Pinwheel Card

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Twine it up Blog Hop

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If you just came across this hop and would like to start from the beginning, please go back to Jenny's blog (Crazy About Cricut).

Today I have this fun card to share with you. The card base measures 6" x 8". I created the pinwheels first, selecting paper from Echo Park's Dots & Stripes paper pack. The pinwheel papers measure 2" x 2". I then added these adorable sticks (they're actually coffee stir sticks) and hot glued them together. 

Each pinwheel has a simple button at the center although it would be wonderful with a brad in the center so the pinwheel could still spin. The background paper is some Coordinations paper that is pre-embossed with a small polka dot. 

If you are unsure about making these cute little pinwheels, I assure you, they are EASY!! These (along with about 10 others) were made by my two boys!! :)

This cute sentiment is from Hero Art's "Thank you for being my friend" stamp set. I hand cut a little banner for the sentiment and them paired it with a 1/8" border of black to match the body of the card.

This terrific twine is from The Twinery. I just love the red and white. I added a little bow I tied with my Bow Easy and hot glued it to the pinwheel sticks. I wanted a little more twine on the card so I added these little white corners (simply 1 1/2" squares cut in half on the diagonal) and attached a little strip of twine there too.

The inside of the card received a sentiment from the same Hero Art's "Thank you for being my friend" stamp set. I also added similar layers to the card front.

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                      Amber @ My 3 E Scrapbooking

Tinkerbell Shaped Card

I am in two blog hops today... Scroll down or click HERE for the Thankful Thursday It's a Wrap Blog Hop!

Hi! Thanks for hoping with us along Nicolette's Birthday Bash Blog Hop today!! 

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With a theme of birthday and Disney, I just had to break out my Tinkerbell and friends.  I only have two Disney Cricut cartridges, Tinkerbell and Cars and I really have to admit I am a HUGE Tinkerbell fan, but so is my little neighbor who is turning seven next month! :)  

Here is the card she will receive for her birthday:

Because all the Disney carts have such small detail pieces, I decided to cut just Tinkerbell's head. I sized her shadow to 5 1/2" and welded the shapes together to form the card base. I always cut one additional shadow to put on the front of the card to hide the folded side of the card base. 

I added glitter around the lines of her hair... Studio G glitter glue does the job perfectly. I put together this little charm on a little wire.  The rhinestone flower is rescued from a broken bracelet. I just taped the pin to the back of the Tinkerbell hair layer so the birthday girl can pull it out to save or reuse.

Here you can see the glitter I added to her eyes and lips. So cute! :) I also used my white gel pen to add the little twinkle in her eyes.

I stamped a sentiment from a Scrappy Mom's Everyday Greetings set. I love how simple this birthday card is, yet I know it will be treasured by my little neighbor.  

Thanks for visiting me today. 

Before you jump to the next stop, please leave a comment

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a $20.00 gift card to either

Michael's or Joanns -- winner's choice!!!

Drawing will take place on Monday, June 4th, 2012.

I am in two blog hops today... that means two chances to win!!

Scroll down or click HERE for the Thankful Thursday Birthday Blog Hop!

Your next stop in the blog hop is:

Leslie at Leslie Rahye

Cupcake Gift Card Holder

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Thankful Thursday It's a Wrap Blog Hop!!

If you've come from Jamie at Jamie711 Designs, you're in the right place.  If not, please jump back to Jenny's Blog to start at the beginning... you don't want to miss a stop!

Here are the items we've made for you! :) First is a cupcake shaped card with gift card holder, next is a cupcake wrapper and third is the cupcake topper.

As you can see I used the same 12" x 12" sheet of paper for all the projects:

Monkey Around Paper Pad by K Marcella

As you can see this card looks just like a cupcake! :) It opens up to reveal an adorable gift card holder too.  The most special thing about these projects is that I used Cri-kits pens to write out "Happy Birthday" (using Nate's ABCs). This card was created with Sweet Treats.

The top layer of the cupcake (the frosting layer) is DCWV glitter paper embossed with the D-Vine Swirls embossing folder.

The  cupcake top opens up first....

And then the bottom

Here is the wonderful gift card holder pocket! :) I used the same black glittery Cri-kits pen to accent the front and inside of the card.  Green and white craft twine adorns the front of the card.

Okay, on to the cupcake wrapper.  I didn't have a cartridge that has a cupcake wrap, so I had to create one... using Gypsy Wanderings! :)  WOW, was that ever a time consuming process.  I went ahead a made a bottom too, feel free to leave it out if you'd like to. Again, I drew the words in with a Cri-Kit pen before I cut the wrapper out.

Here are the cupcake wrapper and topper together.  My hubby was not upset that I had to make some cupcakes to take these pictures! :)  Again, I drew on the details for the topper and them cut and assembled it on a coffee stir stick.

Here are all the Gypsy files for these projects:

Cupcake card with Gift card pocket:cupcake-gc-holder.gypsy

Cupcake wrapper and topper: cupcakewrapper.gypsy

Feel free to use them for your personal use, but please don't sell the files. If you'd like to share them with a friend,  please refer them to my blog to download them.

Thanks for visiting me today. 

Before you jump to the next stop, please leave a comment

(and don't forget your contact info) 

to be entered in my drawing for some blog candy...

a $20.00 gift card to either

Michael's or Joanns -- winner's choice!!!

Drawing will take place on Monday, June 4th, 2012.

I'm in two blog-hops this weekend... that means two chances to win!!

Your next stop in the blog hop is:

Tanya at Scrappin' KY Momma

Dog Lover Birthday

Thanks for joining us for 

DD's Crafts Fabulous 50 Birthday Blog Hop!!

If you just came from Julie the  Cricut Chick's blog (cricutchick.com) you are in the right place... if not, please head over to Debbie's blog at craftydeb-ddscrafts.blogspot.com to start at the beginning.

Today my card is a birthday card for a dog lover! :)

This is a typical A2 card. I pulled lots of blue and browns from my scrap bin... the blue is Bazzill cardstock, and the polka-dot background paper is an old print by DCWV. The blue layer measures 4" x 5 1/4" and the patterned paper is 3 3/4" x 5". I also added a strip of blue paper (punched with a Fiskars scalloped border punch), a white satin ribbon and a brown strip across the card base.

I created this sentiment layer using "Shelley Print" and placed it in a 2 1/2" circle. After printing it onto photo paper, I placed it on a 2 3/4" brown circle and a 3" blue scallop (both cut from Winter Woodland).

My little puppy is from Create a Critter (where else??) and is cut a 2 1/2". His adorable face is using Wide Eyed and Bushy Tailed Peachy Keen face stamps. I added the white details with my Gelly Roll white gel pen. A little adhesive backed rhinestone finishes off his little collar.

The inside of the card features a sentiment stamp from Hero Art's Big Hugs set.

For a bonus freebie, I've included my doggy themed sentiment for you to download if you'd like.  Simply click onto the image to open it and right click on it and choose "Save image" to save it to your computer.

Before you jump to the next stop, please leave a comment (and don't forget your contact info) to be entered in my drawing for some blog candy...

a $20.00 gift card to either

Michael's or Joanns -- winner's choice!!!

Drawing will take place on Monday, Jan 16th, 2012.

Please remember to win the grand prizes over at Debbie's blog (DD's Crafts) you must leave a comment on each blog each day of the blog hop.

Your next stop is

Lisa over at Crafty Lam

Mushroom Birthday Card

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DD's Crafts Fabulous 50 Birthday Blog Hop!!

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Today I have another shaped card to share! :)

This adorable mushroom is from Cindy Lou. I sized the shadow layer to 5 1/2" and welded two shapes together to form the card base. It will fit into a standard A2 envelope, so no extra postage required. 

All the paper is from my scrap bin but most is Bazzill cardstock. I inked all the layers with royal blue ink and a finger dauber. I love how much dimension inking adds to a card. 

I added five silver brads to the mushroom stem and a Scrappy Mom's Stamp for the birthday sentiment. I drew the faux stitches on using my white Gelly Roll gel pen.

I didn't have this sentiment, so I had to create it myself. Using Honey Script, I added the inside sentiment that reads "Happy Birthday to a real Fungi!" I love it! :)

Before you jump to the next stop, please leave a comment (and don't forget your contact info) 

to be entered in my drawing for some blog candy...

a $20.00 gift card to either

Michael's or Joanns -- winner's choice!!!

Drawing will take place on Monday, Jan 16th, 2012.

Please remember to win the grand prizes over at Debbie's blog (DD's Crafts) you must leave a comment on each blog each day of the blog hop.

Your next stop is

Lisa over at Crafty Lam

Cow and Barn Birthday

Thanks for joining us for 

DD's Crafts Fabulous 50 Birthday Blog Hop!!

If you just came from Julie the  Cricut Chick's blog (cricutchick.com) you are in the right place... if not, please head over to Debbie's blog at craftydeb-ddscrafts.blogspot.com to start at the beginning.

I made the card into a shaped card with my Gypsy. 

I've always been in love with shaped cards and this one is no exception! I sized the barn from Create a Critter to 5 1/2" wide and welded two of the shapes together to form the card base.

The cow is cut at 2" (all layers) and the bird is cut at 3/4".

The grass is from Paper Doll Dress Up and I inked the layers with dark green.

I thought the barn needed something extra so I added the white strips of paper to the barn doors.

The sentiment "Wish BIG!" is from Scrappy Mom's Stamps "Simple Sentiments."

"Happy, Happy Birthday!" is from Scrappy Mom's Simple Sentiments too.

Before you jump to the next stop, please leave a comment (and don't forget your contact info) 

to be entered in my drawing for some blog candy...

a $20.00 gift card to either

Michael's or Joanns -- winner's choice!!!

Drawing will take place on Monday, Jan 16th, 2012.

Please remember to win the grand prizes over at Debbie's blog (DD's Crafts) you must leave a comment on each blog each day of the blog hop.

Your next stop is

Lisa over at Crafty Lam

Blog hop here, blog hops there, blog hops everywhere!

Okay, I was in a blog hop last weekend called

 

"Back to School Blog Hop"

Day 1 and Day 2

and then Thursday I participated in the

Fall and Halloween Blog Hop

featuring the Thankful Thursday DT

and on Saturday I will be in another blog hop

Breast Cancer Awareness Blog Hop

Because of all these wonderful hops, I have a lot of blog candy to give.  I will leave the commenting open until Monday, October 3rd, 2011.  I'll pull three winners on Tuesday October 4th, 2011 and notify the winners via email -- so don't forget to leave an email address!!

All you need to do to win is leave a comment and be a follower.  If I get to 700 followers before October 4th, I'll also do a 700 follower giveaway (that drawing will be pulled from all my followers)!

Thanks so much to each and everyone of you!

Butterfly birthday pocket card

Welcome to the Happy Birthday Deborah!!! SURPRISE Birthday Blog Hop! Today is Deborah from Scrapping Mammas Birthday! Some of her awesome friends have decided to have a BIG SURPRISE BIRTHDAY HOP since we can't all be in the same place for a SURPRISE party! This is the next best thing!

This blog hop is a one day blog hop to wish a very special woman (fellow crafter) a very special Happy Birthday. So Happy Birthday Deborah (aka Scrapping Mama).

If you are coming from Lisa at HoneyBearzDesigns, you’re on the right track. If you just joined us, you can go back to the beginning HERE 

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Now Let's get this party started!!

Here is the card Deborah will be getting in the mail: it's a pocket card, but the special thing about this card is the pocket part... it's a Chinese take out folded pocket.

If you want info about how to make this pocket, here is the video I watched... I know I used to fold these in school but was re-inspired today.  I started with an 8" x 8" piece of Heidi Grace paper, folded the pocket and then decorated it with DCWV's the Alphabet Stack.

I cut the monogram (along with the striped strip) and attached it after I added the glittered polka-dot paper to the triangle parts of the pocket. My triangles measured 3 1/4" each.

This beautiful butterfly is from Everyday Pop Up cards. I cut it at 2" using generic white and black card stock.  A strip of rhinestones really finish off the butterfly. I glued the body directly to the card insert, but rolled up a 1" piece of foam tape to hold the wings in place.

Here you can see the card insert... see how the polka-dots are on the inside of the pocket too... so cute.

I grabbed this plaid paper from the Alphabet Stack too. I really wanted to stick with the black, white and silver theme and love the mix of polka-dots and plaids! :)  The "Make a wish!" stamp (from Scrappy Moms, Simple Sentiments) is embossed on a little black triangle with silver embossing powder.

Because the card insert is a 3" x 3" black notecard, I added a 2 3/4" x 2 3/4" white panel to write on.  A little scrap of polka-dot paper was the perfect touch.

I just love the dimension on this card... best part is that with a careful hand, it will fit into a standard A2 envelope... no extra postage required.

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Before you jump on to Julie's blog, please comment for your chance to win my blog candy... I have a cupcake themed stamp set to giveaway... please be a follower and leave me a way to contact you.

Here is a list of the complete lineup for this hop:

Lisa@ http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/

Cheryl @ http://cardsbycg.blogspot.com/

Julie @ http://designs-by-julie.blogspot.com/  <--- your next stop

Kari@ http://purplefuntastickcreations.blogspot.com/

Shawnee @ http://blessedonthebrightside.com/

Amber @ http://pixiperfectcreations.blogspot.com/

Kristy @ http://scraptasticalkreations.blogspot.com/

Dawn@ http://dawnsdesignsthatdelight.blogspot.com/

Rachelle@ http://creationsbyrachelle.blogspot.com/

Jamie @ http://myamusinglife.blogspot.com/

Lisa C @ http://lisa-craft-blog.blogspot.com/

Jenny @ http://www.crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/

Gina @ http://californiascrappin-gcinderella21.blogspot.com/

Ashley @ http://www.theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com/

Janet @ http://createatdreamscrapbooks.blogspot.com/

Kimmarie @ http://kimmarieskorner.blogspot.com/

Lisa P @ http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/

Lynne @ http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/

Jearise @ http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com/

Janet S @ http://ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/

Linda @ www.lindascreativity.blogspot.com

Nicolette @ www.beyondscrapin.blogspot.com/

Brynn @ http://www.flairandfrillscreativity.blogspot.com/


Challenges: 
Creative Scrapbooking Divas : Fussy Cutting
I fussy cut the letter "d" with the horizonatal stripe from DCWV's Alphabet stack... so sorry, but I didn't get a "before" picture and it only includes one sheet per letter.
Simply Betty Challenge : Pockets