Happy Birthday KCC Blog Hop

Welcome to the Krazy Crafting Crew Happy Birthday Blog Hop!!!  

If you are looking for the Celebrate America Blog Hop, please go HERE!

You should have arrived from my good friend Ellen (Card Monkey).  If you found me first, please go to the Lisa Marie's Blog so you don't miss anything!!!

I was recently invited to join this Krazy Crew and I get to celebrate my "Birth" into the group with my first blog hop!!!

I am celebrating my invitation to this group.  As a crafter, it only takes a few kind words to really motivate me to create more.  When Lissa Marie invited me to join this group I was over the moon excited.  The other members made me feel very welcome too!!  

I always like what I make, but never really know what other people think of my work.  I sometimes wonder if some of my friends/regulars are just being polite.  I also know that I sometimes get in a rut and I create more masculine projects as I have all boys.  

BUT I always try to be true to myself and not just follow the crowd.  I try to use the supplies I have instead of rushing out to buy the latest and greatest things.  I also try to design my own projects when I can using my Gypsy and Cricut or my Silhouette Cameo.

I am hoping this will not be the last birthday I celebrate at KCC!!

And now onto my project - Decorated Gift Bags and Cards:

My son was invited to a birthday party for a set of twins.  I wanted to personalize their gift bags and cards.  I started out making a banner for each bag by grabbing my Gypsy:

I used these banner flags from Birthday Bash and sized them to 3.5 inches.

I also used Birthday Bash for the font and sized the letters to 2.5 inches.  I wanted to cut Brady out in blue and Ashton in red, so I placed each name on half of the mat.

I cut out the letters in cardstock and adhered them to the banner flags.

You can also see the card pieces above.

I took two shadow layer letter Bs sized to 4 inches.  I flipped one and hid the inside cuts and welded it to the top of the other B.

I did the same thing with the A.

I cut them both out in white cardstock.

Next, I cut the regular layer of each layer (sized to 4 inches) in blue and red cardstock.

I wanted to put their names on the front of each card as well.

I used this font from Opposites Attract sized to .83 inches.  I put the word Brady inside the B in order to size it.  I love how this font welds together!

I cut out the letters in cardstock (minus the Brady) and adhered them to the front of the card.  I cut out the names in white cardstock and adhered them to the cards.

I punched a hole on the top of both sides to string the twine for the banner.  I strung the twine through each banner flag and pop-dotted the flags to the front of the bags.

Here are the completed bags and cards ready to go to the party!!!

Thank you for stopping by and celebrating with us!!  Your next stop in the hop is the Lovely Liz! 

I have included a complete list of blogs in case you get lost along the way:

Your Host

Lissa Marie So many crafts, so little time!

Katina Martinez Loving Life's Little Blessings

Jamie ~ Jamie Lindstrom Designs

Lucy ~ Love 2 Create it all

Janet ~ Janet's Creative World

Ellen ~ Card Monkey's Paper Jungle

Lori ~ Scrappin' my stress away ****HERE

Liz ~ Tryin' to Craft ****NEXT

Miranda ~ Nana’s Scrap Spot

Robin Lane ~ Create-a-Latte

Pam ~ Scrapple Tree

Cicily ~ Pink Dalmatian Scrapper

Jearise ~ Lorby's World

Jessi ~ My Life in Arts n Crafts

Robin Scott ~ Scrap and Chat

Zenita ~ Scrappin' with Z

 

K-12 Layout

My middle son Tyler is graduating from high school this year.  I have been going through his photos to create a High School Graduation video.  I found a 5x7 of his kindergarten photo and knew I wanted to make this layout!!

I found this paper from a local scrapbook store (cut off the tag at a retreat so I don't know who made it) and loved it!

I opened my Gypsy and put two 5x7 rectangles on one layer to represent the pictures.

I welded "from" from Opposite Attracts sized to 1.24 inches.

I welded "to" also from Opposite Attracts sized to 1 inch.

K and 12 are from Nursery Rhyme and are sized to 2.06 inches.

I cut them all out of black cardstock.

I adhered "from" to the top of his Kindergarten photo.

The Kindergarten photo was trimmed in white fresh from the school packet.  I wanted to mimic that look with his senior picture, so I trimmed 1/8 inche off each edge and matted it with a 5x7 piece of white cardstock.

I adhered the K to 12 below the pictures.

I just love this!  I chose this senior picture because he is wearing a blue shirt that almost matches the background of the kindergarten picture!

Tyler sure has grown!

I am entering this in Link Up Tuesday at Sarah Hamer Designs!!

Teresa's First Blogaversary Blog Hop

Welcome to Teresa's First Blogaversary Blog Hop!

If you are looking for the All About Penguins Hop, please go HERE.

A little over a year ago, Teresa began her new blog to celebrate the fact that she wanted a change in her life.  And for that change to be permanent came lots of prayer and leaning on God to give the right answers.  The answers He needed to give, not the answers Teresa desired.  Well, here she is 1 year later and Teresa is a stay at home wife loving life and doing all she needs to do to create a warm, loving atmosphere for her family!

Teresa invited us to celebrate with her.  Here is a list of blogs in this hop.  If you found me first, please hop on over to Teresa so you don't miss anything!!

Here is a complete list of blogs in today's hop:

Teresa~ http://freshandrenewed.blogspot.com/

An’Jenic~ http://anjenicgibson.blogspot.com/

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

Anita - http://scrappyhappymommy.blogspot.ca***HERE

Sandy- http://scrapbookblessings.blogspot.com

Miranda - http://www.nanasscrapspot.com/

Sarah - http://itswhatkeepsmesane.blogspot.com/

Michele ~ http://michelescraftroom.blogspot.com/

Melissa ~ http://iamapapermaniac.blogspot.com

We are so glad you are here celebrating and hopping with us today.  Teresa asked us all to create something that represents a change in our life.  A big change happening in our family this year is our son Tyler will be graduating from high school and heading off to college.  Unlike his brother who went to college 45 minutes away, Tyler is likely going 3 1/2 hours away.  I am not looking forward to that part, but I am excited for the next chapter in his life to begin.

I have been scouring Pinterest for ideas for Graduation Party Decorations and I combined two subway art projects into one.

I started out with my Gypsy and several fonts to create this project.  On Layer 2, I put a rectangle sized to 8 1/2 x 11 so I knew how big to size the letters.

I used:

 Base Camp (Graduation sized to 1.35 inches)

Opposites Attract (Turn the Tassel sized to 1.24 inches)

Making the Grade (diploma sized to .92 inches)

Nate's ABCs (Success sized to .88 inches)

George (Cap and Gown sized to 1 inch)

Sophisticated (new chapter sized to 1 inch)

Varsity Letter (You Did It sized to 1.08 inches)

Gypsy Font (Class of sized to .88 inches)

Hannah Montana (2013 sized to 1.94 inches)

Nate's ABCs (Hats off sized to .88 inches - rotated 90 degrees)

I put blue vinyl on my mat and changed my settings on the cricut to 3-3-3 (speed, pressure and blade depth) for a kiss cut.

I have a flat canvas sized 9 x 12.  It is hard to see, but the vinyl is cut.  Now to get it onto the canvas. 

First, I use my cricut dental tool to weed off the extra vinyl.

Once I pulled off the extra vinyl, I went back to pull out the inside cuts.

I used transfer tape to pull the vinyl off of the paper backing.  I used my cricut scraper tool to burnish (rub) my vinyl. 

Oops - I was burnishing a little too hard and broke my cricut scraper tool!!  **Note - I have used the heck out of this tool for the past 6 years!!  Good thing I have a Pampered Chef scraper!!

I carefully pulled up the transfer tape.

I placed the transfer tape to my canvas and burnished the vinyl onto the canvas.

I carefully peeled the transfer tape off the canvas.

I had extra white space at the top, so I went back to the Gypsy....

I used the graduation cap from Martha Stewart Seasonal Art Cake cartridge and sized 7 of them to .80 inches.

This time I carefully pulled up the vinyl off the transfer tape so I could place the exactly where I wanted them.

I put a few caps on some of my letters.

Here is my canvas all ready to go for Graduation (sniff, sniff)!!!

Thank you so much for stopping by!!  Your next stop in the hop is the Amazing ANITA.

Gettin' Crafty With Cricut Cuts Blog Hop

Welcome to the Gettin' Crafty With Cricut Cuts blog hop!!  

This blog hop is dedicated to making a project using your cricut and the cuts you can make from a cartridge. This should be a lot of fun.

With so many talented ladies and such a selection of Cricut cartridges, there will be a wide range of projects for you to enjoy.There were no rules, stipulations, or no holds barred to create and create we did!!!

If you just happened to be visiting my blog today, I greatly appreciate that but would love for you to start at the beginning of our hop so, that you don't miss a single project with Lisa. If you have arrived from Evila, then you are on the right cut of the path!!!

Remember, this is a two day hop and be sure to stop back tomorrow for more creativity!!!

If you get lost along the way, here is the entire hop that you won't miss a single piecing!!!

Lisa - http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/ 

Michele ~ http://chelescrafts.blogspot.com/

Lucy - http://love2createitall.blogspot.com/

Anita   http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.net/

Bonnie~ http://www.scrap-n-away.blogspot.com/

Evila - http://www.frenchconnectiondesigns.blogspot.com/

Lori - www.scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/

Ashley - http://especiallymade.blogspot.com/

Carol H. -http://huffandpuffscrap.blogspot.com/

Lynne - http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/

This time of year I am catching up on last year's pages for my boys.  Once baseball season starts, my scrappy time is limited.  Tyler went to a baseball camp called Coast to Coast in Arizona this past December.  I used my Gypsy to help me lay out my design.  When I design a 2 page layout (wich is most of the time), I open my Gypsy to a 12x24 mat.

I wrapped the title around the corner of my left page and used letters from Birthday Bash (shadow) sized at 1.46 inches.

I put a baseball corner in the corner from Sports Mania sized at 3.77 inches.

There were 3 boys from Nebraska at this camp and I took a photo of them.  My son, his friend Tony and a player from a Lincoln team.  I took a square from George and unlocked the chain to size it to 6.69w x 4.25h (when you use Real Dial size, the actual size is 6.25 x 4.25 for a 1/8 inch mat around a 4x6 photo). I welded the words "Nebraska Boys" from Opposite Attracts sized to 1 inch.

Here is a close up of the bottom of the photo mat.

I opened up Layer 2 and copied the shadow letters on the top half of my mat.  I put the regular letters (also sized to 1.46 inches) on the bottom of my mat.

I cut out the shadow in black cardstock and the regular layer in red cardstock.

I opened Layer 3 and put the three layers of the baseball corner on it.

I cut them out in red, white and black cardstock.

On layer 4, I copied the photo mat and the regular layer of letters on my mat.  I cut them out in black and red cardstock.

My son is in the middle!  His team colors are blue, black and white/gray so it was fun for me to use red on this layout!

I took some scrap paper and made a rosette to put in the center of these four photos.  I used a 3D sticker from my stash and a red cardstock circle for the center.

I used this Karen Foster baseball paper and brown kraft cardstock for the base of my layout.  I took these four highlight pictures of Tyler and trimmed them to 4x4 and matted them together on red cardstock.

I included a group photo of all of the players, and one of just the 15+ players.  I also included a photo of the catchers listening to instruction.

I rarely scrapbook without using my Gypsy and Cricut Expression ~ it makes things so easy!!!   Thanks for stopping by today!!  Your next stop is Ashley!