Wedding Coasters (Memories in Tyme Blog Hop)

Welcome to the Memories in Tyme blog hops - where you will find some seriously talented people who love to share their ideas with you! Our hop today is anything relating to Weddings or Anniversaries - doesn’t matter if it is a layout, card, mini album, or decorating item, if it’s about getting married…it’ll be here!!! June is one of the busiest times to get married - why not get started a bit earlier this year with all the ideas you will find from our blog hop!

Now, if you just happened upon my blog, then please go back to the beginning which is at Lynda’s blog (http://memoriesintyme.blogspot.com/). Besides, the beginning is always the best anyway!!!

Here is a complete line up in case you get lost along the way!

1.   Lynda J - http://memoriesintyme.blogspot.com

2. Gill - http://creationsbygillm.blogspot.com

3. Claire - http://www.scrapmyway.blogspot.com/ 

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

5. Anita - http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com/2012/05/bridalwedding-or-anniversary-519.html****NEXT

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

7. Vicki - http://mawmawsthoughts.blogspot.com

Let’s get started with the ideas:

My cousin is getting married. I was 19 when she was born and she is only a couple of years older than my oldest son. We don't have a ton of things in common, but I am super excited for her!!!

I got my project idea from a local craft store called Mangelsen's. The sample had vinyl instead of paper but I could not find vinyl to match her blue color so I used paper instead.

I started with my Gypsy, Elegant Cake Art and Wedding.

The coaster set is wooden and sized at 4x4.  I sized my pieces to fit within a 4x4 square.

I selected:

 toasting glasses sized to 3.31 

double hearts (with the date to fit across the solid heart) sized to 2.86 and numbers sized to .54 

A & C sized to 1.39, 1.00 and 1.51

double rings sized to 3.00

I rotated the date -10.00 in order to size it to fit inside the heart.

I used blue and black card stock.  The wedding invitation is on the bottom right ~ you can see the blue in the flower.

I scrunched all of the pieces I wanted in blue to the top half of the mat.  I scrunched the date and toasting glasses to the bottom left quarter of the mat to cut them out in black.

Here are the cuts once I took off the extra paper.  I was not sure if I wanted the toasting glasses in blue or black so I cut out both!

Here is the coaster set I bought and the wide black ribbon I used.  I got the ribbon at Michaels.

I trimmed the negative piece from the initials to 4x4 and placed it over the tile.  I ran the letters through my Xyron to make them into stickers and placed the letters on the tile using the negative piece as a stencil.

I carefully peeled the template off and my letters are spaced perfectly!

I adhered the tiles to the ribbon using my ATG gun.

This will make a nice keepsake for Amy and Cameron.  If they want to use these as coasters, they can remove the ribbon and seal the coasters with Mod Podge or a spray sealer.

Thanks for stopping by, but don't leave without hearing about some Blog Candy.....

Blog candy from Memories in Tyme…One lucky winner for June will receive a goodie pack for scrapbooking - in order to get in on the drawing, make sure to:

1. Be a follower of my blog!

2. For extra entries...follow me on Twitter and Facebook Fanpage - information is on my blog!

3. Please check out everyone's blogs and leave a comment on theirs...the more you do the more entries you will get!

Thank you for checking out my project, now follow the links below and remember to visit all the stops for MAXIMUM ideas and LOTS OF FUN!!! Next up on the hop is the Amazing ANITA, make sure you check out her fun project!!!

Teacher Tile (3 or More Cartridge Challenge)

Today I am the Designer at Sweet Sassy Diva's!  

Here is my project for the challenge ~ 3 or more cartridges.

I wanted to make something special for Tanner's kindergarten teacher.  Mrs. Stock is an awesome teacher! I wanted to personalize something for her and kept coming back to a tile.

I started with gold vinyl, but the gold seemed thin and I had some issues with it bubbling and tearing.  I was ready to scrap the whole project and started removing the gold words and decided to leave the apple.  I kept thinking that a golden apple is kind of like an academy award for teachers.....so I kept going.

Here is my screen shot.  I used several words and icons from 15 cartridges:  Cheerful Seasons, Cindy Loo, George, Graphically Speaking, Gypsy Wandering, Hannah Montana, Home Accents, Home Decor, Locker Talk, Lovely Floral, Lyrical Letters, Makin' the Grade, Elegant Cake Art, Nursery Rhyme and Plantin' Schoolbook.

I opened a 12x24 mat and put all of the words and icons on my mat.  I started with Mrs. Stock (used a heart instead of a period) in the center.  I like subway art and wanted to make this look like some.  The words I chose are: discover, create, patience, inspire, transform, direction, explore, #1 Teacher, guide, adventure, learn details energy and 2011-2012.

It took some time to move words around and size them to get my final piece.

I erased the apple from my screen and cut out the rest in black vinyl.  

When you cut vinyl, set your Cricut to 3-3-3 (speed, pressure and blade depth) for a kiss cut.  I use my Cricut pokey tool (dental tool) to weed out the extra vinyl pieces.

I usually use clear contact paper with vinyl, but I was having trouble with the amount of stick and my pieces were tearing and not clinging to the tile.  I was getting frustrated not knowing if it was the gold vinyl or the contact paper or a combination of both.  I bought the ProvoCraft transfer tape and had much better luck!

I use my scraper to burnish the vinyl to the transfer tape.

I used my E2 and set it to cut on Vinyl.  You can see here that the blade did cut through the paper backing in a couple of places.  I honestly have better luck with my E cutting vinyl, but it is a pain to dig it out for one project!!

I bought my 12x12 tile at Home Depot.

  Here is my tile with the gold apple still on it.  I set the transfer tape right over it, burnished the vinyl into the tile and peeled the tape off.

Here is my tile all finished up!  I just need to get an easel so she can display it in her room.

Thanks for having me over today Bobbi Jo!!

Mini Smash Book (Memories In Tyme Blog Hop)

Welcome to the Memories in Tyme blog hops - where you will find some seriously talented people who love to share their ideas with you!

If you are looking for my BugBytes Guest Design post, please go HERE.

Our hop today and tomorrow is anything relating to mini albums - doesn’t matter the size as long as it’s mini and it’s an album!!! This is Lynda’s favorite project - making mini albums - where you can take a set of pictures and scrapbook them and complete a project in a day or less! Great for gifts for special people, (Mothers Day is coming up you know), and just fun to showcase a trip, birthday or shower even!

Now, if you just happened upon my blog, then please go back to the beginning which is at Lynda’s blog (http://memoriesintyme.blogspot.com/). Besides, the beginning is always the best anyway!!!

Here is a complete line up in case you get lost along the way:

1.  Lynda - http://www.memoriesintyme.blogspot.com/

2.  Rhonda - http://scraphappenswithrhonda.blogspot.com/

3.  Suzanne - http://cricutcraftingrammy.blogspot.com/

4.  Shannon - http://shannonleffew.blogspot.com/

5.  Anita - http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com/

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

7.  Blue - http://www.craftingwithblue.blogspot.com/***NEXT***

8.  Vicki - http://mawmawsthoughts.blogspot.com

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

With Smash Books being all the rage, I started collecting things to put into mine.  I keep all of my left over cricut cuts and cute paper and embellishments in a folder.  The problem is, I just can't seem to put anything in my book just yet ~ fear of commitment!!!  I am afraid to stick something down just in case I find a better place for it later.....lame I know but that is the truth!  

My son is a junior and has already been invited to several Graduation parties, so I decided to make a mini Smash Book as a graduation gift for one of the girls!  I just might need to make some more!!

I started with these large tags from 7 Gypsies and some of my cricut cuts, scrap paper and a coin envelope. I added my Zutter Bind-it-all and a little ink and got started.

Inside the front cover I added DREAM and a pocket.  I cut the top of a coin envelope off and used a circle punch to cut a half circle.  I put some Tim Holtz tickets inside the pocket.  I punched the side of this burgundy left over shape and added it to my book.

I included this Things to Do tag.

I layered some papers and added them to the book.

I created a pocket with this striped paper and put some smaller beige cardstock papers inside.

I punched holes in this Bingo Card and added it to the center of these two pages.

I inked a red LOVE cut out with some brown to distress it and smashed it to the back cover.

Thank you for checking out my project, now follow the links below and remember to visit all the stops for MAXIMUM ideas and LOTS OF FUN!!! Next up on the hop is BLUE, make sure you check out her fun project!!!

Teacher Thank You Cards (BugBytes)

It is that time of the school year again to say thanks to our teachers!!

I am so excited to be the Guest Designer on The Bug Bytes today!  I dusted off my Cricut Imagine and created a couple of cards.

I started out with Imagine More Cards and found Thanks a latte for the art teacher who loves coffee and has let me volunteer in kindergarten art this year!  I found Un-FROG-gettable for Tanner's teacher who had a class full of bug and frog loving boys!

I used this new tape from Recollections to create a background for my latte card.  This is like tissue paper tape and it comes three different rolls to a pack.  It is fun and easy to work with.  I just trimmed off the edges.

I pop-dotted my images on the card bases I made to fit the images.  I used an orange cardstock to mat my frog image.  I added some stickles and some Glossy Accents (to the coffee cup) to add a little sparkle.

Not only am I grateful for my son's teachers, but I am also grateful for Pam for letting me Guest Design on her blog once a month!!!

Cricut Imagine Blog Hop Day 2

Happy Mother's Day to all of the Mothers, Step-Mothers, Surrogate Mothers and Grandmothers out there!!!

Welcome to Day 2 of the Spring Summer Imagine Blog hop! Our sponsor for the hop is Erica's Craft Room, you can find Erica's Craft Room shop here: http://shop.ericascraftroom.com/

Erica is offering a $25.00 gift certificate grand prize for the hop! To be entered in the drawing, please leave a comment on all the blogs with your name and a way to contact you. To help prevent spam, please leave your email address in a safe manner, ie. ssmith at hotmail dot com is best. The winner will be drawn on May 20, 2012. Please check back at any of the blogs on that day. You do NOT need to follow the blogs to be entered, just leave a comment please. Some of the blogs are also offering blog candy and you can check out the details as you hop.

You should have arrived here from My Bug and Me Create's blog. And if you are just dropping by and want to start the hop from the begining please start at Robin's blog here:  http://custom-comforts.blogspot.com/

CricutDiva at http://cricutdivablog.blogspot.com HOST

custom-comforts at http://custom-comforts.blogspot.com/ 

LauraLeesDream at www.lauraleesdream.blogspot.com

Cricut Crafty Clare at http://www.cricutcraftyclare.blogspot.com/

Scrappin Nanapuddin at http://scrappin-nanapuddin.blogspot.com/ 

Janet's Creative World at http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com/ 

LadyLuvBug at http://www.ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/

My Bug & Me Create - http://mybugandmecreate.blogspot.com  

ScrappinMyStressAway - http://scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/ ***HERE

Nana's Scrap Spot - http://www.nanasscrapspot.com/ ***NEXT

Scrappin' With Chriss and Lou - http://chrissandlou.blogspot.com/ 

I made this note pad for a very dear friend of mine Jenny.  She gave me an awesome birthday present and a thank you card just didn't seem like enough of a thank you, so I made this instead!

I printed and cut out this image from Imagine More Cards - which is a cartridge that I use all the time and thought I would never use!!!  Funny how that works out!!  I really liked the butterfly which reminds me of spring and summer!

I used pink, yellow and clear stickles to enhance my butterfly.

I used my Bind-It-All to bind my notebook.  The paper 50 sheets of 3x5 blank note cards.  Here is a tutorial of how I make my notepads if you are interested.

Thanks so much for hopping by once again.  If you missed my cards from yesterday, you can go HERE to see them.  

Thanks for stopping by today!!  Your next stop in the hop is Nana's Scrap Spot.

Cricut Imagine Blog Hop Day 1 ~ Spring/Summer

 Welcome to the Spring Summer Imagine Blog hop! Our sponsor for the hop is Erica's Craft Room, you can find Erica's Craft Room shop here: http://shop.ericascraftroom.com/

Erica is offering a $25.00 gift certificate grand prize for the hop! To be entered in the drawing, please leave a comment on all the blogs with your name and a way to contact you. To help prevent spam, please leave your email address in a safe manner, ie. ssmith at hotmail dot com is best. The winner will be drawn on May 20, 2012. Please check back at any of the blogs on that day. You do NOT need to follow the blogs to be entered, just leave a comment please. Some of the blogs are also offering blog candy and you can check out the details as you hop.

You should have arrived here from My Bug and Me Create's blog. And if you are just dropping by and want to start the hop from the begining please start at Robin's blog here:  http://custom-comforts.blogspot.com/

  

Here is a complete list of blogs in this hop:

custom-comforts at http://custom-comforts.blogspot.com/ 

LauraLeesDream at www.lauraleesdream.blogspot.com

Cricut Crafty Clare at http://www.cricutcraftyclare.blogspot.com/

Scrappin Nanapuddin at http://scrappin-nanapuddin.blogspot.com/ 

Janet's Creative World at http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com/ 

LadyLuvBug at http://www.ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/

My Bug and Me Create - http://mybugandmecreate.blogspot.com  

ScrappinMyStressAway - http://scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/ ***HERE

Nana's Scrap Spot - http://www.nanasscrapspot.com/ ***NEXT

Scrappin' With Chriss and Lou - http://chrissandlou.blogspot.com/ 

 We have three birthdays in our family plus Mother's Day in the month of May, so I used my Imagine to create cards for everyone!!  Well not everyone, as my birthday is in there too!  

Here are the rest of the cards I made:

I used Enjoy the Seasons for the first three cards:

I used the basket of flowers and the bunch of flowers for Mother's Day cards for my sisters-in-law.  My brother's birthday is the day before mine and he loves to grill, so I used the grill.  Bonus it is a charcoal grill which is what he uses!  I printed and cut out all three images.

For the basket of flowers, I used some 1" flowers from Art Philosophy and my Martha Steward Branches Punch.

I rolled my flowers with my brand new McGill tweezer and stylus set from my friend Jenny!!!  It was an early birthday present as she was afraid I would go buy it myself!!!

I glued the branches down first and then the flowers on top.  I tied a purple ribbon around the basket and assembled the card.  Amie likes a little sparkle, so I added some purple gems to the card.

My brother Kurt is pretty low maintenance but he loves to grill!  I thought this image was perfect for him!

I inked the edges and layered it on the red mat.  I tied a piece of jute around the red mat and inked that too. I used some Glossy Accents on the smoke for some dimension.  BAM - great birthday card for Kurt (my brother who loves to grill on a charcoal grill)!

My other sister-in-law is not girlie at all.  I thought the green background was too much so I decided to add a little pink....

I used my Martha Steward lace punch on one edge and ran some twine across the pink paper.  I turned the card horizontal and pop-dotted the image over the top of the pink paper.  I left off the bling and glitter because I was afraid I would over do it and that is not Windy's style.

 

Windy also has a birthday this week.  I used Imagine More Cards for the Happy Birthday cake image.

I printed and cut out the cake.  I found some pink shimmer cardstock from my stash.

I inked the edges with vintage ink and added a blue bow as blue is her favorite color.  I did add some glitter frosting on the cake.  I used stickles on the candle and flame also.

I do have a Mother's Day card that I made from my Imagine for my step-mom HERE if you want to see yet another card!!

Be sure to come back tomorrow to see a fun note pad I embellished with my Imagine!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!  Your next stop is Nana's Scrap Spot!