Challenging Yourself

This LO is for a contest over on the Memorable Seasons website. It's called
the Last Scrapper Standing (LSS) and this LO is for the week 4 challenge.
(The talent over there is phenomenal, I count myself as one lucky and
blessed gal to still be in this!). It's especially great, because we are given
a challenge that usually pulls us out of our "scrapbooking box" and makes
us do something we'd normally never do! This time....3 or more different
manufacturer's papers (I used Reminisce (stripe), EK Success(Mickey
paper), Pine Cone Press (dot paper on tag) and Core'dnations embossed
and then sanded (yellow base)). 20 or more of the SAME embellie (the
awesome "conversation bubble" paper clips....found those at TJ Maxx!)
and lastly NO PHOTOS....can you believe....NO PHOTOS??....lol.

Below is a close up of the tag....I stamped the ribbons to say treasure and
remember.....
Here is a close-up of my embellie cluster.....used more of the cruise
memorabilia I had...the bday pin for my son's bday we celebrated on
the cruise, the cruise line pin, and a gold coin from one of the games
we played on board!

And again....one more look at the finished project....2 pockets filled with
"Mice" (aka "Nice"....lol) memories!


So remember to take some time to craft today.....and also....challenge
yourself.....it's fun to think outside the box!!

Tim Holtz ROCKS!!

I finally got a chance to PLAY!!! I broke out my new TH Distress
Stains (I used Barn Door), and also tissue tape, the tattered florals
die, glassine paper and perfect pearls....to make the flowers on
this page I did for a challenge over at the Memorable Seasons site!

Below is a pic of the glassine paper I covered with tissue tape and the
flowers I cut out of the glassine, before I crumpled them and added
the perfect pearls (I got that idea off the TH blog....thanks T!M)


This next pic below, is the stained and pearled up pieces....

I heat set the perfect pearls, I cut flowers out of the stained pieces, and
you saw the final result on the page/tag above. I used the BoBunny
Timepiece collection to finish it off (if you click on the pic for a closeup,
you can see the BoBunny brad centers....they are little clocks!

Yep, my giant (8&1/4" by 12") TH tag.....now THERE's an idea for the
12 Tags of Christmas....SUPER SIZE 'EM!!

Remember to take the time to "play" today!!

Sweet Summertime....

This summertime mini book is made with the Echo Park Summer Days
collection.....

It's bright and sunny, awesome stickers and journal spots....and lots of
photo room....the page on the right is a pull out and you can use both
sides for photos or journaling!

This paper just "pops" summer photos....

Love the little accents on the sticker sheet.....make this mini a breeze to
customize for your photos....page on the right (above) is a pocket tag....

And on the right (above) is another pull out.....the collection even had the
"details" and "notes" stickers to put on the tabs!

Love that cloud paper.....great to cut out and pop dot those fluffy clouds!


And my fav....the banner stickers! Love banners!!

You know the best part about this mini?? You can purchase the kit to
make one of your own!! If you go HERE....it's the website for Hannah's
my LSS. You can contact them and purchase it.....they will even ship it
for FREE!!!! Go check them out!!

These are a few.....

of my favorite things!! Yes, this card.....is made with some of my
absolute favorite products!! This is our theme this month, so
watch for some absolute goodies!!

I am in LOVE with the Tim Holtz (TH) Sizzix Texture Fades!! The
ability to create layers with these embossing folders and Tim's
inks is limitless!! The first way to do this, is to ink the actual
folder.....the pic below shows the look WITHOUT ink on the left,
and WITH ink on the right.....
I love the depth you get when you rub the TH Distress Inks
(Brushed Corduroy here) directly onto the embossing folder. But you
don't have to stop there....next, a layer of TH Walnut Stain
Distress Ink was applied with a foam applicator, it really "pops"
the numbers and creates even more visual texture.....
Next step....it's very subtle in the pic (sorry!) but it really brings
out the numbers, another layer of Distress Ink in Black Soot
applied the same, but concentrating on just the numbers on the
clock faces.....
Then....a little detour....lol.....to the center of my card......I used a
HUGE favorite of mine, the Fancy Tags 3. I had saved the
negative image from cutting a tag out for a different card, and then
just trimmed it to fit my card.
And the finishing touch of the clock piece, was brushing it with a little
gold paint (I use the Adirondack Daubers) and then lightly sanding
it to take some of the gold back off. Then a piece of the original kraft
cardstock is centered under the black cardstock "frame" and the
word "DAD" stamped with an alpha from my stash. I brushed on a
bit more TH Walnut Stain Distress Ink to darken the cardstock
around the word "DAD" a bit, resulting in the finished project....

A great card for Dad (it would also work for a "Grad"!!).

Hope you enjoyed some of "My Favorite Things".....check them
out at Cutter's Creek!!

(PS this card was made with a 5&1/2" by 4&1/4" base, and the
kraft piece was 5&1/4" by 4")

Available at Cutter's Creek:
Tim Holtz Texture Fades (Clock & Steampunk)
Tim Holtz Distress Inks (Brushed Corduroy, Walnut Stain & Black Soot)
Tim Holtz ink applicator
Adirondack Paint Daubers
Fancy Tags 3

Ok--many of these items are sold out (I guess they are truly
favorites....lol) but Kim can re-order....please just ask!!

Oh My.....

I just cannot believe it's been sooooo long since my last post! Well....I was
cleaning out the old scrappy space....and the good news is.....keep your
eye out for a few blog candy goodies coming soon to a blog near you
(um, here....lol). In the meantime....I made a little card for the Tuesday
Card Challenge on the BoBunny Blog, as you can see above. This time
the "challenge" was flourishes....and the BoBunny Mama-Razzi line is
full of them! I used the chipboard, papers, and brads.....also I used this
sticker from the Mama-Razzi collection.....


Amazing what a little altering can do huh?? This is a card for my DH for
Father's Day...shhhhhh, don't tell!

Back soon with more goodies....especially now that I have a clean scrappy
space to play in!!

Sketchy Inspiration....

I have recently discovered the beauty of sketch inspiration!! You can follow
a sketch exactly, or you can tweak it up and make it almost entirely your
own. I'm STILL working on our 2007 Disney Cruise....enter Sketchy
Thursdays (which you can find HERE). The above awesome LO is thanks
to first off.....the best Disney papers and stickers from the Reminisce Magic
collection--in the above LO, the red polka dot is from the border stickers
from this line, the stars, the letters, and the journal box are as well. The
navy, silver and white background paper (that matches Mickey's hat just
perfectly!!) is also from Reminisce (in the Magic line called "superstars").

Secondly, this LO came together because of this sketch from Sketchy
Thursdays:

Yep, I think sketches may be my new best friend! At least until I get
caught up on my scrapping....lol......which may be awhile since I'm still
finishing a cruise from 2007.....just sayin'.....lol.

Make sure you find some time to craft everyday!!

Sketch Time

This sketch from Skipping Stones Designs is so beautiful in it's simplicity!!
I changed it up a little and came up with this card:

I used 2 SSD stamp sets....."Healing Wings" for the sentiment, and
one of my favs....."Heartsong" for the music (embossed in black) and
the butterflies (chalk "popped" with Pebbles shimmer chalks on a
versamark pad). I finally broke my new spellbinders doily die out
on this one!

'Til next time!