ABC 123 Thank you Apple Card!

Is Autumn almost here?? Not in Arizona... sitting at 106! But I did have an almost ripe Pink Lady Apple today, so it must not be too far away!

It is such a challenge for me to make flat cards! I did manage to make another one today and I think it is super fun! My Skittles fit perfect in these flat ones. I am so ready to start making my super loaded ones!

Have you seen my new Spooky Fun Release yet? You can see it HERE!

ABC letter from Plantin Schoolbook
Apple from DoodleCharms Cricut Cartridge
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder Preserves
All papers are from my scrap pile
Thank you Stamp Docerela Creations
Liquid Pearls
Stickles: Candy Cane

Entering into:

Paper Playtime: Apples
Fantabulous: ABC or 123
My Craft Spot: Favorite Technique ( I used Dry Embossing)
Amuse Studio: Hello Fall
Die Cuttin Divas: Apple
Hiding in my Craftroom: Super Scraps
Jo's Scrap Shack: Autumn
Craftin Desert Divas: Autumn
Creative Inspirations: Autumn
 Dl Art: linky party
Just B Creative: Linky party
All That Stickles: Fall Harvest

First Day of School.... Cute Mushroom Style!

Today is my Design Team Day over at 3 Girl Jam! 

I am featuring the Red Crinkle Ribbon from the Red white and blue Set set!

3 Girl Jam Challenge:  Back to School with Ribbon


Challenge #24
Theme: Back to School w/Ribbon
Date: August 16th~ September 5
Sponsor: 3GJ
Prize:$10 GC and Guest Design Spot

My Daughter started Middle School this year, it was pretty exciting for all of us. I slipped this into her lunch box before she left:

Mushroom cut from Simply Charmed Cricut Cartridge
Papers from Recollections Back to School
Back to School Stamp Docerela Creations
White flower Button
Stickles: Stardust
Liquid Pearls Red
Skittles Red by DoubleClick
3 Girl Jam Crinkle Ribbon Red

Looking forward to seeing your creations!
 
Entering into:
Dl Art: Linky Party
All That Stickles: Outdoors
Creative Inspirations: Back to School 
Die Cuttin Divas: Back to School 
Scrappy Moms: Back to School 

Just A Note! Back to School Fun!

I have just a little bit of time today between laundry, cooking and cleaning! Georgiana from Carson's Creations and I like to craft together via Text message, we have a great time! We picked several challenges that we both needed to enter You will have to go check out what she created HERE  and here is what I came up with:

Bus cut From DoodleCharms Cricut Cartridge
Stop sign and sun was fussy cut from school paper
Brads for the wheels
Peachy Keen PK-680 Retro Faces
Kraft card stock cut into a pocket and embossed with Sizzix Notebook Embossing Folder
Tim Holtz Distressed ink walnut stain and barn door
Tag from Studio 112 Simply Tags
Twine from 3 Girl Jam Peppermint Red
Just a Note Stamp from Whimsical Designs
Action Wobble for Movement

Entering into:
Scrappy Frogs: Back to School

Crafty Creations: Move It

Pause, Dream Enjoy: Yellow and Red

Frosted Design: Journal Card

Alphabet Challenge: Pocket

Peachy Keen: Just Cards Teacher

Little Scrap Pieces: Action

DYSU: Kraft and Twine

CCR: Back to School + Brad

Action Wobble : Error on your card
( I didn't think I would be able to enter this week.. until after my card was completed! 
My ribbon is just low enough to catch the bus and prevent it from having a full action wobble)

Top 3 at Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges!

 Action Wobble Winner!

CCR Design Time Thursday! Back to School Challenge

Thank you for joining us for our new challenge! We enjoyed looking at your Google Eyes projects!  We appreciate you joining us and hope you will join us for this next challenge!

Theme:  Back to school!  Must use an apple/pencil/book or a school related die cut and at least 1 brad

We have been back to school for 1 month already! Since I always send in notes to the Teachers I thought I would make a quick Just a Note Card.

Here is my project:

Simply Charmed Cricut Cartridge for the Crayon 

All Papers are from Crayola

Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 2

Ribbon from Joanns

Just a note stamp 

2 Brads from strash

Martha Stewart Lady Bug red Embossing Powder

We hope you will join us and Submit your new project for a chance to win a prize!

 

Challenge Starts today September 6 and runs until September 19, 2012.

Follow the rules then submit your new  project over at the

Creative Cutter Room!

Looking forward to seeing your creations! 

Only entries that fit the challenge guidelines will be entered to win the prize!

 

Some Rules to keep in mind while playing along:

Be a Follower of the CCR
Project submissions must be new, no back linking

CCR must be mentioned in the description with a link back to here

Entry must fit theme to be qualified for the prize

Prize must be claimed within 2 weeks

Please link your project posting not just your blog
One entry per person

Please comment after linking 

You have until September 19, 2012 to enter your project.

Here is the Line Up You for some great inspiration:

Carri (that's me!)

Georgiana 
Diana 

 Tracy 

Also Entering into:

Little Red Wagon: Back to School 

Crafty Creations: Back to School

Scrapalicious: Welcome Fall

4 Crafty Chicks: Use metal ( I used Brads)

Really Reasonable Ribbon: Back to school + Ribbon

DL Art : 1000 post link party

School Days... Back to School Teacher Apple Card!

I am friends with some of the teachers my Daughters have had in the past, I like to send in little notes for them during the school year. Here is my latest one:

Apple from DoodleCharms Cricut Cartridge
All the paper is from a  K and Company School Scrap kit.

Apple Ribbon from KI Memories

Pea-pod twine from the Twinery

I embossed the tag stamp with Martha Stewart Lady Bug Red embossing powder and fussy cut.
Liquid Pearls

Entering into:

The Sisterhood of Crafters: Tag your it!

Cute card Thursday: Back to School

Frosted Design: Twine or Ribbon

Simply Create Too: Back to School

DL Art Link Party

My Sheri Crafts: Back to School

Back to School....School is Cool!

Thanks for hopping along with us to celebrate Diana's Birthday! You can still hop along if you missed it by checking out the hop HERE!

We are back to school! Our first day was a big success. My girls talked for HOURS after they got home telling me every detail of the day! So with School on the mind I thought I would get ahead and make some cards that I know I will be using all school year long.

Apple Cut from DoodleCharms Cricut Cartridge

Pattern paper from Recollections All Girl Stack

Alphabet sticker sheet from Jolee's Boutique

Martha Stewart twine

School is Cool stamp from Docerela Creations

Vellum

Buttons

Liquid Pearls

Tim Holtz Walnut stain distressing ink

Entering into:

Cricut Cardz: School is Cool

Made Esp for you: School + Vellum

Celebrate the Occasion: Back to school

DL Art: Link party 


Top 3 at Made Especially for you! 

Back to School Blog Hop Day 6!

Welcome Blog Hop Day 6!!

Wow! This blog hop is into day 6 and is quickly coming to an end!! This will be my final project for this hop! I hope you have enjoyed my projects along the way and will continue to stop by and visit! Be sure to check back on August 16 when I will draw and announce the winner!


Now onto my last project! As some of you know I am a card maker, I love to make cards! But I decided back in February to attempt to make an 8 1/2X11 Scrapbook for a friend who is not so crafty and give it as a Christmas present. So through all the wonderful challenges that I have come across I have been able to complete many pages! But this one I made for the hop.

I ended up buying a Perfect Pages Grade School Kit to make this one! The apple cut is from DoodleCharms. You can click on the image to get a better view!


If you are here for the blog hop for the first time, please click here to be directed to the original posting, The original posting is the only comments that will be entered for the blog candy! I am the last blog for the hop!

Our hop will soon be coming to an end! I hope you check back in!
In case you get lost along the way here is a list of blogs to hop along:
Just click on the names!

Georgiana at Carson's Cricut Creations

Dorcas at 4 Crafty Angels

Cheryl at Cards by CG

Jen at Purple Scrapbooker

Carri at abusybee (That's Me!)

I also wanted to take this time to thank all of you that decided to follow me, even though it was not required to win my blog candy! I appreciate all of you that have been popping back and I will be coming around once I am caught up to visit!

I also wanted to answer a few quick questions that I received.


What did I use to adhere my projects together?
Mostly my ATG gun, I did also use my Scotch quick dry but this is what always happens when I use the Scotch:
Yes, that is a big blob of glue! I don't know why this happens! The top flys off! SO mainly my ATG gun!


Where do I find my acetate paper?

I usually buy it from Office Max, they carry it in their special copy and printing area.... but you can also buy the clear protective folders that you use as a report cover and that works perfect too!


The candy box is cut at 5 3/4 but is actually only 4 1/2 X 3 1/2 once assembled so it is to small to fit a set of standard A2 size cards.


The paper for the composition notebook was from DCWV Fun in the Sun Summer Stack.


Cookie the little hamster is alive!! Thank Goodness!! She recovered from complete exhaustion from being played with! And her friend loved the card!


How do I do it? I am abusybee! I love to stay busy! I am a night owl so I stay up super late, I do work full-time outside of the house, I do have a husband and children, I do cook dinner five nights a week, I am a list making control freak, my house is spotless except my craft corner... Don't hate me!! Here is my secret.... my big secret is.... I don't watch T.V.!! Only one show for one hour once a week and when it is in season.... MadMen!! That frees up a lot of time for me to craft! LOL!! So that is it that is how I do it! Feel free to contact me via my "contact me here" on my sidebar to chat, have questions or discuss Don Draper!



Thanks for joining in on the hop and a special thanks to Georgiana, Dorcas, Cheryl, and Jen! They all worked so hard and all the projects were amazing! Thanks Ladies!


Multi-task: Entry for Paper Cutz Challenge Back to School!

Blog Hop Day 5 !!

Welcome Blog Hop Day 5!!

My girls have to read tons of books for school! They have an advanced reader program and you have to stick with a strict schedule to complete the reading requirements and every book has a level, a quiz number and a point value. Because I am a control freak, I labeled all our books with post it notes and wrote out all the info and stuck it to the inside of the book. ( I know I know I have a problem!) Anyways~~ I noticed them using my post it note as a book mark, and my problem with that is by the time they get to the end of the book, the post it note is no longer sticky and is lost.... so I decided to make them special book marks to use instead!!

These were fun and easy to make! All you need is some jumbo paper clips, some liquid glue and about a cut about 1 1/2" cut both ways.

I used DoodleCharms for the Apple cut at 1 1/2".
I cut it once in green for the leaf, then in brown for the stem, and then again in red.
I then hit the flip button and re-cut all the cuts so that I could glue the apple together around the paper clip and have both sides covered.
I used Scotch Quick dry adhesive to keep it all together.

I also did the same thing using Paper Pups, since our school mascot is the tiger, but because we are an elementary school we use the tiger paw and our colors are orange and black so I made these for my girls, and the apples for the teachers.

If you are here for the blog hop for the first time, please click here to be directed to the original posting, The original posting is the only comments that will be entered for the blog candy! I am the last blog for the hop!

Our hop will soon be coming to an end! I hope you check back in!
In case you get lost along the way here is a list of blogs to hop along:
Just click on the names!

Georgiana at Carson's Cricut Creations

Dorcas at 4 Crafty Angels

Cheryl at Cards by CG

Jen at Purple Scrapbooker

Carri at abusybee (That's Me!)

Multi-tasking: My Creative time: Use Paisley with a back to school theme. I don't have paisley but the Apple from DoodleCharms should qualify!

Blog Hop Day 4 !!

Welcome Blog Hop Day 4!!

Today I will be showing you a gift box that is so fun and easy to make!

This box is on page 80 of the Wild Card Cartridge, it is the giftbox 2 (so use the shift button)
I picked a 12X12 sheet of pattern paper from the Color Bok School Life pack, I did use a heavier paper because I am putting treats on the inside. I used the fit to page button so this would cut it as large as it can on a 12X12 sheet and it cut it at 5 3/4". I scored all the lines then I measured the open window and glued in some acetate paper that was 3"x4". I then glued the box together.

Here is the front:


Here is the back:
Then I filled it with LifeSaver Candies:
And added some red twine to help keep it all together!




I will have my chickie give this to her teacher so she can have some treats in her desk!

I'm sure you can tell I love super fast, simple and fun projects! I learned if I think about it, and think about it my projects look busy and I never like them. Now I just go with my gut and say less is more and now I always like how they look! It is easier to add than to take off!

** For those of you who have asked, I used my ATG gun to adhere all my projects together.**

If you are here for the blog hop for the first time, please click here to be directed to the original posting, The original posting is the only comments that will be entered for the blog candy! I am the last blog for the hop!

Be sure to come back all week long for fun and exciting ideas!
In case you get lost along the way here is a list of blogs to hop along:
Just click on the names!

Georgiana at Carson's Cricut Creations

Dorcas at 4 Crafty Angels

Cheryl at Cards by CG

Jen at Purple Scrapbooker

Carri at abusybee (That's Me!)

Multi-taking: This is being entered over My Sheri Crafts: Back to School!