Floral Fun

Hello! I'm here today with another fun card featuring a couple of our beautiful flower dies from Cheery Lynn Designs!

I just love the way our Stacker Nesting dies all fit together so well, especially with such a variety of sizes in each set! It makes is so easy to add lovely layers to cards, layouts, and other projects.

Stackers used: French Flair-Scallop

French Flair Classic

Square-Scallop

Square Classic

To create the flower, I cut four layers of Stacker Flower #4 from book pages. Staggering the petals as you adhere them, is very important when creating a fuller, more life like flower. The center of the flower is made from two layers of Cuties #1. After attaching, I fluffed the petals of the flowers. Try stacking different flower dies together to see what kind of flower you can create!

Flower foliage consists of : Mini Flourish One

Small Leaves 2

 Pine Branches

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My Heart Flutters for You

Hello!  I'm here today with a card for Cheery Lynn Designs,  inspired by this weeks challenge, Red and White.

I created the sentiment block using Nesting Dies-Scallop Square layered with the Silver Stacker Square Classic. A butterfly from Exotic Butterfly Mini rests nicely under my sentiment.

Using a butterfly from Exotic Butterfly Small #2 as my focal point, I layered it atop the largest heart from Two of Hearts. Olive Branches creates great foliage around the butterflies as well as flowers!

I added the Fanciful Flourish as well…one of my favorites! Three Miniature Roses adorn the flourish.

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Sparkle in my Eye

I'm here to share another fun layout full of layers using dies from Cheery Lynn Designs. This weeks challenge at Cheery Lynn Designs inspired me to dig out my silver sparkles. What better glittery winter fun than snowflakes! Honestly, I got these snowflake dies in the mail this week and they are so beautiful that I couldn’t wait to play with them! *wink* 

I apologize.  I don't know why blogger is cutting off the edge of my photo or making it appear fuzzy, but you can click on the photo to see the entire layout.

The bottom blue layer is edged with Border Carnivale. Topping the polka dot paper is a section of the Dutch Scallop Square Frame. Not only is it gorgeous, but it is just the right size to frame and draw attention to her precious little face. Tucked between the photo and the Dutch Scallop Square Frame is Snowflake #1. Exactly half of the snowflake is showing . Again I used exactly half of Snowflake #1 at the top right hand corner. Snowflake #2 is fluttering on the left hand corner between the blue and polka dot layers.

Anastasia Border dresses the bottom of the photo.

On the right hand side, I layered the Mega Polynesian Sail Doily under the polka dot paper. To add a bit of fun and texture, I cut the doily from Coredinations cardstock and sanded the edges, then added splashes of distress ink here and there. Adorning the top is Snowflake #2 cut from Silver cardstock and adhered with a foam dimensional dot. I added an Epiphany Silver Setting to the center of the snowflake.

The English Tea Party Doily garnishes the bottom left corner, tucked in under the polka dot layer. I cut the Fanciful Flourish from cream cardstock then added splashes of two colors of distress inks. I  meticulously added silver and blue stickles. The moisture from the stickles allowed the distress inks to blend, and the different colors of stickles added a bit of interest.  Again,  Snowflake #2 embellishes the top; decorated with a lacy bow and Epiphany Metal setting.

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Birthday Banner

Do you have fun plans for the long holiday weekend? I start my weekend with the first football game of the season tonight. Tomorrow is my baby’s 18th birthday *sigh* How fast time flies! Sunday we are having a big party to celebrate my grandmothers 90th birthday! Monday I think I will take time to rest!!

My mother asked me to create a banner for the birthday celebration. Rather than using festive birthday papers, I wanted to create the banner from patterns and colors that remind me of my grandmother. This is what I came up with.

I love using my Gypsy to

size my shapes, and locate placement of the cut on my papers exactly where I want them saving time, paper, and money! My banner was created using Lovely Floral, Storybook, and Cindy Loo cartridges. To add dimension to the banner, I adhered each layer with foam dots. For fun, I created a birdhouse between the word and numbers.

Have a super fun and safe weekend!

French Fry Purse tutorial

First, I want to send out a huge thank you to everyone that participated in the Blog hop over the weekend!! We had an awesome turnout!! I will be selecting the winner of my cards later this evening.

I have had several requests for a tutorial on how to create the French Fry Box Purses. So, here we go with my first real tutorial!




Supplies: French Fry Box; two coordinating pattern papers, and matching cardstock; 8” ribbon; accessories; adhesive; scissors; pencil; hole punch (I used my Big Bite)

Step 1:
Open your fry box, gently pull apart the adhesive so that it will lie flat.



Step 2:
Trace the fry box onto the back of your paper and cut out.



Step 3:
Apply adhesive and attach the paper to the box.



Step 4:
Glue the box back into shape. My box was a little bit taller on the backside so I cut it off to make the box even all the way around.



Step 5:
Cut an oval from your cardstock. A 5 ¼ “ oval fit my box perfectly. I used Core`dinations cardstock. Love that stuff!! I used the Cricut and my Storybook Cartridge to create a scallop oval. I then sanded the edges of the oval for a bit of distressing

Step 6:
Cut a slightly smaller oval from your coordinating patter paper. Again, using my Cricut, I cut a 4 ½” oval using the Plantin’ Schoolbook Cartridge.




Step 7:
Attach your ovals together. I stitched mine for a fun finished look.


Step 8:
Score your oval leaving the width of the box between score lines. I scored mine at 2 ¼” and 3 ¼”



Step 9:
Punch holes to thread the ribbon for the handle. Using the Crocodile Big Bite, I punched my holes ¾” from each edge.



Step 10:
Thread the ribbon through the hole and tie a knot to hold the ribbon in place.



Step 11:
Apply adhesive to the area that will be the back of the purse, and attach the oval cover.



Step 12:
Apply a closure to the front flap of the purse. I used a Velcro dot.



Step 13:
Accessorize! For this purse, I applied a vintage button.


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New Challenge Posted!!

Today is Feb 15th and that means it is time for a new challenge at ScrapFit!!


Challenge #14

The Power of One is what Workout #14 is all about!
You have to do a Monochromatic LO using either pink, red, white or black!

I, of course, chose pink!!

Reminder: click on any of the photos for a larger view!

I put a rub-on on the top of an acrylic piece then wrote the journaling with a Sharpie. I used light pink paint, and a mix of shades of Ranger Distress inks to color the back.

The key is a naked pieces from Bazzill that I covered with light pink paint from Making Memories. Once the paint was dry, I covered it with a variety of shades of Ranger Distress inks. The final step, covering the key with Distress Rock Candy paint.

To add some texture, I used the cuttlebug and embossed the acrylic flourishes from Bo Bunny.

I cut the flowers from pattern paper, inked the edges, and added a bit of Ranger Distress Rock Candy paint of the edges.

Have a super scrappy day!

Are you a Cosmos Cricket fan? Do you love the holidays? Who doesn't?! This weeks ScrapFit challenge is for you!!

ScrapFit challenge #10

1. Use a Cosmos Cricket product
2. Chose a holiday/winter themed word and create your own challenge!!
For example: I chose the word PEACE so I used
P-punch
E-emboss
A-angle
C-chipboard
E-emephera

Stop on by and enter the contest. It is a Cosmos Cricket kit up for grabs!!

Scrapfit news: It is time for another DT search! The official announcement will be posted here on December 16th!!

ScrapFit Desgn Team Blog Hop

Welcome!!!

I’m so glad you have joined us for our ScrapFit Design Team Blog Hop! My teammates have created the cutest cards!!

Our challenge to you is to create a Christmas card using the quote: “Wishing you a Christmas full of Sparkle and a New Year full of Cheer!” Your quote can be either on the outside or the inside of your card. I can’t wait to see what you create!!

I made a couple designs but I couldn’t decided which one to post, so I posted them both!!












ScrapFit is giving a way an awesome prize package from Quick Quotes--Enjoy Life Journey Mini Book kit! How can I win, you ask. Leave a comment and sign up to follow each teammates blog as well as the ScrapFit Blog. (You get 1 entry for each blog you follow for a total of 10 entries) Do the Card Challenge and link it up to the blog for 1 entry. Join the ScrapFit Forum with a minimum of 10 posts will get you another entry. Do workout #8 for an additional entry. That gives you 13 possible chances to win!!

I’m giving away an RAK as well!! All you have to do is leave a comment, and sign up to follow my blog! If you are already a follower, just post a comment !! : ) Don’t forget to check out the rest of the team. *hint* some of the ladies are also giving away very cool prizes!! Your next stop is Katie. If you are just joining us you can begin the hop at ScrapFit.

Our Blog Hop ends on December 7th!

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How about an early treat!

With my son overseas, I wanted to do a little extra something for he and his buddies this year. I realize the little package itself isn’t much, but I wanted them to know that someone would take the time to do something special just for them. While grocery shopping, I came across a large box of Spongebob Squarepants fruit snacks. Okay, so the guys are a bit old for fruit snacks, but I knew it would make them smile and lighten the air for a bit!! I made up 30 of these cute little treat bags…I sent 24 over for them to share.
As soon as the little treats arrived, my son emailed to tell me that they all appreciated the homemade goody, and they really got a kick out of the fact that I had tucked in Spongebob! By coincedence, while confined to the ship lately, they had been watching a series of Spongebob episodes! Too fun!






Stop back tomorrow for more Halloween surprises!!