My Craft Spot Monday Challenge #62 - 4th of July and Canada Day

Good Morning Everyone!  To all my Canadian friends, I hope you had a happy and safe Canada Day  and to my friends here in the USA, Happy 4th of July this week!!  This week we are celebrating the fine countries we live in!  Our Monday Challenge this week is 4th of July and Canada Day!  Here is my 4th of July card.

I was looking for a fun sparkler to cut with my Cricut but decided to make my own out of Crinkle Ribbon instead!  I love how it turned out! 

I even got some good use out of my Christmas stamps for this card! The sentiment on the star comes from My Craft Spot's Merry Christmas set and the stars stamped on the base of the card come from My Craft Spot's 'Tis the Season stamp set.   I cut the star from Plantin School Book cart and addded some doodling around it. 

I found a scrap of shimmer paper for the background and embossed it with a stars folder then sewed it on.  The sparkler was created with a stick by tying three bows using Cranberry, Snow White and Navy Blue Crinkle Ribbon and a bow with Airmail Divine Twine all available at My Craft Spot (except the stick which came from my yard).    

Make sure you stop by and check out the rest of the AMAZING Canada Day and 4th of July projects at My Craft Spot this week and share your projects with us for your chance to win a fabulous prize!  Speaking of fabulous prizes, don't forget to mark your calendars!  You are invited to the Stamp Release Party coming up next week at My Craft Spot! There will be amazing projects each day and fun prizes all week long! We will be ending the week with a Blog Hop on Saturday and the full release of the stamp sets. Mark your calenders and come join us for some fun!  Thanks for stopping by today!

Products Used:

• My Craft Spot
• Merry Christmas Stamp Set
•  'Tis the Season Stamp Set.
• Cranberry Crinkle Ribbon
• Snow White Crinkle Ribbon
• Navy Blue Crinkle Ribbon
• Airmail Divine Twine
• Stampin' Up!
• Cardstock
• Crumb Cake
• Shimmer
• Dimensionals
• Journaling Pen
• Cricut E2 with Gypsy
• Plantin School Book
• Singer Sewing Machine
• Scotch ATG Adhesive
• Archival Brilliance Pigment Ink
• Graphite Black
• Cuttlebug
• Stars Folder

***I'm also linking this up at my dear friend Julie K's 3 Girl Jam Beautiful Bows Blog Hop Linky Party!   

My Craft Spot Stamp Release Party Blog Hop

Hello Everyone and welcome to the My Craft Spot Blog Hop!  Kimberly is releasing 4 new stamps sets to her store at My Craft Spot today and they are all so much fun!  I feel so fortunate to have the opportunity to work with a talented papercrafter like Kimberly as well as the rest of the creative Design Team!  If you have come from Kimberly's blog then you are heading in the right direction!  If you are stopping by to see me today (thanks), then you will not want to miss out on this!  Head back to My Craft Spot to start at the beginning!  There are so many creative projects along the way, not to mention Kimberly has given each of us on the Design Team a new stamp set to give away...YAY!  There are only 9 stops, so please join us and hop!

We have been sharing our sneak peeks of the four new Stamp Sets all week and now we are ending the week with our best projects!  I have made two fun holiday party projects for you today!  Would you like to see what I have made for your inspiration?

My first project is a Halloween project using Candy Corn Kisses!  

I have been working on sets of these invitations for weeks!  I started back in July when Kimberly first told me there would be new stamps coming out!  

 I didn't know at the time that she would have these perfect party invitation stamps, but I knew there would be something adorable to stamp on them!  You can imagine my excitement when I saw the Candy Corn Kisses stamp set!

Here is a close up of these great stamps!

I made these Criss Cross style invitations and covered them with a homemade pattern paper (Click HERE to see my little tutorial on how to get this effect).  I added matching strands of Crinkle Ribbon to the invitation and adhered these fun googly eyes to the band!

The glitter on the bands is Martha Stewart's Glow in the Dark!   I still have another dozen or so to make, and I think I am more excited to send these out to everyone than I am to have the Halloween party!  These stamps couldn't have been any more perfect! 

My second project is a Thanksgiving project using the Happy Fall Stamp Set! 

I made little Thanksgiving treat boxes.  You know how there is always that period of time before dinner where there are people sitting at the table just waiting for the BIG dinner to be served.  I thought this could be a cute, tasty little snack before hand or it can be saved for afterwards (if there is room)! 

I filled a cello bag with these chocolate & yogurt flavored nuts and raisins then tied it closed with Chocolate Truffle Bakers Twine (that almost sound good enough to eat)!  I stamped the "Gobble Gobble!" stamp on a vanilla card stock and punched it out to make a tag.  I was thinking these could also double as name plates for dinner too by writing every one's names on the back side!

The "Turkey Time!" is another one of the fun stamps from the new Happy Fall set.  The papers are a retired Stampin' Up! DSP and the colors are beautiful.  Notice how the gorgeous Crinkle Ribbon matches perfectly!  I cut the turkey from Animal Kingdom and colored it with Stampin' Write Markers.  

The scalloped squares are from Plantin Schoolbook.  Everything is popped up and layered with either SU dimensionals or Helmar Zapdots.  Since Thanksgiving is still 3 months away, I only filled one bag for now.  I'll be munching on the rest of these until it is time to stuff the boxes and the bird...mmmmm!

Ok, so who wants some blog candy?  Kimberly has given me my favorite stamp set to give away to one lucky winner today,
Happy Fall!

BLOG CANDY RULES

1. You must leave a comment telling me your favorite stamp set of the release party!

2. You do not need to be a follower of mine, but if you like what you have seen this week, I would love if you were!

3. Because I love my friends (aka followers), followers may have an extra entry by adding a second comment letting me know that you are a follower (old and new)!

4. You must stop back on Tuesday Aug 30 to see if you have won!

I've taken enough of your time today.  There are so many more amazing projects to see, so hop on!  Your next stop is my very talented friend

Kate at Small Bits of Paper

Here is the entire line up in case you get lost along the way!

Kimberly

Amber YOU ARE HERE
Kate NEXT STOP

Amy

Joy

Aymee

Jenny

Marlene

Ally


I hope you enjoyed my projects this week and thank you for hopping by! 

Stamp Party Sneak Peeks

My Craft Spot #14 - Seeing Stars

Happy Monday Everyone!  Can you believe we are on week #14 already at My Craft Spot!  Time flies when your having fun crafting!  This week, we have a fun challenge for you!  The challenge this week is Seeing Stars!  I made a fun layout using pictures of my Oldest Es first 4th of July! 

Wasn't she cute?  This was back in 2006 and now she's so big!

I used my Martha Stewart Fancy Lace Punch for the bottom border.  The stars are cut from Plantin Schoolbook and since my sewing machine is not working again, I just used the needle to stitch holes in the stars!

The striped ribbon is from Stampin' Up!  I added a gorgeous Crinkle Ribbon Bow with some Vintage Cherry Bakers Twine both from My Craft Spot!  The button was a last minute addition to fit into the Whimsical Wednesday Challenge! 

I used my Gypsy to weld Country Life font together to form the title then outlined and popped it up!  The "You make me smile" stamp is from My Craft Spot Sweet Sentiments Set #1.

The banner is also cut from Country Life and tied together with Vintage Cherry Bakers Twine.

Products Used:

• Stampin' Up!
• Crumb Cake Cardstock
• Cherry Cobbler Cardstock
• Night of Navy Cardstock
• Confetti Cream Cardstock
• Striped Grosgrain Ribbon
• Soft Suede Classic Ink (sponging)
• Night of Navy Classic Ink
• Night of Navy Stampin' Write Marker
• Cricut E2 and Gypsy
• Country Life Cartridge
• Plantin Schoolbook Cartridge
• Martha Stewart Fancy Lace Punch
• My Craft Spot
• Sweet Sentiment Set #1
• (Click HERE to Order Stamps)
• Vanilla Bean Crinkle Ribbon
• (Click HERE to Order Crinkle Ribbon)
• Vintage Cherry Bakers Twine
• (Click HERE to Order Bakers Twine)

Other Challenges:
The Paper Variety - It's Summer
Whimsical Wednesday - Let's Get Patriotic (must use brads, bling or buttons)
Creative Cutter Room - God Bless America (must include a flag...it's on her shirt)
Getting Scrappy Challenge - Getting Punchy (use any type of punch)
FCCB Challenge Me Monday #66 - 4th of July (use red, white & blue)
Scrapbookaholic By Abby #8 - Red, White & Blue
You Had Me at Craft - Made it Myself Mondays

Make sure you stop by and See some more Stars at My Craft Spot!  The Design Team has some amazing projects waiting to inspire you!  I can't wait to see what you come up with for your Seeing Stars project!  Make sure you link them up by next Sunday to be eligible for the fantastic prize this week!  Thanks for stopping by today!

You are my Sunshine LO

Hello Everyone!  I thought I would play along with my teammates on Design Team #1 this week at Celebrate the Occasion!  The challenge this week is Celebrating Summer and your project must have a sun in it!  I am going to submit this at Fantabulous Cricut too since the theme this week is Summer Sun!  Here is the layout that I created using a sun!

I love to take lots of pictures so that means most of my LOs need to hold a lot of pictures!  This LO is super simple once you have a template for the pictures and it is a great way to get 8 pictures on your page!  Click HERE to see how to make the template!

To make the outer sun, I used my Gypsy and Plantin Schoolbook.  I welded 12 exclamation marks to an 11" circle.  I cut another 3" circle for the center point to cover the inside edges where the photos do not come together.  For this LO, I only had 7 pictures so I needed to get creative for the last section.  

Products Used:

• Stampin' Up!
• Tempting Turquoise Textured Cardstock
• Summer Sun Textured Cardstock
• Whisper White Cardstock
• StazOn Ink
• Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker
• Buttons
• My Craft Spot
• Lemon Drop Twinery Twine
• Inkadinkado
• Seashore Fun Stamp Set

Challenges:
Celebrate the Occasion #19 Celebrating Summer (must use a sun)
FCCB Challenge Me Monday #65 Summer Sun

Thanks for stopping by today!

My Craft Spot #12 - We Love You Dad

Short and sweet post today.  This week's challenge at My Craft Spot is "We Love You Dad"!  I used Sweet Sentiments Set #1 and Inside & Out - Set #1 Stamp Sets as well as Baby Blue Bakers Twine and Stormy Day Crinkle Ribbon on my layout. 

Just a small sampling of everything the My Craft Spot store has to offer, cute Stamps, goregous Hand Dyed Crinkle Ribbon and fun Baker's Twine!  Stop by My Craft Spot to see all DT projects as well as the great selection of products.  Hopefully you'll join us for our "We Love You Dad" Monday Challenge this week!  This week's prize is your choice of one of the new Crinkle Ribbon Sets (Click HERE to see all the new sets)



Products Used:

• Stampin' Up! Cardstock, Buttons, Ink
• DCWV Green Stack
• My Craft Spot Stamps, Baker's Twine, Crinkle Ribbon
• Plantin Schoolbook Cricut Cartridge
• Signo White Gel Pen

I'll share more details on this layout later this week!

Thanks for stopping by today!

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!

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Me Monday Guest Designer

Hello everyone!  Welcome to my Guest Designer Project for this week's Challenge Me Monday at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog!  I am so excited to be joining the amazing FCCB Design Team today!  The challenge for this week's Challenge #62 is Remember This!  Make something to remember a special person, time or anniversary.  The second I saw this challenge, my mind immediately went to my Oldest E's Preschool Graduation!  I wanted to make her something special to give to her (besides her scrapbook) to remember her early school days!  Here is what I came up with!

I made a Memory Box to hold a picture book for each school year (Preschool - Fifth Grade)! 

I found this box in my Yard Sale junk box!  It had some cards in it which I can still sell but the sturdy box was exactly what I was looking for!

I used Mod-Podge to cover the lid of the box with this fun School Days Paper!

I added little school themed Cricut cuts to all four sides of the box!

I used one of my favorite embellishments, Bakers Twine from My Craft Spot!

All of the Cricut cuts are outlined and popped up...

and I even managed to get my favorite little bookworm on here!  I like to add Crystal Effects to his glasses to make them look more realistic!

Here are the cuts on the ends of the box.

The little school bus with the stamp across the bus was inspired by my very talented friend Kate (I told you I  was going to be borrowing the idea too...hehe)!   Her little bus is much cuter with little kiddos and everything but I really loved the stamped idea!  Thanks Kate!

I used vinyl on the top of the box so that I don't have to worry about the top being torn up when getting store!  i'm sure eventually there will be stuff stacked on top!

I am so proud of myself for even getting all the little books prepared!  There is one for each school year Preschool through 5th grade (that is all the further the paper pad went up too).  Each book has 6 blank pages to add pictures/comments (front and back) so I figured I can get about 12 events in each book!  Her Preschool book is already mostly done (except for a few pics that need printed)!  Most of the pictures include classmates so I can't show you the inside of the book without having to blur out most of it but you get the idea!

Products Used:

• Me & My Big Idea School Days Paper Pad
• Stampin' Up! Cardstock and Crystal Effects
• Locker Talk Cricut Cartridge
• Plantin School Book Cricut Cartridge
• Doodlecharms Cricut Cartridge
• Create A Critter Cricut Cartridge
• My Craft Spot Bakers Twine
• Peachy Keen Critter Face Stamp Set
• Pink By Design Simply Everything Stamp Set
• Expressions Vinyl

Other Challenges:

The Paper Variety #35 School Week

Stop by Fantabulous Cricut this week to see all the wonderful inspiration from the Design Team and please join us for Challenge Me Monday !   I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with for their "Remember This" project!  Thank you so much FCCB for having me as your Guest Designer this week and thank you everyone for your support!

Celebrate the Occasion #8

Happy Tuesday Everyone!  It is time for Design Team 2 to wow you again this week at Celebrate the Occasion.  The challenge for week #8 is Anything Birthday (must include a flower).  I have a very special LO for you for this challenge!  It is my "Over the Hill" LO. 

Now, I do not consider myself anywhere near being over the hill!  I just turned 30, but I have a friend who is loving this LO so it may be going to her for her hubby!  I have had this LO building in my head ever since I saw my fellow DT member's Feathered Friend Card over at Crafty Jar  and I thought this challenge would be the perfect time to bring the LO to life! 

Here is a close up of the vulture....  

and of my requirerd flowers.  I thought it would be fitting to have my page "pushing up daisies"!

Products Used:

• Bazzill Paper for Background Gray
• Stampin' Up! all solid CS
• Cosmo Cricket Striped Paper
• Life is a Party Cricut Cartridge (Vultures and Title)
• Happy Hauntings Cricut Cartridge (Graveyard)
• Planitin Schoolbook Cricut Cartridge (Flower Border)
• Fearther Boa is from Target Christmas Section

Thanks for stopping by.  Make sure you check out the rest of the inspiration from the Design Team and link up you Anything Birthday (with a flower) at Celebrate the Occasion by Sunday April 10th (11:59 EST) for your chance to be entered into the drawing for the monthly prize!

I'm also linking this up to Getting Scrappy #5 Tummy Tickler Challenge! 
Scraps 4 Fun Use Your Scraps Challenge