Hello Kitty Party Week - Day 6

It's Day 6! Hello Kitty Party week is almost over. Today I am showcasing on of our party games. Pin the Bow on Hello Kitty. I thought I was brilliant, coming up with this, then when I was on Pinterest, I realized that there were some other very smart ladies, who had come up with it before me :) here is the version I came up with:

I used my 12x24 mat, and cut Hello Kitty's head as large as possible. I then cut out a bow for each little girl, using the same pattern as I did for the Hello Kitty goody bags/ I wrote their names on the bow, so we would know whose was whose.

Here is one of the little girls playing it. They had so much fun!

A few challenges for my little project:
Allsorts Challenge - free and easy February
Catch the Bug - inspiration photo
Fun With Shapes and More - birthdays with die cuts


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Hello Kitty Party Week - Day 4

Welcome to Day 4 of Hello Kitty Party week here at my blog. I hope you have been enjoying all the ideas so far. Today's idea is not an original one. I was on Pinterest a few weeks ago, hunting for Hello Kitty ideas and found THIS. I thought it was FABULOUS and knew that I could recreate it, so I did. Here is my Hello Kitty bouquet:

Isn't it awesome??!! Gabrielle and her girlfriends loved it, and so did I! All the cuts are from Hello Kitty Greetings. I cut them all nice and big. Anywhere from 3.5 - 5.5 inches. I mounted them all on wooden skewers, and stuck them all into some of that green foam you can find in the fake flower section at Walmart. I tucked the whole thing into a box that I made using my Martha Stewart Score board. I chose all of Gabrielle's favorite colors. I was so thrilled with how it came out!

A few challenges:
The Crafty Pad - fresh spring colors
All Sorts - free and easy february
Catch the Bug - anything goes
Cutie Pie Challenges - anything but a card
Make It Monday - anything goes
City Crafters - colors of the rainbow
Celebrate the Occasion - anything goes birthdays
Craft Room Challenge - cute and cuddly (is anything cuter than Hello Kitty?)
Crafty Sentiments - let's get girly
Made By You Monday - linky party

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Hello Kitty Party Week - Day 3

Welcome to day 3 of my Hello Kitty Party Week! Today I have 2 projects to share with you. A cute little note pad that I made as a party favor, and the card I made for Gabrielle for her birthday. Here they are, first the note pad:

Isn't it cute? I used old Cheerio boxes for the card stock, covered them with some paper, and cut Hello kitty's head out of Hello Kitty Greetings. "Your the cat's meow" is from Scrappy Moms Stamps. The bling is something I picked up at Michael's. I used my Bind it All - which I ADORE - to make the note pads, and voila! A super cute party favor :)

On to the card:

Gabrielle's favorite colors are purple and pink, so they seemed the perfect colors to use on her card. I cut yet another Hello Kitty from HKG. I embossed the pink paper with my Spots and Dots embossing folder, and used a cute stamp I bought about a year ago from my LSS - I will have to go to my scrap room to figure out who made it... The ribbon is from Michael's. My girly loved it!

A few challenges for my little note pad:
Fairy Fun Fridays - anything but a card
Aud Sentiments - anything but a card and a sentiment
Do You Stack Up - anything goes
The Poodles Parlour - anything goes
Glitter Geeks - pets
Bloggers Challenge - alter it
Pixie Dust - girlie girl
The Pink Elephant - pink

A few challenges for my birthday card
Fussy and Fancy - polk a dots
DRS Designs - birthday card
Sundays with Chrissy - happy birthday card
Stampin for the Weekend - embossing
Squigglefly - birthday
Birthday Sundaes - birthday
Pan Pastel UK - birthday card



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Hello Kitty Party Week - Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of my Hello Kitty Party Week!! Today I have one of the party favors for you. I decided to make most of the favors. Many of the girl's have unusual names, and I thought they might like something personalized. I made them each a door hanger. i think they are so cute:

So I designed these on my Gypsy girl. The rectangle is from George and Basic Shapes. I then took a circle, and welded them together. Then I made another rectangle to shadow it, and welded the same circle in the same spot. I cut hello Kitty's face out of Heloo Kitty greetings, and cut each girl's name out of Don Juan - I haven't used this cartridge in so long, that I can't remember the last project I used it for! Once they were done, I decided they looked a bit naked, so I pulled out something I have NEVER used before - twine. I am in LOVE with how this finished up my project! I am going to have to use it again.

I made 11 of these. One for each of the girls at Gabrielle's party, and one for my work friend's niece. I can't believe I didn't take a picture of them all!! In the chaos of the party prep, I just didn't. Silly me! Oh well, at least I took a picture of one of them :)

Be sure to come back tomorrow - I will have TWO projects to share for Day 3.

A few challenges:
Whimsical Wednesdays - use something old (Don Juan cartridge)
Paper Pretties - ribbon/twine
Divas By Design - anything goes
Shelly's Images - tie it up (twine or ribbon)
Fabulous Fridays - ribbon or twine
Drunken Stampers - use something new (twine)
Craft Your Passion - anything goes with no patterned paper
Crafty Catz - pink and white
Craft Us Crazy - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - anything goes


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Hello Kitty Party Week - Day 1

Welcome to Hello kitty Party Week - Day 1! As you know, my baby girl turned 6 last Thursday. On Saturday she had her very first "friend party". She decided on a Hello Kitty theme. My Cricut has been working overtime the past week or so, so I could get everything done. I made her invitations first, you can see that post HERE. The first project I am going to show you this week, is the banner I made for my girl. I apologize in advance for the photo quality, this wasn't the easiest thing to photograph :)

Here is a photo of the entire banner, a bit tricky to see... so I did closeups :)

I cut the banners from Birthday Bash. I have never used the banner feature before. It is awesome! I have never had a banner come together so easily. i will be using this again, and soon!

I decided to use the font from Once Upon a Princess. I have always thought this font was really pretty, but because it only has uppercase letters, I haven't used it often. this seemed like the perfect opportunity. I also found some awesome pink glitter paper - pricy? yes. worth it? YES!

Here is the first of the Hello Kitty images on her banner. This one is so cute! I used her on a lot of the party favors.

Here is the second Hello Kitty I used. The heart kitty - for the little girl I love! Gabrielle loved her banner. we are going to keep it in her room - per her request, once she decides she wants to take it out of the dining room!

Here are my babies after her party. She is in her new Hello Kitty shirt, which she loves... if you look closely, you will see in the background, a sneak peek of one of the other project's I'll be showing you. please join me tomorrow for day 2!

A few challenges -
Whimsical Designs - love home decor project
Paper Playtime - love
Tuesday Throwdown - use a heart
Party Time Tuesdays - anything goes
Die Cuttin Divas - anything goes (hope HK counts as a die cut)
Moving Along With the Times - at least 1 heart visible
I Brake for Challenges - love
Freshly Brewed Challenges - love
By the Cute and Girly - love is in the air
Bling It On - love is all around
Wags'n'Whiskers - home decor
Fairy Tale - love,love,love
One Stop Craft - for the one that I love
Stampin Sisters in Christ - something to show love
One Stitch at a Time - with love
Gingerloft - love is in the air
Come and Get it Challenges - love
Hooked on Crafts - hearts
Incy Wincy Challenges - love with pink, white and black
Fantabulous Cricut - love is in the air

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Big Girl Birthday Card

Today is my baby girl 6th birthday, so you would think this card was for her - but it's not, that is one of today's projects... One of the girls at work heard me talking about the Hello Kitty birthday party. She has a niece who turned 9 yesterday, who is obsessed with Hello Kitty. She asked if I could make a couple extra party favors and a card. Here is the card I made:

Cute, isn't it? The image is cut from HKG, the stamp from Scrappy Mom stamps, and the cardstock is all from my scrap box. The patterned paper is from an old CTMH pack, I hope I can still get it, cause I love it and it is almost gone. I used my Seeing Spots Cuttlebug folder to emboss the background and the ribbon is from Michaels. I inked the edges of all the paper, which is not something I do very often, but I like the results.

I hope Mairin liked the card and the few little goodies I made for her. And I hope she had a wonderful birthday yesterday!

A few challenges -
My Time to Craft - a is for adorable
Phindy's Place - birthday card for a child
Stampin for the Weekend - embossing
Stampin with the Dragon - anything goes
Crazy 4 Challenges - layer it on
Secret Crafter - ribbon
Mark,s Finest Papers - a card with 4 or more layers
Polly Craft - favorite things (Hello Kitty)
Paper Pretties - use ribbon or twine
Simon Says - animal antics
Sisterhood of Crafters - striped paper

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Party Time

So I spent most of the last week in my craft room designing my daughter's party invitation and some of the treats we are giving out. They are all Hello Kitty, which she adores! her is what I cam up with:

As you can see, I welded the word "party" to the side of a rectangle. The font is from Robotz and the rectangle is from George and Basic Shapes. I used my Gypsy girl to weld the letters on to the card. It is one of my favorite techniques. I think it makes the card look fabulous! The Hello Kitty is from Hello Kitty Greetings.

This is the inside of the card. The "You're invited" is from Stampin Up. The second stamp I used, with all the invite details is a Recollections Stamp that I picked up at Michael's.

Here is a pic of all the cards I made. Aren't they adorable?? My daughter loved them. She was so excited to give them to all her friends. I will show you all the little goodies over the next few days.

A few challenges I am entering my little cards in -
Karen's Doodles - cute and cuddly
Dream Valley Challenges - animals
Stampin Sisters in Christ - your style (I love cute and am loving welding on my Gypsy girl)
Color Create - green and pink
elke Kaart een Feestje! - make a card for someone special
ABC Challenge - H is for happy birthday
Party Time Tuesdays - anything goes
The Squirrel and The Fox - party creation

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Happy Hearts Day!!

Hello everyone! With my daughter home again today, I only had a little bit of time to spend in my craft room. Since she was home, I decided to make her Valentine's Day card. She is on a Hello Kitty kick right now, in fact, tomorrow's project is to make 10 Hello Kitty invitations for her Birthday party. After that, I get to make a bunch of party favors, all Hello Kitty related. It's going to be all Hello Kitty, all the time for the next week or so at our house :) Here is what I came up with:

So, I cut Hello Kitty at 4.25 inches from Hello Kitty Greetings. I blinged up her little ribbon with stickles, it looks so fancy. I ran the cream background paper through my Dotted Swiss Embossing folder. The dotted paper is in my scrap box. The pink ribbon is from Michael's, as is the red paper and the pink card base. The "love you" is actually 2 stamops that I used together from CTMH.

I think my daughter is going to really like this card! It has some of her favorite things - hello kitty, hearts, bling, ribbon and best of all, pink!! Now I have to get going on the rest of my Valentine's Day cards. Between the Hello Kitty party, and Valentine's Day my Gypsy and Expression are going to be buzzing!

A few challenges:
Whimsical Wednesdays - anything goes
More Than Favors - get animated
Scrappy Moms Stamps - cartoon characters
Wags'n'Whiskers - valentines/love
Corrosive Challenge - I love you
Robyn's Fetish - love and hearts
Stampin Sisters in Christ - make a heart stand out on your project
Drunken Stamper - love
JUGS - red, white and pink
Cupcake Craft - all you need is love
Simply Create Too - love is in the air
Lily Pad - inspiration picture
Aud Sentiments - use the word LOVE
Craft Us Crazy - Valentine/love and(or) animals
Crafty Creations - valentines

Anything Goes Challenge - for the one I love
Oldie But a Goodie - use something older (HKG was one of my first cartridges and include a heart
Hope you all have a wonderful day! I will be back in a a day or two with another project! Thanks for hanging out with me today.

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Hello Kitty Blog Hop!

Hello Welcome to the Flaunt It Friday's Hello Kitty Blog Hop. If you are here from Stephanie's blog than you are in the right spot. If you just arrived here and would like to start from the beginning please go directly to the Flaunt It Friday's. For this week's challenge we were asked to flaunt the Hello Kitty with Airplane on Page from the Hello Kitty Greeting Cart. Hello Kitty is one of my favorite characters, and now that I have a little girl, she love Hello Kitty too! I made this project for pictures of her:



The plane is from HKG and is cut at 3.5 inches. The title, which I love - I think it is so fun and punny - is cut from Robotz at 1 inch. The Robotz font is my favorite chunky kid font. The patterned paper is from a K and Co Christmas stack, most of the cardstock is from the rainbow cricut 6 x 12 pad, that DH bought me 3 years ago when I first got my baby bug, the white a black paper is from Walmart - just the cheap stuff :)



Here is a close up of Hello Kitty, with a glittery bow... isn't she cute??



Here is a close up of the title, all glittered up with my stickles. Gotta love stickles :)

Now for my second project we got to choose any cut from the Hello Kitty Greetings and I chose the umbrella cut, and made a card, using one of my favorite stamp sets. Here it is:



Cute eh?? I cut Helle Kitty at 3.2 inches - some of the cuts were pretty small - her nose, the tips of the umbrella - it was a bit of a challenge. The sentiment is from my Scrappy Moms Stamps, and I think it is just perfect with this cut! I used the Cuttle Bug Seeing Spots folder, and the paper and ribbon were all from Stampin Up.

So, on to my blog candy. Today I am giving away this set of cute heart stamps:



So, how do you win this blog candy? It is super simple!

1) Become a follower, if you aren't already.
2)Leave a comment on this post with a wau for me to reach you - easy, peasy :)
Our hop will run all weekend long and I will chose the winner for my my blog candy on Tuesday Jan. 11th.

You must leave a comment on everyone's blog to have a chance to win the Grand Prize Giveaway which is the Love Always stamp set sponsored by Pink By Design. The grand prize will be on Sandra's blog! You will have all weeked to complete the hop and we will draw the winner sometime on Monday or Tuesday

Thank You so much for taking the time to hop with us for the Flaunt It Friday's Hello Kitty Blog hop we can't wait to see how you "Flaunt" your Hello Kitty this week at Flaunt it Friday's. Your NEXT STOP is the talented JD. So hop on over and see what she has in store for you.

Just in case you get lost along the way, here is a list of all of the stops on this weekends hop :)

start : FLAUNT IT FRIDAYS
1. SANDRA
2. JANIS
3. DORCAS
4. MELISSA
5. CHRISTINA
6. JESS
7. DENISE
8. CORRI
9. ROSE
10. ERIKA
11. AMANDA
12. JEN
13. CELESTE
14. CARLEY
15. STACEY
16. ABBY
17. CHERYL
18. LAUREL
19. ELSA
20. SAUNDRA
21. PAM
22. SHARON
23. SHEANDRA
24. AMY
25. JENNY J.
26. GLENDA
27. VIVIANA
28. PAULA
29. STEPHANIE
30. MICHELLE YOU ARE HERE :)
31. J D NEXT STOP!!
32. JENNY K

Have a wonderful weekend!

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Free Forum Sigs

Fall Blog Hop!!

Hi everyone and welcome to our Fall Blog Hop! I have never been in a blog hop before, and was so honored to be asked to take part. I hope you take the time to stop by all of the blogs for some crafty inspiration, and maybe a little bit of blog candy too. You have arrived here from Kim's beautiful blog. If you just stumbled onto our blog hop, start back at Ruthie's amazing blog, to see all the wonderful things we have prepared for you. I can't wait to show you what I have come up with.

I made 2 projects, both with my Cricut and Gypsy. They are my favorite crafting toys! So, first, a Halloween word book. I made it for my daughter to put some of her favorite Halloween pictures in. As soon as my son saw it, he said "mummy, what are you making for me?" I still haven't come up with anything yet...

















This is primarily cut with Hello Kitty Greetings. The word "boo" is cut using Robotz, which I just love, and "fright night" is from Zoobaloo - an oldy but a goody. I used George and Basic Shapes for my rectangle to cut the base of the book. Everything was welded with my Gypsy (of course...) The patterned paper is from My Mind's Eye and the cardstock is a bit of everything. The ribbon I found at Michael's.

So, project number two, is a fall banner. What I love about banners it that they can be so personalized, and you certainly don't need a Cricut to make one. the first one I ever made, I made with a paper trimmer, some patterned papers and my Sizzix for the letters. I have also seen beautiful banners made with stamped letters. Here is the one I made today...







I used a lot of different cartridges to make this banner. Create a Critter, Mickey and Friends, Paper Doll Dress Up, Doodlecharms, Preserves, Hello Kitty Greetings and Robotz... whew, I hope I remembered them all. The paper is pretty much all Stampin Up, and the ribbon is from Michael's. It has lots of images that to me scream fall. This was lots of fun to make, I think I will be making another one for Christmas.

So, now onto my blog candy. I will be giving away a Lots of Pun stamp set from Joy's Life. I won a set of these stamps myself, and have made a number of cards with them, some of them can be seen on my blog. I just love how perfectly they stamp, and how versatile they are. I think she is planning to come out with some more stamps, I can't wait to see her new ones! Here's what Lots of Pun looks like -



Aren't they wonderful? So how do you win you ask? Become a follower of my blog, and leave a comment below by Sunday September 19th at midnight. I will randomly select a winner on Monday. Simple, eh? Good luck every one! I know whoever wins this stamp set, will just adore them!

So, the next stop on our blog hop is the wonderful and talented Mary. I know she'll have something amazing up her sleeve, so hop on over and see what she has in store for you.

Here is a list of all the ladies involved in the hop, just incase you get lost along the way :) Thanks for stopping by! I hope you come again.

Ruthie
Theresa
Janice
Kim
Michelle (that's me!)
Mary
Chris
Nicole
Joy

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Another Day another Challenge - or two - or three

So I have had a very busy 24 hours of crafting! I made 3 frames - one name frame for my nephews's room and 2 Frames that are actually for family pictures, but I used my Cricut to help decorate the mat within the frame. I have also made 4 different cards. A birthday card, the card I am showing you below, and two other cards that I can't share yet. Not till Friday... can't tell you what they are, but I am excited about them.

Anyway, here is today's card:




So this christmas tree is from Hello Kitty Greetings - i have never cut this tree before, it's cute. I also cut the oval and the shadow on my Gypsy. I think the shadow might have been a bit too big. The paper is either from StampinUp, or my scrap box. The ribbon is StampinUp and so is the Noel Stamp. So here are the challenges I am participating in with this card:

a) Cardz TV - where Mary challenged us to make a card with a Christmas Tree.

b) Cupcake Craft Challenge - Where we were challenged to do a pastel Christmas card. Which was harder than I had expected, honestly :)

c) The Pink Elephant - Where they were doing a sketch challenge. I tend to steer clear of sketches. I love the idea of them, but they often don't come together the way I see them in my head. i am fairly happy with this one.

I hope you come back tomorrow to see the name frame I made for my nephews. I may even try to sqeeze in another challenge :)

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Christmas in July Challenge times 3

I was able to use this card for a few different challenges on the web, which is always exciting :)Mary over at Cardz TV is having a Christmas in July challenge this week. She challenged us to use a snowman on a card. Paper Cutz Challenge is also doing Christmas in July challenge. You could do any card or layout, but could not use red or green. Cricut Cardz Challenge is also doing a Christmas in july, there were no restrictions on the card. Here is what I came up with for the challenges...



i had completely forgotten that Hello kitty Greetings had a snowman on it, until I searched my gypsy for a snowman. I love that cartirdge, I think it is so cute! And this little card came together really fast, and I just love how it turned out.

I made the card 4 1/4 x 4 1/4. And cut the snowman at 3 1/2. I chalked in her little cheeks, which I think makes her look adorable! I got all the paper from my scrap box. Most of the cardstock is Stampin Up, as is the sentiment. I haven't got a clue where I got the patterned paper, but it was from my stash. The ribbon is from Stampin Up too.

This was the 1st time I participated in a Christmas in july challenge, and the first time I participated in the challenge on Mary's blog, Cricut cardz Challenge or Paper Cuts challenge. It was lots of fun to make this card. I am sure I will be participating in more challenges in those spots again soon! thanks for looking,

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April?? Seriously?

Really?? April? I may be the worst blogger in the world. 3 months between posts, and for no reason!! What can you do? I have bought/ recieved some wonderful crafting things. I got some great cartridges, and a new scoring board - martha stewart... love it so far! It has scor marks EVERY 8th of an inch... awesome! Though a bit dizzying, honestly :)

My sons 8th birthday was yesterday, all related pics are still on my camera, so None to show today. Instead I will post a few pics from by daughters 4th birthday, back in February. These were all quick and fun projects to make - well except for the cake, we won't talk about that ;)

The little goody bags using Hello Kitty Greetings.

The Abby Cadabby birthday cake I made - we won't discuss how much work was involved :)


The inside of the card I made for DD - stamps from CTMH...

The front of the card I made for DD - I love Hello Kitty Greetings!! The stamp is also from CTMH - can't remember what it's called, but it's a great stamp set with cupcakes. I love it!!

So, that's it for today. I'll try to be back again soo, to post some more things that I have created.

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