hello my krazies!

Well heck - my two days off have FLOWN by.  I was able to play a little but no video or photos.I'm hoping to get something posted in a day or two. Yesterday I was lazy the first half of the day, the 2nd half I was fighting a migraine.  I get them VERY rarely and when I do I can't look at a monitor, tv screen or be in any light - it's brutal.  Today mom had a rough day so I was tending to her most of the day and then when she was feeling better I ran out to Costco.  Now I have to throw dinner together and hoping to play a lil after dinner when mom's night attendant arrives at 7.

I feel like I keep giving you guys excuses - I'm sorry.  I'll try to do better.

NEW SPONSOR - Today in the mail I got 3 cri-kit pen sets to play with and the makers of cri-kit are giving me a few to give away YAAAY!  Even better, they will ship to the winner so you don't have to wait a coons age to get your prize WOOT!

Two lil tidbits for you.   Black Friday - Walmart is going to have the cricut lite carts for 20 bucks and rumor has it there will be tons of new ones WOOT!  Also, my friend Crazy about Cricut (Jen) is going to host a Black Friday Hop - so check out her site for more info!

Hugs & Chirps!

I miss my Krazies!

Hey gang!

I'm getting settled in now and things are calming down a bit.  I have Sunday, Monday, Tuesday off so I plan on catching up here and with my crafting. I've missed it so much!

Guess what? I got Potpourri on ebay for 23 bucks!  Can you believe that? Insane I know! 

I'd like to thank Michelle for helping me out while I make this transition from lazing around to working 50 hours a week.  She has done such a great job and when i asked her to keep helping for a few more weeks she didn't even bat an eye!  I LOVE her!

I'm going to send her a nice Michaels Gift card - if anyone wants to chip in please hit the donate button over there -----> and I'll be sure to add your name to the card.  How that girl runs 2 blogs, the Everyday Cricut and does everything else in a day I will never know but I sure am blessed to call her friend!

See you soon!  When I get back you'll have a chance to win Create a Critter!  How cool is that?

hugs & chirps,

SEVEN video's coming your way! Who wants a cartridge?

You tube is being super fussy today - I have the video's waiting to upload and went on errands, came back and it says I still have 51% LEFT of the FIRST video.

The very last video with my directions for making your own 12x12 vertical paper holder has a contest at the end - be sure to watch the entire thing and comment :)

Oh good grief! Cartridges EVERYWHERE!

Took mom to the dentist today and when we got home there were FIVE new carts waiting for me - YIPPIEE!  Did  not pay more than 15 for any of them on ebay last week.  I got 3% back with ebates - I told you about them last week - OMG I LOVE a deal don't you?

Stamping Solutions
Summer in Paris
Dinosaur Tracks
Heritage
Spongebob
Still waiting on Story Book & Once upon a princess

I'm also waiting for the following orders:

Oriental Trading::  Fun junk I didn't need & Kricut Krazy pencils WOOT!
Oh My Crafts - Super cheap (as mentioned below) embossing folders
Pro Craft - sponsorship package
Creative Xpressions - You Story and a coupla carts

Sad that I'm like a kid in a candy store stalking delivery people (Fed Ex, UPS, US Mail - I am not partial, I stalk them all!)

Also Mom got several cards - how exciting!  I'll post those later but special thanks to:

Cheryl Pavlacka
Karle Blahut
Heidi Schneider
H. Yeoman
Rocio Ulloa' (my circle sister!)

Thanks so much everyone! I'm SO excited!

Just got new Carts and I gotta Secret!

Creating Keepsakes  Reminisce Accents and Cheerful Seasons!  The best part? I got a deal on them from Paula one of my Cricut Buddies!  Please go visit her:  Scrap Happy Gal  tell her I sent you and she'll cut you a deal too!

Who likes a secret?  Who likes FREE? 

Kinda taking a break right now but will be back in a day or two with an ultra secret, super duper cool FREE way to store your 12x12 paper - you are going to LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE it!  I promise!  Keep watching for a new contest with a cartridge giveaway!  Also a blog hop coming up that will be LOADS of fun - Holidays with a Twist it's called.

Hope you are all having a wonderful holiday weekend!


Hugs & Chirps!

Card Request for Mom

Hi Krazies!

September 4 (Saturday) is my mothers 76th birthday.  I'd love if some of you can send her a card that you've created with "that machine thingy" mom calls the cricut.

I'll scan and  post any cards she receives here on the blog.  She loves Fairies, Angels and has collected dolls of all kinds for years.  She also enjoys her little chihuahua Charlie, plants, flowers and  'pretty' things.

Her name is Barbara Mckenrick and as most of you know she has Parkinson's and my husband and I take care of her so we all live together :)  25 Clara Circle, Glen Burnie MD 21060.

Thank you so much I look forward to seeing her excitement.   That's a pic of mom and Charli a few years ago when she broke her wrist. She'd kill me if she knew I uploaded it EEK! Shhh, our secret! :)

Coming later today will be 3 projects and a contest announcement and winner announcement.

Also, NINE packages going out in the mail tomorrow morning so those of you expecting prizes - they are signed and sealed and waiting to go to the post office :)  You Canadian winners are killin me LOL!  Hugs & Chirps!

A blog ya gotta see!

One of my followers posted a nice note on my Rock Princess project and I went to check out her blog.  This is one of those quiet lil hidden blogs that is packed full of inspiration, creativity and fun!  Love this gal's style and have been browsing around all morning.  Check it out - it's a must see!

Stars Paper Passion

Comin right up!

Hey Krazies -

So I only have SEVEN more Shape Cartridge Project's to do and then I'll move on to either Fonts or Licensed - which would you guys rather see first?

I'm working on the prizes and should get those out on Friday (crossing fingers)

I have 2 more Challenge Project Guest Designer items to upload.

And then life will be caught up... sorta.

Projects coming up by me:

Hannah Montana
Cindy Loo
Christmas Cheer
Celebrations
Beyond Birthdays
Animal Kingdom
A Childs year.

So what will it be krazies?  Fonts or Licensed next?

Who wants to see my Big Lots Bargains?

So, Michelle at www.scrappinwithmybug.com lured me to the dark side by showing me the video of her Marshals (we don't have one) and Big Lots bargains. So Kristen and I run to Big Lots all excited and boy were we disappointed. NO Martha Stewart stuff except boring ole glue sticks.  However, we did get lots of cool paper.

Also on this video is a sneak peek at one of the 3 composition books I need to do... is it yours?  Hoping to get all my blingage and prizes mailed off this week (but not tomorrow)

Hugs and Chirps my Krazies!

Bad news! I have NO Reward Points :(

Great news - look what's on the way! And look at the total out of pocket - WOO HOOO!

New Arrival Cartridge - 800 Points
Cricut Circle Scrapbooking with Cricut  - 100 points
Cricut Circle No Drama T-shirt - 100 points
Cuttlebug Winter Embossing Bundle - 400 Points
Zooballoo Cartridge - 800 points
Cricut Lanyard - 50 points

Total - 2250 points
Total out of pocket  12.62 for shipping and handling!

I am surprised by the amount of people who do not claim their rewards - it's shocking! I talk to people all the time at Michaels when I'm demo'ing and they say 'I don't have time to mess with rewards programs!"  I MAKE the time - this is my 3rd Rewards order from them - can't wait for it!  I wanted 3 birds on parade available to circle members - but it sold out faster than a Garth Brooks concert ticket.

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Blog owners - join the hive!

Blog fans - join the hive!

This place is pretty awesome :)

CreatingTheHive.com - Arts & Crafts Community

Terrific Thursday!!

Hi Krazies -

I'm still tethered to the couch trying to heal my back and can't get to bloggy stuff. But I did want to tell you I had a terrific Mail day and one of my Blog Buddies has an awesome tip and video you MUST see.

Today hubby got a great card from Jenny Kozar wishing him luck and she wrote a nice note. Jenny, Allen says thank you!  Put a great big smile on his face.

I also got Joys Vinylology DVD set. WOW. If you haven't already invested in this gem, do it now!  Strike while the pan is hot my grandmother usta say!  I almost didn't buy them and truth be told I wanted to because I like to support my cricut friends and their business adventures (stamps, dvd's, etc) because we should all help one another dontcha think?  Anyway I figured I knew enough about vinyl and didn't need it.  Boy was I wrote. Within 15 minutes of watching the FIRST dvd I discovered 2 things I didn't know and one of them was a real WOW.  I'm not going to spoil it for you here, just go get the dvd.  You THINK you know all there is, trust me ya don't!  You will after these awesome DVD's - there isn't one there, there is TWO.  SCORE!  So head over to Joys Life if you haven't already.

I went over to visit Sarah at Pink Cricut and she has a video posted on how to clean your Cricut Mats.  Now, we've all seen video's showing you scrapping and cleaning and water and soap and this and that and it's just so messy and well... annoying.  Not anymore!  Check out what Sarah has discovered.  It just so happens to be episode 100 - she does great videos!  I'm going to try her technique this weekend as soon as I can run out and find the EL CHEAPO supplies you need.  Most of you can find the supplies in your husbands garage!  If you head over there, tell her Kricut Krazy sent ya!

Did you guys know there is Fuzzy vinyl? I didn't but how cool is that?  Buy Joy's DVD to learn more!

Hugs and Chirps!

45 more minutes and it's THURSDAY!

Hi Krazies!

So sorry you haven't seen anything on here since the blog hop but it's been a crazy kinda week. I demo'd the bug at Best Buy on Saturday, then I demo'd the Yudu at Michaels on Sunday.  Monday I hurt my back pretty bad and went to Urgent Care and I've pretty much been hepped up on narcotics and muscle relaxers ever since. I did manage to have brunch with mom today and lunch with my sister yesterday so it's not all been laying on the couch staring at the ceiling LOL.  However, I haven't stepped foot in my craft room for almost a week and that is VERY unlike me. I have 2 notebooks to customize for Blog Candy winners and a coupla cart projects to take care of.

Tomorrow (Thursday) I will upload 2 Guest Designer Projects - I promise :)

Who wants some candy?  Leave me a message saying "I forgive you" and I'll do a drawing on Friday :)

hugs & chirps!

Coming Soon!

Hi Krazies!

Sorry that I haven't updated in a few days. Lots of krazy life krap going on - what can ya do?  First, I have all the prizes going out in the morning - I put extra's in everyones prize pack to make up for them being mailed late LOL.  That isn't the norm for me so please forgive me!

Second - Big ole blog hop this weekend with blog candy everywhere!  Two carts given away - one on my blog courtesy of Scrappy Sales and the other is courtesy of Memory Miser on Sarah's blog (I think EEK!)  anyway, lots of other give aways so be sure to hop hop hop on Saturday!

Third - I'll be updating the blog big time tomorrow with some of my projects, and designers projects so please hurry back!

Fourth - if you are still reading this and you want to win some bling please respond to this post by saying "I'm Krazy"  I'll draw a winner on Friday night.  Oh yeah, you gotta be a follower :)

Finally - hubby lost his job and is in a real funk.  So I'm asking for well wishes, prayers, hugs and if anyone wants to make him a card to cheer him up I know he'd love to receive it!  Please email me for our mailing address.  I'd love if he can see why we are all like family!

Thank you!  See you tomorrow!

NEWS and Babbling

Hey Krazies -

I'll be away for the weekend as I'm attending a wedding.  Debbie Oneal will be posting or answering questions while I'm gone.

I have 4 projects waiting to be uploaded.  Normea Banner, Kristy Luccketta  (2) and Saunirae.  If you sent a project and your name isn't listed here, then please resend it as my gmail was ill yesterday.

Prizes for earlier in the week haven't been sent out (need big ole envelopes) but I'll take care of that Monday along with the 2 new hidden contests that some of you have been lucky enough to find :)

Finally - As a member of the Cricut Circle we could nominate an elementary school to get a Gently used Cricut Expressions.  Despite my entry being submitted Eastern Time and not Mountain, they awarded my nominated school Sigsbee Elementary (now a magnet school) on the US Naval Air Station in Key West Florida. My girls (now 18 and 20) were lucky to go there the 4 years we were stationed there.  YAAAY! Just wanted to share!

Please - check out www.scrappysales.net  she has the most awesome prices and super service. If you don't see something listed in the store, she doesn't have it in stock. She won't do pre-orders so you aren't waiting a coons age.  Check it often as she updates it daily with new stock. However, she is at CHA next week so please bookmark it :)

That's it - have a lovely weekend! Please keep checking back :)

Hugs & Chirps

These are a few of my favorite things...

Tell me, what are a few of your favorite things?

Prize Announcement delay

Hi Krazies!

I promised I'd draw the winner at noon today and I feel awful that I didn't get that done. I am the caregiver for my mother who has Parkinson's and we have had a really rough day today.  It's 4:30 EST and I will announce the winner this evening.  Thank you everyone for playing, visiting my blog and the nice comments that were left. I'll also be announcing another contest this evening.

Hugs & Chirps!

Your opinion matters!

Hi Krazies!

As you can see I just revamped the blog with the help of my graphic genius friend Gold Shoes Tish.  She is a long time friend and sadly is not into paper crafting any more - which is a shame because she does beautiful stuff! Thank you Tish!

I'd like your honest opinion.  Can you leave me a comment on this post and let me know what you think? Is it easy to read? Is the font too large?  What do you think of the banner across the top?  What do you think of the added pages?

A small token of my appreciation will go to one of you who leave a comment. I'll do a drawing and upload a pic of your present sometime during the weekend.

Thank you!

Hugs & Chirps :)

I got a new toy today!

I went to Costco today to get stuff for our party tomorrow and while browsing I saw this mini HD Flip Video camera and remembered the embarrassing quality video I uploaded earlier today.  I was thinking "Wow, I can actually video the Projects instead of taking a still photo.  I figured the Krazies would love videos.  So here you have it. Ain't it cute?  Wonder if they sell skins for it?

It is normally 149.99 but today was the last day of Costco's coupon's and there was one in there for 20.00 off WOOT! I love a bargain don't you?

I'm sorry!

Please excuse all the changes you see to the blog every time you come back. I'm trying to find something that is a fit for me and I just can't figure it out. I know I wanted the blue awareness ribbon in the title in honor of my sister in law Deb Bowden who is one of the very rare Cervical Cancer Survivors and is still fighting the fight.

I am new to blogging and I'm trying to figure out graphics and titles, banners and logo's and buttons and .... it's so overwhelming - if someone wants to give me a hand I sure would appreciate it!

hugs,
Tangee