Fall Blog Hop Winner!

I used random.org, and here is the result:

The winner is Java Jen's Creations, who said:

What a cute card!! I just love Simply Charmed!!

Congratulations!  I'll be sending you an email.

I'd like to thank everyone who took the time to stop by my blog, as well as to thank all my followers!

Birthday Card For My Daughter

My daughter's birthday was yesterday, but we are celebrating this evening because she went to Cedar Point yesterday.  I made this quick card using the new Cricut Circle cartridge Sophie.

Front of card

Inside of card

I used the Card 4 feature on page 48 of the handbook and cut it at 5.75".  All cardstock used is Bazzill.  On the front of the card, the Happy Birthday ribbon is Martha Stewart Message Ribbon, the "pearls" in the middle of the flowers are Martha Stewart and the butterfly is K & Company Tim Coffey Grand Adhesions.  On the inside of the card, I adhered the flowers cut from the base of the card and used my i-roc to adhere "pearls" to the small flowers and used another Marthe Stewart "pearl" for the big flower.  The sentiment and cake are Stampin' Up! stamps and I used green Stampabilities pigment ink.

Fall Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Fall Blog Hop!  You should have arrived from the very talented Lavendergal.  If you've just happened to stop by my blog, please check out each of the blogs of the talented ladies who are participating in this blog hop.  To start at the beginning of the hop, please visit Kristen.

For my project, I have made this Thanksgiving card.

Outside of Card



Inside of Card

I used my Cricut Expression 2 Anniversary Edition and Gypsy to make the cuts.  The base of the card is from a pack of 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock I have in my stash, all other cardstock is Bazzill.  The patterned paper backgrounds on the outside and inside are from the Creative Memories Primary Autumn Additions Power Palette.  The sentiment is from the Holiday Headlines Wood Stamps set by The Paper Studio.

The turkey was cut from the Simply Charmed Cricut cartridge at a height of 4 1/2 inches.  Here is a picture of my Gypsy screen, as well as the paper placed on the mat.  (Please disregard the "Happy Thankgiving" on the Gypsy screen and long strip of orange cardstock on the mat.  It was cut at a height of 3", but was too long to fit my card so I didn't use it for this project.)



I used Elegant Edges for the background on the outside and inside of the card.  I used the Oblong feature and cut it at a height of 6.75 inches.  I also used Hide & Contour so the bird would not cut.  Here is a picture of my Gypsy screen and the paper placed on the mat.

Now on to some blog candy!  Even though this is a Fall Blog Hop, I have a Summer mini album chipboard kit to give away.  All you have to do to be eligible to win is to leave a comment on this post with a way to contact you.  I'd love for you to become a follower if you aren't already, but it isn't necessary to win. I will use random.org to draw the winner around 7:00 pm EST Sunday (8/28) night.  Here is a picture of the blog candy.

Your next stop is the talented Madylyn.

Here is a full line up of the blog hop participants in case you get lost.

Kristen http://fantabulouslypink.blogspot.com/
Michele http://www.michelegreen.com/
Roberta http://www.txscrappermom.blogspot.com/
Mary http://www.marebearscraps.blogspot.com/
Renee http://icameisawicreated.blogspot.com/
Carolyn http://cccscraproom.blogspot.com/
Gamma http://gammascreativecorner.blogspot.com/
Colleen http://www.scrappycol.blogspot.com/
DoodleDiva http://www.doodledivadesigns.com/
Kimberli http://kimberliscreations.blogspot.com/
Lisa http://addictedtothecricut.blogspot.com/
Gonecampn http://www.scrapcavecreations.com/
Momto2cuties http://www.inlovewithpaper.blogspot.com/
Scrapalette http://scrapalette.blogspot.com/
Dana http://papermemories4u.blogspot.com/
Darcy http://dlmbscrapping-time2create.blogspot.com/
Lavendergal http://ibecircled.blogspot.com/
Brenda http://happyscrapper64.blogspot.com/  You Are Here
Madylyn http://inspiredbycolor.blogspot.com/  Your Next Stop
Nancy http://lanancyworkshop.blogspot.com/
Debbie http://bugginattheseams.blogspot.com/
Tracy http://www.scrappininthewoods.blogspot.com/
Sharon http://designsbysharon.blogspot.com/

Cricut Circle Create A Scene Challenge

For the Circle Monthly Challenge, I created the following 2 page layout.

Here is page 1.

Here is page 2.

The cardstock used for the background is from The Paper Loft's Halloween Distressed Cardstock Scary line - Hocus Pocus.  All other cardstock is Bazzill that I've had in my stash.  All of the cuts are from the Happy Hauntings Cricut cartridge, and I used my E2 and Gypsy to make them.

For the title, I used the Phrase function for Halloween (the phrase was actually Happy Halloween, but I used Hide & Contour to hide Happy) and cut it at a height of 2 inches, and used the Vampire Font function to cut 2003 at a height of 3/4 of an inch.  I didn't take a picture of my screen or mat with the paper laid out for this.

The Witch was cut at a height of 3 inches and the Bat was cut at a height of 1 3/4 inches.  Here is a picture of my Gypsy screen and mat with the paper laid out on it.

The Haunted House was cut at a height of 6 inches.  Here are the picture of my Gypsy screen and mat.

The Ghosts were cut at a height of 2 inches.  Here are pictures of how the cuts were laid out on my Gypsy and mat.

The Spooky Tree was cut at a height of 6 inches, and here are pictures of my Gypsy screen and mat.

The Vampire and Skeleton were both cut at a height of 3 inches.  Here are the screen and mat pictures.

Frankenstein and the Bride of Frankenstein were cut at a height of 3 inches, and here are the pics of the screen and mat.

The Mummy was cut at a height of 3 inches and the Cat was cut at a height of 1 3/4 inches.  Here are the screen and mat pics.

This was a fun layout to make, even though it took me about 5 1/2 hours to complete.  The little pieces were hard to work with, especially all the little bones of the Skeleton!  At least I was able to get a layout done of one of my son's elemetary school parties.

Completed My First Design Team Project!

I'm so excited that I completed and posted my first Design Team project over at Imagine, Create, Share!  The blog launched on Monday, so I hope you'll take the time to visit and check out my project, which is a Halloween card.

I'm on a Design Team for a New Blog

Hi all -

I'm very excited to be a Design Team Member for a new blog - Imagine, Create, Share!  The blog launched today, so you should come and check it out.  I had to work late today, but plan to made a project for today's challenge and post it.

Also, I'm the designer assigned to this Wednesday's project.  I hope you stop by and check it out.

Sorry I've Been MIA

Things got really busy after my last post, but it is finally starting to quiet down.  I'm in the process of designing a layout and will be getting all my cuts laid out on my Gypsy.  I hope to post the finished project tomorrow or Wednesday evening.

Winner of It's A Wrap Blog Hop Blog Candy

I used random.org, and here is the result:

The winner is Suzelle who said:

      This bag is adorable. I LOVE that monster its one of my favorites to use on the Mini Monster Cart!


      Thanks for sharing!

       Suzelle

       http://www.craftsandmorebysuzelle.blogspot.com/
 
Congrats Suzelle!

It's A Wrap Blog Hop

Welcome to the It's A Wrap Blog Hop hosted by Cool Beans By L.B.  Do you like to receive gifts?  How about give them?  Well this hop is all about the outside ... the wrapping; gift bags, boxes, baskets and more.  There are 22 wonderful stops on this hop and we hope you will take some time to stop in and see everything we have created for you.

You should have arrived here from Stephanie from Once Upon A Paper.  If you are just finding our hop in the middle, you can go to the beginning at Cool Beans By L.B.

For my project, I made a Halloween gift bag that I will give my grandson.  This is my first time making a gift bag.  Here it is:

I bought the bag at Michael's.  All cardstock is Bazzill, the polka dot patterned paper is from The Paper Studio All Seasons stack, and the patterned paper behing the monster (the paper has dark green dots on it) is from the DCWV Flower Shower paper stack.  The mat behind the monster was cut using the Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge and was cut at a height of 7 inches.  I used the Mini Monsters Cricut cartridge to cut Boo! and the monster.  Boo! was cut at a height of 6 inches, and the monster was cut at a height of 5 inches.  For the monster's face, I used the Peachy Keen Stamps Monster Mash Face Assortment. I put the design on both sides of the gift bag.

I used my Gypsy to lay everything out on the mat to cut.  Here is the screen shot and the mat with paper to cut the mat behind the monster.

Here is the screen shot of my Gypsy and the mat with the paper for the monster and Boo!.

I'm offering blog candy, which is this mini chipboard album kit. 

In order to be eligible to win, you will need to leave a comment including a way to contact you.  I'd also love to have you as a follower, but it's not required.  I will choose the winner in the evening on Monday, July 18th using random.org.

Thanks for stopping by on this fun hop.  Your next stop is Maria from Stamp Cut Create.

If you get lost, here is the whole list for this hop!

It's A Wrap Blog Hop Line Up
Cool Beans by L.B. http://coolbeansbylb.blogspot.com/ (HOST)
Debbie from Deb's Eclectic Thoughts http://www.debseclecticthoughts.blogspot.com/
Cindy from In Love With Paper http://www.inlovewithpaper.blogspot.com/
Amy from Amy's Digi-Scraps http://scrap-pix.blogspot.com/
Cindy from Scrap-Obsessed http://www.scrap-obsessed.blogspot.com/
TX Scrapper Mom http://www.txscrappermom.blogspot.com/
Scrapalette from Around the Block with Scrapalette http://scrapalette.blogspot.com/
Suzelle from http://www.craftsandmorebysuzelle.blogspot.com/
Confessions of a Scrapaholic http://scrapaholicjen.blogspot.com/
Stephanie from Once Upon a Paper http://onceuponapaper.blogspot.com/
Brenda from Random Thoughts of a Scrapbooker http://happyscrapper64.blogspot.com/ You are here
Maria from Stamp Cut Create http://stampcutcreate.blogspot.com/ Your next stop
Terri from http://scrappinwiththebug.blogspot.com/
Lori Apgar from http://www.scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/
I came, I saw, I created http://icameisawicreated.blogspot.com/
Anabel aka cricutaddicted from http://scrappingformorefun.blogspot.com/
Michele from Green Girl Scraps http://www.michelegreen.com/
Alicat from http://scrappingwithalicat.blogspot.com/
Everything Digital Scrapbooking http://digipage-blog.everything-digital-scrapbooking.com/
Robin, The Scrappin' Delta Diva http://scrappindeltadiva.blogspot.com/
Gamma's Creative Corner http://gammascreativecorner.blogspot.com/
Paper Crafting Chic http://www.papercraftingchic.com/

Another Layout Using My Stash!

I completed a one page layout today, and everything used is from my stash!  I really like the way this turned out.  I used this sketch from the Page Maps 2 book for a starting point:

Here is my spin on the sketch:

All cardstock is Bazzill.  The patterned paper is from the DCWV Flower Shower Spring Stack.  All the cuts are from the Florals Embellished Cricut cartridge and were all cut at a height of 3 inches.  On the green patterned paper below the photo, I used the Fiskars Threading Water punch.

New Layout!

I have been working on this layout since the 4th of July.  It took longer because I could only get in a little bit of time here and there.  I went out of the box on this one as I've never split a title  between the two pages.  The idea for this layout came from a lady saying that Ethan should have been named Christopher because he looks like Christopher Robin.  Anyway, here is the layout.

2 Page View

Page 1

Page 2



I used DCWV Blossoms & Butterflies stack for the patterned background.  All other cardstock is Bazzill.  I used the Pooh Font Cricut cartridge for the title and all other die cuts are from Pooh and Friends Cricut cartridge.  I cut the title at a height of 1 3/4 inches using the letter and shadow.  Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore and Tigger were all cut at a height of 3 inches.  The Frame was cut at a width of 6 1/2 inches and a height of 8 1/2 inches. The Hundred Acre Wood sign was cut at a height of 2 inches, the Treehouse was cut at a height of 3 inches and the Bee and Bee Hive were cut at a height of 2 1/2 inches.

I used my Gypsy to cut all the layers.  Here is the screen shot of my Gypsy and paper on the mat for Pooh and Tigger.

Here is the screen shot of my Gypsy and the paper on the mat for Piglet and Eeyore.

Here is the screen shot of my Gypsy and the paper on the mat for the sign and treehouse.

Here is the screen shot of my Gypsy for the title (I forgot to take a picture of the paper on the mat).

Here is the screen shot of my Gypsy and the paper on the mat for the bee and bee hive.

I didn't take a picture of the screen shot or paper on the mat for the frame.