Get Well Wishes For Ethan Pinter Blog Hop

Welcome to the Ethan Pinter Blog Hop. Where do I begin......Ethan is the son of a fellow crafter. He is a very very sick little boy. We wanted to send him some cheer to bring some smiles to his face (and Mama's too of course). If you would like to read more about him, you can here. Perhaps you would like to make a card to send along yourself. I personally cannot even imagine what it is like to have a sick child (and hopefully never will) but am so thrilled to be able to do something(even if it is so small) to try and keep someones spirits up.Here is the address to mail the cards:

Melissa Pinter
Ronald Mcdonald House Room 17
350 Erkenbrecher Ave
Cincinnati Ohio 45229


If you came from Jenn, then you are in the right place. If not, please start from there.

Here is what I came up with


I decided to make a train card for Ethan. I rarely make cards for boys but surely all little boys must love trains! Especially ones with googley eyes.

Now you're off to visit Tina. Thank you all for stopping by.

I've added the lineup in case there are any bumps along the way.
Jenn - www.memorieswithjen.blogspot.com
Courtney - www.craftingwithcourtney.blogspot.com
Tina C. - www.tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com
Tina K (Crafty and Green)- www.craftyandgreen.blogspot.com
Michelle Ferris - www.slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com
Lynne - www.slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com
Michelle Peak - www.queenofmycraftroom.blogspot.com
Kimberly Pate - www.scrappingrookie.blogspot.com
Nicolette - www.beyondscrapin.blogspot.com
Becky - www.beckscricards.blogspot.com
Autumn - www.autumnsbuggycreations.blogspot.com

Queen of my Craftroom Weekly Challenge

Hi guys. Its time for another post for Queen of my Craftrooms Design Team. This weeks challenge was an altered item with a Winter theme.

I knew right away what I would make when I picked up this wonderful paper by little yellow bicycle. Isn't it just gorgeous! I have a beautiful photo of my girls playing in our one and only snowfall this year that will be perfect for this. It is at Costco waiting to be picked up and framed. This little project is super duper quick and easy. Definitely something you can finish in less than a half hour.





Thanks for stopping by today. Be sure to head on over and visit Michelle at Queen of my Craftroom to see what the other gals have been up to.

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)