You had me at Hello entry for StuckOnUSketches November Sketch challenge

Hi Everyone,
I just wanted to share a scrapbook layout of my granddaughter Claire.  I am posting it for the StuckOnUSketches November Sketch Challenge here:  http://stuckonusketches.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/november-23-2012-sketch-challenge-and.html
The paper I used is My Little Shoebox Garden Party - Easy Breezy and Buttercup.
List of supplies:
My Little Shoebox Papers
Die-namics Ring Me dies and stamp set (love these coordinating dies and stamp sets)
Cheery Lynn Designs Borders, Flourishes & Edgers Dies #B181 Build a Flower #1
Spellbinders Rose Creations dies
Spellbinders Nestabilities Resplendent Rectangles
Tim Holtz Alterations on the edge die "Doily"
A free bird svg file that I cut on my cricut (not sure where it came from)
Stickles
Glossy Accents
Rhinestones
bugle beads
20 gauge wire
Tim Holtz distress inks
Chalk inks

All of my flowers are hand made using the Rose Creations die, the Build a Flower #1 Die, and a fiskars tiny 6 petal flower punch.

Thank you for looking!  

Happy Birthday Card For Mom

This is a Birthday card that I made for my mother for her birthday in December.  I was inspired by the beautiful card that Aly Dosdal Designed here:  http://scrapbookandcardstodaymag.typepad.com/scrapbook_cards_today_blo/2012/09/chevron-tutorial-with-aly-dosdalland-one-more.html 

She also includes a pdf file for the paper bow that you can download.

The card base is approximately 5 1/4 by 7 7/8".  The papers that I used were from DCWV "The Linen Closet Stack".  I also used My Minds Eye Hazel "Special" Dotty Damask Paper because the paper from the Linen Closet Stack is not double sided and I needed a doubled sided paper for the Chevron Design.  I also used a scrap of beige ribbon on the card.

The label is from Die-namics called Polka Dot Greetings - it includes the label die and three different stamps that stamp a pattern on the die cut and 3 different greetings.  I love their die/stamp sets.  Please leave a comment and let me know what you think.  Happy creating!

Two additional Xmas Cards for my friends and Family 2012

Hi Everyone,
Just adding more Xmas cards that I made to mail out this year.  I started out making the Xmas card for everyone that I have posted below with the Sleigh but I needed to make 26 and I got tired of piecing the sleigh together after card number 7!  So I decided to make another card that would not be so involved for the rest of them.

I took white bazzil cardstock and embossed it with a snowflake design but I used my brayer and rolled beige and green chalk ink on the debossed side of the embossing folder so that when it embossed the design, the snowflakes would remain white.  I used a chipboard frame on both cards and placed a Collections Elements scrolled label with a small piece of cheesecloth behind it on top of the chipboard label.  I stamped the word Joy on the label.  The snowflakes were cut using my Cricut personal die cutter and a Penny Duncan free svg cut file.  I cut two different styles of snowflakes out of thin chipboard, painted them with white acrylic paint and then painted glue over the top and added fine white glitter to them and then touched white paint to the edges and added a rhinestone in the middle.

To finish them off, I added a white satin bow and some rick rack trim across the bottom.  

Anything goes Challenge at Cardz TV & Crafts & Me

Hi Everyone,

Just wanted to post a Birthday Card that I made for my son's birthday this Oct 31st and this years Xmas Card.  I am entering it into the CARDSTV "Anything Goes" challenge and the Crafts & Me Anything goes challenge.  Here is the challenge rules for Cards TV: Challenge#118 Use your Cricut to make a card, Layout or craft project using any cartridge(s), any theme and any colors you'd like.  My son's birthday is on Halloween so I used a halloween theme and this is the Xmas card that I am sending out this year for Xmas.  The challenge at Crafts and Me is Challenge#105.

Products used:
For the Halloween Birthday Card:
Paper Doll Dress Up Cricut Cartidge
Free Printable Halloween Papers from here:  http://www.sherykdesigns-blog.com/2011/08/free-scrapbooking-digital-papers.html
Puzzle piece shapes I bought from the Dollar store here and covered with some of the printed paper
Die-Namics Die and Stamp Set called "Polka Dot Greetings"
Free Spider Web border SVG Cut File from Penny Duncan
Orange Bazzil Cardstock
Orange with Black Polka Dot Ribbon
And Various Tim Holtz Distress Inks to distress the edges of the diecuts.

For the Xmas Card:
A Quilted Christmas Cricut Cartridge that I won in the Xmas in July Challenge on Scrappy Go Lucky blog
George and Basic Shapes Cartridge to cut squares for the frame
Snowflake Embossing folder (this has no name on it so not sure where it is from)
Burgundy Check Ribbon
Burgundy Bazzil Cardstock
White Embossing Powder
Happy Holiday Stamp from Katie & Co
VersaMark ink pad
Snowflake stamp (Not sure where this is from - it doesn't have the name on it any longer)

That's it.  Thank you for looking!

You Are So Beautiful

This is another scrapbook page of my granddaughter Suri taken on her 2nd birthday.  The paper collection I used was from Kaisercraft the Dancing Jewel Collection - this paper is double sided called Quartz.  I used both sides.  I love the colours in this paper.  I started out on the background paper by using a 12X12 template (stencil) by The Crafter's workshop called Flutterby.  I used texture paste to put the butterfly design on the right side of the paper.  The texture paste is somewhat transparent when it dries so you can still see the paper design through the butterflies.  I then used a free svg cut file called "Gothic Gate" that I got from svgcuts.com and I painted the base of it plum and after that dried I painted crackle medium on it and let dry, then painted cream on top and you can slightly see the plum colour through the cracks in the paint.  I designed the svg cut files for my fuchsia flowers and the svg cut of my granddaughter Suri.  I put the paper doll behind the wheelbarrow to make it look like she is sitting in the wheelbarrow.  The wheelbarrow was stamped with "Stamps Happen, Inc." stamp #60024 wheelbarrow and then I cut it out and added some handmade flowers to it.  The "You are Beautiful" label is from a die cut and stamp set by Die-namics called Polka Dot Greetings.  I really love the De-namics sets because you get several mix and match stamps that can be used on the die cut made from the die that comes with the stamps.

My Best Friend and My #1 Inspiration

This is a scrapbook layout of Tim Holtz and my best friend.  Tim Holtz had come to Australia in June and had attended the Scrapbook and Paper Expo doing demonstrations and promoting new products.  He is my #1 inspiration and I was able to talk to him and get his autograph on my craft apron.  When he left Australia, one of his stops was Severn, MD and my best friend volunteered to work the night he was there.  She told him that I had met him in Brisbane and that I said HI! so he took this photo with her and the sign says "Hey Debbie, remember me?  I love it!  It was a scrapbook layout waiting to happen!

Supplies:

Cratepaper Random Collection Vintage for the fussy cut flowers.  

Grace Taylor Vintage Elegance Paper Pack for the base page  

AG124paper by Anna Griffin 

RMSCB306 Rosebud by Abby Simone Designs  

Tim Holtz Antique Linen, Tattered Rose, Vintage Photo, and Fired Brick.  

EK Success Corner Punch

Tim Holtz Como15 Paris Stamp

Tim Holtz Como 23 Optimist

Hero Arts Stamp Set AC007 - Past Times

Texture paste for the chicken wire design top left

Glossy Accents by Ranger

Beads and bead findings

Cricut cut file for Tag

Bird, birdcage SVG cut file from birdscards.com

Thanks for Looking!

This is a scrapbook layout of my son at his graduation from college.  I used My minds Eye Hazel "Fancy" lots of dots paper (using the design by Ali Dosdall that I saw at the following link for the chevron design:  http://scrapbookandcardstodaymag.typepad.com/scrapbook_cards_today_blo/2012/09/chevron-tutorial-with-aly-dosdalland-one-more.html
She made the most beautiful card with the chevron design and she shares how she made it.  I used  Crate Paper Random Collection "Modern", "Graphic" and "Denim" papers.  I used Tim Holtz rosette die cut for the rosettes.  I used sizzix die for the book, and "Graphically Speaking" Cricut cartridge for the rolodex card that I used as a photo "Frame".  You can see a video on my youtube channel:  http://www.youtube.com/user/horsewhisprr