What Makes Me Happy

This month our challenge at Crafty Chicas is to share what makes us happy!

My life lately hasn't shown me a lot of happiness. It was very good for me to think about all the things that make me happy. There are lots of things that make me smile and bring me happiness. 

My children are the main things in my life that make me smile.

This was an exercise in finding other things besides them. Each little rectangle is packed with all those things. It is packed with pink. Pink is my favorite color, so I had to include plenty of pink.

I hope this inspires each of you to think about all the things in your life that make you smile.  

Make sure you join our monthly challenge and share those things that make you smile with us!  

SMILE~~ 

Daphne~~

Give Thanks

Well with Thanksgiving right around the corner everyone is thinking about what they are Thankful for.

There are so many things in my life that I have not been thankful for lately, that it is very good to stop and think about the things I SHOULD be thankful for.

So let me say this...I am thankful for my children, my friends, my family and my puppies.

There are many other things too, but those are the biggies!!

This beautiful Cornucopia was cut using the ProvoCraft Cricut using Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge. The Give Thanks was cut using the Designer's Calendar cartridge and the apples were cut using the My World cartridge.

The flowers and leaves are Prima. They are sprayed with Smooch Spritz. The centers are Viva Decor Pearl Pen in bronze.

The letters are covered with a thin layer of Viva Decor Pearl Pen.

BE THANKFUL FOR THE PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE AS YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THEY WILL NO LONGER BE PART OF YOUR LIFE!!

~~DAPHNE~~

This project is entered in the following challenges:

Paper Patch Craft Challenge

My Sheri Crafts

Corrosive Challenges By Janet

Patches of Pink

KINDERSTAMPO GUEST DESIGNER FOR TODAY

Today I am the guest designer over at Kinderstampo. I am very happy to be featured today.

This is a little mini-album I created for her.

I used Jillibean paper. It is made using only 1 sheet of 12x12 paper! It's really easy.

You score the paper at 3", 6" and 9" in one direction. Then rotate the paper 90 degrees and score it at 2", 6" and 10". Cut along the 6" line (on the 2/6/10 side) up to the 9" line. Fold at the 2" and the 10" line to make the pockets.


I used the Kinderstampo- Grungy Inspiration stamps to make the little tickets.

The tickets were cut using the Cricut- using the Mickey Font at 2" in length.

I used Tim Holtz's Tiny Attacher to attach the tickets to the tags.

The little pearl swirls are from Zva Creations.

The little clip on the front is from K&Co.

All the inking was done with Tim Holtz Distress Ink pads- Vintage Photo and Forest Moss.

I used my ATG to hold the pockets and to attach the two center pieces together to make the middle of the booklet.


This is such a cute and easy project. Think of it as a baby gift or grandma's brag book! I am going to make several of these as gifts this year.

ENJOY

~~DAPHNE~~

BIRTHDAY BLOG HOP WINNER!

Oh my...I don't know how I missed picking a winner!! But I got my son to pick a number between 1 and 17 and he picked 7 so the winner is:

MALLIKA!!!!

PLEASE E-MAIL ME YOUR MAILING ADDY SO I CAN GET SOME GOODIES OUT TO YOU!!

Daph66@shreiber.com

Thanks everyone for all the kind comments. I enjoyed doing the Birthday Blog Hop!

FRIENDS LIKE HEIDI KEEP ME AFLOAT!!

Thanks for stopping by today. I made this cute little wall hanging for my friend Heidi! I wanted her to know how much her friendship has meant to me during the past year!!

This was a project for over at The Crafty Chicas!!

SUPPLIES AND BASIC INSTRUCTIONS:

1)Maya Road- 4" Bottle Cap

2)Large Circle in back- Arctic Frog- Sugar Sprinkles- Cut using Martha Stewart's Circle cutter to size 5 1/2"- then punched with the border punch- attached with Beacon 3-in-1 Adhesive- inked with Tim Holtz Distress Ink Vintage Photo

3)Cupcake Wrapper- inside- flattened- sanded with Tim Holtz Sander- inked with Tim Holtz Distress Ink Vintage Photo- Sprayed with Smooch Spritz Vanilla Shimmer- heat set- attached with Beacon 3-in-1 Adhesive

4)Mouse image is from a swap- colored using Promarkers- mounted with pop dots

5)Tiny flowers- Prima- attached with Helmar Acid Free Adhesive- Center is Viva Decor Pearl Pen

6)Ribbon from my stash- I poked holes in the orange ribbon and threaded the brown through it, used atg and 3-in-1 to adhere the ribbon to the back of the hanging

7)Stick pin- base- Bead Landing-Head Pins- beads from stash- attached using 3-in-1 and scotch tape to the back  

GRANNY'S RECIPES

This week over at The Collector's Cut the girls are all sharing their creations related to recipes.

This is a little mini-album that contains some recipes that my Granny wrote for me after I got married. They are my favorite recipes that she used to make. I love making these yummy cookies every year at Christmas time. I know that my daughter will love receiving this wonderful tribute to Granny some day in the future.

SUPPLIES:

Blank 4" x 4" coasters

Ribbon from Stash

Title- Cut using the Cricut at 1.25" using From My Kitchen and Lyrical Letters

Viva Decor- Black Glitter Liner

Halloween Candy/Pencil Holder- Mini-Monster

This month we have a fun challenge going on over at the Chica's Gettin' Crafty blog.

We want you to share your little monsters with us!! Enter the contest and you will get the chance to win a gift certificate to our sponsor this month!! Jens Digi Stamps

So, this month the design team were given Halloween digital images from Jenn to work with. I thought it would be fun to make an altered container and fill it with candy, but it's also big enough to be used as a pencil holder after the candy is gone!! Check out more details and enter the challenge over on the Chica's Gettin' Crafty Blog!!

It's My Birthday Blog Hop- Alice in Wonderland Halloween Wall Decor

Welcome to Day Two of the It's My Birthday Blog Hop!!

You should have come here from Jen's Craft Corner. If you are coming in the middle of the blog hop, head over to

I hope you enjoyed yesterday. There were so many great projects. If you missed it go back and check them out.

I decided to combine today's Blog Hop post and my project over at The Collector's Cut. I know it's not b'day, but since my b'day is in October, I just LOVE Halloween. It is my FAV holiday! So I thought it would be fun to share this today.

HERE IS THE LIST OF BLOGS FOR THE IT'S MY BIRTHDAY BLOG HOP:

Alina Coronado

http://neverstopscrapping.blogspot.com

Anita Cannon

http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com

Haidee http://created2bunique.blogspot.com/

Jen- www.jenscraftcorner.com

Daphne- http://craftyscrapsofstuff.blogspot.com -YOU ARE HERE!!!

Jess B - http://thatzuneek.blogspot.com -GO HERE NEXT!!

Gloria - http://gloriasgoofycraftspot.blogspot.com/

Erin - http://deeplyrootedlife.blogspot.com

Jennifer R - http://craftycardgallery.blogspot.com

I created a Halloween Decor item.

This is a cute little wooden shadow box I picked up at The Dollar Tree.

I used the Accent Essentials cartridge to cut the scalloped edges. I used the Gypsy to weld together several pieces to make the long edges pieces.

I used the Classic Disney cartridge to cut the Alice. I made her to match the Alice that appears on the Graphic 45 paper I used. All the paper and little paper embellishments are all from Graphic 45,

SUPPLIES:

Graphic 45 Halloween in Wonderland paper and embellishments

Bazzill Bling

Buttons- vintage I inherited these from my Grandmother

Key- Dollar Spot at Michaels

Paper Flower is handmade. I bought it at a craft show. I sprayed it with Smooch Mist. Pearl

Stick pin- Recollections

Paper Clip- Making Memories

Tiny Paper Rose- Recollections

Gears- Blue Moon

Bling- Recollections Bling on the roll

Brads- Recollections

Viva Decor Pearl Pens

Beacon 3-in-1 Liquid Adhesive, Foam Pop Dots, Helmar Craft Glue

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY!! I hope you are enjoying the Blog Hop!

Leave a comment and become a follower (before midnight EST Sunday Oct 16th) here and get an opportunity to win this great Blog Candy!!

I will choose a winner at random from all the comments and followers for the weekend.

~~Enjoy~~
Daphne

It's My Birthday Blog Hop

Welcome to Day One of the It's My Birthday Blog Hop!!

You should have come here from Jen's Craft Corner.

If you are coming in the middle of the blog hop, head over to:

Addicted to Scrapbooking

I hope you are enjoying the blog hop. There were so many great projects. If you missed any of the blogs....go back and check them out.

HERE IS THE LIST OF BLOGS FOR THE IT'S MY BIRTHDAY BLOG HOP:

Alina Coronado

Anita Cannon

Haidee

Jen

Daphne-YOU ARE HERE!!!

Jess B -GO HERE NEXT!!

Gloria

Erin

Jennifer R

Today I want to share this cute little Birthday Mini-Album. It is all ready for the recipient to put in their photos. It is 4" x 4". The front cover is clear plastic. It is bound together using a Bind-it-All.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you are enjoying all the projects we have to share with you this weekend.

Please leave a comment and become a follower of my blog (before mindnight (EST) Sunday Oct 16th) for a chance to win some yummy blog candy!! Check back tomorrow to get more details on the blog candy.

I will be choosing a winner on Monday October 17th at 8:00am at random from the list of comments.

~~Enjoy~~

Daphne

Don't miss our blog hop tomorrow!!

I am in a Birthday Blog Hop this weekend. It starts tomorrow!! Don't forget!! It will start over on Addicted To Scrapbooking