Scrappin' the Details

Happy New Year

I wanted to pop in, and wish everyone a Happy New Year! I hope to be back soon. Last week, was such a busy week with Christmas. I tried to focus on my family whenever I could. I also injured my hand, and so I have not been able to scrapbook. I hope to be better soon(:

Have a wonderful Monday as we begin 2012! 

My Mind's Eye Holiday Hoopla Celebration {Blog Hop}

Good morning!

Thank you for joining us for the My Mind's Eye 2011 Holiday Hoopla Blog Hop!I do want to begin by saying, how grateful I am to be a part of this team! I love their collections, and just thankful for the opportunity to create with their product. I cannot wait to see what they have in store for us in 2012!

***If you have just joined me, you may want to begin at the My Mind's Eye Blog, so you have all the merry details.

I wanted to share one of my favorite projects I created using the Lost & Found Christmas Collection. I actually created these Christmas Tags for a class I taught in December. You may have seen a peek, or two of a few of them, but since it is the SEASON, I would like to share the rest with you. {Hint: My secret word is in the sentence above, and it is in bold} (;

Twelve Tags of Christmas:

 

Okay, now for the fun part. On this blog hop, there will be inspiration along the way, and of course, there are some fabulous collections that you will have the opportunity to win! 

ONE winner will receive one of everything in our 12 Days of Christmas AND both Kraft Funday collections! Can you imagine all the projects you will be able to create?

My Mind's Eye will be sending you on a scavenger hunt to collect all the parts of the secret phrase.  Here's what we’re going to do:

• If you have just joined me, you may want to begin at the My Mind’s Eye blog, and “hop” on over to every blog you are sent to (be sure to hop in order).
• Each of our fabulous designers will share a part of a secret phrase with you.  Gather each word as you visit the blogs.  Be sure to start at the My Mind's Eye blog and hop in order so that you have the correct secret phrase!
• Leave a comment on each blog.
• At each blog, you will be directed to another blog. Be sure to visit and comment on each blog, to increase your chances of winning!
• When you hop back to the My Mind's Eye blog, leave a comment saying that you are done AND email the secret phrase to: [email protected].  (don't include the words in your blog comment)

Our blog hop will close Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at midnight.

There will be two ways to win at our party: 

1) Grand prize: After visiting every blog, email Amber the secret phrase.  One winner will receive our 12 Days of Christmas collection and both Kraft Funday collections!

2) Bonus entry: We will randomly draw one of our designer’s blogs and draw one winner from the comments on that designer’s blog.  This winner will receive our entire 12 Days of Christmas collection!

Thank you so much for joining me on this blog hop, and I hope you have enjoyed my Christmas tags of 2011.Your next stop is to Lisa Spiegel, {Click here}, and enjoy the Merry SEASON! {There is that word again} (;

 

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!

Three Tiny Houses { My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Christmas}

Have you been following the Holiday Hoopla blog series on the My Mind's Eye Blog? There has been lots of Christmas Inspiration from the designers, and guest designers.

Today, it is my turn to share on the blog. I created probably my last Chrismtas project for the season, tiny treasures  created with the gorgeous Lost & Found Christmas Collection. Here is a peek at my project:

To read more on my project, I hope you will visit me on the My Mind's Eye Blog. {Click here}, and I will see you there!

Have a wonderful day, and thank you for visiting today! Happy Holidays! 

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! 

 

 

Bag of Christmas Tags on the Blvd. {Bella}

Today, on the Bella Blog I shared some fun Christmas tags with Bella's Christmas Wishes collection. I love giving tags as a hostess gift, and I also enjoy creating tags for my children's presents. Christmas wishes is full of happy colors, and who would not love to see this merry color palette under the tree?

details:

Here is a closer look at the bag I created. I thought this was a cute size to tuck them into. On the front I used a white doily that I cut the inside circle from, and layered it with a circle, punched from vellum. Of course, I added a bit of embossing using a snowflake embossing folder. Then just simple embellishments round out this bag. I used the adorable chipboard reindeer, stickers, and white seam binding. I attached a mini jingle bell from the bow with a safety pin.

A look at the three tags I created:

I really love the simplicity of this one. I used the journaling spots from the cute cuts paper, as the base for all of my Christmas tags. Here I rounded the corners, and used my new punch for a few touches. I love the three circles on the front, and the star element as the final detail to the tag.

Here I used a little bit of this & that to create a tag full of texture, and dimension. Again, the tree is a cute cut, that I cut to fit onto the tag. I embellsihed it with a sweet candy cane, and a dec. 25 circle that was inked with one of Bella's miniature stamp sets. Another glittered star, and gorgeous silver seam binding finish the tag at the top.

 

My final tag created with all traditional Christmas colors. The white satrburst circle underneath the green scallop is the circle cut from the inside of the white doily, used on the first tag. I used some border strips, and more stamping to finish the bottom of the tag.

I have discovered in the last year, that I love designing tags for any time of the year. I hope to begin working on 14 new Valentine's tags this weekend. I will share a peek of a few of them, once they are done. They are part of a class I will be teaching in January.

Have a very merry weekend, and thank you for stopping by!

December Bella Buzz Newsletter is Here

Today, I wanted to let you know that Bella Blvd.'s Buzz Newsletter is live. It is full of inspiration, so download your copy today!

Download the December 2012 Issue {Here}

 

Fancy Pants{St. Nick Chalkboard Stickers}

Did you know Fancy Pants carries chalkboard stickers? Well, today on the Fancy Pants Blog they are being featured. The fun little gift box is a peek of a gift ensemble I created. {Click here} to read the post, and to see what the designers created! The collection I used is called St. Nick.

Now, off to sleep! Tomorrow is Macie's Seventh Birthday, and I have to be up early to make her birthday breakfast. She requested pancakes, so that should be easy enough(; 

Have a great night!

Soccer Scrapbook Page {Little Yellow Bicycle}

Hi, everyone! I hope you enjoyed a great weekend. I am still trying to recover from being sick. It was a challenging week for my family, but I hope I am now on the mend. However, with being sick, I am really behind schedule on so many things. So, I am going to keep it short, and sweet today. I wanted to share a scrapbook page I created with Little Yellow's Bicycle's Get Your Game On.

This photo is of Roman when he first played soccer. I know you cannot see his face, but I love this photo. The little boy with Roman, was always running up to him to hug him. It could be during practice, or during the game. He just liked hugging him. So, I am glad I caught this photo. What is so ironic, is that this little boy is currently on Roman's basketball team this season.I do not think Roman remembers him, but it is amazing to see how much they have changed.
a few details:

Lots of inking, embossing, and layering. I did use a couple of my cricut cartridges for some of the diecuts. I wish I had written them down, because now I do not remember! LOL I created this page so long ago. Okay, I have a couple of hours before heading to work, so I will be crafting until it is time to  go.
Have a great day! 

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!