Scrapbook Storage Makeover!!

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Sorry I haven't been on in a while!! Both my parents were in the hospital all last week. My dad had cellulitis on his leg. : ( And my mom had a severely enlarged gallbladder that had to be taken out. She seems to be doing better now. Dad's leg is still pretty red and tomorrow he's going to get a biopsy on it. Hopefully he gets back to normal soon!! : )
So today I want to show you a yardsale find that I painted and redone!! I got the scrapbook storage at a yardsale for $3.00 a piece!! It was plain white, but I'm not big on just white furniture, so I decided to paint it. My craft desk in my room is a dark chocolate so I wanted to paint the outside a chocolate color. And then I wanted some pink because it added a little oomph to it. 
First I painted the scrapbook drawers and shelves pink and decided I wanted to get another color as well so it would match my desk. After I painted it all I decided I wanted to add flowers, so it wasn't too plain looking. I hope you enjoyed my project!! Thanks for taking the time to view my blog!!

~Amanda~

Scrapbook Yard Sale Find!!

  

 

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I hope you all are having a fantastic Friday out there!! I'm having a pretty good one!! So today  wanted to share with you a yardsale find!! Mom and I go to yard sales on Fridays and Saturdays looking for some good deals!! Well this particular visit I found this storage/organizer thing for $5.00. I filled it with a lot of my scrapbook card making items. It's really handy and useful for me!! : )

I wanted to give you an update on some crafty projects I'm working on. I'm working on a particular gift for my sister right now. I'm about 50% done with it!! Hopefully, I can finish it soon and get a pic of it on here for you guys!! I'm also working on a few other projects as well. Thanks for taking the  time to view my blog!! : )

~Amanda~ : )

Blackened Chicken Pita Pizza!!

 

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I hope you all are doing great!! I thought I would share a recipe with you today!! It's Blackened Chicken Pita Pizza!! MMMMM!!! Ok so to start off I fired up my outdoor electric grill. I then put some Zatarain's Blackened Seasoning on the Chicken!! I love spicy flavoring!! After a while, then I took out my vegetables to grill. I had yellow, green, and red peppers as well as mushrooms, and red onions. After all that was done cooking on the grill, I brought in the vegetables to cut up. I also took out the pita pockets and put them on the grill I lightly brushed olive oil on one side and put just a little tomato sauce and some shredded mozzarella on the top half. You have to be careful and watch the bottoms because it could burn. After the cheese melted I took it off the grill and brought it in and put chicken and veggies on them!! They have a slighly crusty crunch to them !! I served it with a Salad. It's a light and healthy meal with just a little kick!! I hope you can try the recipe sometime and let me know what you think! Thanks for taking the time to view my blog!!
Much Love

 

~Amanda~ : )

Mother's Day Card!!

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I hope you all had a great Mother's Day yesterday!! Yesterday happened to be my Birthday, so I had a pretty busy weekend, so I didn't get a chance to upload this pic. So I wanted to tell you guys a funny story. So my sister threw me a birthday party and invited family over. Well she realized yesterday morning that she didn't get candles, so I told her I would pick some up after church. I bought a package of some white candles. Well my sister was doing dishes and asked me to set out the cake and put the candles in it. I looked at the candle package and saw it said relight candle. I thought it meant you can use them again. lol so it comes time for me to blow out the candles and everytime I blow them out they relight lol I'm like ok what is going on and finally I'm able to get them to blow out. I looked at the package afterwards and notice the word magic. My family was laughing hysterically and when they found out I bought them for myself they really laughed. It was a pretty funny moment.

Here's the Mother's Day card I made. I used the Martha Stewart Seasonal Cartridge for the background. Ok I was having some serious issues  with the cricut the night I made this. I couldn't get Happy Mother's Day to cut no matter how I tried. I tried Best Mom like 5 times and it wouldn't cut. It just kept ripping when it was cutting. I need a new mat, more glue and a sharp blade I guess. Then I used the Flower Shoppe Cartridge for the flowers. I made the card in shades of yellow and purple. I like those colors together. I hope you like the card!! Thanks for viewing my blog!!

~Amanda~ : )

Happy 21st Birthday Card!!

 

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I hope you all are having a great day out there. My day is going pretty good. So my Mom's birthday was April 2nd and I made this birthday card for her. She always jokes and says she's 21, so  I decided to make her a 21st birthday card. I handmade the drink!! I put glitter in the glass to make it look like alcohol and added a cute little umbrella. I used some beach neon colors as well. I hope you enjoyed this card. This is my most recent card, however I will be making a Mother's Day one sometime before Sunday. I'm currently working on some other stuff as well. I hope to finish it sometime soon to show you guys. Thanks for taking the time to view my blog!! : )

 

~Amanda~ : )

Teacher Appreciation Card!!

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I hope you are having a great day today! I completed this teacher appreciation card 3/29/13. I loved how it turned out. I got both Create a Critter cartridges for Christmas and I've been playing with them the past couple of cards. I love the cute little critters. The apple and the worm are from the Create a Critter Cartridge. I glittered the apple in red glitter and glittered the cheeks in pink. I cut the worm and put a cute little flower up by it's ear. LOL Do worms have ears? Or at least I put the flower by where an ear should be. Haha I used the Martha Stewart punch along the middle and I used one of the cricut cuts with the scalloped edge along the border as well. I tied some tulle in the middle as well and topped the bow off with a little green button. The background I swiss dotted the black card stock with the cuttlebug and then inked the dots red. I hope you enjoy the card!! Tomorrow I will show my last updated project and then I'm all caught up!! Yay!! I have more projects to show you after that, I just have to complete them. Thanks for taking the time to view my blog!!

~Amanda~ : )

Spider Halloween Card!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hope you're having a great day today. I completed this card 3/27/13.  I made this card for a JoAnn fabric challenge. The challenge was to make something with only 8 items from a list they gave you. It was called Create with 8. So my eight items I chose was yarn, glitter, cardstock, scrapbook embellishments, tulle, buttons, ribbon, and wiggle eyes. I had a hard time coming up with an idea of something to use the wiggle eyes on and the yarn. So I thought of a cute little spider with the wiggle eyes and dangling from the yarn. I liked the whole tulle look on the card!! The spider was created using the Create a Critter Cartridge!! Once again another scalloped edge circle card!! LOL love that cut. I hope you enjoy my Halloween Card!! Thanks for stopping by and viewing my blog! Have a blessed week!!

~Amanda~ : )

Owl Birthday Card!!

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I hope you all are having a fabulous Sunday!! Mine is going really, really, really great so Far!! Today's Sermon at Church was so amazing!!  It was about Gluttony and how you view food. 4 years ago on this exact day, I asked God for his help with my weight!! I couldn't do it anymore the weight kept me from pursing my dreams and held me back in so many ways. I needed God's help because I had tried many times to do it by myself and I was never able to lose much or stick with it for very long. He provided me the motivation and dedication to continue on this journey. I know that I would not be were I am today if it wasn't for his grace on my life!! I am so incredibly blessed for what he has did!! I am thankful everyday that I am not what I used to be! So if you are struggling with a weight issue know that nothing is to big for God!! : )
The card I have above is a birthday card my sister had me make for her friend that loves Owls. I completed this 3/5/13 The owl was made with the Disney Princess Cartridge and it's under the sleeping beauty section. I made the stomach area polka dots because I thought it would be so cute!! The branch and the sentiment was from Create a Critter Cartridge!! I just love the scalloped edge cards as you can tell!! I hope you like the card!! Thanks for taking the time to view my blog!!
~Amanda~ : )

More Valentine Treats!

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How's everyone doing today? Hope you are having a great National Scrapbook Day!! So today I went to a yard sale and I got two scrapbook storage bins for 3.00 a piece. It's something that I had been wanting, but haven't bought it yet. I will have to upload some of my yardsale finds because sometimes I finds some really great items for a great price. 
Today I'm showing you 5 more Valentine treats that I made for my brother's family. My nephew was home sick on Valentine's so he missed his class party and the valentine's part. So I decided to make some valentine's for my brother's family. I completed these valentines 2/15/13. Most of the treats were made using Create a Critter Cartridge and possibly Create a Critter 2 Cartridge. The Sentiments were made using the Computer printer. I hope you enjoyed the treats. Thanks for taking the time to view my blog!! : )

~Amanda~ : )

Valentine Treats!

 

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It's rainy here!! Hopefully it's nice and sunny where you are at!! : ) So these Valentine treats were completed 2/13/13. I made the blue owl one for my dad and the pink one for my mom. I made the little fishy one for my 1 year old Niece. I made the bee one for my sister and the monkey for my other niece. I used the Disney Princess cartridge for the owl. I really love how that owl looks! For the rest of the items I used the Create a Critter cartridge!! I just used the computer to print out the sentiments.

Tomorrow I have Five more Valentine Treats to show you. I hope you enjoyed the little treats. Thanks for taking the time to view my blog. Please feel free to follow my blog or leave a comment.

 

Thanks!

~Amanda~ : )

Edward Cullen Birthday Card!!

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Today I'm sharing another birthday card I made for my cousin!! She loves the Twilight movie, especially Edward Cullen, so I decided to make a birthday card with him on it. I completed this card 2/7/2013.
For the card, I used a Sizzix folder to emboss it and then I inked it in black. I used the Martha Stewart Doily Lace punch for the sides. Then used the gypsy wanderings cartridge for the Happy Birthday and then I glittered it. I handmade the Edward Cullen and topped the card off with black and red ribbon.  I hope you enjoyed the card!! Thanks for taking the time to view my blog!

~Amanda~ : )