Hiding in My Craft Room

Saturday, January 28, 2012

HIMCR #31 - Valentine's Day Project

Happy Saturday!!

The challenge this week, the 4th and last Saturday of the month, is Mix It Up! I named it that so we could keep it different from month to month. The challenge this time is to make an untradional Valentine's Day Project. It can be a scrapbook page, a card, a tag, an altered item, any paper project! Please use HIMCR31 code when uploading to online galleries. You have until Friday, February 3rd to link up your creation to get entered into the monthly drawing this the last week of the month.

Here's what I came up with:

All the images were cut out from the Art Philosophy Cartridge.

Recipe:
Card Base: SU Early Espresso 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" (folded)
Card front:  SU Confetti Cream 4 1/8" X 5 3/8", DCWV the Natural Stack 4" X 5 1/4"
Other Cardstock / Paper:  more of the paper mentioned
Ink: SU Early Espresso
Stamps:   CTMH Art Philosophy Tags, Blue Ribbon, and Mad About You
Accessories: Cuttlebug , Cricut & Art Philosophy cartridge, PTI Dark Chocolate ribbon,

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 giveaway!!!

Just a few guidelines:
1.  The current weekly challenge linky will be up until Friday night at midnight MST. Be sure and link your creation back to the actual post and not just your blog home page.
2.  When posting your creation on your blog or online gallery please link it back to this challenge. This helps me to spread the word and the FUN!
3.  Please create something new for the current challenge and NOT use something you've made previously. However, you can combine a HIMCR challenge with other challenges. It is always fun to complete more than one challenge at a time!
4. The winner of the monthly giveaway will be posted the 8th of the following month!
5. Have FUN!!
6. Let me know if I forgot something!

Thanks so much for visiting me while I am

Hiding in My Craft Room!

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Design Team Call!

Hiding in My Craft Room has been hosting weekly challenges for 30 weeks now! So I've decided it is time to call for a design team to help inspire and promote the challenges!

Hiding in My Craft Room is looking for a handful of creative artists to make samples of our weekly challenges.

The challenge schedule is:

1st week: A Color Challenge
2nd week: Super Scraps Saturday - time to use up some of those SCRAPS!
3rd week: Try a Technique Week
4th week: Mix it Up! This challenge will be different each week!
5th week: Freestyle! This week you can enter with ANY creation!!

Here's how to apply:

Send an email to hidinginmycraftroom@gmail.com with the following information...

Name:
Email Address:
Location:
Blog and/or Online Gallery Link:

Please let me know a little bit about you, such as:

Are you currently on any other design teams? If so, which ones?
How long have you been paper crafting?
What is your favorite stamping company/companies?
Are you comfortable with "out of the box" challenges?

Attach at least 3 of your creations showing your talent and diversity, you can include cards, scrapbook pages, altered items, 3d items, any paper creation!

Deadline for submissions is February 12!

Design Team Member REQUIREMENTS

As a Hiding in My Craft Room design team member, you must submit one project per week using the specified challenge for that week. You will receive one month worth of challenges at a time, at least two weeks before the challenge is posted. Your submission for the week's challenge need to be emailed to me by MIDNIGHT on Thursday of each week.

You must keep up with your blog and have the current week's Hiding in My Craft Room challenge posted each Saturday linking it back to the challenge post. It is also asked that you comment on entries submitted by participants of the HIMCR challenges.

You must also display the Hiding in My Craft Room button on your blog.

Design Team term is challenges for the months of March - August.

If you have any questions please feel free to send them to me using the 'Contact Me' button at the top of the page.

Thank you so much!

I look forward to seeing your submissions!

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Hello - HIMCR30

I'm really liking the Baby Wipe technique! If you haven't seen it, it's the challenge of the week. You can see the current challenge and a tutorial of the technique HERE.

Here's what I came up with (take 2 of the challenge):

Sentiment tag was cut from Art Philosophy at 1 1/4".

Recipe:
Card Base: SU Dusty Durango 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" (folded)
Card front: SU Concord Crush 4 1/8" X 5 3/8", White 4" X 5 1/4"
Ink: Concord Crush, reinkers: Concord Crush, Dusty Durango, Melon Mambo, & Summer Sun
Stamps: SU Printed Petals, PTI Fillable Frames #1
Accessories: Cricut & Art Philosophy cartridge, SU Concord Crush ribbon, EK Success punches, eyelets

Thanks so much for visiting me while I am

Hiding in My Craft Room!

Monday, January 23, 2012

Cartridge Winner!

Monday! Monday! So much to do! I hope to get at least 6 things done today. Every night I review my list of things to do for that day (usually I seem to get things done but not the things that are on my list????). I try to have a separate list: 'Top 6 Things' and concentrate mainly on them. Posting this winner is one of the top 6 for today! Woohoo! One down!

And the lucky winner is .....

Space Party Cartridge-Provo Craft Cricut Space Party Cartridge - Crafts to Favor - Scrapbooking - Card making - Paper Crafts

Lucky #46 - Teri

Congrats Teri!

Please use the 'Contact Me' button to safely send me your shipping information.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

While you're here be sure and check out this week's challenge.

Saturday, January 21, 2012

HIMCR #30 - Baby Wipe Technique

I hope everyone is having a great Saturday!!

The challenge this week, the 3rd week of the month, is Time for a Technique SATURDAY: HIMCR30 (please use this code when uploading to online galleries). The technique is the Baby Wipe technique (see tutorial below). I hope you like it! I have had at least one child in diapers for over 7 years so of course I have baby wipes and I know many stampers use them to clean off their stamps. I really like the effect from this technique and will be using it again!

You have until Friday, January 27th to link up your baby wipe creation to get entered into the monthly drawing this week.

Here's what I came up with:

Recipe:
Card Base: SU Dusty Durango 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" (folded)
Card front:   SU Chocolate Chip 4 1/8" X 5 3/8", Always Artichoke 4" X 5 1/4"
Other Cardstock / Paper:  More Mustard
Ink: Chocolate Chip, reinkers
Stamps:   PTI Leaf Prints & Masculine Motifs (sentiment)
Accessories: Cuttlebug & Floral Screen (brushed over lightly with white ink pad), SU Dusty Durango ribbon, SU label punches & corner punch, brads

Here's the tutorial:

All you need is:

A Baby Wipe
Solid image stamps (I used Leaf Prints from Papertreyink.com)
reinkers
paper plate or scrap paper

Randomly add drops of ink from the reinkers onto the baby wipe folded in half.

Be sure and place the wipe on something to keep your work area clean.

Ink up your stamp using the ink pad you have created.

Stamp image!
Every image will be a little different!

Here I used the coordinating Papertreyink Leaf dies to precut my leaf.

This technique is so easy and so much fun! I hope you enjoy it too!

NOW IT'S YOUR TURN!

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 giveaway!!!

Thanks so much for visiting me while I am

Hiding in My Craft Room!

Thursday, January 19, 2012

New Cartridges!!!

Today is Hello Thursday in the Cricuting world and if you haven't already seen them I think you're going to be impressed with this release! I am! Click on the name to see more information about each cartridge.

Bridal Shower - an event cartridge with everything you need: rings, phrases, 3-D objects, to throw a, well, Bridal Shower!

Baby Shower - the name says it all!

Fun in the Sun - a lite cartridge but still filled with quirky images of fun outdoor activities.

Sesame Street Elmo & Friends Holiday - celebrate holidays throughout the year!

Letter Envy - this cartridge is exclusive to the members of The Cricut Circle.

Greeting Cards Inside & Out - an Imagine cartridge filled with cards for a variety of occassions and ready-to-make projects and patterns!

Giant Flowers - make larger than life flowers! This one's a MUST have for me!! But I'm a sucker for flowers!

Ole - Spanish and Latin inspired image in here!

Type Candy Font - an Imagine cartridge with 3 fonts, 20 patterns, a color palette, and ready-to-make projects and 10 icons.

My Quiet Book - a project cartridge to create an educational and fun quiet book. Teach children their colors, shapes, numbers, and more! This one has my name ALL over it!

Which ones are on your must have list?

A Card for My Hubby!

My hard working husband is out of town this week so I decided to make him a card. He loves it when I do, and I get to justify all the money I spend on crafts since I make him things! It's a win-win!

Here's what I came up with:

I sanded the middle blue piece to give it a little more dimension. I wanted to use ribbon there but can you believe I didn't have ANY that would match? I even tried to dye some white ribbon, soaking it overnight, but it just wasn't turning dark enough. Anyway, I always use ribbon!

Sentiment circles were cut at 2", 2.25", & 2.5".

Corner pieces were cut at 1".

Both images are from Art Philosophy Cartridge.

Recipe:
Card Base: SU Real Red 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" (folded)
Card front:   White 4 1/8" X 5 3/8", DCWV The Stack 4" X 5 1/4"
Other Cardstock / Paper:  Not Quite Navy
Ink: Real Red
Stamps:  CTMH Mad About You
Accessories: Cricut & Art Philosophy cartridge, Cuttlebug & Brickyard embossing folder,

Thanks so much for visiting me while I am

Hiding in My Craft Room!

Monday, January 16, 2012

Cartridge Giveaway!

It's time for another Cartridge Giveaway!

Remember last week I mentioned that I had an extra Space Party Cartridge to share with you! Well, last week was so busy that I didn't get it posted and today isn't much better with the kids out of school and my hubby leaving to go out of town for work today!

But I just had to get this week started off with a fun giveaway!

All you have to do to get entered into the drawing for the Space Party Cricut Cartridge is leave a comment on this post!

This is a fun cartridge with everything you need to have an Out of this World Party!

I will pick the winner using Random.org next Monday morning.

Good luck!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Saturday, January 14, 2012

HIMCR #29 - Super Scraps Saturday

Happy Saturday!!

The challenge this week, the 2nd week of the month, is SUPER SCRAPS SATURDAY! So dig out those scraps, tid bits, and left overs and create any paper project. You have until Saturday, January 21st (an extra day) to link up your creation to get entered into the monthly drawing.

Here's what I came up with:

Sentiment tag was cut from Art Philosophy at 1".

Recipe:
Card Base: SU Barely Banana 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" (folded)
Card front:   SU Pool Party 4 1/8" X 5 3/8"
Other Cardstock / Paper:  makingmemories Spring Fling, White, So Saffron
Ink: Purely Pomegranate
Stamps:  PTI Mat Stack 2
Accessories: Cuttlebug & Argly embossing folder, Cricut & Art Philosophy cartridge, super scrap ribbon!

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 giveaway!!!

Thanks so much for visiting me while I am

Hiding in My Craft Room!

Friday, January 13, 2012

On my mind

Oh my goodness! My little family (ok, it's not so little!) has really been taking up a lot of my time lately. I love spending time with them and they are all sooooo wonderful. However, I do need some ~~therapy~~ crafty time every now and again, right? It took me two days in 10 minute segments to make this card, I didn't do so well at hiding, huh? We do what we have to do!

Here's what I came up with:

Background design cat from Paper Lace cartridge at 4"

Flowers were cut from Forever Young from 3 3/4" to 2 1/2".

Recipe:
Card Base: SU Bermuda Bay 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" (folded)
Card front:    SU So Saffron 4" X 5 1/4"
Other Cardstock / Paper:   DCWV The Stack 6 & the Cafe Mediterranean stack
Ink: Bermuda Bay
Stamps:  PTI Blooming Button Bits (sentiment)
Accessories: Cricut & Paper Lace and Forever Young cartridges, Cuttlebug & Square Lattice embossing folder, SU Fairy Tale ribbon originals, brad

Thanks so much for visiting me while I am

Hiding in My Craft Room even if it is a little at a time!

Don't forget to check out the current challenge, today's (Friday) the last day!