Craftwell - Back to School Blog Hop

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Welcome everyone! I am so excited to be a part of Craftwell’s Back to School blog hop!   The hop will run through August 31^st. I encourage you to visit all the blogs over the next week.   There will be lots of fabulous projects along the way, as well as a few prizes! Craftwell is giving free SVG downloads, and the grand prize an eCraft Machine! What a fabulous prize!!!

If you came from here from Aimee’s blog, you are right on track. Need to start at the beginning? Cassie’s blog will get your started.

 

A cute little card for my favorite little girl! Stepping outside the box, I created a School theme card with a Summer paper line from Simple Stories. 

Combine these fun patterns with embellishments from October Afternoon and a couple die cuts , they make a perfect grouping for a First Day of School card.

 

I appreciate your stopping today! I am giving away a $10 gift certificate to Paper Issues. Become a follower of my blog and leave me a comment for your chance to win! I will be announcing the winner Saturday, Sept 1st.

 

Your next stop - Debi Tullier

Cassie Box 

Denise O’Connor
Kelly FeldmanKim Gaughan
Carrie Walz 
Kimberly Rae Ford
Aimee Maddern
Jodi Baune-You are here

Debi Tullier

Lowri McNabb

Craftwell Blog

Thank you so much for joining us!

Paper Issues Blog Hop

Happy Sunday!

It’s time for a new theme at Paper Issues…Burlap! A huge thank you to Canvas Corp. for sponsoring us!

We are having a little hop to celebrate the new theme! You’ll definitely want to check out all the amazing projects from the other girls participating in the blog hop.

Thienly Azim

Melissa

Diana

Izzy

Jodi (Me)

Shelley

Tamara

Paper Issues

For my project, I used fabulous canvas and banner pieces from Canvas Corp.


I’ll keep my words to a minimum today and let the photos speak for themselves!

Reminder, click on any photo to enlarge for a better view!

For a chance to win a scrappylicious prize from Paper Issues, be sure to become a follower of my blog, Paper Issues blog, and leave a comment on Paper Issues letting us know how much you enjoyed our projects!

Don’t forget to check out Paper Issues store, and use coupon code for a 20% discount! 

Next stop...Shelley

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Goodies Galore!

Thank you so much for stopping in today!  Today is my turn to post at Cheery Lynn Designs. 

I’ve taken my dies into the masculine world again! How about a shaped masculine card?!

By first folding my cardstock and letting my die hang slightly over the folded edge, I cut the base (red cardstock) of my card using the Inverted Scallop Circle. I cut the next layer (plaid) using the Circle Stacker Nesting Dies. I can’t tell you how much I love the Nesting Dies and Stackers! They are designed to fit inside each other taking all the guess work out!!

I cut a Coved Rectangle to layer my chipboard sticker and sentiment on. I adhered the coved rectangle and chipboard with dimensional foam to add life to the card.

 

kit from: http://boysrulescrapbookkits.blogspot.com/

Today is my final post at Quick Quotes. I want to extend a huge thank you to Quick Quotes for inviting me to be the Guest Designer for the month!!! I had a fabulous time!!

 For my final project, I decided to step outside the box and create some Holiday goodies! 

A mix of Savvy Davvy, Damsel in Distress, and Cherry Truffle come together for a card of more traditional colors. I cut one shadow and two snowflakes using my Cricut Expression and Winter Lace cartridge. I layered the snowflakes using foam tape adding more dimension to the card.

To create the sentiment, I wrote the word out using a pencil then stitched over my pencil markings. Other ingredients: Jenni Bowlin pin, DMC floss, Imaginsce bling, ribbon and lace unknown.

A mix of papers from Savvy Davvy and Miss Morgan blend well together to create a holiday card of non-traditional colors. The tree was cut using Cricut Expression, gypsy, and Christmas cartridge. Other ingredients: EKSuccess punches, Twine from The Twinery, and metal studs from Imaginesce, Ranger Stickles

The sleigh was formed using a mix of Savvy Davvy and Damsel in Distress. The pattern for the sleigh was found at

www.clearandsimplestamps.com The holly was cut using the Cricut Expression and Seasons Cartridge. Other ingredients: Making Memories brads; metal studs from Imaginsce, and ribbon unknown.

 
Thank you so much for stopping by!  Have a super weekend!

Birthday Banner

Do you have fun plans for the long holiday weekend? I start my weekend with the first football game of the season tonight. Tomorrow is my baby’s 18th birthday *sigh* How fast time flies! Sunday we are having a big party to celebrate my grandmothers 90th birthday! Monday I think I will take time to rest!!

My mother asked me to create a banner for the birthday celebration. Rather than using festive birthday papers, I wanted to create the banner from patterns and colors that remind me of my grandmother. This is what I came up with.

I love using my Gypsy to

size my shapes, and locate placement of the cut on my papers exactly where I want them saving time, paper, and money! My banner was created using Lovely Floral, Storybook, and Cindy Loo cartridges. To add dimension to the banner, I adhered each layer with foam dots. For fun, I created a birdhouse between the word and numbers.

Have a super fun and safe weekend!

Oh Baby!

Today, I am sharing my second reveal for Shawn Davis Designs. Focusing on the adorable chipboard pieces in the kit, I made a centerpiece/gift, invitation, and cupcakes for a baby boy shower.

I started by creating a little banner to decorate the basket. The pennant pieces were cut using the Cricut Expression and Country Life Cartridge.

I created wraps for the bottles and diapers buy punching a border and stitching it to at plain strip. I cut frames using my Spellbinders dies, then attached a chipboard piece in the center.

The cupcake wrappers and toppers were cut using the Cricut Expression and Life’s A Party cartridge.

Also using Life’s A Party, I cut the onesie card and decorated it with another of the chipboard pieces.

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Game On!

We had the most wonderful time on vacation…our first vacation in four years! We got some much needed time to sit back, relax, and enjoy creating some wonderful memories with family!!

My July kit from Shawn Davis Designs contained papers from My Minds Eye Lime Twist. The patterns and colors were perfect for some of my son’s football photos!

I sanded the edges of the larger photo for a bit of texture and masculinity. The smaller photo was layered and attached with foam dots, as well as some stars cut from the pattern paper adding dimension and texture to the layout.

Using my Cricut Expression and Life’s a Party Cartridge, I created the Star/flourish. I added Ranger Crackle Accents to the center of the flourish, adding to the masculine feel of the layout.

I layered a Spellbinders die, hand cut banner, and some stickers to create my title.

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A Real Treasure

Popping in quick today to share a card I created using my Cricut Expression and the Life’s a Party cartridge. Have you seen this cartridge?! I picked it up last week and it is definitely one of my new favorites!!! Soooo many cute unexpected goodies on it!
Sadly, my great nephew was recently diagnosed with Leukemia. I wanted to send him a card letting him know that we are thinking of him, and what a real treasure he is to us, and what more appropriate than a treasure chest!

I cut the chest from brown on brown Core’dinations cardstock. After my chest was cut, I embossed the top and bottom flaps using my Cuttlebug and Argyle embossing folder; then I lightly sanded the embossed areas. You can’t have treasure without adding bling so I covered the lock and “treasure” in stickles.

I decorated the inside with accessories cut from the Life’s a Party cartridge.

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Fun Fold Out Mini!

I found the instructions for the cutest little mini fold out album at Splitcoast Stampers. I want to share one I created for a baby gift! It's a blend of Jillibean Soup papers, my monthly scrapbook kit from Shawn Davis Designs, and Imaginisce I-rock goodies!!

Using my Jillibean stamp and VersaMark stamp pad, I stamped a few flowers onto the yellow polka dot. After embossing the flowers with clear glitter embossing powder, I finished them off by attaching Imaginisce jewels using my I-rock!





I trimmed some punch pieces to create the frame around the edge. The Jillibean Soup patterns and colors are perfect for a baby book!


Using my Imaginisce I-rock, I added a splash of bling throughout the mini.


Machine stitching, faux stitching, and doodling added a lot of character to the book. The flowers, and scallop rectangles were cut using my Cricut Expression from cartridges Walk in my Garden (flowers), and Storybook (scallop rectangles).





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