Would You Ever Guess Wednesday October 31, 2012 HALLOWEEN

Happy Halloween!

Today is Would You Ever Guess Wednesday with...

My Cricut Craft Room

For our project today we were to make something with the theme of Halloween using only the Tag or Shadow feature on a Cartridge.

For my project I made a Halloween Tree.

The Cricut Cartridge that I used for this project was...A Child's Year, and I used the Tag feature.

The first pumpkin that I cut out for the top I cut in a lighter, shiny orange card stock with a bright yellow card stock to apply to the back to give the look of it glowing. I also took a darker orange ink pad and inked the edges of the pumpkin.  For this pumpkin I used both the Tag and the Shadow features.  This pumpkin is my Halloween Tree Topper since it shines.

Then I cut out several smaller pumpkins to use as ornaments for my Halloween Tree.  For all of these pumpkins I just used the Tag feature.

I tied a piece of string to each pumpkin that had a mixture of orange and reds colors through it.

I hope that you have enjoyed your visit today as well as my Halloween Tree filled with pumpkins as much as I have enjoyed sharing with you.

To see more projects like this head on over to...

http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/

and see all of the projects that my Design Team Sisters have made to share with you today.

Until Next Time...Happy Crafting,

Robin Lane

Happy Halloween!

Halloween Card

Tomorrow is Halloween and I hope that everyone is ready for a little Trick or Treating.

Today I would like to share a Halloween Card with you that that I made.

I made a gate card added some black card stock that I ran through the embossing machine to add the little dots.  I then added some Halloween scrap paper on top of the black card stock. The paper was from the Paper Studio product line from Hobby Lobby craft store.

I stamped some little Trick or Treaters on to some white card stock and inked the edges of the card stock.  

I also stamped the word "Boo" onto a white card stock circle and inked the edges of the circle as well.  I attached the circle with a foam tab to raise it up a bit, plus it gives me room to tuck the little trick or treaters corner behind the circle to help hold the card closed.

The stamps that I used came from Michael's craft store.

Then on the inside I added a square piece of white card stock where I rounded the edges as well as inked the edges of the square.  I stamped on a Halloween saying in the center of the square which is from a stamp set from Close to My Heart. Then last but not least I then took my iRock and added three silver gems above and below the stamp to give it a little bling.

Thank you for stopping by and visiting today.  I hope that you have enjoyed your visit today as well as my Halloween Card.  

Until Next Time...Happy Crafting,

Robin Lane

Happy Halloween!!

Happy Saturday!!

First Up for you today is...My Disney Blog Hop for Rett Syndrome Awareness

Second Up for you today is...Hiding In My Craft Room Challenge #69  

Thankful / Thanksgiving

Third Up for you today is...My Blog Candy for My Disney Blog Hop for Rett Syndrome Awareness.

Thank you for stopping by.

Disney Blog Hop for Rett Syndrome Awareness

Welcome to the First Annual Blog Hop for...

Rett Syndrome Awareness

Welcome to your first stop, with Me, Robin Lane from...

http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/

 October is Rett Syndrome Awareness Month, so I wanted to help out and what better way to do that than with a blog hop.  What is Rett Syndrome?   Rett Syndrome is a devastating neurologic developmental disorder that occurs almost exclusively in girls.  It is usually caused by a mutation of the MECP2  gene on the X chromosome.  Rett Syndrome is found in all racial and ethnic groups throughout the world, and in every socioeconomic class.  Rett  Syndrome affects 
1 in 15,000 female births.  

Early developmental milestones appear normal in the beginning for the most part, but between 6-18 months of age, there is a delay or regression in development, particularly affecting speech, hand skills and coordination.  A hallmark of Rett Syndrome is the repetitive hand movements that may become almost constant while awake.  Other features may include seizures, irregular breathing, swallowing difficulties, and curvature of the spine.  

Many individuals with Rett Syndrome live well into adulthood, although there are some that do not get the chance to live a long life such as our Daughter.  Our little Angel, lost her battle at the age of Nine.

There is currently no cure, but hopefully one day there will be a cure and no other family will have to loose their Angel as we did.

Now...for some fun Disney Projects.

I have an adorable Pooh Bear layout  as well as some Pooh Bear Cards to share with you this weekend.

                                                                             

  

                            

             

Oh, yea, I almost forgot, I also have some Blog Candy that will be given away to TWO lucky winners, but to enter you much be a follower of my blog, 
http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/   AND  leave a comment on each one of the blogs.  Prize one is a Disney Princess Scrapbook Kit and Prize two is a Disney Theme Park Scrapbook Kit, and both prizes will also include some goodies from the International Rett Syndrome Foundation.


I hope that you have enjoyed our little hop this weekend, be sure to head on over to....

Jenn Drowns Jackson - http://scraphappensembellishit.blogspot.com/ 

for your next stop to see her wonderful project that she made to share with you today.

If you get lost along the way here is the entire line up for today's Blog Hop.

Saturday

1. Robin L. - http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/ 
2. Jenn Drowns Jackson - http://scraphappensembellishit.blogspot.com/ 
3. Jamie Larsen - http://babyjaydensmommy.blogspot.com/ 
4. Melissa Lipcsey - http://papershenaniganz.blogspot.com/
5. Melanie Rozwood -  http://afternoonscrapper.blogspot.com/
6. Ginger K. Morriello -  http://www.createwithginger.com
7. An'Jenic Gibson - http://anjenicgibson.blogspot.com/
8. Angela Tondini Chamness - http://angelascraftyspot.blogspot.com/
9. Julie McElhinney - http://www.thecricutchirp.com/
10. Jennie Dewar - http://jenscrapstoo.blogspot.com/
11. Anita Thibodeau - http://scrappyhappymommy.blogspot.com/
12. Blog Candy - http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/2012/10/disney-blog-hop-blog-candy.html

Sunday

1. Robin L. - http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/ 
2. Sarah Walker Woodring - www.craftingwithsarah.blogspot.com
3. Amber Leeson Curtis - http://mommascraps.blogspot.com/
4. Suzanne Roseberry - http://www.zannieberry.blogspot.com
5. L. B. - http://www.coolbeansbylb.blogspot.com/
6. Robin Carroll - http://cutonedesignsbyrobin.blogspot.com/ 
7. Blog Candy - http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/2012/10/disney-blog-hop-blog-candy.html

Thank you for stopping by and visiting, I hope that you have a Great Weekend.

Until Next Time...Happy Crafting, 

Robin L


ps.  If you would like information on donating to the International Rett Syndrome Foundation please let me know and I will tell you how you can do that in honor of my Daughter's name.   

Hiding In My Craft Room - Challenge #69 - Thankful / Thanksgiving

Happy Saturday!!

This week with Hiding In My Craft Room is for Challenge #69 to make something Thankful or for Thanksgiving.

Some of us used a digi image from one of our own team members, Naomi Edwards.  The name of this image is called..."Giving Thanks, Praying Girl".

A lucky winner this week will be receiving this digi image from Naomi Edwards. Good Luck!

For my project I made a gate card and took some Thanksgiving themed paper that I had in my scrap box to cover the card.

I colored the digi image with Copic Markers and attached it to the center of the gate card.

In the lower corner I attached a scalloped circle where the corner of the digi image could slide behind  to hold the card shut.  I then added a circle on top of the scallop circle that I inked the edge and stamped "Give Thanks" along with some fall leaves.

Thank you for stopping by and visiting with me and Hiding In My Craft Room today.  I hope that you have enjoyed your visit as well as my project as much as I have enjoyed sharing with you.

To see more projects head on over to...

http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/

and see the projects that my Design Team Sisters have made to share with you today.

Until Next Time...Happy Crafting,

Robin L

Theme Day – Christmas Gifts or Spiritual Cards

Today is Theme Day Thursday with My Cricut Craft Room and the theme of today is...Christmas Gifts or Spiritual Cards.

For my project I have some Christmas Ornaments to give to each of the members in our family, so that they will have an ornament with each persons name of their family on their Christmas tree.

I took craft ornaments that I got from one of the craft stores, poured a little Pledge floor cleaner inside the ornament and swish it around then poured out the extra cleaner.  After that I poured glitter inside each ornament and doing the same steps as I did with the floor cleaner.  In some cases if I knew what colors a family had on their Christmas tree I would use those colors of glitter, but if I did not know the colors they use I used the old stand by Christmas colors of red and green glitter.

I cut out each persons name on the Cricut using the cartridge, Art Philosophy.  Once I have the names cut out I then would take a strip of Transfer Tape to apply the names to ornaments.

Then last but not least I added a piece of pretty white ribbon to the top of the ornament for easy hanging.

Keep a look out for more Christmas Ornaments that I will be postings, I have several ideas for ornaments that I am working on and will be posting soon, so stay tuned.

I hope that you have enjoyed your visit today as well as my Christmas Ornaments as much as I have enjoyed sharing with you.

To see more projects like this head on over to...

http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/

and see all of the projects that my Design Team Sisters have made to share with you today.

Until Next Time...Happy Crafting,

Robin L.

Disney Blog Hop - Blog Candy

Thank for hopping along with us this weekend and becoming aware of Rett Syndrome, the more people that know about this disorder the better and hopefully one day we will have a cure.

We will have TWO lucky winners this weekend.

In order to be entered to win you must...

Be a follower of...http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/  

AND

Leave a Comment on each one of the blogs

Prize One is a Disney Princess Scrapbook Kit, and a few goodies from the International Rett Syndrome Foundation, a Bracelet, a Pen, and a Car Magnet.

Prize Two is a Disney Theme Park Scrapbook Kit, and a few goodies from the International Rett Syndrome Foundation, a Bracelet, a Pen, and a Car Magnet.

Along with the prizes I will be making TWO $5 Donations to the International Rett Syndrome Foundation in each of the winners names in honor of my Daughter.

Thank you again for hopping along with us and Good Luck on winning some Blog Candy.

Until Next Time...Happy Crafting,

Robin L

Today I have TWO posts to share with you...

First up is...Hiding In My Craft Room Challenge #68 Die Cuts

Second up is...Scraps to Treasure Blog Hop

So, besure to scroll down to see both posts

Thank you for stoping by.

Hiding In My Craft Room Challenge #68 - Die Cuts

Happy Saturday!

This week with Hiding In My Craft Room is for Challenge #68 to make something with Die Cuts.

So, with Thanksgiving coming up soon I decided to make a place card for the Table.

I used Cricut Cartridges...

Art Philosophy for the little Flag

and 

Autumn Celebrations to cut out the card itself then with the same cartridge I used one of the Cricut Gel Pens and let my Cricut draw out the front design.

I placed a Thanksgiving themed printed paper in the background of the front of the card.

I took a Rich Cocoa Ink Pad and inked the edges of the flag, Stamped a name on the front crumbled it up a bit to give attached it to the corner of the card and added an orange gem.

Now I just need to make several more for everyone that will be at Thanksgiving Dinner.

I will also have everyone at Thanksgiving Dinner to write inside their place card what they are Thankful for.

Thank you for stopping by and visiting with me and Hiding In My Craft Room today.  I hope that you have enjoyed your visit as well as my project as much as I have enjoyed sharing with you.

To see more projects head on over to...

http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/

and see the projects that my Design Team Sisters have made to share with you today.

Until Next Time...Happy Crafting,

Robin L.

Scraps to Treasure Blog Hop

Happy Saturday

and

Welcome to Scraps to Treasure Blog Hop

You should have started your hop with Ellen at...

 http://cardmonkeyspaperjungle.com/ 

We have a special present for you...TWO lucky hoppers will win a set of tags that were featured in this hop!  To be eligible to win, you must visit every blog along the hop and leave a comment on each one.

Today is my first time Hopping with the Scraps to Treasure Team.  

This is a wonderful group of ladies where we have a challenge each month to make whatever the theme may be for that month all out of our scraps bin, we can then decorate our project by using inks, stamps, paint, scraps, etc.

For this month we were challenged to make Christmas gift tags.

I took some of my printed Christmas paper as well as a solid colored paper that would match the printed paper and covered the front of the card.  

With my IRock  I attached Silver Gems around the hole of the tag to give it a little bling.

I used my Rich Cocoa ink pad to intense the edges of the tag as well as using it to stamp my "To and From" on to the tag.

And last but not least...I used the following Cricut Cartridges...

Four Legged Friends to make my little Scarlett or as I like to call her "Baby".

And

Disney - Pooh and Friends for the little pink Santa Hat on Scarlett's head.

I also added a little Liquid Applique on the Santa Hat to give it that fur look effect.

I hope that you have enjoyed our Scraps to Treasure Blog Hop,  your next stop is with Tahi over at...

http://tahisscrapcorner.blogspot.com/ 

to see her wonderful project that she has made to share with you today.

If you get lost along the way here is the entire line for today's blog hop...

1. Ellen - http://cardmonkeyspaperjungle.com/ 

2. Lissa Marie - www.somanycrafts.com

3. Pam - http://mzlavr2.blogspot.com/

4.Robin Lane - http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/   

5.Tahi - http://tahisscrapcorner.blogspot.com/ 

6. Paula - http://preciouspagesbypaula.blogspot.com/ 

7. Robin C. - http://cutonedesignsbyrobin.blogspot.com/ 

8. Liz Cline - http://tryin2craft.blogspot.com/ 

9.Lucy Kelleher - http://love2createitall.com/ 

10.Robin Scott - http://scrapandchat.blogspot.com/ 

11.Camille Short - http://shortonideasaz.blogspot.com/ 

12. Jearise - http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com/

Thank you for stopping by, I hope that you have enjoyed your visit as well as my project as much as I have enjoyed sharing with you.  And don't forget to go to each blog and leave a comment for your chance to win a set of tags that were featured today.  

Good Luck!

Until Next Time...Happy Crafting,

Robin L.