Mark Your Calendars!

It's a birthday party for Lindsay's Stamp Stuff. To celebrate we are going to Hop, Shop & Crop April 13-15. Lindsay will be holding a 3-day crop in the mygrafico crop room. Go on over there now and join (it's free). Over the course of the 3-days you can pop in and out as often as you want to participate in the events and classes, join challenges or just see what is going on. The classes and crops are free. There will be freebies and prizes. We also have a blog hop and other exciting things planned. Stay tuned for more details.

Tips:
•To join the crop, you will need to be a member of the mygrafico community. It's free to join. Join now so you are ready for the crop. (Click HERE to join)
•To join the crop group (after joining mygrafico) click HERE
•If you do not want to receive emails when people comment on the crop, after joining the crop room group, click on the "stop following" button. You are still a member but you won't get all the emails.
•Remember, it is all FREE!

Pocket Sized Post-It Note Holders!

I was feelin' crafty again today and I've had this project on my mind ever since I saw the video tutorial on Dawn's blog. It is so easy! All you need is a paper cutter and scissors and glue!

I am planning to put these in my craft booth for $3.50 each. I got a 6 pack of post-its on sale at wal-mart for $4.00 and the mini gel pens are 6 for $1.00 at target.

Crafty things I've been making....

Wow, where do I begin? I guess you can tell my crafting mojo is back in full swing. Funny how it comes and goes. If you read my post yesterday, you know I've been spring cleaning and I cleaned my craft room as well. So maybe it is just the clean craft table that is just screaming my name. Just begging me to get over there and make something! It is easier to be inspired when you've got room to work!

So first of all, I designed and made this Twilight (New Moon) t-shirt. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the story, Jacob and Bella conspire together to fix up to old motorcycles for fun. So that is where the idea for this shirt came from. What I love most about it is that I can wear it out in public and most people would have no clue that it had anything to do with Twilight!

Here's your Thursday Freebie! Sorry it's late. Black Swan Motorcycle Shirt

Here is another Twilight inspired shirt. SPOILER ALERT--- This is due to the fact that Bella calls her baby "her little nudger" while she's preggers. So I made a shirt to wear during my pregnancy. For those of you who've been asking, I still don't know what it is yet. I'll find out April 30th!!

This is a post-it note holder that I made to go in my craft booth. I just love this little boxer girl who's fighting breast cancer! She's so cute!

Here is the flip side to the one above.

And finally, here is a baby gift for a friend of mine. She's having a girl and naming her Alexis.

Congrats on the New Nest!

Sorry this is a little wordy, I was in the mood to ramble.

Spring has sprung here folks! It got up to 76 degrees yesterday and it was gorgeous outside! I actually got a little bit of sun on my face! So I am totally in the mood for all things spring! Including spring cleaning! I spent 2 hours cleaning out my 3 year old's toys and such this morning while he was away at pre-school. This is impossible to do while he's home. He freaks out and wants to know what I'm doing with his stuff. haha. I guess you could say I'm nesting (since i'm pregnant). I went through this with my first pregnancy. At least I'm being productive!

Speaking of nesting, I just couldn't resist using this freebie sentiment from Lindsay and her cute little bird nest digi. I didn't feel much like coloring, so I decided to get creative with the stamp. I printed it first on blue cardstock, then using a method I read about in Woman's Day magazine for coloring easter eggs, I made them speckled like robin's eggs. All you do is water down some brown paint and dip a toothbrush in it. Then run your finger across the bristles to make it splatter just right. Works on paper too I guess! So then I cut out the eggs and printed the image again on textured brown cardstock. To give the nest a little more color I ran a brown colored pencil across it roughly.
Then used pop dots to attach the eggs to it.


I'm entering this card for the following challenges:
Charisma Cards -- Spring Has Sprung
Cute Card Thursday -- Dimensions
Papertake Weekly -- Easter
The Pink Elephant -- Pastels
Whimsy- Spring & Easter

Don't forget to stop by Lindsay's blog to snag a freebie and check out the work by the DT!

Sorry folks, Thursday freebie is running late this time, I promise I'll have it up soon!

With Deepest Sympathy

This week I decided to make a card. A friend of my grandmother's passed away this week and our family was very close to theirs. We only saw each other about once a year when we'd go down to Florida for vacation. So I made this card to send to his wife. She's a very bright and colorful person, so I hope this card cheers her up a bit.

I used the magnolia digi stamp from Lindsay's Fancy Flower's Digi Set.

I used this week's sketch from 2 Sketches 4 You.

Don't forget to stop by Lindsay's blog to check out the freebie and the work done by the other DT members!

Now for your THURSDAY FREEBIE, you can download the scut file for the Loopy Card Base I used on the card above.

Egg Basket SVG & Printable

Hello everyone! Lots going on in my life right now, so I didn't have a Lindsay project again this week, but I did want to tell you about the sale going on at MyGrafico this week! EVERYTHING IS 30% OFF! And check out Lindsay's latest creation!

An Altered Doorhanger & a Freezer Tee

Hey folks, sorry I've been MIA lately. I've had a lot going on. Had several orders from my craft booth to complete. On of which is below. I created this cute little baby boy doorhanger for a friend of mine to give as a baby gift. She sent me photos of the nursery so that I could match it. Here is what I came up with. I used the cute little svg Willie the Whale from Treasure Box Designs.
I also created this simple little t-shirt for my 3 year old to wear. Since he's going to be a big brother in September! We should find out what we're having in mid-April. Can't wait! The font I used for the tee is called "Mandingo". I love it. I used it all the time!