Give Thanks Blog Hop November 19th and 20th

Hi ladies, hope you guys are getting ready for your Thanksgiving Feast!! I know I can't wait to have all my family over next weekend. All the chatter and great smells going on in the house. What great memories to treasure. This hop is being hosted by Denise. Thanks Denise for taking over so we could continue this hop. If you are coming from Sigrid blog then you are in the right spot.  So lets get started. I wanted to make a spcrapbook page for the pictures that I will be taking next weekend. I figured I would make this for the hop and already be a step ahead of myself. I am so thankful for my family. I have been blessed with the best people to surround my life with. I used my MTC software for the tree and the word "MEMORIES" which I welded together for one piece. That makes it easier to put on your page instead of having to line up each letter correctly. The 3 D pumpkin and fence is a SVG file I purchased. I'm sorry I can't remember which maker I got it from. I loved how the fence turned out. Finally , I used flocking at the bottom to represent fall foliage. I hope you enjoy the hop this weekend. Now on to your next person Martha. Your almost finished. Have a great weekend.  

Halloween / Trick or Treat Blog Hop Oct. 15th and 16th

Hi ladies, thanks for stopping by and hopping with us today for the Halloween / Trick or Treat Blog Hop. If you want to start at the beginning then please go to our Fabulous hostess Kathryn's Blog. If you have come from Michelle's blog then you are in the right place. So let's get started..... As you know our theme is Halloween. So I decided to make an Explosion box for one of my projects. I used a Halloween stack that I found at Tuesday Mornings. The little bat is a freebie SVG file I got from Treasure Box Designs. I love using SVG files to make things that you can't find on your cricut cartridges. I love making these Boxes. They are perfect to give as gifts to people, and definitely are coffee table worthy, and don't take up to much space either. 

I have been frantically working on making items for a craft fair I'm in this weekend. But I wanted to make another project to share with you before you go on to the next hop. It's a Halloween Wreath to put on your door. I had seen ladies on Facebook making them and had to get my hands on making one. I made the paper flower rosettes out of a Halloween stack I had, cut some 3 d pumpkins to put in some of the centers and placed them around a styrofoam wreath that I wrapped in white ribbon. 

So now your off to the next blog which is Martha, she always has some fabulous projects to enjoy. You don't want to miss what she has for this hop!!! Happy Halloween....

Breast Cancer Awareness Month Blog Hop October 1st.

Breast Cancer Awareness Blog Hop





Hello everyone and welcome to the Breast Cancer Awareness blog hop!! We want to spread the news about this deadly disease that could be cured if it is diagnosed in time. I know that each and everyone of us has been touched by someone with cancer or has had it themselves. Please invite your family and friends to participate in the hop. If you have come from Jennifer then you are in the right place. If you want to start from the beginning then please start with Denise she is the Host of this hop. Remember,to be eligible for the blog candy that she is  giving away on her blog, which will be a bag of goodies that you can use to scrap with and a $15.00 gift certificate. You must leave a comment on each blog and become a member of each blog to be eligible for the candy. 


I , as I'm sure a lot of us have been affected in some way with Breast Cancer. My project is made with LOVE for my Aunt Betty. She was diagnosed with Breast Cancer and had to have a double mastectomy last year. She has been thru a lot as you can imagine, but she is a STRONG women, and has fought this tooth and nail. I will never forget the day she was at my house and said to me, " I'm going to be the first person to gain weight on Cemo", as she was stuffing her face with a LARGE honeybun..... Her determination to fight this UGLY disease inspired me to NEVER let anything get you down no matter what life brings you. She is now doing REAL well and we celebrated her 50th wedding anniversary last week. It was a VERY special time for all of us, because we did not know if she would be with us much longer. I made this project with her in mind, and will be mailing it to her soon. It is a Christmas ornament that I made for her to hang on the tree. I used the clear glass balls that I got at Michaels. I used the Pledge method inside the ball and put pink glitter inside to coat it. I used my vinyl and the cricut to cut out polka dots, the word HOPE and the ribbon to it. Tied some tulle around the top for hanging. Voila there you have it. Hope you enjoy the hop. 

your next stop is Tonya I know she is going to have a great project to show you.

Day two of School Blog Hop

So did you have fun yesterday going thru the Hop. I hope so there were some CUTE projects made. Well today is DAY 2 for the hop, and everyone has a NEW project to show you today. So lets make sure we do our homework, and get hopping to the blogs.
Yesterday I made an altered notebook made into a shape of an apple. Today I have made a 2 page 12 x 12 spread to put your Cutie Pies first day back to school pics on. I know you took pictures on the first day. I cut out trees and a school bus with my cricut and tore brown paper along the bottom edge to look like the bus was going down the path to pick up the kids.I put paperclips on some of the photo mats to give it a little school look.  I hope you like it.

Now skip on over to craftyhomemade and see what she has for you today. 

Welcome to the School Blog Hop! This is a two day blog hop in which we will feature different projects both days. I hope you enjoy as you are hopping along. There will be a grand prize winner drawn from those who comment on all of the blogs both days. The grand prizes are from Cloud9 who is giving away a $20 gift certificate to their store. And Jens DigiStamps who will be giving away a $5 gift certificate to their store which is worth five digistamps. I would appreciate if you could take the time to check out their sites if you have time as we are happy to have them as our sponsors.

Cloud9

http://designsoncloud9.com/

and their facebook page 

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Designs-on-Cloud-9/189551027737837

Jens Digi Stamps

http://www.jensdigistamps.com

You should be coming here from Gina

If  not then please start at the beginning with Jaime

I made an Altered Notebook, made into the shape of an apple to share with you today. I used my Cinch to bind it all together, and made a paper piecing bear with my MTC and silver chipboard ABC to finish it off. I hope that you will come back tomorrow for my other project that I made for the second day of the hop. Now hop on over to Crafty Homemade . 

INTERNATIONAL TALK LIKE A PIRATE BLOG HOP

Welcome t' th' INTERNATIONAL TALK LIKE A SEAFARIN' HEARTY TIDE BLOG HOP! So thrilled t' be among such talent in this hop. Thanks Gill!!! Ye should be comin' from LINDA's blog. If ye jus' came across this hop an' ye want t' start at th' beginnin' make sure ye start HERE. I hope that ye will enjoy th' hop. This be goin' t' be fun seein' all th' Sea dog related projects. I be havin' made a 12 x 12 Scrapbook page. 't came be used fer yer wee Sea dog or great fer a Halloween page since 'tis starboard around th' corner. I used skull 'n cross bones fer th' matting, and pieced togeth' a Sea dog for the final touch.

 And fer all them Girl buccanneers ou' thar, I made a keg cap necklace wi' a skull an' crossbones image on 't. These be so fun an' can be made fer any occasion.

Now hop on o'er t' see wha' Haidee has in store fer ye before I make ye walk th' plank. 




Here is th' lineup for all th' Sea dog projects if ye get lost. 

1. Gill http://creationsbygillm.blogspot.com/

2. Maria http://justgetscraphappy.blogspot.com/

3. Alethea http://lilodesigns.blogspot.com/

4. Valerie http://canonburycreations.blogspot.com/

5. Jacki - http://cardsbyjacki.blogspot.com/

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

8. Beckie http://beckiedreyer.blogspot.com/

9. Lisa http://lisagarrow.blogspot.com

10. Faith http://faithfulecreations.wordpress.com/

11. Anita http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com/

12. Jenn P http://jennscrap2.blogspot.com/

13. Jessica http://thecreativestamperspot.blogspot.com/

14. Linda www.thefruitofmyhands.blogspot.com

15. Paula http://scrapyourworld1.blogspot.com  ( YOU ARE HERE)

16. Haidee http://created2bunique.blogspot.com/  ( You need to go here)

17. Leslie - Rahye http://www.leslierahye.blogspot.com/

18. Jackie http://jackiesscrappinpad.blogspot.com

19. Corri www.buglvr.blogspot.com

20. Liz www.tryin2craft.blogspot.com

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

22. Vicki http://paperandprims.blogspot.com

23. AJ - http://fistfullofglittercardsbyaj.blogspot.com/

24. Jearise - http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com/

Halloween is coming!!!!

I know its a little early for Halloween. But there has been so many cute SVG files that I have purchased lately, I had to do something with them. I had a little time to play and decided to make this two page spread. I actually won this file from Scrapping Bug Designs by helping come up with a title. 

Let me custom design a page for you!

Wouldn't you love to have all those pictures in a box come to life in a scrapbook. Can't seem to find the time to scrapbook yourself? Do you have a special theme your looking for? Let me custom design two scrapbook pages for you! You choose theme, color, etc.
You will receive a  2 page 12x12 layout.
Some ideas of what I can make for you include:
Birthday, Christmas, Halloween, Beach, Vacation, Easter, Boy, Girl, Baby, Baby Shower, Pregnancy, Wedding, Sports, Any Season , and much much more!!!
Please allow up to two weeks for customized item. If you need your layout sooner, please email me and I will do my best to accommodate your needs.
Custom orders are always welcome, from custom pages, paper bag albums, and other altered scrapbook items. I use high quality scrapbook materials, items will not harm your photos. All my items are in a smoke free and pet free environment. So no worries about allergies!!
If you are interested, please email me at faithful2god_2000@yahoo.com and I will be happy to get back with you so we can discuss what you would like made.

Sweet 16 Birthday Premade Pages

Hi, guess what.... My daughter has been gone all weekend, soooooo I got to play in the Scraploft for a whole day with NO interuptions. So I thought I would show you one of the two page spreads I made. I actually got 14 pages completed!!!!! WOOO HOOO. Stay tuned I will post the others thru out the week. This Sweet 16 pages had to have ZEBRA on them. Every teen loves zebra, right? I made my own glitter mist a couple of weeks ago, so I spritzed the word SWEET and the balloons with the mist and it looks like glitter paper. What a cheap way to get the effect of glitter.

Nicolette's Birthday Bash Blog Hop Winner!!!!

Hi ladies, I hope you had a great time going thru all the blogs last week. Everyone had such great projects to share. I wanted to post the winner of my blog candy for the hop. I am giving away the project that I shared ( the minnie picture frame) . #15 Mamawcindy is the winner!!! Congrats on winning. I will be emailing you to get your information so that I can get this mailed to you. I hope that you all will continue to follow me. Happy CRAFTING!!!!
Paula

Nicolette's Birthday Bash Blog Hop June 1st and 2nd

Hi ladies, I hope you are having fun on Nicolette's Birthday Bash Blog Hop. She is turning a year older, but we all know that its just another year WISER!! Thanks Nicolette for letting me participate and share in your birthday!! Hope it is GRAND!! If you just came across this hop and you want to start at the beginning make sure you start HERE at Nicolette's Blog. If you came from the talented Denise to my blog than you are in the right place.

We were to make something to share with you that was Disney themed. My daughter is a bit older and out of the Disney items, but I just knew that I could come up with something. So I altered a picture frame with a more "teen" inspired look. It has a "Minnie" shape cut out for your photo. I lined it with the "popular" zebra print and spiced it up with BLING.... glitter of course!! My daughter liked it, and wanted to keep it, but I said nope.... cause its my BLOG CANDY!! So just leave a comment to be in the running and you just might win this cute picture frame. And if you like ( which I would love) you can become a follower too. Happy Hopping, here are the pics.

Hope you liked my project. Now you are off to see Jenny and I just know she will have something fabulous!!

It looks like there is a lot of issues today with Blogger. So I am going to put the line up here .

Final Blog Hop Line Up

1. Nicolette www.beyondscrapin.blogspot.com
2.Cheryl http://CardsbyCG.blogspot.com/
3. Tammy http://tammyjennings.blogspot.com/
5. Krista http://www.KristasPaperCafe.com/
6. Karelj www.kareljcreations.com
7. Denise http://deesdesignsfrommyheart.blogspot.com/
8. Paula D www.scrapyourworld1.blogspot.com
9.Jenny http://jennyplace26.blogspot.com/
10. Kimmarie http://kimmarieskorner.blogspot.com/
11. Carol C. http://cardstockscissorsandglue.blogspot.com/
12. Corrine P http://celebratingordinarymoments.blogspot.com/
13. Anita http://anitaandbugs.blogspot.com/
14. Ellen http://lifeatwalnuthill.blogspot.com/
16. Deborah http://www.scrappingmamma.net/
17. Stacy http://CreatingACraftyLife.blogspot.com/
18. Pam http://pammejo-scrapbookflair.blogspot.com/
19. Jenn N. http://craftyfulgardens.blogspot.com/
20. Kristal http://gettingcricky.com/
21. Alina http://www.neverstoppscrapping.blogspot.com/
23. Brynn http://www.flairandfrillscreativity.blogspot.com/
24. Dawnica O http://www.dawnicakorner.blogspot.com/
25. Ellen http://www.cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com/

Explosion Box

I hope that everyone had a GREAT Mothers Day weekend, and that you were SPOILED all day!!! I had a nice day with my family and my Mother. She cried when she read my card. That was the best part of the day knowing that what I wanted to tell her was really felt by her with just some simple words. I love her!!! She is my rock , and my best friend!!
Ok So now on to the post. I made an Explosion Box about two months ago, and forgot to post it on my blog. Since I have been spending some much needed time with my family, I have not crafted anything new to put on here, so I thought I would dig this up from my pictures to share. Very fun to make, and just as easy. Enjoy....

This is the starting point. I had my three "flaps" made.

I started adding my paper and mats to the pages.

started adding some flowers, and things.

made my top to hold it all together.

Finished the top off with a sentiment and handmade flower.

I do not have a "final" picture of the inside with all the pictures. But you get the idea.

This was one of my moms gifts, full of pictures of the grandkids, and inside was her box with a necklace inside with the birthstone pendents of her grandkids on it. It was perfect.