My first time at CHA

I am so excited that I get to go to CHA for the first time this year.  I was going to go a few years ago when it was open to the public but didn't make it and then they stopped those days.  I am going Saturday and Sunday and hope to meet some of my blogger friends.  I feel like I am a kid and we are going to Disneyland for the weekend.  Can't wait to see all the goodies.

1/7 BBTB2 Snowflake Challenge

Welcome back to BBTB2 for the first challenge of 2013.  Make sure you check out the new blog design at BBTB2 and grab the new button for your blogs.  

Susan has asked the design team and those who wish to join in 

to create a "Snowflake" project for the challenge.  

I figured I would make a card being I leave in Southern California but then my youngest daughter sent me these great snow pictures.  This is still sunny Southern California at the zoo in Santa Barbara.  Each year they bring in truck loads of snow for the kids to play in.  

The girls had a blast and I had some fun pictures for my project.  

Project Recipe

Snow Day title was cut at 1 1/2 inches from Winter Woodland 

Snowflakes were cut from Art Philosophy  page 30 at  9 inches and page 22  at  5 inches

I then cut out the center of the smaller snowflake and placed a Graphic 45 cup inside with  snowflakes confetti in blue and silver and white.  The top snowflake borders  are  made using a MS punch.  More confetti was glued to the page and I used Stickles on the title.  

Blue and white buttons were added that I got last year  and had in my stash.  

We hope you will start at the year with us and bring on the snowflakes, Remember you must use a Cricut cut for your creations and link up to BBTB2.

My Paper Crafting Snowflake Challenge

Time for the first challenge of 2013 here at My Paper Crafting and  my first post for the new year.  For our first project  we were going to make snowflakes for Sandy Hook Elementary School.  However the request for snowflakes for the children when they return to school  has been so overwhelming and they have requested  that no more snowflakes be sent.  Isn't that awesome!  How wonderful to have to tell people stop we are overwhelmed when people are doing something nice for people.  

I made my three snowflakes from Winter Lace cut at 5 inches.  I also cut the shadow so they would stand out more.  Then I added a Tim Holtz rosette to the center  made with blue and white paper to make them pop.    On top I cut out the words Peace from Gypsy Wanderings and love and faith from Home Accents our of glitter paper.  I added Stickles to the words and gems to bling them out.  

If you look carefully at the snowflake on the top left you will notice the design of the snowflake has peace signs in it.  

I am going to hang my snowflakes in my craft room to remind me to pray for the Sandy Hook families.  

Snowflakes for Sandy Hook 

I hope you will join us this week for the snowflake challenge and link up to My Paper Crafting 

Also remember there is a DT call right now so 

check it out and join in the fun.  

Also remember to check out all the awesome digital files, SVG files and  Paper Piecings 

at Paper Crafting World 

Bo Bunny Powder Mountain Layout class

This is my last post for 2012 (being its the last day of the year) and I wanted to share another double page layout I did for a scrapbook class.  The paper is Bo Bunny Powder Mountain.  

I love the blues, browns and whites of this paper even though I don't live in snow country.  

Notice on the left the skis are turned upside down on the right side to form the tree houses.  

I used the Prima distressing tool to distress the sides of the page after I cut a 1/2 inch off  one side and the top.  The space at the center top for the picture was made by cutting out a cross shape and folding the paper back.  I added another piece of paper to be the exposed part. 

 I added burlap for texture.

On this page I made a folder over booklet for extra pictures, as well as  tearing, distressing and turning back the left corner.  

Thanks to all for following me in 2012.  I am wishing for you all a Happy, Crafty 2013 full of many blessings.  God bless!

Layouts and twisted easel card with Kaisercraft Pickled Pear

One of my favorite paper companies is Kaisercraft.  They have come out with some amazing paper lines this year.  As part of being a designer and teacher at my local scrapbook store Scrapbook Blessings in Newbury Park, California I get to make store samples.  These four pages were all made with the new Pickled Pear paper.   I love the color combination.  

For this first one I also used a new MS punch and flowers from Bo Bunny.

The matching pages using another flower and more MS punching.  

This is the third page.  The center is cut and folded back to make a photo pocket.  

I also added lace.  

For the last page I used a design idea from a class  I took with Sherry Mendoza from Prima.  

We used a circle shape and cut it into puzzle like peaces and then cut them out of different papers. Almost like making a flat shadowbox.  I used the Prima Distressing tool on this page also 

With my leftovers I made a twisted easel card.  

Reached my goal to use all my cartridges :)

                        One of my goals this year was to use all my Cricut Cartridges at least once.  I believe after this month  and all the projects I have posted I can honestly say I have completed this goal.    Really makes you look at all you have.  Especially when I was doing projects for Design Teams and also trying to use a cartridge I hadn't used.  So woo hoo for me for challenging myself to this task and completing it.  

Day 25 of 25 My Paper Crafting-Jesus

Wow we made it through the 25 days of Christmas and Year 'Round Crafting Showcase at My Paper Crafting.    There have been so many wonderful projects by all the creative ladies. I feel blessed to be a part of such a wonderful group of talented women.   I also want to say a big thank you to Melin for all her wonderful creations that she has given away these 25 days.  

For my project today I used A quilted Christmas, Kate's ABC and New Testament.  I used burlap on the easel card to give it texture and embossed the straw.  

I hope you are having a wonderful Christmas with family and friends celebrating the true reason for 

Christmas.  Don't forget to leave "Christ" in Christmas.