Friday, October 12, 2012

Monster Mash Blog Hop

Welcome to the Monster Mash Blog Hop, brought to you by the design teams of Made Especially For You and Exploring Cricut!

Today the design teams of Made Especially For You and Exploring Cricut have teamed up to share with you all sorts of spooktacular monster-themed projects to help get your crafty gears turning for all those upcoming Halloween projects!

 If you're just starting the hop, you're in the right place!

I decided to make some fun monster-shaped cards using the Mini Monsters Cricut cartridge. :) It's not a cartridge that gets used often since it's Halloween-themed, but it's perfect for this time of year. And every cut can be made into a card! I knew I couldn't pass that feature up when deciding what to make for the hop. I decided to make two cards since we all know two is better than one. :)

Open card

Close-up

Not sure why he only has one arm, lol!

Inside of the card

Close-up

Both cards are cut at 5.5" and I didn't do anything to the inside these were also test cards to make for the third graders I am student teaching this semester for their Halloween party, so I left them blank to decide if I was going to use them or not. I used Recollections cardstock for the solid colors and then DCWV and Recollections patterned paper for the stomachs and ears. And yes, those are googly eyes. :) I thought these turned out so cute and they were SO easy and quick to make!

We also have some wonderful sponsors giving away prizes to those who comment on every stop of the hop!
Paper Piecings by Nikki
$15 Gift Certificate
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$15 Gift Certificate

Memory Works
$10 Gift Certificate

Participants have through Sunday evening to hop. The winners of the blog candy will be announced on Made Especially For You on Tuesday October 16th. Please make sure to leave your contact information when commenting to be eligible to win!

Your next stop is Diane's blog. Here's the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way:


Happy Hopping!
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25 comments:

  1. IanOctober 12, 2012 at 1:55 AM

    I love your cards! :) Thanks for allowing me in on the hop!

    Ian

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  2. mum of twoOctober 12, 2012 at 5:37 AM

    Love your cards and the patterned paper is great!

    Michelle

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  3. DianeOctober 12, 2012 at 7:28 AM

    Love those cute monster cards! Thanks for letting Exploring Cricut join this hop.

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  4. Craftin Desert DivasOctober 12, 2012 at 8:45 AM

    Both those cards are adorable! I love that cartridge. TFS


    Tara
    craftindesertdivas at gmail dot com

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  5. BeckieOctober 12, 2012 at 9:53 AM

    Super cute. I love mini monsters.

    Be blessed, Beckie

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  6. DianaOctober 12, 2012 at 10:53 AM

    Too cute, I love this cartridge. Glad we get to finally use it a little extra this month! ;) Thanks for letting us in on your blog hop

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  7. BrendaBOctober 12, 2012 at 12:10 PM

    I didn't know this cartridge featured a card option - those are adorable! (love the googly eyes!)

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  8. SueOctober 12, 2012 at 2:06 PM

    What an adorable monster card :-)

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  9. KimOctober 12, 2012 at 3:01 PM

    These are so cute! I need to use this cart to make some of these.

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  10. Ginger MorrielloOctober 12, 2012 at 3:23 PM

    Now these are my kind of "monsters" cute and silly!

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  11. AnnetteOctober 12, 2012 at 3:25 PM

    Very fun monster shape cards:)

    Annette
    My Mind's Dust Bunnies

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  12. GeorgianaOctober 12, 2012 at 3:55 PM

    Mini Monsters is one of my favorite carts because of all these cute creatures!

    Stay Creative,
    Georgiana
    Carson's Creations

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  13. Busy Bee Vinyl CreationsOctober 12, 2012 at 6:33 PM

    I love the "One armed Monster" he/she reminds me of the "One eyed monster". hehehehe.
    Kathy:)

    kathy.unger113@gmail.com

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  14. UnknownOctober 12, 2012 at 7:18 PM

    How awesome are your cards Ashley??? I'm quite fond of your 1 armed monster!!!

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  15. scrapbookingforfunOctober 12, 2012 at 7:18 PM

    Great little monsters Ashley!!!
    Shelley Peeler
    scrapbookingforfun@msn.com

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  16. silviaOctober 12, 2012 at 8:13 PM

    Cute monster cards!

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  17. GailOctober 12, 2012 at 10:35 PM

    Cool Monster cards Ashley! You did real good on these cards! Thanks for the hop too!

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  18. GailOctober 12, 2012 at 10:36 PM

    Ok - I am back - I forgot to leave my contact information! Nice cards Ashley - utb01@att.net - enjoy your weekend!

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  19. SharonOctober 12, 2012 at 11:03 PM

    These are adorable Ashley!! Love that you made them into shaped cards. I love the one armed monster!! :)

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  20. RobinOctober 13, 2012 at 6:38 AM

    These cards are super cute! I have that cart too..so many great images on it:)
    (:(:Smiles:):)

    Robin

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  21. KristyOctober 13, 2012 at 2:09 PM

    These are so super cute, Ashley!! I LOVE them! : )

    Kristy

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  22. Sarah BiswabicOctober 13, 2012 at 6:08 PM

    Your cards are so cute!!
    bbiswabic@new.rr.com or my blog, Crazy About Cards!!

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  23. SassyOctober 14, 2012 at 3:08 AM

    Cute monsters!

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  24. Gloria October 14, 2012 at 9:14 PM

    I hope you use the cards. They came out great!! Thank You for sharing. disneynut 4 life 22 at yahoo dot com

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  25. marg0006October 14, 2012 at 11:30 PM

    Such a cute monster and love that it is a shpae card.

    marg0006 at verizon dot net

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