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Love you Beary Much

2012-01-27T06:00:00.000-05:00

Hello!!!! I am super excited because I am getting ready to head to CHA tomorrow morning! I am very excited to see my stampy friends and to see all the new things that will be introduced at the show:)

Before I go, I have a cute little card to share... love this little fella from The Cat's Pajamas:

Supplies:
Stamps: Honey Bear (The Cat's Pajamas)
Sentiment sticker- Fancy Sticker Sentiment- Love (SRM Stickers)
Ink: Memento tuxedo black
Patterned paper- Times & Seasons (Echo Park); Authentique
Copic Markers
Mini clothespin
Fibers- Baker's twine- Cappuccino (The Twinery)
Corner rounder punch (Making Memories)

Have a great week! Meet you back here for some fun-tabulous blog candy next week!

Blog Famous...and schtuffs!

2012-01-25T08:24:00.000-05:00

Happy 40th Birthday to my OLDER sister Jeanne!

Every year her one wish is to be BLOG FAMOUS! So.....there. Done. Happy Birthday!

This picture is of us from her "surprise" birthday trip to Atlantic City two weeks ago:

It was such a great weekend, even though I ended up making a sizable donation to The Donald.

In other news....I am crazy busy getting ready for CHA this weekend. I just finished the last of my projects for the show and now I am working on some other commitments so I don't have anything to share with you today....but hopefully soon! I know....a mess, right?

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

New Colors at The Twinery!

2012-01-23T08:05:00.000-05:00

Well, the time has come....The Twinery has added four new spectacular colors to their inventory. Today, you can purchase the newest colors---Shore, Orchid, Cantaloupe and Flax!

These colors are fabulous. I whipped up this card to show you a few of the colors in action. I used Orchid, Shore and Flax on this...altering some buttons to create fun centers for the hearts:

Supplies used:

Cardstock- Kraft, white (Gina K Designs)

Patterned paper- Springtime-Whimsy Scallops (Echo Park)

Sticker- Fancy Sticker sentiments- Thinking of You #55008 (SRM stickers)

Baker's Twine- Orchid, Shore, Flax (The Twinery)

clothespin- (Canvas Corp)

Thanks for stopping by!

Thought I "wood" share.....

2012-01-18T05:00:00.000-05:00

Hello! Just wanted to share this little project I made for my daughter, Lauren. I purchased some wood from Lowe's and made a bed for her American girl doll. I made the pillow (Laura Ashley fabric) and used an old lace pillowcase to create a sheet for it. Just thought I "wood" share :P

And yes, my paper crafting supplies came in handy even when making this wood crafting project. After I made the bed, I used some Helmar 450 Quick Dry to adhere some lace along the edge of the bed. Just thought it added a little "pretty, dainty" to the bed. Lauren loves it. She could hardly wait for me to finish taking the picture so she could steal it away. Success!

Thanks for stopping by!

Yipeee! Fun news and a giveaway!

2012-01-16T15:40:00.002-05:00

Hello! I JUST got back from a weekend trip to Atlantic City to celebrate my sister's 40th birthday! What a fun time!!! I quickly wanted to add this post because I am so very excited to announce that I am a part of the 2012 SRM Stickers Design team. I use SRM stickers a LOT! A lot a lot! So I am so excited to be representing them.

Susan and Jenyfur announced the wonderful new team on the SRM blog today. Go check it out---they are giving away the new SRM sticker collection that will be released at CHA! Leave a comment on their blog to win.

Also, they will be showing off all the new product on the blog this week so you can get a sneak peek at all the awesomeness and enter to win some each day!

I used a Magic Wand tube (38008) to create a treat dispenser for Valentine's Day. The lid can be removed to get the candy and it can be refilled and used over and over!

I trimmed down the top of the tube to make it a bit shorter and then cut the bear shape from fleece. The back of the bear is on the back of the tube and I stitched it into place, adding a bit of stuffing in the arms, ears and legs. I cut a heart from cardstock and added a SRM sticker on it --Fancy Sticker Sentiments- LOVE (55003). A bit of The Twinery pink sorbet baker's twine wrapped around the lid is the finishing touch:

Here is a close up of the bear:

Thanks so much for stopping by. Don't forget to enter to win the new release on the SRM blog!

CardMaker Blog Team Hop: Sweets for Your Sweet

2012-01-13T09:01:00.000-05:00

Hello! Happy Friday! Welcome to the Cardmaker Blog team hop: Valentine's Day--Sweets for Your Sweet. We had to create a card featuring chocolates, cupcakes, candies, etc.

Here is what I came up with:

I was looking at some chipboard circles I had in my stash and I thought that the circles would make cute lollipops :)

To make the lollipop:

1. Take the chipboard circle and adhere the stick to the back.

2. Trim the stick to the size you want.

3. Cover the "lollipop" with a ziplock bag. Trim the bag on one side so there isn't a lot of excess.

4. Tie some baker's twine around the base of the lollipop.

5. Trim bottom of ziplock.

Of course, you could use a real lollipop, but if you want a card that won't be disassembled, this is a great alternative :)

Supplies:

White cardstock (Gina K Designs)

stickers-We've Got Your Stickers Plus- Strawberry

Chipboard circle- Chipboard shapes Glitter accents (Little Yellow Bicycle)

Patterned paper- Sweet Summertime: Summertime Stripe (Little Yellow Bicycle)

wooden stick

fibers- Baker's Twine- Pink Sorbet, Lemondrop (The Twinery)

Corner rounder punch

Head on over to these blogs to see the SWEET creations they whipped up for today:
Tami Mayberry
Trudy Sjolander
Colleen Schaan
Kimberly Crawford

And don't forget to head on over to the Cardmaker blog too!!!

Have a SWEET weekend.

I Can Finally Share......

2012-01-12T08:01:00.000-05:00

Hello! Today I can share some EXTRA TWINERIFFIC news! I am officially a member of The Twinery 2012 design team! I can hardly believe it. For anyone who is familiar with my work---you already know I adore baker's twine. I use it on almost every project. I am very excited to begin this adventure.

The Twinery is announcing the first half of the team today and the second half tomorrow on their blog.

Here is the first half of the team. So excited to be designing with these super talented ladies:

Carolyn King

Angelica Suarez- Senior Designer

Monika Wright- Senior Designer

Julie Ranae- Design Team Coordinator

Here are two tags featuring The Twinery baker's twine that I whipped up for today:

The first tag is features a computer generated sentiment to go with the bee I made using a clothespin, baker's twine and some heart punches. I covered the bee's body with Lemondrop baker's twine and then created a little trail using Caribbean baker's twine.

The second tag features a heart made with Pink Sorbet baker's twine. I used a SRM sticker for the sentiment.

Thank you for sharing my excitement. I am looking forward to sharing more of my projects with you.

Thanks for stopping by!

Cardmaker Tutorial

2012-01-11T09:01:00.000-05:00

Hello! Today I have a post up on the CardMaker blog which features a picture tutorial on how to create an accordion fold card. I would love if you would go check it out :)

To save space, I did not post all the detail photos of the project on the Cardmaker blog---so I added them on here in case you wanted to see more detail.

Inside front:

Close up of Inside front pages:

Inside back:

Close up of inside back pages:

Don't forget to check out the tutorial on the Cardmaker blog-----> HERE!

Supplies:

Cardstock-black (Gina K Designs)
Scor-Pal
Patterned paper and element stickers- Yours Truly (Echo ParkPaper)
Sentiment sticker- Fancy Sticker Sentiments, Love (SRM stickers)
Baker’s twine- Pink Sorbet (The Twinery)
Ribbon- Seam Binding
Adhesive pearls and rhinestones- Recollections (Michael’s)

LOVE

2012-01-09T05:00:00.000-05:00

Hello! Today I have another Lori Whitlock design team project for you! Since Valentine's Day is a month away, I figured I would make a wall hanging that I could put in my home since I am still kind of sad about all the Christmas decorations coming down :(

I painted a thin piece of wood with black paint and got to work creating this:I used several of Lori's silhouette files to help in my design:

Love Banner

9 Hearts

Bird on Branch (in Silhouette Store)

I used the banner to spell out the word and then used the fun hearts to suspend down from the banner using jump rings. The hearts just dangle :)

You can check out more of Lori's designs on her website HERE.

Supply list:

Wood

Black acrylic paint

Patterned paper- For the Record (Echo Park Paper)

fibers- Baker's Twine- (The Twinery)

heart pin (Maya Road)

jump rings

Mini clothespins (Hero Arts)

ribbon- gingham (Stampin' Up!); unknown

Digital cut files for Silhouette-- Love banner, 9 hearts, bird on branch (Lori Whitlock)

Thanks for stopping by!

2012-01-06T08:09:00.004-05:00

Hi there! Happy Friday! Today I have a card to share featuring Our Craft Lounge crafty cling single Spilling Over:

Such a cute stamp! The original has hearts spilling over the sides of the balloon but because I chose to pop the balloon and basket up using Helmar Zapdots, I opted to leave the little ones off.

Supplies:
Stamps- Spilling Over (Our Craft Lounge)
Ink--Memento tuxedo black ink, Ranger Tea Dye distress ink
Sponge
Baker's twine- The Twinery
Ribbon- seam binding
Tim Holtz mini attacher
Patterned paper- Echo Park
Stickles- crystal
Helmar Quick-Fix Adhesive Runner
Helmar Zapdots

Ready to be challenged? Head on over to the OCL blog for a great color challenge. You could win a OCL gift certificate just for playing along:)

Thanks for stopping by!

{Be Mine} Birdhouse

2012-01-04T05:00:00.000-05:00

Hello! Happy Wednesday! I am officially freezing now. The temperatures here have suddenly taken a turn towards deep winter and I cannot seem to keep my hands warm! (But the kids are loving it!)

I was at home the other day and decided to play around with Echo Park's Valentine release called "Yours Truly." I truly love this collection. Since I was kind of looking to alter something---I want looking in my stash and found a wooden birdhouse I picked up a few years ago.

I took the little dowel out of it and decided to make it a cute Valentine decoration--to bring me out of the winter doldrums :)

Here is what I ended up with:

I painted the birdhouse with white acrylic paint and then after that dried, I covered the sides of the house and the roof with Helmar Premium Craft Glue and added the patterned paper. (I sponged the edges of all the patterned paper with Ranger Antique linen distress ink before gluing!)

I wanted to suspend the little clear heart from the top shingle over the love birds so I used my paper piercing tool (yep, I got a new one as my other one broke when i jammed into a locked bathroom door :) to make a hole up under the shingle. Then, I inserted a finding into it and the heart charm hooked onto the end.

I used some Maya Road felt birds to add the the Echo Park Yours Truly heart sticker. I also added some tiny rhinestones all along the outside part of the heart to dress it up a bit.
The bottom of the house is lined with some Twinery baker's twine. I used some Helmar 450 Quick Dry glue to adhere the buttons along the front of the house and to attach the lace to the roof. After adding the lace, I put a small row of pearls on the top edge of the lace.
The final touch was the little {Be Mine} tag courtesy of a SRM sticker.
Feminine and simple. Definitely helped to lift my mood a bit.

Supply list:
Wooden house (Hobby Lobby or craft store)
White Acrylic paint
Helmar Acid Free Glue, Helmar 450 Quick Dry
sponge
Ink-Antique linen distress (Ranger)
Baker's twine- (The Twinery)
Patterned paper and stickers- Yours Truly collection (Echo Park Paper)
Sticker- {Be Mine} (SRM stickers)
MicroFelt birds - (Maya Road)
Rhinestones/pearls - Recollections, Michael's
Buttons- (Papertrey Ink)
Heart jewel
Paper piercing tool
Pink glitter- Doodlebug
Lace ribbon - Michael's

Thanks for stopping by!

CardMaker Kit-of-the-Month Club Review

2012-01-03T05:00:00.002-05:00

Hi there! Today I have been asked to review the CardMaker Kit-of-the-Month Club. If you are not familiar with it....keep reading!

CardMaker has a wonderful kit of the month club:
- When members join, their first kit is over 1/2 off the usual price-- $7.99 (plus postage & handling)
- Members will receive 5 free gifts along with their first kit--a zippered carrying pouch, a bone folder, embossing and piercing tool, a "created by" stamp, and an acrylic block.
- Kits will be sent about every month at the cost of $16.99 (plus postage & handling) (This is a great deal when you think of what you pay for one card in the store---and you can make 8-10 with the kit!)
- There is NO minimum purchase and members can cancel at ANY time.
- They offer a 100% guarantee of satisfaction.

Each kit includes exclusive materials to make 8-10 cards such as: Quality card blanks and envelopes, printed papers, die-cut sheets, decorative stickers or rub-ons, clear acrylic or self-cling rubber stamps, color-coordinated ribbons and embellishments like brads, buttons, glitter, pearls, rhinestones and more, a full-color, step by step instructions.

The picture above shows the first kit you get when you join the club. Here is a card I created with that kit:

This kit focuses on techniques like sanding, stamping, pop ups and glitter accents. I love that each kit comes with a set of stamps (which you can use over and over again even after your supplies are done--definitely makes the kit a steal!)

Another kit features masculine colors/themes and fun flap fold designs:

Here is a card I created with this kit:

I love the fun fold ideas in this kit and the neat masculine embellishments:

Some other things to remember:

- None of the kits are sold in retail--they are exclusive to the members of the CardMaker kit club!

-Each kit features an occasion like birthdays, thank-you cards, friendship, etc.

-Each kit teaches a fun technique like embossing, stenciling, quilling, iris folding, specialty card folds and layering techniques.

- There is also an instructional video for the first kit and or using the free gifts.

- To view a gallery of kits, go HERE.

- To join or learn more, just go to http://www.cardmakerkitclub.com/

The CardMaker Kit of the Month Club would be an excellent gift idea for someone just getting into cardmaking or even for someone who already loves to make cards. There are lots of great ideas and tutorials in the beautiful instruction books. I would definitely recommend this kit club, it is a great price for all the materials you receive.

Piggy Bank!

2012-01-02T05:00:00.000-05:00

Hello and Happy New Year!! I had such a wonderful holiday week traveling to visit my family and friends. It was so much fun. We are expecting some snow today so that will be another fun adventure for my Texas-raised kiddos!

Today I have a cute idea for a birthday gift, especially for those times that you have no idea what to get the birthday child.

Just fill up a SRM mini tube with quarters (it holds a lot, had to borrow the ones from the kid's piggy banks to fill er up!) Then, transform the tube into a piggy bank by adding a pig topper. I used a file I found in the Silhouette library (Silhouette.)

I added a little Twinery baker's twine on his tail and some black pearls for his eyes. I added the SRM sticker sentiment from Sticker Sentiments-Birthday on the pig and the Big number 1 from We've Got Your Number- XL white directly on the tube.

Finished. Easy!

Thanks for stopping by!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

2011-12-23T09:01:00.010-05:00

Hello! Today I am signing off for a bit---my kids will be off from school all next week and we will be celebrating the holidays with family and friends. I always try to take this week off to just enjoy the holidays!
Here is a quick Christmas card I created using Bella Blvd paper and Helmar Quick-Fix Adhesive Runner:

And....here is the fleece owl tooth fairy pillow I made for my youngest (I mentioned it in my previous post.) The front section is a pocket that she can put her tooth in and put it on her pillow. (REALLY hoping this helps the tooth fairy in instances where she cannot find the stinkin tooth under the pillow. Just thinking that probably happens often. Not sure!) Again, I used the My Favorite Things Hearts a Plenty die to cut out the heart:

Most of all----Wishing you a very Merry Christmas from my family to yours!!! >

...and....we cannot forget the new addition to our family, Timmy! (Timmy is actually a Tammy---we just found out at a recent trip to the vet but we haven't decided on a new name yet so poor Tammy is still being called Timmy!)

I hope your holidays are wonderful. Enjoy the time with family and friends. I will see you back here in January---LOTS of fun things planned and might even add some video tutorials to the mix this year!!!

Happy New Year!
Thanks for stopping by!

a short LONG story

2011-12-20T05:00:00.000-05:00

Ok...so sort of a long story but the LONG (get it, LONG giraffe neck!) and short of it is that I made an owl tooth fairy pillow for my youngest, who is starting to lose teeth. It is cute and has a little front pocket for her teeth. (Hmmm, definitely will post a picture of that one soon!)

But, anyway, I bought wayyyy too much fleece for it and so my oldest daughter was eyeing it up and told me to make a giraffe for her. (She collects them!)
Good heavens. I am not a seamstress or a stuffed animal designer person but I am not one to turn down any crafty challenge and two hours later I had made this for her: I sketched the giraffe right on the fabric and cut it out (two pieces for front and back.)

I was going to go with different colors but I think she wanted muted colors (She IS 15!) So, instead, I thought I would make the spots on him heart shaped. But....did i really want to hand cut a whole bunch of hearts?!!?! No...I am waayyyy too much of a perfectionist for that.

So, I pulled out my My Favorite Things Hearts-a Plenty Die-namics die and thought "What the heck? I will try it! After all, I have plenty of fleece!" And guess what? It cut the fleece. Shut up!
Yes, it did. Only two of the hearts needed a tiny scissor slice at one point but the others cut perfectly. (And keep in mind, those hearts are on both sides!)

I used my Cuttlebug machine: Plate C, fleece with die facing down, and Place B on top. Success!

Anyhoo....thought that was purty darned neat so had to share :)
The giraffe is cute too---at least according to my daughter who was positively delighted with it.

Mission accomplished.

Angel Tree Topper

2011-12-19T06:00:00.000-05:00

Holy Wow...only a few days left until Christmas is here! If you are like me---->you still have lots left to do.
Confession: I actually leave most of the wrapping and final touches for this week on purpose. I love to put on Christmas music and wrap and watch holiday movies. Really gets me in the holiday spirit.

Speaking of holidays.....I LOVE angels. I collect them in all shapes and sizes. I was looking at my tree and was thinking that it just might be time for a new tree topper. So, I used some supplies I already had in the house and made this: A little tree topper angel (or angel decoration) made of a paper machie cone (that I bought awhile ago intending to create a tree with it!) and a Styrofoam ball (painted with Ivory acrylic paint) for the head. The head is attached to the body with a thin dowel and some Helmar Acid Free Glue.

I used some fun thick felt snowflakes I found at the dollar store to design the wings, layering them to achieve more dimension. I added pearls and rhinestones all over her wings and body so she really sparkles.

The halo was created using a stick pin and clear shrink plastic. I punched a circle from the plastic (because it is almost invisible and thick enough to support pearls). I added some beads on after the clear circle and then stuck it into the top of the angel (ouch!)
I added some pearls all around the halo.

The patterned paper on this angel is from Echo Park Paper.

Thanks for stopping by!

Ballerina Tag

2011-12-17T06:00:00.001-05:00

Hello! Hope you are having a wonderful Saturday! I wanted to share this before I forgot---I blogged on the Helmar blog yesterday. Here is the tag I created: You can find all the details on this design on the Helmar blog!

Thanks for stopping by!

Cardmaker Blog Team Hop: Last Minute Christmas Cards

2011-12-16T09:00:00.001-05:00

Hello! The Cardmaker Blog Team is holding a blog hop today featuring some designs for Last Minute Christmas Cards. These cards are designed to be QUICK and EASY...perfect for those last few holiday cards :)

Here is my design:

This card probably took about 5 minutes to create. And...it is one of my favorites. I used the nativity scene (Lori Whitlock: Silhouette) and printed it onto dark paper. I used Helmar Gemstone glue to cover the star and then added silver glitter (my favorite part!)

The sentiment is a SRM sticker (Fancy Sticker Sentiment- Christmas) that I adhered over patterned paper and then over red patterned paper to make it pop. I used Tea Dye distress ink (Ranger) to ink up the edges of the card. I finished the card with a simple piece of hemp rope.

Head on over to these blogs to see what fast and fabulous creations they whipped up for today:
Tami Mayberry
Trudy Sjolander
Colleen Schaan
Kimberly Crawford

And don't forget to head on over to the Cardmaker blog too!!!

Have a WONDERFUL weekend. I know I will because a certain person in our house is turning 9 on Sunday!! Happy Birthday Ben! xo MOM

OCL Valentine Sneak Peek Blog Hop Day 2

2011-12-16T03:00:00.000-05:00

Hello and Happy Friday! Today is the second day for the OCL Valentine's release sneak peeks. Be sure to leave comments on all the blogs in the hop today on the OCL facebook page for a chance to win one of 4 prize bundles (one full set and one single). Winners will be chosen from the comments.
You have until Friday, December 15 at midnight Pacific time/ 3 a.m. Eastern to get your comments posted. The winners will be announced on the OCL blog on Monday.

Today I have a sneak peek of Boo Boo:

What a cutie! I love this guy and love the adorable sentiments he comes with :) (I am sure you will see the other one somewhere on the hop!)

Here are the rest of the amazing OCL ladies. Be sure to check out their posts and comment:
OCL Blog
Kendra Wietstock
Lori Tecler
Tammie Edgerton
Broni Holcombe
Debbie Fisher
Carolyn King
Lori Barnett
Debbie Corbari
Lisa Eisner
Stephanie Serrano
Amber Hillman
Meredith Winston
Joy Stagg
Michelle Pearson
Dawn Barrett
Melissa Cash
Latrice Murphy
Deb Felts

Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to check out the OCL blog on Sunday or Monday to see if you are a winner :)

OCL Valentine Sneak Peek Blog Hop

2011-12-15T03:00:00.001-05:00

Hello! Today the Our Craft Lounge design team is posting some extra special sneak peeks of the new Valentine's Day sets.

I used the fun set- Love is in the Air- to create this card:
I love this sentiment---can think of so many people I could send this to right now! I paired up the little hot air balloon stamp with some of the Echo Park Yours Truly patterned paper. Love the combo.

Blog Candy and Drawing:
Be sure to leave comments on all the blogs in the hop today AND tomorrow and on the OCL facebook page for a chance to win one of 4 prize bundles (one full set and one single). Winners will be chosen from the comments.
You have until Friday, December 15 at midnight Pacific time/ 3 a.m. Eastern to get your comments posted. The winners will be announced on the OCL blog on Monday.

Here is a full list of blogs:
OCL Blog
Kendra Wietstock
Lori Tecler
Tammie Edgerton
Broni Holcombe
Debbie Fisher
Carolyn King
Lori Barnett
Debbie Corbari
Lisa Eisner
Stephanie Serrano
Amber Hillman
Meredith Winston
Joy Stagg
Michelle Pearson
Dawn Barrett
Melissa Cash
Latrice Murphy
Deb Felts

Thanks for stopping by!! See you tomorrow for another sneak peek!

Our Craft Lounge Tags!

2011-12-14T07:00:00.000-05:00

Hi there! Today I am blogging on the Our Craft Lounge blog, sharing a few of the holiday tags I created to dress up some of my gifts. You can check it out HERE!

This is one of the tags I created: Head on over to the OCL blog to see the other tags and details on how to make each one.

Thanks for stopping by!

More Ornament Ideas

2011-12-12T05:00:00.000-05:00

Hello there! By now you might be getting sick of all the ornaments I keep posting....but I have two more :)
I really enjoy making ornaments and love to make all different types. They make great gifts!

The first one is another felt design. I used Lori Whitlock's bird studio file (Silhouette) and cut out the bird/heart shapes on cardstock. Then, I used the cardstock as a template to cut my felt. I stitched the bird together with red thread, added the SRM sentiment sticker (Fancy sticker sentiment- Love) on a piece of vellum and attached it to the hanger, tied with Twinery ribbon and a bell. I used Helmar Premium Craft Glue to attach the heart wing to the bird.

Next, I have a glass ornament. This was easy. I filled a glass ornament (you can find them at most craft stores) with silver paint and swirled it around. Actually, I swirled it around and shook it all over myself because I forgot to put the top on before doing that. Doh!

After cleaning up that mess....I got back to work. I printed out the beautiful nativity scene (by Lori Whitlock) using my Silhouette onto black vinyl. In order, to make it work for the circle glass ornament, I did have to trim the original a tiny bit (removed the two support bars on either side of the manger.)

I peeled the backing off and stuck it right on the ornament. I finished it off with a tiny crystal over the star and some red tulle.

Hope you are inspired to make some of your own. Apparently, I have to make one with a bunny on it because we recently got a dwarf rabbit :)

Thanks for stopping by!

12 Days of Christmas Tags

2011-12-10T12:42:00.005-05:00

Echo Park Paper blog is featuring the 12 Days of Christmas Tags today and tomorrow. Today, tags 1-6 are posted and they are just beautiful. You can check them out HERE. (Don't forget to check tomorrow for the last 6 tags!)

Here is my tag. I was in charge of Day 4: Four Calling Birds:Here is the reason behind my design----> I used the number 4 for the day and the musical notes to show the "Calling" part. I added a die cut bird for the bird. There you have it- 4 calling birds!

Paper- Echo Park (Times & Seasons, Season's Greetings)
Dies- Musical notes, Homespun Birdhouse (My Favorite Things)
Ribbon- baker's twine (The Twinery); lace; rope (Hallmark)
Jingle bell
Ink- Tea Dye Distress ink (Ranger)
sponge
sewing machine
Grommet (Stampin' Up!)
Cropadile (We r Memory Keepers)

Enjoy your weekend!

Cardmaker Blog Post

2011-12-09T08:51:00.004-05:00

Hello! Happy Friday! Lots going on around here. I am attempting to get all the Christmas packages I have to send out finished up today :)

Just wanted to pop on here and let you know my very first blog post is up on the Cardmaker blog today--featuring my favorite card making tip!
You can find it HERE!

Have a great day!

Winners and Schtuffs!

2011-12-08T12:09:00.003-05:00

Hi there! Where are the days going?? I believe I have a few winners to announce from yesterday's posts, so without further chitchat...

The winners from the Echo Park Paper "Holly Jolly Holidays" Hop are posted on the Echo Park blog HERE.

The two winners of the gift cards from the Last Minute Gifts Blog Party post are:

Cheryl, who said "I left some love for Lori Bartlett" ($25 gift card to Lori Whitlock's store)

...and Suzy, who said "Love love love the gift set; I'm a teacher and would be so appreciative of something homemade like this. I left some love on Tamara's blog as part of the EP blog hop!" ($25 gift card to Kerri Bradford's store)

Congrats ladies! Please send me an email with your contact information so I can pass that on to Lori and Kerri! cammie22@hotmail.com

Finally, if you want to find out how to make this snowman ornament you can find the tutorial on the Helmar blog!

Thanks for all the wonderful comments and notes on the blog hops. I cherished every one!
Have a great day!

Echo Park Paper "Holly Jolly Holidays" Blog Hop

2011-12-07T09:00:00.000-05:00

NOTE: This is my second post for today. If you missed the first, check it out below. Both have great blog candy!

Hello! Welcome to the Echo Park Paper "Holly Jolly Holidays" Blog Hop! We've created a special one-day blog hop event in which you can hop from one designer's blog to the next viewing beautiful holiday cards. Be sure to follow the blog hop list below and leave a comment on each person's blog. Finish up at the Echo Park Paper blog with a final comment. THREE winners will selected to win a collection kit of their choosing. Comments can be made through midnight MST today for a chance to win! Winners will be announced on December 8 on the Echo Park Paper blog.

Here is the list of the designers who are participating in the hop:

Carolyn King <-- You are here!

I created two new cards for the hop and also posted my favorite Echo Park Christmas card.

My first two cards use the Winter Park Collection. The first focuses on the little snowman element sticker. I added a few details and some stitching but pretty straightforward:
......and another. For this one, I hand cut the houses out from the patterned paper. Then, I cut out an extra one and popped it up over the original for some dimension. I did this with a few of the trees too:
And here is one of my favorite cards, which uses the Season's Greetings Collection:
Enjoy the hop! Don't forget to leave comments along the way for your chance to win!

Thanks for "hopping" by!

Last Minute Gifts Blog Party

2011-12-07T01:00:00.000-05:00

Hello! Welcome to Day #3 of the Lori Whitlock and Kerri Bradford Last Minute Gifts Blog Party. If you missed the first two days, you should head over to Lori's blog and see the awesome projects you missed. Both of their blogs feature projects each day and giveaways!!

My last minute gift idea is for the teacher's on your holiday list. I usually get a book store gift card for my children's teachers so I started with that and created a gift card holder. I wanted to do a mini cube of paper to go with it but I could not find any white paper cubes so I just created the box and stuck an apple in there :) You get the idea, though!

Here is my project:

Here is the gift card holder:

You can pull out the insert to get the gift card. I love the notches Lori's designed in her file --perfect for holding that gift card:

Here is a close up of the note cube box. I love the look of the alpha background on the clear box. To adhere it easily with no mess I used Helmar 450 Quick Dry. Worked perfectly!:

Here are the digital files I used on this project:
Apple, alpha background: Educationish (Kerri Bradford
Library Pocket Tag with Gift Card Holder (Lori Whitlock)
Happy Holidays: Christmas Phrases (Lori Whitlock)

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Blog Candy: Now for the fun part! Two people who leave a comment on this post will receive a gift. One will receive a $25 gift card to Lori's store and one will receive a $25 gift card to Kerri's store! How fun is that?!

Since it is the season of giving........To enter, go to some one's blog on my sidebar and leave them a little love. Pick any one but be sure to let me know that you did this in your comment to be entered! I will pick the two winners on Thursday 8 a.m. est. and post it on my blog!

And this week only, everything in Lori's store is 25% off! Just use the code DEC25 at checkout!

Joy Tree!

2011-12-06T08:06:00.004-05:00

Hello! I am so excited because today my first Fresh Face post is up on the Echo Park blog. Here is my project for today:

All the details on how I made this tree are on the Echo Park blog. Check it out HERE! (If you wanna!)

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

FYI

2011-12-05T15:49:00.008-05:00

Just wanted you to be aware of this great event going on all week. I rarely post twice in one day (sorry about that!) but I didn't want anyone to miss out on the giveaways for today!

This event is going on all week and there are prizes to be won each day!!!! There are gift certificates being offered each day at all the blogs and a free shape to download each day too! My post isn't until Wednesday but I don't want anyone to miss all the fun and the beautiful projects.

Head on over to Lori's blog for today's post and giveaway!

(Warning!...there MIGHT be another day this week where I have two posts but let me tell you----it will be worth it! Promise.)

Thanks!!

Wow!

2011-12-05T08:07:00.005-05:00

I am so excited to share that I am officially part of the first Cardmaker Magazine blog team! Here are my amazingly talented blog teammates:

Colleen Schaan
Kimberly Crawford
Tami Mayberry
Trudy Sjolander

We, along with editor Tanya Fox and managing editor Brooke Smith, will be writing blog posts, sharing tips and techniques and having some fun (and hopefully inspiring) blog hops.

If you are not subscribed to the Cardmaker Blog yet, go on over and sign up! You won't want to miss all the fun we have in store for you over the next few months!

Thank you, Cardmaker, for the wonderful honor of being on this team!

Helmar Holiday Blog Hop

2011-12-03T02:59:00.001-05:00

It's that time of year where we all start thinking of the holidays....so what better way to get into the Holiday Spirit than a great Helmar Holiday hop? You will find so much holiday cheer along the way and some amazing projects featuring all the different Helmar adhesives.

If you have been hopping along, you should have hopped here from Nikki Sivils' blog. If not, you can go to the Helmar blog and start at the beginning. There are goodies along the way and we don't want you to miss a thing.

For my project, I created a felt ornament:

I love creating ornaments and each year we try to make a few more for our tree. I used two pieces of die cut felt for this fella. After I lined the two sides up, I lined the outer rim with Helmar Premium Craft Glue. I stuffed the snowman with some more felt and then pinched the sides shut. This kept the snowman together for easy stitching. I attached the ribbon scarf with some Helmar Premium Craft Glue as well.

I used my Helmar Quick Fix Adhesive Runner to attach the little heart to the banner top. The candy cane and the Merry and Bright banner are both from from Christmas Wishes: Cute Cuts (by Bella Blvd.)

Supply list:
Helmar Premium Craft Glue
Helmar Quick Fix Adhesive Runner
Patterned paper- Christmas Wishes: Cute Cuts (Bella Blvd)
Die- Snowman (Papertrey Ink)
Felt- white, chocolate (Papertrey Ink); red (Joanne's)
mini clothespin
baker's twine - chocolate (The Twinery)
ribbon
button (Papertrey Ink)
Hemp (Hobby Lobby)
mini bell
stickles- orange (Ranger)
adhesive rhinestones- Recollections, Michael's

Blog Candy: Make sure you leave a comment at every stop along the hop because the Helmar elves will be giving away prizes to some lucky Helmar fans. Now hop on over to Jen Erickson's blog to see another wonderful Helmar Holiday project. The Holiday Hop will be open for comments until 11:59 PST on December 4th. Hope you enjoy this little holiday spirit from all of us on the Helmar team. Thanks for stopping by and Happy Holidays!

Life is Fabulous!

2011-11-30T05:00:00.000-05:00

Hi! Today I have a quick little bookmark (or tag) idea to share. Since this is the season of gift giving, I will have a lot of gift ideas on my blog in the coming weeks.

For this tag, I used Our Craft Lounge set--Life Is :

I love the vintage look of this set and love the sentiment :) I paired it with Echo Park Times & Seasons patterned paper and some Die-namic dies by My Favorite Things. Perfect together!

Thanks for stopping by!

Making the Most of Your Digital Cut Files!!

2011-11-28T05:00:00.001-05:00

Hello! Hope everyone who celebrated Thanksgiving had a wonderful and safe holiday. I did!! ....Still stuffed :)

Today, I wanted to share with you some ways to get more bang for your buck with your digital cut files. Remember this gingerbread house:

I used Lori Whitlock's Gingerbread House file that I LOVE. It comes with the files to create the house, plus lots of extras like the tree, candy, gingerbread man, candy canes, etc.
Aside from creating a pretty cool gingerbread house----the files can be used for so much more. So, for my project today, I wanted to show you two cards I created using the Gingerbread House files:
For my first card, I used the roof of the gingerbread house to create the card base. I love the easy fold over scalloped design. Worked perfectly!
I used the snowflake cardstock sticker from Season's Greetings Collection (Echo Park Paper) to create the O and the "J" and "Y" are from another file from Lori Find Joy Everyday (which can be found in the Silhouette Store under Lori Whitlock).

Next, I used the Gingerbread file to create a simple house card. By just using the front of the gingerbread house (cutting off the side panels) you can create a simple design for a Christmas card (below) or a new home card. Possibilities are endless!
All paper is from Season's Greetings Collection (Echo Park Paper).

Digital cut files----> Lori Whitlock store.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Thank You Card Set!

2011-11-23T05:00:00.000-05:00

Hello! Happy Thanksgiving (tomorrow). I will not be posting for the rest of the week so that I can take some time off and enjoy the holiday with my family. Wishing you all my readers in the U.S. a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Here is a set of Thank You cards I created for my Helmar design team post last week.

You can check out the POST for more details on the creation of these cards.
Supply list:
Helmar 450 Quick Dry
Helmar Quick-Fix Adhesive Runner
Helmar Zapdots
Patterned paper- Finally Fall: Quadrants, Borders, Cute Cuts (Bella Blvd)
Stamps- Very Square Sentiments (Mint Motif)
Memento tuxedo black ink
Mini clothespins (Tree House Studio)
rhinestones (Recollections, Michael's)
Have a wonderful week!

Lori Whitlock Christmas Blog Hop Winner

2011-11-21T08:57:00.002-05:00

Thanks to everyone who hopped along on the Lori Whitlock Christmas blog hop! We all had so much fun sharing our Christmas creations. Lori announced the winner of her gift card on her blog.

Random.Cara chose #53 as the winner of the 6 by 6 Season's Greetings Paper pad. Congrats to Carole who said "Very clever idea...and a great display."

Carole, please email me your mailing address and I will get your prize to you.

Thanks for playing along!!

Lori Whitlock Christmas Blog Hop and Blog Candy and FREE gift!!

2011-11-18T00:41:00.000-05:00

Hi there! Welcome to the Lori Whitlock Design Team Christmas Blog Hop. There are seven stops along the way and if you leave a comment at every stop, you will be entered to win a $25 gift card to Lori's store (that's A LOT of shapes!) (Check out the bottom of the post to check out your free gift and some more blog candy you can win just by leaving a comment :)

In addition, Lori is having a 25% off sale in her online shop this weekend (now through Sunday)! Woohoo!
Here is the blog hop order (just in case you get lost along the way!)

Lori Whitlock

Carolyn King

Natalie Graham

Corri Garza

Joy Dickson

Krissy Clark

Tamara Tripodi

I know you will be inspired by these ladies---and I will too. Cannot wait to see their projects!!

Now onto my project for the hop! Somehow I got the hairbrained idea that it would be neat to create a bunch of tags and then create a tree for them to hang from.

I bought a few thin pieces of wood from my local craft store and handed them to my husband so he could cut the corners for the tree shape. (<<<----that was the hairbrained part.)

Heaven knows why I couldn't just hang them on a tree but I like the end result.

I used Helmar Premium Craft Glue to glue the wood together and then after the shape was dry, I covered the front with glue and cut strips of Echo Park Season's Greetings (the insert page) to cover up the wood. I used some Twinery baker's twine to string across and adhere to the back of the tree so the tags could be clipped it it.

The tags were all cut using my Silhouette from this file of Lori's: tag shape and all of the shapes on the tags are from Lori's digital files and/ or from the Season's Greetings collection she designed for Echo Park Paper.
I used these files for the shapes on the tags: Christmas Set #2 . Love them! There are so many shapes in this collection--I could have made more tags :)
I added some chipboard elements/element stickers from the collection in a few spots too.

Here is the finished tree:

Now I either have a fun holiday display or I have a bunch of Christmas tags ready to use. I can just unclip the tag and add it to a gift. Then, I have the tree that I can put away for next year and make a whole new batch of tags.

Here are close up pictures of all the tags because you cannot see them real well in the group shot:

Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to comment all along the way to be entered to win the $25 gift card from Lori!

BONUS: Lori created these fabulous tags for the design team to give away along the hop. At Each blog you visit you can collect a FREE SVG/DXF for a tag! You can collect them now till Sunday! Then, they go back into the online store. Download the second tag HERE.

Cool, ugh?

.....And here is another EXTRA bonus from me----I will select another person who comments on this post to receive the Season's Greetings 6 by 6 paper pad designed by Lori Whitlock for Echo Park. This paper pad is perfect for cardmaking or for making some beautiful gift tags for all your holiday gifts! Leave a comment by Sunday (11/20) at 8 p.m. EST time to be entered. I will announce the winner on my blog on Monday! Good luck!

Have a GREAT weekend! Have fun hopping!

Join us tomorrow

2011-11-17T08:08:00.004-05:00

For the Lori Whitlock Christmas Blog Hop!

Hope you stop by and see what the dt has been creating and enter to win a $25 gift card to Lori's store!

See you tomorrow!

Happy Birthday!

2011-11-16T05:00:00.000-05:00

Hello! Happy whatever-the-heck day it is! It has been a busy two weeks. My youngest was home sick from Tuesday through Friday last week and by Friday, my son joined her. I *think* we are germ free now but it was an exhausting week for sure :)

Today, I have a cute birthday card to share with you. I used Our Craft Lounge set Slow and Steady for this one: I colored this adorable fella in with Copic markers and paper pieced the balloons with some Bella Blvd paper, which i just love the colors of. (Really fun collection!) I popped the panel up with Helmar Zapdots (and I used some smaller ones to pop up the turtle too!).

I used Helmar Quick-Fix Adhesive Runner on this to adhere the patterned paper to the card base. This stuff STICKS....it is the best tape runner I have used by a wide margin. PROMISE! Great stuff!

Supply list:
Stamps- Slow and Steady (Our Craft Lounge)
Memento tuxedo black ink
Ivory cardstock (Gina K Designs)
Patterned paper- Finally Fall: You're a Hoot, Cute Cuts (Bella Blvd)
mini clothespin (Tree House Studio)
twine (May Arts)
Adhesive: Hemar Quick-Fix Adhesive Runner, Helmar Zapdots

Thanks for stopping by!

Merry Santa

2011-11-12T05:00:00.000-05:00

Gettin' in the holiday spirit? I have a cute little project you can make for your kids or even make with your kids.
For my Merry Santa I used this digital file: Christmas set #2 from Lori Whitlock (Silhouette users you can find these files in the Silhouette store as well under Lori Whitlock's name!) I used the Santa image and just enlarged him to create this:

I trimmed his hat and his coat with some felt. I used SRM Stickers- We've Got Your Sticker-Merry to create the banner. I used some of the white sentiments on the chimney and on the SRM tube itself:

Here is a picture of Santa out of the chimney so you can see the tube:

Supplies list:
Santa Digital file-by Lori Whitlock- Christmas set #2
Silhouette
Patterned paper is by Echo Park (Season's Greetings and Dots & Stripes.)
Cardstock- white, onyx (Gina K Designs)
Felt - Papertrey Ink
Baker's twine- The Twinery (Marachino)
Stickers- SRM Stickers- We've Got Your Sticker- Merry
Tube- SRM Stickers
Adhesive- Acid Free Glue (Helmar)

Thanks for stopping by!

Color Blocked Penguin

2011-11-10T05:00:00.001-05:00

I love penguins. So I pulled out this Our Craft Lounge set to play with. Right now, I am OK with the sentiment...flash forward a few months and I might change my mind! We are excited for our first PA winter in years! Hopefully it isn't too bad :)

I used Our Craft Lounge set: Penguin Fun to create this color blocked card:

I used some Rockstar Red sparkly fluff on the penguin's hat and scarf. Love how sparkly and fluffy it is. (I guess it is named well!) I stamped the snowflakes in the set in very light sky blue on the white background.

Supplies used:
Stamps- Penguin Fun (Our Craft Lounge)
ink- Memento Tuxedo black ink; sky blue (SU!)
Copic Markers
Patterned paper by Echo Park
String (May Arts)
Sparkly Fluff- Rockstar Red (Our Craft Lounge)

Thanks for stopping by!

No words....

2011-11-09T12:20:00.003-05:00

For those who have not heard, Katie Renz passed away peacefully in her sleep, surrounded by her family on Monday morning. Just another reminder of how short/precious life is.

Sympathy cards can be sent to her husband and boys:
The Renz Family
PO Box 5913
Bellingham, WA 98227-5913

Also, the donation page at I {heart} papers is still active and you can still give to the family through that.

Honored

2011-11-09T05:00:00.000-05:00

......to be a part of THIS team! Cannot wait to learn a lot and share with you what I learn :)

Gingerbread House

2011-11-07T04:00:00.002-05:00

Hello! Today, as promised, I have my first "official" Lori Whitlock design team project to share with you.
For my project, I used the new Gingerbread House that Lori created. This house is incredible. Lori thought of everything....It literally takes 10 minutes to put together and then all you have to do is have fun and decorate it :) The file also comes with a gingerbread man, candy canes, a wreath, tree, candy, etc. ---Tons of stuff to decorate your house AND to use on other Christmas projects!

I love it....what a fun idea this would be to print out for the kids and decorate this instead of a candy one--->it lasts a lot longer and it is actually more fun!

Here is my house (I included lots of pictures so you could see it from lots of angles): I used patterned paper from two different Echo Park collections to make the house: Season's Greetings and Holly Jolly. The tree, gingerbread man and candy canes and candy are just some of the darling designs that come with the gingerbread house file.

I cut some felt for the roof and under the windows for some "snow." I used some stickers from Season's Greetings collection (Echo Park), like the string of ornaments, to further decorate the house. The gift and Merry Christmas sentiment are from Holly Jolly (Echo Park).

Here are a few more close up pictures:

This was such a fun project to create. I love how easy it was. If you have not already, give her 3D files a try...you will not believe how well-designed they are :)

Supplies--Gingerbread house *** file (Lori Whitlock for Silhouette); Patterned paper- Holly Jolly, Season's Greetings (Echo Park paper); adhesive pearls (Recollections, Michael's); black pearl (Want2Scrap); white felt (Papertrey Ink); cardstock- Kraft, chocolate (SU!); button; stickers- element stickers- Holly Jolly, Season's Greetings (Echo Park Paper); ink- Tea dye distress ink (Ranger); white gel pen (Ranger).

***Files can also be purchased in Silhouette store if you need .studio files!!

My fellow design team member Corri has a fabulous wreath on her blog today! Check it out...it is wonderful!

Hope you like this project!!! Thanks for stopping by today!

Cupcake notepad

2011-11-04T16:52:00.004-04:00

Yippee! Today I was officially introduced as a design team member on Lori Whitlock's blog. You can check out the post HERE (if ya wanna!) So excited to be a part of this team. My first "official" design team project will be posted on Monday....cannot wait to share it with you. Lori's files are fabulous to work with.

In the meantime, here is a little notepad I created as part of my application:

I used Lori's cupcake file to create this notepad. I enlarged the cupcake parts (stitched the top of the cupcake and inked the edges of all of them) and adhered them to cardboard. I cut a felt heart, added a button, some Twinery bakers twine and a SRM sticker to complete the front. The big white ribbon is a hair bow of my daughters that broke and I had in my craft drawer for the perfect project....:) I just broke off the barrette part and used a strong adhesive to attach it to the project.

Hope you like it! Head on over to Lori's blog to check out all her amazing files. I guarantee you will love them. Check back on Monday for a project that will get you in the holiday spirit!

Thanks for stopping by!

Puppy love

2011-11-03T11:52:00.004-04:00

Hello---just a quick card today as this day is moving way faster than I am!

I recently got the fabulous new set from Gina K Designs called Basket Buddies, illustrated by my friend Melanie. It is awesome...it is filled with adorable animals and sentiments that coordinates with another set of hers called Holiday Basket. You can add the little puppies or kittens to the basket.....but I chose to separate the puppies stamp and use one puppy to make this:
I cut the square from a piece of patterned paper and then stamped the bow from the set to create the package. I thought it would be good to show another way this set can be used. Wouldn't he look adorable popping out of a stocking?? The sentiment is from Holiday Basket.
Just a simple card but it makes me smile.

Designer paper and element sticker- Echo Park: Holly Jolly Collection!

Thanks for stopping by!

Not a winner....but feel like one!

2011-11-02T11:45:00.009-04:00

Hello friends! Thank you so very much for your sweet words on my last post. I cannot believe how many people took the time to post here and/or on the Echo Park blog. You are so sweet and it totally made my day. I am so lucky to have such wonderful friends.

Today....I have a different story. I created this card for the World Card Making Day contest hosted by Paper Crafts magazine. I didn't win. I just wanted to share because sometimes it seems like the same people always win or get picked for things and that may be true....
But....that isn't me :) Ha!

I STILL love this card so I figured I would share it with you today. Although it is pretty simple...it is one of my favorite cards I have created lately:

Heart die is by My Favorite Things- Hearts a Plenty. Designer paper is by Echo Park :) and the sticker is by SRM stickers- Fancy Sentiments-Love.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Woohooo!

2011-10-31T08:25:00.003-04:00

So excited to share this today--------->Click here! For those who are not familiar with my blog...I have been an Echo Park Paper fan since the beginning so I am thrilled!!!!!

Fall cards

2011-10-30T05:00:00.001-04:00

Hi everyone! Wow...still reeling here---->we had our first snow yesterday. Yes...snow. The kids were excited and we learned exactly what winter clothes we still need :)

Today I have two simple cards to share that I made a little bit ago. These were two of the first cards I made with my Silhouette.

The first is a fall card using some Echo Park paper and the beautiful leaf design by Lori Whitlock. You can find it here: Flourish Maple Leaf. I used some Echo Park alphabet stickers to add the sentiment and a bit of Twinery ribbon and a button to finish it off: The second is a cute little Halloween card (whew...just getting this one in before it is over!) The background paper is from Echo Park Apothecary Emporium. Sentiment is by SRM stickers--We've Got Your Sticker- Treats! The spider is another Silhouette file.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a warm/GREAT day!

Sorry!

2011-10-27T05:00:00.001-04:00

I couldn't help but use this A Little Witchy set from Our Craft Lounge again. It doesn't HAVE to be just for Halloween! (hee!) Anytime you need a little note of apology, this set would be perfect!

Patterned paper is by Echo Park!
Thanks for stopping by and THANKS so much for your kind comments yesterday!
xo

Inhale...exhale....

2011-10-26T16:01:00.001-04:00

So excited to see my name HERE! So excited to work with The AMAZING Lori Whitlock and the talented ladies on her team. This is gonna be fun :)

Bird Droppings....

2011-10-25T05:00:00.000-04:00

....oh my goodness...I could NOT resist that title.
Yesterday, Lauren and I made cupcakes. While the cupcakes were cooking, I took the opportunity to print out this adorable little turkey, a silhouette file by Lori Whitlock.
I love him. I thought he would be adorable inserted in a cupcake for a Thanksgiving treat. What I didn't think about was how I was decorating the cupcake.....It wasn't until after I took the picture that I realized that I probably *should* have left off the chocolate chips...hee! Still, he is a cutie, eh? This was so simple. And see the little doily pattern the cupcake is sitting on? Yep, that is another Lori Whitlock design from my Silhouette. Sigh!
Here is a close up of the little gobbler:

And here is a close up of the cupcake that is already history:

Hee! Sorry...couldn't resist! Giggle, I mean....Gobble!

Have a GREAT day!

OCL Breast Cancer Awareness Hop and Blog Candy

2011-10-24T03:00:00.002-04:00

The Our Craft Lounge design team is having a blog hop today in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Week. Leave comments on all the blogs of the hop to be entered to win Granny's Support Team stamps set and two jars of pink sparkly fluff! The winner will be announced tomorrow morning on the OCL blog! For my card I used one of my favorite OCL sets-- Out for a Spin. I stamped the bike and paper-pieced it with some pink paper. I stamped some of the hearts from the set and have them floating around the bike. I added some piercing holes to look like the wind around the bike. I love the happy colors of this card---I designed it so that it would be a ray of sunshine to someone who needs it. I have several friends who are battling this disease right now and every one of them are just remarkable people. Until we have a cure...there is hope...

Check out these blogs to see how the wonderful designers used their OCL sets for this special hop! Don't forget to comment to increase your chances of winning!

Kendra
Amber
Carolyn
Deb
Debbie
Lori
Stephanie
Tammie
Michelle
Dawn
Lori
Cassie

Thanks for stopping by today!

Find Joy Every Day mini album

2011-10-21T05:00:00.001-04:00

ETA: ohhh! Just found out that my album is being featured on Lori Whitlock's blog today! If you get the chance, I would love it if you would head on over there and tell her I sent you! Thanks so much!

Hello! Happy Friday :) This week went fast! Pretty excited to go to Pizza/Bingo night and my youngest kids' school tonight. My six year old is pumped to learn how to play bingo. She has been on such a Memory game kick so I am excited to introduce her to a new game!

Speaking of fun times with the kids---a few weeks ago my husband, sister and I took all of our kids to a local farm to pick apples. It was so much fun. We literally came home with 90 apples because we all wanted to pick them!
I created this little mini album of some of the pictures I took that day: I used two Silhouette files-apple and sentiment (both by Lori Whitlock) for the cover of the album. I used some white SRM number stickers to create the little date banner.

Here is a detail shot of the apple:
Page 1 of the album features another Silhouette file- tree (by Lori Whitlock). I layered the leaves so that they have some dimension. I folded the top layer so that half sticks out. I also used a white gel pen to add some veins in the leaves.
"Live Simply" is a SRM sticker (one of my favies!):
Page 2 features another Silhouette file by Lori Whitlock. Love this one. I stitched along the edges of the sentiment.
I added some Twinery ribbon after I finished the front and back pages so that I could layer it underneath the picture on the other side:
Page 3 mostly features a picture :) I love it. It is of my niece. I caught her in a moment when she was just staring at her apple she just picked. I added some SRM stickers on top of the picture:

Page 4 is a picture of my son, Ben (8.5). He really didn't want his picture taken so I had to take a few when he wasn't looking. I love this one! I used a fun leaf design from my Silhoutte (also by Lori Whitlock) to embellish this page. The sticker is another one from SRM stickers. "Good!" pretty much sums it up!
Page 5 is just a picture of one of the apple trees. Had to capture it with all the apples. Sentiments and dotted circle are both from SRM stickers:
Page 6 features my daughter, Cara (15). Love this one---because of her happy smile! I used a white SRM sticker "Smile" on the picture. The sticker is from Echo Park. I used some more Twinery ribbon along the top of this page:
Page 7 is a picture of my daughter Lauren (6) with her cousin Megan (3). They were so cute wandering around looking for apples they could reach. I used a SRM sticker "Happy" inside an Echo Park sticker and I think it fits the page well:
Page 8 is my daughter Lauren (6) picking an apple. Definitely a cutie pie:
All paper is by Echo Park paper.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a great weekend.

Masculine Birthday

2011-10-20T05:00:00.000-04:00

Hello! Hope you are having a good week so far. Mine has been B.U.S.Y!

I love this Our Craft Lounge set-- Golfin' Gramps! He is so cute (reminds me of my dad a bit!) and I have quite a few golfers in my family (yep, including my dad!) so I couldn't pass this set up. It was one of the first OCL stamp sets I purchased and I still LOVE it!
Hee! The sentiment reads "Any way you slice it, have a wonderful birthday!"

The patterned paper is by Echo Park.

Thanks for stopping by!

Farewell Stamper's Dream Hop

2011-10-18T07:00:00.006-04:00

In case you haven't heard yet---Michelle Rodgers has made the difficult decision to close her online store-- Stamper's Dream. :( I still remember when she contacted me to be on her design team. It was such an awesome day. She is such an amazing person and stamper....and I am so grateful to have the honor of her friendship.

For my card above, I used the Stampavie image, Chanson D'Amour. I coupled the image with Season's Greetings patterned paper by Echo Park.

Michelle has decided to end on a great note---with a HUGE SALE! Everything in the store is 20% off with the coupon code Farewell2U. Just enter the code on the checkout page in the coupon section and it will take 20% off the lowest marked price of the items in your shopping cart! There is a $20 minimum to activate the coupon. (Sorry, but there will be no free shipping during the liquidation.)

And did you know we're having our very last Stamper's Dream blog hop??? Here's the lineup: ETA: My links aren't working---You can find the links on Michelle's blog!

Michelle Rodgers
Becca Feeken
Tosha Leyendekker
Denise Marzec
Laurie Schmidlin
Carolyn King
Amy Sheffer
Arlene Cuevas
Teresa Kline
Jessica Diedrich
Mariana Grigsby
Lea Lawson
Jo Thompson

Thanks for stopping by!

Pub Correction :)

2011-10-17T05:00:00.000-04:00

Hello! Today I am sharing a card of mine that is published in the November issue of Cardmaker Magazine (page 17). I don't usually put a lot of my published stuff on my blog but I am mentioning this one because the magazine tagged this as someone else's card. (Too funny because it was a friend of mine. I am honored that they thought it was hers :)

Anyway...thought I would share and give a little plug for this Cardmaker issue---it is fabby! Have an awesome day!

Spooky Treat

2011-10-15T15:57:00.006-04:00

Hello! I am almost finished with Halloween projects but I couldn't resist another one---just trying to use up my Echo Park Apothecary Emporium scraps so I used them to create this little treat holder.
I also used a Silhouette file (haunted house by Lori Whitlock) to adorn the front. Here is a view of the front. I glittered up the bat with some fine black glitter and used some stickers from the same collection.

Fun! Having a blast with the Silhouette :)

Have a great weekend!

Swimming for Katie Blog Candy Winner!

2011-10-14T20:41:00.004-04:00

Hello!
Sorry for the absence.....I've been doing some publication work but I wanted to pop in and let you know the winner of my Swimming for Katie blog candy.

Congrats to #2 commenter, Glenda J! Glenda, please email me your address and I will get your package right out to you! Thank you so much for donating to the cause.
The hop was a great success!!! You can still purchase the stamps or donate by clicking the donate button on the sidebar of my blog.

Katie has taken a turn for the worse since the hop began and every card, donation and prayer will help.
Thanks, friends!

Spideriffic!

2011-10-12T06:00:00.000-04:00

So, I had to make one more cob web box :) It is just too cute.....
(and it was easy enough to make while watching Dancing with the Stars!)

I found this 3D spider in the Silhouette store and thought he would look adorable perched on the cob web box designed by Lori Whitlock. I used some paper scraps by Echo Park and created the little banner sentiment using My Favorite Things Banner die and some Echo Park (Apothecary Emporium) stickers.

Easy peasy!

Supplies:

Silhouette files- cobweb box cut file by Lori Whitlock; 3D spider by Kenzie Daley.

Patterned paper-Summer Days- Banners (Echo Park); Black Magic- Apothecary Emporium Collection (Echo Park); Noir Pattern Dot (Making Memories)

Die- Banner Day (My Favorite Things); circles (Spellbinders)

Ink- tea dye (Ranger)
Rhinestones- Recollections, Michael's

Thanks for stopping by!

Swimming for Katie Renz

2011-10-11T00:01:00.005-04:00

Hello! Today I have the honor of participating in an event for a fabulous person and fellow stamper, Katie Renz. From October 10-12 some of the best stampers are joining together to support and encourage our friend and fellow stamper, Katie Renz, who is currently battling inoperative gastic cancer. If you are not familiar with her, Katie's cancer story started just before Christmas last year. This young, beautiful, healthy, vibrant mother of three was suddenly diagnosed with an inoperable cancer, virtually overnight. Her first post about it is HERE. The idea of "Swimming for Katie" was concepted by Kate from I {heart} papers from a recent post HERE. Kate organized this incredible outreach and I am so glad to be a part of it.

If you would like to make a donation to Katie, you can use the donation button on the sidebar of my blog. There is also an exclusive stamp set (used in my card below), designed by Becky Oehlers that you can purchase in a clear stamp or a digi or a dig and SVG cut file. 100% of the profits go to Katie's fund to help her and her young family. Her husband Kevin and her three young children need our help and support. In addition to the Keep Swimming Octopus, Marianne Walker and True =D Doodle Designs both donated digis that are for sale. Information central is HERE. This is a permanent page that will stay active at i {heart} papers with current information and the full three day blog hop list as well as a donation button.

I hope you will join me in supporting Katie through a purchase or donation. Here is a list of everyone who has projects posted today. I hope you will be inspired by them and donate.

Ashley Harris

Clare Buswell

Jessica Diedrich

Lisa Somerville

Charlene Merrick

Eva Dobilas

Judy Rozema

Sharon Doolittle

Tifany DeGough

Windy Robinson

Ashley Cannon Newell

Connie McCotter

Heidi Van Laar

Karen Maldonado

Lori Craig

Melissa Phillips

Tosha Leyendekker

Amy Kolling

Angela Thomas

Angelica Suarez

Angie Blom

Becky Oehlers

Betty Wright

Bev Gerard

Brenda Weaver

Carolyn King

Chari Moss

Charlene Driggs

Claire Brennan

Corinna McGregor

Craft Critique

Karen Hunsaker (Rubbernecker Stamps Designer)

Keely Yowler

Kelly Schirmer

Keri Lee Sereika

Kim Hughes

Kimber McGray

Kittie Caracciolo

Kristin Eberline

Wendy Price

If you would like to send Katie a card, her mailing address is:
Katie Renz
PO Box 5913
Bellingham, WA 98227-5913

As an extra thank you--if you make a donation, send a card or purchase a stamp or digi, please let me know in the comments below. I will pick a random winner on Friday to receive a special package I will put together full of lots of stampy goodness. Thanks friends!

BOOtiful Box

2011-10-10T05:00:00.001-04:00

Hello! Happy Monday!

Just had to share this funny story with you. Last night when I was talking to my daughter Lauren (6) before bed, I was telling her about why she had off today:
Me: You usually have school on Mondays but tomorrow you have off.
Lauren: Why?
Me: Because it is Columbus Day.
Lauren: What is that?
Me: A holiday to remember Christopher Columbus--he discovered America.
Lauren: Wow. Is he going to do that tomorrow?

hee! LOVE her!

Speaking of LOVE. I broke down and got a Silhouette over the weekend....and I am so glad I did. This machine is magical :)
I was playing around with it and downloaded this free Cobweb window box from Lori Whitlock. You can find it here. The amazing Lori Whitlock and uber talented Tamara ( Happy Life Crafty Wife Blog) are hosting a decorating contest. Just use either box design, decorate it and enter to win!

Here is my project:

I also used the "Bootiful" sentiment by Lori (available in the Silhouette store). Patterned paper is by Echo Park Paper.

Thanks for stopping by!

Candy Princess Wand

2011-10-09T09:13:00.007-04:00

Hello! Today I have a Princess wand project to share. Lots of people have created princess wands using the Magic Wand tubes from SRM stickers and I wanted to give it a try.
I knew my daughter would get a kick out of it :) (And she LOVES it!)
I paired the tube with some Echo Park (Little Girl) paper and some scraps I had and used SRM- We've Got Your Sticker- Princess to create this:
I used some of the stickers from the sheet all along the wand leading to the topper. The tube is filled with pink candies.

Have a magical day! Thanks for stopping by!

Another scaredy cat!

2011-10-08T05:00:00.000-04:00

Hello! Happy Saturday!
Today I have a card using Our Craft Lounge Scaredy Cat stamp set. I used this set in a different way this time. The main image features a Cat perched on the pumpkin. Instead of using the cat part, I cut off the top like you would carve a pumpin and lined it up with the swirls on the patterned paper:I love getting more use from my stamps by altering them a bit. The patterned paper is by Echo Park- Apothecary Emporium Collection.

Have a great weekend! Thanks for stopping by!

Get Organized Set

2011-10-04T09:28:00.007-04:00

Hello! Today I have a project to share that will help with organization in my life... :)

It is a pencil holder with note pad and magnetic refrigerator list: I used a few collections from Echo Park Paper to create this (For the Record, Happy Days and Summer Days). They all work well together so it was a good way for me to use up my scraps.

Here is the magnetic refrigerator pad. After you design the pad (which is just a legal pad cut in half lengthwise), you can add adhesive magnetic strips to the back. I love having an easy (and visible) way to keep a running grocery list:

The heart at the top of the pad was cut with My Favorite Things Hearts a Plenty die. I cut the large heart several times and folded it in half and adhered the flaps together to create the dimension.

Here is the pencil holder and note pad:

I created my own little note pad by decorating the front cover and then cutting the inside pages. I simply punched a hole at the top and put a circle ring through it. This way you can easily add or remove pages.

The chipboard tag is by Echo Park (Happy Days) and I added a sentiment from SRM stickers (Life is Good).

I created the matching pen by inserting matching paper in the RSVP pen.

Supply list: Designer paper: Happy Days, For the Record, Summer Days (Echo Park Paper); Chipboard tag- Happy Days (Echo Park Paper); Die- Hearts a Plenty (My Favorite Things); Element stickers- For the Record, Dots & Stripes Metropolitan (Echo Park Paper); sentiment sticker-Life is Good (SRM Stickers); black pearls Recollections, Michael's); mini clothespin; pencil holder (Creatology, Michael's) ; legal pad (cut in half); hemp; RSVP Pen (Pentel); binder clip.

Have a great day! Thanks for stopping by!

Blog Candy Winner

2011-10-03T09:23:00.005-04:00

Cara left for school too early this morning so I had Lauren pick the winning number. Random.Lauren picked #10! Congratulations to Kathy Martin who said "Oh my what a great group of Christmas cards! Lovely!"

Kathy, please email me (address is on sidebar!) your address and I will get that collection right out to you!

Thanks to everyone for playing along. Hope you had a GREAT World Card Making Day!

A Few More Cards.....

2011-10-02T09:27:00.006-04:00

....created with Echo Park Season's Greetings collection! Don't forget to enter to win this collection on the post below!

Frosty Christmas: Paper and stickers by Echo Park. Sticker sentiment by SRM Stickers.

Noel:

Merry:

Echo Park paper. Sticker sentiment by SRM Stickers.

Thanks for stopping by! I will have some stamped cards to share soon :)

WCMD Blog Candy

2011-10-01T05:00:00.000-04:00

Hello! Happy Saturday AND Happy World Card Making Day. It has been a busy week here and I wasn't sure I was going to get time to create a few cards for this post.....But, once I started making a few holiday cards with the new Season's Greetings collection from Echo Park, it was hard to stop. I have had this collection for a bit and have been wanting to play with it....I have more cards that I just haven't photographed yet. So I will post those soon!

But here are a few.....
This one is my favorite of the three:
A little vintage-y. I added some crystal stickles on his fur and beard for some nice sparkle:

* sentiment on this card is by SRM Stickers

This final card features a smaller card adhered to a standard sized panel. The middle section pulls up to reveal the inside message:

Blog Candy- In celebration of World Card Making Day, I am giving away the Season's Greetings Collection by Echo Park! This is the collection I used on these cards and it is just beautiful. If you would like to be entered to win this collection, just leave a comment on this post by Sunday night at midnight (EST). Random.Cara will select a winner on Monday and I will post here on my blog. Be sure to check back to see if you are the winner. You will have three days to claim your prize. After three days, I will pick a new winner.

Thanks for stopping by today! Happy World Card Making Day, friends!

Apple Box Tutorial

2011-09-28T05:00:00.000-04:00

Hello! As promised, I am back with a quick picture tutorial on how to create the little apple treat box. It's easy! Let's go--

What you will need (what I used in parenthesis):
Patterned paper of your choice (Little Yellow Bicycle "Head of the Class")
Scoring device (Scor-Pal)
Double sided tape (Scor-Tape)
foam tape (Scotch)
scissors (Tim Holtz)
Optional--
Accessories to decorate it. (SRM stickers, Cricut cartridge-Plantin Schoolbook, Twinery ribbon-Cappuccino)
Step 1: Start with a piece of patterned paper that is 6" by 6" and score at the 2" and 4" marks. Turn paper once and score again at same measurements:

Your paper should look like this:

Step 2: Cut the flaps on opposite sides like shown. Note- You should be making four cuts, that's it!

Step 3: Apply double sided tape to the flaps as shown:

Step 4: Remove adhesive liner and fold up one side to adhere over the middle section and press:

Step 5: Do the same with the other side:

Step 6: Repeat on the other side so that you end up with this:

Step 7: Cut a strip for the handle whatever thickness you would like. I made mine .5":

Step 8: Apply double stick tape to the ends of the handle and adhere to the inside of box:

The box is finished. Decorate as you wish! I am including the directions to decorate it with the same design I posted on Monday for those who asked for it.

Using the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge (Cricut), I cut two apple designs (3") and one shadow for the apple. I used the red for the top part on this example, stitching it over the blue base. I used a chipboard pencil (Little Yellow Bicycle) and added an SRM sticker "thanks" over it.

I tied the pencil to the apple using some Twinery ribbon (Cappuccino).

I used some foam mounting tape to attach the apple to the front of the box and then I used some dimensional stickers (Little Yellow Bicycle) to place over the handle edges:

Here is the finished product:

Hope this explained it!

Thanks for stopping by!

Teacher Kisses

2011-09-26T05:00:00.001-04:00

Happy Monday! We had a fabulous weekend...hanging out and enjoying the outdoors. Yesterday we spent the day at a farm---picking apples and pumpkins. It was so much fun. The kids had a great time and so did I!

Speaking of apples........Today I have a project that features one! I had this idea in my head for a bit and was glad to finally create it: I created this project with Little Yellow Bicycle: Head of the Class patterned paper and a chipboard shape (pencil) from Little Yellow Bicycle. I created the box using my Scor-pal (Easily done by scoring a 6" by 6" paper on 2", 4" measurements and then rotating the paper and scoring at the same increments again. Cut and tape. Might post a quick picture of the cut lines to make it more clear.)

I used Plantin SchoolBook (Cricut Cartridge) to cut the apple design. To give it a bit of dimension, I stitched the blue apple over the red one and then pulled the sides of the blue up. I added an SRM sticker "Thanks" (from Shine Your Light) on the pencil and a bit of Twinery ribbon to tie it to the apple.

I added a handle and some Hershey's kisses to finish off the treat. I am thinking this might be an fun way to present gift cards to the teachers at Christmas :)

Supplies: Patterned paper- Head of the Class: Back to School, Penmanship Blue, Principal Gray, Red Study Hall (Little Yellow Bicycle); chipboard shape (Little Yellow Bicycle); die cutting machine- Cricut Expression, Plantin SchoolBook cartridge; ribbon- the Twinery; sticker- "Thanks" Shine Your Light (SRM Stickers); Scor-Pal.

Thanks for stopping by!

Baseball Mini Album

2011-09-23T14:09:00.008-04:00

Hello and happy Friday (aka, the-only-day-my-youngest-goes-to-school-with-a-smile-on-her-face :)
This morning I finished up an album I started yesterday. I had all of these ideas in my head---I wanted to create an album for my son using pictures from his old baseball team. He was asked to play select ball this time last year and he played with most of these kids for the past year (some were on his little league team the year before.)
Because of the travel and time commitment, we became pretty close to the team and the other families. It was so hard to leave them when we had to move. But I have a TON of pictures and I thought it would be nice to get some of them together for him.
The problem---I couldn't find the pictures. We had tucked them in a plastic bin right before we moved and after tearing the house apart----I just found the bin this morning!! Woohoo!

I received my very first Little Yellow Bicycle patterned paper this week. I am seriously impressed with the quality of this paper. It is beautiful, thick and the designs are exceptional. You will definitely be seeing more of it on this blog (now that I have come out from under the large rock I was living under!) This album was created with their Get Your Game On collection. They feature lots of sports but I got the baseball and football since that is what my son plays.

Anyway...here is the album cover: Pages 1-2:

Pages 3-4:

Pages 5-6:

Back cover:

This came together in no time because this collection has fabulous embellishments that coordinate with the papers.

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Thanks for stopping by!

Merry Christmoose!

2011-09-22T08:05:00.003-04:00

Hello! Today I have a card to share that uses Our Craft Lounge Merry Moose and some Echo Park paper scraps.
I colored the moose with Copic markers and cut the tree shape free hand. The sign and moose are popped up on dimensionals.

Have a great day! Thanks for stopping by!

Witch Hat (times 2!)

2011-09-20T11:13:00.005-04:00

All finished! Lauren finished up her witch's hat this morning so we took pictures of them and here they are:
Here is my hat: I painted the hat with black paint and then covered the rim with patterned paper from Echo Park Paper- the Apothecary Emporium. I added some folded paper around the rim and then attached a strip of patterned paper around the cone part and used a label, with a fan behind it. I added some bling on the label, some ribbon and glitter. I layered another label behind it for a shadow effect.

Here is Lauren's Hat (It is pretty tall with all the fun stuff she shoved in the top of it. lol!)

I think she did a great job. Her hat is sitting in the middle of our kitchen island. I love that she picked this project. So fun!

Thanks for stopping by!

Like Mother, Like Daughter

2011-09-19T19:05:00.002-04:00

Hi! Life has been going too fast these days. We are in week three of school and the kids are doing well. Activities and sports are picking up and we are pretty busy running around. Lauren is in afternoon kindergarten so she is my sidekick for most of the day. Today we had to run to Michael's to pick up a plain white tee shirt for school and we saw these paper machie witch hats. Lauren was adamant that we get one to decorate.....then, she paused and said,
"Well, you better get me one and you one because I want to do mine myself." Love that!

We worked on them today and I will hopefully get a picture of them tomorrow and post them. Mine is already finished and Lauren assured me (gently) that hers was going to be waayyy better! I love that she loves doing this stuff. Not really sure what we will do with two decorated witch hats......but we are having fun!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Tag Calendar

2011-09-15T05:00:00.001-04:00

Hello! Well...I alluded to this project I was working on in my post yesterday. I finished it (finally!) and am so excited to have something I created as a functional piece in my home.

I recently got the new calendar stickers from SRM stickers and I was inspired to make a calendar with them. But, I thought it would be fun to make a calendar that would also be a display piece. I used a bird cage to clip the month's calendar tags on it. (You could also just use each tag to create a tag book using the title piece for the cover.)
I designed each tag individually to reflect either a holiday or an event in that month or just the season in general. Here is the calendar hanging in my house: Since it is difficult to see all the detail on the pieces in that picture, I took individual pictures of each month and the title.

January:

February:

March:

April:

May:

June:

July:

August:

September:

October:

November:

December:

Supply list:

Mini calendar stickers and sticker sentiments by SRM stickers.

Patterned paper- Echo Park Paper (Jan, Feb, March, April, June, July, August, Oct, Dec.); October Afternoon (May, September); Recollections (November).

Dies- My Favorite Things Dienamics (scalloped scallop, banner day, homespun birdhouse, open scallop, stacking stars, fresh cut grass ); Cricut (leaves, apple, bunny); Spellbinders (Ice cream cone)

Ribbon (assorted); buttons (assorted); rhinestones (assorted)

Thanks for stopping by!

Halloween Treat Ideas

2011-09-14T08:16:00.003-04:00

Hi there! Sorry for the long absence. I have been spending a lot of time with the kids, getting them acclimated to school here. They started last week and it has been a rough first week.
I am sure they will all be fine but it was an exhausting week!

Today, I am blogging over at the OCL blog. I have a few Halloween treat ideas posted to help jump start your treat making. Hope you will head on over there to check it out! Be back here soon with a project I have been working on for awhile. Almost done!

Thanks for stopping by!

Top 15 at 15

2011-09-06T07:15:00.003-04:00

Hello!! Hope you had a great Labor Day! My kids all started school today so I could not sleep last night---
I decided to go into my craft room and create--Here is the page I came up with: I love documenting Cara's music lists at different ages. Someday she will get a laugh at her favorite songs. This one features her Top 15 at 15.

I used Echo Park's Happy Days collection for most of this page. It was perfect for the theme!

I used the jute box sticker as a focus for the page...changing it up a bit by adding the fan behind it and adding a button and a rhinestone stickers for buttons:

I added a lot of machine stitching and some SRM stickers (the large numbers and the sticker stitching on the photo) to complete the page:

Supplies: Patterned paper- Happy Days (Echo Park Paper Co.); element stickers- Happy Days (Echo Park); buttons; SRM stickers (We've Got Your Stickers plus- Sweet, We've Got Your Number, Extra Large); rhinetones (Recollections, Michael's); sewing machine; ink-pink (Stampin' Up!); ribbon (The Paper Studio)

Thanks for stopping by!

Jack o lantern!

2011-09-04T04:00:00.000-04:00

Hello! Hope you are having a GREAT weekend. My sister is in town so we are! So fun to have family in and we love entertaining.

Today I am sharing an altered Halloween project. I found a wooden pumpkin at Michael's last week and was inspired to create a paper jack0lantern. I thought it would look so fun all dressed up with the Echo Park the Apothecary Emporium collection: I used some Modge Podge to cover the front of the pumpkin and then added the patterned paper on top. I covered the stem with a different piece of patterned paper. All of the designs are pretty much cut from pieces of the collection. I cut the tree shape from one of the pages. I used part of the tree (I skipped some sections where it was too tedious to cut) and then used a black Tombow marker to color over the cut out piece. The cat, bird and bat are also cut out of the papers. After I attached them to the pumpkin, I added some black Doodlebug glitter to make them sparkly. I also added rhinestone eyes to the bat and the bird.

I created the banner with the date using the stickers in the collection. I added some rhinestones in between the banners and hung it on the pumpkin using dimensional stickers.

I tied a piece of gingham ribbon around the top of the pumpkin and added some hemp. I finished the top of the pumpkin off by adding a fringed topper.

I already have this on display for Halloween so it is gonna be a long two months for my family :)

Have a great day! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Our Craft Lounge Blog Hop!

2011-09-02T03:00:00.002-04:00

Hello! Today is the Our Craft Lounge blog hop! I am the last stop on the hop so if you want to start at the beginning you can click on the "Next Blog" button at the bottom of this post and it will take you to the beginning!

For my card today, I used the new crafty cling set, Scaredy Cat:

I stamped the image three times and colored it with Copic markers. I layered the hat and pumpkin part twice to get more dimension on the card. I added some Wicked Green sparkle fluff to the cat's collar and the buckle on his hat. It really sparkles irl!

Blog Candy: Today is the last day you can post on all of the blogs to be entered to win blog candy. So remember to leave comments as you hop along. At the end of the day, we will be drawing five winners from all the blog comments. Each winner will get to pick one brand new set of their choice. Winners will be announced on the OCL blog on Saturday.

*Bonus entry---LIKE Our Craft Lounge on Facebook for an extra entry. Just be sure to leave an extra comment on the OCL blog letting them know you did it.

Thanks for stopping by!

OCL Sneak Peek Day 2

2011-09-01T03:00:00.000-04:00

Hello! Today is day 2 of the Our Craft Lounge sneak peeks. You can find a complete list of the designers who are posting today on the OCL blog.

Blog Candy: Remember to leave comments on all of the blogs today to be entered to win a set of your choice. Winners will be announced on the OCL blog on Saturday.

For today's project, I used the new crafty cling set called Surfin' Santa:
Akk...he is so cute! I love this fun stamp. I stamped Santa and colored him in with Copic markers. After inking the image, I smudged off the design on the shorts to show another way to color them without the candy cane pattern. Pretty straightforward!

Be sure to check back tomorrow for the OCL blog hop.

Thanks for stopping by!

OCL Sneak Peek Day 1

2011-08-31T03:00:00.000-04:00

Hi there! Today is the first day of sneak peeks of the new release from Our Craft Lounge and my first release as an Our Craft Lounge design team member :) You can find a list of all the fabulous designers who are sharing projects today on the Our Craft Lounge Blog.

I used A Little Witchy to create this Halloween treat box:

To create this, I just made a box from black cardstock and added some patterned paper. I stamped all the images from the set on white cardstock and cut them out. The witch's outfit is paper pieced and I used Copic markers to color the rest of the images. I stamped the sentiment on a label and added all the elements to the box.

Like what you see? You can find these new releases at Memories of Time.

Blog candy: All comments left on the designer's preview posts on Wednesday and Thursday and blog hop post on Friday will be included in the blog candy drawing on the OCL blog that ends Friday night at midnight (PACIFIC), so be sure to leave a comment on all the blogs you visit!

See you tomorrow for another OCL new release project!

Thanks for stopping by!

So excited to share.....

2011-08-30T11:31:00.004-04:00

I am so excited to finally share THIS!
See you tomorrow for sneak peeks of the new releases!!

Thanks for stopping by today!

A Hill Makeover

2011-08-29T11:37:00.005-04:00

Hello! Hope you had a great weekend. We are keeping all those who are recovering from the effects of the hurricane in our prayers. We did not even get a drop of rain...a little too far from the coast.

For those of you who are interested, here are the hill pictures I promised. Last week we embarked on the huge job of transforming the gigantic hill in our background. This is what the backyard looked like when we looked at the house to buy it (March): By the time we moved in (June), the hill had weeds covering it. The weeds were all grown over tarp so the first job (and the worst job) was removing the weeds, dirt AND tarp.

We spent last week figuring out what we wanted to do with the hill and shopping for supplies. We re-weeded the hill and then planted juniper (to hopefully spread and cover the hill in the next few years), heather and a few bushes.

My husband installed the steps and the small wall that will be a large planting area....eventually. That area that has the steps is terraced so we will put a bench there for a sitting area.

Right now our main priority was to get the hill cleaned up, planted and mulched. We will finish up the cosmetic stuff (bench, the addition of two bushes at the top of the steps to hide top supports, etc. in a few weeks.

But for now.....we are taking a little break. It was a lot of hard work to haul mulch up the hill in a wheelbarrow 70 gazillion times and I need time to forget :) !

ETA: (after a question about it!) We have a small yard with a stone patio right outside our back door. Then this hill. There are stone steps on the right side of the hill (which are not pictured but I will include when we finish up the hill.) Those steps go up to the second part of our yard....which has the playgrounds, fort, basketball, etc. There are woods behind that.

Thanks for stopping by!

Boo House!

2011-08-25T09:21:00.013-04:00

Hello! Today I have a peek of the October Crafts 'n Things Magazine, which is in stores NOW!

This issue is filled with amazing autumn inspiration from playful Halloween decor to party favors to sophisticated Thanksgiving table decorations to stitched, beaded, and paper-crafted designs to fun crafts you can make with the kids. It is filled with inspiration!!!

Here is one of the projects I have in this issue:

You can find instructions for this project inside the October issue of Crafts 'n Things!

Thanks for stopping by!

Some Echo Park Projects :)

2011-08-22T10:43:00.007-04:00

Hello! Happy Monday (groan!) We have about two more weeks before the kids go back to school. I am excited because I know that once they have more of a schedule, they will adjust to life here more quickly :)

Today, I have a few Echo Park projects to share in my attempt to be a Fresh Face Designer. The first is a scrapbook page of my two girls.
Photo Booth-You & Me

Cara and Lauren snuck

off to the photo booth

when we were in the arcade.

Although they are nine years apart,

they are

so much alike.

For this page, I used The Happy Days Collection of paper as well as the Happy Days chipboard accents and brads. I used my circle dies (Spellbinders) to cut circular shapes from some of the patterned paper. I added some stitching and some tiny pearl accents to add some interest to the layout.

Next, I have a few cards:
Hello Sweet Friend
I used a Happy Days element sticker (Ice cream cone) as the focus of this card. The hello friend is a SRM sticker. I added some rhinestones to the bottom of the ice cream dish and the sweet banner (Happy Days: Journaling card) tied to the top.
Supplies: white cardstock (Gina K Designs); Element sticker-Happy Days (Echo Park Paper); Patterned paper- Happy Days: Journaling card, Borders (Happy Days); rhinestones (Recollections); hemp; ribbon (Stampin' Up!); sentiment sticker- Sweet (SRM stickers).

Happy Snow Days

I went back to an old favorite collection, Wintertime, for this card. I paired the Wintertime stickers and patterned paper with some Happy Days patterned paper and a Happy Days decorative brad. I added some rhinestones to the snowflake and some machine stitching around the edge to finish it off.

Supplies: white cardstock (Gina K Designs); Patterned paper- Wintertime: Pine green (Echo Park Paper), Happy Days: Scalloped (Echo Park Paper); element stickers- Wintertime (Echo Park Paper); brad- Happy Days (Echo Park Paper); rhinestones (Recollections, Michael's); ribbon (May Arts); sewing machine.

Thinking of You

For this card I combined an element sticker from Little Boy with Splash patterned paper. I love the boat floating along on that journaling block. I used a SRM sticker for the sentiment and finished the card with a fun yellow ribbon.

Supplies: white cardstock (Gina K Designs); Designer paper- Splash: Journaling, Big Striped (Echo Park Paper); SRM sticker sentiment- Hello; Element sticker- Little Boy (Echo Park Paper); ribbon; corner rounder punch (Creative Memories); mini attacher- Tim Holtz.

Hope you have a great day!

Thanks for stopping by!

Spook-tacular treat tags

2011-08-21T06:00:00.000-04:00

Hello! Today I have a Halloween project to share. Hard to believe that stores are already stocking their Halloween decor and costumes. I figured I would get a jump on a few projects.

I created these treat tags using Our Craft Lounge Spook-tacular set:

And here are close ups of the tags so you can see them a bit better. They all are attached to m&m sleeves. I used a piece of hemp and a button to tie the tags to the bags.

For this tag, I used the witch image...so cute! I stamped her on white cardstock and paper pieced the broom and added stickles to the hat and star punch out. I also used the happy Halloween sentiment right under the image.

Next, I used the spider web and spider on this tag. I stamped the web and spider right on the patterned paper. Then, I stamped the spider again and cut out the body to layer over the first one. This added some dimension. I also used black stickles on the spiders legs. I stamped the sentiment and punched it out with an oval punch. I added two little rhinestones on either side before adhering it to the tag:

The last tag features the kitty image. I stamped the image on the tag and stamped it again so I could attach the second one over the first. This allowed me to have some movement in the tail by not adhering the second tail over the first one. I added some purple stickles on the cat's hat, added rhinestones and the same button tie at the top as I did on the others:

Supplies: Stamps- Spook-tacular (Our Craft Lounge); Memento tuxedo black ink; stickles (black, purple) Ranger; rhinestones (Recollections, Mark Richards); Patterned paper/tags-Twilight (Pink Paislee), Waving Skeletons-Toil & Trouble (Making Memories); m&ms; candy sleeves.

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Easy Canvas Prints

2011-08-18T06:00:00.000-04:00

A few months ago, Easy Canvas Prints asked me to try out their product and write a blog post about it. But...it was just before my cross country move so I asked if they would contact me again in August because it definitely looked like something I wanted to check out.

Fast forward a few months....I saw a wonderful picture of my grandparents (Mamo and PopPop) at my little sister's house. The picture was fantastic....it was them when they were younger and they were at the beach. The picture looks like an old postcard and I just ADORE it. I asked my dad to send me a copy of the picture and he did. As soon as I got back from the beach, Easy Canvas Prints contacted me again and I was so excited because I had the perfect idea for that precious photo.

I went to their site and uploaded the photo. It was super easy to navigate and you have many options as far as the size of the canvas, the wrap around the canvas (color or picture continuation) and the photo color. I really didn't do much to the photo-- just wrapped the photo around the canvas edge so that it was more focused on my grandparents. I adore this canvas and I think it looks great in our new living room (which I am just finishing!)
Here is a picture of our back wall in that room. Check out the mantel:

The canvas was the PERFECT finishing touch for it:

Isn't that photo fun? I just love it and I love the way it turned out.

Thank you Easy Canvas Prints for letting me try out your product. I wholeheartedly recommend this company if you want a really cool way to display some of your favorite photos.

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UR My Sunshine

2011-08-16T07:00:00.000-04:00

:)
Supplies: Patterned paper- Echo Park-Splash!; white cardstock (Gina K Designs); rhinestones (Mark Richards)

Have a great day!

Moxie Fab World Luminous Layers Challenge

2011-08-14T08:00:00.001-04:00

Hello! I was looking through blogland looking for another good challenge and came across this week's Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger challenge. Here is the inspiration for this week: Sigh! This was just the inspiration I needed! Love the design, patterns...everything. I went with the overlapping large patterned scallops as the inspiration for my card:

To keep with the vintage feel of the dress, I used Echo Park's Life is Good patterned paper for this card. I cut each section using an oval Scallop (Spellbinders). Starting at the bottom of the card, I layered the ovals until I got near the top. I cut the final two ovals in half and then layered a piece of ribbon over the edge.

The stamps I used on this card are from Springtime Silhouettes (Gina K Designs). I stamped the butterfly image onto vanilla cardstock (Gina K Designs) using chocolate ink. I cut it out using a Spellbinders die and attached it with a piece of pink hemp. To finish off the design, I punched a small circle of the cardstock to adhere under a clear epoxy sticker. I stamped the sentiment on the bottom scallop.

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MFT Stamp Challenge

2011-08-12T11:54:00.005-04:00

Hello! Happy Friday!
This week started out a bit bumpy so I really didn't have any time to play with paper and stamps. It was my husband's 40th birthday and on his actual birthday he was rushing back to the car to go out to lunch with me and the kids and he hopped over a hedge....and well....let's just say his ankles aren't in their 30s anymore :( We ended up in the emergency room that night for x-rays and thankfully it is not broken. (Although if you saw the pictures on FB, you would bet that it was.)

Anyway, after all that fun, he is back to work on crutches and life goes on. I needed a little jump start to my creativity so I jumped on this week's My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge- MFTWSC32: Here is my card using the sketch:

I paired the MFT Pure Innocence image, Are We There Yet? with some Echo Park Paper- Splash! (Love it!)

Thought this would be a fun combination for the last few weeks of summer :( (Sniff, sniff!) I colored the image with Copics and paper pieced the outfit. I layered her over the popped up sun (Echo Park, Splash!) and added a sticker sentiment over the sun (Random Thoughts by Bo-Bunny Press). I cut different layers of patterned paper for the sketch and added some twine (The Twinery) around the bottom of the card.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Back from Vacation and a.....CARD!

2011-08-07T13:04:00.004-04:00

Hello! I just got back from a two week vacation at the beach. We had so much fun--For the second week, all my siblings rented houses in the same few blocks and we went to the beach and boardwalk together every day. We all were together with my parents on my dad's 70th birthday. Now we are back home and trying to unpack (again!) and get back to our new life here.

I created this card for my dad's 70th birthday from all of his children. We gave him a gift certificate for custom golf clubs so I created a golf club card: I created the golf bag and clubs by looking at pictures and just designing my own. I added some stitching to make the bag look more realistic. The "70" was cut from Cuttlebug letters. I stamped the background of the card using a sentiment from Our Craft Lounge - Golfin Gramps. It says "Have a Par-fect day!" hee! (I created my dad's birthday card last year using this set too---a definite fav for my golf lovin dad!)

Thanks for stopping by today! Off to do lots a laundry :)

New Craft Room

2011-07-21T18:55:00.006-04:00

Hello (Again!). Wow...two posts in one week :) I couldn't stand walking through the front door and looking into this room and seeing boxes everywhere. So......I spent half of the day on Tuesday and unpacked my new craft space. I shared one picture on facebook and someone requested that I share the rest of the room.....So here it is----!!

I am so excited to have my very own space for my scrappy stuff. Previously, our guest room was my craft room so I had a bed in there and lots of other stuff. But...now I have this adorable cute little room....all my own. I am so lucky!! It may be small but it is perfect for me (and my sidekick Lauren, who loves it just as much as I do!)

This is the room: As you walk into the room, the back wall houses two tall black drawer shelves which hold embellishments of all sorts, ribbons, dies, and a drawer of cards. The black cabinet with wicker baskets hold my machines (Wizard, Cuttlebug, plates and some Cricut software.) The baskets hold stamps....many here are various companies but if I had enough I used a basket for each company (The Cat's Pajamas, Our Craft Lounge, Unity Stamp Co., Stampendous, etc.) On top is a magnetic board that holds brads and other small items. I have my very first magazine cover framed on the left side and a board that I can display some of the precious cards from my stamping friends.

This picture shows the wall to the left as you walk in. This cabinet holds my embellishment box on top. The long white box holds spools of ribbons and the two large white bins on the bottom hold my My Favorite Things stamps. The drawers hold envelopes, adhesive runners and refills. The three stacking wicker basket shelf holds Gina K Designs stamps (some of them) and punches (which will eventually be housed on railings on the wall when I get around to it.)

And this is the right hand wall when you walk in. This side has my desk --which has some amazing storage and holds all of my ink pads on top or in a drawer and all my markers, paints, inks, etc. There is a drawer of Gina K Design stamps, a drawer of paper pads, a drawer full of adhesives and a drawer full of other fun embellishment stuff!

I keep my Cricut Expression on the side table---out so I will use it. My sewing machine is on a lift in the center of the desk so I just pop it up when I want to use it. The white tower to the right holds most of my cardstock and I have two tall containers that house all my favorite designer paper.

Well....that is it. Thanks for letting me share my crafty space.

Thanks for stopping by!

Testing....1, 2, 3!

2011-07-16T16:27:00.002-04:00

Hi there. Just wanted to pop in and see if this dusty blog still worked :)

We are getting all settled in our new Pittsburgh home. It has been a busy two months and we are still busily trying to get some home improvements done and walls painted WHILE still taking lots of breaks to enjoy the summer.

There is one thing I am certain of----I definitely miss my creative time. I am counting the days when I have everything else done on my "must-do" list and then I can get to work setting up my office. Right now it is just a room with a desk and about 50 boxes. I keep the door shut so I am not tempted to run in there before I get everything else settled.

I just wanted to check in and let you all know we are doing well and enjoying summer. I hope you are all having a great summer. I miss my crafty friends but I will be back soon! I have so many fun ideas floating around in my head..........but, until then....thanks for stopping by and for all the sweet comments and emails. Hugs!

A Fond Farewell....

2011-05-02T11:24:00.003-04:00

It is time....

Time to say goodbye (at least for awhile).
My family is gearing up for our LAST move...we will be all packed and ready to go by the end of the month and so I need to put the craft stuff away and close down the blog for awhile. There are so many emotions right now.....

I *think* I will be back. I cannot imagine my life without making some sort of paper crafting project. But...I have no idea in what capacity that will be yet.
The next few months will give me the time to get situated, spend time with my family and get the kids settled in their new home and life. It will also give me time to reflect on where I want this to go...if anywhere.

Right now, I am excited about the lack of pressure and deadlines. I am excited to have nothing I HAVE to do. I am excited to be removed from the cattiness that has marred some of the joy I once felt to just create.

I am also excited about THIS----->
Three years ago my first card was published. I will NEVER forget the joy and sense of accomplishment I felt when getting that email while on vacation.

This month the new Card Creations Magazine goes on sale and I am DELIGHTED that one of my cards was chosen for the cover. It is the "Missing You" map card on the bottom right. I have only had one other card on a magazine cover before and it was itty bitty so this is special. I am sure I will frame it. Yep.......this is the perfect place to stop and take a breath.....

Thank you so much for all of your support and kindness over the years. I hope to be back.....if/when the time is right.

xo

You're Hot!

2011-04-30T07:00:00.000-04:00

Hello! Today I have a fun Mother's Day card to share....fun greeting for a sister or a friend. (Or from a husband to a wife :) I used Sew Pretty (by Gina K Designs) to create this. I stamped right on the recipe patterned paper (October Afternoon) and then just paper pieced the apron and added a bit of lace overlay. I used a Copic marker to add a little pink to her cheek.

Fun!

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy 40th!

2011-04-28T19:30:00.000-04:00

Hello!! Hope you are enjoying your week. I have been running around this week--enjoying great lunches with friends and spending my birthday gift cards. FUN! Thank you for all the wonderful birthday messages on FB, by email or on my blog. It really warmed my heart and made me feel special.

I am now working to finish up a few publication projects before I can start packing up my stamp room :(

In the meantime...here is a card I created for a friend's 40th birthday using the MFT Build a Birthday Card template I helped to design! Designer paper is by Echo Park!

Have a WONDERFUL weekend!!
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Happy Bark-day

2011-04-23T07:00:00.000-04:00

Hello! Hope you are enjoying your weekend.
Happy Easter--tomorrow! I am sure I won't be blogging (shocking, I know!) but I wanted to wish you a very happy Easter. It is also my birthday. THE first time it has ever fallen on Easter Sunday and the last time it will in my lifetime. Pretty neat-o!

So today I have a cute birthday card to share: Materials used: Stamps- Birthday Buddies (Paper Smooches); Memento tuxedo black ink; soft sky ink (SU!); Designer paper- Little Boy: Rad Plaid; Little Girl: Gingham Gaby (Echo Park Paper); cardstock-ivory, white (Gina k Designs); ribbon-Pumpkin pie (SU!); Copic markers; die- cloud trio (My Favorite Things).

Thanks for stopping by. Have a wonderful weekend.

Many Thanks...

2011-04-20T07:00:00.001-04:00

Hello!!! I am painfully aware that my blogging time is almost over (...for awhile anyway!) The packers will be coming in a few short weeks and I have to start packing up my beloved stamp room soon (especially the things I want to be sure are packed with care!) Sniff.
But....until I have to stop...I will keep sharing a few more creations-- :)

Today I have a thanks card to share...

I did some paper piecing of the leaves using lots of different patterned papers to get the falling leaves design on this card:

I embossed the sentiment in white and then stitched along the edge to coordinate with the sentiment. I finished this card with some walnut seam binding.

Stamps are from Floral Wreath and A Year of Leaves, both from Gina K Designs.

I just love paper piecing!!!

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Make a Splash!

2011-04-19T06:00:00.000-04:00

Hello! It's a new week and I am feeling so much better than I did last week. We had a nasty cold circulating around here and it literally knocked me on my tail :0 I am finally getting a chance to ink up some stamps from last month's Gina K Designs release. (Now that the next release is on Thursday!) I was just happy to stamp something :) Here is the little happy card I whipped up: I love this adorable whale and sentiment from--Make a Splash by Asela Hopkins. It went perfectly with some bright and happy Echo Park paper! Hope you are enjoying your week. Thanks for stopping by!

More Toots!

2011-04-16T13:10:00.002-04:00

I have a few more publication projects to share today: The first one is a card that is in the June 2011 Crafts 'n Things Magazine: This issue is so fun. I always love Crafts 'n Things for the variety of projects it features. There is something for everyone and even if you strictly paper craft---you can get so much inspiration from the wonderful projects inside! I have another house project in this issue that I love because it features a picture of my family :) (Nepotism!) AND....

The May issue of CardMaker Magazine is now available!!! This issue is fabulous and choc full of lots of my crafty friends :) Their work is amazing! Here is a picture of one of my cards in the issue (page 58):FUN! My amazing friend Melanie has a card in the sketch column (last page) using one of the first stamps I ever illustrated!! Woot! Way to go Melanie!!! (She also has a lot of other fabulous stuff in there as well!) Check it out!

Thanks for stopping by!

Toot!

2011-04-15T12:59:00.006-04:00

Happy Friday!!! Did you see the May/June issue of Paper Crafts Magazine??? Here is a tiny picture of the cover: This issue is wonderful---you can find it HERE or in your local craft stores! Here is a peek at my card on page 36:

Supplies and instructions are in the issue!!

Have a WONDERFUL weekend!!

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