School days, school days

Dear old golden rule days

Readin' and 'ritin' and 'rithmetic

Taught to the tune of the hickory stick

You were my queen in calico

I was your bashful barefoot beau

And you wrote on my slate"I love you, so"

When we were a couple of kids

The three Rs, a widely used abbreviation for the basic elements of a primary school curriculum: reading, ’riting (writing), and ’rithmetic (arithmetic) which is what the theme is for this month's Her Craft Kre8tions challenge!

Each Design Team member has received a piece of chalkboard paper approximately 6 x 6-inches. Now, where the challenge lies, is Design Team member is to create a "school" type theme whether it be a class lesson or something that their beau or them could have written on their slate. We're going to see how creative this piece of chalkboard paper can be made into with their "School Lesson" of "readin', 'ritin' and 'rithmatic.

We have a great line-up of super creative talent along with our Design Team Page:

1. Her Craft Kre8tions ~ http://her-craft-kre8tions.blogspot.com/
2. Lynne ~ http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com 
3. Lisa W.~ http://mycraftyspace.blogspot.com/
4. Rachelle~http://creationsbyrachelle.blogspot.com/
5. Kimberly ~ http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com 
6. Janet ~ http://www.ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/ 
7. Colleen ~ http://www.cbcscrapbooking.blogspot.com
8. Susan ~ http://susanascorner.blogspot.com/
9. Lisa ~ http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/

I decided to make a scrapbook page to commemorate my youngest son's entrance into High School. I cannot imagine where the time has gone. I made the page using Cricut Craft Room and the My World cartridge that was free to play with. I also used my Winnie the Pooh cartridge for the chalkboard frame. I wish the pic was better. One chalkboard says, "Welcome to the Class of 2016" and the other "Welcome Freshman 2012". Here is my page:

There will be some super blog candy for one lucky winner that posts on each post along the way including the Design Team blog. Please make sure you stop by http://

her-craft-kre8tions.blogspot.co
m/. Until next time...

Her Craft Kre8tions... Let them eat cake :)

Welcome to June's project for Her Craft Kre8tions. We have been very fortunate to have a wonderful sponsor this month that Scrapbook Society, http://scrapbookstampsociety.com/, has given us this beautiful design, http://scrapbookstampsociety.com/auction_details.php?name=Marie-Let-them-eat-a-Cupcake-Sherri-Baldy-Digi-Stand&auction_id=102614. to showcase our creativity.

Of course there are rules that we implemented that the creativity could finish Marie as they wanted BUT (ok, there is always a BUT!!), it needed to be a journal with an additional image on the inside.

Now, with that being said -- have we got a line-up for you!!!!

• Kimberly ~ http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com
• Janet~ http://www.ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/
• Rachelle~ http://www.creationsbyrachelle.blogspot.com
• Carolyn - http://messmuddleandfun.blogspot.com/
• Colleen - http://www.cbcscrapbooking.blogspot.com
• Edwina- http://edwinascreations.blogspot.com
• Susan ~~ http://susanascorner.blogspot.com
• Lynne ~ http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/
• Shawnee ~http://www.quiverofangels.blogspot.com
• Lisa-http://mycraftyspaces.blogspot.com

Design Team Blog: http://her-craft-kre8tions.blogspot.com/

For my project, I decided to make this a bit humorous. Here is the front cover (with lots of bling):

I just love the colors as they are quite yummy. Now for the inside I decided to do something a little different. I took my Stampin Up Punch (that gets not enough love) and heart punch. This is going to be a journal that I use. Here is the first page that I will write my thoughts on. Marie can keep a secret, can't she? :D

Didn't I tell you that this is one creative group!!! Oh, yes, we even have some phenomenal blog candy which we were going to have last month BUT (there goes that word again) Miss Lynne had been in the hospital - we are going to have the "kick-off" blog candy for this hop!!!! Thus we have Accent Essentials Cricut Cartridge for one lucky winner!!!

Finally, Lynne Kirsch has an altered journal for one lucky winner as seen below!

  

Now, to be eligible for the blog candy AGAIN, there are rules --- you must stop and comment at each stop along the way which I know you won't mind doing as I know you are going to be having a great time checking out each and every project........

Hope you enjoyed our hop .... and next month we have another challenge that will be presented to our Design Team .... "Like the Wind"!!!

Her Craft Kre8tions First Ever Blog Hop!

Welcome to Her Craft Kre8tions first ever Blog Hop which we are calling Thinking Outisde the Yoke. Each Design Team Member was given a paper mache egg and were to transform this into something other than what was given to them originally. Our Design Team is to think outside of the "card" and do something other than cards and layouts. What a challenge .... could you meet this challenge?

Check out our incredible creative Design Team . . . .

Let's start with thinking outside of the yoke of our eggs . . . .

HerCraftKre8tionsDesignTeam ~ http://her-craft-kre8tions.blogspot.com/

Carolyn - http://messmuddleandfun.blogspot.com/

Colleen ~ http://www.cbcscrapbooking.blogspot.com

Edwina- http://edwinascreations.blogspot.com

Jackie~ http://jackrabbitscrappin.blogspot.com/

Janet~ http://www.ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/

Kimberly ~ http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com

Lisa~ http://mycraftyspaces.blogspot.com/

Lynne ~ http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/

Michelle~http://michellesdesignsforyou.blogspot.com/

Rachelle~ http://www.creationsbyrachelle.blogspot.com

Susan ~~ http://susanascorner.blogspot.com

Tina-- http://craftyandgreen.blogspot.com

We wanted to give you the complete list of the Design Team to check out their creativity. Our hops are going to be once a month which is the 2nd of each month. Please leave comments on each of the hops along the way - there is one great prize to be offered to one lucky winner with commenting on each of the stops along the way!!!

Well, we all started with one paper mache egg. I wanted to make a Faberge Egg but that was not really thinking outside the yolk. I was going to make my very own Chia pet and got to work painting the egg (after cutting the top). When I had it upside down the thought came to me in a song. Who remembers the Beatles song "Octopus' Garden"? The lyrics go like this:

"I'd like to be under the sea

In an octopus' garden in the shade
He'd let us in, knows where we've been
In his octopus' garden in the shade"


And this is how Olivia the Octopus was born :) Here she is:

I sprayed tissue paper to make the tentacles. I blinged her up and drew in her face. She looks great in my bamboo plant. Please hop over to see what my fellow crafters have made. Until next time...