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Sunday, September 2, 2012

Halloween Spooktacular Banner Hop for Special Needs Children

Welcome to the annual Halloween Spooktacular Banner Hop for Special Needs Children!

I am delighted to join with more than 3 dozen other women who have each made at least one Halloween-themed banner that will be donated to hang in the room of a medically-fragile child at Pediatric Specialty Care in Pennsylvania.

Our Hop Hostess (Ellen CardMonkey Jarvis) works at PSC’s Bucks County site as Admissions Coordinator. The Banner Hop starts there, so please be sure to circle back to the beginning to see all of the terrific banners have been made for these very special children.

Ellen shared this information with us about Pediatric Specialty Care: “PSC is a very special place where children stay either long- or short-term, typically after hospitalization. Most are dependent on ventilators and other technology to survive. Some have been born too early or with genetic diseases or birth injuries. Other children suffer injuries later in life that require constant care later, including brain injuries from trauma or loss of oxygen (from choking, suffocation or drowning) and spinal cord injuries.

These children and their families -- and PSC’s staff -- will be thrilled to receive the Halloween banners, to help brighten the season when their friends and siblings will be out trick-or-treating.”

Here is the banner I am sending to a child at PSC

I created this BOO banner using coasters.

Close Ups

I used dimensionals.

Materials Used

Cartridge: Hello Kitty Font (letters cut at 2 3/4 inches)

Paper: Halloween by We R Memory Keepers

Ink: Tim Holtz Dusty Concord Distress Ink by Ranger

Tutorial

To make the rosette, I first cut a 12x12 sheet into 2 inch strips.

I then cut 1 of them in half and taped them together to make a longer strip.

I then used a punch and I only punched out 1 side.

I used my score board to score the strip.

I scored the strip on every inch.

I then cut out 3 squares measuring 3X3 because that's the size of the coasters I used.

I glued them to the coasters and cut out the edges.

I then used distress ink on the edges and glued the rosettes and letters on them.

This Hop is two days (Saturday, September 1 and Sunday, September 2), and on each day you will see different banners. Be sure to visit on both days to see the truly inspirational work of these generous bloggers, and leave some love (comments) on as many sites as you can – because if you do, you can up your chances to win some Spooktacular blog candy.

Thanks for hopping by and your next stop is Jamie.

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Under The Sea Blog Hop

Welcome to the Under The Sea Blog Hop!

I just love the sea, so I was excited to create something for the hop. You should have arrived from Gill, if not feel free to start from the beginning.

I created a Welcome banner for my classroom for the first day of school. I am going to be teaching PreK, so I wanted the students to walk in the classroom and feel welcomed. I decided to have an ocean theme in my classroom, so I am excited that I got to create the banner. I still have a lot more things to create. Who said teachers don't work in the summer? :D

I am hoping to hang my banner in front of the dry erase board in the classroom, so since I made a huge banner, I couldn't find a place to hang it in my house. I had to take two pictures to show the whole banner. Sorry!

Close Ups

Mini Tutorial

Before I start a banner I always like to cut out the letters first and then I decide which cartridge to use for the rest of the cuts.

Materials Used
Cartridges: Hannah Montana (letters cut at 6 inches)

Create a Critter(Crab, Jellyfish, Octopus, and Whale cut at 4 inches, Fish cut at 3 inches, Sea Horse cut at 4 ½ inches, Starfish cut at 3 ¾ inches, Sea Shells cut at 2 inches)

Paper: Spring and Super Paper Pad by American Girl
Forever Fruity by me & my Big ideas
Uptown Flair by the Paper Studio

Thanks for stopping by!!!
Your next stop is Lisa.

Sunday, June 3, 2012

June's 100 Cartridge Blog Hop

Welcome to June's 100 Cartridge Blog Hop!

You should have come from Erica's Project.

I am excited to get back to blogging because I have missed crafting and sharing my creations with everyone. In the beginning of May I was preparing for my brother's graduation party and then started going to job interviews.

On Friday I got a call from Human Resources letting me know that I am the new PreK teacher at A.W. Jones EC/PK Center. I am SUPER excited!!! I subbed in that school for about a month and I fell in love with the school and with everyone there. I wanted to be part of that school and I am super blessed for getting my dream job :D I can't wait to start my first year as a teacher on August 27th!

Now on to my creations...I used the Tags, Bags, Boxes & More 2 cartridge to create these crackers (that's what they are called in the booklet). It took a lot of trial and error until I finally figured out how to do them. I made 30 of them so it took a lot of scoring and folding since I don't have the scoring tool for the cricut. Luckily I have an awesome boyfriend who helped me do a lot of the folding.

My sister created the logo and I printed them out and used a circle punch. I also used Ribbons & Rosettes to cut out the label behind the logo at 2 inches. I put Jolly Ranchers inside them, since the party was going to be outside and I didn't want anything to melt.

As you can see...it was A LOT of scoring and folding, but I loved the finished product.

I also created these treat bags that I got the idea from Robyn, My Pink Stamper.

I used Lacy Labels for the labels behind the circles. I cut them at 2 inches. I also made 30 of these.

I placed them on all the tables.

I told my boyfriend to take a few pictures of my decorations and he took some really good ones.

I love decorating!

I am so PROUD of him :D

My parents did a great job raising me and my two siblings because all 3 of us are all college graduates now!

Since I was subbing the same students for a month, I wanted to make them some goodie bags. They graduated from PreK on May 25th. The kids loved them!!! I can't wait to make lots of goodie bags for all of my future students.

I used the Locker Talk cartridge to cut out the caps at 2 inches.

I stamped Celebrate on the front and Best Wishes on the back using the stamp set called Spanish Sayings by My Pink Stamper.

Here are all 28 of them.

I also had the students create a cute little art project.

I used the Mickey Font cartridge to cut out the letters and numbers at 2 1/2 inches.

The students also purchased bears and all of the students got to sign each others bear. Super cute!

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed my graduation post.

Your next stop is Shelley.

Saturday, May 5, 2012

May's 100 Cartridge Blog Hop

Welcome to May's 100 Cartridge Blog Hop

You should have arrived from Lisa Carrier's blog.

My big sister from my sorority asked me if I could help her create some party bags for her son's birthday and she showed me a picture of some bags she found online. The theme of the party was the Fresh Beat Band. I had never heard of them, so I had to do a little research.

I made 12 bags for the party and my big said that everyone loved them :)

Cartridge Used

Art Philosophy (Circles cut at 4 1/2, 2, 1 3/4 , and 2 1/4 inches and Scallop cut at 3 inches)

I created this card using my Imagine.

Cartridges Used
Better Together (friends hugging was cut/printed at 4 inches, sentiment was cut/printed at 1 ½ inches, and the pattern paper was cut/printed at 5 inches)

Storybook (accent was cut at 3 ½ inches)

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Your next stop is Christina.

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Paper Crafting World and Cooking With Cricut’s Home Décor Blog Hop

Welcome to Paper Crafting World and Cooking With Cricut Home Décor Blog Hop! Our Design Teams are so excited to bring you a two-day hop that focuses on projects for your home – that’s right no cards or scrapbook layouts in this hop! You should have arrived here from visiting Bonnie at Scrappers Ranch. If you’ve joined us in mid-Hop and would like to check out all the other fantastic projects head on over Melinda’s Paper Crafting World and start at the beginning.

I used my favorite cartridge, French Manor. I joined the Circle when it first started and I love it. I have met so many amazing people.

Close ups

Mini tutorial

Bought these coasters at Michael's for $1

I added paper to each coaster and I used the Crop-A-Dile Big Bite to punch out the holes.

I then added the ribbon to connect them.

Materials Used

Cartridge: French Manor (Peacock cut at 4 1/4 inches, Dress Frame cut at 4 1/4 inches, and Chandelier cut at 3 1/4 inches)

Paper: Laundry Line by My Mind's Eye

We hope you’ll link up your Home Décor project for a chance at winning one of our giveaways. One winner will be chosen by random draw and three others will be selected by the Design Team. Head on over to Cooking With Cricut for the guidelines and the link up.