Kimberly's Spring Fling Blogaversary Blog Hop

Welcome to Kimberly’s Blogaversary. I'm tired of winter and thought it was time for a "spring fling"!!! All Kimberly asked for was to do something that reflects birth which is what spring means to in pastel and floral colors!

There is a wonderful group of sponsors that want to have "Spring" too ..... You are asked to take the time to stop and visit each one of the sponsors.  They have graciously donated their talent for this hop.

Creative Kuts ~ $10 gift Certificate (http://www.creativekuts.com/  )

KaDoodle Bug Designs ~ $20 Gift Certificate (http://www.kadoodlebugdesigns.com/  )

Mickie Burks Osman ~ a paper pack and some stamping goodies

Lucy Kelleher ~ Close To My Heart ~ December Stamp of the Month (http://love2createitall.blogspot.com/)

Nikki Schiltz Calmes ~ Paper Piecings by Nikki ~ $25 credit to Paper Peicings by Nikki (www.paperpiecingsbyNikki.com/ )

Scraptastical Kreations ~ $20 Gift Certificate (http://scraptasticalkreations.com/  )

There are a lot of great gardeners along the path, so this hop has been extended for two days. SEW, sit back, relax and take your time browsing each garden. To be eligible for the blog candy, you must follow Kimberly’s blog.  Other bloggers may have additional requirements if they offer individual blog candy.

Kimberly can hardly believe that she has been blogging and showcasing her crafts for a year now!!! She’s grown just like spring and learned so much as she has traveled the crafting path.  I am sure you will be as impressed with the talent from these crafters as I am. 

If you just happened to be visiting me today, I don't want you to miss a single spring project and want you to start at the beginning of spring at Kimberly. You should have arrived from Tiffany if you haven’t strayed from the garden path.

For my project, I have made an altered journal Tres Lynne!

Recipe:

Notebook from Dollar Store measuring 3.75 x 5.50 inches

Two (2) paper roses

One (1) butterfly cut using Cricut Sentimentals cartridge cut at 1.75 inches

Mod Podge

Pink Petticoat Wild Flowers Collection paper

Self-stick gems

Dragonfly jeweled gems

I covered both the front and back adhering the ModPodge before the paper was added and then 2 coats added on top of the paper which makes this feel almost like a vinyl. When these were dry, I added the paper to the inside following the same procedure.

Hope you enjoyed my project. I must apologize as I have additional pages to add with “friendship” verses stamped on the pages but I have been feeling under the weather for the past few weeks.

Thank you for stopping by and remember "think spring" and have that "spring fling"!!

Your next stop along the way on the garden path is Marleen. Don't forget to leave the bloggie love!!!

Sunshine, Raindrop, Rainbows and Flowers

Love, Hugs, and Pixie Dust

Lynne

Lynne's Mad Hatter 60th Birthday Tea Party Day 2

Welcome to Lynne's Mad Hatter 60th Birthday Tea Party Blog Hop Day 2 --- don't be late for this very important date and just to be sure you're not late, we're serving tea for not one day but two!! Watch out for rabbit holes, and those drink me and eat me potions as you must do them in moderation. You'll never know what you will see beyond the looking glass --- sew, sit down a spell and enjoy the talented ladies as we hop along in Wonderland. Warning, watch out for the Queen of Hearts as she is losing in the game of croquet and its off with your heads!!!!!

Rather than cake, crumpets, tarts and cookies, we have blog candy and I mean some sweet treats that are being offered by our great sponsors:

ü     Pat Catan's has donated a $25 gift card for shopping at their store, if there isn't a Pat Catan's in your area, we can transfer that out for you 

ü     Karber Digital Images at http://www.karberdigital.com/ has offered 2 digital designs of the winner's choice

ü     Digi My World at http://digimyworld.com/shop/ has offered a $10 gift card 

ü     SVG Attic at http://www.svgattic.com/ has offered a $20 gift certificate

ü     PSA Stamps at www.psastamps.com.blogspot.com has offered a 1 stamper, 2 Peel & Stick packs of winner's choice. MSRP for each package is $55.

ü     Creative Kuts has offered a $20 Gift Certificate to http://creativekuts.com/

ü     Deborah Marie Foti of http://www.scrappingmamma.net/ will make one of her original birthday cards, Crafty Friends Sentiments Large Sheet by www.gettingcricky.com AND $10 Little Scraps of Heaven Designs Gift Certificate

To be eligible by posting you must comment and post on each stop of our tea party along the way --- now remember to hold your pinky out when drinking your tea --- will that be 1 lump or 2?

Now, with those sweet treats in mind --- be sure to comment as I love to give away goodies!!!!

I’m sew thrilled you stopped by my blog to just visit today to help me celebrate my 60^th birthday!!!! I just had to have a huge celebration and what better way than to celebrate with my crafting bloggie friends!! I don't want you to miss a single thing along the way and you need to start at the beginning which is two hares by the Cheshire cat who is grinning at you and that darn caterpiller smoking her pipe right here at  http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/!!!

Here’s the complete line-up to follow in case you fall down another nasty rabbit hole or stumble into the Mad Hatter – never know what she may have to say!

Lynne - http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/

April - http://curlsandgrins.blogspot.com/

Janet N ~ http://createatdreamscrapbooks.blogspot.com/

Barbara B - http://barbarab3.blogspot.com/

Tami - http://tamboscreations.blogspot.com/

Lisa - http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/

Theresa - www.thescrapbookingqueen.com/

Jearise - http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com/

Katie - http://www.ktsangels.blogspot.com/

Jill - http://craftwithanangel.blogspot.com/

Erin -  http://comfyonmycloud.blogspot.com/ 

Anita - http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com/

Tina - http://craftyandgreen.blogspot.com/

Susan - http://susanascorner.blogspot.com/

Jamie- http://myamusinglife.blogspot.com/ 

Kari - http://purplefuntastickcreations.blogspot.com/

Digi My World - http://digimyworld.blogspot.com/

Today, I have done more paper piecings and as promised, I will show you what my completed project with all my paper piecings?? Any ideas yet what I've done . . . .


Door House Mouse cut from Treasure Box Designs Wonderland Collection

White Rabbit from SVG Cuts Alice's Cuddly Friends with brad holding the clock hands in place - this is a free file!!!! What a great price!!!

Mad Hatter's Hat from SVG Attic Mad Tea Party Kit using a piece of purple tissue lame' cut 3 x 45-inches and then tied in a bow

New Year's Eve Clock with my custom paper using Cricut Celebrate with Flourish, Studio G Glitter, brad for clock hands - which if you look closely, this was used as my blog button and was a previous blog to help announce my upcoming birthday blog!

Pocket Watch invitation from SVG Attic Mad Tea Party Kit using a brad to hold clock hands in place and invitation together with Studio G Glitter which was also a previous blog and a Guest Designer for Kari for an invitation for January -- what a purrfect way to display an invitation to my blog hop!!

Any guesses how these pieces plus yesterday's pieces are going to make a cohesive project???? Well, if you guessed - 

Tah Dah - A little bit of fishing line holding all together and I have a Wonderland Mobile which for photographic purposes was hanging in the hallway where my kokopelli belongs but Wonderland will need to find a home as the cats think its their new toy!!!!


Thank you for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed your tea and crumpets. Your next stop along the way is not Twiddledee and Twiddledum but April has another wonderful project to share!

Thanks for sharing tea and crumpets with my and checking out all the tea parties!!! Its my party and I will celebrate!!!

Hugs, Love, Tea Cups and Crumpets

Lynne

Lynne's Mad Hatter 60th Birthday Tea Party Day 1

Welcome to Lynne's Mad Hatter 60th Birthday Tea Party Blog Hop --- don't be late for this very important date and just to be sure you're not late, we're serving tea for not one day but two!! Watch out for rabbit holes, and those drink me and eat me potions as you must do them in moderation. You'll never know what you will see beyond the looking glass --- sew, sit down a spell and enjoy the talented ladies as we hop along in Wonderland. Warning, watch out for the Queen of Hearts as she is losing in the game of croquet and its off with your heads!!!!!

Rather than cake, crumpets, tarts and cookies, we have blog candy and I mean some sweet treats that are being offered by our great sponsors:

ü     Pat Catan's has donated a $25 gift card for shopping at their store, if there isn't a Pat Catan's in your area, we can transfer that out for you 

ü     Karber Digital Images at http://www.karberdigital.com/ has offered 2 digital designs of the winner's choice

ü     Digi My World at http://digimyworld.com/shop/ has offered a $10 gift card 

ü     SVG Attic at http://www.svgattic.com/ has offered a $20 gift certificate

ü     PSA Stamps at www.psastamps.com.blogspot.com has offered a 1 stamper, 2 Peel & Stick packs of winner's choice. MSRP for each package is $55.

ü     Creative Kuts has offered a $20 Gift Certificate to http://creativekuts.com/

ü     Deborah Marie Foti of http://www.scrappingmamma.net/ will make one of her original birthday cards, Crafty Friends Sentiments Large Sheet by www.gettingcricky.com AND $10 Little Scraps of Heaven Designs Gift Certificate

To be eligible by posting you must comment and post on each stop of our tea party along the way --- now remember to hold your pinky out when drinking your tea --- will that be 1 lump or 2?

Now, with those sweet treats in mind --- be sure to comment as I love to give away goodies!!!!

I’m sew thrilled you stopped by my blog to just visit today to help me celebrate my 60^th birthday!!!! I just had to have a huge celebration and what better way than to celebrate with my crafting bloggie friends!! I don't want you to miss a single thing along the way and you need to start at the beginning which is two hares by the Cheshire cat who is grinning at you and that darn caterpiller smoking her pipe right here at  http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/!!!

Here’s the complete line-up to follow in case you fall down another nasty rabbit hole or stumble into the Mad Hatter – never know what she may have to say! 

Lynne - http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/

Inga - http://mommahobbit.blogspot.com/

 Ashley - http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com/

Pam - http://pammejo-scrapbookflair.blogspot.com/

Berenice - http://karbersweetescape.blogspot.com/

Susan - http://susanascorner.blogspot.com/

Janet S - http://ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/

Tami - http://tamboscreations.blogspot.com/

Sher- www.patternsbysher.blogspot.com/

  Christel - http://onescrappinsista.blogspot.com/

 Lisa - http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/

Jearise -  http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com/

Shannon M - http://www.purplelionpaper.com/blog

 Amy - http://www.lovetocrop.com

Jamie- http://myamusinglife.blogspot.com/ 

Kari - http://purplefuntastickcreations.blogspot.com/

Digi My World - http://digimyworld.blogspot.com/

 PSA Stamps - www.psastampcamp.blogspot.com

My project today, I have made some characters, but then again, I'm a character!!! 


Recipe:
All papers were from my scraps
Mad Hatter and Cheshire Cat from SVG Cuts Alice's Cuddly Characters - brace yourself these are a free file!!!!
Alice from SVG Cuts Cuddly Storybook Friends SVG Collection

I drew their eyes on and accented with my Prisma colored pencils! The Mad Hatter got his hat band with scrap white paper. Now, you're probably wondering what I'm going to do with my characters - guess, you'll have to hop again tomorrow to see what the balance of my project is!!!!! 


Thank you for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed your tea and crumpets. Your next stop along the way is not Twiddledee and Twiddledum but Inga to see what she has in store for my birthday party!

Remember to stop by again tomorrow and check out all the tea parties!!! Its my party and I will celebrate!!!

Hugs, Love, Tea Cups and Crumpets

Lynne

Blog Candy Winners!!!!

If you are here for Rebecca’s Baby shower please click here but please first check to see if you are a winner!!!!!!

Drum Roll please – Sew exciting to have blog candy winners!!!

We have winners for the following blog hops!!! All winners were chosen by Random Draw - All winners need to contact me by either leaving a remark or at hercraftiness@gmail.com please and thank you!!!!

Muppets Back Together Again:

2 – sheets Groovy Baby 12 x 12 paper, 2 – sheets 8.5 x 11 tie die paper, 1 – yard tie die ribbon, Just Add Self-Stick Gems 2 piece peace sign bling, Jolee’s By You Broadway Times Square dimensional sticker, and Scrappy Cat Clear Peace Sign Stamp

Nita of www.niftynitanotes.blogspot.com/

Calendar Girls’ First Blog Hop:

Date Planner plus a surprise bonus

Sherry

Kari’s Butterfly Kisses Blogaversary:

Gift Certificate for Shannon Keith Leffew

Janet Smith

Creative Kuts $20 Gift Certificate

        Tanya

Two (2) custom birthday cards from Deborah Marie Foti

        Tasha

Getting Cricky Stamp Set

        Beckie of Just B Creative Crazy

Little Scraps of Heaven $10 Gift Card

        Christel Young Bonner

All winners need to contact me by February 5, 2011 or other winners will be drawn!!!

Congrats to the winners and thank you following and visiting!!!!

Hugs, Love, and Pixie Dust

Lynne 

Rebecca's Baby Shower Blog Hop

Welcome to Lisa’s daughter, Rebecca’s, Baby Shower! What a great idea to have a baby shower between your blogging friends. This will be Lisa's first grandchild and what a special time this will be. Lisa has asked that we make a two-page layout which she will present to her daughter. Rebecca is having a boy and her son’s name will be Maxwell Thaddeus. There is a fantastick line-up to check out all of our layouts which I hope you enjoy!!!

If you have arrived here from Mickie, then you are at the right place for this baby shower. If you just happened to visit me today or happened upon my blog, I don’t want you to miss a single present for the baby shower and would want you to begin at the very beginning which is the proud soon-to-be-Grandma, Lisa. 

Recipe:
Background paper Heidi Grace Designs Baby Decor Stripe
Clothesline cut at 4.25 - inches using Cricut Baby Steps cartridge
Baby Boy in bathtub cut at 4.25 - inches using Cricut Baby Steps cartridge
Ribbon from JoAnn Fabrics
Scraps for the piecing and backgrounds
Studio G Iridescent glitter

As, you know, I don't do layouts - I'm more of a card kinda gal!

But, you gotta admit, the bubbles in the bath tub and the little clothes on the clothes line are adorable and purrfect to use for a baby layout.

I cut the circles from the E2 as I thought it would go with the bath tub scene with the bubbles. I accents the bath bubbles with iridescent Studio G glitter.

I’m the last stop along the way of the hop and hope you enjoyed all the presents for Baby Maxwell Thaddeus!!! Don't forget to offer congrats to Lisa for being grandma for her first grandchild as it is a blessing indeed!!!


Thanks for stopping by and hope you enjoyed the baby shower hop today. Would love for you to leave some bloggie love!

Hugs, Love, and Pixie Dust

Lynne

Kari's Purplies Design Team First Project

This is my first Design Team Project for Kari’s Purplies and you can find the complete Design Team projects at http://purplefuntastickcreations.blogspot.com/ . Her instructions were simple – work outside our comfort zone. Now, that leaves a lot of room for design and creativity and believe it or not, it wasn’t an easy project to even determine what project to make!

Now, all little girls love paper dolls and I’m no exception to the rule! I also love the antics of doll making with eleanor peace bailey. I have a delightful pattern of her’s which is called  Exploring the Flat Doll and the Playful Use of the Figure and used this as my inspiration.

The doll that I used is Whisper – “what with marching bands, flying socks, and fairies demanding them, things reached a fever pitch and that is how Whisper came to be. She was shy at first flight although as she became

familiar with her surroundings she would giggle behind her hand. The kind of private giggle which made one feel that whatever it was you weren't a part of the loop. This could make one feel uneasy if one were inclined to be self conscious, as if the joke might be on you. Of course if you'd gotten past all that and realized you were not the center of the universe, you knew that Whisper's world was her own and the joke was between she and herself and didn't include you at all. However you looked at it the garden was a bit quieter with her in it.”

As you can see, Whisper was purrrfect for me as I am always laughing and with my “warped” sense of humor, I’m usually the only one laughing!!!

For Whisper, I printed her on cardstock and coloring her with my Prism colored pencils. She is fully jointed with brads and just had to put a purple butterfly brad on her one shoulder. Her hair is Confetti yarn that I had wrapped around a pencil, got the yarn wet, and then cooked in the microwave for about 55 seconds. I let it dry the balance of the time – springy curls! Her dress is a purple lame’ which was just hanging around my house and it just screamed that it belonged to Whisper. Her clothing was hot-glued along with her iridescent tulle wings. To finish adding bling and pizzazz, I added a little flower gem on her one check and a chandelier bling on her dress. Of course, she needed a ankle bracelet to be “styling” while flying around.  She measures approximately 15-inches tall without making her dance and fly. To complete, I punctured her head – no harm was done and she was ok through the whole procedure and not a single peep or whisper outta her – and added some fishing line to let her hang in my kitchen window!!!! Doesn’t she scream that she has major attitude!!!! My kinda fairy!!! Some of her friends will be added later to keep her company!!!!

Hope you enjoyed my very first project for Kari’s Purplies Design Team and hopefully not my last!!! Take some time and check out my fantastically creative team mates and see what creations they have made:

Kimberly Pate ~ http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com/

Shawnee Penkacik ~ http://www.blessedonthebrightside.com

Zenita Smith ~ http://www.scrappinwithz.blogspot.com

Susan E Bermudez ~ http://susanascorner.blogspot.com/

Tina Keller ~ http://craftyandgreen.blogspot.com

Carolyn Phillips ~ http://messmuddleandfun.blogspot.com/


Stop by and see what comes from my crafting fantasies next!!!! Don’t forget to leave some bloggie love and comments as I would love to know what you think!!!!!

Hugs, Love, and Pixie Dust

Lynne 

Birthday Card for 11-Year Old

Today I have a card that I made for an 11-year old girl birthday this week. I am sew outta the loop as to type of card, let along sentiment to put inside . . . Sew, I pulled out my trusty Cricut Rock Princess and made my card from there. Must confess that I started with the "hint" or suggestion in the front of the book but didn't think a skull with a bow on its head was appropriate - call me old or a fuddy duddy but . . . 

Recipe:

ü     Black cardstock cut at 6 x 6-inches

ü     Pink  paper cut at 5 x 5 – inches

ü     Black paper cut at 4 x 4 –inches

ü     Pink paper cut at 3 x 3 –inches

ü     3 ribbons from my stash with pink and black to coordinate

ü     High-top tennis shoe cut at 2.75-inches with grey as shadow, white as next layer, black as next layer and pink for the checkered part - sounds confusing but it all worked!!!!

ü     I had started to emboss with my Cuttlebug, but with all the layers, it only got embossed on the outer edge

The jury is still out for the sentiment on the inside but hoping for the best. My buddy, Michelle Ferris suggested "Put your high-tops on and jog into your teens" which is a great sentiment. Hope you enjoyed my card for today and I’m sew glad you stopped by!!!! Please leave a remark along with what you think would be a great sentiment!!!!!

God Bless you and thank you for following along with me!

Hugs, Love, and Pixie Dust

Lynne

Calendar Girls Chinese New Year

Hello my friends - if you're here for the Chinese New Year Blog Hop, please click here. But, I hope you take a few minutes and check out my Calendar Girl for today with her Chinese New Year card!!!

Papercrafts Presents 365 Cards magazine which is our inspiration for these monthly hops which thus became the Calendar Girls. The magazine has Creative Ideas for every day of the year: occasions, holidays, and celebrations including 42 unique holidays!!! These unique holidays are our inspiration. The January unique holidays are:

January 16:

Trivia Day (January 4) -

National Bird Day (January 5) –

National Hat Day (January 15) - Edwina

Martin Luther King Jr. Day (January 16) - Lynne

National Popcorn Day (January 19) –

Chinese New Year (January 23) -

Opposite Day (January 25) –

If you had missed the other events, please check back here.

Today, we are celebrating Chinese New Year with our wonderful Guest Designer, Michelle Ferris!!!

Year of the Dragon, Chinese New Year

RECIPE:

Card  6 ½" X 5"

Dragons cut at 2 ½" Designer Calendar Cartridge Scraps from my stash

Pagoda cut at 3 ½ " Pagoda cartridge. Paper is from twelve by 12 Window garden Collection 1 pane Pink Gerber .

Border across bottom is an EK Success punch. 1 1/4" wide.

Background paper and border same as above.

Heat embossed gold powder onto dragons.

I-Rock gems for snowflakes and pagoda.

Pop dotted the dragons for dimension.

Red I-Rock gems for the eyes.

Inside.

Chinese New Year cut from Designer Calendar. 2 ½"

Heat embossed with gold.

The Fireworks stars are a stamp I got last year. In a free bin at a crop..

The fireworks candle is another mystery.

Hope you enjoy my Chinese New Year card. I really enjoyed doing it!

Thanks, Michelle, I love your card – it is beautiful with the reds! I always love when you Guest Design for me with your creative projects!!!!! I know you sent me 2 sets of pictures but I couldn't decide as I loved loved them all!!!!!! 

Thanks for stopping by and mark your calendar for February 18^th as the Calendar Girls are at it again with more shall we say unusual events that you will just want to make a card for!!!

God Bless you and thank you

Hugs, Love, and Pixie Dust

Lynne

Her Craftiness

Chinese New Year Blog Hop Day 2

Chinese New Year Blog Hop
Day 2

January 22-23, 2012

Year of the Dragon


If you missed Chinese New Year Blog Hop Day 1, please click here. 

Ni hao and welcome to the Chinese New Year Blog Hop!  This hop is in honor of Guan, the little boy April's family is adopting from Taiwan.  To celebrate his culture, we want to share some Chinese-inspired projects with you! 

If you arrived here from April, then you are in the right place!  If you just joined us, please go back to April's blog at www.curlsandgrins.blogspot.com/ to see everyone's amazing creativity!

For my project, I created a lantern with dragon flies.

RECIPE:

Lantern was cut using Summer Lanterns from SVG Attic measuring 7.5-inches tall
Paper for lantern was from Me & My Big Ideas Speciality Card Stock with beautiful butterflies and dragonflies and some sheets have metallic accents or black flocking
Dragon flies were cut from Cricut Stamping cartridge cut at 3.5 inches glued center down with wings unattached
Paper for Dragon flies was from K & Co. Susan Winget Specialty Paper which is double-sided
Vellum for the cut-outs 

 And of course, I know, we don't put real candles in paper lanterns!!! This I know, but strictly for photographic purposes -- quick night-time picture and out the candle!!!!

But, you have to admit, its beautiful lit!!!!!

We have some great blog candy to offer from April Nourse and PSA Essentials.  To be eligible, you must simply comment on each blog on each day's post.  We'd love for you to become a follower of each of our blogs too.

Thanks for stopping by!  Your next stop is a good friend of mine, Ashley.

Here's the complete line-up in case you get lost along the way:

April - http://curlsandgrins.blogspot.com/

Lynne K. - http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/

Ashley - http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com/

Amy - http://www.lovetocrop.com/

Jearise - http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com/

Shannon - http://www.purplelionpaper.com/blog/

Inga - http://mommahobbit.blogspot.com/

Maria - http://www.mdcraftcorner.blogspot.com/

Janet- http://www.createatdreamscrapbooks.blogspot.com/

Dena -  http://missdjones.blogspot.com/

Jennifer - http://jenrubio.blogspot.com/

Theresa- http://www.thescrapbookingqueen.com/

Ellen - http://cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com/

PSA Essentials - www.psastampcamp.blogspot.com/

Again, congrats April on your new son! I will be entering this card in Little Scraps of Heaven Design Blog Challenge for this week.

God Bless you and thank you

Hugs, Love, and Pixie Dust

Lynne