Best Friend Blogger Award

I was so touched to receive this BFB Award from Shelly over at My Paper Love http://www.mypaperlove.blogspot.com/ . She is easy to leave comments for, she is so sweet and her projects are always gorgeous.

I would like to pass this award on to some lades that always visit my blog and leave such wonderful comments and encouragement on my blog!

Sandy at http://www.sandyfromukiah.blogspot.com/

Glora at http://www.glorascrafts.blogspot.com/

Kim H at http://www.scrapinmomofoneinspiringlittleboy.blogspot.com/

Thank you ladies!! When you have time please pass this along to those that inspire you!!!

Party Dress Birthday Card

Who doesn't love a sparkly party dress!!! My daughter is having a sweet 16 party in a few months (within reason, no super sweet sixteen for us!) so we have seen quite a few sparkly dresses! Oh to be 16 again! My daughter is such a sweet wonderful girl, I know she has a great life ahead of her, I am so lucky to be her mom!!!

Ok so I made this card for the Peachy Keen Sketch Challenge going on right now. Always great inspiration available over there! http://www.peachykeenstampschallenge.blogspot.com/ Go take a look!

Materials:
Cricut Cartridge Tie the Knot
Patterned Paper: MMI Garden Vignettes, Me & My BIG Ideas Black and White Butterfly
Sparkle paper from M's
prima flower
Mylar & Nylon craft trim from M's
McGill oval punch
Fiskars scallop border punch
Sentiment from PTI Mixed Messages

This Friday @ 7pm I am participating in my first blog hop! I would love it if you would hop along!! You can start at http://www.whimsicalwednesdays.blogspot.com/

Thank you so much for stopping by. I appreciate everyone who takes the time to look!! Long Island Hugs, Cathryn :)

Spring is in the Air

Hi my blogging friends!!! Today I made a card for the Peachy Keen Let's face it Friday Challenge. The theme is flower power. You have to use a flower you have made in your project. A few years ago I remembered making a bunch of ribbon flowers so that was what I decided to do. So easy, just run a needle through one edge of your ribbon, pull and knot together!

Materials:

Cricut Cartridge Create-a-Critter

Cardstock - Plum Pudding, Papertrey Ink

Patterned Paper - Playtime Stack, DCWV

Martha Stewart Scallop Punch
Mcgill Oval Punch
Sentiment - Color Me Happy, My Creative Time
PK-754 Critter Faces Medium, Peachy Keen Stamps

Brads, Ribbon and Buttons from my stash

Gel Pen

Thank you for stopping by. My followers are the best!! Have a great day.

Love, Cathryn

Whimsical Wednesday Design Team

Hello my friends, I hope you are having a wonderful weekend. I have the best news. I have been asked by Stephanie (http://www.alwayscrafting.com/) to be on the design team for Whimsical Wednesdays. I am so honored and happy that I was asked. I cannot wait to begin working with all of the talented ladies that are on this team. We will be having a Grand Opening Bloghop on Friday, April 1st at 6:00pm EST. I hope you will hop along with us! Thank you for stopping by. I would love it if you would go check out all of these wonderful ladies blogs and see all the talent!!! Start at Stephanie's alwayscrafting.com See you again soon! Love, Cathryn

Happily Ever After Card

Hello all. I haven't posted anything for a few days, sorry. I am having company tonight so I have been cleaning like crazy!!! I always make myself nuts!!! (Another thing I've gotta work on!) This is my card for Emma's Throwback Thursday Challenge. I walked into M's the other day and I saw some new DCWV stacks. I LOVE the playtime stack. It is ALL kraft paper and they added glitter!!!!! LOVE IT! I swirled some blue distress ink on the bottom of the dress to add some color. Hope you enjoy the card! I will be giving it to my nephews fiancee. They just got engaged!!!

Materials:

Cricut Cartridge Happily Ever After

Kraft Cardstock - Papertrey Ink

Patterned Paper - DCWV Playtime stack

Dress is cut from some old wedding paper I had

Broken China Distress Ink

Sentiment from My Creative Time's You Had Me at Chocolate Set

Twine - PTI

Tag - McGill Punch, Fancy

Irock

Thank you for stopping buy. Your comments mean a lot to me!!

Love and Hugs,

Cathryn

Blog Award

Thank you so much to Sandy from Ukiah!!! She is such a sweet lady who has taken time to comment on my posts. She sent this award to me and I am so grateful! Please go check out her beautiful blog http://www.sandyfromukiah.blogspot.com/

Easter Card for PKS Challenge

I made this card for the Peachy Keen Sketch Challenge. There was a twist which was to add bling. That's no problem for me I LOVE bling! This card is 5.5 by 5.5.

Materials:

Cardstock - Enchanted Evening - Papertrey Ink (PTI)

Patterned Paper - Sweet Nectar - K&co.

Glitter Paper - Recollections

Image - PK264 Easter Egg Words & Bunnies - Peachy Keen Stamps

Nestabilities circle and scallop circle dies - Spellbinders

Copic Markers

Iroc

Raspberry Fizz Felt - PTI

Hibiscus Burst Ribbon - PTI

Holiday Mix Button Collection - PTI

Pink Sorbet Twine - The Twinery

Stickles

Blue distress ink

Memento Black Tuxedo Ink

Fiskars Border Punch

Thank you so much for stopping by, I appreciate it! Have a wonderful day!!

Long Island Hugs,

Cathryn

St. Pat's Day Projects

I made these projects for my children. I always like to give them a little something on St. Patrick's Day. I will be entering this in Emma's Throwback Thursday Challenge at Creative Time for Me, Paper cutz and Crafting with Christina. I haven't received my "I Believe in Leprehchauns" Stamp set yet (Whoo Hooo I won them from Emma!!!) so I used another stamp. Oh well next time!!

Materials:

Spring Holiday Cards Cricut Cartridge for the box and layer

Paper Doll Dress-up Cartridge for the shamrock

A Child's Year Cartridge for the hat which I welded into a card with my Gypsy

Kraft and New Leaf Cardstock - Papertrey Ink

Patterned Paper Sweet Nectar - K&Co

Glitter Paper - Recollections

Sixxis embossing folder

Oval Punch

Sentiment - Studio G

Stickles

Twine - Papertrey Ink

Bakers Twine - Peapod The Twinery

Buttons and ribbon from M's

Distress Ink

Thank you for stopping by. Comments really make my day!!! Hugs, Cathryn

You Make Me Smile

Hello my sweet followers!!! I was in the mood to make a spring card. Outside my window on Long Island there are daffodils starting to poke out of the ground and some of the trees have little buds on them! Spring really is coming, I am so happy!!!

This card was made for the Let's Face it Friday challenge over at Peacht Keen Stamps. I hope you enjoy it!!

Materials:

Cricut Cartridges: Simply Charmed for the chick in egg and Easter 2010 for the eggs

Peachy Keen Stamps: PK-500 Snow Cuties Face Assortment & PK-754 Critter Faces Set Medium

Sentiment: My Creative Time - Turn that Frown Upside Down

Patterned Paper: Cosmo Cricket - Girl Friday

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink - Blueberry Sky, Hibiscus Burst & Ripe Avacodo

Ribbon, Twine & Buttons - Papertrey Ink - Ripe Avodaco

Memento ink - Tuxedo Black

Pink Sorbet Twine - The Twinery

White Gel Pen

Pink Chalk for cheeks

Crop-a-dile corner rounder

Thank you so much for taking some time to look!!! My follower are the greatest!!

Long Island Hugs,

Cathryn

Elephant Birthday Card

Hello everybody, I hope your day is wonderful!!! I made this card for the Wacky Wednesday Zoo Theme Challenge over at More than Favors. I have always loved Elephants and I am in need of some Birthday cards so that was my project!!! I used a Wide Eyed Kids Stamp set from PKS for the Elephant eyes but I masked off the nose and mouth.

Materials:

Elephant from Zooballo Cricut Cartridge

Stand is from Create-a-Critter Cartridge

Peachy Keen Stamps, Wide Eyed Kids Face Assortment PK-450

Sentiment stamp from Mega Mixed Messages, Papertrey Ink

Red Background Paper is from the clearance spot at M's

Twine is the color peapod from the Twinery

Cardstock. pompom ribbon and brads are from my stash of scraps

Black, white and red gel pens

pink chalk for cheeks

I cut the little banner freehand and the banner poll is the bottom of a matchstick

Thank you so much for stopping buy!!! I appreciate all comments!!! Have a fabulous day!!

Long Island Hugs, Cathryn