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Scrapbook in a Jar

Hello and happy Friday, friends! I finally took the time to finish a scrappy project I had in mind from our summer vacation this year and this is what I came up with: A scrapbook in a mini mason jar (or several jars)! I hope you'll join me today over in Ellen Hutson's the CLASSroom for all the details on this project! Happy weekend! Read more →

At the Beach Scrap Page & Giveaway!

Hello and happy Friday! My family loves tropical island/beach destination vacations and last month we had the opportunity to visit a few. Here is one of my favorite photos from that trip, on this fun, colorful flip flop 11" x 8.50" page: And anyone who knows me well knows I LOVE my flip flops and wear them everywhere, any time ... as long as it is above about 50 degrees! Thank goodness I live in a relatively warm climate with that type of weather about 9+ months out of the year! :) So it's no wonder I HAD to have this fabulous, huge new Taylored Expressions Flip Flop Garland die set which has four different sizes of flip flops! A few quick page details to go along with those fabulous flip flops: Trendy gold metallic cardstock die cut words, with Gold Copic Atyou Spica Glitter Pen accents and journaling: GIVEAWAY You can find full details about this page today over on the Taylored Expressions blog, along with a giveaway of the Flip Flop Garland die set I used AND a copy of the newest issue of Scrapbook & Cards Today magazine!! I hope you'll join me there and be sure... Read more →

Good Old Summertime!

Hello there and happy summer time! I hope you are staying cool, wherever you are . . . the heat and humidity have come back in full force here in southern coastal Texas (whew)! Today over on the Pink Ink Postmarks blog, I'm sharing this pocket card: I sure wish I had a fabulous sun porch swing like this one, to take a rest in the shade with a nice cool iced tea! And isn’t that snoozing puppy absolutely adorable?!! To make this pocket card, I stamped the wonderful Sunporch Snooze #2244K (all bold products are linked below in the supply section) with Versamark watermark ink onto kraft paper and heat embossed it with white powder. Next, I used a white colored pencil to do a little shading and then finished coloring the image with the Copic markers pictured below (you can also see how the white card insert pulls out of the pocket card below … a great spot for a gift card!): To enhance the beautiful fine cutout details of the swing, I shaded it with the C1-C2-C3 Copic markers, the puppy was colored with E31-E33, and the pillow with BG01. Next, I cut out the swing and... Read more →

MFT July Release Rewind

Welcome to the My Favorite Things July Release Rewind - Day 2! I hope to inspire you with more ideas for those new July goodies you've purchased and are patiently waiting to be delivered or to help you finish up your shopping, if you are still on the fence about anything! For me, it’s a chance to (catch up on my scrapbooking again--yay!) and use some of the new products that I may not have had the chance to show you yet that are available right HERE, right NOW in the MFT Boutique! Direct links to all products used on my project today can be found at the bottom of this post. My family took a quick mini vacation the end of last month and this was one of my favorite photos of the trip -- especially since I didn't get a very good photo of my girls with their Dad on Father's Day ... I wanted this one to do double duty for this 8-inch scrap page! (Click on any photo for a larger view) When I first saw the awesome new Square Grid Coverup Die-namics, I thought it would work great for a photo mosaic look and it... Read more →

Patriotic Luminary

I saw a patriotic luminary idea on Pinterest and wanted to re-create it, so today over in Ellen Hutson's the CLASSroom I share how to make it. I hope you'll join me there! And I hope you are enjoying your Summer! Read more →

Gina K Designs May 2012 Release Inspiration Hop 3!

The Design Team for Gina K. Designs welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop!!! Gina and the Design Team will inspire you with many beautiful ideas! And as you hop through their blogs, make sure to leave a comment on each of them because we will choose a few random comments and those stampers will each win a grab bag of deeply etched, pre-cut Gina K. Designs stamps! To see the full list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a couple of days after the hops!! Our first set being featured today is the huge, fabulous and full of Summer goodness, brand new Hello Sunshine StampTV Kit! Anyone who knows me knows how much I love my flip flops … I wear them about 9-10 months of the year down here in the warm south! So I was thrilled to see the wonderful flip flop stamps in this set and they inspired me to create a large flip flop shaped card! It measures 5” x 4.25”: Again, I put my new Silhouette Cameo from Gina’s store to work and cut a flip flop card, then decorated them with two of the great sentiments from this... Read more →

JustRite Stampers 2012 CHA Winter Release 6

Hello and welcome back to another JustRite Stampers Winter CHA stamp set release day! Today the JustRite design team is featuring this deeply etched red rubber cling set (made in the USA!), Sea Shell Bay Labels Twenty-Two: And just as the name says, it coordinates with Spellbinders Labels Twenty-Two Nestabilities dies! I think I used nearly every stamp in this set on my projects . . . I LOVE anything to do with the sea (must be my water astronomical sign!): (Click on any photo for a larger view) The beautiful seahorse label was stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa ink onto natural white cardstock and then airbrushed with Copic BG53 marker: The rest of the label was colored with Copic markers (colors shown below) and then die cut with the Spellbinders Labels Twenty-Two die (second to largest die). I love how dimensional this label is and all the fabulous details! The round seashell accent is also a stamp from this set. The “Relax in the Sun” accent is the smallest label stamp from this set and matches up with the smallest Labels Twenty-Two die. It is colored with Copics and popped up on foam tape over a Spellbinders Fleur de... Read more →

August Calendar

Since I was so late with my July calendar, I wanted to get a head start on August's since I'll be at the Craft & Hobby Association (CHA) show all next week. I can't believe July is almost over -- the summer is just flying by! I decided to take up Gina K's challenge to use a technique from one of her Stamp TV videos and make something with it. Since I've had some Spellbinders Impressabilities templates for a while but still haven't used them yet, I chose to follow Gina's Letterpress with Impressabilities tutorial -- she made it look so easy! So here's my project: I used the Sea Scape Impressabilities on kraft cardstock and inked the template with Sahara VersaMagic Chalk Ink before embossing it -- I love how it turned out! I cut the shell paper to fit a 4"x4" chipboard coaster (left) and used the remainder on the bottom of the right page of my calendar. Of course, I also colored the beautiful hibiscus flower images (from Theresa Momber's Aloha stamp set by Gina K Designs). You can see one of Gina's Stamp TV videos on how she colored some Lilies with Copics here. I stamped... Read more →

JustRite By The Sea Sneak Peek & Friday Challenge!

Yes, I think everything would be JUST FINE if I were By The Sea right now, LOL! In the mean time, this fabulous brand new stamp set from JustRite Stampers will have to suffice! It's time for JustRite Stampers' April release and we're starting previews AND PREORDERING today! Yes, JustRite is now accepting preorders for April's FIVE new stamp sets! You can find all five sets and brand new preorder terms HERE -- you won't be billed for your preorders until the order ships! For the next five days, we'll be sneak peeking each new set at the JustRite Inspiration blog, so be sure to check there each day. I could not wait to use this wonderful new beachy, sea set, By The Sea -- I'm a beach bum at heart and would be oh-so happy if I could just sit in that adirondack chair under an umbrella, with my feet in the sand ALL DAY LONG!! Aren't these new illustrations fabulous?!! The details are amazing -- I'm in love!! We like to collect sand and shells from the beaches we visit and we're planning a family trip to St. Thomas this summer (can.not.wait)! So I thought I would go... Read more →