Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Heartfelt Wednesday's

Hi, Welcome back to this week's Heartfelt Wednesday's! I just love this old photo of Roxy and so I am using it again! This layout was inspired by another DT member over at HC. Thanks Glenda for your beautiful inspiration of your Golden Rose Card. All the instructions for this lo can be seen at Heartfelt Creations Blog. Everything here is made with cardstock...NO patterned paper at all...super fun to make the roses...very addicting....you will be seeing more of these soon... :)

Here is a close-up of just some of the beautiful stamps from Heartfelt Creations.

Gotta love the Roses!

Stop on over to the Heartfelt Creations Blog for more inspiration from our amazing DT.
Happy Holidays! Stay well and safe!

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Heartfelt Wednesday's

Hi, Im back with this week's Heartfelt Creations design. I used something old and something new and something blue...well, teal...lol... The full instructions on how I made this 12 x 12 layout can be seen at Heartfelt Creations Blog. All the flowers and ornaments are made with paper....there are sooo many beautiful creations you can make with their Stamps and Die Cus over and over again. The best part is all you need is cardstock...it becomes really economical during these crunch times. So here is something amazing and generous from HC.

Heartfelt Creations Christmas Gift Certificate Give Away: As a thank you to all our loyal HC customers, Heartfelt Creations will be giving away 50 - $50 Dollar Gift Certificates on December 21st at 9PM EST. On December 21st we will be providing you with the direct link to the giveaway page on our blog, Facebook and email. Once the page goes live you submit your information and a $50 gift certificate will automatically be emailed. Once the 50 gift certificate limit has been reached it will be indicated on the page. Mark your calenders and make sure you are available at that time, they will be snatched up quickly!

I had this paper from an old Scrap That kit...it is from Pion designs. Be sure to check it out! I also had this old Bo Bunny Paper that I have been wanting to use for a while...It became a perfect match to really enhance the whole design. I used whites, creams and teals.
This is a photo of my little niece Emma. I took this photo of her this past Thanksgiving, she was already wearing her Christmas dress. I asked her "Is Santa Coming?" she said "Yes" and I took this photo...perfect timing for her adorable smile with her curly hair.


Here is a close-up of the beautiful poinsettia stamps, rose die cuts and leaf swirls from Heartfelt Creations. Love them!

These elegant flourished ornaments can be made using the NEW Black Friday Gatefold Collection, this is the "Feather Grass Flourish"


Be sure to check out all the other designs this week at Heartfelt Creations Blog. You will be inspired like I am every week too! Thanks for stopping by!

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Lump of Coal Cookie Packaging

Hi, last weekend, I went to my annual cookie exchange party and I knew exactly how I was going to wrap the cookies. Martha Stewart’s Gift Coal Boxes inspired me last year and I decided to make my version to accommodate the cookies.

First, the supplies:

6 inch Cookie Tins any color…I bought mine at the dollar store.

Black Cardstock

Black Glitter Cardstock….2 sheets at Target for 99 cents

Electrical Tape

Paper Trimmer

Scissors

Fabric Starch

Glue

Ruler

Ribbon

Tags…I made mine with Cricut and Microsoft word.

Second, cut 6 strips of black cardstock 2 ½ inches wide. Two of these pieces will be to wrap around the bottom of the tin. Glue them together. I also used foil and placed my cookies inside.

Third, crumble up the 4 pieces of black cardstock and tape it down with electrical tape on the lid.

Fourth, spray black glitter paper lightly on the NON glitter side of the paper with fabric starch and wipe off excess. DON’T over spray or it will rip the paper…..I made that mistake! Lol Then, wrap on top of the lid and crunch it up a bit. It dries super fast, no need to wait and no mess!

Lastly, add ribbon and tag. That’s it! I also put the recipe on the back of the tag.

Here is another view of your Lump of Coal.

Thanks for stopping by!

Friday, December 9, 2011

*Scrap That! Pion Design "Waiting for Santa" Kit



We are so excited to present this kit to you! These exquisite papers from Pion Design in Sweden are unlike any other papers we have seen and are breathtakingly beautiful and of the highest quality. The outstanding Scrap That! DT have really outdone themselves this month with so many inspiring creations. We hope you will sit back, relax and enjoy seeing some beautiful blogs and some amazing projects. We are thrilled to have PION Designs joining us this month so be sure and give them a warm fuzzy welcome!

First stop on your “hop” is this blog, so if you are here you are in the right place! We have EIGHT BEAUTIFUL blogs for you to visit this weekend, each with some gorgeous projects created using the Scrap That! Pion Design “Waiting for Santa” collection of papers.

We have FOUR prizes up for grabs:

1) A Dusty Attic Prize Pack

2) A Pion Designs Paper Pack “Waiting for Santa”

3) Package of Prima

4) Scrap That! Store Gift Certificate
Read on to learn the FOUR ways you can win!

STEP ONE: First of all, you will need to visit all EIGHT blogs and leave a comment on each blog :) Take your time!! Our designers have beautiful blogs :) **This is important so we know you have been to all the blogs **. There will be a randomly drawn comment winner from each blog, and one of those lucky ladies will be selected to win a fabulous package of Prima! How easy is that?

STEP 2: Once you’ve done that, you’ll need to swing by our * facebook page, and LIKE us, and then head over to our *social community and become a MEMBER. Once you’ve done that you will be eligible to win a Scrap That! store gift certificate.

STEP 3: If you want to enter to win the Grand Prize of a Pion Design "Waiting for Santa" Prize Package generously provided by Jenny at Pion Design, then head over to our COMMUNITY for details on our monthly challenge. The challenge will run from Dec 9th to Dec 29th so you have LOTS of time to post your creations. You can enter as many times as you like. You do not need to be a subscriber to participate. The more entries, the more chances you have to win!

STEP 4: Who doesn’t LOVE some Dusty Attic? Who wouldn’t want to win some Dusty Attic?

Then, while you are hopping, you will want to be looking for the “special” word on each blog. Once you have visited all the blogs and collected all the special words, they will create a sentence. Email the sentence to friends@scrapthat.ca. All correct entries will be entered into a draw for the Dusty Attic Prize Pack.

If you have just arrived here from SCRAP THAT's blog you are in the correct place!

Today I’m going to share with you my project using the Scrap That! Pion Design "Waiting for Santa" Kit.
My first design is a photo of my little niece Emma. This photo was taken last year, but I totally love it! She was adorable laughing! Lots of JOY! The papers were fabulous and I made a poinsettia of out of cardstock. I also added some holly and pearls.



This is a layout of Roxy a while ago...These papers are perfect to go with the soft vintage winter look I was looking for....Also check out those amazing flowers that come with the add on kit!



This is a card that I made using the main kit. Just love the papers. Added some cardstock, flower soft and ribbon from my stash.


Here is another card using the beautiful pink roses that are in the add on kit...they go beautifully with the kit...must have!


Thank you for stopping by! Next stop on the hop is NATASHA’s blog.
Do not forget my secret word, it is HOLIDAYS.

But just to remind you of all the ways you can win:

STEP ONE: First of all, you will need to visit all EIGHT blogs and leave a comment on each blog :) Take your time!! Our designers have beautiful blogs :) **This is important so we know you have been to all the blogs **. There will be a randomly drawn comment winner from each blog, and one of those lucky ladies will be selected to win a fabulous package of Prima! How easy is that?

STEP 2: Once you’ve done that, you’ll need to swing by our * facebook page, and LIKE us, and then head over to our *social community and become a MEMBER. Once you’ve done that you will be eligible to win a Scrap That! store gift certificate.

STEP 3: If you want to enter to win the Grand Prize of a Pion Design "Waiting for Santa" Prize Package generously provided by Jenny at Pion Design, then head over to our COMMUNITY for details on our monthly challenge. The challenge will run from Dec 9th to Dec 29th so you have LOTS of time to post your creations. You can enter as many times as you like. You do not need to be a subscriber to participate. The more entries, the more chances you have to win!

STEP 4: Who doesn’t LOVE some Dusty Attic? Who wouldn’t want to win some Dusty Attic?

Then, while you are hopping, you will want to be looking for the “special” word on each blog. Once you have visited all the blogs and collected all the special words, they will create a sentence. Email the sentence to friends@scrapthat.ca. All correct entries will be entered into a draw for the Dusty Attic Prize Pack.

If you get lost along the way go back to the Scrap That! blog for the blog rotation.

We hope you all have good fun hopping with us today, thank you so much for playing along! Watch the Scrap That! newsletter on December 26th to see if you are one of the lucky winners!



Main Kit Contents:

12 Pion Design Waiting for Santa Papers

6 Petallo Darjeeling Velvet Hydrangeas Maroon

3 Little Yellow Bicycle Doilies

1 Tsukineko Psssst! Shimmer Spritz (Gold or Silver)

1 Petaloo Canterbury Fleur Burgundy

1 Pebbles Flora Lane ABC Stickers

2 Green Leaves

1 White Paper Rose

1 Length of Gold Metallic Lace

1 Dusty Attic Mini Holly #2 10 PK (DA 0186)

Prima Angelica Rose - Gem

Prima Meredith Dove

Petaloo Velvet Berry Picks - Burgundy / Mauve

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Heartfelt Wednesday's

Hi
Welcome back for this week's Heartfelt Creations Reveal Day and Blog Hop!
I have had these Anna Griffin papers since last Christmas and I could never seem to figure out what to do with them? I knew I LOVED them but everytime I tried to put something together it never worked out? Finally, with the NEW Artistic Gatefold Collection from Heartfelt Creations a light bulb went off! lol The whole tutorial can be seen at Heartfelt Creations Blog. Be sure to check out all the amazing designs from the rest of the DT. This week's theme is Christmas....Perfect ideas to get either last years photos and cards or this years photos and cards out. This layout is of my daughter Erica. I wanted to make it Vintage looking so I stayed with creams and greens throughout....

I even made the font on the tag vintage....check out the flower soft on the trees!

Love making these poinsettias with the perfect stamp and die cuts EXCLUSIVELY from Heartfelt Creations.

A closer view of the amazing NEW Die Cut "Layered Elegant Swirl Die" and more snow....Love it!

Be sure to stop over at Heartfelt Creations and the Blog Hop! There will be a 25.oo gift certificate for commenting over on the HC blog and many other prizes along the way! Fun!

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Blue Birthday Card

Hi
Its been a while since I last posted....been busy with my mother who was in town for the holiday....Im sad she went back home... :(
So here is a new card that I made for my girlfriends birthday, Thanksgiving weekend. Actually her birthday is on Thanksgiving, but she had a party on the weekend. I was sad I couldnt make it...i was feeling icky...with a small cold...
I seen her today and here is the card I whipped together for her in less than an hour....she loves sapphire blue...so this is what I came up with...I hope she likes it...
I used a new punch for the leaves....they are so small...but look great.
Come back soon....I will be posting new designs a few more times till the end of the week!