Islands of Adventure

Hello Friends!

Glad you stopped by today....my friend Rosie Mini is my guest designer today and I am thrilled to bring her here today...this is her first time as a guest designer so make sure you give her some bloggy love!!! :) She is going to be showing us her LOs from her trip and it is pretty cool! :)

Good Morning everyone! First I would like to thank Kari " PurpleFuntastick Creations" for asking me to be a guest designer. With all the hoopla of "Harry Potter" I thought it would be perfect to show some pictures of our vacation last year.

Recipe:

Islands of Adventure Vacation- 1 1/2 inch Storybook Cartridge

Matting- Close to my Heart Z56698 Autumn Garden Combo Pack

Owl- Create a Critter Cartidge at 3 "

Wand- Create a Critter at 5 " with silver glitter glue

Thanks Rosie for a wonderful job and love the LOs and you did an awesome job for your first time!! :)

Thank you friends for stopping by and hope you come back and see what else I am up to and then I will also be in a few hops this week so make sure you have a chance to stop by and see all the great stuff!! :)

In His Love,
Be Inspired,
Kari

Guest Designer Lynne Kirsch

Hi, this is Lynne from Her Craftiness http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/.

I felt honored that my dear friend and sister, Kari, has asked me to be one of her Guest Designers for today! Thank you Kari and I promise you won't be disappointed!

I love to make note cards! This is not something that I particularly plan on doing but instead when I am cutting a card with my Cricut with 12-inch paper, I simply make an extra card and put in a box for future use!

I normally use my A Child's Year with cutting my cards as there are sew many possibilities with that card. Now, another thing that I do is re-purpose an odd item. Those reams of paper that you purchase how they have on the front page all the colors that are included in that pack - well, I cut them apart and put them through my Cuttlebug with different embossing folders and then they also get put in the box with the wayward card. Also, I know that many times, I have cut out an object that I just love and its easier to cut 2 as much as it is to cut one and you guessed it - it goes in that surprise box! One other thing is when I print a digi, I also print 1 or 2 extras for the nights I have trouble sleeping, coloring is actually very relaxing and again it goes in this box! The purrrfect box is one of those photo boxes you can purchase at Michaels or JoAnn Fabrics just to name a few places.

Now, on days those creative juices just aren't flowing, I open my box and viola I have a lot of pretty little things that just need to be made into a note card. I have a couple of samples here with the digi being "Annie's Card" from Tiddly Inks (she has adorable kid type digis) and stamped on the card "So Sweet" and used the little color samples that have been embossed for the background!. Now, the other two notecards have the "toothfairy" from A Child's Year with the words "Dream" and "Wish" with just a few bling bling rhinestones! The paper that was used with the fairies was from a ream with a super large print that you wonder, whatever shall I do with that piece of paper --- well, its a purrfect notecard.

Now, what I do with my notecard creations is that the nursing home that my parents had resided, there are a few special residents that I still visit that were near and dear to my parents. They love to send little notes to family and friends and this makes a wonderful gift to take to them with a little ribbon tied around them and they have the option as to whether to use it as a note card or a special birthday wish!

Thank you again Kari for asking me and I hope you enjoyed my note cards!

Guest Designer Friday June 10, 2011!

Ok, I know it's not Friday and this isn't Kari but I was just too excited being asked to be a Guest Designer for my very first time!!!
Update on Kari is the doctor would like her to get out of sling and start moving around and exercising. She is in some pain but is doing well. Keep the prayers and good wishes coming for our dear friend!
My name is Lynne Kirsch and I'm new to all of this blogging but have been following hops for at least 6 months. I have my very first blog which was only started recently per Kari assuring me that I could do it at Her Craftiness (http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/) and would love for you to check me out and follow me in my journey!!! I'm married to Jerry and with our blended family we have 3 beautiful daughters, Jenny (my daughter), Barbara and Jean and 1 son, Jerry Jr. Of this we have 8 grandchildren!!! Kasha (14), Ashliana (11), Zack (6), Sasha (5), Nick (4), Jerry III (3), Ashley (1), and Lily who is 3 months old! I have been sewing and quilting for many many years and just a recent graduate to card making within the past year when I became the proud owner of my Cricut! I love making cards and of course watching my grandbabies!!!!
Today, I would love to share with you my "Exploding Box" which I had made with the help of Kasha and Ashliana for Jerry Jr and his lovely bride Julie when they got married February 26th of this year. I love making expoding boxes and had made them for Thanksgiving and Christmas with prayers enclosed in the center and they are ever sew easy! I love the look of black and white and the girls wanted the turquoise - makes a great complimentary color!. The bow on top was from a ribbon I had found in the Dollar Store and paper is from La Creme Stack (the black) with the turquoised Me and My Big Ideas (that paper title just suits me to a "T". I used my Circut cartridges Ties the Knot and Wedding. The pattern for the exploding box can be found on Make the Cut with the patterns or I would be happy to send you a copy! The lettering is also cut from Make the Cut which I love to play with and then add shadows. Hope you enjoy!

Thank you Kari for this opportunity and your trust!!! I had a blast!!!

Love, hugs and prayers from not only your Guest Designer but Kari's temporary fill-in

Lynne