My 1st Blogaversary blog hop!

Welcome to Samantha's Cricut Creations 1st anniversary blog hop! This is the first stop on the hop, so sit back and enjoy all the wonderful projects along the way!

The hop theme today is crafty anniversary.

For my project today, I have made a "Celebrate" banner! I hope you enjoy!

 Completed banner

I started by using Robots party and Hopscotch Imagine cartridges to print and cut my banner pieces. The largest banner pendents are cut at 3.5 inches and have the pattern from page 2 right, the smaller banner pendents are cut at 3 inches and have the pattern from page 6 right. These are attached to each other with pop-dots.

I then cut my letters from Cherry Limeade and Hopscotch pattern from page 4 left at 3 inches. These are attached to the banner pendants using smaller pop-dots. The first and last banner pendants have 2

asterisk's each that have been attached to each other with glue dots to add some color and pop! 

Last, I connected all the banner pendants using Aqua-Divine Time twine from Pink by Design.

Blog Candy!! 

I have 5 awesome prizes to give away today!!

1. Two lucky people will each win a package of 6 K&Company silhouettes! 
2. One lucky person will win a Hoot 'n' Holler Cricut Lite cartridge! 
3. One lucky person will win a "Just 4 men" pink by design stamps set! 
4. And last but not least....one lucky person will win a Freeze Frame!!  

So now you are probably wondering how you can enter to win one of these wonderful prizes??? 

Make sure to leave a separate comment for each entry! (Don't worry I don't make you do the word verification, so you will not be slowed down with each one!) 

1. Be a follower (mandatory to win!) and leave me a comment! 
2. Like my facebook page, stop over and say Hi to me there, and then come back here and leave me a message letting me know you have done so! 
3. Follow me on Twitter (you can find my link in the left sidebar!) and leave me a comment letting me know have done this!
4. Tweet about this blog hop - come back and post the link to your tweet.
5. Post about this blog hop / giveaway on your facebook or blog and come back and give me the link to where you have done so. 
6. Follow my youtube channel (link is in right sidebar) and leave me a message telling me you do! 

The next stop on the hop is Chris! Thanks for hopping along with us today!

1. Samantha www.samanthascricutcreations.blogspot.com
2. Chris www.snowboundchris.blogspot.com
3. Erica www.mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com
4. Jenn www.scraphappensembellishit.blogspot.com
5. Paula www.morethanfavors.blogspot.com
6. Laura www.laurascraftsandmore.com
7. Jenny www.crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com
8. Elizabeth www.217creations.com
9. Cori www.createdbycori.blogspot.com
10. Mallika www.missnotsogoodwithwords.blogspot.com
11. Tess www.hiltonlife.blogspot.com
12. Amy E www.scrapthissavethat.blogspot.com

Baby Shower Invitations

So this past weekend I opened my Etsy store! I have been wanting to do this for some time, but was waiting for us to get settled after our move. I received my first Custom Order for baby shower invitations and Thank You cards. They turned out so cute if I do say so myself!

 Thank You cards all ready to go!

 Giraffe Invitations!

 Monkey Invitations!

 This is a larger keepsake for the mom to be for her baby book!

 All packaged up and ready to be shipped out!

Items used:

• Imagine cartridge Hopscotch and Blast Off
• Cricut cartridge B is for Boy
• White Card stock
• 3D foam adhesive
• PBD stamps 
• Computer to print Invitation details on the back of cards (no picture due to personal information shown)

I started by using the hopscotch cartridge to print the cloud background paper. I then used the Blast Off imagine cartridge along with the B is for Boy to cut out the monkey! I cut him at 3.5 inches. The giraffe is from the blast off cartridge and he is also cut at 3.5 inches.

I cut down my 12 x 12 cloud paper into 5 x 12 inch strips and then ran them through my printer to print the details of the shower. I then cut the 12 inch strips into 5 x 4 cards. Once the cards were all cut, I attached the monkey's and giraffes to the front of the card and added the stamped sentiments.

For the thank you cards, they are cut the same size as the invitations. They are however only stamped with a "Thank You" Sentiment on the front, and the back is left blank.