Celebrate Crafts: April 2013

Saturday, April 27, 2013

The Everything's ABC's blog hop letter "I"

Welcome to the Everything ABC's Blog Hop!

For this hop we will be featuring the letter I. This may be the name of a paper, a stamp set or an embellishment. Whatever the crafter has chosen as their I element will be featured in their post.

If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Amber's blog ~ Scrapper's Therapy

If you came from " Shelly ~ Just One Piece

Your next stop on our Everything ABC'S blog Hop is " Alicia ~ Serene Scrapping with Alicia

My "I" item is ink... in this case, three different colors. The card edges are inked in Indian corn blue, as well as both sentiments. The hot air balloon is inked using a rolling technique (place stamp on block, roll the edge of the stamp in one color, roll the center of the stamp in a 2nd color, and roll the other edge in the 3rd. I used Indian corn blue, Gypsy and Sky) The grey is CTMH, but I am unsure of which color. I wrapped baker's twine around the bottom and just tied it on. All items are from Close To My Heart, and are current.

Sorry this is not the greatest picture, but I am having trouble accessing my pictures from the photo
editing program I use.

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

Amber La Mons ~ Scrapper's Therapy
Shelly ~ Just One Piece
Theo~ Celebrate Crafts
Alicia ~ Serene Scrapping with Alicia
Kathy ~ Kathy's Creative Corner

Saturday, April 20, 2013

Happy Mother's Day

Welcome to our April Art Philosophy/Artiste Blog Hop! As you know, both the Artiste and the Art Philosophy cartridges are available exclusively through a Close to My Heart consultant. If you don't already have a Consultant that you are currently working with, please contact one the Consultants in our hop with any questions you have!

If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Lucy's blog – Love 2 Create If you came from " Lucy's blog" – Love 2 Create then you are in the right place!

Our challenge this month features not only one of these amazing cartridges but we also have a Mother's Day theme since Mother's Day is less than a month away. Have you started your Mother's Day projects yet?

My project is this canvas scrapbook "page". I got the canvas at a scrapbook store a few years ago. It is 12x12, and it came with hanging hardware. I used Art philosophy to cut the back round (10 3/4), and Artiste to cut the flowers. The flowers range in size from 1 1/2 to 3 1/2. The colors of the flowers are black,
lagoon and ruby card stock. The letters are glitter "thickers" stickers which I apparently applied crooked :-)
The other elements are rub ons from my stash, and in the center of the rub ons are sparkles. I plan to put
a photo of each of my girls on here, but I have not quite decided which photo, or if I am going to use one photo with both of them in it. I hope you enjoy my project, and that it will inspire you to create a Mother's
Day gift for your loved one.

Your next stop on our "Mother's Day" hop is "Wendy " of " My Scrapbooking Blog".

Here is the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way:
Lucy ~ Love 2 Create
Theodora ~ Celebrate Crafts <----------- You are here
Wendy ~ My Scrapbooking Blog <----Go here next
Michelle ~ My Flights of Fancy
Jennifer ~ 4 Hearts Scrapbooking
Stephanie Feist ~ Quilted Scrapper

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you in creating your own Mother's Day projects!

Saturday, April 13, 2013

The Everything ABC's blog hop letter "H"

Welcome to the Everything ABC's Blog Hop!

For this hop we will be featuring the letter H. This may be the name of a paper, a stamp set or an embellishment. Whatever the crafter has chosen as their H element will be featured in their post.

If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Amber's blog ~ Scrapper's Therapy

If you came from Shelly ~ Just One Piece then you're on the right track!

For my project for the letter "H" I chose the word Hero. This is a photo of my father taken in September
2008, at Crater Lake, Oregon. My father was a hero to me, even though I don't think realized it. My father chose to leave us to early, but he will always be my hero. This is the 1st time since he has passed that I have been able to create any kind of project with a picture of him in it. I apologize for the reflection of my head in the glass :). The frame is from either Michaels or the Dollar store, I can't remember which. The paper is from the Victory paper pack from ctmh (retired) the sparkles flourishes (Z1708) frame opposite corners of each other, and the ribbon is ctmh (retired). Also used, Durables artisan studs (Z1816). For the flowers, I cut them on the Art Philosophy cricut cartridge at 1 1/2, 2 1/4, and 3.

Your next stop on our Everything ABC'S blog Hop is Shalana ~ Scrappin with Shalana

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

1. Amber La Mons ~ Scrapper's Therapy
2. Lucy ~ Love 2 Create
3. Shelly ~ Just One Piece
4. Theo~ Celebrate Crafts
5. Shalana ~ Scrappin with Shalana
6. Linda-Scrappy Therapy
7. Alicia - Serene Scrapping
8. Kathy Johnson - Kathy's Creative Corner

Saturday, April 6, 2013

My Sunshine

Welcome to our April Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! This month's stamp from Close to My Heart is "My Sunshine" and is available exclusively through your Close to My Heart consultant from April 1 - 30, 2013. You can purchase this stamp set for only $5 with a qualifying purchase.

If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Lucy's blog – Love 2 Create If you came from Jennifer of 4 Hearts Scrapbooking then you are in the right place!

For my project, I got my inspiration from the site splitcoast stampers. The technique

I used is called "bargello" and you can find a link for it HERE. For

my card, I decided to use the Chantilly paper pack. I thought that the

theme of the stamp set went well with the paper.

Select your patterned paper, and cut it a 3/4" x 6. Once you have done that, line them up on your 5x6 cut it a 3/4" x 6. Once you have done that, line them up on your 5x6 piece of card

stock in a pattern that you like, and adhere them down. Then cut pieces at 1/2"

and 5/8".

Adhere these to a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 piece of card stock, in a staggered manner,

creating a pattern. Adhere the strips. Trim the edges that may be over hanging,

then trim the whole thing down to 4 x 5 1/2.

For the bird, I stamp it in Twilight, and fussy (hand) cut him out. I could have used

my Artiste cartridge (pg 51, cut @ 1 1/2) to cut him out, but I wanted his wing left in.

For the sun, I cut it on the Artiste cart @ 3 1/2 inches. I stamped the sun in Sunny Yellow (retired)

and glued ot to the base. The white rectangle is cut at 2 1/2 x 3 3/4, and is popped up. The sun center

is also stamped in Sunny yellow. You're tweet is stamped in Twilight.

Your next stop on our "My Sunshine" hop is Stephanie ~ -The Quilted Scrapper

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

Love 2 Create

Caution: Crafting is Contagious

Scrapper's Therapy

4 Hearts Scrapbooking

Celebrate Crafts

The Quilted Scrapper

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

While supplies last!

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