Happy Birthday card

Sorry for the length of time between posts. I have been so busy with "LIFE" and hope to get more crafting done now and show you lot's of projects in the coming weeks.

Today I have a birthday card I made for my Grandson's 1st Birthday. Isn't the little monkey cute?! He loves animals so I thought this would be perfect for him. The papers are from Fanfare by CTMH.

i will be back soon with some more projects. Thanks for stopping by.

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Thank You, Janelle

I would like to extend a sincere thank you to Janelle at Jaks Scraps. She presented me this blog award and gave me some very kind words on my post titled "Pure Joy". Getting a little note about a post that you made is always touching and appreciated.  Knowing that someone took the time out of their busy schedule to let me know they enjoy my blog and send an award for it means so much!!! Please stop by Janelle's Blog and take a look at her work. I think she is very talented and find her work to be very creative and has many fun and beautiful projects to check out.

Now it is my turn to pass this award on to five of my favorite blogs with less than 200 followers. If you like their blogs, remember to "Follow" them. The hope is to help out some of my fellow bloggers, and get a few more followers of my own. If you see your name/blog listed here, please pass the award on to 5 more blogs that have less than 200 followers. Here are 5 of my favorite blogs

1.http://ifyoublingit.blogspot.com/ by Melinda
2.http://www.margosgarden.blogspot.com/ by Margo
3.http://betsygully.blogspot.com/by Betsy
4.http://kbrandtscrapperchic.blogspot.com/ by Kelly
5.http://www.scrapbookersrock.blogspot.com/ by Mary

Here are the Liebster Blog Award Rules (not in my words):

1. Thank the giver and link back to the blogger who gave it to you.

2. Reveal your top 5 picks and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog.

3. Copy and paste the award on your blog.

4. Have faith that your followers will spread the love to other bloggers.

5. And most of all - have fun!

I must admit that it is so hard to choose just 5 as there are so many wonderful blogs out there. However, these are 5 that I do frequent often and enjoy all of their artwork....

Dreamin' Layout

I have been working on some layouts that can complement Fall pictures with the colors and embellishments used. They are not complete with pictures and title yet.

The kit called Dreamin was used from CTMH.

 This layout has a few Cricut cuts including the flowers. I used the CTMH new Art Philosophy cartridge. If you haven't seen it yet it is a jammed packed cartridge with so many images you can use this one over and over and still have many images yet to use. I added a little stitching on the large leaves and some wooden buttons. The stamp set is called Harvest Home. I am also going to add a cork Title in the Colonial White area.  Finally up on the top right I used one of the beautiful charms from the set called Harvest Charms also from CTMH. There are many beautiful charms in this package.

 On these two layouts I used  the Sticker sheets that goes along with the Dreamin line. I added some Buttons , Brads, Hemp and Bronze Glitter Glue  also to finish these pages.I used a Cricut cut from the same cartridge as in the layout above.The cut is on the second layout page in Chocolate CS.

I will have some more layouts using these same papers in the coming days.

Thanks for stopping by to take a look.

Halloween Banner

                                   SPOOKY Banner

I had FUN putting together a banner for Halloween. I used a paper pack called Mischief  from CTMH. I used a combination of embellishments in putting this together. There are felt pieces, Black tinsel embossing powder, Cricut cuts, some stamping and Halloween brads.
To make it even more usable I turned it over and made it a Christmas Banner on that side. I will post that side in a separate post.
The banner comes in a package with 8 banners. So on the front the first and last banners are just decorated banners. The "SPOOKY" is placed on the banners in between those two.
Here are some pictures:

                                         I wish Everyone a very HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Christmas Card Week #7

Here is another Christmas Card for my Christmas Weeks We are at Week #7. I'm a little behind so maybe I should be saying Card #7. Anyway here we go.
This is a 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 top fold card.
I used the Jingle paper pack. It is a very simple but effective design.
You cut 5 strips at 1" x 3 3/4".
They are placed butted next to each other and 1/4" from all sides. I added Cranberry ribbon wrapped around the card and tied into a knot bow on the far right side 1 1/4" from the bottom.
I used a zig zag stitching stamp for Faux stitches along the bottom edges of all the strips in Tulip Ink.
I cut a White daisy CS piece 3x3 and stamped from the Stamp set B1336 Somethin Special. I stamped a large gift in Honey with a Tulip bow and ribbon strip. On a scrap piece of White Daisy CS stamp a small gift with Tulip and a small bow also in Tulip and cut out. Glue the bow down flat. Attach the gift with a pop dot. To finish both gifts place a large Twinkle Tulip brad at the base of the lg bow and a small one on the smaller bow.
Then stamp a sentiment with Tulip ink below the gift stamps.

On the inside I stamped a sentiment from the stamp set D1338 Card Chatter Christmas in Tulip.

Supplies:
All CTMH unless stated
Tulip annd Honey Ink
Jingle paper pack (retired)
B1336 Somethin Special
D1388 Card Chatter Christmas
Cranberry Ribbon
Twinkle Brads

I want to thank you for stopping by. Come back soon for more projects.

Pure Joy!!!

L

This is another layout using the retired paper pack, Miracle. The colors are Bamboo card stock base pages with Crystal Blue, Sweet Leaf and Chocolate.

 There are a number of techniques and embellishments that are a part of these pages. They are as follows.

  The stamp set that came in the Miracle WOTG kit has 2 stamps that the pin wheels were made from. these 2 stamps are like a background stamp design with small lines in each corner. You cut on all 4 lines for each one. Then you place a glue dot in the center of the square. Then you take a corner and bring it up to the center and adhere with the glue dot. You continue until all 4 corners have been adhered to the center. The 2 stamps were one large and one small giving you 2 different sized pinwheels. The finishing touch is taking a circle from one of the Kraft border strips and adding that to cover the 4 points in the center.

The Kraft Border strips have 50 in the package. I used a number of different strips. One I inked with chocolate ink and added it to a scalloped non inked strip. I took another style and threaded a 1/8" piece of Heavenly Blue card stock through the holes in it. here are many different treatments that can be done to the Kraft Borders.

Another technique featured in these layouts is making a Faux Pleated Ribbon Accent using strips of card stock. I used 2 strips that were 1x12. Pleat with this interval--3/4, 1, 1 3/4, 2. 2 3/4, 3 etc. Adhere the 2 strips together. The other technique was dry embossing on the Desert sand pieces. The 4 x 12 strip I made lines at varying intervals on the back side. Turn over and sand the raised lines. The other area is the title block area. Only on this one I made the lines on the front side which results in debossed lines. 

Finish it off with your pictures. Don't my 2 Grand kids look a lot alike? They are so Cute!! 

Thanks for stopping  by. Leave me a comment.

Christmas Week 6

This week I have another circle card from the Around the Holiday's card kit.
It was a fantastic kit because you got everything you needed to complete 12 cards with envelopes!! It came with the base circle card already distressed, 3 full sticker sheets, sheer chocolate dotted ribbon, pop dots and envelopes. This package is great for those quick and easy cards. But the result looks like it took much more time to make.
This one is in the Chocolate and Heavenly Blue colors.
The large center snowflake was pop dotted and I added  a Mocha Pearl to the center. I also placed another Mocha Pearl in the center of the sheer ribbon knot.
I have 2 more designs from this card kit that I will be showing you in the coming weeks.
Thanks for stopping by.

Christmas Card Week 5

Today I have a Circle Christmas Card. This is one of 4 from a package I had called Around the Holiday's. It was a fantastic kit because you got everything you needed to complete 12 cards with envelopes!! It came with the base circle card already distressed, 3 full sticker sheets, sheer chocolate dotted ribbon, pop dots and envelopes. This package is great for those  quick and easy cards. But the result looks like it took much more time to make.
There aren't really instructions for this one because of it being a card kit. I did add a bit to what was provided though. I added Prisma Glitter to the Tree and Gift Package. Every Christmas card needs a little sparkle right??
Remember as always you can click on the picture to make it larger.
Hope you are enjoying these Christmas Cards and they are giving you a little bit of ideas anyway.
Thanks for stopping by. See you next time. 

Oh No!! I've Been Caught...

I put together these layouts from CTMH's Miracle Paper line. It is a Retired line but as I mentioned previously I am trying to use up some of my stash. I love the colors in this kit. They are Sweet Leaf, Crystal Blue, Heavenly Blue and Honey. I put pictures of my Grandson having fun. The title Oh No I've been Caught is because in the second page you see him sitting in front of his Sister's bedroom door. He wants to go in and play with all her toys. After waiting patiently for the door to open he decided I am going to try to get in myself. Unfortunately he is not walking yet at this time and is also way to short to reach. His Mom sneaks up behind him and snaps the last picture. Hence the option Oh No I've Been Caught!! His expression is so cute!!

The techniques in this project were stamping on canvas buttons, stamping and cutting out the butterflies and making the flowers with the 1 1/4" circle punch. The circles were stamped first with Background stamps using the Honey ink. Then folded and put together finishing with a Glitter brad in the center. Here is a Tip if you don't have the right color Glitter brad already. I used a Garden Green brad and some Martha Stewart Glitter in a green color and a Twilight brad and again Martha Stewart  Glitter in a Blue color. I took a brad and put it in my Tweezer Bee Tweezers and dipped it in some Liquid Glass and then in the Glitter. Tap it off and set aside to dry. Do this with each brad you need covered. The Liquid Glass held the Glitter really well and saved the day. I made a 2x7 Journal box with Bamboo card Stock and ran it through my printer changing the color for it to print with to Chocolate. After placing all the papers down but before all the embellishments I stitched around each page on the 11 x 11 Sweet Leaf B&T piece 1/4" in from the edge. I used the new CTMH Ruler. WOW it really Rocks!! You can do zig zag, straight, horizontal lines etc. Plus it is 14" long and 2" wide. I used Colonial White floss from the Neutral package. The 1" wide ribbon is in the  Sweet Leaf color.

I hoe you enjoy this one. Come back tomorrow I will have another Christmas Card. See you then.

Beautiful Love

Today I wanted to share with you a layout I recently made using the beautiful papers from the Veranda Paper line. It is now Retired but I still have some and wanted to make some projects with it. I hope this picture shows all the detail in it. I had fun using some product I had bought but hadn't used much or not at all. I used Rub Ons both the regular style of Rub Ons and some Glitter Rub Ons. The stamp set is called One of a Kind. All the stamping on the right side of the page is from this stamp set. I stamped in Cocoa Ink. After the stamping was complete then I added all the Rub Ons. The Glitter Run Ons are done with the Gold Glitter sheet. So easy to do but very effective. These Glitter Rub On sheets are a really nice way of adding some Glitter without all the mess. If you haven't seen this type of Glitter Rub On this is how you use them. First you pick the design you want and cut it out of the sheet. Then you rub that on the page where you want it. his is the "glue" part of the process. Then you take the sheet of Glitter in the color you want to use. My package has Red, Gold and Silver Glitter sheets. In this layout I wanted the Gold color. You rub that over the design and Voila!! it is Glittered.  I sure hope CTMH comes out with some more of this product.

I also used some paper flowers in a Creme Brulee color. The quarter circle on the bottom right has a swirl regular Rub On along with the flowers and Filigree Charms and Bitty Sparkles. There are lot's of Bitty Sparkles amongst the stamped designs, on the Filigree Charms and at the two ends of the stitching along the borders. I inked the Filigree Charms with Timber Brown Staz-On ink to give them a deeper tone which went well with my layout colors.

You will notice that it is not completely done. I ran out of the ribbon slides so the thin strip you see sticking out past the page is where I will be adding another ribbon slide like the one shown above it. I also need to add the picture and make the corresponding page. So when I get the rest done I will be back to show you the completed 2 page layout.

I hope you enjoy it. Thanks for stopping by. Comments are always appreciated.

Week 4 of Christmas Cards

At Week #4 I have a easy and fast but pretty card, I think anyway, for you. It is a 3 1/2 x 8 1/2 Colonial White CS card with a Left Fold.

Supplies:
D1440 Everlasting Life (sentiment stamp)
C1328 Festive Frills
Evensong Christmas Paper from CTMH (Retired) I'm trying to use up some papers I have left over.
Inks- Blush, Olive, Chocolate and Cranberry
Bitty Sparkles
Foam tape/dots

Pieces:
A- 3 1/2 x 6 Square B&T
B- 1/2 x 3 1/2 Blush B&T
C- 3 x 3 Blush CS Cut in half to make Triangle piece.
D- 1/2 x 6 Cranberry CS

Steps:
1. Edge all papers with Cranberry Ink
2. Stamp wreath on Colonial White CS with Festive Frills Stamp set. Cut it out and edge with Olive ink.
3. Stamp bird from Festive Frills with Blush ink. Cut it out and edge with Blush ink. Use chocolate marker to make lines on the bird for definition
4. Attach piece A flush with bottom edge and sides.
5. Attach piece B flush with A.
6. Attach piece C flush with piece A top edge.
7. Add foam tape to the wreath and attach centering over pieces B&C
8. Add Bird to right edge of the wreath.
9. Attach piece D to inside righ edge of the card.(not shown)
10. Add Bittty sparkles to random squares on piece A. Add 1 to the top of the card on each side. Also add some randomly on the wreath.
11. Stamp sentiment to the inside from Everlasting Life stamp set. I used the following sentiment from that set--"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,that who so ever believeth in him,should not perish, but have Everlasting Life. John 3:16

I hope you enjoyed this card. Stay tuned for more to come.

Week 3 Christmas Cards

Today's card is a 5 1/2 x 4 1/4  Top Fold card

This card was made using a Retired Christmas Line from CTMH called Everlasting. It has the colors Ponderosa Pine, Cranberry, Chocolate, Indian Corn Blue and White Daisy. One of the techniques used is coloring with the Waterbrush and Liquid Applique. 

 Here is how it was made:

Cut the following pieces: A- 5 1/2 x 4 1/4  Ponderosa Pine Polka Dot B&T

B- 3 1/2 x 4 Stripe B&T

C- 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 Cranberry Card Stock

D- 2 x 3 White Daisy Card Stock

E- 7/8 x 3 Cranberry Card Stock

F- 3/4 x 2 3/4 White Daisy Card Stock

1. Ink all edges with Ponderosa Pine except for pieces C & E.

2. Use Edge Distressor on pieces C & E.

3. Attach piece A to front of card

4. Attach piece B 1/2" from right edge and centered top and bottom

5. Stamp scene with Chocolate ink  on piece D with C1420 Snow days stamp set. Add colors using the waterbrush. Complete the scene with white Liquid Applique on the bridge, lights and small pine tree. Heat with Heat Gun to puff these areas.Add glue to large Pine Tree and Prism Glitter. Attach to piece C.  Set aside.

6. Stamp sentiment on piece F with Ponderosa Pine ink and D 1243 Peace on Earth stamp set. Attach this to piece E.

7. With Cranberry Grosgrain ribbon add a strip to left side of card. 

8. Attach stamped image piece from Step 5. slightly over ribbon and about 1/2" from the top.

9. Add sentiment from Step 6.  to bottom right corner.

10. Make a bow with the Cranberry ribbon and add to the top of the ribbon strip.

11. Finish the sentiment on the inside of the card. The sentiment finishes with "that puts Christmas in the Air"

The card is Finished!!

Check back for another card in about a week.

WEEK 2 of Christmas Cards

Today is another card for Week 2 of my Christmas cards.
This card is a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 card made with Colonial White CS for the base card and a left fold.
I used Mistletoe B&T papers for the patterned paper pieces.
D1315 Evergreen stamp set. 
The Tree and stand are put down with foam tape.
D1388 Card Chatter-Christmas is the stamp set I stamped O Christmas Tree in the bottom right with Cocoa ink and then finished the sentiment on the inside.

Pieces:
A. 4 x 5 1/4 Cranberry Snowflake B&T
B. 1 3/4 x 4 3/4 New England Ivy Music B&T
C. 1 3/4 x 4 3/4 Sutle Striped B&T
D. 1 1/2 x 3 1/2 Colonial White CS
E. 2 3/4 x 1 3/4 and 1 x 2 Cocoa CS (Use scallop scissors on 1 log edge and 1 short edge on both pieces.

Assembly:
1. Ink all papers with Cocoa ink.
2. Center piece A on front of card.
3. Attach piece B 1/4 from left,top,bottom edges
4. Attach the larger of the 2 Cocoa scalloped pieces to the under side bottom right corner of piece C then attach to front of card butted next to piece B.
5. Attach the smaller of piece E under the piece D left top edge. Then attach to the center of the card.
6. Stamp "O Christmas Tree in bottom right corner with Cocoa ink from D1388 Card Chatter-Christmas stamp set.
7. Stamp the rest of the sentiment on the inside of the card with D1388.
8.Stamp Tree with New England Ivy on a scrap of Colonial White and the stand in Cocoa ink. Cut them both out and ink the edges with there corresponding colors. On the Tree use a glue pen and trace over the design and then sprinkle with Prism Glitter.
9. Add Tree and stand with Foam Tape to piece D.
10. Add Clear Sparkles to the scallop pieces.

Thanks for stopping by. See you next week.

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