Treat Jar

 I haven't really been crafting much in the past little while as I made the decision to leave Erica's Design team - it just wasn't the place for me anymore....not much fun anymore and I didn't really want to fulfill the ever changing expectations. So here I am. Still busy as ever with this house. Thankfully my parents will be coming in the next week and these renovations will be finished at last! I received a couple emails from some of you wondering how my grandmother was doing (if you don't know, she was hit by a car). She is on the mend, doing much better now that her surgeries are over but will be in the hospital for at least another 8 weeks before starting physio. We are all just thankful shes alive and still with us and I am thankful for your concern. :)
So anyway on to my project. I purchased the Sweet Shop cartridge ages ago with the intention of making a treat/reward jar for my kids. I finally got around to it last week after the millionth trip to the dollar store to get a container. I think it turned out super cute.





It was a super simple and quick project. The girls were super excited. My husband thinks I have too much time on my hands if I'm decorating a glass jar for candy. MEN!

My Cricut Craftroom Festive Friday

Bonjour Everyone!

Thank you for visiting my blog today for My Cricut Craftroom's Festive Friday. My creation today was for my beautiful daughter's 3rd birthday which just went by a few days ago. She wanted a princess/tiara theme. Terribly sorry about the photo quality.






 Super Simple. Super Fast. But was she ever tickled pink when she woke up and saw it. What more could one ask for? I hope you enjoyed my project. Be sure to head on back to My Cricut Craftroom if you haven't already to view some projects by some fabulous ladies. Enjoy your day everyone!

My Cricut Craftroom's 100 Cartridge Blog Hop

Its that time of the month again for My Cricut Craftroom's 100 cartridge blog hop. Welcome! You should have come from Suzy's Crafts. If not and would like to start from the beginning, please go to My Cricut Craftroom. Its been an insane and crazy month around my house but I'm FINALLY getting back into my paper stash so I'm quite thrilled about that. I did a few projects in the past few days.

For my first project I used the Winter Frolic Cartridge. I created a scrapbook layout for one of my daughters books. I'm soooo far behind.






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I also used Winter Frolic for my second project. I ended up making about 30 of these. Tag is from Winter Frolic on page 36, cut at 4". Gingerbread is cut using the shadow feature on page 61 at 2-3/4". I stamped the face using a peachy keen set and used a gel pen for stitching. I decided to use ric rac for embellishments along with a few buttons. I thought I had a "to/from" stamp however I didn't. But I did end up buying one after I took the picture.




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I used Mini Monsters to create a few (about 24) halloween treats for my Daughters preschool friends. I don't always like to give out edibles so I chose pencils. My daughter loves printing.



To make the pencil holder you will need a piece of paper (heavier cardstock is a much better choice) cut to 3-5/8 x 6-3/8. Using a score board (with the piece of paper short edge at the top), score at 3/8, 1-5/8, 2 and 3-1/4. Now turn so that the long size is at the top and score one end at 3/8. On this end make a cut slit on each of the lines to create flaps. Fold all of the score lines and add adhesive (I like score tape) and put together.

I made a band using a piece of black cardstock (3-5/8 x 2). Score at the same intervals as the holder. I punched both sides with a scalloped punch and added a piece of patterned paper for a little more colour.

I added 4 pencils from the dollar store and put the entire thing in a clear bag. I had bunch I leftover from a birthday party. They are the ones for pretzel rods (I'm not sure the dimensions). I created a topper with a piece of paper cut at 3-1/2" x 4, scored at 2". I stapled this to the bag. Using the Mini Monster cardridge, I cut the witch on page 41 at 2-1/2" using some scraps of paper. I used googley eyes instead of the cutouts because they are far too tiny and attached the entire thing using popdots. I stamped the sentiment and handcut, inking the edges with some cheap ink pads I had laying around.

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Thanks so much for stopping by today. Now head off to see whats in store from the lovely Patricia. Don't forget to visit My Cricut Craftroom tomorrow to see what the other half of Erica's design team came up with.

Here is the lineup from today in case you get lost along the way:
1. Erica – http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com
2. Suzy Crafts - http://suzyssimplecrafts.blogspot.com
3. Courtney Larson - http://craftingwithcourtney.blogspot.com/
4. Patricia Holloway - http://micraftygal.blogspot.com/
5. Madison Womack – http://funkycards.blogspot.com
6. Alishia Gaff- http://alishia-myscrapping.blogspot.com/
7. Heather Flaherty - http://www.papercrafteranonymous.com/
8. Yvette Lopez- http://gammascreativecorner.blogspot.com
9. Jen Roseman - http://memorieswithjen.blogspot.com
10.Tracy Godfrey - http://www.scrappininthewoods.blogspot.com
11. Tammy Schmitt - http://thepurplemuse.blogspot.com
12. Tina Keller - http://craftyandgreen.blogspot.com/
13. Audrey Dickinson - http://scrappyemt.blogspot.com/
14. Samantha Sickles - http://samanthascricutcreations.blogspot.com
15. Holly- http://hollys-hobbie.blogspot.com/
16. Melissa Pinter - http://pinkpolkadotscrapping.blogspot.com
17. Blog Candy http://ericasblogcandy.blogspot.com/

My Cricut 100+ Cricut Cartridge Blog Hop

Welcome to My Cricut Craft Room's 100 Cart Blog Hop. You should have come from Connie. If you are just joining us, feel free to go and start at the beginning with Erica.

My first card is the start of my Holiday Cards.





My second is a Thank You Card for my Mother in Law. She's been so helpful during our move - helping out with the kids, bringing food and such. I just wanted her to know we appreciate her kindness. Plus she always loves getting my cards and loves to show them off on her fireplace (which is nice).




My third card is using the Sweethearts cartridge. My friend is getting married next week and I made this card for her and her husband to be.




My next card was actually made for my daughter to give her friend. She's in to the whole "best friend" stage now. She picked out the image from Once Upon A Princess.


Last but not least is a birthday card for an old friend of mine using Sweet Shop. I used crystal effects on top of the icing for a glossy finish but the card tipped over before it was dried completely which is why it isn't smooth. I added some glitter to cover it up afterwards.




Thanks for stopping by. You are now off to visit Gayle. I've included the entire lineup in case you get lost along the way.

If you get lost along the way here is the entire line-up
1. My Cricut Craft Room's
2. Mayra
3. April
4. Melissa
5. Erica’s Project
6. Pattie
7. Patricia
8. Ricki
9. Rosa
10. Samantha
11. Sharon
12. Shelly
13. Suzy
14. Tammy S
15. Tanya
16. Tracy
17. Yvette
18. Amanda
19. Cricut Craft Room Giveaway
20. Autumn
21. Connie
22. Courtney
23. Gayle
24. Heather F
25. Heather S
26. Holly
27. Jen R
28. Jenny R
29. Laura
30. Lisa
31. Karey
32. Kat
33. Lezlye
34. Lucinda
35. Blog Candy

Happy Birthday Blog Hop

Welcome to Samantha's Birthday Blog hop. I am absolutely elated to be joining in with some super talented ladies (most of whom I stalk daily) in celebration of August Birthday's.

If you have just hopped on the tour, please go to the first stop on the hop at Samantha's Cricut Creations. If you have arrived from Jen then you are in the right place. Thanks for hopping by!

August is a super duper busy birthday month for me. I have about 8 birthdays (not including my own). And I'm sorry to say some will just have to wait because its been a crazy past few weeks. Hopefully they will understand. 



This was completely made of scraps for one of my daughters friends. I used my create a critter cards, DCVW and My Minds Eye paper. The stamp is Pink By Design's "Simply Everything" set. Anyway a bloghop wouldn't be completely without a giveaway. I haven't decided what yet. Probably a stamp set. We JUST moved and all my crafting goodies are still in boxes. Leave a comment on this post to be entered. Thanks again for stopping by. Next up is Momo

Here is the blog list just in case you get lost.
Samantha
http://www.samanthascricutcreations.blogspot.com

Meighen
http://www.scrappin3rdeeschik.blogspot.com/

Jenn
http://www.scraphappensembellishit.blogspot.com/

Ruthie
http://www.septemberninth.blogspot.com/

Gloria
http://www.gloriasgoofycraftspot.blogspot.com/

Jen
http://www.mccalleyhouse.blogspot.com

Courtney
http://www.craftingwithcourtney.blogspot.com

Momo
http://www.madebymomo.blogspot.com

Kim
http://www.rickettscricuts.blogspot.com

Jenny
http://www.crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/ (Sunday Only)

Michelle
http://www.scrappinwithmybug.com (Sunday Only)

Canada Day Blog Hop

Welcome to the CANADA DAY Blog Hop hosted by Tara & Jacqueline. I was so thrilled when I got invited to participate. If you are here via Cheri then you are in the right spot. If you would like to start at the beginning please click here. In honour of Canada Day, we are all making a project with a Canadian theme!

Here is my project:





This card was so super simple. I used a piece of red cardstock for an A2 sized base and used my fiskars corner punch to round the edges. The rest were scraps from my stash. The stamp came from Michaels and I just dipped an aqua pen in my Stampin Up Real Red ink to colour the heart. I ran the strip of blue through my cuttlebug and added with popdots. I nearly beat my head against the wall wondering which cart would have a Maple leaf before remembering I owned Speaking of Fall. This was the first time I used it. I knew it would come in handy eventually.

And because I love giveaways, I'm offering up my own prize. Which oddly enough is a Canadian company named Magenta. All you have to do to enter is leave a comment telling me what you love about Canada Day (or for my American Friends, the 4th of July) and what you will make with this stamp set.




Be sure to comment on everyones posts before heading back to Tara to link up a Canada Day themed project for your chance to win some great prizes listed below.

The Scrapbooking Cafe - 3 X $10.00 GC

Bugaboo Digital Stamps --- 7 Digital Stamps

Pink By Design --- Canadian Stamp Set

My Stamping Studio -Lime Twist Products pack from My Mind's Eye

Digis With Attitude! --- $10.00 GC

Graphic Cat Creations --- Freebie + $15.00 GC

One Crazy Stamper --- $25.00 GC

Be sure to drop by our sponsors and show them some love!

Next stop is ----->> Jacqueline

HOPE YOU ENJOY THE HOP.
THANKS FOR BEING IN IT & HOPPING ALONG

Here is the hop list in case you got lost:
Tara - http://creativeprincesshomemadehappiness.blogspot.com


Kate - http://smallbitsofpaper.blogspot.com/


Heather - http://princesspaperprojects.blogspot.com/


Kimberly - http://www.justwordz.ca/


Michelle - http://mumoftwoblog.blogspot.com/


Tracy - http://thecroppingcanuck.blogspot.com/


Kerry - http://mommakcrafts.blogspot.com/


Avril - http://totallyscrapaddicted.blogspot.com/


Nicole - http://canadiannickelscrapn.blogspot.com/


Cheri - http://graphicatdesigns.blogspot.com/


Courtney - http://craftingwithcourtney.blogspot.com/


Jacqueline - http://madebyjacqueline.blogspot.com/

Sunshine & Smiles for St. Jude's Childrens Hospital Blog Hop

Welcome! Thank you for joining us today as we show some of our cards for Erica's wonderful project of the month.She is trying to collect 5000 cards for all of the children at St. Judes. Such a small thing will bring such a big smile. And you can help even if it is just ONE card. Each and every one will bring Erica that much closer to reaching her goal of spreading smiles and sunshine. Check out THIS post for more information if you are interested in helping.

You should have arrived from Autumn's Buggy Creations.If not you may want to start at the beginning so you don't miss any of the projects along the way.

Here are my projects:













I usually like to post my materials but this time I didn't. Sorry guys. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I had such a fun time making these. Am I the only one that takes an hour to make the simplest card? I should add that some of the cards in the last photo were not made specifically for this project. I had them in my card stash and figured it would be a good time to put them to use. Thanks for stopping by!


Next Stop is Crafts by Amanda.

June Blog Hop Winners

This morning my 2 daughters and I picked the winners using random.org. First we picked for the blog hop giveaway of stencils and rubber stamps.

Angie Boswell said...
Hi Courtney. Thank you for sharing your talents! My favorite is the exploding box. I have been eyeballing something similar.

The winner for reaching 25 followers is getting a cuttlebug folder, ink pads, stamps and dew drops.

Tara said...
Are banners not the most annoying thing in the world to photograph? lol. My favourite project here is the explosion box! I really want to try one sometime soon and after seeing how cute yours turned out I want to even more!
Tara

You have 1 week to send me your contact information (cjnormore@hotmail.com). If prizes are unclaimed I will then pick another winner.

100+ Cricut Cartridge Blog Hop

Hi Everyone! Thank you for joining us for the 100 + Cricut Cartridges Blog Hop hosted by the lovely Erica. You should have come from Connie's Blog. If you didn't, please head on back to Erica's and start from the beginning. It would be a shame to miss any of the wonderful projects along this hop.

Since it's June and Father's Day is just around the corner, I decided to make my wonderful husband a Happy Father's Day banner. I truly appreciate everything he does for our family by working so hard to allow me to stay home with our beautiful girls for the past 4 years (and also enabling my love of crafting supplies..hehe).

I used the Birthday Bash cartridge. I cannot tell you enough how much I LOVE this cart. There are so many wonderful cuts. I use it ALL the time.











{NOTE: I don't recommend using popdots to layer the banner parts. For my next one I will definitely use my atg gun and some eyelets for the ribbon holes. I sincerely apologize for the horrible pictures - Hubby is home far too much lately and I didn't get the other ribbon added.}
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My second cartridge was Sweet Treats. This is another favourite of mine. For this project I decided to make a gift bag with matching card for an upcoming birthday my daughter is invited to. I basically took a basic Kraft bag (reused from a recent purchase of K Cups for my Keurig) and cut a piece of paper to fit where I wanted.






The mini card was cut from scraps also. It measures 3x3”. The sentiment “Its your birthday” is from Pink By Design’s Simply Everything set.
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My third project is with Sugar & Spice. It’s a lite cart but I love it. I had this gorgeous stack of boy themed paper that I really had no use for but picked up because it was so cheap. I decided to make Sugar Spice work for me in boyish colours for this explosion box.













I’m not going to go into great detail on how I created it. Its quite a simple project but very time consuming.

Anyway the explosion box is essentially 4 pieces of 12x12 cardstock cut and scored. The outer piece is 12x12, scored at 4” & 8” on all sides. Cut away the 4 corners. You will have to trim your second piece of cardstock to 11 x 11, scoring at 3-3\4” & 7-1\4”. Cut away these 4 corners. For the third layer, cut your paper down to 10 x 10 inches and score at 3-1/2 & 7”. Trim these 4 corners away as well.

I then measured and cut mats from patterned paper (from My Minds Eye - Twinkle Twinkle Little boy pack) but you could embellish any way you want. The first layer mats are 3-3\4 x 3-3\4”. The second mats are 3-1\2 x 3” and the third layer mats are 2-3\4 x 3-1\4”. The cricut cuts are about 2-1\2”.

Trim your lid cardstock down to 8 x 8”. I think I scored it at 2”. Instead of cutting away the 4 corners like in the previous steps I just made one cut, added some score tap and folded over.
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And last but not least is a project from the Robotz Cartridge. My 4 year old picked this one out. She has been asking for this for awhile so I figured I might as well go ahead and do it. I was truly expecting her to pick out pink paper so I was a little shocked when she picked out the green floral for the middle.



I didn’t use all the cutouts with this. I decided to use brads for the eyes and ears and foil for some of the gears. Heavy paper would have been better for this project. I also found scoring the lines helped with getting everything to line up nicely. So thats it. Next up is the talented duo Erin & Erica. Enjoy and thanks for stopping by. Please visit again soon.

PS - I have 2 giveaways happening.
3 mini stamp sets, 6 ink pads, floral fantasy cuttlebug folder and 2 containers of Dew Drops.


6 stencils and 3 rubber stamps from Magenta.