Make Us Laugh!

Everyone needs a good giggle - don't you agree?  This week the Cooking with Cricut gals are creating things that will bring a smile to your face, whether it's a pun, a joke, or just a funny card.  Here's my design team card:

I love the sentiment and the idea of the card.  I'm not sure if it turned out quite like I pictured it in my mind, but I think it will be ok for a masculine or kid's card.  The images were cut from the Old West cartridge.  I cut two of each so I could stagger them and then add foam dimensionals for a little more pop.  The sentiment (K Andrew Designs - All About Animals) is heat embossed. 

A little inking, highlighting with a black pen, and a jute bow and the card is done.

You can join in the fun and bring a little laughter to your bloggie friends by linking up to this week's challenge at Cooking with Cricut.   The winner of the challenge receives a digital stamp or cutfile from Paper Crafting World as well as a fabulous Top Chef button for your blog!  Now you can't beat that can you?  Come on, join us.  We'd love to have you play along.  Don't forget to use a Cricut cut somewhere on your project.

Hugs and Happy Crafting,

Larelyn



Hats Off to You!

Happy Monday!  I hope this week will be a great one for you.

To those of you who left comments during the U R So Sweet Blog Hop, thank you! I know you saw some terrific projects and got lots of sweet inspiration.  You'll find the WINNER of my Blog Candy at the bottom of this post.

First, I'd like to share another card for my Getting Cricky design team post and using Kristal's Fashionable Friends stamp set.  I know you've seen a week's worth of projects using these stamps, but this one may surprise you because it's a masculine card.

All of the cuts are from the Cricut Old West cartridge.  I did a lot of inking to give dimension to the cuts.  I think the looped Baker's Twine makes a great embellishment for this western-themed card.  The background paper is not embossed.  This is the actual paper.  Neat, huh?

You can see all of the K Andrew Design stamp sets HERE.

And now for my blog candy winner.  I received  27 comments.  Two commentors placed my blog button on their sidebars, so they each got two additonal chances.  The Random.Org Number Generator selected comment #9 and that person is:

**Melissa - Sunshine Honey Bee**

Congratulations, Melissa. I always appreciate the sweet comments you leave.  Please contact me so that I can get your blog candy in the mail.

Please come back tomorrow for a very special Blog Hop.

Faith-Abigail is sponsoring the Cards for Kids Valentine's Day Blog Hop.

All of the participants have created Valentine cards for kids which will be mailed to Faith-Abigail and then delivered to a Children's Hospital. 

The unique thing about this hop is that it's also a challenge.  Faith-Abigail is asking you to link up a card and also mail it to her so that the hospital will have lots of cards to distribute.

And, we have three wonderful prizes offered by our generous sponsors:

K Andrew Designs Art Stamps

Monique Griffith Designs

The Twinery

Until tomorrow.

Hugs and Happy Crafting

Larelyn