Science Rocks Blog Hop

 

Happy Sabbath crafty friends, I am so excited to share my Science Rocks Blog Hop project with you today! Several designers will be sharing all kinds of Science themed projects. You should have arrived from Jessica's blog. If  you wish to start at the beginning, Connie is the first stop (complete hop list below).

This is a one day blog hop. Leaving comments for each crafter is always appreciated. Our sponsor for this hop:

 

JW  Illustrations (JD Designs) 

They will be giving one lucky winner a gift certificate to  spend on their super cute digital artwork. Please visit them online http://www.jwillustrations.com and on facebook 

What do you  need to do to win? Easy... become a follower of each of the fabulous blogs in  this hop and leave each of them a comment letting them know what you like best  about their projects. You will have  until 12:00 am Monday to finish this hop and leave your comments. Winners will be announced on Wednesday at Connie Can  Crop. Be sure to follow everyone and leave your blog  love along the way! Now for my project.

Here’s a look at my completed layout. It is a two page 12 x 12 layout. The base paper is some blue Bazzill cardstock. All of the patterned papers are from the Paper Studio Cosmic Whammy stack from Hobby Lobby. The papers are so bright and colorful and several of the pieces in the stack have foil for that little extra pop!

Here’s a look at the cute little girl “scientist” holding her magnifying glass and clipboard. She also has her goggles. I created this super cute piecing in my Pazzles Software and cut her out with my Pazzles Vue. I used my Pebbles chalks as well as some inks and my journaling pen and white chalk marker to add all the fun details to her.

This is a side view. I was attempting to show how I used some transparency for the goggles and the magnifying glass.

This is the “rocks” title. They are beakers filled with red liquid.

Here’s a closer look at the blue ribbon. I used my Lagoon ink pad to ink the edges and my white chalk marker for the accents. I also used the Glamour lower case stamp set and my black ink pad for the number 1.

Here's a closer look at the cute title I created. It is another SVG die cut set created from my Pazzles Inspiration software. I used my silver marker for the lamp-c neck and my pear green shin han marker for the beaker as well as my ruby ink pad and my white chalk marker for the additional details.

Here’s a closer look at the I heart formulas sentiment. Stamped using my pear ink pad.  I used my Art Philosophy cartridge to cut out the circle and the star circle. I also used some foam tape to give it a little lift.

Circle: Page 21 @ 1.75”

Circle 5: Page 61 @ 2”

Here’s a closer look at the nerds rule stamped sentiment. I stamped it with my pear ink pad. I also used my Art Philosophy cartridge to cut out the circle and the star circle. I also used some foam tape to give it a little lift.

Circle: Page 21 @ 1.75”

Circle 5: Page 61 @ 2”

Here’s a closer look at the banners. I used the Art Philosophy cartridge to cut out the banners and then stamped them with my canary ink pad and my pear ink pad. The sentiments were stamped with my black ink pad. I used some Paradise Assortment twine and some mini glue dots to adhere the bows.

Here’s a closer look at the cute little boy scientist paper piecing I created. I used my Pazzles Inspiration Vue software to create the piecing and to cut out all the SVG’s for this project.

Here’s a closer look at the think geek stamped sentiment. Used my Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge to cut out the circles and then the scalloped circle

Circles: Page 21 @ 1.5 and 1.75

Scalloped Circle: Page 31 @ 2”

Here is a closer look at the Geek Is The New Chic stamped sentiment. Stamped with my Pacifica Ink Pad. Again I used my Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge to cut out the circle, scalloped circle and the arrows. The stamped arrow image is also part of the same Geek Is The New Chic Stamp Set. I once again used my Pacifica ink pad. You can see the background paper is some more of that fun foil paper that comes in the Cosmic Whammy stack from Hobby Lobby.

Circle: Page 21 @ 1.75

Scalloped Circle: Page 31 @ 2”

Here’s one last look at my completed layout. If you would like to get the SVG files for this project then place any size order on my CTMH site and I will send them to you as an extra bonus for free.

Products Used For This Project

Pazzles Inspiration Vue	Cricut Expression	Cricut Art Philosophy Bundle	Geek Is The New Chic Stamp Set
Canary Ink Pad	Pacifica Ink Pad	Pear Ink Pad	Black Ink Pad
White Cardstock	Whimsy Cardstock	Basics Cardstock	Pebbles Chalk Ink
Journaling Pen	White Chalk Marker	Metallic Markers	Tape Runner
Foam Tape	Mini Glue Dots	Paper Studio Cosmic Whammy Stack	Glamour lower case alphabet set

Up next is Kathy

Here is our complete line up in case you get lost along  the way:

  1. Connie

2. Jenny

3. Alicia

4. Pam

5. Haidee

6. Sandy

7. Theresa

8. Jessica

9. Melinda

10. Kathy 

11. Holli

Now For My Blog Candy

To Win: Two Easy Steps.

1. You Must Be A Follower Of My Blog. Be Sure To Click The Top Right "Follow" Button and take just a moment to follow. 

2. Leave a comment on this post. I will pick a random winner via random.org and announce it next Friday. You will have until next Tuesday to leave a comment. 

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Life Is Beautiful Card Celebrating God's Goodness Tu B'Shvat

Happy Wednesday crafty friends,

I hope you are having a good week so far. Keeping warm at least. This is the time of year I am very grateful that I live in Florida. Having been born and raised in Michigan, I have certainly gone through my share of “Winter Weather”. Our town used to get a lot of the “lake effect” snow drifts, etc.  Having to get up extra early to go out, warm up the car, clean the car off and then get ready to go outside….yeah….don’t miss it a bit!  So my heart really goes out to all those that do endure this time of year.  Anyway, today’s project is about a celebration that I am learning about called Tu B’Shvat. It is similar to our Arbor Day here in America.  It is the Jewish celebration in which they plant new trees, get to eat fruit from ones previously planted (after a waiting period) and generally a time in which to thank the Lord for the provision and blessing of the different fruit trees, etc. As a Christian it is very interesting to me that our Holy Bible has much to say about the conduct and manner in which we are to treat God’s creation as well as in specific the land of Israel. I think there is much wisdom that we can tend to "overlook" here in typical "western theology".

"When you come to the land and you plant any tree, you shall treat its fruit as forbidden; for three years it will be forbidden and not eaten. In the fourth year, all of its fruit shall be sanctified to praise the L-RD. In the fifth year, you may eat its fruit". -Leviticus 19:23-25

So here is my finished card. It is what I call an UNPLUGGED card. Meaning there was no electricity required to create it. The finished size is 5 x 6.5. I used a kraft cardstock base and then cut a white mat.

I then cut another piece of kraft cardstock. I embossed the kraft mat with my wood embossing folder and used my Cuttlebug to do the embossing. I then used my saddle ink pad and sponge and sponged some ink over the embossing. I love how the ink really picked up and accentuated the embossed grain.

Here’s a closer look at the butterflies. I used the Your own kind of wonderful stamp set to stamp the butterflies. I used my Lagoon ink pad and then cut them out. You can also see the gold sequins.

Here’s a closer look at the ribbon and the gold shimmer trim that I used.

Here’s a closer look t the trees. I used the Always Grateful stamp set. I stamped them with my topiary ink pad, I then turned to my colored pencils to create the grass and also to color in the trees. I also used the colored pencils to color in the sky. I then inked the edges to give it a bit more intense color around the edges. I used my Lagoon ink pad for that. I then used my black ink pad and a sentiment from the Your Own Kind of Wonderful Stamp set. I added a white mat underneath and then used some foam tape to give it all a little lift.

Here’s one last look at the finished card. It was a lot of fun to put this together and quite easy too.

Products Used For This Project

Well that about covers it for today. As always, thank you so much for stopping by and sharing your crafty time with me. Be sure to stop back by tomorrow for another inspiring project. Until then,