I Heart U! ~ Shop Pumpkin Spice Thursday Inspiration

Hi Crafters! Welcome to Luv Scrapping Together!

Today's project is made with products that can be purchased at Shop Pumpkin Spice. If you have never visited Shop Pumpkin Spice I encourage you to do so. Shop Pumpkin Spice has all the wonderful paper lines that we all love, along with embellishments and priced at least 30% off.

My project today is made with the January 2012 Card Kit "Fun Love."

I got inspiration for this min from Little Piece of My Heart.

On the front you can see some of the elements from the January 2012 card kit. I inked everything with Ranger Distress Ink in Tea Dye. The crocheted flower, which comes in the kit, was inked with Ranger Distress Inks in Tea Dye, Tattered Rose, and Aged Mahogany. I then added a brad from Echo Park's Seasons Greetings. I cut the letters from Pooh Font Cricut Cartridge and added Ranger Glossy Accents for dimension and shine. In the center of the BINGO card (in the kit!) I added an i-Rock Glam Rocks Heart gems.

Aren't these papers just gorgeous! This mini is created with a 12x12 piece of kraft cardstock. This My Mind's Eye "Love Me" 6x6 paper pad is part of the kit. As you can see, I used my Fiscars circle punch and scalloped punches for notches and tag pulls. I embellished these pages with more i-Rock Glam Rocks Heart gems. I added a red heart button that is included in the kit.

I created a little pocket from a doily ( included in the kit ) and added tags. On the tags I tied some Marachino Baker's Twine.

The sentiments are from Scrappy Moms Stamps, "Crazy For You," "Dancing in Circles," and "Amusing Animals."

I may embellish the tags a bit but right now I just love the look of the designer paper.

There is so much more included in the January 2012 Card Kit "Fun Love." I'll be having fun with it for a long time. There's still time to get yours!

Make sure to stop over at Pumpkin Spice blog to see more inspiration from projects using products found at Shop Pumpkin Spice.

Thanks for visiting today!

Happy Crafting!

Graduation Announcements

Hello Everyone! I have been busy, busy lately. I am getting ready to start a new job so I am trying to tie up some loose ends around here. One of the things I needed to get done is make some graduation announcements for my 2nd son. We home school so he did not have a formal graduation ceremony ( his choice as we are in a homeschool co-op that has a graduation ceremony). I wanted friends and family to know that he did graduate and did an awesome job on his college SATs! He hasn't quite decided what he wants to do but I think he is leaning towards joining the military. Anyway, here is what I came up with:

This idea is not origional. Robin at Robin's Creative Cottage made some similar ones for her daughter. You can view them HERE.

I made this similar to a post card and will put his graduation info on the back. I made this 4.25 X 5.5.

Here is what I used:

A Child's Year Cricut Cartridge ~ cap ( I hid some of the cuts and trimmed off the tassel )

Pooh Font Cricut Cartridge ~ 2011 shadow and font welded in my Gypsy

D'Vine Swirls Embossing Folder

Ribbon I had in my stash

White Gelly Roll Pen

DMC Floss for the tassel

Brads

Since it was for my son I didn't want anything to elaborate because that is just not his style.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Happy Crafting!

Tigger and Ducky

Happy Friday!

It's time for another Flaunt It Fridays challenge and this week we are flaunting the Tigger and Ducky cut from Pooh Font cartridge. Oh My! I must say that this is one of the cutest cuts! Instead of making a card, I decided that this would make a cute plaque to put in a baby's room or toddler's room.

Psst... Lauren from 40:31 Creations is coming out with a few new stamp sets and this is a little sneak peak of one of the new sets. Don't you just love this sentiment! No date for the release yet but we wanted to get you a little excited. Here's a close up so you can see it a little better:

Here are the details:

Thin peice of wood cut 9" x 4"

Brown acrylic paint

Mod Podge

Patterened Cardstock ~ My Mind's Eye, Where the Heart is and Echo Park, Life is Good

40:31 Creations Stamps

Ranger Glossy Accents ~ used on the water

Ranger Distress Ink ~ Tea Dye

Ribbon

White Gelly Roll Pen

Go over and check to out how the rest of the Flaunt It Fridays design team flaunted this cut. We would love for you to play along.

For this month's Grand Prize we are giving away a $20 gift certificate to SCRAP BUCK sponsored by SCRAP BUCK. They are an awesome company. They have great deals and free shipping when you spend $20!

A Fall Welcome

It's been a wonderful Sunday afternoon. I hope everyone is enjoying their day. I made this fall welcome sign to hang on our door. I tried to finish this yesterday but my Cricut E was not cooperating. So, I put everything away and tried again today. Here is the result:

I am submitting this for the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Me Monday #31. The challenge is "On the Wall."  I am also submitting this for Peachy Keen Stamps Let's Face It Challenge #3. The challenge here is to make a home decor item and use Peachy Keen Faces.

Here are the details:

I used cardboard from a cereal box for my base. It measures 7.5 x 12 inches.

Cricut Cartridges ~ Create A Critter ~ pumpkin (I used the hide contour feature on my Gypsy to hide the face) and acorn, Doodlecharms ~ oak leaf, Gypsy Wanderings ~ maple leaf, Pooh Font ~ Welcome, I used the shadow of the marker font.

Patterned Paper ~ K&Company Fall Harvest Stack

Solid Cardstock ~ Bazzill and DCWV

Peachy Keen Stamps ~ Everyday Character Faces

Cat's Eye Chalk Ink ~ Chestnut Roan

Ribbon ~ Hobby Lobby

White Gelly Roll Pen

Class Room Pics 2010

Hi Everyone! These are a few pics I took of my classroom. I am a thrid and fourth grade teacher at a private Christian school and have been for the last 7 years. This year I am doing a western theme for my decorations and I just love it! Many of the decorations on the walls I made 2 years ago. I took some clipart that I had on my computer and blew it up with an overhead projector, traced with a black sharpie, and then colored the pictures in with chalk. This year when I decorated I was able to use some Cricut cuts to add to the theme. We started school today so hopefully as we get back into routine I will be able to find some time to play in my craft room again. I hope you enjoy!
~Saundra

This is a picutre of my door. I used Paperdoll Dress up for the cowboys/girls and Gypsy Font for the names and greeting. I welded the fonts in my Gypsy. This is a very easy font to weld.

Looking into classroom

Bulletin Board

Sherrif

Laughing Cactuses

I used Pooh Font for the titles.

Classroom Decor

I have been meaning to share these pictures for a while now but just got around to it. These are pictures of a few ways I have used my Cricut Expression in my classroom. The first picture is of my door. I used Zooballoo for the monkeys and vines. I had to do the vines in Design Studio because I wanted them as long as I could. I inked the edges of the vines and added googly eyes to the monkeys. I also used Pooh Font for the words and welded them in Design Studio.

The second picture is of our classroom calendar. The title was created in Design Studio by my daughter, Julia. She used Pooh Font and Zooballoo. I, along with the help of my daughter , Susanna, cut all the animals and numbers using Zooballoo.We stamped the faces using Peachy Keen face stamps! (I know that Columbus Day is not in August but we havn't gotten around to making the other months. School started and there is not nearly as much free time!)

Turtle Birthday Card

This is a card that I made for my niece. I love this turtle from the Pooh and Friends Cricut cartridge. Here is what I used to create this card:

• Pooh and Friends Cricut cartridge
• Pooh Font Criscut cartridge
• DCWV Nana's Kids mat stack
• Color Box pigment ink ~ Brown
• Martha Stuart pigment ink ~ spring green

I used Design Studio to weld all my cuts together on the shadow feature and then cut with my Cricut Expressions.

Thanksgiving Door Hanger

I made this door hanger for my partner in BOAB #2 on the Cricut message board. Her favorite holiday is Thanksgiving. Here is what I used:

Supplies:

• Door hanger (I purchased mine from a local craft store)
• acrylic paint ( I used brown, orange, gold, and cream)
• paint brush
• sponge
• mod podge
• foam brush
• card stock
• ribbon
• Colorbox pigment ink in chestnut brown and brown
• Cricut Design Studio
• Cricut Pooh and Friends
• Cricut Pooh Font

Step 1 - paint the door hanger using brown acrylic paint. I used 3 coats allowing to dry between each coat.

Step 2 - sponge paint using orange, gold, and cream paint; allow to dry.

Step 3 - Usinging Design Studio and Pooh Font cartridge, select marker font and type "Give Thanks" at 1 inch and weld the letters together. Type this again using marker shadow feature and weld these letters.

Step 4 - Cut these shapes from Pooh and Friends cartridge: basket cut @ 2 1/4 inches ( I cut off the apples), veggies cut @ 2 inches four times (1x in green, red, orange, and yellow), leaves cut @ 1 1/4 inches seven times ( 3x in brown, 1x in red, orange, and yellow), pumpkins cut @ 2 1/4 inches four times ( 1x in green, orange, light orange, yellow orange)

Step 5 - Use Colorbox chestnut brown ink to ink the basket and brown to ink the veggies, leaves, and pumpkins.

Step 6 - Coat the door hanger with Mod Podge, glue down all the Cricut cuts, then cover again with Mod Podge. ( I covered it 2 more times allowing it to dry after each coat) When dry I added the ribbon.

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