Happy Halloween!

From Mario & Luigi.

Products: DCWV, Best Creation Inc, Paper Studio, Ek Success Punch, Color Box, Delta Creative.

Guest Designer for CYP

I am a Guest Designer for Craft Your Passion today.  Today is Challenge #134 - Photo Inspiration.  We all used this photo to spark our creativity.

I made a Thanksgiving card.  The basic shapes of the sunset around a single tree led to the turkey with the green background.   I like the softness that the ribbons around it add.

All the materials are scraps from other projects.  It always feels good to use that part of my stash.  I used DCWV, Imaginisce, Create a Critter 2 cartridge, Scrappy Moms stamps, ink and ribbons.



Please stop by CYP and see all the other projects that everyone made.

Have a great day!

Disney Bloghop for Rett Syndrome Awareness - Day 2

Thanks for hopping along with us.  To see what I made for yesterday go HERE.  Today there are even more blogs to visit and see.  Here is the line up:

1. Robin L. - http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/ 
2. Sarah Walker Woodring - www.craftingwithsarah.blogspot.com
3. Amber Leeson Curtis - http://mommascraps.blogspot.com/
4. Suzanne Roseberry - http://www.zannieberry.blogspot.com
5. L. B. - http://www.coolbeansbylb.blogspot.com/
6. Robin Carroll - http://cutonedesignsbyrobin.blogspot.com/ 
7. Blog Candy - http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/2012/10/disney-blog-hop-blog-candy.html

Don't forget to comment along the way to be eligible for this from Robin:

Blog Candy
We will have two lucky winners from this weekends blog hop.
You must be a follower of... http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/
and
Leave a comment on each of the blogs to be entered to win one of the prizes.

Prize One is a Disney Princess Scrapbook Kit, and a few Goodies from the International Rett Syndrome Foundation, a bracelet, a pen, and a car magnet.

Prize Two is a Disney Theme Park Scrapbook Kit, and a few Goodies from the International Rett Syndrome Foundation, a bracelet, a pen, and a car magnet.

Along with the prizes I will be making two $5 donations to the Inernational Rett Syndrome Foundation in each of the winners names in honor of my Daughter.

Disney Bloghop for Rett Syndrome Awareness - Day 1

Welcome to the First Annual Blog Hop for Rett Syndrome Awareness

Your first stop should have been at Robin Lane's Blog, if you did not start there please go back to the beginning...

http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/

What is Rett Syndrome? Rett Syndrome is a devastating neurologic developmental disorder that occurs almost exclusively in girls. It is usually caused by a mutation of the MECP2 gene on the X chromosome. Rett Syndrome is found in all racial and ethnic groups throughout the world, and in every socioeconomic class. Rett Syndrome affects 1 in 15,000 female births.

Early developmental milestones appear normal, but between 6-18 months of age, there is a delay or regression in development, particularly affecting speech, hand skills and coordination. A hallmark of Rett Syndrome is the repetitive hand movements that may include seizures, irregular breathing, swallowing difficulties, and curvature of the spine.  There is currently no cure, but many individuals with Rett Syndrome live well into adulthood.

For this blog hop I made 4 cards. 

Each card has a different character,

heart brads,

and some ribbon

holding a tag with the sentiment.

Each one will have encouraging words inside and will be donated to 'Project Sunshine & Smiles,' an organization that sends cards to children in hospitals.  You can donate to them too.

Plus, there's this from Robin:

Blog Candy
We will have two lucky winners from this weekends blog hop.
You must be a follower of... http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/
and
Leave a comment on each of the blogs to be entered to win one of the prizes.

Prize One is a Disney Princess Scrapbook Kit, and a few Goodies from the International Rett Syndrome Foundation, a bracelet, a pen, and a car magnet.

Prize Two is a Disney Theme Park Scrapbook Kit, and a few Goodies from the International Rett Syndrome Foundation, a bracelet, a pen, and a car magnet.

Along with the prizes I will be making two $5 donations to the Inernational Rett Syndrome Foundation in each of the winners names in honor of my Daughter.

Please keep hopping along and see what everyone made for today.  Here is a list of the blogs:

1. Robin L. - http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/ 
2. Jenn Drowns Jackson - http://scraphappensembellishit.blogspot.com/ 
3. Jamie Larsen - http://babyjaydensmommy.blogspot.com/ 
4. Melissa Lipcsey - http://papershenaniganz.blogspot.com/
5. Melanie Rozwood -  http://afternoonscrapper.blogspot.com/   <--- You are HERE
6. Ginger K. Morriello -  http://www.createwithginger.com
7. An'Jenic Gibson - http://anjenicgibson.blogspot.com/
8. Angela Tondini Chamness - http://angelascraftyspot.blogspot.com/
9. Julie McElhinney - http://www.thecricutchirp.com/
10. Jennie Dewar - http://jenscrapstoo.blogspot.com/
11. Angie Makein-Ashuk - http://crazyscraplady-angelpie.blogspot.ca/ 
12. Anita Thibodeau - http://scrappyhappymommy.blogspot.com/
13. Blog Candy - http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/2012/10/disney-blog-hop-blog-candy.html

There will be more blogs to visit tomorrow too.  Have a great day!

Please vote

I submitted my 'Stop Sign' layout for a birthday challenge on Paper Issues facebook page.  Starting today, please “like” my projects for a vote. 

FYI-to “like” my layout you will need to “like” Paper Issues Facebook Page first then got to the photo albums choose PI Birthday Project Challenge Album, go through the photos and like! You can only “like” each photo once.

Thanks for your help.

 

Muffins...?

I love the way kids interpret things.  We asked my son to get out the things for making muffins.  The items we expected to see was the box mix, a bowl, the muffin trays, measuring cups, etc.  Instead, he did this:

He got the muffin trays and a whole bunch of other random baking things from the pantry.  Ah, so fun.

I used DCWV, Momenta, Paper Studio, Eyelet Outlet brads, American Crafts and Color Box ink.

Guest Designer for CYP

Today I am the Guest Designer for Craft Your Passion.  This week is Challenge #133, Fairies and Fantasy.  We all had the chance to use a digi from Delicious Doodles and I chose 'Angel with Baby.'

I used colors and a sentiment that are generic so this card can be for any occasion or gender.   DCWV, Cloud 9, Prisma Color, Scrappy Moms stamps and Rubber Stampede ink were used to make this card.

Please stop by CYP and check out all the other great projects that were made for this week.

Featured Artist

Thank you to Dawn.  This week on her The Scrappin' Queen's facebook page I am the Featured Artist.  Please stop by and see her page.

Tie card

I got some new stamps from 'Scrappy Moms' and HAD to play with them.  The first thing I made was a masculine card.

It's cute, simple and masculine.  Now I need a reason to use it....

The paper is DCWV 'Guy' stack with brads and Delta Creative 'Scarlet' ink.

Guest Designer for CYP

I'm the October Guest Designer at Craft Your Passion.  This weeks Challenge #132 is Which Witch is Which?

We all had the opportunity to use a witch digi from A Day For Daisies.  I chose the 'Pretty Witch' for my 'Happy Fall' card.

Isn't she great?  The witch looks awesome flying over the pumpkin patch.

I colored the digi with Prisma Color markers then used Imaginisce and DCWV papers with EK Sucess 3D dots to make the sentiment stand out.

Please stop by CYP and check out all the other great projects.

Beary Thankful

This card appears to sweet and calm.

I used 2 pieces of the same pattern Momenta paper from PA-1124 to weave the background.  Bears from the Eyelet Outlet, Stickles and a sentiment sticker from Momenta's ST-3301complete the card.

Fall cards

Here are a few fall cards I made quickly.

They each have DCWV and Imaginisce paper with a punch and a Scrappy Moms stamp.

They turned out great.  I sent these along with some other cards to Operation Write Home for the soldiers.

Guest Designer for CYP

This week at Craft Your Passion is Challenge # 131, Hip to be SQUARE.  We all made square shaped cards.

Mine features the digi Chef Pattie.  She is so cute with that stove and hat.  I also used DCWV paper, Eyelet Outlet ribbon, Prisma Color Markers and a stamp from Scrappy Moms.

Please stop by CYR and check out all the other great square cards.

World Card Making Day

**For the Scrap Happens Bloghop please go HERE**

I have been busy making cards to celebrate World Card Making Day.  I scrapped all day and made 10 cards.

 
I used a lot of Momenta products on all the cards.  You can also see these on the Paper Issues facebook page for their contest today.

All of these will be submitted to Operation Write Home for the soldiers to send to their families via the Paper Crafts Magazine.

Scrap Happens 2nd Blogaversary Bloghop

Congratulations to Scrap Happens, Embellish it!  They are celebrating their 2nd blogaversary this weekend.

To celebrate, we are having a bloghop.  If you are going in order, you came here from Robin Carroll.

In a way, I made 2 things.  First I made the stop sign cake for my son's birthday (with my mom's supervision of course).  Then I made this layout showcasing it.

Both times I got to use my Cricut!  How cool is that?  I used the 'Going Places' cartridge as a template for the cake then to make the stop signs on the layout.  Yey!

I also used DCWVpaper, Basic Grey lace, with Bella Blvd and Lily Bee Design alphas.

Every party needs presents!  So as you enjoy all the different projects, I hope you are leaving comments on all the blogs.  Jenn is offering this as a gift to someone.

Your next stop is Lori Apgar.  Just in case, here is the list of today's participants.

1. Scrap Happens~Embellish It --- http://scraphappensembellishit.blogspot.com/
2. Tara Barnes Bruening --- http://craftindesertdivas.blogspot.com
3. Tammy Smith --- http://cuttinandstampin.blogspot.com
4. Amber Neal-Johnson --- http://pixiperfectcreations.blogspot.com
5. Robin Carroll --- http://cutonedesignsbyrobin.blogspot.com/
6.  Melanie Rozwood --- http://afternoonscrapper.blogspot.com/  <--You are HERE
7. Lori Apgar ---http://scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/  
8. Norma G. --- http://lilhoneybeestudios.blogspot.com/
9. Maria Matter --- http://JoyfulStamper.blogspot.com
10. Angie Livingston --- http://angiescraftypad.blogspot.com
11.  Robin Lane --- http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Happy Fall Tree

I love fall and this year I want to make more of our seasonal decor.  Today I made this tree wall hanging.  It displays all my favorite things about fall.  There's a lot of color, pumpkins, apples, a football, all the good stuff. 

My Cricut really got a work out making this.  It made ALL the cuts.  I didn't use my regular trimmer even once.  Wow.

I used 'Spring Seasonal' for the tree; 'Winters in the Air' for the leaves, pumpkins and football; 'My World' for the apples; and 'Sponge Bob' for the sign.  The tree is 11 1/2" tall, the leaves are 2", the football is 1 1/2", the pumpkins are 2 1/2" tall the apples are 3/4" and the sign is cut at 2 1/2".  It fills the wall nicely.

I also used DCWV, Cloud 9 and Momenta papers, Rubber Stampede ink, Prisma Color markers and Scrappy Moms stamps.

A bonus is this fits in with the fall challenge at Erica's Craft Room.  Soon anyone will be able to vote for their favorite entry.  The winner gets a DT spot.  Good luck everyone!

Happy Fall to you.

Gamers

My husband introduced the kids to the world of video games.  One of their favorite to play together is 'Sonic the Hedgehog.'  I tried to make the layout look like one of the boards they play.

The fox from the Woodland Animals set at the Eyelet Outlet was perfect for the character 'Tails.'  I used a printout for 'Sonic.'

Paper Studio and DCWV papers with EK Success 3D Dots, Bella Blvd 'Sophisticates' aplhas and 'Plantin Schoolbook' cartridge were also used on this layout.

A Deer card

This card is great for guys, the fall, or any other occasion.  The colors are muted and calming.  I like the simplicity of all the elements.

The deer are a great accent and they can be found at the Eyelet Outlet and my guest post on their blog.  The heart is from the George and Basic Shapes cartridge.  The papers are DCWV, the ink is Rubber Stampede and the sentiment is Fiskars.

Liebster Award

I have been chosen again to receive the Liebster Award.  This time it's from KC's blog.  Thank you so much!

 

 

ABOUT THE AWARD

Liebster is a German word meaning "Beloved," "Favorite," or "Dearest." This award is a peer to peer award in which fellow bloggers present the award to their favorite bloggers with less than 200 followers. The origins of this award is unclear, but is believed to have originated by a German blogger. This award was designed to be a blog award in the pay it forward fashion to share your dearest and most beloved blogs that have less than 200 followers.

RULES FOR ACCEPTANCE

Thank the person who gave you the award and link back to their blog. Post the award onto your blog. Give the award to five bloggers who you appreciate that have less than 200 followers. Leave a comment on their blog letting them know that you have given them this awesome award!

PAY IT FORWARD
Now I get to give out 5 nominations, which is very hard....I love so many blogs..... Here are the 5 blogs with less than 200 followers that I would like to pass the Liebster Award on to:









Kimberly at Paper Munch
Tess at Sassy Cricut Crafting
Betty at Crafty Creativity
Lisa at Snappin and Scrappin
Diana at Oh For Joy


Please join me in leaving messages on each of their blogs.  Congratulations to everyone!

Guest Designer for CYP

Today I am a Guest Designer for Craft Your Passion.  Challenge #130 is Save the Hooters for Breast Cancer Awareness - Think Pink. I used an owl digi stamp from Regina Easter. 

These owls are so cute!  I colored them with Prisma Color markers and pencils.  The ribbon from the Eyelet Outlet coordinates so well.  The papers are from Paper Studio and Cloud 9.

Please make sure you visit Craft Your Passion to see all the other great projects.