Friday, August 10, 2012

Back to School Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Back to School Blog Hop, brought to you by the fabulous design teams of Made Especially For You and the GoFish Challenge Blog!


These two design teams have joined together to bring you some fun and crafty inspiration to help you get started on those back to school projects! If you've just come across the hop and would like to start at the beginning, please visit Made Especially For You.

I got my Artiste cartridge a couple of weeks ago and knew right away I wanted to use it to make a fun project for this hop. I make cards all the time, which I love, but every once in a while it's fun to make something different, don't ya think? I had never made a 3D project using my Cricut and I knew this was the time to give it a try. I decided to make a snack bag (similar to a lunch bag) that could be used for a kid to bring his or her snack to school. 


I used the Create a Critter cartridge to cut the apple and the Pooh Font Set cartridge to cut the letters. I cut four of each letter and layered them with sticky dots and then covered them with glossy accents. I addd the dots on the scalloped part of the bag with a white gel pen, and the bag is made out of Kraft cardstock. 

I realize that my alignments aren't 100% perfect, I was slightly off on scoring the fold of the bag and I didn't score the insides hard enough to where they folded nicely, I had to use a little elbow grease to get those to fold, but other than that, I'm really happy with how it turned out!

We have some wonderful sponsors giving away prizes to those who comment on EVERY stop of the hop! Let's see what they have to offer...

$15 Gift Certificate

$20 Gift Certificate

3 images of the winner's choice

You must comment on every stop of the hop to be eligible to win a prize. Hoppers have through Sunday August 12th to comment. Winners will be randomly chosen and announced on Made Especially For You on Tuesday August 14th. 

Your next stop is C's blog.

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


Thanks so much for hopping along with us!

30 comments:

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  2. Adorable Snack Bag. Thank you so much for inviting us to Hop with you!

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  3. Love your snack bag!
    <3 Pam
    MzLavr2sCreations@live.com

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  4. The Apple's mouth is so cute
    Cheers from Bangalore, India
    Sonia
    cardsandschoolprojects.blogspot.com

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  5. Super cute lunch pag!! I might have to break down and get the Artiste cart.

    Have a great week-end!!!
    Silvia

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  6. So cute! Love goodie bags :-) Great job!

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  7. oh I love your little snack bag Ashley!! thanks for explaining how you did the letters, looks great!
    hugs & blessings

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  8. Like the snack bag idea.
    Melissa
    "Sunshine HoneyBee"

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  9. Had to come back and just say what a fabulous hop - well organised, every ones posts were there for the hop and all the creations were fantastic. TFS

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  10. Very cute little snack bag!!
    Angela
    chewiescrappin@hotmail.com
    http://angelascraftyspot.blogspot.com/

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  11. this is so darling and such a fun idea! the kids will love it!

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  12. I just finised the hop!! I have so many ideas of things I wanted to make for the kids teachers and for them.
    Thnaks!!
    Angela
    chewiescrappin@hotmail.com
    http://angelascraftyspot.blogspot.com/

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  13. Your snack bag is adorable! Thanks for sharing.
    dmcardmaker (at AOL dot com)

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  14. Awesome bag! I'm gonna have to try some of my 3D projects, because this is just too cute:)
    (:(:Smiles:):)
    Robin

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  15. 3D projects take a little extra time to do, but its so much fun to see the finished product and this is sure to put a smile on a little ones face...Super job! Kathie

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  16. That is such a cute snack bag. I could not even tell that it was off. Great job!!

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  17. It's so adorable! So happy to see that you are having fun with the Artiste!

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  18. Love this snack bag!! Lovely idea!
    Hugs Sandra

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  19. Awesome snack bag. Love the apple and enjoyed the hop. TFS AJ~

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  20. The snack bag is adorable. I love that you were honest about it not going together so smoothly. We all have those projects!! Great job.


    Tara
    Craftin Desert Divas

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  21. I think its perfect. Really cute!

    Susie

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  22. Absolutley Adorable snack bag!!! LOVE the scallop edge!
    Nancy xx :D

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  23. This is adorable!! I love your cute little bag and it was fun being in the hop with you! :)Amy

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  24. I love CTMH. It's my old company!

    Bev

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  25. Great lunch bag idea Ashley and I've been seeing many wonderful projects with this cartridge. I'll be purchasing it soon.

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  26. Too cute, Ashley. Love the snack bag! Cute idea.

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  27. Hi,
    No one but your sees the imperfections. Love it!

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  28. Such an adorable lunch bag! I love it! So glad to be on the hop with you :)\

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