Old School Cartridge Blog Hop!

**Winner of the 3 pack of stickles is comment #36 chosen by random.org. Laura, I will be contacting you shortly to get your address. I just want to thank everyone for their kind comments and thank you all for following my blog. Dont forget that I will be giving away a prize when I reach 100 followers again!

Welcome to Holly's Hobbie and the Old School Cartridges Blog Hop! 

If you've come from visiting Amy at http://www.lv2scrapandfibrofacts.blogspot.com, you're in the right place! If you've just happened across my blog and would like to play along with our fun hop, you can go to http://www.inkingitupcrazy.blogspot.com and start at the beginning. 

This hop is all about using Cricut Cartridges that are at least 2 years old or "old school"

So get ready for some super fun projects and some fun giveaways along the way!  

After you have finished the hop, be sure to head on back to INKING IT UP CRAZY (http://www.inkingitupcrazy.blogspot.com) and create and link up a project of your own using one of your older cartridges.  The older the better!

Make sure to check out each member's blog. There will be some fun prizes along the way, AND there will be some AWESOME ideas! 

For my project I chose my favorite Cricut Cartridge ever! It is the one cartridge that I think everyone HAS to have... Create A Critter.  

 I chose the cupcake because I am in love with all things cupcake lately. 

Sentiment says "hello sweet thing" It would not show up in the pictures very well.

Recipe:

Create A Critter Cricut Cartridge

Echo Park Springtime Patterned Paper

Core'dinations White & Purple Card Stock

Misc Polka Dot Paper, Black & Pink Card Stock

White Gel Pen

Studio G Sentiment Stamp

Studio G Chalks - Pink

Lilac Twine from the Twinery

Pink Button

ATG gun

Modge Podge

** I will be giving away a Stickles set of 3 Limited Edition 1oz bottles in Red, Yellow and Blue for this hop.  I am also giving away a $20 gift card to either Michaels or Joanns when I reach 100 followers again (I just changed the name of my blog but the followers did not transfer over)  

In order to be eligible for both giveaways please become a follower and leave me a comment that you did so. If you are already a follower, just let me know you stopped by and you will be entered to win as well.

I will chose a winner via Random.org on Monday and will post the winner here. Please leave me a way to get ahold of you in case you are the winner!

Next stop...Diana's blog,  http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com. 

Go see what she has in store for you today...

I'm sure that it is something wonderful!

Lots of Love

Holly

In case you get lost on the blog hop here is the line-up:

Kassidy-  http://www.inkingitupcrazy.blogspot.com

Peggy- http://ICrea8Cards.blogspot.com/

Justina-  http://www.justmycrafts.blogspot.com

Cheryl-   http://www.pinkandpaper.blogspot.com

Amy-   http://www.lv2scrapandfibrofacts.blogspot.com

Holly-   http://hollys-hobbie.blogspot.com/  

You Are Here!

Diana-  http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com

Next Stop!

Cristi-  http://scrappin5littlecupcakes.blogspot.com/

Cindy- http://www.cindyrellascreations.blogspot.com

Kathy- http://kathyand3kids.blogspot.com/

Lindsey-   http://cricutcrazy94.blogspot.com/

Amy-  http://www.scrapthissavethat.blogspot.com

Susan-  http://www.itsmesusanp.blogspot.com

Bulletin Boards - Spring Edition

YAY! So I did my final bulletin board for Hunters school (that is my parent job) and I am really glad how it turned out. Usually I have lots of time to cut out things to put up, this time I had 3 hours on a Sunday to get everything done. I just made everything really simple but cute.

Products Used:

Create A Critter: Chick and Egg, Flowers, Umbrellas
Spring Holiday Cards: Bunnies
April Showers: Welcome Spring, April Showers, Bring May Flowers
Coredinations Cardstock: blue, sparkly green, pink, yellow
Recollections Cardstock: brown
DCWV striped paper from the Celebrate stack
White Gel Pen
ATG gun

I only put up a few pics. Hope you like what I made!

Love Holly

With The Rain Comes All Things Beautiful Blog Hop

I am so excited to be a part of this blog hop! The theme is spring and I am so ready for Spring to begin~! If you got here from Inga then you are on the right track. If you want to start at the beginning of the hop then you want to start at Monica and hop from there.

For this hop I wasn't sure what to do. My five year old son complained that it always rains here and I told him that if it wasn't for the rain, there would not be any rainbows. This inspired the card that I ended up making. I hope you like it!

Products Used:

Create a Critter - Cloud/rainbow

DCWV Celebrations Stack - Patterned Paper

Core'dinations Glitter Cardstock - pink, orange, green, teal

Black Cardstock, White Cardstock

Black Gel Pen

Twine from the Twinery - Maraschino, Mandarin, Peapod (My Favorite Twine EVER)

Misc Orange Ribbon (found at a garage sale- no label)

Now on to the blog candy...

Who doesnt love Martha Stewart border punches? I know that I do... This one is perfect for all things SPRING! I will choose a winner on Sunday night with Random.org. Please become a follower of my blog and leave a comment on this post and a way to get ahold of you if you are the winner!

WINNER OF THE MARTHA STEWART PUNCH IS COMMENT # 19~ TANYA FROM SCRAPPY LAND USA. CONGRATULATIONS~ I WILL BE EMAILING YOU SHORTLY!

Also, Monica at scraps2treasure is offering an over-all blog candy for those who are hopping along with us. She decided since the hop was about spring to to do a whole bunch of "spring flowers". To be eligible you must become a follower along the blog trail, leaving a comment on each and every blog. On Saturday she will ask her buddy Randy (random.org) to select a blog number (from the list), and a comment number from that blog. Please make sure you have left a reliable way to contact you (email is best, in the safe format of **** at **** dot com ) so you can be notified by her personally. If you don't, she’ll have to select another winner.”

Love Holly

Next on the hop is my sister Amy http://www.perfectlyunperfectcards.com/

Yes that is right, she is actually my sister and I am sure she made something awesome!

Here is the lineup of the hop, in case you get lost!

START HERE: scraps2treasure.blogspot.com

Amanda - scrapanddash.com

Haidee - created2bunique.blogspot.com

Alina - neverstopscrapping.blogspot.com

Kari - purplefuntastickcreations.blogspot.com

Denise - deesdesignsfrommyheart.blogspot.com

Ellen - cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com

Lori - scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com

Inga - mommahobbit.blogspot.com

Holly - recycled-genius.blogspot.com THATS ME~

Amy - perfectlyunperfectcards.com/ YOUR NEXT STOP!

Kathy - skrappindiva.blogspot.com

Jessica - customcreationsbyjessica.blogspot.com

Faith - faithfulecreations.wordpress.com

Stacey - http://pinksugarcre8s.blogspot.com/

Inking It Up Crazy Design Team - Layout Project

This week for our design team the project is a layout. This is my third layout ever! I would love to do more but first I need to get all my pictures in order. I have thousands of pictures! Most have not even been printed....

Anyways, back to my layout. I found some pictures of my first son when he was one. I used to take him to storytime and his favorite part was the bubbles. One of my favorite pictures ever is on this layout where you can see his smile stretch across his entire face. Oh how he loved bubbles! (and he still does)

Products Used:



Mini Monograms: bubble letters, frames around pictures
Birthday Bash: letters & "for"
Create a Critter: "love"
Twine from the Twinery (thank you Linda)
Misc Buttons
Mr. Campy patterned paper from Cosmo Cricket (whom I love)
White Gel Pen
Misc Cardstock: white, aqua, maroon, brown
Xyron, Mod Podge, ATG gun: adhesives used

I hope you liked what I made. Make sure you check out what the rest of the wonderful design team made at Inking It Up Crazy I am so blessed to be on such a wonderful design team and I cant thank Kassidy enough for choosing me! Check out the challenge for the week from Kassidy, you can participate and make a layout too!

Have a great week! I have a million projects to get done so I will be posting them as I go. Dont forget to become a follower. I only need 14 more to reach 100 and I will give away a Sizzix Sidekick~

Love, Holly

Inking it Up Crazy Valentines Day Design Team Project ~U Stole My Heart

Happy Valentine's Day! Today is our second project for the Inking It Up Crazy Design Team. We had to make something that was both red and pink. I had such a hard time picking a project to do and then I ended up throwing 4 different half done projects away because I didnt like how they were turning out. Finally I came up with a really cute idea but I didnt know how to fit in on a regular sized card so I just ended up making a really big card. :) While making this card I kept my husband in mind as the recipient (except for the colors) because we met on a blind date 11 years ago and he really did steal my heart. (I did make him a more "manly" card that I will have on here tomorrow)

Recipe for Card:

Create a Critter: Raccoon & red embellishment with hearts cut out
Plantin Schoolbook: Letters & black shape cutout
Making Memories Love Story Jigsaw Glitter Chipboard Shapes
Martha Stewart Bakers Twine
White Gel Pen
Black Gel Pen
Black Core'dinations Cardstock (my favorite basic cardstock)
DCVW Flower Shower patterned paper
Me & My Big Ideas flower die cut
Color Box white ink pad
Clear Alphabet Stamps: "my"
White Cardstock, pink cardstock
Recollections red sparkly cardstock

I hope you love my "U Stole My Heart" card. I had a lot of fun making it after scrapping so many other projects. It turned out just like I had envisioned it. I am really fortunate to be on such an awesome team of talented crafters. Please go check out the other amazing projects at Inking it Up Crazy and leave a comment there if you liked the projects that we made. Dont forget to become a follower of my blog because I am going to give away a Sizzix Sidekick die cut machine when I reach 100 followers. Happy Valentine's Day ~ I hope you spend it with the ones that you love!


Love Holly

Inking It Up Crazy Design Team - First Project!!!

I am so excited to have made the Inking it Up Crazy Design Team! Today we have all made our first projects and I am excited to share mine with you! For our first project we had to make anything that had to do with LOVE! I was inspired for my project by a pink button that was in a bag of buttons my mom gave me. From there I made a pig using Create a Critter but I made it too big for a card so I decided to make it into a scrapbook page. This is my second ever scrapbook page and I hope you enjoy it! When I think of Love, I think of my three boys (including my husband) so this page is really fitting to the theme of my project...



Recipe for Page:

Create A Critter Cartridge
Plantin Schoolbook Cartridge
Paper: DCWV Flower Shower Stack, Misc Solid Scrap Paper
Purple Sparkly Core'dinations Cardstock (my favorite paper ever!)
White Gel Pen
Misc buttons and heart accents
American Craft Ribbon
Spots N Dots Cuttlebug Folder - first time using my Cuttlebug!

Thank you for viewing my project! Now go back to Kassidy's page at http://inkingitupcrazy.blogspot.com/ and check out the rest of the design team! They are all really talented ladies and I am so greatful to be a part of the team!

Dont forget to become a follower of my blog as I am giving away a Sizzix Sidekick when I reach 100 followers! Have a great weekend!

Love Holly

Bulletin Boards

I have been so busy! My oldest son started preschool and soccer all in the same week. (I shed a few tears, ok a lot on his first day of preschool) So I have been busy for the past three weeks getting into a rhythm with school and practice. One of my jobs at his co-op preschool is to do the bulletin boards every other month. I got to pick the months I wanted so I picked Oct (Halloween), Dec (Christmas), Feb (Valentines Day) and April (?) thinking that I could use my Cricut to design them. Well it took me forever but I got it done for the month of Oct. YAY! So here are some pics from the finished project.

I just realized that I can only post 5 pics so I am going to post my favorites!

I used all Recollections plain colored paper and some scrap patterned paper to make all the critters, monsters and autumn themed items. I will post an album on my facebook of all the pictures since I cant put them all on here.

The first pic is of pumpkins from Stretch Your Imagination, the second and third picture are of creatures from Mini Monsters (one of my top three favorite cartridges right now) and the last two are of the owl from Create a Critter that I faux stitched with a white gel pen and all the critters from Create a Critter that I made and laid out on my carpet before actually taking them to the school! Enjoy!

Cute Birthday Card

Finally spending a couple of minutes updating my blog. Hunter is attending his first of many preschool friends birthday parties tomorrow. So I just made her a birthday card that goes along with her present. (My Littlest Pet Shop kittens)It should be a lot of fun as we have soccer and immediately following we have to drive over an hour to just make it on time for the birthday party. Hopefully Fisher gets a nap on the way there! So enjoy what I made, I hope you love it as much as I do.

I used: Create a Critter cartridge, scrap paper, American craft ribbon, Sharpie pen, Pink ATG gun, zig pen, Queen & Co Bon Bon embellishments

Finally Pink Cricut

I finally broke open my Pink Cricut! YAY! I have to do some bulletin boards next week for Hunters school and I wanted to make his teacher a card for making his transition into preschool an easy one. I am not finished with the bulletin board items and I will probably make way more than I need but its fun anyways. Can I just say that I love my Expression 10 times more than my baby Cricut? It is so much easier to use and I love being able to make bigger things! YAY! Ok here are my projects I will have to add what I used later because I am running around like my head is chopped off today. We are so busy. Can I just say that I love the card that I made for Hunters teacher, I dont think she did (another story) but I do... (On the inside it says "Wont keep me away") Sorry I am rambling, trying to get a million and one things done while Fisher takes a rest. BTW I cant get the pic of my Pink Cricut to rotate, I will fix it later!

Greatness!

So a great friend on Facebook suprised me with some things so I made this card to send back to her and thank her! So if its you that gets it, I really appreciate everything you do and have done for me!

Cartridge: Create A Critter (tiger, thought bubble)
Cardstock: DCWV Flower Shower Spring Stack patterned paper, green patterned paper
Cricut cardstock: orange, yellow
Basic black cardstock
Glue: Zig Pen
Sentiment: Black Zig Memory Pen
Ribbon: Fall 6 pack from Target (there isnt really a name on it)

Enjoy! Love Holly

Happy Thursday!

My husband and I are celebrating our 7 year anniversary on Monday (well actually we are going out on Saturday to celebrate) but our actual anniversary is on Monday. I attempted to make him an anniversary card and Im not sure if I will use it or not but I really love it. I used my favorite Cricut Cartridge to make both of the birds Enjoy!

Cardstock: Martha Stewart Create Botanicals/Bright stacks: patterned, brown

Cricut cardstock: orange, pink, turquoise, blue

Embellishments: Making Memories Jigsaw Shapes: kissable

Ribbon: Textured Trios

My Pink Stamper Design Submission

I tried out for My Pink Stampers design team and I didnt make it but that is ok. I am just getting started and I am getting better the more I use my Cricut. I dont have a lot of time to craft like I would enjoy, but the time I do spend crafting makes me love it even more. So here is the card I submitted for the design team. I love it and had a lot of fun making it. I used the Create a Critter cartridge and will add what products I used to make the card in the morning.

Enjoy!

Today is crazy and we have a play date so I am just going to update with a card I made a few weeks ago. (Today I will try to make something new)LOL I have a million cartridges just no time to do anything with them. To make this one, I used Cricut cardstock and made this card. For the background I also used cardstock from the Green Stack, courtesy of my sister Amy. I love raccoons and I think it turned out really cute!