Heartified: Hexagon Happy Birthday

The internet is where I get most of my inspiration from these days - gotta LOVE Pinterest.  It does have it's drawbacks, though.  If I papercrafted as much as I surfed and Pinned, I'd be all caught up on my scrapbooks!  LOL  I think I hear a New Years resolution coming on. 


Time to start setting my timer when I sit down at the computer.  Won't be so bad, though, once I get the desk and computer moved upstairs into one of the spare rooms that I have designated our new office.  The distraction sits in my craft room right now and it needs to be gone!  :-)


Anyway, I saw this card  on Pinterest and I am really into Hexagons right now so I knew I had to CASE it, using CTMH products of course!


Here is what I came up with:

Supplies (all CTMH unless specified):

Stamp Sets: C1537 - Honeycomb, D1560 - Holiday Tags

Cardstock: Juniper, Cotton Candy, Colonial White

Inks:  Juniper, Cotton Candy

Embellishments: Z1263 - Bitty Sparkles, Z1732 - Color Ready Seam Binding ribbon

Punches:  Flower

Other:  Artbooking Cricut Cartridge

Babycakes featuring my handsome grandson

Today was supposed to be filled with meeting new people, eating pizza and a whole lot of cropping.  Did you notice the 'supposed'???

Instead of having a fun-filled day at an all-day crop, I am home with one doozy of a chest cold.  A hurts-too-much-to-cough kind of chest cold.

So, I am spending my day in the warmest room in my house - my craft room - courtesy of my dish heater.  I'm not getting as much done as I MAY have at the crop, but I am getting some crafting done.

Did this layout this morning and am working on another one but got tired of poking pieces out of Cricut cut snowflakes.  Took five minutes for one 6 inch piece and still have two to go.  LOL

Supplies (all CTMH unless specified):

Stamp Sets: D1569 Babycakes Scrapbooking Workshop

Patterned Paper:  Babycakes

Cardstock:  Colonial White, Slate, Lagoon, Sunset, Kraft

Inks:  Slate, Lagoon, Sunset

Embellishments: Babycakes Assortment, Bronze Shimmer Trim

Other: Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge, 3D Foam tape

April DT Projects

These ladies amaze me month after month.  How about you???

For April, I gave each of them papers from the Sophia Level 2 Paper Pack (X7131B), Blush Buttons (Z1370), White Daisy Ric Rac, Pearl Opaques (Z1336), and Hollyhock Ribbon from the Hollyhock Ribbon Collection. 

Their challenge was to create something, anything BUT it had to have a minimum of two circles included in it.  I think they went above and beyond  with that part of the challenge.  :-)

Here are Nikki's creations.  A plethora of cards that are super cute and bright and definitely would bring a smile to anyone who receives one. 

Here is Irma's creation for the month. 

An uber cute Easter treat holder.  She also used the March Stamp of the Month, Sensational Season, inside and out.  Adorable. 

For May, I have given them papers from the Miracle Level 2 paper packet as well as some of the Kraft borders.  I forgot to write down the rest so it will be a surprise to me too once they've completed their May creation.  LOL  No challenge for them for May, though, but it will be a layout that they will be working on. 

Altered Notepad using Wings

This is the best shot I could get of the interior.  My camera does not like white so changed out the background behind the notepad and that's as good as it gets.  LOL

I've been wanting to do one of these for a while now.  I've seen several versions on various blogs so I don't know who to give credit to but they all influenced me in some way.

I borrowed the interior of Chiaki's second notepad (scroll down if you click on the link) where she made a little pocket on the interior of her folder.  I covered mine with patterned paper, though.

My folder dimenstions for cutting and scoring are different, too, as I had different sized note pads than she did so had to design my own template.

I am absolutely in LOVE with the new Wings paper pack and bought one back in December before it was available to the general public (because I'm special ... but actually because I am a Consultant and we get to get our hot little hands on new items one month before our customers).  I have another set on the way and HOPE it will be here tomorrow.  LOL

Anyway .... when I saw this notepad folder by Jen (Roxybonds), I knew for sure that I wanted to do something almost identical. 

 I love the new butterfly stamp from the January Stamp of the Month.  I am all about butterflies!!!  I covered my stamp in Juniper ink, then daubed on Vineyard Berry down the body and some of the wings, then daubed Black on the outside edges. 

I didn't add any bling or use ribbon on the cover like Jen did but substituted a border punched piece of patterned paper.  I also wanted a way to close the pad, so added a piece of ribbon that I could tie if I wanted.

The sentiment on the front is from the Wings Workshop on the Go, exclusive to the kit, and I can't wait to use the other images from this set on a future project.  Definitely my style.  :-)

Supplies Used (All CTMH unless otherwise noted):

Cardstock: Black, Colonial White

Patterned Paper:  Wings Level 2

Inks: Juniper, Vineyard Berry, Black

Border Punch: Stampin' Up
Ribbon: Michaels

Stamp Sets:

D1452 Find Your Style (Jan 2011 SOTM)

B1376 Wings Workshop exclusive

Christmas Card time!

I am FINALLY done making my Christmas cards.  I did 68 this year.  Whew!  I don't normally do that many, but every 5 years I do everyone.  This year was extra special because I wanted to send pictures from my son's wedding this summer to those who could not make it or who I thought might like a couple of them.  (Yeah, I'm a proud mama!)

I based this card on one by K Werner who based her card on this one.  I just couldn't leave the original design alone and had to add inking to the white edges and around the stamped circle images.  It still wasn't sitting right with me so I punched out circles and mounted the images inside the circles leaving enough space so the background showed through a bit.  A little bling in the middle of each snowflake and I was finally happy with the end result.

Supplies:

Stamp sets:

B1194 Music of Winter (retired)

B1357 All the Best (Mistletoe Workshop on the Go exclusive stamp set)

Cardstock:  Sweet Leaf, White Daisy

Inks: Cranberry, Clover Meadow

Ribbon: Cranberry Grosgrain

Embellishments:  Z1104 Sparkles

This one is a simple one and I just had no creative ideas so lifted it from Vicki Wizniuk who lifted Andrea Walford.  I changed mine out a bit because I didn't want the bulk of the buttons so just stapled my ribbon to the card instead.  I didn't add the bling along the scallops, either, opting instead to just use a punch that included holes in the scallops so the background shows through.

Supplies:

Stamp Sets:

D1384 Snow Flurries (sentiment)

Ribbon: Cranberry Grosgrain

Ink: Black

Cardstock: White Daisy, Cranberry, New England Ivy, Olive

Vicki Wizniuk proved inspiration for this one, too.  She is amazingly talented on her own but she also has an amazing talent for finding other amazing talent.  So ... I CASEd Vicki and she CASEd Connie Collins who CASEd it from a card she saw in Paper Crafts Holiday Cards & More (vol. 5).

                                       

Supplies:

Cardstock: Colonial White, Ponderosa Pine

Patterned Paper: X5802 Holiday

Stamp Sets:

C1379 Holiday Commentary

This one was totally lifted from the founder and CEO of Close To My Heart, Jeanette Lynton! 

Supplies:

Cardstock: Chocolate, Colonial White

Patterned Paper: X7130B Mistletoe

Stamp Sets:

C1379 Holiday Commentary

B1357 All the Best (Mistletoe Workshop on the Go exclusive stamp set)

All the designs were lifted in whole or in part from somewhere and I've given credit where I remembered where the idea came from.  I was just not feeling inspired this year and it was getting down to crunch time.  I am not ashamed of using the talents of other amazing crafters!  My name is Lisa and I am a CASEr!

Isn't it amazing how one good idea can spread from person to person and each one puts their own spin on it? 

Which one will YOU get if you're on my list?  You'll just have to wait and see!  :-)

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to everyone!

October Design Team projects

This month the girls were given: 

X7128B Olivia patterned papers

Z1349 Shimmer Designer Brads and

Z1102 Colonial White Grograin Ribbon

As usual, they both rocked their projects!  I didn't give them a challenge this time, though, and just told them to do what they wanted.

Nikkis' creation:

Nikki also used one of her stamp sets, C1408 Live Inspired, on her page and having the bird on a transparency really helps it pop.  I love that she used paper tearing - one of my fave techniques. Her kids are always so photogenic, too!

Irma's creation:

Love how she used an easel type card on the top of the boxes. The Shimmer Brads as stoppers are really played up by the sparkles on the stars. Fun!

She said "Yes"!!!

Laurie was kind enough to agree to let me post this on Facebook etc so here it is!

She had asked me to do a memorial layout for her about her mom, dad, and nephew. She didn't want it really flowery which is hard for me because I LOVE my blossoms! LOL Went for something semi-fancy but still masculinish with just pops of cranberry to go with her mom's top. Looks so much better in real life but you get the idea! LOL

The black edge is actually the frame I put the layout in. No, it's not a double page layout, it's actually a 11"x20" frame since a 12x12 would have been too small and the original frame of 12x36 was wayyyy too big. LOL
Silhouette Paper Pack : Cranberry cardstock : Bamboo cardstock: Cranberry Grosgrain ribbon : Bamboo dye ink : Cranberry brads : Black ink : Sponge daubers : Clear photo corners : Mono Tombo adhesive : Key To My Heart Stamp Set (flourishes in upper corners).
Unfortunately the Key To My Heart Stamp Set was only part of a campaign a while ago and can no longer be purchased, though I do have an two extra sets I am willing to sell. Email me if you are interested, otherwise they are going in my Scrapbook Supply garage sale in October.