Whimsical Wednesday Blog Hop & ~A Christmas in July Card~

Hi Bloggers!
Just a reminder that we are still hoppin' over at Whimsical Wednesdays!
Click here for my DT project and for the chance to win my candy as well as hop along to the other DT's blogs. There is amazing candy to be won and a HUGE grand prize donated by Stephanie~ a Gypsy!!

I hope you all are having a wonderful weekend!

The weather was warm here and our weekend was awesome!

My son was chosen to play in the All Star baseball game along with 3 other kids from his team.

Saturday morning was his game and it was so much fun to watch the best 4 kids from each team play one another. Parker played awesome and I am so very proud of all the hard work he put into this season.

He has become quite a ball player and is now talking about trying out for the travel team in September.



parker and his bff jake after they got their medal!

So I wanted to share a card I made today.
It is Christmas in July...well 90 plus degree Christmas :)

I made this card using a freebie over at Bugaboo Stamps. I just love these stamps!!

I colored the image with my copics and added some glitter glue to the ornament and the top of the stocking.

There are some candi's in the corners and I put some glitter on those as well for some extra sparkle.

This is for the following Challenges:

Catch the Bug~ Bugaboo Clean and Simple

Celebrate the Occasion~ Christmas in July
The Paper Variety~It's Christmas Time



Thanks for stopping by!

~~Whimsical Wednesday Blog Hop~~

Welcome to the Whimsical Wednesday blog hop!

 You should have arrived here from Star: http://starspaperpassion.blogspot.com/
 If you just happened to drop by to say hi please go to the Whimsical Wednesday Blog to start at the beginning of the hop. For this hop we all made banners/wall decor that will be sent to a nursing home. The link to read more about this is posted at the Whimsical Wednesday Blog.

This is my project...

My banner was made using the SVG file I purchased over at SVGcuts.com.

This is Cheryl's Cute Bugs and one of the projects with this file is a door hanger.

Instead of a door hanger I made it into a door banner :)

The banner measures 2 1/2'  feet by 3". Long and slim but I think not too overpowering on a door.

All the paper used for this project is scrap from my stash.

The first section, the vine has small pearl accents as well as the textured butterfly. I used  Divine Swirls and Swiss Dots cuttlebug folder for this.

This ladybug has some white gel pen details, she is raised up with foam dots and some bling was added to the corners...I also used the Divine Swirls folder as well as the Distressed Stripes folder. A simple tied bow was added to the upper corner

 The worm in this section is also foam dotted up and white gel pen doodled. I added some purple bling for the eye as well as around the border.

The bottom of the banner has the dragonfly and a small butterfly. I added white gel pen stitching around the square base. Bling in the corners and white gel pen doodles on the bugs.

The entire banner is connected with some crinkle like ribbon and my hot glue gun.

I hope this banner brings a smile to the recipient and maybe brightens their day every time they see it!

~~Candy info!!~~

We have these generous sponsors for our hop:

Patsy from the Prairie Bird Boutique http://www.etsy.com/shop/prairiebirdboutique-
Your choice of one bundle of Shabby Crinkle Ribbon

and

Babette from The Kraft Outlet http://www.kraftoutlet.com/store/Default.asp-

The Kraft Outlet has generously donated their “Inspiration Play Pack”;  This is a collection of The Kraft Outlet's top selling items valued at over $45. The play pack comes with 10 yards each of the red and brown baker’s twine, an assortment of 50 of the plain and grungy tags, an 8 sheet assortment of their cardstock and text weight papers, an 8 envelope assortment, one sheet of Kraft labels, a set of their vintage dictionary pages, 1 yard of black twill tape and a CD full of 100 graphics and backgrounds.

In addition the Kraft Outlet is offering 10% off all purchases made during the ENTIRE  month of July. All you need to do is enter the code JULY10 at checkout.

and

The grand prize for the blog hop is a Gypsy, donated by Stephanie. In order to qualify for the grand prize you must leave a comment on each of the designers blogs. At the end of the hop please return back to the Whimsical Wednesday Blog to leave a comment saying that you finished the hop and left a comment under all our post. The blog hop will run through Sunday and end at Midnight.

Here is my blog candy~~

I have some birthday stamps and some stickers for 1 lucky hopper.

All you have to do is leave me a comment with a way to get in touch with you incase you are the lucky winner!

I would love it if you were a follower but it is not necessary.

I will pick the winner on Monday 7/11.

Thank you for joining us for the Whimsical Wednesday blog hop. Your next stop is Shelly: http://cardsbyshelly.blogspot.com/

I have added the entire lineup in case you get lost...remember the hop goes until midnight Sunday so there is plenty of time to hop through!

1. Whimsical Challenge Blog: http://whimsicalwednesdays.blogspot.com/

2. Stephanie: http://www.alwayscrafting.com/

3. Star: http://starspaperpassion.blogspot.com/

4. Jessica: http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/

5. Shelly: http://cardsbyshelly.blogspot.com/

6. Chloe: http://chloeandherclipons.blogspot.com/

http://my3escrapbooking.blogspot.com/

 

8. Melanie: http://inlovewithabug.blogspot.com/

9. Faith-Abigail: http://www.faithabigaildesigns.com/

10. Cindy: http://cindybcreations.blogspot.com/

11. Joni: http://justcounting.blogspot.com/

12. GiGi: http://thecricutbug.blogspot.com/

13. Amber: http://stayingcrafty.blogspot.com/

14. Carlene: http://misspinkcricut.blogspot.com/

15. Karen: http://kaleidoscopicsparkles.blogspot.com/

16. Glora: http://glorascrafts.blogspot.com/

17. Nanne: http://nannes-creations.blogspot.com/

18. Cathryn: http://inthepinkcathryn.blogspot.com/

19. Whimsical Wednesday: http://whimsicalwednesdays.blogspot.com/

A "Sweet" Thank You

Good Morning Bloggers!

I am so excited...tonight is the Whimsical Wednesday Blog Hop!

Make sure you come back starting at 7pm EST and join in all the fun!

I am very excited to share my project, can't wait to see everyone else's project and there is LOTS of yummy candy to be won!!

I have not entered a challenge in a while so I thought I would be creative this morning while the kids are letting me and enter some :)

Isn't this "sweet"!

So this is what I did....I recently purchased Cheryl's Cute Bugs at SVGcuts.com and used the welded card base.

The paper is from Bo Bunny and the Popsicle cut is from the Simply Charmed cartridge cut at 4".

I hid the face and instead stamped a PK~491 Everyday Character Face on her. I love how this face changes the whole look of the cut!!

The Sentiment is from My Creative Time~This and That. I used 2 stamps for this and pieced the wording I wanted on a Tim Holtz Ticket Strip Die Cut.

Alittle Bakers Twine around the layer and tied on with ticket and there you have it.

Oh yeah...I also used my white and black gel pen for some doodling.

The Popsicle is attached with foam dots for some added dimensions.

What do you think?

I am entering this into the following challenges:

Tacky Tuesdays Challenge #8~ Cool Treats w/"Sweet" wording

Papercutz Challenge #99~ use a Popsicle

Cricut 360 Challenge #2~Circle thank you
Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge~ Patterns

Thanks for stopping by~~~See you all tonight at 7pm :)

A Love Bug Card and Whimsical Wednesday Blog Hop Reminder

Hi everyone!

We have had some wonderful weather here so I have been sitting at the pool with the boys for the past few days!

They are having a great summer....wearing themselves out swimming and hanging with friends and I am catching up on some summer reading and relaxing.

I try hard to get some early morning craftin in or late night creating in so I am sorry these last few posts have been later.

Yesterday I saw Nikki over at MelonHeadz put a test request out using her SVG files. I was able to help her and made 1 of 2 images into a card.

The "love" sentiment is the SVG file Nikki made. I love the way it cut! I added it with the Ladybug from Cheryl's Cute Bugs SVG file from SVGcuts.com. The card base is also from that file.

If you don't know this...or have not been over to Nikki's Blog~ MelonHeadz you really need to make a stop.

She has amazing digi images and is always drawing up something new! I hope she starts with more SVG files.

Now on to our reminder....Tomorrow is the big Whimsical Wednesday Blog Hop!!

My project is all ready to be shared and I can't wait for you all to see it!!!

There is some amazing blog candy up for grabs.....and a grand prize as well.

Stephanie has a Gypsy for one lucky winner.

Whoo Hoo!!

Make sure you stop back tomorrow night at 7 and join myself as well as the new DT members for this super fun hop!!

Have a GREAT night and see you all tomorrow :)

Friend's LO Page and a Blog Hop Reminder

Morning Bloggers!

I have a very good friend who is in the middle of a battle against breast cancer. Not only is she a one of my good friends but her oldest son is my youngest son's BFF. Her youngest son (who is 5) tells everyone also that my oldest (who is 10) is his BFF. It is really so super cute.

Anyways I made this LO for her to be added to the memory book that is being put together with letters from friends and family, special quotes and pictures.

Each mat has a pull tab that I wrote a special message to her on.

I have TONS of pictures of all the boys and had to pick only 4 which was very hard! We have had some great times with the kids and I chose pictures that best represents the BBF feel between all the boys.

The picture of the boys in their baseball uniform has got to be my favorite of them. My little guy is the one on the right and when you look at them they could almost pass as brothers. They are basically the same size, have the same personality and Jake, my son's BFF has gotten Parker so into baseball that now that is all Parker wants to do :)

They even play on the same ball team and both will be playing in the All Star Game this weekend.

That special friendship bond which I hope will last forever!!

Now for our Blog Hop Reminder!!!

This Friday @7pm EST make sure you join the new Whimsical Wednesday DT for our Weekend Blog Hop!

There will be many excellent projects and the chance to win lots of blog candy!

Hope you will stop on by :)

Thanks for stopping by....have a GREAT day :)

Whimsical Wednesdays Blog Hop~~This Friday 7/8/11 @ 7pm

Just a reminder that this Friday is our Whimsical Wednesday Blog Hop!

Come meet the new DT, hop through for the chance to win some yummy candy and see some amazing projects!

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

Happy 4th of July!!

I just wanted to stop in and wish everyone a very HAPPY 4th of JULY!!

Enjoy your day with friends and family!

Be safe!!