Hi my crafting friends! Sorry I have been MIA for a few weeks! Work has taken over every spare moment I have had....and I am taking some much needed vacation for the next week. Then off to CHA in Chicago...so posts will be light for the next few weeks.

I hope you all are having a great summer, and I want to thank you all for visiting my blog! I will be back with pictures from CHA soon!

Hugs,
CindyB

New challenge at CRD

Hi my crafty friends!!! We have a new challenge over at Club Ruby Designers! This challenge is a really fun one! It is to pull out your stamps and create a card or project using a stamp image.

Here's my sample for the challenge:

For this card, I am using a stamped image from Crafters Companion, this is a Popcorn the Bear stamp. I really love this little guy! He is really fun to color...

We would love for you to play along with us, just stop by Club Ruby Designers Blog and check out the challenge. You can join Club Ruby Designers for free and play along, you just might win a goodie bag from Megan!

Thanks for stopping by have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

CindyB

Birthday Card

Hi my crafting friends! I have been accepted to take the advanced Copic certification class in July!

I am so excited to be taking this class, I have wanted to move my copic skills up to the next level....so I thought I better get them out and start practicing! It's been a while since I have colored something up....so I decided to start off with a birthday card from one of my grandsons!


Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!
Hugs,
CindyB

PaperLayerz from Above Rubies Studio

Hi my crafting friends...make sure you check out Above Rubies Studio today!

Megan is launching her own paper line called PaperLayerz! It is going to be awesome for all of us that use a die cutting machine!

I should be receiving a few samples in the next few days, so look out for some projects from me using the new paper line!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!
Hugs,
CindyB

CRD008 challenge

Hi my crafty friends! We are having another challenge over at Club Ruby Designers.

This time it is a color challenge. Use the colors green - blue - yellow on your project.

Here is my sample for the challenge





For my card I am using one of my new stamps from Papertrey Ink.

Besure to stop by Club Ruby Designers and check out the challenge. Remember you can sign up for FREE and have access to all the challenges and the awesome community.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!
Hugs,
CindyB

Your so Tweet!

Hi Crafters! Well, I am so sorry I have been MIA for a while. I have been so busy at work that I haven't had much time to craft lately! Hopefully that will change soon...but in the meantime, I needed to send my administrator a thank you card for all her hard work over the past few weeks with me...so this is what I came up with.

The cute little bird on the banner is from the cartridge "Birthday Bash" I just snipped off the birthday hat on the bird.

The sentiment is from "My Pink Stamper"'s newest stamp set.

I hope you all are enjoying your Memorial Day weekend! I know I am!

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day

Hugs,

CindyB

Happy Birthday Megan!

Hi my crafting friends! Today is my good friend Megan Gravener from Above Rubies Studio's birthday!

Woo Woo!

Happy Birthday Megan!

To celebrate Megan's birthday we are hosting a special "Birthday Card Challenge" over at Club Ruby Designers! Make sure you stop by and join in on the fun! If you haven't already signed up for your FREE account, do it today! You will be glad you did!

Here is my card for the "Birthday Card Challenge"

For my card, I used "popcorn the bear" stamp from Crafters Companion. I colored him with Copics, of course! The sentiment is from Club Ruby Designers exclusive stamp set only available to Club Ruby Advantage members.

Happy Birthday Megan, Enjoy your day!

Hugs,

CindyB

Challenge CRD007 has been posted

Hi my crafting friends! We are having another challenge over at Club Ruby Designers!

The challenge this week is to make a masculine card! I am making a Father's Day card, as I always find I am so busy I don't get to it and end up purchasing one! So this year will be different!

Please stop by and check out our challenges! You can sign up for a FREE account with Club Ruby Designers and play along! We are a really fun and active community and I would love to see you all there!

Have a great day!

Cindy B

Logan's First Birthday party!

Hi my crafting friends! Well, the day is finally here! Today my family is celebrating my youngest grandson's 1st birthday!

A few weeks ago, I posted the birthday party invitations using Elmo's Party cartridge. Today I will post the remaining few items I have for the party.

I decided to make this really cute party banner for the back of his chair. Have you seen these at Michaels? They are just so cute, but I knew I could make one just as cute!

I used the same cut as the birthday invitations, just enlarged the cut to 7 inches. The banner is cut at 7 inches also and is from the Wedding Solutions cartridge. The banner itself is made from an SVG file I purchased.

Now take a look at this cute little birthday hat!

The hat is cut using the Elmo's party cartridge, using fit to page. I decided the hat needed a little spicing up...so I purchased some crate paper and using my MS fringe scissors made the hat bling!

Then I decide the top of the hat needed a little extra also...so I took the remaining fringe and added to the top of the hat.

I am off to the party, I will post pictures of the party later...my mother is making the cake and I'm sure it turned out awesome!

Have a great day!
Hugs,
CindyB

CRD006 Challenge

Hi my crafting friends! We have a new challenge over at Club Ruby Designers!

If you haven't checked us out yet, make sure you do! You can sign up for a free basic profile membership and have access to all the great talent in our gallery and chat in the forum with our other members. You can sign up Here.

The challenge this week is to make a project with a cupcake on it somewhere! I really had fun with this one!

Now, you might be saying..I thought she said a cupcake somewhere on the project! Well, take a look at the inside of the card!

I made this card using the new stamps and papers from Inky Antics! I just love this technique! It is sooo fun to make! I colored the little birdie with my Copic markers.

Thanks so much for stopping by and besure to check out the Club Ruby Designers site, we would love to have you as a member!

Hugs,

CindyB