Color Challenge

Another super fun challenge at Outlawz Girlz This challenge we were to use Copic markers to create either Black & white or Sepia colored image. I was driving down the Oklahoma Kilpatrick Turnpike when all the sudden it hit me! What stamp I was going to use for this challenge!! I wanted to turn around and head back home but I had a 30 minute drive to go pick up my daughter from a friends and then drive back home. As soon as I returned home I started on my card.. It was rearranged only a few 100 times, sentiment or no sentiment just when I thought I would add a sentiment I smudge the ink on it.. and decided to go with the bow. The dress I created using my colorless blender making little circles on it and it created a flowered lace look in my opinion. 

Also entered into the Cupcake Craftroom Challenge

Sketch Challenge at The OUTLAWZ

Here's what I came up with for the sketch challenge at Outlawz Girlz for March 2nd entry. I really had something else totally in mind for this challenge but just not the right stamp to use. I need some retail therapy!! It is taking a little more effort to get my creative bug juices flowing again...:) End on a positive note I had more practice using my copic markers!

I'm on a Design Team!!

I am so honored to be asked to be a part of a VERY TALENTED group of ladies over at The Outlawz! Wow what a rollercoaster ride the last 24 hours has been!  The turn of events have been ever so wonderful! Even better than I could have imagined. The ladies at the Outlawz are who I looked up to for my crafty guidance for the past 8 months, who taught and inspired me to take part in challenges. I would have never have been brave enough to submit a card I made if it weren't for their enthusiasm over the extremely creatively themed challenges they put on! You will not be disappointed here. They are very active with their members! Very sweet, courteous, and a respectful bunch of women! Your questions never go unanswered! These ladies and I have to include them all because there was not just one being respectful and helping out a newcomer. They all try to make sure you feel like your a part of their crafty "family." They even share where to get the best deals for your craft supplies! I could have never bought Copic markers for $3.95 at those online Ebay stores. These ladies have turned me into a true paper crafter by the looks of the supplies I have accumulated  and the stacks of cards I have made since I joined the challenges these ladies put on! I am very honored to even be considered for The Outlawz Girlz Design Team, I really look up to these ladies and I will honestly say I am with a group of the MOST TALENTED crafters ACROSS THE INTERNET! 

Anysoldier.com - Spring/Easter Card Swap Update

The due date for the Spring/Easter card swap was March 1st 2011. This was the second time I volunteered to be the hostess with the most-est!! My first swap to host was the Thanksgiving card swap. Being that it was my first time I was so nervous I wouldn't get 20 peeps to sign up and boy let me tell you I was panicked to the end. This time around I had my 20 lined up, but 2 went MIA. It happens sometimes, but why me? No really it was no big deal I was lucky enough to have one person send me a set of blank cards in a package and another person sent me 5 extra cards in their bundle so I was still able to make a set for each of the MIA gals in case they pop in within  the next day or two, their sets will be shy a few since I had to make up the difference for the other swappers sets but they will still get an assortment. And if I do not hear from them, you ask? Then I will enclose the sets I have set back for them in my next care package out to the units I randomly selected to help at Anysoldier.com. It is a win, WIN! I ended up dividing out over 400 cards! So glad I decided to buy that long white folding card table!

When all else fails put a bandaid on it!

Oh WHAT A MESS!!! I finally bought some Aleene's jewelry metal glue for my beaded stick pin swap I joined recently! I couldn't get the darn  thing out of the package for the life of me. I know I am getting weaker in the arms now that I am doing office work (mostly crafts..but don't tell my boss) but I couldn't get the glue out of the packaging. So yes I did it, I broke out the scissors. Had the package open and then noticed glue everywhere I thought at first that I had bought a defective package but then the package was stuck to my hands. This stuff dries fast!! I had a mess on my hands, literally! I ran around like a chicken with her head cut off trying to find my alcohol hoping it will work... then when I looked where it should have been I remembered my new kitten was climbing around over there and sure enough behind the nightstand. With glue all over my hands and paper stuck to one as well I had to stretch over the chest and behind to get this bottle and then when I used it.. no luck. I tried everything finger nail polish remover, my husbands Fast Orange which cleans engine grease off your hands nothing worked. I can tell you I can't stand the feeling of glue on my hands.  What a weird feeling. Either I am use to it now or it has worn off some today but it isn't as bad now. After I realized my hands were going to have glue on them there's nothing more I can do at that moment I used what glue I could salvage from the mess.. I know I am so thrifty! I used what I could to glue some beaded stick pins. When finished I sure was disappointed thinking I have to buy another bottle of glue I ruined this one it will be all dried up. Then I had this brilliant idea to put a band-aid on it! It worked the glue is still good today. Maybe it's sealed itself off? I am hoping to get a lot more beaded stick pins together out of this bottle!

Think Beads!!

Not going to show you my beaded stick pins till I mail them off the CDAC pin swap hostess!! But this is a hint of what some of the beads will look like!

The Outlawz Girlz - Color Challenge

This weeks Tuesday Color challenge at The Outlawz Girlz was to use the colors coral, black  and white. At first I went through my sea shell stamps but I kept wanting to use baby blues & coral. Finally I decided to emboss this chandelier with my Cuttlebug and then I took a small 1x1 stamp in a coral color and lightly rubbed it across the raised image. Afterward, I used ruby slippers stickles all over the chandelier to make it glisten. on the tibs of the candles and on the glass beads that would hang from the chandelier I used icicle stickles. I embellished with different sizes of pearls to give it more dimension.

Simple Birthday Card

Just something simple I whipped up for two separate challenges today. First challenge was to use something bright, the word or colors I guess...lol! I wasn't exactly sure. At The OUTLAWZ GIRLZ the theme is to use a ribbon or string, with a circle and the birthday sentiment. This is one of the few times I have ever posted the same card for two challenges but I figured since I was behind a week or two on the challenges I might as well whip up something fast!

Beads, beads, and more beads!

Beads on pins reminds me of what we use to call friendship pins when I was in middle school. Friendship pins were safety pins with beads on them and you would put them on your shoe strings and what not. Your friends were to make them and the more pins you had the more friends you had. I loved those friendship pins! :D Recently, I was invited to join a beaded pin swap for Crafter's Digital Art Center. The theme of the swap

CDAC SPRING FEVER

The beaded corsage pins are to have a Spring Theme. I have made over 34 pins, have my 18 already but as I sit and look at them more and more and  I read about all the ways to make these pins even more customized. I find myself taking them apart and making them even better! I have been searching for ways to package them into 3's. If you have any blog links or video tutorials to share feel free to post in my comments! Keep your eyes open for the finished pins to be posted soon!

My 1st BLOG CANDY WINNER IS.......

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

First, I would like to thank everyone who entered my 1st BLOG CANDY GIVEAWAY!!  It was very exciting to put together a surprise candy for you! Well after today it will be a surprise no more! The winner for my candy was chosen from my I-pad APP called Raffle. I tested it several times last night and it seems to work great!! So with that said I will get my winner... 

And the winner is....

Sheetal

Congratulations Sheetal! I will contact you to get your mailing address! ENJOY YOUR PRIZES!!!

Anysoldier.com - Spring/Easter Card Swap

Here's the 2 sets of cards, I put together for the card swap. I cannot wait to see all the swappers cards that are being sent to me since I am the hostess for this swap!

It's A Girl! Card

I made this card to go with my elephant theme in the "It's A Girl! "diaper cake. I used Spellbinders dies in the Cuttlebug, and used this Digi image from (will post soon), and colored the image with Copic Markers!

Happy St. Patricks Day

Here's my entry for the Color Challenge at The Outlawz Girlz ! The challenge was to use lavender and green. I made my card and totally forgot that it also was to have polka dots!! WHAT LUCK!! There are polka dots on the shamrock just under the sentiment!! Woo -hoo!

Sketch Challenge

Saturdays Sketch challenges are being hosted by Emily. This is a page I created using this weeks sketch for the wedding album I am putting together of my late mother's photographs.

New Challenges

I have been tearing the paper up in here! I can honestly tell you I have ink on my hands!! Call me a crafter!  The top picture is what I created from Emily's sketch challenge and the bottom is from Clare's Card Challenge!

HAPPY DANCE!! I was featured!

How exciting I have been listed as one of the featured members it is so exciting! I would like to thank  everyone involved with  for giving me the inspiration to create wonderful projects!  A lot of changes were taking place at SSC at the end of 2010. I had only been a member for a few months and things started changing around there. Not that I cared to much, I have joined so many crafty sites in the last 6 months that it just gives me more places to look for different challenges. 

That is until....  I was asked to be on the DESIGN TEAM!! I AM SO EXCITED!

I am excited to be asked in the first place I noticed most web sites ask for crafty peeps to send in the applications to be in their design team. What is funny even if I had been doing cards for 20 years I am not the type of person to put myself out there. If I am asked on the other hand it just makes it that much more special! :) 

I love challenges and I know everyone else will love it as much as I do. I use to sit for hours brain storming trying to come up with different ideas. I new nothing and still do not know a lot about different products to use and how to use them, but the internet will be your best friend in this case! The challenges have helped me step out of my box and into someone else's .. so to speak, and to take away ideas for how to put the project together but yet put them to use in your own way. 

I am very excited about the upcoming months of being on the DESIGN TEAM. (Didn't even get to do anything really- site sits stagnant most of the time)

Creative juices are flowing tonight!

Above creation I made for the Scrapbook challenge at The Outlawz.

Above card I created for the Card Challenge at another site.

Boot Scootin Birthday

Here's the card I created for the birthday challenge at The Outlawz. The theme for the challenge was Western. I think I nailed the western part of this challenge!

It was a GREAT day!

What a wonderful beautiful sunny awesome day it was today,79 degrees, a free car wash @ the Boomerang, received my GIRL SCOUT COOKIES for me and to send the soldiers & had a great brunch with a friend I have known for 27 years but hadn't seen in 20, seen my husbands best bud behind me at the stop light after brunch, and all the sudden my power window quit working, what's up with that? Lol! I think he was giving me some of his bad luck for a second there. He's been going through a rough time right now.  But I called his cell and he pulled over and helped me shut it.  The next great thing is that Lenscrafter's replaced my son's expensive  lenses and frames for $25 , woo-hoo!  I thought for sure we were going to have to replace them both. While I waited on my glasses I went to one of my good friends from high schools work (Another Optical Store) and had a great time chatting with her.  I usually do not see any of my old friends but once every year or 2 and it was a nice change to my uneventful days. Then to top off a wonderful day I was asked to be a DESIGN TEAM member for Simply Scrapping Crafts! I KNOW! I am fairly new to the card making as you know if you have been keeping up with my blog, but I love a challenge! I think I can handle it!

Dust the craft desk off and let's start some Card Challenges!

These two cards I created last night for the week of challenges that I missed while spending time with the family during our winter storm. Above is for the CAS Challenge at The Outlawz and below I entered for two challenges the Birthday Challenge and I used the Sketch from the Sketch Challenge at The Outlawz. These girls are so creative with their sketch ideas! 

WINNER of the Love Award!!

Wow, what an exciting boost to the ego! I couldn't help but boast to my husband about how someone actually really reads/views my blogs and has given me such a blessing of happiness today for thinking of me! The counter isn't the same as actually having a comment left on one of your posts! 

Isn't it funny how your having one of those days and then someone you don't even know says or does something and your day just becomes so much brighter in an instant. This opportunity of receiving and sharing the LOVE AWARD seriously has made my day.. Thank you so much Chrissy at Chrissy's Cardland for thinking of me. I truly am feeling just giggly inside about this! I wasn't kidding when I wrote on Chrissy's blog that I had done my silly little "happy" dance over such sweet comments!

By accepting this award there are a few rules to follow.

First, to post this award on your blog and let the senders know that you have accepted their award in your post and then choose 3-5 people to send this love on.

When you have posted your Love list, let those people know that you have sent them this award through your blog.

I know it will not be easy picking only 5, I love so many different blogs. Can I hear a drum roll please....

My LOVE AWARDS go to:

Linda

Trina
Lisa
Tracey
Tammy


Thank you all so much for inspiring me to not only begin a blog but to step out of my crafty comfort zones and try new things! I love all of your blogs, you truly have inspired me so much!!

Angela B.

My 1st BLOGIVERSARY CANDY!!

It went by so fast!! It has been a year now that I have started blogging. I came up with the name OK Cricuteer when I started making cards for the soldiers using my Cricut cutting machine and I seen that others called themselves Cricuteer's so I thought that OK Cricuteer was fitting at the time. 

So back to the fact that this day is my 1 year anniversary of blogging! What to do! I want to give away something special to my readers so for one month I will be taking the names of anyone who leaves me a comment on this post and on March 5th I will draw a name and I  will announce the WINNER of my surprise BLOG CANDY! 

The blog candy will be craft related, might be new Stampin Up products, Copic markers, scrapping supplies might be all of the above!  

So don't forget to leave me a comment!

Swirls & Butterflies Scrapbook

The Outlawz Girlz have challenged us again and this time it is to make a Scrapbook page with Butterflies & Swirls. My mother never had a wedding album, I am making her one. She passed away in 2002 battling colon cancer. I was 30 years old. I am making this in her memory as a keepsake for me and my then someday I will pass it down to my daughter.

Pink & Brown Birthday Card

Every Monday at Outlawz Girlz is the Birthday Challenge. This weeks challenge was pink, brown and green and I forgot the green. But The card turned out so cute! Don't ya think?

Hostessing Spring/Easter Card Swap

That's right you read it correct! I am hostessing my 2nd time around for the Spring/Easter card swap at Anysoldier.com

The card swap idea is pretty simple.  One person signs up to be the "hostess" - this means that  ALL cards will be sent to him/her to be divided and redistributed.  The hostess will set the due date which is March 1st for the Spring/Easter Swap and the number of participants she would like to have.  The number of cards needed is usually 20. The due date is about 4-6 weeks before the holiday or season we will be celebrating.  Then, hopefully, 20 participants sign up.  Now for the cards themselves........... I have seen homemade cards, store bought cards, computer generated cards, postcards, bookmarks, all kinds of cards.  What you decide to do is totally your choice.  I make my cards because I enjoy doing the crafts.   Again, totally up to you. The cards go into unsealed envelopes - we like to look at the cards before we ship them out :)  You can write a message in the cards or insert a note - that way the soldiers can reuse the cards and send them back to the States.  Some junkies include pictures, jokes, funnies, a single packet of drink mix, etc.  If you decide to add something extra, just make sure it's small and flat.  Otherwise, the cards won't fit in the flat rate envelopes.  I include a typewritten letter, thanking the warriors and telling them a little about myself and how I got involved in "anysoldier".  When your cards are completed, put them in a ziploc baggie in a flat rate Priority envelope ($4.95) and write DO NOT BEND on outside of envelope send off to the hostess. Remember to included a $4.95 stamp, cash, check or money order to cover the return postage and a return addressed label. When the hostess receives all the cards from the participants, she will sort them and then mail them back.  You will now have 20 different cards (actually 19 - one of the cards you receive back will be yours).  Then you send them to your soldiers as a group or individually.