Scraptastic Voyage

Hey Handsome

2012-01-14T10:19:00.000-07:00

Just thought I'd stop in since I've been MIA lately and post a card I sent home on leave with my special someone. I used some paper by Simple Story's that was B sided. I love using B sided paper for the matting but I think I've mentioned that a time or two. :)

I used stamps from Skipping Stones Design and Creative Vision. I picked up these new dies by QuickKutz that I love. They are the same as Spell Binders but so much easier to get the paper out of the holes. LOVE THEM.

I inked everything with some Distress Ink and finished it off with a button and some twine. Of course I popped the senti.

Sweet Christmas by Ciera

2011-12-31T06:00:00.001-07:00

My friend Ciera is just getting started in the scrappin' world and I'm so proud of the cute card and cookie bag she made the other day I had to share with everyone. Make sure you leave lots of comment love for her.

She used Skipping Stones Stamps on her card and cookie bag. The Santa hat is from Holiday Cats and the cookie is from Buns and Crunches.

She used Echo Park paper from last years Christmas line and some Tim Holtz Distress Ink. The shape is cut with some new QuickKutz nesting dies. So proud of her! She even learned how to do stamp masking with this set too.

Sassy Happy Birthday

2011-12-30T06:00:00.000-07:00

Happy Friday bloggers! Today is my final post for the Creative Vision DT. I'm sad this term is over, Laura and her stamps are so amazing! I'm truly honored to have been on not only 1, but 2 of her DT's. Trust me, if she'd let me, I'd never leave! :) Anyway, I'm going out with a bang, humor in full effect. Here's my last card:

I used the Sassy Happy Birthday II set. This is by far, one of my favorite sets in the Creative Vision store. It is right up my sense of humor ally. I used some of Basic Grays Little Black Dress paper along with some of the Tim Holtz craft Core'dinations which I embossed with a leopard/cheetah print folder and sanded it.

I tied some black tool around the card that I put some gold dots of Stickles all over. I finished this off with a fun stick pin.

I inked my fun senti and added a few Stickles there as well.

Thank you everyone for all the great comments you have left on my projects and now get yourself over to the store and pick up this stamp set. I promise that you'll love it! Have a Happy and Safe New Year!

Let's go fishing

2011-12-15T06:00:00.001-07:00

Hello bloggers and happy Thursday. Chelsea here bringing you a layout using the oh so fun Hooked on Fishing set. I also used the emboss resist technique Lauren posted which can be found HERE. It was so easy and fun. I used Distress Inks instead of chalks and it worked just as good. Well, I'm not waiting for the fish to bite so I'm going to get on with this post....

I had some of this fun fish paper left over from the card I made with this set the last time I was on Creative Vision's DT. It's so cute! I added a picture of my brother and I from WAY back in the day. If you look close, he's holding a little fishy on the end of his mini pole.

I used the resist on the tag and the worm and the bobber. I popped the worm and bobber to finish off the layout. May sure you hurry over to the store and pick up this set for your favorite outdoorsy stamper!

Creative Vision Blog Hop

2011-12-02T06:00:00.002-07:00

Welcome to another Creative Vision Design Team Themed Blog Hop. The hop today is VERY special because it is the team's final hop. PLUS we have a guest designer on the company blog PLUS Laura Lou Who goes LIVE with THING 1 and Whoville ACTION NEWS! Yes the GRINCH GAME begins TODAY!!

Here is my post for the hop. I created a cookie bag (which unfortunatly is empty) with a cute little bag topper as well as the receipe for the cookies that should be in the bag.

I used paper from Echo Park's Christmas collection from last year as well as a Christmas stamp set that has now been retired from Creative Vision Stamps. However, check out all the other holiday stamps from Creative Vision HERE.

Here are close ups of both the topper and the recipe card.

Make sure to leave everyone some comment love!

On with the hop.....
Laura Lou Who (the company blog)- http://www.creativeclearstamps.blogspot.com/
Kendra - http://www.luv2scrapnmakecards.blogspot.com/
Stephanie - http://blog.artycarty.com/
Christy- http://www.mycreativejourneys.blogspot.com/
Mary - http://mbryt1.blogspot.com/
Allison - http://www.allisonsstampincreations.blogspot.com/
Lauren - http://lem-photography.blogspot.com/
Chelsea - http://scraptasticvoyage.blogspot.com/ <-- YOU ARE HERE

Tie Dye Paper Tutorial

2011-11-30T06:00:00.001-07:00

Hello to all my bloggin' friends. Today I have a fun tutorial for you. I have been using this technique for quite awhile and finally decided to share my "secret" on how to create it with all of you.

What you'll need:

Distress Inks in various colors, Glimmer Mist or Smooch Spray in matching colors, white cardstock, Cutrtlebug and favorite folders, Distress Ink in Black Soot.

First smudge the colors all over your cardstock, make sure there are no white spaces.

(I know, mine has white spaces) then spary the matching Glimmer Mist over the same colored areas.

It will look something like the above picture.

When the sprays are dry, cut into the sizes you want to use. I used 4 inches by 5 1/2 inches. Then run these cut pieces through your Cuttlebug using your favorite folders.

Using Black Soot Distress Ink sponge the ink over the embossed areas. This will really make the embossing stand out.

Now pick your favorite design and create your card with it.

I used Sassy Happy Birthday II for my card. I love the way it turned out. I popped the senti of course and added some bakers twine to finish off the card. Very easy and very fun.

Don't forget to stop back December 2nd for DT6 final blog hop and the start of the Grinch Game.

Thanks for the helping hand

2011-11-15T06:00:00.005-07:00

Hello bloggers! Happy Tuesday! Hope everyone is having a great day! I'm here today to bring you an elagant Thank You card. I used the Thank You set by Creative Vision. I absolutely adore this set. I know I say that about all of them but until I got this set, all my thank you cards had the same saying, now I'm versitile! On to my card:

I used some paper from Creative Imaginations that I've been hording (I'm so bad at that). I made the cut with my cricut from the Home Decor cartridge. I love this frame.

I had some paper flowers and some already crinkled ribbon that I pulled a thread out of to make it sinch up like it is.

Finished it off with some liquid pearls and some Glimmer Mist. Oh and don't forget the pop dots to lift the frame. Aside from bling, the next best thing on a card is pop dots! Hope everyone is having a great day, thanks for stopping by.
Don't forget to share a little comment love.

Halloween Wreath

2011-11-05T12:57:00.000-06:00

I know halloween is over but I'm just finally getting around to posting pictures of the wreath I made. Go figure. I saw this wreath and fell in love and knew I could make one just as cool. So here's mine:

Found a cute little skeleton to add to mine. I made all the orange flowers myself out of ribbon.

Added some feathers and some black roses to go with the raven.

Also found some black bling for flower arranging so I added some of that with some sprigs or purple, orange and green tulle and pearls.

Thanks for stopping.

Tag Time

2011-11-02T06:00:00.002-06:00

Welcome to another Creative Vision Team Themed Blog Hop.
Today we are sharing a themed project, "Tags". With Christmas right
around the corner we hope our creations inspire you to create
some tags of your own!

As you hop hop hop your way around, make sure to become
a Creative Vision Blog follower if you are not already,
(you have to be in order to win) then leave some love for a chance to WIN
a $10.00 Shopping Spree to the Creative Clear Stamp Store!

The winner will be announced on Thursday.
Now onto my tag:
I used a fun technique with my Distress Inks and some Shimmer Paint from Stampin' Up for my tag:

I used Broken China and Shabby Shutters Distress Ink on my tag as well as the Thank You set from Creative Vision.

Isn't that shimmer awesome?! Love it!!

I finished off my card with some paper flowers that I also used distress ink and Shimmer Spray on as well as some bling. I also dyed my own ribbon for the tag so that everything matched.

On with the hop.....but don't forget to become a follower of Creative Vision's blog
and leave some love, it could make you a winner!

Start here: Laura
Kendra
Stephanie
Christy
Mary
Allison
Lauren
Chelsea <-- You are here

Now get back over to Creative Vision's Blog and become a follower!

Hello Hunny

2011-10-30T06:00:00.001-06:00

Good morning scrappers and crafters! Today I have a card using the cute Hello Hunny set from Creative Vision. This set is so versatile. You really should add this set to your collection if you don't have it yet.

I'm also bringing you a sketch today created by yours truly. My card was done with this sketch as well:

And here's my card:

I used some great papers from My Minds Eye and colored cute Hunny with Copics that matched the paper.

I added a double stacked button embellie, tied it with some twine to make it look finished.

I added some ribbon and some liquid pearls in brown along with my senti. This senti you should know comes in 1 long line but most of my acrylic stamps have fear of the exacto knife. Most senti's have been sliced and diced so I can align them on my card how I want. If you decide to do this be very careful, acrylic stamps do tear so make sure they are cut all the way through before you try to separate them.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great crafting day!

You are my kind of cool

2011-10-17T18:52:00.001-06:00

Before we even get started I have to throw out my disclaimer, these pictures are NOT great. They were taken with my cell phone. As I was getting ready to mail this cutie out, I realized I had not photgraphed it yet. Figures! Anyway, onto my card. I used Leslie from the Creeper Kit from The Greeting Farm. I just love these little creepers. The card was for my little sister (big brothers/big sisters) and so I colored Leslie in her favorite colors and her hair color.

My paper was from a DCWV stack I picked up a few years ago that is all glittery. Such fun colors!

The ribbon was some fun glittery stuff from my stash that I stuck on all wonky. I inked my senti and pop dotted Leslie. I finished her off with an acrylic flower I picked up somewhere.

Thanks for stopping by and feel free to leave me some comment love!

Tie a Knot

2011-10-02T06:00:00.002-06:00

Welcome to another Creative Vision Team Themed Blog Hop.

Today we are sharing projects made with "My Favorite Things".

As you hop hop hop your way around, make sure to become

a Creative Vision Blog follower if you are not already,

then leave some love for a chance to WIN

a Shopping Spree to the Creative Clear Stamp Store!

I used the great You Hang On stamp single for my post today. As stated, today's theme is my favorite things so here are mine...pink, plaid and bling.

It's hard to see but if you look close you can actually see the knot tied in the twine that the heart is hanging from.

As a little thank you for hopping with me today, here is a gift for you!
$5.00 off any $15.00 or more purchase at the Creative Clear Stamp Store

Just use this code at the checkout so Laura knows I sent you!
It is not valid towards shipping,
it cannot be combined with any other offer or discount,
and it expires October 4th, 2011 at midnight.
Code: BH10CW

On with the hop.....

but don't forget to become a follower of Creative Vision's blog
and leave some love, it could make you a winner!

In case you missed someone, here's the hop list:

Laura - http://www.creativeclearstamps.blogspot.com/

Kendra - http://www.luv2scrapnmakecards.blogspot.com/

Stephanie - http://blog.artycarty.com/

Christy- http://www.mycreativejourneys.blogspot.com/

Mary - http://mbryt1.blogspot.com/

Allison - http://www.allisonsstampincreations.blogspot.com/

Lauren - http://lem-photography.blogspot.com/

Chelsea - http://scraptasticvoyage.blogspot.com/ <-- That's me

Your My Friend...

2011-09-30T06:00:00.002-06:00

Happy Friday everyone. I'm so happy it's the weekend...next week I'll be headed to a weekend long crop! WOOT WOOT!

I put this card together this week for your viewing pleasure.

I used the I'm Your Friend senti single from Creative Vision. I love this stamp. It's so fun and sassy, fits me and a lot of my friends well.

I used some older My Minds Eye paper with robots on it for this card as well as some green ribbon. I inked the senti and added some liquid pearls. As always, everything on this card has pop dots and dimension.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card today. Have a great weekend!

Case a Diva

2011-09-23T18:56:00.000-06:00

My card today is for Case a Diva over at Verve Stamps. I recently became a follower of their blog and love their stuff. I picked the layout from this fun card to case.

This card is by the talented Susan Liles.

And here's my card:

I used some scraps of the Pink Paislee paper from the other day. I used the Cancer Schmancer stamp set from Skipping Stones Designs.

I added lots of bling to this card in the form of Stickles. Love me some sparkle! My flowers are from my bucket of Prima flowers.

Naughty Nurse

2011-09-20T17:24:00.000-06:00

Hello bloggers! I have a super simple and cute card to share today. I have a new guy who's pretty important in my life and he's been sick the last few days with allergies so I decided he needed a little pick me up. I made this little card for him.

I used the Cheeky Nurse stamp from The Greeting Farm. I got this image in a swap and I might just have to order her. I've fallen in love with her. I colored her with watercolor pencils, white Smooch Paint, and E00 Copic marker for her skin.

I even drew some fun little fish nets on her to make her just a tad more naughty. My paper is from Karen Foster. (Note to self: find more of this paper, I love it for get well cards). I added some red ribbon and some red pearls to finish this card off.

My senti was computer generated.

He found this card on his desk at work this morning and was smiles all day. Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Birthday My Sassy Friends

2011-09-15T06:00:00.000-06:00

Chelsea here checking in on this beautiful Thursday and it's so good to be back! I was on Creative Visions DT 3 and had such a great time with such a great group of girls I just had to apply again. I missed Laura and her amazing designs too!

Today I'm bringing you an altered project using Creative Vision stamps. Scrapbooking and card making is my 1st addiction in the crafting world but paint it yours pottery is my 2nd. So I thought what a better way to showcase Creative Vision stamps than on a piece of pottery so here we are:

I used Sassy Happy Birthday from Creative Vision. I first painted the little platter in pink and then stamped the cuppy and senti on the plate and filled it all in with some color.

I also thought the cuppy needed a cute little pick so I put this one together. I just cut a few circles and inked the inner one. I stamped the cuppy from Sassy Happy Birthday on it and added lots of Stickles. It's the perfect little surprise for someone having a birthday coming up.

Here are a few close ups of the stamping on the platter.
Thanks for stopping by today and here's wishing you all an early Happy Weekend!

Creative Vision Design Team 6 Hop Today

2011-09-02T05:00:00.010-06:00

Good Morning Stampers!

Today is the official kickoff for Creative Vision's brand new design team! Together we will hop our way around the blogs and meet the very special and talented members of Design Team 6. There will be random prizes awarded to bloggers who post comments. Be sure to become a Creative Vision blog follower, if you are not already, in order to be eligible for those prizes. Following the hop Laura will give away a few SHOPPING SPREES! YIPPEE!

If you didn't start at the Creative Vision Blog, go back and start there:

Creative Vision Company Blog

Hello everyone, for those of you that know me, welcome back, for those of you who are virgins to my blog, welcome! Here's a little info about me. I an 32 and have been scrappin' for about 10 years, I've been stamping since I was about 8. I remember taking stamping classes at a local stamp store when I was young. I'd ride my bike to the store and take a class. I was hooked at a young age! I love bright colors, bling and sparkle and flowers. I've incorporated all of those on my card for today's hop.

I used paper from Pink Paislee from the Soriee line as well as some dot cardstock from Bazzill. It's fun and bright, just like I like it. I added some tool in line green as well. I used the Woot Woot stamp from Creative Vision. Such a fun little stamp.

I used the B side of some black magic Core'dinations paper for the center as well. I inked up the ink senti with some Black Soot Distress Ink. I finished the card off with some flowers from Petaloo on the tool as well as some bling. Of course I've popped just about everything with some pop dots. Just isn't a card without some pop right?

I hope you've enjoyed my project today and don't forget to become a follower of Creative Vision's blog and leave me some love, it could make you a winner!

Blog Listing

Laura - Creative Vision Company Blog

Kendra - http://www.luv2scrapnmakecards.blogspot.com/

Stephanie - http://blog.artycarty.com/

Christy- http://www.mycreativejourneys.blogspot.com/

Mary - http://mbryt1.blogspot.com/

Allison - http://www.allisonsstampincreations.blogspot.com/

Lauren - http://lem-photography.blogspot.com/

Chelsea - http://scraptasticvoyage.blogspot.com/ <--- you are here

Fussy and Fancy Challenge #44

2011-08-26T05:59:00.004-06:00

Hey everyone...it's Friday! I'm so thankful of that. But I'm also sad because today will be my last posting on the Fussy and Fancy Challenge blog. I've so enjoyed my time with that great group of ladies but there's just a lot going on right now that needs more attention in my life. I'll be back to say to hi to them and play along with some challenges as well.

I used back to school London for my card from Simply Betty Stamps. I just love London. I also used some paper from Creative Imaginations.

I colored London and inked her up with some Distress Inks and added my fun little senti from Creative Vision stamps.

No card is complete without bling and some pop dots. I also added a flower for good measure.

Drum roll please....

2011-08-16T06:11:00.001-06:00

I'm so excited to announce that once again I've been accepted back to the Creative Clear Stamps design team. Woo Hoo!

Be sure to stop back on September 2nd for the blog hop!

Smoke?

2011-08-12T05:14:00.001-06:00

Welcome back to my blog, I know I've kind of been on hiatus for awhile. Well hopefully I'm back....but with 4 jobs (yes I'm crazy, but 2 support my crafting habit) it's hard to get in the craft room. But enough of that, this time around at Fussy and Fancy we have a fun little challenge. To use 3 of your favorite thing....well you all know I love sparkle and bling so I used 3 types of bling...
But 1st I used this sketch from Mojo Monday for my card:

My 3 types of sparkle are the rhinestones, the stickles and under the Stickles on the frosting I used SMooch Paint. I used paper from the Be Mine line from Echo Park.

My stamps are from 2 of Creative Clear Stamps sets. Sassy happy birthday 1 and Sassy happy birthday 2. Make sure you go check out CCS, they have some great stuff.

I popped up the image with some pop dots after I inked the edges with some pumice stone distress ink. I also added a little bling flower from petaloo.

Check this out...

2011-08-11T06:19:00.000-06:00

Can anyone tell me who Laura at Creative Clear Stamps is writing about? Check it out HERE.

Sweet Strawberries

2011-07-23T14:15:00.000-06:00

I've had this card waiting to be posted for awhile now and I just keep forgetting. This was my 1st attempt at a water pen and I've been using the pen ever since.

I used some October Afternoon paper and the Friendly Fruit stamp set from Skipping Stones Design. I added some of this fun ribbon and some pearls and called it good. The inside has the B side of the paper showing.

Deployment Survival Kit

2011-07-20T21:13:00.000-06:00

My friend Ciera's husband deployed on Monday for 6 months.

(Aren't they just cute?!)

We all know how sucky deployments are regardless if your military or not. To cheer her up (and apparently make her cry) I made her this Deployment Survival Kit. I made the card out of The Greeting Farm military guy stamp and some camo paper from my scrap box. The can I made more patriotic with red, white and blue.

Here's the can with the stuff in it. I've posted the contents below and what each item was for.

Paperclip to help you hold it all together

Flashlight to remind you that there is light at the end of the tunnel

Stationary for all the letters you’ll be writing

Pens to sign your X’s and O’s
Envelopes to be sealed with a kiss

Hershey Kisses to remind you of your soldiers kisses

Marbles for when you’ve lost yours

Worry Stone to take your worries away

Life Savers to remind you that you are one

Laffy Taffy to remind you laugh
Mounds Bar to remind you of the “mounds” of love and support you have from family and friends

Kleenex to wipe away the tears

Sucker because deployments suck

I also added this cool poem I found here

The Silent Ranks

I never wore the uniform,
no medals on my chest
The band, it doesn't play for me,
I am not among the Best.
I do not march in cadence,
I do not rate salute.
I stand among the silent ranks,
our devotion absolute.

If you've not worn my shoes,
you do not know my story.
I live a life of sacrifice,
my reward a private glory.
I've wept many silent nights away,
I've kept the home fires burning.
I've worried and I've waited,
as world events were churning.

I've moved more times than you could fathom,
left more people than you known.
I've planted gardens round the world-
very few that I've seen grown.
I've grieved with new-made widows,
and had my share of scares-
when a ship or plane or man was down-
and all I had were prayers.

I am not asking for your sympathy.
(although appreciation would be nice)
I did it quite on purpose though-
I chose to sacrifice.
I'll tell you a secret now,
one you'd never guess.
About the glory that is mine,
it's just enough, no more, no less.

When you and I stand together
as our national anthem plays.
I'll fill with reminiscences
of how I spent those days.
I'll know the pain and joys again,
I'll know freedom isn't free
I'll know I've helped to pay the price

and that the anthem plays for me.

- Elizabeth Soutter Schwarzer
Wife of a United Stated Marine

Fussy and Fancy challenge #40

2011-07-01T05:43:00.000-06:00

I adore this sketch from Fussy and Fancy this week! It was so much fun! Plus on top of the great sketch, I got to use a great image from out sponsor this week, Simply Betty Stamps. Without further adieu, the sketch:

And my card:

All my paper was scraps so I'm not sure where it came from. I used cute little rocker girl Jude from Simply Betty Stamps. I inked the edges so she looks like she's in the spotlight. Added some glitter to her hair and skull on the front of her shirt cuz it's just not finished without a little sparkle.

I used the Tim Holtz ticket die to make my tickets and then stamped my senti on them. Used the Martha spiderweb boarder punch and added some ribbon and pop dots and called it done!

My Minds Eye #24

2011-06-13T22:04:00.000-06:00

It's that time again for me to play along with the My Minds Eye Challenge. I so look forward to these. Seams its the only way I get any layouts done these days. This layout is near and dear to my heart. Here's a little back story, my Grandpa got to participate in the 11th Honor Flight for South Dakota. He is a WWII Veteran. I used this sketch and challenge (Use song lyrics) to start on the album I'll be making for him to remember his trip. Here's the sketch:

I used both MME American Made paper and some Bo-Bunny cardstock. My pictures of Grandpa are in front of the WWII memorial and a photo of him in WWII.

I used Black Letter Cricut font for my title which is the title of a Toby Keith song. I've printed some lyrics to use on my 2nd page. I shadowed the letters and popped an extra of the A and S on the title. Jazzed it up with some red and blue bling.

I used my new Tim Holtz die for the flower. I added the hero punch out from the American Made paper pack to finish it off. I also used a boarder punch from the American Girl line.

I added bling all over the plaid paper to give it a little jazz and added the "Freedom" tag from the paper pack.

Here's a close up of my handsome and wonderful Grandpa! So proud of you!!

Here's the lyrics by Toby Keith that I'll be using on the 2nd page of the layout.

"I'm solid and I'm steady and I'm true down to the core,
And I will always do my duty, no matter what the price,
I've counted up the cost, I know the sacrifice,
Oh, and I don't want to die for you,
But if dying's asked of me,
I'll bear that cross with an honor,
'Cause freedom don't come free.
I'm an American Soldier, an American,
Beside my Brothers and my Sisters I will proudly take a stand.
When liberty's in jeopardy I'll always do what's right.
I'm out here on the front lines, sleep in peace tonight.
American Soldier,
I'm an American Soldier."

Fussy and Fancy challenge #38, card for a man/boy

2011-06-03T06:17:00.000-06:00

Happy Friday Everyone!

Today's great challenge at Fussy and Fancy is to make a card for a man or boy. I had this fun little buckle in my stash of supplies so I came up with this fun little number for a Father's Day card.

I used some red cardstock from Bazzill and the Tools set of stamps from Skipping Stones Design. I inked the edges in black soot Distress Ink and stamped my Tough Guy stamp on there like a tool box logo.

I added the buckle on there with some brads.

The inside has a senti from 2 different Skipping Stones Sets, the tool set (which by the way is unreleased) and Holy Carp.

Thanks for stopping by. Hope your weekend is fabulous!

May you feel God's Love

2011-05-25T22:05:00.000-06:00

I love the look of rainbow colors together so I threw this card together using a set from Skipping stones Designs called Grunge for the background.

I used Cancer Schmancer for the senti. Great senti set! I sprayed a little silver Glimmer Mist over the whole thing and added some ribbon and some colorful bling.

Fussy and Fancy challenge

2011-05-20T06:47:00.000-06:00

Hey kids, it's Friday! WOOO! Fussy and Fancy has a fun challenge for you today. It's a recipe challenge. The recipe is:

3 papers

2 embellis

1 ribbon

So here's my card for the challenge:

My 3 papers are the pretty decorate paper by Harmonie from their Rococo collection and the purple matting and the cream that the senti is stamped on. My 2 embellis are (pick from 4) the bling, the cool ribbon rose, the glimmer mist I sprayed on the senti or the iridescent ice embossing powder that's over the senti, and my ribbon you can pick from the pale purple running through the whole card, or the purple ribbon on the flower.

I just love how that irriadecent ice empossing powder from stamping up looks on sentis and stuff. Love the stuff!

And here's a close up of the ribbon flower. I used some Glubers from Cosmo Cricket to make it. Those things are so fun! Thanks for stopping by. Don't forget to stop over at Fussy and Fancy and play along.

My Minds Eye #23

2011-05-18T21:21:00.000-06:00

Oh so many loves in this blog post...I love My Minds Eye challenges. This sketch was great!

I love this new line of paper too, Lime Twist. Great fun summery boy line. Super fun! Here's my layout of another love, my friend Provatia's little guy Louis. He's 2 months old and super sweet. Isn't he adorable? Another good friend, and owner or Image Design Photography, Jess, who photography I love, came and took these pictures for me for Provatia's 1st Mother's Day. I had to scrap them!!

I added some buttons and a MME die cut with a cut of a wrench on this bottom. Louis' daddy is way into tools and trucks and building things so I know it will get passed onto Louis.

Finished off the layout with some widgets cut out of MME paper and Core'dinations. I popped a few elements on my page as well. Thanks for stopping by!

Smore'?

2011-04-22T05:56:00.000-06:00

Hello bloggers! Thanks for joining me another week for the Fussy and Fancy challenge. This week was to make a summer card and our sponsor Digi's with Attitude offered us some fun digis to work with. I used Camping Tween on my card today.

I printed her on kraft paper and only colored a few bits of her but added stickles and some white epoxy to the fire and the mallow. My paper is byOctober Afternoon. It's their campfire line. Fitting don't cha think? I added some matching green ribbon and some "earthy" twine to finish off my card. My sentiment is from MFT Twisted Threesome set.

Thanks for stopping by, don't forget to check out the other fancy girls!

What happens...

2011-04-19T22:13:00.000-06:00

*First I apologize for the bad pictures, I forgot to take some with my camera so they are cell phone pictures.*

In July I'm going with a group of girlfriends to Minnesota for a long weekend and one of my girlfriends and I are going to see the best group ever...New Kids on the Block!

After all these years they still look good huh ladies?

So in excitement for the concert I made her this fun card. I used the Girls Weekend stamp set from Creative Clear Stamps. I also used some of the fun tie dyed paper that I've made. I added some pink tool and a brad.

I popped up the sentiment with some pop dots and I marked out the "girls" and changed it to "NKOTB" to fit the situation. She loved the card and her husband is even more leery about letting her go with me. I'll never tell! :)

Be Good...

2011-04-17T13:46:00.000-06:00

2nd post for the day, Simply Betty is offering a freebie on her facebook page if you post a new SBS card so of course, I had to jump on that. I used this sketch from Sketch Saturday:

I used some fun new Immortal Love paper from DCWV. Love it! I used cute little Rio from Simply Betty Stamps.

I colored Rio with a water pen with pearl glimmer mist in it and some distress inks. I am loving this way of coloring. It's still new to me but it's so fun. Plus with the glimmer mist it adds a but of shimmer.

I used scads of pop dots on this card. And yes, I used the word scads :)

Here's a close up of the side of the card to see just how many layers of pop dots I used. I've never done a card like this before but I love the look. It's gonna need 2 stamps!

The inside reads:

I said doctor, Mister MD

2011-04-17T09:26:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone. I have another fun birthday card to share with everyone in blogland today. I mae this as a request from a friend. I used some more paper from My Minds Eye as well as some craft cardstock.

I used the You Know Your Getting Old set from Skipping Stones Design. I always forget that I have this set and it makes me giggle everytime I use it. I also used the background notebook paper stamp from Cornish Farms stamps.

I added some rafia wrapped aroud the senti with a bow and some buttons. I also used the notebook paper punch (as I call it) from EK Success. I love my boarder punches!!

Thanks for stopping by and leaving lots of comment love!

Another candle?

2011-04-16T06:44:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone in blog land. I have a sassy little birthday card to share with you today. I used the sketch from Skipping Stones Designs:

Flipped it on it's side and added a lot of ink. I used Sassy Happy Birthday 2 from Creative Clear stamps for this card, I'm also entering this card into their current challenge of ribbon! That fun tan & brown stuff, that's my ribbon :)

I used paper from My Minds Eye and embossed it and inked it all up. I also used Green Birthday from Skipping Stones Design for the little paper pieced candle. I pop dotted the senti and inked some more and there we have it. Thanks for stopping by!

SISC 55 - Flower Power

2011-04-14T06:21:00.000-06:00

It's that time again! Stamp Insanity has a great challenge. Flower Power! How super fun!

I used a sent from the up and coming Easter Blessings set from SI as well as paper from DCWV from a few years ago. I found this amazing flower as a hair bow but had to alter that item and use the flower for this card.

I also added some pink stickles around where the green glitter was already on the paper. I inked the senti with some Distress Ink as well.

Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to check out what the other girls have done (in my sidebar)

Friends are like....

2011-04-10T15:46:00.000-06:00

I made this card last week and forgot to post it. I used some cute cherry and skull paper from Creative Imaginations as well as some shimmer paper from a stack I had on hand.

I added some black cardstock and some pink tool. I used Bras Volume 2 and 3 (unreleased) from Skipping Stones Design for this card.

I used pop dots on to "lift" the bra and the square the bra is mounted on.

Finished the card with these fun brads and this great senti.

Thanks for stopping by and all your comment love!

Congratulations!

2011-04-08T21:55:00.001-06:00

I loved the sketch this week at skipping stones design so I thought I had better play along. Here's the sketch:

What a great sketch RIGHT? Well here's the card I made:

I used black cardstock as my base and made some "tie dye" paper for my stripes. I embossed the stripes and inked them in black.

I added some pink tool and a crazy cool glittery button. I used Cupcake Cutie from SSD for the senti. I finished the card off with some bling. I gave this card to a friend from work who just made it into a masters program for college. She loved it!

I'm planning on a tutorial on how to make this crazy funky tie dye paper so stay tuned.

Fussy and Fancy challenge #34, Project for a child

2011-04-08T06:32:00.000-06:00

Happy Friday bloggers! Today Fussy and Fancy has a fun challenge for you...Create a card or project for a kid. I had to pull out my little Creepers from TGF to make this one:

I used Tuesday on this card. Paired her with some shimmer paper from a stack I had on hand and some skulls from Creative Imaginations. I added some glittery tool and added the fitting senti from Inkadinkado.

I also used some stickles on her crown and stamped over everything with an older background stamp from Cornish Farms.

Don't forget to stop by and say hi to the other girls on the team (in the sidebar) and stop by and play along at Fussy and Fancy!

Fussy and Fancy challenge #33, zippers or feathers

2011-03-25T04:43:00.000-06:00

Happy Friday everyone. I'm super excited about this weeks challenge at Fussy and Fancy because I came up with the idea for this challenge. To use zippers or feather on your project. Zippers are all the rage so I went that route:

I used the lacy square Nestabilities and some great new paper from MME from the Stella and Rose collection. I'm definitely in love.

This picture is kind of blurry but I pop dotted this card like crazy so there is about 4 different layers to it.

I used some Smooch spray in orange for the senti label and the set called Always Here from SSD for the senti. Added some ribbon and some free hand cut leaves and there's my card. I used this older sketch from Mojo Monday.

Sweet!

2011-03-20T11:10:00.001-06:00

I found this card on the talented Jen Del Muro's blog and thought I needed to case it. Didn't she do a great job?

Here is my case of her card. I didn't do it justice but I still love it.

I used a bunch of scraps, the blue is MME robot paper, the pink is some October Afternoon (I think) and the yellow is the B side of some new awesome Crate Paper.

I used the SSD set called Cupcake Cutie. I added stickles to it for frosting.

MEN!!

2011-03-20T10:41:00.000-06:00

Here's a little post for you today to make you smile. I made this the other night for a friend of mine. I used a past sketch from Skipping Stones Design:

I also used SSD stamps for my card. I used the Funny About Men stamp set from SSD.

My paper is from last years MME Lush collection, added some ribbon and a button I had on hand to finish it up. I inked all my edges in black soot Distress Inks.

Inside the card reads:

Find your pot of gold

2011-03-17T05:46:00.000-06:00

It's that time again...time to play along with Stamp Insanity's awesomely fun challenge, Find your pot of gold. Find that pot of gold at the bottom of the rainbow! Use some gold accents, or shades of golden in your color selection! Spring is coming! I had a hard time with this challenge (that's why it's called a challenge I guess) because I'm more of a silver girl but here we go...

I used cute little Zeke from the Zeke and Maddie set. My senti is from the Simply Supernatural set. I used paper from the Rockstar stack from DCWV that I've been hording.

I colored Zeke with some distress inks and some smooch gold paint. I inked the edges and added more gold smooch. Finished it off with my cute little Prima in green.

My Mind's Eye challenge #21

2011-03-16T22:58:00.000-06:00

Nothing like waiting til the last minute I always say...ok, really I don't always say that but it seams that way when I do this amazing challenge every month at My Minds Eye. I just finished this up and wanted to get it posted but it's way past my bedtime so my words will be short and sweet.

LOVE the new Rose and Stella paper!! Here's my little Roo again! Isn't she so cute? I added a few Prima's as well as some lace. Threw on some bling and there we have it.

Fussy and Fancy Challenge #32, Sketch

2011-03-11T06:09:00.002-07:00

Happy Friday everyone! We have a great sketch for you this week at Fussy and Fancy. Mindy did a great job on this one. Lots of room for making it your own. Sometimes I think I'm too literal with sketches though, you can be the judge, here's the sketch!

And my card:

I used some craft cardstock with some of the new My Mind's Eye paper that is divine! I used the lacey squares from Spellbinders for the card and the center square. Love this set!

I used the soon to be released Skipping Stones Design stamp set called Green Birthday. This is such a funny set. I paper pieced and pop dotted the cupcake, inked the corners and aded a few buttons to the corner.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check out the other girls!

Stamp Insanity Challenge 49, Touchy Feely

2011-03-03T04:01:00.002-07:00

Hello kids, it's Thursday! WOO HOO!! Yea for a work free weekend for me!! Today is he fun new challenge over at Stamp Insanity, I Feel Touchy Feely. How many textures can you incorporate? Have any unique ways to texturize? I used 4 on my card, check it out!

My base paper is from last years Lush line from My Mind's Eye and it's flocked (texture #1). I used the Other Worldly Loves set which I'm totally in love with. After I stamped the senti I rubbed Versamark over the whole thing and sprinkled some Stampin' Up Iridescent Ice embossing powder to make it sparkle (texture #2)

I embossed a piece of black magic Core'dinations card stock and sanded it so the red shows thought a bit (texture #3) and finished off the card with some cardboard that I sprayed with Santa Baby Glimmer Mist (texture #4). Threw some little black blings on the card as a final touch.

Now it's your turn, how many textures can you use?

I'm also entering this card in the Burtonesque Dolls challenge of Black, White & Red.

Fussy and Fancy Challenge #31

2011-02-25T05:56:00.004-07:00

I had a few computer problems and am just now getting to write in this post. It's Friday! I'm so excited. Isn't it crazy how sometimes the short weeks end up being the longest. Ugh! Oh well, today Fussy & Fancy's new challenge is paper piece or dry emboss. I did both on my card. My cake is paper pieced.

I used an unreleased set called Recycled Birthday from Skipping Stones Designs as well as some paper from Basic Grey that I had in a stack from quite awhile ago.

I embossed the tag and added the senti to it and paper pieced the cake. Looks so good you could just eat it up huh? The inside of the card says: It may taste like cardstock but it's got lots of fiber. I also used the sketch Skipping Stones has this week. Thanks for stopping by!

Love Everything About You

2011-02-18T21:00:00.000-07:00

First I wanna say that my bestie had her baby on the 16th. An adorable baby girl, we call her Roo (nickname)

Isn't she just precious?
But the point of my post is that it's that time again, My Mind's Eye has their monthly challenge posted. I love these sketches because they make me think outside the norm to make a nice layout. Here is this months sketch:

Since I am making Roo's baby album, I thought this was a good sketch to use for the album using some of the great My Mind's Eye paper, Alphabet Soup. Along with the sketch, you had to use the theme: Love Everything About _______________.

I used one of Roo's ultrasound pictures with the title Love Everything About You (cut from the Nifty Fiftys cart) and listed the words on the side that Cami said were bad parts of her pregnancy. I inked these words in Distress Inks.

I added a little button from Pink Paislee's Sweetness line and some fun stones as well as some hard to photograph white glittery tool.

The ABCs of an ABC, SISC47

2011-02-17T05:00:00.000-07:00

Welcome to another challenge at Stamp Insanity! This week we have the ABC's of an ABC. Create an ABC (Anything But a Card) that rocks the Asylum! I created a fun post it note holder.

I used paper from 3 Bugs from the April Showers line. Great paper line! My card stock is from Cord'inations (which I sanded). I also used a senti from the Zeke and Maddie set. Love this set! Added my post it notes inside and wrapped and tied a ribbon around it to hold it together. Added some glittery blinged up flowers and my post it notes were done.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to come over to Stamp Insanity to play along!

I ❤ shoes

2011-02-16T06:47:00.000-07:00

I got my hands on a not yet released stamp set from Skipping Stones Design. I love it!!! I had to whip something out with it as well as FINALLY break into Cosmo Cricket Delovely paper pack so whala!

Added some Smooch paint to the dots on the shoe and inked the edges with some Shabby Shutters Distress Ink.

Made a cute little button with the button punch and threw on some bling and here we are. My pink cardstock is from my scrap bin and I even embossed dots on it like the shoe.

Happy Valentine's Cullen Style

2011-02-14T17:58:00.000-07:00

Well here it is one of my least favorite holidays but I got a little creative with creative with some Cullen love. I made these two cards:

The 1st I used some watercolor paper and sprayed it with Santa Baby Glimmer Mist. I sent it through the printer (after it was dry of course) and did a computer generated senti. I used the heart and the lips from The Our Craft Lounge For-Bitten set. I colored the lips with Smooch paint and inked the edges of everything with some Black Soot Distress Ink. Finished it with some black ribbon.

My next card I used Christmas paper from Echo Park as well as some left overs of the Glimmer Misted paper. Cathy, sweet as she is, found these great Twilight Valentines and picked me up a set. I couldn't help but use Edward. The senti is also from the Our Craft Lounge set. Finished this card off with a bit of the black ribbon also.

Mojo-licious

2011-02-13T08:30:00.000-07:00

It's been awhile since I did a Mojo Monday so I thought I'd give this sketch a try this week:

I used paper from Cosmo Cricket's 1934 line. I'm still in love with this line. So classic! I also used stamps from Skipping Stones Design called Always Here.

I colored the butterfly with Distress Inks and a water painter brush. Not sure that I'm a huge fan of this technique yet but I'll keep trying. I added a little bling around the butterfly and called it finished.

Fussy and Fancy, Sweets for my Sweet

2011-02-11T05:03:00.001-07:00

TGIF my fellow bloggers! I'm super excited that it's Friday because that means tomorrow I get to work at Altered Art and Scrap Playground! WOOHOO!! But it also means it's challenge day at Fussy and Fancy. The challenge was to use a sweet treat on your project. Here's mine:

I used a little mini candy bar and covered it with paper to make this little robot. My paper was Chery Arte'. It's got a B side, you all know how I love those B sides! The yellow was in my scrap bin. I embossed it with a cute new Sizzix embossing folder. My senti is computer generated and inked in some Distress Ink.

ATC Bugaboo Style

2011-02-04T06:40:00.000-07:00

This weeks challenge at Bugaboo is to create an ATC. I've never made these before, don't know if I will again but it was kinda fun learning how.

I used the cute little Ava and Deacon images from Bugaboo Stamps and some papers from my scrap bin.

Fussy and Fancy Friday, Valentine's with no red or pink

2011-01-28T08:12:00.001-07:00

Happy Friday Bloggers! This weeks challenge at Fussy and Fancy is Valentine's with no red or pink. Since I hate Valentines day this was easy peasy for me!

I used one of Simply Betty's new Valentine Emo's, Lola. Love these girls!! Super cute and super sassy!

My paper is by K and Co from 2 Halloween's ago. I've been hording it. I added a matching green ribbon with a black flower and green button. My sentiment is from a company that I think has gone out of business called Little Paper Shop. It was a set called Anti-Valentine to support Coronary Heart Disease.

Oh Baby!

2011-01-23T14:21:00.000-07:00

I finally got around to doing a card that isn't for a design team. Shocker huh? And it encompasses 3 challenges
1. Sketch C4C71 at Crazy 4 Challenges

(I flipped it on it's side)
2. Show us your whites at Bugaboo. You had to use very little color.
3. Start the new year Burton style at The Burtonesque Dolls, new house or new baby card. Here's my creation:

I used a cute little Skelekinz image from Bugaboo. I just love these little girls. Colored her with watercolor pencils and stickles on the rattle.

I embossed my white cardstock with 2 embossing folders and inked the edges with tattered rose Distress Ink. Also added a rockin' skull brad by Creative Imaginations that my bestie sent me from Florida and 2 little pink blings.

Fussy and Fancy Friday, Sketch, Challenge #28

2011-01-21T05:26:00.001-07:00

It's Friday! Woo Hoo! AND it's sketch time over at Fussy and Fancy! Check out the cool sketch Mindy has in store for us this week:

This challenge is sponsored by Digi Doodle Shop so I used this cute little digi stamp from her store called Pumpkin Carriage for my card. Thought it would make a cute little wedding card.

I used some shimmer paper from DCWV and some white glitter paper. I colored my image with gold lame and snickerdoodle Smooch Paint as well as some diamond Stickles.

I used the Happily Ever After cut from the Storybook cartridge and embossed the background with the De'vine embossing folder.

Stamp Insanity challenge 41, HardCore HardWare!

2011-01-06T05:47:00.000-07:00

Hello fellow bloggers, one more day til the weekend! But it's time for Stamp Insanity's great challenge this week. HardCore HardWare! Break out some heavy metal this week! It was so fun to think outside of the box on this one.

I used some awesome pink and white zebra paper from Teresa Collins. Love this stuff. It is solid pink on the B side and also what I used for my matting. I inked the edges in Graphite Black Dew Drop.

I used screen and cut it with the tattered flowers die and sprayed it with some Smooch Spray. I then added a fussy pink brad. I made a boarder with ribbon and small washers. How fun is that?

I used little Maddie from the Zeke and Maddie set as well as a sentiment from the Simply Supernatural set. I colored Maddie with pink and white Smooch Paint and watercolor pencils.

Don't forget to hop over to Stamp Insanity to play along and check out the other girls in Ward B listed in my sidebar!

Fussy and Fancy Friday, Celebration card and 3D gift item (challenge #27)

2010-12-31T05:57:00.002-07:00

Happy Friday everyone! I bet now that Christmas is over, you'll all have time to get crafting and play along with the great challenge at Fussy and Fancy. The challenge is to make a celebration card as well as a matching 3D item. With my bestie having a baby in a few months, I thought this was a perfect challenge to make her a gift. Here's what I came up with:

The above is a a cute gift card holder card, 3 stamped on onsies and a decorated paint can for the packaging. I used paper from The Paper Studio and some shimmer cardstock that I got in a paper pack from Walmart. I used stamps on the card holder and paint can from Skipping Stones Design that are currently unreleased. The stamps on my onsies are from The Greeting Farm. I used the girl from the Sweet and Toxic set, Monday and Friday from their Creeper Crew line.

I used the tutorial found HERE for the giftcard holder.

And I used the tutorial found HERE for the onsies.

Don't forget to jump over to Fussy and Fancy to play along and make sure you check out the other Fancy Girls:
Stampin Mindy

Tineke

Also a super fun announcement over at Fussy and Fancy is our new Design Team!! YEA! Congrats to all the newbies and a fond farewell to those leaving this amazing team.

Celine New DT member
Chelsea <--that's me! DT member
Diane New DT member
Gabbi New DT member
Jennifer Cofounder
Juanita Cofounder
Lisa Senior DT member
Lisette New DT member
Mel X New DT member
Mindy Cofounder
Susan DT member
Tiara New DT member
Tineke DT member
Tracy New DT member

Stamp Insanity challenge 40, Sparkle

2010-12-30T06:12:00.001-07:00

Welcome everyone. Happy Thursday! We have a great challenge for you over at Stamp Insanity today. Sparkle! Use any image/sentiment. Add some something sparkly! Bonus - use silver and/or gold! I used the Zeke and Maddie set.

And my sparkly card:

I used paper by Fancy Pants from their Trick or Treat line last year called Enchanted. The black glitter paper is some that I got in a paper pack from Walmart years ago.

I also used some teal colored Glimmer Mist for more sparkle on the sentiment.

And on Maddie's little dress and accessories I used teal and silver Smooch paint (which is hard to photograph the sparkle). I finished my card off with some black bling.

Don't forget to stop over to Stamp Insanity to play along and check out the other Groovy Girls (links in my sidebar).

My Top 10 Cards of 2010 Blog Hop

2010-12-27T14:45:00.001-07:00

What a great find today...Mrs Weyremaster of The Manic World of Mrs Weyremaster is having a blog hop to showcase our favorite cards of 2010.

What a fun way to showcase some of my own favorites. Lets start off with:
Poppin' By using stamps by Skipping Stones Design

Accessorize also using Skipping Stones stamps, the Well Behaved set

Strength & Courage using a senti single from Creative Clear Stamps

Sweet Surprises using Birthday Donuts by Skipping Stones Design

I'm Your Friend using a senti single from Creative Clear Stamps

Watching using Artful Inkables Epic Tales set

Team Edward using Shirtless Edward from Pixie Dust Studio and Fictionally Inspired from Artful Inkables

Chicks Rule using Cheeky Shooter from The Greeting Farm

Count your rainbows using Betty from Simply Betty Stamps

And lastly, It's Better To Have Loved using the Toxic and Sweet set from The Greeting Farm

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my year in review of my favorite cards. Don't forget to stop back to The Manic World and check out the other wonderful creations on the hop!

Fussy and Fancy Challenge 26, Snow

2010-12-17T05:25:00.001-07:00

Happy Friday, I'm back with the latest and greatest challenge from Fussy & Fancy, SNOW! Couldn't get much easier then that. Below is my snow card:

I made an easel card this time around with paper from Echo Park from their Wintertime line and an image from Pixie Dust Studio called Melt My Heart. I fell in love with the image.

I added some diamond Stickles to the snow people and also cuttlebuged it with the Swiss Dots folder to look like snow.

I also used a cut from the tattered flowers and topped it with a snowflake and brad from my stash. My sentiment is computer generated. Don't forget to stop by Fussy and Fancy to play along.

My Minds Eye Challege 18, It's a STEVE thing

2010-12-16T23:19:00.000-07:00

I really struggled with this layout, still not 100% sold on it but it's getting posted now because the challenge is up at midnight and I need to get it posted. Here's the sketch from My Minds Eye:

I tilted it for my layout which is below:

I used papers from Lost and Found, Portobello Road line and some Core'dinations Bling paper. I used some snowflakes to accent this layout.

Steve, who was a large part of my life as well as my families, recently passed away. I have known Steve since I was 2, in fact, he was my friend before he was my families friend. I used to make him mud pies and he would pretend to eat them. He would also mow letters into the lawn for me while I watched from his 3rd story apartment window. He was such an amazing man and will never be forgotten. He gave me the picture of him reading me a bedtime story for my college graduation. I don't remember it being taken but it's a cherished photo for me now.

SISC 39~Happy Holidays

2010-12-16T05:49:00.002-07:00

Welcome everyone, Sorry I've been kind of missing lately. I had some stressful situations lately that have kept me from my craft room. But I need to get back into the swing so without further ado, my card for Stamp Insanity's challenge 39, Happy Holidays. The challenge is to just create a holiday card/project. Easy Peasy. I just got my Morgan's Star rubber set in the mail last week and it needed some inky love. Isn't this a fun set?

And here's my card:

I used paper from a company called Harmonie. I love this sheet. It's called Poinsettia. It is a B side paper but has an extra little fun on the little part that you cut off, it is actually the red strip I used across the bottom. How fun is that?!

I used lots of Stickles on my tree to make it festive. I also added Stickle's to the button I used for an embellie. I inked the edges in pumice stone Distress Ink.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the Groovy Girls (links can be found in my sidebar).
I also used the sketch from Mojo Monday this week:

Happy Holidays!!

Fussy and Fancy Challenge 25, Anything but a card

2010-12-03T05:10:00.004-07:00

Hello all my blogger friends! Happy Friday! It's challenge time at Fussy and Fancy! Our challenge this week is Anything but a card. I'm so excited about this challenge because I got to use my stamps at my part time job at Pottery 2 Paint for this challenge. I made a trivet for hot plates. Check it out!

I used cute little Monday from The Greeting Farm. I stamped her in black paint and used a small brush to paint her. We have a few background stamps there that I stamped around her in purple and teal.

Isn't she cute!! I used a stencil to make the word laugh. She was clear dipped and fired making the final glossy result.

Here's a close up of her. The stamp isn't perfect, there's some blotches but for my first time stamping on pottery, I'm happy with the result.

Don't forget to head over to Fussy and Fancy to play along with this challenge!

SISC 37 - Luscious Lace

2010-12-02T04:13:00.001-07:00

I know that these are CHALLENGES but they really have been challenging me to think outside the norm lately. This weeks challenge at Stamp Insanity is Luscious Lace, The Fabric of Our Lives. I never use lace or fabric on my cards. Not sure why, just never have. So I stopped down at Altered Art and Scrap Playground and picked up a package of lace. I also picked up some great paper by We R Memory Keepers. Here's my card featuring both the lace and the fun new paper.

The paper is from the Merry January line. It's a B side paper. This sheet is called Flake. Fitting isn't it? The back side has 4 6x6 squares and the 1 I used for the matting is Slush.

I used cute little Maddie from the Holiday Princess set (set photo posted below). I inked all the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. I used some Stickles on the flame of the candle and some white epoxy on the candle.

I had some of these snowflakes laying around from a few years back (so old the adhesive fell off) that were silver glitter that I inked with Vintage Photo and Broken China Distress Ink. I popped the Vintage Photo snowflake with some pop dots.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the Groovy Girls to see their amazing creations!

Ward 1:

Too Much Caffine

2010-11-29T20:10:00.000-07:00

Well I decided it was time to pull out my Funny Coffee I Stamps and participate in Skipping Stones Design's sketch this week. I loved the sketch and had some left over Merry January paper by We R Memory Keepers sitting on my desk so I thought I'd just use up some scraps.
Here's the sketch:

And my card:

I added some off white rick rack to the mix as well as lots of Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

I cut a ticket from Tim Holtz's ticket die and inked the edges and stamped the senti on it.

Finished the card off with a button and a little twine.

Elfin' Magic at Stamp Insanity

2010-11-23T05:11:00.000-07:00

Happy Tuesday! We have a fun new release today at Stamp Insanity! Elfin Magic with sweet little Morgan. Great sentiments on this set too!
Here's my card using this set:

I used paper from 3 Bugs in a Rug from their Snow Much Fun line. I added some bright pink shimmer paper for my matting.

I colored Morgan with watercolor pencils and added a but of Smooch paint for her earring.

I inked all the edges of the sentiments with Distress Ink and added a few Prima flowers and some bling.

Make sure you head over to Stamp Insanity to check out this and the other great sets of stamps they have to offer!

Fussy and Fancy Challege 24, Christmas without red or green

2010-11-19T02:13:00.001-07:00

Hello all you Fussy and Fancy people out there!! This time around at Fussy and Fancy our challenge is Christmas without Red and Green. Wow...I didn't realize how hard this would be. Here's my card:

I used some graduation paper from a few years ago that's sparkly and fun. I also added some white and black mirror paper. I added some Stickles to cute Morgan's hair and dress.

I used this great set from Stamp Insanity for the image and sentiment, its called Naughty or Nice.

Stamp Insanity is also our sponsor this week with a great prize in store for the winner so get on over to Fussy and Fancy to play along.

Stamp Insanity Challenge 36, Sketch and New Release

2010-11-18T05:37:00.004-07:00

Hello bloggers! This week at Stamp Insanity we have a great sketch and an even greater new release! First, here's the sketch:

And the new release is called Holiday Princess. I adore this release!

I kinda went outside the box for my card this week and used a brown paper lunch bag as my base. Crazy I know. I cut it down to size and added some great papers from Echo Park.

I colored up cute little Holiday Princess Maddie and inked the edges of the cut. I used Nesties labels 14 to cut her out. I backed her with some brown shimmer paper from Die Cuts With A View.

I used my button pinch to add a little big of an embellie on the corner as well as my snowflake boarder punch on the edge of the bag.

I finished up the front of the card with some brown bling sprinkled about.

I added the sentiment to the inside with a little sticker from Echo Park and another brown bling.

Don't forget to stop by and check out the rest of the crazies in the aslym:

Ward 1:

Ward 2:

Alison

Through Her Eyes

2010-11-16T05:14:00.001-07:00

Happy Tuesday bloggers, this week The Greeting Farm has a great sketch so I had to use it to create a layout using the yummy new papers at Altered Art and Scrap Playground. First, the sketch:

Next is my take on the sketch:

I used the new Circa 1934 paper by Cosmo Cricket. It's got great names too, I used Ginger (background), Gable (yellow part of tag), Bette (red part of tag) Astaire (some of the boarders under the pictures) and Garbo (lettering & B side is the matting of the pictures). Aren't those names great!!

These are pictures of my grandmother when she was young, before she was married. I found the great quote and printed it from the computer. I then cut it using George, into a tag and matted it.

I love my tattered flowers die and I probably use it way too much but it just makes a layout look fab! So here are more tattered flowers on this layout using some leftovers of what I used. I added some bling brads to the centers of the flowers as well.

All my letters were cut by hand (ugh!) but I love the way the title turned out. I also used some lacy ribbon stuff on the tag and as a boarder.

Thanks for stopping and checking out my layout.

Cute little cards

2010-11-15T11:14:00.000-07:00

A family friend in Florida has 2 granddaughters, the last time I was there, I took some scrappin' supplies to the the girls, Annabell and Lily, and got them started a bit on scrapbooking and card making. Annabell is 8, and Lily is 7. Saturday I opened my mailbox to find 2 of the cutest little cards from these girls. I just had to share them with all my blogging friends.

Here is Lily's card:

Great use of some sparkly stickers!

And here is Annabell's card:

Love that she used some ribbon on the card!

Great work girls!!

Sweet and Toxic

2010-11-13T06:28:00.002-07:00

It's been awhile since I created a card just to create. There is no challenge or design team need for this card, I just wanted to play. I've had the cute little Sweet and Toxic set from The Greeting Farm for awhile now and have never inked up the girl so last night I got inky with her.

I used paper from K and Company's Whimsy Halloween line from last year. I colored her with watercolor pencils and inked the edges with mulled lavender Distress Ink. I also used a notebook paper background stamp by Cornish Heritage Farms. I inked the background stamp in pumice stone Distress Ink and used the 2nd generation stamp on the image and senti.

I used a star dust pen for the skulls and lines in her hair. I also added some little flowers in the top right corner with some bling.

My sentiment is from a company called Little Paper Shop, the set it a digi set called Broken Hearts for Broken Hearts. Great set and the proceeds go to Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton to aid in the research and care of neonatal congenital heart defects.

My Minds Eye Challenge 17, Lessons Learned

2010-11-12T05:31:00.001-07:00

I love the sketch this month at My Mind's Eye so I had to participate in the challenge which is: Design a layout or other project based on this sketch (by Anam Stubbington) and include the theme “Lessons Learned”.

Isn't that a great sketch? Below is my layout. 80% of the layout has to be done with My Mind's Eye paper. Everything on my layout except the solid red glitter paper, brads and pins are by My Minds Eye, Lost and Found collection. I love these papers. Especially all the pretty glitter!

I used a quote from Carrie Underwood's song "Lessons Learned" for my journaling because all those things have made me stronger. That's why Stronger is my title.

I cut my title from the Lyrical Letters cartridge, the connected font. My corner flourishes are from the Home Decor cartridge.

I made this cool flower and added a punch out for the top and stuck a few pins in it from Mya Road. Starting to really like these pins. I added Its A Beautiful Life tag and curled the edges to give it some character.

I'm so happy with how this page came out. I always love challenging myself to think outside the box with these My Minds Eye Challenges.

Stamp Insanity Challenge 35, Oh Scrap!!

2010-11-11T05:27:00.006-07:00

Oh, SCRAP!

That's the challenge over at Stamp Insanity this week. Oh Scrap! - Create a project with only your leftover bits and strips of paper and bitty pieces of ribbon you just can’t part with! Any scraps will do!! No one will call us crazy hoarders – will they? Are will they? ;)

My card I used the last of my 2008 graduation paper and what I call perfect Twilight paper. Of course the graduation part is the B side of this cool design.

I promise I'll get Twilight off the brain here soon. (Probably December 4th when I can buy Eclipse on DVD).

I have a little of the shimmery black paper left in my scrap bin that I used up as well as the last of my roll of red satin ribbon. I cut my sentiment with my newest Nestability Label set and inked the edges in barn door Distress Ink.

My sentiment came from the Simply Supernatural set from Stamp Insanity. Such a great set!

I used the quilt pattern for an Ohio Star block for my card (kinda like a sketch right?)

And don't forget to go check out the post by the other ward 1 crazies this week...

Ward 1:

Jane
Blackdragon/Lynx
Susan
Wendy
Dawn
Sugar
Margie (DTC)

May you feel God's love

2010-11-06T05:29:00.002-06:00

For today's card I used the ColorQ Challenge 57

and the Mojo Monday Sketch 163

And here's my card

My paper is by The Paper Company line Mediterranean Summer, called Enchantment. I also used some scraps for the flower.

My sentiment is from the Cancer Schmancer set from Skipping Stones Design.

Fussy and Fancy Challenge 23, Mindy's Sketch

2010-11-05T04:12:00.000-06:00

Happy Fussy and Fancy Friday bloggers! What a long week! But it's ending with a great sketch from Mindy for Challenge 23! This is one of my favorite sketches from Mindy.

And my take on the sketch:

I love how this card turned out. I used some brown shimmer paper as my base and then used some My Mind's Eye So Sophie paper, the B side cuz you know I love the B sides lately.

I had a fabric brown flower on hand that I added to the card before I added my butterfly. I added some brown pearls to the butterfly as well as under the sentiment and then I sprayed the whole card again with some Gumdrop Glimmer Mist.
I used the Always Here stamp set from Skipping Stones Design. I stamped this great butterfly on which cardstock and sprayed it with Gumdrop Glimmer Mist which matched my paper perfectly.

Our sponsor this week is Simon Says and they have a great prize so hurry over to Fussy and Fancy to play along with this fabulous sketch.

Thanks for dropping by, don't forget to stop by the other Fancy girls to see what they have done.

I have attitude with Digis with Attitude

2010-11-01T22:01:00.000-06:00

I was nominated for the Digi's With Attitude! "I got the Attitude! Blog Award" (Thanks Juanita!)

What this means is not only did I get a $5.00 Gift Certificate for Digi's With Attitude! Store but now I can brag that "My Blog's got the `Tude!"

All I have to do is tell you 3 things that make me different from everyone else and nominate 5 blogs. What gives me the `Tude?

1. Card making and Scrapbooking is a total stress reliever for me

2. I love kids movies and cartoons and frequently watch them when I'm creating.

3. I hate scary movies but LOVE Halloween!

The 5 Blogs I nominate are:

1. Christy's Creative Journeys

2. Olga's Craftieodamae

3. Shelly's Sassy Ramblin's

4. Erin's Inky Smiles

5. Angela's Sparkle and Bling

Please display this badge proudly and link it to the Digi's With Attitude! Challenge Blog. To qualify for the $5.00 Digi's With Attitude! Store Gift Certificate please read the guidelines HERE

Stamp Insanity Challenge 33, A Spook-ilicious Halloween

2010-10-28T04:17:00.002-06:00

Happy Thursday, we have the greatest Halloween challenge for you over at Stamp Insanity. A Spook-ilicious Halloween. Create a card/project with or for a yummy Halloween treat! (i.e. a treat box, or be inspired by Halloween candy/colors, be creative and have fun!)

Since I've had Twilight on the brain lately, when I found these Eclipse Halloween candies I knew I had to scoop up a few bags and incorporate them into this challenge.

So I created this little candy holder using the Otherworldly Loves set.

I used some Cuttlebug red shimmer cardstock for the base.

Open it up and there's the stars of Eclipse looking back at you.

I used 2nd generation images of the fangs and stamped the sentiment over it. I inked the edges with Barn Door distress ink. I also used the ooey gooey punch by Martha Stewart. Finished off with a bow out of this cool gauze type ribbon.

I used score tape to hold the candies in the holder.

Thanks for stopping by. Don't forget to visit the rest of the Ward 1 Crazies at their sites below:

And don't forget to visit Stamp Insanity to play along.

Fussy and Fancy Challenge 22, Winter Wonderland

2010-10-22T05:27:00.000-06:00

YEA!!! It's Friday, and the weather is cooling down which means soon we could have SNOW! Which brings us to this weekends challenge at Fussy and Fancy, Winter Wonderland. I created 2 cards for this occasion:

My stamps are by Skipping Stones Design. Neither of them are currently on sale however.

I used paper by 3 Bugs in a Rug from their Snow Much Fun line. I stamped some snowflakes with Distress Inks, inked the edges and added my sentiment.

I finished it off with some bling and some ribbon.

My 2nd card uses the set Sassy Snow from Skipping Stones Design. I colored her with water color pencils and white Smooch paint. I inked the edges of the image and finished off the card with some ribbon and a few pink pearls.

Be sure to stop by the Fussy and Fancy blog to play along. Stitchy Stamps is our sponsor this week and has a great prize.

Live Free and Die Cut! SISC31

2010-10-14T04:00:00.001-06:00

Happy Insane Thursday everyone! This week over at Stamp Insanity we have a great challenge! "Come up with creative ways to use your die cutter or die cut embellies!" I had to resort to the Cricut for a die cut. I thought a rose would go perfect with cute little Halloween Henry. Here's my card:

I used some paper from the Creative Imaginations Twilight pack. I colored cute Henry with water color pencils, white Smooch paint and my new Sakura Gelly Roll Stardust pens. (All vampires sparkle in my book)

I Stickled my die cut rose with Ruby Stickles as well as Henry's rose.

Finished off my card with some Santa Baby Glimmer Mist. I added it to the top of my card and let it drip like blood. I also sprayed my sentiment with the Glimmer Mist and inked the edges with Black Soot Distress Ink.

Don't forget to head over to Stamp Insanity to play along.

Spooktacular Halloween Fussy and Fancy style Challenge #21

2010-10-08T04:28:00.000-06:00

Happy Friday ghouls and guys! Hope you are all having a great day! Today Fussy and Fancy has a challenge that was so close to my heart....Halloween! Halloween is my favoriteist holiday of all! In fact, while you read this I'm on my way to Denver for the weekend and we're going to partake in a haunted sites tour. I can't wait! Anyway, enough jibber jabber, here is my Halloween card!

I used little Hattie from Kraftin' Kimmie stamps. Isn't she fab? So spooky! I colored her with watercolor pencils and a blender pen. In the picture below you can see that I used silver Smooch Paint on her hair.

My paper is some shimmer black stuff I had on hand and some scraps of some Teresa Collins Halloween paper.

I added some black bling and a shimmery white bow to finish off my card. The sentiment is from the Happy Halloweenie set from Skipping Stones Designs.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check out what the other girls have done. You can find the links to their blogs on my sidebar.

Trick it or Treat it Stamp Insanity Style SISC30

2010-10-07T06:00:00.002-06:00

Hello to all my peeps, here's some exciting news for you to sink your teeth into...I was recently chosen to be a Groovy Gurl over at Stamp Insanity! Yea! We have a great design team with alot of very talented girls. Be sure to stop by and say hi to them all!

Ward One:

Juanita - http://stampintwilghtmom.blogspot.com

Lynx (Blackdragon) - http://lynsblogger.blogspot.com

Sugar - http://sugscardsnmore.blogspot.com/

Jane - http://jcocraft.blogspot.com

Margie (DTC) - http://ohbumbleismemargie.blogspot.com

Kapree - http://kc-consultant.blogspot.com

Wendy - http://scrappractical.blogspot.com

Dawn - http://dawnsrubberroom.blogspot.com

Ward Two:

Jacquie - http://javablustamper.blogspot.com

Alison - http://alisonsrandomthoughts.blogspot.com

Susan - http://susanscraftychaos.blogspot.com

Erica - http://www.inkedupandreadytoplay.com

Rosalien - http://rosalien-cardfun.blogspot.com

Chelsea - http://www.scraptasticvoyage.blogspot.com

Jules - http://goodkardma.blogspot.com

It's a busy day today at Stamp Insanity...We have a great new challenge. This challenge is to: "Trick-it or Treat-it" - (like "Naughty or Nice") Have fun with either 'trick-ing' or 'treat-ing' your projects with using any of your favorite techniques or a Halloween theme, etc...

Today is also release day for the Devil Dolls set. What a great set of stamps!

I used little Kassandra for my card. You'll want to rush out and get your hands on these devious girls!

I colored her with colored pencils and Smooch Paint.

I got the new Halloween embossing folders by Tim Holtz this last weekend and couldn't wait to use them on this card. My paper is some iridescent white paper with some Disney Princess paper.

I used the sentiment off of the Otherworldly Loves set also by Stamp Insanity. Love this set!

I added a little ribbon and some bling and pop dotted Kassandra to finish off the card.

Don't forget that October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Stamp Insanity has this great Katie for Cure set. Be sure to check it out.

Simply Betty Challenge #2

2010-09-30T08:37:00.000-06:00

I'm loving that Simply Betty stamps has a challenge blog now. Love her stamps and now her challenges too. Challenge #2 is to make a halloween project createing a new Halloween color combo, diverging from the traditional Black, Orange, Purple and Greens. I was nervous at 1st, I mean, what's halloween without those colors? Well, here's what I came up with:

Not that you can really see it but I used some base paper from Creative Imaginations that has skulls on the cherries. I love it! I added some other stuff from my scrap bin.

I pop dotted little Devil Rio and matted her in more scraps.

I embossed the 1st pink strip with some skulls, left the green plain and the 2nd pink strip was some already embossed paper. Added some bling to match.

I stamped my sentiment from MTF Party Girl set right on my ribbon. I love how this looks. Thanks for checkin' in at my blog. Can't wait to read your happy comments!

A friend with chocolate is a friend indeed...

2010-09-25T06:35:00.000-06:00

This month Hambo Stamps has a sketch challenge going on. I love sketches and the opportunity to win some digis is always a plus so here is their sketch:

It was a fun little sketch to work with. Here's my card, I'm totally on a Halloween kick:

I'm not sure what's up with my camera lately but it's been taking a few blurry pics no matter how many times I try to get the whole card. It's frustrating. Anyway, I used paper from We R Memory Keepers from the Heebie Jeebie Line. Love this stuff. It's B sided as well.

My stamp is another one of the kids quotes stamps from Inkadinkado and the ribbon I found the other night in the $1 bins at Target.

I inked my edges and added a little bling and there ya go.

Fussy and Fancy Challenge 20, Mindy's Sketch

2010-09-24T05:23:00.039-06:00

It's that time again...time for a rockin' new challenge over at Fussy and Fancy! Today Mindy has a great sketch for us!

I've been in the mood for Halloween for a few weeks now so I figured, why not make a rockin' Halloween card with Mindy's rockin' sketch?!

I used paper from We R Memory Keepers from their Heebie Jeebie line. Love this stuff! My stamp is from Impressions Obsession, it's their margarita line. I love them all but this is my favorite! Used some coordinating Primas with some matching bling.

I found this rockin' ribbon at my LSS, Altered Art and Scrap Playground, it's from Fancy Pants and is totally to die for! Added some bling to it as well. My sentiment is from My Favorite Things Party Girl set.

I inked the edges in black soot Distress Ink and Stickled my drink to look a little more creepy and don't forget the bit of Ooey Gooey punch from MS at the bottom by the ribbon!

Our sponsor this time around is Bunny Zoe's Crafts. She's offered a gift certificate to the winner of this challenge. Her Christmas store is now open as well. Be sure to stop by and check them out.

http://www.bunnyzoescrafts.com/

Also entering this over at If The Shoe Fits - Flowers

Trick or Treat

2010-09-23T05:46:00.001-06:00

Tiddly Inks has this rockin' sketch for their challenge this week...do I use the word rockin' too much? Maybe I need to find another kick butt word...anyway, back to the rockin' sketch. How fun is this?

I pulled Pinky from my my stash of digis, She's so cute. She was a must have and believe it or not, this was the 1st time I've used her.Does that tell you I have too many digis? My paper is some more B side paper from Making Memories from the Spook Alley collection.

I colored her with my NEW Limited Edition Glimmer Mist's in Pomegranate and Gumdrop. I also used some Black Magic for her hair. I also used some Smooch Paint for her how and the skull on the cupcake.

I cut some strips of black with the MS spider web boarder punch. I also used some stamps from Inkadinkado from a few years back. It was a halloween set. You can kind of see in the picture below the spiderweb that I embossed in Iridescent Ice embossing powder from Stampin' Up.

My sentiment is also from the Inkadinkado set. I finished off my card with a light mist of Orange Smooch Spray.

I'm also entering my over at the Burtonesque Dolls for Challenge #19, Trick or Treating in Burton's Neighborhood. I think Pinky falls right into Burton's neighborhood, don't you?

Too Ghoul for School, Burtonesque Challenge #18

2010-09-20T21:58:00.000-06:00

Wow...these challenges lately are really challenging for me. I had no idea when I started this card, what would come out of the whole thing. The challenge at the Burtonesque Dolls this week was Burtons School of Ghouls.

I used the Sweet and Toxic set from The Greeting Farm and a background stamp from Cornish Heritage that I totally forgot I had. It looks like a sheet of notebook paper. Too cute!!

I used a cut from Rock Princess Cricut cartridge that says Old School with skulls. I also used some Washi tape in a few spots.

I cut the skull from Wall Decor Cricut cartridge and used it as a stencil when I sprayed the heck out of my paper with Glimmer Mist in Black Magic and Smooch Spray. Also added a strip of paper from We R Memory Keepers Heebie Jeebie line.

Finished off my card with some of the green gauze ribbon and a black rose brad. Surprisingly I like the strange outcome of this card. Thanks for stopping by. Hope you come back to visit soon.

Chicks Rule, Tiddly Inks Challenge #21

2010-09-20T11:21:00.000-06:00

I had to dig deep in my creativity for this card, not that it's much too creative but I don't typically like or use too many animals in my crafting. I did save this cute little chick off of a Tiddly Inks freebie at Paper Craft Planet awhile back and hadn't used it yet so this seamed like a good time. The challenge was to use a pet or animal. Without further adu, my card:

See, I told you it wasn't TOO creative. But it is simple and cute. I do love this little chick now that I've use it. I colored it with Glimmer Mist and a paint brush. I'm really kinda diggin' this coloring with Glimmer Mist and Smooth Spray. Makes it nice and bold and even a little sparkly.

I put my twill tape in some of the yellow Glimmer Mist as well to get it the color I wanted and added it under the little button. I made the button with my button punch and embosser. This tool is so sweet! My papers are some scraps I had from Cosmo Cricket. Loved this paper. Wish I had more!

Thanks for stoppin' by!

Count your rainbows, SBS Challenge #1

2010-09-20T05:45:00.001-06:00

Super excited...Simply Betty Stamps has a new challenge blog! I couldn't wait to play along with her 1st challenge. She posted a picture of her totally rockin', I'm so jealous I don't have a pair, funky socks as inspiration. What a blast this challenge was to work on. Here's the socks! Don't they rock?

Here's my card:

I made my paper by taking white card stock and smearing all sorts of colors of Distress Ink on it. Then I ran it through my Cuttlebug with a cool cheetah print folder by Sizzix. I then sprayed the paper with a few matching colors of Glimmer Mist and Smooch Spray and finished it by inking the embossing with black soot Distress Ink. Totally love the look I got!

I even colored cute little Betty with my Glimmer Mist and Smooch Spray. She turned out so bold and vibrant, not to mention a bit sparkly. I don't recommend this unless using a paint brush cuz I ruined a blender pen in the process. :(
My sentiment is a stamp from Inkadinkado, it's a kids quotes stamp.

I love this new gauze like ribbon that they have in at Altered Art and Scrap Playground. Makes for a cool embellishment. I added some black glitter snowballs (I don't know if that's really what they are called) and a few tiny blings to Betty's eyes.

Can't wait for next weeks challenge!

Crafty Creations Music Challenge #85

2010-09-18T00:30:00.000-06:00

Hello guys and dolls out there in blogging world, today's post is brought to you by the challenge over at Crafty Creations. Their challenge this week is music or dance. Tiddly Inks is their sponsor this week so they sent us all over to check it out. Here is my card featuring Christmas Princess from Tiddly Inks:

I used the amazing new Christmas paper from Echo Park that I won. It has music notes all over it so it fits the challenge. I also made another ribbon rose out of the great paper they have at Altered Art. Even my holly leaves have music print.

I added some stickles to my Christmas Princess as some final touches as well as some pearls.

"Thank you for being a friend", My Minds Eye Challenge 15

2010-09-16T09:08:00.000-06:00

My Minds Eye has great challenges and I always buy paper to participate and then never get around to it. They have a great challenge right now with an easy sketch, so I'm finally getting around to participating.
The Challenge: Design a Thank You layout or other project based on this sketch:

What a simple sketch and amazing papers to work with. I used paper from the Lost and Found line from My Minds Eye, both Market Street and Madison Avenue collections. It's all glittery and fun! Here is my take on the challenge:

I cut some flowers from the Tattered Flower die by Tim Holtz which I'm now in love with and added a cool antique brad to the center if the flower.

I finally attempted one of the cool ribbon roses I've been seeing all over the place and absolutely love the end result. I used some of the rockin' new ribbon they have in at Altered Art and Scrap Playround to make it.

My last flower I made out of a strip of MME paper and a boarder punch. I also got to use my awesome new button punch. I added lots of Vintage Photo Distress Ink ink and Sandy Beach Glimmer Mist to this layout which was very scary for me. That's something that's totally out of my norm but I might have to do more often cuz I'm diggin' the final outcome.

I added a punched tab with the year to the side the of my picture. I used the Opposites Attract and the All Mixed Up font cartridges from Cricut for my wordage.

Fussy and Fancy Challenge 19, Christmas Colors

2010-09-10T05:51:00.000-06:00

I'm back with my card for Challenge 19 at Fussy and Fancy.

I used paper by Bo-Bunny from a fall line a year or so back. It was in my scrap bin and thought it was perfect for this challenge.

Stamps by Skipping Stones Design.

Its been posted!

2010-09-07T09:13:00.000-06:00

Hey all, Just wanted to let you all know that Cathy at Altered Art and Scrap Playground has asked me to teach a class with a set of cards I made. Here is what she so graciously said on her blog (as well as my card set):

Saturday, September 18 at 10 am and 2pm, the very creative and talented Chelsea Van Wyk with be teaching this great box set of cards. Cost is $12.50. Please bring scissors, adhesives (including glue dots and pop dots), paper trimmer and brown ink to class. Call 721-7529 or email artplay@rushmore.com to reserve your spot.

Chelsea is a super creative paper crafter with tons of talent. You can read more about her on her blog, www.scraptasticvoyage.blogspot.com. She is on some great design teams and is always creating for lots of companies challenges. Come join the fun and make a great gift for someone or keep it for yourself. ( I would)! We will be working with Distress Inks, Tim Holtz Tattered Flower Die and Skipping Stones Design Stamps. Too much fun to miss out on!

Burtonesque Challenge #17, Willy Wonka

2010-09-05T10:44:00.000-06:00

Hello all you guys and ghouls! How fun was this weeks challenge over at The Butronesque Dolls!?! Loved it! Really had me thinking too. The challenge was based on Willy Wonka! We needed to create a new candy box, candy bag, chocolate bar, any fun and funky new candy you would find in Willy Wonka's factory. You can even create a fun and funky candy Wrapper!

I used more of that adorable paper by Echo Park. I used a coffin template that I had on file. I cut a boarder with the MS Spiderweb boarder punch and added it to the underside of the lid. Use the Blackletter and the Indi Art cartridge for the lettering and the skull.

I sprayed the lid of my box with some orange Smooch spray as well as some black magic and silver Glimmer Mist. My truffles were made with more Echo Park paper and a little bit of We R Memory Keepers Heebie Jeebie line. I added some brad and ribbon and my "frosting" is Stickles.

Click your wicked heels 3 times...

2010-08-31T05:13:00.000-06:00

My mom has been bugging me to make her one of these so I finally got the template and put one of these adorable shoes together. I used some of the new Echo Park Halloween paper and I love how it turned out as much as I love this paper!

I added some purple glass brads with some Tattered Flowers to finish off the cute shoe.

The paper has a B side which you all know I love!

P.S. Did I mention that I won the whole halloween collection of paper from Echo Park by following their blog? Yea Me! Time for more cute projects from Echo Park!

Back to school with Fussy and Fancy, Challenge 18

2010-08-27T03:24:00.003-06:00

It's that time of year again, back to school time. I have no kids so really, back to school means very little for me except more traffic in the mornings on my drive to work. :) This week over at Fussy and Fancy our challenge is to create a back to school card.

I used my Hello Kitty cartridge to cut the apple and books and then colored up the cute little Teacher Anya from The Greeting Farm for this card.

I threw some glossy accents onto her apple and some bling flourishes onto the cut apple for a little extra flair.

Don't forget to head over to Fussy and Fancy to play along. Our sponsor this week is Stitchy Stamps.

Back to School Rio

2010-08-26T20:23:00.000-06:00

This week over at Tiddly Inks on PCP they had the cutest free digi, the blackboard background. I had been looking for something uber cute to use with Back to School Rio. They also worked great with the Tiddly Inks Challenge 18, Gear up for school.

I colored Rio up with some watercolor pencils and a little bit of Smooch paint and pop dotted her on the blackboard background.

I used some bo-bunny purple do paper as my card base. I made an easel card because they are so much fun to make.

And added my computer generated sentiment to the "inside" of the card that is pop dotted to hold the image part up. I added a few flower with some bling as well.

Strength and Courage

2010-08-26T06:03:00.000-06:00

I just had to have this Cosmo Cricket DeLovely paper. It's totally bright and fun and totally me. However, I'm a hoarder and I buy awesome paper and usually don't use it. I just let it sit and collect dust and remind myself how awesome it is! So I decided it was nice and cheery to make a card for a friend having a hard time of things. I also used some Core'dinations bling cardstock on my card.

I added a few ribbons I had in my ribbon bucket and some Prima's. The Prima's are held together with a great glittery brad.

My sentiment is from Creative Clear Stamps. It's one of the singles that I absolutely love! It's called Admire Your Courage. I inked the sentiment with some Distress Ink.

Sugar Daddy

2010-08-24T09:09:00.000-06:00

Anyone know where I can find me one of them? I sugar daddy that is...I'm always on the look out. Ok, not really for a sugar daddy but hey, it sounds good right? I found little Miss Savannah here who is discontinued from The Greeting Farm and feel in love with her so I snatched her up. Here's my card:

I used paper by Bo-Bunny, it's a new line called Petal Pushers. It's a B sided paper, stripes on one side and black circles on the other. I used some green Bo-Bunny dot paper as well as some pink dot paper for the accents.

I used the sentiment from My Favorite Things Twisted Threesome set. Love these sets!

I colored cute little Savannah with watercolor pencils and added a bunch of Stickles.

I added a few Prima's that I added some Stickles to as well.

Now back to that Sugar Daddy....where did you say I could find me one?

We're off to see the Wizard

2010-08-23T09:04:00.000-06:00

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz...My card is for the Tiddly Inks Challenge to create a project of your favorite summer movie, and although I'm not sure if The Wizard of Oz is a summer movie, that's where I went with my card.

These pictures are taken with my cell phone so please excuse the poor quality. I used the cute little Betty Belfrey from Tiddly Inks for my card. I cut some yellow dot paper from Bo-Bunny for my yellow brick road and used the Diamond in the Rough embossing folder to make a few bricks on the paper.

I glued a bunch of red Prima's to the base of my card as the Sleeping Poppy Field. I cut my Castle from the Wall Decor cartridge in some green glitter paper from Creative Best to represent the Emerald City.

Thanks for looking!