Monster High Book Worm ATC/Bookmark

OMG!  It feels so good to be back creating.  I haven't been able to create in some time.  On June 29th I was diagnosed with breast cancer and on August 7th I had my 1st surgery to remove the cancer from my breast and they also diagnosed 2 of my lymph nodes with cancer, too.  So on August 21st I had my second surgery to remove more lymph nodes that thankfully came back negative!  Next week I have a couple of other tests before I start chemo and that I understand will be over the next 3 months then I have 6 weeks of radiation.  My underarm is a little sore but tolerable and I only feel at my best when I'm crafting (my therapy).

So today I bring to you a Monster High Book Worm ATC/Bookmark.  Even though my oldest daughter has been back to school since August 6th I figured since everyone seems to be having a Back 2 School challenge I just had to do something.  I decided to make an ATC but I also wanted to make it function as a bookmark too.  So I created a corner pocket for the ATC to slip over a corner of a page.  And of course it had to be Monster High for my daughter who loves all things Monster High!

I used these items to create my ATC/Bookmark:

• Design Studio (couldn't live without)
• Create a Critter Cricut cartridge (one of my favorite carts) - worm
• Wall Decor and More Cricut cartridge - book
• Monster High stickers - book and heart
• recycled Monster High doll box - cut out Monster High shield
• Purple (my favorite color) zebra stripe ribbon - left over from my daugher's Monster High Birthday party
• Index card - background
• white gel pen - outline book

I am entering this ATC/Bookmark in the following challenges:

• DL Art - Happy Birthday Linky Party + GIVEAWAY! - open til 8/31
• BBTB2 - Back to School - open til 9/2
• Fantabulous Cricut - Back to School Cricut Crawl Challenge - make a project using School supplies (I used an index card) - open til 9/2
• Shopping Our Stash Challenge #66 - use your favorite crafting items (I used my Design Studio, Create a Critter cart. and purple) - open til 9/3
• Wicked Wednesday ATC #47 - Back to School - open til 9/4
• Use it Tuesday Challenge #38 - Use That Ribbon - open til 9/7

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my Monster High Book Worm ATC/Bookmark!

Mother's Day Heart Shape card

It took some searching but I think I found the perfect heart to create my Mom's Mother's Day shape card.  I found this heart on Wall Decor and More Cricut cartridge.  I used my Design Studio to first hid the contours of one of the hearts and welded it to the other heart, all cut from the pink cardstock.  I then cut the top (purple) heart and adheared it to the top. I applied some glitter glue to the flourishes.  I then used my Cuttlebug to cut 8 flowers, attached them together with a brad and began to shape the flower.  I added the purple ball to the center of the flower and applied some glitter glue to the edges of the flower.  Then I adheared the flower to the heart.

The inside I kept very simple and just used some stamps from My Craft Spot - Inside & Out 2 stamp set.

Just in case if you can't read it, it says, "Mom Thinking of you is one of my favorite things to do.

One the back I wrote the saying, "A mother holds her children's hands for a while...their hearts forever."
-- Author Unknown

I am entering this Mother's Day Heart Shape card in the following challenges:

• Go Fish Challenge #16 - Mother's Day Shape card - no square or rectangle - open til 5/14
• More than Favors - Wacky Wednesday #70 - Mother's Day - open til 5/15
• Cardz TV Challenge #107 -"There's no other, like my mother" - open til 5/15
• Creative Cutter Room - Design Time Thurdsday - Mother's Day - open til 5/16
• Little Scrap Pieces - Fun Friday Challenge - Happy Mother's Day - open til 5/18
• Hooked on Craft Challenge #20 - Flowers - open til 5/26

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my Mother's Day Heart Shape card.