My Craft Spot Ch# 54 - Mother's Day

It is that time of the year to show thanks to all those special women that we call Mom!  This week at My Craft Spot's Monday Challenge we are challenging you to create something amazing for those special women in your lives!  Here is another one of my Mother's Day cards for this year!

I used one of the La-La Land Marci's for this card.  Isn't she cute!

The Happy Mother's Day stamp is part of the Happy Easter stamp set from My Craft Spot and I also tied on some beautiful crinkle ribbon and twine also available in the My Craft Spot shop!

Please stop by and check out the amazing work from the rest of the My Craft Spot DT and join us for our Mother's Day challenge!  I can't wait to see what you come up with!  Thanks for stoppig by today!

Made for Mom Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Made for Mom Blog Hop hosted by the talented Jenny at Crazy about Cricut and the fabulous Thankful Thursday Design Team!  Mother's Day is around the corner and so we are busy making gifts for those very special women in our lives!!  If you just came from Jenny's blog, then you are heading in the right direction!  If you are just stopping by to say hi today (thanks), make sure you hop on over to Crazy About Cricut to start from the beginning!  There are going to be so many great Mommy's Day ideas that you are not going to want to miss!

This month we were asked to share any present from our kids, or what we give to our Mom's for Mother's Day.  I have a super cute project my girls have been wanting to make for some time!  They wanted to make one to give to their grandmother for Mother's Day and even though she helped us create them, she doesn't know it is for her yet!!  We already know she LOVES it!

We made Fairy/Butterfly Gardens!  Isn't it cute?

Much of what we used was re-purposed material making these perfect projects to make during Earth Day weekend!  We started with these big snack barrels which I've been saving all year at the preschool for a project like this!  They are made with very heavy, recycled plastic which made for the a great planting container.

After the first one, we found it was easier to drill holes in the bottoms for the water when they are not cut apart.  We put Daddy in charge of this job making it a true family affair!

The girls went around the yard collecting little things to decorate their gardens.

You can see all the bits and pieces they collected.  The decorative stones also line the bottom of the container.  They were from our wedding reception.  I was glad to finally find a use for some of them!

This element was one of the girls favorites!  They said the fairies needed a table so an upturned tea cup and saucer did the trick!

Here are the girls showing off their fine work!  This was there trial garden and they are going to be making more of them today with their friends!

Now, what Mother/Grandmother wouldn't love one of these adorable little gardens?  I'm sure their grandmother is going to LOVE placing this at her house although I don't know if she is going to be able to wait until Mother's Day to get it...hehe!

Thank you so much for hopping with us today!  I hope this inspired a fun project for you and/or your kiddos!  Now, hop on to your next stop, one of our talented guest designers...

Arcy at Arcy Scraps

Jenny - http://www.crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/
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(Guest Designer) Arcy ~ http://arcyscraps.blogspot.com/
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Cheryl ~ http://cardsbycg.blogspot.com/
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(Guest Designer) Lissa Marie ~ http://somanycrafts.com/
Leah Pagliaroli ~ http://www.leahscarddesigns.com

Thankful Thursday Mother's Day Theme

Hello Everyone!  Welcome to my very first post with the Thankful Thursday Design Team at Crazy About Cricut!  This week we are having fun with Mother's Day projects!  I have to say that my girls are so thrilled about being a part of this DT!  I asked them what they wanted to make for their grandmothers for Mother's Day and they wanted to make them some paper dolls.  I think the grandmommy's will like having a set of dolls at their house!  I thought we would try making them with the Imagine and the Best Friends Cartridge on magnet paper, rather then our regular paper dolls.  Here is what we made!

Middle E was in charge of picking out the dolls.

Oldest E was in charge of picking some backgrounds...

 and she was in charge of the cutting!

She couldn't wait to see them so she was watching the back of the Imagine for them to come out! 

Make sure you use a new mat because otherwise the magnet paper doesn't stick and you'll be hand cutting like we were for one set.  Also, they do not print that brightly on the glossy paper setting.  I ended up printing them on the regular paper setting and they dried ok with no smears! 

Here is what we ended up with!

I had some of these Stampin' Up! tins so I thought they would make a nice house for the dolls.  

There are several different backgrounds... 

and different dolls to play in those backgrounds. 

They can play in their tin... 

or on the fridge... 

and when they are done playing they all pack up neatly in their tin!! 

Products Used:

• Best Friends Imagine Cartridge
• Staples Brand Magnet Paper (You can also find it in an Avery brand)
• Stampin' Up! Tins
• Miscellaneous buttons and knick knacks from my stash
• Lots of Love!!

My girls and I had so much fun making these and I know they will bring hours of fun with their Mammy and Nokomis!  

We have an awesome prize this month at Thankful Thursday!  It is a Post-it prize pack so make sure you head over to Crazy About Cricut, check out the other wonderful DT projects and link up your family project for Mother's Day!  Thank you so much for stopping by!



My Craft Spot Monday Challenge #6

Mother's Day is this weekend so of course we are honoring the Mom's in our lives this week at My Craft Spot!  The Monday Challenge this week is We Love You Mom!  It can be a card, a gift or whatever you would like to create to show a Mom that you love her!  Here is my Mother's Day creation!

I cut the watering can from Kate's ABCs and made it into a little gift box.  I used the Gypsy to weld the word Mom into the can.

There are metal wires attached on the inside layer to give the flowers the support they needed to stand.

I cut a second watering can and added a box similar to my Thanks a Melon project.  My Little E's picked out flower seed packets to fill the watering can. 

Here is the close up of the stamp and the details of the watering can.  The stamp is from MCS Sweet Sentiments Set #1.  Click (Here) to shop all of the My Craft Spot Clear Stamps.  The ribbon is Vintage Style Hand Dyed Crinkle Ribbon and is also from MCS.  There are so many gorgeous colors to choose from and you can click (Here) to see them all!

Products Used:

• American Crafts Cardstock
• Kate's ABC Cricut Cartridge
• My Craft Spot Sweet Sentiments #1 Stamp Set
• My Craft Spot Hand Dyed Crinkle Ribbon
• My Craft Spot Baker's Twine
• Signo White Gel Pen

Other Challenges:
FCCB Challenge Me Monday #58 Flower Shower
Die Cuttin Divas #12 Mother's Day is on the Way
Cooking with Cricut C-27 Spring Flowers
Whimsical Wednesday #3 Spring has Sprung in our Homes
Creative Cutter Room Design Time Thurs Mother's Day Gift Ideas
GAB #13 Any 3D Project
Creative Sisters Monday Challenge #7 May Flowers

I hope you will join us this week for our "We Love You Mom" Monday Challenge at My Craft Spot and  make sure you check out the rest of the Design Teams wonderful creations!  Kimberly has a fabulous prize for the lucky randomly drawn winner this week. 

Link up your Mother's Day project for your chance to win a set of Crinkle ribbon for you and yes, a second set for your Mom!!  How cool is that!  Thanks for stopping by!

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