Join in the fun next weekend

Operation Write Home Virtual Card Making Party beginning Friday, July 4th at 8 A.M. and running thru Sunday, July 6th at 6 P.M.  Challenges will be posted every 2 hours during this fun 3 day event.  Join in as many of the challenges as you can as we make cards for our military heroes.

Disney/Pixar Blog Hop

Glad you've made it this far.  That Ellen, (aka CardMonkey,) always knocks my socks off with her great projects and is a really tough act to follow.

Here are a few things I'd like to share with you today......  

$4 tumbler that I dressed up with vinyl cut outs from the Cricut "Mickey & Friends" and the "Mickey Font" cartridges

windsock / mobile made from Rowlux Illusion Film (see yesterday's post) Cricut "Mickey Font" cartridge was used with the deep blade housing set at 6, pressure at max. and multi-cut 3 times

 

Inlaid card made from Rowlux Illusion Film.  Mickey head was cut using my Cricut and the stars were die cut with the Big Shot.

I just had to make something using my old homemade "Mickey Head" embossing folder from this post http://tamiscraftconnection.blogspot.com/2011/05/tuesday-tips-mickey-mouse-head.html

I made this for one of the previous Disney hops and it still hangs in my craftroom but.........

Here's an updated version using the Rowlux Illusion Film.  It is so pretty when the light hits it.  There may be several of these on my Christmas tree this year!

And for sticking to the end, here's a little bonus for you fellow Disney lovers- Free Disney font

Well, I hope you've enjoyed today's leg of the month long Disney/Pixar hop.  I"m the last stop this week, but wait till you see what's in store for you next Saturday.

If you're starting the hop by jumping in here, you can go to Shawn's blog so that you see the full hop from the very beginning, but before you go, make sure to sign up to win some AMAZING PRIZES from our sponsors!  Our sponsors for this hop include 

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Rowlux Illusion Film


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Make sure to mark your calendar for MORE projects next Saturday!  You can join the Facebook Event page by clicking HERE.  

Here is the full line up for today.

Shawn

Lori

Claire

Jenny

CardMonkey

Tami

Rainy Day Fun

                                
Ever since I was a little girl I have loved to color on rainy days and today was just one of those days.  These will both go in my next box for OWH, but for now I'm entering them in ScrapbookPal's Share Your Project-use Copics contest.

stamps by Lawn Fawn "Wish You Were Here" set,
 various Copics used.

stamps by Docrafts "Country Companions-Sunshine Meadow, Mouse" colored w/ Copics
& sentiment is from Hero Arts OWH fundraiser set
embossing folders both by Darice,
die cut hearts were cut using Lawn Fawn's "Heart Dies" and colored with Copics for a dimensional look (which unfortunately doesn't show up in the pic.)

ScrapbookPal SYP April 2014- Liquid Pearls

Supplies used:  Liquid Pearls: White Opal,
Spellbinders: Borderabilities Bracket Border One, and Shapeabilities Crosses,
Embossing folder by Darice, sentiment stamp unknown, Stampin Up Pewter embossing powder
and gold embellishment- removed from an old wallpaper book

Lawnscaping Challenge #78 and a tribute to an old college professor

 Lawnscaping Challenge #78

You can't get much simpler than this

Sets used: So Much to Say, Year Four

 The following Z-fold card is a tribute to Professor Harringon and his stupid, but much beloved coffee mug...where ever they may be now.

Sets used;  Year Four, Critters on the Farm, Sally's & Smitty's ABC's, Pa-Rum-Pa-Pum-Pum

ScrapbookPal.com Share Your Project Contest

Spellbinders aren't just for cutting...........

Spellbinder dies used: Classic Rectangles
Stamp set used: "Luv Bunnies" by Stampendous

ScrapbookPal is hosting another contest and this time it's for using Spellbinders.  

My card was very simple, yet fun & pretty quick to make and probably doesn't need explanation, but the contest says give instructions, so here goes......

The card is an A2 size (4 1/4" x 5 1/2") so, for the embossed panel I used a piece of 4" x 5 1/4" white cardstock which is just slightly smaller than the card base and I carefully placed the 2 Spellbinders rectangle dies in a "frame" configuration and secured them w/ low tack tape.   Before running it through the Cuttlebug, I used an embossing mat and rather than cut the pieces, I only embossed them leaving a nice frame. The little bunny was stamped on a smaller rectangle which I popped up with dimensional tape.  The small flowers and hearts were fussy cut and glued on the panel using Tombow Multi liquid glue. Copic markers were used for the coloring.  

Smile and the world smiles with you

I love Crissy Armstrong's images

Crissy Armstrong is one of the artists for Whimsy Stamps and I LOVE her animal images, especially her penguins.  

Digi images by Crissy Armstrong (Whimsy Stamps) I've been collecting

Slowly but surely, they're getting made into cards for OWH

I love dies

Just a few more Christmas cards I made but never posted.

You've got to check out ScrapbookPal.com

Back when I used to post regularly, I occasionally mentioned one of my absolute favorite online stores, ScrapbookPal.com, and even now, when I hold workshops, that is one of the very few stores that I eagerly recommend to people.  They are quick as lightning on their shipping, which I might add is FREE w/ a $25 order, NOT $50 or $75 like everyone else, and their prices are great! It is a total Win/Win situation, no matter how you look at it.  

They are holding a little contest right now that involves another of my absolute favorite things, Lawn Fawn stamps.   So I had to jump on this one.  

Lawn Fawn sets used: Happy Easter, Spellbinder dies used: Edgeabilities Bracket Borders 1, Patterned Paper is from Lawn Fawn's Pink Lemonade collection, and the embossing folder is by Darice & is called Wire Fence (I think)

bottom card uses, Lawn Fawn Sunny Skies (sun & clouds), Bon Voyage (plane), and Flying By (sentiment) stamp sets, patterned paper is from Lawn Fawn's Into the Woods collection.

top card uses, Lawn Fawn Bon Voyage (plane), Bannerific & Smitty's ABC's (banner), and Flying By (sentiment.)  The paper is from Lawn Fawn's Daphne's Closet collection, the clouds were cut using either Memory Box or My Favorite Things dies and the cloud embossing folder is by Stampin' Up

Just for my records

Various cards I made over the holidays that I remembered to stop & take photos of.

Pure Innocence Stamp by My Favorite Things

Various Spellbinders dies

Spellbinders dies, Memory Box die, Darice embossing folder

same as above

Memory Box die , (holly leaves were hand cut & embossed)

CAS using an older SU stamp