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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

WE HAVE A WINNER!!! Crafty Friends Give Blog Hop

CONGRATULATIONS TO PATRICIA AND VICKI .... 
PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT WITH A WAY TO REACH YOU!!
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Friday, February 17, 2012

Crafty Friends Give Blog Hop - Day 1

Welcome to the "Crafty Friends Give" Blog Hop. We are so glad you could join us for Day 1 of this very special hop. The mission of this blog hop is to raise awareness about bone marrow donations ,to help Leukemia patients, and to get people to register at http://marrow.org to be a bone marrow donor….

This hop is dedicated to a sweet friend and fellow crafter, Liz Decade. Liz is battling 2 different forms of acute Leukemia and needs a bone marrow transplant. We are hoping that this hop will help her to find a match. You can see her story on YouTube.

Throughout this 2-day hop, you will be inspired by some wonderful projects. There are also some wonderful sponsors who have donated prizes for our hop:  Sweet Stamping Treats Digital Stamps, Trendy Twine, MB Treasurista, Paper Piecings by Nikki, Inspired Stamps, My Pink Stamper, and Peachy Keen Stamps. For chance to win one of these prizes you must comment on every blog in this hop. Sponsors may have specific requirements, so please see Liz's blog post for more details.
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My name is ANGIE.  If you are coming from Tonya's blog, you are hopping in the right direction!!!  If you just came across my blog, you will want to begin with Liz (http://decadeofscrap.blogspot.com) to ensure you don't miss out on prizes!!
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Ok…now on to my project!  We were asked to come up with a sweet

project that you would GIVE to a friend.  My crafty sis, Rachel, told me of this fun and simple card idea…I had so much fun making it...so now I want to pass the idea along to you! Being a working Mom, I love the words “fun” and “simple!” Here are the supplies I used...

The first step to this card is to get a photo with the person in the photo holding their hand up (like my daughter is…Isn’t she cute?  LOL)

The steps to making the card are so easy…At the top and bottom of the person's hand you need to put a small hole or slice where the lollipop would go.  Two tips:  1) Use a flat lollipop rather than a Tootsie Pop or Dum Dum.  It will just sit better.  Also, be sure to put adhesive on the edges of the photo BEFORE you put the lollipop in!  Trust me…
Voila!!! 
If you can't tell, the picture makes it look like she is holding the lollipop.  You can embellish them anyway you like.  My daughter picked the colors and stuck on the hearts…You can use this card for any event, like a birthday or St. Patty’s Day..anything!  I made 20 of these in one night!
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Here is another card I made for my Auntie Pauline, who lives in Hawaii.   
I punched a circle in the lower right corner of the card to reveal some earrings I made for her…
Speaking of earrings…How would you like to win these uber-adorable golden heart earrings from Tamara at Nesting Pretty?!!!  
If you want a gift to brighten someone’s day or if you need something pretty, you HAVE to check out her ETSY shop!  Click photo.  The items are wrapped so beautifully, you won’t want to open the box!  LOL!  To win the adorable heart earrings, please leave me a sweet comment and then hop over and “LIKE” Nesting Pretty’s FB page.

Thank you for stopping by and don’t forget to go to http://www.marrow.org and find out how to become a marrow donor.  Here is the entire hop list for DAY 1 in case you get lost:

Angie - http://atuttletime.blogspot.com ßThis is me!

It was an honor to take part of such a sweet hop!  Many thanks to Liz and Ashley for putting this hop together!!
I HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!  THANKS SO MUCH!!
~ Angie
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Monday, January 30, 2012

Picture It Perfect Blog Hop ... Winner!!!!


I have just ran the numbers through Random.org...and the winner of:
 the 12-pack Martha Stewart Glitter Pack is....
She was lucky number 8 out of 13!!!  Congratulations, Linda!  
I sent you a message to your gmail account.  I hope you get it!  
Please send me your address to mail your treat!!!  
Many thanks to all the others that joined us for the hop.  
It was a wonderful way for me to get the new year started.  
I have so many thank you and bday cards to make!  
~~ Hugs, Angie ~~

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Saturday, January 28, 2012

Picture Perfect Blog Hop


I am so excited to have an "excuse" to craft...not that I need one, but with a busy "working Mom" schedule, sometimes the only way to get craftin' is to commit to do something like a blog hop.  I am so glad I did. This was so much fun!!!

First of all, I want to thank Wendy Turner for letting me know about this hop...and to Gill McCall and Doris Parker for organizing this fun hop!!!  It's an honor to be lined up with some creative blog friends.  I cannot wait to see what everyone has whipped up.  Here is the line up, in case you missed your place:


2 - Doris - http://mybugandmecreate.blogspot.com (co-hostess)
6 - Angie -  http://atuttletime.blogspot.com (YOU ARE HERE...)


Our challenge for this theme was to take photos and create a card with them... For this hop, I am using some recent holiday photos we took of my adorable kids..Caleb, 13, and Michelle, 3...
I love the colors in this photo, so I selected blue, red, orange, and green papers...Once I chose the colors,  inspiration blossomed from there.  I dashed through Hobby Lobby and found some great ribbon and glitter glue that pulled colors and flowers from my daughter's dress.

Here's the BEFORE photo of my project:
Flowers and Ribbon and Papers...oh my! :)  Then, it was on to deciding what type of card I wanted to make. I chose a "Never-Ending" or "Magic" card.  I love interactive cards, and this one blew my mind the first time I made it.  It's a lot of fun and really not that difficult to make, so I had to make another one!!!

I found some great how-to videos on YouTube:
Dawn's Stampers:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAVAzDtcdw0
Robin's Craft Room:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_PP5JY8ubo&feature=related

Here is my card... I just LOVE how it turned out.

Here is the card in action: (Many thanks to my son, who filmed this for me!)

I hope this project inspired you to find another use for your photos...
Remember grandparents love pictures of their grandkids!!
I am giving this card to my parents, as a Thank-You card.
I plan to make more for others in our family and for birthday cards.

Now how about some blog candy....
I just love the sparkly glitters from Martha Stewart crafts.
All you have to do is leave me a comment and become a follower to win a chance to win this 12-pack.  I will chose a winner via Random.org on Monday!  Have fun and enjoy the rest of the hop...

Hope on over to Ms. Talented, Janet S!! ~~ Hugs, Angie
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Thursday, December 8, 2011

WE HAVE A WINNER!!!


This past weekend's blog hop winner of a $30 craft store gift certificate (Michael's, Joann's, Walmart, or Hobby Lobby) was drawn using Random.org.  I combined the comments from Days 1 and 2, arranged them in time order, and then counted down to the Random.org number...and the winner is:


Congratulations to Trisha and many thanks to all who joined us for the hop!  
I hope you enjoy a festive, fun, family-oriented Holiday Season!!!  
Hugs to you all!!!  ~~Angie~~
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Saturday, December 3, 2011

Hopping Through the Holidays Blog Hop ~ Day #2 (Saturday)

You are on the last and final stop in the hop...In case you just hopped on here, you'll want to start at Stop#1 (Belinda) to start from the beginning.  Here is our amazing blog lineup:






6. http://inlovewithabug.blogspot.com       -Melanie

7. www.mythoughtsExactly.CO      - Alyssa


9.  http://atuttletime.blogspot.com     -Angie (me)


I hope you have enjoyed all the fun, fabulous, and crafty projects featured today.  For my Day#2 project, I decided to create a Holiday Scrapbook layout page.  Usually, I dread scrapbooking holiday photos.  I never really understood why, because I love the holidays and my family gatherings.  I think I figured out my problem...I can't stand the colors red and green together...

and in years past that's really all you ever see.  Thankfully, now, I have seen a whole rainbow of colors to signify the holidays...

so I had a blast with my newest holiday layout.  I purposely refused to use red and green..and I really love the way the layout turned out.

I started with some cool scrapbook papers I found at Archiver's.  Then I grabbed all of my favorite tools and started getting colorful and crafty...I felt like a kid again!

I used the Gingerbread stamp set I bought years ago from Stampin' Up!
For the house, I used some dimension dots to make certain candies pop.  I also went crazy with Stickles again to give the house some sparkle and bling.  I really love how it turned out. It's much cuter in person... :)

The colors I used for the paper and to color in the images were picked to match the colorful background paper.  
I plan to use this page to scrapbook our traditional Gingerbread construction.  It's a real fun time...usually the house doesn't meet OSHA standards and the feds usually shut us down. LOL.but it's a great time.  

Here's a photo of my guys a couple years ago surrendering to the whims of the Mom of the Gingerbread House...Don't they look thrilled.  Hee hee. I love it!  :)


Have Fun this Holiday!!!  This hop has been a blast. Thanks again to Belinda for asking me to be a part of it.  I love my new layout...I just may not dread scrapbooking this Christmas after all.  :)

OK now onto the fun stuff....BLOG Candy...Prize:

You have a chance to win $30 gift certificate, but you MUST follow these instructions:

1.  Please become a follower of mine and tell me you have done so in your comment.  I love meeting fellow crafters!   Leave your contact info, so I can get back with you if you win! :)
2.  Read the post just below and tell me what my family made.  Then, tell me if your family has any traditions or what you do to spend some quality time with your family during the busy holidays.

That's it.  Good luck!  Hope you enjoyed the hop!!!  Tata for now. :)

~Angie~
Posted by TuttleTime at 3:10 AM 11 comments

Friday, December 2, 2011

Hopping Through the Holidays Blog Hop

Hi and Welcome to the Hopping through the Holidays Blog Hop!

You are on the last and final stop in the hop...In case you just hopped on here, you'll want to start at Stop#1 (Belinda) to start from the beginning.  Here is our amazing blog lineup:






6. http://inlovewithabug.blogspot.com       -Melanie

7. www.mythoughtsExactly.CO      - Alyssa


9.  http://atuttletime.blogspot.com     -Angie (me)


I hope you have enjoyed all the fun, fabulous, and crafty projects featured today.  I am going to try to have two fun projects posted for this hop, but my work schedule has totally interfered with my crafting time...!  I want to thank Belinda for asking me to participate in this hop, because it has given me an excuse to stay up and craft!  Thanks so much!  Ok now on to my project...

I don't know about you but the holidays tend to become so busy that the true meaning of the season gets lost in the shuffle.  When I was trying to think of a project for this hop, I decided to center it around my family...

Here is what Michelle (my 3yr old) and I came up with...
~~Our Family's 25 Days of Togetherness~~
~~25 days of Family time...10 mins a day...for the 25 days prior to Christmas~~

I just love my family...but our family is busy...so busy we often do not even get to eat dinner together.
Each day during the month of December, my son or daughter will peel the number of the appropriate day of the month..and behind each number will be a name of an activity...Here is an example of some of I came up with:  

Ornaments (Make and Decorate ornaments)
Garland (Popcorn garland)
Egg Nog (Try egg nog and see if we like it)
Christmas sock hop (Entire family puts on Christmas socks I bought and  dance to holiday tunes)
Reindeer Games (Wii game system)
Candy Cane Hunt (Hide candy canes throughout the house for kids to find)
Gingerbread House
Lights (Drive around the neighborhood area and look at lights.)
Etc..Etc...just some quick activities to get the family together.

It's just a time to focus on spending time together...even if it's only for a few minutes.

Well, for Day 1 ... We made ornaments.  At first when I suggested the entire family gather in the dining room for crafts, you would have thought I asked them to do laundry...

but once we got started, it was so nice to all be in a room together doing an activity.  

The highlight of the evening was when my daughter said, "I love the family.  Family do dis together, ok?"
She expressed on more than one occasion how much she loved our "family" (a word she just now started using a lot) being together.  It was really nice..despite the looks on my guys' faces. LOL.

I asked each person to cut out 3 random or same shapes...and decorate them any way they like...
 My daughter went crazy with the Stickles and rhinestones.  My sons used up the remaining rhinestones to make a tree..and then drew a cross and what he says is Santa's "foot" coming down the chimney..I don't see it. LOL.  My hubby didn't have the patience to work with stickles..so he just punched hearts and wrote our names on them.  The one that says, "Dad Loves Mom" is of course my favorite! :)
 I took a little more time than the rest and made a Snowman, Christmas Tree, and Star using my Stickle collection..This photo is a bit dull but if you saw these in person, they just sparkle so nicely!  I love bling!
I will have to ask for Stickles for my birthday, which is in December. We used alot for this project.
 Once we made the shape, I applied a generous amount of tape runner (ATG) to the back and cut some rainbow thread.  I punched the same shape out and glued it to the back.
 Voila...

My daughter has a little tree in her bedroom..so she made it clear that all of these are to go on "her" tree.  I nicely corrected her and said these are our ornaments, so we will be sharing them...thank you very much! :) LOL

Although my project and ornaments may not exactly be worthy of this awesome blog hop, they were made with alot of love and certainly meant alot to me..

I hope you don't mind my sharing this with you!

May you also get the opportunity to enjoy time with your family this holiday season..for truly that is what the holidays are supposed to be all about!!!

Please stop by here on Saturday...All comments left on my SATURDAY POST..will be entered into a chance for $30 gift certificate to Michael's or Hobby Lobby. Thanks again for HOPPING by. :)  

~~Angie, ATuttleTime~~

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