Crafty Coffee Weather!

Hey Crafty Friends-

The weather here in Vegas has been crazy! It went from sunny and 116 degrees to cloudy, stormy skies and 86 degrees! So since I work better under pressure of course I waited until this week to get my Berry Red Trendy Twine project done. I was so inspired by our "cold" snap I had to create a cute little card to prove my undying love for a cup of hot COFFEE! 

The base card is craft cardstock cut at 10" x 4" and folded in half. I ran it through the Big Shot using the Swiss Dot Cuttlebug folder and rounded the corners. The edges are inked using Tim Holtz Festive Berries Distress Ink. The coffee mug is DCWV white glitter cardstock cut at 3" from the Love You  a Latte Cricut cartridge. The heart was cut from the same cartridge in red DCWV glitter cardstock at 1.5". Brown cardstock backed the mug to create the coffee. The edges of the mug were lightly inked with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink. The heart and mug were both popped up on foam dots for dimension. The sentiment "Where have you been all my life" from My Creative Time, You Had Me at Chocolate stamp set was stamped in the same Gathered Twigs Distress Ink. A double strand of Berry Red Trendy Twine was wrapped around the bottom of the card, the another double strand  wrapped around the top an tied in a double bow!

I hope you like my simple little card. It made me smile! I'll have more Trendy Twine goodness for you on Monday August 6th. Please come back and check it out!

Visit the Trendy Twine blog at http://trendytwine.blogspot.com/ to get your twine and start crafting!
You still have time to participate in the July Challenge! Details here.

Kerri

Denami Design Blog Hop

Hey Crafty Friends-

I will be participating the in the Denami Design Bright, Bold and Beautiful Blog Hop on August 12th

I hope you'll come back and follow along! Start at the Denami Blog http://www.denami.blogspot.com/

Have a crafty day!

Kerri

Hooray for the Berry Red, White, and Blue!

Hey Crafty Friends-

Well the day has finally come. My first official Trendy Twine Design Team post! This month we are getting in the patriotic spirit with Berry Red twine. With Independence Day just two days away, I whipped up a simple party idea that will impress your BBQ guests. Festive embellished water bottles paired with flag straws are sure to get everyone feeling the love for the U.S.A.

This is so simple to do. Even with two days to go you have plenty of time to get them done. I purchased a huge roll of the red & white checked ribbon at Costco for around $7. I pulled the label off of the bottle then wrapped the ribbon around to check the size and cut the appropriate length. I used my ATG gun to attach it to the bottle. I tied Berry Red Trendy Twine around the top and bottom of the bottle to jazz it up even more.

The scalloped circles were cut using Lifestyle Crafts dies, but to do in mass I think I would use the Cricut or Silhouette to cut as many as you need. The large scallop cut from blue cardstock and inked with white pigment ink is approx 2.25" and the craft cardstock scallop inked in red and stickles added is approx 1.75". The Berry Red twine was wrapped around the smaller scallop three times and glued in place. A red button, a bow tied in Berry Red and Blue Berry layered on top of the button and a little bling in the center of the bow. The scalloped circles were layered using foam dots for dimension.

The straw flag is even quicker and easier. It too is cut from a Lifestyle Crafts die but you can easily cut a rectangle, make a V cut at the end, and cut slits for the straw to fit through to create your own. I inked the edges in blue distress ink, stamped the sentiment in red, added blue gems, and finished it with a Berry Red twine bow.

These projects were so fun to make. I hope you will give them a try for your 4th of July Celebration!

Quick Saturday Card

I know I already posted today but I had a little time when I was working on my craft room to bust out a cute little card.

I bought a pack of Martha Stewart mini note cards at Joann a while back. So today I decided I needed to use them. They are a softer peachy pink but I inked the edges with the new Tim Holtz summer ink pad Picked Raspberry. I hit the edges a little darker and did bring the ink in a bit to create the pink halo effect. The stamped sentiment is from the Close to My Heart set So Lucky.I stamped it in dark brown ink and added the pink gems. For the envelope I inked just the edges a couple times to get the dark pink to show. I added the Strawberry Cupcake Trendy Twine bow. To finish it off a glitter heart with a pink gem. So easy, so quick, and so cute! Hope you like it.

Trendy Twine Design Team

Hey Crafty Friends-

Well....the cat is out of the bag. I'm now officially part of the Trendy Twine Design Team! I am so excited to get crafty, and create some great projects with this fantastic product!

 For those of you that are new to my blog I'd like to tell you a little about myself. I have been married to my retired Air Force hubby for 16 years. We have two beautiful girls, ages 3 and 4. I have been a crafter for as long as I can remember, but I have become more serious about it in the last year. I created my blog, I have a project published in Cricut Birthday Idea Book this month, and now I am on my first design team. All of this in less than a year! I would classify my crafting style as a little shabby chic, a little cutesy, and very fun! I love to do more elegant projects when the mood strikes but no matter what, I always try and keep my creations quick, simple, and stunning. Enough blabber about me. On to the projects I created that landed me a spot on the team. Oh...and I made the cupcakes too!

Everyone knows I love cupcakes right? So I couldn't resist creating this cupcake stand using the Cupcake Stand die from Lifestyle Crafts. The paper I used was a Martha Stewart stack I bought at Joann. All the edges were inked using Tim Holtz Festive Berries distress ink pad. The twine I chose to accent my project is Trendy Twine Valentine Cherry Cupcake. I used it to cover seams on the stand, weaved it through a paper doily placed under the cupcake, and added twine bows to the doily and the strawberry topper. A few pieces of bling and it's perfection! If I do say so myself .

To make the card I used the same Martha Stewart paper and took advantage of the negative space left from cutting the base circle for the cupcake stand. I cut the card at 4 1/2 x 6 and lined the circle up over the strawberry image. I popped the card up on foam dots to create a little more dimension. The circle was framed with the Valentine Cherry Cupcake twine, and a twine bow added to the top. Rounded corners, a little bling, and a Happy Birthday stamp from My Creative Time finishes it off!

Well crafty friends, I hope you like what you see. I have so many creative ideas swirling around in my head that I can't wait to share with you. I'm hoping to start filming some videos for you soon. My first post will be up on the Trendy Twine blog on July 2nd, and another on July 18th.

Here is a list of the entire Trendy Twine design team and their blog links. Please hop along and visit each one leaving a comment on all of them and the Trendy Twine blog  to be entered in the giveaway. You could win a spool of your choice!

New Members
■ Anita http://happypapercrafthappenings.blogspot.com/
■ Ashley http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com/
■ Becki http://www.happycardfactory.com/
■ Candi http://chaos-n-crafts.blogspot.com/
■ Helen http://www.craftingcricutmom.com/
■ Izzy http://writesnapscrap.blogspot.com/
■ Jessica http://kissinkrafts.blogspot.com/
■ Karen http://scrappycanuck.wordpress.com/
■ Kate http://www.scrapperscreativecorner.blogspot.com/
■ Kerri http://www.crafttimeandcupcakes.com/
■ Margaret http://auntmargaretdesigns.blogspot.com/
■ Sukie http://scrappindhilly.blogspot.com/
■ Yvonne http://onecreativemomma.blogspot.com/

Returning DT
■ Alyssa http://mythoughtsexactly.co/alyssas-blog/
■ Jamie http://jamiek711designs.blogspot.com/


Thanks for stopping by! Come back soon for more inspiration!

Exciting Things!

Hey Crafty Friends-

First of all, IT'S FRIDAY! Second, I am excited to to share with you that my first project has been published in Cricut Birthday Idea Book! Another goal checked off my list.

Third, today I have coffee in hand finishing up my final 3 days of work before I am a full time crafty mom! I'm so happy for the creativity to be unleashed.

And finally, my big news will be hitting my blog on Monday. So it's very busy around here! I hope you will come back Monday and see what is making me a happy girl. Hopefully you will be happy too!

Work, work, work! Almost there

Working on the blog today. Great changes happening all around. Thanks for sticking with me while I work out the bugs and get things running smooth. HAVE A GREAT DAY!