Patriotic Mini Hop and A Little Blog Candy

Good morning Friends,

Today’s post is for the Creative Cutter Room Design Team. We are having a mini hop Patriotic Style!  Here is the direct link to start at the beginning.

So in keeping with our hop and with our Week of Graphic 45 sponsorship this is what I came up with.

http://www.mypapercrafting.com/2011/02/patriotic-mini-hop-and-little-blog.html

Here is a view of my layout. I used the Graphic 45 Playtimes Past Life’s A Ball Paper.
The required elements for the hop – challenge are:

At least one button
Banner or Flag
Some Type of Metal Embellishment
3-D Element

Here is  a close up shot of the Liberty Bell. I cut it out from the Cricut 4th of July Cartridge. The Flag is a K & Company embellishment.

Here is a close up of the liberty bell die cut.

I started with a plain white die cut. I sponged Gold Ink on it. I Dabbed or pounced the paint. I wanted it to look rough and not smooth.

I inked the top of the base die cut with Jumbo Java Dew Drop Ink. I covered it lightly and then went back and made some deeper “lines” with the ink by inking with the edge of the pad.

Here is the Rosette I created and again, I used the Life’s A Beach Paper from Graphic 45. I added a nice button to the top.

Here is a close up shot of the scripture verse I added. It is one of the verses our church is memorizing for the year. It says:

If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 

2 Chronicles 7:14

What an awesome promise from the most high God!

My Blog Candy

The Rosette Cutting file AND 3 Files of your choice from PaperCraftingWorld.com either single cutting files or digital stamps!
Just leave a comment on this post AND be a follower! I will pick one random winner!

SIDE NOTE: I also have this same post and blog candy give away on my other blog too!
Just CLICK HERE to head over there and enter there for a second chance to win!

Be sure to head over to the Creative Cutter Room and participate in this fun hop!
Here are the other blogs to visit in the hop
Creative Cutter Room
Gaby
Melin YOU’RE HERE
Mollie
Carri

Don’t forget about the Graphic 45 Challenge we have going on over at CCR too!
Here is the direct link!


Have a wonderfully blessed day!

C-18 Swirls & Twirls Challenge

Good morning Friends,

It’s another Wonderful Wednesday! It’s challenge day here at CWC. I hope you are enjoying your week so far. Let’s get right to it shall we? Today’s challenge theme is:

SWIRLS AND TWIRLS!

That’s right you fabulously creative girls! We want to see your new projects with swirls, flourishes, twirly embellishments and such! Get those cartridges, embellishments, paints, inks, files and more out and lets get all swirly and twirly!

Here is some swirly-riffic inspiration from our twirly girly design team! Boy did they cook it up for you!

Visit Madison’s Blog for more details.

Visit Jennifer’s Blog for more details.

Visit Jenna’s Blog for more details.

Visit Jenny’s Blog for more details.

Visit Dalis’s Blog for more details.

Visit Karla’s Blog for more details.

Visit Jean's Blog for more details.

Visit Maria Elena’s Blog for more details.

Visit Christel’s Blog for more details.

Visit Kassidy’s Blog for more details.

Visit Raven’s Blog for more details.

Visit Sous Chef Gaby’s Blog for more details.

Visit PaperCraftingWorld.Blogspot.com for more details.

http://www.mypapercrafting.com/2011/02/c-18-swirls-twirls-challenge.html

This layout is also part of the Graphic 45 celebration happening at CCR. So please be sure to head over there and join the Challenge too!

Now let’s see what you got! Get your best swirly, twirly groove on and join the fun! Just enter your project below. Remember:

It must be a new project and it must be for this challenge.
You need to include a link back to this challenge so YOUR wonderful readers can join the fun too
You must TRY VERY HARD to use your Cricut or other cutter somehow :-)

Thank you so much for joining in our fun! We sincerely appreciate each and every one of your for your faithful participation!

Have a wonderfully blessed day!

Melin

T.T. Tuesday–G45–Free File

Good morning Crafting Friends,

I hope you’re having a wonderful day…Today is another Talk Time Tuesday at The Creative Cutter Room.
Our sponsor this week is Graphic 45. For those that aren’t familiar with Graphic 45, it is a wonderful company that creates some FABULOUS vintage paper.

Another little known fact: If I remember correctly, I read in a trade publication that the reason for the name Graphic 45 is that the person who started the company started it at the age of 45!  How cool is that!  So for those of us who are this age….the game is not over girls!  Look at this marvelous company and how it has flourished and grown! What an inspiration!

Be sure to head over to the CCR Blog to join in the challenge!

Here is my project for today!

http://www.mypapercrafting.com/2011/02/tt-tuesdayg45free-file.html

Here is a view of the entire layout.

I used the following Graphic 45 papers to complete this project:

Playtimes Past – Dollies Teaparty
Playtimes Past – Mary Mary Quite Contrary
Transatlantique – Souvenir Stripe
Domestic Goddess – Domestic Goddess

Here is a close up of the teapot. All I did was cut it out of the Mary Mary Quite Contrary paper. Just gorgeous! The background musical paper is on the other side of that sheet! I used pop dots to give a little lift.

Here is a close up of the little dollie dresses. I cut one of them out of the Mary Mary Quite Contrary piece of paper and the other two were from the Dollies Teaparty paper. I used pop dots to give them a little lift as well.

Here is a close up shot of the title. I cut it from the Heritage Cricut Cartridge. I purposely used a more tonal piece of paper for the title. I didn’t want it to over power everything else. I lightly inked the edges to give it a little more dimension.

Here is a close up of the larger mat. You can see the Souvenir Stripe paper in the background and the photo corners are from the other side of the dollies teaparty paper.

Last but not least, here is my vintage bear. I created her and cut her out using my MTC program and Cricut. Her dress is from the Domestic Goddess paper with Lilypond and White Bazzill Cardstock. She is made out of a Bazzill Smoothie cardstock.

GIVEAWAY – BLOG CANDY ALERT

I am giving the vintage bear cutting file and the dress form and swirl cutting file (on tag below) away to 4 lucky winners:

TO WIN

Just be a follower of this blog and leave a comment on this post. I will pick one random winner for the bear and one random winner for the dress form and swirl (on tag below)

THEN go to my new PaperCraftingWorld.blogspot.com blog and become a follower there and leave a comment on this post HERE and I will pick one random winner for each file there as well! So you can have up to four chances to win!

Be sure to head over to the Creative Cutter Room blog and join that challenge as well as check out what the rest of the Design Team made!

Creative Cutter Room

Creative Cutter Carri

Creative Cutter Gaby

Finally, to celebrate Graphic 45’s sponsorship, I created this tag.

You can download the tag file for FREE for the next 24 hours!
File formats: AI, DXF, EPS, GSD, KNK, MTC, SVG and WPC.

You still have time to join our challenge this week. Emboss It. So be sure to go HERE and enter your project!

Sneak Peek:
Tomorrow is a new challenge day here at CWC and I will have another Graphic 45 Treat for you!

I am working on putting this cute vintage bunny on another project :-) Be sure to plan on coming back by tomorrow for some fun and inspiration!

Have a wonderfully blessed day!

Melin