December 18, 2013

Tree-Mendous Holiday Wishes!




On to teacher # 2! Logan's 3rd grade teacher is awesome! We really really lucked out with her! I let Logan pick everything out for her jar and I think he did a pretty good job (he designed it with a little guidance...I created it!)


For my tag, I used Jaded Blossoms Treat Tag Die for the tag. It is stamped with their sentiment from 
Merry & Bright. My Christmas tree is cut with my Expression2 from Create A Critter2. My tag is with Echo Park paper and the tree is all scrap paper. Used some stickles on the star, tied twine around the lid to hold the scoop & the green snowflake ribbon is American Crafts. 


This was Logan's favorite part! We vinyl'd an apple onto the opposite side of the jar with a heart in it (found that file in the Silhouette store). I used a JB's Flag Die for the banner. I scored it on each side to make it pop out some. Since I didn't have a stamp that said "Best Teacher", I made one! I combined some JB stamps together and Love the results! The 2 I used are School Rules (for teacher) & Vampires & Zombies Oh My! (for Best).  

One more teacher to go! Hopefully her's will be posted in the next day or so! 
Thanks for stopping by! 

December 16, 2013

Gingerbread Treat Jar



It's that time of the year again! We lucked out this year with some really great teachers for the boys! Very excited to make their gifts this year! 
My Gingerbread treat jar is for our 4th grade teacher. Hope she loves it! 


I used LOTS of great Jaded Blossom goodies for this treat! And, because my cameo decided to not cut paper (i guess shes a vinyl only kinda gal), I pulled out my E2 and actually really enjoyed using it! 


I got this overly cute little scoop from JB. I put twine around it and hot glued it to my AC xmas ribbon. The burlap around the jar I also bought from JB. My tag is from their Treat Tag Die. I also used stamps from Gingerbread Wishes & Winter Wishes. My paper is from Echo Park. 


I added a piece of coordinating cardstock to my burlap so I can stick my gingerbread to the jar using an Action Wobble. I really love these things! I cut my gingerbread man at 2.5" from Create A Critter 2. 


I stamped 45 kisses with JB's Gingerbread Candies
My little guy has a stickle bowtie and pearl buttons.



Thanks for taking a peek!

I am entering my jar into Jaded Blossom's Monthly Challenge. Here's the requirements:

This months challenge is "Anything Christmas"


Challenge Guidelines: 
1) Project must be new for this challenge, no back linking
2) Project must have a Jaded Blossom stamp somewhere on it. 
3) Link it up here by 12/21


Think I got that all covered =)

December 14, 2013

Jolly Old St. Nick Blog Hop

Welcome to the Jolly Old St. Nick Blog Hop 
Christmas Eve is coming soon and he is checking his list.
Have you been naughty or have you been nice?
Join us as we celebrate that dear old man, Jolly Old St. Nick!! 
Connie Can Crop is the first stop on this Jolly Blog Hop.
If you came from Anita then you are on... the right path.
This is a one day blog hop and we appreciate your leaving a comment for all of Santa's Helpers who are here sharing their ideas and creations. 
We have some awesome sponsors and giveaways for this hop!
and
So what do you need to do to win? Easy... become  a follower of each of the fabulous blogs in this hop and leave each of them a  comment letting them know what you like best about their projects. 
Then come back to Connie Can Crop and post that you followed the rules.
You will have until 12:00 am Sunday to finish the hop and leave your comments. 
Winners will be announced on Monday at Connie Can Crop.
Be sure to follow everyone and leave a comment  along the way!
Down the Chimney we go!!

I was asked to make a fun plate and mug set for someone. I found this charger & mug at Walmart. I designed the saying in the Silhouette Studio (I was given a pic to go off of with what she wanted). I added her kids names to it as well. The mug design came from the silhouette store. All my vinyl is from Expressions Vinyl...Love that site! 



Well, I am last on the hop. I hope you had a jolly good time! Please don't forget to leave everyone a comment on their projects today for your chance at some blog candy! 


 Here is our complete line up in case you get lost along the way.

December 1, 2013

Cupcake Fun

Did you have a great Thanksgiving!? I did! And I got to celebrate the day with my nephew who turned 11! 
I whipped together this quick little card for him and I LOVE how it turned out! 


I used a combination of my Cricut E2 and my Cameo for this one. All paper came from my scrap pile which is slowly dwindling down (a personal goal of mine to use it all up!)

I cut the card base using the Close to my Heart Artiste cartridge.  I then cut the same base out but at a smaller size and layered it on with both the solid paper and the number paper. 

My tags are cut using Jaded Blossom's Mini Tag Dies and stamped with Sweet Birthday Wishes
Jaded Blossom came out with the best idea! All their stamp images (non sentiments) are now svg files so they can be cut out and matched up with the stamp! Of course I had to try it out =) I used the cupcake from Hey Cupcake! and stamped it onto the svg image, I used embossing powder and a heat gun to give the image some character. I LOVE how it turned out! 

My cupcake is sitting on an Action Wobble! I just wish I remembered to take a picture of it in action! worked out perfect for this card! 

He is a HUGE Pittsburgh Steeler's fan so I made him a fun little ornament to go along with this present:


Goodies I used for everything:

Card~
Paper from my stash
Close to my Heart Artiste Cartridge
Jaded Blossom Mini Tag Dies
Jaded Blossom Sweet Birthday Wishes
Jaded Blossom Hey Cupcake!
Jaded Blossom Cupcake SVG image
Green ribbon
Lime Twine
Heat Gun
Lime Embossing Powder


Thanks for stopping by ~






November 25, 2013

12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop~ Day 1, Guest Designer



Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop. This hop will take place November 25th through December 6th and the new postings each day will be posted by 8 am eastern standard time. This hop will be full of wonderful ideas and inspiration to get you well on your way of creating all of those beautiful Christmas project. This is an awesome way to get a lot of your Christmas cards, and scrapbook layouts finished, home decorations completed and maybe even be inspired to create something using a new technique that you have never tried. There will be a new project posted each and every day by all the wonderful amazing ladies in this hop. Also each day we will have a guest designer or two for you to visit. Lisa our hostess will be giving away some wonderful blog candy each day of the hop from the amazing sponsors that we have for this hop. Lisa will be posting all the winners from this hop on December 10th. Every one has a chance to win including the ladies participating in the hop and even the guest designers and the sponsors. At the end of each post we will have a list of all the sponsors who are sponsoring this hop all you need to do is click on their name to go to their sites and check out all the wonderful sites. We want to thank each and everyone of the sponsors for their generosity. It has been greatly appreciated.

With that being said, welcome to my blog! I am the 1st guest designer to kick off this fabulous 12 day hop! If you are coming from Lisa, then you are in the right place! If not, start there...you won't want to miss it! 

Originally, I was going to make a plate and cup set for Santa from my boys. But then I saw this fabulous plate in a facebook group I'm in and knew I had to make it! 



Cute right?! I found the file of Ms. Clause online and added a boa skirt to it. There is a little silver tinsel in the boa so I used a silver glitter piece of vinyl for her buckle as well. The font I used is called Words Of Love. I can't wait to put this out for decor this year! 

Thanks for hopping along with us today =) Your next stop is off to the ever so crafty Pam.

Here is a complete list of the sponsors:

Honeybearz Designs - Yummy Crafting Candy
http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/

Teresa Russell - $10.00 Gift Card from
her facebook group Scrapping For Less
https://www.facebook.com/groups/372187582880346/

Pazzles - Two digital download gift cards for a Cutting Collection of choice.
http://pazzles.com/

Kathy's Cozies - A custom Cozy for an Expression, Expression 2, Cricut Create, 
Cricut Mini, or Silhouette Cameo. Whoever wins can pick their own fabric.https://www.etsy.com/shop/KathysCozies

Paper Sweeties - $10.00 Gift Card
http://www.papersweeties.com/

ScrappyDew - $20.00 Gift Card
http://www.scrappydew.com/store/

My Creative Time - Stamp Set
http://www.creativetimeforme.com/

Little Scraps of Heaven Designs - $20.00 Gift Voucher
http://www.littlescrapsofheavendesigns.com/

Paper Creations by Mindy - $15.00 Gift Certidicate
http://www.papercreationsbymindy.com/

Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons - $15.00 Gift Certificate
http://www.prettypapergraphics.com/

Xyron - 2 Teresa Collins Adhesive Kits
http://www.xyron.com/enUS/Home/default.html

Joys Life - "Oh Christmas Puns" stamps
http://joyslife.com/

Timeless Twine -$15.00 Gift Certificate
http://www.bellacreationz.bigcartel.com/

Too Cute by Jessica - $25.00 Giftcard
http://www.toocutebyjessica.com/

Designs on Cloud 9 - $20.00 Gift Certificate
http://designsoncloud9.com/

LoveBug Creations - $15.00 Gift Certificate
http://www.lovebugcreations.net/

The Paper Parade - $40.00 Gift Certificate
http://www.thepaperparade.com/

The Paper Nest Dolls - $25.00 Gift Certificate
http://stamps.the-papernest.com/

Jessica Douglass Wilson -$10.00 to her Close To My Heart store 

Lettering Delights -a gift valued at $10.00
http://www.letteringdelights.com/

Scrapping Bug Designs - $50.00 gift certificate the gift 
certificate excludes sale prices.
http://www.scrappingbugdesigns.com/

3 Girl Jam - $10.00 Gift Certificate
http://www.3girljam.com/

SVG Attic - $25.00 Gift Certificate
http://www.svgattic.com/

Pinque Peacock $10.00 Gift Certificate
http://pinquepeacock.blogspot.com/

SVG Cuts - $20.00 Gift Certificate
http://www.svgcuts.com/

Blue Moon Creations - 12 digital images
http://www.bluemooncreation.net/

Sherri Baldy Stamps - $15.00 Gift Certificate for digi stamps
http://sherribaldy.blogspot.com/



Fabulous right!? Be sure to hop along each day, leave some comments and hopefully you will win! 




November 8, 2013

Jaded Blossom's November Release Blog Hop

Hi Everyone! 
Welcome to Jaded Blossom's November Release Blog Hop.  
Now if you're here from Candace P. you're in the right place, if you're just passing thru, start at the beginning because you don't wanna miss anything.  I also have the complete line up at the bottom.

If you missed my projects this week here is the highlight of it ~

Here is what I made:




I found this cute little ice cream cone from the Silhouette store. Its a miss kates cuttables and called happy ice cream cone (i took the face off since I didn't want that part). All of my paper came from my scrap stash for this project as well! I put a few gumballs in the clear tube to look like scoops of icecream ;)

Jaded Blossom Stamps I used are:








1 - Free 2 x 3 Stamp for customers that spend $40 or more before Taxes and Shipping! FREEBIE is only available until Sunday 11/10, 11:59pm pst.


Of course, here is what everyone will receive when they order our New Release.



BLOG CANDY

Just leave a comment on all the blogs along the hop!
The more blogs you comment on the more chances you have to win!


Now on to the HOP....

Next up is Crystal

Just in case you get lost here is the Entire Line Up:
                              Angela (November Guest Designer)
  Crystal
Jeanne
Jenny

Jaded Blossom ~ Day #5...Release Day!

Hi Everyone, It's Release Day over at Jaded Blossom!  We hope you all enjoyed our projects this week.  But as you know we have one more Stamp Set and a Freebie to show you today.
In case you missed my Release Day Projects, here they are ~

MONDAY




For our Last Stamp Sets of the Month Here's the Scoop $12.99


1 - Free 2 x 3 Stamp for customers that spend $40 or more before Taxes and Shipping! FREEBIE is only available until Sunday 11/10, 11:59pm pst.

I made 2 projects for today's release~
Here is what I made for the 1st one:


I really love everything about this card! The base is Lori Whitlock's Center Panel Step Card. I used kraft paper for the base and then My Minds Eye Winter Wonderland for the mats. The moose is a print & cut called Mistletoe Moose Christmas by Stinkin Cute Paper Piecings. I attached him with some large pop dots. The sentiment "Merry Kissmoose" is from the Jaded Blossom "Moose Munchies" which is a freebie with this months release! I stamped it on their flag dies as well. 




Here is what I made for the 2nd project ~


I used the Mini Flag Dies that were shown earlier this week for the release! I stamped the images on using "moose candies" and tied it all together with brown jute twine. I added this cute chubby moose to the 2x2x3 clear box you can find in the jaded blossom store! I filled it up with some "moose droppings" (whoppers). 



Supplies Used ~ 

Project #1:
Silhouette Cameo
MME Winter Wonderland cardstock
Kraft Cardstock
Jaded Blossom "Moose Munchies"

Project #2:
Silhouette Cameo
Jaded Blossom "Moose Munchies"
Recollections Jute Twine


And make sure to come back Later at 4pm, PST for our Stamp Release Blog Hop!  You won't wanna miss it.
Don't forget to visit the Jaded Blossom Store HERE
and for Favor Boxes HERE
Don't forget to like us Facebook and share your Jaded Blossom Stamps Creation with us in our Garden of Creativity.
We have a New Challenge up and a Guest DT Call, so don't forget to join the fun! 
See you back here later at 4pm, pst.