Beautiful Bling Blog Hop

Welcome to the Beautiful Bling Blog hop.  

April's birthstone is a diamond, so we added some bling to our projects.

if you happen to come across my blog and want to start from the beginning start at 

Melanie's

if you came from Nancy's blog you are in the right place

I made a Birthday card for my daughter's friend. I like to make 6x6 cards. 

I get the envelopes from stamping up. Does anyone know who also might carry them?

The pattern paper is from a 6x6 pad Pretty Party from Crate Paper

the back ground is Party Guest and the Streamers (green)

The stamp is from Hero Arts 3 Silhouettes I traced around the girl with a glitter pen. 

I caved and got myself a Cameo!

It was my birthday on the 25th and I decided to get it for myself, LOL

I'm so excited to finally have one. I'm getting the hang of it...I still like 

my cricut (won't be getting rid of it)

This was my first project with it. I cut the Happy with Cake Stand Crate Paper

and the Birthday with some glitter paper. The Happy Birthday phrase  is from the Silhouette online store all the cuts are 50% off for a few days. You can't beat .50 cents for this phrase, lol

Behind the Birthday letter is some washi tape.

The crystal flower, green button, doily, seam binding and the manila tag are from my stash.

Thanks so much for stopping by. 

I invite you to become a follower if you like what you see.

Let me know if you do leave my your blog address so that I came come by your blog too.  

your next stop is over at 

Jennyfer's blog

Scrap a la Jen

Happy Hopping,

Liz

Here is the whole line up, just in case you need it.

Melanie  http://afternoonscrapper.blogspot.com/

Suzanne  http://www.zannieberry.blogspot.com

Teresa  http://freshandrenewed.blogspot.com/

Tricia  http://mysticalcardcreations.blogspot.com/

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

Pamela  http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com/

Sarah  www.craftingwithsarah.blogspot.com

Carla  http://racincrafts.blogspot.com/

Connie  http://conniecancrop.blogspot.com

Nancy  http://alwaysastorycreationsbynancy.blogspot.com/

Liz  http://scrapiliciouslife.blogspot.com

Jennyfer  http://www.scrapalajen.blogspot.com

Sandy  http://scrapbookblessings.blogspot.com

Daphne  http://craftyscrapsofstuff.blogspot.com

Misses Crafty http://sweetbirdmemories.blogspot.com

Gorgeously Green Blog Hop

Welcome to the Gorgeously Green Blog Hop! 

All the projects have at least 2 shades of green.

If you leave a comment on everyone’s post, you could win this blog candy 

consisting of paper from DCWV and Basic Grey, Rub-ons, ribbons

borders, printable alphas, adhesive, and more!

You don’t have to become a follower of Afternoon Scrapper, 

but it sure would be nice if you did.

if you came from Pam's blog you are in the right place

For my project I did two 12x12 layouts:

It's been a while since I've done some 12x12 layouts.

for the first on I fell in love with this BoBunny paper. It's from their newest line

prairie chic garden  I used some bling from different companies  and the 

flowers I believe are all from prima and the letters they are Thickers

If you haven't tried this technique to make a frame it's pretty simple

you just make an X in the middle of your paper. determine how big you want

the opening  and cut the X open and roll each point back

and glue down with a strong adhesive.

This technique isn't very good for a regular page for your album.

You can put in your album but it can get a little bulky.

My 2nd Layout if of my my youngest when she was 2.5

she use to like to paint and scrapbook with me but now as a 

teenage not so much, I'm hoping when she is older she will join me again :)

This paper is also from the BoBunny paper Prairie Chip but it's the chevron

the letters I cut with my Criuct using the Letter Envy cartridge 

the quote I used is 

"I dream of painting and then I paint my dream." ~Vincent Van Gogh

 Thank you for joining us today of our blog hop,

I invite you to become a follower here on my blog and on 

Facebook , Pinterest & Instagram

leave me your links so that I can follow you back.

Happy Hopping

~Liz

Up next is Teresa

In case you need it, here is today’s line up:

Melanie http://afternoonscrapper.blogspot.com/ 

Pam - http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com

 Liz Mullen- http://scrapiliciouslife.blogspot.com 

Teresa- http://freshandrenewed.blogspot.com/ 

ClaireR -http://threewaterscreations.blogspot.com/ 

Suzanne- www.zannieberry.blogspot.com 

Nancy- http://alwaysastorycreationsbynancy.blogspot.com/ 

Jennyfer - http://scrapalajen.blogspot.com 

Sarah W www.craftingwithsarah.blogspot.com 

Daphne~ http://craftyscrapsofstuff.blogspot.com 

Miradna - http://www.nanasscrapspot.com/ 

Theresa - http://scrappinginheels.blogspot.com 

Haidee-http://created2bunique.blogspot.com/

Sarah - http://itswhatkeepsmesane.blogspot.com 

Melissa - http://pinkpolkadotscrapping.blogspot.com 

Sandy - http://crationsbysandyb.blogspot.com

Heart Warming Blog Hop!

Welcome to the “Heart Warming" Blog Hop!

We're so happy you could join us today!  

If you came from Robin then you are in the right place. If not please start at Melanie's Blog we don't want you to miss any of the fun!

 I've been teaching an after school enrichment classes

and this is the paper crafting class I did this week with the kids

the stamps are from Michael's $2.50 bins

the Rosettes are Tim Holts 

They had a ball making this different projects 

I made this faux snow glob. I painted the bottle trees tutorial here

(which I love these trees and didn't want to stop using them,LOL)

I used some washi tape to cover the metal lid.

Thank you again for stopping by 
I Invite you to become a follower and I look forward to hearing from you.

Next on the hop is Melissa

~Happy Hopping,
Liz

Christmas Blog Hop

Happy Holidays Everyone!

Thank you for stopping by today 

if you just happen to stop by my blog and you want to start 

from the beginning start over at our hostess

Ashley's blog

If you came from Amanda's blog you are in the right spot.

 This hop is about Christmasy things. I don't know about you 

but the last few months I've been pinning so

many items on my Pinterest boards.

I seem to pin more than "make" 

any of those inspirational creations . 

It seems to be more eye candy than anything else,LOL

So, I decided to use some of those ideas 

that I loved on my boards for this hop.

My first pin that I just loved because of the

 simplicity of the project 

was this clipboard.

The Tutorial is here

I did also cover the back of the clipboard with pattern paper

plus I added the vintage button. 

I thought this would make nice gifts items.

My next pin was this super cute gift idea.

Snowman marshmallow and some Hot Cocoa.

I fell in love with this idea.

I fell in love with those cute little faces!

I made these for all my neighbors.

I hope they aren't reading my blog. LOL

The tutorial is here

This next little guy I remade a little different than last years.

I added the snowflakes in the glass bulb.

These are so much fun to make. 

Here is the tutorial for him

I hope this hop has inspired you a bit.

Thank you for making it this far in the hop.

Your next stop is over at Jearise's Blog.

If you like what you saw here I invite you 

to become a follower here and over on Pinterest.

Happy Holidays and Thank you for taking a Peek,

~Liz

Stitching Card Blog Hop

Welcome the Card Stitch Blog Hop

Thank you to our lovely hostess Ashley for getting us together today.

She does have that great blog candy of $20.00 gift card so don't forget to leave a 

comment on All the stops today.

If you came from An'Jenic's blog you are in the right place.

if you happen to just come across my blog

 you may want to start at the beginning over at Ashley's blog

I was very excited when Ashley put this hop together.

 I wanted to pull out my 

sewing machine and get cracking. Ok, it was a total fail. 

I didn't like the way the stitching looked.

I must have used the wrong thread, the stitching just looked to thin. 

I almost posted the picture of my epic fail but just take my word for it, Lol 

I ended up doing it by hand!

I was going to use the Sew Easy but as you can see 

I wanted to go around the trees and it was to hard to use the sew "easy"

not sew easy!! LOL

Ok, I'll stop!

I ended up poking the holes myself with the needle 

that comes with the  Sew Easy kit. It totally is much easier to

 thread the thread through the holes when you sew on paper.

I cut the trees with my Cricut, sorry I don't remember what cart I used. 

The base of my card is kraft paper and the card measures 6x6 

the trees are cut at 4" ( I think)

I place the green and aqua pattern paper on the back.

I did stitch around the trees with some vintage crochet cotton thread.

I personally like the thickness of this thread for card making. 

I think I might have to go see if I can find some more in different colors.

it is different than embroidery floss.

I added some washi tape and some vintage glass buttons with the original thread on them.

I stamped the merry christmas with some $1.00  alphabet stamps that I found at Walmart.

 Thanks again for hopping with us today 

your next stop is Shelly

I welcome you to become a follower if you like what you see.

I love to see your comments.

Happy Hopping

~Liz

Announcing my New MINI Shop here on my blog

Hello Crafty friends, 

I decided to open a mini shop here on my blog

 because I have run out of room in my studio 

and I love to shop for unique items that are unusual

for that are not sold by scrapbooking companies or that I just love. 

I'm always up for the hunt, lol 

so, hence the announcement my new mini shop here on my blog. 

My first items are these cricut cover 

for the Expression. 

I made the pattern and hand-stitched the reverse embroidery

I will be posting some for the smaller Bug and Create Cricut soon.

I will also be  adding some other items that I have been hoarding,lol

so please visit my new page MY MINI SHOP