Hi Everyone!

Welcome everyone to “Fall in love with Autumn” blog hop.

Featuring a fall wreath collection:

Let me just start with how much I heart fall {sigh}.  Leave’s turning gorgeous shades of orange, red and brown.  The crisp air, aroma’s of hot cocoa and apple cider from the apple orchards where we pick apples. Making apple butter & my most yummy apple cake! Oh, I can go on and on!  Well with that being said I have a treat for all of you today I have a group of talented ladies that can’t wait to share with you their fall wreath that they created for this gorgeous season.  We hope to inspire you and “fall in love with autumn”!  Enjoy! J
Ok, so a walking we will go...if you came from Tayna's then you're in right place, if not then you may want to start from the beginning at Misses Crafty's . The complete line up is listed at the bottom in case you get lost along the way.

I've seen these yarn wreaths & t-shirt flowers all over Pinterest, so I thought I would give it a try. This will be an indoor wreath since our front door is exposed to the elements. Sorry, for the bad pictures.



Next up is Janea, but before you go wandering off, you'll probably want to read about the Blog Candy aka "Doggie Treats"

I had a lot of fun making this & will definitely make another one after my slight little learning curve. To make the wreath I used a styrofoam wreath which I bought w/a 50% off coupon, otherwise they are too expensive. Yarn of course, an old t-shirt I got from the thrift store a while back (for this purpose), some canvas from an old apron, which I sprayed green w/a mixture of green fabric paint & water then heat set it with an iron, some buttons I was going to use for another project (still have more), an old belt for the hanger part & glue gun. I was so thrilled with myself when I came across this belt, it's perfect because you can adjust the wreath to has as low or as high as you want. Found an old one of my son's that I can totally use for another wreath. Think belts are going to be added to my list of thrift store wants. Hope this inspires you to make one!

Lluvia aka Misses Crafty, who put this hop together has some yummy "Doggie Treats" up for grabs. She is offering up a $20.00 gift card to Michaels or Joanns! You choose! The rules are as follows; you must become a follower of each blog and leave a comment on every stop.  Winner will be selected on 9-17-12.
Gilby & I have a little something too, we can't do a blog hop "Doggie Walk" without giving away a surprise Doggie Bag! We will pick our winner on 9-17-12 as well!

Here is the complete lineup-
1.)Lluvia aka misses crafty- http://sweetbirdmemories.blogspot.com
2.)Teresa -http://freshandrenewed.blogspot.com
3.) Maria Matter - http://JoyfulStamper.blogspot.com
4.) Jessi ~ http://mylifeinartsncrafts.blogspot.com
5.) Tonya http://ittybittyladybugs.blogspot.com

6.) Amanda - http://a-prata-design.blogspot.com
7.) No #7
8.) Miriam ~ http://miriamscreations.blogspot.com
9.) Jillian ~ http://www.paperalamode.com
10.) Lisa ~ http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/
11.) Sheila - http://2pawprints.blogspot.com
12.) Ashley - http://thebloghopprincess.blogspot.com
13.) Tanya - http://blahvacuum.blogspot.com
14.) Wendy- http://gilbyscraftster.blogspot.com
15.) Janea - http://recollectionalley.blogspot.com
16.) Shannon - http://shannonleffew.blogspot.com
17.) Jearise - http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com

As always, Gilby & I love your comments...his tail just wags away when he sees me smile!

Thanks for stopping by!

IT'S A GREEN THING BLOG HOP

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Hello & Welcome to the It's a "Green" Thing Blog Hop- About Nature! Tina from Crafty and Green is hostessing this hop & Loves Nature & Being Green! So, We are so glad you were able to join us today to celebrate Nature with Spring just around the Corner!

If you arrived here from Gina's then you are in the right place! If you just happened upon my blog today, please start at the beginning with Tina from Crafty and Green because we wouldn't want you to miss anything along the way!
 
This is a two-day hop; however, we are only making one project. That should give you two full days to go through the entire hop and leave comments so you are able to be entered to win the prizes!

 Sponsors & Blog Candy:

 $20 Gift Certificate

 

Scripture Sayings Stamp Set

Rules to be Eligible for The Blog Candy:

1.)  You MUST visit each blog and leave a comment on every blog in the hop

2.) You must become a follower of Crafy and Green  if you aren't already!

3.) For an “Extra” Entry for the Blog Candy, Please Friend Tina at 

CraftyandGreen on Facebook

 

I decided to pull out my Polymer Clay to make this cute little ladybug & leaf, which I put on this little box that I painted black w/red polka dots

I had so much fun making this, I'm going to have play with my clay more often!

 Thank you so much for joining us and helping us celebrate Nature! Your next stop is the talented and crafty Linda!

      LINKED TO INSPIRE ME FRIDAY 
      LINKED TO PINK CRICUT LINK UP PARTY
      LINKED TO PASSIONATELY ARTISTIC 

      Gilby & I love your comments...his tail just wags away when he sees me smile!!!

       

      Thanks for stopping by!

PAWSITIVELY CUTE GIFTS!!!

Hi Everyone & Happy New Years Eve!


Today, I thought I would share a few handmade gifts I made for the puppy enthusiasts in my family. Everything was made with things I already had on hand, so it was super convenient. They were also used with the same free SVG file (sorry can't remember where I found it) & my Cricut Expression (since I haven't updated my MTC version yet).
My sister-in-law has a girl schnauzer by the name of Harley that she absolutely adores, so I decided to make her this night shirt. I suppose I should have brought out my sewing machine & finished the edges, but I honestly have never learned how to use the darn thing (computerized). 

Before

After- "Ruff" is from the AK cart

Closer look

And the back

My Sister & her Husband have 2 Bernese Mountain Dogs so they love anything Berner/Dog related so I decided to make them some coasters. I found the coasters at a yard sale a couple of years ago (& knew I would do something with them at some point), they were great because they already had the cork on the back, so there wasn't much I had to do.

Some M.S. paint, foam brush & tape

After 1 coat

After 7 coats-Vinyl cut out of Paw & Clear Sealant

Packaged up all pretty-Linked to Passionately Artistic & Pink Cricut See My Linky Love tab at the top of my blog.

I also made them an ornament (I know, the glitter is soo last season, but it was on hand) & one for Mr. Gilby as well.

I just couldn't resist taking a picture of Gilby's first Christmas, look how cute he was!!!

As always, Gilby & love your comments...his tail just wags away when he sees me smile!!!

We hope that you have a Safe & Happy New Years Eve!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

CHRISTMAS CARDS, ORNAMENT & GIFT CARD

Hi Everyone!


Thought I should go ahead & post these before Christmas! There are lots of pictures, so I'm not going to write so much. I do think they turned out pretty cute though.

This is the card I made for my Ornament Buddy

Martha Stewart Snowflake Punch/CB Snowflake EF on Acetate/My Craft Time Stamp & Die/

Silver Stickles

Same Snowflake Punch-This is not my original idea, I found it on You-Tube, sorry, but I can't remember from whom. I-Rock Gems

Same card-MS Ribbon/My 

Craft Spot Stamp/Liquid Pearls

Close up

These Flakes were Stamped w/MS SF Stamp & Embossed

My Creative Time Stamps & Dies

 I've got another card that I will share with you tomorrow, recycle is the word.

As always, Gilby & I love your comments...his tail just wags away when he sees me smile!!!

Thanks for Stopping By!

SOME WARM COCOA ANYONE???

Hi Everyone!


I have been wanting to try this SVG File from The Cutting Cafe' for a while now, so I thought this is as good a time as any. Yesterday was my Anniversary & we got married at the Hershey Lodge in Hershey, PA, so I had this packet of Cocoa Mix I kept from the Wedding. 

This was one of the favors we had for our guests

I used my Imagine & Yummy Cartridge for the cup-The pattern paper is 

"Dot's & Stripes" from Echo Park

The sentiment is from Whimsical Designs

I used Glossy Accents for the Steam & the cute little Marshmallows are from a PKS Set Called "Scent with Love" 

This is what the inside looks like-

If you are going to present this little gift to someone, you should wrap some pretty ribbon around it, I just didn't have any that matched

As always, Gilby & I love your comments...his tail just wags away when he sees me smile!!!


Thanks for stopping by!

TRICK OR TREAT BLOG HOP~PILLOW TALK...HUH???

Hi Everyone!

Welcome to the Trick or Treat Blog Hop!!! I LOVE Halloween, so I'm super excited to be on this hop!!! There are bunch of fantastically creative blogsters on this hop, starting with Angie  @ ATuttleTime...Time to Craft. Halloween is her Favorite time of the year, so of course she wanted to do something fun & something fun is what this hop is all about. You should have just come from Mary's house, MareBearSraps, isn't she awesome?! When you are finished going around the block, you should definitely stop back by her house to check out all her goodies!!! If you are lost (I hope you have a flash light), you should start at the first house on the block which is the Amazing Angie   she has the list of houses on the block who have the best treats!!!

We were asked to create Trick or Treat themed cards, treat holders, bags, or treat boxes....Something fun, cute, and quick and easy to make that incorporate our favorite thing about Halloween....CANDY! Did someone say candy??? Helllooooo, I LOVE candy, I love all different kinds of candy (chocolate mostly), a few of my favorites are Reeses, Twix, Hershey Bar..the list goes on & on. Heck my hubby & I were married at the Hershey Lodge, so we pretty much love anything Hershey. It's bad...I have a crystal Hershey Kiss candy dish (from our Wedding) filled will Kisses most of the time!!! There is one candy bar that I love, but forget about until Halloween & that's the 100 Grand, man oh man is that yummy!!! The had them at work today! It's a good thing I only go in once a week!!!

Ok, so on to the treats I made! I saw something on youtube the other day (sorry can't remember who it was) & she made a mummy pillow box, but with torn paper, it was super cute, but I wanted to put my own spin on it. Was super easy to make.

I used My Gypsy w/the Easter Cricut Cart for all the boxes, I used the hide/contour feature to get rid of the bunny that was in the middle of the box. I think there are a few carts that have the pillow box on them, though I have to say her boxes looked better. I think she used a Stampin Up die or maybe a Sizzix, hers didn't show all the slits like mine did from my Cricut.

Here's what you will need for the Mummy Box 

I used a combination of the distress ink to color the box & just wrapped strips of cheese cloth around it. Used the cropodile to make the hole for the Tootsie Pop. 

Next is Frankenstein

I used the PDDU Cart for his hair

Here comes a little Spidey

Much cuter in person

The trio

These were sooo much fun to make & you can whip out a bunch in no time if you have everything pre-cut & organized! 

Now, since this is a Trick or Treat Blog Hop, of course I just had to have some candy!!! Actually, we have a little bag of Halloween goodies for the winner, but first you have to say "Trick or Treat", no just kidding, but I would like to know what your favorite candy is, oh wait Gilby has something he wanted to say, he would love for you to follow us & to grab our new blog button, but of course it's not a requirement. I have to remind Gilby of that, he thinks that just because he is soo cute that everyone would want to follow along in our crafting adventures! You get to go Trick or Treating through Sunday, so we will have random.org pick a winner by Tuesday night. 

Your next stop is the FABULOUS Shar !!!


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As always, Gilby & love comments...his tail just wags away when he sees me smile!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

IT'S FINALLY HERE, THE BIG REVEAL DAY OF GILBY'S MAKEOVER WALK!!!

                                                               9/23-9/25

Hi Everyone!

Welcome to mine & Gilby's new makeover!!! Veronica from VK Design Co. did an AWESOME job with our blog, we just LOVE it & hope that you do too!!! Veronica is an amazing designer & just a wonderful person, Gilby & I are a little challenged when it comes to technical things & making decisions. Veronica was there to see us through everything & more, you should stop by her website to see what other wonderful blogs she has done, but I have to warn you, she is in high demand, but well worth the wait, we just love her to pieces!!!

Take a peek around & you'll notice certain things are worded a little differently here..hmmm, I wonder who's idea that was??? he,he

Gilby & I wanted to celebrate this big day & thought what better way to celebrate than to have our first ever Doggie Walk with SUPER TALENTED crafters & lots of Doggie Treats!!! As I said before, we are a little challenged on the technical side of things, but we had some GREAT people help us, one in particular was the Queen herself & Princess Penelope, they were such a great help to us along with some of the other bloggers on the Walk. I just want to thank you all again for all your help!!!

Our theme is "A Makeover", so I asked everyone to have their project or whatever be something that has to do with a Makeover, whether it be a scrapbook page that they weren't happy with (which was on my list) & wanted to give it a makeover or something they had & wanted to give it some pizazz. So, you will see lots of WONDERFUL projects & maybe some furry friends along the Walk  & hopefully they will inspire you to give something a makeover, maybe even yourself, I know I need my hair done something fierce right now (that's why there isn't a picture of me yet on the "About me" page)!

Gilby recently went & had a makeover, not a good one though. Daddy disagrees, but we will be changing salons next time! He almost didn't want to make an appearance, but thankfully it has grown out some, so he feels better. The before picture is up to the left & here he is after his Makeover! Still a cutie, just with shorter hair!

 All taken in my Craft Room

I started 3 projects, but only ended up with half of 1 done, unfortunately time was not on my side! :( This is an old canvas's that I painted for my craft room about 6 years ago, I really liked it for a while, but it's been needing a Makeover for quite some time. I have a magnet board on my wall but have always wanted one of those boards that you slide cards in or picture, so I thought why not make this into one of those? There is another one that I am doing the same thing to & will connect them somehow. I definitely learned somethings doing this one that will be helpful on the next one, first get a new staple gun & make sure you have enough ribbon!!! 

                                             

                         

First off my oldest son is going to kill me with his picture up here, that was taken 4 yrs ago! He looks much different now, wears contacts & has a shaved head (Air Force), you can see Gilby there as a little pupster. :o)

As you can see, I took off the canvas from the frame & covered the frame with black fleece that I had. Then I put the canvas back on over that. I added several layers of batting so it would be nice & soft. Then I covered it with ribbon, had planned on using a different color w/the red, but of course I ran out! So I made due with what I had. I'm not completely happy with how it turned out, but that's also because I waited until last night to finish it! Can we say procrastinator???!!! lol, Not really, just really busy! There are lots of you-tube videos about how to do this, but they are mostly for regular bulletin boards, same general directions. I would go with the regular bulletin boards if it's your first time, it's probably a lot easier!!! lol        

Now on to the FABULOUS list of crafters you'll be stopping by on your walk!!! These gals/guy are sooo EXTREMELY TALENTED you are sure to see some AWESOME projects!!! I was soo HAPPY when they said they would join in on the celebration, as I LOVE their blogs and they are truly wonderful people!!! Make sure you stop & leave some luvin' on everyones blogs for your chance to win some yummy Doggie Treats, hang on we'll get to the treats! :o)

Wendy: http://www.gilbyscraftster.blogspot.com/ (Me)

Angie: http://atuttletime.blogspot.com/

Brynn: http://www.flairandfrillscreativity.blogspot.com/

Edna: http://expressionbypinke.blogspot.com/

Emma: http://www.creativetimeforme.com/

Glora: http://glorascrafts.blogspot.com/

Jana: http://janabailey.blogspot.com/

Katie: http://www.craftingwithkatie.com/

Kendra: http://kendrawietstock.blogspot.com/

Paul: http://craftyblogocks.blogspot.com/

Princess Penelop: http://thescrapbookingqueen-princesspenelope.blogspot.com/

Shar: http://scrapendipity.blogspot.com/

Tanya: http://little-scrapper.blogspot.com/

Theresa: www.thescrapbookingqueen.com/

Tracy: http://www.craftjunkietoo.com/

Veronica: http://blog.vkdesigncompany.com/

Since this is such a special day for Gilby & I we wanted to have LOTS of Doggie Treats to give out & we wanted them to be all of our FAVORITE items as well.....So thanks to our WONDERFUL SPONSORS we are happy to have 7 bags of Doggie Treats, which means 7 WINNERS!!!

In no particular order 

1st Bag of Doggie Treats~Also includes 12 pack Prismacolor Pencils & 40 sheet pack of White PTI Cardstock

5 Free Digi Stamps

3 Free SVG Files

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2nd Bag of Doggie Treats

"All Around Christmas" Stamp Set Donated by Miss Emma from My Creative Time

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3rd Bag of Doggie Treats 

"Pretty and Pampered" Stamp Set Donated by our Kendra from Our Craft Lounge

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4th Bag of Doggie Treats

"Punny-licious" Stamp Set Donated by       My Pink Stamper

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5th Bag of Doggie Treats                                

"Happy-go-lucky" Dog Face Assortment       & 1 1/8" Stamp Sets Donated by Peachy Keen Stamps

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6th Bag of Doggie Treats

$15 Gift Certificate Donated by Pink By Design

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7th & Final Bag of Doggie Treats
                                                          
 Blog Badge Donated by our One & Only Veronica

                 3 Limited Edition Winter Cricut Cartridges, Cricut Markers, Tarte Mascara (it is a Makeover after all)

& all extra Doggie Treats are from Gilbyscraftster                         

What you need to do to win, please give some luvin' on everyone's blog & a way to contact you. Comments will end on Sunday the 25th at 10:30 est. I usually don't ask for you to become a follower or subscribe unless you want to, but since it is a special celebration, it would make Gilby & I very happy, if you became a follower, subscribed or take our cute little blog button (seriously how can you not) :o).

You can only win once, but you potentially have 16 chances to win. I will tally all the blogs comment together & choose 7 winners with random.com. If your name has already been picked for & random.org chooses you again, I will have to pick again. I think that sounds fair enough. I will pick a winner on next Tuesday night, so be sure to come back Tuesday night or Wednesday morning to see if you have won!!!

I really do hope you enjoy our little Walk & mine & Gilby's new look & we hope that you will come back to visit. We will be posting more often & we have some more exciting news on the way!!!

Thanks for stopping by!