Welcome to the It's a Wrap Birthday Blog Hop

featuring the Thankful Thursday Design Team.

Hopefully you just came from the talented Kim.

If not please head on over to see our hop hostess

Jenny so you can start from the beginning. I wouldn't

want you to miss out on the fantastic project for today.

In my family we don't have any birthdays until August

but, we do have an 8th grade graduation in 2 weeks.

My daughter Michaela will be off to High School next

year and I decided to make a special box for her gift.

I can't say what she will be getting because she reads

my blog but, trust me she is going to love it. 

To make this box I cut out 2 circles at 3 inches and 

2 circles out at 3 1/4 inches. The sides are 2 strips of

3 x 12 inch paper that I scored at 1 inch. After you 

fold the scored side up cut slits about 1/4 inch wide 

in the 1 inch section. Then take one of the circle and

add your favorite adhesive to the out side of the circle.

Roll up the strips to make them more flexible. The 

strips are then added to the outside of the circle until 

it meets the other end. Glue the other circle inside the

to hide the slits.  Now repeat for the other sided of the

box. For the top I cut a 5 inch square and glued it to

the 3 1/4 inch circle.  The numbers are cut at 1 1/2 

inches. I decided that they were to simple so, I decided

to add some super fine glitter.  Now I know why I never

use glitter.  It is EVERY WHERE. But, I do have to 

say it does look pretty. I then pop dotted the numbers 

for lift. I made a simple tassel with embody floss. 

I hope you enjoyed seeing my Graduation box for 

todays hop. Now please head on over to our Guest

Designer Candace to see the wonderful project 

she has made for todays hop. 

Here is the hop line up in case you get lost along the way:

Jenny ~ http://www.crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/

(Guest Designer) Kim- www.rickettscricuts.blogspot.com

Sharon ~ http://www.simplysweetbysharon.blogspot.com/

(Guest Designer) Candace ~ http://papercraftsbycandace.blogspot.com/

Bobbi Hickman ~ http://rockgirlcustomdesigns.blogspot.com/

(Guest Designer) Michelle - http://scrappinwithmybug-scrappinwithmybug.blogspot.com/

Sandra ~ http://sweetpeascards.blogspot.com/

(Guest Designer) Jamie ~ http://jamiek711designs.blogspot.com/

Cheryl ~ http://cardsbycg.blogspot.com/

 Tanya ~ http://www.scrappinkymomma.blogspot.com/

Sweet Wishes ~ Sharon ~

Winner of the May 100 Cartridge Blog Hop!!!

I would like to announce that Kris is the winner

of the Blog Hop Blog Candy!!

Kris Said~

Beautiful project! Thank you for the instructions -- I have been wanting to try this but wasn't sure how to do it.

I will be getting you "Candy" in the mail in the next few days.

Sweet Wishes ~ Sharon ~

Welcome to My Cricut Craft room's Card Creating

Tuesday.  For today's post I decided to use the sketch

of the day. 

I have had this idea for a baby card for a while now

and just hadn't had a reason to make it.  Well I think

it fits in this card sketch perfectly.  Too bad I don't

know anyone having a baby. 

This is a very simple card made with a 4 x 6 1/2 card

base.  I added a light green front and a light yellow

for the inside to give it a little color.  The white was to

boring.  The little onesies are cut from the New Arrival

Cricut Cartridge at 1 1/2 inches.  I cut them out twice 

and added pop dots to the center to give them some depth.

I found the small clothes pins at Craft Warehouse along

with the light green twine. I found the "so happy for you" 

stamp in a bin at Craft Warehouse for a dollar. 

I hope you loved my simple baby card for today. Thank

 you for stopping by and I hope you will come back soon.

Sweet Wishes ~Sharon~

Welcome to My Cricut Craft Room's 100 Cricut

Cartridge Blog Hop Day 2 for May

You should of come from my DT sister Heather at:

http://digipage-blog.everything-digital-scrapbooking.com/

If not please start at the beginning.

http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/

Don't forget to comment on all the blogs for a chance to win

the new Cricut Wild Card 2 Cartridge from My Cricut Craft Room. 

There are so many wonderful ideas on how you can use over 

100 different Cricut Cartridges.

For today I wanted to show you another fun TP album 

I made for my mom's craft night that I teach once a month.

One of the best tricks to get the TP rolls flat it to iron them.

For some reason when you put a hot iron on the TP roll it 

makes them the flattest I have ever worked with.  With this

trick you will never have to worry about them puckering.

For this TP album I used 7 different Cricut Cartridges.

Depending on the size of your TP rolls is what you will cut

your cover paper for plus 1/2 inch for over lay.  My book 

is 4 1/4 X 2 5/8 inches so, I cut my paper at 4 1/4 X 5 3/4 inches.

I used my Bind It All to punch the holes for the wire but, 

you could use a strong hole punch and ribbon to hold the

book together.  You can't tell in this picture but, I added

a flower and butterfly charm to the ribbon. 

For the front page I cut the flowers at 2, 1 1/2 & 1 inches.

The flowers were cut from Accent Essentials on page 55.

I have found that some of the Bling you can buy is to big

for small books like this but, if you cut them into smaller

pieces you can get them to go along way. 

Page 1 is a simple 2 1/2 inch rectangle from Fabulous Finds

on page 104. I added a triangle paper clip and very small Prima

flowers to the corners with a little bling to the center of the flowers.

The butterfly from Page 2 can be found on the April Showers Cricut

Solutions Cartridge.  It was cut at 1 & 1 1/4 inches. I used another 

section on Bling that I cut apart for the trail after the Butterfly. 

Page 3's butterfly can be found on page 30 of the Storybook 

Cricut Cartridge. I cut the butterfly out at 1 1/2 inches. I also

added a little bling to the corners for that extra sparkle.

The envelope on page 4 can be found on the Cindy Loo 

Cricut Cartridge on page 76.  I love this little envelope. 

When you cut it out you even get a little card that goes in

the envelope so you can write something special.  I cut this

envelope out at 3 1/2 inches.

Page 5 is the easiest page because I just cut a 3 1/4 X 2 inch

rectangle and added bling to all the corners.

For page 6 I thought I would go back to the flowers. These 

2 flowers were cut at 1 1/4 & 1 1/2 inches from the Plantin 

Schoolbook Cricut Cartridge. Here is some more of the green

bling that I cut up.  I love how it adds a trail to the flower.  I 

also added a light yellow brad to the center of the flower.

I love the shape of this oval on page 7.  I found it on the Storybook

Cricut Cartridge on page 49 and cut it at 3 inches. 

I wanted to leave Page 8 open for pictures, journaling or what 

ever you wanted to fill the page with.  I added 3 small pearls to 

each of the 3 corners and an enamel flower square to the last

corner. 

I love making (what I call) insert cards for the ends of the TP 

albums.  You can add pictures, journaling, gift cards just about

anything you would like to.  The cards are cut to fit the TP rolls. 

Mine were cut at 3 3/4 X 2 1/2 inches and the flowers on the ends

were cut using the Tags, Bags, Boxes & More Cricut Cartridge. 

I would have to say that the flowers would fall into the More section

of this Cartridge.  TBBM is one of my Favorite Carts!!  You can find

the flowers on page 107 but, to get them to match when you glue 

them to both sides of the insert you need to Flip one of the flowers.  

I had to add a little stickles to the petals that stuck out of the album 

for that extra sparkle on the ends. 

Now start saving those TP rolls and I hope you go make your own 

album. Because I would really love to see how your turn out.  I 

hope you enjoyed seeing my project for today. Please leave me some 

blog love about what you  though.  I love all types of comments 

especially if you think I should do something differently. And if 

you would like to follow me that would be wonderful.  Because

who doesn't like to have wonderful friends that follow them. 

I have a surprise Blog Candy giveaway.  The only requirements I 

have is I will need a way to get ahold of you so please leave me

an email address if you want to be entered.  I will choose the 

winner on Wednesday May 9th. So, be on the look out for 

your name!!  

For your next stop on todays Blog Hop Please go over to my 

DT sister Deirdre at:

http://glitteredroses.blogspot.com/

Here is Day 2's Line up:

Host- http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/

Shelley - http://shelley-scrapbookingforfun.blogspot.com/

Claire - http://www.threewaterscreations.com/

Candice - http://stampinpearls.blogspot.com/

Ashley - http://especiallymade.blogspot.com/

Amber - http://pixiperfectcreations.blogspot.com/

Tiffany - http://angel4ever-thecraftyteacher.blogspot.com/

Kathy Jo - http://skrappindiva.blogspot.com/

Sheila - http://2pawprints.blogspot.com/

Erica- http://ericasprojects.blogspot.com/

Lisa Carrier- http://ourcraftingcorner.blogspot.com/

Yvette http://gammascreativecorner.blogspot.com/

Christina - http://cema1cema.blogspot.com/

Raquel - http://kraftykaboose.blogspot.com/

Heather M - http://digipage-blog.everything-digital-scrapbooking.com/

Sharon - http://simplysweetbysharon.blogspot.com/

Deirdre - http://glitteredroses.blogspot.com/

Lisa Chamberlain - http://lisacustomscrapbooking.blogspot.com/

Ava - http://scrapbookdesign4u.blogspot.com/

Blog Candy http://ericasblogcandy.blogspot.com

Sweet Wishes ~Sharon~