Krafty Girls Challenge Number 1 and Blog Hop!!!

Hello and Happy Valentine's Day everyone!!!  Welcome to my lil' ol' blog!  I am so excited to be a part of the Krafty Girls DT, and I'm super excited that today is the first challenge!!!  The challenge is to create a card, 3D item, scrapbook page, etc. that represents the place that you're from/live.  I live in California, so this is the card I made to represent some of my favorite things about living here!  California has soooo many things to offer (deserts, agriculture, some really big cities), but I chose to represent what I love most: a big redwood tree, the ocean, and (of course) Mickey Mouse because I love going to Disneyland!!!  I also added twine around the state, this represents the area of California where I live!  Hope you enjoy and I can't wait to see what all of you create over at Krafty Girls!!!  :) 

Do not forget to enter my awesome GIVEAWAY!!!!!

A7 sized card (10 x 7" paper folded in half) Zooballoo- waves cut at 1.24" (I welded them to a rectangle on my Gypsy so they would be taller)
50 States- state of California cut at 5.94", "California" cut at 1"
Gypsy Wanderings- sun cut at 3"
Create a Critter- "sunny" cut at 2.41"
Disney Princess Dreams Come True- pine tree cut at 3.12"
Mickey and Friends- Mickey cut at 2.76"
Cuttlebug- d'vine swirls, forest branches
K. Andrew Stamps- Positive Thoughts
MS Glitter- crystal fine
Twine

Hope you liked your visit to California, hee hee!  :)  Here's the Blog Hop order if you need it!  :)

Krafty Girls 
http://www.kraftygirls.com/
Amy  <---------  (You are here)
http://redheadedcrafter.blogspot.com/

Candy
http://candyscraftcorner.blogspot.com/

Chris
http://chatterscene-mom.blogspot.com/

Cyndy
http://arcyscraps.blogspot.com/

Jennifer
http://www.jennuinecrafts.com

Jessica
http://www.craftinandstampin.blogspot.com/

Karen
http://craftedwithlovebykaren.blogspot.com/

Maribel
http://ilovescrapping.blogspot.com

Stephanie
http://www.scrappyrae10.blogspot.com/

Tracey
http://www.trailoftreasures.com/

Blue & White Sympathy Card

Hello everyone!  Today I made a sympathy card, and I always find it difficult to make a card like this.  I'm not giving this to anyone (luckily no one needs it right now), but it is nice to have these on hand when you need it.  This card is going to be entered into a few challenges...  Two of the challenges are actually using the same exact photo for inspiration!!!  How cool is that! 

Perfect Sentiments- sympathy card using the photo for inspiration
Cooking with Cricut- photo inspiration
Die Cuttin' Divas- blue, silver, and white
Mojo Monday- card sketch
Made Especially For You- use three ribbons
Moxie Fab World- use embossing

A2 sized card

Graphically Speaking- tree cut at 2.53"

Mini Monograms- scalloped circle cut at 3.12", blue circle cut at 3.24"

50 States- bird cut at .61"

Cuttlebug- forest branches, swiss dots

Paper Trey Ink- Mega Mixed Messages stamp set

Paper Trey Ink- ribbon (the white line is another ribbon)

Hope everyone is enjoying their Monday!  I know I sure am enjoying my 3-day weekend!  :)