Crafty and Green's Talented Friends-Guest Designer Day

 TALENTED FRIENDS OF CRAFTY AND GREEN GUEST DESIGNER DAY. Week #3

This Year, I'm starting something new! I'm going to be having a guest designer EVERY week! I decided to start 2012 out with a bang, celebrating with all my talented and crafty Friends. Each month I will have a Theme and a Sketch. The Guest Designers will follow the Theme and have the option to use the sketch or create something completely unique!

This Month the theme for my guest designers is Music Madness!

 I'm So Excited to Introduce my 3rd Talented Friend and Guest Designer of the Year: Aimee Fleck  Whom I had the pleasure of meeting a Fiskateer Crop in October! I love that Aimee Used all Scraps! She knows me too well, hehe!! I love my Crafty Friends!
$$Craft Green to Save Green$$

"This card used ALL scraps- even the white card base was white card stock left over from something else.The red music paper is from Paper Pizzaz, the glitter paper I think American Crafts, and the ribbon was a scrap from a friend!Music note was cut on the Silhouette which was also a freebie- a friend gave it to me!!

**Aimee Fleck**
Ranger Certified Educator

www.aimeefleckart.blogspot.com

Thank you so much Aimee!! Please Stop over at Aimee's Blog & Leave her some love!!

Tina's BIG 3-0 Birthday Bash Blog Hop-2 Day Hop

HAPPY 30th Birthday to ME! hehe!

Wow, I'm so excited to start this new chapter of my life & I'm so excited you decided to join us to CELEBRATE!

There is a phenomenal line-up today of my Crafty Friends to share in the celebration! I'm so blessed to have such amazingly talented and loving friends!

There is some wonderful blog candy if you remark on every stop along the birthday trail of wishes along with becoming a follower, if you aren't already! This blog candy will blow you away so, be sure to leave your comments along the birthday trail!!!

Thank you to our wonderful Sponsors who have donated super FUN Candy for you to win!! 

1. K Andrews Design Stamp Set- Scripture Sayings 

2. $30 GC to Scraptastical Kreations!

3. 11x14 Print from My Family Keepsakes

Now, Without Further Ado- Here is the Project I made, and no it's not for me, hehe! 

Your next stop along my BIG 3-0 Birthday Bash Blog Hop is my very talented friend ASHLEY

Thanks again for stopping by and celebrating with me!!!

In case you get Lost, here is the complete line up:

1. Tina- http://craftyandgreen.blogspot.com
2. Ashley - http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com
3. Caroline -  http://www.stampingsandinklings.blogspot.com/
4. CallyAnn~ http://callyanncraftycreations.blogspot.com
5. Barbara-http://barbarab3.blogspot.com/
6. Susan - http://susanascorner.blogspot.com/
7. Ellen - http://cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com/
8. Amanda http://craftsbyamanda.blogspot.com
9. Shawnee - http://www.blessedonthebrightside.com
10. Amy Jo - http://lv2scrapandfibrofacts.blogspot.com
11. Nikki-http://creationsbymommy.com
12. Lynne - http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/
13. Anita~ http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com
14. Enjoli- http://mississippihippycrafts.blogspot.com/
15. Erin - http://deeplyrootedlife.blogspot.com
16. Jamie- http://myamusinglife.blogspot.com
17. Shannon - http://scraplady324.blogspot.com
18. Janet- http://createatdreamscrapbooks.blogspot.com/
19. Lori Apgar- http://www.scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/
20. Debbie http://craftydeb-ddscrafts.blogspot.com/

Crafty and Green's Talented Friends-Guest Designer Day

TALENTED FRIENDS OF CRAFTY AND GREEN GUEST DESIGNER DAY. Week #2

This Year, I'm starting something new! I'm going to be having a guest designer EVERY week! I decided to start 2012 out with a bang, celebrating with all my talented and crafty Friends. Each month I will have a Theme and a Sketch. The Guest Designers will follow the Theme and have the option to use the sketch or create something completely unique!

 

This Month the theme for my guest designers is Music Madness, and here is the Sketch! 

 

 

I'm So Excited to Introduce my Second Talented Friend and Guest Designer of the Year: Amy Jo

Hi there!  This is Amy Jo from Scrapping, Card Making and Living with Fibro.  I am so excited that Tina has invited me here today to be a Guest Designer!  This is my very first Guest Design spot!

For those of you who don’t know me, I’m 32, married, with three dogs and I have fibromyalgia.  I had discovered my love of papercrafting about 12 years ago, but when my best friend (at the time) and I lost touch (after scrapping for only about a year), I kind of fell out of it for a while… a long while!  In fact, I just started back up a little over a year ago and decided to take it a step further by blogging.  My illness had taken over my life and I was left home with no job, nothing to do, and a body and mind full of pain.  I decided I had to do something so I decided to take a step and go into my local scrapbook store (LSS).  I ended up working there a little bit here and there (when I could) in trade for scrapping goods and the rest is history!  

I have since quite the LSS, but have developed a passion for all things paper-crafty. ;0) I must say, shopping for supplies is almost as fun as creating for me!  Since I don’t really leave the house much (due to pain), I love to order online and it’s always a happy day here when a package comes in!  Luckily, my hubby never complains and is so supportive.  He just wants me to do whatever makes me happy and this certainly does (when I am able to).  The days that I am too sick to craft, I usually at least read some sort of crafting magazine and do some blog hops online to keep my spirits up.

For today’s project, I have used Tina’s sketch and theme (music) for January as my inspiration.  Since I don’t have children, I don’t do a ton of scrapbooking, unless I feel like working on some of our vacation pictures, so instead I do a lot of cards and sell them to my friends.  So of course, I chose to do a card.  I have a few pictures here for you all to see the details.  The details on how I made the card are below…

Front of Card - Inside is Blank (for now)

Closeup of Sentiment, Punched Edge, and Popped Flower with Note

 Closeup of Bird Stamped on Chipboard and Crinkle Ribbon 

Closeup of stamped background paper and popped flower

Thank you Amy Jo, I Love your Card!!! Music is one of my passions & I love the naturey feel to it!! Please Make Sure you Stop by her Blog & Check out the step by step instructions of how she made this card!!

Pixie Cottage Challenge #103- Stitching

Happy Wednesday!!
Today there is another FUN challenge at 
The Pixie Cottage

 

This week we have a sketch and the theme is "Stitching"
Remember you can use the sketch or the theme or both!

 

Please note: Normally I do NOT know the names of all the papers or the other materials I use b/c they are either something I had from years ago, or it's something that has been donated.

$$Craft Green to Save Green, my friends$$ 

Make it a habit to use what you already have!

Hope you are able to join us in the fun to win some of your very own Pixie Cottage Stamps from Michelle's Scrapbooking Store!!!

Click HERE..to check out what the rest of the Amazing DT has to share!!!!

Hope you will come over & Play with us in The Pixie Cottage this week!

 

New Year- Use your Stash Blog Hop

Welcome to our New Year - Use Your Stash Blog Hop! 

Hello! It's time for the “New Year- Use your Stash Blog Hop”! We’re super excited that you could join us for this awesome one day hop! This hop will be filled with lots of fun projects made with many different items from our stashes--You know what I'm talking about!

Yes,  New is Nice-- But, You know what we all do! We buy things that we never use, and store it away! So today we are sharing some goodies from our stashes. I was so excited about this hop because I love to Craft with stuff I already have! Many of you know my whole, $$Craft Green, To Save Green$$ Slogan I use all the time!! I love to craft this way, super fun & gets me to think a bit!

If you came from Brenda then you’re on the right track, but if you just happened to come across this hop, or you are reading this from your dashboard, please head back to Heather's Blog  at the beginning! We wouldn't want you to miss a thing. 

Now, onto my project!

Normally, when I sit down to make a creation, I just start picking random things out of my scrap box to use. So this project was no exception! I chose this paper from my scrap box, which I got in a Scrap Swap that I host. (Scrap Swap) It's a fantastic way to get new paper to use without buying it!! I also pulled out a new Stamp that I bought at a crop back in October, I thought it was super cute! I then picked  a few embellishments out of the stash to use on this card! It's a pretty simple card, but I really like it! It's for a friend!!  The technique I used for the background of my stamp is by using a paint brush with chalk ink. Super Easy & fun (My two small kiddos loved it!)

BLOG CANDY:

Now what fun would a Hop be without some Candy to go with it?

I have a fun Grab Bag of Stash type items for the Winner of My Blog Candy.

To Win:  1. Please Follow Me & 2. Leave a Comment Below with a Email address to contact you at!

Thank you for stopping by!! Now, head on over to my talented Friend Lisa and see what fabulous creation she has to share with all of you.

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

Heather http://craftyscrapbooker.blogspot.com/
Andrea http://creatingwithandrea.blogspot.com/
Kelly http://blsd2scrp.blogspot.com/
Judy http://bepresentbereal.blogspot.com/
Kari http://purplefuntastickcreations.blogspot.com/
Jill http://thescrapoholic.blogspot.com/
Shirley http://www.momnmescrap.blogspot.com/
Rachel http://thehappyscrappinsquad.blogspot.com/
Brenda http://brendasjoy.blogspot.com/
  HERE----> Crafty&Green http://craftyandgreen.blogspot.com/
NEXT STOP --------> Lisa Peters http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/
Adele http://dleebug.wordpress.com/
Scraps to Treasures http://scraps2treasure.blogspot.com/
Tabbi's http://stuckonscrappin.blogspot.com/
Kathy http://scrapinkats.blogspot.com/

Talented Friends of Crafty and Green Guest Designer!!

TALENTED FRIENDS OF CRAFTY AND GREEN GUEST DESIGNER DAY

This Year, I'm starting something new! I'm going to be having a guest designer EVERY week! I decided to start 2012 out with a bang, celebrating with all my talented and crafty Friends. Each month I will have a Theme and a Sketch. The Guest Designers will follow the Theme and have the option to use the sketch or create something completely unique!

 

I'm So Excited to Introduce my First Talented Friend and Guest Designer of the Year: Lynne Kirsch!

Now- Here's Lynne: 

"How lucky I am to have great friends that give me the opportunity to be her Guest Designer. Tina at Crafty and Green's theme for January is Music Madness. As all creative people, we know we start with one idea and our completed project is a totally different concept!!! 

At times like this, I feel like Sophia from Golden Girls - picture this, my second husband was quite musically inclined and had many instruments which he could play. One of which was a Hammond organ complete with Leslie speakers. Now, this organ was in the game room of the house, and the whole house would reverb with music. Now, one of my friends, Suzie, would come over to sew and/or craft. He would be playing his usual music starting with Misty, Autumn Leaves, and then polkas, and of course as Suzie would call it - free skate!!!! Everytime I watch Charlie Brown with the ice skating scene, it brings back the found memories of his music and Suzie saying "free skate". What made this memory come even further to mind is Bitten by the Bug 2 has a challenge using Winter Wonderland ice skate. Well, between the two of these, I have my project for you . . .

Of course, I used the Cricut Winter Wonderland cartridge - this was for the card image cut at 6.00 inches. The back of card is scraps. I embossed the card with my Cuttlebug Snowflake folder. The ice skate was cut at 3.75 inches to fit on top of the card with first the silver and then the white. The white part of the skate was embossed using the Cuttlebug Swirl folder. 

The inside of the card, I used a snowflake stamp with blue ink and kept stamping until the stamp is barely seen. There is no sentiment at this time but all I can think of is "free skate"!!!

Well, I hope you enjoyed my ramblings of "free skate" along with my card!!! Thanks Tina again for asking me to be your Guest Designer.!!!!!"

God Bless and Happy New Year!!!!

Hugs, Love, and Pixie Dust

Lynne

THANK YOU LYNNE!

Please Stop By Lynne's Blog & Leave her some Love!!

Love to Create DT CALL

Love to Create Challenge  DT Call 

Love to Create Challenge is a new challenge blog beginning in February 2012

We are looking for a few passionate crafters to join our creative team

Are you a crafter with great enthusiasm who LOVES what they do and puts pride into their craft?

All styles and skill levels are welcome and encouraged to apply!

Are you someone who loves to create using digital images, trying new products, share their projects on an active blog. A crafter who is dedicated and commit to keeping a schedule by turning projects in on time, is flexible and can openly communicate with the DT Coordinator?

Then we would love to have you on our team!

DT Requirements

Submit projects weekly for our blog challenges and commenting on challenge entries

Create projects that help promote our sponsors products

Most of all have fun while being on a Design team

Applying is easy.

Send the following information to designteamlovetocreate@yahoo.com

Name

Email

Link to your blog

Online Galleries you post to (links)

Tell us a little about yourself!

What design teams are you currently on?

Past design teams? (none are required)

Past Publications? (none are required)

Attach pictures of 3 projects that you think best represent you and your style

2 Must have a colored image 

This call runs thru January 20th midnight EST 

Pixie Cottage Challenge #102

Happy Wednesday!!
Today there is another FUN challenge at 
The Pixie Cottage

This week we have a sketch and the theme is "Monochromatic"
Remember you can use the sketch or the theme or both!

Please note: Normally I do NOT know the names of all the papers or the other materials I use b/c they are either something I had from years ago, or it's something that has been donated.

$$Craft Green to Save Green, my friends$$ 

Make it a habit to use what you already have!

Hope you are able to join us in the fun to win some of your very own Pixie Cottage Stamps from Michelle's Scrapbooking Store!!!

Click HERE..to check out what the rest of the Amazing DT has to share!!!!

Hope you will come over & Play with us in The Pixie Cottage this week!

HELP FOR ETHAN

Hello My Crafty friends,

I'm sure many of you have heard that our crafty friend Melissa Pinter's (Pinkpolkdotscrapping) son is very sick. 

  Our Friend, ScrappingMamma, wants to make a 12x12 album for our crafty friend Melissa & her son, ETHAN! So what we are asking is if anyone would like to make a 12x12 boy's page to add to this album ? We would like this to be a surprise, So we are asking that you to ask your crafty friends also if they would be willing to make a 12x12 pages for the album. They can send them to ScrappingMamma!

SEND  12x12 Scrapbook Page TO ~
Scrappingmamma's Crafty Creations
682 Skitchewaug Trail
Springfield, Vermont  05156


Please email ScrappingMamma with ANY questions ustoleit@comcast.net

The Power of Prayer is AMAZING!! Many prayers are going out to Ethan, Melissa and the entire family!  We have a Facebook Page called Prayers for Ethan  for daily updates.

If you can't make a 12x12 Page, but would like to donate Embellishments so someone else can make one that would be great as well (We know how busy everyone is!)

ALSO... If you would like to make a Small Donation for extra albums/embellishments and/or the fund for Ethan's medical bills that would be greatly appreciated as well!

Let's get our HELPING hands out ~

To DONATE

through Paypal

Click HERE TO GO TO SCRAPPINGMAMMAS PAGE TO GET TO PAYPAL