It's A Green Thing Blog Hop - Day 2

Hello & welcome to the It's a "Green" Thing Blog Hop- About Nature! My friend, Tina, from Crafty and Green is hostessing this hop & loves nature & being green! So, We are so glad you were able to join us today to celebrate Nature with Spring just around the Corner!  Today is Day 2, the final day of the hop.

If you arrived here from Kimberly (my fellow DT member of Paper Piecings by Nikki), then you are in the right place! If you just happened upon my blog today, please start at the beginning with Tina from Crafty and Green  because we wouldn't want you to miss anything along the way!

This is a two-day hop; however, most blogs are only making one project. I decided to add another project to the project that I made yesterday!  For those of you that were here yesterday, the first project is that card, but the second project is a little 12x12 artwork that I made and have posted previously.  I'm going to bring up creations that have been posted a long time ago, in addition to my new projects whenever I can, so you will get to see everything I've ever made! :0)  Every time there's a new follower, they normally (I do this as well) scroll back two or three posts and then move forward, missing all the older projects that have been posted and some of the older info about our lives that is important in knowing who we are!  So that's what I'm doing today.  You get a 1-day old project and a previously posted project!  Hope you all like that idea as much as I do!

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Rules to be Eligible for The Blog Candy:

1.)  You MUST visit each blog and leave a comment on every blog in the hop

2.) You must become a follower of Crafty and Green if you aren't already!

3.) For an “Extra” Entry for the Blog Candy, Please Friend Tina at CraftyandGreen on Facebook

PROJECT 1 FROM YESTERDAY'S POST:

For today's project I decided to try my first tri-fold or shutter-fold card!  I just loved the way it turned out!  However, I'm debating adding some cute critters and some flowers to it.  Let me know what you all think!  If I get comments saying it could use more stuff, then I will do it and post it for the second day of the hop, but if I get more comments saying I should leave it alone, then the card is done! ;)  Thanks for playing along with me today.  Would LOVE to hear your opinion!  

I used all Stampin' Up paper and the Give a Hoot Cricut Cartridge (which is perfect for this hop, btw).  I did my usual inking and pop dotting and there you have it!  Easy peasy right?  Why did it seem to take me forever then??? LOL  I'm such a slow crafter!  It drives me crazy sometimes.  I hope I'm not the only one out there who has this issue! ;)  

PROJECT 2 FROM AN OLDER POST:


This project is from a challenge that I did for FCCB!  Be sure to click the picture to enlarge it and actually see the details & dimension on here.  It looks really flat until you do that, and I assure you, it is not flat! :0)  I have this displayed in my craft room for the Spring season.  It's cheery and always brightens my day up a bit to look at it.  Hope you all like it too!  For all the pictures (there's quite a few) and details on this project please click HERE. April 11th 2011.

  

Thank you so much for joining us and helping us celebrate Nature!  Don't forget to leave your comments to be entered in Tina's candy drawing and I would LOVE to see some new followers so if you like my work, please do so! Your next stop is the talented and crafty Charity!

XO ~ Amy Jo

New followers - New Card!

Hi Everyone!   I just wanted to say hello and thank you to all my new (and old) followers/friends.  I appreciate you all so very much and can't believe how quickly my numbers are growing!  We'll get to 75 in no time and blog candy will be given with great joy!  I can't wait to send it out to one lucky follower.  Please be sure to tell your friends and if they name you in their comment, you get an extra entry for each friend you send here!  I don't have a cool blinkie or anything for you to post on your blog, but referrals are fantastic!  Thanks to all of you and your continued support of my ramblings and whims.  I hope you truly enjoy my blog as it is written to be read. :0)

Enough mushiness right?  Onto a cute project I've created in the last few days.  This one is a birthday card for my Bestie.  I was going to make her a card with a cowgirl and a horse cause I was dying to try out my new Once Upon a Princess cart, but I scraplifted a perfect paragraph I found on some one's blog (if it's yours, please let me know and I'll give you proper credit).  I just have a hard time remembering where I get things cause I subscribe and view a couple hundred blogs a day!!!  No intention of stealing and claiming as my own, I promise!  The saying was just gorgeous and absolutely what I wanted my friend to know.  Without further ado, here is the card:

Happy Birthday to Michele 2011

Happy Birthday to Michele 2011 Closeup

For this card I used the following:



• Yellow card stock from Recollections from Michael's
• Ribbon from my stash
• Yellow flower from Lil Davis Designs
• Happy Birthday metal plaque from stash
• Patterned blue paper that I won from Jill :0) www.jillstamps.com
• Inked the edges with blue chalk ink from the dollar bin at Michael's
• I printed the paragraph from my computer and it was running out of ink so I just added the chalk ink to it to make it look like it was supposed to be that way! ;0)  I think it turned out nicely!

Simple, but sweet card and I think it turned out lovely.  Come to find out (couldn't believe I didn't know this already) blue and yellow are two of her favorite colors!  She loved the card and it really came from my heart.

Thanks all for viewing and hope you have a scraptabulous day in crafty land!
Xo ~ Amy Jo