OWH Stars and Stamps: 4th of July Party: Challenge #3

OWH Stars and Stamps: 4th of July Party: Challenge #8

OWH Stars and Stamps: 4th of July Party: Challenge #3

OWH Stars and Stamps: 4th of July Party: Challenge #2

OWH Stars and Stamps: 4th of July Party: Challenge #2

OWH Stars and Stamps: 4th of July Party: Challenge #1

OWH Stars and Stamps: 4th of July Party: Challenge #1

OWH-4th of July Blog Hop Weekend Virtual Challenge

SUBWAY ART-SUMMER MEMORIES


OWH 4TH OF JULY BLOG HOP WEEKEND VIRTUAL CHALLENGE

Welcome to my blog and thank you for coming by, I hope you enjoy my challenge.

I chose to remember our CHILDHOOD SUMMER MEMORIES.

I had so much fun designing this card, remembering my childhood and all the things I enjoyed during my summer breaks from school.  I hope it inspires you to design your SUMMER MEMORIES CARD too.

You can submit your entry from my challenge below by using the InLinkz button at the bottom of this post.  In addition, you can send your cards to OWH in support of our brave men and women serving in our armed services.

Your challenge is to make a card using the SUBWAY ART technique.  Your card needs to be no larger than 5 1/2 x 4 1/4, so it can be mailed in a standard A2 envelope.  Here is my completed card.

How to make your Subway Art
In designing my card I made a list of my favorite SUMMER MEMORIES in a Word document, went back changed the font style and color for each, then made adjustments to the font size for each line so it comes out evenly.


The green paper ribbon border (MS) was punched on both sides, then layered with the pink ribbon border punch (EK Success).
I wrapped the yarn around the card and tied a bow to secure it.
Subway Art is 3x3, then layered with the black and blue paper.

• Specialty Paper: K&Company-Citronella
• Card stock: White for card base and Black
• Punches: MS and EK Success
• Embellishment: Yarn-Sugar'n Cream-Denim Twists
• Extras: Pop-ups (sentiment

Please use the first link to upload your card, thanks.

****BLOG CANDY ALERT****

Please leave a comment on my blog and mail your challenge entry(ies) to OWH.  A winner will be chosen from comments received (challenge entry required) by using a random number generator.


Nancy F, you are the lucky winner.  Please email me your full name and mailing address so I can mail your Blog Candy to you.  Thanks for playing along.

OWH-4th of July Blog Hop Challenge

Head over to  Operation Write Home (OWH) Saturday morning - they are hosting challenges every 2 hours all day on Saturday and Sunday. For those of you who participate, you might win a prize, I hope you will stop by and check it out.  I will be hosting a challenge, on Saturday at 5pm west-coast time. 
Here is the link...http://www.owhstarsandstamps.org/

Tuesday Video Tutorial

PEEK-A-BOO CARD

                              ***BEE WELL SOON***

Hope you are all had a great weekend. This is a peek-a-boo card that I learned how to make from a Jenn Travis You Tube Video.  This is an interactive card that you pull on both sides. By pulling on the sides you expose the center of the card, hence, the name peek-a-boo card.

The free flower and bee clip art can be found HERE.  I used Sharpie pens to color the flowers and bees, and Stickles to highlight them both.  For the background I used an Sizzix embossing folder to give dimension.  Please leave comment, or a message letting me know if you create a card using this tutorial.

Welcome to the Creative Scrapbooking Divas' Scrappin' Summer School Blog Hop!

Hello everyone and welcome to my blog, I hope you are enjoying the blog hop.  If you are just joining us now, you can go to Luisa’s blog to start at the beginning.  This is my first tutorial and I'm very excited about sharing my graduation centerpiece with all of you.  It took me a good portion of my day to come up with my design and I think it turned out great and I'm so proud of it.  This project has inspired me to create other centerpieces for other holidays and special events, I hope it inspires you too.

This tutorial will provide you the basic information that was used in creating this fun centerpiece, should you have any questions, please feel to either leave a comment, which I would love to hear what you think or you can send me a question via email.

So with that said, let's get started in making this fun and colorful graduation centerpiece. 

Completed project

 
Recipe:
Tools:
Score Pal/bone folder (Rosettes)
Paper Trimmer
Punch: Circles (Rosettes)
Sizzix: Flower Daises (cut 2 sets of each color)
Stampin' Up: Embossing folder-Square Lattice for pants/shirt
Sizzix-Emobssing folder-Swiss Dots on paper flowers
Cuttlebug: Embossing
Accents-(applies to stamped image on Cap)
Green floral tape for stems
Bamboo sticks for stems
Cricut Cartridges:
Hello Kitty Greetings (Diploma) (7 inches)
Everyday Pop Cards (Cap & Congratulations) (Fit to Page 12x12)
Paper Doll Dress Up (Indian Warrior) (6 inches)
Birthday Bash (You Did It) (6 inches)
Country Life (Class of 2011, Girls Name) ( You will need to determine for your piece)
Cardstock: Blue, Yellow & White, (Warrior) Tan, Brown and Black
Pattern Paper: Junkitz-Summer Collectionz-Summer Multi-stripe/2005
Embellishments:
Brad/Doodlebug/Flocked (flower centers)
Stickles: Yellow (tassel & stars), Starry Blue (tassel, diploma, & cap) and Crystal (Name)
Stamp: Stampin' Up-Great Grads (located on Cap)
Pens: White gel-for stitching on Cap, Sharpie/blue/white flowers & black for warrior face
Silk plant greenery for fill
Container: Box or Vase of your choice
Rosettes: I made sample sizes from 1/2 inch to 1 3/4 inches to help me determine which sizes I needed.  This allowed me to play around with them to see what sizes worked well together.  Now I have a sample set that I can use for any project I'm working on.

I DO HAVE BLOG CANDY FOR YOU AS WELL. IN ORDER TO BE PUT IN FOR THE DRAWING YOU WILL NEED TO LEAVE A COMMENT AND LET ME KNOW HOW TO REACH YOU. THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2011. THE LUCK PERSON THAT IS RANDOMLY PICKED WILL RECEIVE A PACKAGE OF FUN EMBELLISHMENTS.

The winner of my BLOG CANDY is JESSICA, she said "OMG you really outdid yourself with this one....love everything about it! I love the "off-centered" look it has, too.  Great tutorial! :O) Jessica"


Our Tour List includes:Luisa- http://www.creativedesignsbyluisa.com/
Sherry - www.patternsbysher.blogspot.com
Sandy- www.scrapbookblessings.blogspot.com
Marti- http://essenceofpaper.blogspot.com/ (Your here)
Jessica- http://jessicascraftshaque.blogspot.com
Lori- http://scrapmomsmusings.blogspot.com
Alecia- http://freakalecias.blogspot.com

Divas—don’t forget to comment when you are done!
 If any links do not work, please refer back to the Divas homepage,http://divascreativas.ning.com.

Post your entries by June 14, 7 pm eastern, to be entered to win.

Thanks for hopping!

Remember: post a comment at the blog hop thread and let us know you've left comments on all the Diva blogs, thanks!

Paper Layerz-The Coordinating Scrapbook Paper

If you are looking a great new paper pad, take a look at this new product line over Paper Layerz- http://www.PaperLayerz.com .  I was so excited to share this great idea with all of you.  Megan's videos showcasing her line is very helpful.

Summer Fun....Rolling on by.....

Creative Scrapbooking Diva-Pam's May Sketch Challenge.....The sketch below is the assignment for this challenge.  Pam chose a sketch from Sketch Inspirations which is one of her favorite spots and now one of mine!  Go visit...you also will fall in love!  This is sketch #156 from their sight.  You can find CSD at http://divascreativas.ning.com/

  

 

New Official Cricut Blog Launching Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Provo Craft is proud to announce the launch of the Official Cricut Blog sponsored by the Cricut Circle! This all new blog will go live Wednesday, May 18, 2011 and they want you to be a part of the celebration!

The Official Cricut Blog will introduce artists and crafters to the benefits of the Cricut Circle. It will showcase inspiring projects designed by the Cricut Circle Design Team and provide a central location to receive announcements, promotions and updates on everything Cricut, directly from Provo Craft.

The Official Cricut Blog sponsored by the Cricut Circle will feature the following:

• Inspirational projects using your favorite Cricut machines. The Imagine, Expression, Cricut Cake, Cuttlebug, Yudu and more.
• Hello Thursday Cartridge announcements.
• Educational videos and tutorials directly from Provo Craft.
• Occasional sneak peeks into the exclusive Cricut Circle Community.
• Access to the latest Cricut.com deals.
• And much, much more!

To help spread the word about the Official Cricut Blog, grab their ‘blinkie’ and post it to your webpage, blog, facebook wall, etc. with a link to www.cricutblog.org . Also be sure to become a follower of the Official Cricut Blog and enter to win fantastic Cricut prizes!