August Gallery Challenge Winner!!!

I am so excited I am the winner of the August Gallery challenge on the Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking site!!!   The challenge is Clip it Up!   The challenge was to make a card for any occasion using clips, whether paper clips, hair clips, clothespins, or bobby pins.      Thank you so much Paper Crafts!!!   I am honored to be selected in the midst of all these amazing designers!! 

Here is a little bit about the project.  I saw these great hair barrettes and knew I wanted to use them on this month's gallery challenge.    The barrette was just perfect to clip the layers for the butterfly.   

Ingredients to make the card:  
Stamp Sets:   Amazing Birthday, Dotty Angles
Ink:   Smoky Slate
Paper:   Whisper White,  So SaffronNeutrals Patterns Designer Series Paper Pack, Watercolor Wonder Designer Series Paper
Accessories:  Gold Sequins, Whisper White Baker's Twine, Doilies
Tools:  Beautiful Butterflies Sizzex, Project Life Corner Rounder

June Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking!!!

Very Exciting!!!   The June Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking is out and on page 80 you can see my Don't Stop Believin' card!!! 

It is one of my favorite songs and I am so happy that they choose my card to be published.   

Paper Crafts is amazing.   Every edition they publish I am floored by the talent that is showcased in their magazines and their website.  

Here is my card that was published the June2014  edition as well as the ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Stampin' Up! Tape It! and Grunge Rock and stamp set from the local craft store
Ink:  Stampin' Up! Smoky Slate
Paper:  Stampin' Up! Whisper White, Real Red, Basic Black
Accessories:  Stampin' Up! Rhinestones, Gems from a local craft store
Font:  Lemondrop

Inkredible Color Challenge

This week's Inkredible color challenge is:   Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding and Strawberry Slush.     I knew I wanted to do a rainbow color card with these colors.    Rainbows make me thinking of you cards to cheer someone up.    It was perfect for this month's Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking gallery challenge which is Get Well Cards.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Brighter Tomorrow and Thoughts & Prayers
Ink:  Strawberry Slush
Paper:  Whisper White, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding and Strawberry Slush
Accessories:  Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon
Tools:  Create a Cupcake Punch

Stamping Royalty Entry #2

One of the best thing is our Tape It stamp set.   It is washi tape you create yourself just by stamping it.

Here is my you make me happy my friend card.     Again, make sure you stop by Ashley's blog and give her some love for putting a blog post dedicated to Stamping Royalty entries that did not get chosen.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:  Happy Watercolor, Six Sided Sampler, Tape it
Ink: Basic Grey, Basic Black
Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, This & That Epic Day
Accessories:  Pearls
Miscelleous:  Black Sharpie

Stamping Royalty

This month's Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking crowned their 2014 Stamping Royalty.   I worked really hard and submitted a few cards to the contest.  Unfortunately, I did not win.   I have to say it was a challenge to get down to the basics and primarily focus the card on just stamping.    It was not an easy challenge.

Here is the first card I came up with.  It was by far one of my favorites.  

Ashley Harris is hosting a blog post dedicated to entries that were made to Stamping Royalty that didn't get chosen.   There are some beautiful cards.   Take a moment and visit her blog and get inspired by the amazing creativity in the paper crafting world.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:  Yippee Skippee, Banner Blast, Oh, Hello, Show & Tell, Perfect Pennants
Ink:  Crisp Cantaloupe, Calypso Coral, Pool Party, Bermuda Bay
Paper:  Whisper White, Gold Foil
Accessories:  Gold Embossing Powder, Gems from a local craft store
Tools:  Embossing Buddy, Heat Gun, Circle Framelits, Big Shot

Mint & Melon

This month Paper Crafts has an amazing monthly challenge that asks us create with the amazing colors mint and melon.   Who knew that these colors would make such an striking combination.

The florals were cut out from the Gingham Garden designer series paper. 

Here is my submission to the gallery challenge and the ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:  Peachy Keen
Ink:  Pistachio Pudding, Melon Mambo
Paper:  Whisper White, Pistachio Pudding, Gingham Garden Designer Series Paper
Accessories:  Whisper White Satin Ribbon and Button and Pearls
Tools:  Scallop Trim Border Punch, Chevron Textured Embossing Folder, On Film Framelits Die, Big Shot

Moxie Fab Thank You Blog Hop

 

Today, I have the honor of taking part of the Moxie Fab Thank You blog hop to Cath Edvalson.   Cath is the super amazing and inspirational Trends Editor at Paper Crafts Magazine.    She is moving on to new endeavors and she is going to be truly missed by everyone in the Paper Crafting Community.    She was one of the few blogs I made a point to visit every day.    I am going to miss visiting all her posts on Moxie Fab World.  She kept everyone up to date on the latest in the paper crafting world and she had an amazing eye for finding inspiration everywhere.    

 

Thank you Cath for starting out my day with a smile!   I am going to miss you and all your moxie fabness!!! You brought creativity to another level and you will be missed!   

There are over 250 paper crafters taking part in the blog hop!   This will be a truly amazing blog hop that you will want to take the time and visit with these amazing designers.  Cath was an inspiration to all of us so you will not want to miss out all the creations that our muse inspired.

If you are following along with the blog hop you are coming from Chrissie Tobas's blog. 

The next stop in the blog hop is  Heather Hoffman.

If you get lost along the way, I am #170 and you can use can use the link list below to help navigate through the hop.

Make sure to scroll down below to my post from Thursday, 11/7.    I reached a milestone on my blog 300,000 visits so there is blog candy that you can enter and get a chance to win.

Thank you for visiting my blog!

Here is my thank you card to Cath.
Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Perfect Blend, Hello, Lovely
Ink:  Baked Brown Sugar, Calypso Coral
Paper:  Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Sweater Weather Designer Series Paper, 2013-15 In Color Designer Series Paper Stack
Accessories:   Antique Brads, Linen Thread, Large Pearls, Victoria Crochet Trim
Tools:  Leaves Sizzex, Corner Rounder
Misc:   Starbucks Sleeve

Celebrate 40

Here is one more card for the mileston birthday week.     I just love this week's Inkredible color challenge.   The colors are:  Tempting Turquoise, Wisteria Wonder, Rich Razzleberry and Pool Party.  I love how this card came together.    Perfect color palette for the men in your life.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp sets: Oh Hello and a stamp set from a local craft store
Ink:   Tempting Turquoise, Wisteria Wonder, Rich Razzleberry and Pool Party
Paper:  Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, Rainbow Sherbert designer series paper,  Sweet Shop Specialty Designer Series Paper, Sycamore Street Designer Series Paper
Accessories:  Rhinestones from a local craft store and SU
Tools:   Corner rounder from a local craft store, Big Shot, Timeless Type Sizzlets

Happy 40

More Milestone Birthdays.   40 is the magic number for the year.  Here is a card I made for the Paper Crafts Gallery Challenge. 
Ingredients to make the card:

Stamp Sets:  Happiest Birthday Wishes and Stamp Set from a local craft store
Ink:  Night of Navy
Paper:  Whisper White, Night of Navy, Well Worn Designer Series Paper
Accessories:  Silver Brads, Whisper White Tafetta Ribbon
Tools:  3/4" Square Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Tasteful Trim Sizzex, Big Shot, Labels Collection Framelits, Die Cutting Machine and Cartridge from a local craft store, Corner Rounder

1st Birthday

The Paper Crafts Milestone Birthday Continues.   I can never just make one card for a family member.  I usually need to make another card for my mom to give as well.    I have to say I just absolutely love, love this card.  So girly, so frilly.   I used my retired chipboard as a pattern for the one.    After that most of the products are not SU except for the Pretty in Pink Satin Ribbon, Card Stock and Ink as well as the Pearls. 

Look whoo is turning..

Paper Crafts has the best gallery challenge this month.   The challenge is for milestone birthdays.   This was the perfect opportunity to get a jump start on some milestone birthdays I will have this year.    The most exciting will be niece who will be turing one.   I printed the sentiment on my computer and they attached it the card.

The rest of the ingredients are as follows:

Stamp Set from a local craft store
Ink:  Early Espresso
Paper:  Crumb Cake, Sahara Sand, Whisper White, Old Olive and Pink Pirouette, Peach Parfait
Accessories: Pearl, button and crochet trim from a local craft store, Whisper White Satin Ribbon, Retired Chipboard
Tools:  Itty Bitty Punch Pack, Scallop Border Punch, Corner Rounder, Little Leaves Sizzlets and Big Shot

Party Ensemble

Paper Crafts is hosting a fabulous challenge with an amazing prize package.   It is to promote their new Party Ensemble special edition publication.    Well seeing the prize package was enough motivation for me to create for my sister's baby shower.    I am so excited I am going to be an aunt to a little girl!!   The theme for her room is a butterflies!   So here my party ensemble, a diaper cake, inviation, favor box and banner!   

Click here to see the diaper cake tutorial.   It is actually super easy to make.   Looks harder than it actually is!      The flowers for the diaper cake were a long stem floral that I cut the florals off and tucked in the cake. The butterflies were punched and attached to the cake with stick pins with pearl tops.

 The favor box was made with Box #2  and Two Tags Sizzex.    The banner is just a large circle cut out and folded in half.   1 3/4" circles were punched and attached to make the scallop edge.   Many of the products were purchased at a local craft store as well as the butterfly punches and baby stamp set.   

World Card Making Day Winner 2010

Very exciting my March/April copy of Paper Crafts has arrived with the 2010 World Card Making Day winners. My winning project in the Thank You category can be found on page 79 of the magazine. I was one of the 25 winners in 5 categories out of 1600 submissions. How exciting! I am so honored to be in the company of so many amazing designers. So pick up a copy and check it out when you are in Barnes & Noble.

Here is my winning project along with the ingredients to make it:

Stamp Sets: Engraved Greetings
Ink: Soft Suede
Paper: Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Elegant Soiree Designer Series Paper
Accessories: Soft Suede Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon, Self Adhesive Pearls, Stampin’ Dimensionals
Tools: Square Lattice Texture Impressions Folder, Big Shot, 2 ½” circle punch, Tasteful Trim Sizzex, Mat Pack, Paper Piercer

One More Yellow and Orange

I decided to sneak in one more yellow and orange color challenge for the Paper Crafts Facebook Page contest. You have until midnight today to post your cards to be considered for the awesome prize package. So here is the challenge paired up with today's Mojo Monday sketch which by the way it is prize week at Mojo. So you never know! I have to say orange and yellow just became one of my favorite color combos!! Thank you Teri for the challenge.

Ingredients to make the card:

Stamp Sets: Awash with Flowers, Afterthoughts

Ink: Basic Black, Peach Parfait, So Saffron

Paper: Pawsitively Prints II Designer Series Paper, Peach Parfait, So Saffron

Accessories: So Saffron Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Barely Banana Brads, Latte Designer Buttons

Tools: Punch from a local craft store, Wide Oval Punch

Happy World Card Making Day

I am so excited, it is World Card Making Day. So many exciting things happening on the Paper Crafts and the Moxie Fab World blogs and Facebook pages! Lots of giveaways, project inspirations, blog hop and contests. So check it out.

Teri Anderson posted a great challenge on the Paper Crafts Facebook page. The challenge is to make a thank you card using orange and yellow. There is a great prize. Lots of ribbons and embellishments. The ribbon is SU satin ribbon. So get those creative juices going and post your creation on the Facebook page.

Here's my orange and yellow creation. I was inspired by Creations by Patti's candy corns. I love how the Pawsitively Prints II Designer Series Paper coordinates so nicely with those colors. I made a variation of the 2-4-6-8 box and a thank you card. The box dimensions are a little crazy otherwise I would share them with all of you.

So pull out your paper, ink, embellishments and tools and get make a homemade card for someone you love.

So here's my card and gift box and the ingredients to make them:
Stamp Sets: Got Treats, Three Little Words
Ink: Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight
Paper: Pawsitively Prints II Designer Series Paper, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango
Accessories: Dusty Durango Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon (retired)
Tools: Crop-a-dile, Scallop Border Punch, Big Shot, Scallop Squares Duo, Corner Rounder