Welcome to and Felicity makes 10!!!! What a great family
and what a blessing. Today we are having a surprise baby shower for Shawnee as
a gift to her precious new arrival!
We are all blessed in various ways in knowing Shawnee and
this is our gift to you!!! We have each made a two (2)-page 12x12 layout for
you to post various things to get you started on a scrapbook just for Felicity!
We have each taken our own spin on babies and hope you enjoy our hop of loving
your new baby as Felicity makes 10!!!!
If you happened per chance at my blog today, I feel
flattered but I wouldn't want you to miss a single lay-out. The hop begins with
Lynne at http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/. If you hopped by with the help of the stork from Suzanne
at http://www.cricutcraftingrammy.blogspot.com then
you are on the right delivery path!
As for blog candy today, since we all love some blog
candy --- Lynne, Her Craftiness, is offering a surprise package of goodies from
her stash! There may be additional goodies along the way, sooo, don't forget to
stop at each blog and leave comments as you never know what goodies there were
left behind by the stork!
For my layout for Felicity, I decided to go whimsically
cute and use a play on the traditional reference to babies as “sweet peas”My background pink and green plaid is from my
private stash of paper.All the greens
were pulled from “The Cotton Blossom Stack” by DCVW.I created 10 garden pea pods using a great
.svg cut file I found on a SCAL forum.I
modified the size to fit my layout.Each
pod contains one large “pea” flanked on each side by two smaller peas. The middle
pea is a background green with a cutout frame.The intention of this layout is to frame pictures of Felicity with each
of her siblings, otherwise known as her “pea”’ps….get it….LOL… the vines are courtesy of the Cindy Loo cartridge, and
the font used for the title was Alphalicious Short Stack.Shawnee, I hope you like the design I made
for the capturing of your new arrival with the rest of her siblings.I hope that I have given you a design for
moments that you will cherish forever!It
was a pleasure and so much fun doing this for you!
Now, that you have seen my fabulous lay-out --- it's time
to send you on your merry way to the next stop along the way is Carolyn at http://messmuddleandfun.blogspot.co.uk/!!!! Again, we wish to congratulate Shawnee and welcome
the new precious baby girl, Felicity.
Blog Hop Alert
**We've had a snafu....please visit Ellen athttp://cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com/. She is getting skipped along the way, so please show my blog hop sis some love and then continue on the hop!!! Thanks so much guys!"**
For my project,
I used the two flowers, pansy and rose, and cut them each on solid core
stock.The pansy, I made in white and
lavender, both with layers dark purple and yellow throats.The lavender pansy was inked with eggplant
ink.The rose was made with a deep red
solid core stock, inked with Cherry Pie ink.I made two of each type of flower, and attached them back to back.I then punched and set an eyelet in each one
and ran thru a piece of raffia ribbon.I
have these really beautiful sturdy branches that I painted silver at Christmas
and they displayed these beautiful mercury glass ornaments.I love the versatility of having something I
can decorate for the seasons and after removing the eggs from Easter, was at a
loss of what to do for the spring/summer.I decided that I wanted to make oversize blossoms for the branches, and
when we received this project, I knew they would make awesome 3-dimesional,
hanging ornaments.Since they are the
same on both sides, they are always pretty to look at.I can’t wait to make more and fill the tree
up!
Thanks again
for stopping and remember to stop again the following Monday!!!!
Happy Crafting! Lisa Woodward
Welcome to the Recycle, Reuse &
Re-Purpose Blog Hop in Honor of Earth Day! Every year, The United States and
over 100 different countries join together in the celebration of Earth Day on
April 22nd. Earth Day is the largest, most celebrated environmental event
worldwide. On Earth Day, we remember to appreciate nature and learn ways to
protect our environment. Find ways that you can help keep the planet clean and
help protect our environment!
Today our Hop is Hosted by Tina from Crafty
and Green. She Loves to Craft Green!! What a Great Way to Share our Love of the
Earth by having a Fun Blog Hop! You should have hippity hopped along from
Amanda at http://Oldenough2beakid.blogspot.com/, but if
you just stopped by my blog to visit today, I don't want you to miss a single
thing!! Please start at the beginning which is Tina at http://craftyandgreen.blogspot.com. If you've gotten lost along the way, the entire lineup is:
Simply Silverton-
A bath kit in the fragrance of the winners choice-
Two 4 oz bars of
soap, 7 oz body Souffle, and 16 oz of Bathsalts.
(Natural organic soaps and body products)
_________________________________________________
Rules to be
Eligible for The Blog Candy:
1.) You MUST visit each blog and leave a comment on every blog in the hop
2.) You must become a follower of Crafty
and Green if you aren't already!
3.) For an “Extra” Entry for the Blog
Candy, Please Friend Tina at CraftyandGreen on Facebook
Now, Onto My Project:
For many years, I never thought of myself
as a “green” person. Thrifty, frugal, creative-these are the things I thought I
was…well, in my case…it was almost the definition of green. I
make my own laundry detergent and store it in repurposed gallon bottles. I make
my own handmade paper for crafting….using my
scrapping scraps. Glass jars become vases or candle holders or the containers
for Christmas gifts. Naturally, I jumped at the chance to do a project (or two,
lol) for Earth Day. I started this challenge by doing something very simple.
You’d be surprised how many projects you throw in the trash or recycle bin. For
one week, I collected things that would ordinarily go in the trash or the
recycling bin, then sorted through to see what I could make.
The first project I made is something I
have needed for awhile, but couldn’t find just what I wanted in a store. I tend
to pull my supplies for projects 3 and 4 at a time, so I can keep the projects
moving. This leads to piles of stacked paper, embellishments, dies, all sorts
of things taking up my valuable assembly space. I wanted a project organizer. A
place where I could put everything for a project, but compact. I will say that
originally, this project was going to be a desktop file box, but I just
happened up a box that held 3, 2 qt. containers of Almond Milk at Costco, and
it just happened to be 12 1’4 “ in width.
We know just how rare it is to find a
box that fits 12” x 12” in the recycling bin, so I jumped on the chance to make
this Project Organizer. Its’very simple to repurpose actually. I angled the
sides with my crafting knife, the proceeded to cover with a decorative paper
and embellishments, including a name plate and bow. Embellishments had to be
simple, and flush, since I intend to have 3 or 4 of these on my desk at a time.
The great part is that this box is sturdy enough, it will hold a lot of paper
without flipping over. I also scoured my stash of kept trash for smaller
boxes-pasta boxes worked perfectly. I cut the height down to fit inside the
lowest point of my large box, covered with the same paper and hot glued them to
the large box. Now I have a place to separate out my embellishments, smaller
pieces of paper, markers, etc.
My second project includes doing one of my
most favorite crafty things. Fusing Plastic. I did this for a previous project
and was amazed at how easy it was. And it is such a versatile material. You can
use any kind of plastic packaging, except acetate, such as frozen food bags,
bulk snack bags and plastic grocery bags. You fuse the plastic together by
ironing a couple of layers at a time between parchment. Once 2 layers are fused
add 2 more, and so on, until you reach the desired thickness. One of the
learning curves is learning that thicker also means stiffer once cool, so be
prepared to work with rigid material if you go thick. The hot, fused plastic is
very pliable when freshly ironed, and can be shaped or folded at that time. To
make pliable again, simply place between the parchment and reheat with the
iron. So, I took my shopping bags and trimmed them down, and select a really
thick, colorful french fry bag for my appliques. I fused together a total of 8
shopping bags to get my plastic base. I folded the sheet of fused plastic in
half and began marking my lines. I used my sewing machine (yes, you can sew and
even die cut this stuff!), and sewed on a zipper and the sides. I turned the
sewn bag right side out. The flower appliques on the outside are made by die
cutting the french fry bag with Tim Holtz Tattered Flowers die and coloring the
white side with permanent markers, I then placed a hard, heat resistant surface
inside the bag, and placed the flowers on the outside of the bag, and ironed on
over parchment. I then used a piece of clear plastic from a vegetable bag to
cover to protect the colors in the applique. Now, what used to be 8 of those
pain in the rear grocery bags are now a very useful zippered bag. My bag
measures 9” x 6” x 1 “, and is not only expandable, but also durable and very,
very strong. I plan on using mine as a travel bag.
I hope you have enjoyed my projects and how
versatile many of our trash and recyclable items are. To purchase both of the
items I made, I would have spent $20+. I spent a total of $2.98 on the zipper,
and gained two useful end products that will be around a long, long time.
Thank you so
much for joining me today to celebrate Earth Day. Now, Please Hippity Hop on
over to the talented Gill at http://creationsbygillm.blogspot.com to see what she
has created for your viewing Pleasure!
Welcome to my Scrapping With Lisa
Designs Bi-Weekly posting. This week we are using the girl one pattern from the
Strawberry Shortcake and Friends pattern. You will find this pattern in the
store if you click on this link. (http://www.scrappingwithlisadesigns.com/item_14/Strawberry-Shortcake.htm)
Lisa has created some wonderful
patterns that are so versatile. You will see this versatility as you peruse
through my design team sisters blogs.
My
recipe: Pink
Girl pattern from the Strawberry Shortcake collection at Scrapping with Lisa Designs. DCVW
“The Black Currant Stack” Cricut
“Splish Splash” and “Forever Young” cartridge Embossing
Label Maker Black
Photo Corners Coordinating
Organza ribbon Bling-lots
and lots of glitter brads, rhinestones, etc. Martha
Stewart Border Bunch The
starting point for this layout was the beautiful little girl, cut from the Pink
Girl pattern from the Strawberry Shortcake collection at Scrapping with Lisa Designs.I wanted to see just how versatile she could
be, so before the layout was even born, she was a DIVA!As she transformed, she began to remind me of
my daughter.With that thought, I turned
to the idea of a scrapbook page layout for my Pink Lady project.Now, I do lots of crafts, and lots of
papercrafts.What I do not do….scrapbook.Going into this project I have created a
total of 2 scrapbook pages.I dressed
the girl using The Black Currant Stack from DCVW, so I decided on that stack
for the layout as well.I chose the
pictures I wanted to use, and focused them all on the little diva-like things
my daughter does.Since they are from
different time periods, and span a variety of subjects, I chose to frame each
one individually, using shapes that I cut from two of the most feminine
cartridges Cricut has…Splish Splash and Forever Young.These cartridges were also used to cut the
words and phrases, and the embellishments on the shapes (shoes, handbags,
etc.)For each framed picture, I
embellished based on the object, but kept the theme of diva.With a layout like this, it’s the small
details, and overabundance of embellishments that really make it eye-catching.I hope you have enjoyed my project…I
can truly say that it was a constant surprise at how things turned out and
transformed themselves.I’m sure my
daughter will be happy to add this to her scrapbook!
Make sure you watch for my next posting
when I showcase more of my Design Team Sisters work. Until then, you can use
the links below to help you be more crafty.
Stop
by and check out these holidays as I am sure you are going to want to remember
these holidays and include them in your card making projects!!!!!
Myrecipe:
8 1/2”
x 11” blackboard, folded in half 8” x
10 inch patterned vintage dots, corners punched 7
appropriate photographs to match desired sentiment (all images are copyright-free, royalty-free and trade-free) Printed
sentiments on vellum Dark
brown textured cardstock Vintage
grid patterned paper, source unknown Silver
nail head brads Distressed
edge scissors Stapler
and silver office staples
Black
grossgrain ribbon
This isn’t original, we’ve all seen the variations of these go by via Facebook, email, what have ya’.I have taken basic materials, and our biggest resource, the internet, to create a quick and simple, yet thoughtful and full of sentiment card to that overworked, underpaid, underappreciated, underutilized, overcriticized Administrative Professional in your life! With simple materials that we all have in our toolkit, I was able to whip up a not so ordinary layout for a not so ordinary occasion!
Craft happy~
Lisa Woodward
We will have blog candy to the lucky recipient that remarks on each site along the way!
Friday, April 13, 2012
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Here is a reminder that for today, we have three exciting things happening. First of all, you still have until 3pm to post your project using the free bear in order to win the rubber duckie file which won't be in my store for awhile. Second, Kimberly is running a Teaser Graphic contest where the first one to identify the pattern from my store wins today's file which again won't be in the store for awhile, so here is your chance to be the first to own a special file which no one will have. Third we are having the build your own sale. If you buy $10 in patterns, then you get 10% off, $20 in patterns, then you get 20% off and finally if you buy $30 or more, you get 30% off.
