Easy Canvas Prints

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

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

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Moxie Fab World Luminous Layers Challenge

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

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.

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

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 :)