MFT Cards

Hello! I decided to jump in and play along with the MFT Superstar Card Contest and that meant I had to figure out where everything in my office was hiding.  It has been awhile since I have taken the time to stamp :) After figuring out that stuff...my computer wasn't working so I had to use my laptop and my camera wasn't charged. ugh!

Anyway, after dusting off the cobwebs....Here are the two cards I made today:

(These photos are from my iPhone since my camera wasn't charged:()

My first card is a tag card and I used several MFT sets on it, including So Much Love, Modern Blooms Stamps and Dies, Tag Builder BP#5, Mini Wavy Pennants.

And my second card features some MFT sets and dies that are not Halloween sets but I altered them to make them fit.  The Pure Innocence girl is carrying a bouquet in the original (PI Heart Bouquet) and I used a little fella from Out of the World set to put in her arms.  (I had to cut out his eyes off and put them on top of his body so they wouldn't cover her face!). The sentiment is a piece of a sentiment from True Friends stamp set:

Not sure if you can see the faint stars stamped in the background.  They are from Out of the World set.

It was so much fun to get all inky again! Thanks for stopping by!

Cammie

Gina K Designs Inspiration Hop Day 3!

Hello!  Welcome to Day 3 of the Gina K Inspiration hops! 

Gina and the Design Team hope to inspire you with many wonderful projects using the newest releases!   As you hop along, be sure to leave a comment at each stop because we will choose a few random comments and those stampers will each win a grab bag of Gina K. Designs products! To see the full list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a few days after the hops.

Today the team is sharing projects with Perfect Plaids and Snow One Like You (the New One Free with 3 set---- Purchase any three stamp sets and you will receive this month's One Free with 3 stamp set!)

Here are my projects for today--- :)

The first card today uses both of these sets---Perfect Plaids and Snow One Like You and it also uses a previous release called You Say Goodbye, and I Say Ello (speech bubble):

The birdhouse is from Snow One Like You. I stamped it in Memento tuxedo black ink on Pure Luxury white cardstock and then colored it with Copic markers.   I added the little picket fence border using Memento Lady Bug ink. (This is one of the stamps in the Perfect Plaids set that I thought resembled a picket fence!)   The sentiment is from Lots of Letters (...yes, I will be using this set a lot...hooray for letters!)  I stamped it in Memento Teal Zeal.

Next I have a simple tag using Snow One Like You:

The snowmen in this set are adorable.  I embossed him in white and then I stamped some of the smaller snowflakes in the background (kinda hard to see in this picture) and embossed them in clear.  I paired this fella with the border from Warm Woolen Mittens, which I embossed in white on the bottom of the tag.

Next, a colorful snowstorm:

These snowflakes are from Snow One Like You.  I stamped them on the pure luxury white cardstock using Memento Bahama Blue, Memento Lady Bug and Memento Dandelion inks.  I used the sentiment from Warm Woolen Mittens to finish it off. 

Finally, a plaid snowflake card using Perfect Plaids:

I used the same layout as my light bulb card from Monday...but this time, I added a Kraft layers with punched snowflakes that I stamped in Memento Bahama Blue ink using one of the fun plaid stamps.  Love how fun those snowflakes look!  Again, the sentiment is stamped in Memento Lady Bug ink using Lots of Letters set.

Now it is time to send you on your merry way--so you can check out the beautiful projects on these blogs:

• Gina K
• Tami Mayberry – Illustrator Perfect Plaids
• AJ Otto
• Becky Oehlers
• Beth Silaika
• Carolina Buchting
• Carolyn King
• Cathy Tidwell
• Deb Felts
• Emily Giovanni
• Giovana Smith
• Jimmi Mayo
• Lee Murphy
• Lori McAree
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Michelle Woerner
• Sharon Harnist
• Theresa Momber
• Tina Gilliland
• Vicki Dutcher

Thanks for stopping by!

Gina K Designs Inspiration Hop Day 2

Hi!! Ready for Day 2 of the Gina K Designs Inspiration Hops?  Here we go...

Welcome to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop! Gina and the Design Team hope to inspire you with many beautiful ideas with the newest Gina K releases! And, as you hop through their blogs, make sure to leave a comment on each of them because we will choose a few random comments and those stampers will each win a grab bag of Gina K. Designs products! To see the full list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a few days after the hops.

Today, the design team is sharing projects created with Elegant Florals and Sentimental Holiday. Here are my projects for today-

First up- a tag featuring Elegant Florals:

I love these silhouetted stems.  And I love tags. Put them together---I am one happy gal!  I added a bit of Jute twine to the top of the ribbon on this tag.

...And another card using Elegant Florals:

 

For this card, I changed up the color palette and made a more colorful creation.  The stem is stamped using Memento tuxedo black ink on Ivory cardstock.  This one is easy card to mass produce!

Next, a card using Sentimental Holiday:

I clear embossed the snowflakes from the set on Kraft cardstock.  I embossed that gorgeous sentiment with white embossing powder and then I punched out the snowflake shape and adhered some black vinyl under it to keep with the neutral palette.  The base is Pure Luxury ivory cardstock.

..And another card with Sentimental Holiday:

This card was super simple---just stamped the tree using Memento Cottage Ivy ink on Pure Luxury white cardstock and then used a black pen to draw the border around the edge of the card.  I stamped the sentiment in Memento tuxedo black.  Then I stamped the stars in Memento Cantaloupe and Memento Dandelion.  I punched a star to add to the tree and topped it off with a rhinestone.

That is it for me today.  Head on over to these blogs to see some amazing projects: 

• Gina K
• Beth Silaika – Illustrator Sentimental Holiday
• Theresa Momber – Illustrator Elegant Florals
• AJ Otto
• Becky Oehlers
• Carolina Buchting
• Carolyn King (You are here!)
• Cathy Tidwell
• Deb Felts
• Emily Giovanni
• Giovana Smith
• Jimmi Mayo
• Lee Murphy
• Lori McAree
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Sharon Harnist
• Suzanne Dean
• Tami Mayberry
• Tina Gilliland
• Vicki Dutcher

 Thanks for stopping by!

Christmas Tag and a Twine-tastic Giveaway!

Hi there! Happy Friday!  Today I have a tag (and some twine!) to share.  Tags are one of my absolute favorite things to create.  I love the smaller canvas and all the fun shapes/details you can add to make them special.

Today's tag features a glittery reindeer and some Carta Bella Merry & Bright paper.  I used my Xyron Creative Station to add glitter (Doodlebug) to the die cut reindeer (2 reindeer with swirls and mat- Silhouette store by Samantha Walker).  I popped him up on the tag using some dimensional foam.

The sentiment is from SRM Stickers (Stickers by the Dozen: Christmas) and I finished off the design with some baker's twine--Strawberry and Platinum Shimmer (The Twinery).

Now...I mentioned the new colors that The Twinery has just released---and if you would like to get your hands on some...just leave a comment below.  I will be sending one person a full spool of the two newest fabulous colors--Platinum Shimmer and Gold Shimmer!  (Subscribers may enter twice.)  You have until Sunday night at 8 EST time to enter.  Good luck!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Witchy Tag

I love making Halloween projects. So much.  So imagine my surprise when I went to grab some Halloween patterned paper and realizing that I didn't even buy any this year. What?

I have been so busy with spring/summer projects and other assignments that I feel like I am playing Halloween catch up now!  Luckily, there is a Michael's close by and I was able to pick up a fun 6 by 6 pad of My Mind's Eye Haunted paper. Whew!

Here is a tag I came up with using that paper, stamps from Gina K Designs (Wicked), and SRM stickers (We've Got Your Sticker- Treats and We've Got Your Border-Halloween), and Charcoal baker's twine from The Twinery:

To create this tag, I layered the papers on the chipboard tag and inked the edges with Ranger- Tea Dye distress ink.  I specifically cut the bordered piece of paper so that it would be centered on the tag.  I added the Halloween sticker sentiment (SRM Stickers) inside the elegant label design.  I stamped the witch from Wicked in Memento tuxedo black ink on white card stock and then fussy cut it before adding it to the tag.  I stamped the stars from the set using Memento Dandelion ink.  

Where the layers of patterned paper meet, I added a border sticker (Bella Blvd) to the bottom and they layered SRM sticker borders along the top .  Some left over ribbon was secured to the top of the tag with Scor-tape and then I tied some Charcoal baker's twine from The Twinery to the ribbon.  Love all the fun Halloween-ey colors!

So I started off the post mentioning that I was surprised I didn't have any current Halloween patterned paper---but I did  realize that I have tons of product I cannot use for pubs anymore so....they will be given away on here once I get a few boxes together.  Sound good?

Also.... I just looked at my side bar----I cannot believe that my 5 year anniversary of this blog is coming up in November.  There will be partying going on....fo shizzle! Stay tuned.

Thanks for stopping by!

Dream Tag

School starts for my kids on Tuesday.  I am holding tight to these last few days of summer vacation.  I am also school shopping, doing the routine doctor appts, dentist appts, etc.

One of the other things I wanted to do was to make my oldest daughter a special note for her lunch.  She will be in 11th grade this year and last year was her first year in this school because we moved just prior to her sophomore year.  I sent her notes everyday in her lunch and sometimes I included a drawing, a funny comment or something she could hang in her locker to remind her how awesome she is.  I knew how hard it was for her to be the new girl and I wanted to give her something to laugh at or smile at in the middle of her day.

This year, I made this tag to stick in her lunch.  It is something she can use as a bookmark or to stick on the inside of her locker.  She LOVES giraffes so when I saw this new set from My Favorite Things called Circus Spectacular, I KNEW I had to have it just to make a million giraffe notes for her :)

I paired this set with the fabulous sentiment set called, My Favorite Sentiments 6th Anniversary Set.  LOVE this set!

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a great day!

I Can Finally Share......

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:

Teri Anderson

Dorangela Bobet

Helen Bird

Lauren Brewer

Natalie Clause

Amy Crockett

Tifany DeGough

Carolyn King

Kathy Skou

Kellie Winnell

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!

Ballerina Tag

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!

Our Craft Lounge Tags!

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!

12 Days of Christmas Tags

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!

Life is Fabulous!

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!

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

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!