The project I am sharing today for the Made Especially For You Thursday Craft 'n Chat is tags

 Not just any tags, but tags using an interesting little embellishment 

I was first introduced to this little embellishment by a fellow DT member at Colorful Creations

The first time I used this little embellishment was for a up-cycle project I made for a Blog Hop

It's the little pop top tab on a can of soup, vegetables or pop can

I had so much fun making a tag for the FCCB - "Save the Earth" Cricut Crawl in April

I received many positive reactions to my tag and clever use of the pop top tab

I hope you will be inspired to save those tabs and create a project of your own

A list of supplies needed to create my tag sample:

I used recycled cardboard for the base of my tag

I used a recycled checked shopping bag for my background paper

You can also use wrapping paper, bags, junk mail or other paper you have on hand

You will also need:  

Scissors, paper trimmer, 1-3/4" circle punch, small 1/2" circle punch and a tiny hole punch

Adhesive, medium glue dots, sponge dauber, distress ink, sentiment stamp

a die cut image and background for underneath ( mine is from Elegant Edges/Cricut cartridge)

Embellishments:

Jute, pop top tab, 3 flowers, large brad, 3 tiny buttons, chipboard butterfly

Trim your cardboard base to 3-1/2" x 6-1/2", as well as the background paper

Punch out a coordinating piece of cardstock using the 1-3/4" circle punch - cut in half

Cut a small 1/2" circle out of coordinating cardstock, to cover the lower part of the tab

Adhere the background paper to the cardboard

Adhere the large half circle to the top center of the tag

Using a glue dot, adhere the 1/2" circle into the lower part of the tab

This step is to cover the ragged edges of the tab

Using the tiny hole punch, punch through the layers on the tab and cardboard

Attach a large brad to the center of the tab

Using the sponge dauber and distress ink, sponge around the edges, stamp the sentiment

I also used the edge of the ink pad and lightly pressed onto the oval for some distress lines

Adhere the front and back of the die cut together

Adhere the die cut onto the tag and add the embellishments as shown in the photo

I hope you enjoyed today's project 

and 

have been inspired to use this unique embellishment on your next project

Scroll down for a few more samples

Thanks for reading my tutorial

Catch the Frenzy! - Karen

http://simplyfrenzied-karen.blogspot.com/

Dynamic Duos #5 - Bold and Sassy Colors

This weeks challenge is called Bold and Sassy colour choice! Only the two colours, otherwise known as "The Dynamic Duo", may be used for your project. Neutrals such as black, white, vanilla, skin colours and kraft are also welcome. I love working with this type of cards. So I am hoping that my

card will qulify.

I loved making this card. It is one of my new free Digi's that I got off line. She is so prescious

don't you think. All my papers are from my scrap box that sits right beside me. I used every

little scrap of paper that I can.

This little gal is so interested in the lady bug that has landed on her toes just

makes her so adorable. I cut her out with my Sizzix scalloped cutter which really

sets her off.

In each corner I cut a Sizzix corner decor to add more texture to her.

To finish her off I chose this Dream sentiment which I feel says 

everything about this card.

The dream stamp was embossed with white embossing power.

It's the perfect sentiment. I hope you enjoyed my card. Please drop by again

to see what I have been upto and do become a follower.I will be giving away

some blog candy once I hit 100 followers.http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/

I am also posting this card with:

http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/

http://onestopcraftchallenge.blogspot.com/

http://bugaboostamps.blogspot.com

/http://perfectsentimentschallenge.blogspot.com/

Malt Shoppe Blog Hop

Welcome to the Malt Shoppe Hop, brought to you by the fabulous design teams of Made Especially For You and Ginger Snap Scraps!

Thank you for joining us for this sweet blog hop full of tasty, crafty projects! Along the way you'll see a variety of projects and have the chance to enter for a chance to win some delicious treats! If you just came across the hop and would like to start from the beginning, please visit Made Especially For You.

For my project, I created... (DO NOT INCLUDE THIS IN THE ACTUAL POST, PLEASE DESCRIBE YOUR PROJECT AND INSERT PICTURES HERE. REMOVE THIS MESSAGE BEFORE SCHEDULING YOUR POST)

We have five generous and fabulous sponsors giving away prizes for our hop. Let's see what they're serving :)

Adams Acres - $20 gift certificate

As Cute As A Button - $25 gift certificate

Paper Piecings by Nikki - $25 gift certificate







Ginger Snap Scraps $10.00 gift certificate

Scraptastical Kreations - $20 gift certificate

The Stamping Boutique - 3 images of the winner's choice

YOU MUST LEAVE A COMMENT ON EVERY STOP OF THE HOP TO BE ELIGIBLE TO WIN A GRAND PRIZE - DON'T FORGET YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION! :)

You have until Sunday June 10th at midnight to comment. Winners will be randomly chosen and announced on Tuesday June 12th at Made Especially For You.

Your next stop is _______'s blog. (PLEASE INSERT THE NAME/LINK OF THE PERSON AFTER YOU IN THE LINEUP. REMOVE THIS MESSAGE)

Here's the entire lineup in case you get lost along the way:

Ashley - http://especiallymade.blogspot.com
Cori - http://ginger-snap-scraps.blogspot.com
Eileen - http://scrappingactuary.blogspot.com
Ashley - http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com
Susie - http://susiecrafthappy.com
Jessica - http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com
Robin - http://thecricutscrapper.blogspot.com
Kate - http://scrapperscreativecorner.blogspot.com
Karen - http://simplyfrenzied-karen.blogspot.com
Gabrielle - http://gabyspapery.blogspot.com
Laura - http://scrappinaroundtheclock.blogspot.ca
Ann - http://annsnovemberrose.blogspot.com
Kristy - http://scraptasticalkreations.blogspot.com
Patty - http://creativediva98.blogspot.com
Pam - http://scrappinfabpam.blogspot.com
Barb - http://bugbites411.blogspot.com
Cyndy - http://arcyscraps.blogspot.com
Sarah - http://sarahvaitstamps.blogspot.com
Janea - http://recollectionalley.blogspot.com
Connie - http://conniecancrop.blogspot.com
Maria - http://joyfulstamper.blogspot.com
Missy - http://tangledwebsoftangwen.blogspot.com

Thanks for hopping along with us! :)

Paper Piercing Challenge

This week our challenge was to make a card using Paper Piercing. Love this technique.

Here's my card

My little gal is hiding in a patch of flowers with her magnifying glass

looking for bugs.

Here is a little closer look at her. I was so excited that I found

out how to get a close up of my cards with my camera. I have been

fighting that for along time. It really does help to read the book 

that comes with your camera. SMILE!

I hope you enjoy my card and will drop by again.

CFC54: Clean And Simple masculine cards using designer paper

This weeks challenge at CAS-ual Friday is a

Clean and Simple Masculine card.

This will be my husbands Fathers Day card. He retired a

few years back and has this total attitude. I loved this

stamp set when I found it.

I have allot of Gena K papers, and a large box of scraps, 

I can't tell you if this paper is from her. I sure hope so. If

not, I still love this card.

Three Brad Challenge

This week we could do any card we wanted as long as it had 3 brads on it.

So, here is what I came up with. I have 4 graduations this coming week-end, so guess

what, yep I did Graduation cards.

This one is for my niece who has been  home schooled since she was in the second grade. She 

graduated with top honors, an SAT score of 1760 and got the Presidential Scholarship. Now that

is something to be very proud of.

This is the inside of her card. I always love making the inside continue with the outside.

I will now show you the card that I made for her mother "The Teacher" I felt that 

she deserved a special card as well for home schooling her kids for all these years.

My sister is an awesome mother. 

Hope you enjoyed my two cards.

Saturday Cricut Review.

This week I am reviewing the

FABULOUS FINDS CARTRIDGE

The Fabulous Finds cartridge is filled with cuts for charms, tags, frames, and more. With this cartridge, it’s easy to personalize projects and stay organized.

This cartridge includes: Windows, Jagged, Inserts, Stretched, Shadow, and Blackout creative features.

For this card I am going to us the hinges to put it together, then just cut out several other features for you to

look at. There is so much to chose from on tis cart it is hard to pick just one.

I hope you like my card and all the features it has to offer.

Here are some of the items that this card will create. I made hinges,Clipboards,tags, and charm.

This is just a small portion of items that this card will produce. On my card I used the hinges, So with

out further ado, here is my card

If you  are thinking about getting a new cart, this would be a great one to have. Thanks for 

stopping by and remember that our "May I have this Dance Blog Hop is going on over at 

Made Especially for you. There are some FABULOUS gifts,so make sure you stop by.