Baseball Visor - KCC Blog Hop

Happy Mother's Day to all of the Mothers out there!!!

Welcome to our Mod Podge Blog Hop brought to you by our Krazy Crafting Crew.

We are an independent hop team that enjoys 

sharing our work with everyone and hope to inspire you with new ideas for you own 

creativity. We are a team who loves to do all different themes, such as cards, layouts, 3D 

projects and so much more. We do all the paper crafting from traditional to digital. Mostly 

traditional, every now and then there may be a little mixed media too! 

This month's hostess is Jearise at Lorby's World and please make sure you stop by her blog and take a peek, she has a neat little give away going on and you can find out all the details on how to sign up for it

Now on to some fun (drum roll here)....................

Not only is this the very last KCC Blog Hop  and Mother's Day- this is also my Birthday!!!  I am a baseball mom and will be watching my son play baseball today (hopefully for the tournament championship)!!!

I made this baseball visor for a sweet little girl who loves baseball as much as I do!!

I purchased a foam visor at Michaels.  I took the plastic spring out and traced the visor onto cardstock.  I used the cardstock template to trace the shape on the back of this baseball fabric.  I cut it out and mod podged it onto the front of the visor.  I painted mod podge on the visor first, then put the fabric down and mod podged on top of the fabric.

I trimmed around the foam circle that reinforces the spring.  I did trim the excess fabric once the mod podge was dry. 

I cut out the word MALLORY out of Freshman font on my cameo in black vinyl.  I cut MALLORY on a slight curve - which was perfect for MALL and I eye-balled the O R Y. 

I added a strip of red rhinestone sticker sheet that I cut with my cutter bee coated scissors.  I got this sticker sheet from The Buckle Boutique HERE.

I love how this turned out!!  Mallory is 5 and is leaving my daycare and heading off to kindergarten next fall (sniff, sniff).  She is a tomboy who likes a little flash of bling - just like this visor!!

Your next stop in the hop is PAULA.

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

Jearise Havenga : http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com/

Lori Johnson Apgar: http://www.scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/***HERE

Paula McLane Jennings: http://www.preciouspagesbypaula.blogspot.com/***NEXT

Liz Sternal cline: http://www.tryin2craft.blogspot.com/

Christina Bartels: http://cema1cema.blogspot.com/

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

Robin Lane: http://www.scrapandchat.blogspot.com/

Lissa Marie: http://www.somanycrafts.com/

Krazy Crafting Crew Fun With Frames Blog Hop

Welcome to our Fun With Frames Blog Hop brought to you by our Krazy Crafting Crew. 

We are an independent hop team that enjoys 

sharing our work with everyone and hope to inspire you with new ideas for you own 

creativity. We are a team who loves to do all different themes, such as cards, layouts, 3D 

projects and so much more. We do all the paper crafting from traditional to digital. Mostly 

traditional, every now and then there may be a little mixed media too! 

Now on to some fun (drum roll here)....................

I was so excited about our Fun With Frames theme this month!!!  Here is what I made: 

My son Tyler graduated from high school last year.  I wanted to create something to display some of his friends photos for his bedroom.

I started with a wood open-back frame from Hobby Lobby that I painted black. 

I stapled chicken wire to the back with my staple gun.  I added felt pads all around the back of the frame to prevent the edges of the chicken wire from scratching my wall. 

The front looked a little bare, so I fired up my cameo!

I found a quote about friends on pinterest and typed it on my virtual mat using a font from my computer.  This quote will go on the bottom of the frame.

Next, I typed out his nicknames for the top of the frame.

I cut out the words in white vinyl.

Here is the bottom with the quote on it. 

Here is the top.

Just add photos and..... 

It is complete!!  I used tiny clothes pins.  The button in the top corner is from Tyler's friend and teammate who was in a bad car accident sophomore year.  We were not sure if he would survive the accident and if so, would he would have severe brain damage.  That year, the baseball team dedicated their season to Tyler Milz and he came back to play baseball his senior year.  He is not 100% the same, but he is a fighter and he gave us so much inspiration!!  The other boys on this frame are great friends and baseball teammates.

Thank you for coming by and hope to see you again next month! 

If you missed the full line up here it is: 

Cicily - http://www.pinkdalmatianscrapper.com

Lissa Marie - www.somanycrafts.com 

Janet - http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com 

Christina ~ http://cema1cema.blogspot.com/

Kathryn ~ http://creationswithkathryn.blogspot.com

Jearise ~ http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com

Robin S ~ www.scrapandchat.blogspot.com

Katina ~ http://lovinglifeslittleblessings.com

Miranda ~ www.nanasscrapspot.com

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

Paula ~ www.preciouspagesbyPaula.blogspot.com****NEXT

Our host this month is Cicily.

Our sponsor is Scrapbook Generation who is sponsoring 2 winners who each get to choose an ebook sketchbook of their choice from Scrapbook Generation!!

Beautiful Floral Bag (KCC Blog Hop)

Welcome to this month's blog hop with The Krazy Crafting Crew!! 

If you are looking for the Happy Birthday Blog Hop, please go HERE.

This month we are making Tags, Bags, Boxes and whatever can be made 3D!! If you just came by to visit with me, thank you, but please start at the first stop with our hostess, Janet (www.janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com).

Janet is also offering a fantastic giveaway. Here's her description of the giveaway that you DON'T want to miss!! Close To My Heart Cloud Nine Cardmaking Kit. Includes card bases, envelopes, cardstock, double sided paper, a stamp set, and washi tape, glitter tape and other embellishments to make 10 cards! Valued at $45.00! You can win this by leaving comments on each blog, and if you're not currently a follower, why not follow the blogs because there's always fun in this group and a blog hop each month to inspire you!

For my project today, I created this 3D gift bag with handles.  I purchased this file from the Silhouette Online Store.  The size of the bag is 8x5x3 inches.

I cut out the bag in hot pink cardstock, and the layer in floral paper from Basic Gray.  It was pretty easy to assemble.  I used my ATG gun to adhere the parts together.

The straps slip into the slits on the sides of the bag. 

I cut some flowers out of two different shades of pink cardstock.  I rolled them up - I have a detailed tutorial on how to make rolled flowers HERE. I put some Glossy Accents on the edges of the flower petals and dusted them with Picked Raspberry Distress Glitter from Tim Holtz.  I hand cut and inked some leaves.  I laid the bag on its side and used Glossy Accents to adhere the leaves and flowers to the front of the bag.

Here is a peek from the top.  You can see how the handles fit in the slits.  

Here is the back of the bag. 

This bag would be darling for an Easter, Mother's Day or Birthday gift.

Thank you for stopping by and visiting with me today. Please leave us a comment and let us know how you like our hop!! Now hop on over to the next stop with Zenita!

The complete lineup:

Janet         www.janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com

Liz             www.tryin2craft.blogspot.com

Christina    http://cema1cema.blogspot.com/

Lissa Marie   www.somanycrafts.com

Lori            www.Scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com****HERE

Zenita        www.scrappinwithz.blogspot.com****NEXT

Cicily          www.pinkdalmatianscrapper.com

Jearise       www.lorbysworld.blogspot.com

Miranda     www.nanasscrapspot.com

Paula          www.preciouspagesbypaula.blogspot.com

Katina        www.lifeslittleblessings.com

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Love These 2!

Are you Love Struck by someone that you never thought would enter your life, you boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, wife, son or daughter? Maybe even your pet!

Well here we are again for another Krazy Crafting Crew blog hop, Lissa Marie at "So Many Crafts, So Little time" will be your host today if you would like to start there, but since you are here... let's have some fun!

If you have never hopped before it is fun and inspiring, grab your favorite drink and stay awhile for these inspirational valentine projects that are linked one after another. Lissa Marie has provided a layout sketch and a card sketch for the team to go with, and have them show you their take on how they will interprate this piece of art. We only have to do one or the other. Stick around for the blog candy that Lissa is giving away for those who have hopped by. Here is the sketches courtousy to Google on the layout and a sketch Lissa reinterpretated the scraplift from card she saw on Google.. oh yes, she is a scraplifter!

For this hop, I chose the scrapbook layout sketch to create my project:

I recently printed off some pictures from my cell phone using the Groovebook app.  For $2.99 a month, you get 100 4x6 photos printed, bound and shipped.

You pick the pictures and each photo is perforated for easy removal.  If you want to try one month free, just use code APGAR7.

The photo I used is from August 2012 and was stuck on my phone!

This is my youngest son and my youngest niece - they are 6 weeks apart.  I have all boys, and my brothers have all girls.  I take tons of photos of these two so someday I can create an album of them for their high school graduation parties!!

I cut the notebook paper and title from on my cameo.  I wanted to include the word "love" but not in the romantic way.

I found these circle images and heart banners in the Silhouette online store.  I used a font on my computer along with the offset feature to create the shadow layer.

I pop-dotted the word cousins and the heart circle for dimension.

I love the blue with the pink and red!  This was a fun layout to make!!

We all appreciate you stopping by and checking out all the projects, we all love that comment lovin' so please feel free if you like even if it was just to let us know you were here! We love visitors too!

If you didn't start from the beginning, don't forget to stop by So Many Crafts, So Litte Time to grab her instant download for blog candy!

Then you can get all the blogs in on the hop!

Here is your line up to help you navigate through..

Your host..

Lissa Marie So Many Crafts, So Little time

Christina ~ Crazy about Scrappin’

Janet ~ Janet’s Creative World

Paula ~ Precious Pages with Paula

Katina ~ Loving Life’s Little Blessings

Miranda ~ Nana’s Scrap Spot

Kathryn ~ Creations with Kathryn

Zenita ~ Scrappin’ with Z

Robin Scott ~ Scrap and Chat

Lori ~Scrappin’ my stress away***HERE

Liz ~ Tryin’ to Craft***NEXT

Robin Lane ~ Create-a-Latte

KCC Blog Hop - Gift Giving Ideas

Fair well to 2013 soon it will be 2014. It is that time of year gifts are being purchased and made, and it is always wonderful to receive a handmade gift, there are so many great things to give. Some can be expensive some may not. We all are here to give you ideas for all occasions that you may be giving to another.

I am your host today, Lissa here at So Many Crafts, So Litte Time. I hope you enjoy our hop we will go out with a bang and bring you new things next year.

Today I am showing some different gifts you can make using vinyl.

The first two metal signs were purchased at Hobby Lobby.  I simply added the phrases from the Silhouette Online Store that I cut out in black vinyl.  I tied a tulle bow to the wire on top.

These make great gifts especially to young couples who may not have a lot of decorations yet.  You can also personalize them with their names.

My third project today is:

I took a 12 x 12 black metal frame from Michaels and added a Christmas piece of scrapbook paper inside.  I cut the image (also from the Silhouette Online Store) and cut it out of black vinyl.  I applied the vinyl to the glass of the frame.

I love using these 12x12 frames for home decor!  Sometimes, I remove the backing and hot glue the glass to the inside of the frame.  I put the vinyl on the glass and the wall shows through.

And now, onto the Blog Candy!!!

For today's blog candy Lissa is giving away a $10.00 Gift certificate to anywhere you choose that she can purchase online and send the gift card to you online. Preferably you will choose Close to My Heart for a Studio J layout but this is the time to give and she would like to give what you like to receive so good luck to every new and old email follower (required to win the certificate) and commenter who comments on the hop, hoping you make an effort on all the blogs.

Here is your line up for your convenience

Your Host..

Lissa ~ So Many Crafts, So Little time

Cicily ~ Pink Dalmatian Scrapper

Ellen ~ Card Monkey's Paper Jungle

Robin Lane ~ Create~a~Latte

Janet ~ Janet's Creative World

Lori ~ Scrappin' my Stress Away****HERE

Christina ~ Crazy about Scrappin'****NEXT

Paula ~ Precious Pages by Paula

Robin ~ Scrap n' Chat

Jingle Bell Tag

Well, it's that time of the year for gift gifting... and for many families that begins with the Thanksgiving holiday if you're trying to fit in all the families on both sides and extended ones.. so we've put together a great hop today with plenty of ideas to make those gift cards look like a million bucks! I personally love gift cards... no hassle in returns, wrong sizes, etc. and with the ability to buy cards for even Visa and/or MasterCard, how could your gift even be considered to be re-gifted!

They will surely find something they want or need.

For hopping today, we have a gift for some lucky person. 

A 17.95 value Close To My Heart Merry and Bright Holiday Stamp set. You'll have a great little set to make your Holiday cards, gift tags, or other décor. A winner will be chosen by Nov. 6th so I can get this in the mail and off to the winner in plenty of time!.

How to win? Comment on each blog and show our creative team some love please! If you're not a follower, you might want to be... this group does a hop every first Sunday so you won't want to miss what's in store! Be sure to leave a way to contact you as well!

Now let's get hopping! If you havent already, starting at Janet's Creative World is where it all begins and those awesome stamps are up for grabs!

For my project today, I used a file from the Silhouette Online Store - with a twist!

Here is my finished gift card holder.  I substituted a jingle bell for the Christmas tree.

Here are the pieces in my cut file.  The jingle bell also came from the Silhouette Online store.

Here is the card holder opened up.

I cut two bows, one I adhered to the card front under the bell, and the other I pop-dotted above the bell.  I tied some music note ribbon to the top and DONE!!

I love the card base and plan on using this file again and again!!!

Thanks for stopping over ~ now you're off to: Create A Latte!

I've posted the line-up in case you get lost... Happy Holidays!

Janet's Creative World

Loving Lifes Little Blessings

Scrapping My Stress Away

Create A Latte

Scapple Tree

Precious Pages by Paula

So Many Crafts. so Little time

Card Monkeys Paper Jungle

Nana's Scrap Spot 

Thanks for hopping with us today!

Ice Cream Cone Card (KCC Blog Hop)

Welcome to the Krazy Crafting Crew's October blog hop:  To "DIE" For!

Many crafters today have die cutting machines and we thought it would be fun to let them show off some of the work they do with their machines and tell us what machine they own.  I can guarantee you will have a fun time looking at all of their creations and if you're in the mood for a new die cutting machine, their work might sway you on which one to buy.

Our hostess for this hop is Jearise from Loby's World and her blog is the place to start.  She will have a give away going on so make sure you check out how to get signed up for that while you're visiting her.

Now let the fun begin...

I have two cricut machines (an Expression and an Imagine) and a Silhouette Cameo.  I like all three for different reasons.  Since yesterday was World Card Making Day, I opted to create a card using my Expression.  I can design much easier using my Gypsy!

I grabbed my Gypsy and used Creative Memories Cheerful Seasons Cartridge.  I used the Ice Cream Cone image sized to 5.12 inches. 

I welded two of the shadow layers together.  I copied and flipped a second image and overlapped it a tiny bit before I welded them together.

I cut them out of white cardstock.

I put the rest of the layers on my Gypsy all sized to 5.12 inches.

I used paper from my scraps.

I did not have any more of the dark brown and I forgot about the cut outs of the ice cream cone.  If I left it alone, the pink layer would show through.   I opened a new layer and fit the ice cream cone so the inside cuts would fit on the rest of the paper already on my mat.

I adhered the brown pieces over the pink paper.

I used a stamp from Iron Gate Stamps for my sentiment.

I inked my cone and adhered the layers on the card base.  Here is my yummy birthday card!

I was once a die hard Gypsy and Cricut gal.  I also own a Cuttlebug but I use that mainly for embossing.  I recently got a Cameo.  I love things about my Cricut and I love things about my Cameo.  I will continue to use them both!!!

Your next stop in this hop is Cicily!

Here is the entire list of blogs in case you get lost along the way!!

Jearise - http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com

Lissa - http://www.somanycrafts.com/

Janet - http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com/

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

Cicily - http://www.pinkdalmatianscrapper.com/

Miranda - www.nanasscrapspot.com

Anita and Bugs - http://anitaandbugs.blogspot.com/

Paula - www.preciouspagesbypaula.blogspot.com

Jessi - www.mylifeinartsncrafts.com

KCC Vacation Blog Hop

Welcome to the Krazy Crafting Crew's Vacation Blog hop!

Summer is almost over (gasp!) and hopefully you've gotten some great vacation memories. 

This hop is all about crafting our vacations.

To start from the beginning of our trip head on over to Cicily the PinkDalmatianScrapper. 

Be sure and comment on our great vacation inspiration to win some awesome CTMH blog candy!

It is almost vacation time!!!!

We have just 50 days until we go to Walt Disney World!!!  It has been two years since we were last there and I am super excited!!!  If you want to see how I made this countdown calendar, just go HERE.

This time, my youngest will almost be 8 and is no longer interested in autographs (sniff sniff).  I typically make an autograph mini album before we go and have the characters sign the book.  This time, I am only making pages for our character meals and the events we are planning on attending.  I am making more generic Disney pages for photos or whatever!

This is our first time going to the Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater Diner and it looks soooo cool!!  You eat dinner in these really cool cars.  I had fun creating these pages!

I used my Gypsy and Nifty Fifties to create these pages.

I put the Drive In sign and layers on my mat.  I sized them to 4 inches.

Here are the pieces all cut out.

I adhered them together and wrote CRUZ on the license plate and "See Movies!!  And Eat In Your Car!!" as that is what is advertised on their web page.

I sized the car to 3.5 inches.  I sized the microphone from the radio image to 1.38.  I wanted to use it as the speaker from the drive-in!

I used cardstock to cut the images out.

I sized the letters to 1.06 inches so they would fit across the 8 inch pages.

For the dash (-) I turned a lower case i on its side and deleted the dot.

I used stickles for the headlights, tires and chrome bumper.

I pop-dotted the sign and the car to the pages.  This way I can slide a photo under them.

My next page is for the Hot Air Balloon Ride we are planning!!

This time I turned to my Cameo.

I purchased this super cute balloon from the Silhouette Store, but wanted Mickey Heads instead of hearts.  I made my own Mickey Heads with three circles (this is my first ever creation LOL).  Did I mention I am a newbie????

I un-grouped the balloon pieces.  Next I released the compound of the balloon layers (one at a time) and sized my Mickey Head.  

I am sure there is an easier way to do this, but I put the Mickey right on top of the heart.  Then I nudged it to the right 10 times.  This allowed me to grab the heart and move it away.  Then I nudged the Mickey to the left 10 times.

Here is the end result!!

I have no idea what the real balloon will look like, but I wanted traditional Disney colors for my album.

I grabbed a cloud leftover from a different project and tucked it under the balloon.

The font was from dafont.com called Walt Disney.  I cut out the title to fit my 8 inch page.

I found one other image that I wanted to use with my cameo.

This image I saw on Pinterest and traced it - all by myself!!!

When I cut, I like to fill my page.  The road and roller coaster pieces are for pages not yet finished for this same album!

I put the hands on the page, but needed a way to get the buttons just right on the gloves.

I saved the extra cuts (aka trash) and used them as templates.

I do the same thing for my words all the time!!

I carefully peel away the extra piece and it is perfectly placed!!

Very cute - will look even cuter with a photo of Tanner in the center :)

I received this washi tape in a secret sister Easter gift and thought it would be perfect on this page!

I tucked the edges around the back.

This will be the last page in the album!

Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out my pages.  I have other pages and the album cover completed you can see the PAGES and ALBUM if you are wanting ideas for your own album.

I find the characters spend more time with my son when he has pages all decorated up!

Your next stop in the vacation journey is MIRANDA.

If you get lost in your travels the complete lineup is below:

Cicily - www.pinkdalmatianscrapper.com

Lissa Marie - http://www.somanycrafts.com/

Zenita - http://www.scrappinwithz.blogspot.com/

Lori - http://scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/

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

Katina - http://www.lovinglifeslittleblessings.com/

Paula - http://www.preciouspagesbypaula.blogspot.com/