ALL ABOUT THE GUYS BLOG HOP

I think it's that time of year when all us wives lose our husbands to the NCAA and NFL. Football is playing all weekend long.  Of course that leave more time for us to gather and play with crafts.  So I think it's great that Erica at My Cricut Craft Room is holding a blog hop that's All about the guys. 

I'm stop number six on your hop today.  You should have come from KIMBERLY at Scrapping Rookie 

Today's card is one for my son.  He is currently attending college at Idaho State University and taking auto tech classes.  He has always taken his toy cars apart and put them back together.  About four years ago our garage became the local spot for all our family and friends to bring their cars that weren't running just right.   

I cut the tools from the Lite Handyman Cricut Cartridge at 2.  The tag is a pre-cut from CTMH.  The stamp is from A Muse Studio, Tool-rific. The screws are small brads I picked up at the Expo last weekend.  The card is a standard A-2.

I couldn't resist putting the nuts inside. 

I hope this gives you an idea of a simple and special card for one of the men in your life.  I am giving out blog candy on Tuesday, September 20th.  Just leave me a comment and I will put you in the drawing.  This week I'm giving away two ink pads from A Muse Studio.  The ink colors are Blackberry and Fern. 

Your next stop is LORI at Scrappin My Stress Away. 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Make sure you hit all the stops along the way to be qualified for Erica's blog candy.  If you get lost along the way, here is a complete list of stops.

Erica http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com

Yvette http://gammascreativecorner.blogspot.com/

Samantha http://samanthascricutcreations.blogspot.com/

Laurie http://www.lauriecandoit.blogspot.com/

Kimberly http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com/

Tammy Smith http://cuttinandstampin.blogspot.com

Lori www.scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com

Maria http://scrapfornat.blogspot.com/

Melissa http://pinkpolkadotscrapping.blogspot.com

A-Muse Studio Distributor

I'm soooo excited.  I just signed up as a new a-muse studio distributor.  I'm very excited for the opportunity to create and help others to create as well.  I've been looking for a way to continue crafting and have it pay for itself and I think I've found it. 

This is a company that has been around for more than a decade and is now starting to adventure into the home party world with independent distributors to help spreed the joy of crafting.  They have a wonderful line of stamps, paper, ink and soo much more. 

The current promotions is

with the introduction of the fall catalog.  Here is a link to my on-line order site where you can look at the wonderful catalog and all of the other wonderful creations.  Cuttin and Stampin a-muse studio website.

I hope you all stop by and take a look.  I'm just getting my feet wet with this and I will start to post my own a-muse projects shortly. 

Thanks,
Tammy

WINNERS AND FLOWER TUTORIAL

Hello bloggers.  I want to thank all of you that stopped by and left comments during the Card and Invitation Blog Hop.  Your comments are very gracious and it means a lot to me.  There were sooo many more comments than I expected and I wanted to do a little something extra.  I have picked three winners instead of just two. 

The Stampin' Up set goes to.......................

True Random Number Generator Min: Max: Result: 58

58 is CALLYANN of Callyann Crafty Creations.

The Close to My Heart stamp set goes to.................

True Random Number Generator Min: Max: Result: 20

20 is BUNNYFREAK of  Everything Digital Scrapbooking.

The extra candy goes to......................

True Random Number Generator Min: Max: Result: 48

48 is HOLLY of Holly's Hobbie.

If the winner will please e-mail me at tk_themom_smith at msn dot com with their address I will put the prizes in the mail.  Please put Winner in the subject line and thanks so much for hopping along.

Some of you asked how I made the flowers and I wanted to let you all know that they are really simple. (If they were difficult, I wouldn't be making them).  So here is a picture tutorial on how to make the flower.

First I start with a piece of 1" x 12" cards stock. I find that I use a lot of paper the size of my ruler.

The next step is to score the paper every 1/8".  I use my old cricut paper cutter for my score board. 

After scoring the length of paper, you accordion fold it.  It's much easier if the paper is folded tightly.

Once the paper is folded, add glue or tape to one end and make a circle. 

My fingers are in the way on the next picture, so it's hard to see.  You gather the top together and push it down to the surface.  I general have a small scrap piece with some glue on it in the center of the circle.  So when I push the top of the ring down, it will stick.

I then put a ring of glue around the center on the top.  This is where I will stick my stamped piece of paper or a button.



I place the button on and then use something heavy to hold it in place until the glue is dried. This is just an empty water bottle that was handy.  Hot glue dries pretty fast. 

I normally put a bow on the button before I glue it down, but I wasn't thinking that fast at 6 am. 

So I added the bow after the fact. 

I hope this inspires you to make a different type of flower for your projects.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at anytime.  Thanks for stopping by.

Tammy

Card and Invitation Blog Hop

Welcome to my Cricut Craft Room's Card and Invitation Blog Hop

You should have come from scrappingrookie and her Happy Halloween post.

If not please start at http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com for the beginning of our blog hop

 I was so excited to be a part of this card hop.  I have been building baby cards like crazy.  This seems to be the month for having babies.  Pink and blue have been swirling around and causing havoc in my head. 

My first try was kind of OK, but I didn't feel like it was good enough to give away. 

The tag was a baby bottle shape and the stamp didn't seem to fit right.  A few days of sitting at the craft table, working on other project and playing with the paper here is what it turned into.

.I made two for boys and two for girls.  All of the paper is from DCWV Nana's Nursery.  They have a Baby Boy and Baby Girl paper pack.  The strips were embossed with small dot cuttlebug folder.  The stamp is from CTMH Sweet Baby. 

I have blog candy to give away

 Stampn' up "A Flower for all Seasons" and

  CTMH special edition sentiments stamp.

I will post winners for these two stamp sets on Tuesday, August 23rd.  Make sure to check back to see if you've won.

Next you should go to Connies Craft Closet.   

If you get lost along the way, here is the entire line up.....

http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com  

http://www.micraftygal.blogspot.com/

http://katscrapfever.blogspot.com

http://autumnsbuggycreations.blogspot.com

http://scrappingwithpirkie.blogspot.com/

http://www.crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/

http://britkdesigns.blogspot.com/

http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com/

http://cuttinandstampin.blogspot.com   ......You are here........

http://conniescraftycloset.blogspot.com/    ......The next Stop.........

http://simplysweetbysharon.blogspot.com/

http://jshandcrafts.blogspot.com

http://pinkpolkadotscrapping.blogspot.com
Http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com (special post for blog candy)

WINNER & Bananas

First off I would like to thank Erica for hosting such a great Cancer Blog Hop.  I think we've all been touched by some form of the disease and understand how it can destroy a person or even a pet.  I received 35 wonderful comments and I tried to get back to each of you that have blogs or e-mails.  SOO the random number generator chose:

True Random Number Generator Min: Max: Result: 21 Powered by RANDOM.ORG

Number 21 is ............

TerryM   who wrote

This is such an encouraging card. Love it.

Terry, if you will e-mail me at tk_themom_smith at msn dot com with your mailing address, I will get your stamp set out to you right away. 

I actually created a real quick card last night while the guys made dinner.  I was flipping through the Sweethearts Cartridge and realized that this could work for three challenges. 

First is the CCCC #25 use the Sweetheart Cartridge.

Second is Simply Sunday challenge Food for thought at Getting Cricky. 

Third is There She Goes #116 Color Challenge 

The card is 4.25" X 5.5".  I used CTMH paper and card stock.  The inset was embossed using cuttlebug (I have no idea what template I used.  I just grabbed one.)  The monkey was cut and 2.5" and the words were cut at 1.25 off the Sweethearts Cartridge.  The bananas are from the Preserves Cartridge cut at 1" and layered.  I outlined with chocolate ink. 

I wanted to put googly eyes on the monkey, but didn't want to dig for them so I thought stickles for the eyes would make it look like he was seeing stars.  I just put it on too early and then proceeded to stick my hand in it as I was gluing the rest of the stuff on. 

I put the bananas inside just to tie it all together. 

Have a great Tuesday and hope to see you back here soon.

Cancer Support and Suvivor Blog Hop

I am so honored to be a part of Erica's My Craft Room Cancer Support & Survive Blog Hop.  You should have arrived here from Jackie .  If you just stopped by and found our blog hop, you can click on over to Erica's My Craft Room blog and start at the beginning. 

When I read about Erica’s blog hop, I really wanted to be a part of it to honor the friends and family I have lost to cancer and the ones that are still fighting.  My first real personal encounter with cancer was with my Brother-in-Law, Ken.  He was diagnosed the week of Thanksgiving 2005 and we lost him two days before Easter 2006.  Just after that my father was diagnosed with CML Leukemia.   He continues his fight everyday by taking a drug call Gleevec.  Then in the last six months two very close friends have lost their moms to ovarian cancer and its complications.   

I have created a card to cheer on and support those that are in the fight for their life.   I chose pink for breast cancer because it is in focus right now in Utah.   There is a push on for early detection of both breast and colon cancer.  So if your over 40 take the time to have a mammogram and colonoscopy. 

 My card was made with CTMH cardstock.  It is  4” x 5”.  The inset is 3.5” x 4.5” and embossed with Cuttlebug Floral Fantasy.  The cheerleader is from the Cricut cartridge Everday  paperdolls   at 3.25  I cut the pompoms in three colors and tried to curl them to give them some depth.  I hand cut some off of the outfit so that more of the pink from the blacked out cut would show.   The ribbon is from the Pink Journey cartridge cut at .5.  The words were from the Wall Decor cartridge and welded together on my Gypsy.   

Thanks so much for stopping by and helping to support Erica's My Craft Room Cancer Blog Hop.  I have blog candy.  I have Stampin’ Up  Pick a Petal two step stamp.  Become a follower and leave a comment  for a chance to win.  Check back on Tuesday to see who the winner is selected by random.org. 

Your next stop is ***NINA***   Here is a complete list of stops for Cancer Support and Survivor Blog Hop. 

Tina www.craftyandgreen.blogspot.com
Amanda http://craftsbyamanda.blogspot.com/
Jackie http://jackrabbitscrappin.blogspot.com/
Tammy http://cuttinandstampin.blogspot.com.  (You Are Here)
Nina http://nina-hotpinkscrapper.blogspot.com/ (Next Stop)
Jamie http://myamusinglife.blogspot.com/
Emily http://www.createserendipity.net
Charlotte http://charlottes-creations.blogspot.com
Heather S.  http://operationcricutdesign.blogspot.com  (The End)

Christmas in July

Well summer has finally hit and every member of the family could give Rudolph a run for his money on who has the brightest red nose.  I have to stand in the shower holding my hands over my nose because the shower spray stings so bad.  So challenges wanting Christmas projects in July seem fitting.

When I think of Christmas, I think of stockings.  For as long as I can remember, there's a little something special in my stocking.  Here's my card for a few challenges.  They are Celebrate the Occasion #22 Christmas shape card.  2 Sisters Challenge Bog #48 Christmas in July.  Craft us Crazy #12  Christmas in July.  Christmas Card Challenges #33 Faith/Christmas in July.

I didn't quite make it cut it right.  It tips over backwards.  The stocking has a hook so hopefully the people that receive it will just hang it by the loop at the top.