Friday, January 28, 2011

Family Friday Healthy Snacks!

Well, I am posting my last Family Friday :( Crazy About Cricut decided to make some awesome changes to her Family Fridays and those changes conflict with my other DTs. So, I have to step down! I will still have my kids do crafty things with me because this was one DT that brought my kids and I together a little more! 

So this time around was doing something with healthy snacks. I know I have my Cricut Cake, but all that baking, well... is a little far from healthy :)

So, with that in mind, I had Abbita play with my Lupita (Gypsy) and we created some fruits!! She is learning all the fruit names and well, she calls everything a banana or apple!! LOL 

Here is what we created!








Here is what we did!

Fruits were cut from the Preserves Cartridge
All fruits were Peachified with the Everyday Face Assortment
I laminated them and placed a little piece of magnet

I placed them on the fridge and Abbita gets to play with and learn at the same time!

How is that for a healthy snack! No calories there!! hehehe

Thanks for taking a peek and a MILLION thanks to Jenny for having me as part of her DT!!!

Thursday, January 27, 2011

My Creative Time's "You Had Me At Chocolate" stamps

Happy Thursday everyone!!! I got my Wrap It up cart in the mail today!!! I won it for $16.50 on ebay!! Opened it up and as soon as I saw this beautiful bride, I knew I had to do something with her! Well, have I said enough that Emma's stamps are AWESOME!!! They are!!! Even if you are tight on money and can't decide weather to buy another stack of paper ( to add to the 30 you already have and don't want to use cause they're too cute!) or maybe another cart (that you will not use for months!) You have to treat yourself to Emma's stamps!! 

Here is my card! I used the "You had me at Chocolate" set and DCWV paper!



Don't kill me about my gluing on this doll!!! It was SMALL!!!!! :)

Thanks for taking a peek!!!

Winner of SEI Challenges with Abby #1

I just noticed I forgot to announce the winner of my SEI challenge #1!!

The winner is:

Jess Marin!

Please email me your address at

scrapbookaholicbyabby@yahoo.com

You have until Sunday midnight!

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

XOXO and More!

Happy Wednesday! This is my second post for today! Click HERE for the Cooking With Cricut post! You don't want to miss that one!

I decided to try and make a one card and "Matar dos pájaros de un tiro" which is "Kill two birds with one stone" but, this is way more than just two birds! This card was made for:

Peachy Keen Tuesday Challenge- Sketch and Monochromatic
Peachy Keen Face it Fridays- XOXO and Peachy faces
Terrific Tuesday's Challenge- Sweethearts Cartridge
Ai Factory Challenge- Anything Goes
Bunny Zoe's Crafts Challenge- Love is in the Air
The Fuzzy Wuzzy- Anything Goes
Pile It On- Love is on the Air
The Beary Scrap Design- Love or Friendship




Materials used:
K & Company Paper
My Creative Time Stamps "You had me at chocolate"

If you haven't bought stamps, I recommend Emma's... I know, I know.... I am her designer!! But, they are truly nice quality stamps and they are perfect in size! 

Make sure that you try PK stamps and Emma's stamps AT LEAST ONCE! you will not regret it!! 

Thanks for taking a peek!!!

Cooking With Cricut Challenge #15 Birthday!

Good Morning all!!! We have another Cooking With Cricut challenge for you!!!! This week is Birthday theme! You have to make sure to go to CWC and check out all the awesome projects the other designers did!!! What is the best part of this challenge, other than the awesome files??? This week's sponsor!!! PEACHY KEEN!!! You can win a $25 dollar certificate to Peachy Keen store!!! So to honor our our sponsor, I have created a two page layout using PK faces!!! I used the Everyday and Princess faces!








Materials used:

CWC So Many Candles Set
DCWV Celebrations Stack
Recollection cardstock
Glitter glue
Puffy paint
Classic Cricut Font Cartridge

Cooking With Cricut is introducing sketches and there is a bonus!! If you win and you created something using the sketch, you win an extra price!!! Go check out CWC for more info on this!!! Here are the sketches!!



Have fun creating!!!


Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Another decorated box!

Hello!! I did it again! Remember my cute SEI decorated box?! Well, I decided to decorate another box using the oh so beautiful DCWV stack "Immortal Love" This is one of my favorite stacks!!!! I am a Twilight addict, so anything twilightish will be my fave!!!
The box is from Michaels from the $1 bin! All I used was one half of sheet from the stack!! A few embellishments and wallah!



Materials used:

DCWV Immortal Love Stack & Die cuts
Acrylic paint in dark red
Walmart Ribbon

Thanks for taking a peek!



Monday, January 24, 2011

SEI Challenge with Abby #2 All About LOVE!!

Good Monday everyone!!! I hope you guys had a fabulous weekend!! I know we did! The weather was just perfect!! Not much scrappin but just good family time with hubby and kids! We ALL watched some movies and it was fun!! My middle boy (Sebastian 11) left for camping this WHOLE WEEK!!! :'( 

It will be VERY weird not having him around!!! I know Abbita will miss him the most! 

OK! Onto our SEI challenge!!! This week I have another easy theme for you guys! It's all about LOVE!!! You can create anything you want just make sure that the theme is LOVE... kisses, hugs, hearts...etc!

Here is my project!









I love how fast and easy these box are to decorate! Don't be afraid to try something new! I had always been afraid to try these little boxes!

and guess who's back again?!!? Yep, my dear friend Sandra from 365 Days of Cricut!! She made the cutest card using all SEI paper!! Make sure you go visit her for all the details!


Gracias Sandra!!!

Onto the rules for the challenge:

*** Link your original post with project up to Mr. Linky
*** Mention that your project is for SEI Challenges with Abby #2
*** Deadline for this challenge will be February 6th!
*** Project of your choice MUST be about LOVE
*** The most important, HAVE FUN!! 

and the price?!!?
It is a 12 x 12 paper collection 







WINNERS WINNERs and more WINNERS!!!

I used random dot org for all winners!!! You need to contact me by Friday midnight!! Send me an email to scrapbookaholicbyabby@yahoo.com

The 10 winners for the It's My Party Blog Hop are:



anitaandbugs said...

This card is so cute and looks like Alex.And I love the layout.Thanks for shring.
Anita Cannon
anitaandbugs.blogspot.com


Lesabe said...

Wow these are great !!! Thanks for sharing and some blog candy =)


Sherri said...

Great scrapbook pages!! I'm a Design Team member for Treasure Box Designs :) please stop by my new blog


scrapperbecka said...

Great lo and card


Natalie said...

Great card and layout! I love the colors and the chalking as well as how the page elements are coordinated! Great Blog!


Tami B. said...

Two cute projects, I really like the LO.


MenanBerretts said...

Absolutely darling card and pages. You are very talented. Glad I found your blog. Thanks for sharing.


GiGi said...

Wow - what a beautiful card and two-page layout. Great job! TFS and for the opportunity to win.


Grandma Wendy said...

Darling! Thank you for sharing


2 Chicks on a Limb said...

Adorable pages and that card is too stinkin' cute!! Always love seeing all your projects!

The winner of Scrappin Roots Blog Hop

Angela R said...

OMG, your're so so talented! I am an obsessive Twiligh lover so that layout I love! I actually recently made one for my sister and I who have never missed a midnight premier. Your cowboy and cowgirl are so beautiful and fun I love them so so cute! Thank you so much for sharing!


Saturday, January 22, 2011

Scrappin Roots Blog Hop

Hello all and welcome to the Scrappin Roots Blog Hop!! If you happen to pop in, then make sure you start with Erin. 

This is hop is for us to remember LAYOUTS!! Remember those?? That is how I actually started with all this craziness! But I have been getting so much into cards that I forget about LOs. I really love to play with my pictures and seeing them on layouts gives me so much satisfaction!  But, as you will see right now, I am contradicting myself because I didn't print pictures for my LOs! LOL Sorry!!!

But, what I did do was create a 2-page layout withOUT using my Cricut and fancy machines!! and then the other two I used my Cricut and my Cuttlebug!

So just be patient with me I have three layouts for you and I hope you can get inspired!

First Up is my Cricut -Less Layout... I used the new DCWV Inmortal Love and chipboard also. Like I mentioned before, I only used a border punch and a circle maker. 






For the next two layouts I used the South West Collection from Treasure Box Designs. Aren't they the most adorable cuts!!! I love them!!! and when you purchase them they come in all kinds of formats!!! I used the SVG format and cut them using Make The Cut with my Expression! 
The papers I used I bought at small scrapbook stores in So. Cal a while ago. The girl collection is from Creative Imagination and the boy is Sugar Free.











I did not put titles because I don't have pictures for these LOs.... I was thinking of maybe putting them on Ebay and let them be the beginning of my business... hmmmm I'm still thinking about that!

Anyways make sure you guys visit all the ladies and get inspired to create more and more LAYOUTs!!!

Next on the hop:


wait!!! what is a hop without candy?!!?

How about a stamp set Hampton Art ~~All About Friends set!

I only ask that you leave a comment on this post!

I do not ask that you become a follower, but if you do I would love it!!! 


And just in case you get lost while hopping, here is the line-up!

Thanks for hopping with us!!!




Friday, January 21, 2011

My Creative Time's Throwback Thursday... on a Friday :)

Hello my dear followers!! Can you believe that after many, many entries to My Creative Time's Throwback Thursday challenge I am now a design team member for Emma!!??!! I am still a bit in shock! :)

This week we had to skip Thursday because of the Peachy Keen release. Did you guys get to take a look at those cuties??? OMGosh they are SOOOOOOO cute!!! Go HERE to see them!!!

Today, for the Throwback Thursday challenge you have to create a project using any of the Paper Doll cartridges and use some kind of  embossing. So here is my project:




Did you see how crisp the stamp stamps?? I love them!!!

I used the following items:
My Creative Time's "I Believe in Leprechauns" stamp set
Peachy Keen Faces (2 different sets)
Paper Doll Dress Up 

Here is the stamp set


Now, go over to My Creative Time and play with us!!! and you can also see the other DT projects!! I am sure they will be AWESOME!!!


Flaunt It Friday's Bear in Trash Can.....

Hello All!!! Today is Friday!!! and you know what that means....Get ready to Flaunt it!!! Yes, it's another Flaunt it Friday!!! and the cut for this week is the bear in the trash can from the Give a Hoot cart (page 61).

Don't forget to go check out the rest of the DT's projects! You will for sure be inspired!! Click HERE!

I do not have Give a Hoot. The closest I could come to it without using so many carts was the trashcan with the green monster from the Sesame Street Friends cart. Remember that if you do not own the Give a Hoot cart you can create something similar with other carts.



The paper is DCWV and the stamps (balloon and sentiment) are SU.

Thanks for taking a peek and son't forget to go visit