Winner!

Sorry this took so long to post. The winner of the blog candy from the "whats new" blog hop is Tracey from http://happyscrappin-tracey.blogspot.com/. Now I just need to figure out how to contact her! Congrats Tracey!

So What's New? Blog hop

If you came here from Adele's blog  http://adelescricutcreations.blogspot.com/  then you are in the right place! For day two of the blog hop, I thought I would share a simple layout. The pictures are of my son and my two adorable (if I say so myself)grandsons.  The stitching took a little longer than expected so I will finish and repost.

Paper: Close to my Heart
Nate's ABC's Cricut cartridge
Pin: October Afternoon
Sew Easy


Hope you enjoyed our Hop. Please follow and leave a comment for blog candy. I am giving away a CTMH Memory Game from my friend Suzanne, she is a CTMH consultant http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Suzanne-Rymer-Independent-Consultant-Close-to-My-Heart/108174999290121?sk=wall

Your next stop is:  http://makelifeacreation.blogspot.com/

So What's New Blog Hop: Laura's Kitchen

Hi, this is Laura from Talkinscrap! If you came here from the Crafty Pink Butterfly's blog,  then you are in the right spot.

I have been wanting to do one of the artist trays by 7 Gypsies for awhile so this blog hop inspired me to try one. I love the images from the Cricut Imagine Cartridge, "Kate's Kitchen" so I thought they would make a perfect home decor piece for my very bare kitchen. I sprayed all the papers and pieces with an acrylic spray to protect the paper since it will be hanging in my kitchen. I wished I had written down all the imagine sizes but I ended up cutting each piece so many times to make them fit perfectly that keeping track of sizes was impossible. I also inked the edges of each piece to give it a little more dimension and used lots and lots of dimensional adhesive.

I will be hopping again tomorrow with another project so leave a comment both days to be entered into a drawing for CTMH blog candy. (by 11:59 pm October 10) Your next stop is Adele at: http://adelescricutcreations.blogspot.com/

Products Used
Papers:     Kate's Kitchen Cricut Imagine Cartridge
Buttons:   My Mind's Eye
Flair:        October Afternoon
Kitchen Twine:  stash misc. from my
Bottle caps:  from my friend's Cheryle's stash
Black Hemp:  Close to my Heart.
ATG adhesive
Stampin' Up dimensionals
Color Box Ink

Cards and More

I have been making more cards lately even though I am more of a scrapbooker.  This  card was made using the Sophie Cricut Circle Cartridge. I scraplifted the card from the handbook.  I love this cartridge and expect to use it alot.

I made the banner for the Indian Party that we had over the Labor Day weekend.  It was double sided but I forgot to get a picture of the other side.  I really love making banners but what to do with them when the party is over?

I made this card for my son PJ's 17th birthday.  The card measures 7 x 4 and it was fun trying something different than the standard A2. Here is the inside of the card--I don't usually decorate the inside but I really like the look.  The anteater and banner are from the Birthday Bash Cricut Cartridge using my favorite Core'dinations cardstock. 

"Pearls before Twine"

The is a picture of my mom and her big sister.  I used Page Maps for the layout.  No, I didn't crochet the flowers although I probably should.

Elephant Invitations

I made these simple invitations for an India theme party.  I made a shaped card with my gypsy and the Destinations Cricut cartridge.  The paper is DCWV Taj Majal  stack.

Flower Shoppe Frame

I made this for a housewarming gift for a co-worker.  I used the Cricut Flower Shoppe cartridge for the three dimensional flowers. The paper is from DCWV Garden Party Stack. The sentiment reads "Whatever is true...whatever is lovely...think on these things.