Mother's Day Cards

Hi Friends! Today I'm sharing the two cards I made for my own mom and for my Mother-in-law. I had to wait a few days to post this since we were hand delivering the cards and I wanted to make sure they saw them first in person before I posted them online (yes my mommy does follow my blog...lol).

I also made a video for each one showing you some of the goodies I used along with a short tutorial in the one for my MIL....

First let me share the card I made for my mom : )

Now for my Mother-in-law's.....

It was a lot of fun designing and creating these cards for two very special ladies in my life. I am truly grateful for my mom, she to this day continues to support and do for my family along with my other 5 siblings and their families. My MIL is also an amazing woman. She raised 5 boys who are all amazing Godly men who truly cherish and value their wives and families. I am truly blessed to have Steve as my husband and I thank Myrna SO much for raising such a kind and giving man who loves me and my two kids unconditionally. 

I hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day and if you created something special for your mom or you just want to share what you received, please leave me a comment with a link to your post or YT video as I would love to check it out. 

Thanks for stopping by the blog today and for checking out another ScrappinAbby project. 

Happy Crafting!!

Products used:
My mom's card...
Heartfelt Creations Clear Cardstock
Dylusions White Linen spray
LSG Sprays-Peglet Pete Purple, Sea Mint Green, French Lilac Violet, Royal Amethyst Fire
Heidi Swapp-Amethyst spray
Smooch gold paint
Tattered Angels Mistable tags
Mon Ami Flowers
Inkadinkadoo stamps
3GJ Halloween Harvest Crinkle Ribbon

MIL's card...
Websters Pages
LSG Sprays-Tiffany Lou Blue, Sea Mint Green, Brushed Nickel, Cactus Gold Scintillating Silver
Tattered Angels-Midnight Blue
TH Distress Markers-Old Paper, Shabby Shutters, Worn Lipstick
TH DI-Frayed Burlap
TCW Mini Cherry Blossoms Stencil
DCWV Neutrals Stack
3GJ Halloween Harvest Crinkle Ribbon
CTMH Say It In Style stamp set
Flat back pearls
lace
Mon Ami Gabby flowers

Creative Storage for Linnie Bloom Canvas Pieces

Hi Friends! I am really excited to share my first official project as a new member of the Linnie Blooms Design Team!!!

I had so much fun playing with some of the canvas pieces and I came up with a creative & decorative way to not only store my pieces but to organize them as well. 

I recycled some vegetable cans and created these sweet containers that I decorated with some of the very same canvas pieces these will store. I also have a video to share with you that shows you the project up close along with the Linnie Bloom items I used....

 Let me share with you the fun techniques I used on the canvas pieces...

For the flower, I used a script background stamp to create some texture and visual interest. 

Next I used some sprays to give it some color and used my distress tool to fray the edges to give it a shabby chic look...

 I did the same technique for the leaf pieces but used a different background stamp...

 For the butterfly I stamped an actual butterfly image on the canvas piece then used some distress ink to give it some color....

 I wanted to have the illusion that the butterfly had just flown into my craft room and landed on the vine so I taped the wire I had left from when I cut my flowers to the backside of the butterfly so I could bend it as if it was in motion....

 For the bird I used some embossing powder for added texture and shimmer....

 Lastly, I used the same treatment on all the banner pieces that I attached to each altered can....

 Here are a few more photos of the completed altered cans....

 And here's how they look on my shabby chic vintage hutch....

Be sure to check out all of the fabulous Linnie Blooms Products available so you can use them in your crafting projects as well.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today & for checking out another ScrappinAbby project. Be sure to visit the Linnie Blooms Blog so you can see additional photos of the altered cans. 

Happy Crafting and I am SO happy to be a part of the Linnie Blooms Design Team and share some crafty & creative projects with all of you. 

Create*Craft*Share YouTube Hop Is Here!!!!

Hi Friends! Woo Hoo....I am SO excited for today. It's the Create*Craft*Share YouTube Hop and boy howdy are you crafters in for some AMAZING projects by the 11 crafters taking part in the hop. 

Before I get to all the details I want to give another HUGE shout out to Miss ScrappinMadge for coming up with and hosting this FAB hop!!!

Here are all the fabulous sponsors who are giving up some amazing goodies for the hoppers...

 Here is the color story we used to create our projects....

I instantly knew what I wanted to create when I saw this color story....a summer themed project. So I came up with a super fun mixed media canvas for the hop.....

 I'll have more photos below but first let me give you the lineup for the YT hop so you can see all of the projects and enter for your chance to win the goodies up for grabs....
 Scrappin Madge- https://www.youtube.com/user/Scrappinmadge

Crazy About Cricut - https://www.youtube.com/user/CrazyAboutCricut
DJ's Sundries - https://www.youtube.com/user/CParish73
https://www.youtube.com/user/ScrappinAbby   That's me : )
 Angela Holt Designs-https://www.youtube.com/user/angelaholtdesigns
Jody Spiegelhoff- http://m.youtube.com/user/SpiegelMomScraps
Flowersandmoreby Rhonda- https://www.youtube.com/user/rrandrr94
Tammy Smith - https://www.youtube.com/user/Fishingsmith
CraftinandStampin- www.youtube.com/craftinandstampin
An'Jenic Gibson- https://www.youtube.com/ScrapbookingAJCards

All you have to do is become a subbie for ALL crafters in the hop and leave a comment on ALL of the videos. Pretty easy right???

Now for some additional photos of my canvas.....

This was such a fun canvas to design and put together. The color story was very inspiring to create such a fun summer themed project. 

I know this post was long with lots of info so thanks for sticking in there : )

Be sure to get going and join in on the hop. You'll want to start with ScrappinMadge's channel first so you won't miss all of the info on how you can win some of the goodies. 

Thanks again for stopping by and for checking out another ScrappinAbby project. 

Here's a list of all the FAB sponsors for this YT Hop:

Linnie Blooms- http://linnieblooms.com/
Madge's Scrappin Lounge- www.thescrappinlounge.com
Scrap it Girl- https://www.facebook.com/scrapitgirl
Cuttin' and Stampin': http://cuttinandstampin.blogspot.com/
Craftin' and Stampin' : craftinandstampin.ctmh.com
3 Girl JAM: http://www.3girljam.com/
Toxic Treasures: http://www.toxictreasures.com/
Bella Creationz : https://www.etsy.com/shop/bellacreationz4u?ref=shopsection_shophome_leftnav
Spiegel Mom Scraps: www.spiegelmomscraps.com
Special thanks to our Color Pallet: http://www.design-seeds.com/

Thinking of You

Hi Friends! I have a special card to share with you today. This is for a good friend of mine who recently lost her mom. I wanted to send something to her that would let her know that I was thinking about her. I've lost a parent myself so I know the grief and how hard it is to move forward when something like this happens. 

I also have a video that shows you the card up close along with the products I used....

LOL...sorry I had to throw this one in here. She was looking at me like this when I was taking my pics of the card : )

I really love how this card turned out and I'm hoping my friend loves it as well and it brings her some comfort knowing that she has friends keeping her in their thoughts and prayers. 

Thanks for stopping by and for checking out another ScrappinAbby post. 

Happy Crafting : )

Products used:
Websters Pages-papers from various collections, trims, petitie roses, sparklers
Lindys Stamp Gang-Glitz Spritz:Cactus Gold & Scintillating Silver. Moon Shadow Mist:Gossamer Gold & Van Dyke Sepia, Starburst:French Lilac Violet
3 Girl JAM-Halloween Harvest Crinkle Ribbon
TH Distress ink-Walnut Stain
Prima Stencil
Modeling paste 
Scor-tape