Crafty Sprouts Halloween Week

Hi my crafty friends!

Today starts off Halloween Week at Crafty Sprouts!

I had the privilege to be a guest designer today!

I love Crafty Sprouts' stamps because the sayings are so versatile you can use them in so many ways!

I have used them on a couple of my previous projects and I am in love with the quality and the sentiments that come in one set!

Here is the project that I made using her set of stamps called Monster Kisses:

The sentiment says Peek A Boo!

Inside sentiment.

Here is the set of stamps that I used;

These are so popular that they are sold out!  My friend Erika has some mad talent when it comes to making some adorable stamps!

I have also made this project with the same set of stamps...

(posted previously on my blog)

Can you tell how much I love them?

Ok here is the recipe for my monster card posted up above.

Crafty Sprouts Monster Kisses stamps

Mini Monster Cricut Cartridge

Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge

My Minds Eye Patterned Paper

American Craft Ribbon

White Ink Pad

White Gel Pen

The Twinery Twine (wrapped around his horns)

Misc Paper and Button

ATG gun

I hope you like it as much as I do.  I know my boys were fighting over who got to keep it.

Dont forget to check out Crafty Sprouts's blog today to see what everyone else made and keep checking in at her site all week. There are so many beautiful projects and talented ladies and I cant wait to see what they made!

Love Always,

Holly

The Great Pumpkin Blog Hop!

Welcome to The Great Pumpkin Blog Hop brought to you today by JME Creations Design Team.  If you just came from Courtney then you are in the right place.  If you just happened to come across my blog and you want to hop along, please start at the beginning at http://jmecreations.blogspot.com/

For this hop the theme was pumpkins. Last year online I saw a picture of a paper pumpkin and I have always wanted to give it a try.

This is what I made on my first attempt.

Recipe:

Coredinations Cardstock

Paper Trimmer

Hole Punch

Ribbon

My kids already want to make their own!

The next project I made because I have no decor in my house.  Well I have a few pieces that I have made lately but I needed more.

Love this pumpkin guy!~

This is a shelf that I just bought at the Goodwill this week and so I made my husband hang it up so I could decorate it.

Recipe for the Trick or Treat Blocks:

Mini Monsters Cricut Cartridge

My Minds Eye Mischevious Paper Line/ Chipboard Pieces

Twine from the Twinery

Tulle

Wooden Blocks

Glue Gun

Zig Pen

ATG Gun

Black Core'dinations Paper

Thank you for stopping by on the hop today! Next up is Shannon - I cant wait what she made!

If you get lost along the hop you can always go back to the beginning or use the list of blogs below~!  Please dont forget to leave me a comment and become a follower if you are not already. I do randomly give away prizes to those that comment!

Love Always,

Holly

The Great Pumpkin Hop List:

Jamie - http://jmecreations.blogspot.com

Lisa - http://lisa-craft-blog.blogspot.com

Adrian - http://byadrian4u.blogspot.com

Courtney- http://keekerzcrafts.blogspot.com/

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

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

Susan - http://susanascorner.blogspot.com/

Gina - http://californiascrappin-gcinderella21.blogspot.com/

Linda - http://www.fancyframework.com

Alannah- http://alannahsspace.blogspot.com

Tina - http://myhoppyplace.blogspot.com/

Sharon- http://simplysweetbysharon.blogspot.com/

My Cricut Craft Room Design Team - Theme Thursday -- Sweets and Treats

Today is Theme Thursday at My Cricut Craft Room!

Todays theme is Sweets and Treats.

Since I am the parent helper in my sons preschool for their Halloween party I thought I would make little treat bags to put snacks in for each child. I did this last year for my older sons class (but made monster treat bags) and they were a huge hit!

These are the ones that I am making this year!

I love these so much and they are so easy to fill with goodies for a Halloween party! I tried to make them as bright and fun as I could, as they are going to 3 year olds.  I have about another dozen to make by the end of the month!

Recipe:

Mini Monster Cricut Cartridge

My Minds Eye Blackbird and Boo To You Cardstock paper (love this paper)

My Minds Eye Ribbon

$1 Ribbon from Walmart

Recollections Boo Bling

ATG Gun

Glue Gun

I hope you have a great day! Dont forget to check out the rest of the Sweets and Treats projects at My Cricut Craft Room!  I cant wait to see what everyone makes!

Love Always,

Holly



Treat Boxes

What a busy week! Preschool trip to the pumpkin patch, helping parent at school, our dog has salmonella and is at the vet (outcome unknown). Anyways as the helping parent I told Hunter I would make Monster treat boxes from the cartridge Mini Monsters. What an ordeal! They are so cute but so time consuming. I also have to take treats to the soccer game tomorrow so I made them for the team too! YIKES...

Anyways it took a long time but here are the treat bags. They are so cute. And they were a hit with his class! Totally worth it in the end.

The first pic is of the soccer teams' Monster treat bags. Again they arent all showing as one of the players will not be there.

The second pic is of my adorable boys at the pumpkin patch. If you want to see more I have tons on my Facebook page.

The last two pictures are of the treat bags for his class. I didnt take pictures of them all.


Hope you liked them.

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!

Happy Birthday Jackson Card

We are going to a birthday party this weekend and since I have been using Mini Monsters, I thought this would be perfect for a 5 year old boy. I hurried and made this while Fisher was asleep so its not perfect like I would like it to be. Blue paper and patterned octopus paper are both from Cricut cardstock (celebrations and basic pack) The ribbon is from the dollar section at Target. The green polka dotted paper is from DCWV Flower Shower Spring Stack. The happy birthday sentiment is from the Cricut Cartridge Sweet Treats. I used a Marth Stewart punch but cut off the part that made it look like lace. I also used an adhesive runner to glue and a white gel pen to embellish everything.

Hope he likes it! Love Holly

Mini Monsters Treat Bag

Ok so really quick project this morning. My Cricut mat and my adhesive were both not sticking today, making it difficult to finish my project. Plus Fisher was trying to bite it... LOL I made this treat bag to see what it looks like. I am going to add faux stitching to it when the glue dries. I am going to make 20 of them for my sons preschool class for Halloween. Now I just need some cute ribbon for a handle and I will write each kids name on the belly of the monster. I think I love this cartridge as much as Create a Critter which says a lot. Now I just need to lose 5.8 more lbs and I can open my PINK CRICUT EXPRESSION and I can make a bigger treat bag for the teacher. I used Cricut basic cardstock and some red scrap for the eye. My glue made me so mad and is not sticking so I am not even going to mention it.

Love Holly