Mother's Day Layout YTLH Youtube April Hop

Thank you for stopping by my blog! I have a Youtube video on how I made this layout below. I also created this layout for a challenge over at Color Me Scrappy the challenge was to create with this color palette

Here is what I created with it:

Thank you so much for stopping by and taking time to watch the YTLH© line-up of designers. Our Theme for April is Mother's day in honor of our precious Mothers. Next month in May is our 1 year YTLH© anniversary we have something special prepared for next month. This is why we decided to celebrate our Mothers ths month of April. 

Here is my Youtube video on how I made this layout:

A huge thanks to our wonderful April Sponsors, please check their online stores

April Sponsors-----

Shannon Magee
http://www.purplelionpaper.com/

Esmeralda Palmquist (Twinsmoms)
http://www.etsy.com/shop/Pro31Designs


Please hop over to the next person in line all the links will be below. 4 awesome GIVEAways for those watching and commenting on all 10 videos in the hop.

Next- Adrienne- www.youtube.com/PaperDiva67


April's Line-up. Here-

1- Zoe- www.youtube.com/AF0093
2- Nancy- www.youtube.com/Scrapping601
3- Wendy- www.youtube.com/WendysCreativeCorner
4- Jessica B. www.youtube.com/MzJezzb
5- Alina- www.youtube.com/SuperMamaof3
6- Janet- www.youtube.com/Dreamscrapbooks ---You are HERE
7- Adrienne- www.youtube.com/PaperDiva67
8- Sam- www.youtube.com/Samwri1984
9- Shannon- www.youtube.com/Purplelionpaper
10- Vicki- www.youtube.com/melovebono

Many of you have asked where I got the doily cut file =D so I have it here for you as a free download...enjoy!!

Download SVG

Free Svg File ~ Halloween Spooky Fence

DOWNLOAD SVG

Free Spider Web Border and Punch SVG File

Download SVG HERE

Free Best Friends Card Making Kit from MyGrafico

Is this cute or what? And more amazing this is a free cutting file kit over at MyGrafico.com go download yours HERE

Celebrate Freedom Blog Hop Day 3

This blog hop runs from July 1st through July 4th. If you are coming from Lisa's Blog you’re on the right track. If you just joined us, you can go back to the beginning  HERE and hop along with us.We’ve had so much fun creating this hop, and we have a wonderful line up with some oh-so-talented creators. You will see some lovely projects having to do with celebrating freedom and the 4th of July theme and have a chance to win some blog candy along the way, including some grand prizes which are being sponsored by Lisa from Honeybearz Designs and she is the first blog on the hop. 

In order to be eligible for the grand prizes you must leave a comment on every blog in the hop and become followers to all the ladies in the hop also. Be sure to come back everyday between July 1st and July 4th because all blogs in this hop will post a new project each day. Lisa from Honeybearz Designs will be picking the grand prize winners from all the comments left throughout the 4 days. 

Here is a list of the complete lineup for this hop

Lisa: http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/
Janet: www.createatdreamscrapbooks.blogspot.com <----Here
Deborah: http://www.scrappingmamma.net/
Theresa: www.thescrapbookingqueen.com
Lisa: http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/
Gina: http://californiascrappin-gcinderella21.blogspot.com/
Lisa: http://bitbythecricutbug.blogspot.com/
Tricia: http://lshdesigns.blogspot.com/
April: www.curlsngrins.blogspot.com
Jennifer: www.craftycardgallery.blogspot.com
Cherie: www.gracefulcardmakers.blogspot.com
Kristy: www.scraptasticalkreations.blogspot.com

Honeybearz Designs

www.honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com

Now on to my project for you today =D 

Make your own Paper Pinwheel

Pinwheel Pinwheel Spinning Around. Look At My Pinwheel and See What I found. If you were born in the late '70's early '80's, you might remember the tune to this song from Nickelodeon on a show called "Pinwheel." Well truth is...I can't stand the song but it was stuck in my head when I was making these lol!!! 

Supplies you will need:

2 sheets of double-sided cardstock

buttons, paper flower or other embellishment for the center

2 1/8"-3/16" eyelets (you will also need some eyelet pliers, they usually come with a hole punch attached that you will also need)

wire, 18 gauge

wood bead 1/2"-5/8" in diameter or plastic beads work fine too

18"wood dowel, 5/16"-3/8" in diameter (also a drill to make hole)

ribbon for dowel

craft glue

1. First thing you might want to do is drill a hole in the dowel.

2. Download the svg and scut files for this pinwheel over at Paper Pastime's Blog HERE
3. Cut out the circle in the center of the pinwheel pattern or use a 1" circle hole punch. You will need two circles cut from the cardstock. Punch a hole at the center of one circle.
4. Place the 2 cut out pinwheels together face up to where they are locked with spokes on top.

5. Attach the eyelet at the center to hold them together. I tried using a Crop-a-dile and gave up as it was squishing my eyelet too much so I would try using the regular eyelet setter
6. You need to bring each spoke to the center, one a time, attaching them.Both eyelets should be centered if it's done correctly. You need them to be centered so that the wire can easily go through both holes to form a straight line.
7. You can use your craft glue to attach ribbon around the dowel.

8. Take your wire and cut about a 12" piece. Bend the wire about 3/8" from the end.

11. Slide the hold-punched cirle onto the bent end of the wire. Then glue the other circle on top so that the bent end of the wire is no longer showing.

12. Cut out flowers for the center and glue them on top of the circle and then add your button in the center.

13. Slide the flower pinwheel through the other end of the wire until it reaches the spindle.

14.Add the wooden or plastic bead. Slide the wire through the hole of the wooden dowel. Leave some space between the bead and dowel so that the pinwheel will have room to spin.

15. Finally, wrap the remaining wire around the top of the dowel tightly.

Over at Hello My Name is Heather's blog she provided the step by step instructions and diagrams as a pdf download...included is a printable template to cut out the pinwheel if you don't have a cutting machine...

check it out HERE

Another great tutorial and a cut file for a different look take a look HERE 
Thank you for hopping by! I will be offering blog candy at the end of the hop so all you need to do is leave a comment each day on my posts and become a follower =D Easy Peasy! I will reveal the blog candy in tomorrow's post. Now you are hopping along over to Deborah's blog to see what amazing Celebration project she has in store for you today!

Strawberry Picking and a Free Cut File

Find this Strawberry cut file HERE

We went Strawberry Picking Today!

Believe in Yourself...Nothing is Impossible Layout

I created the paper piecing owl and you can download the cutting files below

download svg HERE

download WPC HERE

owl inner eyes file for WPC HERE

The paper piecing tree was a file that I used from Little Scraps of Heaven's "Haunted Graveyard" collection that can be found HERE

Happy Creating!

"I'd Rather Be At The Beach" Blog Hop Last Day

Welcome to the last day of our hop!

If you are coming from Margaret's Blog HERE you’re on the right track. If you just joined us, you can go back to the beginning HERE and hop along with us. You will find loads of projects with a beachy theme throughout this hop! We have LOTS of blog candy to offer through out this hop so be sure to check back daily for your chance to win! REMEMBER, you MUST hop through the entire hop and comment on each blog to be eligible for any blog candy throughout this hop! There are lots of beautiful projects and lots of great blog candy, so by hopping along each day I can assure you that you will not be disappointed! :)

Here's the lineup:

Emily: http://www.createserendipity.net/

Dawn: http://dawnsdesignsthatdelight.blogspot.com/

Tricia: http://lshdesigns.blogspot.com/

Margaret: http://auntmargaretdesigns.blogspot.com/

Janet: http://www.createatdreamscrapbooks.blogspot.com/

Lisa: http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/

Theresa: http://www.thescrapbookingqueen.com/

Lisa: http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/

Elsa: http://justafewdesigns.blogspot.com/

Martha: http://pattisscrapingtime.blogspot.com/

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

April: http://www.curlsngrins.blogspot.com/

Kim: http://kimmarieskorner.blogspot.com/

Gill: http://www.creationsbygillm.blogspot.com/

Jackie: http://jackrabbitscrappin.blogspot.com/

Thank you eveyone again for your amazing comments and feedback...it was like receiving little fortune cookies throughout my day =D I really really appreciate it and so happy that you became followers to my blog and I really hope that you will stop by here often =D

For today's project I am posting a digital layout that is really close to my heart. I made this layout for a dear friend who was dying of ovarian cancer and she wanted to document her life with her family. I became her personal scrapbooker and was able to finish all her albums for her and hearing how much she LOVED the pages and looked forward to the next like it was Christmas just warmed my heart. I love this layout as the pictures tell the story...a story of a day at the beach scuba diving with her family...her children. You can see that there was "life in the moment"...happiness, playfulness and lots of love. <3

If you would like to know a little more about Andrea and how   her memory lives on through a foundation called "Andrea Grace Soter Simonson Memorial foundation" it is a foundation supporting families with have loved ones with cancer.

http://www.agssmemorialfoundation.org/

a video about Andrea:

http://www.agssmemorialfoundation.org/section/ms_asoter_video/index.html

Dedicated to Andrea Simonson...you are such an inspiration and you are greatly missed.

Today's free SVG 

DOWNLOAD

Thanks so much for hopping by along our hop! For my blog candy I will be giving away free cutting files each day of the hop! Leave a comment each day and become a follower and you will be entered in a drawing at the end of the hop for this blog candy:

Bobunny's My Word Album "Beach"

My Word Chipboard Albums from Bo Bunny are perfect for creating unique albums. Each album measures approximately 6” tall by 12” long and is made from raw chipboard. Cover with your favorite papers, use raw or paint the album before adding photographs.

 Make sure you hop along and see what Lisa has in store for today! 

Happy Creating!

"I'd Rather Be At The Beach" Blog Hop Day 4

DAY 4

If you are coming from Margaret's Blog HERE you’re on the right track. If you just joined us, you can go back to the beginning HERE and hop along with us. You will find loads of projects with a beachy theme throughout this hop! We have LOTS of blog candy to offer through out this hop so be sure to check back daily for your chance to win! REMEMBER, you MUST hop through the entire hop and comment on each blog to be eligible for any blog candy throughout this hop! There are lots of beautiful projects and lots of great blog candy, so by hopping along each day I can assure you that you will not be disappointed! :)

Here's the lineup:

Emily: http://www.createserendipity.net/

Dawn: http://dawnsdesignsthatdelight.blogspot.com/

Tricia: http://lshdesigns.blogspot.com/

Margaret: http://auntmargaretdesigns.blogspot.com/

Janet: http://www.createatdreamscrapbooks.blogspot.com/

Lisa: http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/

Theresa: http://www.thescrapbookingqueen.com/

Lisa: http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/

Elsa: http://justafewdesigns.blogspot.com/

Martha: http://pattisscrapingtime.blogspot.com/

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

April: http://www.curlsngrins.blogspot.com/

Kim: http://kimmarieskorner.blogspot.com/

Gill: http://www.creationsbygillm.blogspot.com/

Jackie: http://jackrabbitscrappin.blogspot.com/

Thank you Thank you everyone for your amazing comments you have left me on this blog hop!! I truly enjoy reading them!!! I have a hybrid layout to share with you today...I did this layout in digital and then printed it out on 12x12 and added flowers for a touch of traditional scrapbooking. This is my little boy Jayden well he is turning 6 years old this week I guess not so little anymore..."A big boy" =D This is when he was just 6 months old and had just learned to sit up on his own. He LOVED the beach we brought him down to California to spend his first Christmas with his Great Grandma and Grandpa and Great Uncles and Aunts =D

Here is today's freebie SVG file =D

Download

Thanks so much for hopping by! Hope to see you again tomorrow...for my blog candy I will be giving away free cutting files each day of the hop! Leave a comment each day and become a follower and you will be entered in a drawing at the end of the hop for this blog candy:

Bobunny's My Word Album "Beach"

My Word Chipboard Albums from Bo Bunny are perfect for creating unique albums. Each album measures approximately 6” tall by 12” long and is made from raw chipboard. Cover with your favorite papers, use raw or paint the album before adding photographs.

 Make sure you hop along and see what Lisa has in store for today! 

Happy Creating!

"I'd Rather Be At The Beach" Blog Hop Day 3

DAY 3

If you are coming from Margaret's Blog HERE you’re on the right track. If you just joined us, you can go back to the beginning HERE and hop along with us. You will find loads of projects with a beachy theme throughout this hop! We have LOTS of blog candy to offer through out this hop so be sure to check back daily for your chance to win! REMEMBER, you MUST hop through the entire hop and comment on each blog to be eligible for any blog candy throughout this hop! There are lots of beautiful projects and lots of great blog candy, so by hopping along each day I can assure you that you will not be disappointed! :)

Here's the lineup:

Emily: http://www.createserendipity.net/

Dawn: http://dawnsdesignsthatdelight.blogspot.com/

Tricia: http://lshdesigns.blogspot.com/

Margaret: http://auntmargaretdesigns.blogspot.com/

Janet: http://www.createatdreamscrapbooks.blogspot.com/

Lisa: http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/

Theresa: http://www.thescrapbookingqueen.com/

Lisa: http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/

Elsa: http://justafewdesigns.blogspot.com/

Martha: http://pattisscrapingtime.blogspot.com/

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

April: http://www.curlsngrins.blogspot.com/

Kim: http://kimmarieskorner.blogspot.com/

Gill: http://www.creationsbygillm.blogspot.com/

Jackie: http://jackrabbitscrappin.blogspot.com/

Here is my project show and tell for today =D Another layout from our family vacation to Florida last summer

All products used on this layout are from Little Yellow Bicycle...the background paper is called "Free Spirit"

Free Svg file today is a starfish =D DOWNLOAD

Thanks so much for hopping by! Hope to see you again tomorrow...for my blog candy I will be giving away free cutting files each day of the hop! Leave a comment each day and become a follower and you will be entered in a drawing at the end of the hop for this blog candy:

Bobunny's My Word Album "Beach"

My Word Chipboard Albums from Bo Bunny are perfect for creating unique albums. Each album measures approximately 6” tall by 12” long and is made from raw chipboard. Cover with your favorite papers, use raw or paint the album before adding photographs.

 Make sure you hop along and see what Lisa has in store for today! 

Happy Creating!