1/28/10

Thank You Card

Today's Use Your Stash Challenge at Scrapperie is to use 15 different embellishments/techniques on a layout or card. I decided to create a card and thought this would be really easy to accomplish - alas, not as easy as I thought!!!! But after a lot of scrounging around, I came up with this card using the following items from my stash:



pattern paper
cardstock
metal photo corner
paper clip
brad
charm
stamp
ink
ribbon
rubon
flower
ticket
string
embossing
stitching

This was totally fun to do. So go check out the challenge at Scrapperie and let's see what you can create.

1/27/10

Leaf Glitz

PKGlitz is a company that creates amazing embossing powders and glitters. I love mixing their glitters and this leaf was the perfect opportunity to showcase how lovely their glitters are. PKGlitz has a sketch challenge this month so I created this card:



Pattern paper: K&Co.
Glitter, Embossing Powder: PKGlitz
Stencil: Sizzix
Metal: Karen Foster
Stamp: Stampland
Punch: Fiskars

Tim Holtz and Bluemoonscrapbooking

Do you want to win a free Tim Holtz signed item from CHA??? I know I do, so check out this cool give away: http://bluemoonscrapbooking.blogspot.com/2010/01/tim-holtz-sizzix-alterations-die.html

1/25/10

Monday Blog Hopping

It's another Monday blog hop and I hope you got here from Wynneth's blog. If not, just start at the top of the list and see everyone's creations. Once you are done, pop on over to the store.

Today's assignment was to create a card based upon this photo:


I loved the rich wood tones paired with some red so I used Queen Kat's Kitchen Goddess stamp with Basic Grey's Nook and Pantry collection. I have always loved this Kitchen Goddess and this paper worked so well for a wonderful card.




Supplies:
Card: K&Company
Pattern paper: Basic Grey
Die cuts: Spellbinders, Nestabilities
Stamps: Queen Kat
Ink: Memento


QKD Blog
Jules' blog
Helene's blog
Penny's blog
Lara's blog
Wynneth's blog
Steph's blog HERE
Queen Kat Designs Store

Don't forget about our sale:

Tuesday Twenty

It's gonna be Tuesday for the rest of the month!
Take 20% off everything!
That makes all clearance items 75% off
(Good today through 01/31/10-use coupon code: TT20)

1/21/10

You're My Cup of Cocoa

I created this card for the sketch challenge at die cuts r us. All papers are left overs. The background stamp is Kat Stamps and the foreground stamp is Stampabilities. I cut the cup with my Cricut Expression and Christmas Cheer, then embossed it with Swiss Dots for some dimension.

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

I created this card for a challenge at die cuts r us to create a new card using left over Christmas stuff. Well, I definitely have tons of leftover Christmas stuff so I cut the image from my Cricut Expression and A Child's Year, then embossed the border with Cuttlebug Swiss Dots. The stamp is from Hampton Arts. The background is the Cuttlebug Snowflake embossing folder.

1/20/10

Scrapperie's new challenges have begun

Over at Scrapperie, we have started our weekly challenges. Come check them out.

Sunday is Book of Me challenges
Monday is Sketch challenges
Tuesday is Technique challenges
Wednesday is Scraplift challenges
Thursday is Use Your Stash challenges - DT Member
Friday is Color challenges
Saturday is Freestyle challenges

This week's challlenge for Use Your Stash was BLING.
You know you have it, so pull it out and use it.
Here's what I did - I used black rhinestones as the butterfly tails - definitely not too girlie for a boy page.

Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill
Die cuts: Spellbinders, Nestabilities
Bling: Queen & Co
Embossing: Cuttlebug
Ink: Colorbox, Memento

Butterfly Glitz

PKGlitz is a company that creates amazing embossing powders and glitters. I love mixing up their glitters and butterflies are perfect to use with these glitters because of their array of colors. PKGlitz has a sketch challenge this month so I created this card:



Pattern paper: Crate Paper
Glitter: PKGlitz
Stencil: American Traditional
Ribbon: Michaels
Ink: Colorbox

1/19/10

Happy Birthday to you

Over at Kat Stamps today, the challenge was to use purple, blue, pink and lime green (with a touch of black and white) along with an older stamp. So I pulled out my Imaginisce paper which had all those colors, paired it with some Prism and American Crafts cardstock and a Grab Bag Happy Birthday stamp and this is the result.


The Grab Bbags have oodles of fun and funky stamps and are definitely worth the price. So head on over to Queen Kat Designs Store and check out all the stamps.

And don't forget there is a sale this month:

Tuesday Twenty
It's gonna be Tuesday for the rest of the month!
Take 20% off everything!
That makes all clearance items 75% off

(Good today through 01/31/10 - use coupon code: TT20)

1/18/10

Monday Blog Hopping

It's another Monday blog hop and I hope you got here from Wynneth's blog. If not, just start at the top of the list and see everyone's creations. Once you are done, pop on over to the store.

Today's request was that we red, white and black so I created this card with Queen Kat's Just A Note stamp:


Cardstock: Bazzill
Embossing folders: Cuttlebug
Stamps: Queen Kat
Ink: Memento


QKD Blog
Jules' blog
Helene's blog
Penny's blog
Lara's blog
Wynneth's blog
Steph's blog HERE
Queen Kat Designs Store

Don't forget about our sale: Tuesday Twenty

It's gonna be Tuesday for the rest of the month!
Take 20% off everything!
That makes all clearance items 75% off
(Good today through 01/31/10 =use coupon code: TT20)

1/14/10

Zapdots

Helmar USA is introducing new adhesive dots at CHA (Booth 2880). Besides being 3D they are now in color. That is exciting. No more wondering how to cover up those white pop dots we use!!!

1/12/10

Scrapperie Tres Chic Girl

I am thrilled to be a new Scrapperie Tres Chic Girl! This site has been reorganized and I am part of the "Use Your Stash Challenge" Team. How fun is that. I know we all have stash we haven't used, so this will be a wonderful source of inspiration to get your stash out and actually use it!!! Challenges and examples will be posted weekly and we hope you will play along with us. The challenges start next week on Scrapperie.

1/11/10

Monday Blog Hopping

It's another beautiful Monday and I can't wait to show you today's stamps. We were working with another Queen Kat sketch and I used the Forest Fairies stamp set.




Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill
Pattern paper: Basic Grey
Stamps: Queen Kat
Ink: Memento

In case you missed part of the blog hop, here are the links:

QKD Blog
Jules' blog
Helene's blog
Penny's blog
Wynneth's blog
Steph's blog HERE
Queen Kat Designs Store

Now head on over to the store and check out these stamps.

1/6/10

Friendship Recipe

Well I was having fun with Queen Kat's stamps so I created a Friendship recipe.



Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill
Pattern paper: Prima
Stamps: Queen Kat
Ink: Memento

Don't forget to stop by the store for a fabulous sale.
Make Your Own Sale
Take 10% off everything!
That makes all clearance items 65% off
(Good today through 01/10/10)
use coupon code: BL10

1/4/10

Monday Blog Hopping

Hey, it's our first blog hop of 2010 with Queen Kat stamps. Hope you'll join us each week as we showcase some of these amazing Queen Kat stamps.

Today's card was based on Queen Kat's sketch.



I used the new Kitchen Goddess stamp set, choosing to use the words from this set.

QKD Blog
Jules' blog
Helene's blog
Penny's blog
Lara's blog
Wynneth's blog
Steph's blog HERE
Queen Kat Designs Store

Supplies:

Cardstock: Bazzill
pattern paper:

Don't forget this week's sale which is pretty amazing:

Make Your Own Sale
Take 10% off everything!
That makes all clearance items 65% off
(Good today through 01/10/10)
use coupon code: BL10

1/2/10

Dream Mini Album

Well, as we start a new year, I'd love for us to Dream about what the future will bring and hope that it brings everything we're wishing for.

Today I was playing with my new Spellbinders long rectangle dies. I thought I'd create a mini book, but found the longest scalloped die wasn't long enough, so I elongated it by cutting half the die first, then moving the cut portion up so that I got the size I was looking for. I then embossed the covers with my Cuttlebug D'Vine Swirls embossing folder. I then used the non-scalloped rectangle die as the pages of my book, cutting them so they fit. Using my bind it all, I created a binding and added ribbons. The tabs were punched with a Stampin' Up punch and adhered to the pages. Dream was stamped from JustRight stamps and the Spellbinders oval dies. It was adhered to some Doodlebug papers with a Prima flower and brad. A little lace jazzed it up a bit.




Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill
Pattern paper: Doodlebug
Embossing: Cuttlebug
Stamp: JustRight
Ink: Memento
Flower: Prima
Brad: Making Memories

Thanks for looking.