Thank You/You Rock!!

 I am a bit behind on sharing some projects I have made over the last few months that were non-design team related.  Today I am sharing a pair of thank you cards I made for a couple of my husband's co-workers.  They have season tickets to the big shows at our local theatre and there was one show they were unable to attend so they gave us their tickets.  It was a fabulous show - "Rock of Ages" - a broadway show using heavy metal music from mostly the 80s and 90s.  I thought these were fitting thank you's for the gift they gave us, LOL!

I used my "Smiley Cards" cartridge with my gypsy for my guitar.  The star was from the "George and basic shapes" cartridge.  The sentiments and ticket shapes are from the "ticket talk" stamp set from Cardz TV stamps.  Thanks for stopping by today and have a blessed Sunday!

BOO!!

I made a ghost shaped card using the cut from Smiley Cards.  I absolutely love that cartridge:-)  I chose not to weld the front and back together.  Instead I scored the back card about an inch down from the top and added adhesive in that top inch.  I did add the word "boo" from Simply Charmed and welded the shadow of the word using my gypsy.  I only welded it to the front side of the card.  I am going to enter this in the weekly challenge over at My Craft Spot.
 

Thanks a Latte

Here is a cute project I found from the Scor Pal Project Page.  I made a coffee mug and filled it with chocolate candy.  I used a cut from the Smiley Cards cartridge to make a thank you card and put a gift certificate for coffee on the inside.  These are going to a friend who helps me get my daughter to her soccer practices when I am unable to - she makes my life easier and I wanted her to know how much I appreciate her!!

Back to school/fall themed blog hop

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Back to school/Fall themed blog hop

Setpember 10, 2011

Thank you for joining me on another blog hop!!  For today's project I chose the back to school theme.  My kids started school the middle of this week so I am still in the back to school mode.  I have wanted to make a crayon wreath for awhile now.  My youngest daughter is in 4th grade and I figured I better make one for her teacher now cuz she isn't going to want to give one to her teacher when she is in high school, wink, wink:-)  It was actually not as difficult as I feared.  I wrapped red ribbon around a styrofoam ring which I bought at Joanns.  I used my hot glue gun to attach the crayons.  I layered my cuts with a couple of shadows to make them a bit sturdier and then attached them to the wreath with the hot glue gun.  I looped some ribbon on the top to help hang the wreath.   I chose to use white vinyl for the teacher's name because it cuts better and yes, we call our teachers by their first name.  I am also entering this into My Pink Stamper's Pinkalicious Blog Hop challenge.

Recipe:
scissors - simply charmed
backpack - doodlecharms
pencil - smiley cards
apple - create a critter
chalkboard - svg, but could easily make one with george
teacher's name - lyrical letters

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Please leave me a comment and a way to get a hold of you if you win.  It is not required to be a follower but I would love  it if you would!!  I will draw the winner on Monday, Sept. 12th.  Here is the blog hop lineup so be sure to check out all these awesome blogs!!


Sylvia- http://www.bellascrapbookdesigns.blogspot.com/

Sandy- http://www.365daysofcricut.blogspot.com/

Diana- http://www.daisylovecreations.blogspot.com/

Sherri- http://www.sherriescraps.blogspot.com/

Pam- http://www.pammejo-scrapbookflair.com/

Sandy S- http://www.thecraftycreationspot.blogspot.com/
Jenny- http://www.jennyplace26.blogspot.com/
Anita- http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com/

Patty- http://www.creativediva98.blogspot.com/

Monica- http://www.simplycricutting.blogspot.com/

Tiffany- http://www.sparkledmemories.blogspot.com/

Christy- http://www.christysscrappin.blogspot.com/

Marie- http://www.ethansimprints.blogspot.com/

Eva- http://www.evasscrapsncards.blogspot.com/

Dana- http://www.papermemories4u.blogspot.com/

Nicole- http://www.teachdanz.blogspot.com/ - - - - you are here!!
PeggySue- http://www.icrea8cards.blogspot.com/ - - -next stop!!

Laura- http://www.sunflowercreations9530.blogspot.com/

Bookmark and a birthday card

Bear with me while I post one more thing -
I made this book mark and birthday card for my daughter to give to her friend for her 13th birthday.  I used Smiley Cards for the phrase and emoticon.  I created the base of the card using George and my gypsy.  The book mark was also created on my gypsy and I used Mickey Font for the name.  I mod podged the bookmark to make it more durable.  Thanks for looking and have a great day!!  I was in a hurry and didn't give my stickles enough time to dry so they are a bit smudged - how embarassing!!!

couple of cards and a box

My dh is a high school drama teacher.  His play was this weekend and he had a few sets of parent volunteers to thank so of course I whipped up a few cards for him.  His high school is small and there isn't a lot of community support for drama because most of it goes to sports.  However, over the last few years a few parents have stepped up and started feeding the drama group pizza on the nite of their dress rehearsal.  Another parent gives up his time helping my husband build the set.  Now you will understand the cards I chose to make:-)  I also made a small cookie tower for the dad who helped with the set cuz he put in some long nights.  Nothing fancy, but it gave the kids a chance to be grateful.

Lego Rock Band Projects

I am part of the blog hop "A New Season A New Skill"  which starts over at craftingmisfit.  The challenge for us was to try a new skill or something we had never done before.  This is what I did -

Vinyl
 I have done a little bit of work with vinyl on the magnetic/dry erase boards I have been making but not much more than that.  Sunday was my youngest daughter's birthday party and I used vinyl to decorate some plastic water bottles I bought from Wal-Mart.   I made one of the little girl's especially happy because she has an unusual name and has never been able to buy a product with her name on it before:-)

Added the musical notes to fit the theme of the party!

Banner
I also decided to make a banner for my daughter's birthday party.  She had a "Lego Rock Band" party and this is the first time I had ever made a banner.  I used Twinkle Toes for the base of the banner and Mickey Font for the letters as well as Smiley Cards for the guitars.
 

Notice the googley (is that a word?) eyes!!

Shrinky Dinks

I also cut out shrinky dink material using my cricut.  I cut out the guitar from Smiley Cards but only used the shadow feature.  I found that setting my regular blade at 6 my pressure at high and multicut 2x worked great.

The kids colored them in with colored pencils.  

This shows how I laid the cuts out on the mat.

Baking in the oven.

The final product!!

Thanks for taking the time to look at my projects and have a wonderful week!!  You should now hop on over to Melissa.

Smiley Cards Birthday Cake

I am so excited to have so many new followers:-)  Thank you for taking the time to check out my blog and for deciding to follow me.  I also appreciate Momo so much for her help in getting followers for those of us who have/had fewer followers or newer blogs.  This card is made with the Scrappy Moms challenge in mind.  I have a ton of birthdays coming up in the next couple of months including a lot of family members so I decided to make a birthday card for the challenge.  The cake is from Smiley Cards.  I gave the ruffled ribbon a try and have to say it was much easier than I thought it would be and I love the effect. 

Recipe:
smiley cards for the cake
pattern paper Target dollar spot (last year)
cardstock Recollections
twine from the Twinery
stickles
ribbon from Michaels

Flaunt It Fridays Challenge #16 - Birthday Bash

Since I do not own the birthday bash cartridge I opted to use the bunny from Create A Critter and the present from Smiley Cards.  The patterned paper is from the dollar section of the target scrapbooking aisle.  The sentiment is My Pink Stamper.  I put the bunny on an Action Wobble to give him more "bounce", LOL!!

2 more cards I have made recently

Here are two more cards I made recently.  I am still figuring out how to best take pictures for my blog.  Thanks for bearing with me.