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GOOD MORNING my creative friends & welcome to our very first "INSPIRE ME TUESDAY"! Basically, we all based our projects on what inspired "US" to create them. For my little card today, I've been super inspired by all of these inky techniques I've been seeing. I know my card is nothing MAJOR, but I did some inking on my card along w/a background stamp. I first stamped my background onto white cardstock, then I inked up all the edges & worked my way toward the center of the card using my blending tool w/the Soft pool ink. Then I die cut my gift card holder die & ONLY used the decorative edge for my card just to give it a different look. I ALSO wanted to show you another fun way how to use this die as well! ;) Then I added the clouds, arrow, sentiment & sequins. Last, but certainly not least, I added chunky glitter to my clouds! (which I hope did NOT blind you!) hehehe!
Well, do you think you would enjoy our new "Inspire ME Tuesdays"? Well, I hope we inspired YOU to run to your craftrooms & make something pretty! ;)
Thank you for stopping by & have a FABULOUS day my sweet friends! xoxo
GOOD morning & welcome to our first 3-D Wednesday for 2013! I am SO happy to be back on track again! Okay, let's get right to it! First of all, I used my "Gypsy Girl" AGAIN today!;) I used the "Artiste" cartridge to make the base of my card! Today we were all supposed to make a banner of any sort of our choice! This picture is what the sentiment looks like on the inside! It is from "You had me at Chocolate"!
As you can "see" (hehehehee) I used my glasses die as a banner! I "was" supposed to add other hanging elements on each end of the glasses, but I mis-measured my card, so they did not fit:( Which is totally fine because I still love how it came out! I explained in my video how I designed the card base in my "Gypsy Girl"!
Now onto my FABULOUS design team! Don't forget to click on each of their names so you can visit their blogs for more info on each of their projects today!;)
Soooo, are "YOU" inspired to make a banner for yourself? I hope you enjoyed what you saw here today! Don't forget to join us tomorrow for our FIRST CHALLENGE for the new year!;) You don't want to miss it! HAve a FABULOUS day & thank you for visiting me today! xoxo
GOOD MORNING & HAPPY HAPPY FRIDAY!;) Welcome to part 2 of my Non-traditional valentine color card! I was SO HAPPY to find my "Gypsy girl" & design w/her for my card today! Yep, she was "MIA" & when I wasn't looking for her, I found her!;) It was SOOO NICE to sit on my couch & design my card! You can see in the video below EXACTLY how I did it using my "gypsy girl"!;)
Here is my video showing you how I designed my card using my "Gypsy Girl"!;)
I hope you enjoyed my non-Valentine colored card today! Thank you for joining me today & I will see you back here 1st thing Monday morning w/my AWESOME design team! Have a FABULOUS weekend! xoxo
ALSO, you should ALL have shipping notices VERY SOOOON!
GOOD AFTERNOON my creative friends! I hope you ALL have been doing good! Me, keeping busy but still not 100% so I've been trying to keep a low key so I can be ready for one ALL those dies to arrive (which are on their way to me as I type)! YEP, I am going to need ALLLL my strength to help get everything packed up & sent out to ALL of you who have been waiting so patiently for your backorders!;)
Okay, I have an EXTRA SPECIAL card for you today along w/2 that I have made too! Today I wanted to feature some Non-traditional Valentine color cards for you! This FIRST card is one made by MY MOTHER!:) I think she did an EXCELLENT job! She used the heart dies from "100% Sweetness" & the sentiment is from "Lots of Love"!;) I think it looks pretty for "non-traditional" Valentine colors!
I made this next "non-traditional" Valentine Color card, I used paper from Teresa Collins "Vintage Finds" 6x6 paper pad. All I did was add some red to it & made it some what a Valentine card! The sentiment is from "Fly Away w/me Sentiments" !
Here you can see the chunky glitter I put on the hearts & on the clouds!;) I REALLY like how it came out!
Okay, now this next card here, I decided to do a 2-part video! I thought it would be fun to make 2 cards using the same paper pad! It is Echo Parks "For the Record II" and I also used the coordinating brads to go w/it! Since this is a NON Valentine paper pad, I wanted to challenge myself to make one "regular" card & a Valentine card using this same pad! This first I thought was a simple & fun one!
I just LOVE this paper pad because it does have a vintage feel to it & it's PERFECT for a "manly man" card.:) I think this card will even work for a female too, heck I would LOVE to receive a card like this too!;)
As soon as I saw this paper I knew I wanted to use my CUTE "Circle font" stamp set! I stamped the letter dies onto the circle dies that are included in the "Build a Banner set"! Aren't they so PERFECT for this paper? You can see in my video below on how I put this card together.
I hope you enjoyed the 1st card of my 2 part video! Tomorrow I will make a Valentine card using this same paper!:) Thank you so much for visiting my blog today & I will see you all back here tomorrow! Have a FABULOUS day my sweet friends!:) xoxo
GOOD MORNING my creative friends & welcome to our 1st day of our "Twelve Days of Christmas"! Okie dokie, there are TONS of pics here for you to see today! I am NOT HAPPY w/my pictures because it was already to dark to use the light outside:( I promise, my "Countdown to Christmas" is MUCH PRETTIER in person!;) I have been SO INSPIRED by all of these advent calendars lately that I just HAD to make one of my own! WOW, where do I start.....basically, all I did was adhere 25 of my cute little pocket dies to a kraft color 12x12 cardstock! I decorated every pocket using SEVERAL of my products & I just LOVE how it came out!
For this title, I finally used my Cameo & cut out this free file (the banner)! I'm not sure exactly what size it is, I just made it big enough to fit across the entire 12x12 cutting mat! Then I was SO HAPPY to use my "Lower Case Fun Dies" for my title! I added some glass glitter to my snowflakes!
Here are some pictures of all the pockets!
This is one of the goodies that are tucked in a few of the pockets! I thought it would be a good idea to put a message that states "Read" & when the boys pick this, I will let them either go to Barnes & Noble OR let them order a book online! I thought this was PERFECT because BOTH of my boys LOVE to read! I used the cloud die for this message!
I put little clothespins on the little tags so it would be easier for the boy to take them out!;)
This next one I used my heart die & stamped a candy on here so they can pick a candy this day!;)
This next one, I used one of the banners from my "Build a Banner Kit" & stamped a little chocolate kiss here!
This next one, is pretty self explanatory! lol..... YEP, when the boys choose this one, there will DEFINITELY be a Starbucks run!;)
This one is my FAVORITE! When they pick this, they will give me lots of hugs & kisses~! ;) There will be ONE DAY that they "might" think they are too cool to give their Mommy hugs & kisses, so I will take as many as I can get now!;)
I'm not going to lie & say that this was SUPER EASY......lol...it took me 2 days to complete it, but I am in love w/the end result! I landed up "recycling" this frame that Miss Liz, Miss Katie & myself made either last year OR earlier this year! I had this frame in my craftroom w/a few of my favorite cards on it! I just removed the cards & used it for this~! I thought this frame was a PERFECT fit for this! (Pretend you don't see the hot glue on the right side of the frame) hahahaha! I forgot to remove it before my picture taking! Oh well, I hope you like it my sweet friends!
Okay, since it's Christmas, I have decided to give away TWELVE of my FAVORITE things to ONE LUCKY person! I will announce one of the prizes for each day in my video! So by the 12th day, you will see ALL 12 items that ONE lucky person will be receiving! All you have to do is leave your comments each day! It's that simple!
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Please leave your contact information so we can contact you should you be the lucky winner.
I hope you all enjoyed what you saw here today! I will see you all back here tomorrow same time, same place for some MORE Christmas inspiration! Thank you SO VERY MUCH for visiting my blog & have a FANTASTIC day my sweet friends! xoxo
