U R So Sweet Blog Hop

January 20, 2012Captured Faithfule eCraft, K Andrew Designs 28 Comments

Welcome to the Getting Cricky Monthly Blog Hop!!!

We’re so happy you could join us for this month’s Getting Cricky Design Team Blog Hop!! This month we did something special for you! Remember our week-long event I called Project Week? I hope you got a chance to check that out…if not, you might want to because MORE THAN 100 CREATIVE IDEAS and PROJECTS using K Andrew Designs Art Stamps complete with tips, and tutorials!!

There are so many things about Kristal’s stamps that I love. They each benefit charity with at least $1 per stamp set going to the charity noted on the stamp set package. Currently those charities are: Cancer Angels, Storefront Shelter for Homeless Children, Intrepid & Fallen Heroes, E. Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Doorways Shelter for Women & Children (Domestic Violence), Wayside House for Women, Camp Good Days & Special Times, Adopt a Classroom, and Autism Research Institute. Over time, this will add up to some wonderful miracles for these special people. Each time you purchase a K Andrew Designs art stamp set, someone around the country is receiving some good help! Additionally, all these stamps are made and assembled here in the USA, which ensures all product materials are safe and that jobs are being provided and maintained here in America. Why not head over to K Andrew Designs and pick some up for yourself? Use code faithfreeship and get FREE shipping through Sunday night!!!! C’mon, I know you want some!!!!

Check out the newest release now available for ordering:

It’s Valentines stamp set (26 stamps)

I Heart You stamp set (23 stamps)

Most stamps fit inside the hearts!

Key To My Heart mini set, free with $25.00 purchase while supplies last!!

Plus she has two new February sets available for preorder!! They will ship at the end of January if not sooner!

All About Animals (larger set)

All In The Family

If you’ve been hopping along on the right path, you should have arrived from the amazingly talented Miss Amy at Love To Crop, if not, please be sure to visit Getting Cricky to start at the beginning. Now, onto my project. The theme is U R So Sweet and we were to make a project that was Valentine themed or a project that was for our “sweetie”. Since her birth, we’ve pretty much always called my oldest daughter Sweet Pea and her birthday is coming up soon. I made this card for her but I’m not sure I’ll be able to hold out until her birthday to give it to her…

Supplies Needed

6 x 12 inch paper for card base (I used Core’dinations)

5.75 x 5.75 inch mat (I used DCWV open stock from Joann’s)

Beaded floral spray (Visit this link for a tutorial)

Tim Holtz Distress Ink (I used Seedless Grape and Festive Berry)

Adhesive (Tombow mono adhesive, glue gun and foam dots used)

eCraft

Delilah Tags SVG set from Lettering Delights

K Andrew Designs Food For Thought

Score your 6 x 12 inch piece of paper at 6 inches or just fold in half. Cut tag 5 from the SVG kit making sure to ungroup the layers and remove the inside circle. Cut it just under 6 inches. Cut the inside circle in two different sizes so they nest. Attach your beaded spray to your card with glue. Stamp your sentiments…I used the I from I relish, love, the you from you are, the best, sweet and then pea comes from the word peas to get the sentiment the way I did. I stamped using versafine ink, heat set for a few minutes, and then added to the slightly larger circle using foam dots, then added both circles to the tag with foam dots and finally added the entire piece to the card base. The beaded spray was hot glued and I used my distress ink to paint the flowers. I hope she loves it as much as I do.

Next up is my sweet friend Ildi. Ildi I love you mamma and am so glad we are always side-by-side in these hops!!! If you didn’t get here from Amy’s blog, be sure you go back to the beginning and start out at Getting Cricky. One lucky viewer could win a Scrap’n Easel woo hoo! And, if you get lost along the way, here’s the entire line-up:

Amazing Paper Grace Faithfule Creations Style

January 19, 2012Captured Faithfule Uncategorized 6 Comments

Insomnia sucks…Kristal can I get that in a stamp please??? Lol…just kidding. Last night I ended up being wide awake until about 6 am or so and I’m just now waking back up. No, I don’t sleep much…sleeping is overrated I think.

Digressing sorry…welcome to the final day of Project Week. I hope you have taken the time to visit my DT Sisters’ blogs and check out what they have created this week as well. Since the very first stamp set, the thing I’ve liked best about K Andrew Designs Art Stamps is how versatile each set is individually (we won’t even talk about how they mix and match with other sets too). Project Week has given you a glimpse of that versatility and I hope you’ve enjoyed it.

Today’s project was inspired by this post at Amazing Paper Grace. Becca is an amazing card maker, I hope you’ll check her out. Anyway…here’s my rendition:

Becca’s card features three butterfly cut out parts but I don’t have big enough paper to do three so I had to work with what I got. Yes, you guessed it, the stamps are from the Food For Thought set by K Andrew Designs. Believe it or not…there’s no I Love You sentiment in this set, but it was “easy peasy” to make it happen. I masked everything except the I in “I could just squeeze you” and then I masked off everything except the word you in “you’re awesome” the word love is included so no masking required. And, as I’ve mentioned before, this same sentiment could be created by using a different combination of sentiments from the same set. For instance, you could use the I in “I relish” and the You in “You are…” or…

Becca shows how to to create her masterpiece in one of her Becca Bits. Here is a direct link to that video, but she has many other fantabulous ones on her YouTube Channel. Many include how to tie her amazing and beautiful bows. Because I was using an A2 card base, I had to change some of the measurements a smidge. My piece for the butterfly punch out measures 2 x 5 and I only made 4 punches total and not 6 like in the video. I was also able to use the edge of my punch to line my punches up and so I didn’t have to mark it all out like Becca shows.

Don’t forget: You can STILL get free shipping on your K Andrew Designs stamps purchase with code faithfreeship entered at checkout. Be sure to come back tomorrow at 9pm EST to see our official release and accompanying blog hop. Many of my DT Sisters will be featuring the NEW Valentine’s Sets in our U R So Sweet themed hop. You won’t want to miss them!!!

Feeling HOT HOT HOT

January 18, 2012Captured Faithfule Destination USA, eCraft, Fundamentals 1, K Andrew Designs 9 Comments

Actually, with last night’s snow fall I’m really not LOL. Welcome to day 4 of Project Week for Getting Cricky. I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing all the amazing projects my DT Sisters and I have worked so hard to bring you. Today’s project is a little late and I do apologize. I taught a class last night with more women than I could count and then let my kids stay up late playing in the snow. We don’t get much here so it might be there only chance to enjoy that icky cold wet white stuff all winter. Anyway…as I’ve sat here and shivered every time the kids open my front door and leave it ajar, I knew I wanted to do something HOT for today’s project. Here’s what I came up with:

The stamps are of course the Food For Thought set and the heart and flames came from Fundamentals 1 and Destination USA SD Cards from Craftwell. I cut them on my eCraft using a stabilizer, no tabs, pressure at 5.5 and the paper was core’dinations. The background mat is more from the Studio G package I picked up at Wal-Mart for this project. Just in case you haven’t had a chance to view them yet…check out the newest release, now available for pre-order. Don’t forget…free shipping with code faithfreeship at checkout!

It’s Valentines stamp set

I Heart You stamp set

In The Family

All About Animals

Order $25 or more and receive a FREE mini set (while supplies last). Here’s what that looks like:

FREE MINI HEART set with VALENTINE bundle or $25.00 purchase - Click Image to Close

Until tomorrow my crafty friends!

Sprinkled with…

January 17, 2012Captured Faithfule eCraft, K Andrew Designs, Spellbinders 7 Comments

Welcome to Day 3 of Project Week! Are you enjoying what the Getting Cricky Design Team has been featuring? I sure am. Seeing these projects myself has me inspired to use my stamps in ways I never thought about. Being able to mix and match sentiments within sets or even by combing sets allows countless combinations perfect for pretty much any occasion. When you couple the existing sets with the BRAND NEW releases, you’ll be in stamping heaven!

For today’s project, I have again used the Food For Thought set by K Andrew Designs. I masked of the “nice” in the sentiment “alot of nice” and came phrase sprinkled with a lot of sweet love. Check it out:

I used Spellbinders Heart Circles and Classic Circles Small and a butterfly cut from Fundamentals 1 on my eCraft. I also took one of my I Am Roses flowers apart and used it with a heart button center that I got at Joann’s. The background paper is Studio G and came in a paper pack I found at Wal-Mart for a dollar.

I have to confess…when I bought this set I didn’t think I’d use it that much. I’m not huge into food puns. I also haven’t used it at all until it came time to create these projects for Project Week. What I can now say though is that it is becoming one of my favorites YAY! My hot button for stamp sets right now though is the NEW release from K Andrew Designs. Oh my gosh…I really think Kristal has pretty much nailed it. In case you missed it yesterday, please check out some of the NEW sets available to pre-order RIGHT now! Oh yeah…

FREE SHIPPING with the code faithfreeship

It’s Valentines stamp set

I Heart You stamp set

In The Family

All About Animals

Order $25 or more and receive a FREE mini set (while supplies last). Here’s what that looks like:

And of course, don’t forget to pick up Food For Thought while you’re there too so that you can use the same sentiments I have! How many creations can YOU think of for just Valentine’s Day with this set? I’ll be back tomorrow with another “lovely” project! Be sure to come back and see!

Don’t forget, you can receive FREE shipping using the code faithfreeship at checkout.

To see what my DT Sisters are up to today, please click any of the links below!

Amy @ Love To Crop - Owly Hoo/Hoot Owl Image Set/Accessories

Faith @ Faithfule Creations - Food For Thought

Ildi @ The Craftin Mama - Winter Wishes

Lisa @ A Mermaid’s Crafts - Owly Hoo/Hoot Owl Image/Accessories

Amanda @ Crick’tn Crafts - Food For Thought

Charlotte @ A Little Bit of Detail - Coffee & Tea/Image Set/Treats

Cheri @ DJ’s Sundries - Coffee & Tea for You & Me/Image Set/Treats

Christel @ Scrappin Sista - Scripture Sayings

Debbie @ DD’s Crafts - Crafty Friends

Erica @ My Cricut Craft Room -Fashionable Friends

Heather @ Heather’s Crafty Blog Space -Crafty Friends

Jamie @ My Amusing Life -Fall-O-Ween

Jana @ Raining Grace -Owly Hoo/Hoot Owl Image Set/Accessories

Jennie @ Jenscrapstoo - Coffee & Tea for You & Me/Image Set/Treats

Jessie @ Sugarlips Sassy Surprises -Winged Things
Kristan @ Baby Cakes - Food For Thought
Larelyn @ Handmade From My Heart -Fashionable Friends

Letillia @ Diva of 5 -Scripture Sayings

Linda – Linda’s Creativity -Positive Thoughts

Miranda @ Nana’s Scrap Spot -Winter Wishes

Patti @ Patti-Lynn Creations -Pirate Tales and Fish Scales/Pirate Party

RhoLynda @ Blossoming Butterfly Creations -Winged Things

Sherry @ Up or Down They’re Beautiful -Amazing You

Veronica @ Mommy’s Crafty Creations -Pirate Tales/Pirate Party

Loving You is Awesome!

January 16, 2012Captured Faithfule "Bow"dacious, K Andrew Designs, Spellbinders 9 Comments

How many of you have someone you could say this about? A daughter, a son, a husband, a wife, a parent, a sibling, a niece, a nephew, a cousin, a….love is really the greatest force in this world. At least I think so anyone. I hope you will love our Getting Cricky Project Week as well! It never ceases to amaze me just how versatile and amazing these K Andrew Designs stamps really are. Today I bring you another project using her Food For Thought set. I will admit, I had no idea what I was doing with this…I just grabbed some of this and some of that and tried a little bit more of this and that and came up with this:

This turned out pretty great for not knowing where I was headed I think. As you know, pink really isn’t my thing and Valentine’s Day isn’t my favorite, but I am so excited about the NEW Valentine’s Day sets now available for pre-order at K Andrew Designs. Check them out:

It’s Valentines stamp set

I Heart You stamp set

Now…as if these two sets weren’t fabulous enough, Kristal has also released a family and animals set. I am so excited about the family set because it’s one I have specifically asked for! YAY! I also love how flexible it is and how it coordinates with each of her other sets. Check it out:

In The Family

All About Animals

And no…the amazing wonderfulness doesn’t end there. Place an order of $25 or more and receive a free mini Valentine’s Stamp while supplies last. It’s so cute, look:

At the risk of sounding pretty infomercial-ish…but wait there’s more! Get FREE SHIPPING on your K Andrew Designs Stamp with the code faithfreeship. Lemme say that again…

FREE SHIPPING with the code faithfreeship

Don’t miss out on the versatility that comes with these stamps or your opportunity to stamp good and do good. Remember, at least $1 from EVERY stamp set sold is donated to charity AND made in the USA. It doesn’t get much better than that, it really doesn’t.

Be sure to come back tomorrow and see what’s up next. Don’t forget to visit my DT Sister’s to see what they’ve come up with using various stamp sets. Here’s a little sneaky peeky: