ATC cards & contest info...

Today I bring you a couple ATC cards that I made... This is my first time making ATC cards and let me tell ya these things are so super fun to make... They are basically just little pieces of art... I so love ART... hehe

Products used:
Clear Scraps ATC Acrylic cards
Vintage music paper
Crafty Individuals stamp by Magenta
Viva Decor Glass effects gel in teal & olive and teal pearls
staz-on black ink
My little shoe box small alphas
Helmar vellum adhesive spray

Products used:
Clear Scraps ATC Acrylic cards
Vintage book paper
Inkadinkado rose stamp
Viva Decor glass effects gel in carmine, teal and crystal clear
7gypsies rub-ons
Staz-on black ink
Helmar vellum adhesive spray

Here is a closer look at the rose...

Instructions...
Take clear backing off of one side of acrylic and spray it with vellum spray.
Once the spray goes from a milky color to clear place paper on acrylic.
Trim off extra paper
Turn over and remove clear backing off the other side of acrylic
Using staz-on ink up your stamp and stamp your image
Once dry start applying your Viva gel (I used a paint brush)
Once dry embellish your ATC card more if you like.

I just love how vivid the colors are and the way it looks like stained glass once it's dry.

Ok so now that you want to make some little ATC cards of your own.... Clear Scraps is having a super easy contest and you can win some Acrylic... All you have to do is sign up to be a follow of their blog or facebook... If you follow them on both you have 2 chances to win... How awesome is that. Ok so go to the Clear Scraps blog and click to follow....

Card and DT call...

If your a card maker then you need to check out the DT call at The little shabby box... The site is still a newer site but it's moving along nicely. The Spring Fling kit is simply amazing. Here is my latest card using the Spring Fling kit and this weeks sketch from 2 sketches 4 you...

First here is the sketch.. I love the simplicity of it.. hehe

Here is my take on the sketch...Products used:

• The little shabby box "spring fling" kit (cardstock, pattern paper & pattern chipboard)
• Inkadinkado Rose stamp
  
• Papertrey Ink button
• Colorbox ink
  
• ribbon (michaels)
• twine

I'll be back tomorrow with another project and a super easy contest going on...

Happy Birthday Dad...

Today is my dad's b-day... This photo was taken a couple years ago but I just love it. I love how Noah at only 14 was already taller then my dad. lol I love his white hair, his love for life, his laugh and how he acts all tough but when it comes down to it he's a big ole softy... I'm a daddy's girl and I'm proud of it... Here's to you dad...


This is a quick digi layout... I don't play with digital stuff all that often but I have projects on my desk and the kitchen table is also being used as I have been designing cards for my card class at Scrapville... Stay tuned for some peeks of them later this week...

Thanks for looking.

Easy Peasy Recipe pockets & cards

I had some older cards that I picked up in the $1 bin at Michaels and they have sat and sat in a bin just waiting for me to do something with. They were totally cute and I couldn't help but to buy them and so glad that I did because they totally made this project...

I used my handy dandy Purple Cows Laminator and placed a card in one of the 6x6 lamination sheets with the top of the card all the way to the edge so when it is laminated it would still open and create a pocket. Once laminated I embellished each pocket and have them ready for a recipe card when I attend a pot luck or share a recipe. I also laminated my recipe cards after I wrote down the recipe so they are easy to wipe off if I splash something on them. I am thinking about punching a small hole in the top left corner and putting them on an O ring and hang them from a t'cup hook on the side of my cabinet.

So I like to give things away so if you leave a comment by this Saturday the 24th I will add your name to my handy dandy hat and pull out a winner on Sunday morning. That winner will receive a set of these cards (un-laminated unless you want them laminated then let me know) with some matching ribbons and recipe cards. If you sign up to follow me (on the right sidebar) I will add your name to the hat twice.

Thanks for looking and I will be back tomorrow with some cards...

I heart Clear Scraps Deco Shape...

I have been creating a lot with Clear Scraps lately. Getting lots of assignments done and some extra's to send in for submissions on a few magazine calls. Here is one of my latest layouts using one of my favorite Clear Scraps XL shapes.

I created the background using Staz-On teal and brown inks and Tim Holtz Blending sponge tool.(click photo for a closer look)

Dab your sponge tool into your ink and dab on your acrylic several times getting different shades of your ink. Once you reached the look you like switch to brown ink and dab just the ends of your acrylic. It's super simple to do. Let it dry for a few minutes then start your layout.

Products used:
Clear Scraps XL Deco shape
Staz-On Teal and Brown inks
My Mind Eye pattern paper, die cuts, tag and overlay

Thanks for looking and I'll be back tomorrow with another project...

Tuesdays Cards...

Here are a few cards I made using some left over odds and ends I had in a drawer in my desk.

Products used:

Couture Cardstock
October Afternoon die cuts
American Crafts rub-on (thanks)
ColorBox ink

Products used:
Couture Cardstock
October Afternoon die cuts
American Crafts rub-on (thanks)
Ribbon (Michaels)
twine
Paper Trey Ink button

Thanks for looking.

Lola is 2...

Wow I can't believe it's been 2 years since we rescued little Lola... Here she is with her brother Rocky and Joshua a few days after we found them. They were covered in fleas and Lola fit in the palm of my hand. We spent an entire day picking fleas off of them and bathing them and making sure they were eating well.



Here is Lola a week ago. She is still little but thinks she is super sized. lol She has one heck of a personality and well ya gotta have one with her ears. hehe
I'll show a layout later this week of Rocky... Tomorrow I have cards lined up to show you... Now to eat some dinner and do a couple loads of laundry.

Till tomorrow...

April Simply Handmade...

Someone at my hubby's work brought in a copy of April/May Simply Handmade magazine to see if he knew the person with his last name. LOL Our last name is not very common and is hard to learn to say and spell. So when someone knows the name they always wonder. lol So hubby told him that it was his wife and all about my addiction to paper and fabric and everything in between. So of course the man told his wife whom was excited to find out that someone with the same addictions lived near by, or in this case an hour away. lol I have been busy and then not feeling well so I hadn't had time to post this until now... I just adore Simply Handmade magazine and all the different mediums you get out of one magazine and I am simply honored that they find a few of my things worthy enough to print in their magazine. Here are my Ipod/cell phone cases in the April/May issue.


You can click on the photos to make them bigger and read the directions on how you can make these. I use my Purple Cows 2 in 1 trimmer to cut my felt and fabric. It cuts it like butter.

Here are a few closeups of them.


Thanks for looking and I will be back tomorrow with some cards...

Cards, Kit and more...

Wow I can't believe today is Friday. The week just zipped on by. Earlier this week I was looking for something in my scraproom and couldn't find it so I of course tore it apart and well it looked like a bomb went off. So after taking a look around at my mess I decided to arrange it since we moved the boys room up stairs the entire req room is now mine once again, but we want a little part to store some items so I moved the 1/2 wall back about 4 feet and WOW is my scrap room so much bigger and I just love it. I am not entirely done putting everything back in it's place as I have been so busy this week but it's coming along nicely. Anyway tonight I took a few minutes to get creative and made a couple cards.

Up first is a card I made using the amazing March card kit from "The little shabby box" I just adore Prima and this kit is full of it.

Wedding Wishes:
Couture Cardstock
Prima pattern paper
Karen Foster pattern paper
Prima flower
Prima chipboard
Vintage lace

Up next is a card I made using this weeks card sketch from 2 sketches 4 you. I just adore there sketches and I'm so glad that I got a chance to play this week.

Thank you:
Couture Cardstock
Kaiser Crafts pattern paper
Stamp
Rub-on
Water color pencils
Martha Stewart ribbon
Stamping up Ink

Thanks for looking and I'll be back soon with a few new layouts, photos and hopefully photos of my scraproom.. lol

We have a winner.... woot woot

So yesterday we had a blog hop.... Not just any blog hop but a Purple Cows blog hop... I just love seeing all the fun and amazing projects the designers come up with. I hope you got some fun ideas for Tomorrow... Don't forget to wear green. hehe Anyway I said I was going to give out a "GREEN" RAK... Green is my favorite color and I tend to gravitate to that color. So I have a lot of green goodies. .. Check out this fun GREEN RAK....
My favorite American crafts thickers, some green flowers from Creative Cafe and Making Memories, buttons from chatterbox and Making memories (I mixed them up in the package), Jenni Bowlin Green journaling note book, Some green ribbon, green ric rac, vintage ribbon and lace and yes that amazing vintage fabric that I used on my coffee cozy...

So if you left me a comment yesterday either on my blog hop post or my coffee cozy post (because I was almost an hour late on the hop) your name got put into our handy dandy top hat.

So Joshua whom is feeling much better got the honors of pulling out a name...

That lucky person is none other then JINGLE.... I hopped on over to Jingles blog to learn a little bit about her. I have to say I couldn't help but smile when I went to her blog and read about the things she is creating... Jingle please send me a email (elisak12 at Gmail dot com) with your snail mail addy so I can send you out my green RAK oh and that's not all.... I am sending you this flower broach that I made just for you.... I hope you like it.
Hugs and I'll be back tomorrow with a card and more...

Purple Cows St. Patty's Blog Hop...

Today is the day for the Purple Cows St. Patty's celebration blog hop... Are you looking for some fun, easy and creative ideas to add some more green to your St. Patty's day fun??? Then join in on the fun and hop along... If you are following along the Purple Cows blog hop, you were just at the amazing and talented Jing-Jing's Blog.

If you would like to start at the beginning of the hop, you can click HERE.

Today I am showing off my simple but cute little coaster set that I made to go along with my coffee cozy.

Simple steps...

Cut chipboard to 3x3 and pattern paper to 3.5x3.5 using the amazing Purple Cows Freestyle Trimmer with wavy click blade. Glue chipboard to pattern paper. Slip inside a Purple Cows lamination sheet and laminate in the NEW Hot/Cold Laminator (found in your local Jo Anns, Hobby Lobby). Trim and laminate again to seal up the cut edges once again...

Be sure to leave a comment on my blog for a chance to win a special green RAK... hehe

Now hop on over to Samantha's blog...

Thanks for looking and enjoy the hop...

For step by step direction on how to make my Coffee Cozy please view my previous post HERE.

P.S. Sorry for being 45 min late. I have a little one home sick today and wrote down the wrong start time. So if you were here earlier and left me a msg on my post for yesterday I will put your name in the drawing for my RAK...

Get your Irish on in style....

I love coffee Cozies... Even though I always order a CHAI... Making them out of felt is my favorite.. This one featuring some yummy vintage fabric I have... To learn how to make this you can hop on over to the Purple Cows Blog or as featured on Scribd...



Full Product list etc are all listed on scribd. Print it out and keep it for future use for any occasion.

Be sure to leave a comment on my blog tomorrow for a chance to win you a yummy St. Patty's day RAK full of my favorite Green colored items... If you like the fabric then be sure to leave a comment as there will be a nice size piece of it in my RAK... hehe

Coffee Cozie...

Wow I can't believe it has been since the middle of Feb since I last posted. I have been super busy with kids, schools, hubby and being sick... I'm finally getting caught up with things and am back to my regular scheduled program so to speak. lol

Here is a simple but fun project I recently made and you can find the step by step instructions etc on the Clear Scraps Blog...

I love making coffee cozies out of any materials like fabric, felt chipboard etc. This week I made one using Clear Scraps 12x12 acrylic sheets. What an easy project this was and it would be great for any kind of gift... I used my Purple Cows Freestyle Mouse with a #2803 designer click blade to cut the acrylic with a scalloped effect.


I ran this through my Big Shot with a Sizzix embossing folder that had flowers all over it. I just love it.

I used the rose stem stamp from Inkadinkado and stamped the image with black staz-on and used water color pencils to get my desired colors and effects that I wanted.

Since this is a gift I decided to take my left over acrylic and make a simple card to go with it.

The thinking of you is on front of the acrylic and the rose stem is done the same way as the one on the coffee cozie but it is placed on the inside of the card.

Thanks for looking and I will be back soon.. I promise.. hehe

Happy Valentines Day

Here are some of my favorite Valentine Cards that I made up using several different products from my Purple Cows DT Box along with the amazing new Freestyle mouse kit... Awesome tool


I used the freestyle mouse kit to cut the heart and then I rough sanded the heart added some rub-ons and vintage lace... Quick and easy


This is some older paper from prima that I pained with the new amazing Smootch spritz... Added some rub-ons and glitter...


More of that paintable Prima paper that I painted using my colorbox inks and used the freestyle mouse to do my hearts and tore them up a little added some rub-ons...

If you haven't checked out the new freestyle mouse kit from Purple Cows you must. It's an amazing tool and just like all of Purple Cows trimmers it cuts paper, fabric, felt, chipboard, acrylic, clay and the list goes on.

I hope you have an amazing Valentines Day.
Hugs

LOVE Banner...

Here is a quick and easy banner that I did this week...


Tools needed:
Purple Cows 2 in 1 trimmer and wavy blade
Cricut Machine and Mini Monograms cartridge & your favorite alpha cartridge
Cuttlebug embossing folder
Heart punches
Cropadile
Scissors
Sander

Products used:
Daisy Bucket pattern paper
Bazzill Green and White cardstock
Coredinations Chocolate cardstock for Letters
Chipboard
Colorbox ink
Buttons
ribbon

Instuctions:
Trim chipboard to 6x6 and punch holes in top corners
Trim pattern paper to 5.75x5.75 using the wavy blade on top and bottom apply to chipboard
Cut out Green and White flowers from Cricut, Ink and apply to chipboard
Cut out Alph's from Cricut, emboss them and sand them to bring out core color and apply to chipboard with pop dots
punch out hearts in different sizes or use your cricut
Finish embellishing with buttons etc
Once done tie ribbon to chipboard to attach them together.
Now hang it up on your mantel or in a doorway etc.

I'll be back tomorrow with some fun Valentine cards.

Hugs

Awesome DT Call...

Clear Scraps Design Team Call

Clear Scraps is looking to add a few designers to our design team.

We are interested in artists with a variety of styles who can creatively showcase Clear Scraps acrylic and chipboard with cards, mini-albums, altered art and scrapbook layouts. No previous design team experience is necessary.

What to expect:

DT requirements are 3 projects per month, including written instructions/photo step-by-steps of at least one of these projects, two blog posts/month and active participation in group discussions. Additional projects will be required occasionally for CHA, newsletters and classes.

DT compensation includes photo and bio recognition on our website and blog, generous product, monetary compensation for published work and a discount on additional Clear Scraps product purchased during your term.

How to apply:

Please send applications or questions to: dtcall@clearscraps.com . Include your name, address, phone number, blog address, link to online galleries and a short paragraph about yourself and why you think you'd be a good fit for Clear Scraps. Also include 5 examples of your work (doesn’t have to be new for this call) giving us an idea of your style and what you like to do with acrylic.

Call ends Friday, Feb. 26^th . The new design team will be announced Monday March. 1^st.

Term is 12 months, beginning March.1/ 2010.

Our apologies, but only applications from USA & Canada will be considered at this time.

Just Add Sweets Blog Hop

Welcome to the Just Add Sweets Blog Hop with myStamp BOX today!

If you have just happened upon my blog today, you may want to head to the start of the blog hop today, the myStamp BOX blog.

Here is our Just Add Sweets Blog Hop schedule just in case you missed anyone:
- Tracey Taylor
- Tina McDonald
- Virginie Delbecq
- Marci Knecht
- Allison Cope
- Cherie Nymeyer
- Gudrun Loennecken
- Liz Jacob
- Ellen Sosnoski
- Kim Sonksen
- Nathalie Kalbach
- Jolene Johnston
- Elisa Kammerdiener * you are here *

The design team's challenge was to take the theme of our blog hop and apply the colors of white, pink and orange to their creations.

Here is my "Just add Sweets" treat... hehe



I used the awesome "Itty Bitty's" Stamp set to embellish my boxes along with buttons from PaperTrey Inc. Pattern Paper is an oldie but goody from Collage Press, Ribbon is a vintage find of mine and the boxes were cut on the Cricut with the Wild Card Cartridge.

For participating in the blog hop by leaving a comment on each and every participating myStamp BOX designer's blog, you have a chance to win a set of brand new stamps sets being released this month! So leave a comment on all the blog posts and then return to the mSB blog and tell us what you favorite project was along the way for a chance to win! Have fun!

Please hop back to the MSB Blog and let us all know what your favorite project is...

Check this out...

seriously, this is

DA BOMB

. . .straight from sadie's mouth. . .

"Ring the cowbells and round up all your friends, because everyone is going to want to hear this udderly fantastic news!

Purple Cows has partnered up with Joann’s to give you the best new tool at the best price EVER! Sometime in the next week to ten days, your local Joann’s Fabric and Craft Store will be THE exclusive location to purchase our brand new #3025 Hot/Kool Laminator –and it is only $59.95!"

"So make sure you get into your local Joann and get your hands on the “hottest” crafting tool out there. With this 13” wide format laminator you will be able to laminate items you never dreamed possible! 3 mil, 5 mil laminating pouches are available, and speaking of pouches, we have a huge 100 assorted size Hot Pocket pack for only $29.95, to go with this “Kool” new tool!

Go to your local Joanns and get yours before they stampede off of the shelves! They will be in stock ANYTIME between now and the end of Febuary!

Come back tomorrow, and see an example of the fantastic projects you will be capable of creating with the Purple Cows #3025 Hot/Kool Laminator, and to hear about MORE of the great features of this Moo-riffic new tool"

so i say--thanks sadie!!--now giddy up to joanne's and get your laminator on!!

Cooper's Heart

My amazing and talented friend Paula makes amazing things and one of the many amazing things that I have fallin in love with this past week are here Cooper's Hearts. She makes these by hand and they are simply gorgeous. You can read more about Cooper's Hearts and see more of her amazing items in her etsy shop... Hart of the Mountain and you can see more of her projects on Paula's blog as well...

To Paula it has been a blast spending this past week with you and I hope there are many many many more adventures ahead... ARGHBEBE

Scrap Within Reach Sneak Peek...hehe

I am so excited about the 2 new paper lines from Scrap Within Reach. I received a box yesterday from Heidi at Scrap Within Reach with all of the new releases and was asked do my thing and create some samples for the Scrap Within Reach Booth at CHA... Today I bring you samples from the Cambridge line. Not only is this line perfect for boys, fathers, grandfather etc but you can also girly it up a bit. This line will also be perfect for any Scouting event...


I leave tomorrow morning to jump on a plane to California to attend CHA I can't wait to see all my scrapping buddies and work in the Scrap Within Reach booth as well as 3 other booths. hehe

I will schedule another post for tomorrow to show you the other NEW line from Scrap Within Reach...

Till then Happy Crafting.