All Around The City 16th Birthday with new challenge at Get Creative!!!

Welcome to the new challenge at Get Creative!!! This is a Challenge Blog with this week's challenge theme - add a tag with the fabulous sponsor being The Stamping Boutique!!!!!

My friend, Rosie, and her family are taking Emily to New York to celebrate her 16th birthday in November which inspired my card using All Around The City

RECIPE and SUPPLIES:

• 5 x 7 inch using pink Recollection card stock and The Paper Studio Uptown Flair for the background
• image was colored with Whispers Markers, Prisma Colored Pencils, gel pen and Stickles accents with chalked background
• 3-dimensional bag is my "tag" with tulle, ribbon handle and ribbon trim made from the paper around the Recollection card stock showing the colors in the package
• city skyscape was cut at 1.5 inches using scraps and Cricut Plantin Cartridge
• "16" was cut using scraps and Accents which is built into my Cricut at 1.5 inches, scrap paper with Stickle accents 
• sentiment, "Hello Birthday Girl" had been previous freebie from  Create with TLC  with rounded corners and chalked around the edges 
• inside sentiment is Create with TLC Birthday a Treat with paper matching the front

I thank you for stopping by and visiting today. Don't forget to showcase your project on Get Creative Challenges and enter in the Challenge!!! I can't wait to see your creations! 

I appreciate and love reading your comments . . is your comment the next one I read??? 

Much love, hugs, and friendship

Lynne 

this was entered in the following challenges:

Glitter and Bling Blog Hop Day 2 - January 22, 2012

If you are here for Cards for Ethan Blog Hop, please click here.

If you're here for Chinese New Year Blog Hop, please click here.

Welcome my friends to the Glitter and Bling Blog Hop hosted by Gill McCall!!! There are a lot of great projects and the only request was glitter and bling .....

If you were just visiting me today, I really appreciate that, BUT . . . would love for you to start at the beginning of our hop which is Gill, sew you don't miss one single project!!! 


If you have arrived from Ashley, then you are right on blingie for the glitter and bling. Grab those sunglasses and let's get the disco ball revolving!!!

WELLL, I'm not really a glitter and bling type person, but I thought what a challenge - I can do this!!!!! What I have done for is what some are calling an altered journal. Again, I have challenged myself as I have never done of a project such as this but was quite pleased with the outcome . . .

One of my favorite stores to frequent and find "goodies" is Dollar Tree. They have composition books. If you are close to my age, I'm sure you would remember them as those black and white notebooks they handed out in school for your spelling words -- yep, those are the ones. They measure 9.75-inches x 7.5 inches. Ok, at least that's what this one measured. The inside is lined paper for notes, journaling, and of course those nasty spelling words!!!!

RECIPE INGREDIENTS:

• composition book
• DCWV The Mariposa stack --- if you haven't seen these stack - you butterfly lovers will absolutely love this!!!
• Studio G Irridescent 
• Gems that have the gunk, now that is a technical term, that self-attach from Pat Catan's
• Chandelier Gems that Michaels has in various colors with 6 on a card for a Dollar --- what a deal!!!!! This package is clear with a light yellow
• White flowers from a RAK from Deborah Marie Foti
• Various ribbons from my stash
• Glider, glue sticks, and my most favorite accessory - my Xyron!

RECIPE DIRECTIONS:

• I measured the composition book and cut the paper accordingly and attached to front and front inside, back and back inside -- if you notice, I actually pieced it to show off the butterflies and fussy cut as much as possible
• The outside front has a folded corner that has flower gems glued on the outside piece to slip that piece of paper you need last week but can't find
• I added a pocket along with a tag on the inside front was cut using my Cricut Accent Essentials cartridge
• Ribbons were cut to size for the outside close to the binding both front and back along with on the inside front lining the "prairie point" that was on the front to hold in place - ribbons were run through the Xyron which makes them easier to attach
• Outlining the swirls with the Studio G, adding white flowers, chandelier gems along with the clear gems 
• Outside edges with distressed with black ink pad

Now, I'm sure you want to view the finished product  . . .

Additional tags were made with ribbons for journaling and/or book marks ---

I hope you enjoyed my first time efforts with my journal along with my glitter and bling!!! Your next stop along the way is Lisa T.

God Bless you and thank you

Hugs and Love

Lynne

Calendar Girl Blog Hop

Welcome to the first EVER Calendar Girl Blog Hop - 

If you're here for the 70's Blog Hop, please click here but I would love to have you sit for a few and check out our new first EVER Calendar Girl Blog Hop!


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:

1. Trivia Day (January 4) - Lynne: http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/
2. National Bird Day (January 5) - Janet: http://ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/
3. National Hat Day (January 15) - Edwina - http://edwinascreations.blogspot.com/
4. Martin Luther King Jr. Day (January 16) - 
5. National Popcorn Day (January 19) - Lynne: http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/
6. Chinese New Year (January 23) - Michelle Ferris: http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/
7. Opposite Day (January 25) - Lynne: http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/

The hop starts at Her Craftiness (http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/). You won't want to miss a single occasion!!! 

The line-up for January includes:

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

Janet: http://ladyluvbug.blogspot.com

Edwina: http://edwinascreations.blogspot.com/

Stop by and check out these holidays as I am sure you are going to want to remember these holidays and include them in your unique card making projects!!!!!

We do have blog candy which is a 2012 Monthly Planner for you along with a special treat today just for stopping by and remarking on each our blogs to keep track of all the hops you are participating in along with all the new occasions to make your new cards!!!


My projects for you today include the following events: January 4th - Trivia Day. For my card, I went to the internet and googled "trivia" which gave me the front of my card. Background paper is cut from Generation Tech Stack. The inside of the card, I added some scrappies along with giving the information regarding trivia day!!!!

My second card for you is Martin Luther King Jr. Day which is January 16th. I stamped a butterfly from Jenni Bowlin Studio and then colored with my Prisma pencils. I also added the word "Dream" from Studio 112 which was inspired from Martin Luther King's speech, "I have a Dream" but it was made into a notecard for a special friend!!!

My third card is for National Popcorn Day is January 19th - what a great date night, movie and a box of popcorn to share! The background was cut from The Snack Stack. Doesn't the popcorn look yummy, extra butter just as I like it!! The popcorn box was cut using Make the Cut and placed on a black background as a pop-up card with pieces of the popcorn cut from the scraps around the popcorn box!

My fourth and final card is for Opposite Day on January 24th which is a fun event where everything you say is the opposite of what you mean!!! The front of my card, I did various Cricut cuts for night/day, ying/yang, up/down, black/white. The inside of the card, I have wished you a "unhappy opposite day" with big/little and circle/square! This is a fun event/holiday for kids as they really get into this!!!

Now, how cute would it be to send any of these cards to an adorable youngster or set up a special date night theme?

Thanks for stopping by and mark your calendar for February 18th for another rendition of special events for the month of February!!! Your next stop along the way is Janet, sew check out her National Bird Day Card!

God Bless and thank you again for stopping!

Hugs and Love,

Lynne

Thankful All Year Long

Granted, Thanksgiving is theoretically over but shouldn't you be thankful all the year long. I know when we asked Sasha what she was thankful for, she was thankful for her new bubble wagon as she was a good girl and she said she deserved it! When Jerry was asked he was thankful for dinner on the table! Ok, these are some things to be thankful for but as for me, I'm thankful for my grandchildren, my wonderful children, and my friends that I have made on Facebook and blogging!


I had made a few Thanksgiving cards to be sent and wanted to share them with you now....


This first one was done by Facebook chatting with my dear friend, Susan, and was done as I refer to as a "wing and a prayer". There were elements that I liked and just wanted to implement them in this card. The Thanksgiving is from the Designer Calendar Cricut cartridge cut at 3-inches and was placed on a decorative circle cut at 2.75 inches from the E2 built-in cartridge Essentials. I loved the decorative circle sew very much that I also cut one for the inside to place my sentiment on. The cute little leaf was cut from the Accent Essentials Cricut cartridge.

I loved the little sentiment from my clear stamper that I used the chocolate stamp on the orange.

Now, for my next little card, I used SVG Attics Fall Celebration card with the adorable 3-dimensional pumpkins on the front. The paper is from last year and I love the leaves along with implementing the color purple!!!

This is the same file that I had used to make my little placecard pumpkins!!! For the inside, I used my purple ink pad (guess Kari is wearing off on me!) and stamped the little sentiment on the inside!

What are you thankful for????

Be Thankful year round - thank you for stopping by today . . .

God Bless

Hugs and Love,

Lynne

Exploding Thankful Prayer Box

Now, if you have traveled here for the Thanksgiving Blog Hop, please scroll down to the next post. If you want to take a gander at my "Exploding Thankful Prayer Box" I would be sew thrilled!!!

I am ever sew lucky to have a wonderful friend as Kari to still want me to be her Guest Designer. She is a beautiful sister and friend with a phenomenal blog that is definitely a must see! Please, take some time and check out her blog, and if you have been on Kari's blog, you know what I mean!! I must tell you that if it wasn't for Kari, I would never be blogging or posting my paper crafts. For this, Kari, I must admit I thank you more times than think "what have I gotten myself into! Seriously though, I do love to "showcase" my projects and hear what you have to think.

With that under my belt, sew to speak, I have created my version of an "Exploding Box" and call it a "Exploding Thankful Prayer Box". . .

Recipe: 

• I found the cutting instructions to make not only the box for four (4) sizes but also the lid. This is the extra large size which measures 4 - inches and uses 2 sheets of 12 x 12 paper
• I now make a "tent" sew to speak to add what I call my "prayer"

• These "tents" are phenomenal to put gift cards or in this case, this was the centerpiece and I put slips of paper at everyone's place setting to write what they are thankful for and they are put in the "tent" for the following year and to start a family tradition which instead of everyone fighting, read what they were thankful for the previous year and add what they are thankful for this year.
• The lettering was done using Making the Cut and I just love using a "heart" for the letter "O" when doing lettering. Lettering was cut in black with an ivory shadow.
• On the four (4) sides, I placed various Thanksgiving pictures: Pilgrims (Thanksgiving Cricut Cartridge) turkey (A Child's Year Cricut Cartridge) and a dimensional pumpkin (Make the Cut) with adding another piece of paper for stability cut at 4-inches.has the words  
• The lid of my box "Give Thanks" which was also my lettering using Making the Cut with the wording in black with an ivory shadow. 
• To add a little bling, I cut dimensional flower using Accent Essentials with glittering paper and attached using puffy dots for added dimension.
• The sides of my box lid are hot glued together for stability. I have also used brads at times to attach the sides of my box lid.

Thank you again Kari, for giving me this opportunity to be one of your Guest Designers!!! Be sure to stop on over and give Kari some bloggie love and be sure to express my thanks to her for this opportunity to showcase!!!

A Blessed Thanksgiving to all!

God Bless

Hugs and Love,

Lynne

Glamorous Side Of Scrapping Anything But A Card Blogaversary Blog Hop

Welcom to the Glamorous Side of Scrapping Anything but a Card Blogaversary Blog Hop hosted by  Ashley of http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com. If you just happened to be visiting today, you should start at the beginning of the hop which is Ashley to see all the creativity of these talented ladies. 


Now, there is fabulous blog candy not to mention a $20 gift card if you become a follower of everyone on the blog and leave a comment!! If that wasn't enuf - there's more with the winner chosed by Random Draw:

Decade Of Scraps - bracelet
*Must "like" her Facebook page
*Must follow her blog

MB's Treasurista - $10 gift certificate to her zibbet store
*Must "like" her Facebook page
*Must follow her blog

Pink Cat Studio - 5 digi images
*Must "like" Pink Cat Studio on Facebook

Getting Cricky K. Andrew Designs - Positive Thoughts stamp set
*Must "like" K. Andrew Designs: Getting Cricky Facebook page
*Must follow her blog

Scrap Of Art Designs -Packs of flowers
*Must "like" her Facebook page
*Must be a follow her blog


I have the line-up for you just in case you get lost along the way: 

Ashley - http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com

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

Misty - http://mbtreasurista.blogspot.com/

Liz - http://decadeofscrap.blogspot.com/

Teresa - http://www.scrappintplace.blogspot.com/

Leslie - http://ScrapOfArtDesigns.blogspot.com

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

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

Nicolette- http://beyondscrapin.blogspot.com

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

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

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

Vicki - http://scrapbookingcreationsbyvicki.blogspot.com/

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

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

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

Lisa - http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/

Deb - http://craftytexaswoman.blogspot.com/

Now, let's get this blogaversary started . . . 

In the beginning of the blog, I was struggling as to what to make for my project because as a rule, I make cards and this would be out of my realm. . . But I got to thinking and was admiring the blog button for this hop and it came to me . . . I made a 3-D mannequin using Summer in Paris Cricut cartridge cut at 10-1/2 inches in black and pink twice and then a cereal box once to give it stability to stand. I embossed the body of the mannequin using my Cuttlebug and the Swirls folder to give it some dimension. Now, my poor mannequin was looking a little boring sew I got tiny seed beads to make her a shiny necklace, added a rose that I had made using my Accent Essentials Cricut cartridge cutting the flower three (3) times at 1-inch each time to make a tiny little rose and just added a little green leaf which was cut free-style. She is styling with an 1/8-inch pink and white polka dot ribbon tied at her waist. NOW, since this is Summer in Paris and a Blogaversary .... this little mannequin tasted a little champagne along the way, got a bit tipsy, and dropped one of her heels at the bottom of her stand and who knows what became of the other one!!! Now, here's my project for your viewing pleasure . . .

I hoped you enjoyed my project as much as I enjoyed making it and please don't forget to become a follower and leave a comment to be eligible for the grand prize! Your next stop is a very talented lady who I consider a dear friend, Jearise - stop on over and check out what she has made today.


I want to wish our hostess, Ashley a Happy Blogaversary and thank her for letting me participate in her hop!!!

I thank you for stopping and checking out my project!

God Bless

Hugs and Love,

Lynne

Two for Tuesday Special

Good Morning everyone!!!! I have decided to do 2 challenges for this week, thus its Two for Tuesday.....

My first challenge that I had wanted to enter is Scrapaholic Sketchy Saturday. This is where she has a layout not only for a card but for a page in a scrapbook. Alright, I know this is following a layout again and I don't follow instructions, color in the lines and march to the beat of the tuba player, but I had a blast doing this one and hope you enjoy!!!

This is my interpretation of her sketch with her sketch posted below:

This is the sketch she has posted as the template:


Recipe:

Card was cut, brace yourself, not with A Child's Year but with my papercutter 11 x 5.75 inches and then folded in half with the top left side cut in oval with the polka dot paper

On my E2 is cartridges built in one of which is Cricut Decals where the cute adorable cricut was found and cut at 2.50 inches cut with the lime green

Circles cut from George Cartridge first cut at 2.75 (black) and second cut at 3.00 (pink) inches and embossed using Cuttlebug Swirls on Cuttlebug on the pink

Oval cut from George Cartridge at 3-inches embossed using Sizzix Damask on Cuttlebug in purple

Leaf cut from Accent Essentials cut at 1.75 inches in orange

Paper strips from my scraps

Ribbons from my stash drawer

Floral bling bling Rhinestones on the right side

*** All papers were from my stash bin

Hope you enjoy my card and hop on over to The Scrapholic and check out not only her challenges but she does offer free svg files with another challenge! She is a very talented lady and a must stop on everyone's blog loving!

God Bless you and thanks for stopping on by....

Hugs and Love

Lynne


Post Note:  WOO HOO!!!! I won on Scrapoholic's Sketch Challenge!!
I  just wanted bragging rights!!!!!!!