My 1st Attempt at a Corner Bookmark

As I was reading my morning email...another popped up from Papercraft Star. It was their Thursday Tutorial from Tracy. She showed how to make a corner bookmark.
There is also a tutorial on Splitcoaststamper that I linked here
I have always wanted to try it and have seen many other bloggers do it so here is my corner bookmark.
What do you think?
The picture is not the greatest but I think you get the idea.

This is an INVITE to all my blogging friends...Please join me and the rest of the Whimsical Wednesday DT for the kickoff of the Challenge Blog with our 1st Blog Hop!

There is going to be GREAT DT projects and lots of fun giveaways --including one here :)

Looking forward to seeing you here!

So until tomorrow..

Alittle Birdie Told Me

Good Morning!!
There are so many GREAT challenges out there it is so hard to pick which one to do first!!

Here is a birthday card I made. I made this gate-fold card which is so easy and super fun! The paper is double sided Heidi Grace Designs paper from Colorbok. This for me makes things so much easier when I am chosing colors :)





Recipe:
Gate Fold Base: 4 1/4 x 8 1/2 scored at 2 1/8 and 6 3/8
Paper: Heidi Grace Designs cut 1/4" smaller for all pieces
Cricut Cut: Create a Critter-Bird cut at 2", Circle cut at 3" border punched to make scallops
extras: i-rock, printed sentiment

Entering into the following Challenges:
Getting Kricky w/K Andrews- Bird
Birthday Sundaes- Spring Birthday Card

Blog Award and a Quick Chick Card :)

Morning blogging buddies!!

I received another award today! Whoo Hoo I love it when I get awards:

This one came from Julie over at A Little Bit of Bling. Thanks Julie!! Make sure you go over and check out her blog! I love it and I know you will also!

The rules of this award are:

1. Post about it on your blog with a link to the sender.

2. Pass it on to  those who visit your blog and leave comments regularly.

 

I want to thank these fellow bloggers who comment with such encouragement and who have also inspired me to blog daily. In no particular order they are:

Chloe over at chloe and her clip on Koalas

Tami over at tami's craft connection

crafting misfit

Liz at tryin 2 craft

 

Thanks ladies for all your kind words :)

 

 

Here is my Easter Chick card. The digi is so cute, isn't he. A Claudia & Co. stamp. I am still trying to use up scraps so this was in my pile. I colored him in with my bic markers. The sentiment.."Happy Easter to one of my Favorite Peeps" is from Studio G.

 

That's all for now. I will contact bloggers who I have passed this award on to later. Hope to get some more scrapping done later also. Now time to go grocery shopping :(

 

My 100th Post!! A Pokeball...Bottle Swap Goodies...Chicken Cake Pops

WOW! What a heading..right?!?!

I am so excited to say this is my 100th post! Such a big accomplishment for me especially since I was very hesitant about even starting a blog and sharing my projects with all to see. I am so glad I have and these last 3 months have been totally awesome for me. I have made some great blogging buddies...gotten tons of feedback and have learned so much and even got onto a DT. WHOO!!

I have a bunch to share today. 1st off is from my bottle swap. I have gotten 1 of the 2 bottles back and this one came on Saturday

Look at all this yummy stuff that came. I had so much fun filling my bottles and shipping it out and the even better part is receiving   bottles back with goodies. I definitely want to do this again. It is a great way to get rid of items you have and maybe will not use and get new stuff you could use! When my other bottle comes I will post its contents up. So excited to see what is in there :)

Next is my Pokemon Master Ball  birthday card I made for my son's birthday party. Unfortunately there is not a cartridge with Pokemon guys so this is what I came up with. My son told me that this Pokemon Poke ball is the best or the "Master" and this is what his friend would like. 

Little did I know it would be such a HUGE hit. He wouldn't let anyone touch it. So cute and it makes me feel AWESOME that he loved it so much! I put a pocket inside to hold the gift card and I have to be honest...I really like the way it came out!

Lastly are the cake pops I made on Sunday. OMG! How much fun were these! I do have to say that I went out and purchased the book and had to try it out. What design was the 1st must try? My chickens of course. So here are my 1st attempt. I know what to do differently next time but all in all they came out super cute. My boys each took one to school for lunch and they sampled on at home and the rest went with my husband to work. He said they were gone within minutes! I am going to be making these again for Easter and for the boys classroom treats. Probably eggs but maybe chicks. We will see but I will post them again.

They were super easy to make and I recommend  anyone to give it a try. I will be more than glad to pass on my learning experience with whoever is interested.

SO there you have it. My weekend condensed. I didn't post my card or the pops because of the blog hop and I don't know how to keep a post at the top when you post again so this is my catch-up. And for those of you who question me about my chickens here is a picture of one of my pretty girls hanging out, and my youngest with another girl.

Have a great night and I will be back tomorrow!

My Favorite Things Blog Hop Winner!!

Good Morning...

It's time to announce the winner of the My Favorite Things Blog Hop

 

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And the winner is #28 Purple Lady Bug--Katie

She said :

Great projects Katie :) My favorite thing is my FAMILY!!!!

 

Congrats Katie...my favorite thing is my family also!! I will be contacting you shortly.

Thanks to everyone who visited!!

My Favorite Things Blog Hop!

Hello Happy Bloggers! It's Saturday and Time to Hop

Welcome to My Favorite Things Blog Hop hosted by Krystal at krystals kreativity. If you came here from Gayle's then you are in the right place.  If you would like to start from the beginning, please hop on over to krystals kreativity and start there!

Krystal is turning 37 on Monday, March 28th so she thought it would be fun to host a blog hop listing some of our favorite things. 

This is my FAVORITE THING....my boys!

I did this layout not too long ago right before the end of basketball season. I was able to get good pictures of both boys and each picture of them really shows their personality. I love the simplicity of this layout and I chose to show this project because...well..they are my favorite!!

My other FAVORITE is the Valentines Day card I made for my Husband. It was my 1st Tri-Fold Shutter Card and I love the way it came out :) He did also!!

And now for the fun part... BLOG CANDY :)

It's a 126 Piece Scrapbooking kit...how much fun!

All you have to do to be entered to win this kit is:

1. Become a Follower and

2. Tell me what Your Favorite Thing is :)

I will drawn the winner on Monday March 28th. Please leave me your contact info in case YOU are the lucky winner

Thank you for stopping by my blog and make sure you hop around to all the participating bloggers. There are lots of Favorite things and creative projects to see.  And now, hop on over to Jessica's Blog  for more fantastic Favorite Things.

When you reach the end of this blog hop, head back over to Krystal's blog  and leave a comment there letting her know you've visited us all!!!


Here is a list of all the participants and their links in cases you get lost..

Krystal - Krystal's Kreativity - http://krystalskreativity.blogspot.com/
Cindy - The Scrapping Room - http://scrappingroom.blogspot.com/
Cherie - One Heart Scrapper - http://oneheartscrapper.blogspot.com
Darlene - Simple Southern Blessings - www.talesoftayandbay.blogspot.com
Jenny - PaperCut Creations - http://papercutcreations.blogspot.com
Gayle - Grma Gayle's Corner - http://g-gayle.blogspot.com/
Jessica - Chick-n-Scrap -http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/----That's Me :)
Jessica - You're Always In My Heart- http://www.barrycrafty.blogspot.com


Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed my FAVORITE things!

Patchwork Picture Tutorial---Dino Create a Critter Card

Hi blogger :)

As I wrote about yesterday I put together a picture tutorial on the patchwork. I LOVE doing this because not only do you use up scrap paper (which I have alot of) it is so fun to make and the possibilities are endless!

So here we go....I have my completed project at the bottom of this post

 You need to start out with sticky shipping label. I got mine at Target but any office supply store will carry them. These sheets are 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" and there are 2 per sheet and 20 labels per pack.

 Take any combo of scraps and cut them into strips. Mine were 1" strips...my other 2 projects I cut them into 1 1/2" strips. It all depends on the size of the design you are cutting. My Dino is being cut at 3 1/2" so I wanted more pattern to show.

 Here is the squares cut again 1" x 1". My paper happened to be 2 sided pattern paper so I was able to get 10 different patterns with 5 sheets of paper. You can use as many different papers or as few papers as you want.

 Next peel the backing off the label and begin arranging your squares on the sticky paper. Start at one side work your way to the other and don't think too much about pattern! You will drive yourself crazy...just make sure there are not 2 of the same papers next to each other. This is what it will look like when it is all done.

 Then you get to decide what cut you are going to do. I did the Dino from Create A Critter. He is cut at 3 1/2. Just put your patchwork paper on the cutting mat and cut. Nothing needs to be done different than you would normally cut. It does help to have a newer/ sharper blade. I was just amazed that the cricut cut these so nicely :)

 Once you have everything cut it is time to add your stitching...I used a LePlume fine point black marker. I add stitching around EVERY piece of DIFFERENT paper. And this is how my Dino came out. When I cut him I used Layer 2 as my patchwork cut. I hid the eyes and mouth with my gypsy and added goggles instead. Then for layer 3 I used only the polka dots so I hid everything else again with my gypsy.

Here is my completed card. I hope you like him and this picture tutorial. If you have any questions I will be happy to answer them. These are so much fun and like I said before a GREAT way to use up scraps.

He will be entered into the following Challenges:
M.A.G Challenge By the Page- Challenge 19 Create a Critter -Page 50
365 Cards- PQR-Polka Dots, Quilting, Red
Paper Cutz Challenge- #84- 3 Patterns of Paper