Best of Luck

Welcome to my blog..If you are new here I would love for you to become a follower of my site.  It makes my heart smile when I get new people that enjoy my creations.  Today is BBTB2 projects.  Lori my sweetie friend who happens to be my Best Friend is the host this week.  She asked us to use a shamrock. There are many shamrocks on various carts.  It is funny that she picked this particular cut because the four leaf clover is symbolic of Luck, and I feel lucky to have her for my best friend..Please join us in creating your own masterpiece using any of the shamrocks on any cart for a chance to win a blinkie for Project of the Week...Good Luck friends..Big Hugs..Krista

Supplies: Imaginance, Bazzill, Papertrey Ink

Fabric Button

Gel Pen

Mist

Cricut



oh happy day

Hello and Welcome to BBTB2 challenge this week..Carole was our host and she asked us to use the rainboot cut from Nate's ABC...I didn't have this particular cart so I used Paisley...What can be more fun than dressing a hippo for a rainy day???(wink)......Someone had mentioned the other day that they saw a Robin in their yard...I thought to myself Spring is right around the corner.  I don't know about you, but I heart Spring.  I love to see all the birds flying around and preparing materials for their homes, listening to them sing in the mornings, and the fresh air of Spring and the flowers that it brings..(sigh)...Oh My! I can't forget Easter...I love Easter..It is def one of my favorite Holidays:) Thanks so much for stopping by..I hope u enjoy my take on the challenge.  Please join us in creating your own masterpiece..Hugs

American Crafts papers, bazzills

Stampin-up punch

cuttlebug

Martha Stewart pearls

Martha Stewart punches

Spellbinders

Twine

Sweet Bunny Bag...........................

Welcome to BBTB2 challenge...This week we were asked to use the couples hearts from the Love Struck cart chosen by my sweetie DT sister and friend Susan...As u can see I made a bunnie that I welded together on my gypsy.  I had to add two sweet little barettes(hearts to her hair)...Even though I didn't use the hearts from Love Stuck I still have hearts on my challenge:) I decided to also cuttlebug the bag with hearts..I love my cuttlebug and always find a way to squeeze it in...(wink)...The back of my bag is embellished with the sweet little bunnies tail...Please play along at BBTB2, we love to see what you all come up with...Have a great Monday..Krista



Supplies: Bazzils, Stampin up

Cricut Machine

Cuttlebug

Martha Stewart pearl



The winner is~~~~~~~~~~~

Hello..Can u believe it is February already? I just love Easter, which is coming up real quick.  Thank u all for hopping along this week.  The comments you all leave are so inspiring and heartful, I am thankful for each and every one of you.  The winner of my blog candy is Susan from Alanta she said "Such an adorable card! Love the button balloons. I plan to stay awhile and visit your site ~ your work is beautiful"!
susanJ in Atlanta.......Please email me at skianorman@comcast.net to claim your goodies. Hugs

Baby Card..BBTB2 Hop

Welcome to BBTB2 Blog Hop...This week we were asked to use the stroller from New Arrival from one of our sweet and helpful DT sisters Carole~~~~This is one of my very first carts I bought seems like decades ago, Anyway, I hope that u like my little balloons I made out of buttons...Glad you decided to hop along today...All u need to do is leave me a comment to be entered into my drawing below...I will choose a winner Saturday the 4th..The Melissa Frances heart album and ribbon are so cute..so make sure to enter into my drawing:) I am the very last stop on your hop, if u get lost just go back to BBTB2 to find your way..Enjoy..Krista

Martha Stewart punches

Stampin up punch

Ribbon Retreat Ribbon

Handmade flower

K and Company papers

Heart Album by Melissa Frances to decorate

Heart ribbon

Papertrey Ink Buttons

Birthday Time...

Welcome to BBTB2..Today we were asked by Donna to use any number off any cart...I decided to use Plantin Schoolbook...I wanted to feature Birthday elephants...Somebody is going to turn 3....The little onesie elephant is blowing his horn for all to hear the number 3~~~~~~~~~~ If u look close u will see my elephants ear on the big elephant is embossed with the Happy Birthday folder...Cute~~~ Cute~~~~~  It actually snowed here in my town.  So off we went two days in a row for some sledding fun.  Hope you have a safe and wonderful week~~~~Hugs..Krista

Lots of welding

Dooblebug papers

Bazzills

Satin ribbons

Crimper

Let It Snow~~~~~

Welcome to BBTB2~~~~ I am your host this week, I decided to choose the skate off of Winter Woodland. When I was little, my Dad, would take my sister and I skating at a local park in our city. The beautiful pond would freeze over and glisten with snow.  We would go inside this small little building to get warm and my Daddy would make sure to get us a nice warm hot cocoa to warm up. Sure brings back lots of fun memories.  I wanted to create a little scene like the one I remember.  This particular park in my city is the most beautiful ever.  All around it are gorgeous and cozy homes with all kinds of people skating, sledding and just enjoying eachother in the Winter... I hope you have time to make your own project this week using skate/skates off any cart.  Thanks for taking your time out of your busy day to stop by....Happy New Year Friends~~~~

Papers Little Yellow Bicycle, Bazzills, Stampin-Up

Stampin-up Ribbons

Uniball inks

Recollection pearls

Christmas pocket~~~~~~~

Counting down the days until Christmas is a given here at the Norman household..My 6 year old told me this morning that we had 18 days until Christmas..EEk..We had one huge snowstorm here last week that snowed us all in..(sigh) My kids and I were so happy...Heheheheheh...We slept in and watched movies and just relaxed..Fun stuff..Today I have a project for you from The Cutting Cafe...Regina asked us to do a Christmas pocket..I decided to fill mine with some Yummy Dove candy..So Fun..Tomorrow is a big day for me....It is my Birthday~~~~~When I was little I never liked having a December Birthday because my parents would always say "Well ya know Christmas is right around the corner" heeheheh..but of course we always celebrated it..:) Now that I am older Birthday's instead of being fun have become more meaningful..."Remember to count your blessings, life is so short" Hugs to all...

Supplies: Jillibeans

Stampin Up ribbon

pompom

Dove

Zig pen

The Cutting Cafe~~~~~~~

Welcome to The Cutting Cafe project for this week...Oh My! Tomorrow is Thanksgiving...I love turkey day, just to chat with family, eat, laugh, share stories and be with people I love~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I love these particular files by Regina Easter because I love all the little reminders...Like, Outside Decorations, Pictures with Santa, Shoveling Snow, Building a Snowfriend, making Cookies..Etc..I printed out The Jot it down file and embossed it with my spellbinder...Next, I printed on a smaller Jot it down file with
The Christmas Daily with all the little things my family would be doing 12 days before Christmas..Just a little tag book..(wink) Love the little roses I added and the satin ribbon..(sigh)...May u all have a blessed Holiday, and remember your blessings~~~~~ Hugs to all~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



JOY

Welcome to BBTB2 day..Today my Sweet friend Mona asked the design team to cut out the word Joy from WinterWoodland...So fun and simple..When I think of the word Joy I think of my darling children.  I know it is a simple three letter word, but my kids bring me so much Joy to my life...I hope u like my project...That sweet Tilda was colored with my copics...Cute, Cute,.....Lots of shading, and I got to use my new snowmarker...How delightful that was...Big Hugs...Krista

Supplies: Copics
Spellbinders
Martha Stewart Pearls
Cricut
Stampin Up Corner punch
SnowMarker

Belle..The Cutting Cafe

Hello and welcome to The Cutting Cafe...Today Regina asked as to use the Jot it Down set...I decided to make a place card holder out of a sweet little Turkey...Love the little label (circle) that has my daughters name (Belle) on it... I added a bunch of ribbon for her feathers...This set is really cute and could be a huge asset~~~~~~especially around the Hoildays...to just Jot it down..Please take a look over at The Cutting Cafe...Awesome Stamps..Hugs...

       

Winner of BBTB2

The winner of the BBTB2 Blog Hop candy is Margie she said I love the little house, and what a cute witch! Please email me at skianorman@comcast.net...Thanks for playing along everyone..

Trick or Treat

Hello Everyone! Happy Halloween...Oh Geez, I just love this time of year, my son is being Mario from the Wii game (Super Mario Brothers)..LOL..and my DD is going to be a beautiful bumblebee...So cute..I just heart all the Holidays..It is so hard to believe it is that time of year again...ThanksGiving, Christmas,  New Year.. will all be here before our eyes very soon..(wink)..Anyways, today is the BBTB2 blog hop...Amazing how it fell right on Halloween, one of my favorite Holidays..Shelly was our host this week and she wanted us to work with the Ghost on Paperdolls..I love that cart..so many possibilities..Just leave me a comment below to be entered into my sweet blog candy below..I will choose a winner Saturday the 4th using Random.org..so be sure and check back to see if u won..I hope u like my project and enjoy seeing my ghost peeking out of the window..heheeheh..Hugs to all...Going to add special treats in my box house...Ps..Now hop on over to the very talented Penny Shuberg's blog, she is a beautiful inspiration and happens to be my Momma in real life....she always has very creative things for your eyes to feast on...See Ya soon..

 Supplies: Bazzills

K and Company

Cricut

Martha Stewart pearls

You will love the Monster findings..Cute..

Halloween stickers Martha Stewart

A little box to decorate

web ribbon

Alpha glitter stickers



Survivor~~~~~

Hello Friends..It has been so long it seems like since I last posted..My little family has been sick on top of still needing to keep up with everyday life.Today my project features a set that involves Breast Cancer from The Cutting Cafe. I wanted to make a special little ribbon in a frame to remind myself that some people do beat Cancer....Which is such a blessing..Sometimes Cancer to people that have never been affected by it seems so un-real. Even though I didn't lose my Dad to Breast Cancer, I still lost him to Cancer. I hope and pray that someday Cancer is cured for everyone. Hope u enjoy my project. I used Think Pink...Big Hugs~~~~~Krista

Supplies; The Cutting Cafe Stamps

Accordion folded flower I made myself

Papertrey Ink Buttons

Bazzills

Laugh

I wish it were a bit cooler here today in my state. It is 77 degrees..EEK..I need it to be like 69 or 70 for me to continue to be in a Fallish mood..Today I am sharing a project I made with The Cutting Cafe stamps.  It is the Monster set.  I decided to add a tutu to my monster and a bow...(HA)! and of course her little antennas...I hope u like my project..Enjoy! Ps..This little monster is smiling and makes u laugh..Soooo cute..

Winner of the BBTB2 Hop~~~~~~~~~~~~

Happy Fallish Saturday~~~~~Thank u so much from the bottom of my heart for all your sweet comments. The winner of the BBTB2 candy is Sharon she said Awesome!! Love that pumpkin filled wheelbarrow. The bg paper is just perfect! Love it!!!!! :) Please email me at skianorman@comcast.net for your goodies...Have a beautiful day to each and everyone of you...

Don't forget!

Please check out Regina Easter's contest/challenge going on weekly..at The Cutting Cafe you could win three sets of stamps of your choice from her shop. details here,,,,,,,Also, don't forget to leave a comment below for a chance to win the blog candy for the BBTB2 blog hop below...Happy Wednesday Friends..

FALL...Blog Hop

Boo! Welcome to BBTB2 blog hop. This week my gorgeous friend Donna asked us to use the wheelbarrow off of Walk in my Garden. I recall this being the second cart I purchased way back in 2008. I still heart it. I wanted to go with a Fallish theme, so I filled my little wheelbarrow with pumpkins~~~~That little orangish circle you see in the corner is my sun...I sewed a zigzag stich around that, first time I actually did that in a circle and I think it turned out pretty good.(smile)...I really hope you enjoy all the little details I put on my card.....My goal is to inspire some of you, I hope you participate in our fun challenge. Just leave me a comment and you can be entered into my fun blog candy below. I will choose a lucky winner Saturday Oct 1st..Now hop on over to the sweet Shelly's blog and see her darling work.....Hugs

Supplies used : Cricut

DP-Mellow

Cardstock Tim Holtz, Bazzill, Recollection

Fiskers leaf punch

Sewing machine

Blog candy
Papertrey Ink Jute

Paper Mache house to decorate

Copper Trick or Treat embellishment by Tresured Memories

Flowers green

Making Memories pink roses

Trick Or Treat

Welcome to another week of  The Cutting Cafe. Today we were asked to use the Bingo card file from Regina's shop. I can't believe Halloween is right around the corner. Fall is in the air. My kiddos started soccer this week,  We are heading to a fall festival over the weekend. Yippee...I hope u like my creation. I just loved making it appear as if I scored a BINGO with the sweet little witches punch by Martha Stewart. Make sure u check out The Cutting Cafe and all that it has to offer! ENJOY

Supplies used: Tim Holtz

The Cutting Cafe Stamps

Recollection pearls

Papertrey Ink Buttons

My Minds Eye Twine

Thanks and Gratitude~~~~

Welcome to The Cutting Cafe project using the Gratitude stamps Fall is in the air, which means pumpkins, sweaters, football, walks kicking colorful leaves and much more. I am very thankful to live where I live, especially during the Autumn season. Every year on our drive to school my kids and I choose "ONE" tree apiece to be "Our" very own tree..We drive by it every morning on our way to school and watch as it changes it's beautiful colors and eventually all the leaves fall to the ground. The kids get a kick out of pretending that a certain tree is their own. The colors that the trees change just takes our breath away..(SIGH)~~~~~~
Anywho, I had a ton of fun creating this project. Please stop by The Cutting Cafe blog especially on Wednesday to see all of the new inspiration using certain stamps. Tomorrow will be the Gratitude stamp set...PS..Exciting news is that Regina the owner of The Cutting Cafe has started a contest called Case it Tuesday with the Cafe....You can find all of the information to play along here..........................Big Huge Hugs!!!!!!!!!!!

Tim Holtz papers
DCWV

Pumpkin cuttlebug folder

The Cutting Cafe stamps

Spellbinders Dies

Papertrey Ink Button

My Minds Eye twine

October 31st

Welcome to The Cutting Cafe blog Hop. Oh My! Regina's stamps r so cute I chose to use "Mikala Ann Being a Good Witch" she is so cute..I wanted her broom to really pop, so I made a sweet little broom out of twine. Please leave me a comment and I will pick a winner to give this darling set away to~~~~from Regina's shop... A winner will be picked September 3rd..Good Luck...Hugs to all..

Supplies: My Minds Eye Twine

Ghost charm

Martha Stewart web punch

Lilly of the Valley Stamps

Copic Markers

Papertrey Ink papers

Scary..Blog Hop~~~~

Lots of things suggest the upcoming holiday seasons, changing leaves, football, spices, warm sweaters, decorations. I love to craft all of the time, but especially during the holidays. Welcome to BBTB2 blog hop. The challenge this week was to use a curly tree off of the Heritage cart. I didn't have that cart so I used the Happy Hauntings tree. To kick off the beginning of the chilly weather coming our way I decided to make a sweet little window card and treat box for Halloween. Please leave me a comment to be entered in my blog candy below.. I decided to toss in a kit that I had from my days as owner of SweetArts Paperie. It is delicious..I will choose a winner Saturday September 3rd..So check back. I am the last person on your hopping journey, so if you missed someone you can go back to BBTB2 to find your place......Hugs

Supplies: Martha Stewart pumpkin border punch

K and Company papers

K and Company dies

Happy Hauntings cart

My Minds Eye twine

Pink Paislee goodies..YUMMY!

100% Sweet~~~~~~

Welcome to The challenge for The Cutting Cafe. This week Regina asked us to use the darling, and fun gumball machine...It was soooo fantastic to work with...and of course 100% Sweet...I hope my project inspires u in some way...Hugs~~~~Krista

The Cutting Cafe Stamps
Teresa Collins Papers
Bazzills
Crocheted flower myself
Martha Stewart pearls

Trick or Treat~~~~

Each and every year,  I begin the Holidays anxious for the possibilities that are ahead of me. I love everything about them. Halloween is certainly one of my top Favorites. Regina over at The Cutting Cafe has some new stamps called Fun with Silouettes..I absolutely adore her stamps. These "Fun with Silouettes" stamps are exactly that "FUN" I heart the fact that you can create such beautiful projects by simply printing, coloring with copics, inks, watercolors etc~~~~~ and some of her stamps one can use their pazzles to cut out. Please stop over there and explore what she has..Just Beautiful! Hugs to all~~~~~~

Supplies used The Cutting Cafe stamps

DCWV and Bazzills

Martha Stewart pearls

Sewing Machine
Nestibilities for framed pumpkins

Sweet as Pie!

Hello Friends! Welcome to BBTB2 challenge this week....I adore pie, so this week I decided to pick the pie cut off of Paper Dolls, Now, here is a little secret, for some odd reason my pie wouldn't cut off of that cart so I decided to use Simply Charmed instead...Pie is Pie right? No biggie...Anywho! That's the beauty of this challenge blog is if you don't have the cart or for some reason like mine is doesn't cut you can use any image that the team member picks off any cart...I decided to make little note cards...I couldn't decide which pie to do so I did all three..Cherry, Pumpkin and Lemon..Inside I added some line paper to add little notes to it..Cute HUH! I hope my project inspires you in some way and you join us in creating your own sweet pie..Hugs Krista

Supplies used: Martha Stewart Jute
Cricut machine
Cuttlebug
Tim Holtz papers
Bazzills papers
My Minds Eye Jute
Papertrey Ink Buttons and stamps

You Did It~~~~~~~~~~~

Welcome to BBTB2 Challenge..I wasn't going to do the challenge this week because I had a horrible headache...and than I spoke with my Bff on the phone Lori and she is actually hosting the challenge this week, and asked us to use a school image from Locker Talk...I thought this ribbon was perfect for my little stamps from Papertrey Ink...It is always special to hear those three little words "You Did It"
I felt so bad saying I couldn't do it..So I headed downstairs to my craft area.
To me friendship means so much...It is all about being there for someone even though you don't feel like it, listening to all their troubles even though you have problems of your own, because you care about helping them, A true friend is someone you may not always agree with, but you love eachother anyways....She has really been a Best Friend to me..Even though me not doing the challenge probably wouldn't of made a whole lot of difference...It truly is the little things in this life that really matter~~~~~ I hope you enjoy my project and I inspired you in some way~~~~~ Hugs to all..Ps...I did It...

Supplies used..Bazzills and DCWV
Martha Stewart Punches
Cricut Machine
Papertrey Ink Stamp
Papertrey Ink Buttons
Papertrey Ink Jute

The winner of BBTB2~~~~~

Hey! Just as I promised I will be announcing the winner of the BBTB2 blog hop....Everyone left me such sweet comments and I appreciate each and every one of you. Before I tell u the winner I wanted to announce that Regina over at The Cutting Cafe is having a buy one get one free sale, you can read all about it Here
So please take a peek over there if you can..Only until Midnight tonight~~~~~~~~~~~~~is the sale~~~~~The winner is Shana she said Oh.my.gosh!! This is so stinkin' cute, I can bearly stand it!! I love the other creations on your blog! I'm now following you so I can see all of your wonderful creations =) Thank you sooooo much for taking the time out of your busy lives to participate in our hop...Also, I appreciate all my followers and I hope that I can inspire u in some way or another...Big Tight Hugs...Ps..Please email me at skianorman@comcast.net to claim your goodies SHANA...