National Thank a Police Officer Day 2015

This past Saturday, September 19, 2015, was National Thank a Police Officer Day. My best friend is married to a Phoenix police officer and she asked me if I would make some posters for her for a little celebration she was putting together for the Phoenix Police Department. I, of course, said yes.

I made 2 posters out of 1 black poster and 1 blue poster, plus white cardstock.

Here is the other poster I made.

I also decided to make a simple easel card to express my thanks to the Phoenix Police Department.

 

I used these items to make my posters and card:

• Black and blue posters
• Black and white cardstock
• Cake Basics Cricut cartridge -  Thank You Phoenix PD poster
• Beyond Birthdays, Calligraphy Collection, Jasmine, and Phrases Cricut cartridges - Many Thanks poster
• Storybook Cricut cartridge - Thank You card
• Silver Star brads - card

I am entering my posters and card in the following challenges:

• DL ART - Thankful Thursday - September Linky
• Decorate to Celebrate - Challenge #109 - Anything Goes

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my National Thank a Police Officer Day posters and card.

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge # 254 - Anything Goes

Welcome to another Challenge Me Monday

Challenge #254 Anything Goes

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 Winner will receive a $25.00 Gift Certificate to Verve Stamps

 

For my Anything Goes project I created a
coordinating scrapbook layout and card for my
Mom's 72nd birthday...and yes the photo is of my mom
when she was only 20 months old.

This is the first time I created a layout, or anything for that matter, vintage and/or shabby chic...it was way out of my comfort zone. I felt that this type of layout is what the picture needed so I had to try it...I think I did ok.

 

 

 

Here I created a little hidden journaling tag.

 

Once the layout was finished I knew I wanted to create a coordinating card.

Thankfully I had enough paper in the DCWV The French Country Stack to do so.

 



 

I used these items to create my Once Upon a Time coordinating scrapbook layout and card:

• DCWV The French Country Stack - paper
• Storybook Cricut cartridge - Once Upon a Time on layout
• Fabulous Finds Cricut cartridge - hidden tag on layout
• Ultimate Creative Series Sampler Cricut cartridge - butterfly, bird and cage
• misc. paper flowers
• Lace doily - from my stash
• ribbon - from my stash
• misc, chipboard - Sweet on layout 
• My Craft Spot (sorry closed) - Inside & Out - Set #2 clear stamps - Happy Birthday on card
• My Craft Spot (sorry closed) - Jar Full of Flowers clear stamps - butterfly stamp on card
• White Enamel Accents - on card

I am entering my Once Upon a Time coordinating scrapbook layout and card in the following challenges:

• Scrappy Moms Stamps - Terrific Tuesday Challenge - Happy Birthday
• DL ART - June Linky Challenge - Anything Goes

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my Once Upon a Time coordinating scrapbook layout and card. Please head over to Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blogspot and enter your own Anything Goes Cricut project.

Valentine's Day 2012 - Gifts layout (page 2)

So here it is, my 2nd page, as I had mentioned in my blog post from Valentine's Day 2012 layout that I was planning on doing to display my kids gifts.  I finally finished it and I am totally satisfied with it.  Just the word "gifts" says it all.  My girls are my gifts and the layout displays their gifts from Valentine's Day 2012.  My youngest daughter (at the top) received "Elmo Loves You" DVD and my oldest daughter (at the bottom) received "Monster High 3" book. The both really loved their gifts.

I used these items to create this layout:

• Design Studio - to weld "gifts"
• Storybook Cricut cartridge - font
• Sweethearts Cricut cartridge - heart
• Foam tape - 2 thicknesses behind the heart
• Martha Stewart lace heart edge punch - top and bottom of page
• Recollections bling - top and bottom of page
• Glossy Accents - "gifts" and the red parts of the heart
• Stickles - below the heart to create a flower effect

I will be entering this layout in the following challenges and linky party:

• Red Carpet Studio Challenge #22 - Valentine's Day layout
• Fantabulous Cricut - Challenge Me Monday #147 - Queen of Hearts - use a heart
• Scrappy Moms - Terrific Tuesday Challenge - Valentines project
• More than Favors - Wacky Wednesday #80 Valentine's Day project
• My Paper Crafting #120 - Hearts to You project
• Paper Playtime Challenge #3 - Border Punches
• DL ART - Thankful Thursday - Linky Party Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by and checking out my Valentine's Day 2012 - Gifts layout (page 2).

Here is a look at the full layout all together:

Valentine's Day 2012 layout

 

 So today I have here for you my Valentine's Day 2012 layout. This photo does not show off this beautiful red paper at all.  It has vines of hearts all over it but it just wouldn't photograph, but believe me it is gorgeous. Anyhow, last year there girls just had so much fun with our little celebration I had to scrap it.  The expression on my daughter's faces really show off their personalities. Kaitlyn, my oldest, is my photogenic child and Jaidyn, my youngest, is my goofball. I'm so pleased with the way everything turned out on this layout. I have plans to make a second page to display their gifts but that will have to be another day.

Here shows off the top part of the page: the bling, the Martha Stewart edge punch, and the title.

 

 

This portion shows off the great picture of my girls and a little more bling. I actually put together 2 tear drop gems to make a heart.

 



 

Lastly this is the bottom of the page: it shows off the year, a little bit more bling, and again the Martha Stewart edge punch.



 

 I used these items to create my Valentine's Day 2012 layout:

• Design Studio - to weld the title
• Storybook Cricut cartridge - font
• Martha Stewart lace heart edge punch - top and bottom of page
• Recollections bling - top and bottom of page
• Metal "Love" embellishment - on small picture of my youngest daughter
• Studio 112 tear drop gems - on main photo

I will entering this layout in the following challenges and linky party:

• Red Carpet Studio Challenge #20 - Sparkle - open til 1/26/13
• BBTB2 Challenge - Fontastic - open til 1/27/13
• My Craft Spot - Monday Challenge #83 - Bling it Up - open til 1/28/13
• DL ART - Thankful Thursday - Linky Party (Anything Goes) - open til 1/31/13
• Crafting When We Can Challenge #36 - Strawberries and Cream (Red and White) - open til 2/2/13
• Cut it Up Challenge - Love is in the Air Challenge #11  - open til 2/6/13

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my Valentine's Day 2012 layout.

Give Thanks Basket

A new Thanksgiving traditional was started this year.  I wanted to do this last year but never got around to doing it but with the help of my 9 year old daughter Kaitlyn we finally did it!  I read somewhere about this project years ago and this is our "Give Thanks Basket."  Basically the basket is where you keep strips of whatever color paper you'd like (I choose red, green and white) and throughout the year you write on a strip of paper something you are thankful for.  Then next Thanksgiving you bring out the basket and read what your family has written on them throughout the year.  Lastly, you make a chain-link garland out of the written on strips of paper and use for your Christmas decorations on your tree or wherever you'd like.

I used these items to create my Give Thanks Basket (ALL of these items I had in my stash):

• basket (just one I had at my house)
• leaves (from a Fall garland that had fallen off) - hot glued to the outside of the basket
• wooden dowels -  for the sign
• jute packaging twine - for the sign
• Create-a-Critter Cricut cartridge - for the turkey
• Sesame Street Seasons Cricut cartridge - for the leaves
• Storybook Cricut cartridge - for the font
• Studio G glitter glue

I am entering this project in the following challenges:

• Craft Your Passion Challenge #85 - Sponsored by Doodle Pantry - challenge this week is a photo inspiration, whether it be the colors, pumpkins, leaves, etc.
• Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Me Monday #87 - Create a card or project with the words “Thank you” (or “Thanks”) on it 
• Getting Cricky - Simply Sunday Challenge Give Thanks - create a project reflecting something you are thankful for: family, friends, pets, crafting... It is open to your interpretation of something you are thankful for! 
• Paper Cutz Challenge #117 - make a card, LO or craft project for Thanksgiving, using a stamped, digital stamp or Cricut cut image of a turkey!
• Crop Stop Challenge #47 - Be Thankful - create a thank you card, thankful LO, or a thankful project
• Use It Tuesday Challenge #20 Giving Thanks - make a project that has to do with Giving Thanks
• The Cuttlebug Spot - Gobble Gobble Turkey Challenge - Your entry must have a Turkey

Here is our Give Thanks Basket during our Thanksgiving dinner:

Thanks for stopping by and viewing my Give Thanks Basket.  I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and now let's bring on Christmas!!!

Here Lies the Bride - HDH104-I Was Framed

It's been a while since I created an altered frame but I was inspired by the lastest Macabre Monday Challenge - HDH104 I Was Framed  over at Haunted Design House.  The challenge was to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based art piece that uses or includes a frame somewhere in the creation.  Well, I decided to do an altered frame.  During Halloween time I display past pictures of my family all dressed up in their costumes and I hadn't done one yet for this picture so this was the perfect time for me to do it.  The picture is of my Mom dressed as Frankenstein's Bride.  This picture was taken during a Halloween party my brother threw in 2004. 

I created the altered frame using these items:

•  $1.00 wooden frame from Michael's
• 2 different colors of gray cardstock
• craft paint
• Halloween moss
• plastic spiders

I used these Cricut cartridges:

• Life's a Party for the gravestone
• Beyond Birthdays for the opening of the frame
• Plantin SchoolBook for the lettering
• Storybook for the swirls on the gravestone

I created the gravestone cuts in the Design Studio.  I cut the letters at 1/2 and the swirls at 3/4.   I adhered everything onto the frame and then applied the paint.  Lastly, I used a hot glue gun to attach the moss and spiders.

Of course another fun and exciting project, and I can't wait for more!!!

Frightfully Delightful - Queen of the Damned *** WARNING *** This is a little twisted!

I created this card for HDH102 Queen of the Damned challenge, which requires a focus on royalty, crowns, and/or thrones and with a little creeptastic touch, over at Haunted Design House I made everything in Design Studio.  I used these Cricut cartridges:  Storybook for the swirly corners and the sign, Birthday Cakes for the queen, and Paper Doll Dress Up for the head and sword.  I used a stamp from BugBites - All Year Round stamp set  and some gem brads for the sign.  I used Martha Stewart glitter on the crown and just some craft paint for the blood.  I am so pleased with the way this turned out...totally what I was going for.  I know this kind of stuff isn't for everyone but this is just another side of me and with Halloween lurking around the corner I just couldn't resist being a little twisted for a change!

Here is the full-size 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 card...I hope you like it!

And a little bit more up close and personal with our queen.

Thanks for looking and I hope this doesn't make you think any differently of me!