erica rose creates

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Great News!!

Hello!! I have some news I would love to share with you!! First thing is I was picked as one of the Stamps of Life gallery winners and I get a free stamp set!! How great is that!! Check out the video HERE! Next I received some more fabulous news and I am so excited to share it with you all! I have been chosen to be on the Craft Warehouse 2013-2014 Design Team!

I am so excited to be a part of this fabulous team and I hope you stop by and check out the rest of the Craft Warehouse Design Team. Stop by their BLOG and make sure you follow them there and on FACEBOOK! Thanks so much for stopping today!

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Sunday Card Share

Hello Friends! We had a great time at the drive-in last night with the kids! It was a late night but it was so worth it! I did take my camera of coarse (actually took 3) so I could document the kids first time at the drive-in! I can not wait to scrap the photos and put some in my summer mini album! Today I have a card to share with you that I created Saturday afternoon for the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog! This week the challenge is "Summer Fruits" and I am using sketch #69 from Retro Sketches. Here is a look at Retro Sketch#69

I used papers from Heidi Swapp Serendipity line, stamps and dies from Amuse Studio and some American Crafts ribbon to create my card! I love all the yellow in this line from Heidi Swapp and I thought they would be perfect for my card! Take a look..

What do you think? Can you tell I love this stamp set from Amuse Studio?! I used the same stamp set for Made Especially For You's 2 year blogoversary blog hop! I made a few extra lemons when I created my project for her hop and they came in handy for this card! If you are going to be doing some die cutting you might as well run through a few extra for future uses right!? I just stick them in the same packaging as the dies so I always know where to find them! Just a fun little tip to remember when your die cutting! Well I hope you all had a fabulous weekend and I am so happy you stopped by today! Hugs!

Saturday, June 22, 2013

Paper Bakery Sketch Challenge#6

I hope you are all enjoying your weekend so far! I have a layout that I would like to share with you that I created tonight using a sketch from The Paper Bakery! Here is a look at sketch#6 from The Paper Bakery and my layout I created using this sketch!

I used papers from Glitz Designs Color Me Happy, KI Memories Flashback some color shine in primrose, Heidi Swapp epoxy stickers and a flair from The Paper Bakery Shop! I also added some stitching with my sewing machine in gold thread!

Here are the details you need to know to play along with us using the sketch:

1.) Sketch Challenges will be twice a month. Play along once for a chance to win the monthly prize OR play along twice to double your chances of winning the monthly prize.

2.) Make a layout or project utilizing the sketch. Be creative and have fun!!! Using Paper Bakery kits are not required to play.

3.) Take a picture and link it up on the sidebar of The Paper Bakery blog using the INLINKZ widget by the due date June 29.

4.) Winners are chosen at random and will be posted on their Facebook page and their blog!

Thanks so much for stopping today and enjoy your day! We are headed to the drive-in tonight to watch Monster's University and Man of Steel!

Friday, June 21, 2013

Happy Friday!

It is a Happy Friday for me because I am getting lots of time at my desk today and enjoying every minute of it!! Today I have a card to share with you that I created for the Heartstring Designs Challenge Blog! The challenge is to create a card using the sketch provided and make a masculine card with a mustache somewhere on it! Well I knew my June Simon Says Stamp card kit was going to come in handy for this challenge! This kit was filled with all kinds of great products to create masculine cards! Here is a look at the sketch provided

Fabulous sketch! Everything I used to create my card came from my SSS June card kit and I had so much fun creating this card! Here is a look at what I came up with!

I am so in love with the mustache washi tape that came in this kit!! Please stop on over to Heartstring Designs Challenge Blog and enter your masculine card using this sketch! One lucky winner will receive 3 rolls of washi tape plus a mystery mustache surprise!! Thanks so much for stopping and enjoy your Friday afternoon!!

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Hello Sunshine!

I have really been enjoying the sunshine lately! We have a had a few beautiful days here in Illinois and I hope it continues! We had a great Father's Day weekend and we are busy this week with making up a few baseball games that were rained out this season for my son! Their team is doing awesome and I am so proud of how much he has grown from the beginning of the season! This is his first year playing and he is doing so well! Today I am here to share with you the card I made using this weeks sketch from Let's Scrap! Everything I used to create this card came from the Simple Stories I{HEART}SUMMER collection! I am in love with this new collection and I was so happy when my Memory Works Express Kit came this month cause it was filled with I{HEART}SUMMER goodies! Here is a look at my card

and here is a look at this weeks sketch from Let's Scrap that I used as my inspiration to create this card..

I hope you can join us this week and link up your fabulous project using this sketch! This week our sponsor is Fresh Brewed Designs and they have an amazing prize for one lucky winner!

Link up your project to the Let's Scrap gallery by June 25, 11:59pm(by the main clock page) for your chance to win! I hope to see your work in our gallery!! Thanks so much for taking the time out of your day to stop and visit my blog! Have a wonderful day and crafty day!

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Hello My Friend...

I hope you are all having a fabulous week so far! I received some exciting news the other day and I can not wait to share it with all of you! Of coarse I can not share it just yet so I will hold you in suspense for just a little bit longer! One thing I would like to share with you is a YouTube video from The Stamps of Life and I was very surprised when I saw who is one of the gallery winners! Take a look...

I was very excited and surprised when I saw my name as one of the gallery winners and I can not wait to get my free stamp set! I have had so much for with the stamp set phone4you! I LOVE the quality of these stamps and I am so very happy that I became a club member! If you have never purchased a stamp set from The Stamps of Life I highly recommend them!! They have a huge variety of stamps, dies, cardstock, inks, glitter, and recently have added coordinating buttons! Thanks so much for stopping and have a wonderful day!

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Made Especially For You's 2 Year Blogoversary Hop

Welcome to Made Especially For You's 2 Year Blogoversary Blog Hop!

If you've come from Jessica's blog, you're in the right place! If you just came across the hop, please start at the beginning over at Made Especially For You.

I am so excited to be a part of this hop to celebrate Made Especially For You's 2 year Blogoversary!! Ashley is a one of my crafty friends and I am so honored to be a part of her blog hop!

Instead of having a theme for the hop, Ashley put together a bingo board full of some of her favorite crafty things and we were to choose at least 3 of them and create a project.

I chose Stickles, Twine, and Polka Dots and made a fry box filled with something sweet! I used polka dot cardstock from Amuse Studio and cut my fry box out with my Cricut. I used the stamp set Squeeze the Day and matching dies from Amuse Studio for my sentiment and lemons. I wrapped twine around my fry box and straws and added stickles to my lemons and then added a few packs of lemonade mix! This is going to make a sweet little gift for someone special!