Journeys Of A Cricut Lover...

Saturday, February 19, 2011

NEW WINNER CHOSEN!!

Well, I'm said to say that Miss Mary never came forward to claim her blog candy prize. So I have chosen another winner using random.org. The new winner is #25 - Vicki from Scrapbooking Creations by Vicki!! YAY VICKI!! You have until Wednesday at midnight EST to contact me with your snail mail address! Please email me at jennro7781{at}yahoo{dot}com. If Vicki does not get in touch with me, I will choose another winner on Thursday. Be sure to stop over to Vicki's blog to congratulation her!

Thanks for looking and please leave a comment so I know you were here!
~Hugs, JennRo~

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

WINNER, WINNER CHICKEN DINNER!

Hello everyone! I hope you are all staying warm wherever you are in the real world! I know you've all been waiting to find out who won my 5,000 hits/Fibromyalgia Awareness BLOG CANDY!! So a quick THANK YOU to everyone who follows me and commented on my blog! I exceeded my 50 follower goal by more than double! I am so humbled! THANK YOU!!

Ok, now on to the good stuff! The winner, chosen by random.org is #32, Mary at http://KraftingMama.blogspot.com!!! YAY MARY!! Congratulations! Please email me at jennro7781{at}yahoo{dot}com with your snail mail address so I can get your goodies out to you. If Mary does not come forward by Friday 2/18, I will draw and post another winner on 2/19. Please stop over to Mary's blog to congratulate her!

~Hugs, JennRo~

Monday, February 14, 2011

LAST DAY FOR CANDY!!

Just a quick reminder that today is the LAST DAY to enter to win my blog candy! See my sidebar for the link to the post. I've had a wonderful response and now have over 100 followers! Makes my goal of 50 sound so silly! Thank you to everyone who has signed up to follow me and taken the time to look around my blog! I will draw and post the winner tomorrow. The winner will have until Friday to get in touch with me or I will draw a new winner! Happy Valentine's Day Everyone!

Thanks for looking and please leave a comment so I know you were here!
~Hugs, JennRo~

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Clean and Simple Christmas Card!

This week's challenge over at ABC Christmas Challenge Blog was "C for Clean and Simple" and we had a sketch to follow. Here's the sketch:

Here's my take on the sketch! I used a Dustin Pike Christmas digi which I used pencils to color. Then I matted the image on Christmas green paper and paired it with the polka dotted paper; both were from a Christmas mini stack. The sentiment stamp is from Hero Arts and the ribbon, button and twine are from my stash. I faux stitched and doodled for a finished look.

Don't forget to check out my BLOG CANDY going on until February 14th!

--This project is entered in the following challenges--
ABC Christmas Challenge - C is for Clean & Simple

Thanks for looking and please leave a comment so I know you were here!
~Hugs, JennRo~

Bunches of Love Card!

The challenge over at Digital Tuesday this week was to create something using shades of gray and only one other color (white was allowed). I chose to use red and this cute little mouse digi that I got for free! I'm sorry I don't remember where it came from. I colored him in with pencils and then used glossy accents on his hearts and nose! I used Creative Memories DP and triple matted the image using 2 shades of gray and red. I looped ribbons into tags and stuck them behind the image. I used my alpha beads to spell out love.

Don't forget to check out my BLOG CANDY up for grabs until February 14th!

--This project is entered in the following challenges--
Digital Tuesday - Shades of Gray & 1 other color

So Saturday - Valentine

Creative Inspirations - Valentine/Love

40:31 Challenge - Valentine

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking and please leave a comment so I know you were here!
~Hugs, JennRo~

Valentine For a Man Card!

I created this next card specifically with a masculine feel to go along with the Cricut Cardz challenge this week. I combined it with Crafty Creation's poem inspiration challenge. I used ultra shiny red satin paper, Creative Memories DP and a sheet music stamp (in Vintage Photo). I cut the heart using my Cricut and the George & Basic Shapes cartridge, twice; once in shadow and one base cut. I printed the sentiment off the computer (a line from the poem) and then inked over the white paper using Vintage Photo Distress Ink by Ranger. You can't really tell in the photo but the banner is rippled so it looks like it's flying or waving.

--This project is entered in the following challenges--
Cricut Cardz Challenge - Valentine for a Man
Crafty Creations - Poem Inspiration
So Saturday Challenge - Valentine

Creative Inspirations - Valentine/Love

40:31 Challenge - Valentine

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking and please leave a comment so I know you were here!
~Hugs, JennRo~

Fibro Aware Card!

The challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog this week was to create a project to show your support for a cause or to raise awareness for a cause. Well, most of you know I have Fibromyalgia and suffer daily this this debilitating chronic pain syndrome. The most common color associated with Fibro is purple so my card is all purple and butterflies are also commonly shown with Fibro awareness logos. Did you know Fibromyalgia Awareness Day is May 12th?? Don't forget to where your purple that day! The ribbon image is from Dustin Pike and I colored it with pencils before I used Diamond stickles to outline it. I cut the butterfly at 2inches using my Cricut and the Live Simply cartridge. "Fibro" is cut at 1inch using the Alphalicious cartridge. The ribbon is purple satin from my stash and I added Diamond stickles to the butterfly's wings and to the letters to make everything shiny. I wish I could make Fibromyalgia shiny; nothing about it is shiny unfortunately. If you'd like to know more about it click my "Fibromyalgia" page above for info and great links!