Enjoy Life!! That's what I try to do each and every day...enjoy life. This also happens to be the title for today's project which I'm submitting for The Play Date Cafe's challenge for this week.
First let me share my project & then I'll show you the color story we worked with this week...
and the color story......
I just had an order from Pink Paislee arrive a few weeks ago and when I saw the color story I just knew exactly which collection I wanted to use...Nantucket!!
I started off by using a round wood wall hanging I picked up on one of my junkin trips...painted it white & then distressed the edges so the lovely detail on the wood would show through. Since the Nantucket collection is beach themed..I used some bling to mimick waves & tucked them behind some lovely lace & crinkle ribbon from 3 Girl Jam.
I made a small flower from more of the crinkle ribbon..added some floral pins & topped it with a cute seahorse tile.
Enjoy Life life trading card from the Nantucket collection. I added a few flat backed pearls to sort of balance the left side of the wall hanging.
Love how the crinkle ribbon looks with a little bit of white lace peeking through!! I have this hanging in my craft room & I just love how it looks and it's such a wonderful sentiment to look at reminding me to...well...Enjoy Life!!
Thanks for stopping by my blog today..don't forget that 3 Girl Jam has a new challenge blog starting this Friday the 24th...there are giveaways..discount codes & much much more..so be sure to check out all of the details HERE!!
Happy Scrappin!!
Products used:
Pink Paislee Nantucket Collection-Jumbo Shrimp CS
Pink Paislee Nantucket Collection-Trading Cards
Pink Paislee Nantucket Collection-Chip Tiles
Pink Paislee Nantucket Collection-Ribbons/Trims
3 Girl Jam Crinkle Ribbon-Aqua Splash & Harvest Orange
White Lace-scrappy stash
Tim Holtz Distress Ink-Rusty Hinge
Want 2 Scrap-Bling
Making Memories-Chloes Closet pins
Kaiser Craft Basics-pearls
Wood Wall hanging-junkin find
*To check out my post on the 2012 Where Bloggers Create...click HERE*
It's Wednesday so that means it's time for another FAB challenge with The Perfect Sentiment! I LOVE it when the "Anthing Goes" challenge rolls around and that's what it's all about this week.
I have this old frame I picked up on one of my junkin trips...you know the kind..oval with some scrolly stuff that is plastic painted in a 1970's gold. Well I grabbed it because I knew what it could become once it entered my craft room : )
I was pretty happy with how this turned out. I simply spray painted the frame..measured some corkboard to fit & scrapped it up :)
I had some leftover scraps of corkboard that I didn't want to toss so I thought hey..why not use them for my sentiments.
Simple & sweet butterfly with some bling...
Lovin this butterfly stamp I bought online a few weeks ago. This stamp was my inspiration for this piece.
Flower/ribbon/lace cluster...much love!!
Some lovely twine from The Twinery!!
I already have this hanging in my craft room & it reminds me of what I love to do...create : )
Now for some inspiration from the PSDT.....
Jenn
Cheryl
Jan
Karen
Maggie
Sam
Sassy
Theresa
Vickie
Our sponsor for this week is.....
Now that you've been inspired by the Perfect Sentiment DT..head into your creative space and start working on your Anything Goes project for this week. Just make sure that whatever it is you create your sentiment is on the front!!
Be sure to come back for another scrappy post : )
Happy Scrappin!!
Products used:
Corkboard-craft store
Frame-junkin find
Staz-on Jet Black ink
Tim Holtz DI-Dusy Concord
Prima-Innoscence flowers
Recollections flowers
Want 2 Scrap pearls
Red Heart Boutique Sashar-Boogie Crocheted Trim
Really Reasonable Ribbon-Winter Whites Club pack
Stickles-Lavender
The Twinery-Lilac
Making Memories-Chloe Stick pin
Stamps-scrappy stash
Hey everyone..it's Wednesday so that means it's time for another FAB challenge with The Perfect Sentiment!
Since June is such a popular wedding month (I personally chose July) this challenge came at the perfect time...create a card with a sentiment of romance (on the front) & the twist is to use some sort of lacey detail on your card. I'm sure most of us know someone who is getting married this month if not in the next few. I already have 3 weddings on my schedule for this summer!! So this card will be perfect to use for one of the newlyweds : )
I love how this card turned out...such rich colors & textures.
Gorgeous flower from Petaloo
This sentiment is just lovely!!! It's from the Cloud 9 Designs Simple Thoughts Wedding stamp collection. First time I've used this set & I love it.
I really love the deep tones & richness of this card. Creating this allowed me to play with some new Prima items I just received in the mail : )
Now are you ready for some inspiration from my fellow DT members???
Jenn
Cheryl
Jan
Karen
Maggie
Sam
Sassy
Tabitha
Theresa
June Guest Designers:
Marilyn
Vickie
Our sponsor for this week's challenge is Meljen's Designs
They are offering up 4 non-colored images of the winners choice..pretty cool huh? Be sure to stop by their website and check out all of the images they have available.
Now that you have been inspired by the PSDT...head on into your creative space and start working on your lacey romance card. Be sure to check out all of the details surrounding the challenge HERE
Thanks for stopping by & be sure to come back tomorrow..it's my long awaited post of my new craft room. I'm pretty excited to share the place where I get creative with all of you : )
Happy Scrappin!!
Products used:
Prima Ledger Pad
Coredinations-Deep Lagoon
Kraft CS
Lace-scrappy stash
Trim-scrappy stash
Stick pins-scrappy stash
Making Memories-Vintage Findings Garment Pins
Petaloo Spring Darjeeling Collection
Want 2 Scrap pearls
Staz-On Jet Black
Cloud 9 Design-Simple Thoughts Wedding clear stamp set
Colorbox ink
Hey Everyone..welcome back for another Thursday Craft'n Chat with Made Especially For You. I'm Abby from ScrappinAbby and I'm really excited to share with you some scrappy projects I created using my Cricut Cake cartridge...yup that's right..these carts aren't just for your Cricut Cake machine : )
Along with papercrafting I love to bake & decorate cakes. My hubby bought me the Cricut Cake machine for Christmas one year and I really loved the designs on the Cake carts and wanted to use them on my papercrafts as well. I will put a complete list of the supplies I used at the end of this post.
Here are the two Cricut Cake cartridges I used for my projects to share with you today....
The Cake Basics came with the machine & Santa brought me the Elegant Cakes cartridge ; )
The first project I am going to share with you is from the Cake Basics cartridge. Here's the image I used...
I made these simple greeting cards using the flower image I showed you above. This is such an easy way to dress up cards, invitations or announcements, especially if you want your invites to match your party decor & cake or cupcakes when you use the same cartridge on your Cricut Cake machine.
Here's a closer look at the cut images...
Cute huh?
Now for my second project using the Elegant Cakes cartridge. Here's the image I used for this project...
I love how intricate this one is. I decided to make a really cool shabby chic tag...
Ok..I don't mean to sound conceited when I say this but I LOVE how this tag turned out. I sat down last night to work on a project from this cartridge and I had no idea what I was going to make and then this just popped into my head.
Here's a closer look at the detail from this cut....
This image looks great on cakes & I really love how it looks when you use paper.
The Cricut Cake carts are interchangeable with your Cricut paper machines so it makes it really easy to use these for papercrafing & it opens up so many more options for your scrappy projects. You use these carts the same way you do your regular cartridges so that part is easy...the hard part is deciding which image you want to use since there are so many to choose from : )
If you have access to a Cricut Cake cartridge or if you see one online for sale or even if you know someone who has one you can borrow..I would encourage you to give it a try. Be sure to try out the border patterns as well..they work great for page layouts and banners.
Thanks for letting me share my projects using my Cricut Cake cartridges...hopefully I have encouraged you to reach out and try these for your papercrafting projects.
Happy Scrappin!
Abby
http://scrappin-abby.blogspot.com/
Products used:
Cake Basics Cartridge project-
Coredinations CS
White CS
Want 2 Scrap Pearls
Colorbox Rouge
Elegant Cakes project-
DCWV Coral Couture & Cardstock Stacks
Kraft Tag-I tea stained this
Stampin Up sentiment
Really Reasonable Ribbon-March Club assortment
Vintage lace
Maya Road floral stick pins
Tim Holtz Idea-ology staple
Tim Holtz Distress Ink-Walnut Stain
Colorbox-Prussian Blue
The Girls Paperie-floral brad
Hi there fellow crafters...welcome back for another challenge with the Made Especially For You Challenge Blog
Before I get to the challenge I do want to mention that I have some announcements that will be at the end of this post...so keep your eyes peeled!
The challenge for this week is to create a card using machine embossing. There are a variety of machines out there that you can use for this challenge...Sizziz, Cuttlebug or the Tim Holtz Vagabond...these just happen to be the ones that I own so I am sure there are others out there that I didn't mention.
Here is my take on this weeks challenge............
I picked up the Distressed Frame & Postal texture fades from the Tim Holtz Alterations line right before Christmas so I was anxious to use them on a project. Since the challenge doesn't call for a specific sentiment or occasion, I thought it would be fun to play around with some shabby papers & French postal goodies I had. I will have a full supply list at the end of this post.
I used some Kraft card stock for the embossed portion on this card. The stamped "Merci" is from a set I purchased a few years back and I didn't keep the packaging so I forgot who made this*blush*. This was stamped on a ticket from Vintage Findings by Making Memories. I used a TH staple and wrapped some vintage pink string around the sentiment after distressing and inking the edges.
I tied some pink trim around the layers of card stock & topped it off with some stick pins & a vintage pastel pink wood button topped off with some cotton twine.
Another vintage button just to balance out the right side of the card. I love how deep that embossing is on the Kraft card stock and when you ink it...the detail just pops even more.
*There's really not a spot on my card...we are taking the camera in to be cleaned as it's on the inside* It's my hubby's super nice Canon camera so we won't be taking this apart ourselves to resolve this issue : )
I used more of the paper from the front on the inside to carry the French shabby postal feel throughout the whole card. I stapled more of the pink trim & cotton twine as well.
I am pretty pleased with how this French postal shabby chic card turned out. I had fun playing with my new scrappy goodies that I've been dying to use.
You will want to head on over to Made Especially For You Challenge Blog by clicking here so you can see more machine embossed cards by my fellow DT members & be inspired to head to your creative space and start working on your submission.
The sponsor we have for this weeks challenge is K 'n K Designs. They are offering up a fab prize for the winner...their choice of three digital stamp sets. So be sure to head to the Made Especially For You blog so you can get all the details surrounding this weeks challenge.
Now for the announcements I mentioned at the beginning of my post. First up...The Made Especially For You Challenge Blog is hosting a DT call..yes you read that right. Ashley...our awesome & amazing leader has posted all of the DT call information on her blog here. I've been a part of this DT since October and I have to say that is has been nothing but a BLAST and you will get the chance to work with some really creative and talented ladies and with me of course ; ) So be sure to head on over to her website to check out all of the info if you are interested.
Next up is a really really awesome giveaway from Really Reasonable Ribbon. They are celebrating their 2 year blog anniversary and they are giving away a FAB and I mean FAB collection of items that is valued at over $75!!! Trust me you won't want to miss out on your chance to find out how you can enter this fab giveaway...you can find out all the details here.
Lots of exciting things in this post wouldn't you agree? Don't forget to work on your card for this weeks challenge and be sure to come back for another scrappy post : )
Items used on this project:
Coredinations Foundations Card stock-Lipstick
Tim Holtz idea-ology Vintage Shabby papers
Kraft Card Stock
Tim Holtz Texture Fades-Postal
Tim Holtz Distress Inks-Walnut Stain
Ticket-Vintage Findings Making Memories
Vintage buttons/trim
Misc. stick pins (purchased in a kit from Costco)
