HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Robot Card

This is a card that I had started for the last Market Street Stamps sketch and just didn't end up having time to get it finished before the deadline. It is also the be-lated birthday card of my awesome brother in law. I had a lot of fun with this as I thought the cute birthday hat on the For All it's Worth stamp set by Market Street Stamps fit Robo Star perfectly.

I colored Robo Star up with my Copic markers and added some accents with my Sakura Gellyroll Pen. The orange paper isn't patterned paper but it is actually stamped with a really pretty background stamp called Cane by Market Street Stamps. The perfect birthday sentiment is from Wow! So Many Candles by My Creative Time. The little cogs were cut from the Accent Essentials Cricut cartridge and I made the bolts myself using George and Basic Shapes and my Gypsy.

I hope you are having a terrific day! Hugs- Glora

Items Used:

Accent Essentials Cricut cartridge
George and Basic Shapes Cricut cartridge
Gypsy
My Creative Time - Wow! So Many Candles
Market Street Stamps - For All it's Worth
Market Street Stamps - Robo Star
Market Street Stamps - Cane
Copic Ciao Markers
Sakura White Gellyroll Pen

Spinner Card Link Up and Day 1 from My Guest Designer Week at Everyday Cricut

Hi sweet friends. I wanted to share my Everyday Cricut guest designer posts over here on my blog. I'm planning on sharing one a week for a few weeks. If you already saw this over there then this is just a repeat, but if you haven't seen it yet, enjoy!

If you have been inspired to make a spinner card (the inspiration didn't have to come from me). I would love to see it. Just link at the bottom of this post so we can see your wonderful crafty inspiration.

Today, I want to share with you one of my favorite kinds of cards to create. One of my My Creative Time design team sisters, Nikki (Scrappin' Navy Wife), started me on this obsession. I've made a handful of these cuties and never get tired of them, I hope you don't get tired of seeing them either. Basically it is a spinner card, but instead of changing phrases or images when you spin the dial you change the faces. So here is face #1

Oh yes, did you notice the beautiful BoBunny Double Dot paper, Melanie, here on Everyday Cricut, makes beautiful projects with it and I just had to give it a try. I LOVE it, talk about polka dot heaven and it cut beautifully in my Cricut.

Now I spin the tab and the next face on my scarecrow is...

And finally I spin the tab a third time and voila, yet one more darling little face...

This is a standard A2 sized card. I only used two Cricut cartridges (along with my Gypsy) for this project. I used Wild Card for the spinner card base and the postage stamp piece. I used Simply Charmed for the little girl scarecrow. For the darling faces I used a set of stamps by Peachy Keen Stamps called Rag Doll Faces. The beautiful tri-colored twine is by Trendy Twine. And that gorgeous sentiment and die at the bottom are by Emma at My Creative Time. The sentiment is from her stamp set called Mixed Holiday Sentiments and the beautiful die is called the Stitched Oval Die. I can not believe how many sentiments fit perfectly inside this darling die. I think it is an absolute must have.

If you are interested I have a picture tutorial on making a spinner card. Click HERE to go to the instructions. If you would like to see other spinner cards that I have made in the past you can click HERE.

Card Recipe:

Wild Card Cricut cartridge

Simply Charmed Cricut cartridge

Gypsy

My Creative Time stamps - Mixed Holiday Greetings

My Creative Time Dies - Stiched Oval Die

Peachy Keen Stamps - Rag Doll Faces

BoBunny Double Dot Paper

Chocolate Truffle twine by Trendy Twine

Sakura White Gellyroll Pen

Together Forever Anniversary Card

My parents recently celebrated their 52nd wedding anniversary. They are amazing! I love them with all of my heart! This is the card that I made them for their special day.

 
It is pretty simple, but kind of classy too. It is a heart shaped card with a scalloped heart attached at the back. The sentiment is one of my favorites from the 'You Had Me at Chocolate' set by Emma at My Creative Time.

Items Used:

*Sweethearts Cricut cartridge
*Gypsy

*My Creative Time stamps -  You Had Me at Chocolate

*Core'dinations cardstock

*Sakura White Gellyroll pen

You are Truly Appreciated - Gift Card Holder

This is a fun gift card holder that I made for my daughter's teacher. I designed this on my Gypsy. It was super fun and I LOVE how it turned out.

Here is a picture of it with the gift card peeking out. It is a pocket type card. We just wrote a little note on the back of the crayon box.



Items Used:

Simply Charmed Cricut cartridge

Gypsy

My Creative Time stamps - My Teacher Rocks!

Peachy Keen Stamps - Simple Simons

Sakura White Gellyroll pen

Black Zig Writer

Simply Crafts with Glora and Pam #5

Hello and welcome to a new month and another Simply Crafts with Glora and Pam. This is the first Wednesday of the month and so it is time for another cut challenge for Pam and me. This month Pam chose the cut. She chose the cute little baby rattle on the Sugar and Spice Cricut Lite cartridge. It is always a good idea to have some baby cards on hand. I discovered that I had a lot of spare baby girl cards so I wanted to make a baby boy card.

The cute sentiment is from Emma's (My Creative Time's) All Star Baby set. This set has SO many super cute baby sentiments on it. I LOVE it. I'm so excited to see what Pam has come up with for this cut. I hope you will drop by and see what she has created. She is SO talented! Click HERE to go to Pam's blog.

Items Used:

*Sugar and Spice Cricut Lite cartridge
*B is for Boy Cricut Lite cartridge
*Gypsy
*My Creative Time stamps - All Star Baby
*DCWV - Citrus Stack
*Tim Holtz Distress Inks
*Sakura White Gellyroll pen

Race for the Cure Hop!

Alright, can I just start by saying that I have really become dependant on blogger working for me. I tried getting my post up all the way up to the last minute before going on a school field trip to the zoo. I just got back and blogger was up! Hallelujah!!!

Anyway, today we are doing a very special blog hop. If you are coming from Katie's blog you are in the right spot, if not make sure you go back to Emma's blog so you can see all of the amazing projects.

Here is my project. It is a 'pink' and very girly tennis shoe shape card. I thought it would be perfect for today's hop.

Don't those stamps look great. Emma really has done an amazing job creating this special set. These sentiments are perfect and beautiful for all sorts of projects. Plus with every purchase of the "Race for a Cure" stamp set Emma is donating $2 to the Susan G. Komen Foundation for a Cure. Here is a picture of this beautiful set.

Emma has provided this (pictured below) amazing grand prize to a lucky commenter. You just have to make sure that you comment on EVERY stop along the way.

Your next stop is the amazing Miss Leanne. I know she has something awesome for you to see. Click HERE to go to her blog.

Here is the blog hop line up just in case you get lost along the way.

Emma ~ http://www.creativetimeforme.com/
Katie ~ http://www.craftingwithkatie.com/
Glora ~ http://glorascrafts.blogspot.com/
Leanne ~ http://createdbyleanne.blogspot.com/
Cathryn ~ http://www.inthepinkcathryn.blogspot.com/
Jen ~ http://jennyscards.blogspot.com/
Kate ~ http://www.scrapperscreativecorner.blogspot.com/
Ruthie ~ http://septemberninth.blogspot.com/
Shar ~ http://scrapendipity.blogspot.com/
Emma (guest designer) ~ http://monkeydoodlecricut.blogspot.com/

Thanks for hopping along.

I wanted to enter this fun shape card in the wonderful Whimsical Wednesday challenge. If you like to make shaped cards this is a great challenge to join in on.

Items Used:

*Paisley Cricut cartridge
*Gypsy
*My Creative Time stamps - Race for a Cure
*Core'dinations cardstock
*Zig Black marker
*Sheer Ribbon

Disney Easter Egg Hop

***If you are looking for the My Creative Time April Release Blog Hop click HERE or scroll down to the next post***

Well I'm so excited to have you along for this super fun Disney themed Easter blog hop. If you came here via Nicole (Creations By Mommy) then you are in the right spot. If not make sure to start at Monica's blog so you don't miss a bit of Disney themed inspiration and fun!

I have a couple of projects for you. The first is a small Disney Easter egg banner that I made and hung up at my parent's house.

Here is the whole banner and then a few close ups too:

Now for my second project. This is the Easter card that I made for my parents. It is a egg shaped card with a little Disney fun added to it.

That darling sentiment is from Emma's (My Creative Time's) Color Me Happy stamp set. Isn't it BEAUTIFUL?! It was the perfect touch for the card.

Well thanks for hopping by. For blog candy I'm offering a Cuttlebug Princess embossing folder set. All you need to do is leave a comment and have a US or Canada mailing address. I would love you to follow my blog if you like what you see, but it is not required to win. I will select a random winner on Monday, April 25th, 2011.

Your next stop is Janis of Pause, Dream, Enjoy.

Here is the hop order in case you get lost along the way:

Monica: http://simplycricutting.blogspot.com/

Sandra: http://365daysofcricut.blogspot.com/
Elsa: http://www.cricutlvr.blogspot.com/
Carley: http://the-real-icarley.blogspot.com/
Norma: http://pinkblingcrafter.blogspot.com/
DD's Crafts: http://craftydeb-ddscrafts.blogspot.com/
Nicole: http://www.creationsbymommy.com/
Glora: http://glorascrafts.blogspot.com/ (YOU ARE HERE)
Janis: http://pausedreamenjoy.blogspot.com/
Lauren: http://laurenscreative.blogspot.com/
Melissa: http://disneydreamerdesigns.blogspot.com/
Scraps to Treasure: http://scraps2treasure.blogspot.com/
Theresa: http://www.thescrapbookingqueen.com/
Olga: http://www.threebutterflykisses.com/

Items Used Banner:

*Easter 2010 Cricut cartridge
*Mickey Font Cricut cartridge
*Alphalicious Cricut cartridge
*Blossum twine from The Twinery
*Mickey icon stamp by EK Success

Items Used Card:

*Easter 2010 Cricut cartridge
*Mickey font Cricut cartridge
*Sweet Treats Cricut cartridge
*Gypsy
*My Creative Time stamps - Color Me Happy
*Lilac twine from The Twinery
*Core'dinations cardstock

Happy St. Patrick's Day Card X 30

Okay, so you are going to look at this card and think it is the simplest card you've ever seen. Well it probably is. My Daddy wanted 30 St. Patrick's Day cards so he could send one to each of his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He wants to write each grandchild a special note from him and my Mom and include a lucky $2 bill.

This is a tri-fold style card. You open up the shamrock...

Then open the Happy St. Patrick's Day flap and there is lots of space for writing, which I happen to know my Papa will use up completely. He loves writing notes to his family.

So, how long does it take to make 30 simple cards. Well, I don't how long it would take most of you, but it took me about 3 hours and I was feeling REALLY good about that. I completed each step for every card before moving to the next. This makes it go SO much faster. So I cut all 30 cards and then the 30 shamrocks, then I folded all of them, next I adhered the green shamrocks to each card, then I stamped all of their adorable Peachy faces, following that I stamped them all with Emma's cute sentiment and last of all I did my doodling. 3ish hours later... 30 cards... et VOILA!

Items Used:

*Designer's Calendar Cricut cartridge
*Gypsy
*My Creative Time stamps - I Believe in Leprechauns
*Peachy Keen Stamps - Happy Lashes
*Black Zig Writer
*Core'dinations Linen cardstock

Simply Crafts with Glora and Pam #2

It is time for another monthly challenge between Pam and me. I got to choose the Cricut cut this time. I chose the rainbow and clouds from the Once Upon a Princess cartridge. It is on page 55 of the handbook. I made a shaped card with my Gypsy. I also hid the faces on the clouds so that I could add some cute Peachy Keen face stamps. The beautiful sentiment it from Emma's (My Creative Time's) Color Me Happy set. Kind of simple but fun. I hope you like it.

Please take a minute to check out Pam's project on her blog. Click HERE to go to her blog. I know that she has something beautiful to show you with this cut. She is amazing! Thanks for joining us.

I also decided to submit this to the Fantabulous Cricut challenge. The challenge was to make a shaped card.

Items Used:

*Once Upon a Princess Cricut cartridge
*Gypsy
*My Creative Time stamps- Color Me Happy

*Peachy Keen Stamps- Wide Eyed Kids

*Core'dinations Cardstock

*Inking

*Chalk

*Sakura White Gellyroll pen

Turn That Frown Upside Down

Have you ever seen something someone has made and been so in awe of it, that you just had to try something like it? Well this is what happened to me last night. My fellow Creative Time design team member Miss Nikki AKA: Scrappin' Navy Wife made the cutest astronaut spinner card. If you haven't seen it, you have got to check it out! It is OUT of this WORLD ADORABLE! Click HERE to link to Nikki's awesome card and blog.

So like I said I couldn't get the idea out of my head. My daughter saw it too and wanted a girly version made for her. I put on my thinking cap and pulled out my Gypsy and this is what I came up with. I only put two different faces on mine, but it is still super fun to play with. Part of the inspiration came from Emma's (My Creative Time's) adorable stamp set 'Turn That Frown Upside Down'. I knew that sentiment would be perfect because I would litterally be turning the frowny face into a smiley face- LOL. So here is the frown:

And here is the SMILE - aren't those Peachy Keen Wide Eyed Kid face stamps THE CUTEST?!!!

Here is a super short video showing how the card works. Thanks for looking.

Once again - total props to awesome Nikki - Scrappin' Navy Wife!!! And thanks for dropping by!

Items Used:

*My Creative Time Stamps - Turn That Frown Upside Down

*Peachy Keen Stamps - Wide Eyed Kids

*Twinkle Toes Cricut Lite Cartridge
*Wild Card
*Gypsy
*Lilac Twine from The Twinery
*Versamarker
*Sakura White Gellyroll pen
*Adhesive pearls

Emma's Stamptastic Blog Hop

Welcome to Emma's Stamptastic Blog Hop. We are so glad you could join us! We are celebrating Emma's newest release of stamps. If you got here from Katie's blog you are headed in the right direction, if not make sure you start back at Emma's blog because you don't want to miss anything.

For my project I was asked to use the Polka Dot SURPRISE set of stamps. These are SO cute! Do you love polka dots? I know I do!!! I used the cute 'May you dreams come true' sentiment for the title of my Minnie Mouse layout.

(You can always click on the photo to see some the details closer if you would like)

What is a blog hop without BLOG candy. The sweet and generous Emma is donating a set of Polka Dot SURPRISE stamps to a random commenter on my blog. To qualify for the stamp set you will need to make a comment on EVERYONE's post along the blog hop route (9 stops total). I will select a random winner from among my comments on this post and then I will verify that you have commented on everyone's post. Pretty easy right, and definitely well worth the chance at a set of beautiful stamps at every stop. You will have until Sunday night, February 13th, 2011, to comment.

Here is my scrapbook page title that was made with the Polka Dot SURPRISE stamps that you could win and below that is a picture of all of the stamps in this adorable set:

Your next stop will be the wonderful and talented Leanne. I know she has something amazing planned for you so hop on over and give her some love.

If you get lost along the way here is the blog hop line up:

Emma 

Nikki 

Abby 

Linda

Katie

Glora (you are HERE)

Leanne

Vicky

Tanner

If you are interested here is a list of the items I used for my project:

Mickey and Friends Cricut cartridge

Gypsy Wanderings

Gypsy

My Creative Time stamps - Polka Dot SURPRISE

Maraschino Twine from The Twinery

Sakura White Gellyroll Pen

Black Bic Ultrathin Marker

You are a Star!

Well, I finally got to put together my Peachy Keen Challenge entry, I knew what stamp I wanted to use almost from the moment I saw the sketch. Now I'm just getting around to making it. It was a monochromatic sketch (also allowing for white and black). I had a lot of fun with this challenge. Thanks for all of the fun PKS! The star stamp is by Peachy Keen Stamps PK-M20 you are a star... and the sentiment 'to my daughter' is from My Creative Time's Mom You ROCK!

If you are interested in cutting a star out that will fit this cute 'you are a star...' stamp perfectly, then read on.

 You will need to use the regular shaped star from George and Basic shapes. In your Gypsy size it to 2.25" height. Then you will have to undo the lock size button so that you can change the width proportion of the star (without changing the height). In the end you want a star that is 2.25" by 2.25". I think it was the perfect size. I also cut out a black star 2.5" by 2.5" as a mat for the yellow star.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you are having a wonderful day!

Items Used:

*George and Basic Shapes Cricut Cartridge

*Gypsy

*Peachy Keen Stamps - you are a star...
*My Creative Time - Mom You ROCK!
*Inking

XOXO I Love You More!

Hello sweet bloggy friends. I was finally able to get my Peachy Keen LFIF Challenge completed. I had lots of different ideas but I wanted to do something 'different.'  The cute little 'I love you more...' sentiment is from Emma's stamp set called You Had Me at Chocolate. This is a shape card that I made with my Gypsy. I hope you like my little cell phone valentine!

Items Used:

*Paisley Cricut Cartridge
*Gypsy
*My Creative Time Stamps- You Had Me at Chocolate
*Peachy Keen Stamps- Critter Faces
*Pink By Design stamps for the X's & O's
*Bic Ultrathin Black Marker
*Sakura White Gellyroll Pen

Spring is in the Air!

Yes, I am ready for spring. We have had VERY cold weather here, but today it actually felt rather warm. So it felt like Spring was in the air and it most definitely is in my heart. I'm READY for spring! Here is my spring inspired card using My Creative Time Color Me Happy stamps.

I attached the kite to an Action Wobble so it could sail through the air. Here is a quick video of showing that.

Items Used:

*Create A Critter
*Gypsy
*My Creative Time - Color Me Happy stamps
*Peachy Keen Stamps- Simple Sallies
*Black Ultrathin Bic Marker
*Bakers Twine
*Rhinestones

Have a Sham-rockin' Day!!!!

Alright, I just got my stamps from Emma (My Creative Time), and can I tell you they are AMAZING! They are so SUPER cute and they stamp like a dream because they are manufactured by Peachy Keen Stamps. Those of you who are Peachy fans know what kind of quality that is. Emma has designed some gorgeous stamps!!!

While I know that St Patty's Day is a ways off. I had this idea for this stamp and had to make it. This sentiment comes from the I Believe in Leprechauns stamps set. I hope you like it.

Here is a closer look at this adorable stamp set

I had to attach the shamrock to an Action Wobble, so it could be rockin'. So here is another really short video.



Speaking of Action Wobbles. Here is some awesome Action Wobble news. They are available for sale for a limited time (until the first production batch runs out). You can BUY some by clicking on the link HERE . The following is all US Pricing. If you click on the link I've listed you will notice a drop down menu and shopping cart. The Action Wobbles can be purchased at a cost of $18.95 for 50 (about 38 cents each). This price includes tax and shipping in the US. They can also be purchased at a cost of $28.95 for 100 (about 29 cents each), this also includes tax and shipping in the US. They said that international sales could be done by calling 949-580-2100 and they will give you custom pricing for your location.  It did say that all sales were final and couldn't be canceled. So make sure you REALLY want them before you finalize your purchase. I hope this is exciting news for some of you.

Items Used:

My Creative Time - I Believe in Leprechauns
Peachy Keen Stamps - Happy Lashes

Designers Calendar - Shamrock
Accent Essentials - Card Base
Gypsy
Inking
Sakura Gellyroll
Bic Ultrathin Black
Chalk
Gold Ribbon

Throwback Thursday and EXCITING News!

First of all I have to share my SUPER exciting news! I've known for almost a week, but Emma (My Creative Time) decided to do a design team and she chose me along with 7 other talented crafters. Can I just say that the fact that she chose me has put me on cloud 9. She is one of the sweetest crafters around. She was the second 'follower' of my blog (my sweet husband was the first). She is amazingly talented and so positive and encouraging towards other crafters. Oh and did I mention that she just came out with some super adorable sentiment stamps! This is going to be an awesome team to be on. I can't wait for my 3 month adventure! THANKS SO much to Miss EMMA!!!!

Every other Thursday Emma does a challenge on her blog called Throwback Thursday. This week we could use whichever cartridge we wanted but needed to incorporate a heart. Here is my kitty valentine that I made yesterday:

I had already made this little puppy valentine card last Sunday. I wanted to share it now because I think they make a super cute set. This dog and cat come from the Sweethearts cartridge, and in my opinion, they are not all that cute with the faces they come with, but add a Peachy Keen Stamps face and they are SERIOUSLY about the CUTEST things on earth!

Oh, I love Valentine's Day. I'm looking forward to making lots of other cute Valentines. How about all of you?

The cat and the dog both have a bobble head thanks to an Action Wobble. Here is yet another short video showing how fun these Action Wobbles are.



Items Used:

*Sweethearts Cricut cartridge -dog & cat
*Twinkle Toes Cricut Lite cartridge- wide scalloped heart
*Gypsy to weld scalloped hearts into a shape card
*Peachy Keen Stamps Everyday Face Parts

*Meow Sentiment - Studio G
*Love Always sentiment- My Pink Stamper
*lots of inking, including Tim Holtz Vintage Paper Ink
*Chalks
*Sakura White Gellyroll
*Felt Ribbon