KLSNS Challlenge #39

Today Risa was the host for the weekly challenge over at KLSNS and her challenge to us was to use Ribbon.  I almost always use ribbon, so this was an easy one, but I decided to use my ribbon a bit differently this time around. 

For my card I used this cute little boy image from Stampavie, Henri Playing with Turtles.  I colored it in with copics and used a different color than I normally do for the sky.  I really like how it turned out and think I may go with this color more often (but I think I better get a refill for it first).  Since this image is leaves a lot of empty space in the upper right side, I added my ribbon to that corner, found a button to match and added some ribbon to that as well.  When I started my card, I knew I wanted to use this patterned Basic Grey paper, but since it is rather busy, I didn't want it to overwhelm the image so I used this great sketch from Midnight Madness to balance it out. 

We would love to have you join in our challenge this week.  Stop on over at the KL Stamping N Scrappin blog for all the challenge details and to see the fantastic cards from the rest of the Design Team.

Enjoy your weekend :)

Recipe ~ all items SU unless indicated
Stamps:  Henri Playing with Turtles (Stampavie)
Ink/Coloring:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Copics
Paper:  Kraft; Gina K Luxury White; DP - Basic Grey 
Embellishments:  Taffeta Ribbon; Button (from stash)
Tools:  

Stampin N Scrappin With Jodi - Corner Bookmark

It's time for me to be in the KLSNS Stampin N' Scrappin spotlight again and this time I have a Corner Bookmark tutorial to share with you.  I read a lot....at least two books a week.  When I was reading the Twilight Saga a little while ago, I read all 4 books in a week (and I even stretched out the last book because I just didn't want it to end).  Most of the books I read are romance novels so I did my bookmark with a love theme.   

Can you guess what book this is?  

To start off, you will need the following supplies:

1 piece of Cardstock 4" x 4"

1 piece of Cardstock 2 3/4" x 2 3/4"

Scoring Board

Strong Adhesive

Extra cardstock/designer paper if you would like 

Stamps, Ink, Embellishments (in this instance flatter is better), Nesties or Punches

Take the 4" x 4" piece of cardstock and mark the center on three sides. 

After marking the 4" x 4" cardstock, place it on your scoring board, aligning two of the marked spots in one groove.  Because the lines on the Martha Stewart scoring board are so close together, I added a piece of paper to the side as a guide so I could ensure I had them in the same groove. 

Rotate your scored cardstock square on your scoring board again aligning the marked spots as shown below and then score.  

After scoring, your image should look like this:

Fold your paper on both of the score lines and you will end up with this:

Add strong adhesive tape to the back side as shown:

Now take your 2 3/4" x 2 3/4" cardstock square and cut it in half diagonally, making two even triangles.  

Take one of these triangles and attach it to the area you added the adhesive tape.

Now decorate the front as desired.  Because I am very fussy about my books, I didn't want anything on my bookmark that might leave an impression on the pages, so I kept mine very flat.

If you are giving a book to someone, this would be a great addition to it ~ you could even make it to match the book cover! 

Have a wonderful day!  

Recipe ~ All items SU unless indicated
Stamps:   Hey Cupid (CC Designs)
Ink/Coloring:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Baja Breeze; Copics
Paper:  Baja Breeze; Gina K Pure Luxury White; DP - Basic Grey (Lemonade)
Embellishments: Dazzling Diamonds
Tools:  Martha Stewart Border Punch

KLSNS Challenge #38

Today Ceal was the host for the weekly challenge over at KLSNS and her challenge to us was to use Dry Embossing.  I think practically everyone has at least one embossing folder in their arsenal, so this is really an easy challenge to take part in!   

Here is my card:

Yes, it is a Christmas card (and I can promise you it won't be the last one I post this month either).   I used this adorable Lily and Milo image from Stampavie along with some Basic Grey papers.  I added stickles to the edges of the flowers and some pearls to the snowflake centers on the punched edge.  For my embossing, I embossed the image and then added stickles to the embossed dots around Lily and Milo to represent snow ~ I just couldn't capture it good in the picture, but it is really pretty and sparkly in real life. 

We would love to have you join in our challenge this week.  Stop on over at the KL Stamping N Scrappin blog for all the challenge details and to see the fantastic cards from the rest of the Design Team.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:
Stampavie - Dots
A Crafty Little Place - Sketch
Flourishes - Christmas in July
Incy Wincy - "Punches"
ABC Challenge - "Y is for You and Me"
ABC Christmas Challenge - "N is for Noel" - anything Christmas
Clearly Delightful - "Pearls, Bling and Button Things" - used all three
Fussy and Fancy Friday - "Christmas in July"
Simple Doodles - "Holiday Fun"
One Stitch at a Time - "Lace, Ribbons or Bows"
Pile it On - "My Favorite Things" - Copics, Stickles, Flowers, Ribbon, Pearls, Cute images, Basic Grey paper
The Corrosive Challenge - "Christmas Time"
Aud Sentiments - use no sentiment
Christmas Stampin All Year Long - "Free Challenge" - anything Christmas
Craftalicious - "Cute"

Enjoy your weekend :)

Recipe ~ all items SU unless indicated
Stamps:    Lily and Milo (Stampavie)
Ink/Coloring:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Copics
Paper:  Baroque Burgundy; Gina K Luxury White; DP - Basic Grey (Eskimo Kisses)
Embellishments:  Ribbon (American Crafts); Organdy Ribbon (SU and JoAnn's); Flower (unknown); Button (from stash); Pearls (Queen & Co); Stickles (Stardust)
Tools:  EK Success Border Punch

KLSNS Challenge #37

Today Risa was the host for the weekly challenge over at KLSNS and her challenge to us was to make a Summer themed card.  You can make a card that has a summer theme (beach, picnic, gardening etc) or use bright summer colors. 

And here is my card:

I went for a beach theme this week.  I used one of the adorable new Sweet November Stamps, Penelope and Shelly, from CC Designs.  I sponged the background panel to look like sand, water and sky.  I colored the images with copics and then added crystal effects to the turtle's shell.  I had this Designer Paper for awhile and thought it would look really cute with these stamps so I pulled it out and finally put it to use.  If you have any beach pictures to scrapbook, this is a great image for that ~ it is larger than I had thought it would be and is the perfect size for a scrapbook page! 


We would love to have you join in our challenge this week and see what Summer means to you.  Stop on over at the KL Stamping N Scrappin blog for all the challenge details and to see the fantastic cards from the rest of the Design Team.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:
Ooh La La - "Simply Summer"
Pear Tree Designs - "Summer Loving"
Crafty Cardmakers - "Inky Fingers"
Daisy Doodles - "Summertime"
Kaboodle Doodles - "Celebrate Summer"
A Spoon Full of Sugar - "Animal Crackers" - use an animal (turtle)
Simon Says - "Check It Out" - use checks, plaids or gingham (gingham ribbon)
The Creative Cottage - "Summer Surprise"
Delightful Sketches & Challenges - "It's All About Summer"
Simon Says on PCP - "Summer"
Anya Ink - Make A Scene
Alphabet Challenge - J is for Jewels
Easy Craft Projects - "Summer"
Allsorts - "Create a Scene"








Enjoy your weekend and for those of you here in the USA have a safe and wonderful holiday :)

Recipe ~ all items SU unless indicated
Stamps:    Penelope and Shelly (CC Designs)
Ink/Coloring:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Tempting Turqouise, Creamy Caramel; Smoke Blue (Colorbox); Copics
Paper:  Bashful Blue; Gina K Luxury White; DP - Doodlebug 
Embellishments:  Crystal Effects; Gingham Ribbon; Flower (Imaginisce); Button (Making Memories); Rhinestones
Tools:  EK Success Border Punch; Nesties; Cuttlebug Embossing Folder; Sponge

KLSNS Challenge #36

Today is my turn to host the challenge over at KLSNS  and since I love sketches so much, I decided to make my challenge a sketch challenge. 

And here is my card:

When I designed my sketch, I had planned on using it for a Girl card, and had everything all planned, but since most of my cards lately have been for girls, I decided to make a boy card instead.  For my card I used Willy One Eye from High Hopes Stamps along with a High Hopes sentiment.  Once again I have used papers from Basic Grey's Lime Rickey collection.  I only have a few more pieces of this stack left, but I'll admit I do have another one.....  The image was stamped on the more solid colors from the stack and then paper pieced.  I added crystal effects to his eye as well as the 3 paper circles on the lower right side ~ a quick and easy way to get "brads" in any color you want.  On the embossed circle, I ran an inkpad over the raised areas to add some contrast.   

We would love to have you join in our challenge this week and see what you come up with using my sketch!  Stop on over at the KL Stamping N Scrappin blog for all the challenge details and to see the fantastic cards from the rest of the Design Team.
 
Head on over to the store and pick up this image along with many others for a great price.  Through Monday, June 28th, Kelly is having a clean-up sale where most items storewide are 50% off.  Just use the code "cleanup" during checkout. 

Enjoy your weekend :)

Recipe ~ all items SU unless indicated
Stamps:   Willy One Eye (High Hopes); Sentiment (High Hopes)
Ink/Coloring:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Pumpkin Pie; Palette New Canvas
Paper:  Pumpkin Pie, Summer Sun; Gina K Luxury White; DP - Basic Grey (Lime Rickey) 
Embellishments:  Crystal Effects
Tools:  Arrow Punch; Circle Punch; Nesties; Cuttlebug Embossing Folder (Spots and Dots)

KLSNS Challenge #35

Well, the weather held out for us and we finally made it Strawberry picking on Thursday ~ we do this every year and the kids love it ~ the really nice thing is that it's only a few minutes away. The kids were a bit bummed that the ice cream stand was closed when we were finished, so I think we will just head up there again this weekend for some yummy strawberry sundaes!   

Today it's time for our weekly challenge at KLSNS  and Debbie challenged us to get Shabby.  Now when I think of Shabby, I think of girly, distressing, lace, pearls and that sort of thing, although I also think the same for Vintage (but not necessarily girly), so I don't know if I'm right or not, but here is my card:

I used a CC Designs image, Puppy Kiki, colored her in with copics and then sponged the oval.  After that I used the cracked glass technique on this to fit the theme (at least my take of it).  All papers were sponged and the some were also distressed.  The lace was from a box of vintage laces I purchased awhile back and I used it to make the flower as well ~ I thought it looked better with this than a prima.  The pearl pin is a vintage one and I added two vintage beads to it.  This card took an entirely different direction than I originally anticipated, but I am really pleased with the end result.  

 
We would love to have you join in our challenge this week and see your take on Shabby cards.    Stop on over at the KL Stamping N Scrappin blog for all the challenge details and to see some wonderful eye candy from the rest of the Design Team.

Remember, for the entire month of June, all in stock High Hopes stamps are 30% off ~ just enter HHJP30 in the coupon code section during checkout to receive the discount.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:
Creative Inspirations - Monochromatic
Paper Sundaes - Sketch (I hope it's ok that I left the sentiment off)
There She Goes - Worn, Torn and Distressed
All That Scraps - Cracked Glass
Copic Creations - "Other Paper" - used papers you don't normally color on - Ivory
AI Factory - "Distress It"
Meljen's - Fibers, Ribbon or Lace
Paper Play - "Something Old" - lace, dmc floss, glassy glaze
Anya Ink - Add some bling
Craftalicious - Monochromatic


Enjoy your weekend :)

Recipe ~ all items SU unless indicated
Stamps:   Puppy Kiki (CC Designs)
Ink/Coloring:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Creamy Caramel; Copics (E00, E01, E11, R20, E13, E15, E17, E18, E31, E33, E34, E35, E37)
Paper:  Naturals Ivory; Gina K Pure Luxury Ivory; DP - Basic Grey (Sugared) 
Embellishments:  Pearls (Kaiser); Lace, pin, beads, button (from stash); DMC Floss; Glassy Glaze; Dimensionals
Tools:  Nesties; Martha Stewart Border Punch; Sponge Dauber

KLSNS Challenge #34

Today is the first full day of summer vacation for my kids ~ I am so excited to have them home all day!  Since it is Saturday it is also time for our weekly challenge at KLSNS  and Jacilynn challenged us to make a Girlie Birthday card.  I was worried I wouldn't get this post ready in time as I was having all kinds of problems accessing blogger (I couldn't even get into my Google Reader), but it is finally up and working for me again. 

Since almost all the Girlie cards I make have girls on them and usually flowers, I decided to really challenge myself and use some other type of image and no flowers.  I chose this bear from the CC Designs set Rockin Out and paired it up with some papers from the Basic Grey Lime Rickey collection.  The image was colored in copics and cut out.  I added stickles to the star around her eye, the guitar, the two punched stars and in the stars on the punched panel.  I added dots with a silver metallic pen on the card base, on the large pink star and on the scalloped oval around the sentiment.    

We would love to have you join in our challenge this week and see your Girlie Birthday cards.  Stop on over at the KL Stamping N Scrappin blog for all the challenge details and to see some wonderful eye candy from the rest of the Design Team.
 
Remember, for the entire month of June, all in stock High Hopes stamps are 30% off ~ just enter HHJP30 in the coupon code section during checkout to receive the discount.

Enjoy your weekend :)

Recipe ~ all items SU unless indicated
Stamps:   Rockin Out (CC Designs)
Ink/Coloring:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Night of Navy; Copics (E30, E31, E33 and I don't remember the pinks off hand) Silver Metallic Gel Pen (Marvy)
Paper:  Pretty In Pink; Gina K Pure Luxury White; DP - Basic Grey (Lime Rickey) 
Embellishments:  Silver Studs (Michael's); Organdy Ribbon (JoAnn's); Stickles (Star Dust)
Tools:  American Girl Border Punch; Oval and Scalloped Oval Punch; Star Punch; Nesties

KLSNS Challenge #33

It is time for our weekly challenge at KLSNS and Candace challenged us to make a shaped card.

I used Contented Mudpie from House of Mouse along with some paper from the Basic Grey Sugared collection.   

We would love to have you join in our challenge this week and see your shaped cards.  Stop on over at the KL Stamping N Scrappin blog for all the challenge details and to see some wonderful eye candy from the rest of the Design Team.

For the entire month of June, all in stock High Hopes stamps are 30% off ~ just enter HHJP30 in the coupon code section during checkout to receive the discount.


Enjoy your weekend :)

Recipe ~ all items SU unless indicated
Stamps:   Contented Mudpie (House of Mouse)
Ink/Coloring:  Memento Rich Cocoa; Copics (R00, N0, N1, E40, E41, E43, E44, 0)
Paper:  Pink Pirouette, Always Artichoke; Gina K Pure Luxury White; DP - Basic Grey (Sugared) 
Embellishments:  Pearls (Kaiser); Flowers (Prima)
Tools:  Martha Stewart Branch Punch

KLSNS Challenge #32

Happy Saturday and Happy Birthday to my Mom!  It is time for our weekly challenge at KLSNS and Kelly gave us the challenge of "May Flowers" along with this fantastic sketch to use:

And here is my card: 

I used Brigitta on a Tree Stump by CC Designs, but as you can see, I just used Brigitta this time.  The papers are from the Basic Grey Lemonade collection. The image was colored with copics and I added stickles to her wing.  I embossed the one panel and added pearls to the border punched piece.  Brigitta was added using dimensionals.

We would love to have you join in our challenge this week and see how you interpret Kelly's "May Flowers" sketch.  Stop on over at the KL Stamping N Scrappin blog for all the challenge details and to see some wonderful eye candy from the rest of the Design Team.  

Enjoy your weekend :)

Recipe ~ all items SU unless indicated
Stamps:  Brigitta on a Tree Stump (CC Designs)
Ink/Coloring:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Copics (E00, E01, E11, R20, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28, BG000, BG01, BG32, BG34)
Paper:  Pink Pirouette; Gina K Pure Luxury White; DP - Basic Grey (Lemonade) 
Embellishments:  Ribbon (Flirty); Pearls (Michael's); Flowers (Prima); Stickles (Stardust)
Tools:  Cuttlebug Embossing Folder (Textile); Martha Stewart Border Punch; Dimensionals

Lollipop Flower Pot

Happy Wednesday!  Today it is my turn to host the weekly SNS at KLSNS.  Today I decided to showcase a quick, easy and fun project that we made one year for my daughter's Birthday party. We used these as centerpieces on the tables and then as giveaways ~ and the girls really loved them! 
 
Supplies Needed

• Floral Pot
• Styrofoam ball a little smaller than the top of the pot
• Green floral "grass" or moss to cover styrofoam ball
• Adhesive 
• Glue or T pins if needed (to hold grass/moss on ball)
• Flower Nestabilities or Punch, Leaf Die Shape or Punch
• Hole Punch to fit Lollipop Stick through
• Lollipops
• Designer Papers (I used papers from the Basic Grey Sugared Collection)
• Embellishments as desired (ribbon, glitter, rhinestones, etc)

Cover the styrofoam ball completely with floral grass/moss (if you are having a hard time keeping it all in place, you can glue it down or use T pins, but I didn't do either).   I couldn't get a picture of what this looked like because I needed both hands to hold the grass on, but I think it is pretty self explanatory.  Once it is covered, place it into the flower pot so that it fights snugly. 

Cut/punch flowers from the designer papers and then punch holes in the center of the flowers.

Place lollipops in the hole bringing the flower up to the base of the lollipop, and crumple the flower a bit around the lollipop to give it more dimension.  Embellish flowers as desired adding leaves, glitter, beads etc.

Push the lollipop flowers into the styrofoam ball and embellish pot as desired.

Some other options:

Really short on time ~ use purchased flowers ~ most even have holes already in the centers.  

Want a more permanent display piece ~ Instead of using lollipops, make the flowers adding buttons, bows, etc. to the centers and attach them to shish-ka-bob sticks (you can even paint the stick green) and place them in the flower pot.  

Teacher Gift ~ Instead of attaching the flowers to shish-ka-bob sticks, attach them to pencils or pens.

I hope you enjoyed my project today and if you decide to give it a try, I would love to see your flower pot!

I am entering this in the following challenges:
Creative Inspirations - Punches or Die Cuts
Ooh La La Creations - "Bright and Cheerful"
Pile It On - Out of the Box
Inky Impressions - Flowers - F=Flowers, L=Lollipop, O=Circle Suckers, W=skipped, E=skipped, R=Ribbon, S=Sparkle
Charisma Cardz - "3-D"  
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Birthday/Celebrations
Simple Doodles - Anything But a Card
Stamp Something - "2 of Something" - 2 Designer Papers, 2 Kinds of lollipops
Basic Grey Challenge - "Punch It"
By The Cute and Girly - "Celebrations"
Clearly Inspired - "Flower"
Daisy Doodles - "Anything Goes"
The Crazy Challenge - "It's a Girl Thing"
Flourishes - Make your own flowers
Sew Many - "Anything Goes"

KLSNS Challenge #31

Happy Saturday!  I am hoping today is a nicer day than we had yesterday ~ rainy, overcast and cool.  It is time for our weekly challenge at KLSNS and we were challenged by Ceal to "Tear It Up" by using either paper distressing/paper tearing on our project. 

I used Isabelle with Puppy Coco by Stampavie and papers from the Basic Grey Sugared collection.  Since I was going with paper distressing I decided to create a more vintage style card.  I stamped the image in Close to Cocoa ink and instead of using my ever loved copics, I switched things up and used chalks so it would have a softer feel to it ~ and it was actually kind of fun bringing those out!  The edges of all the papers are distressed and then inked, and I embossed the green designer paper, sanded it and then inked that as well.  The lace is some vintage stuff I picked up awhile back as is the button and pearl pin.  I finally got some chain and decent jump rings and attached the charm that way ~ I really do love that look much better (although a large standing magnifier would probably help when putting them together since the chain and the rings are so tiny and if you have longer nails like I do, it makes it even harder to work with these little pieces).

We would love to have you join in our challenge this week and see how you "Tear it Up".  Stop on over at the KL Stamping N Scrappin blog for all the challenge details and to see some wonderful eye candy from the rest of the Design Team.  

Enjoy your weekend :)

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Friday Sketchers - Sketch
Paper Cutz - Lace and button
Stamp Something - Use 2 of something - 2 types of fibers (Lace and DMC Floss), 2 Pearls, 2 Designer Papers
Charisma Cardz - "3-D" - use things that stick out - flowers, pearls, lace bow, button, pin
Pixie Challenge - add pearls to your project
ABC Challenge - U is for Unused Stash - lace, chalks, pin
All That Scraps - Dry Embossing
Fab N' Funky - Make your own embellishments - lace "bow" with button, charm and floss / multi layered flower
Inky Impressions - "Flowers" - choose at least two items from the letters to incorporate in your project.  I used F=Flowers L=Lace O=Pearls W=skipped E=Embossing R=Distressing S=skipped
Penny's Paper-Crafty - 1 Ribbon (lace), 2 Pattern Papers, 3 Embellishments (lace bow, flowers, pearls)
Cupcake Inspiration - I used the colors - pink, green, brown, ivory/cream
Die Cut Dreams - "Lace It Up" - use lace 
Pile It On - Photo Inspiration - I used the colors - pink, green, brown, ivory/cream
Stampavie - "My favorite Colors" - this is just one of my many favorite color combos
Crafty Angels - "Ripping and Tearing"
Cupcake Craft Challenge - "Blooming Charming" - use flowers and charm
A Spoon Full of Sugar - "Cute and Girly"
Clearly Inspired - Flower
Whoopsie Daisy - "As You Like It"
Create 4 Fun - Vintage

Recipe ~ all items SU unless indicated
Stamps:  Isabelle with Puppy Coco (Stampavie)
Ink/Coloring:  Close to Cocoa; Creamy Caramel; Chalks
Paper:  Naturals Ivory; DP - Basic Grey (Sugared) 
Embellishments:  Lace, button, pin (from stash); DMC Floss; Charm, Pearls (Kaiser); Flowers (Prima)
Tools:  Sanding Block; Paper Distressing Tool; Cuttlebug Embossing Folder (Textile); Sponges

KLSNS Challenge #30

Wow, it's the weekend already!  That means it is time for another challenge over at KLSNS.  This week Risa Challenged us to "Show some love to our Animal Friends".   

I chose High Hopes Scuba Kitty for my card.  This is such a fun image!  I colored it with my copics (no surprise there) and then added Crystal Effects to the water puddle, water drops, fish bowl and the goggles (although I forgot how long this stuff takes to dry when using so much ~ I should have done it after I put the image on the card, but no, I had to do it on the plain unmatted image and then wait for it to dry in order to finish up my card.....).  The Designer Papers I used are from Basic Grey's Lime Rickey collection ~ I tend to gravitate to these papers when using a water type image.  The dark blue patterned paper was embossed and then sanded to show the white.  I also embossed the turquoise panel on the front.   I dug through my button stash and found this cool blue and white one ~ I just wish I had more like it!   

We would love to have you join in our challenge this week and see what animals you decide to showcase (somehow I'm thinking Dogs and Cats will be the most represented).  Stop on over at the KL Stamping N Scrappin blog for all the challenge details and to see some wonderful eye candy from the rest of the Design Team.  

Enjoy your weekend :)

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
High Hopes - Sketch
A Spoon Full of Sugar -3 Papers, 3 Buttons
Cupcake Craft - Buttons
My Time to Craft - "Too Cute"
Papertake - Shiny (Crystal Effects), Sparkly & Special (one or any combination)
Penny's Paper Crafty - Recipe (ribbon, papers, embellishments)
Paper Cutz - use image of dog or cat
Stampin for the Weekend - Card for a male
Stamp Scrap & Doodle - Masculine
Stamp & Create - Ribbon



Recipe ~ all items SU unless indicated
Stamps:  Scuba Kitty (High Hopes); Sentiment - My Guy (The Greeting Farm)
Ink/Coloring:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Copics (C0, C2, N1, N3, N5, N7, Y11, Y15, Y17, E30, E31, E33, E44, E53, E55, E57, B00, B01, B02, B04, B14, B16, B18)
Paper:  Tempting Turquoise; Gina K Pure Luxury White;  DP - Basic Grey (Lime Rickey) 
Embellishments:  Ribbon (Navy), Buttons (from stash); DMC Floss; Crystal Effects
Tools:  Word Window Punch; Cuttlebug Embossing Folders (Swiss Dots and Spots & Dots); Sanding Block