Birthday Sundaes #29 Ribbons Sponsored by My Craft Spot

Goodmorning friends!  Another live post from me today!  That is two in one weekend and I spent some time in my craft space yesterday...YAY!!  We have another fun challenge for you this week at Birthday Sundaes!  This week we want to see Ribbons on your Birthday Cards and we have a fabulous sponsor, My Craft Spot!  Kimberly has donated her Inside & Out Stamp Set #2 for one lucky winner this week!  Here is my Ribbons Birthday Card!

I cut an 8" Hello Kitty card base from Hello Kitty Greetings and I cut a present for her to hold (it helps her stand up)!  She is dressed with MME Happy Go Lucky paper.

I used Hot Pink Crinkle Ribbon and Pink Sorbet Bakers Twine, both from My Craft Spot, for the bow and added a sentiment from Inside & Out Stamp Set #2 on the tag.

I also made some adjustments to make a back side for Hello Kitty too!  My daughter really liked that touch!

The inside is stamped with two different birthday sentiments both from My Craft Spot Inside & Out Set #2 which you have a chance to win this week by playing along at Birthday Sundaes!  Make sure you check out the rest of the DT's beautiful birthday cards with ribbon and link yours up by next Saturday!  Thank you Kimberly for sponsoring us this week!  Stop back tomorrow to see the new My Craft Spot challenge!  Thanks for stopping by today!

Jo's Birthday Blog Hop

Good Morning and welcome to Jo's Birthday Blog Hop!   My fabulous friend Jo is celebrating her birthday (yesterday actually) and she wanted to have some fun with a few of her bloggy friends!   If you have come from Jo's blog JoBoogie Stamping, then you are hopping in the right direction.  If you are just stopping by to see me today (thanks) then you'll want to hop over to Jo's Blog to start hopping!  It's a short and sweet hop today with just 8 stops and the theme is "cute & young birthday"!   As soon as I heard "cute & young" I thought Hello Kitty!  Here is my cute card for my dear friend Jo!

I used my Gypsy to make the Hello Kitty holding a heart into this little cutie holding a cupcake. 

The cupcake has stickles on the wrapper, Crystal Effects on the cake, Liquid Pearl on the frosting with Tinsel Glitter Sprinkles and Stickles on the cherry!  I added a little necklace to her and a brad for her nose.

Jo LOVES twine and is slowly adding to her collection so I thought a nice selection of it on her card was in order!  There is an assortment of different colors tied into a bow!  I hope you like your card Jo!  It'll be in the mail soon!  Happy Birthday!



Jo's Birthday blog hop will run through Sunday September 11.  You must leave a comment on each of the blogs and follow each blog in order to be eligible for the Grand Prize on Jo's Blog!  When you are done hopping, go back to Jo's Blog and enter your name and blog address/email address into Mr. Linky!  Good Luck everyone!

Thank you for hopping by today and thank you Jo for inviting me to be a part of your celebrations!  I hope your day was fabulous!  Your next stop in the hop is Ashley from Heart Hugs Designs!

Here is the line up in case you get lost along your way.

Jo - http://joboogie.typepad.com/

Amber - http://my3escrapbooking.blogspot.com/

Ashley - http://hearthugsdesigns.blogspot.com/

Corinne: http://rinnesbliss.blogspot.com/

Diana - http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/

Jacilynn - http://jacilynndashwood.blogspot.com/

Lisa - http://indymermaid.blogspot.com/
Susan - http://cricutandgrasshopper.blogspot.com/

Hello Kitty Birthday Blog Hop

Aloha and welcome to our Hello Kitty Birthday Blog Hop!  It's Cely's birthday at Hawaii Paper Party and we're all celebrating by making Hello Kitty or birthday themed projects!  You should have arrived from Kelly at Possibilities in Pink blog, but if you've stumbled on this blog hop, please go back to Cely's blog at Hawaii Paper Party so you don't miss out on all the fun! 

We are huge Hello Kitty fans in my house!  With 3 girls, how couldn't we be!  The Hello Kitty carts are the ONLY cartridges I've ever paid full price for.  I couldn't wait and bought them the second I saw them on the store shelf!  I am drawn to anyone who uses the fabulous Hello Kitty Cartridges so naturally, the day I stumbled across Cely's Blog, I knew we would be great bloggy friends! 

I have two projects to show you today.  My first project is just a very simple Hello Kitty layout for your inspiration!  The second project is Cely's Birthday card so no peeking at that one Cely ; ) 

The title is cut from Hello Kitty Fonts and the HK's are from Hello Kitty Greetings.  These pictures were taken over the course of a day while the girls were on a wild Hello Kitty Adventure.  They had a snow day (even though a snowflake hadn't fallen yet that morning) but by afternoon they were building snowkitties!  Unfortunately, their Jeep doesn't have 4 wheel drive..hehe! 

Here is the close-up of HK and her narration of events!  I love how easily the Hello Kitty characters go together with this cart!

I couldn't resist a huge HK head on this LO.  You can't see it that well in the pics, but it matches Oldest E's hat perfectly!

Close up of the title and my doodling on the border.   I used my Gypsy to weld the shadow letters together for the title then faux stitched it.  All the paper on this is Stampin' Up!

Now, for Cely's Birthday Card.  What is a Birthday Blog Hop without a card for the Birthday Girl!!  I wish I had gotten this in the mail before I left for vacation but I never made it to the Post Office.  It will be a little late so close your eyes Cely!  I hope she likes it!

This Hello Kitty is one of my favs!  She makes such a cute butterfly!  She is cut from the HK Fonts cartridge out of Stampin' Up! paper.  The background paper is My Minds Eye which I found for an awesome price at Shop Pumpkin Spice!

The "Celebrate" sentiment is from a WRMK stamp set called Maple Grove.  The "Happy Birthday" stamp and Pink Sorbet Baker's Twine are from My Craft Spot!

Speaking of My Craft Spot, who wants some Blog Candy!  I am giving away a special set of Hand Dyed Crinkle Ribbon from My Craft Spot!  Honestly, the first time I saw this Pajama Party Set, I immediately knew it was meant for Hello Kitty!!  I don't know what it is, but the colors Black, White, and Pink scream HELLO KITTY to me!

To be eligible for my blog candy you must leave me a comment telling me what you love most about Hello Kitty!  My only requirement is that you must stop back on Friday August 12 to see if you won!

Be sure to visit all of the blogs in the hop to be eligible for the Grand Prize!  All you have to do is be a follower of all of the talented ladies in the hop, leave each of us a comment, and go back to Cely's blog to link up with InLinkz and Mr. Blue Frogger!  Below is the line-up in case you get lost along the way! 

OK, I've taken enough of your time today!  Thanks for stopping by and a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY to CELY!!!  I hope your day is as fabulous as you are!! 

You're next stop is Diana at DL. Art

Blog Hop Line-up in case you get lost along the way!

Cely at Hawaii Paper Party 

Donna at Kindred Kreations

Shar at My Time to Create

Kelly at Possibilities in Pink

Amber at My 3E Scrapbooking  (YOU ARE HERE)

Diana at DL. Art (NEXT STOP)

Starla at You Could Be Wishing On a Star

Lori at Reflections from Granny
Cely at Hawaii Paper Party to Link Up

Celebrate the Occasion #16 - School's Out

Hello Everyone!  It's Design Team 2 Day at Celebrate the Occasion and this week we have a fun challenge!  School is out and we are celebrating the occasion!  YAY Summer Vacation!!!  Our challenge for week #16 is School's Out but you must use an apple somewhere in your project!  This couldn't have come at a better time because I needed to make some end of the year awards for the preschool class!  Here is my School's Out with an Apple project!

The background certificate is cut at 8" from Plantin Schoolbook then mounted on black 8.5x11 paper.

The apple on the stack of books comes from Hello Kitty Greetings.

The scissors, crayon, and glue are all from Locker Talk.

I outlined each of the cutouts and popped them up so they stand out on the award.

This special award is for our outstanding Classroom Helper!  I can't believe the school year is over already!  It's amazing to see how much these kids grow at this age and I will miss many of them dearly!

I hope you'll join us this week at Celebrate the Occasion for your chance to win the monthly prize Spring Holiday Cards Cricut Cartridge!  Just a reminder that we are having a blog hop this weekend at CTO!  There will be blog candy to be won at every stop, and I must tell you that I have some delicious goodies for you!  Make sure you hop on over this weekend for our CTO Pool Party Blog Hop!  Thanks for stopping by!

Celebrate the Occasion Challenge #12

This week at Celebrate the Occasion we are celebrating the quickly approaching Graduation Season!  I assist at my children's preschool so we are celebrating Preschool Graduation in our house!  My Oldest E is one of those little ones graduating this month.  Yes, she will be entering the world of Kindergarten in the Fall and Mommy doesn't know what she'll do without her little crafting assistance!  Here is my creation for this week.

I am making these for the little girls that are graduating.  The boys are getting Hello Kitty too but I am using my gypsy to weld the hat in the bow location.  Theirs will also have a different background paper.  (Sorry but I just haven't been feeling well enough to get them done and photographed)

 Products Used:

• Stampin' Up! Cardstock
• Pattern paper and bow are scrap pieces (brand unknown)
• Hello Kitty Greetings Cricut Cartridge
• My Craft Spot Baker's Twine (Click Here to Order)
• My Pink Stamper More Faithful Sayings stamp set

Please join us for our Graduation Challenge at Celebrate the Occasion this week!  Thanks for stopping by!

Rain, Rain go away LO

Rain, Rain go away...well, not really!  We actually love to play in the rain!  My girls love to hold hands and sing this song while they play in it!  Today, the rain is too cold to play in but they are enjoying watching it fall!  I think this may be one of the plainest layouts I've ever made and I'm sure it is not finished!  I started it last night but my middle E had a bad dream so I stopped.  I went to lay down with her and never got back up!  When I came back to it today, I drew a blank so it is what it is!  No reason to dwell on it and waste precious scrapping time over it!  I decided to stitch it, leave it be and move on to other projects.  I'm sure when I go to add my picture it is going to change but for now, this is what I have!

Products Used:

• Stampin' Up! SC
• Michael's Open Stock Papers (Blue Dot and Yellow Glitter)
• Hello Kitty Greetings Cricut Cartridge (Hello Kitty)
• Accent Essentials Cricut Cartridge (Circle)
• Life is a Party Cricut Cartridge (title)
• Lyrical Letters Cricut Cartridge (title)
• Divine Swirls CB Folder
• Michael's Ribbon
• Signo White Gel Pen

Challenges:
FCCB Challenge Me Monday #54 April Showers Must Use Umbrella or Hat
Paper Variety April Showers Inspiration Photo
Creative Cutter Room Hippity Hop Use the 4 Elements
Scraps 4 Fun Use Your Scraps

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope to have something more inspiring later today!

Homemade Heart Crayons

I know homemade crayons are nothing new, but we love making them around our house mostly because Mommy has OCD and cannot stand messy, broken crayons!  I don't know what it is, but broken crayons make me cringe.  It is right up there with letting the kids use glitter...EEWWW.  I keep a nice crisp box of crayons hidden for Mommy to color with!  We get rid of the yucky ones by making nice, pretty new ones and what is great about them, they are usually too big for the kids to break!!  We usually make them for the kids at school for most holidays but last week I went in and made them with the kiddos at the preschool.  They had a blast (what kid doesn't love breaking crayons).  The cutest part of it was when we were pulling them out of the molds.  I sat there with the kids all huddled around me and as I pulled each one out and announce the owner of this brand new beauty, the whole group of kids would go "OHHHHH, AHHHHH" together in harmony.  They were thrilled with them!!!!

These ones are going to a few of the girl's special friends. I used My Creative Time Color Me Happy Sentiment as well as Hello Kitty and Create A Critter Cricut Cartridges.  I am entering them into Craft us Crazy's Anything Goes Challenge.

Valentine's Day Favors

Here are my girl's preschool favors.  I wanted these to be very, very simple because I know they will not make it very long once the kids get ahold of them.  I am using the same Target Dollar Zone paper (I got it on clearance last year and boy did I got a lot of work done on $0.50)!  Stamps are My Pink Stamper from the "Punny-licious" set.  All the favors inside are after Christmas shopping treasures!  I normally do not give the kids candy, but my daughter made a very good plead for it and they were 90% off.  The girls are getting Hello Kitty and the boys are getting the Little Stinkers.

And these are the boxes I am working on for the favors for each of the kids at the preschool.  

 I had seen something like them in last year's Family Fun magazine.  I think they were made using tissue boxes but we are having the kids all bring in a shoe box.  I had a few to get started on this weekend but I will need to wrap the other 20 this week.  Good thing I love wrapping presents!  We are going to help the kids cut their faces and decorate them.  Since these are 3-5 year olds, we'll put a picture on the boxes so they know whose box is whose when they pass out their favors!  I took these 2 into class on Friday, and it was so cute to watch the kids with them.  They were sitting over by the door and every so often I would look over and someone was there sticking their hand into the mouth and smiling!  I think they are going to be a big hit!

Thanks for stopping by today for all of my posts!  Oh, it is almost 1 am so it looks like this one is going to make it onto Monday!  Have a great day!

i love u Layout

Another fun new challenge!  Amanda and Melissa are starting a scrapbook challenge called Scrappy Saturday with the Bug Challenge at http://amandascraftsandmore.blogspot.com/.   The first challenge is anything goes.  I am recycling on this layout. 

The scallop is the other side of the pattern paper from my die cuttin diva layout and the Hello Kitty and Skunk are from the girl's valentine treat bags (which I will post some time this week). 

This picture is of my 4 year old and her "boyfriend".  They have been in love since birth.  He says when he sees her, his eyes pop out of his head because she is soooo beautiful!  They have their entire life planned out.  They say they are getting married and moving into his house with his Mom and then they are going to have babies and move to NYC where he is going to be a policeman and she is going to be a ballerina!  They are so cute together and the little leftovers were so fitting for them because she is a HK fanatic and he is a little stinker!  I Love them Both!!

Basic Grey Pattern Paper
Stampin' Up! CS
Hello Kitty Greetings, Create A Critter, and Twinkle Toes cartridges
Martha Stewart Lacey Border punch
SU heart punch. 
SU alphabet stamp set
Nose and Bow on HK are stickles
google eyes on the little skunk