HIMCR #98 - Faux Linen

Happy Saturday!!

It's the 3rd Saturday of the month so it's time for a technique challenge! The technique this time is Faux Linen! Here's a link with a tutorial: Faux Linen

I've used regular cardstock instead of glossy with fine results! Use what youve got! Improvise! Adapt! Just have fun! You can also use background stamps to create a linen look! Here is a link using tissue paper: Faux Linen

You have until Friday, May 24th to link up your creation to get entered into the weekly drawing this week. When uploading to online galleries please use code HIMCR98.

Now some inspiration from the

Hiding in My Craft Room Design Team

Diana - My Creativity Exploded!


 

Kelli - Scraps & photoGRAFFS

 

Melanie - Afternoon Scrapper

 

 

Kim from Stamping with Kim

 

 

 

 

Jennie from Jenscrapstoo

 

 

 

 

Nana from My Crafting Challenge


 

Amber from Momma Scraps

 

 

 

 

Adrienne - PaperDivaScraps

 

You can see the HIMCR schedule of challenges and guidelines HERE! Please be sure and follow the few easy guidelines so your creation will get entered into the giveaway!!

Just a few guidelines:

1. The current weekly challenge linky will be up until at least Friday night at midnight PDT. Be sure and link your creation back to your actual post and not just your blog home page. If we can't find your entry then we can't leave you some love!
2. When posting your creation on your blog or online gallery please mention the HIMCR challenge and link it back to this challenge post. This helps us to spread the word and the FUN!
3. Please create something new for the current challenge and NOT use something you've made previously. No back linking! However, you can combine a HIMCR challenge with other challenges. It is always fun to complete more than one challenge at a time!
4. NEW GUIDELINE! Please limit your entries to a maximum of 3 entries each week. I'm sorry but more than that will be deleted.
5. The giveaway winner will be chosen using random.org and posted on the 8th of the following month. Be on the lookout for special weekly prizes! Weekly winners will be posted on the following Monday!
6. It is recommended that you follow the HIMCR blog. You don't want to miss anything!
7. Have FUN!!

Thanks so much for visiting today!

We can't wait to see what you come up with!

 

 

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Winners!

I hope everyone had a fantastic Mother's Day! Mine was so good that we decided to extend it and kept the kids home on Monday and my husband took a day off from work! I love being a mom! I can't believe sometimes how blessed I am with such wonderful, sweet children! They work so hard to make my special days super special!

My littlest man on Mother's Day!

He needs to get his first haircut but he's my baby and my last and I just can't bring myself to do it yet!

 

 

Once again I have multiple winners to announce! I just don't know where my time goes lately. It seems like since we began packing, through the move, and even still I'm just not with it. I'm so thankful for all of you and your continued support. I know I've said it before! And I will keep saying it because of how much I truly appreciate you!! Now on with the winners before I get more behind! LOL!

HIMCR #94 - Just Yolie from Just Yolie Just Create

HIMCR #95 - Deanne from A Little Bit o' Paper

HIMCR #96 - Michelle from Michelle's Cricut Fun

Congrats to the winners! Please use the 'Contact Me' button to safely send me your information! Or you can also send me a private message through the HIMCR Facebook page.

Also, I haven't heard from all the winners from the last set of winners posted. Since I was late posting them I've giving some extra time for the winners to claim their prize! However, June 1st I will be reposting any unclaimed giveaways.

Thanks so much for all the gorgeous entries!

Don't forget this week is Super Scraps challenge, so get out those scraps and get your craft on!

 

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HIMCR #97 - Super Scraps Satruday!

Happy Saturday!!

The challenge this week, the 2nd week of the month, is ...... You know what to do! Get out those Scraps!

You have until Friday, May 17th to link up your creation to get entered into the weekly drawing this week. When uploading to online galleries please use code HIMCR97.

Now some inspiration from the

Hiding in My Craft Room Design Team

Adrienne - PaperDivaScraps

 

 

Diana - My Creativity Exploded!

Kelli - Scraps & photoGRAFFS

 

 

 

 

Melanie - Afternoon Scrapper

 

 

 

 

 

Kim from Stamping with Kim

Jennie from Jenscrapstoo

 

 

Nana from My Crafting Challenge

Amber from Momma Scraps

 

You can see the HIMCR schedule of challenges and guidelines HERE! Please be sure and follow the few easy guidelines so your creation will get entered into the giveaway this week!

Just a few guidelines:

1. The current weekly challenge linky will be up until at least Friday night at midnight PDT. Be sure and link your creation back to your actual post and not just your blog home page. If we can't find your entry then we can't leave you some love!
2. When posting your creation on your blog or online gallery please mention the HIMCR challenge and link it back to this challenge post. This helps us to spread the word and the FUN!
3. Please create something new for the current challenge and NOT use something you've made previously. No back linking! However, you can combine a HIMCR challenge with other challenges. It is always fun to complete more than one challenge at a time!
4. NEW GUIDELINE! Please limit your entries to a maximum of 3 entries each week. I'm sorry but more than that will be deleted.
5. The giveaway winner will be chosen using random.org and posted on the 8th of the following month. Be on the lookout for special weekly prizes! Weekly winners will be posted on the following Monday!
6. It is recommended that you follow the HIMCR blog. You don't want to miss anything!
7. Have FUN!!

Thanks so much for visiting today!

We can't wait to see what you come up with!

 

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HIMCR #96 - Name Your Colors!

Happy Saturday!! And Happy National Scrapbooking Day! Today is sort of sad for me because for the last two years HIMCR has had a day full of challenges and prizes; however, this year with everything that's been going on I've just not been able to pull it together. I am hoping that next month we can spend the day together!

The challenge this week is an easy one! It's a color challenge week but it is different this time because you get to use any colors just 'Name Your Colors'!

You have until Friday, May 10th (my birthday!) to link up your creation to get entered into the weekly drawing this week. When uploading to online galleries please use code HIMCR96.

Let's see the colors used by the

Hiding in My Craft Room Design Team

Be sure and check out their blogs for more details!

Adrienne - PaperDivaScraps

 

 

 

 

Diana - My Creativity Exploded!

 

 

 

 

Melanie - Afternoon Scrapper

 

 

 

 

Kim from Stamping with Kim

 

 

 

 

Jennie from Jenscrapstoo

Nana from My Crafting Challenge

 

 

Amber from Momma Scraps

 

You can see the HIMCR schedule of challenges and guidelines HERE! Please be sure and follow the few easy guidelines so your creation will get entered into the monthly weekly!!!

Just a few guidelines:

1. The current weekly challenge linky will be up until at least Friday night at midnight PDT. Be sure and link your creation back to your actual post and not just your blog home page. If we can't find your entry then we can't leave you some love!
2. When posting your creation on your blog or online gallery please mention the HIMCR challenge and link it back to this challenge post. This helps us to spread the word and the FUN!
3. Please create something new for the current challenge and NOT use something you've made previously. No back linking! However, you can combine a HIMCR challenge with other challenges. It is always fun to complete more than one challenge at a time!
4. NEW GUIDELINE! Please limit your entries to a maximum of 3 entries each week. I'm sorry but more than that will be deleted.
5. The giveaway winner will be chosen using random.org and posted on the 8th of the following month. Be on the lookout for special weekly prizes! Weekly winners will be posted on the following Monday!
6. It is recommended that you follow the HIMCR blog. You don't want to miss anything!
7. Have FUN!!

Thanks so much for visiting today!

We can't wait to see what you come up with!

 

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HIMCR #95 - Mother's Day!

Happy Saturday!!

This weeks challenge is an easy one: Mother's Day! You can make a card, alter an item, scrapbook about your mother or even being a mother! We all have a mother whether she is still with us here or not, whether we are unofficially adopted by our best friend's mom. We all have someone we can call a mother in our lives. So now is your chance to have a double excuse to make something! Plus, you'll be ready for Mothers Day with time to spare!

You have until Friday, May 3rd to link up your creation to get entered into the monthly drawing this week. When uploading to online galleries please use code HIMCR95. 

Now some inspiration from the

Hiding in My Craft Room Design Team

Please be sure to check out their blogs and show some love!

Jennie from Jenscrapstoo

Nana from My Crafting Challenge

 


 

Amber from Momma Scraps


 

Adrienne - PaperDivaScraps

 

Diana - My Creativity Exploded!

Kelli - Scraps & photoGRAFFS

 

 

 

Melanie - Afternoon Scrapper

 

 

 

 

Kim from Stamping with Kim

 

 

You can see the HIMCR schedule of challenges and guidelines HERE! Please be sure and follow the few easy guidelines so your creation will get entered into the monthly weekly!!!

Just a few guidelines:

1. The current weekly challenge linky will be up until at least Friday night at midnight PDT. Be sure and link your creation back to your actual post and not just your blog home page. If we can't find your entry then we can't leave you some love!

2. When posting your creation on your blog or online gallery please mention the HIMCR challenge and link it back to this challenge post. This helps us to spread the word and the FUN!

3. Please create something new for the current challenge and NOT use something you've made previously. No back linking! However, you can combine a HIMCR challenge with other challenges. It is always fun to complete more than one challenge at a time!

4. NEW GUIDELINE! Please limit your entries to a maximum of 3 entries each week. I'm sorry but more than that will be deleted.

5. The giveaway winner will be chosen using random.org and posted on the 8th of the following month. Be on the lookout for special weekly prizes! Weekly winners will be posted on the following Monday!

6. It is recommended that you follow the HIMCR blog. You don't want to miss anything!

7. Have FUN!!

Thanks so much for visiting today!

We can't wait to see what you come up with!

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Gypsy Update!

I'm so uper de duper excited! Provo Craft, Cricut, has now updated the Cricut Craft Room and the Gypsy so that now you can link them together. This basically means that now all your digital cartridges you buy will be on your Gypsy (if I understand it correctly. I don't own any digital cartridges) and all your linked cartridges will be on Cricut Craft Room. This is BIG, no HUGE, news in the Cricut world. If you already have a registered Gypsy you probably already know this but I just had to share this with those of you who have thought about getting a Gypsy but havent The prices have been so low and now with this new update ............

Here's the letter:

Dear Cricut Gypsy™ owner,

Gypsy linking is here! We're happy to announce that you can now upload content from your Cricut Gypsy™ device to your account in the Cricut Craft Room® design software. Here's how:

Make sure you have the latest versions of Cricut Craft Room® and Cricut Sync.

Connect your Cricut Gypsy™ device to your computer and follow the prompts to update the firmware.

Open the latest version of Cricut Craft Room®, agree to the linking Terms and Conditions, and then sync and uplink your cartridges.

That's it! After you link your Cricut Gypsy™ device to your Cricut Craft Room® account, you will be able to access the cartridges on your device in Cricut Craft Room®—and vice-versa!

If you're not familiar with the Cricut Craft Room® design software, now's the time to link your Cricut Gypsy™ device and try it out! Just like your Cricut Gypsy™ device, Cricut Craft Room® lets you drag and drop your images onto the virtual cutting mat design away—size, slant, weld, rotate, flip, or stretch to make your perfect image.

We know that the wait for Gypsy linking has been long—we appreciate your patience and are confident that you will find it worth the wait!

So I've updated Cricut Sync (that's on my computer), then Cricut Craft Room (on my computer. It can be downloaded and is free), and I hadn't updated my Gypsy is a little while so I needed to do that. Then open Cricut Craft Room, click on options and select Link Gypsy! I'll let you know what I think!

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It's Raining Winners!

It's raining winners! Hallelujah, it's raining winners!! Amen! I'm going let myself get absolutely soaking wet!

It's raining winners!

I can't believe how behind I am at announcing winners! I think since my husband has been home from Afghanistan I've done the bare minimal. I have also realized even more so how great all of you are! You would think that I would have some impatient emails but you guys know me so well and have been so super supportive. I wish I could give each and everyone of you a giveaway!

I have a lot to announce!

Ready!

The winners are:

HIMCR #91 ------- Shirley from Cottonberry Creations

HIMCR #92 ------ Jo Ann from J. Atterbury Creations

HIMCR #93 ----- Maida from Loving Scrapper 101

Congrats to the winners! Please use the 'Contact Me' button or message me though the HIMCR Facebook page with your information.

Thanks so much to all who participated! I love seeing all your creations!

 

Don't forget to check out this weeks challenge: HIMCR #94 - Banners!

 

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HIMCR #94 - Banners!

Happy Saturday!!

The challenge this week is Banners! One of our very own Design Team members loves using Banners! If fact if memory serves, which is usually doesn't, she used banners on HIMCR challenges for several weeks in a row! We, the rest of the team, love teasing her, the Queen of Banners! So this challenge is in honor of her, Kim! You can use banners in scrapbooking, on cards, or even as a no kidding real banner! Be creative! We want to see what you decide to do with banners!

You have until Friday, April 26th to link up your creation to get entered into the weekly drawing. When uploading to online galleries please use code HIMCR94. The giveaway this week will be a fun banner kit!

Now some inspiration from the

Hiding in My Craft Room Design Team

Jennie from Jenscrapstoo

Nana from My Crafting Challenge

 

 

Amber from Momma Scraps

Adrienne - PaperDivaScraps

Diana - My Creativity Exploded!

Kelli - Scraps & photoGRAFFS

Melanie - Afternoon Scrapper

Kim from Stamping with Kim

AKA - The Queen of Banners!

 

 

You can see the HIMCR schedule of challenges and guidelines HERE! Please be sure and follow the few easy guidelines so your creation will get entered into the monthly weekly!!!

Just a few guidelines:

1. The current weekly challenge linky will be up until at least Friday night at midnight PDT. Be sure and link your creation back to your actual post and not just your blog home page. If we can't find your entry then we can't leave you some love!
2. When posting your creation on your blog or online gallery please mention the HIMCR challenge and link it back to this challenge post. This helps us to spread the word and the FUN!
3. Please create something new for the current challenge and NOT use something you've made previously. No back linking! However, you can combine a HIMCR challenge with other challenges. It is always fun to complete more than one challenge at a time!
4. NEW GUIDELINE! Please limit your entries to a maximum of 3 entries each week. I'm sorry but more than that will be deleted.
5. The giveaway winner will be chosen using random.org and posted on the 8th of the following month. Be on the lookout for special weekly prizes! Weekly winners will be posted on the following Monday!
6. It is recommended that you follow the HIMCR blog. You don't want to miss anything!
7. Have FUN!!

Thanks so much for visiting today!

We can't wait to see what you come up with!

 

 

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