Print & Cut Valentine Gnomes

Hi Everyone:

Anita here with a fun and cute print and cut Valentine set for a dear friend of mine.  I used Lori's Print & Cut Valentine Gnomes SVG file which you can find here in her store and here in the Silhouette store.  I ungrouped the Valentines and used sticker paper to make the matching stickers which she can use to seal the envelopes.  This set will be a great gift and would be great for classroom Valentine's as well.  Below you can see the three Valentines that are included in the file and the two different sticker types that I made.  I used Silhouette sticker paper but there are many other brands out there.

That's it for me today.  Have a great day.

Hugs,

CardMaker and Ellison/Sizzix Blog Hop

Hey there CardMaker and Ellison/Sizzix lovers.  We have been having a blast since June 2nd with a hop with designers from both Ellison/Sizzix and CardMaker. You can go back to the CardMaker blog to see what you have missed.  I was so lucky to be able to play with this gorgeous die set called Happy Birthday Step Ups.  It is so easy to use and there are so many different pieces that you can coordinate your project in any way that you wish.   They also sent me those gorgeous mint colored cutting pads.  Drool, they sure are gorgeous and so much fun.

Here is a close up of the card.

Here is a close up of the cupcake gift box.  Can't wait to decide who to give this to.  Thanks for hopping and be sure that you go to Jeanne Streiff's blog.  Link is below.  I have always loved her work and can't wait to see what she created for you all.

Ellison/Sizzix Store

 

Sizzix Framelits Happy Birthday Step Ups #660142

Sizzix Cutting Pair Standard Mint #660522

 Sizzix will be giving ONE LUCKY WINNER a Sizzix Big Shot Machine, their choice of 3 Stephanie Barnard dies from her latest cardmaking Sizzix collection as well as a YEAR subscription to CardMakermagazine! All of the details for the giveaway and how you can enter for a chance to win can be found on Sizzix’s site.

Project Materials:

Lawn Fawn Vanilla Polka, Lemon Polka, Milk Chocolate Polka, Line Dance

Ellison/Sizzix Happy Birthday Step Ups #660142

Ellison/Sizzix Pair Standard Mint #660522

Doodlebug Sprinkles

White Ribbon

Silhouette Cut File Cherry on Top 3D Cupcake Box #55160

Ellison/Sizzix Big Kick

Silhouette Cameo

Link to Jeanne Streiff: http://inkypaws.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2015/06/11/cardmaker-and-sizzix-blog-hop/

Hugs,

Anita

The Hens' Den Let's Celebrate Freedom Blog Hop

Let's Celebrate Freedom

Blog Hop

July 1st through July 6th 2013

Here are my project using BoBunny Anthem.  I decided for my tutorial to make pinwheels.  This is such an easy and fun thing to do and perfect for this time of year. The directions are below:

1.  Cut your paper into a square, any size as long as it is square.  I used 3" squares.

2.  Draw a dot in the middle of your squares on the side that will be the inside of your pinwheel.

3.  Draw intersecting lines from each corner with a pencil.

4.  Cut about half way up on each of the four lines heading to the center of the pinwheel.

5.  Brads can be really hard to get through the holes if you punch them in each point of the pinwheel so I tend to use glue dots.  It makes for a less flattened pinwheel.

6.  Fold in alternating corners, be gentle so that your pinwheel does not flatten. Adhere each point down to the center with a glue dot.

7.  Use a pair of wire cutters and trim off the metal tabs on the brads and adhere to the center of the pinwheels with another glue dot. 

 I love how this firecracker came out.  So much fun.  I just love the projects that I can do with my Silhouette and this paper line from BoBunny is just gorgeous and the embellishments so much fun.

We want you to join us for a week of techniques from the Design Team at The Hens' Den.  Each Design Team member will be showing you how they made something and in the process give you a look at different ways of documenting such a wonderful day in the lives of Americans.

The blog hop will start on the 1st of July and end on the 6th of July.  On July 7th, we will pick a winner at random from all of those who follow the rules.   Here is what you need to do.

You will start here at The Hens' Den Blog then you will visit each of the other blogs:

Anita Mulcahey - You are here and going to the lovely Moriah next 

Moriah MacDonald

Carolyn Lontin

Lori McClellan

Janet Bagnall

Nicolle Kramer

Charlie LaBonte

Facebook Page for The Hens' Den

You will start here at The Hens' Den Blog.  Each DT Member will have the next link on their blog that you need to move onto.   You need to leave a comment on each blog so that we know you where there.  The LAST step is to go to our FB page and leave a comment about the blog hop. 

On Sunday, July 7th, we will pick one random person who visited all the blogs and they will be our winner.  

What do you win you ask!!!

A bag full of goodies from Tim Holtz , Dyan Reaveley and Claudine Hellmuth

Distress Ink, Distress Stain, Dylusions Ink, Distress Paint, Studio Acrylic paint and a hand full of tags to play with. 

You will have fun getting messy and inky, so have those baby wipes and paper towels handy. 

We hope you will join us and have lots of fun.

Hugs,

Joy

It's hard to believe how quickly my Guest DT spot at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown went by.  I have loved every second of it.  I so appreciate all the wonderful comments left for me as well.  This week's challenge is an embellishment one and we were to use twine on our card.  Here is my card for this challenge.  You can play along here.
Hugs,

Oh Baby!!

I just adore this Simple Stories 24/Seven line.  The Sn@p pages are just so much fun to work with and so easy to work into an album.  You should definitely check them out in the Hens' Den Store and get some before they are gone.  I missed my darling daughter while she was away at Georgia Institute of  Technology studying engineering for her freshman year.  One reason that I love scrapbooking is that I am able to live through these wonderful times with her growing up as I created each page.

 She was so sweet and so adorable growing up and as my children have gotten older I have wished that I had held onto those sweet times a little more closely.  These are some of my favorite photos which are now all in a lovely book that I can flip through when I am missing her.

 Now I will have to make one for Sean, may be for my next project, lol.

 Hugs,

Simple Stories 24/Seven 12 Sn@p Pages
Simple Stories 24/Seven Layered Stickers
Simple Stories 24/Seven 3X4 Journaling Card Elements
Simple Stories 24/Seven 6 Sn@p Pockets
Simple Stories 24/Seven Brads
Simple Stories 24/Seven Expression Cardstock Stickers 
Simple Stories 24/Seven Fundamentals Cardstock Stickers
Simple Stories 24/Seven Collection Kit
May Arts Woven Burlap Red 1/2"
Maya Road Striped Ribbon Sunflower

Merry Christmas

Here is my entry for the 52 (Christmas) Card Throwdown challenge for this week.  I haven't used this emboss resist technique in a while and it was fun.  You can play along with the challenge here.  These are an awesome group of ladies.  OMG, I had the ribbon out and totally forgot to put it on.  Now it actually goes with the challenge.

Hugs,

Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge #68

Here is my challenge entry for this week's challenge at Really Reasonable Ribbon.

 
I was so excited to be named in the top three last week.  I am still pinching myself.  I hope you have a chance to play along here.

Hugs,