Home Decor & More BLog Hop Day 2

Welcome to the Home Decor & More blog hop. This is day 2 ,  Our host is Cicily the Pink Dalmatian Scrapbooker. If you came from Jessi then you're in the right spot. If you want to start from the beginner than head on over to http://pinkdalmationscrapper.blogspot.com/ and hop your way thru some amazing home decor. The Pink Dalmatian is giving away blog candy, you can see all the details on her post. Some of the other hoppers may be giving away candy to so be sure & check them out.

We all have drawers, closets & possibly rooms full of scrapbooking supplies. Those beautiful, colorful supplies don't have to be limited to our pages. We hope to inspire you to use your supplies in Home Decor projects that add that special touch to our homes. 

Today I wanted to share with you this Dream banner I made.

I tried something different with this banner. I bought some Jewelry wire and put the banner together with that.

I started by wrapping a 5 inch piece of wire around a pencil to give it some curl, I did this for every piece that is hooked together. I used paper from Me & My Big Ideas. The stack doesn't have a name on it. But I just love the paper.

I also used Storybook for the letters, butterflies, and scrolly thing. I added glitter to every cut to make it stand out a little more. The letters are cut in DCWV glitter cardstock.

Here are some close ups of each piece of the banner.

I drilled holes in the chipboard for the wire- ok my hubby drilled the holes, but I was supervising the whole time. LOL!
I then laced the wire through the holes and make little knots on the back sides of the chipboard and wire.

Thanks for stopping & looking at my Home Decor project. I am giving away some blog candy too, woohoo! I will be giving away the New Limited Edition Tim Holtz Spring Ink Set or the Spring Re-inker set, your choice.

So there are a couple of simple things you can do to win.
1. Be a follower- required
2. Leave a comment on this post- make sure you leave your blog addy so I can come and visit you.

For Extra entries you can:
1. Visit my website www.whatsscrappin.com and look around then come back and leave a comment on you favorite products.
2. Like me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Whats-Scrappin/172626176125726?ref=hl

3. Post about my webstore on your blog and let me know you did so.

Now you are on to  Esther's blog. Have fun!

In case you get detoured along the way, here's the blog lineup:
Cicily Lesher www.pinkdalmationscrapper.blogspot.com
LissaMarie www.somanycrafts.com
Robin Scott www.scrapandchat.blogspot.com
Melissa Pinter http://pinkpolkadotscrapping.blogspot.com
Jessi - http://mylifeinartsncrafts.blogspot.com/
Becka http://creationswithbecka.blogspot.com
Esther http://forthejoyofcreating.blogspot.com
Tammy http://thepurplemuse.blogspot.com
Shannon - http://shannonleffew.blogspot.com/
Ashley - http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com
Maria Matter - http://JoyfulStamper.blogspot.com
Shawnee - http://quiverofangels.blogspot.com
liz mullen- http://scrapiliciouslife.blogspot.com/

Dream Banner

Good morning everyone.

Today I wanted to share with you this Dream banner I made for the Cricut Circl blog Color Challenge and the magazine challenge. The colors to use were, peach, green, aqua, blue and brown.

I tried something different with this banner. I bought some Jewelry wire and put the banner together with that.

I started by wrapping a 5 inch piece of wire around a pencil to give it some curl, I did this for every piece that is hooked together. I used paper from Me & My Big Ideas. The stack doesn't have a name on it. But I just love the paper.

I also used Storybook for the letters, butterflies, and scrolly thing. I added glitter to every cut to make it stand out a little more. The letters are cut in DCWV glitter cardstock.

 Here are some close ups of each piece of the banner.

I drilled holes in the chipboard for the wire- ok my hubby drilled the holes, but I was supervising the whole time. LOL!
I then laced the wire through the holes and make little knots on the back sides of the chipboard and wire.

Circle Weekly Challenge- Ornaments that Glitter

Hi everyone

Today I wanted to share with you a project that I made for the Cricut Circle Weekly challenge blog. The challenge was to make Ornaments and add Glitter to them.

I used Glass ornaments and filled them with glitter and the added names to them with glitter vinyl.

Here is how they turned out.

I used Storybook, Mickey Mouse Font and All Mixed Up for the lettering. We are giving these to our friends children for Christmas.

Fall Decorations Blog Hop

Good morning everyone.

I hope you all are having a wonderful weekend so far. Today is my Fall Decorations Blog Hop! I have a wonderful line up of super talented ladies who have all made a Fall Decoration to share with you.

 Make sure you start at the beginning and comment all the way through the hop so you qualify for the grand prize  Cricut Cartridge Princess Party.
I love fall! It is my favorite time of year, the leaves are changing colors, the weather becomes cooler, the kids go back to school and it is the time of year when you get to spend one whole day with the most important people in your life and to give thanks. What could be better then that? What do you love about Fall? I absolutely love the colors of Fall. The yellowing and burnt orange leaves, dark browns and burgaundys. The changing weather, not too hot but not too cold (no snow please, LOL!) and all the things Fall brings with it. Thanksgiving...a time to be with family and be thankful for them and friends. I just love Fall!

Today we have a great line up of 6 ladies who have make super awesome fall decorations to share with you. Hopefully you will find some inspiration to make some fall decorations for your home too because below is a inlinkz button and you can play along too, besides the grand prize giveaway I am also giving away a great set of K.Andrew Stamps that you can win if you add a picture of your favorite fall decoration project. (Open until Friday November 25th)

So for this hop I made a Fall banner, because I LOVE banners and now I have a fireplace to hang them on WOOHOO!

I just love this banner and the best part is I made this with coasters from Michael's $1 bin, but these coasters are extra special to me because they were 70% off! Oh yeah 30 cents baby! Can't beat that.
I used Storybook for the letters and Thankgiving Seasonal Cartridge for all the cuts except the acorns, those were from Create a Critter.

Ok so now on to the fun stuff! Blog Candy! I have a brand new Cricut Cartridge Princess Party.

In order to win there are 3 things you have to do:
1. Be or become a follower
2. Comment on this post.
3. Comment on everyone's post who is in the hop.
See easy peasy!

Also, don't forget to check out my 850 follower giveaway HERE! It is big and I am almost there.
And make sure you check back for the winners and next weekend for the Christmas Card Hop! There will be another cartridge giveaway.

And you can submit your Fall Decoration Project here to be entered to win Scriptured Sayings stamp set by K.Andrew designs.



Thank you for visiting my blog today, your next stop is Dana with Dana's Crafty Corner and a list of all the ladies along the way in case you get lost.

1. Becka http://creationswithbecka.blogspot.com/ 
2. Dana Tarchala http://danascraftycorner.blogspot.com/ 
3. Lisa Grave http://lisa-scrappingspot.blogspot.com/ 
4. Susan http://cricutandgrasshopper.blogspot.com/

Summer Banner

Hi Everyone,
I am so excited because today is my 1st post for the Getting Cricky with K. Andrews design team! YAY!! As some of you may know Kristal does a Simpley Sunday challenge every Sunday, and you have 2 weeks to complete the challenge so that is so awesome.
Todays challenge is Pennents & Banners, you can make anything with a banner or pendent in it you have until June 4th to link your project up at Getting Cricky with K. Andrews.
I made this Summer banner for the challenge.

Here is the gypsy cut file if anyone would like it:
http://www.4shared.com/file/asFMtl0R/summer_banner.html


Recipe:
Cartridges: Counrty Life, Storybook, Accent Essentials
Cardstock: DCWV Garden Party
CTMH solid paper- sorry I don't know the exact color- mauve
Go to the Getting Cricky with K Andrews today to view all the projects from the new design team and to enter the challenge.

Make sure you check out the Getting Cricky with K Andrews challenge page to see what challenges are coming up.

Cricut Expression 2 Challenge

Cricut just ran a special challenge to win a new Cricut Expression 2. The challenge was to make up to 3 birthday layouts. I did make 3 and sent them in, now I am just waiting to see if I won. They had over 500 entries to chose from, but I am still hopeful.

This was the last layout I made and my favorite.

This was the 1st layout out I made

 This is the 2nd layout I made..

Make Your Own Holiday Blog Hop- March 26 & 27

Hi Everyone

Welcome to the Make Your Own Holiday Blog Hop! The hop will be running from March 26 12:00 am to March 27th 11:59pm est. So you have all weekend to hop along with us. If you are arriving from the very talented  Jen at Young’s Scrapping then you are in the right place. If not you can start the hop

over at the lovely Karelj at One By One The Flamingos Are Stealing My Sanity .  Karelj is offering an over-all blog candy for those who are hopping along with us. She thought it would be fun to have some holiday-themed candy for this hop--but, of course, made-up holiday items were hard to come by! She decided to do a whole bunch of *regular* holiday themed stamps for you to enjoy. From Fiskars, there is an assorted holiday set; there's an alphabet from All Night Media, a set of 100 plus clear stamps and a storage case from Family Memories, and 5 sets of clear stamps from various dollar bins in big box stores. How to win them? Follow along the blog trail, leaving a comment on each and every blog. On Monday, Karelj will ask her  buddy Randy (random.org) to select a blog number (from the list), a day (Saturday is one, Sunday is two), and a comment number from that blog. Please make sure you have left a reliable way to contact you (email is best, in the safe format of **** at **** dot com ) so you can be notified by her personally. If you don't, she’ll have to select another winner

Ok let's get on to the hop. I thought this was an awesome idea. If you had to make a holiday what would you pick and why. Well, of course I came up with Scrapping Again it will be on every March 26 from now on for me. This is a day where a whole day is set aside for crafting! YEA! My favorite thing! This year I got lucky and it is on a Saturday but when it falls on a weekday, I might just have to play hookie from work-- LOL! We will see how that works out! HAHA. So for this hop, I made this cute Spring banner for my girlfriends birthday.

These are the close ups of the banner, you will have to excuse my messing craft shelf behind it.
I used Whimsy DCWV stack and glitter paper from DCWV for the letters.

I used Storybook for the letters and Accent Essentials for the flowers, and the banner cuts were from Birthday Bash.
Thank you for coming by today, your next stop on the hop is the very talented Jamie at Glitter, Paper, Stamps, Oh My!

Oh yeah, I almost forget the great blog candy I am giving away! Leave a comment and become a follower to be entered to win. I have a brand new Creative Memories Album. It is the Original 12 x12 album and I have a couple different ones you can choose from. Sorry but for shipping reasons this blog candy is only open to US residents.



And is is a complete list in case you get lost along the way.


1. Karelj at One By One The Flamingos Are Stealing My Sanity at http://www.kareljcreations.com/
2. Janice at Cricut Confessions at http://www.cricutconfessions.com/
3. Summer and Jennifer at The Cricut Diaries at http://www.cricutdiaries.com/
4. Denine at Pumpkin and Spice at http://pumpkinspiceblog.blogspot.com/
5. Colleen at Col’s Creative Corner at http://www.scrappycol.blogspot.com/
6. Mistyrose at Sweet Magnolia Rose at http://sweetmagnoliarose.blogspot.com/
7. Ellen at Card Monkey at http://www.cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com/
8. Rachel at Suburban Crafter http://www.rachelstampshappy.blogspot.com/
9. Monica at Scraps 2 Treasure at http://scraps2treasure.blogspot.com/
10. Jen at Young’s Scrapping at http://www.youngsscrapping.blogspot.com/
11. Becka at Creations With Becka at http://www.creationswithbecka.blogspot.com/
12. Jamie at Glitter, Paper, Stamps, Oh My! at http://www.jamieisacraftymomma.blogspot.com/
13. Michelle at Peanut Butter and jelly Designs at http://peanutbutterandjellydesigns.blogspot.com/
14. Celeste at Touched By A Butterfly at http://touchedbyabutterfly.blogspot.com/
15. Leah at Leah’s Card Designs at http://leahscarddesigns.blogspot.com/
16. Calie at Calie’s Creative Corner at http://www.caliescreativecorner.blogspot.com/
17. Audrey at It’s A Beautiful Life at http://www.audreyscardsbydesign.blogspot.com/
18. Bonnie at A Scrap Above at http://ascrapabove.blogspot.com/
19. Diane at Crafting This Moment at http://www.craftingthismoment.blogspot.com/
20. Nicolette at Beyond Scrapping at http://www.beyondscrapin.blogspot.com/
21. Gina at Gina Thornton Stamping at http://ginathorntonstamping.blogspot.com/
22. Kathryn at Creations With Kathryn at http://www.creationswithkathryn.com/
23. Yolie at Just Yolie, Just Create at http://justyolie.com/
24. Patti at Short ‘N Scrappy at http://www.shortnscrappy.com/
25. Krista Orr at Scrapaleupagus at http://www.scrapaleupagus.blogspot.com/
26. Kay Craig at 100 Things at http://kopperhead100.blogspot.com/
27. Jane Hollon at Sneezy’s Ramblings at http://sneezy1956.blogspot.com/
28. Jennifer Anderson at Scrappin’ Lil’ Turtle at http://www.creativearmywife.blogspot.com/

Cricut Circle- Febraury Challenge

This month for the Circle challenge we were asked to make a banner. It  could be any kind of banner but must include 3 circut cuts.
I made this love banner for the challenge

I used George and Basic shapes for the hearts and also for the littler hearts, Storybook for the letters and I used the swirls cuttlebug embossing folder on the red hearts.

Fall Wall Hanging- CJTOO DT Project

Hi Everyone,

Fall is my favorite time of year. The leaves are changing colors, the weather starts to change, and Thanksgiving is right around the corner. Here is my 1st design team project for Craft Junkie Too. I am really excited about how this turned out. I used some of my clearance coasters again, from Michaels. I took the project over to my mom's on Sunday and hung it up on her fireplace for the pictures. She liked it so much I almost didn't get it back from her. I told her she could have it after I was done with pictures and after I make another one.
On to the project. Like I said before I used the coasters I found at Michael's in the $1 bin  at 70% off (WOOT! WOOT!) lol....and the patterned paper is from the DCWV Autunm Splendor pack from Joanns.

All the letters are cut from Storybook at 3.5 inches, I used Creative Memories card stock for all the solid colors and the inked the letters with orange and brown ink.

The tree is cut from Cindy Loo at 3.5 inches.

The  leaves are cut from Thanksgiving at 1.5 inches and the pumpkins are from Everyday Paper dolls cut at 3 inches.

Acorns are cut from Create a Critter at 3 inches

Turkey cut from Thanksgiving at 2.75 inches and the pie is from Country Life cute at 3 inches.

1. Cover coasters with paper, sand edges down.
2. Ink the sides and edges with chocolate ink and burgandy brown ink.
3. Cut all cuts off Cricut and put together.
4. After all cuts are put together, add to coasters.
5. Punch two holes at the top of each coaster, I used my crop o dile.
6. Feed ribbon through holes.

Check out the other Designers projects at http://www.craftjunkietoo.com/

Also submitting this project to:

Challenge Me Monday #32 at:

http://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com/search/label/Challenge%20Me%20Monday

Altered item challenge @

http://www.inkingitupcrazy.blogspot.com/

Getting Cricky's Fall Blessings Challenge@

http://www.kandrewdesigns.blogspot.com/