5 Months to Christmas Blog Hop

Hi Everyone and welcome to the 5 Months to Christmas Blog Hop,
If you have arrived here from  Sally's blog you are in the right spot.

Well, I bet a few of you who have been following my blog regularly thought I would not be participating this month because of the big move...well it just so happens I am the queen of planning ahead! I was able to get my cards created before I had to pack up my scrapbooking room!
If you are new you might be wondering how this monthly blog hop works.... there is a group of us crafters that have committed to creating two Christmas cards and (one die cut and one stamped image) posting them on the 25th each month.
Thanks for stopping by today. Shari's blog is your next stop.
Happy Crafting!
Tara
P.S. Right now I am at my parents house borrowing their wireless. I hope to have internet again soon so I can visit all my wonderful blogs friends again. See you soon!

Card #1 (Stamped)

Details:

Cardstock: SU and Staples Brand

Ribbon: Offray

Digital Stamp: Meljen's designs

Stamps: SU-  Teeny Tiny Wishes

Spellbinders: circles
Cricut Cut: Scalloped circle- Accent Essentials 

Pearl pen
Snowflakes Cuttlebug embossing folder + Cuttlebug
Prisma Coloured pencils + Gamsol
Glossy Accents

Card #2 (Die Cut)

Details:

Cardstock: Recollections

Sentiment: Pink by Design - Winter Fun set

Cricut Cut: Wrap it Up 2.75" and 1.5"

Stickles

Ribbon: Offray
Gems: Offray
Swiss dots Cuttlebug embossing folder + Cuttlebug

More Cricutized wedding!

Hi Crafters,
I am so excited to share this project with you today! I think this was one of my favourite wedding decorations and I made them! Well, with the help of a very nice friend ;) I was actually really flatter that all but 5 of my table numbers disappeared throughout the night lol. I am glad everyone enjoyed them as much as I did! I am sorry I didn't write everything down but I know that I used Design Studio to help me plan these out and I was able to cut two out of a sheet of 12 x 12 cardstock. I think the base shape is from Create-a-Critter or it might be from Accent Essentials. The flowers are for sure from Accent Essentials. So they would stand up on their own I used the same idea as an easel card and it worked perfectly!
Happy Crafting!
Tara

Cricutized wedding

Hi Crafty Folks,
I mentioned a couple times before my wedding that I was making lots of stuff for it and I even shared these....

I also made these place cards for everyone's names....

They were really easy to make...just white cardstock folded and the flowers were cut using the Accent Essentials, then I bought some gems that I glued into the middle. Ta da done!!!

Check back soon as I have more of my cricutized wedding to share :)

Happy Crafting!

Tara

JustWordz DT Friday!

Hi Crafters,
It's time again to show you some JustWordz inspiration. I just can't tell you how much I am in love with all these stamp sets. When using these stamps you always have just the perfect sentiment! Here is another card I created using the Christmas set and a digital stamp from Wee Stamps. How cute is she!?

Don't forget to visit the JustWordz blog and see the rest of the DT creations for this week!
Happy Crafting!
Tara
P.S. Can you believe we are in Dec. already!? My wedding is only 29 days away!!!

Details:

Cardstock: Staples Brand + Scraps

Sentiment: Justwordz Christmas Set

Cricut Cut: Little shapes on the bottom from Accent Essentials cut @ 1/4"

Ribbon: Offray

Silver baubles

Silver and red pearl pen

Stickles

Silver embossing powder + heat gun

Snowflakes embossing folder + Cuttlebug

Justwordz DT Day!

***This is my second post of the day. If you are popping over from Alex's blog You Had Me At Craft and looking for the rest of my thankful mini album thanks for stopping by and scroll down to the next post***

Hi Crafters,
This week for the Justwordz DT we were asked to make a 'thankful' project. This week I decided to change it up a bit and make someting besides a card. I have been hard at work making things for my up coming wedding and I decided why not use this opportunity to get something else done in advance. These tags as you can see are going to go on my wine bottles that we will be using as part of our wedding party favours. I made two because I was unsure of how I wanted to layer them but after completing them we have decided to use the one with the navy base. Fear not I'm sure the other one will still get used for something else ;)

The good news is now that I have figured out the sizing and everything I should be able to whip up a bunch more in no time. I used Design Studio and the cartridge Tags, bags, boxes and more for the 'door hanger' and Accent Essentials for the flower. (You will be seeing much more of this flower soon)! To finish it off I stamped my sentiment with Justwordz Everyday Sentiments. Don't Kim's Justwordz stamps work just perfect!!! I know you can't really tell from the picture but I heat embossed the stamp too so it is all shiny and fancy looking. It was my first heat embossed project with my brand spanking new heat gun and embossing powder. I didn't even do a practice run first lol! I am so impressed with how this turned out!!!

Details:

Cardstock: Bazzill and Staples Brand

Cricut Cuts: Tags, bags, boxes and more (if you want the exact size let me know and I will look it up for you in DS) and Accent Essentials 1.5"

Sentiment: Justwordz Everyday Sentiments Set

Ribbon: Offray

Bling: Offray

Besides having the fabulous Justwordz Everyday Sentiment set Kim is releasing two new stamp sets! A party invite set and a Christmas set and she is having a DT call right now! If you are interested in owning these stamps head over to her blog and check out all the details...
You'll want to head over there now anyways to check out the rest of the Justwordz DT creations made with the Everyday Sentiments stamp set!
Have a wonderful weekend everyone and happy crafting!
Tara

You Had Me At Craft Guest Designer Lala-Palooza

Hello Crafters,
I am so excited to share with you that today I am a Guest Designer on You Had Me At Craft! How fabulous is that?!!! For my guest designer project I created a thankful mini album. On here I am posting the pictures that are left over from my post there (there were just too many photos for one post and I didn't want to bore her followers lol) If you would like to know more about how I made this book and to see the rest of the photos head on over to Alex's blog You Had Me At Craft.

Have a great weekend everyone!
Tara
P.S. Thanks again Alex!

Canada Day Blog Hop

Welcome Everyone to the Canada Day Blog Hop,

I am so excited to share this day with all of you! It is a wonderful day for celebrating with fellow Canadian friends and family! Today on this blog hop you are going to get the chance to visit 12 Canadian blogs and see some amazing projects. Then it will be your turn to show us what you got! After getting a healthy dose of Canadian inpiration and talent at it's finest you will then be asked to challenge yourself and link up a Canadian project you have created for your chance to won one of 9 prizes. We have some super awesome Canadian sponsors and one American  sponsor who provided us with a Canadian prize. All the prizes and links are listed below. Please check them out for some amazing deals!

Here is the new project I made for today:

Details:

Cardstock: Recollections/Staples

Pattern paper: DCWV (an old holiday stack)

Ribbon: Offray

Stamp: Michael's

Ink: Stampin' Up

Punches: Stampin' Up circle punch, mini maple leaf - Michael's

Cricut: Accent Essentials (scallop circle)

Making Memories eyelets and big bite crop-a-dile

Stickles 

Here is the project I shared before but I just had to share it again! This was made before my days of Cricut and I still can't believe I use to cut all those shapes and letters out by hand, lol. It took me hours and I loved every minute of it!

Your next stop is: Kate from Small bits of paper

And here are the prizes you could be eligiable to win if you leave a comment on each blog and come back here and link up your Canadian themed project: ***after hopping through I see that there was some mis-communitcation on how people could win so I will be picking some from the link up and some from just random comments throughout the hop to make it fair for everyone :) Have fun! *** 

1- The Scrapbooking Cafe --- 3 people will each win a $10.00 Gift Certificate

2 - Bugaboo Digital Stamps --- 7 Free Digital Stamps

3 - Pink By Design --- Canadian Stamp Set

4 - My Stamping Studio --- Lime Twist Products pack from My Mind's Eye

5 - Digis With Attitude --- $10.00 Gift Certificate

6 - Graphic Cat Creations --- Freebie + $15.00 Gift Certificate

7 - One Crazy Stamper --- $25.00 Gift Certificate

Here is a list of the blog hop in order in case you get sidetracked along the way :)

Tara - http://creativeprincess-homemadehappiness.blogspot.com/
Kate - http://smallbitsofpaper.blogspot.com/
Heather - http://princesspaperprojects.blogspot.com/

Kimberly - http://www.justwordz.ca/

Michelle - http://mumoftwoblog.blogspot.com/

Tracy - http://thecroppingcanuck.blogspot.com/

Kerry - http://mommakcrafts.blogspot.com/

Avril - http://totallyscrapaddicted.blogspot.com/

Nicole - http://canadiannickelscrapn.blogspot.com/

Cheri - http://graphicatdesigns.blogspot.com/

Courtney - http://craftingwithcourtney.blogspot.com/

Jacqueline - http://madebyjacqueline.blogspot.com/

Have fun!

The Mr. Linky will remain open until July 7, 2011 for those of you who are busy today but wish to play along :) and feel free to back link to projects you have created for Canada Day that you made before today. We would love to see them all!

3D Flower Classes

Hi Everyone, I have some more exciting news. This summer I am going to start teaching some classes at a local scrapbooking store My Stamping Studio in Windsor, Nova Scotia. These 3D flowers are one of the classes that I will be offering twice in the month of July. If you are from the area and are interested in taking this class the fee is $25.00 which includes ALL the supplies and you even get to pick your own paper colours when you get there :) How fun is that!? There is a limit of 6 spots per class so don't wait to the last minute to commit. Call 902-472-3303 or email mailto:mystampingstudio@eastlink.ca  to reserve your spot today! 


The times for the classes are:
Friday, July 8 @ 6pm
Saturday, July 30 @ 10am

I can't wait!
Tara

Really the picture doesn't give you a very good sense. If you would like to see the actual 3Dness of them and you are local they are on display in the store :) 



Birthday Sundaes Challenge # 6

Hello Crafters,
It's Sunday and you know what that means...a new challenge over on Birthday Sundaes. This week it is a challenge for sure, it's a Special Birthday Challenge! You must a create birthday gift packaging, party favor, invitation, cupcake toppers/wrappers, banners, treat boxes, etc.

I have never made a banner before and decided to make one for a friend's little girl who was turning two this weekend. All in all the banner was super easy to make (a little time consuming but fun). Taking pictures of it was a whole other story however. It was a nightmare! I used a ton of glitter which my camera hates, the entire thing was the length of a wall and really high when we hung it and to top it all off the lighting was terrible. But I did what I could and I think I took enough to give you a good idea. I am glad I took some before we hung it! Although, like I said my camera hates glitter so I couldn't use the flash. All the details will be listed below the picture.
Thanks for stopping by!
Tara

Recipe:

Cricut cuts:

Scallops - Accent Essentials 5"

Yellow circle - Accent Essentials 4 1/4"

Patterned Circle  - Accent Essentials 4"

Letters - Plantin Schoolbook 3"

Butterflies - Once Upon a Princess 2"

Beginning of banner cupcake - Once Upon a Princess 2 1/2"

End of banner cupcake - Once Upon a Princess 3"

Crown  - Once Upon Princess 3"

Cardstock: Pastel Pack Dollarama + white from bulk pack staples

Patterned Paper: Me and My Big Ideas

Ribbon: Offray

 Crop-a-dile Big Bite

Glitter Glue

ATG

ZIG 2 way glue

Pop dots

Somebunny Special

Happy Good Friday Everyone,
Sorry I have been lost this week but I have been crafting all day today and have some great projects to show you really soon! One card I made today was using my new Prisma coloured pencils. I got a great deal on them I was told. I got a pack of 70 pencils for 16.99 + tax. The tag said they were regular $34.99 and well when I see a great deal I grab it :) I actually went back the next day and got a second set lol. After using this brand I don't think I can ever go back to regular coloured pencils again! The image on my card is a free digital image from Sliekje Digi Stamps If you have never checked out this site you are in for a treat!

I would like to enter this card into some challenges
Hippity Hop Bunny Challenge -  Jen's Craft Corner
Easter Challenge  - 4 Crafty Chicks
Do the Bunny Hop - Fantabulous Cricut
Easter - Dream Valley Challenges
Easter - Sparkles Forum Challenges
Easter + sentiment - Sentimental Sundays
Easter - The Crafty Pad

Happy crafting!
Tara

Recipe:

A2 size card

Cardstock: Recollections

Patterned Paper: from scrap pile

Cricut cut: Accent Essentials (pink layer 3 75" digital image cut 3.5")

(I actually used the centre point feature to cut of the digital image...I know not too bad... right) :)

Sentiment - Pink by Design - Go Green Set

Buttons: from my stash + embroidery thread

Prisma Coloured Pencils: colour #s 370, 313, 319, 339, 342, 368, 329, 328, 345
Jelly Roll white gel pen

ATG
Pop dots

Fight Like a Girl

Hello Crafters,
I made this card for my great aunt who is under going treatments for breast cancer. I am told she is doing well and since they caught it early things are very positive. She lives in a different province and I want to send her this card to let her know love and support is being sent from her family in NS! I am entering this card into a couple challenges. At Fantabulous Cricut where the challenge is to make a card that supports a cause and at 4 Crafty Chicks where the challenge is to follow the sketch.

Recipe:

Recollections cardstock

Computer generated sentiment

Bling - Dollarama

Flower and circle die cuts - Accent Essentials

Breast Cancer Ribbon - Chipboard die cut from stash

Mini heart punch

Silver gel pen



Cricut Cardz Challenge

I made this card for the Cricut Cardz Challenge. I really like the idea of making Christmas cards with non-traditional Christmas colours. I love the bright colours in this card! Sorry about the picture metallic cardstock doesn't photograph well :(

Recipe:

The snowflake was cut from the Accent Essentials cartridge from metallic cardstock from Dollarama.

The ribbon is the Celebrate It  brand which I purchased at Micheals a few weeks ago.

The bright blue and pink cardstock was from my scrap pile and the white base was Recollections.

I Cuttlebugged the blue with my Divine Swirls folder. 

The stamp is one of my new Pink by Design stamps from the Simply Everything Stamp Collection.

Pretty Petals

                                                                                               These flowers took me the better part of Saturday to complete! It was a lot of work but I love how they turned out and now that I have done it once and made all the mistake the next time should be a breeze! Thank you so much LB Crafts from Create a Little ( http://createalittle.blogspot.com/ ) blog for the inspiration and instructions! 

Recipe:

Accent Essentials Cartridge

Kabob Sticks

Green Plant Tape

Lots of Purple Card Stock :)

My Shredder (put my scraps through it, talk about using every last piece)!

Tons of Pop Dots

Stamps (Micheal's Dollar Bin)

Glitter Glue

Bling