OWH Memorial Day Blog Hop

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Memorial Day Blog Hop!!

Let me tell you, there are so many great bloggers involved, you will probably want to take a few days to get through them all :)

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 Brenda's Joyful Creations

If you lose your way just click on the badge below to start at the beginning.

                 

My card is a simple  Miss You card. I decided to try the red whote and blue color theme... doesn't come easily to me ..LOL

The paper is DCWV ~ Summer Dream Stack and Stampin Up. The sentiment and punches are Stampin Up. The image is Cricut ~ A Childs Year and the banner is cut free hand.

I hope you enjoy all the wonderful creations to be found on this hop! 

Now you will move on to  Desert Rose Outpost

Happy Hopping!!

Getting Ready For Another OWH Hop !

                               

It's time for another OWH Blog Hop ! The theme for this hop .... Miss You  .... is just perfect for Memorial Day Weekend.

So if you have some free time, I hope you will stop by and see work by some of the most talented people in 'blogland' !

Remember, the fun starts at 10 am Eastern on Saturday the 28th ! Hope to see you !

Out Of My Comfort Zone

This card started with the ribbon. I rarely ever use black in any of my projects, but I have wanted to use this ribbon ever since I bought it for a 50th birthday gift. So then I had to pick a color to go with it...

This blue just seemed to jump out at me, so it's what I went with :)

All the supplies except the ribbon are Stampin Up. The ribbon came from Walmart, I think.

Thanks for taking to the time to stop by :)

MPS Challenge #11

Robyn's Challenge #11 is to use Pink,Green and Black

This project was already partly done for me... My daughter gave me this vase with the green stones and the black ribbon for Mother's Day... It came with some some Copic markers :) .. all I had to do was find a cut that would work in Pink from the From My Kitchen  cartridge.... hummm... duh.... Pink Pig..

The pig really is Pink.... can't seem to get the lighting right ... sorry

I used black and pink vinyl to cut the pig... this is the first time I layered a vinyl cut... was pretty easy, but this was a simple cut.

Hope you like it.

Thanks for stopping by :)

MPS Challenge #12

I really wish I had been able to follow along with Robyn's NSD challenges as they were happening, but unfortunately I couldn't. So when I was able to check them out Sunday, I decided to work my way backwards....... that't why I am starting with #12 - something with a Kid's Theme.

I also decided I was going to try to use only one cartridge - From My Kitchen - If only I had more time I know I could do all 12 ... I just might, even though the challenges will be closed :)

The kid's was cut from Cricut Classis Fonts, all other cuts  - From My Kitchen.
Card stock is Stampin Up and Designer paper is DCWV.
I add I added Stickles and Glossy Accents to the buttons and some white gel pen to the edges.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Happy Mother's Day !

I am wishing all of the mom's...of all types... a very Happy Mother's Day !

I lost my mom 5 years ago and I still can't put my heart into making cards for this day.... this is the 1st year I have made any... and then, I only made 4...

I am posting them today so I can put them away... hoping next year I can add more.

All stamps, paper and punches are from Stampin Up.All the ribbon, except the pink with flowers, are from Stampin Up. The pink ribbon is from my stash.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend :)

Thanks for stopping by .....

Baby Shower Card

Here is the card that I made for the same baby shower that I made the banner for.

I used Paisley and Kate's ABC's a stamp from Stampin Up.

The directions for the pop up inside can be found at     Dawns Stamping Studio

Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by :)

Baby Shower Banner

I decided to do a rather unconventional gift for a baby shower.... a banner with the baby's name. When I started to plan it out, the only thing I was sure of was I didn't want the traditional triangle shape. So I started to check out all my Cricut handbooks. When I came across the paisley shape from the Paisley cartridge, I knew I had found my background.

I cuttlebugged the pink layer with the swiss dots folder, made rossettes and inked the edges.( I ended up digging out my hot glue gun - gasp !! - to hold those beautiful yet hard to hold together rosettes ! )The letters for the name are from Nursery Rhyme. 

The papers are Stampin Up and DCWV.

The felt flowers are Stampin Up.

The little girl cuts are from Kate's ABC's. I attached the white satin ribbon to the center of the paisley shape with brads and covered them on the back with a circle punched from the brown cardstock. I used glue dots and a tiny flower brad to attach the girls to the ribbon. I tried several different adhesives to attach the felt flowers to the ribbon and finally ended up using fabric glue.

I added a few gems, a little bit of stickles and brown bows and called it done.

I sewed small bone rings to the white ribbon about 14 inches away on each end and then stiched the white bows to them.

The time and effort I put into this project was well worth it as the mom-to-be really seemed to like it :)



I made a card to go with this, but will save that for my next post...

As always, thanks for stopping by.

ps   I entered this in the challenge at Scrappy Moms Stamps

Strawberry Birthday

I want to say a big hello to all of the new followers to my blog ! I am so humbled that you choose to follow and I hope you keep enjoying my projects. I don't post on any special timetable.... just when I get something done, pictures taken, post written.... you get the idea :)

Todays projects were done for my grandaughters 6th birthday party that will be in May. Because she lives a couple of hours away, I wanted to get these finished and delivered early. I did the invites at home, but used our creating weekend away to do most of the assembly of the treat boxes.

All of the Strawberry Shortcake images came from Here. I printed out 16 sets of their invitations, then cut out the main image and lots of the little flowers. I added gel pen, Stickles and Puffy Paint to give them a little more.. Umph...

The Party Time is from Cutting Up, the strawberry is from Country Life and the inside wording is from Wild Card. I put Glossy Accents on the words and glittered up the edge of the strawberries :)

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For the treat box, I used Tags, Bags, Boxes and More,

Nursery Rhyme for the name and Create a Critter for the cupcake. Stampin Up punches were used for the backing of the cupcake and the Strawberry Shortcake logo and the flower.

The papers are Stampin Up and DCWV.

If I have forgotten any details you would like to now, just leave me a comment and I will get them to you .

Oh yea, I made 15 invitations and 25 treat boxes... Thats alot of cutting and pasting :)

As always, thanks for stopping by.

Blog Obsessed

Ok, I am standing up in front of the room and announcing that I have a problem and I need help!  I can't stop following new blogs. At the rate I'm going, my entire summer vacation will be spent getting through all the new posts that I am missing. I will have to quit my job and give up all my crafting time just to visit each blog everyday! Oh no... is there a support group for this, or am I the only one with this addiction??

Just to prove my point, I am sharing this Link Up Party that Getting Cricky is hosting.

When I added my blog to her list I was #195. That means that there are 194 potential new blogs for me to follow..... oh my goodness....

But, if you want to find some new blogs to follow and also get some new followers of your own... then head on over and join the fun !

I am spending the weekend with my 2 daughters for a crafting blitz. We each have a specific project to work on, so I will have some new things to share next week.

I'm off to feed my need for new blogs....

Thanks for stopping by :)