1st Post as a new DT Member for Cutting Cafe!

Hi Folks!  I wanted you all to know I am now a new DT member for Cutting Cafe.  I am sooooo VERY excited and hope you all are as excited as I am.  Regina makes AWESOME files and Digital stamps, PDF's , Templates and so many other types of files! You just need to stop over to The Cutting Cafe and check it out for yourself!

Ok,  On to my project.....we were to use a can or jar and upcycle it using Cutting Cafe files.  Since I am raising my grandchildren and one of them just outgrew baby food , it was pretty easy for me to decide what kind of jar I was going to use .....BABY FOOD JARS!  I have them coming out my ears! I never wanted to  throw them away for you can always use them to craft with right?  LOL    I decided I was going to make small votive/tea light candle holders.





First I used Cutting Cafe's  Christmas Basic Shapes Cutting files and made these adorable wreaths to fit around the bottom of the Jars.  I then made the snowflake and glued it on the side and put a little red rhinestone in the middle of the snowflake.   To finish it off I took some Frosted Cranberry Trendy Twine  and glued it around the rim.  I used battery operated tea lights in mine since I have little ones in the house but  you can use regular tea lights or votive candles.

Here is what it looks like in the dark.

Thank you for stopping by and I look forward to many more posts with Cutting Cafe!

Please leave me a comment I will answer you back and let me know what you think!

Blessings,

I am enter this in the challenge at Connie Can Crop- Baby It is Cold Outside Challenge #53

Trendy Twine Guest DT- Christmas Candy with Tag

Hello!  I hope this finds everyone in the Christmas Spirit! I am Guest DT'ing for Trendy Twine today I want to share a project to hopefully get you more in the Christmas spirit using the Frosted Cranberry Trendy Twine.

I made this fun piece of candy with the  Frosted Cranberry Trendy Twine ,  wrapped it in cellophane,then tied the ends in the  Frosted Cranberry.  I then a made a tag by The Cutting Cafe called Christmas Gift Tags in the same colors as the Trendy Twine to attach to it.

To Find this months Featured Trendy Twine please follow the link below .  Snatch this one up quickly it is truly a beauty! 

Frosted Cranberry

Blessings,

Happy Birthday Lesley!

It has come to my attention it is a friend of mine's birthday today and I hope you all will join me in wishing her a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Lesley, the owner of Annies Paper Boutique and Trendy Twine is a Wonderful Lady and friend to work for on a design team .  As a design team we all wanted to wish her a very heartfelt Happy Birthday. I hope you all will join in.

What our design team did was all made her cards and sent them to her. We want to share them with you also.

I heard from a little birdie that she likes Hello Kitty so, I made her a SVG Hello Kitty set with balloons for her birthday. Of course what kind of balloons would they be if they didn't have some Watermelon Taffy Trendy Twine for Hello Kitty to hold onto !  It matched just perfect and just added that special touch for this special lady!  I used all AC Cardstock except a small piece of Hello Kitty Paper I had in a Hello Kitty Kit I had.  I made the Happy Birthday sentiment on my computer and cut it out on my Big Shot and I was done.

I hope you all will stop by Trendy Twine's Blog and leave Lesley your own personal birthday wish and see the other Design teams birthday wishes.   I know Lesley will appreciate it !

I hope you find a little Tranquility in your Scrapping today!

Blessings,

Monster Mash Blog Hop

Welcome to the 

Monster Mash Halloween Blog Hop

Thank you for joining us for a fun weekend of Spooktacular Halloween projects! We have monsters, tricks and treats!!

You should have arrived from Angela
Connie Can Crop is the first stop in this hop. 

This is a one day blog hop and we appreciate your leaving a comment for all of these amazing crafters.

We have an awesome sponsor for this month! 

One lucky winner will win a gift certificate for a free Bundled Collection ($15.96 value)  

Be sure to check out their shop online HERE

Visit them on facebook HERE

Follow their blog HERE for inspiration!

What do you need to do to win? Easy... become  a follower of each of the fabulous blogs in this hop and leave each of them a comment letting them know what you like best about their projects.

You will have until 10 pm Sunday to finish the hop and leave your comments.

Winner will be announced on Wednesday 10/19/16 at Connie Can Crop.

Be sure to follow everyone and leave a comment along the way!

Ready to be Spooked?

Beware of the things that go bump in the dark!!

I wanted to keep my monsters not so scary and I thought of my "little monsters", my 2  oldest grandsons when they were 1 and 3 years old.  (they are now 8 and 6).  Their favorite movie back then was Monsters Inc. so that is where I took my project.  Here is the full Layout:

Right Side of layout

Left Side of layout

And here is some close ups of my piecings:

Mary Gibbs AKA "Boo" 

Randall "Randy" Boggs 

"Roz"

"James P. Sullivan"  AKA "Kitty"

"Mike Wazowski"

I hope you enjoyed my project please leave me a comment and I will comment back.  If not a follower , make sure to follow please.  Enjoy the rest of the hop, there are some wonderful projects by some terrific ladies!  Have a great weekend!

Blessings,

 Up next is Lisa

Here's our lineup in case you get lost:

Connie

Kim

Michelle

Angela

Christi

Lisa

Alicia

Sarah

Veronica

Tricia

Holli

Charmagne

Guest DT For Connie Can Crop

Christi Here from Scrapping For Tranquility.  When Connie asked me to be a Guest DT I was sooooo Honored you would not believe!  She had 6 opening left and let me choose which one I wanted.I couldn't pass up the challenge of "What the Hex!"

My Project I can't take full credit for since I seen something like this on google search some time ago and have always wanted to try it and put my spin on it and this was my chance.  I Hope

you like it!

The papers I used was from DCWV The Black Current Stack , DCWV, Lemon Flower Stack AC Cardstock and a yellow plaid from my stash. I used my cameo to cut my HEXAGONS and shadows and Inked them in Gray. I used the butterfly Cut file from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs and used heat set studs to top them off. With some trial and error of how I wanted to lay out the card this is what I ended up with.

Thank you for joining me and Thank you Connie for Having me! Such an Honor! Please check out my fanpage  at:

Scrapping For Tranquility

and to put in your address book here is my blog address:

Scrapping for Tranquility

Have a blessed day!

Ps, if you are just happening by my blog please stop by :

Connie Can Crop

She always has great inspiration and a challenge going on a wonder DT!  What a WONDERFUL lady she is!  Tell her Christi sent you!  :)

 

Best Costumes Around!

Good Afternoon folks!  With Halloween right around the corner ,I am sure everyone is thinking about your kids or even YOUR costume for that Halloween party you have been invited to.   Well, let me tell you where I found the best place to order your costumes from . ... Oriental Trading Company!  That is right you heard me correctly!  They not only have the biggest and baddest collection but they are not those cheap , flimsy ones you get at Walmart.  You might pay a little more but you get what you pay for.  These are Quality costumes with Full masks that are made to last year after year if you want it to pass it down or wear it again.    In my house , the kids like to keep them and play dress-up.

I want to share the one we ordered for my grandson , James.  As most of you know we have the pleasure to raise this handsome young man and he really knows what he wants.  He is really into Star Wars This is what he choose.

Deluxe Clonetrooper Cody Costume for Boys

This is James here posing in his new costume .  He is already ready for his Halloween parties and Trick or Treat. 

James wants to say "Go to Oriental Trading for all your Costume needs !  You wont be sorry!"

Thank you and have a blessed day!

The review of these products is based strictly on my opinion.  Others may have a different experience or opinion with the products listed above.  I was provided the samples free of charge by Oriental Trading  Co. and I provided my honest opinion.  No other type of compensation was received for this review.

Smarty Pants Blog Hop

Random.org choose # 10 Angela as the winner to this month's paper Piecing of your choice!  Congratulations Angela!  

Welcome to the 

Smarty Pants Blog Hop

Thank you for joining us for a blog hop dedicated to all the smart kids out there starting school and the amazing people who teach them!

Connie Can Crop is the first stop in this hop. This is a one day blog hop and we appreciate your leaving a comment for all of these amazing crafters.

We have an awesome sponsor for this month! 

One lucky winner will win a $20 gift card to shop their awesome files in their shop! 

Be sure to check out their shop online HERE

Visit them on facebook HERE

Follow their blog HERE for freebies and inspiration!

What do you need to do to win? Easy... become  a follower of each of the fabulous blogs in this hop and leave each of them a comment letting them know what you like best about their projects.

You will have until 10 pm Sunday to finish the hop and leave your comments.

Winner will be announced on Wednesday 9/14/16 at Connie Can Crop.

Be sure to follow everyone and leave a comment along the way!

Let's head on into the classroom and see these amazing back to school project!

For my project I made a 2 page layout.  This is my Grandson, James' Kindergarten year 2013, and at the end of the year they do an ice cream social for all the parent volunteers. (my husband and I are raising him)  afterwards they have a dance party ,games  and all kinds of projects in the gym. James' favorite was the Macarena.  I used cut files from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs.  Take a look at my pictures and tell me what you think and at the end I will have a give-a-way! 

Full Layout

Right side 

Left Side

Title and Bear piecing

Zebra Piecing

Mouse Piecing

Fox Piecing

Elephant Piecing

Thank you for hoping with us today!  I love when you leave comments!  My giveaway is if you leave a comment on my blog under this post you will be put in a drawing by random.org for a paper piecing set made by me of your choice.  Drawing will be held Monday, September 12,2016.  So don't forget to comment and I will answer back!

Have a blessed weekend!

 Up next is VERY Talented Michelle 

Here's our line up in case you get lost:

Connie- http://conniecancrop.blogspot.com/

Angela- mermaidsNmonograms.blogspot.com

Janet- http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com/...

Kim- http://katydidcards.com/

Christi - https://tranquility1905.blogspot.com/

Michelle- Michellekinder.blogspot.com

Miranda - www.nanasscrapspot.com

Alicia - http://goldengoddessdesigns.blogspot.com/...

Ashley - http://marinewifesscrappinlife.blogspot.com/...

Veronica- www.vickyscrappingpassion.blogspot.com

Sarah - www.sarahbiswabic.blogspot.com

Lisa - http://lisaslittlerascals.blogspot.com/...

Rebecca - www.RebeccaAnnDesigns.com

And don't forget to check out the this month's challenge at 

Connie Can Crop!!

Connie Can Crop Challenge #50

Book Worm

due 11:59 P.M. Friday, September 30th

Pacific Time

I am entering this layout in Connie Can Crop Challenges # 50.