Make It Monday #112

 

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It's time for another linky party to begin at Make It Monday and we do hope you'll join in the fun. The gallery was full of wonderful projects this past week and I can't wait to share my Pick of the Week with you. First though, I'd like to congratulate our winners for MIM #111 and encourage you to leave a comment on the other entries this week giving you a second chance at winning a prize. Good Luck!

There were no sponsor images to work with so Michelle gave us permission to use whatever we wanted and I've used stamps by Verve and Waltzingmouse Stamps on my pocket card. To create this fun card I used a paper cutter and trimmed a cardstock sheet to 5.25"x11", placed my long edge horizontal on my Scor-Pal and scored 5.5" inches from the left edge. Next I scored a horizontal line a .5" above the top edge and a .5" above the bottom edge. Run your bone folder over scored lines and fold in toward the center and place double-sided tape on the flaps. Again run your bone folder over the score line at 5.5" and place double-sided tape on the left side then peel the backing from the tape and adhere the flaps while running your finger along the taped bottom to seal. Now you've got a pocket card that was super easy to create. Decorate the front of the card using patterned paper and the width of my panels are 4.75" wide by 2"high, I used a coordinating paper for the middle section and it also gave me a place to stamp my sentiment "It's your day" and add visual interest. Two die cut circles create a place for my butterfly stamp & coordinating die by Verve to land while the fun dot border was created with a WMS Faux Fun Circles stamp. The butterfly was stamped in Memento Rich Cocoa and colored with Copic markers. I added a trio of Kaisercraft brown pearls to my corners and my front was finished. Next up is my inside panel and here's a picture of it below.

 

 

 

Again I used the same paper but reversed the top & bottom panels, the middle section is Choice Buttercream by Taylored Expressions and I stamped "celebrate" by WMS in Memento Rich Cocoa. As you can see my cardstock base is blue and I pulled the color from the dp's I used. The measurement of my cs base is 4.75" wide by 5" high. I made the tab with a 1" circle punch from Fiskars and adhered to the back of my base. (It helps to place the panel inside your pocket, line it up and then adhere your tab so it will be centered perfectly. ;) The orientation of your patterned paper can be varied and suited to your tastes depending on your sentiment inside.

 

Now for my Pick of the Week which is #127 Karen G who created this ornament that can also be used as a wall hanging. The Graphic 45 patterned paper blends so well with her colored image and I love the netting behind it. A die cut music strip and all of the embellishments make this an all time favorite of mine. To view a full shot of this wonderful project click on her link above. I love this Karen!

 

 

 

 

 

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http://www.cupcakecardcraft.co.uk/

 

 Prize: Paper Pack of the Winner's choice!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Playing along with the following challenge:

One Stop Craft Challenge #201-Anything Goes

 

 

A big thank you to our sponsor and to all of you who join us each week. For more inspiration by my incredible teamies please visit the Make It Monday blog or click the links on my right sidebar. Have fun crafting everyone! 

 

Hugs,

Lisa

 

 

Stamps: Party Time & All Aflutter (Verve); Say It Loud (Waltzingmouse Stamps)

Paper: Harvest Lane (Simple Stories); cs (Bazzill Basics Paper)

Die: All Aflutter (Verve); Std. Circles Lg. & Cl. Scalloped Circles Lg. (Spellbinders)

 

Exciting news to share!

Yours truly is one of the new design team members at The Squirrel and The Fox challenge blog. WooHoo! Linda & Tracey emailed me last week extending an invite to join the design team and I immediately replied yes. I was beyond excited to accept the invitation and I've received such a warm welcome. Thank you ladies! I can tell I'm going to have a great time with this group. :) As excited as I am I know our Challenge #29-Things with Wheels winner, Dee, and the Top 3 chosen by the design team are too. Congratulations to each of you!

Our fab sponsor for Challenge #30-Use a Ribbon is the The Digi Garden who also supplied the team with images to create with. :-) My card features, Immie's Scarf, and I chose the colors for her scarf from the dp's in the Christmas Eve Chowder collection by Jillibean Soup. The snowflake dp is a scrap piece from my stash and because it's all about ribbon this time I used two coordinating ribbons and tied a bright blue satin bow underneath Immie. Stamped snowflakes that received a dusting of glitter add to my wintry scene and I anchored the corners with brads. A die cut tag is the perfect place to stamp my sentiment and finishes my card. Many thanks to The Digi Garden for sponsoring our challenge and providing the team with digital images. Click the link to view their wonderful digital products, you'll be glad you did.

Sponsor

Prize: 7 Digi Stamps

You can see the amazing DT inspiration by my teamies at the The Squirrel and The Fox blog or click their links on my right sidebar. Thanks for stopping by today! We can't wait to see what you create with ribbon and leave some comment love.

Happy Crafting!

Lisa

 

 

 

Stamps: Winter Wonderland (Taylored Expressions)

Ink: Memento Rosebud, Aquamarine Archival Ink (Ranger)

Dies: Spellbinders Std. Circles Lg. & Cl. Scalloped Circles Lg.; Winter Wonderland Snowflakes & Mini Tags (TE)

Accessories: ribbon (TE); brads (We R Memory Keepers); rhinestones (Kaisercraft)



 

Halloween Tags by Nicecrane Designs







Designed for Nicecrane Designs

 

I'm back today with more Halloween projects featuring Halloween Tags by Nicecrane Designs. One of the many benefits of working with digital images is that you can customize them to fit your crafting need and storage is a breeze. I imported my tags into Word and sized them to fit on my die cut rosette which I backed with a lacey circle die by Spellbinders. I used a standard circle large die also by Spellbinders to die cut my tag image and putting my medallion together was a snap. It also helped that I found these delightful treat boxes by Martha Stewart on sale because I'm in the process of putting a rather large Halloween goody basket together for the residents at my mom's nursing home. Now my biggest hurdle is making sure I keep the sugar free (for diabetic patients) boxes separate from the regular candy. ;)

 

Here's another photo featuring a second tag in the set and a preview sheet that shows all five. I love the shadow effect on the lettering and images and in the stamping world that is something hard to do. Sometimes it turns out like we want it to and sometimes it doesn't. (I know from experience lol.)

 

 

 



Designed for Nicecrane Designs

 

 

 

 

I'm playing along with the following challenges:

Ribbon Carousel #73-Halloween Spirit

Southern Girls Challenge #55-Tie A Ribbon Around It!

 

 

Thanks for taking a look and I do hope you'll pop in the online store by clicking here. You will not be disappointed and with Christmas around the corner you're guaranteed to find beautiful images to work with.

 

Happy Crafting Everyone!

Hugs,

Lisa

Halloween with Nicecrane Designs

Designed for Nicecrane Designs

Hello fellow paper crafters and welcome! I'm sharing a card today that features a vintage image from Vintage Halloween DSL by Nicecrane Designs. For inspiration I'm using the sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches #168 and I love the layered panels on this one. I distressed the edges with spiced marmalade which gives it a pop of color and used numbers in place of a sentiment since my image already had a sentiment on it. I nabbed the Trick or Treat sticker from a MS Countdown to Halloween kit I bought last year and used it. Black bling on the harlequin panel and the four corners of my vintage image add a little pizzazz and twine helps complete my sketch requirement and gives me entry into another challenge. Simple and sweet spooky!

Here's a preview showing all of the Vintage Halloween DSI images. 

 

 

 

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Divas by Design #56-Anything Goes

Ribbon Carousel #73-Halloween Spirit

Southern Girls Challenge #55-Tie A Ribbon Around It

Paper Crafting Journey-Add Some Bling

The Crafty Bloggers Network #4 Challenge

Paper Issues-Halloween Harvest Time

Paper Pretties Monday Challenge #61

Tuesday Morning Sketches #168

 

 

 

If you are in the market for Halloween images check out the selection at Nicecrane Designs. I'll be back tomorrow with a preview of the Halloween Tags digi set so I'll see ya then.

Happy Crafting!

Hugs,

Lisa

 

Make It Monday #111 with Meljen's Designs

Another week has flown by and now it's time for another linky party at Make It Monday. Congrats to our winner and to those chosen by the DT as their Pick of the Week. It is so much fun to look through the gallery and see so many amazing creations linked up. Thank You! I would also like to thank our current sponsor, Meljen's Designs, for providing the design team with images to work with. I love the variety of digi images in Melissa's online store so if you haven't shopped there yet be sure to check it out and see what you are missing. :)

My card features the adorable digi image, A Girl and Her Overalls, and it is one of my fave's. She's holding a picked flower behind her back which reminded me of my daughter when she was a little girl. She'd pick a flower for me and say "just for you" mommy so naturally I couldn't resist this image nor the sentiment by Waltzingmouse Stamps. ;) I colored her in Copics, used a red atyou Spica pen on the hearts and created my blue background with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink. Four pearl brads by American Crafts anchor my colored image to an embossed yellow panel that was created using a Taylored Expressions's Hearts Impression Plate. Red grosgrain ribbon adds a bit of color underneath and I added a red button tied with a red burlap bow also. The perimeter of my base was faux stitched using a fine point Sharpie pen and to finish I stamped my sentiment in Memento Paris Dusk, chomped the corners on my sentiment & yellow  embossed panel and called it good. I really wanted to make this image stand out and I thought this sketch at Sketch Frenzy Friday would help me do that. Here's a close up of this sweet little gal.

As for my POTW I chose #156  by Lucy Patrick and her Fairy Garden card. Is it ever adorable!!! I fell in love with the bright colors, birthday banner, and the whimsical touches she added. Be sure to visit Lucy's blog to see more photos and learn how she created this enchanting 3D card.

Designed by Lucy Patrick





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Meljen's Designs

Meljen's Designs is a lovely stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins. She illustrates whimsical rubber and digital images inspired by her kids and family. Meljen's Designs has new releases along with a new challenge every Thursday, a Guest Designer each month at the Meljen's Designs Blog, and freebies and promos now and then on our facebookFAN PAGE! Please visit the Meljen's Designs line of stamps at our store HERE to browse through all of Melissa's lovely designs! You can also see Melissa's rubber stamps at her corner of Whimsy Stamps, too!

http://shop.meljensdesigns.com/

 

 

 

Meljen's Designs Digital Stamps are giving away the lovely prize of the winner's choice of 4 single digis!   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I do hope you will stop by the Make It Monday blog to see all of the inspiration the design team has for you and link up your own papercrafting creation(s) for us to enjoy. You can also win for commenting on the entries in the gallery and leaving some comment love saying you saw it on Make It Monday. Who knows? You just might be our next winner or Pick of the Week. :)

 

Good Luck & Happy Crafting!

Hugs,

Lisa

 

 

Flap Book, Part 2

Hello and welcome! I was due to post this yesterday but the day simply got away from me, sorry. I'm posting pictures of the photo/journal mats I made for my flap book project above. You can click here to see my tri-fold pages using Bo Bunny's pretty Country Garden paper collection. I was playing along with the CR84FN64 Color Challenge  and I did not include these because some of the papers incorporate orange and pink which were not part of the challenge colors. Most of the photo/journal mats fit into pockets, underneath the left and right side, and were easy to create by adhering double sided tape to three sides of my designer paper. I love doing this because its almost like a treasure hunt when you start going through the book and discovering all the hidden stuff inside. ;) Okay, lots of photos so let's get started.

First flap page, the banner is a cut out by MME & I
used pages from SMASH pads as a way to record
& personalize this flap book.



First top loading photo mat front view

Back View

Journal mat with MFT File Tab die

Photo mat with MFT File Tab die

Second flap page with pocket created from a cut out
from the paper pack. More SMASH sheets for
recording personal info.



Second top loading photo/journal mat front view

Back View

Photo/Journal mat on second flap page

Third flap page with a die cut tag  by Verve and I created
a side pocket using paper from the collection.

Third top loading photo/journal mat with dp by Glitz's
Afternoon Muse.



Back view with Bo Bunny paper.

More pretty paper from the collection and a MFT File
Tab die.

Cut out from the paper collection which
will make a great place to journal.

Photo mat that coordinates with the cut out on the third
tri-fold page of my flap book. Note: the file tabs were
added to make it easier to pull the photo/journal mats out
from underneath the pages. 

I hope you enjoyed this project and that it inspires you to create your own book to record those special times & memories. Thanks for dropping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Hugs,

Lisa

 

CR84FN #64

Front Cover



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This is my second post today and I'm back to play along with three of my favorite colors in the CR84FN64 Color Challenge. The main colors are light blue, yellow and green and I couldn't resist using them to create my very first flap book. I used three of the six pages in the kit to create this keepsake book for my son and new daughter-in-law. They tied the knot on the 29th of September after learning the Army planned to send her overseas when she graduates from her Advanced Individual Training  in December. He doesn't graduate until next May and the possibility of being sent to the same place was slim and neither could handle that option. She is perfect for him and a wonderful new addition to our family. I've never seen him happier, which makes his mom very happy. They plan on having a traditional wedding next year after he graduates and I'm looking forward to that because I never thought I'd watch my son get married via Skype. Sometimes you just have to roll with it lol. Here's the beautiful inspiration photo showcasing my happy colors. ;)

To remain true to the color challenge I am only including the front cover and three main tri-fold pages plus the top loading photo/journal mats. I'll share the flap pages and other photo mats in my next post because this one is photo heavy already so lets get started. I used the Bo Bunny Country Garden 12x12 paper pack to create this book and all of the photo/journal mats. The cut out sheets were put to use as well as the cardstock stickers. You can see one of the cardstock stickers on the first tri-fold page under the yellow photo mat. This was so much fun to create and I will go more into detail on my next post but I'm pressed for time because today is my DD's 18th birthday and we are leaving soon for a spa day. I'm so ready after the last few weeks around this crazy house. :)

First tri-fold page

Second tri-fold page

First pg. of third tri-fold, throughout the book I included
tear outs from my SMASH pad's so they can record some
of their fave things when they were first married. This way
they can personalize it. 

Second pg. of third tri-fold, the background text
is part of the dp but the trust stamp is by Donna Downey
and I love it.

Third pg. of third tri-fold, this is a cut out from the paper
pack and the yellow tab poking out is a die cut by Verve
that records the date they were married. The paper flowers
 are by Bazzill and they flatten when you close the book. :)

These are the three die cut top loading photo/journal mats. The blue
one was die cut with a MFT bracket border and the other two
are Sizzix On the Edge border dies by T!m Holtz.





Okay, that's all for me today. I'm off to let someone pamper me and I can't wait. Have a wonderful day and thanks so much for stopping by. I enjoy your comments and feedback too so feel free to leave a little comment love. :) Good luck to everyone entering the design team call for CR84FN Color Challenge!
Hugs,
Lisa