Double Dog Dare You ~ Three D Halloween

Welcome to I Double Dog Dare You. Each month there is a Double Dog Dare to create a project. This month, is no exception and everyone has been asked to create a Halloween creation that not only depicts Halloween but is a 3-D object.... do you dare to even create???? Let's see how Halloween speaks in a 3-D version ...

The hop begins with Lynne. If you arrived at my blog by accident, don't get me wrong I love you visiting me but I wouldn't want you to miss one single stop along the way!!!!!

Here's the complete line-up just in case you would happen to get frightened and need to close your eyes.......
 
Lynne Kirsch ~ http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com
Kimberly Pate ~ http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com
Lucy Kelleher ~ http://love2createitall.com
Lisa Peters ~ http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com
Anita Cannon    http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com
Janet Smith ~ http://www.ladyluvbug.blogspot.com

For my project today,

Your next stop along the way is Lucy !!!! Have a great Halloween and remember the most important words "Trick or Treat"

Her Craftiness Supports Breast Cancer Awareness

If you are looking for my Fight Like A Girl Posting, click here. 

Good Morning, and Happy Saturday!!  

I belong to a fun group on Facebook called Her Craftiness.  For the month of October, we are doing a Link For Pink 2012 in support of Breast Cancer Awareness.  I am sure that all of us have been affected in one way or another by this terrible disease.  Let's all pray they find a cure soon.  

today, I have a quick little card I made with a combination of elements.  The tough looking bear is from Paper Piecing by Nikki. She is tough looking because she has fought the fight and won!  She is a survivor!!!!  The heart surrounded by hands came from the Cricut Cartridge Pink Journey. And the white border was cut using the Stampin' Up eyelet punch.  I embellished the card with pink and white pearls and a pink ribbon and a pink ribbon with a flower on the top.   (I wish I would have left her earrings off, I am not sure I like them). 

I will also be sharing this card on the Link Up for Pink blog, and encourage you to join us in both the Her Craftiness Link For Pink 2012 and the Link Up for Pink Breast Cancer Awareness Blog

Thanks for stopping in.  
Kimberly 

Breast Cancer Awareness Month ~ Fight Like A Girl!

Welcome to October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Today's hop is dedicated to

those who are breast cancer survivors, mother, sister, aunt, or neighbor who have breast cancer and to those who lost the battle.

Reminder that please, schedule your mammogram. Self-examination doesn't always detect the nodules.

We have some great blog candy for this hop:

• Anita has graciously offered in remembrance a $20 Gift Card to Michaels to one lucky winner.
• Heather Dennis of Fresh Brewed Designs,www.freshbreweddesigns.com, has graciously offered to sponsor with a $15 digital stamp gift card to her shop.
• Daisy Collins of Tsunami Rose Designs, http://www.zibbet.com/tsunamirose, has graciously offered a sheet your choice of her 8.5 x 11 Vintage Digital Printable Scrapbook Paper - "Bingo" Pink,http://www.zibbet.com/tsunamirose/artwork?artworkId=968105 or 8.5 x 11 Vintage Digital Printable Scrapbook Paper - "Bingo Rose" Pink, http://www.zibbet.com/tsunamirose/artwork?artworkId=968114
• Lynne will make one lucky winner a pink and white bracelet with a pink ribbon.
• For one other lucky winner, Lynne will make a pink cross that looks like it has been crocheted but made with her embroidery machine with a breast cancer awareness. I know this one is purple but the cross for the prize is pink with a breatst cancer awareness ribbon in the center.

 

We have a beautiful group of ladies who will show-case a special project to a personal crusade for Lynne, who is a survivor! Here is the complete line-up for a pink blog hop today in case you get lost along the way:

1. Lynne - http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/
2. Kimberly - http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com/
3. Anita   http://anitaandbugs.blogspot.com/
4. Yolie http://www.justyolie.com
5. Diana http://latinacrafter.blogspot.com/
6. Gaby http://www.gabycreates.com
7. Heather D. - http://joemamainks.blogspot.com/
8. Lucy ~ http://love2createitall.com
9. Esther http://forthejoyofcreating.blogspot.com/
10. Rachelle-http://creationsbyrachelle.blogspot.com/
11. Lisa - http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/
12. Jearise - http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com

You should have arrived from Lynne

For my project today, I have created a card from a Digi file from Paper Piecings by Nikki. The specific cut file can be found at this link.

I used the wonderful digi stamp and colored it with my Crayola Colored Pencils. I used my Gamsol to blend. After I cut out the out the stamp, I mounted her to a darker pink sheet of card stock. To complete the card, I used a 6 x 6 card, and embellished it with three pink buttons, a pink rose, and a pink ribbon on her hat. While it is very hard to see in the picture, I used a glitter gel pen on her eye to make them sparkle just a little.

Your next stop along the way is Anita.

Thank you for stopping by and good luck on the wonderful prizes our sponsors have. I look forward to reading your comments.

Kimberly

Tuesday Inspiration ~ Paper Piecings by Nikki

Good Morning, I am here to share some Tuesday Inspiration with you. 

Today I have a cute two page layout I made using the ABC file at Paper Piecings by Nikki.   Just click the links to be taken to her page or the direct file. 

I do more cards than I do Layouts, but this file was to cute not to try and do a layout of some sort.  I tell you this because I think the layout still needs some work and something added to it to help make it pop.  However, everything I tried to add to it made it seem cluttered and distracting from the cute bears. 

I tried something different with the edges of my photo mats and the borders of the layouts.  Rather than just a straight cut or a scalloped cut, I decided I wanted to do an angle cut.  While i like the look, it did take me some time to get the two pieces cut just right so they lined up the way I wanted them too.  

The back ground paper I used is from Stampin' UP, thou I have had it for a while and could not tell you the name or the stack it came from.  (sorry). 

Here are a few pictures of the layouts. 

I did add bows to the photo mats and some bling on the bears.  I am setting this layout aside and will keep looking at it to try to fill the gaps.  Thou, I wonder, am I trying to add to much to a layout?  Does every little space really need to be covered?  

Reading, ’Riting, and ’Rithmetic Blog Hop

School days, school days

Dear old golden rule days

Readin' and 'ritin' and 'rithmetic

Taught to the tune of the hickory stick

You were my queen in calico

I was your bashful barefoot beau

And you wrote on my slate"I love you, so"

When we were a couple of kids

The three Rs, a widely used abbreviation for the basic elements of a primary school curriculum: reading, ’riting (writing), and ’rithmetic (arithmetic) which is what the theme is for this month's Her Craft Kre8tions challenge!

Each Design Team member has received a piece of chalkboard paper approximately 6 x 6-inches. Now, where the challenge lies, is Design Team member is to create a "school" type theme whether it be a class lesson or something that their beau or them could have written on their slate. We're going to see how creative this piece of chalkboard paper can be made into with their "School Lesson" of "readin', 'ritin' and 'rithmatic.

Here is the start of a mini scrapbook I am making for a young lady who is just starting school this year.  I took the black piece of "chalkboard"paper and framed it with a frame from the Pooh and Friends Cartridge.  The apple and the adorable little bear are both patterns from Paper Piecings by Nikki.  You can find the "Back to School Set" by click here.

I am using Stampin' Up card stock for the majority of this mini album, however, I have added some pages at the back of the book for autographs from her friends.  The inside of the book (which will be displayed more later) will have other cute bears from this set to mark other elements of her first year of school.  

We have a great line-up of super creative talent along with our Design Team Page:

Her Craft Kre8tions ~ http://her-craft-kre8tions.blogspot.com/

1. Edwina~ http://edwinascreations.blogspot.com/
2. Lisa W.~ http://mycraftyspaces.blogspot.com
3. Rachelle~http://creationsbyrachelle.blogspot.com/
4. Kimberly ~ http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com 
5. Janet ~ http://www.ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/
6. Colleen ~ http://www.cbcscrapbooking.blogspot.com
7. Susan ~ http://susanascorner.blogspot.com/
8. Lisa ~ http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/

There will be some super blog candy for one lucky winner that posts on each post along the way including the Design Team blog.