Bling with an Attitude Blog Hop

Welcome to another Stampers With An Attitude team blog hop. This evening we'll be showing off our best bling!
   

You may have come from Catherine's Blog or you may have stumbled upon me by chance.  Either way, you're in for a treat with everyone's creations. 

My art piece was created with the retiring Skylark paper pack and is heavy on the Cricut use.  Take a peek:

 

Inks: Chocolate

Papers: Skylark paper pack, Brown and Tan Glitter paper

Accessories: Chocolate embroidery floss,  Antiqued Gold Rhinestone Charms, My Creations 6x6 Canvas, Create a Shade Pearl Paint

Tools: Art Philosophy, Artiste, and Artbooking Cricut cartridges, Liquid Glass, Ruler, Piercing Tool

 

 

 

Here is a close up of the birdcage, it is the lightest sheet in the Brown and Tan Glitter paper pack. I went over the whole thing with Liquid Glass to give it some more dimension and shine, as well as the "dream" at the bottom of the canvas.  I added the Rhinestone Charms for even more blingy-bling!

 





 

 

 

We have three...3...cartridges from CTMH with birds on each one.  You'd think there would be a birdcage in there somewhere, right? 

 

 

Well...I did.     And guess what...no birdcages!  So, I made my own.  Here is a screen shot from Cricut Craft Room of all the pieces I used in my canvas and which cartridges each of the shapes come from.

  

The birdcage is created with the top three shapes from the AP cartridge as well as the Umbrella shape from the AB cartridge.


I hope you enjoyed your little stay with me, now move along to Sue's Blog and see what sparkly, blingy piece she's created!
 

Acrylic Frame Dry Erase Board

My last kids' class was yesterday.

I was a little apprehensive about teaching middle school and high school students, but was told they were a good bunch of kids. And they were! I think I was more worried they would deem the projects "lame"...but to my relief they loved them.

Here is what we finished yesterday. It is a dry erase frame for your favorite top 5 list. Here you can see my son's top 5 things he wants to do this summer.
 

Papers: Holiday Red (retired), Star Spangled Blue (retired), White Daisy, Black cardstock

Accessories: Silver Shimmer Trim, Hook and Loop Dots



Because I was on a kind of small budget for these projects, I stopped at just about every Dollar Tree I could to find enough of these cheap acrylic frames.  I also found packs of dry erase markers...which didn't totally work really well, but what did I expect for a $0.33 pen?  So in our house we'll use one of my good markers.

The marker has our small Hook and Loop dots attached on the back at the cap and end of the pen. The pen is attached to the back of the frame when not in use, so it won't ever get lost. Well, the chances of it getting lost are reduced.

This is a fun, cheap project for kids to make on day this summer.  If you ever start hearing the "I'm bored." mantra, try this!

Teacher Appreciation Gift

Who can tell me what this time of year brings?  


If you said busy schedules, concerts, testing, field trips, graduations, parties...well yes, you are right about that.  But it is also Teacher Appreciation week thrown in there as well!   So what can you get for someone who spends so much time with your child during the day and helps shape them into the adult they'll be later in life?

The answer is...nothing.  Because really, how would anything compare to the work they do every day with a class full of children!

However, you should take some time to let your child's teachers know just how much you do appreciate them.  This year I made all of them something for their classrooms to remind them how wonderful they truly are.

 

 

Inks: Ruby, Honey, Pacifica

Papers: Ruby, Honey, Pacifica, White Daisy, Black cardstock

We only have two more weeks of school to go.  Already our June calendar is full and I get tired just thinking about it.  Hopefully one or two of those days will let us sleep in a bit!

Christmas Card Binder

This past Stamp Camp, my friend Trish shared her project and I loved it!  She solved the problem of what to do with all those Christmas cards and photo cards you receive every year.  Create a binder for them!

She used the new My Creations Kraft Album and created a beautiful project you can keep those photos and cards safe, and bring some holiday cheer into your home at the same time!

Stamps: Framework Alphabet

Inks: Ruby

Papers: Frosted Reflections kit, Kraft cardstock

Accessories: Ruby Shimmer Tape, Ruby Mini-Medley Assortment, Sparkles

Tools: Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge



I'll be using the Artbooking cartridge to add some Kraft cardstock pages to my binder.  Because I love it so much and thing it is such a fantastic project, I'm offering classes at my home next month.  Emails have been sent out, but if you're not on my class list and would like to attend, give me shout and I'll get you set up!

Now, I just have to wait for the post to be delivered! 

Gratitude with an Attitude Blog Hop

Good evening everyone!  I hope you're enjoying a restful Sunday with family and friends.  Tonight I invite you to take a stroll down our team's blog hop and see some pretty great projects.

This month we've focused on Gratitude and everything that means to us.  If you're following along the hop already, you've just come from Melinda's Blog.  Let me guess, something with lots of bling??
 
I love her love of all things blingy!!


Well let me show you my project.  First of all, I am grateful for many things...especially a very patient and helpful husband who will calmly tell me to try something new when a project kind of blows up in my face.  Which it did...several times this week.  I still want to go back and get it right but for tonight I'll share my back up project.

When CTMH came out with the My Creations® Collage Cubes a while ago, I wanted to try making a photo puzzle but just never got around to it...until now.

I've used photos of people I am most grateful for in my life.  Enjoy!

Of course my boys and my family...

My dad and stepmom...just look how happy they are together!!
Engineer and I on the Eiffel Tower in Vegas...

Me and my siblings a playing card game, something we always end up doing when we're together...

A perfect day at White Sands, NM.  The boys love to visit here and play in the sand!

My parents got to travel with Engineer and I when our school band went to Europe...

My mom...still miss her and am so grateful to be her daughter.

This guy...puts up with more than he should and I can't imagine life without him!  (sorry if that embarrassed you, sweetie!)

One of my favorite shots of the boys this summer.


I had saved a small puzzle from one of the boys' kids' meals some time hoping to use it as a model to make my own.  Luckily, I found this awesome tutorial and didn't have to short a fuse figuring it out myself!


Our Creation Cubes measure 2" so this makes a nice big puzzle to sit on a table for display.  I will most likely give it a thin coat of Modge Podge this week...and maybe sand the edges, too.  But for now, I'm grateful to have it finished!

Now moving on...head over to Becky's Blog and see what fabulous project she's got prepared for you!

Artbooking Baby Album

Did you know it is Babywearing Week?


No, neither did I until about a month ago.

My friend is a part of Babywearing, International, Inc. and is a Babywearing Educator.  That means she teaches people how to use wraps and carriers to...well, wear your baby.

Since my "baby" is almost 8, I never even knew this existed...aside from seeing her every Sunday with her little ones wrapped around her as she walked into church.  I was quite envious of how her arms were free to use though.  I always had arms full of boys and bags and car seats.

Anyway, their local group is having an auction and I contributed a basket of Close To My Heart goodies.  I also made a new baby mini-album from the Artbooking Cricut cartridge and a framed layout.

I kept the colors neutral, as I don't know what beautiful baby photos the winner will add to it!

Inks: Sunset, Buttercup, Slate, Chocolate

Papers: Babycakes Reflections

Accessories: Dark Chocolate Striped Grosgrain, Babycakes Assortment. Baker's Twin Harvest and Neutral Assortments

Tools: Artbooking Cricut cartridge

 

The baby album was heavily influenced by Pamela O'Conner.  You can see photos of her album on her Cricut Craze Pinterest board!


This is the boys' last week of Fall Break.  I'm a bit happy and a bit sad about that.  When they get home from piano lessons we'll all have a quick lunch then head to the pool with some friends.  One of the great things about living in Tucson...you can still swim in October!

Family Accordion Display Workshop

Happy Fall everyone!  

Are you slowly getting all your holiday décor up around your house?  Save room for one more, my Family Accordion Display!

This month's Creative Class comes from my Holiday Stamp Camp project.  It features the new Huntington paper pack and the Rosewood Mini-Medley Collection.  (My personal favorite from the Idea Book!)  The project measures 5" x 19" and looks great on mantles or tabletops.

Kits include all cut pieces, Rosewood Collection, hemp, and directions for basic assembly.

Class Times

Thursday, October 17  9am-11am

Saturday, October 19  2pm-4pm

Thursday, October 24  9am-11am

                                      7pm-9pm

Saturday, October 26  2pm-4pm

 

Class fee is $20 per kit  or  $15 with a $20 order.

RSVP by October 10 to save your spot!

 

Kits will be mailed to non-local class members for $5 extra.

Kit Options

Class Kit $20.00 USD Class Kit with Order $15.00 USD

The Smell of Freedom

Welcome to another blog hop with the Stampers with an Attitude team.  This month we're sharing our Patriotic Art with an Attitude!
 
If you're following along, you've just come from Melinda's Blog.
Are you on inspiration overload yet? 

Well, let me show you my project.  I told the boys my idea for it and they all gave me blank stares.

I don't think they quite understood my vision.  But when I was finished, they all thought it was cool!  How about you?

Inks: Saddle reinker

Paper: Pacifica, Colonial White, Cranberry cardstock

Tools: Artiste Cricut cartridge, quilling tool, spray pen, glue dots...lots and lots of glue dots



The frame holds a 5x7 photo to give you an idea of the size.  All the flowers were cut with the Accent 2 flower on page 54 of the handbook.  I cut plenty of them at 2.5" and 2".  After rolling them up, I sprayed them with a Saddle reinker/water mix to give it an antiqued look.

So this has been dubbed The Smell of Freedom in our house and now sits in our entry way.  I have to admit, I don't have a lot of patriotic home décor so I'm excited to now have something to put out every year.

Thanks for stopping by!  Next on your travels is Cat's Blog...Enjoy!