Valentine's Blog Hop!

Welcome! I am so excited to be participating in my first Blog Hop and I just love Valentine's Day so it's a great theme! I know you've seen some wonderful stuff along the way, and hope you'll enjoy my projects as well. :)



The card is 4 1/2" by 5 1/2". The polka layer is cut at 4" x 5". Red layer is 3.75" x 4.75". The floral background is from French Manor and cut at 4". Circle is from George and cut at 3". Stamp image is from Stampin Up and is called Greeting Card Kids. LOVE this stamp set. Hope they make more with these adorable kids! :) Stamp is colored with Copics. I'm just learning Copics so please forgive my beginner status with that. I need to do some training on those. I free handed the stitching and wrote the sentiments on the hearts for a personal effect.



The Treat Box is from Tie the Knot and is cut at 10". Super easy to assemble! The flower is a Prima. Heart and Hugs & Kisses are also from Tie the Knot and cut at 2 1/2" (I think) for the heart and 3/4" for the Hugs & Kisses.





I hope you've enjoyed my projects and there's one more thing! Blog Candy!! I'm giving away a My World Cricut Cartridge! :) All you have to do is follow my blog and leave a post here by 12:00 pm EST on Monday.



If you get lost along the way here are all the blogs on the hop.
Here are the stops along the hop:
1) Wamfamily Creations With Kathryn http://wamfamily.blogspot.com
2) Craftyscentiments Crafty Scentiments http://www.craftyscentiments.com
3) Lechristina3 All Things Crafty http://allthingscrafty3.blogspot.com
4) TinaB Tina Time http://ollieanddextersmommy.blogspot.com
5) Buggin Out Paper Crafting Chic http://papercraftingchic.com
6) SamaraGugler Hybrid Artist-Samara Gugler http://samaragugler.blogspot.com
7) NicoletteSimpson Beyond Scrapin http://.beyondscrapin.blogspot.com
8) Lissa So Many Crafts, So Little Time http://somanycrafts.wordpress.com
9) CraftyCreations The Crafty Creation Spot http://thecraftycreationspot.blogspot.com
10) JenniferHawkins2 Confessions of a Scrapaholic http://scrapaholicjen.blogspot.com
11) LisaKnight Cricuting with Lisa http://www.cricutingwithlisa.blogspot.com
12) Scrapincovers Cricut Crafty Clare http://cricutcraftyclare.blogspot.com
13) Scrapsbygracie Scraps By Gracie http://scrapsbygracie.blogspot.com
14) CroppinMomma Croppin Momma Designs http://croppinmommadesigns.blogspot.com
15) ScrapHappyDeb Deb's Electic Thoughts http://debseclecticthoughts.blogspot.com
16) ScrappyJess Scrappy Jess http://scrappyjess.blogspot.com
17) Iluvscrpn Ink and Paper Creations http://lezlyes.blogspot.com
18) Txscrappermom Tx Scrapper Mom http://txscrappermom.blogspot.com
19) Scrappin Nanapuddin Scrappin Nanapuddin http://scrappin-nanapuddin.blogspot.com
20) Octoberbeauty Macybella Designs http://macybella.blogspot.com YOU ARE HERE
21) JavaJen Java Jen Creations http://javajencreations.blogspot.com
22) Oni's Wife Crafty Baskets http://craftybaskets.blogspot.com
23) Scrappin'Place Scrappin' Place http://scrappinplace.blogspot.com

(BTW: My blog will be much more active from now on. I'm moving into a new craft room next week and then I'll be up and running!)

Another reminder that there's a Valentine's blog hop going on Saturday.



More info coming soon! :)

Blog Hop

Hi Everyone! I will be participating in a blog hop this Saturday so stay tuned for more details. I will be offering blog candy too! :)

Catching Up

Hi everyone. Sorry I've been gone so long. We've had a lot going on. Mainly a move across the country! We moved from Missouri to South Carolina. Still trying to get settled in. We love it here! :D I'm in the process of decorating my new craft room. I hope to have pics to show you soon.

If you are on FB, could you do me a favor? Could you "like" Echo Park Paper and tell them Sherry Honeycutt sent you? They are having a referral contest and I would love a prize! :) Contest ends tomorrow. Thanks so much.

More coming soon!

Blog Awards

I woke up this morning to my very first Blog Awards. :) Thank you to Stacy at Love That Bug for giving me these. Please visit her blog for some great inspiration!




Now, I need to share these with 10 other people. I will be back later today to do that. :)

Penny Lane Card

Just a quick card for today. I wanted to practice the ruffling technique for borders. It didn't turn out perfectly, but good for a first try. I really think I need to use a thinner paper next time. I used the threading water punch by Fiskars and worked the paper to soften it up as much as possible. Paper is Penny Lane by My Mind's Eye and Stampin Up Pink Pirouette. Ribbon is Stampin Up Soft Suede and embellishment is by K&Company.

Shopping Haul

One of my favorite things about scrapbooking is the shopping for scrapping supplies! And I love looking at new products and what other people buy, so I thought I'd share what I picked up yesterday. :D

I just love pretty paper! I have serious issues with cutting it though, but I'm working on it. ;) October Afternoon Thrift Shop & My Mind's Eye Penny Lane.



I recently discovered October Afternoon and I am in LOVE! The papers are so pretty and I adore the retro feel to it. I have always loved Dick & Jane and classic children's books. They remind me of reading circle in Kindergarten and my Mama at the sewing machine making clothes for our family. I rarely pay full price for anything (and everything else I'm showing you was either on sale or clearance) but I did for this set! That's how much I love it.



Another company I've fallen for is My Mind's Eye. Their stacks are gorgeous and this one is no exception!




I already have this t-shirt, but when I saw them on clearance at Michael's for $2.95 I had to have another one. I'm pretty hard on t-shirts!



Various embellishments



My daughter and I collected American Girl dolls together and this sticker is of her mini me doll "Holly" so I had to have it. Can't wait to scrap a picture of her and Holly. Love that they added buttons to the dollar section at Michael's, and I love swirls so I had to have this EK success punch.



I think I was drooling when I saw these at Archiver's. They really fit the bill for my love of children's lit. There is one for October that I can't wait to use with a new Stampin Up set called Greeting Card Kids. They'll be perfect together!



Pretty letters and embellishements. I just realized that I forgot to take a pic of some Tim Holtz clear tags. You'll just have to envision those in your head.



Hope you enjoyed shopping with me! :)

XXOO,
Sherry

Artistic Etchings

I made this card to go with Krista's mini album. It doesn't really go with the theme, but I thought she would like it. Stamp set is brand new from Stampin' Up called Artistic Etchings. Paper is SU and My Mind's Eye Penny Lane.

Summer Album

I recently did a swap with an online friend with a Summertime theme. Here is the album I made for Krista. It uses a lot of Cricut: A Child's Year, Paper Dolls, Life's a Beach, Sweethearts. All the Paper is from My Mind's Eye.
My album had a little poem I made up to go along with the pages.
From the Park
To the Beach
Summertime is full of treats
But no matter how far you roam.
There's no place like home!


I had an idea for how I wanted the sun to look, but couldn't find a Cricut cut that fit, so I made my own pattern and cut it by hand.



From the Park. Krista has 3 children, 2 girls and a boy, so I though this cut from A Child's Year was perfect. If you look closely, you can see where my 2 yr old signed it. lol



To the Beach
I love this beach page. It's actually the first one I did because the idea started the book. Another cut from A Child's Year.








The surfboard tags and the little card are both from Life's a Beach. I used glimmer mist on the card. I used a pretty heavy hand with it to make it look "sandy" and sparkly. :)



Summertime is full of treats
I love the colors of these pages. The girl is cut from A Child's Year. The drink from Life's a Beach. I used glossy accents on the straw and fruit to give them a more realistic look.







I'm having a brain freeze(haha)on what cartridge I cut the ice cream cones from. Let me know if you recognize them before my brain thaws.



But no matter how far you roam....
The car is cut from Paper Dolls, and the girl on the scooter is from Sweethearts.









There's no place like home!
Fence is from Paper Dolls.




Back page for summer memories.



That's it. I hope you enjoyed the album. :) Thanks for stopping by.

Easter layout

I did this layout last week, but wanted to get it posted on my blog. All cuts are from Create a Critter except for the little Easter eggs. They are from A Child's Year. I used white thickers colored with chalk for the wording. I also cut the flowers and Easter eggs out in white and colored them with chalk so all the colors would match.

If you notice all the critters come in pairs of two (except the Easter bunny), I did this to represent big brother/little brother for my boys. :)

Hope you enjoy this layout.