Mouse Scrappers DC #35 Blog Hop

Hey Everyone,

For this Design challenge I made a template.
Here is the template that the participants got:

Here is a layout I made using all of the kits in the design challenge & my template:

Here is my freebie for you guys, download my freebie HERE!

This freebie includes:
33 Pattern Papers
6 Solid Papers
6 Brads
1 Epoxy Sun
1 Silhouette Sun
1 Sun Pattern
1 Faded Sun Pattern
1 Faded Star Dust


Here is the blog hop lineup:

Shahar29

Chef Minnie Mouse

Romajo

Cindyrelly

Scrappin2girls (You are here)

Thanks for stoppin' by and have a great day!

MouseScrappers Design Challenge #34

Hey everyone,

For this design challenge I made a template.

Here is the template that the participants got:

And here is my freebie for you guys:

Download HERE!

The freebie includes:

3 - Alphas

6 - Pattern papers

4 - logos

1- dot element

Here is the list of hop participants in case you get lost:

Pooh46

Hdmichael

Shahar29

Chef Minnie Mouse

Romajo

Cindyrelly

Scrappin' 2 Girls (you are here)

I hope you all enjoy. I had a great time learning design techniques. 

Have a great day and thanks for stoppin' by!

Mouse Scrappers Design Challenge #33 Blog Hop (FREEBIE)

Hey everyone,

This was my very first time designing a kit (or paper or elements or anything really lol). 

Here is the kit that the participants got:

And here is my freebie for you guys:

Download HERE!

The freebie includes:

6 - 12x12 papers

2 - 4x6 cards

2 - 3x4 cards

1- word art title

3 - word strips

2 - flairs

1 - washi tape

Here is the list of hop participants in case you get lost:

Chef Minnie Mouse

Pooh46

Digidizscrapper

Romajo

Roxana

Cindyrelly

Scrappin2girls (You are here)
Sharhar29
Hdmichael

I hope you all enjoy. I had a great time learning design techniques. 

Have a great day and thanks for stoppin' by!

thank you cook card

I used my Imagine and the Kate's kitchen cart to make this card. I put the cook book on pop dots and tada!

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CWC Taste of Summer Hop - Day 1

Hey everybody!!! Welcome to the CWC Taste of Summer Hop! You should have come here from Evelyn's Blog, if not please head over to Cooking With Cricut and start at the beginning! :)

Taste of summer theme means we were to pick a food that reminds us of summer time and I donno about you guys but when I think of Summer and food I think of watermelon! So my project is a large group of watermelon invites that I made for Harmony's dedication (which was entirely watermelon themed).

To make my invites I used Just Because Cards and my Gypsy. I welded the watermelon from the top to make a full circle and then cut in green. I folded that in half and made the watermelon. Then I cut the actual watermelon cut in pink stripe paper. I stamped the outside with a few different "you're invited" type stamps (different brands) in black ink.

The inside of the cards my husband made on the computer using Power Point and I picked the font. He shaped them with a very faint outline like watermelon shape and I cut them by hand. I used clear photo corners to put the pictures of Harmony in so that people could take them out and display them if they wished. I took the pics of her and made them 4x3.

Now hop on over to Court's blog and check out what amazing summer food themed project she's made for you!

Thanks for stoppin' by and have a great day!

MCCR August 100 Cartridge Hop - Day 2

Welcome to Erica's Craft Room

100 Cricut Cartridge Blog Hop Day TWO

You should have started at http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/ if not please start at the beginning.

Welcome to My Cricut Craft Room's August 100 Cartridge Blog Hop

Collectively the design team uses over 100 different Cricut Cartridgesin their projects during the two days of this hop.

As special treat enjoy 10% off of your total purchase with Erica's Craft Room Store.

Use the code AUGUST to see 10% off of your total purchase (No exclusions)

I've made 3 different cards for the hop today.

For this boat card I used blue card stock and light blue card stock. I cut the boat inside the circle shape from the Pooh and Friends Cricut cart. I added some blue stickles to the main card base and put the boat cut out on top of it with pop dots.

For this this Get Whale card I used purple card stock and some patterned purple paper from DCWV's basics stack. I cut the whale shape from the Just Because Cards Cricut cart. I put it on the card using pop dots and inked the edges of the papers.

For this It's a Girl card I used pink card stock and pink patterned polk-a-dot paper from the paper studio. I cut the onesie from the 9 months lite cartridge and put it on pop dots.

Next you should go to:

Melissa's Blog -

http://papershenaniganz.blogspot.com

And in case you get lost on the way here is the entire line up:

• MCCR http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/
• Nanne http://nannes-creations.blogspot.com/
• tess www.sassycricutcrafting.com
• Jamie M http://craftygirl21.blogspot.com
• Janet http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com
• Mary http://Mary-fortheloveofart.blogspot.com
• Lisa Ch http://lisacustomscrapbooking.blogspot.com
• Ashley http://especiallymade.blogspot.com
• Jamie http://babyjaydensmommy.blogspot.com/
• Melissa http://papershenaniganz.blogspot.com
• Erica's Projects http://ericasprojects.blogspot.com/
• Marji www.fstampaholic.blogspot.com
• Nadja http://nadjarobbins.blogspot.com/
• Andrea http://creativedesignsbyandrea.blogspot.com
• Robin http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/
• Christina http://cema1cema.blogspot.com
• Jodie http://jodiesscraplab.blogspot.com/
• Mona http://scrapbookingforjoy.blogspot.com
• Ava http://scrapbookdesign4u.blogspot.com
• Jessica W http://www.craftinandstampin.blogspot.com
• Blog Candy http://ericasblogcandy.blogspot.com/

Thanks for stoppin' by and have a great day!

CWC Crops of Luv Hop - Day 2

Welcome to the CookingWithCricut.com, Crops of Luv Blog Hop. This month our designers chose to create layouts for the Crops of Luv Organization. If you came here from Natt then you are in the right place, if you need to start from the beginning, then just head over to CWC.

Crops of Luv works hand-in-hand with the Make-A-Wish Foundation and creates scrapbooks for families who have children facing life-threatening illnesses. Our hop will focus on creating 12 x 12 Scrapbook double page LOs using these themes: Princesses, Pirates, Animal Kingdom, Magic Kingdom, Summer Fun (e.g. swimming), Christmas (yes, they have Christmas every Thursday at "Give Kids the World"), or general Disney themes.

Crops of Luv has some specific guidelines for the layouts. They need to include a journaling block or tag and mats for 3 4 x 6 pictures on each page. They also do not want the photo mats permanently adhered to the page. That way they can flip them whichever way they need to.

We hope you will enjoy our creations! We would love for you to participate. You can make a two-page layout following the parameters outlined above and mail it directly to Crops of Luv c/o Roberta Baker, 11424 S. Pawnee Circle, Phoenix, AZ 85044. Since this blog hop is also a challenge, be sure to link your project to CWC/PCW.

If you would like more information about this organization, or would like to make a monetary or supply donation, please visit their web site, www.cropsofluv.com.

Here's my layout today:

A princess layout.

I cut the title out on the Imagine using the Princess title from the Once Upon A Princess cart and filling it with a pattern from the Best Friends Imagine cart. The heart at the end was made with purple bakers twine.. I drew the heart the way I wanted it with a Zig glue pen and then put the twine over that.

The crown is cut from the Birthday Cakes cart out of yellow shimmer card stock and put on a pop dot.

The 2 pink mats are for journaling and were cut with some scalloped scissors. The loopy twine boarders were made the same way as the heart at the end of the title.

This princess is cut from the Best Friends Imagine cart and I cut out some of the extra layers (the crown & dress) and put pop dots under them to make her stand out a bit more.

If you get lost along the way, please be sure to head back to CWC and start from there. Be sure to head over to CWC and leave a comment for a chance to win some blog candy and to link your own Crops of Luv creation. Now you can head over to Larelyn. Thanks so much for being a part of our hop.

Thanks for stoppin' by and have a great day!

CWC Crops of Love Hop - Day 1

Welcome to the CookingWithCricut.com, Crops of Luv Blog Hop. This month our designers chose to create layouts for the Crops of Luv Organization. If you came here from Larelyn then you are in the right place, if you need to start from the beginning, then just head over to CWC.

Crops of Luv works hand-in-hand with the Make-A-Wish Foundation and creates scrapbooks for families who have children facing life-threatening illnesses. Our hop will focus on creating 12 x 12 Scrapbook double page LOs using these themes: Princesses, Pirates, Animal Kingdom, Magic Kingdom, Summer Fun (e.g. swimming), Christmas (yes, they have Christmas every Thursday at "Give Kids the World"), or general Disney themes.

Crops of Luv has some specific guidelines for the layouts. They need to include a journaling block or tag and mats for 3 4 x 6 pictures on each page. They also do not want the photo mats permanently adhered to the page. That way they can flip them whichever way they need to.

We hope you will enjoy our creations! We would love for you to participate. You can make a two-page layout following the parameters outlined above and mail it directly to Crops of Luv c/o Roberta Baker, 11424 S. Pawnee Circle, Phoenix, AZ 85044. Since this blog hop is also a challenge, be sure to link your project to CWC/PCW.

If you would like more information about this organization, or would like to make a monetary or supply donation, please visit their web site, www.cropsofluv.com.

Today I made this 2 page Mickey Mouse layout. I LOVE Mickey.. he's my absolute favorite and no trip to Disneyland/world is complete without a visit to the mouse that started it all!

I used yellow textured card stock for the background pages. I cut black textured card stock into 4.5x6.5 photo mats. The red tag and red rectangle are both for journaling.. the block is 2 x 4.5 inches and the tag is 2 x 2.5 inches and has yellow bakers twine attached to the opening. Mickey was cut on my gypsy so I'm not positive his exact measurements but I'm pretty sure he's 3 inches tall. The Mickey head boarders are all cut in the same red card stock as the journaling tags and is cut with the boarder setting on the Mickey & Friends cart using my gypsy. The shorts are done the same way. The large Mickey in the corner, the red Mickey head on the bottom corner of the first page, & the red Mickey head boarder on the 2nd page are all on pop dots.

The title says " ♥ THAT MOUSE" and is on Mickey & Friends cart also. This too was cut on my Gypsy. It was cut at 2 inches tall.

If you get lost along the way, please be sure to head back to CWC and start from there. Be sure to head over to CWC and leave a comment for a chance to win some blog candy and to link your own Crops of Luv creation. Now you can head over to Natt's blog. Thanks so much for being a part of our hop.

Thanks for stoppin' by and have a great day!

CWC Home Décor Hop!!

Hey everybody!!!

Welcome to Paper Crafting World and Cooking With Cricut’s Home Décor Blog Hop! Our Design Teams are so excited to bring you a two-day hop that focuses on projects for your home – that’s right no cards or scrapbook layouts in this hop! You should have arrived here from visiting Melissa at Crafty Gator. If you’ve joined us in mid-Hop and would like to check out all the other fantastic projects head on over Melinda’s Paper Crafting World and start at the beginning.

For my project I altered a candy jar. See... my oldest, Jayden (2), is going through her potty training (not very well I might add LOL), and to help encourage her to use the potty chair we let her pick a treat out of a bucket of candy. Well I've been meaning to make it look a little bit more classy and fun so that she really really wants it. Right now her candy is in a blue plastic bucket she got for Christmas and it sits high on the counter where she can't see it or grab it.

So I got a clear glass candy jar (we had got a bunch to use for my husbands grandparent's 50th anniversary party at the make your own sundae bar), from Ikea. To start I cut out the letters with my Cricut Expression & Pooh font cartridge in purple glitter vinyl. And then I stuck them on the jar. I used a medium circle punch to cut out the circles to put around the YAY on the lid. I wanted something flashy to help catch Jayden's attention and make her feel like she was getting something really special. And I wanted glass so she can see the candy inside she could have if she used the potty chair.

It says "YAY!" on the lid.. "JACK" on one side and "POTTY" on the other. See her potty chair is the JACK POTTY.. its a potty chair like a slot machine.. also a bright idea to make it flashy and have her think she's a winner for using the potty chair.

We hope you’ll link up your Home Décor project for a chance at winning one of our giveaways. One winner will be chosen by random draw and three others will be selected by the Design Team. Head on over to Cooking With Cricut for the guidelines and the link up.

Blog Candy? Of course I'm gonna have some blog candy lol. I'm giving away a... surprise

In order to win all you have to do is follow my blog and comment on this post letting me know you're a follower and leaving a way to contact you if you win by Monday (4/23/12) at 11:59 PST. I'll draw the winner using Random.org on Tuesday.

Now head on over and check out what Kimmi at Impressively Yours Gifts has cooked up!

Thanks for stoppin' by and have a great day!

Christmas Decoration Hop!

Welcome to the Christmas Decorations Blog hop with Creations with Becka. If you arrived here from Beckie Woodall's Blog then you are in the right place. If you just happened to stop by to say Hi, then please start at the beginning of the hop over at Creations with Becka. Please make sure you stop by every blog on the list and leave a comment so you are eligible to win the grand prize blog candy- which is a Cricut cartridge.

So today we thought it would be fun to showcase Christmas Decorations for the Holiday season. There is a great line up of wonderfully talented ladies who have made awesome decorations to share with you.

I made this Advent Calender for my oldest daughter, Jayden (23 months old on Dec 11).

Recipe:

wood board (mine is an extra shelf from the garage)

white spray paint

red paint

paint brush

vinyl

25 clothes pins

hot glue gun & glue

paper

25 stockings

Modge Podge

adhesive (atg gun & zig glue)

ribbon

bakers twine

Cricut Expression

Sure Cuts A Lot 2.0

Instructions:

I started by spray painting the shelf white and letting it dry. Then I painted a coat of red paint over top of the white. While the red paint dried I cut out shapes in the vinyl using sure cuts a lot and my Cricut.. I cut out "Jayden" and some angels. Then I put the vinyl "Jayden" on the board where I wanted it and spray painted the board white again. Once the white was done drying I peeled up the vinyl and "Jayden" was in red. Then I placed the 2 vinyl angels on where I wanted them.

I cut small strips of paper to fit over the clothes pins and used modge podge to adhere the paper on. I cut some edged circles, normal cirlces and all the numbers I needed for the advent calender from Sure Cuts A Lot in different colors. I used my ATG gun to adhere the circles together and some Zig glue to put the numbers on. On half of the stockings I tied ribbon or Bakers Twine on to make them longer and hang lower than other stockings so you could see them all. I hot glued the tags onto the stockings. I lined all the clothes pins up on the board where I wanted them and hot glued them down to the board. I then clamped the stockings onto the board. :) Hope you enjoyed my project.

Now onto blog candy! I'm giving away 1 surprise candy. All you have to do for a chance to win is leave a comment on this post with a way to contact you if you win by Sunday Dec 11 2011 by 11:59pm PST. I will draw a winner on Dec 12 (Monday) using Random.org and announce it on my blog. You do not need to be a follower.. though I love followers and am having a decent sized candy giveaway on Dec 20 for reaching 300 followers.. so you may wanna stick around for that :).

Don't forget you MUST comment on EVERY blog in the hop for a chance to win Becka's candy!

Your next stop is Lisa Grave!

Becka

Tonya Morgan

Oma Gloria

Julie K

Beckie Woodall

Jamie Larsen

Lisa Grave

Anna Bee

Crystal Kovach

Susan

Dana Tarchala

I am entering this into the following challenges:

My Craft Spot - #36

Getting Cricky - Simply Sunday Joys of the Season

Thanks for stoppin' by and have a great day!

Christmas Card Hop - Creations With Becka

I am so excited today because I am a part of the Christmas Cards Blog Hop over at Creations With Becka (link) . We have an exciting line up of ladies who have all created Christmas cards to give you ideas of homemade cards you can all make to send to your friends and family this holiday season. So to start off, if you came from Melissa's blog, than you are in the right place. If you just stopped by to say Hi, please start from the beginning of the hop over at Creations With Becka. Make sure you go through the whole hop and comment on each blog so you are eligible for the grand prize blog candy Becka is giving away.

Here is the card set that I made:

I made these cards using cream colored cardstock.. the patterned papers are all from the holiday collection by DCWV.. I used some clare stamps for the sentiments. I added some gold ribbon to 2 of the cards and some red bakers twine on one of the cards. For the window card I cut the center our leaving 1 inch around all edges.

I tried to keep all of my cards fairly simple.. the most complicated is probably the one with the candy cane and I just free hand cut a candy cane out of the stripped paper and then used pop dots to put the candy cane back into place.

Your next stop is Lisa Grave.

I have a little surprise candy for someone to win.. all you have to do is leave a comment (with a way to get ahold of you if you win) by Sunday Dec 4 2011 @ 11:59pm PST and I'll draw a winner using Random.org and post them here on Monday. You do not have to be a follower to win.. But I'm getting close to 300 followers and will be doing a giveaway for that soon.

Don’t forget to leave a comment on every post to be eligible for the grand prize blog candy.

In case you get lost along the way here is a complete list of the stops

1	Becka	http://creationswithbecka.blogspot.com
2	Oma Gloira	http://omascrafts.blogspot.com
3	Carrie Uhing	http://paperglitterstamps.blogspot.com
4	Julie K	http://jk-littlebitofbling.blogspot.com/
5	Heather Howard	http://handmadebyhh.blogspot.com/
6	Sherry	http://macybella.blogspot.com/
7	Tracy	http://owlbecraftin.blogspot.com/
8	Dana Tarchala	http://Danascraftycorner.blogspot.com
9	Beckie Woodall	http://justbcreativecrazy.blogspot.com
10	Tanya Adams	http://nonnascraftcorner.blogspot.com/
11	Melissa Todd	http://createdbymissie.blogspot.com/
12	Jamie Larsen	http://babyjaydensmommy.blogspot.com/
13	Lisa Grave	http://lisa-scrappingspot.blogspot.com/
14	Anna Bee	http://annabeedesigns.blogspot.com/

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

My Craft Spot - # 35

Simon Says - Anything Goes

Paper Cutz Challenge - #118

Thanks for stoppin' by and have a great day!