Thursday, March 31, 2011

Post-it Blog Hop

Welcome to Thankful Thursday and the Post-it Blog Hop! If you've come from visiting Jenny at CrazyAboutCricut.blogspot.com, you're in the right place!

 If you've just happened across my blog and would like to play along with our fun hop, you can go to Crazy About Cricut and start at the beginning.  

The theme of this blog hop is Post-it Craft Paper. Each blog has created a project centered around this awsome paper. Be sure to visit each blog for inspiration and fun BLOG CANDY.

For this blog hop, my six year old and I (but he did the majority of the work) made a door hanger for his room. This is a fun craft for kids to do with some adult supervision.

Here are the supplies we used for this project:
Crop a Dile Corner Chomper (we used the 1/2" side)
Square coasters (we got ours from Michaels, 8 for .50c)

We trimmed down the Lime and Lucky colored post-it paper to 4"x4" and rounded the corners. My son, Owen (Owie for short) placed all the pieces onto the coasters himself.  Can I just tell you now, how much I like re-positionable adhesive paper!! :) Owie wanted to alternate the colors of the background coasters.

Here he is punching the coasters with my Zutter Bind-it-all.  I held the coasters in place while he punched the holes.   We punched both ends of four of the coasters and one end on two coasters. Check out his face... he was working very hard for this craft! :) Then we binded the coasters together to make a line of them (see the pictures below for more info).

We designed his name together on my Gypsy.  He chose Nate's ABC's for the font (and shadow).  He used Butter Post-it paper for the letters and Evergreen for the shadows. We sized his letters to 3 3/4"

Here you can see how we binded the coaster in a line.  Owie added his name to the squares.  He wanted to add them all "wacky" (as he said) so he placed them at angles. :) We punched holes on each end to hang the banner (I used my Crop-a-Dile and set white eyelets).

Doesn't it look so cute!! :)

Here is his completed door banner!! He's so proud of it, we had to mount it right away!!

Please don't forget to comment for a chance to win my blog candy!!
I'll be awarding TWO WINNERS (to be randomly drawn on Monday April 4th, 2011) with a 6" x 6" sample pack (one sheet of each of the 24 colors that Post-it craft paper makes.)



I hope you enjoyed my project!  Now head on over to Christel at http://onescrappinsista.blogspot.com/  to see her amazing project!



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Here's the lineup in case you get lost or need to stop along the way:

Cheryl =  http://cardsbycg.blogspot.com/ <-- You are here
Christel = http://onescrappinsista.blogspot.com/ <-- Your Next Stop
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88 comments:

SiskiyouSue said...

What a great project to do together! Sure looks like he's having a great time. The project will look great for a long time!

Melissa said...

Love the face and the project! Great job!

Melissa
www.disneydreamerdesigns.blogspot.com

Anonymous said...

Sooo cute.... Great project.... he is toooo cute.

Kim said...

Owie, You did an Amazing job on your door hanger!!! I love the colors you choose and could tell you worked very hard on your project!!! GREAT JOB:)
~Kim
http://crazyaboutscrapin.blogsot.com
kfordyce6638 at gmail dot com

Jill Angel said...

That is so great! Owen did a great job! I'd like to try this with my girls. Thanks for a chance to win!

the cricutologist said...

Owie is a pro with that Gypsy and bind it all! Great project! We are having a STORMY day here in Florida so maybe Adrian and I will make this! Thanks for the chance to win!

Prettiful Creations said...

I love seeign the kiddos get involved...my two girls love to make all sorts of things...my son..well not so much. This is a gret project, and it turned out wonderful.
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Lillian Child said...

That photo of him concentrating so hard with that punch - priceless! What a delight to craft with your son, and what fabulous memories you are creating together. Awesome project!

http://lillianchild.blogspot.com

Jen_H said...

Such a cute project. Thanks so much for taking the time to tell us and post pictures of how you put it all together. I can't wait to do this with my kiddos. Thanks for the chance to win.
Jen

jholton0503@yahoo.com

LesleyfromWI said...

He did a wonderful job! Great project!!
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comopark1886 said...

Wow, this was quite a project!
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jessica said...

GREAT project! I love how focused your son is...he is adorable :)

Thanks for the chance to win

jessica
chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com
eschfamily@yahoo.com

CRAZY4 CHRIST said...

what a great project!!! I didn't know that post it had paper for crafts, cool!!!
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Valine Campbell said...

Oh what a great idea! And your son is adorable! Nice work!

Valine
vcampbell22@earthlink.net

Minta's Creations said...

What a awesome project!
I feel so silly seeing your little guy using the gypsy and I still have a hard time.lol...
Thanks for the chance to win...
btw, your little guy is adorable.
Minta

mintab@gmail.com
http://mintascreations.blogspot.com/

Misty said...

That is too cute. He looks determined in 1 shot & look at him go on the Gypsy! LOL!
Hummer Hugs,
Misty
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Melissa said...

I am sure he had fun designing with you!! It turned out great.

I am really loving this paper and glad you hop friends decided to do a video, I will be purchasing this paper, but it's even better to have a chance at winning it!

Thanks for sharing!

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*Star said...

That is so cute! I love his face while he's punching the holes. Too funny! Tfs and have a great day. :)

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The Crazy Crafting Lady said...

What a cute project. I love the picks of your boy helping make his door banner.


~*~amber~*~
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DEBBIE ORR said...

What a great project to do with kids

Becky Dunham said...

This is too cute Cheryl! Owie did a fabulous job - I love his wackie letters! I definitely want to try some of this paper - thanks for the chances to win :)

rebeccadunham at hotmail dot com

Christine said...

Super neat especially having your son help.


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Tami B. said...

Please tell your son he did a great job on his door hanging. (Love the pic. of him wrestling the Bind it All.) tamiwb1234ataoldotcom

Sugarlips said...

What a cute project. Looks like he had lots of fun.

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at yahoo
dot com

pameladixon said...

I always love making crafts with the kids and thank you for a chance to win

Unknown said...

So NEAT! And I bet that was so fun having your son help. :)

Linda said...

He is so cute! wonderful project

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scrappin2babygirls said...

adorable project! thanks for sharing :)
-jamie
babyblueangel_30@yahoo.com

Anonymous said...

Great project. He is so cute. You have an expert in the making.
Thanks for sharing.
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Celeste B. said...

What a fun project!! I would love to make one with my little ones (I just need a Bind-it-All). :) I love his cute little face when he was punching the holes. :) So cute, TFS! Thanks for the chance!! :)

Celeste B.
ccscards.blogspot.com
mctdbillman at gmail dot com

scrapstampcrazy said...

Love crafting with the kiddos. Especially when they can make something so cool and functional.

Tanya said...

How fun! Your little helper has done a great job :)

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Rhonda Miller said...

This is so great and a fun activity for the kids. TFS.

sandra said...

Super fun project!!!! He did a great job!!

FMonty said...

Super cute project :)

Pat N. said...

What a great job, and you made it look so easy. Of course, you had a helper!! Your son really did a great job; that is so cute that he can do all that. Now I'm inspired to make something using my Bind-it-All. Hasn't been touched since Xmas. What size o-wire was that? I only bought 1 size because I just don't have experience with it yet. TFS! And for the chance to win a sample pack!--Pat N. http://patsscraps.blogspot.com/

Kathy's Kreative Spot said...

Love the project you and your son made, i need to dust off my bind it all.
Kathy
Katsews at gmail dotcom

Jen N said...

What a great project to do with your child! I'm afraid my son would want to take over my scrappin supplies,lol jenny.naus@yahoo.com

Lisa's Creative Niche said...

This is too cute! I love seeing boys doing crafts! I have a little boy too and I hope when he gets bigger he'll want to join me too! Thanks for sharing and for the awesome chance at this giveaway!
lisa
summer_sunset54@hotmail.com

Unknown said...

Too stinkin cute!! I do love the look on his face!! I enjoy crafting with my kids and what such an adventure. :) I love his banner and bet he was sooo proud of it!! Thanks soo much for sharing your family time with us. :)

Hugs,
Tanya

freddylswillima@windstream.net

Libby Beach said...

How fun!!! And oh my goodness, his face in that picture is just too cute!!! :) Looks like he put his whole heart into that! :) Thanks for sharing!
Oh yeah, and I've got a new award for ya on my blog :)

Cheryl W. said...

I think this paper is a spectacular idea - I've got visions of grandkids crafting already!! And what a cute little guy Owie is. Love his look of concentration as he works the Bind-it-all. :)

Laura (tweetyb) said...

Aww! He is so stickin' cute!! Great project! TFS!
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Anonymous said...

cute project!! love this I might have to scraplift this!
im a new follower
kacee
mcvicwif@yahoo.com

Hawks Nest Hobbies said...

What a neat project to do with your son. He's darling.

Hannah's Stampin' Nana said...

what a great project and I love to see that cute little guy so involved. thank you so much for sharing and for a chance to win some blog candy:-)

shelley
lostnwa98 at frontier.com

Trisha said...

This is an awesome project and so nice to see your son getting into the crafting area. Thanks for sharing and the chance to win. I am a follower. patnbobcuddy at gmail dot com

Holly said...

Love his concentration face! So cute!

Thanks for the chance to win!

Holly

hollyshobbie at gmail dot com

Mary said...

So cute, your son did a great job!
mary3mom at yahoo dot com

joydee1963 said...

Love seeing your son on gypsy,so cute,great projects, joydee1963@yahoo.com

Paper Panther and Rayna said...

How cute is he? Awesome!

Lisa W said...

Owie did a wonderful job on his banner, it looks great.

Emily said...

Great project! Looks like he had a lot of fun :)

Emily (coolcricutcreations at yahoo dot com)

Debbie said...

Cheryl I just loved this, thanks so much for sharing it I just got the Cinch from HSN I have not used it yet, but I will now I love love your son's face it cracked me up, he did a awesome job so again thank you so much for sharing this I can not wait to try this paper. Hugs Debbie
Debbiewilson62@comcast.net

CraftyComadres said...

Love it that you are getting your son involved in crafting. Such a great pasttime.

Babe O'Mara said...

Owie did a fabulous job on this project. What fun doing this together. Making memories, that's what life is all about. Thanks for a chance to win some candy.

Babe
youiesmom@att.net

Unknown said...

Owie is sooo cute. I love the door hanger/sign. I am loving this paper. Can't wait to get my hands on some of it. Thanks for the chance to win.
Hugs,
Melissa D
mkds312@hotmail.com
www.sleeplesswonder.blogspot.com

Jae said...

Such a great door banner! Your son is so adorable - especially his expression when punching the coaster with the zutter! TFS, and thanks for the chance!
Jenn
craftyfulgardens.blogspot.com
smile4jenn at hotmail dot com

Jacqueline said...

Great banner - I love how you got your son Owie involved - great job.
Adorable card - love the colours.
Hugs. Jacqueline
madebyjacqueline(at)yahoo(dot)ca
I'm a new follower!
ps. I got a hop on my blog that starts tomorrow – hope you will hop along – I got tons of candy!

Scrappymama Elaine said...

Your son did a FABULOUS job! I just love it! Now my kids are gonna want one!
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Krista's Paper Cafe said...

Great job team crafters! Banner looks welcoming.

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Lisa said...

Very cute and glad to see how much your son loves to craft with you.

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Debi said...

Great project, love getting kids involved. I can't wait until my little one is crafting. Heck, can't wait until I can craft again!! Deb
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SherriC. said...

Ah....he did a GREAT job!!!!! I love his colour choices too....TFS!!!
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Tamara said...

That turned out so cute and Owie looked like he was having a blast!!! I can't wait until my girls are old enough to craft! :)
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Unknown said...

Loved seeing your son being creative. His design was great. TFS
Debbie
http://craftywizard.blogspot.com
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The EmBellished Card - Belinda said...

Looks like you all had fun making that project.
I have a blog award for you. Stop by my blog and pick it up.
Blessings,
Belinda

Theresa said...

GREAT project! Making stuff with a little helper isnt always the easiest or fastest but is prob the most fun I ever have while I scrap :) I have 4 little helpers of my own that looooovvvve to get Cricuty :)
TFS
Theresa
tmdettloff@gmail.com

Kaitlin said...

Very cute:) Thanks for the chance to win!

Kaitlin
angel1694@comcast.net

kristyscraps said...

Great project! My Owen would love it!
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Gabriela Sandoval said...

What a cute project. Thanks for sharing.

Gabriela

gaby@hispaniclifestyle.com

Bunnyfreak said...

Owen is quite the crafter.

Jessi said...

I love this! How cute :)

Sarah said...

Great project! He did such a great job! Thanks for sharing such a great project and the chance to win!
Sarah
craftingwithsarah.blogspot.com
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Vicki said...

What a cute project. Owie did a great job. Thanks for sharing and the chance to win.


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abusybee - DoubleClick Connections said...

So fun! He does great work!

Mary George said...

Awww that is sooooo cute....hugs Mary

Christy said...

What a cute project. Thanks for the chance to win. I've never used Post It papers so I'm excited to give it a go.

Christy
http://christybladehandmade.blogspot.com

Georgiana said...

I sure like how easy this paper seems to be. The project is fabulous and I bet it looks great hanging.

Thanks for the chance to win the sample packet. How I would love to try it.
Georgiana
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Marcy S. said...

He did a great job. Thanks for sharing and a chance to win.

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Love to scrap Lyndra said...

I love you banner created with Owen. I love to craft with my children as well, I would love to win this paper because the Joann's near me does not carry this paper. Thanks for sharing. I am a follower

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Anna said...

You and Owen did an awesome job on his banner. Just wonderful.
I am a follower.
Thanks for the chance to win.
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Cyndi S said...

Great name banner. Your son did a fantastic job. I just noticed that you are from Vancouver, WA. I am also in Vancouver, WA., small world.
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Jennifer said...

Cheryl,

What a fun project!!! :) Where at Michael's did you find the coasters? I've seen cute calendars made with them, too.

Thanks so much for sharing!

Crafty hugs,

Jennifer
partridgelu at yahoo dot com

Unknown said...

That is a fun project! Thank you for sharing and for the chance to win!

brandy c said...

That is really cute! My daughter would love doing something like this! So creative!!

brandy

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Kristin said...

Adorable project! The Post It paper is great to use with kids as it can be repositioned. I know my nephew always wants to help me!

Kristin
ksully4597 at gmail dot com

sweetlilscrapper said...

that is such a nice project!I