Cupcake:And for the rest of the listings, well, you will just have to go to my Etsy shop to see!

I'm off to play an adult kickball game! More tomorrow!

Card for a Few Challenges

It's no secret that I love pink. I have also been designing some new felties for the Etsy shop. I made a super cute cupcake feltie and attached it to this card for someone special. I made the card for these 3 challenge sites:

The Pink Elephant- sketch

Pile It On- Watercolor

Paper Take Weekly- Color Combo: pink, black and white, green

I used a pink card for the base (5x7), and the white is actually watercolor paper. I painted the circles on the background and attached to the pink card. Stamped a sentiment, attached polka dot ribbon, punched a glossy black circle and attached, then added my feltie cupcake (handmade by me!). Finally, I added a corner made of black polka dot flocked paper from Doodle Bug Designs.

And for tomorrow... I have been busy in my craft room designing new things for the Etsy shop. Wait until you see what I made... They are so cute that Anna has claimed them for her own! My desk, (above) is a mess of felt, paper, fabric, buttons, glue, scissors, and templates. And yes, that is my glass of wine you see in the background! Stay tuned for some super cute eye candy!

Open for Business!

Greetings! I have opened my Etsy shop! Woo-hoo! I am still adding a few items, but it's open for business and I'm excited! Here you will find felties and journaling spots to add to your scrapbooks, card making, and other crafty avenues you may take! Have a look see:

http://www.craftypapergirl.etsy.com/

Other happenings today:

We had a wicked thunderstorm. Anna and Elan were scared and Anna was crying for her Daddy.

Elan got a train attachment stuck between his bottom teeth. That's right, stuck between his teeth. He was screaming and drooling all over the place. I had to get out my jewelry snips the cut the attachment and he was set free. Once Elan came to his senses, he was made at me because I broke his train.

And lastly, tonight is girls night for a friends birthday celebration. I will indulge...