Relax & Unwind Mummy Treat Bag

Hi crafty friends!

Happy Thursday!

This week the Joy's Life design team is showing you Halloween Bags

and of course those awesome Joy's Life Stamps!

Here is the bag that I created:

I cut my bag out of the Plantin Schoolbook Cricut Cartridge at 7" and the mummy out of the 

Happy Hauntings Cricut Cartridge at 3.75".

I inked around the mummy using some gray ink to give a little more dimension and popped him up with some foam adhesive on top of the black layer of my bag that was embossed with a spider web embossing folder. I added some Rumple Ribbon to the top left side of the handle.

Of course, I had to finish my bag off with that adorable sentiment from the

Halloween Puns stamp set:

Isn't that perfect for all your mummy-licious Halloween projects??

Look at all the rest of the fabulous sayings on the 

Halloween Puns stamp set:

You can see all of Joy's Products at her store by clicking HERE

Don't forget to check out the Joy's Life Design Team blog for daily inspiration!

Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a look at my latest creation!

I really appreciate it!

I hope you have a fabulous crafty day!

*I created this project while on the Joy's Life Design Team*

Supplies:

Joy's Life Products:

Halloween Puns Stamp Set (Joy's Life)

Other Products:

Cricut Cartridges: Plantin Schoolbook & Happy Hauntings

Cardstock: Black & Gray (Recollections), White (Georgia Pacific)

Ink: London Fog & Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Embossing Folder: A2 Spider Web (The Paper Studio)

Ribbon: Edgy Halloween Rumple Ribbon (LoveBug Creations)

Punches: Word Window & Modern Label (SU!), Corner Chomper (We R  Memory Keepers)

Misc.: Foam Adhesive (SU!), Pearls (Queen & Co.)

This Calls For Chocolate!

Hi everyone!

Happy Monday! I hope you all had a great weekend with lots of crafty time :)

Today I get to share with you another fun project showcasing those awesome Joy's Life Stamps.

This week the design team has been showing projects that incorporate a tag in some way.

I decided to make a fun little birthday gift using a recycled frappachino jar.

A view from the top:

For my project, I reused a frappachino jar. After I cleaned it really good, I filled it with some chocolate candies. I wrapped my jar with some fun papers from TPC Studios. I then decorated the lid using the same papers and my circle punches/dies. I fussy cut a little birthday gift from the patterned paper and applied that to the lid as well. I added a tulle bow and a cute little tag using this awesome sentiment from the Tag You're It Set 2 set from Joy's Life Stamps:

My tag was cut from the Plantin Schoolbook Cricut cartridge at 2.5".

Super cute huh? and who doesn't love chocolate!

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today and taking a look at my latest creation!

I really appreciate it!

Head over to the Joy's Life DT blog to see more inspiration using tags on your projects.

I hope you have a great crafty day!

*I created this project while on the Joy's Life Design Team

Supplies:

Cricut Cartridge: Plantin Schoolbook

Card Stock: White (Georgia Pacific)

Patterned Paper: TPC Studio

Stamp: Tag You're It--Set Two (Joy's Life)

Ink: Poppy Parade (SU!)

Punches/Dies: Scallop Sentiment (Fiskars), Classic Scallop Circles (Spellbinders), Circle Punch (Marvy)

Misc.: Frapp Jar and White Tulle

Fun in the Sun blog hop!

Happy Saturday

 and

welcome to the Fun In The Sun blog hop!

If you got here from Sarabeth of Chronicles Of Sarita, then you are in the right place. If you just happened to stumble across the hop on my blog today and would like to start at the beginning, hop on over and see Joy at Joy's Life.

For my project, I decided to try my hand at a TP roll mini album. I have never done one of these before but I have wanted to try it for awhile so I gave it a shot. They are really simple to do and I had a lot of fun making it. I made my mini into a summer theme for all those cute little random pictures we take of our kids during their summer vacation from school.

Here is a pic of the mini closed. My sentiment and popsicle came from the Popsicle Puns set by Joy's Life stamps:

Pages 1 and 2:

Pages 3 and 4.

 Page 3 has a stamp from the Mother & Daughter set

and page 4 has a stamp from Lots of Pun. Both from Joy's Life.

Pages 5 and 6:

Pages 7 and 8:

Pages 9 and 10.

Both pages include stamps from the Sweet Popsicle Puns by Joy's Life:

Here is a picture of the album closed with all the side tags out:

I left all the tags blank so there is more room for journaling/pictures.

Like I said, I had so much fun making this and I think it came out so cute. I will definitely be making more of these soon.

What's a blog hop without a little candy?

I am going to pick one lucky person to receive this awesome 6x6 paper pad from My Mind's Eye.

All you have to do for your chance to win is:

1. Be a follower of my blog

and

2. Leave a comment on this post.

I will pick a winner using random.org on Saturday June 23, 2012.

Make sure you check back here on the 23rd to see if you won :)

Thanks so much for joining me on the Fun in the Sun blog hop!

Your next stop on the hop is the very talented Ashley from Markland & Main

Here is the complete line up in case you get lost along the way:

Joy

Laura

Jennie

Cyndy

Megan

Lori

Jeannie

Sarabeth

Stacey (You Are Here)

Ashley (Your Next Stop)

Amy

Maria

Nina

Patty

Thanks again for stopping by!

I hope you have a great crafty day!

Supplies:

Cricut Cartridges: Plantin Schoolbook (Tags cut out at 4.25"), Pack Your Bags (Flip Flops cut out at 1.75")

Card Stock: White (Georgia Pacific), Black (Recollections), Summer Days (Echo Park)

Patterned Paper: Summer Days (Echo Park)

Stamps: Sweet Popsicle Puns, Mother and daughter & Lots of Pun (Joy's Life)

Ink: Melon Mambo & Chocolate Chip (SU!), Aquarium (Martha Stewart Crafts)

Markers: Melon Mambo & Pumpkin Pie (SU!), Teal, Lavendar & Lt. Blue (Marvy)

Punches/Dies: Loops, Monarch Butterfly & Doily Lace (Martha Stewart), Binding Edge (EK Success), Scallop Sentiment, Treading Water & Apron Lace (Fiskars), Circle Punch (Recollections) &Classic Scallop Circles (Spellbinders)

Misc.: Bling (Studio G), Glossy Accents, Cinch Wires, Flowers (Prima), Brads, Purple and Turquoise stickles, Ribbon (Studio G), Bathroom Tissue Rolls

St. Patrick's Day Blog Hop

Happy St. Patrick's Day and welcome to the

St. Patrick's Day Blog Hop with the Joy's Life DT! I'm so glad you are here and I hope you wore green so no one pinches you today ;)

You should have arrived here from the very talented Sarabeth,
If you just happened to stumble across the hop today on my blog and would like to start at the beginning, just hop on over and see Joy at Joy's Life.

 For my project, I used the Happy St. Patrick's Day stamp from Joy's Holiday Occasions stamp set.

Top View:

Close Up of the Sentiment:



I decided to make a pot of gold for my project and I thought a altered paint bucket would be perfect! I made a  little border out of the green plaid paper and used a border punch on it and then attached it to my bucket.  I then cut my cute little leprechaun out of the Simply Charmed cricut cartridge at 3" and popped him up on the front of the bucket with some foam adhesive. For the top of my bucket, I used some spellbinders and then cut my clover out of the Designer's calendar cricut cartridge at 1.25" and popped it up with foam adhesive. I added some pearls around the border of my scallops. I tied a bow to the front of the bucket and added my little tag using the Holiday Occasions stamp set and added some more ribbons to the handle. Then I filled my bucket with some "gold" (Rolo's candies). I think it came out so cute and my hubby is going to enjoy eating all of those rolo's ;)

What's a blog hop without a little candy? I'm going to pick one lucky person to receive

the Holiday Occasions Stamp set from Joy's Life stamps :

All you have to do to be eligible for my prize is to post a comment on this post.

You don't have to be a follower (even though I would love it if you were), but if you are, leave a second comment to give yourself a second chance at winning.

I will pick the winner Tuesday morning, 3-20-12 by using Random.org. Just make sure you leave a way for me to contact you.

Thanks for joining us on the St. Patrick's Day Blog Hop! Your next stop is the talented Susie

Here is a list of the blog hop order in case you get lost along the way:

Joy

Ashley

Amy

Jennie

Julie

Laura

Lori

Megan

Nina

Patty

Sarabeth

Stacey <---You are here

Susie <---Next Stop

Joy

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you have a great crafty day!

Supplies:

Cricut cartridges: Leprechaun (Simply Charmed), Clover (Designer's Calendar), Tag (Plantin Schoolbook)

Stamp: Holiday Occasions (Joy's Life Stamps)

Ink: Pear Pizzazz (SU!)

Card Stock: Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait, Pink Pirouette (SU!) & Peach, Black and White (Recollections)

Patterned Paper: unknown (used up some scraps)

Punches/Dies: Traditional Eyelet (Martha Stewart Crafts), Large Scalloped Circles and Beaded Circles (Spellbinders)

Misc.: Foam Adhesive (Scrapbook adhesives), Pearls (Recollections), White Sakura Gelly Roll Pen

Hogs & Kisses

For my The Perfect Sentiment Post, Click HERE
Happy Wednesday my crafty friends! I hope you are all having a great day! I am so happy that today I get to post my very first challenge for the Joy's Life DT. The challenge this week was to Make It Messy---Use your Inks, Paints, Smooch, Etc.



What's messier than a cute little piggy? I decided to make a cute little gift bag filled with some Hersey Hugs and use Joy's Life Barnyard Puns stamps for my greeting. For my messy technique, I inked up my pig with some pink ink. I also tore white paper strips and painted them brown with some acrylic paint and then lightly sanded the paint a little in certain spots to give it more texture. Here is a close-up of my "mud":



I also used some Perfect Pearls Mist to spray my clouds to give them a little shimmer. Here is a close-up of that:



I am so happy with this little bag and think it turned out adorable. Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today and taking a look at my latest creation. Don't forget to stop by the Joy's Life DT page to see more inspiration and to read about the challenge. I hope you have a great crafty day!


I created this project while on the Joy's Life Design Team.

Supplies:
Cricut Cartridges: Plantin Schoolbook (bag), Paper Doll Dress Up (fence), Create A Critter (clouds) & George and Basic Shapes (pig)
Card Stock: Blue (Recollections), White (Georgia Pacific), Pink Pirouette (SU!)
Inks: Pink Pirouette and Chocolate Chip (SU!)
Stamp: Barnyard Puns (Joy's Life)
Misc.: Acrylic Paint (Folk Art), Perfect Pearls Mist, White Offray Ribbon, Googly Eyes

Cricut 360 Challenge #12

Happy Friday! Are you guys ready for the weekend? I hope to get some crafting done this weekend. Today marks the start of another great challenge over at Cricut 360. In honor of Native American Day on September 19, let's make a project with this in mind. Here is what I created:



I created a cute little treat bag that can be filled with some treats. I cut my bag out of Plantin Schoolbook at 7". I cut my cute little Indian out of Paper Doll Dress Up at 3.5".

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and taking a look at my latest creation. I hope you will take a minute to stop by Cricut 360 to see the amazing projects done by the design team and to enter the challenge yourself. I would love to see what you make! I hope you have a great crafty day!


Supplies:
Cricut Expression
Cricut Cartridges: Plantin Schoolbook & Paper Doll Dress Up
Card Stock: Real Red (SU!), Brown and Rust (DCWV), Black (Recollections), Tan (?)
Stamp: Polka Dot Punches (SU!), Peachy Keen Stamps PK-494, Chelsea Sentiments (Inkadinkado)
Ink: Chocolate Chip (SU!), Black StazOn
Misc: Corner Punch (EK Success), Offray Ribbon, Twine, Button and White Signo Gel Pen

Cooking With Cricut #51

Happy Wednesday! Are you guys ready for a new challenge week over at Cooking With Cricut? In honor of Grandparent's Day (September 11), you are challenged to create a project about or for your grandparents or a heritage type project.

Here is what I came up with:



I made a card to send in honor of Grandparents Day. For my card, I used a sketch from Page Maps (Card Maps March 2008) for my inspiration. My brackets were cut from Plantin Schoolbook at 2" and my flower was cut from Lovely Floral at 3", 3.5" and 4". Once I had my flowers cut out, I sprayed them with a little bit of Perfect Pearls Mist and crumbled them up and layered them on top of each other for some dimension. When they were dry, I added some glossy accents to give the flower some shine and attached a Dew Drop in the center. For the sentiment, all I did was type it up on my computer and print it out.

Thanks so much for taking the time to drop by today. I appreciate it. Don't forget to stop by Cooking With Cricut to see what the other DT girls did to inspire you as well as entering the challenge yourself. I hope you have a great crafty day!


Supplies:
Cricut Expression
Cricut Cartridges: Plantin Schoolbook & Lovely Floral
Cuttlebug: Swiss Dots
Card Stock: Crumb Cake (SU!)
Patterned Paper: Linen Closet (DCWV)
Misc.: Page Maps Sketch, Ticket Corner Punch (SU!), Dew Drops, Glossy Accents, Perfect Pearls Mist

Trick or Treat!

Welcome to the Monster Mash Blog Hop!!!

Thanks so much for joining us!
If you got here from My Pink Life then you are on the right track. :)

If you just happened to stumble upon my blog and found the hop, all the fun starts at

Crazy About Cricut.

She is offering a Scrap 'N Tote for the grand prize! Make sure to leave a comment on each of the blogs along the way to be eligible.

I am so excited to be a part of this hop (my very first)! There are a lot of great blogs with some very talented ladies on this hop today and you aren't going to want to miss any of the fun. :)

The theme for this hop is Halloween. I hope you enjoy all the great Halloween projects along the way!

For my Halloween project, I decided to make a treat bag.

I love that little waving skeleton!
I used my cricut expression to cut out the bag from Plantin Schoolbook at 7 1/4"

The white mat is 3 5/8" by 4 5/8" and the orange mat is 3 3/8" by 4 3/8".

I rounded the corners and then

I ran the orange mat through my cuttlebug with the spots and dots embossing folder.

For the skeleton, cat and bat, I used the Paper Doll Dress Up Cricut cartridge.

I cut out the skeleton at 4" and used the black cricut marker to outline him.

The cat and the bat were both cut out at 2 1/2". I used my white signo gel pen to highlight some of the cut details on both.

The sentiment is from Stampin Up (Seasonal Sentiments) stamped in Pumpkin Pie Classic Ink.

I matted the sentiment onto some black card stock and popped it up with some foam dots.

Then I drew some white stitch lines with my white signo gel pen and assembled the bag.

I finished it off with a bow. :)

Pretty simple to make and I am so happy with the end result.

Halloween wouldn't be complete without a little candy, would it?

I am going to give one lucky winner the following 2 cuttlebug embossing folders :

Skeleton Scroll

&

Boo To You

All you have to do to be eligible to win is:

1: Become a follower of my blog
&

2: Post a comment (make sure you leave a way for me to contact you if you win)

Only one comment per person please

How simple is that?

I will use Random.org to pick a winner on Tuesday (10/19/2010)

(Note: I ordered the above items 2 weeks ago and they were shipped out 10/13/2010 and are expected to be at my door on Tuesday Oct. 19, 2010)

The next blog on your hop is

The Scrapoholic

In case you get lost somewhere along the way, below you will find a complete list of the blogs on the hop today in the lineup order:

Crazy About Cricut

The Scrapbooking Queen

Never Full Price

My Pink Life

Stacey's Creative Corner

The Scrapoholic

Scrapbookaholic by Abby

Crafty Dreams

Pause Dream Enjoy

The Creative Stamper's Spot

Scrapping Sweets by Abby

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a spooky good time hopping. :)

Supplies Used:

Cricut cartridges: Plantin Schoolbook & Paperdoll Dress Up

Cuttlebug: Spots & Dots Embossing Folder

Cardstock: Black(Recollections), Pumpkin Pie (SU!), White (Georgia Pacific)

Stamp: SU! Seasonal Sentiments

Ink: SU! Pumpkin Pie Classic Ink

Adhesive: ATG, Zig 2 Way Glue, Sticky Strip, Foam Dots

Misc: Corner Rounder (Fiskars), Ribbon (Offray), Black Cricut Marker, White Signo Gel Pen

Halloween???

I know, I know, it is only August but I just love halloween and had to make a halloween card for the challenge over at 40:31 Creations. For her challenge we had to create a card or layout with a halloween theme and use our cricut/gypsy. Here is mine:



For my card, I used 2 cricut cartridges. I cut out the flourish, scallop circle and the white circle from Storybook and cut out the white scallop border using Plantin Schoolbook. So sorry for the picture. The card base is actually a deep purple called concord crush from SU. I can never seem to take very good pics when it comes to purple. :(

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and take a look! :)


Supplies:

SU!--concord crush cardstock, concord crush ink, whisper white cardstock, Batty for You Stamp set
Cricut--Expression, Storybook and Plantin Schoolbook
Bazzill--Black Bling cardstock
Cuttlebug--Swiss dots
Ribbon--Offray
White signo gel Pen
ATG 714