My Time to Create Sketch #34.....{Sweet} Wishes

Whoooo hooo! It's saturday so you know what that means....it's a challenge with Lauren Meader and the My Time to Create design team! I hope you'll join us and make something FUN this week!

the sketch:

my project:

So I altered the sketch in that I changed the offset rectangles behind the main image to circles...because I just CAN'T make offset squares look right (hee hee) AND I was trying to make this card coordinate with my gift card box that I had already made. So the sketch was the springboard for the perfect companion card!

I put the icecream cone from the My Cute Stamps Sweet Chocolate set to work here for our young friend who's turning 10! Also, my fave cuttlebug embosser, swiss dots, and the circles CB embosser which I flipped over and inked with white pigment ink to highlight the recessed areas. Looks like strawberry sherbet to me!

This is my gift ensemble! Fun huh? Oh! And I have to give credit to Rebecca Sower for the yellow gift box with a wire ribbon on the card...I had an old Fresh cuts tag from the Rebecca line that had these cute little boxes but not in the color I needed so I made one mimicking her example.

Be sure and check out all of the amazing sketch contributions from the My Time team:

Lauren
Alicia
MacKenzie
Maria
Tracey
Pam
Jen
Odette
Lisa

Thanks for stopping by! I'm so glad you could visit. Have a wonderful weekend!

Yummy! it's a BBTB challenge!

Hey everyone! TGIF! Yeah, baby! I love fridays! Especially when there is a fun party on the horizon. My 8 year old is joining one of her sweet friends for a special bday celebration and when I saw this Bitten by the Bug challenge and Kelleigh Ratzlaff's August Grab bag template( to be released August 1), Piece of Cake, I knew I was going to be having a little bday fun myself!

I used the BBTB required word of "yummy" (from SU!) on my creation and also the "sweet wishes" sentiment from My Cute Stamps Sweet Chocolate set. More birthday action with curled paper strips, stamped and dimensional dots, ribbon and irridescent bag stuffing. The Yummy label was cut with the Cricut using the Storybook Cartridge.

Ohhh and check out that FROSTING! er, I mean, fabric dimensional paint in pearl! Perfect for frosting details. I wonder what rainbow sweet wishes cake tastes like? Have you ever had "Fun-fetti" cake out of the box? It's yellow cake with colored sprinkles...maybe that's what this cake would taste like in IRL. Darn! Now I'm hungry!

The birthday girl is also receiving this totally cute Lisa Frank composition notebook with her gift card filled piece of "yummy" cake. The notebook inspired the whole deal! It's so cute, I plan to just wrap it in clear cellophane and attach the slice of cake...I just couldn't cover it up with wrapping paper!

Thanks for stopping by and here's wishing you LOTS of fun this weekend!

Supplies:

Template: Kelleigh Ratzlaff Designs

Cricut Cartridge: Storybook

Paper: Georgia Pacific and Papertrey Ink

Stamps: My Cute Stamps and SU!

Ink: SU!

Other: fabric paint, ribbon, bag stuffing. zig writer pens

And I think to myself.....

Good morning! So continuing on with the song bender I've been on for post titles :) For those of you who have had songs stuck in your head because of me...well, sorry about that, unless they been fun for you like they have been for me and then I say, yay us for singing a happy song! Today's song is one of my all-time favorites and I knew when I saw the words as part of Dawn Inskip's August grab bag digi kit, I had to not only have it but make something right away! This bag will be released at the Digichick Boutique Saturday as part of the August Grab Bag release!

The wonderful world paper and the ruler paper I used on the flower are from Dawn's kit and the rest are pieces of goodness from my stash. The paper strip flower was inspired by the sweet, talented and fabulous Kelley Eubanks from her post {here}. I ended up printing my digi elements on regular printer weight paper (read LIGHT weight) and it made folding up the flower a cinch!

And a parting shot at the cutest little ticket in the MM Love Notes line! I am a "hugger" (kind of like a "close talker" but hopefully less annoying! ha!) so, to me, hugs go hand in hand with a "wonderful world". So here's a cyber hug from me to you and a wish for a wonderful day. Take care and thanks for coming by!

Supplies:

Digi Kit: August GRab bag from Dawn Inskip at the Digichick

Paper: Papertrey ink (bitty dots and spring moss cs), KI (dots and flowers) and Georgia Pacific

Ticket and flower brad: MM

Top note die: SU!

Button: the oh so yummy aqua mist PTI vintage buttons

Other: craft gem, fiber, sequins and the trusty sewing machine

{Owl} House is a very very very fine house...

Hooty hoooot! I'm back with our friend MISS owl. (Remember this card HERE)? Today she's spending a little time at home in her sweet owl house. A fine one indeed! OK, so you got me, it's not a house really but it is something fabulous....it's a new template from Kelleigh Ratzlaff!



This template, called the Top Heavy Box, along with two other templates will be released August 1st at the Digichick Boutique as Kelleigh's August Grab bag! Don't miss her bag along with the other amazing digichick designer bags. Trust me, it's the most cost effective "designer bag" you'll ever purchase ;) LOL!

Meanwhile, back at the owl house....here is a side shot of the box so you can see how the roof extends the design of the box.

Eek! My print lines are showing! I KNOW! I am breaking my own template printing rules ;) (Boy am I easily distracted tonight as I type this or what? And it's not even late) OK, seriously now.... Normally the front tab of the box top would tuck all the way down into the box OR be used as a decorative front tab with a velcro, magnet or the like to snap the box shut. Instead, I folded the bottom half of the front tab back up to provide a lip for the roof to adhere to. I left the part of the roof that has the punched lattice edge UN-glued from the lip of the box tab so it would allow the box top edge to wedge up into and behind the lattice. This makes your little box secure. The box is tall enough to stash a gift card (wouldn't a home improvement store gc for a new home owner be fun?) or you can fill it with other goodies.

Here's a parting shot from Miss Owl perched on her *giggle* real branch. Oh! And what stylish owl DOESN'T have a lace crochet door mat outside her front door? *giggle giggle* . (Obviously I had WAY too much fun with this project!)

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I so appreciate your visits. Have a hoot of a day friends!

Supplies:

Template: Kelleigh Ratzlaff, Top Heavy Box for Digichick Boutique

Digi Kit: Hooty Toot by Mari Koegelenberg for Digichick Boutique

PUnches: Martha Stewert, CM and SU

letter stamps: Provo Craft

Paper: Georgia Pacific and Papertrey Ink

Other: google eyes, tree twig, crochet lace, zig writer pens

Digital Two for Tuesday Guest Designer! .... Ain't Life Grand?

Happy tuesday friends! Did you know that every tuesday is Digital Two for Tuesday at Cora's blog? Well if you didn't you do now :) I have been a long-time follower of Cora's Clearly Vintage blog where she posts free digital vintage images every saturday and she emailed me and asked me if I would be a guest designer (*blush*) for her new blog where she posts digital black and white images every tuesday! Ummm...how could I say no to this honor? Of course, I was in!

So today she has posted two bathing beauties for the taking and I chose this lovely lady. I love her glamour girl pose and the look on her face is priceless. Perhaps it's because her swimming outfit would weigh about 100 pounds once she gets it wet! LOL! I think there is a diva hiding under all of the stockings and layers of dress! I paired her with the newsprint from Kelley Mickus' digi kit (love that print!) and if you click on the photo above to enlarge it, you will see the wanted advertisement for a "steady woman"...love that!

I also added strips of lace and trimmings with my sewing machine. I like to use fabric tac liquid adhesive to tack them down first and then add stitching with the machine.

I also broke out the long ignored chalks in my stash to give her face a rosy glow and her dress a hint of blue. Her red flower sash accent helps to make her the most smashing dame at the beach! Look out ladies ;)

I hope you'll stop by Cora's blog to check out all of her images and also participate in the challenge to use them. You'll find a Mr Linky for today's post at Digital Two for Tuesday.

Thanks for stopping by! Your comments and visits always bring a smile to this girls face!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink and Georgia Pacific

Digital Stamp (lady): Digital Two for TuesdayDigital Paper (vintage newsprint and frame) from Kelley Mickus at the DigiChick website, kit is called "Click, Click, Click"

Stamp (Ain't life grand): Stampin Up!

Ink: Stampin Up! and Colorbox

Flower: Prima

Other: ribbon, lace, craft gem and artist chalk

For the {royalty} in your life

Hello friends! Today's offering is a crowning by card for the treasured folks in your life who exude grace and strength in their daily presence. The folks you admire and aspire to be like deserve a little love just because and this little card is the perfect spot to write a howdy do or a thank you to one of those admired people in your life.

The background papers are more from the Click, click, click digi kit from Kelley Mickus over at the Digichick Boutique. And can I share an "aw shucks" moment with you? I hopped over to check out what's new at the TDC blog and lo and behold, this card was featured alongside some fabulous digi scrappers {here}. I tell ya, I am humbled. The Digichick is a happy place to be! I hope you'll check it out one day if you haven't already. Click {here} for some freebies in the store and then also visit the forum where there is a category specifically for FREEBIES! There is sure to be something wonderful to inspire you to try something new. All you need is something basic like Microsoft word to be able to do the things I do so give it a try and please contact me if you have questions on anything I show here. I'm happy to try to help. :)

So glad you stopped by today! I love hearing from you and seeing all the fabulous places you visit from. Have a magnificent monday!

Supplies:

Digi Kit: Kelley Mickus

Paper: Papertrey ink and Georgia Pacific

book label: Grungeboard

glitter: Martha Stewert

crown Stamp: Lost Coast Designs

ink: SU! and Papertrey Ink

Other: ribbon, acrylic paint, corsage pin and craft pearl

PTI Blog Hop {text challange}

Woohoo! Blog hop time! It's a challenge to use text in your project. I chose to lean on the PTI Around and About Sentiments to create my text panel. I was out last evening so I couldn't link up but I'm here this morning with a project anyways :)

I inked up the single line of text "happy birthday to you" and stamped away. Each line has been inked in two colors. The way I like to do that is ink the whole stamp with the lightest color and then go back and ink random areas with the corner of the darker color ink pad. It's a fun and playful variation.

The top embellishment is also stamped and layered using the around and about set. The heart has been popped up on foam tape and also shined up with glossy accents. The orange glitter on this card provides just a bit more shine as well as the shiny satin dotted ribbon.

Thanks for hopping by! I can't wait to see what everyone did with text last night!

Supplies:

Paper: PTI

Stamps: PTI

Ink: SU!

Punches; SU and CM

Embossing plate: Cuttlebug

Other: corsage pin and ribbon

CPS 125 {A garden birthday}

Hi everyone! Be sure and scroll down for the My Time Challenge please. :)

I wanted to quick post this project for the CPS 125 sketch challenge. I decided to use the sketch for a gift bag design.

the sketch:

my project:

I turned the sketch to the right, horizontally and took the liberty of angling the little strip at the bottom of the sketch to accommodate the bookmark I made out of clearly creative cardstock from PTI.

The tissue paper for the flower was stamped with the Friends til the End Papertrey Ink flower stamp and the text is print from a vintage book. The tissue paper flower technique is popping up everywhere these days and it was high time I tried it out. I took hints from the hero arts blog to make mine.

The bookmark was a labor of love and has several layers due to trial and error...a discovery process if you will. It all began with the butterfly cut from clearly creative, basic grey rubon was applied and then alcohol ink. Over the course of the making of the bookmark, it also received a glossy accents layer. The strip part of the mark is two layers of clearly creative sandwiching designer papers from Papertrey and DCWV and another page out of my vintage book that has a poem titled A Birthday...perfecto! The clearly creative was also embossed with cuttlebug embossers before adhering it to anything.

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

My Time to Create Template Challenge #04

Happy Saturday friends! It's time for another challenge from the My Time to Create Challenge design team! This week is a template challenge so you have tons of amazing 3-D project inspiration coming your way!

the challenge:

my project:

I chose the super versatile Get a Handle on It by Lauren Meader for Papertrey Ink. This cute little box holds almost a full canister of Almond Roca with just a few to spare for the gift giver! LOL!

I also used the super cute stamp set and die cut flowers and leaves from the Tickled Pink Scrapbook set from CTMH. Thanks Leigh!

The clear stamps fit perfectly on the precut die cut white cardstock pieces in the kit for easy silhouetting of your stamped images. Awesome! Speaking of awesome.....back to the template! I cut circle shaped windows in the front and the back panels with my coluzzle. I used a piece of clearly creative cardstock to create windows that the gold wrapped almond roca would peek through.

Swiss dots, foam tape and gems give some great design elements to this gift box. This is the perfect box to decorate on all sides. It reminds me of those stationary note cubes...except better because it's handmade with love. :)

And what gift would be complete without a cute card to go with? Using many of the same elements I was able to whip up a matching notecard.

I hope you'll play along this week using a template to make a gift or something fun for yourself. Three are two FREE templates at Papertrey Ink so give em a try, won't you? :)

Supplies:

Template: Lauren Meader for Papertrey Ink

Paper: Papertrey Ink and CTMH

Clearly Creative Cardstock: PApertrey INk

Ink: SU!

Embossing fodler: Cuttlebug

Ribbon: CTMH

Other: craft gems, foam tape

Want more inspiration? Check out what the design team has done this week:

Lauren
Alicia
Dawn
MacKenzie
Maria
Kendra
Kristen
Tracey
Pam
Jen
Odette
Lisa
Tamara

The Mr Linky will be at Pam's blog this week so please enter your projects there! Have fun!

Card Patterns #24 and Moxie bag lady...{Brand New}

Just in time! I had to join in on the card patterns sketch again this week and was inspired by the Moxie Bag Lady challenge too! The Cosmo Cricket Honey Pie collection was perfect for some paper patchwork. So perfect in fact that you almost can't tell that I cut all those 1x1 inch squares and individually sewed them on my paper quilted piece! Oh well. LOL!

the inspirations:

my project:

I wanted to fit both the "Brand New" label and the cutie chick as the accent element so I flipped the sketch to a horizontal orientation. And then LOTS of stitching and pinking sheers! FUN!

Thanks for stopping by :)

Supplies:

Paper: Cosmo Cricket and Papertrey Ink

felt trim: Cosmo Cricket

ribbon: Papertrey Ink

Other: sewing machine

Digital flowers...love em!

Happy friday everyone! Friday means there are lots of new goodies over at the Digichick Boutique including my personal favorite this week, Click, Click, Click by Kelley Mickus!
Inside this kit you'll find elements and papers that are both graphic and vintage at the same time. A perfect combo in my little opinion :) I wanted to share one of the cards I made for the release newsletter.

Both background papers and the flower circles are from the kit and were printed at home using Microsoft Word. I hand cut some stems from coordinating cardstock scraps as well as a punched border for the card edge. The card was also sprayed with glimmer mist in Suede with circle masks over the flower areas and then Shimmer Spritz in Sea Foam after the masks were removed. It is hard to capture the shimmer in the photos but I have a close up further down that will help.

Isn't this kit darling!?

Check out that suede sparkle! The whole card shimmers and shines like the edge you can see here.

Thanks for coming by today. I will be back later with more so I hope you'll visit again :) Have a good one friends!

Supplies:

Digi Kit by Kelley Mickus Click, Click, Click

Paper: Papertrey Ink and Georgia PAcific for printing

Punch: SU! and CM

Other: vintage buttons and sewing machine

{Owl} be there for YOU

I will be there for you, really I will....especially with a owl as cute as THIS one! I was working on something for an upcoming release for Kelleigh Ratzlaff at the DigiChick Boutique. And while I can't show you the project for Kelleigh yet, I just had to share this little guy!

(Update: out for pub....back soon!)

Oh cuteness! I just love him...or HER...I'm thinking her now since boys don't usually have bows in their hair, not even blue ones! How about all the other elements here? Except for the chocolate cardstock and the stitching, all of the papers and elements are digital! Including those super cool screws on the label! Awesome!

There is SO MUCH more I want to play with from this cute digi kit by Mari Koegelenberg. Check her out {HERE}. Like the trees, the amazing teal and brown damask and the WOODGRAIN papers in 5 colors! Mari has such a great style!

A little foam tape, google eyes, and a border punch and this little owl is here for you!