Thankful For You CARD

I just have a quick share for you all today! This is a card I made months ago when I was on the design team for Pretty Little Studio. I never got a chance to share it here on the blog. It features the beautiful papers and embellishments from the Nature Walk collection.

Thanks for taking a quick peek at my project! Happy Monday!

My First Publication - "Hello" Card

 

Quite a few months ago, I recieved a very happy email telling me that one of my cards was accepted for publication in CARDS magazine. This would go on to be my very first "officia" publication!  I'm so proud to say that you can find my creation in the July 2013 issue, on page 143....

It's so exciting seeing one of my projects professionally photographed, and in print! Go snatch up your copy of the magazine for even more inspiration from some really great card makers!

Happy Crafting!

Halloween, Halloween - Card

While I am enjoying this lovely warm weather, I’ve still been in the mood to work with Fall colors. Although the Monsieur collection from Pretty Little Studio is more of a masculine type of collection – the patterns and colors work perfectly for any fall project! I was completely inspired by the collection and decided to make this lovely Halloween Card.
 Supplies Used: Pretty Little Studio's Monsieur Collection, Pretty Little Studio's Vintage Feedsacks Mini Paper Ribbons, Pretty Little Studio's Mr Connor Bookmark Tags, American Crafts' Elements Brads Fabric Nightfall, GCD Studio's Charleston Collection

Thanks for reading, and happy Mother's day weekend!

Love My Tapes and Pretty Little Studio BLOG HOP

 
Hello and welcome to the Pretty Little Studio and Love My Tapes Blog Hop! We thought it would be fun to combine forces and share with you projects highlighting Pretty Little Studio whimsical goodness paired with the versatility and trendiness of Love My Tapes.

During the Blog Hop, you will be visiting blogs from both Pretty Little Studio and Love My Tapes Design Team members. We promise to bring you a hop FULL of inspiration and creativity.

The Hop will start on the Pretty Little Studio blog and end on the Love My Tapes blog, so head on over to the Pretty Little Studio blog if you are just joining in.

Let's start hopping! You should have arrived here from Candice Elliott's blog!

 Pretty Little Studio Blog

Annette Allen
Annette Witherspoon
Ashley Horton
Candice Elliott
Christina Collins YOU ARE HERE!
Heather Adams
Janice Whiting
Jenni Calma
Lisa Spiegel
Lisa Wilkinson
Mary Ann Jenkins
Missy Whidden
Tina Walker

Love My Tapes Blog

Pretty Little Studio products go perfectly with the gorgeous tapes that Love My Tapes has to offer! I just fell in love with this navy blue tape, and knew I wanted to make a tag with it. Remember those pretty little studio embellishments I put together last week? I put one of them to good use, and made this beautiful birthday gift tag! The navy blue tape comliments the teal and reds of the pretty little studio products so well. I just love it and can't wait to dress up a birthday package with it!

GIVEAWAY:

And what’s a Blog Hop without giveaways? Be sure to visit all the blogs, including the Pretty Little Studio and Love My Tapes blogs for a chance to win some PLS and LMT goodies (like a giant box of trendy goodness from Love My Tapes and Pretty Little Studio)!

In addition, I'll be giving away a pack of these adorable Pretty Little Studio Bingo cards and two gorgeous rolls of Love My Tapes washi tapes. To win - just leave a comment on this post by May 2nd.

We will announce the winners of the PLS and LMT giveaways on May 3rd, so be sure to be watching for the announcements.

Your next stop is Heather Adams!
 

"The Happy Couple" Card

With Summer upon us, I found it fitting to make a wedding card. Just a little something to wish the happy couple a lovely future.

 Supplies Used: GCD Studio's Charleston Collecton, Bella Blvd's Love and Marriage flags, Bella Blvd's Love and Marriage Stickers, GCD Studip's Pure Bliss Cardstock Label Stickers 

Thanks for taking a peek!

 

Pretty Little Studio Birthday Party Tag

My first "official" project for Pretty Little Studio is up! I was challenged to use a set of "birthday bright" colors.

This is the little tag I came up with. It's my first altered tag and I just love it! The color scheme consisted of green, pink, and blue stripes in the background. I also noticed just a hint of yellow here, and there. The ‘Birthday Cake’ collection worked perfectly for these colors. I used one of the bingo cards and covered it with strips of fancy paper for the fun patchwork effect.

Products Used: Birthday Cake collection (Pretty Little Studio), American Crafts Glitter Tape, Recollections Bling

Feel free to stop by the Pretty Little Studio blog to get even more inspiration!

'Home is wherever I'm with you' Card

Hello fellow crafters! I just wanted to share my newest card creation with you today. Tiny pinwheels, shooting stars, and butterflies! What's not to love?

Supplies Used: Echo Park's 'Happy Together' collection, Studio Calico's Here & There Cardstock Die Cut Shapes, Studio Calico's Kraft Butterfly Stickers, Elle's Studio journaling card, Freckled Fawn Washi Tape, American Crafts Glitter Tape, My Minds Eye Flakes 12X12 Winter Wonderland Paper, My Minds Eye Enamel Dots

  Thanks for taking a peek at my blog!

All things Pretty Little Studio (baby card/introduction over at PLS blog)

As most of you already know - I have joined the Pretty Little Studio design team. This week - PLS is introducing all of the new members on their blog. It's still pretty surreal to see my picture on their blog! Run on over and read my introduction. You might just learn some fun facts about me and you'll have a chance to win one of my favorite Pretty Little Studio products...Paper Diecut Feathers – coming soon in the new Nature Walk Collection.

 I wanted to show an example of my work along side my introduction so I put this card together using Pretty Little Studio's beautiful products. Isn't it precious? A perfect card for an expecting mother.

SUPPLIES USED: Pretty Little Studio's Sand Castle Collection, Pretty Little Studio's Baby Vintage Circle Tags, Baby Girl One Word Flash Cards, Silhouette Cameo, Studio Calico Wood Veneer circle shapes

Thanks for taking a peek!

A Masculine Card for my Valentine & Some News

Valentines Day is tomorrow! What do you have planned with your sweetheart? The hubby and I plan on celebrating this weekend with a little local romantic getaway. I'm pretty excited!

Of course I still plan on giving the hubby some candies and a card tomorrow. This morning he is at work so I woke up early to make him this masculine card. I put my silhouette to work on this one - using it to cut the tags, star, and scalloped circle.

Products Used: My Favorite Things Six By Six Pad, Floral 12X12 Homemade Paper by Echo Park Paper Co., Silhouette Cameo, Woolies by Basic Grey, Scalloped Circles Classic Calico 3 Wood Veneer by Studio Calico, White Cardstock, Black Cardstock

I also have some fun news to share. Last night I received a very happy email telling me that one of my projects is to be published in CARDS magazine - the July 2013 issue! I couldn't be more excited. This is my very first publication and an absolute dream come true! Now comes the long five month wait for the magazine to come out. ;)

Thanks for reading!

Memories with you - CARD

It's Monday! How was every one's weekend? Did you watch the football game? The only time I even glanced at it was when it had be won. I think it's adorable when all the big muscled men are so happy, and literally have a skip in their step! Enough about football though...

Let's talk crafts! I made a card. I am still more of a 12x12 girl but I think I'm getting better making cards. The base of this card is actually vellum (just to add some fun and different texture). I'm running a little low on supplies so this was kind of a 'dive into my scraps basket and see what I can find' sort of project. That gold frame is actually a few years old (it's by Making Memories). The sentiment - "memories with you" - is actually something I cut out of some packaging!

SUPPLIES USED: Silly 6X6 Heyday Paper, Dew 6X6 Heyday Paper, Vellum, Brilliance 6X6 Authentique Paper, Bunny Tail Trail 12X12 Woodland Park Paper, Style 12X12 On Trend Paper,
Woodland Park Chip N Stick 8X12, Crate Paper's Little Bo Peep Border Stickers, My Minds Eye Enamel Dots, EK Sucess Binding Punch, Making Memories Frame

Thanks for taking a peek!

"Hello" card // Cardmaking

I've been trying so hard to get into card making. I enjoy it, I really do. I just feel like my cards are...well...not that great. Layouts usually come easy to me because I have such a big canvas to work with. Cards, however, just don't offer enough room for all that I want to cram on there. I guess another problem is I don't exactly have very many 'card making' supplies. The majority of my papers and embellishments are more made for layouts. However, practice makes perfect, right?

The base of this card is a craft card stock, though you can't see it because it's been covered with lovely layers. The layers consist of papers from several different companies/lines - Crate Paper's Fourteen collection, Echo Park's Sweet Day collection, My Little Shoeboxes' Happy Go Lucky collection, Studio Calico's Heyday collection, and a page from my pink Smash Book by K&Company. The scalloped edge at the top is from Crate Paper's Little Bo Peep collection.

The chipboard flower is from October Afternoon's Woodland Park collection, and the wood veneer "Hello" shape is from Freckled Fawn. The enamel dots are from My Minds Eye.

And don't forget you still have one day left to enter in the giveaway I'm holding! Check the details out here!
Thanks for taking a peek!

Handmade and Digital Christmas Cards

I'm not much of a card maker but on certain occasions the mood will hit me. The mood hit me this morning and this is the quick little card that I came up with. I used this week's saturday card sketch from Two Peas In A Bucket. The red paper, Santa sticker, polka dot paper, and stars are all from Echo Park's Very Merry collection. The "Ho! Ho!" paper is from a Me & My Big Ideas paper stack that I got from Michael's last year and the wooden button is from American Crafts. The card is backed a a piece of kraft card stock.

 

It opens up to reveal a little pocking that will hold an iTunes gift card. The pocket also acts a little spot for me to write my sentiments on.

Unfortunately I don't have the supplies, nor the time and energy to hand make everyone Christmas cards. Photoshop comes in handy though! This is the Christmas card I have made this year to pass out with every one's gifts. Super simple but I think it's pretty cute. Our relatives are always excited to get photos of Charlotte so I'm sure this one will be a winner!

Thanks for taking a peek! Happy Friday. I hope everyone has a lovely weekend.

 

Happy Father's Day! (cards)

Happy father's day to all the proud papas!
In honor of these special men in our lives I'd like to share a couple of cards I made for such the occasion. Keep in mind I am not much of a card maker! It's never quite been my 'trade' of choice. Nonetheless...I'm pretty proud of them. :) I just had fun with making them. Isn't that what is most important?

This first one is the card I made my dad. It measures 5x7 and the base is made out of kraft cardstock. I used papers and embellishments are from Pink Paislee's Prairie Hill collection, Authentique cardstock, and Echo Park's (This and That) Charming collection. I cut the tags and title out using my Silhouette Cameo and stamped one of them with my "potty man" stamp from Hero Arts. I also used my Martha Stewart Scallop Dot punch and my EK Success binding edge punch to make the different borders.

This second one is the card I made for my husband. It measures 5x7 and the base is made out of kraft cardstock. I used Echo Park's (This and That) Charming collection and also some dotted swiss cardstock (punched with Martha Stewart's Scallop Dot punch). The stars and mustaches (and the majority of the title) are all cut out using my Silhouette Cameo.

Have fun celebrating with the special men in your life!

"Just A Few Facts" layout + baby card (My Little Shoebox)

 

Perhaps I am not being the least bit modest but I can honestly say that words cannot express how much I love this layout. I worked on it from beginning to end. I sketched it out on a piece of paper, grabbed my supplies and photos, and made it happen. I feel like this layout completely portrays my own personal scrapbooking style. The neat alignment, pile of embellishments, use of kraft paper and lovely colors. It's all me! I have never been so happy with a completed project before. I really hope to do more layouts like this.

I have so many random pictures of my daughter that don't necessarily tell a specific story, yet I still want to scrapbook them. I decided a good idea would be to list a few random facts about her. However, I needed to make a layout that would allow for a lot of journaling which is where the banner came into play.

As for the supplies...
All of the papers (aside from the kraft) are My Little Shoebox (Lovely Day). The papers and journaling spots that make up the banner are also from this collection.
The cluster of embellishments are a mixture of My Little Shoebox (Lovely Day) and American Crafts. I even took apart some of my American Crafts embellishments, altering them to fit this layout specifically.
The title is made up of My Little Shoebox (Lovely Day) alpha stickers and AC Thickers.
The little word stickers are from Crate Paper (Emma's Shop).
The punch used is Martha Stewart (Scallop Dot).

I also made a card. Now, I am not much of a card maker. It just doesn't come natural to me like so many of you talented ladies. Nonetheless, here it is. After messing around with the soft blue and pinks, I decided to make it a baby card. All of the supplies used to make this card are, again, My Little Shoebox. In fact - the only things that are not My Little Shoebox are the frame around the picture (Colorbok), the doily, and the blue cardstock.

Happy Crafting!