It's Cold Outside Blog Hop Day 2

Hi everyone! Welcome to the It's Cold Outside Blog Hop! This is the second day of our two day blog hop and we are so happy that you have joined us! If you have arrived here from Scrapping with Lisa, you are at the right place. If you have just happened to visit my blog, please head over to Scrappin with Z to start from the beginning!

For my project today, I created this layout of my daughter skating for the first time last winter!

The patterned paper and embellishments I used are by Little Yellow Bicycle from their Winter Twig line that I justed picked up a couple weeks ago at my local scrapbook store.

The Cricut cartridges / cuts I used are:

Feeling Groovy - "First Skate" letters and shadow cut at 1.5" then welded with my Gypsy.

Mini Monograms - large scalloped circle cut at 4.5", circle cut at real dial 3.25", small scalloped circle cut at real dial 2.75".

The coordinating skate and snowflakes are embellishments also by Little Yellow Bicycle.

Hope you like my layout! Well, I am the last stop on the list! Be sure to leave comments on all of the blogs for a chance to win a file of your choice from Visual Designs by Chris.

Thank you so much for following along with us this weekend and hope you gathered a bunch of great ideas for your winter projects!

Cheer Up Peachy Keen Card

Hi everyone! Here is a card I created for the Let's Face it Friday challenge at the Peachy Keen Stamps challenge blog. The challenge was to create a project using a handmade flower and Peachy Keen face stamps.

I created my flowers by cutting a 2" scalloped circle with the Mini Monograms cartridge (you can find a scalloped circle on numerous other cartridges as well). I then spritzed it with water so it would be easier to manipulate. Creating a center point, I accordian folded around the circle then used quick drying adhesive to glue the center point to a small circle of scrap paper.

I punched a 1" yellow circle then used the Peachy Keen Stamps Everyday faces set for the faces.

I used a quick drying white glue and green glitter for the stems.

The grass was cut from Plantin' Schoolbook and sized on my Gypsy to be 5.25" in length.

I added light blue stickles around the edges, yellow grosgrain ribbon along the bottom and a "cheerup" sentiment as a final touch.

Hope you like it!

Thank You Gifts Blog Hop!

Hi everyone! I am sooooo excited to be taking part in this blog hop. I am in the company of so many amazingly talented ladies! If you have arrived here from Pause Dream Enjoy, you are at the right place! If you've just happened upon my blog please head to Joy's Life to start at the beginning! You don't want to miss anything!

For my project, I chose to do a couple of things but my main project was post-it notebooks to give to my childrens' teachers.

They are so simple to put together!

Here are my instructions:

1. Use a cereal box as the base to give the cover more stability. Cut 5 pieces in total: Two at 4 1/2" X 6 1/2" and Three at 6 1/2" X 3/4"

2. Choose two pieces of patterned paper and cut to 6 1/2"X 11 5/8"
3. Score and fold each paper piece at 4 1/2", 5 3/8", 9 7/8" and 10 3/4"
4. Adhere each chipcoard piece between the score lines of one sheet then cover with the other paper piece.

5. Decorate the cover as desired.

6. Punch two holes in the back for ribbon and attach eyelets. Run a piece of elastic through the holes forming loops for the pen to fit into. Tie on the outside into a bow.

7. Adhere the Post-It notes to the inside of the book.

8. Attach three small sticky velcro circles along one short edge, with the other part on the other edge so they match up to close.

For my books, I used the Live Simply cartridge for the butterfly and circle. I used the Mini Monograms cartridge for the scalloped circle. I used the Paisley cartridge for the buttons.

I used letter stickers for the word "NOTES"

My next project was a Sudoku puzzle book that I created with my Imagine using the JT cartridge (sorry about the blurry photos, my good camera broke:-().

I found some printable Sudoku puzzles on the internet and cut them to fit in my notebook which is 3 1/2" X3 1/2". Once again, I used cereal boxes covered in patterned paper for the covers. I bound everything together with the Bind-It-All. The "SUDOKU" was stamped using the Tiny Typwriter Alphabet by Close to My Heart and I added a button in the corner. Pretty simple!

I just love how easy it is to coordinate everything using your Imagine - I am continually amazed by that machine!

Hope you liked my projects!

Now I have some blog candy up for grabs!

To enter to win these goodies, if you like my work please become a follower of my blog and leave a comment on this post! Random.org will choose a winner Monday night!

I have more blog candy as part of the Holiday Wishes hop - click here to see that post, or scroll down! Also, on Monday night, if I have reached 250 followers I will be posting another giveaway so be sure to check back to see if I made it!

Next, you should head over to visit the talented Jenny at Crazy About Cricut to see what she has created!

Here is the complete blog list in case you get lost along the way:

Joy http://joyslife.com/
Ruthie http://septemberninth.blogspot.com/
Angela http://creativecraftin.blogspot.com/
Carrie http://thegreenbeanscrafterole.blogspot.com/
Denise http://cricutmyway.blogspot.com/
Gale http://www.thehappystamper.com/
Janis http://pausedreamenjoy.blogspot.com/
Jen http://scrapaholicjen.blogspot.com/ (that's me!)
Jenny http://crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/
Jin http://underacherrytree.blogspot.com/
Julie http://cricutchick.blogspot.com/
Lori http://scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/
Mari (Momo) http://madebymomo.blogspot.com/
Misty http://abusyplace.blogspot.com/
Natalie http://timelesslegacydesigns.blogspot.com/
Raven http://love4stamps.blogspot.com/
Theresa http://www.thescrapbookingqueen.com/
Tracy http://www.craftjunkietoo.com/
Yolanda http://yoliebean.blogspot.com/

So many great things to see! Have fun!

Feel Better Card

Hi everyone! Here is a Get Well card I created for the challenge at Fantabulous Cricut. The task was to create a Get Well card using the Cricut. I chose to use the Paisley cartridge for the monkey and the Lyrical Letters cartridge for the "Feel Better Soon" sentiment. The scalloped circle is from Mini Monograms.

Hope you like it!

Penguin Christmas Card

Hi everyone! Here is a card I created for the challenge at Fantabulous Cricut this week. The challenge was to create a project using the colour green and a circle shape somewhere on your project! The cartridges I used for my penguin card were Christmas Cheer, Mini Monograms and George and Basic Shapes. Hope you like it!

Throwback Thursday - New Arrival

Hello! Today my daughter and I were working on Emma's challenge from http://www.creativetimeforme.com/ Jenae loves scrapbooking and thinks these challenges are so much fun! This week the cartridge New Arrival was in the spotlight and we had to create a baby themed project using this cartridge. I chose to make a baby girl card. I used New Arrival for all cuts except the stitched circle which I cut from Mini Monograms.

Jenae made another 6X6 layout to put into her new album. She had a picture of her and her baby brother that she thought would be perfect. She chose all the products to use and I think they went together nicely. She loves stamping and used one of my CTMH alphabets for the title. The elephant is from New Arrival but she did not want to use the layer.

Boom-Di-Ada Card

I made this card for a Heart 2 Heart challenge following this sketch:

I used the Close to My Heart "Boom-Di-Ada" collection for the patterned paper and cardstock. I used the "Be True" My Acrylix stamp set also by CTMH. I used the "Mini Monograms" cricut cartridge to cut out the circle and scalloped circle. Hope you like my card!