Pineapple Fields? Nope, it is Corn!

Hello Crafty Friends!  It's Brenda here from Friends Craftin with Friends.  This week at Sweet Sassy Diva we were to do a lo using this sketch.

So I started by gathering some papers that I wanted to use and getting my mats ready.

Then I punched out my layer and did a test run to see how I like my elements together. 

Uh, no the tractor tire paper wasn't working for me. lol  So I replaced that with paper that was a corn field.  That works much better!! So I glued everything down.

Next I did my title on my Gypsy welding it together.  I used the Billionaire font and I used Pop Up Neighborhood for my corn stalks.  I glued my title down, added some doodling, then I layered my corn stalks and stickled the corn.  Yes, I can find a way to use bling even on farm pages. lol 

And here is my completed lo.  Please excuse the two pictures on the right.  I was printing them when I ran out of ink, so the color is off by a lot.  I will have to reprint these two when I get more ink.

Here are a few close ups:

I hope that you have been inspired to use some sketches!  They sure do come in handy for when you are having one of the lack of mojo times!!

The Versatile Blog Award

Hello my crafty friends.  I have another blog award from Amy at Redheaded Crafter.  Thanks so much for thinking of me Amy and passing this blog award to me!!  You all must go check out Amy's blog, it is awesome and she does some awesome projects that will certainly inspire you!   I am so honored that she thought of me, and she just plain rocks! 

Here are the rules and guidelines for this award:

~Thank the person who gave you this award. That’s common courtesy.

~Include a link to their blog. That’s also common courtesy — if you can figure out how to do it.

~Next, select up to 16 blogs/bloggers that you’ve recently discovered or follow regularly.

~Nominate those bloggers for the Versatile Blogger Award — you should include a link to their site for others to see how versatile they really are.

~Finally, tell the person who nominated you 7 things about yourself."

Here are my 7 things:

1.  I have 6 boys, 5 of who are grown and one 16 year old so I was the only girl in a house of 7 guys and yes, they could drive me crazy at times!! lol

2.  I love being grammy to 6 grandchildren, 5 girls and 1 boy

3.  I used to be an aide at my elementary school teaching Soar and reading to 1st and 2nd graders who were struggling with reading.

4.  I resigned due to Lupus, RA and Fibo so I am a stay at home mom again to my 16 year.

5.  I live on a farm, so I'm a country gal.

7.  I have a son who is getting ready to go on his 6th deployment.

Okay- here are the versatile bloggers that I follow and think are awesome.... These are in no particular order:

Suzanne - http://cricutcraftingrammy.blogspot.com/

Maribel - http://ilovescrapping.blogspot.com/

GiGi - http://thecricutbug.blogspot.com/

Dana - http://danascraftycorner.blogspot.com/

Stacy - http://lovethatbug.blogspot.com/

Wanda - http://myscraphappyplace.blogspot.com/

Lorraine - http://cardcreationsbylorraine.blogspot.com/

Rachelle - http://creationsbyrachelle.blogspot.com/

Andi - http://sparkymom76.blogspot.com/

Leanne - http://createdbyleanne.blogspot.com/

Trell - http://polkadotsandpaint.blogspot.com/

Melissa - http://doxiemeldesigns.blogspot.com/

Lisa - http://lisashandmadecards.com/

Court - http://courtscrafts.blogspot.com/

Aymee - http://www.southernbellescrapper.blogspot.com/

Dawn - http://www.flipflopsandpoptarts.com/

There they are everyone.  I hope you will check out their blogs, so much inspiration can be founds in these blogs!!   Thanks for stopping by on this beautiful Saturday!

And the Winner of the Sweet Sassy Diva blog hop is......

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Michele!!! 

Michele from MS said...

Beautiful bags Brenda! I just love love love the flowers. Thanks for your wonderful directions too! msmith38652@gmail.com
http://michelescraftroom.blogspot.com/

March 11, 2012 12:29 PM

Congrats Michele I will be contacting you for your info so I can get your gift card in the mail to you!!

Daisy Wreath

Hi my crafty friends!  This week at SweetSassyDiva we are doing projects with spring blooms.  For my project I decided to do a wreath made of daisies mums and some butterflies.  I started out with designing my flowers and butterflies from Flower Shoppe and Hannah Montana on my Gypsy.  Then I got a straw wreath form from Hobby Lobby and wrapped it with shear ribbon.  Sorry, I thought that I took a pic of the wreath wrapped but I didn't.  So next I got to cutting my daisies, and I cut many of them in different sizes.  I started with one size and then went down a quarter of an inch for each layer.  I had many sizes to work with.  I then scored down the center of each petal on each layer. 

I rolled, pinching my score lines on each of my layers and stacking and gluing.  I had all my centers cut in yellow and all ready rolled and glue.

And here is what my largest daisy mum looks like.

I then cut out a lot of leaves in different sizes using a leaf from Flower Shoppe and a branch of leaves from Storybook.  I probably won't use all these leaves, but I wanted to have an assortment to work with once I started assembling my wreath.

Here is the final project all assembled and hanging on my door.  Please don't look to hard at my bow, I'm not much of a bow maker!!! lol And I apologize for the bad photo, pic was taken at night.    I think my wreath looks pretty good, just screaming spring and I am tickled pink with how it turned out!!!  I hope that the DT inspires you this week to work on a spring project with flowers!!

Another Liebster Blog Award

Thank you so much Brenda at http://happyscrapper64.blogspot.com/ for giving me this wonderful award! It feels so good to receive an award praising your blog!
"Liebster" is German for "Dearest". The award is a "Share the love arrangement", given to inspirational bloggers with less that 200 followers.

Here's the to do list for any of the Liebster Blog Award recipients.

1. Thank your Liebster Blog Award presenter on your blog.

2. Link back to the blogger who presented you the award .

3. Copy and paste the award on your blog.

4. Present the Liebster Blog Award to 5 bloggers with less than 200 followers.

5. Let them know they have been chosen by leaving a comment on their blog.

I had a hard time choosing who to give this award to, as there are so many deserving bloggers. Here is the list of people I have chosen to give the award to:

Don't have a name - http://homespunelegance.blogspot.com/
Daisy - http://tsunamirosedesigns.blogspot.com/
Ashley - http://proudusmcwife415.blogspot.com/

Terri - http://craftmeaway.blogspot.com/
Vickie - http://vickiesscrappings.blogspot.com/


Congratulations to these very talented bloggers! I really enjoy the projects they share on their blogs, and hope you do too!

Liebster Blog Award

Liebster Blog Award

I received the Liebster Blog Award!!!

Wow! I was in a blog hop this weekend and low and behold but sweet Michele from Michele's Craft Room was in the same hop and awarded me the Liebster Blog Award!!!  Thanks ever so much Michele!!!

"Liebster" is German for "Dearest". The award is a "Share the love arrangement", given to inspirational bloggers with less that 200 followers.

Here's the to do list for any of the Liebster Blog Award recipients.

1. Thank your Liebster Blog Award presenter on your blog.
2. Link back to the blogger who presented you the award .
3. Copy and paste the award on your blog.
4. Present the Liebster Blog Award to 5 bloggers with less than 200 followers.
5. Let them know they have been chosen by leaving a comment on their blog.

There are so many awesome crafters out there, I hate that I can't give this to every one of them. Alas, this is the list of people I have chosen to give the award to:

Annette   http://charlottescricutweb.blogspot.com/
Julie        http://julieskraftykorner.blogspot.com/
Kris         http://whatabunchofcraft.blogspot.com/
Tiffany    http://tiffanyscreativeideas.blogspot.com/
Angie      http://mycricutcloset.blogspot.com/

Copngratulations to these wonderful and extremely talented crafters! I really hope you all find as much inspiration and enjoyment from their blogs as I do!!! Just when I think I have seen every product or technique, I see something new and have so much fun learning through my www friends! Thanks for all the awesome ideas you share ~ Have a wonderful day everyone!

SweetSassyDiva's Birthday Blog Hop Day 2

Welcome to the SweetSassyDiva Birthday Blog Hop!

We are celebrating Bobbi Jo's (SweetSassyDiva) birthday this weekend March 10th and 11th. Each day will be a new project and be sure to check out the yummy blog candy giveaways!

I am so happy that you could join us for this super fun Blog Hop showcasing Birthday Themed fun!



You will find an array of ideas along the hop and be sure to become a follower and leave some love aka comments along the way.



This is a TWO-Day hop so, be sure to catch both days for maximum celebration and ideas.



As we spring forward with the time change as well as with Spring coming so soon...let's get this party started! Hop on over to all the blogs along the way!



If you've hopped over from the uber talented Suzanne http://cricutcraftingrammy.blogspot.com/  then you are in the right place. If you've just popped in to visit my blog or are reading this via email and would like to join our SweetSassyDiva Birthday Blog hop and FUN then, please start at the beginning with Bobbi Jo's blog http://sweetsassydiva.com/ because...starting at the start is always SMART! :)



We have a WONDERFUL Grand Prize for one lucky hopper that is donated by Bobbi Jo!

To be eligible, please visit each blog hop stop leaving a comment also, become a follower at http://sweetsassydiva.com/null and">http://sweetsassydiva.com/">http://sweetsassydiva.com/ and be sure to leave a comment!



One random winner will be chosen on Wednesday, March 14th, giving you plenty of time to finish the hop.




For my second day project I decided to go with gift bags.  I'm mean just like birthday cards, you can never have to many gift bags for your gifts right?!!  For the first bag I used a bag off of Plantin Schoolbook cart and cut it fit to page on a 12x24 mat.  I assembled my bag and then cut the flower from Flower Shoppe (flower 33 on the overlay, the flower center is 3 on the overlay and the leaf is 43 on the overlay) for my decoration on the bag, I also used Home Decor for the swirl. My flower parts I cut from white paper and just inked the outside of the flower as well as the flower center.  I also added some yellow ink to the flower center.  It is a nice size bag, not to big and not too small.

 For this next bag, I used a plain brown bag that I already had on hand.  I used card stock and added to the front and then did another flower and swirl for on the front as well as Paper Lace for the birthday wishes.  Here is a step by step tutorial on how I made my flowers.

Here are my flowers and leaves.  I started out with a certain size and then came down by a 1/4 inch for each flower layer and I have 6 layers for this flower.

I inked my flowers and rolled my center.

Then I put hot glue on the little tab and cupped my flower by gluing together.

I then roll my flowers with my largest ball stylus to give my flowers/petals a more natural look to them.

And here is what it looks like once all assembled!  I did turn my petals back on my two outside layers.

I inked and shaped my leaves and then glued them onto my flower.  Then all you have to do it attached my flower to your project!  Easy as that!!!  I hope that you have enjoyed this hop.  It sure was fun for me and I know we had lots of talented ladies in this hop!!  I hope you have been inspired to get crafty!



Remember to leave me a comment and I will put your name in for a $10 gift card from either Hobby Lobby or JoAnns!!! 


Thank you for checking out my project. I hope that you will become a follower of http://sweetsassydiva.com/ and leave a comment. The fun doesn't end here though so be sure to hop on over to the talented Shawnee http://quiverofangels.blogspot.com/ .


and remember to visit all the stops for more chances to win!



Be sure to also check back tomorrow for some more celebration and more chances to win!



Here is the complete list in case you get of track:



Bobbi Jo http://sweetsassydiva.com

Lucy - http://love2createitall.blogspot.com

Michele - www.michelegreen.com
...
Gaby - http://www.gabycreates.com

Mindy - http://grammiescraftroom.blogspot.com

Lori - http://scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/

Missie http://createdbymissie.blogspot.com

Jennifer - http://scrapaholicjen.blogspot.com

Paulette Trent- http://scrapalette.blogspot.com/

Anita Cannon http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com/    

Brenda Halstead - http://happyscrapper64.blogspot.com/

Dana Taft - http://papermemories4u.blogspot.com/

Maria Jones - http://stampcutcreate.blogspot.com/

Cori- http://createdbycori.blogspot.com

Michele Eickholt ~ http://chelescrafts.blogspot.com/

Sandy S. http://thecraftycreationspot.blogspot.com/

Jenny Johnson - http://crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/

Suzanne http://cricutcraftingrammy.blogspot.com/

Brenda http://www.friendscraftinwithfriends.blogspot.com/

Shawnee Penkacik - http://quiverofangels.blogspot.com/

Sylvia Solorio- www.bellascrapbookdesigns.blogspot.com

SweetSassyDiva's Birthday Blog Hop Day 1

Welcome to the SweetSassyDiva Birthday Blog Hop!

We are celebrating Bobbi Jo's (SweetSassyDiva) birthday this weekend March 10th and 11th. Each day will be a new project and be sure to check out the yummy blog candy giveaways!

I am so happy that you could join us for this super fun Blog Hop showcasing Birthday Themed fun!



You will find an array of ideas along the hop and be sure to become a follower and leave some love aka comments along the way.



This is a TWO-Day hop so, be sure to catch both days for maximum celebration and ideas.



As we spring forward with the time change as well as with Spring coming so soon...let's get this party started! Hop on over to all the blogs along the way!



If you've hopped over from the uber talented Suzanne http://cricutcraftingrammy.blogspot.com/ then you are in the right place. If you've just popped in to visit my blog or are reading this via email and would like to join our SweetSassyDiva Birthday Blog hop and FUN then, please start at the beginning with Bobbi Jo's blog http://sweetsassydiva-gspot.blogspot.com/ because...starting at the start is always SMART! :)



We have a WONDERFUL Grand Prize for one lucky hopper that is donated by Bobbi Jo!

To be eligible, please visit each blog hop stop leaving a comment also, become a follower at http://sweetsassydiva.com/null and">http://sweetsassydiva.com/">http://sweetsassydiva.com/ and be sure to leave a comment!



One random winner will be chosen on Wednesday, March 14th, giving you plenty of time to finish the hop.



I wanted to give a shout out to my special friend, Suzanne, as today is her birthday.  Happy Birthday Suz!!!!  Wishing you many, many more my friend!!!  And of course our other birthday girl is Bobbi Jo, for whom this hop is for-Happy Birthday Bobbi Jo!!!!

Well what is a birthday hop without some birthday cards??  I don't know about you all, but I always am in need of birthday cards in my stash, so I have made three cards.   For the first two, I used Damask Decor cart using the card feature.  Love the card feature and will be making more cards from it!!

This cupcake card I just keep simple.  I didn't do anything to alter the card except stretched it to fit in a 5 x 7 envie and card base. I also used My Creative Time die and stamp for my sentiment.

For this present card, I stretched it as well to fit a 5x7 base and envie.  I also added a cupcake and put it on an homemade action wobble. Once again I used My Creative Time die and sentiment.

For this card I used the card feature on the Birthday bash cart and it is an A2 size.  I put my little fox on another homemade action wobble.  I just love these homemade action wobbles!! Love to play with it too! lol  So now I have three more cards for my stash.  I hope you find some inspiration and make some extra cards for your stash as well!! 



Now I won't make anyone become a follower to win my blog candy, but would appreciate it if you did.  For my blog candy I will be giving away a $10 gift card to either Hobby Lobby or JoAnn's!!  So leave me a comment for both days and your name will be entered.  I will use Random Generator to pick my winner.  Enjoy the rest of the teams projects, I think you are in for an awesome day both days!!


Thank you for checking out my project. I hope that you will become a follower of http://sweetsassydiva-gspot.blogspot.com/ and leave a comment. The fun doesn't end here though so be sure to hop on over to the talented Shawnee http://quiverofangels.blogspot.com/ .


and remember to visit all the stops for more chances to win!



Be sure to also check back tomorrow for some more celebration and more chances to win!



Here is the complete list in case you get of track:

Bobbi
Jo http://sweetsassydiva.com/   

Lucy
http://love2createitall.blogspot.com/

Michele 
http://www.michelegreen.com/

Gaby
http://www.gabycreates.com/

Mindy
http://grammiescraftroom.blogspot.com/

Lori 
http://scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/

Missie
http://createdbymissie.blogspot.com/

Jennifer 
http://scrapaholicjen.blogspot.com/

Paulette
http://scrapalette.blogspot.com/

Anita
http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com/

Brenda
http://happyscrapper64.blogspot.com/

Dana
http://papermemories4u.blogspot.com/

Maria
http://stampcutcreate.blogspot.com/

Cori
http://createdbycori.blogspot.com/

Michele
http://chelescrafts.blogspot.com/

Sandy
http://thecraftycreationspot.blogspot.com/

Dana
Tarchala http://danascraftycorner.blogspot.com/

Jenny 
http://crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/

Suzanne
http://cricutcraftingrammy.blogspot.com/

Brenda
http://www.friendscraftinwithfriends.blogspot.com/

Shawnee
http://quiverofangels.blogspot.com/

Sylvia
www.bellascrapbookdesigns.blogspot.com/

Chase a Rainbow!

Hi all you crafty friends!  Brenda here from Friends Craftin with Friends.  This week on Sweet Sassy Diva we were challenged to use things like a rainbow, leprechan, pot of gold, green, etc...So I knew right away what I wanted to do.  One New Year's Day we had a shower come through, then the sun came out and with all the black angry clouds was this beautiful double rainbow!!  So of course I had to take pics of it.  So that is what inspired my layout for today.

I knew that I wanted to print some cloud paper as the base to my layout and I did so by using the Imagine cart "Best Friends".  Searched my Gypsy for images and to lay out my design. The cart I ended up using was "Simply Charmed" and one little cloud from "Pooh and Friends".

 Next I cut out, inked and assembled all my images. For my inks I used Tim Holtz distress inks: Vintage Photo, Scattered Straw, Barn Door, Pumice Stone, and Peeled Paint.

Here are my die cuts all assembled, inked and stickled. 

Then I printed my base paper from my Imagine using the "Best Friends" cart.  For the bottom of my base I used some green pattern paper from DCWV Farmers Market stack, love this print-reminds me of St. Patricks day. lol

Next I started placing my die cut images around on my base papers like I had it on my Gypsy.  The only thing I ended up changing was a pic size and orientation.  I thought I had taken a vertical picture, but I didn't.

Thanks for joining us here at Sweet Sassy Diva, I hope you find lots of inpiration this week!  Be sure to come back and see what all the Design Team has in store you for, I promise you won't be disappointed!!