Count Down to Disney World

Count Down to Disney World - I have sad and happy news all at once! Today starts the last challenge for Craft Your Days Away. I have really enjoyed my time at Craft Your Days Away. I started playing in their challenges when they first formed and was elated when I made the team. They are an amazingly talented and sweet group. Joanne kept us organized and there was so much support from everyone on the team. Thank you Joanne for everything!

The happy news is that the last challenge is Anything Goes!

Now onto my project. I am taking my 4 grandson's to Disney World in October. In October they will be 7, 3, 3, and 11 1/2 months. To help them with their anticipation, I have made count down calendars for them.

Simular to an advent calendar, they have a little package that they will open each day for 2 weeks. The gifts all have something to do with Disney. One of the packages has Mickey Mouse flipflops, one has a Mickey helicoper that the blades are a little fans to cool them while we are waiting in line. Other packages have Cars fruit drops or something simular. It was hard to find something that the 7 year old and the 1 year old would both like, but I am very happy with what I came up with.

My DP is Creative Imaginations, Magic. The black is actually matting material left overs from a framing shop. It is great for this as they really sturdy.

I cut the Mickeys using my Cricut and the Mickey and Friend cartridge. The boys names are stickers. The 2 boys that live near me put their own stickers on. I did it for the 2 that live far away.

The chains are made embossed cardstock, with the count down days written with a black Sharpie.

Each day the boys will tear off a link and then dig through the package box and find the coordinating number on the package. They will then have a little gift and know how many days until we leave.

I made a hanger using a soda can tab and gold string.

I am as excited about going as the boys. Maybe I should have made one for me too. LOL

Top Tip Tuesday One Layer + Tip - use a soda can tab for a hanger.
The Paper Shelter CAS

Lil Red Wagon #146 Animal

Aud Sentiments #61 Number - Each link has a number on it. Not all visable in the photos

Totally Paper Crafts #130 Song Inspired - M I C K E Y   M O U S E

Fairytale-Challenge Blog #48 Song Inspired - M I C K E Y   M O U S E

Chocolate Coffee Cards #19 Emboss - The links are dry embossed

Ice Cream

I is for Ice Cream - Hi everyone! It is time for another challenge at Alphabet Challenge Blog. This fortnight we are challenging you to make ice cream.

Don't worry, we won't make you eat it; if you are on a diet or it isn't your favorite flavor. If you are like me you will be making your favorites. I wish I was one of those bears, so that I could eat this banana split.

Ice cream is one of the best things in the world and I love almost every flavor.

For my card, I used my Cricut along with the Wild Card cartridge. This is my favorite cut from the Wild Card cartridge. I had to use Plantin Schoolbook for the inner circle, as unfortunetly they did not but a matching circle with it 

My DP is TH Vintage Shabby. I inked everything with TH distress inks.

 My image is Stamp Fairy's Lenny - Ice Cream. Isn't it an adorable image? I colored my cold delight with Copics.

My sentiment is from Hot Off the Press. Do you see my tuille, peeking out from under the lace? I love the hint of sparkle in the tuille. My leave is SP and the flowers are clipped from stems.

The butterfly is a punch that I have had in my punch drawer forever. I added a few gemstones to add some sparkle. You can also see a little more of the lace and tuille.

To finish off my card, I added some pink pearls.

Now that you seen my card, come and join in our challenge at Alphabet Challenge Blog.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Pink Ink Sketch Challenges #23 Sketch

Stampin Sisters in Christ #141 Fear to Try - The nobby technique on the darker bear

Ribbon Girls #19 vintage pink and cream

Shopping Our Stash #53 flowers

Top Tip Tuesday #77 Dig out the Old - I have had everything except the image for a very long time.

Crafty Creations Challenges #171 pastels, pearls and lace

Craft Us Crazy #26 Favorite Stamp Company

Purple Birthday

 Purple Birthday - It is my teams week to design for Sunday Sketch and Stamp. We have a simple sketch this time, so please join us. It is a great time to win; as we are sponsored by Crafty Ribbons and who doesn't love ribbon?

Here is this week's sketch.

My image was cut using my Cricut and the Damask Decor cartridge. It can be found on page 62 of the handbook.

My DP is one that I found a scrap of in my scrapdrawer. It has been in there for a while and I have no idea who made it. All of the cardstock was also from my scrapdrawer. My ribbon was also a scrap. So, as you can see, almost all of my supplies were old stash. Only the charm is new! The pearls were made with my Viva Decore pearl pen. I was getting some air as I was forming the pearls, so I guess you could call it old too!

 My Sentiment is Hot Off the Press. The bow was tied with my Bow Easy.

Now that you have seen what I have done with the sketch, head over to Sunday Sketch and Stamp and see what my teammates have done!

Top Tip Tuesday #77 Dig Out the Old Must be 6 months or more old
Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog #55 Any Sentiment

Autumn Easel

Autumn Easel - Today I have an easel card for you. If you have never done one before, they are super easy and they make such an impact.

The challenge this fortnight at Creative Card Crew is Easel cards, so give it a try and join us in our fun challenge.

We are sponsored by Michelle's Scrapbooking. They have a wide range of products for all your crafting "needs." LOL
For my card I used my Cricut and my newest cartridge Damask Decor. It has a lot of great cuts on it. I chose this cut, but it looks like fall leaves to me. I cut the pieces in different colors, then sprayed them with lots of Glimmer Mist. Even though I used different colored papers, I used the same Glimmer Mist on all of them and I was surprised to see that they each look so different.
My DP is by Cloud 9. My punch is MS and my ribbon is Straight and Narrow. I also found these cute little leaves and thought they would be nice on here.

Make an easel card and join us at Creative Card Crew for this fortnights challenge!

Deconstructing Jenn #20 Sketch
4 Crafty Chicks Fall/Autumn
Southern Girls Challenge #28 Anything Goes
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge #101 Autumn
Crafts 4 Eternity #38 Autumn
Fussy and Fancy Challenge - Try a new techinque - Glimmer Mist