Jaded Blossom February 2017 Release Blog Hop

Hey Everyone! 

Welcome to Jaded Blossom's Febuary 2017 Release Blog Hop.  

Now if you're here from Mel's blog you're in the right place, if you're just passing through start at the beginning because you don't want to miss a thing.  I also have the complete line up at the bottom. Here is what I made:

I made an Easter themed letter style flip book for a crafty penpal.

I've been participating in more and more swaps and meeting some very fun crafty ladies. I had so much fun making this for my latest swap project! For the front I used the Spring Dies 1 (v2) for the bunnies. flowers, eggs and grass. I used the new Bunny Mail stamps to decorate it. The backside is sealed with a decorated heart from the JB Heart Dies 2

Here is the inside. I decorated it with bright, fun, Spring colors. I cut out Happy Spring using the new Spring Word Dies. I made lots of egg cutouts and tucked them in the top pocket. I used several sentiments from the new Easter Basket Fun, Bunny Mail and Spring Sweet Treats. I stamped the faces on the eggs using the Happy Fall stamps. All the little bows are from the Bow Dies. I cut lots of butterflies from the Spring Dies 2.

I made 3 tags using the Treat Tag Dies. I colored up the bunny from the Easter Basket Fun stamps and cut him out and tucked him behind the egg. The sign is from the Fall Dies. 

Here is a list with links of all the JB products I used in today's project:

Bunny Mail

Easter Basket Fun

Spring Word Dies

Spring Dies 1 (version 2)

Spring Dies 2

Fall Dies

Spring Sweet Treats

Happy Fall

Heart Dies 1

Heart Dies 2

Sweet Treats Die

Mini Tag Dies 2

Treat Tag Die

Bow Dies

Fancy Topper Die

And of course we have to have a deal for you right? This weekend only you can get the entire release package for $139.99

Regular Price for the Release Package is $167.99

***Special Release Week Pricing of $139.99 will return to $149.99 on 2/20/17***

 Free 3x4 Stamp for customers that spend $40 or more before Taxes and Shipping! FREEBIE is only available until Sunday 2/20, 11:59pm pst.
Easter Treat Circles

Of course, here is what everyone will receive when they order our New Release.

BLOG CANDY

1 Lucky Winner will get to pick a stamp set of their choice!

 Just leave a comment on all the blogs along the hop!

The more blogs you comment on the more chances you have to win!

Now on to the HOP....

Next up is Melissa

Just in case you get lost here is the Entire Line Up:
Candace
Marlene (Febuary Guest Designer)

Mel
Tina (**you are here**)
Melissa
Candace O.
Cindy
Jamie
Sarah
Gigi
Lee-Ann
Michelle


Thanks so much for hopping along!
I hope you have a wonderful day! :)

Gingie Sock Cupcake

Hello and happy Friday!!! Yay for the rain here in SoCal!! I do hope everyone is being safe. Nobody seems to slow down here while driving in the rain :(  It feels cold in my craft room today. I had to crank the heater so I could try to catch up with my blogging after finishing up this semester. My students did a fabulous job in their recitals and all my work is done. Now I get more time to spend playing with my cutting machines!! I say machines because even with the Explore I still need my other machines!  I still use my Imagine and sometimes if I'm in a hurry it is just faster to plug in my Expression. It can take near forever to find specific cuts on the Design Space.

I made this cute little sock cupcake for one of my daughter's Secret Santa presents. I forgot to take a pic of the socks but they had little Gingerbread men embroidered on the sides. I used Kraft and brown cardstock and the Sweet Treats Cartridge for the cupcake box. I rolled up the sock to be cupcake shaped.

I don't even know what cartridge the tag I used is from.  It is just one in a million that popped up when I searched "tag". It's not the one I wanted but I couldn't find the one I wanted on DS even after refining my search over and over. The adorable little Gingie is from the Create A Critter 2 cartridge. I added sparkly purple bows as well as some bling.  And the sentiment is from the awesome and ever so popular Get Your Jingle On stamp set from Crafting Desert Diva's. I love these stamps!!

Click HERE to shop!!

Thanks for hopping by! I will participate in the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday- Anything Goes

Little Scrap Pieces- Anything Goes

PDE Linky party- 3D,tags, fun folds or mini albums

Die Cuttin Diva's- Christmas but No red or green

FCCB- Anything But A Card

Scrappy Mom's Stamps- Tag You're It

Decorate To Celebrate- Anything Goes

Hope you have a fabulous day :) 

Happy Owl-oween!

Hello everyone! It's Tina from The Scrappin Rabbit Blog here today to share a Halloween card I made. 

I made a center step card and I used the Frightfully Cute stamp set for the owl and the sentiment.

This owl is super cute and I had such fun coloring her! There couldn't be a more perfect sentiment than Happy Owl-Oween! The papers are from a DCWV Halloween stack. The clouds are from my Cricut Zooballoo cartridge, the circle moon from my CTMH Artiste, and the branch is from Create A Critter 2. I used an EK Success punch for the trees and the bats are stickers from my stash.

Here's a closer look at the stamp set I used!

Click HERE!

Thanks for stopping by! There is still time to join our Halloween themed Linky Party! And don't forget our sneak peeks start tomorrow! So exciting!!! I hope to see your project on Craftin Desert Diva's Facebook Gallery!

I will participate in the following challenges:

Cardz TV- Fun Card Folds
DL.Art- October Linky
Simply Create Too- Halloween/ Use orange

Have a fantastic day!

Create A Critter 2 Bear - Quilted Birthday Card

Hello and happy Monday! It is time for another challenge at Exploring Cricut and More ! The challenge is to make a Happy Birthday project and it must include something sparkly or glittery. How fun and easy is that? I hope you'll play along! 

For my project I made another quilted card using my scraps. I used my Creative Memories fancy square punch and glued the squares on the pink cardstock. I then ran it through my Cuttlebug.  I cut the cute little bear from Create A Critter 2. 

She is so darn cute and I had to dress her up in pearls and sparkles. I used glossy accents for her nose and eyes and chalked up her cheeks. There is a bit of a glare in this photo but you can see how her bow and shirt sparkle. 

I added some ribbon, tied a bow and added a prima flower. Of course it needed some bling so I added a pink rhinestone.  The sentiment is from My Creative Time Stamps.

I hope you can join our challenge and please don't forget to visit the other DT members blogs for some amazing projects. 

I will participate in the following challenges:

Little Scrap Pieces- Saturday Linky Party 8/29

PDE Linky Party- Metal Dies or punches 9/1

Word Art Wednesday- #146 Anything Goes 8/26

Seize the Birthday- Anything Goes Birthday 8/26

 Hope you have a beautiful day!

Happy Reindeer Card- Christmas in July

Hello all my crafty friends! Can you believe we are almost at the end of July?! Where in the world has the time gone? My kids go back to school in less than 3 weeks, yikes! Which means I go back to teaching at the college in less than 4 weeks! I have been fortunate enough to find time to make a few cards but have yet to tackle my scrapbooking goal. I have been mostly working on organizing my craft room and will soon take some pics or who knows maybe even start making videos. I recently joined the Close To My Heart family and have been on the fence whether to stick it out and promote my business or let it go. I am very new to CTMH and after receiving my starter kit I was impressed from the get go! I really love their stuff! However, I just moved this past year and don't know anyone in my area so it has been a struggle for me to begin. After much time spent researching and learning about the product I have finally decided I want to give this a try and if you are interested in CTMH products feel free to click on my "Shop With Me" button to the right and it will take you to my website. Take a look at the wonderful papers and stamp supplies and I hope you will love them like I do!

And now for my project....

Today I have a Christmas card! I know....but it is "Christmas in July" right?  My card is 7.25" x 4.75". This is the size of a store bought greeting card. My Mom has a friend that worked at a Card store in the mall, I believe it was Carlton Cards. Well, sadly it went out of business and she gave my mom boxes and I mean BOXES of envelopes, and so now I have hundreds!!!  And since I personally don't like to have anything go to waste (No, I am not a hoarder....well maybe a bit of a paper hoarder, hee hee, but what scrap addict doesn't have hoards of paper right?)... so I am determined to use these envelopes AND it saves me the task of making my own :)  

I used both my Create a Critter and Create a Critter 2 Cartridges for the reindeer and cut them at 3.0". I used a Christmas paper pack from Recollections for all the coordinating papers. I used a metallic shimmer paper for the reindeer's noses and bows.  The sentiment stamp is from Joy's Life and the bling is also from Recollections. 

FYI to my fellow Cricut users: I recently placed an order at Cricut.com and purchased the new blade. I don't own the Explore (yet) but I have 3 Cricut machines. I am very happy with this new blade. My Expression and Imagine sadly never cut to the precision of my baby Cricut. My baby Cricut has more "metal parts" where my bigger Cricuts have more "plastic parts" and my baby always cuts better. My Expression has never cut textured cardstock well. Sometimes even shredding it no matter what speed settings or pressure I used. My Expression with this new blade cuts through the textured cardstock just fine! I've had to reduce both the pressure and the blade depth with this new blade because it cuts differently. This is my personal experience and as a Cricut crafter I highly recommend it to those of you who don't have the Explore (yet)!

Hope you will join us here tomorrow for our Christmas in July projects, challenge, and Blog Hop!

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you liked my card and will come back and visit again soon! Have a blessed day :)

I will participate in the following challenges:

Hiding In My Craftroom- Christmas in July

Craftin Desert Diva's- Christmas in July Linky party #36

My Sheri Crafts- Christmas In July Challenge #138

Die Cuttin Diva's- Christmas In July Challenge #175

DL Art- Christmas In July Challenge #137

Teddy Bear Garden- Mother's Day Card In a Box

Hello to you my crafty friends! Thanks for visiting my blog today. I made a Mother's day Card in a Box for my dear mom. My mom loves teddy bears and roses. So when I thought of what I would make for her I came up with this! I am so happy with how it turned out.  It may just be my favorite Card in a Box so far. I craft with critters and I usually don't do many floral designs but I really wanted to make one of these cards with the flowers bursting out like what you see on Pinterest. But I had to have my critter in there somewhere too, sooooo......Here it is!

I've had my eye on this little bear from the Cricut Create a Critter 2 cartridge and thought she would be just perfect. For the flowers I wanted lots of detail so I thought I better dust off my Imagine. I pulled out my Lori's Garden Cartridge and went to work. This cartridge has the most beautiful designs. I wish Provo Craft would have stuck it out with this machine because it is quite fabulous when it works like it should. I guess I'm lucky because it has worked just fine for me.

 I used Cream cardstock and cut my box card. I used this beautiful glittery damask DCWV Cardstock for all the layers both interior and exterior. I added a pale pink ribbon to the outside. All the rest of the design was printed and cut with my Imagine machine including the bear and hat. I love how easy it is to coordinate colors with my Imagine.  

I layered a couple small Prima flowers with a rhinestone brad to add bling to her hat. I used pearls to make her a necklace and add dimension to her eyes. I chalked her cheeks and used Glossy Accents on her little nose. The stamp is from My Pink Stamper- Happiest Moments. I wish the colors and papers showed up as vibrant and glittery in these pics as they are in person. Isn't she cute! She looks so happy in the garden with the butterflies flying about. I hope my Mom enjoys her card as much as I enjoyed making it!

I will be participating in the following challenges:

Connie Can Crop- Mums the Word Challenge

Cuttin and Stampin Challenge- Traditional Mother's Day

Hiding In My Craftroom- Use a critter

Fantabulous Cricut- Paper fun challenge #209

DL Art- May Linky Challenge

Pause Dream Enjoy- Linky Party #9 Flowers

Craftin Desert Divas- Link it up Mother's Day

Exploring Cricut- Mother's Day Challenge

Thanks so much for visiting. 

I wish you a very Happy Mother's Day!

 Tina H

The Scrappin Rabbit

Lucky Day Shamrock Card

Wow! What a week! I feel so darned Lucky and I'll tell you why in just a minute! First, here is a card I made for my kids and hubby. I actually made 3 of these and due to lack of time (as usual) I just made the one simple design.

I started off using a card pack I got in the dollar section at Michaels last year (Back when it was a dollar section and not $1.50-$3) It is plain green with the the lucky cut out of it. I planned on using these for something Girl Scouts but remembering back to this time last year losing my pup overwhelmed me and I got nothing done! 

I wanted to make an envelope spilling out clovers like I've seen done with hearts on Pinterest. I found this cute little envelope on the Cricut Celebrations cartridge. The cute four leaf clover was from the Create a Critter 2 cartridge. I cut out additional clovers in a couple sizes and added bling. The cute green chevron paper was from a Christmas DCWV stack. I used Joy's life stamps to put together the sentiment, I handcut the banner and popped it up with pop dots, and there you have it... my simple card.

I then surprised my 2 kids and hubby with a bunch of green snacks (M&Ms, Pringles, gum...) and they got a kick out of it. 

This has been a very lucky week for me. I enter blog challenges whenever I can and this week I won 3 times!! This never happens to me! I entered my Pooh Card in a box and won a brand new stamp set from Craftin Desert Diva's facebook page. They are coming out with a new line of stamps and I just can't wait to see them! I also won a couple sets of Unity stamps, and some ribbon from Little Scrap Pieces.  Then to top it off I got my order from Cricut.com. They had an amazing sale, which is rare, and I got all this stuff for $52.00! I am the true blue discount shopper and only get stuff when it is cheap.

I really need to craft more to use all this stuff, especially my cuttlebug that is so neglected!

I will be entering my Lucky card in the following challenges:

Die Cuttin Diva's - Luck of the Irish

Cut It Up Challenge Blog- Green

Sweet Stamps Challenge Blog- Lucky

Inky Impressions- Go Green

Thanks so much for stopping by!

 I wish you all a Lucky Day!

Penguin Party

This card in a box is for my daughter's birthday.  My daughter is turning 14 and just loves penguins. The card is winter themed for her February birthday even though the weather here in SoCal has been like summer. Believe me I'm not complaining but we sure could use some rain. 

Isn't this so fun and cute?  I used Create a Critter 2 for the penguins. I cut them at 2.25  and 2.5inches.  I used DCWV Arctic Wishes Stack for the sparkly papers as well as some glitter paper for the snow and the accessories. The Happy Birthday banner is from the Artiste cartridge. I glued a tiny pompom to the birthday hat and made earmuffs as well.
 

 

The snowflakes are from Michaels Recollections line.  They had them real cheap right before Christmas. Again I used the clear outer plastic seal from my Cricut cartridges to attach the snowflakes to look like they are falling. The ribbon is from American crafts.

The box folds down and I can put it in an envelope. These card in a box cards are so fun and easy to make. I think I am addicted! They are exploding all over Pinterest and I just love them.  There is even a smaller one that fits in a standard sized envelope that I might have to try.  They fit perfectly in these foil lined envelopes that I have leftover from my Costco photo Christmas cards. I got my measurements from http://callalilystudioblog.blogspot.com/. She has done several of these boxes and I love them all!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you are all keeping warm this winter :)

I am going to participate in the following challenges:

 

Die Cuttin' Diva's- Penguin Awareness Day Challenge-

http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.com/2014/01/challenge-149-penguin-awareness-day.html

 

Craftin Desert Diva's- Shaped Card Challenge:

http://www.craftindesertdivas.com/2014/01/craft-it-up-link-it-up-linky-party-23.html

 

Through the Craftroom Door- Anything Goes Challenge:

http://ttcrd.blogspot.com/2014/01/ttcrd-challenge-jan21-27-2014.html

 

 

 

"Card In A Box" Pandamonium Card

Happy New Year everyone! I can't believe the holidays have come and gone! I have been busy with all the busy things life throws at us. I have been crafting a little but then forget to take pictures of my projects (and mostly because I'm usually late, blowing on the glue to dry as I shove a card in the envelope as I am running out the door). Today I have a special "card-in-a-box" to show you that has been very popular on pinterest. I made it for my special niece who likes pandas and is 19 years old! Yikes, where did the time go? So here it is:

I got the idea from a Christmas "card in a box" pin from Calla Lily Studio. Her blog is

http://callalilystudioblog.blogspot.com/  I love her work she is so talented!

I followed her measurements and I am so happy with the outcome! Isn't it cute? 

 

The pandas are from the Create a Critter Cartridge. The party hat, balloons, and present are from the Create a Critter 2 Cartridge. The nineteen is from the Artiste Cartridge. The grass is from the Zooballoo Cartridge. I used these butterfly shaped rhinestones and attached them to clear plastic strips that I cut from the factory sealed plastic cover that comes with my Cricut cartridges. I have been saving them for a while now and finally they came in handy! The butterflies sway and look like they are flying. I also attached a plastic strip behind the balloons to help support the weight of the heavy glitter cardstock from DCWV. The papers are from K&Company "Poppyseed" stacks that I just got from Joanne's on clearance.

 The glittery purple ribbon I got from Walmart around Halloween time. The stamps are a mixture of My Pink Stamper, Pink By Design and a Birthday set that I've had for a while. I can't remember which stamp was from which set, sorry. 

 For the backside I used a strip of white cardstock just as recommended and I will write our message to her on this. I should have written on it before I glued it, lol, but this is my first time trying this project so I will know better for next time. 

This is the neatest thing....It folds flat so I can stick it in an envelope and mail it!! How cool is that? I will use my Making Memories Envelope Punch to make an envelope tomorrow. Can't wait to play with that for the first time. The card measures about 5.5" x 6.5" when folded flat. The biggest challenge for me was lining everything up on the inserts so it could all be seen.

 I am so happy with this sparkly and happy card and I hope my niece likes it. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day :)

 

I will be joining the following challenges:

1. Pause Dream Enjoy- project with balloon

  http://pausedreamenjoy.blogspot.com/2014/01/mid-  challenge-post-linky-party-1.html

2.  Bitten By The Bug 2- Birthday card with a number

  http://heather-bittenbythebug2.blogspot.com/2014/01/birthday-card-with-number-challenge.html

3.  Little Scrap Pieces- Anything goes

http://littlescrappieces.blogspot.com/2014/01/love-is-in-air-fun-friday-linky-party.html

4.  Die Cuttin Divas- Out with the old in with the new http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.com/2014/01/challenge-148-out-with-old-in-with-new.html

5.  Scrappy Moms Stamps- Warm Fuzzies

http://www.scrappymoms-stamps.blogspot.com/

 



Penguin Birthday Card

I made my daughter a penguin Birthday card using the Cricut Create a Critter 2 cartridge. It was a very special birthday because she turned 13! I can't believe I am a mother to a teenager. I had so many plans but with our dog still lost we have been spending every spare moment looking for him. We will not give up but it has been such a sad and worrisome time. This card is very simple but she loves penguins and purple so at least I got that right!

 

I will enter this card in the Cardz Tv "Make a Wish" Challenge

http://cardztv.blogspot.com/2013/02/crafty-cardz-challenge-126-make-wish.html

Penguin Thank You Cards

I used the penguin from the Cricut Create a Critter 2 and a cut from the Elegant Edges cartridge  to make these cute thank you cards.

 

 

I used  the polka dot paper from the K&Company Mod Holiday designer pad and the sparkly teal is from a DCWV glitter paper stack. I handcut the sentiment tag and inked all around topping it off with a snowflake brad.  I flocked the hat and added a pompom  from Joann's. I used my cuttlebug to add a little texture  to look like snow and popped the penguin and sentiment up with foam squares. I added some paper to decorate the inside and I just love how these came out.

 

 

I decided to be a sane relaxed person over the holidays and didn't send out cards. At least I will have some cute thank yous to give out to special friends and family! I am thinking about entering a blog challenge. I've never done that so I will try to figure it out and hopefully it works:)
Yay it worked! I participated in the Monday challenge Frosty Days at one of my favorite blogs My Craft Spot! The designers on that blog are amazing.
www.craftspotbykimberly.blogspot.com

 

Thanks for stopping by and Happy new Year!

Penguin goodie bags

I made a few penguin bags and baked some goodies for my daughter's besties to give as

Christmas gifts. They were a hit and fun and easy to make.

All the cuts were from Create a Critter 2. I flocked the white parts of the hats and

stickled the snowflakes. I added rhinestones for falling the snow. 

 

Happy crafting and hope you had a Merry Christmas!