Fall Purse Favors

My dear friend, Rosie, has a beautiful niece that is getting married with the shower this coming weekend . . . well, as the story goes there were invitations, thank you's and favors which of course yours truly offered to create. What I'm showing you today is similar to the favors as Julia's shower took a walk on the "wild side" using zebra print papers in aqua and black and white. The invitations we purchased zebra print cards with envelopes and added aqua umbrellas which were cut from New Arrival Cricut Cartridge. Thank-you's were done similar with the zebra print cards with envelopes with the word "Thanks" cut from the Cindy Loo Cricut Cartridge.  Favors were the adorable purses which were cut using Recollection Wild Side Card Stock with Forever Young Cricut Cartridge. WELLLLLLLL . . . . with yours' truly not feeling the best and now in a Nursing Facility, I need to apologize as not getting pictures taken prior to giving the 100 invites, thank-you's and favors to get a chance to show 'em off to you but instead have a favor cut using the Forever Young Cricut Cartridge using a K&Company Fall Embossed paper hoping you will forgive me at this time until I am able to get the other pictures . . . . BUT, on the other hand, have you heard of the Challenge going on at Miriam's Crafting Supplies this month?????? NO????? WELLLLLLLL, this month's challenge is fall and if you check out that cute adorable fall leaf charm on this purse, guess what you have????? You guessed it a fall challenge project!!!! AND, who doesn't need an adorable new purse for the fall or cute little favors OR, as I had made a green leopard one for Lily who absolutely loves her little purse and carried a package of fruit snacks in it around the house and the purse is still in tact!!!!

Recipe;

• purse was cut 4-inches using Forever Young Cricut Cartridge, Purse Favor 2nd from the end with no cut-outs that I could decorate as I wanted using a K&Company Fall double-sided flocked paper
• Darice gold organza ribbon tied in a bow with bronze tone fall leaf charm from Miriam's Crafting Supplies centered on the ribbon which also has a bow on the top of the card 

• the cute fall leaf glitz was from a dear friend which finishes the little purse
• NOW, this little purse may look little but it does hold 25 M&M's in a little tulle bag or as Lily likes, a package of fruit snacks!!!!

God Bless and Thanks for stopping by today. I appreciate and love reading your comments . . is your comment the next one I read???

Much love, hugs, and friendship

Lynne

I have entered this card in the following challenges: 
Creative Moments Challenge #27 Anything Goes /Autumn

Nicole's Fierce, Fabulous and Forty Blog Hop

Welcome all to Nicole's FIERCE, FABULOUS AND FORTY Blog Hop. There are so many talented ladies joining the party. The wonderful women in this hop were asked to make anything related to the theme - cards, banners, scrap layouts, posters, bulletin boards, magnets, crafty knick-knacks, bookmarks, home decor and accents and so on and so on <G>.

Now let's get on with the festivities! If you came from Ashley then you are on the right track. If you want to start from the beginning, please hop on over to Nicole's Blog (http://crashingcreatively.blogspot.com/). Here is the complete hopping list just in case you get lost:

1. Nicole: http://crashingcreatively.blogspot.com/

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

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

4. Lynda: http://memoriesintyme.blogspot.com/

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

6. Gina: http://californiascrappin-gcinderella21.blogspot.com/

7. Barbara:  http://barbarab3.blogspot.com/

8. Zenita:  http://www.scrappinwithz.blogspot.com

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

10. Sam: http://scrappingwithpirkie.blogspot.com/

11. Shannon: http://my-o-scrappin.blogspot.com/ 

12. Meighen: https://scrappin3rdeeschik.blogspot.com/

13. Lisa Marie: http://craftylam.blogspot.com

Now for my project, I had made a little photo book for Nicole to either put pictures of her and her family or her craft projects.

Recipe:

• I folded 12 x 12 pieces of paper in half with gluing the outside side together with punching holes on the other side
• I used my Make the Cut for the "& 40" and "Happy Birthday" in black paper using the font "vijaya"
• The prismatic crown was cut using the Summer in Paris Cricut cartridge - hadn't used this cartridge before and now is one of my favs!
• Using the Forever Young Cricut cartridge, I cut the "fierce", "fabulous", "creative", and "designer" also using my black paper cut at various sizes
• Also, using the Forever Young Cricut cartridge, I cut the mannequins out of hologram paper in the pink with the mannequins being cut 4.5 inches tall.
• Binder rings were used to hold the pages together with various ribbons tied onto the binder rings.

Nicole, hope you enjoy your birthday book as it will be coming in the mail!

Now, I do have some blog candy for your pleasure - I have 3 sheets of hologram paper in red, turquoise, and purple which is fantastic to use as it not only shiney but has a paper adhesive on the back to remove to stick on your projects. This paper is 8.5 x 11-inches!!!! I loved to use this paper and hope you liked it along with Nicole!!! I'm looking forward to making Christmas ornaments using this paper as it comes in a multitude of colors along with designs and cuts easily on the Cricut using the medium setting. All you need to do to be the lucky candy winner is to be sure to leave you name, would love for you to become one of my followers, and would need to know a way to get in touch with you.....

Now your next stop on this hop is the fabulously creative Lynda!!! Happy hopping!

Thanks for stopping and hoped your enjoyed my project!

God Bless

Hugs and Love,

Lynne

Yippee, I'm a Guest Designer for the Birthday Girl, Christel

Christel is a wonderful friend that I dearly love and feel privileged to help her celebrate her birthday for the entire month of October!!!!!


For my project, I used a cartridge my very most favorite cartridge as those that follow know I absolutely love A Child's Year to cut my cards using my Sweet Treats Paper Pack paper!!! From there I used another favorite, Forever Young to cut the pretty little perfume bottle and the "oh la la" and using my purple purple Stickles for the little bit of spritz coming from the perfume. Inside I used a clear stamp with Happy Birthday along with the turtle "Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live." 

Spritzing you with many birthday wishes Christel and again, thank you for having me! Make sure you give bloggie love to Christel!!!

God Bless

Hugs and Love,

Lynne

Link to Pink

I was thrilled when Yolie asked me to be a Guest Designer for Link to Pink. This is a very important cause for me as it concerns not only millions of other women but it affected me!

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  From October 1 -  October 14 some very talented ladies will be sharing their stories and/or showcasing some very special projects.

Let me tell you my story . . . I wasn't due to get my mammogram until January but my daughter had asked me to meet her for her sonogram beginning of December to see what the sex of my first grandchild was. While we were waiting, we were talking and she said since you're here why not see when you can get your mammogram appointment. Divine intervention was looking down on us that day because when I went over to the desk, they just happened to have an appointment and I could have it done after Jen's sonogram. Well, it was discovered Jen was having a "princess" and my mammogram went fine. I got a phone call Christmas Eve with the news that there were abnormalities and I would need a biopsy which was scheduled for January 3rd. I went January for my biopsy and markers were left inside the breast due to an undetermined mass.

My life got crazy as I was to see a surgeon to have the markers removed with a determinations as to the mass. My surgery kept getting postponed and rescheduled. My mom was diagnosed with lung cancer in November and I was still running her to her chemo appointments when my dad's health start failing. Mom was getting more and more confused with the chemo and  it was determined that her lung cancer had spread to her brain. My dad passed the end of January, Lily was born the beginning of March,  and my mom passed on March 24th, the day of my surgery.

It was determined with the mass removed and a 2-inch scar on my right breast that I have atypical ductal hyplasia which is basically pre-cancer cells in the milk ducts and makes me a high-risk cancer patient. What does this mean? It means that I need to go to the Hillman center and have mammograms twice a year. There are a lot of women that walk around with this diagnosis and need to watch and monitor.

I'm lucky that I'm just a high-risk cancer patient but its scary walking around knowing this!!!!! Thus breast cancer awareness is a personal cause for me! Please be sure to do self-breast examination and have your mammogram after the age of 40 unless there is cancer in your family!!!! Do this for yourself and your famly! I know I want to be around to see my granddaughter grow up and see that precious smile. I will do this for myself and for her!!

My project is a card which I cut with my paper cutter. There are bras hanging on a pink polka dot ribbon clothes line with little tiny clothes pins. The bras were cut using Forever Young Cartridge. The little birdie on the inside was cut using Create a Critter. I cut the bras with fun colored scraps I had and even included a white bra for the utilitarian in us! The card was cut using one of my favorite paper stacks Linen and Lace. The breast cancer awareness ribbon the birdie is wearing is a brad.

front and back of my card:

inside of my card:

Hope you not only enjoy my project but get your mammogram and do a monthly self-examination. Early detection is the key!

I do have blog candy --- I have some breast cancer awareness buttons. Please leave a comment on my blog and if you are not already a follower, I would love to have you follow me as I have a great Guest Design Team and we have a lot of fun projects!

Thank you for stopping by

God Bless

Hugs and Love,

Lynne

Chic Birthday Card

As my very first post, I would like to show a card I had made for my daughter, Jean's, birthday which we celebrated last weekend. The card base was cut from A Child's Year Cartridge at 5.50 inches. The little "chic" shop is actually the "candy shop" from My Community cut at 4.75 inches. The word "chic" was cut with black as the shadow and a glitter pink at 1.75 inches from Forever Young. I cut the mannequin also from Forever Young at 4.50 inches. Can you guess that Jean's favorite color is pink? The paper I used for the card background and my little shop is DCWV Black Currant. I love bright colors. The gadget that I just got and absolutely love is the XYRON! With poor flexibility of my hands, this works phenominal with the lettering and making the letters into stickers! I have also shown the inside of my card with a bit of poetry that I like to add to my cards and stickers on the opposite side for the festive occassion! I hope you like it!
Hugs and love,
Lynne