What I'm Thankful for Blog Hop day 2

Welcome to the "What I Am Thankful For" Blog Hop. This hop is scheduled from Nov. 4 at 8:00 am through Nov. 5 at 11:00 pm (central time).

If you just happened to come to this blog, you are at the beginning with Lisa Peters http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/.

We're so excited to be doing this hop and we ...have a fabulous lineup with some very talented ladies. There will be lots of fun projects, along with some great blog candy, and a great grand prize for this hop.

The hop is a 2 day hop so you will have plenty of time to make it through the whole hop lineup twice. Check out each blog and see what blog candy you can win at the individual stops. Please come back both days to see great projects.

Here is the complete lineup:
Lisa http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/
Ashley http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com
Jamie http://myamusinglife.blogspot.com
Cathie http://cathiescafe-scraphappy.blogspot.com/
April http://www.curlsandgrins.blogspot.com/
Sherry B http://www.patternsbysher.blogspot.com
Anita http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com
Gina http://californiascrappin-gcinderella21.blogspot.com/
Amy http://www.lovetocrop.com
Janet http://www.createatdreamscrapbooks.blogspot.com/
Shawnee http://www.blessedonthebrightside.com
Rachelle http://www.creationsbyrachelle.blogspot.com
Amber http://pixiperfectcreations.blogspot.com/
Barbara http://barbarab3.blogspot.com
Sherry W http://www.upordowntheyrebeautiful.blogspot.com/
Christina http://cema1cema.blogspot.com
Linda http://lindascreativity.blogspot.com
Theresa http://www.thescrapbookingqueen.com
Vicki http://mawmawsthoughts.blogspot.com/
Suzanne http://cricutcraftingrammy.blogspot.com/

So for day 2 I decided to do another scrapbook page.  Going with the Theme that I never have pictures of Thanksgiving I decided I would do one of all the great cooking!  I thought I would take some pictures of preparing for dinner. 
I used 4 cartridges for this scrapbook page.  Forever Young, From my Kitchen, Doodle Charms, and Gypsy font.  I used my gypsy, black, white, patterened, pink, & brown cardstock.  My black pen, white galaxy marker, and adheisive and pop dots. 
The "mom" was cut from Forever young at 5".  The Apron was cut from From my Kitchen at 2 1/2". This one I had to cut a couple of times to get the size to match up with the "mom".  The stove was cut from From My Kitchen at 2 1/2" (also cut a few times for sizing).  The turkey was cut from Doodle Charms at 1" and it too had to be cut a couple of times to get the right sizing.  "Its Turkey Time" was cut from Gypsy wanderings and welded together at about 3".  After I layered the Mom's clothes and apron I put pop dots on her.  I also used pop dots on the turkey to make it stand out a bit.

I really love the Forever Young cartridge, you can do so much with it!  I hope you like my page!

Don't forget to be eligible for the grand prize, you must visit each blog, leave a comment and then become a follower of every participant in this hop. You also MUST visit Lisa's blog and leave a comment on Lisa's blog for the day and also become a follower at "Scrapping With Lisa" and her facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Scrapping-with-Lisa/130882060268842. Please let Lisa know if you don't do facebook and She won't count that against you for the blog candy. Now for the blog candy, I bet you are wondering what it could be. It will be a grab bag full of goodies.

Hope you are getting inspired with new ideas along the way!  Thanks for stopping by! ~Christina~
On to your next stop: Linda http://lindascreativity.blogspot.com

What I Am Thankful For blog hop day 1

Welcome to the "What I Am Thankful For" Blog Hop. This hop is scheduled from Nov. 4 at 8:00 am through Nov. 5 at 11:00 pm (central time).

If you just happened to come to this blog, you are at the beginning with Lisa Peters http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/.

We're so excited to be doing this hop and we ...have a fabulous lineup with some very talented ladies. There will be lots of fun projects, along with some great blog candy, and a great grand prize for this hop.

The hop is a 2 day hop so you will have plenty of time to make it through the whole hop lineup twice. Check out each blog and see what blog candy you can win at the individual stops. Please come back both days to see great projects.

Here is the complete lineup:
Lisa  http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/
Ashley  http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com
Jamie  http://myamusinglife.blogspot.com
Cathie  http://cathiescafe-scraphappy.blogspot.com/
April  http://www.curlsandgrins.blogspot.com/
Sherry B  http://www.patternsbysher.blogspot.com
Anita   http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com
Gina  http://californiascrappin-gcinderella21.blogspot.com/
Amy  http://www.lovetocrop.com
Janet  http://www.createatdreamscrapbooks.blogspot.com/
Shawnee  http://www.blessedonthebrightside.com
Rachelle  http://www.creationsbyrachelle.blogspot.com
Amber http://pixiperfectcreations.blogspot.com/
Barbara http://barbarab3.blogspot.com
Sherry W http://www.upordowntheyrebeautiful.blogspot.com/
Christina http://cema1cema.blogspot.com
Linda http://lindascreativity.blogspot.com
Theresa http://www.thescrapbookingqueen.com
Vicki http://mawmawsthoughts.blogspot.com/
Suzanne http://cricutcraftingrammy.blogspot.com/

For my day 1 project I wanted to do a simple scrapbook page.  I never seem to get a picture of my whole family at Thanksgiving.  I am usually busy cooking.  I decided if I make a scrapbook page then I would have to at least get a couple of pictures.  I am very Thankful for my family!
I used The Desginers Calendar, and Gypsy wanderings cricut cartridges.  Navy, striped, white, brown, black and red scrapbooking paper. I used my gypsy, white galaxy marker, red stickles, and star dust stickles. 

 I cut the "Family" from gypsy wanderings cartridge at 3 1/2", the "Give Thanks" from the  Designer's Calendar at 4", and the Pilgrim hat from Designer's Calendar at 3 1/2".  I cut 2 frames from the striped paper.  Stickled the G and E, and the T and S with the xmas red stickles.  I also stickled the buckle on the hat with the stardust stickles. 

To be eligible for the grand prize, you must visit each blog, leave a comment and then become a follower of every participant in this hop. You also MUST visit Lisa's blog and leave a comment on Lisa's blog for the day and also become a follower at "Scrapping With Lisa" and her facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Scrapping-with-Lisa/130882060268842.   Please let Lisa know if you don't do facebook and She won't count that against you for the blog candy. Now for the blog candy, I bet you are wondering what it could be. It will be a grab bag full of goodies.

Thanks for taking a look at my project!  Don't forget to come back tomorrow to see my other project, and all of the other great projects! ~Christina~
 Now on to your next stop: Linda http://lindascreativity.blogspot.com

Made it myself Monday!

Hi!!  I'm so excited to share a project for Made It Myself Monday's  on You Had Me At Craft's blog!

Happy Halloween Everyone!  Here is my project:

I used my Mini Monster's Cricut cartridge page 42 the ghosts cut at 2 3/4", black pen, googly eyes, white cardstock, and adhesive.

I love to make treat bag toppers, I'm just showing the ghost that I made for the bags.  I forgot to take a picture of the finished bags!  These were really easy to make for a large class.

Thanks for stopping by! ~Christina~

The Great Pumpkin Blog Hop! Day 1

This is a TWO-DAY blog HOP, and it is all about the pumpkins!! From cards and layouts to awesome 3D projects, you'll enjoy a collection of fabulous ideas from some fabulously creative friends!! Be sure to stop on by for each day of the hop as there will be NEW ideas on Saturday AND Sunday!! You won't want to miss a thing!! Prizes will be offered for visitors of DAY ONE and visitors of DAY TWO, but A GRAND PRIZE will be offered to those who choose to hop and comment on BOTH DAYS!! :) Hope to see you there!!

The official hop start times are as follows (you can join in on the hop anytime after the start time -- The GRAND PRIZE opportunity will be open until WEDNESDAY, November 2nd):

3am Alaska
4am Pacific
5am Mountain
6am Central
7am Eastern

Hello, and WELCOME to the The GREAT PUMPKIN Blog Hop!! We're so excited that you could join us for this WONDERFUL two-day hop!! Please be sure to visit BOTH days for maximum ideas, maximum FUN, and maximum chances to WIN!! Our hostess, Amy at: http://www.lovetocrop.com  has some SUPER prizes for a few hoppers, so be sure to check out all of those details on her blog!!

If you have hopped here from  Jessica ~ http://thecreativestamperspot.blogspot.com,  then you have arrived at the perfect spot in the pumpkin patch!! If you are just popping in to visit, please take a trip back to Amy's Blog ( http://www.lovetocrop.com ) to start at the beginning -- with all the pumpkins in the patch, you'll want to be sure to see them all!!

I love pumpkins!!  For my project I created toppers for treat bags for my son's class for his Birthday which is on Halloween!

I used the Mini monsters Cricut cartridge, orange paper, green paper, black paper, google eyes, and a white souffle pen from sakura & my favorite adhesive and glue dots.

I cut the pumpkin and the mouth and leaf topper at 2 1/2".  I then used the Souffle pen to color in the the teeth.  I could have used white cardstock, but I really have a hard time with little pieces so I thought I would give this a try.  When coloring in the teeth the white was light at first but as it dried it turned out great!! Just what I wanted!!

Next I glued everything down.  I decided to use the Souffle pen to color in the white part of the outside of one of the eyes too because I didn't want to cut it out of cardstock.  I was not disappointed in this either!!

Here are the finished pumpkins! I love how they turned out! Now to buy more candy! My family ate all the candy I bought for the treat bags! You would think I would learn this lesson because it happens every year!  Hope you liked my project! Thanks for coming by and please hop on! There are a lot more great projects!  ~ Christina~

Now on to your next stop!   Brenda ~ http://createbyburffrau.blogspot.com/

If you get lost along the way here is the complete line up:

1. Amy ~ http://www.lovetocrop.com/
2. Melissa ~ http://acreativejourneywithmelissa.blogspot.com/
3. Ashley ~ http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com
4. Anita ~ http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com/
5. Nancy ~ http://blog.fancywithnancy.com/
6. Shannon ~ http://www.purplelionpaper.com/blog
7. Amber ~ http://pixiperfectcreations.blogspot.com
8. Linda ~ http://www.lindascreativity.blogspot.com/
10. Colleen ~ http://www.cbcscrapbooking.blogspot.com
11. Jennifer ~ www.craftycardgallery.blogspot.com
12. Lisa ~ http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com
13. Nicolette ~ www.beyondscrapin.blogspot.com
14. April ~ http://www.curlsandgrins.blogspot.com
15. Theresa ~ www.thescrapbookingqueen.com
16. Jessica ~ http://thecreativestamperspot.blogspot.com
18. Christina ~ http://cema1cema.blogspot.com (SATURDAY ONLY -- )
19. Brenda ~ http://createbyburffrau.blogspot.com/
20. Jamie ~ http://myamusinglife.blogspot.com/
21. Maria ~ http://www.mdcraftcorner.blogspot.com/
22. Sherry ~ http://www.patternsbysher.blogspot.com

I love to craft!!

Hi my friends! I love to make gifts to give away! (When I find the time!)  One of my friends just had a beautiful baby boy and I knew that I wanted to make something for him!
I really like making shirts and cutting fabric with the cricut.
Here is a list of the supplies I used:
1 blue onsie (bought it at Hobby Lobby), white fabric, green fabric, brown fabric, tan fabric, wonder under, hot iron, deep cutting blade, and my Create a critter cartridge.
For the card: white cardstock, green cardstock, brown cardstock, tan cardstock, blue cardstock & pop dots.
I layered blue cardstock on my white card I made from the white cardstock.
I made the monkey for the card first because I wanted to make sure all the colors worked well together. I cut the monkey at 3 1/2" from Create a critter on page 46. I also cut the vine from that page. Layered the monkey and added pop dots on the back. Stuck the vine down first then added the monkey.

I then ironed 6 x 6 squares of each color of fabric to my wonder under then placed each one on my sticky 12 x 12 cricut mat.  For this project I had to use the deep cutting blade because some of my fabric was pretty thin and the regular blade tore the fabric. Using the same method I have used before: pressure high, speed low I cut each layer.  I cut the monkey and vine at 3 1/2" also.  I then ironed on the vine first, then the dark brown layer, the white layer and last the tan layer.  I think it turned out pretty cute!  Thanks for visiting!  Christina

My Cricut Craftroom's Fall Favorites Blog Hop Day 2!!

Welcome to My Cricut Craft Room's Fall Favoites Blog Hop! This is a two day hop! Today is day 2!!
You should have started at http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/ if not please start at the beginning.

Thank you for coming back to see the rest of my project! If you are just joining the Hop make sure you start with Day 1 to see all the great projects!  Thank you for all the wonderful comments and new followers welcome! 
I really love making scrapbook pages, although I never know what pictures I am going to use and sometimes I have to squeeze in more pictures because I tend to take a lot!
Here is the list of supplies I used to make the scrapbook pages:  Martha Stewarts Drippy Goo punch, American Crafts Creepy phrases stickers (the saying), black cardstock, Imaginisce Hallowhimsy glimmer paper pad (the striped paper), adhesive and glue pop dots & my mummy, and witch cuts from yesterday.

First I cut some paper to mat my photo's on and cut the bottom with the Martha Stewart punch. Then I added my saying to one of the mats, and placed everything on my 12 X 12 striped paper.  I really love the colors in this paper!! Here is a picture of both pages together:

Here are the pictures of each individual page:

Here is the second page:

I hope you liked my pages!  Now on to your next stop:

Amy http://scrapthissavethat.blogspot.com/

In case you loose your way here is the complete hop list, Happy Hopping!!

Erica http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/
Yvette http://gammascreativecorner.blogspot.com/
Samantha http://samanthascricutcreations.blogspot.com/
Shelly http://kccroppers.blogspot.com/
Gayle http://gscraptime.blogspot.com
Erica’s project http://ericascraftroom.blogspot.com/2011/10/my-creation-for-this-weekend.html Connie http://conniescraftycloset.blogspot.com/
Lori http://www.scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/
Christina Capps http://www.cema1cema.blogspot.com/ you are here
Amy http://scrapthissavethat.blogspot.com/ next
Erica’s Blog Candy http://ericasblogcandy.blogspot.com/

My Cricut Craftroom's Fall Favorites Blog Hop!!

Welcome to My Cricut Craft Room's Fall Favoites Blog Hop! This is a two day hop!
You should have started at http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/ if not please start at the beginning.

I love fall! Halloween is one of my favorite times!  Today I am going to show you a couple of projects using the Cricut Cartridge Happy Hauntings. It is one of my favorite cartridges!!  I will show you a couple of the cuts and how I put them together.  Here is my first cut:   

This is the mummy from page 32.  I cut him out @ 4 1/2" of black paper first then I cut him out of green paper at 4 1/2" also cutting out the extra arm.  I added a foam pop dot to the extra arm. Next I chalked him around the edges with some black Stampin Up! chalk and added red stickles to his eyes. Here is the picture of  Mr. Mummy finished:

For my next cut I used the Witch on page 34 of  Happy Hauntings.

I cut her out at 4 3/4" from purple and black.  I actually cut the black 3 times to use her hair in different places.  I cut her face out of green cardstock, and the bottom of the broom in yellow.  I layered 1 black witch on top of the purple one, then cut the body, hair, and hat from another witch.  Added a pop dot to the body and the hat and glued on both cuts of hair to her.  I then used black chalk around her edges.  I used a white gel pen on her eye and red stickles too.  I'm really loving stickles!   Here is the finished witch:  

Please check back tomorrow and I will have both of my projects made into a 2 page layout.  Thanks for stopping by!!  Now on to your next stop! 

Amy   http://scrapthissavethat.blogspot.com/

  In case you loose your way here is the complete hop list, Happy Hopping!!

Erica  http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/
Yvette  http://gammascreativecorner.blogspot.com/
Samantha   http://samanthascricutcreations.blogspot.com/
Shelly   http://kccroppers.blogspot.com/
Gayle   http://gscraptime.blogspot.com
Erica’s project  http://ericascraftroom.blogspot.com/2011/10/my-creation-for-this-weekend.html Connie http://conniescraftycloset.blogspot.com/
Lori  http://www.scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/
Christina Capps  http://www.cema1cema.blogspot.com/  you are here
Amy  http://scrapthissavethat.blogspot.com/   next
Erica’s Blog Candy  http://ericasblogcandy.blogspot.com/

What I love about Halloween/Fall Blog Hop Day 2

Welcome to the What I Love About Fall/Halloween Blog Hop. This hop is scheduled from Oct. 7 at 8:00 am through Oct.8 at 11:00 pm(central time).

If you just happened to come to this blog, you can start at the beginning with Lisa Peters http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com . If you just came from Sherry's  blog:  http://www.upordowntheyrebeautiful.blogspot.com/ , then you are in the right spot!

We're so e...xcited to be doing this hop and we have a fabulous lineup with some very talented ladies. There will be lots of fun projects, along with some great blog candy, and a great grand prize for this hop.

The hop is a 2 day hop so you will have plenty of time to make it through the whole hop lineup twice. Check out each blog and see what blog candy you can win at the individual stops. Please come back both days to see great projects.

Here is the complete lineup:

Lisa- http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/
Lisa Pontious ~ http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/
Kristy ~ http://scraptasticalkreations.blogspot.com
April http://curlsandgrins.blogspot.com
Jamie - http://myamusinglife.blogspot.com
Anita-- http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com
Sher B http://www.patternsbysher.blogspot.com
Amy http://www.lovetocrop.com
Gina http://californiascrappin-gcinderella21.blogspot.com/
Dena http://missdjones.blogspot.com/
Melinda http://thepaperthumb.blogspot.com
Shannon http://www.purplelionpaper.com/blog
Janet http://createatdreamscrapbooks.blogspot.com/
Tammy http://tampatha.wordpress.com
Barbara http://barbarab3.blogspot.com/
Sherry ~ http://www.upordowntheyrebeautiful.blogspot.com/
Christina http://cema1cema.blogspot.com
Kari http://purplefuntastickcreations.blogspot.com/
Theresa: http://www.thescrapbookingqueen.com
Vicki http://mawmawsthoughts.blogspot.com/
Mandie http://mandiesscrappin.blogspot.com/
Suzanne www.cricutcraftingrammy.blogspot.com/
Jearise http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com/


To be eligible for the grand prize, you must visit each blog and leave a comment. You also MUST visit Lisa's blog and leave a comment on Lisa's blog for the day and also become a follower at "Scrapping With Lisa" and her facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Scrapping-with-Lisa/130882060268842 . Please let her know if you don't do facebook and she won't count that against you for the blog candy. Now for the blog candy, Lisa has a great grab bag full of goodies.
Thanks for coming to day 2 of our Hop!!  Today's post is more die cuts to use for scrapbooking, cards, to decorate treat bags, etc.   Some of my pictures didn't save on my camera like I thought so I only have a couple of pictures. Not my usual pictures that I try to have step by step.  Sorry!!
Today I used the Happy Haunting cricut cartridge ( Have I told you how much I LOVE it?), I used black cardstock, purple cardstock, orange, and green cardstock, red stickles, adhesive and large pop dots (the kind the really pop up a project).

I cut the Headless Horseman, and the pumpkin @ 5".  First I cut the purple layer, then the black for the Horseman.  Then I cut the green layer, then the orange layers for the pumpkin.

Then I layered the black on top of the purple.  I layered the orange pumpkin on the green and added red stickles on the horse for his eye, then on the eyes of the pumpkin.  I then attached the pumpkin to the horseman's hand with a large pop dot.

I know you can't see it very well, but the pumpkin looked great with the red eyes!  I can't wait to use it on a scrapbook page.. I love the story of Ichabod Crane!! Soo Spooky!  Happy Halloween everyone!!

                                                             Now on to your next stop!

Kari http://purplefuntastickcreations.blogspot.com

Have a great day and please stop back tomorrow for another great project!

What I love About Halloween/Fall Blog Hop Day 1

Welcome to the What I Love About Fall/Halloween Blog Hop. This hop is scheduled from Oct. 7 at 8:00 am through Oct.8 at 11:00 pm(central time).

If you just happened to come to this blog, you can start at the beginning with Lisa Peters http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com .   If you just came from Sherry's blog: http://www.upordowntheyrebeautiful.blogspot.com/ , then you are in the right spot!

We're so e...xcited to be doing this hop and we have a fabulous lineup with some very talented ladies. There will be lots of fun projects, along with some great blog candy, and a great grand prize for this hop.

The hop is a 2 day hop so you will have plenty of time to make it through the whole hop lineup twice. Check out each blog and see what blog candy you can win at the individual stops. Please come back both days to see great projects.

Here is the complete lineup:

Lisa- http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/
Lisa Pontious ~ http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/
Kristy ~ http://scraptasticalkreations.blogspot.com
April http://curlsandgrins.blogspot.com
Jamie - http://myamusinglife.blogspot.com
Anita-- http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com
Sher B http://www.patternsbysher.blogspot.com
Amy http://www.lovetocrop.com
Gina http://californiascrappin-gcinderella21.blogspot.com/
Dena http://missdjones.blogspot.com/
Melinda http://thepaperthumb.blogspot.com
Shannon http://www.purplelionpaper.com/blog
Janet http://createatdreamscrapbooks.blogspot.com/
Tammy http://tampatha.wordpress.com
Barbara http://barbarab3.blogspot.com/
Sherry ~ http://www.upordowntheyrebeautiful.blogspot.com/
Christina http://cema1cema.blogspot.com
Kari http://purplefuntastickcreations.blogspot.com/
Theresa: http://www.thescrapbookingqueen.com
Vicki http://mawmawsthoughts.blogspot.com/
Mandie http://mandiesscrappin.blogspot.com/
Suzanne http://cricutcraftingrammy.blogspot.com/
Jearise http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com/

                                                                                                  
To be eligible for the grand prize, you must visit each blog and leave a comment. You also MUST visit Lisa's blog and leave a comment on Lisa's blog for the day and also become a follower at "Scrapping With Lisa" and her facebook page:  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Scrapping-with-Lisa/130882060268842 .   Please let her know if you don't do facebook and she won't count that against you for the blog candy. Now for the blog candy, Lisa has a great grab bag full of goodies.

Here is my project for today:  Sorry for some of the blurry pics,  I used my camera on my phone.  Next time I'll use my camera...

I was in a die cut swap and Here was the first project I did.  Supplies:  Mini Monsters cartridge, printed paper, black cardstock, google eyes, red stickles and adhesive.   The spider on the mini monster cartridge has a face on it.  I didn't want my cricut to cut out the face so I used a feature on my gypsy to hide the face before cutting the spider.

                                                                       

The spider was cut at 4" with the printed paper first, then with the black cardstock. 

Next I cut the legs off of the printed paper, and stuck the printed oval onto the black spider cut out.

Last I decorated the spiders with googly eyes and a red stickled mouth.  I think they turned out pretty cute! Thanks for stopping by my blog!

 Now on to your next stop!

Kari   http://purplefuntastickcreations.blogspot.com

Have a great day and please stop back tomorrow for another great project!

Mickey & Friends Blog Hop Day 2

                                                                                                            
Welcome to the first but not last Mickey & Friends Blog Hop. This hop is scheduled from Sept. 29 at 8:00 am through Sept. 30 at 11:00 pm.

If you have come from Janet's blog, you are on the right track. If not and you just happened to come to this blog, you can go back to the beginning HERE: Lisa http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com and hop along with us.

We're so excited to be doing this hop and we have a fa...bulous lineup with some very talented ladies. There will be lots of fun projects, along with some great blog candy, and a great grand prize for this hop.

The hop is a 2 day hop so you will have plenty of time to make it through the whole hop lineup twice. Check out each blog and see what blog candy you can win at the individual stops. Please come back both days to see great projects.

Thank you so much for the wonderful comments on yesterday's post!!  I'm so sorry today I wanted to have a 2 page scrapbook layout done but was only able to have time to do one.  This week is Homecoming for my children and my son wanted me to help him make a super hero costume for one of the days.  It turned out really good if I do say so myself! A no sew project because I am not good with sewing!  I will post those pics later!  For today's project I made a Mulan page.  It is pretty simple, I had planned to do more with the second page.  As I had expressed in yesterday's post I'm not quite good with the paper piecing but I gave it another try again today.
Here is my list of supplies:

My cricut (of course!), Happily Ever After cricut cartridge, various colors of cardstock (some from Stampin Up! some from Archievers, glue stick, black pen and a tool I forgot to mention yesterday which is an excellent thing to have for paper piecing (a pick me up) It is pictured a little further down in my post.                                                                                  
                                                                                         


I cut Mulan out at 5" to start but she was a little small so I went up to 6" and she looked much better! This page is for my daughter, she went to Disney World a couple of weeks ago and we have some great pictures of her with Mulan.  I will post the second page in a couple of days when it is complete. I just wanted to show you what I had done so far!  I didn't get her nose right, the pen I had wasn't fine enough.  I  still think she turned out ok though!! Here are the pictures from the rest of my project:

 Thank you so much for coming back today!! Thanks for the sweet comments and if you are a new follower I really appreciate it!! My mother introduced me to crafting at a young age and I love it!! She has passed away, but I have tried to pass down our love for scrapbooking/crafting to my children! We had many great times together with crafting and scrapbooking!

Here is the complete lineup:

Lisa http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com
Shawnee http://blessedonthebrightside.com
Rachelle http://creationsbyrachelle.blogspot.com
Janet http://createatdreamscrapbooks.blogspot.com
Christina http://cema1cema.blogspot.com < you are here!!
Catarina http://docerelacreations.blogspot.com/ < this is your next stop!!
Shannon http://www.purplelionpaper.com/blog
Lynne http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/
Indira http://craftyhomemade.blogspot.com/
Scrappin http://scrappindhilly.blogspot.com/
Jamie http://myamusinglife.blogspot.com
Suzanne http://cricutcraftingrammyblogspot.com/
Jearise http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com/
Jamie http://jmecreations.blogspot.com
Kristen http://fantabulouslypink.blogspot.com/
Susan http://susanascorner.blogspot.com/
Scrapping with lisa http://www.facebook.com/pages/Scrapping-with-Lisa/130882060268842

There is going to be an overall grand prize sponsored by Lisa from Scrapping with Lisa and she will be the first and last stop in the lineup. In order to qualify for the grand prize, you must leave a comment on every stop in the hop, including Lisa's facebook page. You also must become a follower of my blog and of Scrapping With Lisa on facebook. The grand prize for the blog hop is a nice grab bag full of goodies. You won't be disappointed in this prize.

Your next stop is Catarina http://docerelacreations.blogspot.com/ . Thanks for Hopping with us today!!

Mickey & Friends Blog Hop day 1

Welcome to the first but not last Mickey & Friends Blog Hop. This hop is scheduled from Sept. 29 at 8:00 am through Sept. 30 at 11:00 pm.

If you have come from Janet's blog, you are on the right track. If not and you just happened to come to this blog, you can go back to the beginning HERE: Lisa http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com and hop along with us.

We're so excited to be doing this hop and we have a fa...bulous lineup with some very talented ladies. There will be lots of fun projects, along with some great blog candy, and a great grand prize for this hop.

The hop is a 2 day hop so you will have plenty of time to make it through the whole hop lineup twice. Check out each blog and see what blog candy you can win at the individual stops. Please come back both days to see great projects.

My project for today is a photo holder using a big clothes clip.  I really love these and have made a lot of gifts with them!  They are great for a locker (just glue some magnet material to it), or your desk at work! I have one on my desk!

Here is a list of the materials I used:  A large clothes clip, Happily Ever After cricut cartridge, My Expression, several different colors of cardstock, printed card stock, fibers, large pop dots, my favorite adhesive, rubber cement, blue glitter glue, red stickles, black pen, white gel pen, paper cutter,& corner rounder.
                                                                  

                                                                                                                                                                            First I cut my black, yellow, blue, flesh color, and white card stock and placed them on my cricut mat.  I cut the shadow out in black, then the next layer which was Cinderella on white.  Then her hair, top of her dress, gloves and headband, face and arms/chest. All her pieces were cut at 4 1/2".  I got rid of the earring and eye pieces they were too hard to work with.  Then I started to assemble her here is a picture of some of my layers:   

                                    

I am new to the layers so I was having a hard time with the white spaces between the layers.  I know that you have to use your marker to outline but I was just having a hard time with the way it looked.  After all the layers were put together I did the outlining, used my blue glitter glue to give her blue eyes, and a blue earring.  Next I used the red stickles for her mouth.  After it dried I used the white gel pen to give her a white mouth inside. Next I measured and cut blue polka dot paper and glued it to the front and back of the clothes clip.  I tied white fibers to the sides, and cut a frame so a picture could be added later.  Here is the end product:

Hope you like it!  Thanks for stopping by!

                                                                                                                                                                             

Here is the complete lineup:                               

Lisa http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com
Shawnee http://blessedonthebrightside.com
Rachelle http://creationsbyrachelle.blogspot.com
Janet http://createatdreamscrapbooks.blogspot.com
Christina http://cema1cema.blogspot.com  < you are here!!
Catarina http://docerelacreations.blogspot.com/ < this is your next stop!!
Shannon http://www.purplelionpaper.com/blog
Lynne http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/
Indira http://craftyhomemade.blogspot.com/
Scrappin http://scrappindhilly.blogspot.com/
Jamie http://myamusinglife.blogspot.com
Suzanne http://cricutcraftingrammyblogspot.com/
Jearise http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com/
Jamie http://jmecreations.blogspot.com
Kristen http://fantabulouslypink.blogspot.com/
Susan http://susanascorner.blogspot.com/
Scrapping with lisa http://www.facebook.com/pages/Scrapping-with-Lisa/130882060268842

There is going to be an overall grand prize sponsored by Lisa from Scrapping with Lisa and she will be the first and last stop in the lineup. In order to qualify for the grand prize, you must leave a comment on every stop in the hop, including Lisa's facebook page. You also must become a follower of my blog and of Scrapping With Lisa on facebook. The grand prize for the blog hop is a nice grab bag full of goodies. You won't be disappointed in this prize.

Your next stop is Catarina http://docerelacreations.blogspot.com/ .  Thanks for Hopping with us today!!