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CSDivas Blog Hop (25th-26th)

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Welcome to ScrapBook Blessings and the first CSDivas Fall Blog Hop!!! If you are coming from ANN, you're in the right place! If you've just happened cross my blog and would like to play along with starting at the beginning with the CSDivas, then click HERE.

The Design Team members have created fabulous Fall creations to inspire you and to motivate you to create some projects, just perfect for the season. The Blog Hop is 25th and 26th.  There will be prizes along the way at some of our DT members' blogs, AND there will be a grand prize up for grabs at CSDivas. Here is a sneak peek...

So let's get started... I get the honor of having the "Back to School" Fall theme so I decided to show a great little project you can whip up for your refrigerator to keep track of your kiddo's school week appointments.

For this project, I used my Gypsy to alter my calendar and Cricut Expressions for all the cutting.  I was choose the colors to match my kitchen decor. I have three kiddos and things can get hectic at home :)
This is what we will be making...
  • I picked up a dry erase board from the dollar Store
  • Used an 8 1/2" by 11" card stock
  • Using Designer's Calendar Cricut Cartridge on my Gypsy,  I was able to use the hide contour button and hide the blocks on the calender that I didn't need.
  • Using the Font on Designer's Calendar, I cut out each of the letters at 1", the weekdays (white)at 1" along their shadows (green)
  •  To line up my letters evenly, my secret weapon is repositional tape.  Works like a charm every time. (I'm just a crooked kind of gal, so don't mind my letters, lol)
  •  I pleated ribbon and using my stapler, fastening along the way.  Love how it turned out!  Using glue dots, I adhered it to my paper above the weekdays.
  •  Using the Rounded feature on Designer's Calendar, I was able to get my great circle with the words Back 2 School. 2.65".  I used the hide contour button again on the gypsy to get my circle behind the words, 3".  Came out great!
  • To finish it off, I used complementary Prima flowers in different sizes.
  •  Lastly, I used glue dots and fastened the layout to my dry erase board, and inked the outside edge of the board with black ink.
                  Hope you like it!!!! Now for how you can have fun with the blog hop!!!  

For anyone who completes a Back 2 School project ( Layout, card, altered art, tag, etc.) and links up will go into a drawing for my own prize. (Mr Linky is below)  Don't forget to upload at CSDivas too!!!

For the Grand Prize from CSDivas: 4 easy steps
  1. Sign up as a member of Creative Scrapbooking Divas. If you are not yet a member, is very easy to join, simply go to this link and register, we will approve your application as fast as we can.
  2. Visit each of the designer's blogs, leave a comment.  But, there's another catch....
  3. Each blog will have an Autumn leaf hiding somewhere with a word.  Rake up all the leaves to form the correct phrase then PM this phrase to Lori or Luisa on CSDivas site.  (Hint: 7 words)
  4. Complete at lease  " 3 " of the 6 DT projects.  If you complete more than one then you get another chance to win.  Upload in the Blog Hop Event, HERE   (ex: complete my Back 2 School challenge and post it here and at the CSDivas site.)
You have until Tuesday 9/28 to post your comments and projects.  Hope this inspires you and I can't wait to meet you at CSDivas!!!!  To " fall "on over to our next blog, Guest DT Jamie
Post your projects here. 

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  1. A SarasotaSeptember 25, 2010 at 8:05 AM

    Sandy, that is adorable! What a fun way to organize the weeks. love it!
    happy blog hopping!

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  2. Cheryl OSeptember 25, 2010 at 8:40 AM

    that back to school project is very useful and so easy on the eyes!! What a great idea!!!

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  3. Ross PlataSeptember 25, 2010 at 10:48 AM

    This beautiful your project, I liked it, I will prepare my own, to participate, thank you very much for the opportunity, everything is beautiful!!

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  4. kathSeptember 25, 2010 at 3:13 PM

    This altered magnet board would look great in a dorm room. I think I need to go shopping! LOL
    Kathy W.

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  5. ScrappinAnnSeptember 25, 2010 at 10:57 PM

    Sandy this is wonderful! You did such a great job. I need to go find a board and try to make that!

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  6. LindySeptember 26, 2010 at 8:17 AM

    Great project....love it. I might just have to try this.

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  7. LuisaSeptember 26, 2010 at 3:00 PM

    Such a great project. Sandy you really rock using the cricut. I wish I get to take it out of the box...

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  8. JustYolieSeptember 28, 2010 at 4:23 PM

    Great project Sandy!!

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