Perk Up,It's your Birthday!

 Hi Crafty Friends,

Wanted to Share with you a Card that I just finished for one of my Sisters Birthday.

 My Sister Debbie Loves her Coffee, so I knew that her card would have to be something to do with coffee. Sorry about the quality of the picture. It was taken with my phone.)

 I used the, From the Kitchen Cricut Cartridge.
Also used-
S.U. Scallop Punch
Label Punch
Itty Bitty Background Stamp (for speckles on pot)
thread Twine
Happy Birthday Sponge Stamp
Stickles
Inks- Pumpkin Pie and Buckaroo Blue
Cardstock- Kraft, Pumpkin Pie and Whisper White
Printed paper from my stash.


This Card was an easy one to make. Just the kind I Love. Thanks for stopping by and hope you stop by again.


 Challenge entered-
Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything Goes
http://Craft your Passion challenges - Always anything goes
Little Scrap Pieces - Show it off Saturday Linky Party

Bokeh Card

 Hello and Good Day to you. Glad you could stop by. I have had a bad cold for over two weeks. Cough all the time. I am so sick of being sick.

 Even though I can't stop coughing, I thought I would share a card that I made for my Sisters birthday.
 For her Card I thought I would try the Bokeh effect. This was my third attempt at making it. I just didn't care for the first two. So here is the one that I made.

 Used Stampin Up Inks Tempting Turquoise and Lavender Lace. Stamped and sponged circles using Whisper White Ink.

The Stamp Set I used is Garden Silhouette (Retired) from Stampin Up. I accidently used clear embossing powder instead of the white. So then I had to emboss over it again in the white. So the Image isn't as crisp as It should be.  I can't remember what Embossing strip I used.

Well that's It for today. I've got to head off to work here in a little while. Think I'll go make me another cup of coffee first.

Thanks for stopping by. Happy Day to you, Cindy


Challenge - Sweet Stamps Blog - October- Anything Goes

Gift for Baby Everett!

 Hello, Thanks for stopping by. Wanted to Thank everyone who hop along last month on the School Rules blog Hop. That was a lot of fun. Seem to be very busy these days. I was only working two days a week. Now I'm working four. My Daughter is now working two jobs. So I have the Grand Kids after school. 

 The Weather is finally getting cooler and the trees are changing color. It's Fall. Yeah!!!

Oh, I did want to share with you all that my Beautiful Grandma Sophie celebrated her Birthday a few weeks ago. She is now 102. What a Blessing she is to my family and I.

 I also wanted to share a  present that I made for my niece Tiffany. Gave It to her at her baby shower.

 I had planned on making a Card with the Elephant,then decided to frame it. Thought it may make a nice gift to set In the Babies room.


 The problem I had was that I couldn't find the right frame for it and was running out of time. So before I went to a yard sale, I decided to ask God to help me find a frame there. So went to the yard sale and there it was,the perfect frame. I do believe in the power of prayer. (Thank you God)!     

 The frame was black,so I decided to paint it, Glad I did                                       
 Supplies that I used-
 Cricut Cartridges, Cricut Cake (Birthday Cake)
 A Child's Year
 Cricut Classic Font

 Stamps- Weathered Background,Itty Bitty Backgrounds, Short Order Alphabet

 Inks-
 Close to Cocoa

 Buttons,Punch for eye, Linen Thread,Stampamajig,Sponge

 Paints-
 1st layer- Americana Acrylic (Buttermilk)
 2nd layer- Crackle Medium
 3rd - Dark Chocolate


 Thanks for stopping by, Cindy

School Rules Blog Hop!

Welcome to the School Rules Blog Hop! 

 


School has started in many places!
Join us as we fill our backpacks with
pencils, rulers, and notebooks of every color.
Showing off projects to inspire kids and their mothers.
because School Rules, you can see it on our faces!


You should have come from Lisa but if you need to go the beginning of the line
Connie Can Crop is the line leader on this School Rules Blog Hop.
This is a one day blog hop and I appreciate your leaving a comment for all of these fantastic ladies who are here sharing their School themed ideas and creations. 

 

Connie has a fantastic sponsor for this hop, The Paper Nest Dolls!!
They will be giving one lucky winner a $15 gift certificate to spend in their fabulous shop!

Be sure to check out their adorable stamps at The-papernest.com
What do you need to do to win? Easy... become a follower of each of the fabulous blogs in this hop and leave each of them a comment letting them know what you like best about their projects.

You will have until 12:00 am Monday to finish the hop and leave your comments.

Winner will be announced on Wednesday at Connie Can Crop.
Be sure to follow everyone and leave a comment along the way!



I can not believe that School has already started. Where did the Summer go? My Grand Kids and I had a lot of fun while they were on Summer Break and was sad to see the start of School.

So for my project I have made a Double Page Layout of my Grand Children on their first Day of School. 

Click on picture If you would like to Enlarge 

Haven't added the Journaling yet

Used Brick Embossing Folder

Cricut Cartridges used- Recess and Everyday Paper Dolls



 Hope you enjoyed my School Layout and Thanks for hopping along with us.

Up next is Jenny

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

1. Connie - http://conniecancrop.blogspot.com
2. Angela - http://www.crazy3monkeys.blogspot.com
3. Alicia - http://goldengoddessdesigns.blogspot.com
4.  Rebecca - www.stampandscrapstudio.blogspot.com
5. Haidee-http://created2bunique.blogspot.com
6. Veronica--http://vickyscrappingpassion.blogspot.com
7.  Ashley ~ http://marinewifesscrappinlife.blogspot.com
8. Holli - http://sunflowerholli.blogspot.com
9. Daphne- http://craftyscrapsofstuff.blogspot.com
10. Sharon - http://piece-ofheart.blogspot.com
11. Lisa - http://lisaslittlerascals.blogspot.com
12. Cindy - http://www.cindys-greencricut.blogspot.com/
13. Jenny - http://crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/
14. Audrey - www.kricutkreations.blogspot.com
15. Jessica - www.craftinandstampin.blogspot.com


Entering this into the Show It Off Saturday Linky Party at  Little Scrap Pieces

Your Invite to the School Rules Blog Hop!

This is just a quick Post to Invite all of you Crafter's to the School Rules Blog Hop that I will be in this Saturday August 15th. This is a last minute Blog Hop for me. So trying to get things done and ready to go.

There will also be a Giveaway! That makes it extra Fun!  Hope you can make It. 

Crochet Baby Blanket!

 Hello Crafty Friends, How are you all doing? Enjoying your Summer I hope. Some of you may know I am (Not) a fan of the hot days of Summer. 

It's funny, I don't think my Grand Daughter is a fan of hot days either. She came in the other day and told me how hot she was. She said I'm even sweating and I don't sweat.  I had to laugh. 

Something that is hard to do in hot weather is Crochet. But my son is going to be opening up a Place for Photography and he told me that he was planning on buying a few Crocheted Baby Blankets and that they were $40.00 a piece. So I told him that if he bought the yarn that I would try to make him a few.

I had never made a Baby Blanket before but I thought I would try to make one for him. So this is my first one that I just finished.

I think It turned out pretty nice.  Hope my son likes It. I guess that's all that matters.  The yarn I used was Bernat  Baby Sport. I had never used a thinner yarn on a blanket before and this yarn had a bunch of of knots in It.   I've heard other talk about this yarn having lots of knots. So I guess it's not just the skein I used. 

So I guess I will be starting on a Blue one next. I am thinking of trying two strands at a time on the next one. Not sure yet and maybe try a different pattern.

If you would like to try this pattern. Here is the link...




Baby Blanket


Thanks for stopping by and stay Cool and Crafty friends.
             

Crafts with Grand Kids

 Hi Crafters, It's Independence Day here in America. Hope you all are having a good day. 

Going to a Cookout later today. One of the things that I will be taking is a Lemon Cake. My niece Amy is coming from Illinois. She is going to be so excited that I made it. I thought she was going to cry when I didn't bring it for the Christmas party.

Since School has been out for the Summer. My Grand Children and I have been spending a lot of time together. So I have been thinking of things that they can do.

So I decided to have them make Flags that they could hang up for the 4th. So here they are.

They were made by gluing pop sickle sticks together. ( I was in charge of the hot glue gun.) They painted them in Red, White and Blue acrylic paints.Let them dry over night and then stamped the stars using a star stamp that I have in Stampin Up Whisper White Ink.


I think they turned out really Cute and It's something they can hang up every year. They had a good time making them.


I also wanted to share with you,something me and my Grand Daughter made the other day. She ask me to help her make a Gum Ball Machine for her Barbies. (She Loves her Barbies, Monster High Dolls and Ever After Dolls).

She had seen somewhere on the Internet that you can use things around the house to make one. So we gathered up all the things and got to putting it together. 

 Tah Dah!!!! There you have a Gum Ball Machine. My Grand Daughter Scarlett Loves It and she didn't just want me to take a picture of It. She wanted me to take a picture of It with one of her Monster High Dolls. 

Can you tell that  her Monster High Doll Loves her new Gum Ball Machine? Scarlett and I did have alot of Fun making It and we are already planning our next project. 

 Here are the things we used to make It-
Plastic Gum Ball Container
White Button
Silver Metal Button 
One Big Ear Ring for the Base (Looks like from the 80s)
Coffee Stir Straw
Red Bottle Cap
2 white Beads- One is glued on the Inside of the bottle cap to hold straw
Tiny Pom Poms
Hot Glue Gun


Well I hope that you enjoyed seeing the things that my Grand Children have been making. I think one of the most Important things you can give a child, Is your Time.

Thanks for stopping by. Happy 4th of July to you all.