Simply Handmade June/July issue...

It's almost June and Simply Handmade June/July issue is available for purchase... I simply adore this magazine and all the others that are put out by the same company... They are filled with great projects and more. You can find My Baby Boy Mobile in the pages of this issue. I haven't submitted in a few months but I have sent in a lot of projects for the Dec/Jan issue so keep your fingers crossed for me that they like something and want it. hehe I have also started to submit some of my cards to Cards Magazine. So again keep your fingers crossed. I heard it's hard to get in that one.


You can click the photo to see it bigger and read the directions. It's totally simple to create.

Hugs

Green and Orange + Craft paper...

I love the colors Green and Orange. I love creating with those colors a lot. I also have a great love for Kraft paper. I just love it soooo.... So today I created with green, orange and Kraft paper. swoon.. I also decided to threw in some fuchsia for good measure.hehe Plus the great part is I used up some scraps from projects I did last week to make a card.Today I used this weeks sketch from 2 sketches 4 you. I just adore it and I love there site. They are celebrating there 2 year mark. woot woot So here is the sketch that Kazan put together. Isn't it awesome...


Here is my take on the sketch using the fab green, orange and kraft colors...

Here is a side view to see my butterflies ready to take off.. hehe

Products used:
Kraft paper
American Crafts Butterfly pattern paper
Scrap Within Reach Green pattern paper
American Crafts Ribbon
Making Memories mini alphas
Paper Trey Ink button
Tim Holtz Crushed olive ink (love this color)
pearl bead strand (Michaels)
twine

Thanks for looking... I'll be back tomorrow with some more Alice in Wonderland cards... swoon

The little shabby box...

The May kit at The Little Shabby Box is stunning...

See I told you it was... It's full of Prima products and vintage lace and much more. A little birdie told me that there are a few kits left so act fast if you have been on the fence about this one.

I have been hard at work creating and creating and creating with this kit... There will be a card load this weekend so be sure to keep an eye on the The little shabby box blog... To see what all the designers have been doing with their kits.

Speaking of designers the new design team at The little shabby box was announced today.

Marcie Morgan
Celeste Brodnik
Kim Faucher
Elisa Kammerdiener
Danielle Wycough
Scarlett Salamone
Tereza Crump

looking forward to continuing working with these gals and looking forward to getting to know and working with the new additions.

Brothers...

This month all the designers for Scrap Within Reach were asked to work with a couple sketches. We had to do one layout and a fathers day card. Although I can't show you the fathers day card just yet... My layout was posted on the Scrap Within Reach blog so now I can share it with you... Here is the sketch I chose to work with for my layout... You can see the other sketch and more layouts from the DT on the Scrap Within Reach blog.



I flipped the sketch and moved a few elements to different spots. I really love the way it came out.

Products used:
Scrap Within Reach "Paper Boy" pattern papers
Tim Holtz old paper distress ink
Scrap Within Reach "Paper Boy" cardstock stickers

Here is a simple B-day card I did using a few scraps left from the layout...

I'll be back tomorrow with another project and some photos...

A Creative Monday ...

Wow today I have been scrapping all day long. I got a lot of assignments done that I can't show you just yet but will as soon as I can. Once my assignments were done I checked out the new card sketch at 2 Sketches 4 you for this week and got busy making a card... Here is the sketch...

Here is my card...

Products used:
Cardstock - Craft from Joann's
Pattern Paper - Melissa Frances
Ribbon - American Crafts
Pearls - Kaiser Crafts
Butterflies - made from Martha punch with doodlebug sugar cardstock
Button - Paper Trey Ink
Twin- May Arts
Alice in wonderland Image

Here are a couple close up's.

I will be back tomorrow with a few more cards.

Happy Mothers Day...

I have been so busy this past week and was so glad to have a day of relaxation... The kids were just great today. Miranda my soon to be 16 year old cooked dinner as today is hubby's Monday and he is at work... I so hate when he is on Mid-check (military for nights... lol) She cooked steak, steamed veggies and pasta in creamy alfrado sauce. It was yummy and she is turning into a good cook...

I wanted to share a mothers day card that I made using products from the Carnival Ride line from Scrap Within Reach...


I hope all the mom's out there had an amazing day... I'll be back with more projects and a step by step tutorial later this week.

Hugs

Clear Scrap Blog Hop...

Welcome to the Clear Scraps blog hop!

We're so excited you joined us this weekend to help us celebrate all our Moms and the women who play a mothering role in our lives. If you haven't started at the beginning, you may want to go back to the Clear Scraps Blog and start there.

Here is my Mothers Day Project... I wanted to do something a little different and decided to take a few different products from Clear Scraps and combine them into one project. I came up with this little basket of goodies.... I love working with Acrylic and using different techniques so this was a fun creative project to do....

Products used:

• Clear Scraps XL Bird Shapes (small one)
• Clear Scraps Decorative Frames
  
• Clear Scraps Scalloped Circle Frames
• Scrap Within Reach "Urban Garden" Pattern paper
• Ranger Dimensional Pearls
• Ranger Alcohol Ink (stream)
• Staz-On ink (Cherry Pink & Timber Brown)
• Vintage Book pages
• Vintage ribbon
• Glitter Butterflies (punched from Martha Stewart Punch)
• Vintage button
• Kaiser Crafts Pearl
  
• Aqua Ribbon (Michaels)
• Strand of pearl beads (Michaels)
• Cricut Cartridge (tags, bags and boxes)
  

Here is the blog hop line up...

Irene
Cristal
Rita
Tonya
Elisa (You are here)
Grace *go here next*
Cathy
Back to the Clear Scraps Blog

Make sure to leave a comment on all the DT blogs, then go back to the Clear Scraps blog and let us know you did, and you'll be entered into a drawing for a $25 goodie bag of acrylic from Clear Scraps. We hope you're inspired, both about acrylic, and about making something special for the "Mom" in your life this weekend.

To all the moms... I hope you have an amazing Mother Day...

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed my project and all the DT Projects along the hop...