Back to School with The Canadian Paper Trail

Hello Ladies, Today I am featured on http://thecanadianpapertrail.blogspot.com/. The theme is Back to School / End of Summer. I decided that to go with Back to School, I don't have children yet but I'm looking forward to the first day of school activities. I think with the first day of school its a must to get the snap shot of them as there heading out into the world so with that I made a First Day of School photo frame. To go with it I thought making lunch time cards would be cute also. What kid wouldn't love getting a little note from mom or dad in there lunch bag to cheer them up?

Paper: Assorted SU, Brazzill, MS and Recollections

Stamps: Peachy Keen assorted faces

Cricut Carts: Doodlecharms, Lockertalk and Mini Monograms

Embellishments: SU Real Red Satin ribbon, Xmas Red and Orange Peel Stickles

The picture frame was just a plain wood frame that was on clearance at Micheals

Cuts:

Apple where cut at 2 3/4" with Doodlecharms

Bus where cut at 3 1/4" with Lockertalk

Pencil where cut at 2" with Lockertalk

Letters where cut at 3" on the Mini Monograms

It's hard to see but I used stickles to fill in the lights on the bus :) so cute!!

Paper: SU and MS

Cricut Cart: My Community

Others: Black and Brown fine tip pens

Cuts:

Crayons: I used DS to pull up the crayons from the My Community Cart and hide two out of three of the crayons. I repeated the first step to get two of the same crayon side by side. After that I flipped one of the crayons and welded them together to make a crayon card. I cut the crayons out at 4 1/2. I repeated to step to pull up the layers and hide the crayons I wasn't using and again cut out the layers at 4 1/2.

Bag Topper: I used DS and My Community again, with the blackout feature pulled up two of the lunch time cuts then flipped and welded them to make the topper. Then I pulled up the layers for the topper three times so I could hide one of the items in each so in the end I only had to cut out the layers once. I cut all of the topper out at 3 1/4.

I hope you enjoyed my projects and make sure to go over to http://thecanadianpapertrail.blogspot.com/ and check out all the other featured designers. yesterday was my moms post from over at http://mommakcrafts.blogspot.com/ she decorated my laptop with vinyl, and it turned out soooo cute. Thanks Mom!!!

Take care Ladies ttyl xo

Birthday Goodies

These are my Birthday gifts from my mom (Momma K crafts) and dad. I got a pink

ATG GUN , ATG refills, Heat Embosser, Embossing powder and some stickles.

I'm a very lucky girl, my husband also said I could make an order from Stampin up on him :))

I just became a Stampin up Demonstrator so it benefits me either way haha

My card and gift bag my mom made for me. Sooooo Cute!!!

Thanks again ladies ttyl xoxo

Amanda

July Card Swap

For Julys card swap the theme was Christmas in July :) I just started stamping a little over a year ago so I don't have many Christmas stamps (yet) so this is what I came up with.

Paper: SU Melon Mambo, and Whisper White

Stamp Set: SU Teeny Tiny Wishes, and Serene Snowflakes

Punch: SU Snowflake

Cricut Cart: Tag, Bags, Boxes and More

( can`t remember the size I cut it at I tried alot of diff sizes to get it to what I wanted haha )
Embellishments: Pink Celebrate Ribbon, Twine, MS Tourmaline and Crystal glitter and Icicle Stickles added to the middle of the snowflakes to add a little more bling ( gotta love the bling)

Thanks ladies ttys Amanda

Post it Note Holders & Pen

I have been wanting to make some of these for awhile and finally did it. I got the directions on

http://dawnsstampingthoughts.typepad.com/ Dawn has some great videos/ideas for projects and you should definitely check out her blog if you haven't already.
I think I may have to make lots of these. I love them :))

Paper: SU Kraft, DP Thoroughly Modern, Whisper White and

mint green ( not sure from where)

Ink: SU Close to Cocoa, and Basic Black

Stamp Sets: Michaels Dollar Bin cupcake, Inkadinkado Birthday Cupcake (Hi Cupcake)

and SU Itty Bitty Backgrounds (Retired)

Embellishments: Red and Green American Crafts Brads

Paper: SU Sage Shadow, Pale Plum, and Whisper White

Stamp Set: SU Garden Whimsy (Retired)

Markers: SU Sage Shadow and Pale Plum

Thanks Ladies TTYS Amanda xo

June Card Swap

Junes card swap theme was food or drink. I saw this idea on Dawn's Stampin Studio and thought it would be perfect for this swap.

Paper: Recollections Vellum, Brazzil Yellow Textured, SU Whisper White and a Michaels pattern paper.

Stamp Set: SU Tart and Tangy

Ink: SU Ruby Red, Only Orange, Cameo Coral, and So Saffron

Embellishments: Celebrate Ribbon

Others: Black Fine Tip Pen, and a Straw

For the cup I sponged the ink on the vellum to make it look like a shirley temple :)

TTYS Amanda xo

Masculine Congratulations

A guy at work just got a promotion, so I made this card for everyone to sign and give to him. It isn't very often I make masculine cards so I find it a bit harder but I'm happy with the quick and simple outcome.

Paper: SU Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Night of Navy and Brazzil Red Textured

Stamp Set: SU Congrats ( Retired)

Ink: SU Chocolate Chip and Staz On Timber Brown

Punch: SU Photo corners

Embossing Folder: Cuttle Bug Argyle
Around the Whisper White center I ran my finger nail along the edge to create some texture and then went over it with a sponge and some chocolate chip ink.

Thanks again xox Amanda

B is for Boy

My mom got the B is for Boy cart while we where in the states so I made this card with it. I'm not sure what I'm gonna use it for so I left a space in the bottom right hand corner for a sentiment but I thought it came out cute.

Paper: Brazzil yellow, red, white and black, cricut stripped and the blue is from Micheal's

Cricut cart: B is for Boy

Embellishments: Bo Bunny buttons and SU brads

Marker: Fine Tip Black

Measurements for car: I cut it at 4"

Thanks xo Amanda

Blog Candy Re-Draw

It has been a week and I still haven't heard from the original winner of the blog candy from the Canada Day Blog Hop :( Unfortunately the winner didn't leave a way of getting ahold of her so I had to hope she would come back to check out the winner on here. So I did another random draw and the new winner is Cheryl aka Nanascreativecorner over at

www.cheryl-gibson@blogspot.com !!!!!

I will get ahold of her and hopefully I can get this prize sent off asap :))

Thanks again to those how entered!!!

Today Is My Lucky Day!!!!

Last night was my first night back to work after holidays so I was sleeping today ( I work midnights )when I got the call from my mom that I had won the blog candy from the picnic blog hop that went on this weekend over at www.pinkcricut.com so excited, I never win anything haha

On top of that I was also awarded the Trendy Blog Award and the Sunshine Award from both Momma K over at http://www.mommakcrafts@blogspot.com and Sarah at http://www.pinkcricut.com these ladies are very talented and I am honoured to have been thought of when they where choosing blogs to award. Make sure to check them out if you haven't already :)

With these awards I need to award 10 more blogs that have inspired me and that definitely are great at what they do. There are lots that I could think of but these are the ones I choose....

http://www.madebymomo@blogspot.com

http://www.mypinkstamper.com

http://www.scrappinwithmybug@blogspot.com

http://www.creativetimeforme.com

http://www.craftjunkietoo.com

http://www.smalbitsofpaper@blogspot.com

http://www.chicnscratch@typepad.com

http://www.inkingidaho@blogspot.com

http://www.andreawalford.com

http://www.stampingaddict@blogspot.com

Shopping Haul

This week my husband, parents and I went on a shopping trip for a few days to Erie, PA and well we shopped that's for sure. Thanks to my husband I was able to use 50% off coupons almost everything I bought from AC Moore and Micheals. haha I would give him a coupon and I would use one myself every time we went through the store :))

This is a few things I got from Marshalls. They didn't have much but I bought one of each of the items they had left. A couple MS punches, pack of paper and some gromets.
My Micheals items: Hero Arts cloud stamp, 3x rhinestones, 2x red sticky tape, thick embossing powder, MS pink bonefolder, and some chaulk inks

Items from AC Moore: DCWV mango stack, birthday sizzix embossing folders, clear blocks, glue glider pro refills, rhinestones, glue dots, button brads, snowman stamp, zebra background stamp and some really cute zebra print paper with lips on them :))

At walmart I got a stack of paper, sharpies, MS glitter, composite books ($0.25 each so I had to get eight ) and a bag of nuggets ( we can't get these in Canada)

We went to Big Lots for the first time actually we went to two of them haha but they didn't have much either unfortunately but I did mention to get a couple paper packs, some brads, eyelets and a MS large cutting mat.

And last of all my Joanns haul. I got four DCWV paper stalks at $11.99 each, ribbon they may be small but they where only $0.50 each so I had to get a few :). They had some button packs on for $0.50 each also I bought some of them and then they had they glass calender on half price for $15 so I picked that up also for my scrapping room so I can write my classes and birthdays etc.

TTYL xo Amanda

The Winner of the Canada Day Blog Candy!!!!

And the Winner is............drum roll please.......
Jodi !!!!!!

she said

" I love the skyline, that's really pretty"

If Jodi can just get ahold of me by send a email to my email at bella-girl-83 at hotmail dot com that would be great and I can send off your prize asap.

Thanks to all of you who left a comment I appreciate all of your kind words. Until next time ladies. Keep crafting!!!

xo Amanda

Sorry Ladies

Sorry Ladies,
I was at the dentist with MommaK and it seems as though our blogs didn't post when they where suppose too. We set the schedule for them to go up at ten but it didn't work :(( Thanks for being patient.

xo Amanda

It's Blog Hop Time!!!!

Hello Ladies!!! Most of you have been working your way through the Canada Day blog hop starting at Princess Paper Projects. If you are starting at another one of the six talented ladies in our blog hop or maybe even this one you can get to any of the other blogs on our Canadian Hop at the bottom of this post.

Ok now on with the fun stuff :) I decided I would make a Canada Day Celebration scrapbook layout for you today. If you like it make sure to leave a comment and become a follower if you are already a follower just indicate that in your comment and make sure to leave a way to get in touch with you. I will be doing a draw for some blog candy!!! That's right I'm giving away blog candy so be sure to leave a comment about my layout, blog or even about today's blog hop and you could be the lucky winner. The deadline is July 4th at midnight, and I will be doing the draw in the morning. If you win you will receive a H2O zig water blender pen, a soloz acrylic "hello darling" stamp, a pack of cutter bee piercing bugs and a container of summer dayz chipboard cut outs. :)

When I think of Canada Day I think of course fireworks high in the sky so my layout is just that. I used a cricut to cut out a city sky line and some fireworks and this is what I came up with. Hope you like it!! Details of what I used and measurements are found below.

Paper: Brazzil Great Lakes Blue, Avalanche White, Black and Red

Cricut Carts: Plantin School Book, Lyrical Letters and Wild Card

Markers and Tools used: SU Summer Sun Marker, Black Fine Tip, Cricut Expession, and Zig glue pen

Embellishments: MS Glitter Emerald Green, Garnet Red, Silver, Purple and Blue

Directions: I started off by cutting the sky line from Plantin School Book in Black at 11 1/4" and with the fit to length button on. Then I cut out in white the shadow of the skyline but I put it down to 11" still with the fit to length button on.

After using my zig to glue them together I used a yellow marker to fill in the windows to make it look like lights.

I cut out white and red at 4 1/4" x 6 1/4" and put dashes and dots all around the edges with a fine tip pen for where the photos will go on the page.

I cut out a maple leaf from red on the Wild Card Cart at 4" and my letters on the Lyrical Letters cart at 3 1/4" on the jacksprat font feature and put dashes all around the edges and went along the lines that where on the maple leaf.

I cut out the fireworks on the Lyrical Letters cart on the Jacksprat feature at 2 3/4", 3 1/2" and at 3 1/4". I also wanted an I for my title so I used a firework, I cut it out on the Wild Card cart and cut them at 6". After they where all cut I used my zig to glue glitter on them . I love Glitter!!

Well I hope you enjoyed my project and maybe you will visit my blog again. Don't forget to leave a comment and visit all the other ladies involved in today's blog hop. Thanks for visiting!!

Heather - http://%20www.princesspaperprojects.blogspot.com/

Nicole - http://%20www.canadiannickelscrapn.blogspot.com/

Tracey - http://%20www.thecroppingcanuck.blogspot.com/

Holly - http://%20www.kricutkween.blogspot.com/

Kate - http://%20www.smallbitsofpaper.blogspot.com/

Kerry - http://%20www.mommakcrafts.blogspot.com/

Amanda - http://%20www.bellascraftycreations.blogspot.com/

May Card Swap

Yep I said May I know I'm a little late but I thought I would post it anyways. I did a spring themed card swap with some ladies in town and this is what I came up with. Hope you like it.

Paper: SU Whisper White, and So Saffron, the minty colour is from Micheals

Ink and Markers: SU Perfect Plum and Pale Plum

Embellishments: MS Coral Color ribbon, Rhinestone blings

Stamp Set: SU Garden Whimsy and a random SU Thinking of you (not sure the set sry)

Other: Big Shot and Scallop Circle Die and Cricut for the circle

Canada Day Blog Hop

Attention Attention Craftie Ladies!!!!

I'm going to be involved along with six other ladies in a Canadian blog hop held on July 1st, Hosted by Heather at princesspaperprojects@blogspot.com Make sure to join us and enter to win a prize or two you could be a winner. HAPPY HOPPING!!!!!!

Awards for Me???

I won these two awards from my mom over at mommakcrafts@blogspot.com Thanks mom, if you haven't already you should check out her blog she has only been doing crafts for just over a year but has become very addicted and seems to be a natural so I'm not sure what took her so long haha

Fit for a Grill King!!!

It was my Dads B-Day and he is the Grill King in our family so when I say this card on Confessions of a Stamping Addicts blog I had to try it out. She had made a BBQ to go along with it but I thought the card was good enough to start with. I went to Home Depot ( his fav store) and got him a Gift Certificate to put in the pocket on the apron.

Paper: SU Kraft, Creative Memories red gingham, SU Basic Black

Marker: Black fine tip marker from Micheals

Embellishments: SU Basic Black Satin ribbon, and American Craft Black Brads

Just A Couple Wedding Cards

I made these cards for a women at my work. She just got married and she had a asain theme with cherry blossoms so this card matched her invites. Congrates Jenny and Ivan!!!!

Paper: SU Riding Hood Red textured, Chocolate Chip, Basic Black Whisper White

Ink: SU Basic Black

Stamp Set: SU Teeny Tiny Wishes, Micheals dollar cherry blossom stamp

Cricut Cart: Home Decor Solutions for the Branch

Punches: SU Modern Label and Word Window
Other: White Embossing Powder and Black Fin Tip Pen from Micheals Paper: SU Riding Hood Red, Whisper White, Basic Black

Ink and Markers: SU Basic Black Ink, Black Fine Tip from Micheals, SU Real Red Marker

Stamp Sets: SU To Have and To Hold (retired), Micheals Dollar Store Bliss stamp

Cricut Cart: Accent Essentials for Top Note Type Shape

Happy Father's Day

I made this card in just a few quick minutes for the My Pink Stamper fathers day challenge.

Hope you like it :))

Paper: SU Not Quite Navy, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip , and Whisper White

Ink: SU Chocolate Chip, and Kiwi Kiss

Punches: SU Modern Label and Word Window

Stamp Sets: SU Teeny Tiny wishes and Medallion

Embellishments: Brown Bo Bunny Brad

Ahoy Matey!!!!

I made this pirate themed card for my little cousin.

Paper: Michaels red, grey, light blue, navy blue and SU Kraft, Whisper White and Basic Black

Ink and Markers: Basic Grey, Basic Black and White Uni-Ball Gel Pen

Cricut Cart: Everyday Paper Dolls

Punches: SU Modern Label and Word Window

Stamp Set: SU It's Your Birthday (Retired)