Good Moms

I'm so happy to share the sign that I just finished for myself.  I decide to make a sign for me!  I'm always making for everyone else that I never take time to make something nice for me.  I was on the Silhouette store the other day and saw this and had to have it!  It seems like this was so true the first 3 weeks of the month.  I was busy baking like crazy for the kids swim meet one weekend.  I got honey spilled all over the floor so it was sticky for sure.  The kitchen was a mess for sure and the laundry piles were really bad cause I got the flu bug in between it all.  But the kids were so Happy!!!  Ok well minus when Mom got sick and they had to take puppy out more and help Dad around the house!

Green is good Blog Hop!

Green is good Blog Hop!

Something recycled, something repurposed, whether it’s a milk jug turned in to a scoop, or a tin can made in to a pencil holder. Maybe your kids planted some trees to help the environment, or maybe you did. There are tons of ways to get greener in everyday life. Today we are showing off our creations to celebrate Earth Day 2013. If you’re just starting here make sure to head over to the beginning at My Life in Arts’ n Crafts’. I hear she’s giving away some goodies!

The other day I bought a big can of spaghetti sauce and thought it would be cool to reuse the can but wasn't sure till the other day.  I decide to spray paint it to match my living room and I cute out our puppy name in brown vinyl.  I'm going to use this to keep her leash and baggies for when we go walking in on my bench at our front door.  I cut the saying, her name, paw prints, and dog bones on my Silhouette. 

  
head on over to….. 
Daphane 


 Line up for the hop!

Jessi- http://www.mylifeinartsncrafts.com
Michele - http://michelescraftroom.blogspot.com/
Sarah - http://itswhatkeepsmesane.blogspot.com
An'Jenic - http://anjenicgibson.blogspot.com/
Georgiana -http://carsonscricutcreations.blogspot.com/
Robin - http://cutonedesignsbyrobin.blogspot.com/
Mary - http://irongatestamps.blogspot.com
Pam - www.scrappletree.com
Angela - http://angelascraftyspot.blogspot.com/
Daphne - http://craftyscrapsofstuff.blogspot.com/2013/04/green-is-good-blog-hop.html
Lori - http://scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/
Holli -http://Sunflowerholli.blogspot.com/
Thanks for stopping by!

Thanks

This week our school is celebrating our staff so the PTSA is having a lunch for everyone on Wednesday.  I signed up to make brownies and a thank you sign to go up in the staff lounge.  I was going to make a sign to match the theme of our lunch but changed my mind and went with this paper pack I bought last year at Michael's. 

I cut out the banner on the Silhouette and the letter where cut out on my Cricut with the Creative Memories Travlers cartridge.   I made a few rossettes with the Tim Holtz die and stamp few images from a CTHM stamp set I got a few years back.  

I'm very happy with the way it turned out and can't wait to hang it up this week!

Aurra's New Treat Jar

I bought this jar a few weeks ago at Wal-Mart to decorate for our new sweet little girl!  I got some new cuts this week on the Silhouette store for puppies so it worked out perfect!!  I put her name on the top of the jar.  I also cut out an extra set for my Sister to make one for her new puppies.  Here are the pictures of our jar.

Challenges:

Sunday Funday #8 

DL.Art Thankful Thursday April

Card Holder and Note cards

We had a nice day at home before we went to the kids practices tonight.  I worked on some projects that I wanted to accomplish before Spring Break was over.  I just love love these little card holders and have been wanting to do one for awhile and was so happy to get the file at the Silhouette Store!!  I ended up getting all 4 of the different card holder files they have.  

I decide to make my holder with matching note cards to have on my desk when I need a card handy.  I made them to go along with the challenge going on at My Creative Time!  

Hello everyone! This is Cassandra and guess what?? It's my turn to host the "Designer Challenge". And of course, you know that I just HAD to make this a COLOR CHALLENGE!! The Colors of the Rainbow to be exact! All you have to do is make a project of your choice using 3 of the following 6 colors: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple. For a more difficult challenge - if you dare...use ALL 6 colors!!!

Now for my Card Holder and Note cards!  I hope you like them as much as I do!!

 

 I was able to use all 6 colors for the challenge on my card and holder.  I stamped the A from MCT Just Simply Live all over the front of the card in CTMH ink Petal, Sunflower, Holiday Red, Citrus Leaf, Dutch Blue, and Sunset.  Then I attached a piece of purple card stock and cut out the MCT Scallop & Stitched Circle and stamped an A from CTMH on the circle.  I also added some purple Baker's twine to it.  

Then I decided that I would make this Card Holder that I found on the Silhouette store to store my cards in on my desk.  I was going to do the A randomly on the card holder but decide to use the arrow from the Just Simply Live.  I did the same with the card stock and the scallop & stitched circle on the holder.  

I just love how it looks with all the rainbow colors!!  

Challenges:

 MCT Designer Challenge

Sunday Funday #8 

DL.Art Thankful Thursday April

 

Silhouette Bowl

A weeks ago I got the file to make the silhouette bowl and couldn't wait to make it for my friend for her birthday.  I love how it turned out and it was so much bigger than I thought it would be.  I used tacky glue to put this one together and then when I made the second one I used the glue gun.  I think the tacky glue was a much better choice.  

  At first I wasn't for sure how this paper would look for the bowl but I think it was a good choice!  My daughter said it was the perfect candy bowl!!  

After I finished putting together this bowl we decide that I would make another one to give to the secretary at school for her birthday.  She is crazy about Hello Kitty just like my daughter is.  We decide to add a Hello Kitty in the bottom of the bowl.  

Valentine's Day Treats

Last week was over before I knew it and I didn't get a chance to post my treats I made for the kids and their teachers.  I made the kids cards from Create a Critter 2.  I love how cute they turned out.  The owl card is Faith's and the Monkey one is for Hunter.  I cut out the heart shaped cards from the silhouette. 

This year we decide to make their Valentine's Day cards for school instead of the ones from the store.  I stamped Happy Valentine's Day on them from my Love, Love, Love Mark's Finest Paper Stamp set.  Then they wrote their names on the back and the sucker to them.  Faith made pink for her class and Hunter did Red for his class.  I also made a set for the 2 kindergarten class I work in to pass out.  The kids loved them!!

Then last but not least this is my favorite thing of all!!  I made the kids teachers little treat bags with chocolate kisses in them and a kiss on the treat topper!!  I got the Chocolate Greetings Stamp Set from My Creative Time!!  I love love it!!

Hope you enjoyed seeing all the goodies I made.  I really wish that I would have got them up sooner but my daughter and hubby both got sick last week. 

Valentine's Gift Bag Blog Hop

Hello Everyone  

Welcome to the Valentine's Gift Bag Blog Hop

We are so excited you could join us!

Do you find yourself running out of time to make your gift bags for you love ones, kids classmates & teachers or that special someone.  If you are one of these people than you are in the right place. 

  This hop have lots of wonderful projects to inspire you to create your very own gift bags. This is a one day hop and we would appreciate your comments on each blog along the way. 

   You should have arrive from (add the person name and blog) you are in the right place. If you are just stopping by please start at the begging over at Angela's blog where the fun begin.

This hop is being hosted by AJ Scrapbooking & Cards and Angela's Craft Spot. You should begin at Angela's blog and end at An'Jenic's blog

Our Fabulous Sponsor:

Emma at My Creative Time

Prize: Stamp Set: Label Font

Facebook Page: My Creative Time

Sonia at SKdigis by Sonia Kertznus

Prize: $6 voucher to SKdigis store

Facebook Page: SKdigis

Heather at Fresh Brewed Designs
Prize: A $10 Gift Card to Fresh Brewed Designs Store

Facebook Page: Fresh Brewed Designs

We would like to THANK all of our awesome sponsor for sponsoring this blog hop
&
We would like to thank all of the ladies who helped us by creating a awesome gift bags for this hop

We couldn't have done it with your help!
Thank You Ladies!

How do you win?

1. You must complete the blog hop
You must leave a comment on all blogs and  follow each one.

2. You must stop by our sponsors Facebook Page:

Like and Leave a comment saying you are from the Valentine's Gift Bag Hop and Thank them for being a Sponsor. 

With out them we would not have so many awesome gifts to give!

We will have 3 winners.  One for each prize!

Winners will be chosen on Monday Jan. 28th and will be listed on both of our blogs!
 AJ Scrapbooking & Cards & Angela's Crafty Spot!

I found this cute on the Silhouette shop right after we decide to do the blog hop!  I fell in love with it when I saw it.  Then when I saw the Chocolate Greetings Stamp Set from My Creative Time I decide that was going to be my gift bag for the hop.  This will be great a little gift bag to put some Hershey Kisses and give as a gift to your child's teacher, co-worker, or a friend.
I hope you enjoyed my gift bag and have fun on the hop!!
Good luck to everyone!!
Thanks again to our sponsors!!

Your next stop is Miranda - Nana's Scrap Spot


Here is the full line up in case you get lost:

Angela - Angela's Crafty Spot

Miranda - Nana's Scrap Spot

Candice - Candied Cards

Amy E. - Scrap This Save That

Lucy -  Love 2 Create

Michele - Michele's Craft Room

Pam -  Lovebug Creations

Ashley - The Blog Hop Princess
An'Jenic - AJ Scrapbooking & Cards

Happy Hopping-

Upcoming Valentine's Gift Bag Blog Hop

 Hello Everyone!  

I just wanted to remind you that on Saturday Jan. 26 at 12 am PST I will be hosting a Valentine's Gift Bag Blog Hop with my friend AJ from AJ Scrapbooking & Cards.  We have 3 awesome sponsors and have 3 prizes to give away!  

Also I wanted to thank AJ for putting this together!!  I had some unexpected things come up and haven't got to help her as much as I would have liked to.  So thanks again AJ!! 

I thought that I would make a little gift bag to share with you before the hop starts.  I love this little bag that I cut out on my silhouette.  I used my new Forever stamp and Stitched Heart Layering Dies from My Creative Time!  This bag will be great to put some sweet little goodies in for the kids!

I have another great gift bag to show you on Saturday so don't forgot to stop back by!!

HIMCR #74 Color Challenge

Good Morning! 

I haven't posted much the last few weeks we had company and then this week has been very crazy.  I hope to get some crafting done this afternoon unless we decide to finish decorating the Christmas tree.  I also want to try and make some ornaments this weekend with the kids for their small trees we got them last year.  

This week challenge at HIMCR is a color challenge and the colors are blue and white.  I decided to make a circle card that I found on the Silhouette shop and some blue paper I found when I was sorting my craft room last month.  My digi is from Fresh Brewed Designs and I used my CTMH markers to color her.

Be sure to head over to HIMCR and check out what the Design Team has made and enter the challenge!

Have a good weekend!!

Fall Banner

Click here for the HIMCR Weekly Challenge!

I just finished up my fall banner and decorations for my fireplace last night and wanted to share with everyone!  I'm so happy how they turned out and glad I decided to make a fall banner.  I cut the banner out with my Cricut and cut all the decorations on the mantel out with my Silhouette.  I hope to add a few more things later but may wait till next year.  

 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a good weekend!!

Tea Bag Dispenser

I meant to make this last month to go with my friend's birthday gift but I had to wait till my craft room was unpacked more.  At the time of her birthday I wasn't able to get to all of my paper.  

I love this tea bad dispenser!!  This was what made me decide to go ahead and order my Silhouette back in April.  I can't wait to drop if off to my friend this week. I love the one that a friend made me before I got my Silhouette.

3D Pumpkin and Acorn

Good Morning! 

I'm so excited that I was finally able to make this little pumpkin and acorn.  I have been trying for a few weeks now and it seems like something always comes up when I get ready to make them.  I decided over the weekend that I was going to get them made.  I wanted to have some fall things out for Thanksgiving since Grandma and PawPaw are coming to visit us.  The kids are so excited and are counting down the days!  

I got both of the cuts from the Silhouette store.  

I even made a second set of them to give to my friend!

Halloween Treats for the teachers

 I wanted to make a little treat for the kid's teachers, office staff and my co-workers but I was short on time so I found this cute little ghost to cut out on the Silhouette and added some yummy Candy Corn Taffy.  I can't wait to get some more of it next year.

 I also work 3 days a week in the afternoon Kindergarten class helping them with their math and writing workshop.  So when I was getting ready to leave on Tuesday a few of them ask if I would be there to see them dressed up on Halloween.  So I decide to make them a little treat when I went in to see all my little friends.  I punched out tags with the Creative Memories Tag punch and stamp it with a cute little pumpkin and tied it to Fruity Peebles snack. 

Halloween Cards and treats for Faith and Hunter

I surprised the kids on Halloween and left them little treats on their place mats when they came down for breakfast.  I got the Create a Critter 2 on Tuesday so I had to make a cute little card for them.  It was so fun to do at the last minute!

I found this cute little cute on my Silhouette and added a piece of Candy Corn taffy to it.

Have a great day!

3D Bookplate Box

A couple of month ago I started this purple 3D bookplate box for a me and the other day I got it out and decided this would work perfect for the stack of flash cards I have on my desk.  I let the kids pick out the color for their boxes.  So excited to see what they think in the morning and for us to use them this week when we work on homework.

Little Mermaid Gift Card Holder

Click here for the HIMCR Challenge of the week.

I have had this stamp set forever and I never used it till today!  I saw this mermaid challenge and thought it was a perfect time to use my stamp set!!  

I cut out the gift card holder out on my Silhouette and stamped the image right on the card.

Then I used my water colored pencils to color in the Ariel and distressed the edges.

What a cute little gift card holder for a little Princess!

 Challenges:

MFP Speedy TV  Simple Salutations Challenge 15

Dlart  Thankful Thursday Challenge Linky Party

HIMCR #64 Mix It Up

Good Morning!

I can't believe it is Saturday already.  This week has flown by but I didn't get much done.  I spent most of the week being sick and now I'm trying to catch up on everything.  

This week challenge at HIMCR is Mix it Up! Halloween Theme :)  I was so excited to make this project and now I can't wait to hang it up!!  I love making banners they are so much fun!

-Banner is cut from my Silhouette

-BOO is cut from the Cricut

-Rosettes are from my Tim Holtz die

-The green background paper is made from using the Tim Holtz Distress Stain Peeled paint

Now it's time to check out the rest of the Design Teams creations for the week!

AJ Scrapbooking & Cards

Craftin'and Stampin'

Jenscrapstoo

Now enter the challenge at HIMCR!!

Hope you have a great weekend!!

HIMCR #63 - Technique

Hello Friends!

I hope everyone had a great week!  My week was busy and good for the most part.  My laptop crashed on Wed. but I have my new hard drive ordered so it will be here in a few days. 

This week at HIMCR it is Technique:  Distressing or Antiquing!  Or both!  I decide to make a wall hanging for my husband to hang up by his desk once we redo our computer/craft room. 

I bought a 12x12 piece of wood at Michael's and put 2 coats of Tim Holtz Distress crackle paint Black spot.  I cut out a treasure map and put a coat of TH Distress Stain vintage photo on and fold it up again and again and rubbed some black ink on it.  On the picture I added a coat of TH Distress crackle paint clear rock candy to it and over the red paint I put on the wood behind the treasure map.  One more layer of crackle paint on the title and this time I used picket fence and after it dried I added Distress Stain Peeled paint.  Added 2 pirate coins we had left over from my daughter's birthday party a few months ago.

I think that covers all the steps but if you have any questions just let me know.

Thanks!

Be sure to stop and check out what my DT sister have made also.

AJ Scrapbooking & Cards

Craftin'and Stampin'

Jenscrapstoo

Now enter the challenge at HIMCR!!



Happy Fall Card

I had so much fun using my Fresh Brewed Happy Fall Girl Digi to make my easel card  for the September Facebook Challenge. 

I used my silhouette to cut out my card and used my scrap paper.  Then I found my water color pencils that I hadn't used in forever. 

Challenge:

Fresh Brewed  September Facebook Challenge