Haunted House

Hello!  I'm here today to share a little Halloween inspiration for those precious photos you just printed of your little monsters! 

 

This layout was published in the Fall 2013 issue of PaperHaus Magazine! 

My layout features papers and embellishments from October Afternoon, and the SpiderWeb die from Cheery Lynn Designs.

 

Head to PaperHause Magazine for lots more inspiration!

 

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PaperHaus Reveal and Blog Hop Day 3!!

Welcome to the Fall Splendor Blog Hop with PaperHaus!

 We are celebrating the release of the new FALL edition of PaperHaus Magazine but also celebrating the 1 year anniversary of PaperHaus Magazine! We are excited to be part of this amazing celebration! Click below for the magazine link! The Fall Splendor event is filled with inspiration from PaperHaus and our blog, so make sure you click through every blog for inspiration! Also comment on every blog to get a chance to win an amazing daily prize! We hope you enjoy this blog hop remember the Fall Splendor Blog Hop runs from September 1st to the 15th so plenty of time to be inspired!

 

I have a some fun Halloween inspiration for you today! 

 The leaves were cut from white cardstock with dies from Cheery Lynn Designs and colored with a variety of Ranger Distress Inks. 

 For a little extra zing, I cut the spider and bats from black glitter paper.

All papers are from the October Haunted House collection; Dies from Cheery Lynn Designs include the Spiderweb, Bats, Spider, Boo, Leaves, and Border; Ranger Distress Ink

 

Thank you for joining us today!! 

 Next on the blog hop  Audrey Yeager!

 

PAPERHAUS - WWW.THEPAPERHAUS.COM

Izzy Anderson - www.izzyanderson.com

Jodi Baune - http://dancingintherainjb.blogspot.com/

Audrey Yeager- http://audreysreflection.blogspot.com

Spellbinders - http://www.spellbinderspaperarts.com/community/blog.aspx

Birthday Boy!

Hello!I'm here with another card for Cheery Lynn Designs.  Those of you that know me know how much I love to add texture to my projects, and what better way than by embossing plates!

   The little critters on the Turtles and Frogs Embossing Plate are sooo cute!! After embossing, I brushed on a little chalk to emphasize the textured pattern. The Celtic Chain Border is the perfect boyish accent!

 Dies Used:
Turtles and Frogs Embossing Plate
Celtic Chain
  Birthday
  Scalloped French Flair Stacker Nesting Die
Classic French Flair Silver Stacker
Scalloped Circle Stacker Nesting Die
  Classic Circle Silver Stacker
Mini Pearl Rectangle Reflections Boutique
  Scalloped Rectangle Reflections Boutique

There is still time to enter this weeks challenge for your chance to win the $20 shopping spree!  Details here
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Spooky fun!

 Hello! I'm here with a fun Halloween card for Cheery Lynn Designs.

I created the base of the card using the largest of the Classic Coved Rectangle Stacker Nesting dies. I then layered with the next smaller size followed with a Classic Coved Rectangle Silver Stacker Layer. The Mini Pearl Rectangle Reflections dies was used to create the matte behind the postcard. For a bit of spooky fun, the Creepy Gate is tucked in on either side of the post card.

 I propped the Spooky Tree with foam adhesive to add a bit of dimension. I folded the wings of Going Batty for a bit of fun texture and dimension.

The design of my card was inspired by Pagemaps.

 

There is still time to play along with this weeks challenge for your chance to win the $20 shopping spree! Details Here

 

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Craftwell - Back to School Blog Hop

If you are here from the Paper Haus blog hop, click here to continue!

Welcome everyone! I am so excited to be a part of Craftwell’s Back to School blog hop!   The hop will run through August 31^st. I encourage you to visit all the blogs over the next week.   There will be lots of fabulous projects along the way, as well as a few prizes! Craftwell is giving free SVG downloads, and the grand prize an eCraft Machine! What a fabulous prize!!!

If you came from here from Aimee’s blog, you are right on track. Need to start at the beginning? Cassie’s blog will get your started.

 

A cute little card for my favorite little girl! Stepping outside the box, I created a School theme card with a Summer paper line from Simple Stories. 

Combine these fun patterns with embellishments from October Afternoon and a couple die cuts , they make a perfect grouping for a First Day of School card.

 

I appreciate your stopping today! I am giving away a $10 gift certificate to Paper Issues. Become a follower of my blog and leave me a comment for your chance to win! I will be announcing the winner Saturday, Sept 1st.

 

Your next stop - Debi Tullier

Cassie Box 

Denise O’Connor
Kelly FeldmanKim Gaughan
Carrie Walz 
Kimberly Rae Ford
Aimee Maddern
Jodi Baune-You are here

Debi Tullier

Lowri McNabb

Craftwell Blog

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Berry fun!

Hello! I love summer, don’t you! One of my favorite things about summer is the access to so many fresh fruits and veggies. Strawberries, one of my favorites, was the inspiration for today’s Cheery Lynn Designs project. Six Strawberry note cards, and a basket to hold them. Something fun for a birthday treat, to say
"Welcome to the neighborhood,” or just for fun! 

The base of the card was cut from the largest of the Nesting Egg die set, I sliced a small portion off the top to give it more of a strawberry feel. A leaf from the Tropical Leaves was to perfect top to the berry. I added the Mini Fanciful Flourish for a few little vines, and a leaf from Large Leaves #2. Of course I needed a little bud, which I cut from the Flower Chain Border.

To create the sides of the basket, I used the Mini Pearl Rectangle Reflections die cut from Coredinations. I embossed the rectangles with the Woodgrain Embossing Plate. After sanding the embossed portion, I cut the center of the rectangle with my craft knife to create a frame for my Lattice box. 

There is still time to enter this weeks challenge for your chance to win the $20 gift certificate!

 Details Here!

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Shaping Up

Hello! I'm here today, switching things up a bit with a mixture of shapes for Cheery Lynn Designs!

I started by cutting layers of Stackers Nesting Dies - Coved Rectangle Classic and Silver Stacker Coved Rectangle Classic out of Core’dinations cardstock….love that stuff! By choosing a Black/yellow combo cardstock, and lightly sanding the edges before adhering the layers, I was able to create a more distressed masculine feel to the card. After cutting the ducks with layers of Stackers Nesting Dies - French Flair-Scalloped and Silver Stacker Layers French Flair Classic, I backed them with the Dutch Scallop Square Frame. Although the frame is has a lacy cut, by cutting it in the brown it makes the duck layers pop and doesn’t feel feminine at all, don’t you think?!

For a little extra fun and texture, I embossed the top 2/3 of the tag with the Burble/Cheese Cloth Embossing Plate. I left the sentiment portion of the tag flat.

Dies used:

Stacker Nesting Die Coved Rectangle-Classic

Silver Stacker Coved Rectangle-Classic

Stacker Nesting Die French Flair -Scalloped

Silver Stacker French Flair-Classic

Victorian Picket Fence

Dutch Scallop Square Frame

Pair of Ferns

Burble/Cheese Cloth Embossing Plate

There are more fun, gorgeous new releases coming this week! Watch for our posting on the 15^th with special projects from the design team! 

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Only You!

Hello! I want to take a quick moment to share a layout I made just for fun! When my son was little he used to find entertainment in the most interesting ways!

I used the October Afternoon Space Age line, throwing in some fun elements in unexpected ways much as my son would have!

I adhered the pattern paper to chipboard, then attached with dimensional foam to add texture and dimension.

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Goodies Galore!

Thank you so much for stopping in today!  Today is my turn to post at Cheery Lynn Designs. 

I’ve taken my dies into the masculine world again! How about a shaped masculine card?!

By first folding my cardstock and letting my die hang slightly over the folded edge, I cut the base (red cardstock) of my card using the Inverted Scallop Circle. I cut the next layer (plaid) using the Circle Stacker Nesting Dies. I can’t tell you how much I love the Nesting Dies and Stackers! They are designed to fit inside each other taking all the guess work out!!

I cut a Coved Rectangle to layer my chipboard sticker and sentiment on. I adhered the coved rectangle and chipboard with dimensional foam to add life to the card.

 

kit from: http://boysrulescrapbookkits.blogspot.com/

Today is my final post at Quick Quotes. I want to extend a huge thank you to Quick Quotes for inviting me to be the Guest Designer for the month!!! I had a fabulous time!!

 For my final project, I decided to step outside the box and create some Holiday goodies! 

A mix of Savvy Davvy, Damsel in Distress, and Cherry Truffle come together for a card of more traditional colors. I cut one shadow and two snowflakes using my Cricut Expression and Winter Lace cartridge. I layered the snowflakes using foam tape adding more dimension to the card.

To create the sentiment, I wrote the word out using a pencil then stitched over my pencil markings. Other ingredients: Jenni Bowlin pin, DMC floss, Imaginsce bling, ribbon and lace unknown.

A mix of papers from Savvy Davvy and Miss Morgan blend well together to create a holiday card of non-traditional colors. The tree was cut using Cricut Expression, gypsy, and Christmas cartridge. Other ingredients: EKSuccess punches, Twine from The Twinery, and metal studs from Imaginesce, Ranger Stickles

The sleigh was formed using a mix of Savvy Davvy and Damsel in Distress. The pattern for the sleigh was found at

www.clearandsimplestamps.com The holly was cut using the Cricut Expression and Seasons Cartridge. Other ingredients: Making Memories brads; metal studs from Imaginsce, and ribbon unknown.

 
Thank you so much for stopping by!  Have a super weekend!

Boys Rule

I am thrilled to be Guest Designing for Boys Rule kits! It is kit club designated to designing kits for boys! …“a monthly kit club for the love of dirt, grunge, and smelly things boys love to do!” What a great idea for the moms, aunts, and grandmas with boys big or small!!  Head on over and check out the latest kits!!

Here is the first of my reveals for Boys Rule!

These kits are chock- full of awesome matching embellishments!!

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Heartstrings

Aren’t these photos of my nieces hubby and baby just precious?! No doubt a daddy that love his little girl! I left the journaling card and date blank for my niece to fill in with her own loving memories and words. Nuts About Sketches #166 reveal. I used the right page and flipped it. You can find the sketch here. All pattern papers, stickers, buttons, and rubons are from October Afternoon; bling - Imaginisce; bakers twine - the Twinery; punches - Martha Stewart/EK Success.
I love how the border punches add pizzazz and pop to the layout and yet can be so subtle that you hardly notice them. Some of the other details include lots of stitching, stickers layered with various depths of foam adhesive, bling to the center of the flower, and a rubon in the corner of the photo.

I cut the heart from felt and applied the rubon directly to the felt. I don’t think I would try this with rubons from certain companies, but I’ve always had great luck with the rubons from October Afternoon and once again, it applied super slick!! “The Good Stuff” scallop circle and “priceless” tag are also October Afternoon rubons that I applied to pattern paper and hand cut to embellish the layout.

I wove the bakers twine through my sticker letters for a fun twist to my title!

A close up of some of the stickers layered and a little bling added to the end of the ducks string.

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a scrappy day!!

I finally took a day to just sit and create. What a glorious feeling, to be playing with paper and glue again. It so exhilarating watching bits and pieces come together to form something beautiful…tell me I’m not the only one that gets a rush as ideas collaborate constructing a masterpiece!!

My first layout and card of2011!

As always, click on the photos to enlarge.

Pink Paislee; Bazzill; Coredinations; Spellbinders; Jenni Bowli; Ranger Distress paints, inks and Stickles; My Little Shoebox; American Crafts; Prima; Maya Road; Jillibean Soup; Stampin’Up; Martha Stewart; cardboard

I used Sketchabilities sketch #38 as my inspiration to get the ole wheels turning again. I wanted to jazz up the background cardstock a bit, yet I wanted it to be very subtle so I lightly embossed the corners of Core’dinations cardstock using an embossing folder and my rolling pin; then gently sanded over some of the embossed flowers.
Naturally, I had to alter some embellishments with distress paints, and distress inks!

My first attempt at a rolled felt flower! I am excited with how it turned out. I can see how they could easily turn into another addiction! I’m sure you will see more of them soon! :-)



Changing the pace a little, I created a card to play along with Cardabilities sketch #21.

October Afternoon; Making Memories; Cricut (Create A Critter);Martha Stewart; Stampin’Up; Ranger Stickles; Making Memories

I couldn’t resist adding some texture to my squirrel. It’s those little details that add so much, don’t you think!

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Holiday Card

Here we are at the end of another month…unbelievable!!

It is my turn for the weekly challenge at LPSC. I decided it is about time to get a jump start on some holiday cards. I created this one using the October Afternoon papers in the Life Preservers Scrapbook Club August Alternate Kit. The reds and greens in these papers are perfect for a holiday card, I covered the snowflakes with the music paper, and the lacy trim in the kit was a beautiful way to finish it off!

I had fun experimenting with some Bazzill chipboard snowflakes I had on hand. A bit of Distress inks, Distress Picket Fence and Rock Candy Crackle paints, and a dash of glitter…whhhaa la!!




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