Happy April Fools Day Blog Hop - Winner

And the winner of the April Showers cricut cartridge is:

Krystal said... I love the butterflies and I'd love to have this cartridge. I'm a new follower and a fellow hopper. :)

Krystal http://www.krystalskreativity.blogspot.com
kreative.krystal at gmail dot com

CONGRATS! I will be emailing you shortly....

April Fools Day Blog Hop

 

Welcome to It's A Joy 2 Scrap's April Fool's Day Blog Hop! I hope everyone is having a fantastic Friday! If you came here from Kayla's Blog, you are in the right place. However, if you happened upon my blog, please head over to It's A Joy 2 Scrap's blog so you don't miss any of the fun.

For this hop, we were asked to create a project that “tricks the eye.” I decided to make an explosion box. It seems like a plain box on the outside but when you open it "surprise" it's a mini scrapbook inside :)

The outside of the box

Here is what it looks like once you open it! (I'm going to add pictures of my daughter playing at the park later)

A close up of one of the sides

Supplies used

A Walk in the Park collection pack from Echo Park (I love Echo Park paper)

Stampin' Up cardstock

Tim Holtz Distress Ink - frayed burlap

Butterflies from Petaloo

Martha Stewart grass punch

wire from my husband's stash

glue gun

Next in line is Patty from http://craftykitten1.blogspot.com. I love all the cute cards she makes! Her blog is awesome!

If you get lost along the way, here is the line up of my fellow crafters:

ELAINE

VICKI

DARLENE

LINDSEY

TAMMY

KARA

AMY

ASHLEY

JANICE

TONIA

KIM

JANICE

JILLIAN

WENDY

KAYLA

JENNY (you are here)

PATTY (next stop)

TIFFANY

CARLENE

KRYSTAL

JENNY

MICHELLE

LINETTE

KATIE

DEBI

Ok on to the best part of a blog hop! BLOG CANDY!!!!!!!!!

I'm giving away the April Showers cricut cartridge.

I love this cartridge! It's perfect for all your spring time projects.

All you have to do to enter is:

1. Become a follower ( I really appreciate it)

2. Leave a comment on this post.

I will draw a winner on Monday April 4th. Good Luck!

Don't forget! If you leave a comment on all the blogs by Sunday at 11:59 p.m. CST. You have a chance to win some fabulous prizes.

Don't forget!

Don't forget tomorrow is the Happy Fools Day Blog Hop! Please join me and the other girls to see all the wonderful projects! I will have BLOG CANDY so please stop by!

Have a great night :)
 

The Versatile Blogger Award

I would like to thank Tiffany at http://sparkledmemories.blogspot.com and Shelly at http://mypaperlove.blogspot.com for theVersatile Blogger Award! It was very sweet of them to think of me :)

The requirements to accept this award are :

1. Thank the person who gave you the award.
2. Tell 7 things about yourself
3. Pass it on to 15 other bloggers

Here are 7 things about myself:

1. I LOVE the color purple (as you can tell from my blog)
2. My husband is my very best friend.
3. I love the TV show Glee
4. I'm not a morning person
5.I love blog hops
6. I wish I had more time to scrapbook...still working on my daughter's baby scrapbook and she's 2.
7. I'm in my 1st ever blog hop on April 1st...so excited!

I'm giving this award to the following:

Michele at http://fishmememoriesandmore.blogspot.com
LB at   http://coolbeansbylb.blogspot.com
Chris at http://chatterscene-mom.blogspot.com
Kimberly at http://canadiancraftcorner.blogspot.com
Tami at http://tamiscraftconnection.blogspot.com
Sandy at http://papertransformer.blogspot.com
Kristie at http://kreativekristie.blogspot.com
Janet at http://ladyluvbug.blogspot.com
Rachel at http://accidentalscrapbook.blogspot.com
Angie at http://invitationsonly.blogspot.com
Georgianna at http://carsonscricutcreations.blogspot.com
Melissa at http://melissa-moecreations.blogspot.com
EricaQ at http://ericaqscreations.blogspot.com
Cathryn at http://inthepinkcathryn.blogspot.com
Carina at http://paperjunkiemama.blogspot.com

Scrappy Moms Stamps - Terrific Tuesday Challenge

Here is my card for this week's Scrappy Moms Stamps - Terrific Tuesday Challenge. This week we were to use the Smiley Cards cartridge. Here is what I came up with. Doesn't this carmel apple look good?

Supplies used

Smiley cards cricut cartridge
Scrappy Moms Stamps - Kids Incorporated
Scrappy Moms Stamps - Bakers Twine
Peachy Keen Stamps - Everyday Character Face Assortment
KI Memories pattern paper
Stampin' Up cardstock
Glossy Accents
Black Ink

Up way too late tonight...have a great week.

1st Blog Hop - April Fools Day

Hey guys,

I will be participating in my 1st ever blog hop on April 1st.  This hop is hosted by April at http://ajoy2scrap.blogspot.com/. I will also have some blog candy :) Hope to see you all there!
 

Birthday Thank You Cards

Here are the birthday thank you cards I made for my daughter's 2nd birthday party. I've not used my cricut imagine all that much lately so I decided to break it out.  It actually went pretty quick....which was good because I had quite a few to make.

Have a great week :)

Supplies used

Cricut Imagine Best Friends cartridge
Scrappy Moms stamps - Everyday Greetings
Kraft cardstock
Tim Holtz Distress ink - frayed burlap
Stampin' Up! Ink - Early Espresso