Lori Whitlock September Blog Hop

Happy September Everyone:

It's time for the September Lori Whitlock Creative Team blog hop.  You should have come here from Kathy Skou's blog and will next be going to Aimee Kidd's blog.  I made the Impossible Card Birthday cake.  You can find a link to this file in Lori's SVG store and a link to this file in the Silhouette Design store .  I used one of Lori's Echo Park Paper collections called All Girl.  Even though these cards are called impossible, they are very easy to put together.  You can also find a Tutorial on Lori's blog to create this lovely card.

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Hugs,

July Lori Whitlock Blog Hop

Hi Everyone:

Welcome to the July Lori Whitlock Creative Team Blog Hop.  You should have come here from  Traci Matthews Penrod's blog and will next be going to Brandi Harding Adams' blog.  If you didn't get here in that way, you can start at the beginning at Lori's blog.
I used one of Lori's brand new 5X7 Box Card Donut Truck file.  She has several different versions and they are so cute and so easy to put together.  You can find the Donut Truck file here in Lori's store and here in the Silhouette Design store.  I used one of Lori's collections from Echo Park called All Girl in addition to some Doodlebug Petite Prints and some Bazzill cardstock.

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Thanks for looking and happy hopping.
Hugs,

Graduation Banner Tutorial

Hi Everyone:

Happy Saturday.  I am here with a tutorial on how to make the most of your cutting mats when you are making a lot of cuts for one design.  I created this graduation banner for my son who is graduating from Northeastern University on 5/7/15.  We are so proud of how hard he has worked to be a mechanical engineer.

This Spring Banner pattern by Doohikey Designs comes with wonderful, easy to follow directions and allows you to either cut the paper to use as a template and/or use fabric to be cut in your machine.  I decided to cut out a full sheet of templates and then traced that shape onto the back of my fabric.  I then cut the banner pieces out with pinking shears.

I knew that I wanted to make several different sizes of the graduation caps and the stars that are part of Jamie Cripps' 3D Grad Envelope Bag and I wanted to fill my cutting mat so as to not waste paper.  The original cut file is below.  I ungrouped them and got rid of the envelope and band.  I copied the star and grad cap and pasted them onto my mat. 

  I then resized one set of them and grouped all four together.

Next I copied the grouped set and pasted it on my mat until I filled it up.

I wanted to plenty of black and red stars and grad caps to choose from to embellish my project.  There are so many things that you can do with your cutting system and these very versatile cut files from DigiPlayground. 

I mixed paper and fabric with my banner because it only needs to look nice for his party.  I fell in love with this font set called Squeeze Me from Rivka Wilkins.  You can find the link for it below. 

I laid everything out first to see how it would look and then used foam tape and fabric glue to adhere the parts of my banner.

This was a fun and easy project and I know my son will love the personalized grad banner.

Hugs,

Anita

Project Cut Files:

Spring Banner by Shari for Doohikey Designs

3 D Grad Envelope Bag by Jamie Cripps

Squeeze Me by Rivka Wilkins

Hello Friend CardMaker Magazine and Sakura Blog Hop

Hello Everyone:

Happy Monday.  We are starting off this week with a really fun blog hop with my fellow DT members from CardMaker Magazine Blog and Sakura.  We were lucky enough to receive some wonderful products from Sakura which I used on the card above.

I used a Memory Box Die called Verona Bouquet which was perfect for outlining with the Sakura Gelly Roll Classic White Pen.  This pen is so smooth when you work with it and dries very quickly so you don't have to worry about smudging it.  

The Quickie Glue Pen is one of my favorites and is perfect for gluing down delicate pieces of paper.  I always have a stash of them on hand for these types of projects.  If you didn't come to my blog as part of the hop you are going to want to go to the CardMaker Magazine blog and start hopping there.  You should have come to my blog from the very talented Lisa Lahiff's blog and next you will be going to the amazing AJ Otto's blog.  I have also included the whole hop list below for ease of hopping.  

Here’s the blog hop list:

CardMaker: http://www.cardmakermagazine.com/blog/ < < - - - - Start hopping here

Sarah Ashley Posch: http://thirdsisterhandmade.blogspot.com/

Patti Gilliam: http://cherisheachpreciousday.blogspot.com/

Lois Bak: http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/

Lisa Lahiff: http://www.lisascreativeniche.blogspot.com/

Anita Mulcahey: http://happypapercrafthappenings.blogspot.com/ < < - - - - You are here

*AJ Otto: http://thewillowgarden.blogspot.com/ < < - - - - You are going here next

Project Materials:

Sakura of America White Classic Gelly Roll Pen, Quickie Glue Pen

Memory Box, Verona Bouquet Die #98873

Gina K. Cardstock

Bazzill Cardstock

Lawn Fawn, Scripty Sayings Stamp

Memento Ink, Grape Jelly

Sizzix, Big Kick

The Twinery, Lilac Solid, Caribbean Stripe

Hugs,

Fall is Here Treat Box

It's fall here in New England and what better time than now to create a little treat box filled with chocolate and popcorn.  Perfect for a movie night snuggled on the couch.  I printed the candy bar label on glossy paper to give it a lovely look.  The image printed up so perfectly and the label looks so cute on the box.  It pulls the whole project together.

Popcorn Wrapper File Link

I used my Silhouette Cameo to die cut the box, the pumpkin and the leaves to make a holder for my goodies.  I was trying to come up with something that looked like the boxes that kids get their popcorn, snack and drink in at the movies.  The popcorn is actually a caramel one which also fits nicely with the season.

I am really enjoying playing with the Ewe-N-Me Printables and really hope that you have a moment to check out the store.  There are so many ways to use them and I know you will love them.

Candy Wrapper File Link

Hugs,
Anita

SRM Birthday Challenge

I love SRM stickers and all the fun things that you can do with them.  I made a birthday set.  Loving how this came out.  My silhouette is amazing and let's me combine wonderful stickers with adorable cut files.  You can check out the challenge here.

Pitch Perfect

Finally had a chance to post this entry for the Paper Issues latest challenge which is Pitch Perfect.  Got it in just under the wire.  I love this SVG Cuts file called Thanks for the Music.
Hugs,

Spider Boo to You and Halloween Hootenanny

 Here is my entry for the Boo to You challenge at The Twinery where I used their lovely twine to make a fun curled embellishment.  I used Stiffy fabric stiffener and wrapped the twine soaked in Stiffy around a chop stock and let sit overnight.  The bag and pumpkin are cut from my Silhouette.  I used Doodlebug's Halloween Parade for the tabs which so beautifully matched my Panda Eight flair.  This is also for the Paper Issues Hootenanny issue currently going on.  Check out both challenges, the prizes are awesome.
Hugs,

Trick or Treat with Paper Secrets

 Happy Monday morning everyone.  I am so thrilled to be guest designing for Paper Secrets today.  I love Kelly Holifield's sketch and had such fun playing with Doodlebug's new Halloween line called Halloween Parade.  All these adorable embellishments are so much fun to play with.  I hope that you have a chance to drop by their site and play along with this sketch.  The designers are a wonderful group of very talented ladies.  I also submitted this for the Paper Issues Halloween challenge.

Hugs,

Memories by Teresa Collins 

Card Box and Set of Cards designed by Anita Mulcahey

 Here is a fun set of cards that I made using this gorgeous paper line from Teresa Collins called Memories.  This is for a dear friend of mine who shares my birthday.  She is such a special lady and I always try to hand make her something each year and she is always so tickled.  This one's for you Jill, love ya.  Check out the store for these wonderful papers and embellishments using the links below.

Teresa Collins Memories - Flowers
Teresa Collins Memories - Ledger Cards
Teresa Collins Memories -  Subway Calendar Paper 
Teresa Collins Memories - Tags Paper
Teresa Collins Memories - Words
Teresa Collins Memories 12 X 12 Chipboard
Teresa Collins Memories 12 X 12 Stickers
Teresa Collins Memories Brads
Teresa Collins Memories Chipboard & Buttons
Teresa Collins Memories Die Cut Accessories
Teresa Collins Memories - Die Cut Borders
Teresa Collins Memories - Enamel Dots
Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher
The Twinery Twine