Happy Fall!

I recently entered this into the monthly challenge over at Crafts By Rosa on Facebook.  I won!  Soon a twine mini pack will be arriving on my doorstep.  I am very excited about that!  Thank you Rosa and Trendy Twine!

 This is a rather large card, measuring in at 5.25" x 6".  I love it though!

The pumpkin is cut from Simply Charmed at 5".  Happy Fall is also from Simply Charmed, cut at 2".  The background paper is from a Target dollar pack two years ago, I think?

I scored the orange pumpkin layer every 1/2" and accordion folded it.  I was inspired by a home decor piece that I saw in a Shopko flyer and wanted to try making my own! I inked the ridges with orange to make them stand out a little more.

Since the card base was brown, I cut a piece of beige paper for the inside and another pumpkin leaf for some decoration.

Thanks for stopping by today!  The first week of October is nuts in my family with birthdays so be on the look out for more cards coming up soon!

Butterfly birthday

Hello!  Thanks for stopping by!  Today I am sharing with you a birthday card I made.  I have never tried this kind of card before but it was presented as the example for the Paper Craft Weekend Challenge this Friday.  The challenge was to make something new.  Allison calls it a ribbon card and I am fine with that! :)  You can see her example and the directions for making this card on that blog. 

Here is my take!  The front:

You pull out the ribbon by pulling on the knot in the middle.  As you are opening it...

And when it is fully open:

The pattern butterfly paper is printed on my Imagine from Elise (a new cart I have never used before).
The butterfly is from Sophie, the new Cricut Circle exclusive cartridge.  It is cut at 3".

Anything Goes blog hop winner

Thanks for stopping by!  Thank you to all of you that also stopped by during the Anything Goes Blog Hop!  The winner is...

 

Christina, I will email you and then send off your mystery package! 

Here's another bulletin board I completed for the library.  I got this idea from So Tomorrow.  There are a bunch of library display ideas over there!

 

 

 I've had teachers comment that they love this!

Anything Goes Blog Hop

Welcome to the Anything Goes Blog Hop celebrating the one year Blog Birthiversary of our hostess, Stephanie from Once upon a Paper.  She will have a giveaway every day for 7 days!  You should have come here from Renee. 

For this hop, I would like to share with you how I have been getting one of my school libraries ready for the start of another school year! I manage three different elementary school libraries.  In this particular building, I have one wall that is a mustard yellow, very unattractive color.  For the past two years, I had it covered with a mountain/hills scene.  I decided it was time for a change and it has now become this aquarium!

From the farthest back in the library (you can see this wall is huge!): 

A little closer up: 

Left side: 

Right side:

I used way too many cuts to remember each and every cartridge and size these were cut at.  Most of the cuts were done using 18x12 construction paper (some laminated, which cuts beautifully, and some not).  I then used the fit to page option to get the cut to be as big as possible.  I used a variety of ink and pens to make the details stand out a little bit.

Here are some close ups of my favorite items:

Thank you for stopping by!  Leave me a comment before you leave for a chance to win a mystery prize!  Be sure to leave either your email or Cricut MB name so I have a way to get in contact with you if you are the winner! 

Next you will visit my personal friend, Ali from Scrapping with Alicat!  Enjoy!

In case you need it, here is the full hop line-up:

Stephanie from Once upon a Paper @ http://onceuponapaper.blogspot.com/

Kristi from Craftin’ on my Door @ http://craftin-on-my-door.blogspot.com/

Txscrappermom @ http://www.txscrappermom.blogspot.com/

Scraplette from Around the Block with Scraplette @ http://scrapalette.blogspot.com/

Renee from I Came, I Saw, I Created  @ http://icameisawicreated.blogspot.com/

Michele from Green Girl Scraps @ www.michelegreen.com

Ali from Scrapping with Alicat @ http://scrappingwithalicat.blogspot.com/

Carla from OCD Scrapology @ http://ocdscrapology.blogspot.com/

Amber from My 3 E Scrapbooking @ http://my3escrapbooking.blogspot.com/

Cassie from Scrappin’ Palace @ 2 http://scrappinpalace.blogspot.com/

Fall Blog Hop winner and Sophie card!

Wow, you guys!  You left me so many awesome comments!  Thank you so very much! Here's the winner of the stamp set:

Hope, I will send you a message!

I also made a card to share with you all.  I recently received the newest Cricut Circle cart, Sophie.  Sophie is definitely not my kind of cartridge.  BUT I am glad to have received her because it will push me to play around with things that aren't usually my style and it will make some cuts available to me that I would otherwise not purchase.

I made this fall card using one of the card features for the leaf.  This is a standard A2 size card.

I cut it too large the first time so I used the negative image of the leaf from that first cut and put it on the inside of this card.

I used the premade scoring marks to put some gold cord through and I used Martha Stewart glitter around the outside leaf to jazz up the card a bit.  Hope you like it!

Fall Blog Hop!

Hello!  Welcome to the Fall Blog Hop!  You should have come from our host, Kristen at Fantabulously Pink.  If not, click on her name to go back and see her post!  She has blog candy!  :)

I was excited to create something for fall.  I love this time of year when you can pull out sweaters and get all cozy.  It was 80 degrees here yesterday though so definitely no sweaters yet!  It's coming!!!

I decided to create a piece of home decor.  Once I got this idea in my head, I couldn't change it to anything else.  Here it is:

This creation is made entirely from ONE cut on the Jubilee Cricut cartridge.  Isn't that amazing?  Not even the shift key, just literally one cut!  I did a fit to page cut first to see how big the tree could be on a 12x12 piece of paper.  All of the trees and layers are cut at 6.25".   First I cut all of the pieces I would need in various colors.  I used my Gypsy "hide contour" button to hide all the extra pieces that I didn't need when cutting a certain color.  This is the #1 feature of the Gypsy in my opinion! :)

Then I took to the pieces and started inking.  I am not a person who inks on every single project but I knew there would be no background for this particular piece; I wanted the cuts themselves to be the stars.  I inked every single piece I cut, using mostly greens and browns.  Here they are side by side (Left - before inking, Right - after inking):

A few close ups:

I did use gold on the fall leaves to ink.  I think it adds warmth to the fall cuts. 

Finally, you have to imagine a little bit with me here.  I did have this frame with mat at home that ended up working for this project.  I went to every craft store we have in my area this week looking for a four opening frame.  Do you know how hard that is to find??? I just want a nice wood grain frame that has four openings in it.  Nope.  There are tons of 3s and a few 5s but I did not find one single frame with four openings.  I'm going to keep looking though and hopefully I will find what I am really looking for...

If I had a four opening frame, the yellow background would look better I think, than the way it is now.  But this is what I have and it's hanging on my wall until I find the ultimate frame!  :)

I think you could keep this same project and change the highlighted section for whichever season of the year we are in, if you would like to.  That might be fun to do!

Well anyway... I hope you enjoyed my fall project and that you take the time to visit the other wonderful ladies in this hop.  Next, you should head to Roberta's blog, TXScrapperMom.  Love her creations!

Before you go, be sure to leave me a comment and I will pick a winner on Monday, 8/29, for this Hero Arts circle stamp set!   Make sure you leave your email or MB name so that I can contact you if you win!  

Here is the full line up of the hop in case you get lost!

1) Kristen http://fantabulouslypink.blogspot.com/
2) Michele www.michelegreen.com  <-- You are HERE
3) Roberta http://www.txscrappermom.blogspot.com/  <-- Go HERE next!
4) Mary http://www.marebearscraps.blogspot.com/
5) Renee http://icameisawicreated.blogspot.com/
6) Carolyn http://cccscraproom.blogspot.com/
7) Gamma http://gammascreativecorner.blogspot.com/
8) Colleen http://www.scrappycol.blogspot.com
9) DoodleDiva www.doodledivadesigns.com
10) Kimbe http://kimberliscreations.blogspot.com/
11) Lisa http://addictedtothecricut.blogspot.com
12) Gonecampn http://www.scrapcavecreations.com/
13) Momto2cuties http://www.inlovewithpaper.blogspot.com/
14) Scrapalette http://scrapalette.blogspot.com/
15) Paper Memories http://papermemories4u.blogspot.com/ 
16)Darcy http://dlmbscrapping-time2create.blogspot.com/
17)Lavendergal http://ibecircled.blogspot.com
19) HappyScrapper64 http://happyscrapper64.blogspot.com/
20) Madylyn http://inspiredbycolor.blogspot.com/
21)Nancy http://lanancyworkshop.blogspot.com/
22)Debbie http://bugginattheseams.blogspot.com/
23)Tracy http://www.scrappininthewoods.blogspot.com/
24)Sharon http://designsbysharon.blogspot.com/

Thanks for hopping along with us!  I am sure you will enjoy the hop! 

Perfect!

I recently gave a gift to a really close friend who is about to have twins.  Here it is!

For the card, I used the Baby Steps Cricut cartridge.  The bibs are cut at 3".  The background paper is from a Debbie Mum stack that I got at JoAnns quite awhile ago.  The stamp is actually one of the dollar stamps and it says "A perfect pear".  I blocked off a and pear to use just the word perfect with white ink.

On the inside, I just cut another sailboat to add a little something. 

This bag originally was from Baby Gap and had their bear logo on it.  It is a super sturdy bag though with ribbon handles so I cut the matched sailboat big enough to cover up the bear, one on each side.

She loved it and I really liked how it turned out.  I can't wait for her to have her babies and to create more things for her!