Scrappin' the Details

Child's Play {Fancy Pants}

Hi, friends!

Today, I have a few Fancy Pants projects to share with you. All of he following projects used my favorite collection from Fancy Pants, Childish Things.

First, is a scrapbook page I created of my Miss Macie. Look at how small she looks in the photos! These were taken at Roman's Birthday party, and she loved the ball pit. She did not want to leave, and was so content playing.

Child's Play 

This collection is full of fun, and whimsical patterns. I really love the primary colors on the kraft background. Seriously in love with this collection, and need to restock my stash soon.(;
Details: 

Now, if you follow my blog, you probably know I love my embossing folders! On the brown paper, I embossed it on the wrong side. However, after laying it down onto my page, I was okay with it, "as is." Sometimes, mistakes turn out to be fun mistakes. The word play is from one of the journaling tags from this paper, and I used the letter stickers from the same collection on top. How beautiful is that blue button? My favorite buttons are Fancy Pants, and this primary package is one that I will be so sad to see depleted. 

Another journaling tag holding my date, and a cute chipboard horse to add a fun detail. In the corner you can also see a bit of the star rubons I used from the Childish Things Rub ons package.

With my scraps, I usually tend to throw them away. Yes, I did just write that. I simply do not have the space, or the time for another filing system. So, ususally after a project, my scraps are thrown away. This time I took this opportunity to create two cards:
Smile {Card}

I started in a whole other direction with this card, but love the simple end result. The "twinkle twinkle little star" strip from the music paper, inspired the card. Simple, but so sweet!
Believe in fairytales {card}

How adorable is the prince, and princess? If you have not purchased this collection, I think it should be on your list(; I love this card, too. Every time I look at it, I feel like it was meant as a card for Gabi. Not sure why, but it will be in a safe place until that time presents itself. A Princess cannot have a crown without a bit of glitter. So, I ran the journaling card through my Xyron, and then dusted Diamond Dust all over the top. I have not pulled out my glitter in awhile! I hope you enjoyed my projects, and Two Peas has the entire collection in stock. You can find it here.

Also, here is a peek at an upcoming mini I have to share with you. Hopefully, I will not be in trouble for showing just a small peek(;

I will do my best to share it in the morning, but I am heading to the Scrapbook Expo tomorrow with friends. Now, I am not sure why I am going. What else could I possibly need?? (:

Have a great night!

Pink Paislee {Guest Artist}

Happy Monday!

It has been a busy weekend! It seems I am always saying this! LOL From cheer competitions in Los Angeles, and the Pinewood Derby, I can say I am truly exhausted! (: However, it is Monday, and we are not off to a good start. Roman went home sick today, so I had to leave work earlier than planned. While he is resting, I thought this might be a good time to blog about something that made me one happy gal(;

On the Pink Paislee Blog on Sunday, I had a few projects featured. Can you say, "Woohoooo, with me??" I was one of the twelve Guests artists for 2011. So, this month I am able to share with you a few items I created using their product. I am a big fan of Pink Paislee, and loved everything that was sent to me. So, very thrilled for the opportunity to be featured on their blog! So a BIG thank you to Pink Paislee for having me!

Here are the projects I created using their Mistables, Vintage Vogue, and Grand Prarie:
Fly High

 

Bright SunShiny Day Card:

Sweet & Adorable You

Friends Card:

 

& finally an elegant altered box:

 

Thank you for letting me share in my excitement! I hope you enjoyed my papercrafts I created using Pink Paislee's fabulous products! Again, a thank you to Rebecca Cross, and Pink Paislee for having me!!! If you want to read a bit more about me, and a view of these projects, join me on the Pink Paislee blog, by clicking {here}.

Back to my little guy, and carpool! Have a wonderful evening!! 

Trio of Valentine's Cards {Pebbles}

All week long the Pebbles blog is featuring projects with the With Love Collection. Really love, how they incorporated kraft onto their paper designs. For a few details on my cards, and for a complete list of supplies, {click here} to join me on the Pebbles Blog.

Off to finish kitting for my last class. Thank you for stopping by!

Off to CHA Anaheim 2012

Hi, everyone!
Okay, I think this has been the busiest time for me in terms of CHA preparations! In about a week, and a half, I created five scrapbook pages, six altered projects, and two mini albums! I also held a tag class on Thursday night! A big thank you to the ladies taking the class! We had so much fun, and they each bought an additional kit, so they could have a set of tags for themselves! LOL So, again thank you!!! Those that did purchase kits, they will be at the store on Wednesday. I do have a few to mail out, and will do that in the morning. 

However, I will admit I was so tired. After dropping off my projects on Saturday, I came home around 5pm. I intended to sleep for just an hour, but did not wake up until 7am the next day! I woke up in such a panic, because Macie had a cheer competition. Luckily, there was plenty of time, but I  could not believe I slept that long. I do feel well rested, and here I am wide awake at 1am in the morning! LOL

So today was spent in Long Beach watching Macie perform! She did amazing! Her team received fifth place out of ten teams. I thought they deserved a bit higher, but of course, I am going to say this! LOL I did work for a few hours at Timeless, and then off I went to have dinner with the lovely owners of Duetica. So nice to see them, and to meet other designers on the team. On that note, here is a Valentine's Day card I created using the Mandolyn font:


I love this font, and never tire using it. It is one of my December projects. I am a bit behind in my blogging, and hope to catch up soon. Next week, I will share the projects created for January. I know, again, a bit behind over here. Definitely, check out the Duetica Blog for tons of inspiration from the other designers!

I do have many projects to share, and will do so soon. However, I will be taking the next three days off to be at the trade show. I cannot wait to see all the new product, amazing projects, and to reconnect with some of my online friends! 

So thank you for stopping by, and I will be back at the end of the week! 

Hugs

p.s. I do have one last tag kit class available. Please email me if you are interested.

 

Christmas Cards with Pebbles

Happy Thursday! I cannot believe Christmas is in three days! Where has the time gone? I have been so busy working, since it is the busiest time of the year. I will admit I still have such a very long, long list to tackle. So if you are short on time yourself, here are a couple of Christmas cards that are simple to create:

These cards use the Welcome Christmas collection from Pebbles. This line has the traditional green, and red you find this time of year. I love the patterns, and I kept the design very simple. Both cards took me about 45 minutes to create. 


I used the standard card size for base with white cardstock. I simply mixed the bold pattern of the holly with the stripe pattern on the bottom. A premade embellishment from this package the was perfect for my sentiment. Of course, you can never go wrong with a red bow.


A felt layered embellishment layered on top of embossed cardstock is a quick, and easy way to embellish this card. I used the pattern paper that already included what I needed to say. Super easy, and make for a great addition to any Christmas gift.

These cards are part of an entire feature of Holdiay cards on the Pebbles Blog. So if you need inspiration, {Click here} for gorgeous cards from the designers.

I hope you are done with your Christmas list, and come back tomorrow with a Blog Hop from My Mind's Eye!

See you then!

A Surprise Birthday Blog Hop for Bella Blvd.'s Stephanie

 

Happy Monday! You have just stumbled upon a Surprise Birthday Blog Hop for the amazingly talented Stephanie of Bella Blvd!!!  

Happy, Happy Birthday Stephanie!

"For those that are just joining me, you will want to go to the Bella Blvd blog by {clicking here}, so you can start at the beginning of the blog hop. You don't want to miss anything.". There will be lots of special birthday wishes for Stephanie, and card inspiration along the way.

Here is the card I designed for her using her designs, of course!
 

Birthdays are all about celebrating, laughter, and simply a happy time! I wanted to create a card full of color, and lots of layers! To add softeness to the card,I used my favorite textures: vellum & a simple white doily.

Even thought it's Stephanie's birthday, we have some gifts for a few of you lucky readers as well! We know how generous and giving Stephanie is, and we know she would never have a fun blog hop, without a few giveaways up for grabs too. So we got permission from Robin, who works alongside Stephanie in the office, to pick TEN lucky winners, who will each receive a Bella Blvd collection. All you need to do to be entered in the random drawings, is to leave Stephanie your birthday wishes in the comment section. You have lots of opportunities to up your chances, since you can leave a comment on each blog you visit, as you go through the blog hop. There are 26 blogs, plus the Bella Blvd blog, for a total of 27 chances to get your name in the pot. We will randomly choose winners, from 10 randomly choosen blogs, and announce them on Friday!  Good luck to all of you!  

For the next stop on the blog hop, you are going to go visit: Brook Stewart!  Enjoy the Birthday Blog hop, and thank you for helping us celebrate Stephanie's Birthday!

Now, Stephanie enjoy your special day, and thank YOU for having me a part of your design team! 

 

 

My Mind's Eye Blog Challenge 30 {Card & Layout}

The My Mind's Eye Blog Challenge is posted on their blog. First, here is the sketch for the card. The theme is anything goes!
  A simple sketch that really helped me in the design process. I used the
12 Days of Christmas for the card, since it was already sitting on my desk from a previous page. I love it when I can use scraps of paper for a card, and now will have this available for a teacher's or hostess gift.

The three circle design elements are the large chipboard circle, and the two glittered peppermints are the final two.

I addeda bit of inking to the small banner strip. I simply removed the brad at the end, stamped, and decided to replace the brad with a staple. To finish the card, I tied the red twine around the bottom of the card.

Here is the sketch for the scrapbook page:

and my take:

This page took me about an hour to create. To be honest this is all the time I had available(; So, I stayed pretty true to the sketch, and was able to scrapbook these sweet photos of Roman from 2007. I could not find three small photos of him smiling , so I used a 4x6 in its place. 

Detail of the chipboard elements from the 12 Days of Christmas.I also added three sticker snowflakes from American Crafts. I really loved these, and wish I had another package!(; I added the date with my computer, and printed it on the preprinted title.

I have to go now! I have been sick for three days, and have so much to get accomplished! I had to call in sick to work this morning, and I really do not like doing that. Lots of assignments due in the next few days, and I am working, too. Enjoy your day, and thank you for stopping by!

Happy Thanksgiving

I wanted to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving to you, and your family! May your day be surrounded by family, friends, and yes, even football! Go Cowboys!!!

{Card uses a new font being introduced by Duetica, created with Crate's Farmhouse Collection. If you loved the Mandolyn font, you are going to love the Woodwynds! I love all the swishes on this font. It is simply gorgeous! I will let you know when it is available for purchase on the Duetica site.

Have a blessed day! 

Happy 11.11.11

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

World Card Making Day & Fancy Pants Challenge

Tomorrow is World Card Making Day, well in about one hour it will officially be started here in California!  Fancy Pants wants you to help celebrate! Fancy Pants is hosting a challenge to create a greeting card. Here are the details, so you can enter:

Simply create a greeting card with any theme that you would like. You want to use at least some Fancy Pants products. Then post it to Fancy's Facebook Wall between now and Oct. 8, 2011.That is it! With all the new collections available, this will not be difficult to do(:

We will judge the cards and select three winners to each receive a prize package. The winners will also have their card featured on the blog.

Note: *We will accept only one entry per person. Challenge is open to US and International residents. Entries are due by midnight MST, Saturday, October 8th, 2011. Cards posted to our wall prior to Sept. 30, 2011 do not qualify. We will post the three winners here on the blog on Tuesday, October 11, 2011, so be sure to check back then to see if you've won.

Here are two cards I created for the blog, using the Saint Nick Collection. After creating Christmas tags, and my altered tray, I was still in a Christmas kind of mood.

St. Nicholas Card

I love Santa images, and I could use this all the time. After creating this card, I think it would be perfect as a Christmas card? What do you think? The design is simple, and I think this would not be too difficult to mas produce. I would use a stamp image of the Santa Claus, because I only have one more of these 3x3 cards of him. I may just give it a whirl this year, and make handmade cards. 

I wish you a Merry Christmas

For more, and I mean more inspiration check out the card designs by the Pocket Chicks! There are lots to see! {Click here} to join in on the fun!

I hope you have a fabulous weekend, and find some creative time for just you! I have had such a trying week. I will not bore you with the details, but let us just say, tomorrow cannot come fast enough for me(; We have a full day of soccer, and football tomorrow! Come 7pm, this gal is putting on her pajams, and spending the rest of the weekend, lounging with my kids. We will sneak in a pajama day. We have not had one in such a long time. You know I love these kind of days. I will definitely find some crafting time for me, because pajama rule No. 2 states, you can do whatever your heart desires(; 

I do have lots of projects to share with you. I simply have not had time to sit, and post them onto my blog. So come back next week if you can. I will have pages to share, a couple of altered projects, images of the classes I will be teaching, and think I will throw in a giveaway at the end of the week!

Enjoy, it is almost midnight, and that means Saturday has arrived! Woohooo!
Glad you stopped by today!