OUR FAVORITE THINGS BLOG HOP

Welcome to the Our Favorite Things Blog Candy Extravaganza! 

You should have just come from Liz's. If you are just joining the hop and want to start from the beginning, please start at Dena's. This is going to be an amazing event!  Many of you are familiar with Oprah Winfrey's famous "Favorite Things" show where audience members walk away with an array of fabulous gifts.  It was always so fun to see how excited the audience members got with each giveaway.  Well, if you've always wished you could sit in the audience of one of those show tapings, we have the next best thing for you!

Each participant in this hop is going to share a favorite of hers.  It could be a craft-related item or a non-craft related item.  In addition to that, each blogger is giving away blog candy!  This means you have a chance to win at every stop!

Each blogger has her own rules for winning her blog candy, so please be sure to read the rules on each blog for a chance to win.

My Favorite Thing right now is my new Vitamix! Isn't she a Beauty?! Thought I would go with a pop of color, I loved the red! Thank goodness for QVC & their easy pays..lol 

Without further ado, here is the project I created for this hop:

There are so many things this wonderful machine can do, I literally use at least once a day!

I love to make smoothies & have been trying all kinds, so I thought I would make a recipe booklet of my favorite ones.

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

I have so many crafting Favorite Things, like my Cricut, which I used for the cover, I also love MCT stamps, so Gilby & I are giving away her Everyday Bingo & Crossword set.

All you need to do is leave a comment & a way to reach you, if you want to follow Gilby & I that's great, but it's not a requirement. We will pick the winner Tuesday night.

Thank you so much for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed what I shared with you today. Please be sure to hop on over to Robin's to see what she has to share with you and for more blog candy fun! Happy hopping and good luck to you!

Below is the entire blog hop lineup in case you lose your way:

Dena - http://missdjones.blogspot.com/

Lisa L.- http://craftylam.blogspot.com

Ashley - http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com

Jennifer - http://craftycardgallery.blogspot.com

Paula D. http://scrapyourworld1.blogspot.com

Cely - http://hawaiipaperparty.blogspot.com

Jamie - http://scrapqueen141.blogspot.com/

Ellen - http://cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com/

Shannon -http://my-o-scrappin.blogspot.com

Liz -http://decadeofscrap.blogspot.com

Wendy -http://gilbyscraftster.blogspot.com

Robin - http://scrapandchat.blogspot.com

Ashley W.--http://proudusmcwife415.blogspot.com

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

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POLAR BEAR LOVE!!!

Hi Everyone!

I've been wanting to use this cute little Polar Bear off the Joys of the Season Cart for a long time. I just LOVE Polar Bears, I remember when I was in grade school having a poster of a cute little Polar Bear & I've been in love ever since!!! 

There's the base of the card, then the Shimmer Blue from DCWV . The Little Guy has 3 layers to him, which I used some ColorBox Chalk for shading. 

I used the "Snowflake" CB folder to emboss the Metallic Blue, added Bling w/my I-Rock,  Black Enamel Accents for his eye & nose. I didn't like the scarf that came with him, so I just snipped the part off that I couldn't hide with my Gypsy. I would say he's sporting a "Trendy" new twine look, but it's not Trendy, it's from the Twinery. :D

The snow drifts are the last 2 layers. I embossed white cardstock with some UTEE along with M.S. Fine Crystal Glitter.

His poor little foot looks like it's injured in the picture, but I promise he's it's not, he's just fine.

Please remember to stop by all my fellow DTM's blogs to see what they have layered up for you, omgosh, I crack myself up...LOL!!! Come on, I know you all are laughing too, hopefully with me & not at me! :D


As you know, Gilby & I love your comments, his tail just wags away when he sees me smile!!!
PS..My spell check was not working, so it's not my fault!!! :D


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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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WISH BIG OF A WHALE CARD/THROWBACK THURSDAY CHALLENGE

Hi Everyone!
It's Wednesday, I don't know about you all, but it feels like it should be Friday!!! Guess that's why they call it "Humpday", let's hope today goes by quickly. My son is working with his dad today, so I won't have his company while working today. It's nice to hear his voice in the background or to stop & have lunch with him. Guess Gilby will have to do for today and he talks a lot, some times, too much!!! LOL

I'm finally able to enter another one of Miss Emma's Throwback Thursday !!! I just recently got one of her stamp sets & I love them, the quality is supreme, just like PKS. I'm also very excited because she is having previews of her new stamps this week, I can't wait until Friday to see them all!!!
 
The challenge was to use either the Just Because or Wild Card carts & to incorporate any kind of embossing that you like. I chose to use the Whale on the Just Because cart, because I thought this stamp would work perfectly with the Whale. I'm not a 100% happy with this card, I kept messing with different ribbons for the top & nothing seemed to work, so I ended up with the 2 rope knots. I wish they would come out with twine that was a solid color other than the craft kind. I have a bunch of the mixed colors of the bakers twine, but it doesn't work on every project, so if anyone knows of where I can get some solid colors please let me know. I used dry embossing, with my CB. You can't really tell, but he's on a wobble.

Ingredients:

Gypsy-I welded the 2 ovals together & used it to create the rest of the card (I love my gypsy)
Cricut Cart-Just Because (all cuts are from that cart)
Stamps ~My Creative Time~Wow So Many Candles & PKS-Critter Faces (med)
CB Folder~Spots & Dots
Cardstock~PTI & DCWV Textured
Chalk~Pebbles Pearlesence (for the whale)
Stickles~Tim Holtz~Distressed~Faded Jeans & Baby Blue
Rope~From Stash
Pop Dots
Wobble
Ink Pad~Momento~Tuxedo Black
Black Marker
White Gel Pen

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

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MY FIRST IMAGINE CARD & CREATIVE CRITTERZ IMAGINATIONS DT CALL!!!

Hi Everyone!

I wanted to share my very first Imagine card! I've had the Imagine for about a month now & have been playing with with it, but this is my first project. I got it from HSN as a bundle, so I have 5 carts & they are all sooo cute!!! I'm looking forward to creating so much more with my new toy!!!

I've seen the Pear card done before, but in different ways, so I thought it would be a great idea as an Anniversary card for my parents.

No challenges today, but I am entering this for the Creative Critterz Imaginations Design Team call. They have such great ideas over there, I subscribed a while back when I was first thinking about getting the Imagine.

I used the ICON feature for the pears, so I could use those cute little PKS faces. 

I used the layers function as well, so I could cut out multiple shapes.

As you can see, I also used lots of distressing ink for a rustic look.



Recipe:

Imagine Cart~Kate's Kitchen

Stamps~PKS~Retro Doll Assortment & PBD~Scripted Year (Happy Anniversary)

Cardstock~DCWV Textured

Inks~Tim Holtz Distress Ink~Vintage Photo & Stazon~Timber Brown (for stamps)

Twine~PTI

Gems~I-ROCK

Foam Tape

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

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