A Peek Into My Stamping Room

I Heart You!

Hello friends!  I know this is a bit late to share but I just realized that I didn't share the Mother's Day card I created for my mom.  I had alot of fun creating this card.  I used alot of stuff that has been in my stash for awhile.  

 The patterned paper is from the Garden Journal Collection from Bo Bunny.  The die behind the flowers is Heirloom Oval (Spellbinders).  I used the Botanical Rose die set from Heartfelt Creations for the base of my flowers and for the leaves.  The middle of the largest flower is the Bitty Blossoms set.  I added some of the smaller roses in the Bitty Blossoms set too.  I used Victorian Velvet Distress Ink and sponged it on some of my roses and around the edges of my paper and die cut.  I added the "I heart you" sticker to complete this card.

Here is a close up.......

To help you, I am including links to the products I used in this blog post.  These are affiliate links, which means that I receive a small amount of commission at no extra cost to you. These direct links make it easier for you to make your online purchases.

Oh by the way, my Mom loved the card.  Of course, she has to say that because she is my mom.  But I think it's a pretty card, too!  LOL

Thanks for stopping by today!

Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge #22

Hello friends!  It's time for a new challenge over at the Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge blog.  I had alot of fun making this card for this challenge.

Challenge #22 Have a Nice Trip!

Many of us travel around the holidays, so let's celebrate our adventures! Dig into your hoard and find some items that are vacation or travel themed. Do you have a hoard of cruise ship ephemera? Do you have a box of transportation stamps? Do you have a stash of camping themed papers? Or piles of Disney embellishments? Show them off! Create a vacation or travel themed project for us!

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Here is my project for Challenge #22...

I used supplies from The Rubber Cafe' Creative Cafe' Kit of the Month - Take Flight.  It's such a wonderful kit, I just couldn't resist using the Hot Air Balloon image for this challenge.  I used Labels 29 from Spellbinders for the main image and the senitment.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Be sure to check out the other Craft Hoarders Anonymous Design Team to see all the beautiful projects they created!

• Wendi Robinson
• Pam Bray
• Kathy Clement
• Karen Zueger
• Jan Marie Ennenga
• Gloria Stengel - 
• Glenda Brooks
• Ginny Nemchak
• Donna Idlet
• Debbie Seyer - That's Me!!
• Christy Butters
• Amber Milone

Be sure to check back on Wednesday for my latest Heartfelt Creations project!  See ya soon!

Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge #21

Hello friends!  It's time for another challenge over at the Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge blog.  You are going to love this challenge and I know will want to participate so you can win some goodies!  

Challenge #21 Celebrate the Season

Raise your hands if you hoard Christmas or other winter holiday items! Who has a drawer full of  "retired" holiday papers and embellishments? Who goes crazy over the candy cane ribbons or the sparkly embellishments? Share a winter or seasonal holiday project with us. We would love to see your Christmas projects, but you may also enter Hanukkah, Kwanza, New Year's, other holiday celebration projects, or any winter-themed projects. Celebrate the season with us!

Our sponsor for this month's challenges is:

Here is the prize package you could win!

 

Here is my project for this challenge!

For this challenge, I dusted off alot of my Spellbinders dies to make this card.  I used the Layered Poinsettia, Splendid Circles, Back to Basic Tags and the Classic Leaf die from Heartfelt Creations.  The papers are from Authentique....don't you love them?  I know I really love them and actually bought the 12 x 12 paper pad to create our family Christmas cards this year.  This won't be our card because its alittle too fussy for mass production but I really love it!  I also used a Clear Wink of Stella pen on the poinsettia and its sparkle is just awesome!

Hope you will join us for this challenge!  Be sure to check out all the other Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge design team projects!  So get to hopping and creating....you could win some cool stuff!

• Wendi Robinson
• Pam Bray
• Kathy Clement
• Karen Zueger
• Jan Marie Ennenga
• Gloria Stengel - DT Coordinator/Challenge Blog Owner
• Glenda Brooks
• Ginny Nemchak
• Donna Idlet
• Debbie Seyer - That's Me!!
• Christy Butters
• Amber Milone

 

Art is The Window To Your Soul Album

 Hello Friends!  Hope you had a great week and are getting ready for an even better weekend!  I know we are staying close to home this weekend!  Last week I was cleaning out some old files on my computer.  I had stuff dating back to 2009 or later on here so I decided to do some serious file cleaning!  While doing the big sweep of stuff, I found this project that I am sure you haven't seen.  I don't make alot of Chipboard Albums so I am excited to share this with you.  I really love all the details!

 

I used the Bitty Blossoms and Rose Creation dies from Spellbinders to make the flowers.  Plus the window die is a Die D-Lite.  I used some foam tape inside the window die and used some Ice Resin to make the glittery window effect.  Here is a close-up!

I really love this album!  I put a bunch of sheets of watercolor paper inside so that you could use it as an art journal.  If you are interested in how I made the flowers, just leave a comment or send me an email to let me know.  I can create a video tutorial....they are so easy!

I will have some more projects to share with you next week!  Thanks for stopping by today and have a great weekend.

Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge #2 - A Birdhouse Project

Hello friends!  Happy Monday!  Today I am excited to share with you my project for Craft Hoarders Anonymous - Challenge #2 - Let's See That Hoard!

This is a Color Challenge with a twist. Pick the thing or things that you seem to hoard the most, and using the color scheme shown below, create a project that showcases your hoarded item or items. Do you hoard buttons, beads, ribbon, papers, stickers? Show your hoard, but only the items that match the color scheme! (Please note, you do not have to use all the colors in the photo, nor match the colors exactly. Just use the photo and the colors to inspire you to dig through your hoard.)

 

Here is my project for this neat challenge!

To make this birdhouse, I used a  the Sizzix Bigz XL 3d Rounded Birdhouse that I have been hoarding forever!  I haven't used my steel-ruled dies much because I usually have my Grand Caliber die cutting machine out.  But since before Christmas, I have been using the Teresa Collins eBosser Machine that I won.  You can refresh your memory about that HERE.  

To create this little birdhouse, I used a ton of stuff from my hoard!!  The papers are from Heartfelt Creations - Posy Patch Collection.  The flowers are made using Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms and Foliage dies (which work fantastic in the eBosser).  The Blue Bird was created using Spellbinders Media Mixage Birds One Die and Blanks.  I cut/embossed the bird twice from Sticky Backed Canvas and adhered those onto the Birds One Metal Blank.  Then I used a sponge and some ink to make it blue.  I added the little eye with a black marker.  I put everything together using a low-temp glue gun.  I also used a Doily from my stash as part of the base of this birdhouse!

 

 

I hope my project inspires you to particpate in this wonderful challenge!  You could win a very nice prize package from Shari Czerwinski, Independent Consultant for Close to My Heart!  You have until March 2 to get your project linked up with this blog post over at Craft Hoarders Anonymous - Challenge #2.

Make sure to check out my other team members today to see what they made for this fun challenge!  

Amber Milone

Christy Butters

Ginny Nemchak

Jan Marie Ennenga

Kathy Clement

 Thanks for stopping by today.  Have fun playing with this challenge and I can't wait to see what you make!  Stop by tomorrow for a short video on how to make a quick and easy card!

An Island Sun Valentine!

So are you ready for Valentine's day to be over because you are tired of the colors red and pink?  Well, I'm not but I do get tired of always seeing those colors used for the holiday.  So I sat down with some of my new Paper Loft collections and made a Valentine's Day card using NO pink or red!

  The sketch used is for this month over at The Paper Loft blog.  You can make a project using this sketch HERE.  To participate in this month's challenge - Make a project (card, scrap layout or any project that works with the sketch) using the provided sketch and upload it to your blog or online gallery. Leave a link to your project using the link widget at the bottom of the post. The Paper Loft products are not required to participate, but the winner will be chosen from a participant that uses The Paper Loft products somewhere on their project.

 To make my card, I used a piece of Whipped Cream Pop Tone cardstock cut to 5 1/4 x 10 1/2".  Scored it at 5 1/4" to fold it and then added all my goodies.  The papers are from the Island Sun Collection - Coral Bay, Emerald Cove and Beach Blanket papers.  The hearts were cut/embossed using Classic Hearts and Lace Hearts (Spellbinders).  I made cut some little flowers using the Bitty Blossoms dies and added little pearls in the middle of them.  To finish the card, I added the champagne seam binding (Really Reasonable Ribbon) and pearl stick pins (Maya Road).

 

I think this is a pretty card that one of my daughters will love.  Now today is only Wednesday so you do have time to get a card ready for that special someone in your life!  You can make them a card even if you don't have the "valentine" colors!  LOL  Better get busy!!

 

Blog Candy Winners Announced!

Well friends its time for me to pick the winners of my little blog candy give-away.  I didn't really get a whole lot of entries, so you had a really great chance of winning!  I used Random.org to pick the numbers......(drum roll)

#4 and #16

 

#4 is Marini O - How cute!!and you've done an excellent job creating with it. 

#16 is Judy I - What a super cute idea. Perfect for a teenager's party, but it would be great for a princess of any age. I'd love to win it.

Congratulations Ladies!  Please email your address so I can get the crown die out to you in the mail ASAP!!  Thanks to everyone who left me a comment!

I have a lot of stuff to share with you this week so be sure to check back Monday!  Have a great weekend!

Hobby Lobby Gift With Purchase Extravaganza + Blog Candy!

I am so excited to tell you about a new special gift with purchase promotion for Hobby Lobby, sponsored by Spellbinders! Shop at Hobby Lobby for Spellbinders products and receive an exclusive die! This die cannot be purchased and can only be acquired by participating in the promotion. Spellbinders produced a limited quantity of this die to be given away to their special customers at a recent CHA show and now making them available to you while supplies last! 

 

Isn't this die templates cute?  My youngest daughter will be 13 years old in a few weeks and I decided this was the perfect die cut to put on her birthday invites.  What do you think?

This is just a simple card that I made using dies you can purchase at your local Hobby Lobby store! 

 

To participate in this promotion, you have to do ALL of the following:

• Shop IN STORE or ONLINE at Hobby Lobby for Spellbinders products.
• Scan your receipt or take a photo and email it to KTillman@Spellbinders.us
• Include your shipping address in your email.
• Excitedly wait for your exclusive Spellbinders crown die!

This promotion is only good while supplies last... so act fast!

Don't you love this die?  Would you like to win one?  I have two of these dies to give away.  Just leave me a comment on this blog post  with your email address and I will pick a winner on Friday, August 23, 2013  at 11:59 pm Central Time.

 

An Elegant Happy Birthday!

Hello Friends! 

 

Today I have an elegant birthday card to share with you!   I just love the color combo of the patterned paper I used plus the Happy Birthday stamp is one of my favorites.

Here's a close-up of my Phrase on a diecut label.   You can get a closer look at my sweet stick pin cluster too!

I used Scrap Happy Sheer Glue to adhere all the elements to my card including the flowers.  

Using pre-made flowers is new for me and I just love how well the Scrap Happy Sheer Glue holds them in place!

Hope you like my card for today.  I thought it was kinda quick and easy!  Be sure to check back tomorrow because I will be posting some more pretty cards using this same paper!  

Supplies:

Stamps: The Rubber Cafe' - Happy Birthday Sentiment

Papers:  Prima- Fairy Rhymes; Discount Cardstock -Kraft, Whipped Cream Pop-Tones, 12 x 12 Celery cardstock - JoAnn's

Ink: Rich Cocoa Memento Ink
Adhesives: The Rubber Cafe'- Scrap Happy Sheer Glue, Kool Tak Foam Squares
Embellishments: The Rubber Cafe'- Pearl Jellie Dots; Misc- pearl stick pins, seam binding, flowers, lace 
Tools/Dies: Spellbinders Paper Arts - 5x7 Matting Basics A; 5x7 Elegant Labels Four and Labels Four die templates

Just Be You Scrapbook Layout!

Hello Friends!  I have some good news!  I started a Facebook page for this blog!  On this page, I will be sharing about the projects I have posted, other blogs and cool projects that I love and products that I use alot.  You can like my page HERE.  I sure hope you will check it out!

Today I have another Spellbinders Paper Arts project to share.  This is a scrapbook layout I did of my daughter, Caitlyn.  I used some of my favorite supplies to create this page, too!

You can see this project in the Idea Gallery at the Spellbinders Paper Arts website.  It was super fun to make and I love that picture of her!  Right now she isn't feeling or looking like this.  Wednesday she had her wisdom teeth removed and it was alittle traumatic for all of us.  Hopefully she will be back to normal soon!

I used the 5 x 7 Enchanted Labels 28 die template to create this page of my daughter. I also used Graphic45 A Ladies Diary patterned papers to create the background, along with 5 x 7 Enchanted Labels 28 die cuts as a photo mat and a border. I added Jewel Flowers and Flourishes die cuts as accents with the fussy cutting pieces from the papers.  This page measures 12 x 12".

Journaling:

Don’t be afraid of how awesome you are…..Just be You……Caitlyn

Spellbinders Supplies:

• S5-143 Jewel Flowers and Flourishes
• S6-003 5 x 7 Enchanted Labels 28
• Spellbinders® Grand Calibur® Die Cutting and Embossing Machine

Preferred Partner Products:

• Want2Scrap©, LeCreme Finesse Swirls Pearls

Cross Promotional Partner Products:

• Graphic 45, A Ladies Diary Collection, Timeless Memoir, A Ladies Diary, Focal Point and Lasting Impression Patterned Papers
• Bazzill Basics Paper®, Simply Smooth Ivory and Kraft Cardstock
• BEACON ADHESIVES, 3-in-1 Advanced Craft Glue

Other Supplies:

Clear Crystal Beads; Quilling Tool