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.

April's 100 Cartridge Blog Hop

Welcome to April's 100 Cricut Cartridge Blog Hop!!!

You should have arrived from Doris's blog.

Happy Easter!!! I hope that everyone has a wonderful day today! I created this banner for my future classroom.

 Close Ups

 Mini Tutorial

 I cut a 12X12 sheet of paper into 3X12 strips.

I then used my scoring board.

I then taped together 2 strips of scored paper.

I cut out a circle out of chipboard.

I then glued the scored paper on the chipboard.

Materials Used

Cartridge: Doodlecharms (bunny cut at 4 1/4 inches and circle cut at 6 inches)

Thanks for hopping by! Your next stop is Pattie.

Lucky

I am starting to create decorations for my future classroom, so I decided to make a banner.

Close Ups

 I used patterned paper and chipboard to create the banner.

 I love how the banner looks on my pink wall :)

Materials Used

Cartridges: Mini Monograms (squares cut at 5 inches)

                  Old West (font cut at 3 inches)

                  Simply Charmed (leprechaun cut at 2 1/2 inches and pot of gold cut at 2 inches)

                  Designer's Calendar (clover cut at 2 inches)

Paper: Uptown Flair by the Paper Studio

           Summer Song by My Mind's Eye

Hello Kitty Love

Today Erica asked us to create Valentine die cuts. I love Valentine’s Day because of all of the pinks and reds! I also enjoyed giving out cards when I was in school and making my own for my parents. I can’t wait to celebrate Valentine’s Day with my future students :)

Since I love Hello Kitty, I decided to make myself a Valentine’s Day Home Décor.

Materials Used

Cartridges: Hello Kitty Font (HK cut at 4 1/2 inches)

                 Create a Critter (Love cut at 3 inches)

Mini Tutorial

I first cut out 2 Hello Kitties (I clicked on the Flip button for the 2nd Hello Kitty)

I then cut 2 HK using chipboard and glued it behind the 1st cut.

I then cut out some more chipboard to make the stand and used my scoreboard to make it easier for me to fold it.

I glued these behind each HK to make them stand up.

January's 100 Cartridge Blog Hop

If you are looking for the It's Cold Outside Blog Hop, click here.


Welcome to January's 100 Cartridge Blog Hop!


I created this teacher gift for my best friend who just started her first teaching job a few days ago. She is a PreK teacher :) My dream job! I saw this design a few years back on a Christmas ornament and I just had to make something that resembled it.

Close ups

I used Glossy Accents by Ranger on the pencil's eraser.

Tutorial

I first started off by cutting a sheet of red paper to 9 1/2 by 6 inches. I also cut out a piece of chipboard and glued it to the pack of the paper.

I then cut out a sheet of black paper (8 1/2 by 5 inches) and used my corner punch on the red paper.

I used my Crop-A-Dile II to punch the holes.

I also added chipboard on the cut outs. I then used Mod Podge.

Materials Used

Cartridges: Locker Talk (crayon and globe were cut at 2 3/4 inches, and pencil at 1 1/2 inches.)

                     Doodlecharms (apple was cut at 3 inches)

                     Nursery Rhymes (font used for her last name was cut at 1 1/4 inches)

                     Hello Kitty Font (font used to cut teacher was cut at 2 1/2 inches)

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Your next stop is Jen Lundy's blog.

All About Boys Blog Hop

Welcome to All About Boys Blog Hop day 1 of 2! I am so glad you joined us today! Boy themed projects seem harder to come by so that is why we have dedicated TWO whole days to nothing but boys! Hopefully you are able to walk away with some fabulous ideas in mind.

You should have arrived here from Sue's blog, if not feel free to start from the beginning of the hop.

I created a door hanger and I am not sure who to give it to yet, so later on I will be adding a name on it.

Materials Used

Cartridges: My Community (door hanger cut at 9 1/4 inches)

                  Robotz (robot cut at 4 inches)

Ink: Peeled Paint Tim Holtz Distress Ink by Ranger

Paper: Little Boys and their Toys by the Paper Studio

*I cut out the door hanger using chipboard first

What would a hop be without a little prize at the end?
There is a FANTASTIC prize package waiting for you! All you have to do to be eligible is...

1. Leave a comment on every blog BOTH DAYS
2. Become a follower on every blog (if you already are just put that in with your comment)
3. Become a fan of Paper Creations by Mindy on Facebook (stop in and say hi too!)

Three easy steps and you're eligible for a prize!

You could win...
Scraptastical Kreations $20 gift certificate
Designs on Cloud 9 $20 gift certificate
Little Scraps of Heaven Designs $20 gift certificate
Paper Piecings by Nikki $20 Gift certificate
The Beary Scrap $15 gift certificate
Beary Sweet Designs $20 gift certificate

Thanks for stopping by and your next stop is CallyAnn.

In case you get lost - here is the line-up for Day 1
1. Mindy Eggen http://papercreationsbymindyblog.blogspot.com/
2.Lisa Lam http://craftylam.blogspot.com
3.Haidee-http://created2bunique.blogspot.com/
4. Lisa http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/
5.Janet http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com
6.Paula http://preciouspagesbypaula.blogspot.com/
7. Sue http://scrappindhilly.blogspot.com/
8. Yvette http://gammascreativecorner.blogspot.com/ (YOU ARE HERE)
9.CallyAnn http://callyanncraftycreations.blogspot.com/ (NEXT STOP)
10. Theresa Neubaum http://scrappyartcrafters.blogspot.com
11. Beckie http://justbcreativecrazy.blogspot.com
12. Patti Ross http://pattilynncreations.blogspot.com
13. Alina http://neverstopscrapping.blogspot.com/
14. Lisa - http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/

Winter

I had so much fun making this project because I got the idea from the Oriental Trading Crafts catalogue. They always have cute projects for kids to make and when I saw a tree made out of snowflakes, I just had to make one. It took some trial and error, but to get the beads to stay, you have to use lots of glue. I used a hot glue gun and continued layering the tree until I knew that each bead was stuck.

 Other Views

Cartridge Used: Winter Lace (Snowflakes were cut from 2-6 inches. I added 1/2 inches every time.)

Mini Tutorial

I used chipboard to cut out the snowflakes. (my mom is always able to get the chipboard that comes in business packages from work and gives them to me)

I then cut the snowflakes in glitter paper and glued them onto the chipboard. Once everything adhered, I got some flat beads and hot glued them to the center of each snowflake.