March Mustache Madness Blog Hop

Welcome to our March Mustache Madness Blog Hop. Mustaches are all the craze now and we decided we needed to show off our mustachabilities through crafting and jump on the band wagon. We hope you enjoy all the fun and silly projects that have been made incorporating mustaches.

Our hostess is Jearise at Lorby's World (http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com) and make sure you start at her blog since she has a fun mustache give away for this hop with all the details to enter on her blog.

Now on to the mustaches and fun!

For my project, this tired old granny spent the day with Lily Tuesday. AND, you know how you put off until the last minute …. Well, Tuesday night I got myself in gear and created a critter that needs a home ….. would you be willing to give Incognito Bird a home???? Please, let me know how you would provide him a good home and he will fly on over to you!!! He is cut to 4-inches tall using papers from my scrap collection and was cut using 3 Birds on Parade Cricut Cartridge. Remember, to tell me why you would give him a good home . . .

Thank you for joining us and please continue on to the lovely and talented Michele.

The complete March Mustache Madness crew of ladies includes:

Jearise - http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com

Tee - http://tee-myspot.blogspot.com/2013/03/march-mustache-madness-blog-hop.html

Lucy ~ http://love2createitall.com

CallyAnn=http://callyanncraftycreations.blogspot.com

Ashley - http://thebloghopprincess.blogspot.com

Cicily - www.pinkdalmationscrapper.blogspot.com

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

Lynne - http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/ 
Michele - http://www.scraptaz.blogspot.com/

Mayra - http://themaddscrapper.blogspot.com/

God Bless you and thank you ever sew much for stopping by today!

Much love, hugs, and friendship

Lynne

Happy Birthday Jerry

Well, Jerry's birthday was Saturday, but with the 2 blog hops, I didn't want to post his birthday card. To give you a bit of information about Jerry, he loves to play Angry Birds on his Droid --- did I mention that he turned 62 years old on Saturday and that he's my husband??? Guess, not <lol>


Well, as we know there is no cartridge or svg file for Angry Birds or the Pig King YET! I'll start with the Pig King -- he is a 4-inch circle with 2 - 2-inch circles placed for his ears and then I welded the pieces. The next circle is 2.5 inches which I elongated for the pig's snoot which is a separate piece which I attached with puff dots and added black rhinestone bling bling (well, he is the Pig King, isn't he?). I used my circle punch for his eyes with adding black dots in the center. Now, all the King needs is a crown which I had done a search on Make the Cut and found his royal crown and tipped it at a jaunty angle!!!


For the red bird, I used 3 Birds on Parade Cricut cartridge with a few modifications: I cut the first bird but using the shift which gives me the round shape. I traced the bottom part on beige cardstock and glued to the bottom of the red bird for his belly. I had cut the wings off the bird and shaped the one for the little comb on the top. As for the beak, I cut by hand 2 triangles and shaped them to give him an angry look and glued them on a white piece of paper for the inside of his mouth! Using the scissors, I cut a black tail and eyebrows to glue on. A little bit of shading with my Prisma pencils and googly eyes and we have an angry bird to attach with puff dots flying at the Pig King! SNORT SNORT SNORT (that's pig laughing at how old you are Jerry language)

The background was embossed with my Cuttlebug Swirl Embossing folder just to give movement and texture along with a few additional black lines!


The sentiment "you take the cake" is also from 3 Birds on Parade cut at 1.75 inches.


For the verse on the inside, I stamped "Happy Birthday" several times and then colored with my Prisma pencils.

Now, those who follow my blog also know that my daughter has the most amazing talent in cake baking and decorating and what's a special birthday without showing you Jean's cake ---

Did you sense a theme??? 


Hope you are loving this card as much as I had fun making and creating!!!

God Bless

Hugs and Love,

Lynne

Quilter's Weekend Retreat This Weekend!!!

One of my first passions was quilting - but after shattering my left arm in 2007 and having limited use of that hand due to the tendons having been replaced as they had shattered also - I have not been able to do the quilting that I would love to be doing!!! But, on the other hand, I have found another passion which is "scrapping" as there are many similarities as quilting especially with all the little pieces which sometimes, let me tell you they do drive me up a wall!!!!!


Well, with that all being said, last year as the retreat had changed locations and we couldn't pick off the menu and only had three (3) dinner choices to make things easier, this crazy crafter made little "critters" to give to everyone to lay on the table to make it easier for the waitresses to get our foods correct. Last year, I had gone and did quite normal little "critters". With 30 plus women with three (3) dinner choices which have to be made at the beginning of this month, Gayle (aka quilting buddy) and I have found with previous years, they forget what they had ordered even from the menu when they see someone else's food!! Thus the little "critters" to avoid confusion!!! This year, since I can't go due to recent surgery and Doc said "NO!" <tearful sigh> and you're stuck with me for the weekend UNLESS, I can convince Jerry road trip to at least visit on Saturday! I went a little crazy shall we say with the "critters" and thought I would share with you!


Before, I continue I must inform you this may be one of my few projects that A Child's Year was not used!!! <grin> Surprise of all surprises!!!

The menu is fabulous to say the least --- first meal choice is a Pasta with shrimp and lobster bits. I used the Cricut Cartridge From My Kitchen cut at 2.75 inches and really didn't go crazy. Oh, did I mention that while I was doing the majority of this Susan Bermudez and I were on video chat which could have led to part of my craziness or me just wishing I was going! The jury is still out on that one! I'm not blaming Susan, far be it for me to do that as she is a sweetheart! But, you get two crafting by video chat with her embossing and me just "crazy" . . . The pasta is a pink polka dot left from my piggies!

The next meal choice is a Pork Chop which they stuff with apples which is to die for as I had that last year --- Can you say Pink Polka Dot Piggies three (3) times fast. These were also cut using my Cricut Cartridge From My Kitchen cut at 1.75 inches.

Now, by this time after just recovering from the flu and as you know I have this warped sense of humor. The last meal choice is a Chicken breast which is stuffed with an apricot stuffing which is also to die for as my quilting buddy and I pick a different meal and share as this way we get to try all three (3) during the weekend!! My cute little chicken were cut using my Cricut Cartridge 3 Birds on Parade and I call my little chickies "Chick-Cog-Neato!!!! Now, I must tell you that these little chickies have a mind of their own - I cut out 28 and lost 2 of them and somehow now have 29! (I'm not asking) and there are three (3) little chickie feet hiding somewhere in the vast space of the unknown which I probably will find on Sunday! These chickies have flown the coop!

I guess I settled down some and was working on a RAK (Random Acts of Kindness) and was finishing up and thought with the little paper packet I had created of fall papers needed a finishing touch after I put a little "belly band" around it. The one paper as you can see is a delightful paisley which automatically brought out my Cricut Cartridge Cindy Loo and cut a paisley from there at 2.25 inches and added a little gold rhinestone for a little bling bling! Now, I didn't know if my "partner" would want to use the paisley, sew, I just fastened it by rolling my tape and it can be removed - hope you enjoy Debi .....

Well, here's to a great crafting time!!! Hope you enjoy my little cuts that I played with. This is the first I had been crafting for a few days as that nasty flu bug knocked me on my "butt" but, I'm back . . .

God Bless 

Hugs and Love,

Lynne

Graduation Card Mode

Happy 4th of July and hope everyone is having a safe holiday!

Yes, I know, it's the 4th of July but I've been in a graduation card mode with having 2 graduates from Kindergarten, 1 from Nursery School, and 1 from Elementary School!

These were super easy and using my favorite cartridges they were done 1-2-3!

Pat Catan's has some great papers on sale with the black stripe being only 10 cents per sheet and the blue in a package of 24 sheets of various double-sided prints for $3.00! Ilove bargains!!!!

Using my Xyron while cutting all the small pieces, I just put them in there and everything is in one place! 3 Birds on Parade has a fantastic font and I just love the little birdie with cap and gown! As for the girls, they got Hello Kitty Greetings. What a great cartridge with Hello Kitty dressed up for various occassions and with the cap and gown throwing the cap in the air - how adorable can that be! As for Hello Kitty's nose, I just love adding a little bling with a rhinestone.

The diplomas and cards are cut from of course - A Child's Year along with the oval background! I just may surprise you one day and use something else for my cards!!!

Well, enjoy your picnic and the fireworks! As for me, I'm doing laundry and the Cricut and I are doing some serious bonding!

Happy Birthday America!
God Bless
Hugs and Love,
Lynne

Zack's Graduation Card

Alright, I realize this is July already and I didn't get Zack's graduation card done in time for his Graduation from Kindergarten --- bad Grandma Lynne!!!! No excuse but give me some credit as the card did turn out adorable!!!

Recipe for this card was of course A Child's Year for the card cut at 5-3/4 inches, the oval cut at 4-inches, and the diploma cut at 2-inches which I added an orange ribbon tied into a bow. I just got 3 Birds on Parade which has the most adorable font along with the birds in different costumes which this one has his cap and gown on which was cut at 3-3/4 inches. As for the font, if you look closely, you're see their cute little feet as part of the numbers on the inside for the year of his high school graduation with the numbers cut at 2-1/2 inches! All papers were from my wonderful scrap bin!!! You just gotta love our scrap bins!

I have entered this card in the Cooking With Cricut Challenge #41 entitled Anything Goes http://www.cookingwithcricut.com/2011/07/challenge-41.html

I hope you enjoy Zack's card as I'm hoping he will enjoy it also!!!

God Bless those who are following my blog
and
welcome to my new followers!!!
Hugs and Love,
Lynne