Carson's Creations 3 Year Blogoversary Hop! :)

Welcome to the 3 Year Celebration for Carson's Creations. 

 Thank you for stopping by today to help Georgiana celebrate 3 years of crafting, blogging, and sharing.

Everyone's project today will fit a theme...THREE. It could be 3 colors, 3 patterns, 3 embellishments, etc.  Try to find as many triples as you can! 

Here is my 3 Year Project...
I made this card for my instructor that I had for my 6-unit class.  It was an awesome class, with awesome people, and I will miss them!  :)

A2 sized card

Love You a Latte- coffee cups cut at 2.88"

Cuttlebug- Swiss dots, doodle hearts (The Paper Studio)

Scrappy Moms Stamps- Freshly Brewed

Stickles- star dust

Since this is 3 Years of blogging and crafting fun, we have LOTS of FABULOUS sponsors...

 ~ Stamping Scrapping ~

Mini Magnolia Stamp



~ Cardz TV ~

 stamp set

 ~ Lovebug Creations ~

$15 gift certificate



~ The Robin's Nest ~

dew drops

To qualify to win, you must:

1. Be a follower of Carson's Creations and each crafter in the hop

2. Leave a comment on every stop of the hop
3. Find the sets of three on each project for an extra chance to win a prize.

~ Extra Prize ~

A surprise pack with 3 crafting goodies!   Winners will be announced at Carson's Creations on Thursday, June 27th.   Your next stop will be Tracey.   Here is the line-up: 

Georgiana ~ http://www.carsonscricutcreations.blogspot.com/ 

Carri ~ http://doubleclickconnections.blogspot.com/ 

Yvette ~ http://tinklovescupid.blogspot.com/

Lee-Ann ~ http://leescraps.blogspot.com/

Cheryl ~ http://cardsbycg.blogspot.com/

Pat ~ http://patsscraps.blogspot.com/

Amy ~ http://redheadedcrafter.blogspot.com/(That's Me!)

Tracey ~ http://trace-elementz.blogspot.com/(Next!)

Melissa ~ http://melissa-moecreations.blogspot.com/

Thanks for joining us today for this 3 year celebration!

Father's Day Guitar Card

Hello!  I am so glad that I am on summer break!  It has allowed me to do some crafting, which I have been finding it hard to squeeze in lately...  I am also over halfway through my 6-unit class I'm taking, so vacation is about to really begin!!!  :)  The class has actually been really fun, so that's been nice...  The card I have for you today is for my Dad.  He truly is the best dad ever!!!  He also looks at my blog all the time, so "hi Dad"!  I also made this card for the new Krafty Girls challenge.  The challenge this week is:  Musically Inclined-  Make any project with a music theme. 

A2 sized card
Hannah Montana- guitar cut at 1.71"
Joy's Life Stamps- Holiday Occasions & Everyday Occasions
Glossy Accents
Fishing line

I covered the entire blue part of the guitar with Glossy Accents, then I made strings out of fishing line.  Thanks for stopping by, and be sure to join us in the challenge over at Krafty Girls!

Thank You Card

Hey everyone!  Well I am officially on summer break now!  Woo hoo!!!!!!  It doesn't quite feel like it yet because I'm taking a class for the next two weeks, but it still feels nice!  :)  I am in desperate need of some thank you cards right now because I have had a lot of people helping me out lately...  I have decided to make the move from teaching 1st Grade to 2nd Grade!!!!  *biting off fingernails*  My principal was practically begging me, and I really love that grade level, so... I'm taking a leap of faith!  It was definitely not an easy decision, and it was quite bittersweet...  I'm ready for the change, but I didn't want to leave my comfort zone!  I shed a little tear when I left my old room for the last time...  Anywho, my friend Sarah will be the recipient of this card because she helped me pack up my old classroom, put everything away in my new room, and she's going to help me decorate the walls!  :)  AND this card meets the requirements of the new Krafty Girls challenge!  The challenge this week is:  Pinterest Inspired.  Make a card you were inspired to make by something you saw on Pinterest.  I think we can all safely say that Pinterest is addicting, and when I saw this card I knew I just had to make it myself!  Here we go...

Here was my inspiration... so cute!  I love the bakers twine wrapped around the letters!  This is from Weekly Scrapper.

Okay, here's what I came up with...

A2 sized card

Mini Monograms- scalloped circle cut at 5"

Doodletype- "thank" bold cut at 1.35", "you" cut at 1.24"

Bakers twine

A la Mode- sparkle embossing powder

Rhinestones

THANK YOU for stopping by, and I hope you'll join us over at Krafty Girls for the Pinterest inspired challenge!  :)

P.S.  Mom and Dad you will be getting a thank you card for all of your help too!

P.P.S.  Because of this challenge title, I can't get Chicago's "You're the Inspiration" out of my head now!  :)

You're Plum Terrific Card

Hello everyone!  Oh my goodness!  I have been gone for a really long time, and there is NO excuse for that!  It's the end of the school year, so there is a lot going on at work, and I'm getting ready for a vacation, etc.!  I have been really busy, but still...    I am super-duper excited that the Krafty Girls Challenge Blog is back in business!  And, guess what?  This is a card I made for their first challenge!  Woo hoo!  The challenge this week is:  Anything Goes.  For some reason, I have a more difficult time with that challenge.  I think there are too many possibilities, and I have to try and narrow them down!  :)  This card is going to be given to my friend Shelly, because she is terrific, and she needs a bit of a pick-me-up right now...  Onto the card!

A2 sized card
George and Basic Shapes- purple rectangle cut at 3.71", white rectangle cut at 3.35"
Serenade- plums cut at 1.94"
Cuttlebug- swiss dots
Scrappy Moms Stamps- Good Eats
Peachy Keen Stamps- Retro Paper Doll Face Assortment
Stickles- lime green
Glossy Accents
Twine
Ribbon
Corner Rounder- 1/2"

Well there it is!  It felt plum terrific to be back in my craft room, and I'm so excited to be back!  Thanks for stopping by, and be sure to join us in this week's Krafty Girls challenge!  :)

School Stuff & Crafts My Sister Made

Hi everyone!  Long time, no see...  again...  I have not actually made any kind of cards/crafts in over a month!  It's about time that I start setting aside some time to do that...  I don't have a card to share today, but I do have some school projects that I thought were cute & fun, so I decided to post them for ya!  I'm also going to show you some cute projects that my sister has been working on (she's very talented, but she doesn't think so)...  :)  I'm so sorry that I haven't posted in such a long time, I'm going to try and be better... 

This was a super simple project that my sister made using some of the scrapbook paper from my stash.  We just found a cute patterned paper, chose solid colored cardstock to match, and then she traced their hands and stacked them...  VOILA!    I think it came out really adorable!

Here's a "no soliciting" sign that she made.  She just picked up a frame, some scrapbook paper & stickers, and some ribbon and put this little beauty together!

My sister also made this Cat in the Hat poster that goes along with the new common core standards in Kindergarten.  When she showed me this, my jaw dropped!  Super cute!

We had our annual Family Literature Night last week and my booth was featuring the author/illustrator, Mo Willems.  I LOVE HIS BOOKS (and so do the kids)!  To make this poster, I just sketched out the characters, colored them with chalk, and traced them with black Sharpie.  The idea for coloring with chalk is a technique I stole borrowed from my sister.  :)

Saw the idea for these balloons on Pinterest (a website I feel I may be addicted to).  These were extremely easy to make; just a balloon and a Sharpie...

Here's a shot of the entire booth all put together!  Here I am with my friend, Shelly...  We aren't too cool to wear a pigeon headband!  The headbands were really easy to make and the kids LOVED them!  It's literally just a blue circle, white circle, black circle, and yellow triangle.  The kids glued them together, then we attached them to a sentence strip and put them on their little noggins.  It was really cute to see all of the little "pigeons" walking around the auditorium!  :)

Well, there's a little snapshot of what I've been up to...  I hope to be back soon with some sort of card!  :)  Thanks for stopping by!!!!!

Dinosaur Card & Party for Chloe

Hello everyone!  I can't believe this is the first post I have done in February!!!!!  Oh my goodness!  There has been a lot going on for me, including the worst flu ever!!!!  I have not been this sick since high school!  My students are also dropping like flies, so I am disinfecting my room every chance I get...  Unfortunately the flu meant that I didn't have a very exciting birthday either, and my poor little niece was sick on her birthday too.  We did have her awesome dinosaur birthday party today, so we made up for being sick on our actual birthdays!  :)  One good thing that happened on my birthday was that my boyfriend sent me roses!  They were delivered to my school, and it was sweet, adorable, and completely unexpected!  :)  Anywho, here is the card that I made for my niece, and because I've been missing for so long, I will also show you pictures of her party (there's some cute ideas there), and I'll share a recipe for the punch that we made... 

Frosted Designs- use bold colors or patterns
Paper Playtime- use a sentiment stamp
Go Fish Challenge Blog-  photo inspiration (bright colors and circles)
Craft Your Passion- use glitter

Birthday Bash- number 7 cut at 5.94"
Create a Critter- T-Rex cut at 3.59", other dinosaur cut at 3.47"
Sweet Treats- gift cut at 1.35", party hat cut at 1.35"
Cuttlebug- circle pattern (Papertrey Ink)
My Creative Time Stamps- Wow! So Many Candles
Stickles- star dust, yellow, magenta, lime green

Okay, here are some pictures from my niece's dinosaur themed birthday party!  A lot of these ideas are things my sister found on Pinterest...  The party was an absolute hit, and I think all of the kids AND adults had fun!!!!  :)

 

  We made the spewing lava by pouring melted sugar over ice cubes.  It created those really cool twisted looking pieces!

 

These were the "goodie bags".  Each kid took home a dinosaur egg (paper mache), then cracked it open when they got home.  Parents were texting pictures of their kid opening up the egg (so exciting)!  :)

 Here's the birthday weirdo, I mean kid...  She loves T-Rex!  The kids also got to do a really cool dinosaur fossil hunt at night.  My sister made fossils out of dough, then we hid them all over the yard.  When it got dark, we had the kids look for fossils using flashlights.  Everyone really loved that activity!  :)

Here's the recipe for the Luscious Slush Punch.  Now, in the picture it doesn't look very "luscious" or "slushy", but trust me, it was really good!

Luscious Slush Punch

(Recipe from allrecipes.com)

*We only used 1 cup of white sugar (it was still sweet enough), and we froze the mixture in gallon Ziploc bags.

Ingredients  

2 1/2 cups white sugar
6 cups water
2 (3 ounce) packages strawberry flavored Jell-O® mix
1 (46 fluid ounce) can pineapple juice 
2/3 cup lemon juice
1 quart orange juice
2 (2 liter) bottles lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage

Directions

1. Bring the sugar, water, and strawberry flavored gelatin to a boil in a large saucepan; boil for 3 minutes. Stir in the pineapple juice, lemon juice, and orange juice. Divide mixture into 2 separate containers and freeze.
2. Combine the contents of 1 container with 1 bottle of the lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage in a punch bowl; stir until slushy. Repeat with remaining portions as needed. 

 
 
Okay everyone...  Thanks for stopping by, and I'm sorry it's been so long!

Happy Bird-day Card for My Sister

Hello everyone!  The card that I have for you today is a birthday card for my sister!  She is the best sister anyone could ever ask for, and I love her very much!!!!!  Happy Birthday Joni!  :)  My sister loves owls, puns, and colorful bling and this card has all of those things!!!!  Woo hoo!  I also wanted to enter some challenges, so I went lookin' and I found some fun ones to enter...  This card meets challenge requirements AND it's perfect for my sister's birthday....  so, I guess you could say it "kills two birds with one stone" (sorry, I couldn't resist, seeing as my card has two birds on it)!  :)  Okay, onto the card...

My Craft Spot- use bling
Paper Playtime- use some brown
The Cuttlebug Spot- use squares
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog- embossing
Mojo Monday- use the sketch

 

A2 sized card
George and Basic Shapes- rectangle cut at 2.13 x 3.64", squares cut at 1.59"
Hoot 'n' Holler- owls cut at 2.76" (left one), 2.06" (right one)
Wild Card- branch cut at 3.24"
Cuttlebug- wood grain (Papertrey Ink)
Joy's Life Stamps- Wild Life Puns
Twine
Rhinestones

Okay everyone, hope you like it....  Thanks for stopping by!!!!  :)