#243 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop Day 5 Vintage Altered Composition Book

Hi everyone welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop DAY 5 hosted by Sylvia Bella Scrapbook Designs. If you are here from Sylvia's blog then you are in the right spot!  This hop is all about making 12 different Christmas gifts 12 days in a row and the last day we will be posting is on December 6th.

This is the before picture of my sad, depressing composition book I got from the Dollar Tree!! LOL!

Here's the AFTER picture!! 100 times better then the before picture right ladies lol!

I covered the front and back of the book using 2 thin 12x12 sheets of K & Company patterned paper, I cut each piece into 9x12 inches and adhered with my ATG gun. I didn't feel like messing with modge podge! I added black ribbon to the side.

I stamped the sentiment "Listen to your heart" and frame using Tim Holtz stamps. I made this tulle flower myself and added a brad in the middle! I sprayed the frame with pink glimmer mist and added distress ink.

Dress form on left is from Forever Young Cricut cartridge, and the other 2 are from Summer in Paris seasonal Cricut cart. I added black Onyx Martha Stewart glitter to them, and added bling with my i-rock only to the larger dress form.

Here's a tag/bookmark I made I stamped the Eiffel tower using a Tim Holtz stamp, and added rose distress ink, and a pink silk flower that's from the $1 store, along with tulle and a black glitter button. I stamped the first page using a heart stamp from Joann's. I placed a paper clip behind the flower so that you can actually hold the bookmark in place. 

Here's the inside flap of the book, you can see how I folded down the front paper and added black paper and a pink border strip which is also a pocket to hold stuff, here's an example of the pocket holding the bookmark I made.

I went a little crazy with my Black distress ink..... there's no such thing as too much distressing or glitter that's my motto LOL! I covered all of the outside pages with black distress ink too!

I hope you enjoyed today's gift I made, it was a true work of heart, only took me 3+ hours but worth it!! I was really glad to make something vintage it's been awhile! 

BLOG CANDY!! In honor of me creating 12 projects 12 days in a row, I will be celebrating by giving away ONE $10 gift certificate to one of my favorite online stores......  PEACHY KEEN STAMPS!!! All you have to do is leave me a comment on all 12 of my 12 Days of Christmas post and be a follower. The last day will be on December 6th. I will announce a random winner on Wed. 12/7 good luck!

NEXT STOP is PATTY

#80,81, 82 Imagine That Blog Hop

Welcome to the Imagine That Blog Hop hosted by yours truly. My sweet hubby spoiled me with a Cricut Imagine that I got for a great price just 2 weeks ago. I decided to host an Imagine hop because I want to get  some ideas on what I can do with this wonderful machine. I am in love my new Cricut I did feel guilty like I was replacing my old Cricut for a newer younger model LOL! Once I started playing around with it more and more I didn't feel guilty anymore! This machine is just so cool, you can do so much with it, it's like magic! I am still amazed that it prints and cuts the item out at the same time. If you are wondering if I am going to do just all Imagine projects from now on, the answer is no because I actually have an addiction to paper!  I like the Imagine because it's so fast, on my Thursday project I made a layout in 30 minutes when they usually take me 2 or 3 hours.

For this blog hop I asked everyone to make an "Anything Goes" project and originally I was only going to be this one card but then I became addicted and was playing with my Imagine all day LOL!

For my 1st project I created this card from the Best Friends Imagine cart for the girl, sentiment and also the flower patterned paper. The marquee shape was already programed in the Best Friends cart and I just changed it to the flower paper. I also cut the green cardstock and embossed with my Create a Critter Cuttlebug Companion folder. 

If you are wondering why did I use the same exact sentiment from my card it's because this was the original cut and it was way too big for a 5x5 card so I said to myself "I can't waste it!" LOL so then I decided to make an altered picture frame of me and my son Aidan on his 1st birthday in 2008.  I layered the sentiment on cereal box chipboard 3 times for some dimension and added a swirly bling this was my first time ever using swirly bling and I love it! The flower paper is also from the Best Friends cart. I print and cut ALL of my paper on Walmart's white cardstock I got it for about $5 for 150 sheets!

Now for my 3rd project I just couldn't stop at 2 since I am addicted now! I made my son a T-Shirt! wow I still can't believe I am making him clothes now and him and my hubby were so proud of me after I made this. It was so super easy! This shirt only took me 15 minutes from start to finish including all ironing! I bought this shirt at Joann's but it was actually was too big for Aidan this was a 4-6  and he is only in 3t/4t yikes...bad mommy! Oh well! I just really really wanted a black shirt for him so I got it anyways. I also purchased printable iron on transfer for dark colored fabric at Joann's. All I had to do was lay the sheet of Iron On transfer on my mat and print and cut away! The dog is also from the Best Friends cart. After it print/cut I just had to lay the dog and transfer paper on the shirt and then it was all finished! 

Here is Aidan modeling his shirt right before bedtime! He actually wants to wear this shirt all the time and keeps bringing me the iron on transfer paper package and telling me more, mommy more shirt! Hmmmm maybe Provo Craft should come out with a  "T-Shirt Imagine Cart"!!

Now for some Fabulous Blog Candy!!!

2 -Lucky followers will receive ONE Peachy Keen Assortment of your choice!




1- Lucky follower will receive ONE Scrappy Moms stamp set of your choice!

To qualify for the blog candy you must leave a comment on all the blogs and leave me a second comment after you are finished telling me what stamps you would like to win from PEACHY KEEN STAMPS & SCRAPPY MOMS STAMPS I will announce 3 Random winners on Monday.

In honor of reaching 1000+  followers I am also giving away one Groovy Times Cricut Cartridge to one lucky follower I will announce the winner on April 1st CLICK HERE for more information.

1. Sandra  http://365daysofcricut.blogspot.com/ YOU ARE HERE

2. Elsa  http://cricutlvr.blogspot.com/ NEXT

3. Monica http://simplycricutting.blogspot.com/

4. Pam http://simply-pam.blogspot.com/

5. Nadia http://nadiasbeautifulmess.blogspot.com/

6. Laurel http://www.blog.littlepeaceofmyheart.com/

7. Lezlye http://www.lezlyes.blogspot.com/

8. Jenny http://kozfam5.blogspot.com/

9. Mistyrose http://sweetmagnoliarose.blogspot.com/

10.  Gaby http://www.gabycreates.com/

11. Lauren http://www.laurenscreative.com/

12. Kristen http://fantabulouslypink.blogspot.com/

13. Haidee http://created2bunique.blogspot.com/

14. Giselle http://crossmyheartpapercrafts.blogspot.com/

15. Yolonda http://www.craftyscentiments.blogspot.com/

16. Darlene http://talesoftayandbay.blogspot.com/

17. Cristina http://www.craftingwithcristina.com/

18. Kristin http://www.pinkldycrafter.blogspot.com/

19. Candice http://stampinpearls.blogspot.com/pot.com/

NEXT STOP is ELSA

#172 Cutting Fabric in the Cricut plus BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! (Long post)

***I love the 80's Blog Hop still going on HERE***

Happy Halloween everyone!! I am having a 3 day Halloween celebration it started with a Trunk or Treat yesterday and a Halloween Block Party today in my neighborhood and tommorow a festival and maybe more trick or treating, busy but still managed to MAKE my costume!! I am going to tell you all about it here and some GREAT NEWS!! I am going to be part of 2 Blog Hops so please mark your calendars because there will be lots of giveaways! Here's the buttons feel free to post them on your blogs and link back to my blog you won't want to miss out! The 1st one is "My Thanksgiving Blessings Blog Hop" on November 20-21 it's a  Saturday and Sunday for the Design Team that I am on called Inking it Up Crazy

And for the 2nd Blog Hop that I am part of I can happily say that it was all my idea yep little ol' me ha ha! I suggested to me sweet dear bloggy friend Janis that we should have a QUEEN Blog Hop with all of the Queens for the other Design Team I am on at Paper Playtime which is on December 11th Saturday which is going to be our "Stocking Stuffer Blog Hop" I am super excited because we are all going to be making inexpenive stocking stuffers or small handmade gifts. I have been brainstorming all about this I have soooooo many ideas!! I hop you all are able to make it and feel free to post it on your blog/facebook!

Okay so my other BIG ANNOUNCEMENT is: I Made my Lady Gaga Halloween costume up above at the beginning of this post with my Cricut Expression!! I will give you step by step instructions on how I did it, I still can't believe I actually did it I was so scared LOL!

My inspiration Was to be Lady Gaga, I think everyone knows who this is, for those of you who do not know who she is she is a Mega Super Famous Pop Star Musical Artist /entertainer/trendsetter ,etc.! Anyways I wanted to be her this year for Halloween I love Halloween and me and my honey dress up every year with our son Aidan.  Lady Gaga costumes were so popular and expensive after a lot of research on which costume I wanted to copy I saw this one I thought hey I could do that!

Step 1: Get a Yellow T-Shirt from Michael's cost me $3

Step 2: Get Pellon "Wonder Under"  Iron-on Transfer fabric/paper from Joann's cost $1.99 per yard I used my 40% off coupon, And buy your choice color fabric I chose Black Fabric.

Step 3:Iron! Place rough side of Wonder Under to black Fabric and iron.

Step 4: Cut Fabric in Cricut!!! Sorry no pic =(  Okay pay attention and take notes here it will save you time! Place the sheet that you just ironed see pic above it the one I just ironed, place that on your mat with the Wonder Under stuck to the mat and the fabric facing you, make sure your mat is sticky! Speed Medium, Pressure Max, Blade 6 and Cut it 3x! My fabric was Kind of thick and I tried cutting 3 different times I got the best results with these settings. I cut the Mickey image from Mickey and friends cricut Cartridge. Okay now you are going get your Mickey heads and off to the next step!


Step 5: Attaching Image to Shirt. You are going to peel off the Wonder Under  and place your image on your shirt and get a damp cloth. Place the damp cloth over your image and iron over the damp cloth and then you remove your cloth and you will see that your fabric is magically glued to your shirt!! This was my 1st time ever buying fabric in my life, I felt weird at Joann's buying it, like I was cheating on the scrapbook section LOL! Oh I also cut some parts of my shirt off the sleeves, and the neck area. Here is the final picture and if you would like to see the video that I watched over and over on how to make this check out My Pink Stamper. I watched it about 2 or 3 times, plus the instructions were on the Wonder Under Package it was really easy and I will do it again. UPDATE: After waering this costume for 7 hours last night the Mickey head started peeling off half way, I am thinking maybe I didnt iron long enough because it was heavy fabric. At least they didn't fall off and it held up for 7 hours. So my completed costume with shirt, fabric, wonder under, black lipstick, wig and glasses was only $20! That's great compared to $70 for the complete look at the costume stores. I hope I motivated and inspired you all to cut fabic in your Cricut and to not be scared like me LOL!Happy Halloween!! Love you guys!!

Be sure to check out the I love the 80's Blog Hop still going on now right HERE!! I am also entering my Halloween costume at Fantabulous Cricut for their challenge which is Halloween Ideas.