Card for Emily Blog Hop Day 2

If you are looking for my Lasting Memories Layout Challenge for today Click here.  

Welcome to the Cards for Emily Blog Hop Day 1!!!

This is a 2 day hop so be sure to check out both days for some more inspiration! :)
If you came from Marie -  http://ethansimprints.blogspot.com/ then you are in the right place! If you just happened across my blog and are interested in the entire hop and Emily's story, start back at Michelle's blog at Scrappin' For Kenzie!

Emily is a sweet little 6 year old girl that has battled Leukemia since before Chrstmas 2011. She has had to endure more pain in a few short months than most adults in their entire life. She has gone from Leukemia to Rotavirus, to pancreatitis, to kidney stones, then to shingles, not to mention over 300 pokes in her tiny little body! From chemo to blood draws to feeding tube. Her bone marrow is finally at 0.00% so she is now in remission and back at home! She is still going through 7 different chemotherapy treatments but is finally doing better! To read her full story and updates please visit the original Cards for Emily info post HERE

For this hop all we ask is that you hop through the list, then when you are done, link up your card for Emily at Scrappin' for Kenzie. The link up tool is in the left hand side bar under "Cards for Emily". You will see her picture right above it.

REMEMBER: There is no requirement to leave comments or even hop through all of the blogs if you don't have time. There will be no personal candy at any of the stops along the way. That way you can get maximum inspiration to make your own card and have enough time to link it up and send it away!

There WILL be however a giveaway to one lucky winner that links up their card by February 29th 2012. You can link up as many cards/projects that you would like. The more you link up and send the more greater your chance is of winning a.....

$20 gift certificate to

 Their etsy store has over 100 stamps to choose from!

Now on to my card for Emily!  I had already sent Emily a Valentine card.  I decided to send her entire family a card I started awhile back.  I made the card but wasn't sure what I would use it for so left the inside blank.  I thought this would be a fun card to send the entire family.  The little monster is from the Mini Monster Cricut cartridge.  The front stamp was from a set of stamps I got at Michaels that were all sayings by kids.

Then I decorated the inside to send with a stamp from my stash and more rainbow paper.  

Thank you sooooo much for joining us in this great cause for Cards For Emily!! We REALLY REALLY hope you will participate and link up your card to put a smile on this very beautiful, very deserving little girl that Michelle is honored to call her niece. :)
Your next hop in the line up for day 2 is  Tina - http://www.teenabugg.blogspot.com/
Happy Scrapping!

Here is the line-up for Day 2 in case you get lost along the way!



Michelle - http://scrappinforkenzie.blogspot.com

Faith Abigail - http://www.faithabigaildesigns.com/

Amanda - http://amandascraftsandmore.blogspot.com/

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

Elizabeth - http://visionsofpaper.blogspot.com/

Marie -  http://ethansimprints.blogspot.com/

Suzanne - http://cricutcraftingrammy.blogspot.com/

Tina - http://www.teenabugg.blogspot.com/

Beckie - http://justbcreativecrazy.blogspot.com/

Brenda - http://friendscraftinwithfriends.blogspot.com/

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

Jessie - http://edoggsugarlipsandprincessbuttercup.blogspot.com/



Visit Michelle when you are all the way through or jump here now to link up your card!

Michelle - http://scrappinforkenzie.blogspot.com

I hope you will join us and make Emily a card.  Thanks so much for hopping along with us.

Time for the FCCB Thursday Tutorial- check out the links to make a side step card

Please stop by Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog for the Thursday Tutorial on how to make a side step or stair step card.   Following the tutorials, I found and posted, I made this  Halloween card.  I would love for you to hop on over to the Thursday tutorial and check it out.  

I will be entering this card in the My Craft Spot -3 D Halloween Challenge
More Than Favors- Halloween Challenge
The Paper Variety- one pumpkin, two word sentiment and 3 buttons.

A great day for cards!

Yesterday was a non craft day since all three of my granddaughters were here visiting.  So today I was busy busy doing some of the challenges I had planned.  The first two I did with my Imagine. 

This card was done with the Imagine Nursery Tails cartridge.  I also used the Baby Words embossing folder.  I layered the top cuts and pop dotted them.   

I am entering this card in the Cricut 360 challenge- 

which was to use pastel colors, embossing and make a baby card. 

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This card was done with the Imagine More Cards cartridge.  I printed and cut the same parts twice.  

On the front I layered all the pieces and then deleted the words some of the words.  I pop dotted all the pieces and added black gems for owl eyes.  I then stamped the center to say whoo whoo and added 4  you  to front. I colored the stamped image with Prismacolor pencils to match the colors in the paper.  

On the inside I used the cut as it was printed without layers.   

This card is for the Tacky Tuesday challenge which is to use an owl and the word whoo.  

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This card is Damask Decor which I love.  I thought it was perfect for a monochromatic card.  This card and front cut is from page 33.  It is cut at 4 inches and then the inside is cut at 3.65 inches.  The ribbon was in my stash.  I then added gems.  

This card is for the Cricut Circle Blog challenge for Tuesday which is to make a monochromatic card and 2 Cricut cuts.  

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For the Halloween card I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder with black ink on the folder. I cut the extra row of embossing I didn't need on the front and used it on the inside.  I added purple and orange twine.  I cut the monster from Mini Monsters and added some fun eyes I got at Michaels.  The stamp was from the $1 section last year.  

Halloween card for Paper Playtime challenge using black, orange and purple and My Craft Spot challenge to make a Halloween card.  

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For this card I used the Create a Critter frog.  The papers were from the DCWV Lemon Stack and the Green Tea Stack.  I cut out the phrase Shop till you drop from Paisley and then cut off the S so it says Shop till you Drop.  The Its your birthday on the inside came from Just a Note (on E2).  

This card is for the BBTB2 challenge which is to use the frog from page 24 of Create a Critter.  The frog is cut from the DCWV Lemon Stack and Green Tea stack.  The phrase Shop till  you drop came from Paisley.  I then cut off the s so it said hop till you drop.  It's your Birthday on the inside came from Just a Note (on the E2).  

Thanks so much for looking and for your comments.  Happy craftin!

Big thanks to Lasting Memories and 3 Halloween cards for challenges

Before I show my new cards for today I want to thank  Lasting Memories for showcasing my layout from the I did with Fancy Frames of two of my granddaughters.  Here is the link to the  Layout   

The following three cards are all Halloween cards made for blog challenges.  All three cards were done  with DCWV Halloween paper and the Mini Monsters cart.  Ribbon is from Michaels and googly eyes.  Hard to see but there is a little spider on the witches hand.  I am entering this card in the following challenges.  

Frosted Designs- sketch challenge

Scrappy Mom Stamps- Mini Monsters

Celebrate the Occasion- ribbon

Inside 

This card is 5 inch square and is for the Cardz TV- owl challenge.  I used Hoot and Holler for the owl and branch which I got at Walmart for $15.  The frame and background was cut from Elegant Edges.   I added black and orange twine, orange doodles, Stickles and googly eyes.  The black background paper is different kinds of Halloween candy which goes with the sentiment on the inside-

Inside- Hoos got the candy?  Since I cut the frame to small the first time I used these pieces for my inside.  

Shes a Sassy Lady- challenge to make an accordian card.  Sheila did a great tutorial on the accordian card that Cricut Couple had done.  This is my card.  The spider is free hanging from Wonder Thread.  The funny googly eyes I got at Michaels.  Stamp $1 section from Michaels last year.  Definitely going to try this again as I am sure I can get the folding better.  Practice makes perfect.  Spider is cut from Mini Monsters.  

Two birthday cards for challenges and my stash

I made this card for the Peachy Keen sketch challenge this week.  I wish I could say I choose the stamp first and then made this bright cheerful card to match the sentiment.  But no I started with the stripes and the  monster.   I only have faces from the Peachy Keen line.  (Must make  note to get more )  Since I hadn't tried the funny little faces I got for the Mini Monsters I decided to do this cute little one eyed monster.  So I am cutting away make my cute little guy and somehow I got ink on the belly which was orange.  Well since I had stripes left I thought why not perk him up and make that stripes so I did.  I then went to get a stamp I have that says How many are you?   It is in a darling set of things kids say I got at M's recently.  Well instead I found this stamp that went so perfect.  "If you are feeling blue try painting yourself a different color."  And I thought shazam that is so perfect.  In fact it was so perfect even my husband got it.  

Now on to card #2 for  birthday stripes and stars challenge at Birthday Sundaes.  This is the first time I have done a challenge on this blog.  But I need to have more cards on hand.  I used a Penny Black stamp I recently bought.  The star, circles are all from George.  Used some more of my cute stripes and polka dot paper.  Punched out some stars with MS punch and then glued stars that were cut out around.  I used Bic and Sharpie markers for the coloring.   Happy Birthday ribbon is from M's.