Christmas Blog Hop at Two Scrapbook Friends!

The countdown to Christmas is here and with that in mind, your friends at Two Scrapbook Friends invite you to countdown the 12 Days of Christmas Creations with them. Each day a member of the Two Scrapbook Friends team and a few special friends will share with you some of the projects and inspiration that they have created to celebrate the Season.  Today is my turn to release a project and I thought I would share with you a Christmas Card I recently made that was published in one of the Cricut Magazines this season!

Details:  Cardtock: Bazzill (White);  Patterned paper: Crate – Snow Day Collection – Melt (Blue & White) & (Pink & Red polka dot),  Ribbon: American Crafts (Blue/Wht Stripes), Pom Pom Trim: Wrights Mini Pom Pom, Jewels: Bling: Bazzill Kisses Red,  Stamps: Papertrey Ink (Snowfall Additions),  Inkk: Papertrey Ink – True Black,  Die cut machine: Cricut Expression,  Die cut cartridges: Simply Charmed – Page 65 Mitten, Christmas Cheer – Page 106 Snowflakes.

1. Using the Simply Charmed Cricut Cartridge Cut 3 Mittens Pg 65 with the shadow feature turned on in white cardstock at 5 ¼” But the base of the mitten off of one cut and save to use.
2. Cut one in the Patterned Paper (Echo Park-Everybody Loves Christmas- Bright Stripes)
3. Cut the blue scallop strip from the (Crate Paper – Snow Day Collection Melt) Patterned paper long enough to fit the base of the Mitten.
4. Cut the Snowflake on Page 106 of the Christmas Cheer Cartridge at 2 ½”in White Cardstock
5. Score top of one white mitten at ¾” and glue the top portion to the second white mitten
6. Glue base of 3rd white mitten that was cut and reserved to the Polka dot patterned paper
7. Glue Scalloped cut piece from the Crate patterned paper to fit over the white mitten base.
8. Add score table to the scallop base and ruffle ribbon on the scallop piece.
9. Add more score tape on the top and add the pop pom trim
10. Stamp the Word Chilly from the PTI Stamp set titled “Snowfall Additions” in Black ink.
11. Add Snowflake that was cut from the Christmas Cheer Cartridge with a pop dot
12. Add Bling (Bazzil Kisses) to the centre of the snowflake.

TIP:  Use a Little Score Tape to create the ruffled ribbon.


Blog Hop Info

Beginning on December 10th at 8 am, you can begin the hop at the first Friend's blog where you can be inspired and leave a comment. That blog will then tell you where you need to hop to on the next day! You will need to hop from blog to blog leaving a comment on each in order to qualify to be in a draw for a special prize from Two Scrapbook Friends! Also, you will find a SECRET word on each blog which will make a special phrase at the end of the Blog Hop! Once the 12 days of hopping are complete you can email the phrase to us and we will enter you for another ballot to win!

Your Next stop tomorrow is the 4th Day of Christmas: Christa (13th)

The Secret Word for today is YOU

Two Scrapbook Friends Christmas Blog Hop!

The countdown to Christmas is here and with that in mind, your friends at Two Scrapbook Friends invite you to countdown the 12 Days of Christmas Creations with them. Each day a member of the Two Scrapbook Friends team and a few special friends will share with you some of the projects and inspiration that they have created to celebrate the Season. Beginning on December 10th at 8 am, you can begin the hop at the first Friend's blog where you can be inspired and leave a comment. That blog will then tell you where you need to hop to on the next day! You will need to hop from blog to blog leaving a comment on each in order to qualify to be in a draw for a special prize from Two Scrapbook Friends! Also, you will find a SECRET word on each blog which will make a special phrase at the end of the Blog Hop! Once the 12 days of hopping are complete you can email the phrase to us and we will enter you for another ballot to win!

The hop will remain open from December 10th to December 22nd at midnight (EST). Winners will be announced on December 23rd on the Two Scrapbook Friends' blog.The master blog list is listed below so you don't miss a single inspiring creation!1st Day of Christmas: Joanne (10th)2nd Day of Christmas: Audrey (11th)3rd Day of Christmas: Avril (12th)4th Day of Christmas: Christa (13th)5th Day of Christmas: Dee (14th)6th Day of Christmas: Jan (15th)7th Day of Christmas: Jayne (16th)8th Day of Christmas: Sharon (17th)9th Day of Christmas: Shelby (18th)10th Day of Christmas: Tammy (19th)11th Day of Christmas: Carolyn (20th)12th Day of Christmas: Two Scrapbook Friends Blog (21st) Have fun celebrating the 12 Days of Christmas Creations with the Two Scrapbook Friends team!

Friendzy Friday!

My Friendzy Friday for this week is a little out of the ordinary but I just could not resist after seeing how to make this cute little pin cushion and then coming across the Perfect Fabric to match my Scraproom at Two Scrapbook Friends I just had to make it!  It is perfect for storing some decorative Scrapbook Hatpins and makes for a pretty decoration in the room as well!

The Pattern and a step by step video can be found here

Just a reminder of my tip that you colour your bling!  Here I made my bling look black with a dark grey copic marker!


Did you know that you can use your copic markers to change the colours of items?  Here are just a few examples!  First up I will show you how you take clear Kaisercraft Sparklets or any Bling and by just colouring them with a copic you can totally transform the look of them!




All you need is a little bling and a copic marker! 



Colour in your bling until you like the colour!

And now you have a different colour of Bling!

TSF DT Reveal Day 3 - Mitten stocking

Here is another item I made a few weeks ago as part of my DT Kit.

It is sewn together and holds items like a stocking!  The Mitten itself is an SVG File from My Time Made Easy  I used a sewing machine to sew around the edge of the mitten so it has a pocket inside to store items like candy canes etc.!

TSF DT Reveal Day 2 - Deck The Halls

Here is a layout I created  with my DT Kit - Echo Park (Holly Jolly) I had this photo of my Mom & Dad's Elegant Outdoor Christmas Decorations and thought it was perfect for using some of the cool Emblishments that came with this Line! 

This line has these adorable little house and 2 cool border strips that I used

I could not resit pop dotting the little leter stickers onto the little christmas bulbs and hang them from some twine!

I just loved this little christmas light border and had to add it to the roof of my house!  I also added a cool Maya Raod Snowflake!

Details:  All items Echo Park - Holly Jolly Line, Snowflake is Maya Road, Glitter Stickers are from my Stash (Recollections), And I coloured some twine with my Copics!

TSF DT Reveal Day 1 - 3D SVG Christmas Tree

This months DT Kit is from Echo Park - I got to play with a really cute Christmas Line called Holly Jolly - It has the cutest little Chipboard accents and stickers! 

I found this really cute 3D SVG File at Lori Whitlock's Digital Store and just thought it was perfect to match with my DT Kit's Echo Park - Holly Jolly line!

Details:  SVG File fromLori Whitlock's store, Echo Park (Holly Jolly), Bazzill Cardstock(Brown) and I used 2 Marvy Star Punches and a Toothpick to create the tree topper!

TSF - American Crafts - Daydreamer (Our New Arrivals Layout)

Here is another project I created using the American Crafts Daydreamer Line  We had this Cute Little Robins nest this past year and we ended up with these cute little fluffy birds!  I could not resist creating a layout about it! 

The Twig was created using the Straight from the Nest Cricut Cartridge and was cut at 5"  The Birdhouse is a sizzix die  The Clouds and Owls are from the matching sticker Remarks sheet from American Crafts.

The next was created using teh Give a Hoot Cricut Cartridge and was cut at 3 3/4"  The title was created using Pink My Little Shoebox Letter Stickers and American Crafts Thickers (Amy Tangerine "Lovely")  I made the work Arrivals stick up a little by adding them to some acetate and attaching it to the pop dotted nest.

I coul not resist adding a little more dimension to the twig by cutting 2 copies of the leaves from the paterened paper and folding them down the centre to give them dimension before gluing the 2nd leaf down.

My TSF Weekend Retreat!

I had a blast with my friends at the Two Scrapbook Friends Retreat and I accomplished so much!  You will be seeing items posted on my blog starting in a couple of weeks that I created on my weekend away... Unfortunately I have to wait till they are released to post! 

I can however show this card I created to achieve a number of challenges on the weeked!

I only had Christmas PP with me so I made this card with Bella Blvd - Christmas Wishes Patterned Paper.  the Rubon is from Studio Calico, the brad is making memories, the sentiment is PTI and I added a little yellow with a My Favorite Things Butterfly die, some ribbon and a strip of yellow cardstock which i added a scalloped boarder with using my split punch.  This pink Chipboard heart is from the Bella Blvd Line that matches the PP. 

I had a lot of fun getting know some of the Design Team members a little more and of course my two coherts Dee and Regan are always a blast!

TSF - American Crafs - Daydreamer (Baby Onsie & Booties)

I made the following little matching set as part of my DT Kit for Two Scrapbook Friends using the American Crafts Daydreamer line!

Details:  I created this Onsie card using the Life's a Party Cricut Cartridge the Onsie is on Page 29 and I cut it at 5 1/2" using the Shift Key.  The Flower and Leaves are handcut from the Patterned Paper and the little button closure is from the sticker sheet.  I added a little stickles to the centre of the flower and folde the leaves a little to give them some depth.  The sentiment is a PTI Stamp.

Details:  I found this cute little SVG File from My Time Made Easy to create these cute little booties.  I cut it from White Cardstock and the Patterned paper.  I added some eyelets and tied them together with a cute little bow.  The Flower and leaves were again cut from the patterned paper and I added a little stickles to the cetnre of the flower.



TSF - American Crafts (Amy Tangerine) Reveal #4 - Picture Purrfect Layout

Here is my final reveal using the American Crafts Amy Tangerine Line! 

I handcut the Sun and cloud from the Patterned paper and when attaching it I made sure that some of the sun rays overlapped the phot.  Here I again used an exacto knife to trim around the camera on the Patterned paper and sliped my cute little photo of my cat Miko outside soaking up the sun on our Front porch off the Master Bedroom!  I cut a few scalloped Strips of patterned paper using my Split punch from Stampin Up but any scalloped punch would work just perfectly! 

I added som Sassafrass Cardstock Stickers and some Bella Blvd Chipboard Letter stickers and added some punched hearts to the centres of the letters!  As you can tell I just could not resist the play on the word perfect by changing it to purrfect because of Miko!

I added a little journaling strips along the side and added some popdots to some of the journal strips!

Here is a close up of the scallops!

Products Used:  PP American Crafts (Amy Tangerine), Sassafrass Cardstock Stickers (Title), Bella Blvd Sofphisticates Chipboard Letters (Title), small Heart Punch, Stampin Up Split Punch (scalloped strips of pp).

TSF - American Crafts (Amy Tangerine) Reveal #3

Todays Reveal is another 3D Project that I have created using 2 SVG Files that I found online at My Time Made Easy   The Tulips SVG File is Called Tender Tulips from the My Time Made Easy SVG Shop.  Here I created them from the Patterned Paper and I covered Straws with patterned paper to use as the stems.

The other SVG File I used was the Fresh Popped Popcorn Box from the My Time Made Easy SVG shop.  If you score the top and fold it down it looks like a flower pot!  I used Some Bo Bunny Double Dot paper to create the base and Embossed the Off White cardstock with the Cuttlebug Divine Swirl Embosing Folder.

I then Cut the Frame from the Patterned Paper and added the Cloud Sticker and then stamped the Word Sweet from the American Crafts Line in Brown ink on off white cardstock

To give the Pot some weight I added a few beans and covered them with some moss I had in my stash.  This will also help the tulips to stand up in the pot.

PRODUCTS USED:  Patterned Paper American Crafts (Amy Tangerine) - Frame & Tulips, Cardstock (Off White), Bo Bunny Double Dot (Brown), My Time Made Easy SVG Files (Tulips, Flower pot), American Crafts Remarks Stickers - Friends (Cloud Sticker), Sweet Stamp (American Crafts), Cuttle Bug Embosing Folder (Divine Swirl), Straws, Beans, Dry Plant Moss

TSF - American Crafts (Amy Tangerine) Reveal #2

 Here is Reveal # 2 for the Amy Tangerine Line from American Crafts!    Here is a very simple layout I created about things I enjoy in life right now!

I cut the Scalloped border at 1 1/2"  using the Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge(Pg 23) and topped the border Strip with a rosette trim I had left over in my stash...  I added the Thickers Chipboard Letters for the title!

I choose to cut the frames from the Patterned Paper and attach them in the corner to use for my Journaling on the layout! 

There was a details sticker from the other American Crafts Line Daydreams that I played with and I thought it was just too perfect for the flower on the righthand bottom corner.  I changed it up a bit because it had some orange bling in the centre and wanted the centre of the flower to match the page better so I replaced it with some bling from Basic Grey that I had in my stash!

PRODUCTS USED:  PP American Crafts (Amy Tangerine), Cricut Cartridge Elegant Edges (Scallop Trim), Prima trim (Grey rosette Trim), Thickers Elf Chipboard Letters (Title), Martha Stewart Monarch Butterfly Punch (Butterflies), American Crafts Details Stickers - Chirpy (Flower), BasicGrey Designer Half Pearls Opaline (Bling for centre of the flower)

Tomorrow I will show you how I created some 3D Paper Tulips!

TSF - American Crafts (Amy Tangerine) Reveal

It is time for me to start revealing the products I have created using some new American Crafts Lines from Two Scrapbook Friends - Here is a project I created with some of the Amy Tangerine Line - over the next week I will reveal some of the items I created with this very cool line! 

Here is a layout I did with my youngest Nephew!  As soon as I had seen the paper I knew this picture would be absolutely perfect! Using an exacto knife I trimmed around the cloud on the patterned paper and sliped the photo in behind the trimed cloud.  I added the title using two different Thickers and then added the delightful Remarks Sticker.

Here is a close up of the Clouds that I had hand cut from a second piece of paper and then I punched some butterflies from a Martha Stewart Monarch Punch and pop dotted some of the clouds.  I added a little bling and stickles to some of the butterflies!

 Here is a close up of the Title



PRODUCTS USED:  Patterned Paper American Crafts - Amy Tangerine, Thickers -Typo Chipboard Stickers (Title), Thickers - Amy Tangerine Lovely Foam Rubber Stickers (Title)  some Pearls by Queen & Co and some Stickles (butterfly's)  and a Martha Stewart Monarch Butterfly Punch

3D Pumpkin

I thought I would share with you today a little 3D Project I recently created for Two Scrapbook Friends. It was created with the Jillibean "Apple Cheddar Soup" Line.

I found this Pumpkin SVG file on SVG Cuts  if you click the link it shows you  a video tutorial on how the pupkin is created!  I had a blast making it... and for all those who are wondering what is inside... it is not nearly as interesting at the Recess Peanut Butter Cups in the Apples!  LOL!  It is only Rice... I noticed once I started to put the pupkin together that it was going to need a little weight for it to sit upright! 

Patterned Paper:  Jillibean Apple Cheddar Soup.  Cardstock is Bazzill, I embossed the leaf cut with my Cuttlebug and a cuttlebug embossing folder and added a little Kaiser Craft Bling to the centre of the flower!

TSF - Friendzy Friday - Colouring Chipboard Letters/Shapes

One of the projects I created with this last months kit was with the Jillibean "Apple Cheddar Soup"  Here is a layout I did of my Niece and I changed up some chipboard by inking it and applying glossy accents and I just love how it turned out!  Today I will show you the technique in the video below!

Products used are:  Jillibean "Apple Cheddar Soup" (Patterned Paper & sticker embelishments)  The Blossom Trim is by Websters Pages, I used a little Pure Poppy Ink from PTI on the chipboard letters and Dark Chocolate Ink on the Maya Road Chipboard Wheel barrel, The butterflies were created with 2 Martha Stewart Punches and I used some letter stickers from my stash for the rest of the title, all this is finished off with a little stiching using my Sewing machine!  

Here is a close up of how the Inked Chipboard turned out! 

I have created a little video tutorial to show you how I created the effect with the Chipboard Letters! 

I hope you enjoy! 

The Basic Instructions are as follows:

1. Tap the chipboard piece on the ink pad making sure that you cover the entire surface of the chipboard.
2. Let it dry completely
3. Apply a nice even coat of Glossy Accents and let it dry completely before attaching to the layout!



TSF - September DT Reveal (Day 1)

I have decided to split my Reveal up into 2 days since I created a Mini Album as well which will be focused on my blog tomrrow! 

This layout was created about my trip to Cincinatti for the PTI Stamp A Faire!  I had a blast with my pals Dee and Regan and finally met Maria in person!

Here is a picture I took this summer with my Dad!  He drives limo on the side and knows all the perfect spots to take photos so he drove me around downtown at dusk one night and I got this shot! 

Thought I would make a card too! 

Make sure you come back tomorrow when I post photos of the Mini Albumn project I did!

TSF - Friendzy Friday Video Tutorial - 3D Butterflies

 Today I am going to share with you the first video tutorial I have ever created so please bear with me...  I am going to show you how to make these cute little 3D Butterflies that you can use to embelish a scrapbook page, make into magnets or use on a 3D object! 

The items used in the Tutorial are:

• Cricut Cake Cartridge:  Birthday Cake
• Patterned Paper & Sentiment Stickers:  Little Yellow Bicycle - Sweet Summertime
• Baby Flat Chothespins I purchased at the craft store
• Adhesive:  3 in 1
• Paint:  Making Memories Honeydew

Directions are as follow:

• Paint the Clothespin and set aside to dry
• Cut 2 of the Butterflies  from Page 31 at 3 1/2"
• Score the top Buttefly on either side of the body of the butterfly
• Cut the Antenna from the bottom Butterfly
• Glue the Body of the top butterfly to the bottom one
• Glue the Clothespin to the butterfly
• Attach the Sentiment Sticker

Here is the Yellow Butterfly from the Video!  I hope you enjoyed my first Video Tutorial and Happy Scrapping!

TSF August DT Reveal

ok... so I know it has been a while since I posted but I have had just a crazy life happening recently... So on to my August Two Scrapbook Friends DT Reveal...

I have to say... I just loved this kit to bits... It just screamed out to me to create the following items and I have to say... each of the layouts below I am so happy with the layouts and they only took me one hour each to make... this is a pure happy record for me since I am usually spend an average of 4 hours on a layout... I think it all comes down to just all the creative juices flowing since I love the kit so much!

My altered project for the month is this little Lemonade Stand Card Gift Set...

I created the cards with my Cricut Machine  Here is a close up of the cards and gift box...

My First Layout was created with pictures of my Niece and 2 Nephews eating Watermellon at my parents place... Are they just not too cute or what!

Oh so Very Juicy

Here is my oldest Nephew and my Mom Jumping into the pool!  They always have a blast together!



Just Jump In

Here is a pic of my Mom at Marineland with My Niece and Nephew!

Sweet Summertime - Bring on the Sunshine!