Heartstrings Design Team Blog Hop! with Blog Candy!

Now Closed!
Welcome to The Heartstrings Design Team Blog Hop!!!

Hopefully you have arrived here from Pam's Blog , if not, please start at the beginning with Shelley from Heartstrings.

I created this layout using DCWV Songbird stack and our wonderful sponsor's stamps
My Heart Stamps 4 U

I created the extra bear with Pazzles, but decided not to use.

I altered both stamps used for this layout, below you can see a picture of their original and finished state.

For the bear, I cut his wings off.  I colored with Copic markers and added Xmas Red Stickles. I hand cut the swings seat, used brown hemp cord and 3D foam to add dimension.

For the sentiment, I used the Marvy Uchida Brush Markers in Red and Green and colored the sections I wanted on the stamp one at a time wiping the ink in between uses.  I used Spellbinders Nestabilities Oval to cut the label, hand cut the leaf from the paper and added some BG brads.

The three buttons are from Favorite Findings. I added hemp to the middle button.

The frame and corners were cut with my Pazzles and they are Silhouette designs.

And now for the funnest part!  Some Blog Candy!!!!

Since I am a teacher/librarian it seems appropriate!

What do you need to do to enter you ask??!!!

All you need to do is leave a comment!!!!  This blog is powered by comments! (make sure I have a way to communicate with you if you win).

You are more than welcome to follow my blog, but it is not required.
I will use random.org on Sunday night and post winner on Monday morning.

Thanks for VISITING!!!!! .............and do not forget to go hop/visit

the Sweet and Talented MADISON at FunkyCards!!!!!

Cricut Handbooks at your fingertips

Did you know that you can now have all Cricut Handbooks at your fingertips? if you own a iPhone, iPad or iTouch all you do is go to iTunes store and purchase Goodreader for .99cents and go to http://www.cricut.com/information/cartridge_library.aspx, start downloading!!!!!! by clicking on view handbook... (for more detail instructions you can email me or see Joy's page).
It worked for me!!!  I now have all my handbooks on my iPhone.......mhhh  I now want... NEED an iPad!!! LOL, you know for the bigger screen?!

GYPSY UPDATE IS IN!!

The GYPSY update witht he LIGHT cartridges is here, it includes the Holloween ones and 3 Birds!  This is the LINK for you to log on. You must be registered if you are a new user.
Cricut App Change Log Version 1.3 Build 0198 – July 1, 2010


New Cartridges:
•B is for Boy

•Billionaire

•Block Party

•Bloom

•Botanicals

•Carousel

•Cherry Limeade

•Chore Chart

•Cupcake Wrapper

•Dude!

•Feeling Groovy

•Handy Man

•Hoot N Holler

•Lacy Labels

•Live Simply

•Lovely Floral

•Meow

•Savory

•Splish Splash

•Slumber Party

•Sugar and Spice

•Varsity Letter

•Wildlife

•3 Birds on Parade

•H2O

•Pumpkin Carvings

•October 31st
 
(I have not posted all week due to the arrival of my daughter and grandbabies from Texas.)

Doodlecharms Two-Page LO

I created this layout for Emma's Throwback Thursday. 

Before I do the journaling I will practice with the pen holder I recently purchased.  If I cannot find a nice font, I will have to use the Pazzles.

I was trying to show the glossy words, but you can't really see!  It is always better in person!

Doodlecharm - apples and heart

Preserves - apple core and word apple

Base Camp - letter "s" and word "the"

Just Because Cards - word "apple of my eye"

Create A Critter - worm

George and Basic Shapes - Mats

Peachy Keen Stamps - heart's face

EK punch

Inkassentials glossy accents - word "apple eye"

Chalk for big apple, leaf and branch

Distress ink for the rest

Travel - Monte Carlo Two-Page LO

I liked the setting of the Mykonos LO so much that I just had to repeat with just a few changes.

There are four pictures on the left side instead of three.  This time I did buy a sheet of stamps.

I added a velum sentiment with a metal brad instead of two pictures.

I added Jolee's Euros stiker.

The journaling tag and other tags I created using recollections paper and added a metal lock. All other paper is DCWV.

I welded the letters for the words using my Pazzles.