My Paper Crafting IFTL Project Challenge

Each month the members of My Paper Crafting are privileged to be a part of the I Feel the Love Project.  

Madison who created the project is one of our design team members.  This month she has selected a very special Father for us to create cards for.  

I created a 5 x 5 Twisted easel card for Reggie who is a very special dad that we are honoring this month.  

Vintage car cut from My World Page 18 

#1 Dad  cut from Phrases page 60 

You can read more about the project below.  If you would like to participate please link up to My Paper Crafting and I Feel the Love.  

Honoring a Special Father

Andrew, Ashley, Sandy, Raelynn, Reggie (Dad), and Ryan  

I Feel the Love Project May 2013

The I Feel the Love Project will be collecting cards in May for Reggie Nelinger so that they can be given to him in June in time for Father's Day. We would like Mr. Nelinger to know just how much we love and support him as an amazing father to his four beautiful children. This project will be a complete surprise to him as it is being arranged by the IFTL Project and his family.

This is Reggie's story:

Fifteen years ago, Reggie Nelinger, an electrician, held the hand of his sweet 5 year-old daughter, Ashley, while his wife, Sandy and  her little brother, Andrew, heard the doctor state their daughter/sister had Wilms', a rare kidney cancer that primarily affects children. Reggie was there being the best dad he could be all those long days and nights as his sweet daughter fought for her life. She beat the odds that were stacked against her despite losing one of her kidneys. For the next decade and a half Reggie got to see his daughter grow into a beautiful young lady. Reggie was able to teach Ashley to drive, take her camping, watch her graduate from high school and begin to plan her life out as a young adult. He was blessed and understood the blessing God gave him with Ashley and never took for granted the gift that was given to him as a father. 

  

This past January, Ashley was diagnosed with a very rare form of cancer completely unrelated to the cancer she had as child. It is called rhabdomyosarcoma, an aggressive cancer of the connective tissues, which in Ashley’s case is attached to her sinus passage. Not only is this cancer a bit of a medical baffle due to its rare state, but Ashley only has one kidney and that makes chemo and other forms of treatment more challenging to treat than normal. Reggie and his wife are now watching their child battle for her life once again. 

All the painful memories of the first battle are brought back to memory, as well as the feelings of helplessness, sleepless nights, and the worry about finances. For Reggie there is the added burden to be a provider for his family in a time when all he wants to do is be there by his child's side. It is Reggie's big heart and positive outlook that helps his family lead the fight for Ashley's life all the while helping to maintain some level of normalcy for his other three other children and wife during this difficult situation. Reggie is a dad that needs to be recognized, a dad that has not only stared every parent's worst nightmare in the face once, but now twice.  

***Please help us to honor Reggie by creating a card for him that says thinking of you, stay strong, great job dad... or whatever moves you.  Thank you so much.  It will mean more than you know to Reggie and his family.  

If you are so inclined, you can 

also create a card for Ashley as well.

To follow Ashley's progress and/or to find out how you can make a donation towards Ashley's treatment-   

 Facebook page - Angels for Ashley Nelinger 

or send an email to apieceoflifespie@gmail.com

If you would like to be a part of this project...  

  

All you need to do is:

Submit your hand crafted card/s by May 31st to:

Madison Womack

IFTL Project

P.O. Box 1203

Atascadero, CA 93423

Day 3 Cooking with Cricut -Pink and your choice of Fabric, flowers or satin

Welcome to Paper Crafting World and Cooking With Cricut's 2nd Blog-Aversary and our week long celebration! Each day for a whole week (May 19-26) we will be brining you fabulous projects made by our Design Team members. We have some GREAT blog candy as well as some daily file and graphic give-aways -- so you will definitely want to make PCW-CWC your daily stop every day this week!

Our theme for today is . . . 

and this is what I created!

Double page layout of two of my grandaughters.
Cut the corner with exacto knife to place pic underneath.

Recipe:

Me and Sister (Sisters) from the Phrase cart page 40 cut at 2.75 inches 

Elegant Edges shadow 5.75 

Paper -Adorn it Carol Creations 

PCW Roses file for rolled roses

And now it is your turn! Head on over to Cooking With Crict and link up your project with today's theme for your chance at becoming our next Top Chef!


For my blog candy ( in honor of the CWC blogaversary )I will be giving away a $10 gift card to Michaels to one random winner. I will be posting a project each day of the CWC blogaversary celebration May 19-26th except for the 20th and 21st (I have other DT commitments those days.) So for an optimum chance leave a comment on my blog each day of the CWC hop. I would love to have you as a follower too.

Thanks for stopping by and make sure you head on over to Cooking With Cricut to check out the rest of the projects by our amazing Design Teams! I hope you will come back and join the DT and myself every day the rest of this week to see what else we have created for the blogaversary.

Bitten by the Bug Kitchen Challenge

Hello everyone!  It's time for another awesome BBTB2 challenge.  Julia asked us to do a "Kitchen Challenge".  You can create a card, layout or 3 D project using anything you find in your kitchen and

any Cricut cartridge.  

For my project I made a card using the From My Kitchen Cricut cart.  

The apron is from page 51.  

The recipe card can be found on several pages of the From My Kitchen Cart.  

The phrase What's Cookin?  is from Three Birds on Parade page 55.

Many Thanks on the inside comes from the Phrases cart page 22.   

The background paper is from TPC studio Spice Rack and the blue paper is DCWV Kitchen stack.  The other papers are from my stash.  

All the cuts are inked with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo. 

The larger rick rack is from Joanns.  

The teeny tiny yellow rick rack is from my mom's sewing box so is over 50 years old. 

When I was little my mom and grandma always wore aprons they made and they almost always had rick rack on them.  

Inside of card 

I hope you will leave a comment and check out what all the other BBTB2 designers have created.  Then get out your Cricut carts and join us for the challenge.  You have two weeks to complete your project and we would love to have you join in.  Happy Craftin!

Blog Hop Day 2 January 28

Cricut Craftin Friends Blog Hop 

Celebrating Cricut Craftin Grammys 

1 year Blogaversary

Wow I can't wait for Day 2 as Day 1 was so awesome!

We're so happy you could join us for this  hop celebrating the one year blogaversary of Cricut Craftin Grammy.  I have asked a few of my Cricut Messageboard friends as well as my Design Team friends (Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog, Lasting Memories and Sweet Sassy Diva )to join her in this two day Blog  Hop.  The participants are allowed to share anything creative they wish to share using a Cricut (or other die cut machine if they do not have a Cricut.)  I want to give a super big thank you to all the wonderful ladies who are participating and helping me celebrate.  Also a Big Big thank you to Amy Voltz who has helped me get everything together and made my darling blog hop button.  
Overall Blog Candy 
I hope you will hop along with us and leave comments along the way.  For the overall blog candy you need to leave a comment on each blog each day. If you leave a comment on all the blogs both days your name will beentered into the Random drawing twice.  The random winner will receive a $25 gift card from their choice of Michaels or Joanns.This is a TWO-DAY hop, so be sure to check out both days so you don't miss anycreativeness. Because there is a large number of participants. I  will give you until January 30th to post your comments for the two days of the blog hop.    Thanks for joining us!

So let's get hopping!! This is the beginning of the hop with Suzanne's Blog  so welcome and let's get hopping.

For the hop today, I've created a Valentine gift box and card. This was my first time making the shoe but one of the reasons why I bought the Princess Party cartridge.  (Besides that I will need it for my 3 Princess granddaughters.)

The shoe was made from the Cricut cart Princess Party and was cut at 7.5 inches which is the largest you can cut it with 12 x 12 paper.  The zebra paper I used was from DCWV Textures and Finishes stack.
The roses were cut at 2 inches from Art Philosophy and the Love phrase is from the Phrases  Cricut cart page 36 at 3 inches.  I then added MS punch leaves , gems, Stickles, Glossy Accents on the leaves and ribbon to finish off my project.
Thank you for checking out my project. I am entering this in the following challenges
Passionately Artistic Linking Party
Craft Junkie Too- Linking Party
The Cuttlebug Spot- Box It Challenge
Bitten By the Bug 2- Dimensional Flowers
Shes a Sassy Lady- Make Anything and link


Now on to my Cricut Messageboard friend Cindy's project for today.  Cindy does not have a blog but wanted to help me celebrate.  
The scrapbook page is from when I went to New York City: 

Gypsy Font was used for the words, then welded on the Gypsy.  I used white 

cardstock. with leaf applied to the paper before cutting.  

Lamp post:  Heritage cart

Cityscape: Paper Doll Dress Up cart

The paper is from my stash.  

Now follow the links below and remember to visit all the stops for MAXIMUM ideas and LOTS OF FUN!!

Suzanne

http://cricutcraftingrammy.blogspot.com/

Also posting for Cindy who does not have a blog

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge
Blog  Friends

Charlotte  http://alittlebitofdetail.blogspot.com/

Robyn  http://robinscreativecottage.blogspot.com/

Melanie  http://melaniemakes.blogspot.com/

Beckie  http://justbcreativecrazy.blogspot.com/

Faith Abigal http://www.faithabigaildesigns.com/

Kate  http://smallbitsofpaper.blogspot.com/

Lasting Memories

Stacia http://happyandscrappytoo.blogspot.com/

Michele F http://fishmememoriesandmore.blogspot.com/

Elizabeth http://visionsofpaper.blogspot.com/

Karen  http://creationsbykw.blogspot.com/

Denise http://thruthelookingglass-glassgraffitix2.blogspot.com/

Michelle http://scrappinforkenzie.blogspot.com/

Jennasa  http://findtimetocreate.blogspot.com/

Kimberly http://leokc34.blogspot.com/

Amy http://www.lovetocrop.com/

Message Board Friends

Terri  http://craftmeaway.blogspot.com/

Brenda http:// friendscraftinwithfriends.blogspot.com/

Rachelle http://creationsbyrachelle.blogspot.com/

Shawnee   http://quiverofangels.blogspot.com/

Sweet Sassy Diva Blog Friends

Lori  http://www.scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/

Mindy http://grammiescraftroom.blogspot.com/

Tina http://tiggersscrapplace.blogspot.com/

Jen http://3catsandabug.blogspot.com/

Thanks for hopping and hope you will come back to see me again.

Get Well Card using Art Nouveau Butterfly

I am so excited about my Blog Hop tomorrow that I got a lot of crafting done today so I could enter some challenges.  I figured that would keep my nervous energy focused. 

 So here is one of the projects I did today.  

Recipe

Art Nouveau butterfly page 53 cut at 4 inches.  I did a lot of extra layering and pop dotting on this.  

Get Well Soon Cut from Phrases page 42 at 3 inches  

Cuttlebug Butterfly embossing folder

DCWV paper Chateau Lavendar 

Seam binding colored with Glimmer Mist

Ribbon and gems 

Challenges I am entering this card in 

Cricut Circle Weekly Challenge- Get Well Cuttlebug Challenge 

Die Cuttin Divas- Button, Bow and Bling

Frosted Design- Card sketch 

Flutter by Wednesday- Embossing with butterfly, fairy or angel

All About the 70's Blog Hop Jan 15 = Feelin Groovy layout

If you are here  for the 70's Blog Hop with Memories in Time- Stay here.

If you are here for the Lasting Memories link to this weeks challenge "Happy New Year" Click Here to see the layouts by all the Design Team members including me.

Also today is a very exciting day for me as I have been asked to be the  Guest Designer at Passionately Artistic and would love for  you to all  come by and see my Valentine wreath project using rolled flowers with Art Philosophy or by hand.  Click here. I will also post this project tomorrow on my blog.

Welcome to the "All About the 70's" Blog Hop!!

We're so happy you could join us for this super-fun hop showcasing cards, layouts and projects that feature anything and everything related to the 70's!!   So pull out your bell-bottoms and peace signs, and join us for the FUN...  You'll find an array of ideas throughout this hop -- From decorations to gift ideas and more, we hope you'll enjoy each and every GROOVY project along the way!!  This is a TWO-DAY hop, so be sure to check it all out (besides, we have a FAR OUT prize for a random someone who visits and comments on each stop for each day!!)...

We can guarantee some psychedelic excitement for this event... So let's get hopping!!  If you've hopped over from Gill - http://scrappincreationsbygillm.blogspot.com   then you are in the right place!!  If you've just popped in to visit my blog or are reading this via email and you'd like to join our FUN, then please CLICK HERE to start at the beginning with Lynda's blog...
For the hop today, I've created a "Feelin Groovy" layout.  When I first saw the layout I knew I wanted to use the platform shoes and clothes from Paisley.  Then I found the cute title from the Phrases cart.

Paper Stack Used old one from We R Memory Keepers
Feelin Groovy phrase from Phrases Cricut Cart page 59 cut at 5 inches.
Dress  from Paisley cart page 46 cut at 3 inches.
Shoe  from Paisley page 41  cut at 3 inches
Good Times from page 71 cut at 3 inches two times so I could cut words apart and split on two pages.
Added rick rack and button flowers which I threaded with Memory Thread.
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For Blog Candy for my Blog I will be choosing a random winner for a surprise goody bag.  So make sure you leave a comment and become a follower.  .

Thank you again for checking out my project...  Now follow the links below and remember to visit all the stops for MAXIMUM ideas and LOTS OF FUN!!  Can ya dig it???  Now you are ready to hop on over to  Rhonda E - http://scraphappenswithrhonda.blogspot.com

*** Please post the inlinkz code for the day of the hop you are participating in ***

70'S HOP DAY ONE (January 15):

70'S HOP DAY TWO (January 16):

Multiple thank you cards

Sheila at Shes a Sassy Lady has a challenge this week to make multiples of a card with your Gypsy.  I decided to design a new A2 size thank you card to send out when I send out blog candy or when I win blog candy.  I got 9 Cricut heads on a 12 x 12 sheet cut at 4 inches from Cricut Everyday.  The thanks is from the Phrases card cut at 1.25.  

I then embossed the pink background paper and the cricut head with two cuttlebug folders. Then  I added little pink and green flowers.  I wanted something simple and pretty flat so there would be no extra postage.   

Here is the entire set.  

Oh the reason there is only 8 in the pictures is I already sent one out today.  

Entering this at Shes A Sassy Lady- multiple card challenge and also 

Frosted Design- use card stock only/no patterned paper 

Card, cards and more cards

Here are the cards I did this weekend for blog challenges.  The first is for the 

Mag challenge - use page 35 only from Sentimentals cartridge (I used the card shape.) and 

Frosted Design- make a card with a "fussy"cut.  I didn't even know what that was but found out it means you cut it by hand.  So I cut the card from the top 1/2 of a page from Ciao Bella by DCWV and then cut out the rose by hand.  I added ribbon, bling, and Stickles.  The flowers are also pop dotted.  

The next card is for 

Cooking with Cricut Challenge-apples and or honey.  I used the beehive and bee from Sentimentals.  Inside I used the phrase Bee Happy fro the same cart.  Paper used is Glitter cardstock and DCWV Lemon stack.  

Birthday Sundae= ribbon and birthday sentiment 

This card is for the 

BBTB2 challenge- use the wheelbarrow cut from Walk in My Garden.  I cut the wheelbarrow and then added the pumpkins from Pooh and Friends.  I also used my Cuttlebug to distress the wheelbarrow and pumpkins.  I added ribbon, glitter and felt leaves, and Smooch ink on pumpkins.  The piece in the middle was done with alcohol inks and then embossed with the pumpkin vine embossing folder.  

The next two cards I did for the Thursday Tutorial on FCCB.  If you missed the tutorial check it out.  I shared how to use Alcohol inks to make these cool backgrounds and pumpkins.   All the cuts and embossing were done with the Cuttlebug except for the Give Thanks which is from the Phrases cart. 

Thanks for looking.  

"Sing" Happy Birthday card

First of all I had so much fun today crafting in my room which I reorganized (see yesterday's post).  

Everything I need on a regular basis is close at hand now and with everything organized again it was easy to grab things and to put them away.  My first project was a card for several challenges.  

My Craft Spot- Sew much fun.  Use stitching!  I am so excited I finally had room for my little Pixie sewing machine I bought to sew paper months ago so for the first time I sewed on a card.  I love this look.  

The Paper Variety- Make a Birthday banner.  I love to make banners on cards and layouts.  I chose to use 4 different shapes from Birthday Bash and cut the shapes out at 2 inches.  I then used the same cart to cut the letters out to spell SING at 1 inch.  I used Baker's Twine to thread and added gems and a Happy Birthday stamp.  On the inside I cut out One Year Older from Phrases cart.  Each phrase is 4 layers. 

Also I used the sketch for Celebrate the Occasion.

  Instead of ribbon I used the banner to divide the card in the middle.