Whew!  I have been Delovely-ing my entire scrap room.  I was able to make so many things with this bright, colorful Deluxe kit.  Here are the promised projects from last week.


First up...some attempt to control the Silly Bandz craze in our house.  If you have a kid, then you know what I'm talking about.  I found these two wood boxes at a local craft store in the clearance section.  The girls picked out their favorite pictures from the Delovely Die Cut card sheet and I got to work. 

Then I went to work on a stack of cards.  I went a bit Copic crazy I think.  For this card I stamped the Hummingbird (Inkadinkado) and used the other half of the flower from the box above to complete.  The dots are Liquid Pearls (Lemon Yellow) to create some flair.




This little cutie is a Tina Wenke stamp.  He paired quite well with the bright colors of the Delovely kit.  I created a window in the card by using the Large Label Nestabilities die. The border is the Double Loop punch by Martha Stewart. 




And finally, I grabbed several of the Die Cut cards from the Delovely card sheet and made this cute anniversary card.  The oval backgrounds are Nestabilities dies and I finished with faux stitching around the edges.




Can you believe it? Not a layout in sight.  This was very unusual for me.  But I have some layouts planned for my next project involving a little bit of Paradise.  Stay tuned...

Pink Paislee has come up with some beautimous papers in their 365 Degree collection and the 365 Degree Deluxe kit available in the Shoppe just makes your mouth water.  I just received some of the new kits in the mail yesterday, started and finished this up today. 

The porch scene (stamp by Inkadinkadoo) is colored with Copic markers that I also found in box yesterday.  What a happy mail day!! 




The envelope was made using one sheet of the double sided paper from the kit, along with the lace and Prima blossom.  I added shimmer to the flourishes and blossom using Frost Sheer Shimmer Spritz also found in the kit. Information on the envelope tutorial can be found here, on my blog.




Now Mom-in-Law's card is done and complete. 

Oh, have you seen the Prima's Tammy has been getting into the Boutique???? Are they not amazing?  I just couldn't resist making some into hair clips for my daughter :0)

These Prima's come with only 2 leaves, and I needed another large one to cover the end of the clip.  The leaf I had was the wrong color, so out came my handy-dandy Copic's!  (I've now heard of people using their copics to fix bleach spots on their clothes...since they are permanent.  AND I've heard about people fixing furniture scratches too! )  I scribbled to the side so I could see the color, then simply started layering color onto the leaf :0)

When it was dry (only takes a second with Copics), I glued everything on to a clip!

My daughter LOVES them, and they are soooooo cute!  Do you think an almost 40 year old Mommy could wear one??

Hello all!

I wanted to share a quick little project I did using my JustRite Stamps alphabet! These stamps come with three different sizes of letter, and for this I used the 95 pt size. It is sooooo great to have individual letter stamps this large!

As you can see if my picture, I have some lovely Flow Blue China that I inherited from my Great Grandmother. It's the real deal :0) So, it only makes an appearance a few times a year, Thanksgiving being one of them! I did not want to detract from my china, and I love the juxtaposition of the natural elements with the formal...so, using a Tall Gable Box cut from acetate, I created my Thanksgiving place cards.


To create my leaf, I die cut it from a Spellbinder die (using red card stock), drew lines and shadows with my Copics, then gave them two coats of Rock Candy by Ranger (I can't stop using this stuff!!!!). They actually look like real leaves with the crackle the Rock Candy created!


The kiddos and I gathered tons of acorns to fill our boxes (*note to self* always cook acorns on low heat in the oven to prevent them all from sprouting. ask me how I figured this out :0) ) I simply tied jute around the box, added my leaf, and stamped our initials onto a tag using my alphabet set from JustRite Stampers.




Are these not the most beautiful acorns?? Oh, how I do love fall!

I just love this paper by Bo Bunny...St. Nick...I am still creating with the KIT that Tammy sent me!

I took some scraps and die cut the tags with Spellbinder Nestabilities, colored my image with Copics (can you see the glitter??? It's so hard to capture in photographs... That was drawn with a Copic Atyou Spica. My heart is all a-flutter when I use those. The glitter is micro fine! Here's a tip...all Copic's you can store vertical since they are air tight EXCEPT for the Spica! These need to be stored horizontal so the tips will not clog with the glitter!)


I used ribbon scraps from the kit, along with the Prima Flowers to decorate the top of my gift bag. I cut the green flower apart and used it as "leaves".

The bag is just a glassine bag that I embossed with an embossing folder :0)

Christmas is less than 100 days away! :0)

So, it's August. Are you ready to start working on those Christmas cards and layouts? No? You mean 90 degrees doesn't put you in the Christmas spirit? I have a hard time scrapping/card making out of my current season. So I was looking for a way to use this amazing paper by Bo Bunny, called St. Nick,
for something besides Christmas! How about for an apple card! Red and green are classic Christmas colors, but you CAN use them for other projects too...take a look-see:



It's a great way to use up Christmas scraps!

Of course, I used my Copic Markers to color in the apple stamp! The Copic Markers are on back order right now, but Tammy should be getting a shipment in soon...

Ho, Ho, Ho! Thanks for taking a peek :0)

I wanted to show another card I finished using this cute, cute Early Bird line by Cosmo Cricket! It's all on sale...now's the time to stock up! I colored this little mouse using my Copic's! I know Tammy's all sold out right now, but we can cross our fingers that she will get more in soon!

I just found myself drowning in all the sugary sweetness of this Doodlbug Designs paper. Pink cupcakes, wonderful colors, lively patterns, just precious. Precious, I tell you!! I started out making a card, but I couldn't stop layering the papers. I had to have the dots, no, the stripes, no the plaid! Then it was so big I decided I had to do something else. Well, with a little girls birthday right around the corner, I made a door hanger. Won't she be surprised to wake up with this on her door! I can't wait to do a layout of her birthday with this sweet paper!
I hand pieced the cupcake using the tiny cupcake on the paper as my inspiration! The cupcake "holder" was drawn with my Copics. The sprinkles are Doodlebug Sugar Coating Glitter. I took tiny glue dots and placed them as my sprinkles, then shook wth Sugar over them and pressed down...waa laa! Instant cuteness and it didn't have to dry!

Can you see all the wonderful patterns? Love it!! Oh, and here's another tip with your Copic's...see the grey shadow around my stamped Happy Birthday? I created that shadow with my Copic's to help the letters POP out a bit more :-)

What a special day today is, not only for my Mom...but now being a Mother myself. Our tradition always involves me giving my Mom large potted flowers so she can have them the rest of the summer. I'm looking forward to my day of "fancy brunch" and root beer floats (my request :-D). Here's the card I created for my Mom...Happy Mother's Day, Momma! Papers are by Webster's Pages (my latest obsession...I talked Tammy at Lil' Lambs Boutique into carrying this line! I just love the soft, romantic style...), and I drew the bluebird and colored with Copic's!


Also thinking about Mother's today...here's a layout I did with Webster's Pages and my grandmother. She is the little girl on the right...this was taken probably around 1925 or so. I love how Webster's Pages easily lends itself to scrapping vintage pictures! Their paper reminds me of walking through a dream...



I journaled onto the vellum page they have, I found one of my pens would write and not smudge onto the vellum!

Happy Mother's Day!

I'm officially in love. With markers. Do you think my husband will mind?? Naaahhh...

The Copic's are amazing, they color so smooth and vibrant, I now see why they are so popular! Tammy at Lil Lambs Boutique has them in stock! It's hard to describe, but it's almost like the ink saturates the paper, you don't have to actually color so much like I did with other markers I've used. I have a lot to learn...and I hope to take a Copic certification class!

I hadn't made some of my Mother's Day cards yet and I made these up real quick last night. I quick stamped the flowers and butterfly, heat embossed, then colored with Copic markers! I love to send little cards to my friends and family that are Mother's too...Mom's do not get enough credit, so I always try to send a little card to all of the special Mom's in my life.





Thanks for taking a peek and Happy Tuesday!

Honestly, I've been holding off buying Copic Markers. I'm just like you guys...wow, they seem expensive. But I caved, and I'm sooo happy. Just look at these colors...*drool*...

I'm gonna go play and I'll have some tutorials and ideas up soon.

And just a little sneaky peeky...look what Tammy sent me to play with! Hmmm...check back soon for some ideas to do with these beautiful kits!*...