Sweet Little Pumpkin Card

Hello!  It is another DT day for me at Joy's Life...  This week we were asked to create a project using the colors: orange, green, and brown AND a pumpkin.  I love pumpkins!  Every year we take the first graders to the pumpkin patch and it's so fun!  I also love carving pumpkins, and I LOVE anything pumpkin flavored/scented!  Okay, onto the card...

Freshly Picked- pumpkin cut at 3.71"
Joy's Life Stamps- It's All Fall Puns
SU scalloped border punch

That's it, a pretty easy peasy card!  Thanks for stoppin' by!  :)

Joy's Life Fall Blog Hop!!!

Hello everyone, and welcome to the Joy's Life It's All Fall Blog Hop!!!!  :)  If you just hopped here from Cyndy, then you are in the right place...  To start from the beginning, click HERE.

This blog hop is all about featuring Joy's new stamp set:  It's All Fall Puns!!!!  To me, this stamp set is perfect!  I LOVE fall and puns, so you can imagine my excitement over this!  :)  I am beyond excited that fall is almost here!!!!!!!!  It's my favorite season (actually, I love winter too)...  I live in an area that gets pretty hot during the summer, so I always eagerly anticipate fall weather.  I can't wait to wear my sweaters, make my favorite baked goods, etc....  Okay, I will get on to my card now!  :)

Freshly Picked- apple crate cut at 2.65", sign cut at 3"

Hoot 'n' Holler- heart cut at 1.35"

Cuttlebug- woodgrain (Tim Holtz)

Joy's Life Stamps- It's All Fall Puns

Mini brads

Okay everyone!  Hope you are getting in the fall mood!  :)  Your next stop on the hop is Laura...  Thanks for stopping by!

Joy: http://joyslife.com/
Sarabeth: http://www.chroniclesofsarita.blogspot.com/
Maria: http://joyfulstamper.blogspot.com/
Patty: http://craftykitten1.blogspot.com
Lori: http://got2bcrafting.blogspot.com
Megan: http://thoughtsoftraveling.blogspot.com/
Stacey: http://staceyscreativecorner.blogspot.com/
Cyndy: http://arcyscraps.blogspot.com
Amy: http://redheadedcrafter.blogspot.com
Laura: http://www.laurascraftsandmore.com
Jennie: http://earthyscrap.blogspot.com

Lettuce Birthday Card

Hello!  I have been camping at the beach over the last three days!  Ahhhh...  SO nice!  My family is wonderful, and I love going on "adventures" with them!  We explored the beach, made s'mores, told a lot of ridiculous jokes, etc....  Anywho, it's time for another Krafty Girls challenge!  The challenge this week is: black & white with a pop of color.  Usually when I do this combination I use turquoise or pink, but this time I decided to use green as my pop of color.  Hope you enjoy!

A2 sized card

Freshly Picked- lettuce cut at 2.65"

Cuttlebug- tiny bubbles

Scrappy Mom Stamps- A Pinch and a Dash

MS Fine Glitter- peridot

Ribbon

Well there it is!  Now head over to Krafty Girls and "lettuce" see what you come up with!  I couldn't help myself, I LOVE puns!!!!  :)

Magnetic Photo Frame & Blueberries Galore!!!!

Hello everyone!!!!  I had a lot of people asking me for the recipe to the blueberry scones, so you can find it at the end of this post!!!  YUMMY!  Today is another DT day for me over at Joy's Life.  Our challenge this week was to create a scrapbooking project...  Well, as you know, I don't really scrapbook much...  I make cards, so this was a bit of a brain twister for me!  :)  I ended up recycling a cereal box to make a frame to put on my fridge...  I have a lot of cereal boxes that I have been collecting, so this was perfect!  :)  Here's what I came up with....

Here you can see the back of the Mini-Wheats box and the magnetic tape...

This frame fits a 4 x 6" photo

George and Basic Shapes- frame: outer rectangle cut at 7.71", inner rectangle cut at 5.35"

Freshly Picked- flowers cut at 5.35", shovel cut at 2.76"

Joy's Life Stamps- Tag You're It Set Two

Cereal box

Magnetic tape

NOW, I mentioned in my previoius post that my family went blueberry pickin' on a cute little farm over the weekend!  It was so fun, and it was quite an adventure for my niece (the nature girl)...  We picked a TON of blueberries!  We also got eaten alive by mosquitos, and I spotted a big 'ol snake under one of the blueberry bushes, but that's all part of the adventure!!!  :) 

This is the picture of the "kids" (I couldn't resist) that I am going to put in this frame!  Chloe was so proud of her blueberries and she was very excited about the baby goats...  She's also very proud of her missing tooth that she had lost that morning.  She can just push the blueberries right on through there!

This is only a small fraction of the blueberries that we picked!  There were so many, and my mind started racing through all of the recipes I could make (pancakes, muffins, SCONES)!

As promised, here is the recipe for the blueberry scones that I ended up making with my blueberries....  YUMMO!!!!  :)

Grandma Johnson's Scones

(*This recipe is from All Recipes, I don't have a Grandma Johnson)...  :)

*I left out the raisins, added blueberries, and pressed raw sugar onto the top before baking.

 Ingredients

• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter
• 1 egg
• 1 cup raisins (optional)

Directions

1. In a small bowl, blend the sour cream and baking soda, and set aside.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a large baking sheet.
3. In a large bowl, mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, cream of tartar, and salt. Cut in the butter. Stir the sour cream mixture and egg into the flour mixture until just moistened. Mix in the raisins.
4. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface, and knead briefly. Roll or pat dough into a 3/4 inch thick round. Cut into 12 wedges, and place them 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheet.
5. Bake 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden brown on the bottom.

Save the Earth Cricut Crawl!!!!!!!

Welcome to Redheaded Crafter and the SEVENTH Fantabulous Cricut Crawl...Fantabulous Cricut's version of a Blog Hop!

In honor of our Home Planet, Mother Earth, we're having a "Save the Earth" Crawl...each Design Team member will be featuring an original Upcycled-Themed Project that includes at least one Reuseable/Recycled Item along with at least ONE Cricut Cut.

If you've come from visiting the very talented Amy Jo, you're in the right place! If you've just happened across my blog and would like to play along with our Fantabulous Cricut Crawl, start HERE.

Make sure to check out each DT member's blog for some awesome inspiration! There will be PRIZES along the way at our DT members' blogs, AND there will be a Grand Prize up for grabs at FCCB for one participant that submits a "Save the Earth" project at FCCB!

How fun is that?

***For my project I have recycled a toilet paper roll!  Who doesn't have a few of those in their house????  My dad's birthday is tomorrow, and I needed a gift card holder, so... VOILA!  A toilet paper roll has been given a new life!  :)

Freshly Picked- mushrooms cut at 2"

Joy's Life Stamps- Wild Life Puns

Twine

Toilet Paper Roll

Now it's your turn! Let's see your Upcycled-Themed projects! Make sure to include a Cricut Cut somewhere on your project!

***How about some blog candy!!!!  I will be giving away a Michael's Gift Card!!!!!  For a chance to win, become a follower and leave a comment on this post!  That's it!  Super easy!  :)

Next stop is the talented Beckie! Go see what she has in store for you today... And when you're done, make sure to link up your project to FCCB's Fantabulous Cricut Crawl post to be entered into the contest!

Happy Crawling!

Santa in the Chimney Card

Hello everyone!!!!  I can't believe it, but I actaully made a card today!!!!  YAY!  It was really nice to get back into my craft room again....  I have some more cards in mind, hopefully I can get into this craft room more often!  Anywho, I am feeling quite jolly after creating this card.  Can't wait for Christmas to get here!  :)

Jingle Belles- shaped Christmas card
Woodware USA- anything goes
Crazy 4 Challenges- shaped card
Peachy Keen LFIF- shaped card using a PK face stamp

Simply Charmed- chimney cut at 4.18", Santa cut at 3.24"

Freshly Picked- sack cut at 4.65"

Cuttlebug- Tim Holtz Sizzix bricked embossing folder

Scrappy Moms Stamps- Winter Wishes

Peachy Keen Stamps- Everyday Character Face Assortment

MS crystal fine glitter

Bakers twine

There it is everyone!  Hope you are having a great weekend, and that you're being nice, not naughty....  Hee hee!  :)

Gnome Card- Peachy Keen Challenge

Hey everyone!  I have been wanting to enter a Peachy Keen Let's Face it Friday challenge for a while now.  I am going to enter this one in the challenge (I'm so excited)!  To see the challenge, click here: http://peachykeenstampschallenge.blogspot.com/2011/05/lets-face-it-friday-designers-choice.html.  I had the idea of making a card that somehow incorporated a gnome.  So I sat down with my Gypsy and started playing around with some different gnomes.  This is what I came up with, and I really love the way it turned out!!! :)

* I am now going to enter this into another challenge, which is on Bitten by the Bug 2, create something with a gnome!  I love gnomes and I love this card, so I am going to give my card another chance!  I looked at their website for rules about back linking to an older post (this post is only a week old) and it didn't say anything, so here it goes!!! 
http://heather-bittenbythebug2.blogspot.com/2011/06/freshly-pickedgnome-challenge.html#comments

This is a 6" square card (12 x 12 paper cut in half, then folded in half)
Cricut cartridges used:
Freshly Picked- <gnome2> & <gnome3> cut at 4.06", mushrooms cut at 1.24"
Plantin Schoolbook- grass (I welded two pieces of grass together and it measures 9.20" x 1")
Cuttlebug: Flowers 5 x 7 folder for blue background, Swiss Dots folder for red pieces
Peachy Keen Stamps: Everyday Character Face Assortment (I used the 5/8" faces)
Sentiment was done on my computer with "Segoe Script" font at size 28
Stickles: star dust
Martha Stewart Fine Glitter: florentine gold
Fuzzy Fun Flock- cotton ball white
Glossy Accents
Brown ribbon

I "gnome" you will enjoy this!  :)