tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23941102447870736632024-03-13T07:44:21.603-07:00Hope's Paper PlaceHopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14811347112569819874noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394110244787073663.post-28922992563341357032013-01-09T10:06:00.001-08:002013-01-09T10:16:43.495-08:00Challenge #143 - Tag You're It!!Hello crafty friends!<br />
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I am back participating in another challenge! This week's challenge at <a href="http://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com/2013/01/challenge-me-monday-143-tag-youre-it.html?showComment=1357573881823#c7726199905912897936">FCCB</a> is to use a tag....well, that worked out perfectly for me because I am making tags to attach to some secret gifts for a swap at the Cricut message boards. Awesome, right!?! They needed to be simple tags because they will be attached to 14 gifts stuffed in a priority box so nothing too bulky will do. I am a fan of mass producing and the assembly line process.....so, I cut out 14 tags(love the Auto Fill feature!) using the Cricut Plantin Schoolbook cart in kraft cardstock then using some SU punches(scallop, 1 3/8, 1 1/4) punched out coordinated colors that matched the card I made. Unfortunately, I cannot show the card just yet as it is meant to be a surprise. :) The heart punch was from PTI and the pattern paper was EP Yours Truly.<br />
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Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14811347112569819874noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394110244787073663.post-67215339786234968242013-01-05T13:15:00.000-08:002013-01-05T13:15:05.872-08:00Get Organized!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I decided to participate in the <a href="http://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com/2012/12/get-organized-cricut-crawl.html">Fantabulous Cricut Challenge</a> this week which is to get organized! I created an "Inspiration" basket filled with Valentine/love theme items to help me when I sit down to craft a Valentine card for my friends or family I have all what I need right in one organized place. In the basket there is stamps, paper, ribbon, inks, bling, etc. I cut the letters from Cricut's Plantin Schoolbook cartridge at 2" and added some heart bling.<br />
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Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14811347112569819874noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394110244787073663.post-90503870657930079102012-02-27T06:11:00.002-08:002012-02-27T06:15:20.804-08:00Goodies from my Secret Leprechaun!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G8cM09fnWuc/T0uP4boE2nI/AAAAAAAAAUk/vTKkB99Apmc/s1600/025.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713818751900899954" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G8cM09fnWuc/T0uP4boE2nI/AAAAAAAAAUk/vTKkB99Apmc/s320/025.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>Just wanted to thank once again my SL for all the wonderful goodies she sent me!! Just look at the picture....see all that yummy crafty goodness!! Love it all!!</div>Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14811347112569819874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394110244787073663.post-16604240632864954232011-10-30T08:15:00.000-07:002011-10-30T08:19:13.982-07:00New Stamps!Robin with <a href="http://robinscreativecottage.blogspot.com/">Robin's Creative Cottage </a>has created her own stamp line! How fun and exciting!! Cannot wait to see them!!! All the happiness begins on November 14th!! Plus, there is a NEW design team who will showing off all the new stamps!!!!!!Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14811347112569819874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394110244787073663.post-85131656505703627112011-10-07T08:23:00.000-07:002011-10-07T08:23:30.916-07:00I love mittens....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here is another swap card that I made this past summer....yep, still have not found my craft mojo to do anything as of lately. So, onto this card! The mittens are from the cricut cartridge Jolly Hollidays which is one of my favorite Christmas cartridges. I cut the mittens out and adding some "fuzzies" with the cotton balls stretched over the cuffs. Finsihing it off with a sentiment stamped in Staz On chocolate. It is a simple card but I love simple cards.<br />
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Hi Blogland. Back in the summer I was in a monthly swap and one month we swapped Holiday Tags. Above are the 4 that I created. Rudolph was cut from Doodlecharms, the tree was cut from Hello Kitty, and the snowflake one was cut from......hmmmm....I am at a complete blank.........still at a blank........ugghh...I got nothing. OHHHHH...A Child's Year.....awww much better. Last but not least the red flowers were cut with my friend the cuttlebug. It was a fun swap while it lasted but now it is over. <br />
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HopeHopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14811347112569819874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394110244787073663.post-27653415232280782472011-09-15T18:44:00.000-07:002011-09-15T18:44:28.172-07:00Challenge Fun!Hello!<br />
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I am so seriously late but I just had to participate in this week <a href="http://designed2delight.com/blog/">Designed2delight</a> challenge! It is a fun progressive challenge-check out their blog for all the fun details. <br />
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Right to my card-base of kraft cardstock with image colored using my SU pencils, baby oil, and fantastix pens mounted on brown cardstock. I tied a satin chocolate brown ribbon and I trimmed the ends and apparently I just could not stop! Yikes! The stamp is from Studio G....love $ stamps. :)<br />
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HopeHopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14811347112569819874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394110244787073663.post-77228688562904326812011-09-08T13:40:00.000-07:002011-09-08T13:40:17.005-07:00Lunch Notes....Hi ya'll!<br />
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I'm back again....yes, two post in one day.....I cannot believe it myself! My crafty friend and I participated in Secret Pal swap for the last year over at <a href="http://www.papercraftplanet.com/">Papercraft Planet</a> and it was so much fun. Well, my secret pal participated in the challenges over <a href="http://designed2delight.com/blog/">Designed2Delight</a> ......so I decided to participate too! Actually, this my very first time but you have to start somewhere right? It is a progressive challenge....where if you play along this week Faith will email you next week image for FREE and so on! Check out their blog for all the rules, wonderful inspiration and <u>fun</u> digital images. <br />
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Now onto this week image-this super cute cat <strong>“Falloween Cat”</strong>. It reminds of our cat Super Cat...yes, I said Super Cat. I have to admit this was a hard challenge for me because I had to color! I dusted off my SU watercolor pencils coloring the image then using a water brush smoothing it out the color. I still need alot of practice with coloring an image! I did add bling to the colar and used my stickles to make that star sparkle.<br />
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Now, instead of a card I decided to create a lunchbox note! I love to send little notes in my girls lunch boxes and thought how cute this cat is that after I colored it I mounted onto orange and black cardstock. On the back I adhered a white square and wrote a note to my little girl. Perfect to include in a Halloween lunch!<br />
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Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14811347112569819874noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394110244787073663.post-17725973970488871242011-09-08T04:00:00.000-07:002011-09-08T04:00:53.676-07:00Inspiration from a crafty friend!<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Hello Blog.....and all my crafty friends...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Pardon the cobwebs and dust on this blog from the lack of use! I am here to change that....what does that mean? I am going to start getting crafty with my all my crafty friends and yes, update this blog. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Grab some Snickerdoodle coffee.....and lets get started shall we?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Over the past few months I participated in a card swap over at <a href="http://www.papercraftplanet.com/">Paper Craft Planet</a> which was just to make 2 holiday theme cards a month. One month Pat and I decided to swap "Fall" theme cards.....I HEART fall! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Now, please forgive my photography skills.....but here are the 3 cards that I made. The pumpkin card is made using the SU oval punch with the green swirls and stem cut from Cricut Everyday Paper Dolls cartridge. Next card with the yummy pie was cut from the Cricut Just Because cartridge borrowed from my crafty friend! Last but not least, is the tree card cut from the Cricut ZooBalloo cartridge. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Thanks for stopping by and I wish you a crafty Thursday!</span><br />
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Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14811347112569819874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394110244787073663.post-77205772830531072592011-01-15T06:07:00.000-08:002011-01-15T06:10:43.384-08:00Blog Candy Alert!While participating in the FCCB challenges I stumbled across an awesome blog full of cricut inspiration....you seriously need to go check it out....<a href="http://thecricutbug.blogspot.com/">The Cricut Bug</a>....go now! 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I am so thankful for these challenges as it gets me back into crafting. </div><br /><div></div><div>Onto my card-it starts off with a white card base, light blue/faint white polka dot pattern paper layered on top. Next, I cut "chillin" base and shadow from the Paisley cartridge then adding my "winter warmies" with the hat from Everybody Paper Dolls cartridge and finishing up with the mittens from Jolly Holidays cartridge....which are just hanging onto the word. </div><br /><div></div><div>Thanks for stopping by!</div><br /><div>Hope</div><div> </div><div>P.S. Sorry for poor lightening in the photo. I am still experimenting with different places to take pictures of the cards that I do.</div>Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14811347112569819874noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394110244787073663.post-71607448909718893642011-01-10T07:21:00.000-08:002011-01-10T07:32:58.710-08:00Just a simple card....<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bkAEIiktmB0/TSsmDnZ5-yI/AAAAAAAAATk/3JOO_qJ_KHc/s1600/gfdrfessfsd%2B3268.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560580008478112546" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bkAEIiktmB0/TSsmDnZ5-yI/AAAAAAAAATk/3JOO_qJ_KHc/s320/gfdrfessfsd%2B3268.jpg" /></a><br /><div>I so LOVE simple cards and this card was simple. Started out with a basic white card then cut a silver mat, then a white mat which then I placed my super sweet and simple silver snowflake from the Child's Year cartridge. That cartridge has so many "hidden extras" which is awesome. I added some bling to the snowflake then cut the phrase "winter wishes" from Jolly Hollidays cartridge. Sending this card to my PCP(Papercraft Planet) secret pal. :)</div><div></div><br /><div>Next on the agenda is to make some cards for monthly card challenge/cause over at Splitcoast. My friend Krissa made some awesome kids cards for the challenge...loved them! She is so talented. Check her blog out at <a href="http://k3texanmom.blogspot.com/">Kreations by Krissa</a>!</div><br /><div></div><div>Have a great Monday!</div><br /><div></div><div>Hope</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>P.S. not such a great pic but was unable to get a good picture inside so I had to hold it outside otherwise it would have blown away. Dang wind.</div>Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14811347112569819874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394110244787073663.post-88373654000120114642011-01-05T11:20:00.000-08:002011-01-05T11:34:44.137-08:00FCCB-Challenge #41 Snowy Delights<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bkAEIiktmB0/TSTHQSgSG5I/AAAAAAAAATc/hgYtnAH9uJU/s1600/gfdrfessfsd%2B3231.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558786922741111698" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bkAEIiktmB0/TSTHQSgSG5I/AAAAAAAAATc/hgYtnAH9uJU/s320/gfdrfessfsd%2B3231.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bkAEIiktmB0/TSTHQNFBC0I/AAAAAAAAATU/I5__f-c2QvM/s1600/gfdrfessfsd%2B3232.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558786921284569922" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bkAEIiktmB0/TSTHQNFBC0I/AAAAAAAAATU/I5__f-c2QvM/s320/gfdrfessfsd%2B3232.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>Happy Wednesday everyone!</div><br /><div></div><div>One of my goals for 2011 is to participate more in challenges.....so I have! This week FCCB challenge is "Snowy Delights" to incorporate snow or snowflakes. Sounds fun to me!</div><br /><div></div><div>My card-I started out with a standard white card layering a faint white/blue polka dot pattern paper on top. Next I used the cute snow covered mailbox from Jolly Holidays cartridge for my main focus cutting that at 4". I just love this cut!! I pop dotted the snow, flag, and mailbox for added dimension. My envelopes could not just be plain...oh no....I added a little red heart because when you open the card it tells you that they are a LOVE NOTE. :)</div><div></div><br /><div>I had snow much fun participating in this challenge! Thank you FCCB!</div><div></div><br /><div>Hope</div><div></div><br /><div>Deets:</div><div></div><br /><div>Mailbox,post, snow on top, envelopes-Jolly Holiday Cartridge</div><div>Snow on ground-Paper Dolls -Dress UP</div><div>Heart on envelope, Phrase "Lovenote"-Wild Card Cartridge</div></div>Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14811347112569819874noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394110244787073663.post-25010482581962255842011-01-03T14:31:00.000-08:002011-01-03T14:38:56.929-08:00Card from a friend.....<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkAEIiktmB0/TSJPv3GDhnI/AAAAAAAAATM/yGuRS7xNBzE/s1600/gfdrfessfsd.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558092573790406258" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkAEIiktmB0/TSJPv3GDhnI/AAAAAAAAATM/yGuRS7xNBzE/s320/gfdrfessfsd.jpg" /></a><br /><div>.....makes me HAPPY! My friend Krissa made this card while on vacation last summer then gave it to me when she got back. This is such a sweet card!! I love it and just feel terrible that I never posted it before now!! Thanks again for such a beautiful card!!!!</div><br /><div></div><div>Just wanted to say hello.....gotta get off the computer and back to crafting. :)</div><div></div><br /><div>Hope</div>Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14811347112569819874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394110244787073663.post-43320408356169843242011-01-01T07:35:00.000-08:002011-01-01T10:52:39.595-08:00Happy 2011!!Happy New Year Blogland!<br /><br /><br />WOW! It is 2011.....and once again it is that time when people make resolutions...now this year I am not making any "resolutions" but making small achievable goals. One of those goals is to get back into crafting! I miss it so much....I really do. Crafting is something you can do alone or with friends. Crafting always makes me happy. Crafting makes other people happy too.....when it is shared.<br /><br /><br />Currently, I am working getting a stash of cards built up so no more buying cards because I did not have time to make one!! I will share some of those this week...yep, on the blog!<br /><br /><br />Happy new year and many blessings for each of you!!<br /><br /><br />HopeHopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14811347112569819874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394110244787073663.post-54327344862358804992010-08-16T06:30:00.000-07:002010-10-20T16:32:12.053-07:00Teacher Treats.....<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkAEIiktmB0/TGlBo00IiwI/AAAAAAAAAR4/QLcRF93i5xg/s1600/gfdrfessfsd+2052.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506004189065022210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkAEIiktmB0/TGlBo00IiwI/AAAAAAAAAR4/QLcRF93i5xg/s320/gfdrfessfsd+2052.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bkAEIiktmB0/TGlBosZOg1I/AAAAAAAAARw/jarsSQ082UA/s1600/gfdrfessfsd+2054.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506004186804683602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bkAEIiktmB0/TGlBosZOg1I/AAAAAAAAARw/jarsSQ082UA/s320/gfdrfessfsd+2054.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bkAEIiktmB0/TGlBobQJ5TI/AAAAAAAAARo/bJ2HPDnVPtI/s1600/gfdrfessfsd+2053.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506004182203229490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bkAEIiktmB0/TGlBobQJ5TI/AAAAAAAAARo/bJ2HPDnVPtI/s320/gfdrfessfsd+2053.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Hi Blogland!</div><br /><div>It has been awhile since we last "saw" it each other..LOL! It has been a fun and busy summer which I am kinda glad that school is beginning soon so my family and I can get back to a routine. </div><div></div><br /><div>Last week I was so inpsired by the ladies doing the Back to School Blog Hop that a fellow blogger Krissa, over at Kreations by Krissa, and I decided to do a 2 blog hop all about Teachers! For me, it is a way to get me back into crafting and blogging.....I have missed it so much!!!!<br /></div><div>To start off.....our first challenge(to ourselves) was to make some Teacher Treats........so, for my first post I made a mini lunchbox out of a clear card box. Instead of food I filled it with drink mixes for water bottles. I cut the "ABC" from the Cuttin Up Cricut cartridge. My thought was that you could put these mini lunch boxes on tables so people could transform their plain water into some yummy lemonade. Or, you could put these by the bucket filled with water bottles for a little holder/decorations. :-)</div><div></div><div>Happy Monday everyone!</div><div></div><div>Hope</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14811347112569819874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394110244787073663.post-81769034504355790012010-05-01T07:52:00.000-07:002010-05-01T07:54:40.264-07:00Happy, HappyJust wanted to pop in and wish everyone a very HAPPY NATIONAL SCRAPBOOKING DAY!!!<br /><br />I really HOPE to get crafty this weekend-it has been way too long! I miss it so much!<br /><br />HopeHopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14811347112569819874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394110244787073663.post-45266979107815535032010-03-28T19:16:00.000-07:002010-03-28T19:26:33.827-07:00FCCB Challenge<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bkAEIiktmB0/S7APY95copI/AAAAAAAAARg/5v9Yzrigp_0/s1600/gfdrfessfsd+611.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453876070352462482" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bkAEIiktmB0/S7APY95copI/AAAAAAAAARg/5v9Yzrigp_0/s320/gfdrfessfsd+611.jpg" /></a><br /><div>I wanted to participate in this week FCCB challenge-Easter Theme and using pastel colors!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I made this quick and simple card using the Easter 2010 cartridge. Cutting "Happy Easter" at 3" along with the shadow. Next, I cut two sections of grass at 3" but also trimming a little off the bottom. Next, I cut the bunny face at 2" cutting the ears off and putting them on the top left corner and with a cotton ball for the "tail" at the middle of the right side. Tada-there you have a quick and easy Happy Easter card! :)</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Happy Easter week everyone!!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Hope</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Deets:</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Cardstock/pattern paper-Martha Stewart</div><br /><div>Cricut-Easter 2010 seasonal cartridge</div>Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14811347112569819874noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394110244787073663.post-75641355905112054152010-03-28T18:56:00.000-07:002010-03-28T19:07:54.954-07:00Challenge 30-Woman Challenge<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bkAEIiktmB0/S7AK9ashFgI/AAAAAAAAARY/D1C45Pcen5U/s1600/gfdrfessfsd+587.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453871199000008194" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bkAEIiktmB0/S7AK9ashFgI/AAAAAAAAARY/D1C45Pcen5U/s320/gfdrfessfsd+587.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkAEIiktmB0/S7AK9NPEbQI/AAAAAAAAARQ/cncSMjci62o/s1600/gfdrfessfsd+586.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453871195386834178" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkAEIiktmB0/S7AK9NPEbQI/AAAAAAAAARQ/cncSMjci62o/s320/gfdrfessfsd+586.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>Hi Blog Friends!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>How was your weekend? Mine was good-did a little spring cleaning but overall just hung out with the family at home!</div><div></div><br /><div>My project this week was a simple tag that can be attached to any healthy drink to keep encouraging those women in our lives who are trying to get into that bikini this summer! I took the reverse on the yellow polka dot bikini and turned it into a white polka dot yellow bikini! *wink* You could even do this for that special man in your life but I would suggest putting some swim trunks instead of the bikini! LOL!</div><div></div><br /><br /><div>Deets:</div><br /><div>-Dress UP paper dolls Cartridge for the bikini</div><div>-paper MS</div><div>-tag -is an old tag from SU!</div><div>-scallop border punch from SU!</div><div>-ribbon from my stash</div><br /><div></div><div>Have a great week!! Oh! There is still time to join us in this week's challenge!!</div><br /><br /><div></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Hope</span></div></div>Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14811347112569819874noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394110244787073663.post-84566196531361715712010-03-11T12:44:00.000-08:002010-03-11T12:53:12.563-08:00Just Buggin' Challenge # 28 Going Green<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bkAEIiktmB0/S5lX_bUEDBI/AAAAAAAAAQs/iP7ENTG51L0/s1600-h/gfdrfessfsd+363.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447481971456609298" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bkAEIiktmB0/S5lX_bUEDBI/AAAAAAAAAQs/iP7ENTG51L0/s320/gfdrfessfsd+363.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bkAEIiktmB0/S5lX_N1NRJI/AAAAAAAAAQk/8Cpes9eoE-E/s1600-h/gfdrfessfsd+365.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447481967837529234" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bkAEIiktmB0/S5lX_N1NRJI/AAAAAAAAAQk/8Cpes9eoE-E/s320/gfdrfessfsd+365.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>Hi Blogland!</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>This week at Just Buggin' the challenge is going green...make a St. Patrick's theme card/project. Well, I made this card for my little one to wish her good luck on her spelling test...and what is better luck than a 4 leaf clover? A pinky colored 4 leaf clover that is!! :) I used some pattern paper from CTMH cutting the shamrock/shadow at 3" from the Designer Calender cartridge. I am loving all the little extra cuts you get with this cartridge. Such a fun cartridge!!</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Hope you can join us this week at Just Buggin'...we would love to have you!!</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Hope</div></div>Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14811347112569819874noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394110244787073663.post-24532919226697120932010-03-01T08:45:00.000-08:002010-03-01T08:57:56.385-08:00BLOP HOP WINNER IS.....<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bkAEIiktmB0/S4vvfb7BbuI/AAAAAAAAAP0/atX0L7YKwuE/s1600-h/gfdrfessfsd+279.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443707897957674722" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bkAEIiktmB0/S4vvfb7BbuI/AAAAAAAAAP0/atX0L7YKwuE/s320/gfdrfessfsd+279.jpg" /></a><br />Good Monday Morning to everyone!<br /><br />First I want to say <strong>THANKS </strong>to everyone who joined the Just Buggin' Blog Hop this past weekend! It sure was alot of fun!<br /><br />As you see by the picture above my blog candy was a just a little something to say thank you for all your sweet comments!! It is 4 ribbon rolls and 2 Michael's Spring stamps...hopefully you can use on your own Spring projects!<br /><br />The winner is.......................<br /><br /># 19<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/07610387508249498425" rel="nofollow">Mindy</a><a href="http://www.random.org/" target="_blank"> said...<br />Those boots are so cute!<br /></a><a title="comment permalink" href="http://hope2mygirls.blogspot.com/2010/02/just-buggin-blog-hophophophop.html?showComment=1267223112298#c5679750164227359863">February 26, 2010 2:25 PM </a><a title="Delete Comment" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=2394110244787073663&postID=5679750164227359863"></a><a href="http://www.random.org/" target="_blank"><br /></a><a name="c6001672884179536655"></a><a href="http://www.random.org/" target="_blank"><br /></a><a id="av-19-00344616269659528145" class="avatar-hovercard" onclick="" href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/00344616269659528145" rel="nofollow"></a>Congratulations goes to MINDY!!! Please email me your snail mail and I will get your goodies out to you this week!<br /><br /><br />Hope everyone has a great CRAFTY WEEK!<br /><br />Hope :)Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14811347112569819874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394110244787073663.post-34833842840694188702010-02-26T05:05:00.000-08:002010-02-27T05:25:28.557-08:00Just Buggin Blog Hop....Hop...Hop...Hop<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bkAEIiktmB0/S4fIQYVHT0I/AAAAAAAAAPs/5L7toa-o5mE/s1600-h/gfdrfessfsd+244.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442538858435006274" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bkAEIiktmB0/S4fIQYVHT0I/AAAAAAAAAPs/5L7toa-o5mE/s320/gfdrfessfsd+244.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Welcome to the Just Buggin Challenges Blop Hop sponsored by the Just Buggin Design Team! If you've just happened upon my blog, you can to start from the beginning at Just Buggin. You should have arrived here from <a href="http://scrapthiscraftthat.blogspot.com/2010/02/blog-post.html">http://scrapthiscraftthat.blogspot.com/2010/02/blog-post.html</a> the fabulous Lynn's blog!!</div><div></div><div>My project is the rain boot from the Paisley cartridge! My inspiration came from the American Crafts pattern paper...I LOVE AMERICAN CRAFTS! I cut the boot from My Mind's Eye pattern paper(another one of my favorites)-creating a belly ban with the backside of the AC pattern paper-tying it all together with green ribbon. Simple card which I will be attaching to a little garden gift to my nieces...hopefully will post the gift set this weekend!</div><div></div><div>I hope you have a great weekend and enjoy the Just Buggin Hop...Hop...Hop....Hop!</div><div></div><div>Your next hop is the very talented <a href="http://scrappyandpiggy.blogspot.com/2010/02/just-buggin-spring-blog-hop.html">http://scrappyandpiggy.blogspot.com/2010/02/just-buggin-spring-blog-hop.html</a> MINDY!!!</div><div></div><div>Hope</div><div></div><div>***EDIT TO ADD-Some of the blogs are giving away goodies so make sure you become a follower to my blog and leave a comment!! Winners will be chosen by random on Monday, March 1, 2010..then check back on the blogs to see who is giving away a prize to see if you won! </div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14811347112569819874noreply@blogger.com42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394110244787073663.post-22810058911711169672010-02-24T11:12:00.001-08:002010-02-24T11:26:48.499-08:00Just Buggin' Challenge 26-Emboss It!!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkAEIiktmB0/S4V6y5rgliI/AAAAAAAAAPk/bIJtmQh1OeI/s1600-h/gfdrfessfsd+195.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441890739642471970" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkAEIiktmB0/S4V6y5rgliI/AAAAAAAAAPk/bIJtmQh1OeI/s320/gfdrfessfsd+195.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bkAEIiktmB0/S4V6ysqoPRI/AAAAAAAAAPc/zRC69RR1DtI/s1600-h/gfdrfessfsd+196.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441890736149118226" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bkAEIiktmB0/S4V6ysqoPRI/AAAAAAAAAPc/zRC69RR1DtI/s320/gfdrfessfsd+196.jpg" /></a><br />For this challenge-I thought "inside" the book so to speak. I used a Child's Year cartridge and cut out the outline of the book but in looking at it I really wanted the book to have pages....well, I cut the book out of cream twice then used the pages as the real pages of the book. The pages looked kind of plain so I embossed them using a cuttlebug embossing folder(script-I think) and inked them up with some brown Staz-On ink. The bottom sentiment is from PTI's Take Note stamp set. There is a little jewel to the left of the sentiment. Pattern paper is from PTI. Chocolate CS is from SU and Cream is from CTMH.</div><div></div><div></div><div>This is just a little note pad that I made for my daughter's teacher who loves to read...now she can keep track of all her books.</div><div></div><div></div><div>I hope you can join us this week at Just Buggin'!!</div><div></div><div></div><div>Hope</div><div></div><div>Oh-almost forgot...DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE JUST BUGGIN' BLOG HOP THIS WEEKEND!!! THERE WILL BE HIDDEN PRIZES ON SOME OF BLOGS AND A CHANCE TO BE A GUEST DESIGNER ON JUST BUGGIN!!!<br /></div><div></div>Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14811347112569819874noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394110244787073663.post-77104878344987856482010-02-20T08:14:00.000-08:002010-02-20T08:19:35.976-08:00Friends<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bkAEIiktmB0/S4AKkd0ELUI/AAAAAAAAAPM/0qAMWdGduuA/s1600-h/gfdrfessfsd+192.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440359971458133314" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bkAEIiktmB0/S4AKkd0ELUI/AAAAAAAAAPM/0qAMWdGduuA/s320/gfdrfessfsd+192.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Hi Friends!</div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Just a quick card I made for my friend to attach to a "little something" gift for her. I used Raspberry Fizz CS and pattern paper from PTI cutting the word "friends" from my cricut. Instead of the dot above the "i" I used a butterfly punch(Martha Stewart) to add a little extra.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Hope you are having a wonderful weekend!</div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Hope</div>Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14811347112569819874noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394110244787073663.post-20335889088967188032010-02-11T04:28:00.000-08:002010-02-11T04:45:09.658-08:00Just Buggin' Challenge #24-3D<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bkAEIiktmB0/S3P7PIDrYrI/AAAAAAAAAO8/_xKYtkEYV_w/s1600-h/gfdrfessfsd+099.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436965412445840050" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bkAEIiktmB0/S3P7PIDrYrI/AAAAAAAAAO8/_xKYtkEYV_w/s320/gfdrfessfsd+099.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bkAEIiktmB0/S3P7OxL95OI/AAAAAAAAAO0/pXXtIkp-zok/s1600-h/gfdrfessfsd+100.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436965406306591970" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bkAEIiktmB0/S3P7OxL95OI/AAAAAAAAAO0/pXXtIkp-zok/s320/gfdrfessfsd+100.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>Hi Friends!</div><div></div><br /><div>This week at Just Buggin' challenge is a 3D challenge-think pop cards, boxes, etc. Sounds fun, right!?! </div><br /><div></div><div>My project this week is an easel card-hoping this qualifies as 3D! I need to make appreciation cards for the teachers at my children's school so I needed something simple yet cute. I thought making an easel card look like old fashion chalkboard would do the trick.</div><div></div><br /><div>Deets:</div><div></div><br /><div>-chocolate cardstock from SU!</div><br /><div>-black basic from HL(used for the chalkboard and the eraser)</div><br /><div>-my little chalk is just rolled up typing paper</div><br /><div>-A+ is from Locker talk</div><br /><div>-white ink on the chalkboard is brushed on Staz On white</div><br /><div></div><div>Well, I hope you can join us at Just Buggin' we would LOVE to have you!!</div><div></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Hope</span></div></div>Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14811347112569819874noreply@blogger.com11