Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Monday, April 2, 2012
April A Muse Studio Spotlight
Hello and Happy April to Everyone. I know that April Showers bring May flowers, but it seems like the showers I'm looking forward to in April have less to do with rain and a lot more to do with expanding families. The number of Bridal and Baby Showers is amazing. The planning committee must have known. Now for the Spotlight.
For the month of April, you can save 10% on the following stamp sets:
Make a Scene
Little Peanuts
Go Green
ChevronsFamily Icons.
Here are just a few projects made with these stamp sets
Also during this month, you can order the special April Showers card stock assortment pack. This is an easy way to get the look showcased in this month's spotlight.
The April Showers Assortment Pack contains four sheets each:
Bermuda
Sky
Buttercup
Shell
Lichen
Contact me, to learn more about these projects and the products used. For a full catalog of A Muse Studio products, click the link under the Shop with Me tab. Remember, if you wish list is over $150. contact me directly at tammy@cuttinandstampin.com for bonuses and free merchandise.
Have a crafty day.
Tammy
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Shower for Baby Olivia
Hello Everyone, today we celebrate the coming of Baby Olivia.
I'm so happy that CallyAnn has asked me to be apart of this baby shower hop for Sandra of 365 Days of Cricut. She is due any day now and we wanted to show her some blogging love before the blessed event.
Each of us has prepared a wonderful baby gift to share with you and then send off to her. I have to start with a quick card for her new baby girl
I'm so happy that CallyAnn has asked me to be apart of this baby shower hop for Sandra of 365 Days of Cricut. She is due any day now and we wanted to show her some blogging love before the blessed event.
Each of us has prepared a wonderful baby gift to share with you and then send off to her. I have to start with a quick card for her new baby girl
This is a standard 5.5 X 4.25 card. I used A Muse Studio card stock for the base and matt. The pattern paper is from DCWV Nanna's Nursery. The stamps are A Muse Studio Little Peanut and Chirrup. The inside statement reads "tiny yawns and sleepy sighs, nursery rhymes and lullabies"
The gift I made for Sandra is a shadow box picture frame with Olivia's name. It's just waiting for a few tiny pictures from mom.
Here is an 8 X 8 shadow box frame that I picked up from Michael's. I used K & Company Small Wonders paper to cover the base of the frame. Then I used corresponding prints for the letters that were cut from the Mickey Font Cricut Cartridge. The flowers are from Creative Memories.
I hope that Sandra will enjoy our special creations in honor of baby Olivia.
If you stopped by today in the middle of the hop, I hope you will go back to CallyAnn's blog and see what great gifts have been created. If you have been playing along with our hop today, you should have arrived from Lori. Your next stop is Monica.
I have blog candy to go along with our hop today. One lucky winner chosen by random.org will win A Muse Studio Sleepy Sighs stamp set.
If you're not already a follower, become one. Then leave a comment below and you will be entered to win.
If you get side tracked along the way, here is the full blog hop line up.
CallyAnn-http://callyanncraftycreations.blogspot.com - Our host
Nicolette-www.beyondscrapin.blogspot.com-
Laura - www.makinprettythings.com
Nicolette-www.beyondscrapin.blogspot.com-
Laura - www.makinprettythings.com
Sigrid- http://wwwlovescrapreflect.blogspot.com/
Yolie - http://www.justyolie.com
Yolie - http://www.justyolie.com
Lori - http://www.scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/
Tammy- http://cuttinandstampin.blogspot.com - You Are Here
Monica- www.monicascreativemadness.com - Last Stop.
Tammy- http://cuttinandstampin.blogspot.com - You Are Here
Monica- www.monicascreativemadness.com - Last Stop.
Thanks for stopping by,
Tammy
Friday, March 30, 2012
Winner & Baby Shower Hop
Hello Everyone,
I have to admit that I'm slow getting back to my blog. Work's been busy and unfortunately I have to use the accounting side of my brain to pay for the creative side, blogging takes a back seat. I want to thank everyone for stopping by and leaving such nice comments during the last blog hop. The Crafting by Designs Network picked up a few new members. We would love to add more wonderful members.
I used random.org to pick a winner for the A*Muse Studio stamp set.
True Random Number Generator 5
#5 is Gloria Sauve her lovely comment:
I have to admit that I'm slow getting back to my blog. Work's been busy and unfortunately I have to use the accounting side of my brain to pay for the creative side, blogging takes a back seat. I want to thank everyone for stopping by and leaving such nice comments during the last blog hop. The Crafting by Designs Network picked up a few new members. We would love to add more wonderful members.
I used random.org to pick a winner for the A*Muse Studio stamp set.
True Random Number Generator 5
#5 is Gloria Sauve her lovely comment:
On, to the next fun and exciting thing.....
BABY SHOWER BLOG HOP.
Sandra from 365 Days of Cricut is having baby Olivia very soon. We are having a hop in her honor, sharing our excitement and send her our crafty gifts. The Shower start March 31, 2012 at CallyAnn's Crafty Creations. Be sure to stop by tomorrow and enjoy the BABY SHOWER BLOG HOP.
The final bit of exciting new...
The Idaho State University Rugby team won the
We appreciate all your help and support for the ISU Rugby team.
I will see you back here tomorrow for our Baby Shower Hop.Friday, March 16, 2012
Wings and Blossoms Blog Hop
Hello Everyone,
I'm really excited to be a part of the Crafting by Designs spring Wings and Blossoms Blog hop. This wonderful adventure makes 18 wonderful stops. Each designer showing their wonderful creations dealing with Wings and Blossoms.
First I want to encourage all of you that stop by to join out little group over at Crafting by Designs. We are a marvelous group of women that create for our personal enjoyment and created friendships that will last a lifetime. To find out more click HERE.
I'm the second stop in today's adventure. You should have arrived here from Doris at Moms Been Scrappin . If you just happen to stop by today, take a step back and start at the beginning and see what wonderful project Doris created today.
Today I have two cards for our theme. The first is on to celebrate the WINGS portion of the hop.
The second card is to celebrate the BLOSSOMS portion of our hop.
Your next stop is Cindy at .Papers Pads and Pictures www.paperspadsandpictures.blogspot.com Hope you have a great time.
If you get disconnected along the way, here is a complete list of all the blogs. For more inspiration, challenges and friendship join us at Crafting by Designs.
Blog Line up:
I'm really excited to be a part of the Crafting by Designs spring Wings and Blossoms Blog hop. This wonderful adventure makes 18 wonderful stops. Each designer showing their wonderful creations dealing with Wings and Blossoms.
First I want to encourage all of you that stop by to join out little group over at Crafting by Designs. We are a marvelous group of women that create for our personal enjoyment and created friendships that will last a lifetime. To find out more click HERE.
I'm the second stop in today's adventure. You should have arrived here from Doris at Moms Been Scrappin . If you just happen to stop by today, take a step back and start at the beginning and see what wonderful project Doris created today.
Today I have two cards for our theme. The first is on to celebrate the WINGS portion of the hop.
This is a standard 5.5 X 4.24 card. I used A Muse Studio Bellini card stock for the base, stamp sets Papillon, Charming Gardens and Beautiful Botanical. The butterfly is colored with Copic marker numbers Y13, Y17, YR12, R24 and 100. All of the products can be purchased HERE.
The second card is to celebrate the BLOSSOMS portion of our hop.
\
This is also a standard 5. X 4.25 card. The Base is A Muse Studio card stock in Heather, the matted is Sage green. The stamp set is Wild Rose from A Muse. I used Copic marker numbers R85, R8,81V17, V15 and BV00. The products can be purchased HERE.
One lucky blog hopper will receive this wonderful Woodland Friends stamp set from A Muse Studio.
All you have to do, is become a follower and leave a comment. For a chance to win the Grand Prize package, visit all the blogs in our Wings and Blossoms Hop and leave a comment on each. Doris will chose a Grand Prize Winner on Tuesday.
Your next stop is Cindy at .Papers Pads and Pictures www.paperspadsandpictures.blogspot.com Hope you have a great time.
If you get disconnected along the way, here is a complete list of all the blogs. For more inspiration, challenges and friendship join us at Crafting by Designs.
Blog Line up:
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
29 Day Challenge - End Results
Hello Everyone,
I had to create a plan to tackle this
room. The first thing I did was read a
few websites on how to organize a space like this. The next thing was to plan what steps I needed
to have completed by the end of each weekend.
The next step was to head to the store and purchase some storage bins
for sorting.
Wow, it has been an amazing 29 days. The first day of February I started working
on the challenge put on by I'm an
Organizing Junkie. The challenge was
to pick one room in your house and organize it in 29 days. Take before and after pictures to show the
progress.
I chose my front bedroom. This room started out as the office/storage
room. This room has always been the
place to hold financial papers and store the important things that just can’t
go in the basement. While I was
finishing my degree, it’s the place I did my homework. Over the past five years, it’s become the
place to drop anything and everything that doesn’t have a home. Reality is, it’s the place things got dropped
because I was too lazy to put the stuff away or find a home for it.
Here is the first before and after
picture. As you can see, I can’t even
get into the room.
The hardest part of this challenge was
purging all the clothes. I’m a serious
clothes collector with a huge yo-yo weight problem. So
that means I have clothes that range from size 8 to 20. When I started working on the clothes, I had
to realize that I was never going to get into the size 8 again. I took a long hard look at myself and decided
that I was never going to get smaller than a 14. Anything that was smaller than an XL was set in
the donate pile. Should I ever lose more
than 20 pounds; my reward will be to go clothes shopping. I was not able to purge the cedar chest. I really tried, but the tears wouldn’t stop
and so I figured I’m just not ready for that step.
I had four piles of purged stuff. One pile was professional clothes that went
to an organization that helps to outfit unemployed women for interviews. The second pile was everything else that was
still in good shape but just needed a new home.
I took games, puzzles, purses, Tupperware and casual clothes. One bucket was for stuff that needs to be
shredded. Every night, I spend about 15
minutes shredding until the machine is full.
I figure I will be done in another week.
The last pile was paper crafting stuff.
All of this was placed in the basement in the crafting area of the basement. This will be the next area to organize.
Here is a picture of the casual clothes. I had to make three different trips to
Deseret Industries.
The main thing I did to create space was
to put shelves in the closet. These
shelves help to hold a few things that I don’t want in the basement, such as
photos and special mementos. My son
welded some metal rods onto a plate to hold my thread. When just stacking them, they fell over. I used magazine holders for both the magazines
and to hold all of the past taxes and got rid of the bulky binders. I then used one bag and placed the rest of
the bags in it.
The best piece of advice I can give
anyone – If you are taking on a big project discuss what you are planning with
the whole family. I really thought that
this was Tammy taking on the house. It turned out to be Tammy taking on the
family and the house. Everything I was
ready to get rid of, husband and son wanted to keep.
I am very excited that I was able to finish my room. There is still plenty left to do. I didn’t complete the second area that was on
my list, but I feel like I got a really good start. I would love to hear what you think of my change.
Monday, February 27, 2012
28 Day Challenge Week 3 Update
Hello Everyone,
I've been working on the this challenge at I'm an Organizing Junkie.
I've been working on the this challenge at I'm an Organizing Junkie.
When the challenge started three weeks ago, I was going to take on the world and get two rooms cleaned out and organized. Today, I feel like I've been smacked in the forehead with a 2X4. What in the world was I thinking?
Both areas were so bad that even thinking about going into the rooms would give me a headache. Most of my thinking was to back the truck up to the open window, grab the snow shovel and just start throwing stuff out. This wasn't really the answer, but man it was worth the thought.
Anyway, I have managed to complete one of the rooms. The bedroom that was overloaded with clothes, papers and everything else that didn't have its own place. Here is a picture of the top of the dresser. I haven't seen it in quite some time.
The green bucket in the bottom of the picture is waiting to be taken to the shredder. In the mirror you can see the top of my cedar chest. That's another piece of furniture that was sooo berried that I hadn't put anything in it in two years. I wanted to cry when I realized that some of the special things that should have been in there were damaged from just being placed in the room instead of put away.
My second area has been much more of a challenge. After dragging my husband down the stairs, I showed him a picture off the Internet of what I wanted my space to look like. The man was laughing so hard he had tears in his eyes. Apparently I was way off base. The first problem was that my side of the basement didn't have electricity. Second, my space has the overflow of toy, skis, car seats, horse tack and boat accessories that won't fit in HIS garage. So the light bulb switched on and I said, "Why can't I have the other side of the basement? Mike has moved out and we don't exercise anymore, let's get rid of the extra living room furniture, old Christmas stuff and gym equipment." Well, the can of worms was opened.
I realized that this is no longer a TAMMY is taking on the cluttered house challenge. This is TAMMY taking on the family challenge and that can be done in 29 days.
I am not the only one it the house that has a problem. Every member of my family is that exact same. You can't throw anything away because you just might need it one day or someone gave you something and you just can't part with it.
I have until Wednesday to try and make some progress with my craft things. Let's hope I can come up with something by then.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
I have just one word for your cards: stunning!!!
I'm inspired.
Hugs,
Gloria