GrEat NewS !!!!! YAaaaaaAAyyyy!!!

Gooooood MORNING, EvEryOne !!!! I am so Super Happy !!! I can't believe that I am now a member of the WEEKEND WARRIOR DT !!! Whaaaaat ??? LOL Yes, Tammy @ Creative Critterz Imaginations picked some VERY, VERY talented ladies to make her Creative Critterz Imaginations DT and the Weekend Warriors DT, which will be guest designers on Saturdays. Now, how cool is that !!! These ladies are:

CCI DT:
Karin Adamczyk - http://www.scrappercreations.blogspot.com/ 
Katie Jones - http://www.craftingwithkatie.blogspot.com/ 
Linda Kaiser - http://www.paperboutique.blogspot.com/ 
Misty Kenner - http://www.scrapaloozatx.blogspot.com/ 
Jessie Lee - http://www.scrappyjess.blogspot.com/ 
Edna McGreevy - http://www.expressionbypinke.blogspot.com/ 
Erin Morgan - http://www.imagineandcompany.blogspot.com/ 
SammyeJo Singer - http://www.62cards.blogspot.com/ 



WW DT:
Carrie Green - http://www.thegreenbeanscrafterole.blogspot.com/
Samantha Strachan - http://www.thescrapmaster.blogspot.com/  ........... and ME !


So make sure you go check out their blogs for some great inspiration. Becoming a "FOLLOWER" will be very appreciated.


THANK YOU,  TAMMY !!!!!

30 DaYS Of GiFt MaKinG: DAY 2 - "Blessings" Autumn Wreath with Pie Shaped Plaque

HI everyone !!!! Welcome to 30 Days of Gift Making blog hop: DAY 2 !!! Don't you think that Jill's project was cute and, oh so meaningful ! ... loved it! If you haven't seen it, click here. Her project was the first of the 30 gift making ideas you will see on this special blog hop which Jill is hosting.

My gift is for my oldest daughter Cindy (not that it will be the only one she will be getting lol). Last year I made the most beautiful autumn wreath for my door and she loved it. As usual, she asked me to make one for her and as usual, I said: "Sure!" :) I ended up not making it but, this year I made it up to her big time; her wreath is much prettier and has more elements than mine Yaaay (...feeling less guilty!) lol 

Most of the instructions will be illustrated step by step through pictures. You can use the instructions to make Christmas wreaths or any other theme wreath.

• These are the materials that I used for the wreath: vine wreath - spray of maple leaves - spray of sunflowers - raffia - florist wire (wrapped) - glue gun - masking tape - ribbon for a bow.

Lets do it:

• Cut the raffia into bunches of app. 6 inches long. Tie the bottom of the bunches with floral wire and cover the wired part with masking tape.

• Cut apart the spray of maple leaves leaving a stem app. 1 1/2 inches long. (this part of the stem is what you will insert and glue into the vine wreath). 
• Separate the spray of maple leaves that have the "berries" from the plain ones. Start arranging the ones with the "berries" all in the same direction. When satisfied with the arrangement, glue them down with the glue stick. DO NOT GLUE ANYTHING BEFORE FIRST CHECKING IF YOU ARE COMPLETELY SATISFIED WITH THE ARRANGEMENT!

• Arrange the "plain" leaves spray halfway under the ones with the "berries". When happy with how they look, glue them to the wreath. ALL COMPONENTS OF THE WREATH SHOULD BE PLACED FOLLOWING THE SAME DIRECTION. (All clockwise or all counterclockwise).

• Glue the raffia bunches halfway  under the plain leaf sprays and gently fan them out.
• Cut sunflowers leaving a piece of stem app. 1 inch long and glue to the wreath where you wish.
•  Make a bow with the ribbon and add to the bottom, a little off center.

Make a chipboard pie plaque.

• Materials:
• cartridges used: From My Kitchen (pie); Lyrical Letters (font) - chipboard - pattern paper - Mod Podge - 2 eyelets - chain (lightweight) - 4 big jump rings

Lets do it: 

• cut chipboard shape twice and glue together for sturdiness. 
• Glue pattern paper to chipboard with Mod Podge (Plaid). 
• Add message on "pie". The message reads: BENDICIONES ,which is the spanish word for BLESSINGS.

• When completely dry, cover the front and back of "pie" with Mod Podge. Let dry. 
• Add 2 eyelets. Attach a chain with jump rings to the eyelets. 
• Hang the completed piece to the inside top of the wreath.

And don't forget tomorrow: 30 Days of Gift Making: DAY 3 !!!! Who ??? Where ??? It's KELLY at http://kellyjoskreations.com/ I will see you there !!!! :) HaPPy CraFtiNG !!!

Here is a list of the participating blogs:

 http://thecreativestamperspot.blogspot.com/
Nov. 1: Jill ~ http://TheScrapoholic.blogspot.com/  

Imagine Nation Mondays Challenge: Home For the Holidays card

OMG !!! Have you noticed how close we are to Christmas !!! I remember when back in July I told all of you that the Holidays were around the corner and look ... only 7 more days left to Halloween !!! ..and I am already behind on my crafting !

This Holiday season will be bitter sweet for me. One of my sons decided to join the ARMY and will be leaving home November 17th :( I will be making 2 Thanksgiving dinners: one before the 17th and one the day it's supposed to be.

I LOVE MY IMAGINE !!!! So, I had to make something for Imagine Nation Mondays with Emma and Sarah. To check out their amazing blogs go to Emma's  here and to Sarah's here.

• For my project I used the Snow Angel cartridge. This cartridge is sooooooooooo beautiful. It has so many images and each layer can be a project on its own. And don't even get me started on the "patterns" ... absolutely breathtaking :)

• The snow on the roof, all windows, window shutters and the door are layers.

• I added Stickles and rhinestones to make the card Christmas sparkly LOL.
• The pattern paper on the back of the house is from the same cartridge.

The sentiments are  from Pink by Design and the name of the set is: Chistmas Wishes.

• View of the inside of the card.

Funmare Before Halloween blog Candy Winner and a quick Halloween Project.

The Funmare Before Halloween blog candy winner is: JEN with her comment: "Love it ! Fantastic job."

She gets a $15.00 gift card from Oh My Crafts !!!

I wanted to share with you this simple project that I also made for my grandson's day care. They are little children in Halloween costumes. There are 5 boys and 6 girls, just like there are in Santiago's class room. These were made as wall decorations.

Cartridge used: Paper Doll Dress Up (pages 68, 69, 70)

• cut shapes at 9 inches
• Add a little blush to cheeks
• HAVE FUN DRESSING UP YOUR DOLLS !!!!

Monster Mash Blog Candy Winner and Quick Halloween Project.

The Monster Mash blog candy winner is: TARA with her comment: "I love seeing what people have done..."
She gets a $15.00 gift card from Oh My Crafts !!!

I wanted to share with you this simple project that I also made for my grandson's day care. They are little children in Halloween costumes. There are 5 boys and 6 girls, just like there are in Santiago's class room. These were made as wall decorations.

Cartridge used: Paper Doll Dress Up  (pages 68, 69, 70)

• cut shapes at 9 inches
• Add a little blush to cheeks
• HAVE FUN DRESSING Up YOUR DOLLS !!!!

FunMare BefOre HaLloWeeN Blog Hop: Non-scary Halloween for toddlers

Hello everyone and welcome to the FunMarE BefOre HaLloWeeN blog hop. You must be arriving here from Madison's at http://www.funkycards.blogspot.com/. The party starts at Jessica's at www.kinderstampo.com/. She told me that if you get lost on the hop, you can go back to her and she will show you the way, or you can check the blog list at the end of my post and, I too can help you get back on track LOL. For this hop, I thought I'd share with you some of the things I am making for my grandson's day care. I will also be making some "non-scary" Halloween cupcakes but, that will be in 2 weeks :)

If the other 10 little ones at the day care (oldest one 29 months) are as scared of Halloween ghosts and masks as my grandson Santiago is, I better play it safe and make this the NON-SCARIEST Halloween ever !!! Gosh, they are so cute at that age !!!

How I made the Non-Scary invites:

• From the Paper Doll Dress Up(PDDU) cartridge, cut out 2 "Trick or Treat" bags form page 52, at 4 1/2 inches with the Real Dial button on.

• Cut a strip of paper 2 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches and fold in half. Glue the bags to the strip of paper to make the front and back of the invitation.

• 
  Cut a bat from PDDU cartridge, page 53. Outline the details with a white pen and make eyes with red Stickles.Write Trick or Treat (over the scored marks). Ink edges. Add bat. Add a ribbon with a simple tag... There you go... cute invite !!!

How I made the Non-Scary Halloween treat bags:

• Cut from a cartidge or punch out an orange scalloped circle. Punch two small holes close together on the center. Cut or punch out a smaller circle and cut a ghost shape from PDDU cartridge.

• Thread a thin ribbon through the hole and make a doble knot.

• Tie tightly to bag with candy. Using this method, it is safe for a child to handle the bag, because no staples were used.

• attach the ghost shape to smaller circle with 3D dots.
• Glue to orange circle.

How I made the Non-Scary Halloween tray:

• Start with a wooden tray

• Paint the bottom and borders with black acrylic paint

• Paint interior sides(with handles) of tray orange and exterior sides (with handles) purple. Glue pattern paper to the rest of the sides with Mod Podge or similar product.

• Cut out different size pumpkins and ghosts from PDDU


• Ink and decorate

If you leave a comment at the bottom of this blog post, you will be elegible for a drawing of a $15.00 gift card from Oh My Crafts. The winner will be chosen on Tuesday and announced on Wednesday. PLEASE LEAVE YOUR EMAIL ON THE COMMENT SO THAT I CAN REACH YOU IF YOU WIN.

Now, hop on to Meighen's blog at http://scrappin3rdeeschik.blogspot.com/ and check out the amazing project she has to share with you.

Here is the list of the blogs (just in case you get lost LOL)

Jess- www.kinderstampo.com/
Cheri - http://graphicatcreations.blogspot.com/
Cheryl - http://cheryl-gibson.blogspot.com/
Christine- http://chrisscreations.blogspot.com/
Debbie-  http://craftydeb-ddscrafts.blogspot.com/
Iva- http://ivarai.com/

Jessica Baker- http://thatzuneek.blogspot.com/

Linda- http://www.krazyquilling.com/

Liz- http://lizspaperloft.blogspot.com/

Madison- http://www.funkycards.blogspot.com/  

Martha- http://dreamofcrafting.blogspot.com/ THAT'S ME !!!

Meighen- http://scrappin3rdeeschik.blogspot.com/ 

Melanie- http://scrappymel.blogspot.com/  

Nicki- http://canadiannickelscrapn.blogspot.com/    

Shelley- http://heartstring-designs.blogspot.com/

Tammy- http://scrappycritters.blogspot.com/ 

Jess- www.kinderstampo.com/

Monster Mash blog hop: Monster MAG-ness with Cricut Imagine !!!

Hello there !!! I hope you got here from http://www.scrapbookaholic.blogspot.com/  because that would mean you are on the right track! LOL. Halloween is one of my favorite Holidays: love the colors, the magic, the weather, the fun ... the treats. This hop is a real challenge, because I was asked to create a Halloween craft with my Cricut Imagine and at this moment there is not a single Imagine cartridge with a Halloween theme. So, since the Cricut Imagine accepts cartridges designed for the Cricut Expression I took those cartridges and installed them into my Imagine. I worked the shapes by coloring them with the colors and patterns of my Imagine cartridges, as I will illustrate shortly. And let me tell you: THE IMAGINE MADE THIS PROJECT SO MUCH FUN AND EASY !!! THE IMAGINE ROCKS !
When making crafts out of cardstock, I like to make things that will last. The craft I made for today's blog hop is a set of monsters that have a magnet on the back (hence the name Monster MAG-ness), so that you can use them on your refrigerator door or any other place you wish to decorate with them.

What did I use to make my Monster magnets ???

• chipboard (I used recycled one from cereal boxes)
• Cricut cartridge Paper Doll Dress Up (PDDU)
• Imagine cartridge Imagine More
• white cardstock from DCWV
• magnets
• liquid glue
• Cricut Expression to cut the chipboard
• Cricut Imagine to color the cut shapes
• Peachy Keen Stamps
• brown ink pad
• Stickles
• googly eyes

Lets do it ! :

• Cut your chipboard shapes on your Cricut Expression, using Multicut (3X)

• glue togetter two chipboard shapes if the cut out shape is to flimsy.
• First, insert your Imagine cartridge into the Imagine. Once the machine has accepted it, insert the "regular" cartridge.

• Select the images you want to cut from the PDDU cartridge.
• Now, select the little icon that will take you to use the Imagine More cartridge, from which you will add color to your shapes.

• Select the image you want to EDIT.

• This image will show up and you will tap on the "pencil" image. Now, choose your size, color, etc.

• Once on the "MAT SCREEN" tap on the images layed out on the mat for further editing. In this occasion, I tapped the copy symbol, as seen in the picture. It takes a few seconds, but it will make an identical copy of the shape selected.


• This is how my first images came out.

• How cool is this??? This are most of the cuts I needed for my project, as I am making extra Monster magnets to give away. SUPER fast, SUPER fun and, SUPER easy. I LOVE MY CRICUT IMAGINE !!!!

• Cover the chipboard cut shapes with the colored shapes made on the Imagine.
• Stamp faces with Peachy Keen Stamps

• HAVE FUN DRESSING UP YOUR MONSTERS !!! ... And glue a round magnet on the back. Look at what my Monster magnet is holding on my refrigerator !!! LOL

BLog CaNdY: Leave a comment at the end of my post and, you will have the chance to win a $15.00 gift card from Oh My Crafts. This winner will be chosen Wednesday and the name published Thursday. PLEASE LEAVE YOUR EMAIL SO THAT I HAVE A WAY TO CONTACT YOU.

BLOG CANDY GRAND PRIZE: Scrap' n Tote  (link with product info: http://cricutcartridgestorage.com/) For this prize, you must leave a comment on each blog.

Ok. So now run to see what's waiting for you over at http://pausedreamenjoy.blogspot.com/ !!!!

Here is the list of all the Super cool, talented ladies taking part on this blog hop. It is kind of a map in case you get lost.




http://www.crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/ Host of this blog hop.
http://thescrapbookingqueen.blogspot.com/
http://neverfullpricescrapbooking.blogspot.com/
http://almabrooksblog.blogspot.com/
http://staceyscreativecorner.blogspot.com/
http://thescrapoholic.blogspot.com/
http://www.scrapbookaholic.blogspot.com/
http://dreamofcrafting.blogspot.com/ THAT'S ME !!!!
http://pausedreamenjoy.blogspot.com/
http://thecreativestamperspot.blogspot.com/
http://www.scrappingsweets.blogspot.com/