Blog Candy Winner!

Thanks so much to everyone who hopped with us this past weekend for the Disney Pixar Blog Hop.  I appreciate everyone looking at the projects.  Hope you found some inspiration during the two days.  I'm so appreciative of your kind comments, so thank you for leaving them  :)

Congratulations to the winner of my blog candy, comment #14, CathyinMN! 

"Happy belated Anniversary! What fun to be on a [Disney] cruise for your anniversary! Fun layout -- perfect for the wonderful memories you have of your time on board. Thanks for the chance to win!"

 

I'll be sending Cathy a Kaisercraft Fairy Castle Album along with a package of AdornIt rub ons. 

Again, thanks to everyone for the comments and stopping in!  Please come back to see more projects.  It's the time of year when I hope to be able to get some good quality scrapping time (yippee)!

Bibbiddi Bobbiddi Blog Hop! Disney Pixar Time Again!

Welcome back Disney fans! I feel so fortunate to be invited back for the fourth time to the Disney Pixar Blog Hop! Thanks, Shawn, for the opportunity to be part of such a talented team of ladies. It's always such a fun weekend looking at everyone's Disney projects.

And speaking of Disney, we cruised on Disney's newest ship, the Fantasy, over New Year's, from Dec. 29 through Jan 5. Great vacation, gorgeous ship, and incredible service -- I highly recommend the Fantasy for a family vacation!

New Year's Eve on the Fantasy was amazing!  It's a special day for my hubby and me anyhow because it's our wedding anniversary, so I chose this as the first layout to make for my newest Disney album.   The night was so much fun, Disney treated us so well, and the party and entertainment was so memorable!  I hope to scrap more Disney cruise layouts in the next few weeks, so please check back. 

 My goal was to use the tiara from the party.  I also wanted to use (part of) one of the top hats Disney provided, but I couldn't come up with a way to bring it into the layout.  I'm anxious to add the photos!  Colors are (Stampin' Up) rose red, real red and black.  I used the Martha Stewart punch to thread the ribbon down each page, and SU black grosgrain.  The words "Cruising" and "New Year" are covered in a healthy layer of Christmas Red stickles.  Cartridges:  Mickey & Friends, Mickey Font, and Martha Stewart Cake Everyday Occasions. 


Thanks for joining us today.  Here's the complete line up in case you missed anything!
Shawn http://craftychicsblog.blogspot.com/
Amy Chomas http://amychomas.blogspot.com/
Bobbi Jo http://sweetsassydiva-gspot.blogspot.com/
Jenny ttp://www.crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/
Kathy http://kathyand3kids.blogspot.com/
Tami http://www.scrappinrabbitdesigns.blogspot.com/
Claire http://www.scrapmyway.blogspot.com/
Kim http://uscrap2.blogspot.com/

I'm doing a random drawing for my personal blog candy offering.  To qualify, simple leave a comment on this post.  Please do so by 10:00 PM Central on Monday night.   Don't forget to check back to see if you're the lucky winner!

Thanks again, Kim

Easter Peeps card

We're just past Christmas, so who can possibly think about Easter yet, right?  Well, I'd like you to think I'm already working on 2013 Easter cards, but that would be false ;)   I made this card last Easter, to be honest! 

Isn't it cute though?  I love the look of the "peeps".  I couldn't find the right bunny to make a peep on any cricut cartridge, but I did find a good bunny head from one cartridge.  So I used just the bunny head and welded it to a circle (Cricut Design Studio), then welded the three "peeps" together.  The bunny head may have been from Stretch Your Imagination, I can't remember as it's been so long ago.
As always, the products are all Stampin' Up, Very Vanilla and Rose Red cardstock, ribbon, and DSP. A little embossing, punching the edges, and sponging, and it's complete!

Hoping this gives someone an inspiration for a fun Easter card this Spring! 

Happy paper crafting . . . hope you get some time to play this weekend!  Kim

Coming Soon: Disney Pixar Blog Hop!

Happy New Year everyone! I'm trying to figure out where 2012 went, and we're 1/3 of the way through January 2013 already!

We had a fantastic Christmas, and left for Disney on Dec. 27. We cruised on the new Disney Fantasy for the New Year's Cruise from Dec. 29 - Jan 5. What an amazing ship and and super fun vacation! I wish it didn't have to end :)

Back home now, just in time to put together a layout (or hopefully two) for the upcoming Disney Pixar Blog Hop. I hope you can check out all of the projects on Saturday, January 19 and Sunday, January 20. I am so honored to be part of such a talented group of paper crafters, and so grateful to be invited back to the Disney Pixar Hop for the 5th time! Thanks Shawn and Melissa for having me!

I will post the details when the hop gets closer, but if you want more info now, check out the public facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/#!/events/135056236643588/

Thanks for stopping in!  I've been horrible about posting projects, so I'm trying to get back in it!
Kim

Have you checked out Blitsy yet?

Blitsy is a new site that offers weekly sales where the items are available up to 7 days, unless they run out, or Blitsy, prior to the 7 days.  Their goal is to offer the latest trands in crafting. 

To start, Blitsy will have a strong emphasis on scrapbooking and paper crafts supplies.  Eventually, they will offer a wide array of general crafting items.  New offers are posted every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 

Membership is free - just join with your email.  If you make a purchase, help me out by doing so from the link here in my blog, which acts as a referral.  When you "join", you will have the opportunity to refer friends via a blog, email, or Facebook also.  We can all help each other out by references to the website, and supporting our shopping habits with extra savings!

Check out Blitsy today!  It's Monday so that means new products are offered.  If you don't need anything that is offered today, look again on Wednesday and Friday! 

Quick Thank You cards

I haven't been able to spend any time in my scrap room this summer, and I really miss it!  Last week, I was finally able to grab a few hours to come up with a thank you card design and mass produce.  It felt great!  I'm not sure if it felt so great just because I got to play with paper for a few hours, or due to the guilt I had because I hadn't been able to make the thank you cards for my daughter to write and send to friends and family for their generosity following her 8th grade graduation!

My inspiration for this simple Thank You card came from this card on LeeAnn Greff's blog.  Never would I have thought to use a circle punch backwards to make the "circle drops", but I think it's just cute!  I used solid cardstock, Stampin' Up Pixie Pink, embossed and sponged, DSP with graduation caps and diplomas, and DSP made with our Junior High name and mascot from http://www.laserlinecuts.com/.  The school DSP is raised with adhesive squares to give it a bit more pop.  I sponged both DSPs with gray.  The blue cardstock is from Archivers (I can't remember the name).  It matches our school colors the best!  Finished the thank you's with Doodle Twine, and self stick gems, and a little more Pixie Pink on the inside.  Finished off Junior High now too . . . can't believe both of our kids are now in high school!  It's bittersweet ;)

Hoping your summer is great!                                                                      
Kim

All About Disney with K. Andrews

On the heels of the Disney Pixar Blog Hop, I can't help but post my layouts on the Getting Cricky Super Sunday Challenge, All About Disney.

If you're not already a following of K Andrews, check out her blog, and I'm sure you'll decide to.  So much inspiration, so much fun, and lots of helpful tips constantly! 

And thanks to all of you who left me kind words during the hop.  I love hearing from you.  It makes it worth posting the layouts, for sure :)

Have a great week everyone,
Kim

Disney Pixar Time Again!

Welcome to Day 2 of the best hop on the web for Disney Pixar projects! I'm very thankful to have been invited again! 

If you arrived here from Ellen, you're on the right path.  If not, visit Shawn to start at the beginning of today's hop.  If you had a chance to browse Day 1 projects, you saw a great variety.  If you missed Day 1, no worries.  After browsing today's line-up, just go back to Shawn's blog and you can still link to the Day 1 crafters. 

As you hop, make sure to watch for the details on the blog candy.  Marlo from ContainYa Crafts has donated a GRAND PRIZE of  a Scrap'N Easel-Ette! 

If you know me, you know I love to scrap our Disney vacations! Come back another time to check out the many Disney layouts I've posted, a lot of them for previous hops!  I hope you enjoy today's new layouts . . .   

Is it clear that this page is a recreation of Donald's beach wear? Love the bow tie!  All of my layouts are 12x12, and all cardstock is from Stampin' Up!

The waves are from Life's a Beach but all other cuts are from Mickey and Friends.

My "Full of Character" page is simply a frame made of DSP by cutting a square out of the center.  We were having fun with the many character hats for sale at World of Disney.  This makes for a quick and simple page, even with a layered and welded title (from Mickey Font). 

This paper showing Spaceship Earth is just too pretty to cover up.  I did trim it up and attach it to cardstock.  "Worlds of fun" is  covered in Glossy Accents but it's hard to see the dimension from the picture.

Another Epcot page covers a dinner at Le Cellier from the Canada pavillion.  If you haven't tried Le Cellier, we give it thumbs up!  The leaf was cut using SCAL, the journal and EPCOT boxes from Storybook, and O Canada is the Winter Woodlands font.  Red and yellow stickles galore . . .

Who doesn't totally love Mater?  He is just too cute!  All of the cuts are from the Disney Cars cart.  I feel like this page needs something in the lower right corner.  If you have a suggetion, let me know!  Can't stop with the red stickles :)

Last layout for today's hop is a one-pager with Captain Jack Sparrow!  This DSP came with the screen printed black ship, so it didn't need much.  The skull and swords is a die cut I purchased from Paper Wizard, which was fairly simple to assemble. 

Thanks for stopping by.  Next in the hop is Bobbi Jo! Here's the complete line up too.

Shawn http://craftychicsblog.blogspot.com/
Ellen  http://cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com/
Kim http://uscrap2.blogspot.com/
Bobbi Jo http://sweetsassydiva-gspot.blogspot.com/
Jenny http://jennyplace26.blogspot.com/
Jessica http://thecreativestamperspot.blogspot.com/
Jenny http://www.crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/
Tami http://www.scrappinrabbitdesigns.blogspot.com/
Kathy http://kathyand3kids.blogspot.com/
Kristal http://www.gettingcricky.com/

It's Almost Blog Hop Time Again!

None other than the Original Disney Pixar Blog Hop, of course!  Be sure to join us for two days next Saturday and Sunday.  You can expect to get some great ideas for your Disney projects, in addition to lots of great blog candy offers. 

The hop will begin next Saturday morning with one of my all-time favorite Disney scrappers, Shawn from http://craftychicsblog.blogspot.com/.  My projects will be in the hop on Sunday, so spread the word and please stop in!

Masquerade Invitations

I've been working on these invitations for weeks now, and I'm excited they are finished.  You're seeing only a portion of the invitations - I made 100 in total.  The invitations are for my DD's 8th grade graduation dinner & dance.  I'm so thankful for the 11 very helpful moms/volunteers helping me organize everything!  

I used the Chic and Scary cartridge and Cricut Craft Room.  A few quick steps in CCR to copy the mask image, flip it, hide contour (eyes), and weld the two masks to make the folded invitations. I played with the size several times to make sure I could get 4 complete invitations on every 12x12 sheet of card stock, which is textured black Bazzill. I used black stickles around the eyes, and a glue gun for all of the feathers.

I then reduced the size of a single mask, hid the eyes again, and cut 100 masks on white, which are the RSVPs.  They are stuck inside with a single glue dot, because I'm not using envelopes.  Dinner and dance details are printed on self-adhesive vellum, under the RSVP cards.

One more strip of self adhesive vellum on the back of the invitation reads "Choose a mask and wear it well, your true identity no one can tell". 

The dinner and dance is at the end of May, so I'm still working on decorations, the dessert buffet, centerpieces, etc.  If you have any ideas or Masquerade party tips, please let me know!