Rodriguez Designs

PDCC 118 } Thanks Tag

2012-02-08T23:00:00.000-06:00

Ok, so let me just say i'm loving this weeks color challenge at The Play Date Cafe and totally loving how they look together.....what do you think??

The sponsor this for this weeks challenge is Simon Says Stamp :)

Now for my take....I did a fun tag, with lots of yummy embellies on this one.

Supplies used: The Twinery (Lemondrop),Bazzill cardstock, My Minds Eye Dilly Dally line (paper & embellies), Maya Road ribbon, Xyron adhesive.

Thanks so much for stopping by, hop on over to The Play Date Cafe blog and share your take on this weeks color challenge with us.

~Stacy

PDCC 117

2012-02-01T23:00:00.000-06:00

Hello everyone, can I just say i'm loving the colors this week!!! Before we get to the fabby new colors for this week I would like to welcome our newest design team member at The Play Date Cafe....WELCOME ALICIA!!! You can check out Alicia's blog HERE :)

So this weeks colors are.....

This weeks sponsor is....

Melanie Muenchinger, stamp designer & Sr DT Member for Gina K!!!

Ok so these colors make me think spring, and it's perfect with the great weather we have been having here in the midwest, so I used some super fun Bella BLVD on this one and some yummy Lilac twine from The Twinery.

Thanks so much for stopping by today, make sure you head over to the PDCC blog and enter your take on this weeks color challenge.

~Stacy

Nikki Sivils Badge Contest & A CHA Layout

2012-01-27T08:25:00.007-06:00

Hey there everyone I wanted to tell you about a contest that Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker is having during her trip to CHA. Grab one of the following badges and place them on your blog and you might just win that collection. Let me just tell you these collections are super cute and you will love them. So here are the badges you can pick from....

I also wanted to share with you one of the layouts that I created for the booth at CHA. On this one I used the Noah line. Totally loving this super cute line and I know you will to.

Here is a close up of part of my layout. Love all the die cuts with this one, and the starts from one of the pattern papers, and of course the burlap buttons!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Don't forget to place your badge on your blog for your chance to win, and make sure you stop by Nikki's blog and catch up on how her time at CHA is going.

~Stacy

The Play Date Cafe Challenge 116

2012-01-25T23:00:00.000-06:00

Hello everyone, it's time for another fun color challenge over at The Play Date Cafe! Before we get into the challenge I would like to thank 2 totally fabby designers there as this will be there last week. I really didn't get to hang with these two ladies long, but in the short time I was there with them they made me feel so welcome, and were always there to cheer us all on. Michele and Andrea....thanks so much for everything!!! I wish you well on your new adventures and i'm sure we will all stay in touch :):)

So here is this weeks color challenge...

Our sponsor this week is....Sweet & Sassy Stamps

Here is my take on this weeks challenge.

Well there you have it, something for you to work on this week. Make sure you hop over to The Play Date Cafe Blog and check out what all of the fabby designers created, and show us your take on this challenge.

Thanks for stopping by, hope you have a wonderful day!
~Stacy

Check out these colors......}The Twinery

2012-01-23T16:01:00.004-06:00

WOOHOO!!! Check out these fabby new colors of twine from The Twinery!!!

Shore - light baby blue & white twisted twine

Orchid - light pastel purple & white twisted twine

Cantaloupe - light orange & white twisted twine...think Creamsicle

Flax - light brown & white twisted twine (it matches Kraft paper bags, boxes and other products perfectly)

They are all dreamy pastel shades...perfect for Spring (which is right around the corner)!!

We hope you enjoy our new twine colors...and we know you'll love creating with them!
And we'd like to help you bulk up your twine stash...
Use discount code NEWCOLORS for 10% off your entire purchase at The Twinery...discount ends Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 11:59 EST.

I can't wait to get started on creating with all of the yummy twine that was on my door step today!!

My Lil' Monster Fun

2012-01-22T07:56:00.002-06:00

Hello everyone, I wanted to share with you a fun little thinking of you card created using Nikki Sivils My Lil' Monster line.

I simply love all the fun little die cuts with this line!! I mean really how could this card not make someone smile.

I poppped up the monster and the blue banner piece at the top, ran my Xyron design runner around the edges, and of course had to add one of Nikki's rocking brads!

Thanks so much for stopping by today, make sure you stop by Nikki's blog and tell her CONGRATS!!! She is getting one fabulous award at CHA next week.

~Stacy

PDCC }115

2012-01-18T23:00:00.000-06:00

Hey there everyone, today i'm bringing you the new color challenge over at The Play Date Cafe!!! LOVING these colors together, what do you think???

And do you want another fabulous sponsor for this week???? How about The Twinery....I mean really who doesn't love this twine!!!!

So here is my take on the challenge for this week. I love the fact that one of the colors was burlap, so of course I had to use some burlap on my card :)

Supplies used: Bazill cardstock, Echo Park pattern paper, Stampin' UP birthday stamp, Prima flower, and of course some yummy Honeydew twine from The Twinery.

Thanks so much for stopping by, be sure to upload your take on this challenge over at The Play Date Cafe for your chance to win some twine :)

~Stacy

WOOHOO!!! Exciting News......The Twinery

2012-01-13T07:00:00.000-06:00

Hey there everyone....it's finally here. I can now share with you that I will be joining The Twinery design team this year!!!

LOVE all those yummy colors of twine (and the new colors also) Please be sure to stop over at The Twinery Blog and say hi, plus there is a chance to win some twine :):) I will have all of the team linked up on the right side of my blog later today, but would like to share the list of fabulous designers I will get the chance to know and create with. 10 designers were announced on the blog yesterday, and 10 more today....so here is the complete list. Congrats to all of you!!!

Design Team Coordinator:
Julie Ranae Murray

Senior Designers:
Angelica Suarez
Monika Wright

Design Team:
Teri Anderson
Dorangela Bobet
Helen Bird
Lauren Brewer
Natalie Clause
Amy Crockett
Tifany DeGough (returning as a 2nd term designer)
Carolyn King
Kathy Skou
Kellie Winnell
Sarah Avery
Angie Barrs
Ashley Bores
Jen Carter (returning as a 2nd term designer)
Jamie Crisps
Katrina Damm-Blomberg
Jessica Fick
Shannon Teubner
Karola Witczak

Once again CONGRATS to all of you!!

PDCC } 114

2012-01-11T23:00:00.000-06:00

Hey there everyone, it's time for this weeks new color challenge at The Play Date Cafe! Once again Jax has put together another fabulous challenge...check out the colors for this week.

Our sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamp!!

Now here is my take on the challenge. I went with a Valentine theme on this one using BoBunny paper,the gold bling is from Prima, and a little Maya Road ribbon.

Make sure you hop over to the PDCC blog and show us your take on the challenge and see what fabulous prize will be up for grabs from Simon Says Stamp!!

Have a wonderful day!
~Stacy

WOOHOO!! Super exciting news :):)

2012-01-11T06:22:00.003-06:00

I had the BEST phone call this past Monday!!! It was the call I had been waiting for.....it was Nikki Sivils on the other end!!! WOOHOO....I had made her design team!! :):)She probably thought I was crazy because I was so excited I think I was talking 100 mph!!! Check out this list of talented designers below!!! I will have all the girls links to their blogs up on the left of my blog here in a bit!!

1. Julie Tucker-Wolek (Blog Coordinator)
2. Sarah Eclavea (Social Media Coordinator)
3. Deana Boston (Retailer Program Coordinator)
4. Stacy Rodriguez
5. Jodi Wilton (who is re-joining us from my original team 3 years ago)
6. Jennie McGarvey
7. Laurel Seabrook
8. Melissa Pablo
9. Melanie Jarocki
10. Marielle LeBlanc

and Katrina Hunt is their Design Team Leader

Thank you so much Nikki, I so looking forward to designing with your FABULOUS products!! Make sure you stop by Nikki's blog HERE and check it out.....she also had another sneak peak on one of her new lines up today!!

PDCC } 113

2012-01-04T23:00:00.001-06:00

Hello everyone, yes it's the first color challenge of the new year over at The Play Date Cafe!!! WOOHOO!!!! So check out these fun colors.

A HUGE thanks to our sponsor this week Sweet Stamps!!

When you stop by Sweet Stamps be sure to check out the info about the Design Team Call going on right now!!!!

Here is my creation using this weeks new colors.

On this card I used a little mixture of paper lines (which I usually never do) :) The blue background is from Pink Paislee Snowday line, the cream paper is from Crate Paper. I added the mint pearls on the sides and used my Xyron to put it all together.

So you have one week to upload your take on this challenge. Stop on over to The Play Date Cafe and show us your creative talent!!

~Stacy

Bundle Up } Pink Paislee Snowday

2012-01-03T19:44:00.006-06:00

Happy New Year everyone!! Hope you are all having a wonderful start to the new year. Here in the midwest it is simply fabulous.....no snow!!! Crazy huh, i'm not upset about that though :) However I know sooner or later it will be here, and i'm now ready and have a place to put all of those fun snow pictures.

Here is the cover of my book

Now for the inside pages. Lots of space for photos and fun journaling.

You can grab all of the supplies needed to create this album at The Scrapbooking Studio.

Supplies Used: Pink Paislee Snowday line & embellies, Xyron adhesive, cardstock, Bazzill ribbon, Bind-it-all, Sizzix one the edge dies Plaque & Postage, Brackets, Maya Road stick pins.

Thanks for stopping by today, hope you all have a wonderful day!

~Stacy

Onto the next Holiday } Jillbean & Burlap

2011-12-26T17:45:00.004-06:00

Hey there everyone, i'm moving on to the next holiday. I wanted to create with something different today, and I thought well Valentine's Day will be here i'm sure before I know it. I created this fun little card using the Jillibean Hearty Barley, and then I tried to create a fun little flower using some burlap. I put it all together with my Xyron of course.

So I think I need a little practice on my burlap flower, but it was fun to try and create it. It gives the card a totally different look!! I grabbed some burlap at The Scrapbooking Studio....yes they now have burlap :):)

Well thanks for stopping by today, hope you have a fabulous day!
Stacy

PDCC } 112

2011-12-21T23:00:00.001-06:00

Hey there everyone, I hope that you are all ready to enjoy the upcoming holiday with your family and friends. During your down time from all the hustle and bustle stop on over at The Play Date Cafe and join in on this weeks color challenge. The challenge will run for 2 weeks so you have plenty of time! Here are the rocking colors this week.

Our sponsor for the week gave us some wonderful stamps and die cuts to play with! A huge thank you to....

Lil" Inker Designs

I was lucky enough to get a Christmas stamp set along with the tree die cut. Totally had fun making this card.

This card was created with a little Echo Park, Twinery Twine, Xyron adhesive and of course Lil' Inkers Design stamps & die cut.

Thanks so much for stopping by, make sure you head over to The Play Date Cafe and show us your take on this weeks challenge.

Stacy

Echo Park Winter Mini Album Class

2011-12-16T12:12:00.004-06:00

Hey there everyone, just wanted to share with you my mini album class for next month. I will be teaching this at The Scrapbooking Studio in Bloomington Il on Jan 14 @ 10am (309)585-0409, and Moline IL on Jan 21 @ 1pm (309)736-7242

We will have so much fun creating this album. Be ready to play with lots of fun stuff: Grungepaper, Acrylic Paint, Alcohol Ink, Distress Stains & Crackle Paint.

Space is filling up fast so be sure to call soon!

Thanks for stopping by, have a wonderful day.
~Stacy

PDCC } 111

2011-12-14T23:00:00.000-06:00

Hey there everyone, yes it's thats wonderful time of the week again....it's time for another fabulous color challenge over at The Play Date Cafe. I simply love this weeks colors, they are just yummy....check them out!

We have a wonderful sponsor for this weeks challenge also...a big thank you to
CINDY COUTTS

Now for my take on this challenge I created a Christmas card (the only one I made this year by the way)!!!

I used a little Echo Park paper from the new Yours Truly line, MME ornament, and a little black bakers twine from The Twinery, put it all together with my Xyron adhesive and presto 1 Christmas card done....is it to late to say oh 50 more to go??? :)

Well thanks so much for stopping by, head over to The Play Date Cafe and show us what you got!!!

~Stacy

WOOHOO } Spellbinders Round 2

2011-12-14T16:19:00.002-06:00

WOOHOO!!! I am super excited right now. This morning I received a super exciting email telling me that I am moving on to round 2 of the Spellbinders DT call!!! After I sat there for a while reading the email over and over again...making sure I was reading it right, my first thought was.....ok I did an altered project for round one. Now do I do a layout or a card for round 2??? I have thought about this all day and still have not decided :) I'm thinking I will do both and send which one I like the best!! So here is the post right from the Spellbinders blog. Congrats to everyone on this list!!

Wow! What a first round it has been! The entries poured in from all over... not just the country... but from all over the world! The amount of talent that was showcased just blows our minds. We had all sorts of entries from cards, to scrapbook layouts, to mixed media projects. Each one of them was unique and truly showed the spirit of the person who created it. Thank you to everyone who participated in round one!

And now... to announce the 40 creative souls moving on to round 2! Congratulations to...

AJ Otto

Angela Fehr

Angela Ploegman

Ashley Harris

Astrid Maclean

Christine Emberson

Darsie Bruno

Debbie Seyer

Giovanna Smith

Heidi Van Laar

Iwona Palamountain

Jamie Cripps

Judy Hayes

Kalyn Kepner

Katarina Damm-Blomberg

Kathy Roney

Katie Piotrowski

Kendra Sand

Kim Nath

Kimberly Crawford

Latisha Yoast

Lesley Langdon

Linda Lucas

Lisa Fish

Marisa Job

Michelle Woerner

Monika Martinson

Sarah Mullanix

Shanna Vineyard

Stacy Rodriguez

Susie Bentz

Sylvia Blum

Teresa Horner

Terrance Doxie

Theresa Momber

Tina McDonald

Tonya Dirk

Trina McClune

Windy Robinson

Yvonne von de Grijp

The next round of projects is due on Jan 4th so I think tonight is a good night to start creating! Thanks for stopping by and hope you are all having a fabulous day!

~Stacy

PDCC 110 } Naughty & Nice

2011-12-07T23:00:00.000-06:00

Hey there everyone, well it's time for another fabulous color challenge over at The Play Date Cafe! So I totally love these colors together, especially since I love non traditional colors for Christmas.

So once again we have another fabulous sponsor, who was kind enough to share some goodies with us to play with. This weeks sponsor is.....
DRS designs

I just love the saying that I got to play with...it's perfect with the picture on this layout :) It says "Together we're like stripes on a candy cane sweet, bent, and twisted!!! LOL Here is my take on the challenge.

On this layout I used the Christmas line from My Minds Eye. I love the little 3D and chipboard stickers that go with this line. I used my Embellie Gellie from ScraPerfect to help me place the blue bling where I wanted it.
Now make sure you head over to The Play Date Cafe blog and get all the details on this weeks prize. I can't wait to see all of your fabulous creations!!

Have a wonderful day,
Stacy

O Christmas Tree

2011-12-06T08:57:00.006-06:00

Hey there everyone, well I think it's starting to look like Christmas here finally. We have been so busy, but last night we finally put up our tree and this morning we woke up to snow flurries!! I want to share a little Christmas tree that I have altered for my scraproom. This wooden Christmas tree came from Say It With Letters....totally loving all of the wooden shapes I have had the chance to play with from them.

So here is what the tree looked like to start with.

The first step is to lay your tree on the paper you are going to use and trace the tree. You will need to do this for both sides of the tree, then simply cut out. You will also want to do this for the base of the tree as well. I used 2 different papers for the tree and the base. The papers are from the new Style Essentials line from Echo Park. I applied The Best Glue Ever from ScraPerfect with a painbrush to adhere the paper to the tree. Love the fact that this does not make my paper bubble up :)

Now for the sides of the tree, you can cut a 1/2 inch strip of paper for the edges. Simply cut the strips to the length needed and then adhere to the tree. Once you have completed this here is what your tree will look like.

Now would be the time to ink the edges if you would like before trimming the tree. Next it's time for the fun part....decorating. I used some super fun chipboard stickers on the tree and added some to the base as well. The cute chipboard stickers are also from Echo Parks Holly Jolly Christmas line.

Here are a couple of close up pictures as well.

Thanks so much for stopping by today, I hope this puts you in the mood to create your own Christmas tree for your scraproom. You can find these fun chipboard stickers and this paper at The Scrapbooking Studio. Hope you have a fabulous day!

~Stacy

PDCC 109

2011-11-30T23:00:00.000-06:00

Hey there everyone, it's time for a new color challenge over at The Play Date Cafe! So here is this weeks new colors!

This weeks fabulous sponsor is....

Now here is my take on this one. I was lucky enough to get this super cute stamp set that went perfect with my daughters favorite snack...popcorn!!! Here is my take on this challenge.

Ok ladies....now head on over to The Play Date Cafe and get your take on the challenge entered. Can't wait to see what you all create!

Let's Party Mini } Nikki Sivils It's Your Day

2011-11-26T15:47:00.007-06:00

Hey there everyone, thanks for stopping by today. So as many of you who follow my blog know I LOVE Nikki Sivils lines....so imagine my excitement when I saw the post I had been waiting all year for....her DT call!!!! (you can check out Nikki's DT call HERE) After reading through the post probably 5 times so that I didn't miss a thing I knew I had to create something new for this one. I had this project planned but had not started it yet, so I thought well there is no better time than now to start.

I created this fun mini album that is going to be a class at The Scrapbooking Studio in February to help celebrate the store being open for 2 years. I have everything pulled for the class for probably 3 weeks now :) Ok so enough babbling with excitement how about I just show you the project.

Here is the view of the cover. I created this album using different shapes from the Accu-Cut machine at the store. I love to create mini albums especially using different shapes.

After applying all the base paper to the album it was time to embellish it. I love all of the elements that you can cut and use from the It's Your Day Line. I also inked all of the edges using Ranger Distress Ink (vintage photo)

Here are the inside pages along with some photos of the fun little tags I created for all of the pockets in this album.

Supplies used: Nikki Sivils It's You Day Line, burlap buttons, corduroy brads; Ranger Distress Ink (Vintage Photo), Bazzill ribbon, Maya Road Stick Pin, Xyron Adhesive.

Thanks so much for stopping by today, hope you have enjoyed this fun little birthday mini album. Don't forget to stop by Nikki's Blog and get all the info you need to submit for the DT call, and good luck :)

~Stacy

PDCC #108 } Christmas Taggin' It

2011-11-16T23:00:00.000-06:00

Hey there fellow bloggers, i'm here today sharing the new color challenge with you over at The Play Date Cafe. Since next week is a holiday here in the US on Thursday, this challenge will run for TWO weeks. That means you have plenty of time to get your creative juices flowing for this one!!! Ok so let's start with the colors for this week and our sponsor Lawn Fawn....check 'em out ladies!!!

Now for my take on this one. I created a tag to tie on a gift bag for the Holidays. For this tag I used My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Christmas. Now for the Copper on my tag I tied on a Christmas Muse Token from Tim Holtz, did a little inking on the edges of the tag, added a rosette and presto it's done :)

Thanks so much for stopping by, remember you have TWO weeks ladies, check out the challenge HERE....so get a move on :):)

A little Echo Park Christmas Fun

2011-11-14T11:48:00.006-06:00

Hey there everyone, well i've been working on another mini album. This time I used the Season's Greetings from Echo Park. Love the vintage feel to this line, and the chipboard embellies and brads are fabulous!! You will find lots of photo mats and hidden pockets in this album as well.

So lets start with the cover. I used some Tim Holzt goodies, along with his new ornament die. One of the ornaments is covered with crackel paint.

Now for the inside pages. They are all ready to go for the pictures we will take this Chrsitmas.

Here is the inside of the last page. Perfect for a picture in the center, then a little journaling on the tag on the inside pocket.

Supplies used: Echo Park Season's Greetings, Tim Holtz tokens, Xyron adhesive, Vintage Photo distress ink.

Well hope I have inspired you to start working on a Christmas mini for this year. Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a fabulous day!

~Stacy

PDCC 107 } Just For You

2011-11-09T23:00:00.000-06:00

Hello everyone, it's time for this weeks new color challenge at The Play Date Cafe. Loving the colors again this week.....black, white and a splash of orange.

This weeks sponsor is The Scrapping Cottage.

Now for my take on this challenge. I created this card using the new Teresa Collins line Carolina Breeze. For the splash of orange I used ribbon, a sticker, and a brad from Teresa's Haunted Hallows line. I added a little of the blingage also. Form the sentiment I used the Xyron Design Runner with the SEI disc and the Mega Runner.

Ok now it's your turn...hope on over to The Play Date Cafe blog and show us your take on this weeks color challenge.

Thanks for stopping by, hope you all have a wonderful day!

~Stacy

US } Teresa Collins & Xyron

2011-11-07T05:00:00.000-06:00

Good Monday morning to you all. I hope that you all had a fabulous weekend. Today i'm sharing a mini album with you created using the new Teresa Collins Carolina Breeze & lots of Xyron adhesive!!! Thanks to The Scrapbooking Studio for carrying all of these FABULOUS goodies to create this beauty!!

There a 6 pages in this album along with 2 half pocket pages. Using my Xyron Creatopia made this so much quicker to adhere the base pages down, so I could get to the fun parts of decorating :)

As you will see in the pictures, there are lots of hidden ares for journaling to go along with places to slide in photo mats. I loved making this album with all of the fun little tabs. I used the Stampin' Up punch to create the tabs, which fit perfectly in my Xyron 150 sticker maker. I know those tabs are NOT coming undone!!

Here are a few more picture of the inside of this album.

Some of the yummy embellies I used on this one are from Teresa Collins: Notations Tags, Taylor's Clips, Amber's Jewels, Brooke's Flower. From Prima I used a crystal swirl, My Mind's Eye Sunshire Forever Brads from the Lost & Found 2. Xyron Creatopia, 150 sticker maker, and the mega runner.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Hope you all have a wonderful day!

~Stacy

PDCC 106 } Birthday Tag

2011-11-02T23:00:00.000-05:00

Hello everyone, today i'm sharing my creation for The Play Date Cafe challenge 106. The colors are so fun for this one....gray, yellow, and pink.

This weeks sponsor for the challenge is Practicing Creativity.

For this challenge I created a birthday tag. You can use it to tie on a gift bag, or simply place it on the front of a card. On the background of this tag I used the Summer line from Nikki Sivils, then stamped the banners across the paper. For all of the fun little embellies I also used another line from Nikki called It's Your Day (one of my favorite lines)!!! I placed some fun little glitter candy dots from Pebbles around the tag and also some fun little dots from Kaiser Craft. To place these dots on my tag I used the Embellie Gellie from ScraPerfect to make this job super easy.

Well that's it for today, thanks for stopping by. Make sure you head over to The Play Date Cafe and enter your take on this weeks fabulous color challenge.

PDCC } 105

2011-10-26T23:00:00.000-05:00

Hey there everyone....it's Thursday and you know what that means around here. It's time for the new color challenge at The Play Date Cafe. Jax has worked her magic again with another fabulous one....check it out!!

The prize up for grabs this week is from Kraft Outlet.

I created a card for this challenge using ET CETERA from BoBunny. I added a few stickers from Echo Park Times & Seasons line and some fabulous pink twine from The Twinery.

Well thanks for so much for stopping by, don't forget to head over to The Play Date Cafe blog and enter your take on this weeks challenge.

~Stacy

WOOHOO!! Happy 2nd Anniversary PDCC } 104

2011-10-19T23:00:00.000-05:00

WOW!!! Congrats on 2 fabulous years of wonderful challenges to the PDCC!! We have a great color challenge for you this week, and LOTS of prizes to be won. First up here is the color challenge for this week.

How about this line up for sponsors for this challenge!!!!!! With this many sponsors for prizes this week, you would be CRAZY not to enter :):)

The Twinery

Sweet Stamp Shop

Layers of Color

So here is my layout that I created for this color challenge. I love the fun pictures that my daughter and her best friend are always taking together.

Here are the supplies I used on this layout: American Crafts Amy Tangerine paper, thickers & die cut shapes, Xyron Adhesive.

Thanks for stopping by today, can't wait to see what you create with this weeks color challenge. Hop on over to The Play Date Cafe blog and show us what you got!!! :):)

PDCC 103 } What's The Word Bird?

2011-10-12T23:00:00.000-05:00

What's The Word Bird???? The word is that the new color challenge is up over at The Play Date Cafe!!! :) Take a look at these cool colors........

Pretty cool colors right!!!! So who is the sponsor for this weeks prize you ask...Clear Dollar Stamps

Now for my take on these colors. I created this card using one of my favorite paper companies...it's an older line, but worked perfectly with this challenge.

So the yummy supplies on this project are: Nikki Sivils Henry's Brillance line, Vintage photo distress ink, pacific point Stampin' UP ink, Kaiser Craft pearls (blue), Xyron adhesive.

Thanks for stopping by today, hop on over to the PDCC blog and enter your take on this challenge!!! Can't wait to see what you create.

~Stacy

2011-10-11T18:57:00.003-05:00

Happy Tuesday everyone!!! Today I wanted to share with you the cover of a mini ablum that I created for a friend. Recently her grandmother passed away and I wanted to make something for her to keep some of her special photos in of the two of them together. I'm only sharing the cover with you so that the inside is only seen by her.

For this one I used the Crate paper line Farmhouse, since I thought the vintage feel of it was perfect. I picked this line up at The Scrapbooking Studio, along with the Maya Road ribbon, Teresa Collins frame and well just everything else that is in this album.

For the rosette I used my Best Glue Ever from ScraPerfect to keep this together, which also held the Teresa Collins frame with no problem.

Supplies used: Crate Paper - Farmhouse line, ScraPerfect Best Glue Ever, Teresa Collins frames, Tim Holtz goodies, Maya Road ribbon & stick pin.

Thanks so much for stopping by, hope you have a fabulous night!

~Stacy

Bushels of FUN } Jillibean Soup

2011-10-10T13:35:00.004-05:00

Hey there everyone and happy Monday!!!! Hope you all have had a wonderful weekend. It has simply been beautiful here in the midwest. For October I will take 82 degrees for 5 days anytime!!!

Well anyway on to some fun scrappy stuff. Jillibean Soup has a sketch up on their blog to get your mojo flowing. Since we had gone to the apple orchard, I thought the Apple Cheddar Soup line was the perfect pick for this sketch. There are lots of yummy Jillibean products on this one. Here is my take on the sketch.

and now a little close up...

So the Jillibean goodies I used on this one: Apple Cheddar Soup line, Wonderful White corrugated alphas, corrugated shapes, felt blossoms (blue), cool bean vintage buttons, and kraft mini brown cardstock stickers.
I picked everything up that you need to create this at The Scrapbooking Studio!
Thanks for stopping by, hope you have a fabulous day.

~stacy

Operation Julie's Smile Hop

2011-10-07T07:00:00.001-05:00

Hey there fellow bloggers. I'm so happy to be part of this HUGE blog hop to help out our friend Julie and THANK you so much for joining us....plus i'm hanging with the DT girls again from CAS-ual Fridays for my part in this fabulous hop :) I am so glad that you joined us on this amazing blog hop for Operation Julie’s Smile. If you came here from Virgina Lu’s blog, then you are in the right spot. If not, you may want to start from the beginning at the Sweet Stamp Shop’s blog and take your time. You have ALL WEEKEND to hop with us and win prizes! This hop will end BLOG HOP RUNS THROUGH SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9th AT 11:59pm EST, so sit back and get ready to be inspired and WIN LOTS of prizes.

Here is a little background info for you about what has been happening with Julie. The creative blogging community is coming together this weekend to help one of our friends, Julie Ranae. You may know her as the Design Team Coordinator for many wonderful companies from bakers twine, die cuts, rubber stamps and more. What many people don’t know about Julie Ranae is that she has had some pretty major dental surgeries in her lifetime due to medication she had to take as a child. It was in her plans to think about having all of her teeth replaced at some point in the next 5 years, a decision that was pretty easy to plan out. But then it happened…she chipped her front teeth on a weekend a month ago. The dentist told her there was no way to save them & that it was his recommendation that she give in and have them all her teeth removed soon, but for that day, they needed to get her front teeth done so her gums could begin to heal. He said he would 'work out payments with her to have ALL this work done...but when she called to make her appt for the first step of impressions, they told her the amount of money that was needed and that the 'payments' applied only to the two teeth that were extracted that day. Her husband Paul was with her & that too, was his understanding as well. So this is how she has found herself in this situation…Needing at least $4000 to get started and another $3000 to finish the process…a total of $7000.
Nicole Rixon, owner of Sweet Stamp Shop put together this benefit after finding out about this situation and before Julie Ranae knew it, it took flight!
Because she is an event organizer by trade, she has taken on the job of organizing all of the blogs in this hop as her way of ‘working overtime’ for what she needs, the same as if she were able to work overtime at an outside job to pay for the work to be done. It is the goal of all of these generous friends & sponsors to help make this situation more do-able for our friend so that she can share a brand new smile with all of us soon.
If there is anything you can do to help with a financial donation, there is a donation button ready for you to click. Any amount is appreciated and ALL DONATIONS will be eligible for prizes from our sponsor pool of over $2500

So here is this weeks challenge that we worked on for CAS-ual Fridays.

And now here is my take on this challenge.

I hope you enjoyed your stop here on the hop! The next stop is Laurie Willison’s blog. Make sure you leave a comment here before you go so that you can have a chance at the amazing prizes up for grabs and if you can, (click HERE to find the donation button on CAS-ual Fridays Blog) so we can help bring back a new smile for our friend.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a fabulous weekend!
~Stacy

The Play Date Cafe Challenge 102

2011-10-05T23:00:00.000-05:00

Hey there everyone, hope you are all having a fabulous week so far. To get your weekend scrapping off to a great start how about this color challenge!!! This is the PDCC 102 and super fun and bright colors, check it out.

Now for the fabulous sponsor who was so kind to share some yummy stamps with us!!! This weeks sponsor is Stampotique :)

So for my project I altered this Graphic 45 5x5 kraftboard art box. It has a fun little insert that you can decorate and add photos to. I created this for my daughters best friend with pictures of the two of them for her birthday.

The fun Stampotique stamps I got to play with are the cloud on the front and the fun "Fabulous" stamp....which it totally me because I use that word ALOT!!

Here is what the outside of the box looks like.

And when you open it up you get to see the fun fabulous stamp.

Well so you have until next Wednsday to give this "Fabulous" color challenge a shot ladies! Hope on over to the PDCC and check out all of the fun projects the DT has created this week.

Happy creating and I will see ou next week with another fabby PDDC challenge :)

~Stacy

Mischievous Fun } MME

2011-10-05T08:42:00.003-05:00

Hey there fellow bloggers, how about a little Halloween fun today with a tag!! I love to make tags and since it had been awhile since I created one, well what better time than now right!!!

So I started with the Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations Tag & Bookplate to cut the tag out of Ranger Manila cardstock. First I inked the tag using Ranger distress ink (gathered twigs, ripe persimmon, and a hint of tumbled glass).

Once I finished my inking it was time to stamp the background of the tag. Before rubbed the Perfect Crafting Pouch from ScraPerfect across the entire tag to make sure I would get a perfect stamped image, then stamped away!

Now it's time to decorate....for this I used the fun new Halloween line from My Minds Eye, Michevious designed by Robyn Meierotto, along with all of the chipboard embellies that go with it. Of course I had to add a new Halloween token from Tim Holtz. For the fabulous roseette die I used ScraPerfects The Best Glue Ever to hold this together, and also to adhere the flower on top of it, add a little Maya Road stick pin in and it's done. All of the yummy products used on this tag you can grab at The Scrapbooking Studio!

Thanks for stopping by today, have a wonderful day!
~Stacy

The Play Date Cafe #101 } CHA Chi Town

2011-09-28T23:00:00.000-05:00

Hey there fellow bloggers, hope you are all having a fabulous week. So it's Thursday which means it's time for the new color challege over at The Play Date Cafe!! So can I just tell you I LOVE this color challenge!!! Ok so take a look........you will totally love it to!!!

So for this challenge I created a super fun layout of my very first CHA expierence, and guess who is in the picture with me!!!! Our very own PDCC superstar Julie Ranae Murray :) I was so excited to get to meet her!

and here is a little close up....

So who is the fabulous sponsor this week....how about Paper & Such. Hope on over to the PDCC blog and check out what could be yours!!!

Well there it is ladies....you have a week to get your scrap on and enter this challenge. Good luck and I can't wait to see what you all create.

I used Teresa Collins World Travler line on this one that I picked up at The Scrapbooking Studio, and of course some Xyron adhesive.

Thanks for stopping by,
~Stacy

The Play Date Cafe Challenge } PDCC #100

2011-09-21T23:00:00.000-05:00

Woohoo.....it's time again for the new challenge this week at The Play Date Cafe. The colors are perfect together, and a big thank you to Lawn Fawn for letting the DT create with some of your fabulous goodies!! So how about the colors this week.......

A big thank you to the sponsor this week :)

For this challenge I created this fall card using the stamp set Judy's Bloom.

So ladies make sure you hop on over the The Play Date Cafe blog and get your entry in. Thanks for stopping by today and I look forward to seeing your creations.

~Stacy

Say It With Letters + ScraPerfect= One rocking skull

2011-09-21T08:32:00.007-05:00

Hey there everyone. Today i'm sharing my first project as a design team member of Say It With Letters. I added some of my ScraPerfect goodies and it created one rocking skull :) So I got this wooden skull in the mail, I put it on my desk next to some yummy Teresa Collins Haunted Hallows and looked at it for awhile.

I placed my ScraPerfect Best Glue Ever all across the skull then placed the paper down. I let it sit for a bit then sanded the edges. I thought to myself...umm...needs a little something else. I thought maybe some earings (brads)!! Since this is a wooden piece and the paper was already placed down I couldn't put the brads through the paper. I took the backing off the brads, used my Embellie Gellie to hold the brad while placing the best glue ever on the back, then stuck it down where I wanted it.

Ok so that part was done but it needed a little something else....a headband and a bow :) I used the Tim Holtz rosette for this one and some of the stickers.

Well there you have it....my funky Halloween decor. Thanks for stopping by, hope you have a fabulous day!
~Stacy

Operation Julie's Smile } Blog Hop with TONS of prizes

2011-09-20T09:12:00.003-05:00

I had the opprotunity to finally meet Julie this past summer at CHA! She is simply so sweet and just a great person. Many may know that a few weeks ago, Julie Ranae had to have emergency oral surgery resulting in the removal of her two front teeth. The dentist at that time believed the best course of action would be to remove the rest of her teeth and replace them with permanents. (as to avoid *years* of dental work) Relieved at finding a solution to this major dental problem .. she visited the office for dental surgery the week. Unfortunately, it wasn't the visit she was expecting. After the consultation and scheduling the surgery, the surgeon's office informed her that she would need to bring $4000 back to the appointment with her and they would proceed. This amount would not include the 'dentures' to follow.

There will be a benefit blog hop called 'Operation Julie's Smile' that will take place Oct 7-9. There are a variety of companies and design teams who will be participating in this hop to help raise funds for this benefit.
So far, over $1000 in prizes have been made available and will be awarded for both participants and those who donate.

Operation Julie's Smile is now accepting designers/teams who would like to be a part of the benefit hop. If you are interested
in getting involved in this creative fundraising event, please contact Nicole Rixon at nicolehrixon@gmail.com The deadline to be
a part of the hop is Wednesday, Sept 28th. Participants will be notified of the blog hop order between Oct 3rd-5th.

This blog hop is an opportunity to have fun, feature your design work and raise money for a friend in need.

Be sure to look on the side bar of all of the designers blog as there will be a donation button link.

I look forward to sharing my creation with all of you for this special hop!!

Trick Or Treat } MME Mischievous

2011-09-19T14:12:00.005-05:00

Hey there everyone, hope you are all having a good Monday! Today i'm sharing a fun little home decor project today using the fun new Halloween line Mischievous from MME designed by Robyn Meierotto. Can I just say how much I love this line. The touch of blue really just grabbed me, not to mention the super cute paper designs and fun chipboard shapes!!

I created this project using 3 4x6 picture frames. I removed the glass from the frames, then applied paper to the chipboard backing using ScraPerfect Best Glue Ever. For anyone looking for this FABULOUS line you can pick it up at The Scrapbooking Studio (if your local) or even call the store and they will ship it to you.

I created the rosettes using the Tim Holtz die, and all of the fun chipboard shapes are from the chipboard elements sheet. Here are a couple of close up pics.

Well thanks for stopping by today, hope you enjoyed my fun little halloween home decor project.

Nikki Sivils GDT #2 } You're A Hoot

2011-09-17T21:26:00.008-05:00

Hey there everyone, yesterday I posted my creations using the My Lil Monster line from Nikki Sivils, today i'm going to share with you what I created using the You're A Hoot line. I created a card and another mini. I asked my daughter and her best friend to pick out their favorite 10 pictures they have taken together and those are the pictures I used in the mini. Hope you like :)

LOVE this You're A Hoot line!!! Super cute little die cuts, and of course you will see some burlap buttons and brads!!
Well as you can see in the mini album pics, my daughter and her best friend LOVE to mess with her camera and stamp random picstures all the time :)

Again I want to thank Nikki and the Diva's for having me this month :)

A fun GDT spot with Nikki Sivils

2011-09-16T00:01:00.000-05:00

WOOHOO!! Finally it's the day I get to share what I created this month as a GDT for Nikki Sivils. First of all I want to thank Nikki and the diva's for having me this month!! Well it's obviously no shock to you that I simply love her lines! They are so much fun to create with. So after CHA I had to pick which lines I wanted to create with. So I picked My Lil' Monster & You're A Hoot. I created a couple of mini albums of course, a layout and a card. I'm going to split this post into 2 days, since there are so many pictures.

Today i'm going to share with you the creations using My Lil' Monster line. Here is the fun layout with this line. I also had to use the burlap button that I simply love and the fun brads!

Here is the fun little mini album I created with this line. You all know I love mini's. I created little pockets for the tags here and there, did a little inking and popping up some of the cute images.

So as you can see I had a blast with this line!! Can I tell you how much I LOVE the new die cut shapes also!! I also used the burlap buttons on this one (my favorite buttons), and added a little ribbon here and there. Make sure you stop by the blog today and say hi!!

Thanks for stopping by today, I will share my other creations tomorrow.

~Stacy

PDCC #99

2011-09-14T23:00:00.000-05:00

Hey there fellow bloggers, it's time for this weeks Play Date Cafe Challenge. I'm so excited to join this wonderful group of girls as part of their DT. This weeks color challenge is......

Our sponsor this week is Paper Makeup Stamps, and we were lucky enough to get to play with some of their goodies!! The prize this week for one lucky winner is a $15.00 gift certificate to the store!!

So for my creation this week I used the stamps "Moody for Chocolate" and created a tag for my layout.

No all you need to do is create any project using the colors above an upload them to the PDCC site HERE!! You have one week, so get busy ladies!!

Thanks for stopping by, and have a fabulous day :)

Hanging with the CAS-ual Fridays Crew this week}CFC19

2011-09-08T23:00:00.000-05:00

Hey there everyone, i'm super excited to share with you today that I am the GDT this week at CAS-ual Fridays. The girls here are so nice and super talented!!

So i'm sure you want to know what the fabulous challenge is this week. Well here you go!!!!

CFC19

So now for my creation. I used kraft cardstock from Bazzill and yummy Jillibean Hearty Barley Soup line & Corrugated letters, added some Maraschino twine from The Twinery, a little gel pen action as a border and I was done. Clean & Simple and oh so CAS!!!!

The fabulous sponsor for this week is.....

It wouldn't be a CHALLENGE without a prize right?!?!?! So here are the goodies up for grabs this week. One of EVERYTHING......yes EVERYTHING from ScraPerfect.

Well thanks for stopping by today, don't forget to head over to the CAS-ual Friday blog HERE and join in on the challenge.

Thanks so much to everyone at CAS-ual Fridays for having me this week :)
~Stacy

The Play Date Cafe } PDCC #98

2011-09-07T23:00:00.000-05:00

Hello everyone, well it's that time again. It's Thursday which means it is time for another fabulous color challenge at The Play Date Cafe!!! Next week is when I get to jump in on creating which i'm super excited about.

Now this weeks color challenge....umm well I simply love these colors, check them out!!

So week toyou have one finsih this challenge and upload it over at the PDCC blog. This weeks prize will be from DRS Designs.

Make sure when you stop by the PDCC blog to upload your take on the challenge you check out all of the fabulous inspiration from the DT!!

Thanks for stopping by, have a wonderful day!

~Stacy

Playin' Around

2011-09-06T12:43:00.006-05:00

Hey they fellow bloggers....hope you all have had a wonderful long holiday weekend with your family and friends. I want to share a layout with you today that I created using a couple of fabulous ScraPerfect product!!

I have created this fun vintage layout using the October Afternoon paper line 5 & Dime along with some of the chipboard stickers as well. I love using chipboard shapes and letters, however it seems that they always fall off of my layouts or projects. ScraPerfect's Best Glue Ever works wonders for this problem. I applied just a small amount of glue and set them off to the side just for a bit until they were a little tacky, then they were ready to apply to my creation. Once I placed them where I wanted them they were stuck and not coming off. The nice thing is when I was placing them down they didn't slide around like when I have used other glue, therefore there were not any marks or clumps of dried glue when I was done. The Best Glue Ever dries fast, clear, and has a super strong hold. Adheres to a variety of materials including paper, plastic, metal, ceramic, fabric, foam, wood, rubber and more. Another nice thing about this glue it that it doesn't wrinkle or crease your paper and the thin tip applicator is perfect for writing and detalied applications, not to mention there are no fumes with this glue either!!

Another great ScraPerfect product is the Perfect Crafting Pouch. On this layout I used the pouch before stamping the word "Remember" in the upper left of the layout. Notice how crisp and clear the word is. The ink didn't smudge or bleed at all. On the lower right of the layout I didn't use it before stamping the year "2011". You can see how the ink did bleed a little and is not as crisp as the other one. The Pouch is the”printing, stamping, ink-drying, embossing, anti-static, clay-releasing, sticker-deactivating Multi-Purpose Crafting Tool”. Often described as a felt ‘ravioli’ filled with a special formula of acid-free, talc-free, non-toxic powders, it: dries inks instantly in a variety of applications and stops static cling for glitter & embossing powders.

Thanks for stopping by today....hope you have a wonderful day!!!

~Stacy

Post #2 Olivia update :)

2011-09-05T19:43:00.004-05:00

Hey there everyone, I know you all have been wondering how Olivia is doing. I am so grateful that you are all keeping her in your thoughts and prayers. I have been trying to answer emails from everyone so here is what I know right now.

First of all.....Olivia is HOME :):):):)

This is a post from her mom Christina Klauer's facebook page.
August 30, 2011-
Wowzers...today was a day of alot of information!!! Started off that we found out for sure Olivia was going to have to have some physical and speech therapy,we were given some time to ask around about great places in our area and for the most part, we heard the most positives about The Children's Therapy Center in Moline & Augustana's Speech therapy.We decided to start with The Children's Therapy Center in hopes of keeping it all in one place.We learned results of Olivia's pathology report, her tumor is a Grade 2, Ependymoma & was located in the Posterior Fossa. With that said Olivia has great things in her favor, one being they removed the entire tumor, the 2nd being the MRI after surgery shows it is no where else. Olivia's treatment plan will consist of 30-34 radiation treatments given Monday-Friday for 6 or so weeks.She will start with a simulation session probably next week, which will include a very detailed CT and MRI, then she will have a impression of her teeth made for a bite plate as well as be fitted for an eye mask.These are both used during her radiation treatments. After that initial appointment, they will be able to start treatments a week later.You ask, "why radiation if they removed the whole tumor"...the chance of reaccurance is 50% without radiation and with radiation she only has a 20-30% chance of it coming back.If Olivia can sit still and cooperate she can get her radiation treatments without sedation..i have my fingers crossed!!!After radiation Olivia will be having MRI's done at least 4 times a year for the first couple of years, then it will decrease to 2 a year and so on.Thank you all again for your continued support, love, & prayers!!As Dr. Menezes said at our first consultation our lives are changed!! We will get through this just like we got through the surgery!!!

September 1,
We are finally home after 17 days in the hospital, Woo Hoo!!! It is so great to all be under one roof again.Prior to being discharged from the hospital yesterday Olivia was seen in the Otolaryngology Clinic where they placed a small tube with a camera attached into Olivia's nose to check her nose & throat. Olivia's Cranial Nerves 9,10,11,& 12 have been affected by the tumor/surgery it is hard to determine if this is long term damage or not, they are pretty confident it is not & all will be determined after radiation, because that can also affect the cranial nerves.These nerves control things such as the taste on the posterior 1/3 of the tongue, the somatonsensory information from the tongue,tonsil,pharynx,& controls some muscles in swallowing, head movement, and the muscles of the tongue. We will ba going back to Iowa City on Tuesday to have Olivia's Radiation Simulation Session (which i described in last post) and then she will get her stitches taken out in the Neurosurgery Clinic. Radiation should then begin the following week.

Here is a picture of this weeks mail call for you....again your thoughts are prayers have helped her so much!!! I have misplaced my paper with all the names on it...(actually I think I left it at Olivia's house) so I will post names of everyone later this week.

Again I want to thank EVERYONE for all of the well wishes. Her eyes light up when I come with mail!!! I do know that we are now over 100 cards/packages....and she does NOT stop until every single one is open!!! :)

Stacy

Playing with a little Nikki Sivils } Gingerbread Land

2011-09-05T16:50:00.007-05:00

Yes...I know it's only September :) I was just in the mood to create a mini and had some pictures of us baking cookies from Christmas! And wow the pictures were from 2009....and they were not scrapped yet. See I knew I was saving them for the perfect paper!!! :)

So my mini has lots of different shapes in it this time. I think it made it look pretty fun. Here is the cover of this one. I also added a fun little Maya Road gingerbread man on the front.

Now for the inside....

So i'm loving the new little die cut punch outs that Nikki has come out with this time around!!! They make all the projects super fun and so easy to use :) The supplies I used on this one....Nikki Sivils Gingerbread Land, Xyron Creatopia, Bind-It-All and some misc ribbons.

Thanks for stopping by, hope you all have a wonderful day!!

~Stacy

WOOHOO } I've joined the PDCC DT

2011-08-31T23:00:00.002-05:00

Ok so here is my fun news for this week! I have joined the fabulous design team at The Play Date Cafe!!! There are super fun challenges weekly....yes weekly ladies, and SOOOO many talented designers there to give you lots of inspiration. My first creation as a DT member will be on September 15.

Here is the PDCC #97 challenge that they have for you this week, simply LOVE these colors!!!

This weeks sponsor for this challenge is Trade Fish Designs.

Make sure you head over HERE to the PDCC Blog and link your entry for this challenge. Can't wait to get started on my first creation.

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!
~Stacy

Sew Cute } Jillibean Soup

2011-08-30T08:33:00.003-05:00

I have to say that i'm loving all of the new releases from Jillibean Soup. Today i'm sharing a card that I created using the Homemade Bean Soup line. Loving the colors and the designs bigtime!! I even did a little stitching of my own around the outside of the base paper.

I used the dress die from Spellbinders to make that fun little dress on the front. I ran it through my Xyron machine to adhere it together. The circle under the dress form I used my Kreaxions Circle cutter for this one, then did a little inking with Ranger vintage photo.

Thanks so much for stopping by, I have something exciting to share later this week so stay tuned!!

~Stacy

Teresa Collins Mini Album Class

2011-08-29T10:22:00.004-05:00

Hey there everyone...so here is what i've been working on this past weekend. I will be teaching this mini album class using the new Teresa Collins Christmas Home line at The Scrapbooking Studio in Moline Illinois on November 12 at 1:00 pm. You can get a jump of the holiday season and have a album ready for those holiday pictures.

This paper line is simply beautiful!! We will use some of Teresa's die cuts that go along with this line, and of course lots of her blingage!!
We might even get our hands a little "inky" playing with some Ranger distress stains!!!
Additional supplies needed aside from your basic scrapbooking kit will be...glossy accents/liquid glue, glue/pop dots.

Hope to see you there.

~Stacy

THANK YOU ALL!!! Our visit with Olivia :)

2011-08-28T15:47:00.008-05:00

First of all I have to say a huge THANK YOU!!!! This week seeing all the cards that have come in and packages for Olivia has been FABULOUS!!! Everyday when the mail would come I would grab my paper and write it all down. (so this is going to be a long post)!! Today we went to see Olivia for the first time since she was taken to Iowa City. She had her surgery a week ago tomorrow, and the good news just keeps coming. They removed all of the tumor, she may still have to undergo radiation for awhile....but as you will see, she is still smiling. She may even get to come home at the end of this next week :) So here are the pics I promised and LOTS of thanks :) One of my favorite pictures is her on the bed with all of the mail. She was not stopping until she opened all of the mail....that took 1 1/2 hours!! I told her maybe next week I can bring more mail to her at home instead of at the hospital.

And how cute is this!!! This came from Aime Stewart in MD!! She put this hat on as soon as she opened it and didn't take it off :):)

A big thank you to the Rock Island High School Cheerleaders for this fabulous card that my daughter Ariel was in charge of.

Some yummy candy came from Nikki Sivils, and her sisters took off with the bubble wrap :)

Now for the many thanks to all of you who sent letters to brighten her day. I will post this once a week so that you know Olivia has gotten your mail :)

THANK YOU TO.....
TheRockyCheerleaders:Ariel,CoachL ,Victoria,Kiana,Lindsey,Kristin,Ashley,Justyce,Jordan,Helena,Ally,Izzie K.,Stasi,Coach M,Dennicia,Dariyn,Lauren,Sarah,Adriana,Abigail,Ashley J.,Taylor,Izzi W.,Katey,Cierra,Carolina,Brandi,Jolinda,Dominique,Aviana.

THANK YOU TO....Nikki & Dan Sivils MO,Julie & Brookie AZ,Janet B IA,Michele H TX,Rotheker IN,L. Berry GA,L. Brandyberry OH,Kassandra IL,L. Kuehl NV,Jessica Milan,IL, D. Wright MI,M. Gross CO,Dehne Family WI,M. Gurney IL, S. Haganman IA,L. Auclai NH,B. Flynn WI,Rasbach MI,L. Steinert NJ, K. Hansen IL, H. Rodriguez IL,A. Lavery IL,M.Oliee AR,B.E. Talaasen CO,K. Cabelbag CA,K. Olivetta FL,Ashwood Dr TX,C. Kochensparger OH,E. Aguinaga CA,B. Urbanik TX,I. Wong CA,Wilcox PA,K. Potchak VA,Cricut Card Fairy Kathy CA,M. Voss MO, J. Wilson TX, R. Walers WV,M. Watson MI,J. Blay VA,Pixie Dust Paper NV,J. Griffin IL, M. Dorbeck IL,Pedersen from Sweden,Wyman NY,L. Atwell OK, J. McFarland OH, S. Milich VA, Jennings Family CA,C. Poindexter WA,Veis CA,C. Delano CT,M. Quinto UT,P. Meng MI,Tom & Cindy Urbanik TX,Johunkin Family TX,A. Stewart MD,Beswick IL, J. Monhety HI, L. Alonzo TX,T. Tauscher CA,E. Wetten AZ,Margret IA, G.Diehl LA,M. Peacock CA, A. Edwards LA!!!!!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!
~Stacy

Altered Dress Form } ScraPerfect

2011-08-27T20:02:00.008-05:00

I saw this wooden dress from and knew just what to do with it. My daughters room is pink, black & white so yes I altered it for a little decor in her room. First I gathered my goodies...From ScraPerfect - The Best Glue Ever, Embellie Gellie, dress form, ribbons, bling, and paper.

Next I placed little lines of glue here and there all the way around the dress form and let it get a little tacky. Next I simply placed my paper on and set it aside for a bit to dry.

Now comes the hard part!! It was time to trim the paper. For this I used my Fiskars blade to cut around as close as I could get. Inside of the dress was a little harder, so for that I used a file set.

Here is what the dress form should look like at this point.

Once this was dry I placed another paper behind the dress part so that you could not see through the dress. Now it was time to embellish. Once again, grabbing The Best Glue Ever I placed a strip of glue along the bottom and top of the dress and then placed the ribbon on. I added some pearls across the middle of the dress and around the neck line which was easy to do with the Embellie Gellie in hand!! Next I placed a couple little flowers along the shoulder area and it was done.

I simply love how this project turned out, and it's going to look fabulous in my daughter's room. Thanks so much for stopping by today, have a wonderful day!

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!

~Stacy

A little Halloween fun } Bella BLVD

2011-08-26T16:19:00.004-05:00

So today I have been in the holiday spirit! I have created some yummy Christmas projects and this fun little Halloween card (while eating lots of candy corn)!!! :):)

I love the funky fun colors in the Too Cute To Spook line by Bella BLVD. You can find all of the new yummy Bella goodies at The Scrapbooking Studio!! I cut out one of the fun clouds and used a pop dot under it to add a little dimension! You know I love my pop dots. A fun little sticker from the minatures sticker sheet and added a little twine from The Twinery and my Xyron adhesive.

WOOHOO!!! One card down....and lots more to go :)

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!! Sunday we are going to Iowa City to drop off all the cards that we have collected for Olivia. (lots) :):) I will post an update with some pictures from our visit!

~Stacy

KlauerPower } Olivia's Carepage

2011-08-25T08:40:00.002-05:00

Good morning everyone, and thanks for your love, thoughts and prayers for Olivia. Things are really looking up for her :):) and it's all because of the prayers all of you have been sending. There is a carepage set up with updates of her recovery. The page actually starts from before surgery. You can view her page HERE! You may have to set up an account with your email address and set up a password, but the nice thing about putting in your email is you will get a notification when there is an update!!

Sunday we will be making a trip to the hospital with the mail that we have gotten for the week....and as of right now it looks like it will take her all of next week to get through it all :):) Thanks again to all of you for helping to put a smile on her face. I will share pics of her getting all the mail.

Again her page is KlauerPower!!!

Have a wonderful day.

~Stacy

The Scrapbooking Studio DT

2011-08-25T06:27:00.002-05:00

Hello everyone, well our LSS The Scrapbooking Studio has announced their first DT. I'm super excited to work with these talented ladies. We will bringing you lots of inspiration for layouts, cards, and of course altered items!! So here are the fabulous girls I will be designing with.

Janet Ball

Marion Estes (you can find her on fb)

Jennifer Chapin

Mollie Deem

The term starts next month, so start looking for fabulous inspitation on the store blog HERE every Tuesday from these girls :)

Many THANKS & Olivia update!!!

2011-08-22T18:23:00.005-05:00

Hello everyone!! First of all I want to thank ALL of you so very much!! What started out to me as a card drive for Olivia....thinking how nice would it be to get 100 cards to brighten her day, has turned into something I could never have imagined!!! I have called the post office to warn them of the card drive in case I need to start making trips there to pick up the mail :):)

I am truly grateful for all of my scrappy friends who have shared the link to the card drive, along with so many of you that I don't personally know, along with the many others who have shared this info that I don't even know about. I know it is on many blogs, facebook and even twitter (and I don't even know how to tweet)!!!

A special thank you to the special manufactures who have also shared this info....Nikki Sivils who has a FABULOUS give-a-way on her blog about this, Xyron (who Christina Olivia's mom design for), my good friends at Echo Park, and Helmar.....I love you all!!!

So let me share with you some pictures of Olivia from this past weekend. This is a picture of Olivia hanging with her older sister :)

And you know little girls love to have tea parties!!! Here she is having a fabulous tea party with all of her sisters and her grandma moo moo!!

So surgery was this morning. She was scheduled for 8 am for a surgery that was suppose to be 6-8 hours long, before surgery they informed Christina & David that it would be 8-10 hours!! So imagine my surprise when 4 1/2 hours later I got word that they were closing her up!!!! Now to share what David (Olivia's dad posted) :):)

Day 7 Surgery:
What we thought was going to be one of the worst days of our lives turned out to be one of the greatest. They were able to remove Olivias entire tumor. Olivia is in the PICU, has multiple IV's, breathing tube, and is heavily sedated. She wont be totally out of the woods for a few days, and will most likely need radiation and or chemo in the future. Thank you everyone for all the prayers. A MIRACLE has just occurred. We know that Dr. Menezes is not GOD, but he is definitely a close relative.

I know that having Olivia in your thoughts and prayers helped this miracle come true!!! Thank you so much to all of you, it means more than you will ever know.

On a fun note....Olivia got 4 cards and a package in the mail here today!! I plan on making the first mail delivery this Sunday.

Thanks again to EVERYONE!!!!! I will keep you posted.
~Stacy

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Cards for Olivia Drive....

2011-08-18T09:41:00.004-05:00

Good morning everyone. Today i'm asking for your thoughts, prayers and CARDS!! Monday night my cousin's daughter sweet little Olivia was taken to the hospital after not feeling well. Here at out local hospital they did a CT scan and found a brain tumor which is in the most critical part of the brain. She was taken to the University of Iowa hospital that night. After having further tests, surgery is a must! This is going to happen Monday August 22.

Today Olivia should be starting kindergarten, but because of her medical issues now so is spending this day in the hospital. I talked with my cousin last night and she is trying to be very strong. I know lots of well wishes and prayers are going their way daily. This being said....yesterday Olivia was given 2 emails that friends had sent to the hospital for her and Christina said this put the biggest smile on her face!!!

So i'm asking you to please take 1/2 out of your day and create a card for Olivia. Let's redo her hospital walls in cards and keep that big smile on her face while she is there.

Here is a picture of that great smile she has.

I created this card for her and mailed it yesterday.

So once again i'm asking for your CARDS!!! Please help us let her know people all over are wishing her well. You can mail the cards to me, i'm 5 minutes from her house and 45m minutes from the hospital. They will brighten this little ones day!

Thanks sooooo much to everyone for your thoughts, prayers and cards. Please mail them to this address below.

Cards For Olivia
c/o Stacy Rodriguez
3122 9 1/2 Street
Rock Island, Illinois
61201

Thanks again,
Stacy

Friend, Confidant, Crony } Jillibean Soup

2011-08-16T08:52:00.005-05:00

Good morning everyone. Hope you are all having a great week so far. I was working on a mini album of my daughter and her best friend. I had asked my daughter and her best friend to pick out about 10 pic of the two of them. The picture on this layout is one that they had picked. I loved it so much I had to print an extra copy to do a layout with.

I used some of my yummy new Jillibean Soup Sweet & Sour Soup line. This line is way to fun, and love how it looks with my photo. Here is the layout I came up with and a couple of close up shots as well.

Loving the corrugated letters from Jillibean as well. They ink up so nice :) So here are the supplies used on this one: Jillibean Soup - Sweet & Sour Soup line, White Corrugated alphas & kraft mini brown alphas, Xyron adhesive & Ranger vintage photo distress ink.

Thanks so much for stopping by today, hope you all have a fabulous day!

~Stacy

Baby Steps

2011-08-11T08:19:00.005-05:00

Happy Thursday everyone, hope you all have had a wonderful week so far. I've been a mini album creating fool lately....I think mini's are my new favorite thing to create. I created this one for another person that I know who is expecting a baby soon. This mini was created using Simple Stories Baby Steps. This company is new to me and also new to our LSS The Scrapbooking Studio....I have to say the 6x6 pads are wonderful for you mini lovers out there. So many fun little elements to cut apart and use!

Here is the cover of my mini, I love the vintage feel to this line.

Now i'm going to share just a few of the pages inside. I created these little dividers between the pages. It's hard to see in the photos but each one has the month,weight, height & milestone on it for the proud momma to fill in. I inked everything on this one with Ranger distress ink (brushed corduroy), added lots of ribbon and all the rest came from the 6x6 paper pad.

Supplies Used: Simple Stories Baby Steps, Xyron adhesive, Bazzill ribbon & cardstock, Tiny Attacher, Ranger Distress Ink (brushed corduroy).

Thanks so much for stopping by, i'm off to work on a mini again today using some yummy Bella BLVD!

~Stacy~

Jillibean Soup & SRM Stickers= 1 Fabulous Calendar

2011-08-07T09:53:00.006-05:00

Good morning everyone!! Well I have created a new desktop calendar for 2012....I know you are thinking wow we still have 5 months left of this year!!!! Well when the Homemade Soup line from Jillibean arrived on my doorstep last week I knew it was the perfect line to go along with the SRM Stickers 2012 calendar that I had just picked up at The Scrapbooking Studio. So I grabbed some of my Wendy Vecchi Art Parts, Xyron Creatopia and got to work.

Here are the Art Parts I used; Large creative covers (for the base), Sample pack (2 circles).

Next I cut the paper to size and then ran it through my Xyron Creatopia.

Now it was time to put it all together and decorate it. I found this super cute mini clipboard and covered that with paper also. The SRM Mini Calendar stickers are about 2 1/4" X 2 1/4", so I placed each month on a piece of cardstock and cut them out, stacked them on top of each other and placed them on the clipboard. I also tied some ribbon around the clip to add a little something fun to it.

I placed all of the pieces on top of each other to see where I wanted to place them down. Once I had that figured out I thought that I needed a little something on the left side. I grabbed my Tim Holtz Rossette die and that did the trick. So my next step was to have a little fun with some Ranger distress ink (vintage photo).

Ok i'm now ready to adhere it, finish decorating it....I grabbed my ScraPerfect Best Glue Ever (which works GREAT on Art Parts) and put it together. Here is my finished product.

Thanks for stopping by, hope you all have a fabulous day!!

~Stacy

Happy Day } Simple Stories

2011-08-05T14:41:00.005-05:00

Hey there everyone, well today I played with a Simple Stories line for the first time and LOVE IT!!!! The paper is so fun, love the design and colors. I'm already starting on a baby book using another one of their lines Baby Steps. I'm so glad The Scrapbooking Studio is now carrying this company!

So Liz Qualman created this fabulous sketch yesterday and it was on the Simple Stories blog here. I love Liz's sketches so I got to work. Since the grandkids just had their birthday parties I had plenty of birthday pictures to go with this line. Here is the sketch from Liz.

Now here is my take on the sketch and a couple of close up pics.

So there is what I created this morning, now off to create some more. Hope you all have a fabulous day!!

~Stacy

LYB } Tiny Princess

2011-08-04T10:41:00.006-05:00

Hey there everyone, well i'm still whipping out some mini albums!! Today i'm sharing a mini album I created using LYB Tiny Princess line. This is going to be for my sister-in-law and the baby shower is this month. I'm only sharing the cover and 1 page just in case she tries to peak :) So here is the cover.

I love the colors of this line, is just super cute! Also loving the canvas stickers, the little element die cuts!! I used some ribbon from Prima across the front and oh my is it super soft :) Here is one if the inside pictures. I created little pockets between the pieces of chipboard that she can stash little notes or cards in to keep for when Sadie gets older.

Well some of the goodies in here are well LYB Tiny Princess paper,stickers; Sassafras letters (green), Prima ribbon (pink flowers), bazzill ribbon, Xyron adhesive, Tim Holtz tiny attacher, and there is a little bling inside also. Thanks for stopping by today, hope you all have a wonderful day!

~Stacy~

Girls Night } Pebbles Inc.

2011-07-30T09:18:00.003-05:00

Hey there everyone, I hope that you are all having a fabulous weekend so far. Today I wanted to share with you a layout I created from my daughters formal (the first of many more to come). The girls had so much fun taking pictures and being crazy :)

For this one I used some yummy Pebbles Inc paper. I loved both of the lines Happy Go Lucky & Ever After.....you can see how well they work together.

I created a super fun little pocket on the upper right to slide a journaling tag into. I simply love the felt flowers and flower buttons Pebbles has come out with. The little glitter candy dots work well as the center of your flower button, or simply just as a little added bling on the layout. Of course you all know I love my letter stickers, so yes there are 4 different types of letters on this one. I used some American Crafts thickers (teal & brown), MLS mini alphas (hot pink), and Basic Grey basics (white). I inked up all the paper with some Ranger distress ink, added a few staples to the tab on the journaling tag with the Tim Holtz tiny attacher, used a few border punches, put it all together with the Xyron mega runner and well there you have it.....a fun little layout of the girls!

Thanks for stopping by everyone, hope you all have a wonderful day!

~Stacy~

My first CHA...(pre show)!!

2011-07-27T11:46:00.011-05:00

Well I thought today would be a good day to share some pics from my first trip to CHA! I had the BEST time there. It was crazy busy, super fun, inspirational and so much more. I went with Amy from The Scrapbooking Studio (thanks a bunch) :) Ok so the drive well.....it was good until we hit Chicago traffic (which I totally hate), it makes me so nervous. We had meetings which seemed to last pretty much all day on Saturday & Sunday. Starting at 8 am ending around 6 or so, then it was time to meet up with people. We ended up going to sleep around 12 or 1 every night and up at 5, so I was missing my sleep and my good coffee!!

We had dinner with lots of good friends.....there is a pic of all 13 of us girls, which I don't have.

Our huge piece of cake that we all shared :)

Dinner with the Echo Park Crew..Jody, Madison & Nathanael.

I meet Tim Holtz and took a Ranger class....this was super fun!

Helped Set up the Echo Park booth...that was fun, Amy and I laughed so much at these guys!

Amy making things look so pretty!

I finally caught up with Nikki Sivils & Katrina Hunt during set up time :)

Tomorrow I will share some pics of all of the fabulous girls I finally got to meet while I was there. There are some girls that I didn't get to catch up with, hopefully another time.
Thanks for stopping by today, have a great day!
~Stacy~

Home Decor } Echo Park's Apothecary Emporium by Kristine Mckay

2011-07-25T07:48:00.006-05:00

So i'm loving this Halloween line from Echo Park that Kristine Mckay designed for them. It is TOTALLY FABULOUS!! When the UPS man dropped this off I could not wait to tear into it. So after opening it and looking at all the papers I knew I wanted to do a altered home decor project. I grabbed some of my Wendy Vecchi Art parts (Covers, border & bottles), lots of Tim Holtz goodies, and some paint, stain, inks & studio gloss from Ranger and got busy.

I started by using the Claudine Hellmuth Studio gloss to cover the base of the project, then placed my paper down. I did the same thing with the two small bottles in front. Set them aside to dry for a minute. While waiting I used Ranger Jenni Bowlin fountain pen paint to color the stars and the grungeblocks.

After the paper had set for a couple of minutes I sanded the edges then inked with Ranger distress ink (black soot & spiced marmalade) I gathered all my goodies and started placing them down and popping them up. Added a fun black flower that I learned how to make from Tammy Tutterow and I was done. Here are a couple of close up pics.

Supplies used: Echo Park paper (Apothecary Emporium), Wendy Vecchi Art Parts (covers, borders & bottles), Ranger: Distress ink (black soot, spiced marmalade),Jenni Bowlin paint (fountain pen), Claudine Hellmuth Studio gloss, Tim Holtz: Swivel clasps,game spinner,clock,bottle, grungeblocks.

Thanks for stopping by, hope you all have a fabulous day!

~Stacy~

School Is Cool } Nikki Sivils

2011-07-23T07:30:00.008-05:00

Today I have a super fun project to share with you using Nikki Sivil's new School Is Cool line. Totally love this line and OMG the fun die cuts :):) When I saw this line I had the perfect project in mind. I wanted to create some sort of mini album of my daughters grade school pictures. I was lucky enough to be a CHA this week and finally got to meet Nikki, Katrina & Lanie. You will soon be able to get this line at The Scrapbooking Studio. Amy was lucky enough to get samples while at CHA and thankfully Lanie gave the store samples to the right person to bring back....ME!!! :):) You see they made them safely to my house before going to the store!! I ran the paper through my Xyron Creatopia and mega runner to adhere the paper on the clipboard and the chipboard which made this super easy!

Here is the cover & a up close picture of it, along with the inside pages.

Now how about a couple of fun pics from CHA!! Here is a picture of me and Nikki :)

And here is a pic of the fabulous Katrina Hunt and me!!

I know this was a long post but thanks so much for stopping by, hope you have a fabulous day!

Play Date Cafe Challenge 91 } A Touch of Color

2011-07-22T08:18:00.003-05:00

Hey there everyone, well it's finally Friday!! Today's post is the new challenge from The Play Date Cafe. The challenge was to create a project using black & white with a splash of color. I found the perfect paper for this one. I'm using the Pebbles Inc Mr. & Mrs. line. Here is the wedding card I created for this one.

I simply love the way this one turned out and super easy to make. I used Pebbles Inc Mr. & Mrs. line (which is mainly black & white, but has a touch of yellow to it), and how about those fun dimensional flower stickers!!! What a perfect touch on this card. I added a little black tulle and used some American Crafts foam pop dots to add a little pop and it was done.

Thanks so much for stopping by, don't forget to check out the PDCC challenge here!
Have a fabulous day.

~Stacy

Glamour Girl

2011-07-21T07:48:00.003-05:00

Hey there everyone, well it's been a busy week here but I think things are finally getting back to normal. I have been at CHA in Chicago (which was way fun). I finally got to meet so many of my scrappy friends, helped set up the Echo Park booth, and stayed up way to late & got up way to early everyday, took a super fun Ranger class :):) Well now that i'm back home I thought I better get posting some stuff that I had made before I left but didn't have time to schedule :)

So this layout today is a picture of my little punky before her formal. I simply love the colors in this line by Authentique.

Here is the yummy goodies I used on this layout...Authentique Blissful line, Prima swirls, American Crafts Thickers (black), Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher & Dress form die, misc ribbon, and my Xyron adhesive.

Well thanks for stopping by everyone, hope you have a fabulous day!

The Paperlife's Petit Four & some FREEBIES!!!

2011-07-14T13:08:00.003-05:00

Hey there everyone, well today is a busy day for me since we leave for Chicago tomorrow :):):) I wanted to share a card I created using The Paperlife Printables Petit Four collection. I simply love this one!!! The colors and the vintage look is totally fabulous in my book. Thank you so much Amy Coon for letting me create with your fabby new things!!! I also used some ScraPerfect goodies on this one to.

Do you ever has issues placing flowers on your projects?? I use to use glue dots, and would end up with a mess!! I would have the glue dots sticking to my fingers and they would pull off some of the backing to the flowers. Haha....not anymore!!!! The Best Glue Ever totally rocks my flowers now!!!

I created this vintage birthday card using some vintage paper from The Paperlife and wanted to place my flowers on it without any hassle!! So I grabbed my trusty Best Glue Ever and got to work. Not only did my card turn out beautifully, but I had no messy fingers!!! WOOHOO!!! :) Gotta love it when everything just simply falls together for you when your creating.

So here is my fabby card I created.

So don't forget to hop on over to The Paperlife and get you FREE printable, thanks for stopping by today, can't wait for you to try ScraPerfect's Best Glue Ever with your next flower creation.

Hope you all have a wonderful day!!

This baby is Chicago Bound :):):)

2011-07-12T09:04:00.005-05:00

Hey there everyone, hope you are all having a good week so far. I had the most exciting message yesterday :):) I had not posted this mini album that I had made a few weeks ago so yesterday I posted it to the Jillibean facebook page. Soon after that I got a message from Kimber wanting to know if I would loan this to her and Jill for the Jillibean booth at CHA!!!! I about fell of my computer chair :):) So I thought I would share the cover with you today and I will share the rest with you later.

We have had a couple of very special birthdays in my family this past month. My grandson is turning one and I wanted to create an album for this special day. I had some chipboard laying around that would be perfect for this project. I cut the chipboard to 5" x 6". Ladies let me just tell you the best tip ever today....but first you need to grab some of The Best Glue Ever and a paintbrush.

What I did is super easy!! Using the fine tip just simply go around the edge of the chipboard and make a "sqiggy" line of glue. Now take the paintbrush and smooth out the line....it's really that simple. Once you have done this just place your paper down and it's done! There are no lumps under your paper at all and it is completely stuck!! After this is done you are ready for ink and decorations. This really makes covering your albums a breeze and you will find yourself wanting to make alot more. I am on album number 3 for the month already :):) Take a look at the latest album.

Another great use for The Best Glue Ever is that it is easy to place just is small areas. If you look at this close up picture I used a thin strip of it on the number 1 so that it just stuck to the paper with the candles on it to give it that popped up look! Just a small dab goes along way ladies.

Supplies used on this mini: Jillibean; Spotted Owl Soup, mini alphas & Corrugated Kraft Alphas, ScraPerfect Best Glue Ever, Maya Road Large resin flower, Rander distress ink.

Thanks for stopping by, hope you have a wonderful day.

Fur-rocious Fun with Pebbles

2011-07-10T19:04:00.005-05:00

Hey there everyone, well i've been super busy creating this weekend :):) Today i'm going to share with you a layout and an altered dog treat container that I made using Pebbles Cats & Dog line.

Up first is the dog treat container. I had this empty Prima flower container laying around and thought that would make a perfect treat holder. So I first cut a circle for the lid about 3 1/2" in size then used a file to smooth the paper so it was flush. I cut two stripes of paper to place around the center of it and inked it up using Ranger distress ink (brushed corduroy). I ran it through the Xyron Creatopia which made it super easy to stick to the container. I also wanted to create a little tag to pop off the front and this is what my finished project looks like. How about those little paw prints :):) I used the Xyron Design Runner with the Patternz disc to add those to it....they look so cute!!

Next up is the layout....how about this fun letter stickers, you know me I have to have my letter stickers :):):) and i'm loving the chipboard shapes that go with this line!!

Here is a list of the yummy goodies I used on these projects: Pebbles Inc; Cats & Dog paper line, chipboard stickers, ABC stickers, Xyron Mega Runner, Creatopia, Design Runner & Patternz disc, American Crafts; Thickers (black & white), Ranger distress ink (brushed corduroy).

Thanks for stopping by today, hope you have a fabulous day!!!

WOOHOO!!! Check out Nikki Sivil's new collections :):)

2011-07-06T07:50:00.008-05:00

Woohoo!!! I've been waiting to see this, and thought i'd have to wait until CHA but today is the day!!! I was sitting enjoying my coffee upstairs this morning playing on my phone and saw that Nikki Sivils had posted her collections. I grabbed my coffee and ran downstairs to my computer so I could see them better (spilling my coffee all the way)!!!! So I can't wait to get my hands on these yummy collections....check them out ladies.

School is Cool.....How fun is this line, and such great colors. I see a mini coming with this one maybe of all the school pictures from my daughter so far. I think i'll have to make two actually, one for the grandson so it's ready to go and momma will just have to put the pics in and journal.

The next one is My Lil' Monster!!! I actually have the pictures saved for this one! Once I saw then sneak on her blog for this I put pictures aside of the 1 year old grandson pulling his older brothers hair...(it's a cute pic)

I am loving the colors of Get Well Soon and a card would sure brighten someones day if they were not feeling good.

Now I love Owls and i'm totally digging this line :):) You're A Hoot

Now for this next line I have TONS of ideas!!!! Let's see if this ships to stores by oh August I could have my Christmas cards done by Sept :):) WOOHOO!!! Here is Gingerbread Land.

So ladies you need to hop on over to Nikki's blog and see the samples she created using her fun new lines. By the way there is a chance to win ALL 5....yes I said you could win all 5 lines!!! Hop over now to see how :):) Way to rock out the new lines Nikki, i'm loving them :):)

Just Beachy } The Paperlife Printables :):)

2011-07-05T12:23:00.007-05:00

Well Summer is underway....and I don't know about where you live, but it's been super hot here in the Quad Cities!! So I found a fun thing to do to stay cool...SCRAPBOOK!!! I have been creating some mini's lately so i'm sharing another one with you today. I was asked by the talented Amy Coon from The Paperlife to try out some of her FABULOUS new Paperlife Printables. You to can have these super fun papers just stop by The Paperlife blog and check it out ladies!!! So today i'm sharing something I created using the Just Beachy line!!! It is perfect for this time of year. I created this fun Little beach mini album....now if I could only take a trip to the beach.....well that would just be excellent! :)

So check out this super fun cover!!!

I had some chipboard laying around, and cut it into 4x5 pieces. You will need 4 pieces. I used ScraPefect's The Best Glue ever to place the paper on the chipboard. Talk about super easy....just place a strip of glue around all the edges and then smooth out with a paintbrush. That's all there is to it. I sat there and thought to myself how am I going to place the netting on this?? The fine tip from the Best Glue Ever worked perfect for this. I was able to place the glue right where I wanted it without any type of mess.

Check out those shells on the cover....I used the ScraPerfect Embellie Gellie to hold these while placing my glue on them before I placed them on the cover. Now here is the inside of the mini. Is this line and all the little fun elements just not the best!!!! I'm totally loving this page with the surf boards....it's just super cool!!!

The paper of choice for this line is some super fabby printable papers from The Paperlife (which just came out July 1). I mean seriously....loving the vintage look of this line. Way to knock it out of the park Amy!!! So in my book i'm thinking that ScraPerfect & The Paperlife totally rocked my beach album today.

Thanks so much for stopping by, hope you have a fabulous day!

A Few Of My Favorite Things & Sketchabilities = Letter Fun :)

2011-06-30T09:02:00.004-05:00

Hey there everyone, today i'm sharing a fun layout I created using Sketchabilities #50 and it's my second GDT project for These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things. So the sketch from Karan is of course super fabulous as always!! I put that to great use to show of one of my favorite collections!!! LETTER STICKERS :):):) Yes I must say it.....i'm a letter sticker junkie!!!! So here is the sketch Karan gave us to work with.

So here is my take on the sketch with just a small portion of my letter stickers :)

So the yummy goodies I used on this layout are: Echo Park paper - Summer Days paper, chipboard & brads, Letter Stickers - Pink Paislee (white), Echo Park (yellow), Sass (yellow outlined in black), and for the inking Ranger (brushed corduroy).

Well thanks so much for stopping by...make sure you head over to My Fav Things & Sketchabilities and leave some love for the girls.

Nikki Sivils It's Your Day } Birthday Mini

2011-06-27T19:58:00.008-05:00

Hey there everyone. Wow...what a busy weekend. Our grandkids birthdays were this past weekend. Marcos turned 1 and Luis turned 4!!! Can I just tell you that I really feel like a grandma today :):) I was so sore and tired from playing yesterday I took a 3 hour nap today!!! Those kids kicked my butt playing outside all day yesterday. All I wanted this morning was Biofreeze, Mortin & coffee (In that order)!!! So here is the first mini I made for Luis using Nikki Sivil's It's Your Day Line. Super fun paper to work with ladies!

A close up of the cover. I place some yummy Tim Holtz goodies on the binding.

Now for the inside of the mini. I made the fun little journaling tags using some of the Beatrice paper line as well as Max & Mollie.

Supplies used: Nikki Sivils It's Your Day line & burlap buttons, Tim Holtz goodies, Maya Road bingo number, Kaiser Craft pearls, Bazzill ribbon, Ranger Vintage Photo distress ink, The Twinery twine. I used my wonderful ScraPerfect Best Glue Ever to adhere the paper to the chipboard.

Thanks for stopping by, I will be sharing the mini I made for Marcos tomorrow.

A little Echo Park & SRM Sticker fun } 70's Summer

2011-06-20T15:12:00.007-05:00

I have had so much fun making this fun little Summer mini!! I totally love the new Country Drive line from Echo Park, and together with some super fun SRM stickers....well you can't go wrong. There are lots of pics of this creation, but i'll try and be quick!!! So here we go....

So the goodies used on this project: My new favorite distress ink color (wild honey), Echo Park Country Drive, SRM stickers (summer), Letters (thickers, MLS, October Afternoon, Cosmo Cricket, Sass, Twinery twine, Tim Holtz stamps, Wendy Vecchi stamps, Ranger archival ink (black), Xyron adhesive (the new Mega Runner).

Well thanks for stopping by, have a fabulous day!!

Sketchabilities } 49

2011-06-16T07:07:00.005-05:00

Hey there everyone, today i'm sharing my take on Karan's fabulous sketch # 49 at Sketchabilities!! It's another fun sketch and I flipped it for my take on it. Here is the super cool sketch.

So now for my take, I used some yummy Crate paper on this one. The picture is of my daughter and stepdaughter at grandma's 90th birthday party. Ariel (the younger one) simiply loves that she is taller than her older sister :):)

Thanks so much for stopping by, don't forget to upload your take on the sketch over on the blog or chance to GDT!!! Good luck to all :)

Hanging out with These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things & ScraPerfect give-a-way!!!

2011-06-15T04:00:00.001-05:00

Hey there everyone...well i'm super excited to share one of my GDT creations for These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things. I was sooooo happy when Julie asked me to GDT. For our first task this month we were to scrap our favorite piece of art!!! Well I had just altered a picture frame and thought well I think this will work. I grabbed my camera, snapped a pic and got busy :) Since it was for my favorite things...I thought well what better to use on my layout than my favorite ScraPerfect goodies right!!!!! Here is my layout that I created.

I have to say I LOVE the Best Glue Ever! I haven't found anything that it doesn't work on yet!! On this layout I used it to adhere the wooden dress form, and the metal clock...and yes it worked like a charm. Now I had these cool paper bags that I cut into flowers for the layout. I placed just a small amount of glue on the back and set it aside for just a bit to let it get a little tacky. I then placed them on the layout in layers with no problem. The nice thing is they didn't even slide around when I placed them down! When placing the button in the center of the flower I used Embellie Gellie to hold it over the flower to make sure it was right in the center.

So you ladies are in luck today!!!! The fabulous ladies at ScraPerfect have given me one the Perfect Crafting Pouch to give away today!!! How fun is that!!! :):):) Leave a comment on this post for your chance to win! I will pick a winner on 6/17.
Hop on over to My Favorite Things blog and leave some love for their DT!

Big thanks to Julie for having me hang out with you and your crew this month, and thanks to ScraPerfect for a fun give-a-way!!

Some Nikki Sivils goodness :)

2011-06-11T19:06:00.004-05:00

Hey there everyone...well it's been 2 crazy busy weeks around here. The last week of school my daughter had so much going on and then getting into a summer routine!!! (6 am high school cheerleading practice took some getting use to!!!) So I did manage to create a couple things over the past week. I'm sharing 2 things with you today!!

First up is a fun little altered paper mache box that is the perfect size for a gift card to go in :):) On this one I used Nikki Sivils It's Your Day line, some pink tulle, and a few kaiser craft pearls.

Next up is a little thank you card. You never know when you will need one, so this is now in my stash just waiting to be sent out!! I used Nikki's Beatrice line for this one!

I picked up all of this yummy paper at my LSS The Scrapbooking Studio! Don't forget we are helping Nikki's cause and collecting scrapbooking supplies for those in Joplin that lost everything!! Bring anything into the store and get a 40% off one product coupon, and Amy will donate a brand new paper trimmer to send along with everything. You have through next week ladies so stop in and see us!!!

Thanks for stopping by :)

My first ScraPerfect DT project :):)

2011-06-08T18:08:00.005-05:00

Hello everyone, i'm so excited to share my first project with you as a DT at ScraPerfect. On this project I used the fabulous Best Glue Ever and the wonderful Perfect Crafting Pouch. I have been doing more altered projects recently and this is one of them. I thought it was time for a new desktop calendar so I found this perfect 5x7 frame to alter. I used the yummy Cosmo Cricket Odds & Ends paper line...totally loving it :):)

I removed the glass from the frame and placed paper on the frame itself and also on the cardboard that usually keeps the glass in place then of course inked it all up! Next I placed a Tim Holtz large ring binger in the center to turn it into a flip calendar. To make the pieces that have the dates on them I first cut some chipboard I had laying around to 3" X 3 3/4" pieces. I ran them through my Xyron Creatopia to put adhesive on it and then covered them with the paper. This made the edges a little sticky, so I of course grabbed my Crafting Pouch to take that "stickyness" away. Another option for covering the chipboard with paper is to use The Best Glue Ever. To do this you could place a small line around the piece of chipboard, then use a paintbrush to spread the glue out a little and put your paper down.

Then simply decorate you pieces, punch holes, and place on the binder ring. While decorating these pieces I must say sometimes it's hard to hold onto buttons, pearls or any type of bling. If you have this problem the Embellie Gellie works wonders!! It was super easy for my to place the buttons exactlly where I wanted them using this fabby invention!

Now how about those fun flowers are the top!! I used some Wendy Vecchi Art Parts for one. Misted is with some Tatterend Angels mist, and the leaves I used Ranger Distress stain (peeled paint). Let me tell you that The Best Glue Ever totally held all this together with no problem. I even used this glue to adhere the metal clock to the center of the flower. So not only does it work on thick chipboard, and metal....I used it to put together my flower that I made using grungeboard, which is the butterscotch flower on the upper left.

So if you love to alter things...The Best Glue Ever is a must have in your scrapbooking stash!!!! It is always in arms reach for me :) All of these fabulous goodies used to make this project you can grab The Scrapbooking Studio. Thanks for stopping by and i'm looking forward to sharing many more projects with you here.

Have a fabulous day!
Stacy

GDT } These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things :):)

2011-06-06T07:04:00.005-05:00

Hey there everyone, just wanted to share some fun news with you.... I have been asked to GDT over at These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things this month :):):):) I was so excited when Julie asked me..thanks girly!!! I created 2 super fun layouts for this and I can't wait to share them with you......so i'm giving you a little sneak of one today.

Make sure you stop by and say hi over at the Fave Things blog. See you mid month with my full project!
Have a fabulous day :):):)

Sneak Peak

2011-06-02T12:24:00.003-05:00

Hey there everyone I just wanted to share a fun little sneak peak of my first DT project for ScraPerfect.

I totally love the way this turned out, and you will love the ScraPerfect products used for this one!!! See ya soon with the entire project.

WOOHOO!!! Nikki Sivils GDT :):):)

2011-06-01T10:49:00.003-05:00

Hey there everyone and welcome to June!!! I have some super fun news to share today.....I'm going to be a guest designer for Nikki Sivils!!! WOOHOO!! She had a sketch up at the beginning of May and my entry was picked. What a fun way to start my day. Not only that but check this out...

What a fun little sneak of her new lines to come this July!!! Can't wait to see the new stuff and meet her and some of her Diva's at CHA!!!

Thanks for stopping by, have a fabulous day.

Sketchabilities #48 } Top Secret Recipe

2011-05-30T06:00:00.000-05:00

Hello everyone, it's that time again. Another fun fabulous sketch is up over at Sketchabilities!! Karan always creates wonderful sketches for us to create with. Check out the latest sketch.

I had some cute pictures of Luis "cooking" at the museum so I thought they would fun to use.

On this layout I mixed two lines from Fancy Pants. I used To The Moon & Beach Bum. Added a little Twinery Twine around the journaling and some fun Pink Paislee alphas all of which I grabbed at The Scrapbooking Studio!

Don't forget to upload you take on the sketch to the gallery for a chance to be a guest designer.

CAS-UAL Friday Challenge 3 } Cosmo Cricket ODDS & ENDS

2011-05-22T21:27:00.003-05:00

I'm loving the new challenge up at CAS-UAL Fridays right now. The challenge is to simply add a little bling to your CAS creation. LOVE IT!!! Here is my take on it.

So all of the super fun things on this card I picked up at The Scrapbooking Studio. (Cosmo Cricket is not there yet but will be soon, this is a store sample). So I used Cosmo Cricket Odds & Ends, Twinery Twine (Cappuccino), which Amy ordered!! The fun vintage button is in the Cafe bin for 50 cents a scoop..WOOHOO!!! I used some distress ink on the edges and topped it off with a little red bling!! Don't forget you have until Wed to get this CAS challenge done! There is some yummy Nikki Sivils paper for the winner. Good luck to all!!

A little inking fun!!!

2011-05-20T09:12:00.004-05:00

So yesterday I wanted to do something different, out of the box for me. I altered a Maya Road album and turned it into my art journal. Right now I only have the cover done but not the inside....so i'll share it with you :) Let me just say that I had so much fun creating this and getting my hands dirty :):):) Here is one view of the album.

Here is another view so you can see the flower a little better.

Ok so what did I use on this?!?!?! Good question...I was just grabbing inks & stains left and right. I started with the album and used Ranger butterscotch color wash on the cover. There is also a little denium color wash in there. For my distress stains I used wild honey & peeled paint. Inks were distress ink faded jeans & brushed corduroy. I used some perfect pearls mist heirloom gold (my favorite)!! A little grungeboard for the flowers using the Tim Holtz alterations die tattered florals. A few Wendy Vecchi Art Parts, and I grabbed a Maya Road pin & crystal charm, Kaiser Craft pearl, Tim Holtz button & token charm. I used some Tim Holtz stamps & I think thats all :):):) All of this you can grab at The Scrapbooking Studio (locally or online)!!

Well thats all for today. I have a very busy day ahead...my daughter has her junior high formal dance tonight and finds out if she made the high school cheer squard for her freshman year. Hope you all have a fabby weekend!!!

WOOHOO!!! :) New DT!!!

2011-05-19T09:46:00.002-05:00

Well I can share some fun news now....I'm a member of the ScraPerfect Design Team. Super excited to get to know all of these ladies and have some fun creating!!! Here are the fabby girls on the team.

Susie Bentz
Robyn Coburn
Becky Conley
Margie Higuchi
Einat Kessler
Michele Lourenco
Deborah Mahnken
Cynthia Renaud
Stacy Rodriguez

Make sure you check out the blog and look around, also there is a link to fb so you can see what we are all doing.

Taggin It } PDDC #81

2011-05-15T15:21:00.003-05:00

I know two posts in one day...i've been busy :) Well the new color challenge is up at The Play Date Cafe and once again the colors this week are fabulous!! Purple, Olive Green & Grey!! So I wanted to do something different for my take on it this week rather than the card I usually do, instead I created a tag. For the base of the tag I blended two colors of distress ink on this...dusty concord (purple) & peeled paint (green).

Next I stamped the saying in the lower right corner and stamped some swirls around the outside of the tag. I edged the tag using a metallic paint dobber (silver). The flowers are Wendy Vecchi Art Parts which I misted using Olive Vine on one & Fully Purple on the other, then placed a little Teresa Collins bling in the center. The grey ribbon on the tied on the top is Prima, and added some fun Twinery twine (lilac) across the bottom. Once it was all in place I added some Prima bling swirls around the flowers and it was done.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to go over to The Play Date Cafe and submit your take on the challenge.

Sketchabilities #47 } LYB Elizabeth Park

2011-05-15T10:14:00.004-05:00

Hello everyone...it's that time again!! Time for another wonderful sketch from Karan Gerber at Sketchabilities. I totally love the design of this one, so many fun possibilities. Make sure you upload your take on the sketch to the Sketchabilities gallery for chance to become a guest designer!!
So here is the wonderful sketch we had to work with.

Now my take on the sketch.

On this layout I used the fun springy paper line from LYB Elizabeth Park. This line was perfect for those fun outdoor pictures of Marcos playing with his toy. There were lots of fun little shapes to cut out and pop up. I added some fun Sassafras letters (yellow), thickers (black) & MLS stickers (orange)...all of which I picked up at The Scrapbooking Studio. I added some yummy Mandarin twine from The Twinery on this one also.

Thanks for stopping by everyone...don't forget to get you take on the sketch uploaded to the gallery for your chance to be a guest designer!!

A Little Altered Art :)

2011-05-13T21:22:00.004-05:00

Hey there everyone, I had a little time today so yes I created!!! :) Tomorrow Wendy Vecchi is coming to teach a class at The Scrapbooking Studio and i'm super excited. So to get in the mood I played with some of her Art Parts. I used the Spool Set & Florals for this one. To cute it up I used of of my favorites..Nikki Sivils. On this one I used the Beatrice line. Once I picked which paper on wanted on the shapes I ran them through my Xyron Creatopia for the super sticky adhesive and got to work. Here is what I came up with.

Here is a different angle.

I also used some Tattered Angels mist; Jingle Bells on the fabric flower I created and Pomegrante on the Art Part flower. For the leaf I used Adirondack Acryclic Paint (Espresso). I also added a little Prima for the branches and a Maya Road pin.

Thanks for stopping by, hope you all have a fabulous weekend.

Featured on Reminisce :)

2011-05-11T21:06:00.000-05:00

Hey there ladies...I had the honor of playing with some yummy new Graduation Celebration goodies from Reminisce and they were up on the Reminisce blog yesterday. I created a couple of different projects and had a blast playing with the goodies. Thank you to Reminisce for having me on the blog!! So here are a couple of the projects I made.

First up is a fun little gift box (perfect size for the cash to fit in)

Next up is a little mini to place all of those fun friend photos from the big day in.

My daughter is graduating from Junior High so I made this card for her using her school colors. (and yes this makes me feel old)

My last project is an altered frame with pics of hubby and my stepdaughter who graduated from high school last year.

Well there are a couple of ideas for all that need some graduations gifts! Thanks again to Reminisce for having me!!

Tossing Bags } Echo Park

2011-05-08T19:40:00.003-05:00

Hey there everyone, well the weekend is coming to an end. Boy has it been a busy one....between National Scrapbooking Day and Mother's Day the weekend totally flew by.

Well i'm sharing a layout with you I created using the Playground line by Echo Park, and some yummy Twinery twine. I wanted to put some sort of border around the cardstock on this one. I used my Xyron 150 and ran the twine through it so I could stick it on this layout with no mess. It worked perfectly!!

Ariel just loves playing with little man when they come to visit...she is the best Aunt!!!

So on this one I used Echo Park paper, Xyron adhesive, The Twinery twine (charcoal), American Crafts thickers (orange)& foam pop dots.
Well thanks for stopping by, hope you have all enjoyed your weekend and had a fabulous Mother's Day!!

Fun Friday Challenge } Lucky Girl Crafts

2011-05-06T00:01:00.001-05:00

Hey there everyone, it's that time again....Fun Friday Challenge over at Lucky Girl Crafts!! I have to say I love this months kit, there are so many possibilities with it. The Pink Paislee paper line is one of my favorites. Since it's a birthday theme line, I started to look around the house to see what I had to alter. My grandson is going to be one in June, so I found the perfect frame to alter so that we can place a picture of him in it after the big celebration. Here is what I came up with.

So this is my challenge to you...look around your house and see what you come up with to alter. It can be anything..a frame for a picture, a tin to keep all of those special notes in, a box to gift a gift in. I'm sure if you look ladies you have lots of stuff to alter and turn into something special!

My Nikki Sivils GDT submission :)

2011-05-05T12:08:00.006-05:00

Hey there girls...well i'm sharing a couple of things I created using some yummy Nikki Sivils collections. There is a GDT call going on right now. You can find out some more info on Nikki's Blog. I simply love all of her collections and have been creating tons with them since they hit the LSS The Scrapbooking Studio. From the paper, brads, mini albums and OMG those yummy burlap buttons...we'll you get the point right!!

There are two sketches posted that you are to use when creating your submission. There is a card sketch and a layout sketch created by Anam Stubbington. The sketches are really cute. I went with the card sketch for my submission. However that being said...after having all of the lines all over my desk I couldn't pick which one I wanted to use, so I made two cards. My first card I used two of her lines together. I used Summer & It's Your Day for this one. I added a little bit of twine and some pearls to this one.

For the next card I used Max & Mollie...I just love the colors and design of this line.

Here is the sketch that I went off of for these two cards.

So ladies...if your love Niiki's stuff stop over on the blog, get the info and give this a shot!!!

Congrats } Nikki Sivils Wedding Challenge

2011-05-05T08:50:00.003-05:00

Good morning everyone. Today I wanted to share with you a card I made for a challenge over on Nikki Sivils facebook page. Last week the challenge was to create something "wedding themed" in honor of the big royal wedding. I created this fun little wedding card. I used U R My Favorite paper line, the cake was from It's Your Day, and the "Congrats" letter were from the Max & Mollie line.

I love the way it turned out :) Now if I only knew someone getting married soon!! On the card I did a little stitching around it, some inking, and of course popped the cake and hearts up off the card. I made the flower on the lower left using my scallop punch and added a couple resin flowers. There you have it a card fit for a queen!!

Well thanks so much for stopping by, have a fabulous day!!

Play Date Cafe Challenge }79

2011-05-01T19:52:00.003-05:00

Hey there everyone, I have a second post for today. I have my card created using the color challenge over at The Play Date Cafe. The colors this week are again fabulous. Love the way the grey, red & lime look together. I used some old Pink Paislee on this one and topped it off with some red Maya Road ribbon and a fun red pearl.

This week was a perfect chance to get one of my Mother's Day cards created. So hurry on over and get your entry in before the next color challenge comes out Thursday. Thanks for stopping by, have a fabulous night!

Lucky Girl Crafts Blog Party

2011-05-01T00:01:00.000-05:00

Hey there everyone and happy May Day!!! You should have come here from the Lucky Girl blog, however if you stopped here by chance make sure you start back at the Lucky Girl blog!! This months kits is way cool. So many fun papers and embellies. Check out the blog party special for this month running May 1 - May 7 :)

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In addition to guaranteeing that you get your hands on the latest & greatest Lucky Girl Crafts kit each month, subscribers also receive a special bonus kit valued at $25 at the end of their one-year term.

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Check out the BLOG PARTY GIRLS BELOW:

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Sabrina
Ruth
Natalie
Jessica
Emily
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So what's in the hop for you?!?!?!?!?! There will be two FABULOUS prizes awarded: One $25 Lucky Bucks GC grand prize awarded on the store blog, plus one $10 Lucky Bucks GC awarded to one random participant from just one of the DT blogs. So that means LEAVE SOME LOVE for the girls :):):):)

Well how about we check out what fun projects I created this month. I made a couple of fun cards and a super fun altered something that you will see next friday.

Well thanks so much for starting your month off with the Lucky Girls....your next stop will be the ever fabulous Sabrina so hop over and give her some love!!

Sketchabilites 46 } Scrumdillitelyumpschous

2011-04-30T06:00:00.000-05:00

Hello...how about another Sketchabilites sketch to get your mojo flowing!!! I of course love this sketch and LOVE my title!! I guess I could have just called it yummy....but wanted a little something "gooder"(one of my new favorite words) So here is this sketch....

...and my take

So i'm loving this line from Crate Paper..Toy Box!! All the ymmy chipboard shapes and totally cool buttons...to fun!!! I added some letters American Crafts thickers (black), October Afternoon (red), some bakers twine and it was done.

Don't forget to stop by the blog and leave some love, and upload your take on this sketch to the Sketchabilities gallery!

So fun!!

2011-04-28T11:53:00.002-05:00

Hey there everyone....just a fun & quick little post today. I have a couple projects up on Nikki Sivils blog along with some other fabulous girls. Stop by Nikki's Blog and say hi!

One more place you can stop by today is Scrapbook & Cards Today Blog, I have a project posted there today also :):):):)

Hope you are all having a fabulous Thursday...well i'm off to craft now :):)

The Play Date Cafe Challenge } #78

2011-04-26T17:58:00.003-05:00

Do you love a color challenge??? I so you need to check out The Play Date Cafe. They have a fun new challenge up every week. This is my third week playing along and i'm loving it. I have to say....this one was a challenge for me for sure!! I love the colors, but had a hard time picking out the paper to use. After changing my mind 3 times on the paper and after 2 hours of trying to design it...it was done!! Ok so that being said I gave the card to hubby's grandma this past weekend for her birthday having NOT took a picture of it, so yep...it's time to start all over :) Here is what I came up with the second time around.

So for this card I used some an older line Togetherness from Cosmo Cricket. I needed some red in it so I used a BoBunny double dot sheet for the background paper. Added a little border punch, and pop dotted up some things I cut out from the paper itself. Throw in some Kaiser Craft pearls and some yummy twine from The Twinery (blossom)and there you have it...challenge 78 is done :)
Thanks for stopping by!!!