I Got An Award!

The origins of the Liebster Blog award are somewhat unclear but the general consensus is that it originated in Germany, Liebster meaning favorite or dearest, to showcase bloggers with fewer than 200 followers. Upon accepting the award the recipient must then pass it on to five more blogs of note.

Thank you to Marji at http://www.fstampaholic.blogspot.com/

 who honored me with this award!  I am please to pass along 5 fantastic women who inspire me!

Here are the rules:

1- Choose FIVE up and coming blogs to award the Liebster to. Blogs must have less than 200 followers.

2- Show your thanks to the blogger who gave you the award by linking back to them.

3- Post the award on your blog. List the bloggers you gave the award to with links to their sites.

Here are my choices for the Liebster Blog Award.

Enjoli http://mississippihippycrafts.blogspot.com/
Karey
http://www.creativecraftcorner.com/
Tonya
http://ittybittyladybugs.blogspot.com/
Pattie
http://sweetpsscrapbooks.blogspot.com/
Yvette http://gammascreativecorner.blogspot.com/

Please stop by these amazing blogs, become a follower and see what they can do to inspire you too!

XOXO,
Lisa



Erica's 100 Cartridge Blog Hop

It's the first weekend of the month and that can only mean one thing....
it's time for the 100 Cricut Cartridge Blog Hop!

If you've landed here then you've arrived from the very talented Tracy at
http://scrappininthewoods.blogspot.com/

If you came from somewhere, please head on back to the start to see all the wonderful creations from my friends!

This month I'm using New Arrival, A Child's Year & Cuttin' Up!

My little sister is pregnant and she is having a boy.

For Christmas I made her and her husband a 6 x 6 scrapbook for their new little boy.

Next, I made a 12 x 12 scrapbook for a friend. Her husband came to me (he's also a friend!) and asked me to re-do her baby book. It was a mess! The pages were literally disintegrating around the pictures. I took it all apart, and the pictures were still in pretty good shape. Here are a few pages from the scrapbook, first I used Cuttin' Up! and A Child's Year.

Next, I used Gypsy Wanderings for a few pages.

The scrapbook was 38 pages by the time I got done!

Stay tuned for more pages in future postings!

Remember, you need to visit every blog and leave a comment or "love" as we like to call it, on each persons blog to be eligiable for Erica's blog candy!  She randomly chooses comments from our blogs! 

Here's the whole line up just in case you got lost!

http://MyCricutcraftroom.blogspot.com
Laura- http://www.laurascraftsandmore.com/
Tracy- http://scrappininthewoods.blogspot.com/
Lisa http://www.allmadebylisa.blogspot.com/ you are here!
Susan http://craftingandbeyond.blogspot.com/your next stop
Ashley http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com/
Doris http://mybugandmecreate.blogspot.com/
Janet http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com/
Liz http://tryin2craft.blogspot.com/
Erica- http://ericasprojects.blogspot.com
Sheila- http://2pawprints.blogspot.com/
Jamie- http://jamiek711designs.blogspot.com/
Laurie- http://mincedpaper.blogspot.com/
Kathy http://3spoileddogs.blogspot.com/
Kym http://kimmyskards.blogspot.com.
Marji www.fstampaholic.blogspot.com:
Sherri http://squeakyscrapper.blogspot.com
Blog Candy http://ericasblogcandy.blogspot.com

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Happy hoppin'!

Hope you enjoyed my stuff today!

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for some amazing deals on Cricut cartridges,

stamps, and so much more!

Grand Re-Opening January 2012!

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Have a great day and keep crafting!

Lisa

Flower Shoppe Day!

Happy New Year!  Hope everyone had a wonderful and safe entrance into the New Year!  We spent time with friends and had a great evening!

This is my first post of 2012!  I am sharing a small creation with you for Flower Shoppe Thursday from Erica's Cricut Craft Room.  I made a scrapbook for a friend and used LOTS of cartridges in the process but I'll show you only a few at a time!  I gotta keep ya coming back right!?  LOL!

First up is just a basic flower with four layers overlapping and a crystal accent in the center.  I ran all the layers through the Cuttlebug for some texture.  See how my flower mirrors the pattern on the paper?  Pretty clever huh?!

Next up is some more basic, flat flowers and leaves.  For the stems, I cut thin strips of green paper.  Each part of the flower is outlined in Stickles while the center is covered in clear Stickles. 

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Lisa

Would You Ever Guess Wednesday?! With Flowers!

Good Morning Everyone!  Hope you are all enjoying this crazy time of year!  Even though we are all losing our sanity right now, crafting must continue!  This week at Erica's Cricut Craft Room, it's Would You Ever Guess Wednesday/Flowers Day! 

I've created 2 little projects to share. the first was my very first attempt at using Flower Shoppe. The base is an empty ribbon spool, covered in paper and ribbon. The flowers on top were cut in various sizes and just glued on! Cute huh?!

Next is a tree that I made using Flower Shoppe.  This took ALOT of time and ALOT of flowers!  I think it's best if you use double sided paper so you get color all around the flower.  These were all cut at around 5 inches, so a bit bigger, some smaller.  I painted the cone form in cream first, let that dry, then adhered the flowers using Aleene's Tacky Glue in the Gold bottle, GREAT STUFF!  Once the flowers were set and the glue had dried, I went back and used DecoArt Dimensional Writer Glistening Snow to fill in each center of the flower for some sparkle!  I really liked how these came out!  Once I play with this cartridge a bit more, I think I'll really enjoy using it!

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Lisa

Trying, but failing...

I think I'm damned if I do and damned if I don't.  I am doing my very best to do what people have asked of me.  I have been respectful of time, and space, and feelings.  I have apologized, I have held my tongue, I have stayed away and allowed them to move on.  It has been so hard and I am sad, but then when I get asked why, I tell them I am respecting their wishes and still that's not right.  I miss my life the way it was, and after a year of a shattered heart, lost friends and losing the one person who believed in me always, my Dad, I still can't seem to get anything right.  What more am I supposed to do?  I've said it before, I just want my life back.  I want my Dad here, I want to be able hug him and call him and know that no matter what else is messed up in my life, he will be there, he will love me. I want to express my opinion and not have it literally affect how my family will live or even be loved.  Apparently I cannot voice my opinion, have any feelings, or speak out when I have questions because it's not allowed.  Life should not be so hard.  I do the very best I can everyday.  I mess up all the time.  I try to learn from it, I try to do better next time.  I am not responsible for everything that is wrong is every situation.  I am not to blame for it all... 

Would You Ever Guess Wednesday?!

Okay, I have to be honest, I'm a bit behind!  This holiday season is really kicking my butt!  My little one was home last week with a nasty virus, and as you can image, that just set me back with all my other "stuff".  I kept her home and she's doing much better!
Family always comes first!

That being said, my post for this weeks Would You Guess Wednesday?!, is rather simple.  I used the font on the Car Decals Cartridge to make a page title.  I used to hand-write letters like this "back in the day", while sitting in chemistry class doodling my boyfriend's name all over my notebook!

I also created 36 glasses for a local Veteran's Army/Navy Game celebration.  Each glass was being sold to raise money for the groups future endeavors.  A wonderful Army Sgt. asked me to create these glasses, half said BEAT ARMY and half said BEAT NAVY, so when you are drinking from the glass, the person sitting across from you sees who you're cheering for!  Cute huh!

I used blue and green vinyl to cut each word, then weld each letter together using my Gypsy.  I also used Pebeo Medium Brilliant Gloss Medium.  I painted on four coats of medium and then waited 24 hours between each coat, finally you have to bake the glasses for 40 minutes in order for them to become "permanent" and withstand dishwasher heat.  I think they look pretty good!

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Have a great day and keep crafting!

Lisa

 

Card Creating Tuesday!

Sometimes, it's the simplicity of just creating something so basic that is beautiful!  I often forget that I don't need to over embellish, or glitter something to death.  A simple shape, a rectangle can be folded, and twisted and made into something pretty amazing.  I am making a scrapbook for someone and made this "card" on a page.  I used George Basic Shapes.  I stretched out a rectangle on my Gypsy and cut 2 long rectangles, scored them on my Martha Stewart Score Board and accordion folded them together, to make a card album on a page.  I cut the page protector in order for the card to be interactive and so that you wouldn't have to take the page in and out each time you wanted to see the pictures in the card.

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Hope you enjoyed my stuff today!

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 for some amazing deals on Cricut cartridges,stamps, and so much more!

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Have a great day and keep crafting!

Lisa