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.

Arbor Day Blog Hop

I think that I shall never see

A poem lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest

Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;

A tree that looks at God all day,

And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

A tree that may in Summer wear

A nest of robins in her hair;

Upon whose bosom snow has lain;

Who intimately lives with rain.

Poems are made by fools like me,

But only God can make a tree.

...Alfred Joyce Kilmar

In the News: Arbor Day celebrated in Clarksville, 'Tree City USA' as quoted in their local paper "I have a saying that trees are one of our utilities, and the reason I say that is because they help clean the air, they help control rainwater runoff, they convert carbon dioxide into oxygen," he said. "What we really have when we have a line of trees around the city is a utility that provides good things for the population without having any cost associated with it."

Today, we are celebrating the wonderment of trees and we welcome you in our celebration. If you are just visiting me, I would love for you to have a good "roots" with our hop and start at the beginning of our seedling which is  at. If you have arrived from  Lynne ~ http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/  then don't "bark" up the wrong tree as you are standing in our midst!

I am a simple person, and this blog hop is no different.  I took a simple approach with what I wanted to do with this hop.  I wanted to highlight the importance of Arbor Day.  As such, I went to this web site to pulled up the mission of the organization.  I then went and pulled up the fact sheet about Arbor Day.  This is what I used on my layout.

The cut I used for this layout was cut at 9" from the Lacy Labels cut.  I then printed the facts on a 12 x 12 sheet of white card stock, and then carefully put this through my cricut to cut the white out at 8 1/2".  Once I added this to my layout, I grabbed my Pooh cartridge and cut out four trees, two at 4" and two at 3".   I then use pop-dots to pop the trees up off the design a little bit.  I completed the layout by adding three maple leaves to the top.

I cannot tell you what any of the paper is that I used for this layout.  If it did not come out of my scrap pile, it came from my sister in law.

Thank you for visiting us today as we celebrate the lovlieness of our trees. Your next stop along our trail is  Lisa ~ http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/. Thank you for counting our rings and not stumping along the way!


Lynne ~ http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/
Kimberly ~ http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com
Lisa ~ http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/
Tiffany ~ http://angel4ever-thecraftyteacher.blogspot.com/
Lori ~ http://scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/
Anita~ http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com
Michele ~ http://michelescraftroom.blogspot.com/