My Paper Crafting- Irish Eyes Challenge

This is my Irish Eyes challenge project for today at My Paper Crafting. I made this double page layout for the monthly Graphic 45  layout classes I am teaching at my LSS.  The first page is made using directions sent out from Graphic 45.  using the March A Place in Time cut aparts page and Foundation page.  I cut the circles for the students with Accent Essentials  which made it quick and easy.  The doily underneath is inked with Tim Holtz Distress Ink.  

The butterflies are chipboard I got in the bins at Michaels and coated with Inka Gold Copper Ink.  

Closup of butterfly 

The second page I designed to go with the first.  I cut the shamrocks out with Paper Doll Dressup.  The rest of the page is the left over cut apart graphics and a rectangle doily.  

Closeup

Please join us this week and link up to the challenge at My Paper Crafting 

Also please come back and join us Saturday for the 24 Carrot Eggstravaganza.  

"Pawsitively Sweet" challenge at Lasting Memories

This week the challenge at Lasting Memories is "Pawsitively Sweet"- show off your pictures of your pets, zoo, or animals.   I do have pets and we go to the zoo once or twice a month but I decided to do a layout with bears.  A few weeks ago I joined the Cooking With Cricut Design Team.  Melin the founder of CWC makes the most wonderful cutting files as well as cutting files, digital stamps and paper piecing. You can find her adorable files at  Paper Crafting World

For this layout I used Kelly and Keegan the Irish bears cut with SCAL.  (They are also available in digital stamp form).  The title is cut from Birthday Cakes and the shamrock border from Paper Doll Dress Up.  I also used an EK Success punch to decorate the corners.  On the bears I added bling and Smooch Ink as well as Gel Pen.  I was hoping to have some cute pics of granddaughter at the St. Patty's Parade today but the parade was cancelled due to rain.  Oh well there is always next year. 

Closeup of Keegan 

Closeup of Kelly

For the challenge this week you do not have to use the sketch below but if you would like to you can.  

The prize this week is donated from Kim and is the Cricut Cart Home Accents.   

I hope you will "Pawsitively" join us this week for the challenge.  I look forward to seeing your projects each week.  Remember you have through Saturday to link up at Lasting Memories.  

I am also entering this layout 

at Die Cuttin Divas- use green, yellow, white and black 

Paper Lovin Gals - Kiss me I'm Irish picture challenge 

14-Cooking with Cricut St. Patrick's Challenge

I am really excited to share my project with you today for the Cooking With Cricut St. Patrick's Challenge.  I am also excited to see what all the other designers created.  

For my card I made a 

Twisted Easel Card (Directions  ( used can be found here.)

This card is made with a 5 x 10 base folded in 1/2.  

 I used Cricut Everyday for the Cricut head cut at 3.5 inches

The rest of the cuts are from Paper Doll Dressup 

The large shamrock at 4.5 is cut out two times for thickness

The beard is cut at 6.0,  the hat at 5.0 and the small shamrock on the bottom at 2.0. 

The tie is a shoelace from Joann's $1 section and I used gold trim on the hat.  

The shamrock on the bottom is pop dotted to hold the easel card in place.  

On the back are typed directions.  They explain to remove the shoe lace and shamrock Cricut head piece.  The lace goes through a piece of paper on the back of the shamrock to wear as a necklace.  It can then be put back on the card.  

I hope you will join us this week and create a project for the challenge at Cooking With Cricut.  I would love to see your creations and Happy Craftin.  

I am also entering this in the Cricut Circle wear something green challenge , the Bitten by the Bug 2 Shamrock challenge, and the Getting Cricky with K Andrew green, white and one other color challenge, She's a Sassy Lady -anything challenge, Cricut Cardz Challenge- Wearing of the green, More than Favors- St. Patrick's Day

What I Love About Halloween Blog Hop October 7th

Welcome to the What I Love About Fall/Halloween  Blog Hop.  This hop is scheduled from Oct. 7 at 8:00 am through Oct.8 at 11:00 pm(cental time).

If you just happened to come to this blog, you can start at the beginning with Lisa Peters-http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/.  If you just came fromMandie http://mandiesscrappin.blogspot.com/, then you are in the right spot

We're so excited to be doing this hop and we have a fabulous lineup with some very talented ladies.  There will be lots of fun projects, along with some great blog candy, and a great grand prize for this hop.

The hop is a 2 day hop so you will have plenty of time to make it through the whole hop lineup twice.  Check out each blog and see what blog candy you can win at the individual stops.  Please come back both days to see great projects.

Here is the complete lineup:

Lisa-  http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/

Lisa Pontious ~ http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/

Kristy ~ http://scraptasticalkreations.blogspot.com 

April http://curlsandgrins.blogspot.com

Jamie - http://myamusinglife.blogspot.com

Anita--  http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com

Sher B http://www.patternsbysher.blogspot.com

Amy http://www.lovetocrop.com

Gina http://californiascrappin-gcinderella21.blogspot.com/

Dena http://missdjones.blogspot.com/

Melinda  http://thepaperthumb.blogspot.com

Shannon http://www.purplelionpaper.com/blog

Janet http://createatdreamscrapbooks.blogspot.com/

Tammy http://tampatha.wordpress.com

Barbara http://barbarab3.blogspot.com/

Christina http://cema1cema.blogspot.com

Kari http://purplefuntastickcreations.blogspot.com/

Theresa: http://www.thescrapbookingqueen.com

Vicki http://mawmawsthoughts.blogspot.com/

Mandie http://mandiesscrappin.blogspot.com/

Suzanne www.cricutcraftingrammy.blogspot.com/ You are here.  

Jearise http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com/Next and last stop.

                                                                                                   

To be eligible for the grand prize, you must visit each blog and leave a comment. You also MUST visit my blog and leave a comment on my blog for the day and also become a follower at "Scrapping With Lisa" and my facebook page:http://www.facebook.com/pages/Scrapping-with-Lisa/130882060268842.  Please let me know if you don't do facebook and I won't count that against you for the blog candy.  Now for the blog candy, I bet you are wondering what it could be.   It will be a grab bag full of goodies.

For the blog candy for my blog please leave a comment and become a follower.  I have three days of Halloween blog hops this month- October 7 and 8th and another hop on October 15th.  I will take all the comments for these three days and choose a winner by random.org on the 16th of October.  Come back all three days and make a comment and you will have three chances to win.  The winner will receive a $10 gift card from their choice of either Michaels or Joanns.  

The first thing I like about Halloween is all the "little" kids dressed in costumes.  Whether it be a party, trick or treating or when I was teaching I always enjoy seeing kids dressed up.  
Here is my project for Day one of the Blog Hop.  I choose to do a layout using Happy Hauntings, Three Birds and Paper Doll Dress Up.  Here are the pictures and the recipe is below. 

Recipe:  All the costumed characters are cut at 4 inches from Paper Doll Dress Up Cartridge.  The bodies were done with the blackout cut and then I used Peachy Keen stamps.  The little treat bags were cut with Three Birds.  They were a little big so I cut them down some by hand.  I added Stickles, gems, and  chalk ans Smooch Ink.  The haunted house is from Happy Hauntings and was cut at 8 inches.

Your next and last stop is Jearise http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com/

Have a great day and please stop back tomorrow for another great project.

My Dad Fold card

Patches of Pink Blogspot

Last week I found this wonderful Blog site where you can link up two projects each week.  I love this idea as it makes me look at my work for the week and pick out what I really think is my best work.  This is not always easy as we are often times are own worst critics and I can be guilty of this.  So for those of you who love to craft and blog check the site out above.  

 This week Jalisa posted a wonderful Father's Day Card and asked for more FD ideas.  This idea popped into my head and I had a blast making this for my son in law.   Before I retired just a year ago I made little books with my kids by folding paper and cutting out the corners.  So the directions for you as shown in the pic below are to score a 12 x 12 piece of plain card stock at 4" and 8 ".  Then flip and do the same the other direction.  You will end up with 9 boxes.  Cut the four corners out and you are ready to decorate your little book.  However I wanted to make my book a little larger so I scored at two pieces of paper,  This time I scored the first side at 4" and

6 " and the second side at 6 " only.  Then I overlapped the two pieces and glued down the center three rectangles.  I now have have 4 x 6 pages.  I cut out the 4 corners and I am ready to decorate.   For my title I used Mickey Font.  The rest of words were typed on computer.  The cuts are from Paper Doll Dress up and Everyday Paper doll.  There are tons more ideas you could use for this card.  All figures were cut at 4 inches.  Added a funny little clip to hold it shut for now.

The cool thing about it is this can be opened in any order and it doesn't matter.  

Anyway I can't wait to give this to my son in law.  Guess I better get busy on one for the other son in law too.  

Remember you can click on pics to make them larger.  

Wow did I spend a lot of time on this layout!

This month Provo Craft is having two Magazine challenges.  For this challenge you were to use 3 Imaginesce products and  4 Cricut Cuts.  I knew right away I had this cute Imaginesce paper I had bought because I knew it would be great with Create a Critter.   So I used the following papers - Mushroom Fancy, Critter Chatter, and Hey Foxy.  I also used the Itop to make 3 flower buttons and the I  rock for the gems on flowers and butterflies.   I tried to duplicate the animals on the paper with the cute little animals on Create a Critter cartridge.  Took a lot of time but I am really happy with the way it turned out.  Hope you like it!

This is the left side of a two page layout

This is right side of  two page layout

Close up of deer

Close up skunk and bee

Close up butterfly and I top flower 

Closeup other butterfly and border

Close up of hedge hog  and Smooch ink on flowers with I rock gems

Closeup of owl and tree which I used Cuttlebug Dvine Swirl embossing folder.  

I also used chalk on edges and on embossing, beads for eyes with Pearl pen accents, MS punch for flower corners and leaves behind I top flowers,and  Smooch ink for accents.

Cuts for this project-
Elegant Edges p. 32 book cut and shadow cut at 7 "
Elegant Edges border p. 32 shadow only
Create a Critter Page 62 hedgehog 3", all flowers 1"
                            Page 61 skunk 3.5 ", butterfly 2 "
                            Page 25 owl 2.5"
                            Page 68 bee 3 "
                            page 69 deer 4 " and So Dear title 3"
                            page 68 tree 6"
Paper Doll Dress Up page 77 black out shift hill cut  at  2.9 x 12 inches on Gypsy
             

Bitten by the Bug 2 Challenge- St. Patrick's Ladybug card

The challenge this week on BBTB2 was to make something with a ladybug.  Since we call our 14 month old grand daughter Katie Bug I had to do this challenge.  Plus I want a blinkie for my blog!    Well in the middle of the night when I wasn't sleeping I came up with this idea for St. Patrick's using the ladybug from Paisley.  The shamrock is from Paper Doll Dressup.  There is also a  shamrock border on PDDU on the very last page that is really nice.  I cut it out but didn't need it for this card.  Card is 5 x 7 and ladubug is cut at 4 inches.