Peace, Love & Shamrocks!!

Hello and Welcome to the Beautiful Burlap Blog Hop!!

Burlap is hot right now and gives a project texture.  For this hop, we were challenged to use Burlap in our project.  I sure hope we inspire you!

You should have arroved from Robin's BLOG.  If you found me first, you should hop on over to Jessi's BLOG so you don't miss anything!

In case you get lost along the way, here is the entire line up.

Jessi -http://www.mylifeinartsncrafts.com

Jearise - http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com

Robin S. - http://scrapandchat.blogspot.com/

Miriam ~ http://miriamscreations.blogspot.com

Cicily - http://www.pinkdalmationscrapper.blogspot.com

Lluvia- http://sweetbirdmemories.blogspot.com

Robin - http://cutonedesignsbyrobin.blogspot.com/

Lori - http://www.scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/****HERE

Zoe- http://www.craftyx.blogspot.com/***NEXT

We do have some fun Burlap Blog Candy:

1 yard of red 2" burlap ribbon

1 yard of white 2" burlap ribbon

1 yard of mint green 1" 

1 yard of 1.5" jute ribbon in natural 

1 yard of your choice of colored 3/8" jute ribbon (see my etsy store)

And pick 2 colors of jute twine (see my etsy)

Please leave a comment on each blog to be entered in the giveaway!

Now on to my project:

I used a banner flag from Birthday Bash and sized it to 5.70 inches.  I put three on my mat.

I cut the banner flags out of watercolor paper so they would be sturdy enough to adhere the burlap to.

I use watercolor paper for banner flags and mini albums.  I find that it cuts well on my cricut.  If my blade is pretty new, I don't even change the settings.  If the blade is old, I multi cut it (2).

I used green glitter cardstock from Michaels.  When cutting with this paper, I flip my images and put the paper on my mat glitter side down.

The peace sign is from Cricut Stencil and is sized to 2.88 inches.

The heart is from Plantin Schoolbook and is sized to 2.76 inches.

The shamrock is from Paper Doll Dress Up and is sized to 3.12 inches.  I used Hide Contour to hide the inside cut at the stem of the shamrock.

Here are the shapes cut out.

Next I covered my banner flags with burlap.  When cutting burlap, it is easier to cut it after you pull out a strand.

I trimmed the burlap to fit my banner flag with some extra over the top.  This gave me a finished edge at the top.

I used my ATG gun to adhere the burlap to the watercolor paper.

Since I covered the holes, I grabbed my Crop-A-Dile.

I used green twine to string the banner together.

The final step was to tie green ribbons on the twine in between the flags.

I hope you enjoyed the banner!  What do you want to make out of burlap??

Your next stop on the hop is ZOE.

All About the 70's Blog Hop (Memories in Tyme)

Welcome to Day 1 of the All About the 70's Blog Hop!  I was so excited for this hop because I grew up in the 70's!

If you found me first, please go to Lynda's BLOG to begin the hop.

For my project today I created a 2 page layout.

I started with one piece of paper that I found at Michaels and I cut it into two pieces.  I originally was going to mount the two pieces onto these light blue cardstock papers, but then I noticed the ipod....

I trimmed off the ipod and skull (not a big skull fan) so it all worked out.

I used my Gypsy to create and size my title.  I used the font from Feeling Groovy sized to 1.42 inches.

I grabbed the heart from Cricut Stencil and sized it to 4.52 inches.  I copied another heart and sized it to 2.45 inches.  I used Hide Contour to hide the inside cuts.  Then I grabbed 70s from Cindy Lou and placed them inside the heart (sized at 1 inch).  I did NOT weld, just grouped them so the numbers would cut out.

I cut the images out of red cardstock.

I wanted to fill in the "V" so I cut two more by opening a new Layer and copying one on it.  I hid all of the other cuts then copied it again.  I cut out the "V"s in orange and yellow.

I adhered the orange one inside the heart, and trimmed (by hand ~ almost forgot how) about 1/8" off and adhered it on top of the orange one.

I did not want too much color as the patterned paper is pretty busy!

Here is a close up of the heart!

Here is the first page ~ Aren't I cute?  It is hard to see, but in the center photo if you zoom in you can see that I knocked out one of my front teeth!

I stitched along the bottom of the papers using my We Are Memory Keepers Sew Easy piercing tool and yellow DMC floss.  I always think of my jeans with the rainbow stitched up one leg and down the other when I think of my childhood!!

I took the 70s from the inside of the small heart and adhered them onto this page.  I outlined them in black with my fine point sharpie so they did not get lost in the background.

I added some pictures from summer time along with my dad's boat.  I have a ton of great lake memories from the 70s! 

I had a great childhood, so I really liked the 70's.  What I did not really like was the clothing styles and the music!!

Your next stop in the hop is JANET!

 70'S HOP DAY ONE (January 15):

70'S HOP DAY TWO (January 16):