Tuesday, October 18, 2011

I Put A Spell On YOU!


From the side...



I've been trying all day to post and for some odd reason Blogger wouldn't let me! I found this fun potion looking container at Hobby Lobby. It's filled with bright green Sixlets (which I also purchased at HL) with random blue Skittles to match the tag.

Supplies:
Plastic container
Create a Critter Cricut cartridge - cloud
Stampin' Up slot punch
Candy - Sixlets & Skittles
American Crafts cardstock
Tulle

Monday, October 17, 2011

You're a Rockstar!



In keeping with the Breast Cancer Awareness Month theme, here's another simple project. Did you make your appointment yet? It's on my calendar!

Supplies:
Doodle Dragon Studios image - Dylan set
Marvy punch - musical note
Pop Rocks
American Craft cardstock

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Cancer Blows!



Since Breast Cancer Awareness Month is October, this project totally counts in the daily Fall projects! Question is...have you scheduled your mammogram yet?

This project just might be the "pick-me-up" someone fighting cancer needs to brighten their day because cancer does blow!

Supplies:
Doodle Dragon Studios image - Dylan set
Bubblicious bubblegum
Spellbinders Nestibilities
Cancer ribbon (originally a lanyard)
American Crafts cardstock
Pop dots

Saturday, October 15, 2011

A Little Corny...



Where did the week go? I had mentioned I was going to post daily Fall projects due to a challenge given to me. Sorry the days slipped away! I made a set of these corny guys and took pictures earlier in the week. I immediately ate the candy corns without waiting to download the pictures. Let's just say I polished off the whole bag of these yummy (are they really yummy? or just nostalgic? I think it's B) candy corn. The pictures were terrible! So off I went to the store to buy yet another bag. (Just wait until you hear my owl project story, but that's another day). I was very tempted to eat them again. But I resisted! Finally! These are super easy, yet super fun!



Here's a close up.

Supplies:
Doodle Dragon Studios images - August Membership #26 & #27
Creative Memories - circle punches
EK Success - scallop punch
Candy cello bags - Pebbles in My Pocket
Candy corn
Glossy Accent

Sunday, October 9, 2011

DDS SpookTastic Challenge



Did you pick up this awesome Halloween freebie from Dustin Pike/Doodle Dragon Studios? If not, be sure to go snatch her up before she vanishes!

Snow fell here in Utah this week. Quite depressing. But it does mean Halloween is just around the corner! It did helped me get in the mood for this week's Doodle Dragon Studios Challenge, so I guess there is one positive to it. Now it's your turn to get in the Halloween mood. Select your favorite Doodle Dragon Studios image and create something SpookTacular with Halloween colors! Then link it to the challenge by Sunday, October 18th.



This cutie is actually 4 layers, if you count her vellum wings.

One of my followers challenged me (thanks Cari) create 31 Days of Halloween like I did for 14 Days of Valentines. If I would quit eating the treats before I finish the project that would be fantastic!!! Obviously, it won't be the 31 Days of Halloween, but check back to see the Halloween/Fall projects I come up with this month.

Supplies:
Doodle Dragon Studios image - Halloween Freebie
Vellum
American Crafts treat box
Martha Stewart - Spiderweb edge punch
Martha Stewart - Skull edge punch
Glossy Accents
Pop dots

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Kookies with the K-9 Contest



Dustin Pike/Doodle Dragon Studios does it again! Don't you love the AWESOME dog?! It's perfect for our school's Kookies with the K-9 contest! This is the display that greets you as you walk in the main doors.



What's a Kookies with the K-9 contest, you ask? As you may remember, I am the Ongoing Fundraising Coordinator at our school. The goal of this contest is to get the students to actually turn in all the ongoing fundraising items they have collected over the summer. Points are given to each thing such as Box Tops, Campbell's Labels for Education, My Coke Rewards, ink cartridges, linking store cards to our school, joining the PTA, parents "Like" our PTA facebook page and becoming a "Follower" on the PTA blog. Plus weekly bonus point opportunities. The top three classrooms with the most points at the end of the contest wins a Cookie Party with our city policeman and his trusty K-9 companion. At the party, the police officer will give a short assembly of a K-9's job on the police force then eat cookies! The kids are freaking out over this contest! What's crazy is the older grades are more excited about this contest than the younger grades.



Each week the class that earns the most points (for the past week) receive this "Top Dog" trophy in their classroom all week and have a special "Top Dog" week winner poster to hang up in the hall. The classroom/teacher also receives a big shopping bag full of school supplies. (Weird, I didn't take a picture of that yet). The classrooms are really funny about their posters. They will keep them up all year.



Here's one of our 5th grade classes proudly showing their posters. They won two weeks in a row.



Oddly enough...the 5th grade class next door won the next week. We still have two more weeks before the contest is over.

The awesome K-9 with cookies image is on all my weekly flyers and Box Tops collection sheet too. LOVE IT! Thanks Dustin!

Operation Write Home Blog Hop Candy Winner!

Congratulations to Nancy Keller!
Nancy, you are the proud winner of the Gingerbread Cricut cartridge from the Operation Write Home Blog Hop Candy!
Nancy was randomly chosen by random.org. Here's what she said...

Already a follower... I must shamelessly admit that I am sort of a Dustin Pike stalker. :) thus...i have lurked by your fabulous blog before! LOVE his digis and I love what you do with them! Great to see your blog on the OWH hop today! Hugs!!

Thanks for the compliments! I'm a Dustin Pike stalker too! ;) Oh wait, I'm on his Design Team...good thing!

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Operation Write Home Blog Hop with Christmas Candy






Ho! Ho! Ho! Thanks for stopping by today! The Operation Write Home Christmas Blog Hop has been amazing so far!

Can you believe it's only 85 days until Christmas? I am lucky to be surrounded by family and friends during the holidays. But I know how hard it is to have loved ones far away. My sister served in the Air Force and my brother in the Army. I remember we would count the days until we were to see each other again. I support Operation Write Home because I am thankful for the sacrifices so many families give to our country. Hopefully, my cards will put a smile on someone's face, making the miles and days seem closer to those they love.

Supplies:
Doodle Dragon Studios image - 100 Days of Christmas set
Heidi Swapp - chipboard letters
Imaginisce - Cottage Christmas - Peppermint Stick patterned paper
American Crafts cardstock
Pop dots

See the post below for Christmas Candy!

Friday, September 30, 2011

Operation Write Home Blog Hop Christmas Candy!




Thank you for supporting the Operation Write Home Blog Hop!
Leave some Christmas cheer on this post to enter into a
random drawing for this brand new
Gingerbread Cricut cartridge!



Give some extra Christmas love and become a "Follower" of my blog!



Tuesday, September 27, 2011

I Only Have Eyes For You!



Funny thing happened on the way to this card. I printed out the red colored apple. I was soooo excited to create a card with it, I didn't let it dry all the way before I applied the Glossy Accent. Craziness...it turned brownish. Oh well, I love chocolate caramel covered apples too!

Supplies:
Doodle Dragon Studio image - Rotten Apple set
Imaginisce printed paper
American Crafts cardstock
Spellbinders Nestiblities - Labels One set & Labels Eight set
Glossy Accent
Pop Dots

Sunday, September 25, 2011

DDS Challenge...Make Us Laugh



Houston, we have a problem...

Oh dear...this IS a problem! Someone has a target on their back! Is it the deer or the pumpkin?

It's time from another Doodle Dragon Studio Pike's Playground Challenge. This week we want to you make us laugh! Pick an image from Doodle Dragon Studios and create something funny. Post it to the challenge by Sunday, October 2nd.

Can you tell the weather is gorgeous here? All I want to do is be outside! I wish the weather would stay like this for a few more months. Wishful thinking...

Supplies:
Doodle Dragon Studios image - Woodland freebie
Target practice paper
Martha Stewart edge punch - grass
American Crafts cardstock & ribbon

Saturday, September 24, 2011

My New Favorite Flower...




Tonight, Dieter Uchtdorf (a leader of the LDS church) spoke to the women of the church. As always, his talk touched my soul. If you want to find out why Forget Me Nots are my new favorite flower, watch his message.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Saving the Page



Dustin Pike at Doodle Dragon Studios just released this froggie freebie. I needed a bookmark badly. I didn't want to borrow another Book Fair bookmark from my daughter. This froggie looked like his was holding down the page. Worked perfect and just in time!

Grab this cute froggie freebie before he hops over to the Doodle Dragon Studios store!

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Scaredy Cat! Scaredy Cat!



From the side...



Scaredy Cat! Scaredy Cat! Even black cats don't like ghosts!

I made this from two Doodle Dragon FREEBIES! The Boo Digi Paper and the Scaredy Cat. Catch these freebies before they're moved to the store!

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Stars & Stripes Challenge



It's time for another Doodle Dragon Studios - Pike Playground challenge. This week is your challenge is to create a project using a Doodle Dragon Studios image with stars and stripes. I originally entered the witch card below for my entry, but as the days grew closer and I realized the challenge would be posted on 9-11 I knew I had to make another card. 9-11 changed all of our lives. I will always remember that day, as I'm sure you will too.

Where was I on that September day? I was home getting my son ready to go to school when I flipped on the TV. I wasn't sure I should send him to school or keep him home. I sent him. I kept my preschooler home upstairs with happy Blues Clues. I was glued to the TV the rest of the day, holding my new baby daughter tightly in my arms wondering what kind of world she was entering into.

My husband was preparing to go to the airport for a business trip. Then all the planes were grounded. Our house is in the flight path of landing at Salt Lake City airport. It was eerie to see the skies go quiet and equally strange to watch the planes start streaking the sky again three days later.

This morning my husband boarded a plane for another business trip. Hoping all the "chatter" is just chatter with no ill results on the anniversary of 9-11.

I'm proud to be American. I am grateful for the land I live in and the freedoms I have. God bless the USA!

Supplies:
Doodle Dragon Studios image
EK Success jumbo star punch
Cuttlebug embossing folder - star
Doodlebug Designs Inc.- paper
American Crafts cardstock
Star brad
Pop dots





On a MUCH lighter note...when Dustin released the Witch 11 set I immediately did this card. Do images talk to you like..."Pick me! Pick me!" Okay, so they do for me. I love all of the images Dustin creates, but there is usually one or two in the set that I'm just drawn to instantly. This witchy was my "one" this time. The short of it...she just returned home from an amazing date.

Supplies:
Doodle Dragon Studios image - Witches 11 set
American Crafts - paper, cardstock & ribbon
Pop dots


Now it's your turn to create a project (using a Doodle Dragon Studio's image). Be sure to post it to Doodle Dragon Studios - Pike's Playground by Sunday, September 18th.

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Yummy in Your Tummy Challege



It's time for the Yummy in Your Tummy challenge at Pike's Playground/Doodle Dragon Studios! Post your delicious project by Sunday, September 3rd!

Supplies:
Doodle Dragon Studios image - Toby & Buster set
Birthday Bash Cricut cartridge (cake)
Sizzix embossing folder
Pop dots

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Doodle Dragon Studios and the Box Tops Lady



Yahoo! School's back in session! Remember when I said I would be using Doodle Dragon Studios as the Box Tops Lady? Here's the proof! Dustin Pike released this cute bear licking his ice cream right before school let out. I knew I had to use it for my summer Box Tops contest! I found this huge, adorable 53" bear at Costco. One random lucky student who turns in a completed Box Tops collection sheet will win him! Then one student from each grade will win a $10 gift certificate to a delicious ice cream treatery. Here is the poster that is placed around the school (11x17 paper). And bear image is on the Box Tops collection sheet. Dustin does it again!!!! Perfect DDS image for the contest!



I'm soooo excited for September 2nd when the huge bear is awarded!

P.S. Not only is this bear tall, but he's extremely huggable! He wears a size 3X shirt.


Monday, August 22, 2011

MIA, but far from MIA



Okay, I've been MIA here on my blog, but I've been far from MIA preparing for the new school year. This year I am the PTA Leadership VP and the Ongoing Fundraising Coordinator (which means I will be aka the Box Tops Lady (my favorite!) and over Campbell's Labels for Education, My Coke Rewards, Give 'em Five program, ink/toner/cell phone recycling, store cards, Tyson Project A+ and Chick-Fil-A Nights. I personally love Ongoing Fundraising! There's something about beating previous year's earnings that I enjoy.

I took last year off from the Ongoing Fundraising Coordinator PTA position because I had a full time job at Provo Craft, a big church calling, three kids who are heavily involved and a husband who travels. This year things have lightened up...no job (this is a good thing), now I am the Eagle Scout Advancement Specialist in our ward (we have 60 young men in our Troop/Team/Crew), my son went off to college (missing him and my Friday Nights watching him under the football lights), my daughters are involved and my husband still travels the world. I can breathe better this year!

Whew...that was more than you wanted to read! As the PTA Leadership VP, I was in charge of decorations for our Back to School Night. I must confess I was a little sad when the PTA President said she wanted to have a Dr. Seuss theme this year. I usually make all sorts of fun things from Dustin's Doodle Dragon Studios images. But not this year, no fear though...I'll use DDS as the Box Tops Lady. Anyway, here's Thing 1 & Thing 2 that I enlarged and paper pieced together. They are almost 4" tall! I also made a huge Cat in the Hat and Fox in Socks, but I didn't get a picture of them. Originally Thing 2 was on the opposite wall with the Volunteer Table that night, but I moved him to the glass once it was over. Get it? Thing 1 - join PTA. Thing 2 - volunteer your time!

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Winner! Winner!


Winner! Winner! Lots of people visited my site this summer while I was on vacation, but only one left LOVE to enter the giveaway. Congratulations to Cari - luvmy2k9z! Email me your information and I'll send your prize right away!

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Button, Button, Who Has the Button?



Button, button...who has the button? Hopefully you do! It's time for another Doodle Dragon Studios challenge at Pike's Playground. This time we want you to make a project using a Doodle Dragon image with buttons or charms. Be sure to link your card to the challenge by Sunday, August 21st. Good luck!

Supplies:
Doodle Dragon Studio image - monkey freebie
DCWV paper - All About Boys Stack
Pebbles in My Pocket ribbon
Buttons from personal stash
American Crafts cardstock