Cooking With Cricut Birthday Bloghop!

Hello all and welcome to Michelle's Crafty Creations!

Welcome to Cooking with Cricut's and PapercraftingWorld.com's June blog hop.  Our designers have been working hard to bring you two days of some really great projects.  You should have arrived from the super sweet and talented Madison at Funky Cards.  If you just happened upon my blog, please head back to the beginning with Melin at Cooking With Cricut.  You DEFINITELY don't want to miss out on any blogs along the way!! :)

Not only is this a birthday themed hop, but it is also in honor of our DT coordinator, Jen Hudson, who just happens to have her birthday during our hop! ;)  Because Jen is a gator fan through and through, we decided to have our projects reflect anything Florida.  Gators, Beach, anything that reminds you of the "Sunshine State"!  <---How fun right?!

Jen is the last one on our blog line up so be sure to stop at her blog and leave some extra love!!

Okay, when I think of Florida I think of SUNSHINE and BEACHES!!  Oh yeah!  Who doesn't love sunshine especially at the beach?!  My card truly reflects what I think of when I envision myself on the beach. (wow! how many times can one person say beach!! LOL)

A beach shape card!! I LOVE the flip-flops!

(sorry all my local peeps...slippers!!)

I JUST love my sunshine and the face.  My sun will always be smiling!!

To make this card:

I used my Gypsy to size all the pieces and weld the sun and waves to the card.

Cricut cartridges: Everyday Paper Dolls for the waves, beach chair and umbrella; Create A Critter for the sun; Accent Essentials for the base.

Paper: DCWV (The sand was paper that was torn and inked)

Misc: Jollee Sticker for the beach ball and flip-flops (slippers); PKS Everyday Character Faces; White gelly roll pen for eyes and face detail; Inkadinkadoo Chalk for the cheeks; Ranger Distress Ink tea dye for the edges.

Now what is a hop without some blog candy?  

You don't have to be a follower, but I would SO appreciate it!  Just leave a comment below WITH a way to contact you!! (This is to US residents only ;))

Cuttlebug Swiss Dots 

Studio g Washi Tape

Don't forget to head over to CWC and leave a comment for your chance to win some great blog candy!

NOW head on over to my very talented friend Jill at Jaihart!

Hugs and Happy Crafting!!

I am linking this up to:

Peachy Keen Challenge #23 Anything Goes

Jill's Sundays Are Lovely #10 + Giveaway

Happy Resurrection Day!

Hey all my crafty peeps!!  I hope you are having a great midweek so far!

Today at Cooking With Cricut we are celebrating one of my favorite holidays...Resurrection Day.  I know, most of us call it Easter.  Whatever you call it is JUST fine.  I want the day to be about remembering Christ's resurrection.  If it were not for this momentous occasion, how would I, or you, be able to go to Heaven?  Not only did Jesus, our Lord and Savior, die on the cross for our sins; He overcame death with his bodily resurrection.  We serve a RISEN Savior!

For my Sunday School class, I put together a goodie bag and a card for each of them.  I thought it would be prudent to put a verse on the card rather than a punny saying.  I think it is very fitting for what we have been learning in class.  Plus, it came out SUPER cute!!

Here is a picture with the goodie bag in the back and the card!

Isn't the lamb CUTE??!!

To make this card I used:

Cart ~ Everday Paper Dolls for the grass

Digi Stamp ~ Lamb from PCW (Lamb I Love You set~ They have another cute lamb as a cutting file too)

Paper ~ DCWV Pocket Full of Posies

Sentiment ~ computer generated

Misc ~ Recollection's Banana flock for the lamb; Enamel accents (black) for the hooves; Pink and white gelly roll pens for the lamb; twine from The Twinery; 

Now it's your turn!!  

 Link up your project to the Cooking With Cricut challenge post.  There are some guidelines.

1.  Must follow the challenge topic.

2.  Must be a new project for this challenge

3.  No back dated posts please

4.  Must have a link back to this post on your blog

5.  Must link your project post through Inlinkz and not just your blog

6.  Must use your Cricut in some capacity

7.  Gotta HAVE FUN!!!

8.  You may combine challenges...we like to!

I am linking this up at Jill's Sundays are Lovely #8 + Give-away

Scrappy Mom's Stamps Terrific Tuesday Challenge Easter

Hugs and Happy Crafting!!

Something Old, Something New.....

Hey all you crafty friends out there!!!  Welcome to Michelle's Crafty Creations!

Welcome to day 2 of Cooking With Cricut's  and Paper Crafting World's FIRST blog hop of 2012!!!  Our Theme is "Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue".  Sounds fun doesn't it??!!

If you have arrived from the ever so talented Evelyn then you are in the right place!  If you just happened upon my blog, then you will want to start at Melin's so you don't miss out on their wonderful projects!

Our designers were challenged to use something old (from their craft stash),  something new (perhaps a Christmas gift or new technique) something borrowed (a cricut cut or PCW cut file or digi stamp) and it has to have the color blue!

Today I made a simple lay out.  I had SO many ideas run through my head, But I wanted to do something a little feminine.  My daughter LOVED to play dress up.  She would always dress up as a little ballerina of wear pretty dresses.  I made this lay out with that in mind.  I plan to do another page, for journaling....I will post that another time.  I really only do two-page lay outs if it is a really big event that has LOTS of pictures to post.  I love to write on the page of my scrapbooks once in a while so I left some room here and there for that option.

LOVE how this came out!!

Sewing on paper is def a challenge!!

Check out those flowers!!

There are a LOT of new elements I used.

First for the challenge:

New ~ sewing, lace, and rick rack flowers I MADE!!!

Old ~ Paper!!  I have had that stuff FOEVER! LOL

Borrowed ~ hanger for the dress

Blue ~ Obviously everything but the lace!! 

To make this Lay out I used:

Carts ~ Gypsy Wanderings for the dress and phrases "play and dream"; A Child's Year for the scalloped picture frame; Everyday Paper Dolls for the hanger

Paper ~ DCWV Garden Party Mat Stack

Misc ~ Blue rick rack ribbon to make the flowers; lace; Ranger Distress Ink Tea Dye for a "vintage" look.

I am SUPER excited about how my flowers came out and the sewing (def trial and error)!  I hope you have been inspired to try something new on your projects as well!!

Now what is a blog hop without candy??!!  RIGHT...that's what I say!!  I am offering to one lucky follower the following: 

YUP...a Martha Stewart score board!  I LOVE mine!!  All you have to do is leave me a comment on this blog and become a follower.  Make a comment for each. If you are already a follower just let me know on a separate comment!  I will announce the winner Tuesday! (Please leave me an email to get in touch with you)  Good Luck!

Now don't forget to check out the other designer's projects!  Your next stop is to the talented Mindy!

If you get lost along the way: 

Melin

Court

Evelyn

Michelle  (You are HERE)

Mindy (NEXT)

Felicia

Madison

Nita

Angie

Jen

Happy Crafting!!!

Happy Birthday to Choo!!

Hello everyone!

I endeavored to get this post earlier today...well yesterday now...but I got side tracked trying to finish another project.  Can I say I am SO behind on birthdays it's not even funny!!  Were talking 4 birthdays starting in July and up to October!!  HAHAHAHA!!  I will say that the first gift was sent on time...just lost in the mail :(  OKay okay, enough rambling.  My nephew Wyatt absolutely LOVES trains!  he always wants to go to "cargit" (Target) to look at their toy trains.  The kid is a RIOT!!  It only made sense to make him a train card!  So without further adieu  here it is. ( think it came out really cute!

This was designed on my gypsy using Everyday Paper Dolls for all the images except the "square",  that was Accent Essentials.  The paper I used, was Mariposa and Colorbok card stock.  I welded the train to a "square" base and then layered it with a gray card stock.  I distressed the train layer with my Tim Holtz hammer.  I doodled a bit (my doodling STINKS LOL).  I created the little engineer as well with the hide feature.  I created 2 images.  I needed to cut the hand off of one to make him wave.  I doodled on his hat, and distressed it with chestnut ink.  I also used black chalking ink to run over the top layer of the train to accent the distressed look.  I used a wide eyed Peachy Keen stamp.  (LOVE those)

Inside right:

I flipped the image and cut a train out to write a note to my cutie nephew.  If I had thought about it more, I would have used a contrasting color to accent the pole of the crossing sign! LOL  I cut out two images of the crossing sign to layer the top cross with grey.

The inside of the card.  I mirrored the image of the front to create a backing to cover up my engineer.  I liked how it came out.  I think next time I will use a layering style for the inside right.  I know he had a wonderful birthday!  Now to send him his card and gift tomorrow in the mail!!

Happy Crafting!

Some snippets of my Scrapbook for my Gramps

So I am working on an album for my Grandpa.  He always sets up family reunions yearly.  This one is from Myrtle Beach, SC.  We tend to go there the most!!  While I have been scrapping this one, I just randomly crack up thinking about all the fun times and hysterically funny adventures we had.  It makes it that more enjoyable for me!!

For this page I used some textured card stock and inked it for dimension.  I used some stickles along the crest of the waves and popped it up with foam stickers.  I glossy accented the rubber ducky and used acetate for the goggles.

I found these awesome beach themed brads at Hobby Lobby made by Paper Studio.  I also used the 3D Beach sticker that had seashells and sand (all real) to make up the letters.  I drew the face on my doll. 

Used some stickers I bought a loooong time ago and made a sandcastle.  I also inked the castle for dimension.  Used those same cute beach brads!

I cut this "road" out and made it into a waterslide.  Used some stickels for the water and cotton stretched out for the foam at the end of the ride.

These next pages were used with Creative Memories paper and stickers.  This was BEFORE I got my cricut!

Golfing is always a must for our family reunions.  The "non golfers" shop, enjoy the beach and pool or other fun stuff. 

More pictures will be coming shortly.  I had these completed already.