Flower Handbag!

Hello, I haven't played in Melanie's challenges for too long, and decided it was time! Melanie challenged us to make something using her set 'A Year Of Flowers'.

I decided to combine that challenge with the Technique lovers challenge TLC58, the bucket handbag. You can find all the info and a template by following the link.

The bucket itself is plain old white with the edges sponged in soft sky. I stamped the flower stems and leaves onto white, and coloured them all with copics. It's hard to see in the photo, but the center flower is layeresd with part popped up.

The edging was made with the Spellbinders borderabilities classic lace die. It's close to cocoa with the edges sponged in matching ink, this border is popped up.

The tag sentiment and unique ladybug can also be found in the 'A Year of Flowers' set. This was my second attempt at a tag! The first one had a red ladybug, and I just didn't think it fit! lol Well that's the beauty of crafting, you can chose your own colours!

I finished it off with pretty in pink taffeta ribbon, and the tag also has linen twine.

TFL

Have a Great day!

Laurie

Season's Greetings!

Hello, I made this for the release challenge on the GinaK forum, GKDAUGTM hosted by TheresaCC, it's a sketch challenge.

It also counts as 1 down on my Christmas card list! lol The card base is always artichoke, with a layer of shimmery white & then SU dp.

I stamped the poinsetta from 'A year of flowers' onto the shimmery white with burnt umber & then used my water brush to pick up ink from the lid of my ink pads to shade in the veins! I cut out 2 flowers & layered them. The center is little tiny clear beads, and then a bit of stickles on top!

The shimmery paper is so pretty, but it's really hard to get a picture of it!

Have a Great Evening!

Laurie

C.I. Will Miss You!

Well on Saturday my Daughter Rachel (15) hosted a going away party for a school friend. Her Dad has been transfered to the US, they move today.

I made a card for all the friends to sign. Their school is known as C.I. and their school colours are red, yellow & black.

I used riding hood red for the card base, then a layer of yoyo yellow, and the top layer is a piece of coredinations embossed with the bloom dots EF. The edges are distressed & the top was sanded a bit.

The sweatshirt is from a GinaK set called 'Just so sporty', designed by Melanie Muenchinger. I made the letters with the cuttlebug Olivia die set, with some alterations to the letter 'I'. Then I outlined the letters with a black marker. The sweatshirt is popped up.

I also used the SU set 'Make it count' for the sentiment. I used the 1/2" circle punch for the round bits & popped them up too.

Everyone had a great time! Here's a picture of the whole group! Yes you're seeing that right, one lucky guy amoung the whole group of girls!

I have to share this one too, when I was taking the photo, our dog Franky went and lined up with the girls! He's either a cheerleader wanna be, or he justs wants to fit in! LOL

Have a Great Day!

Laurie

Baby Sweet Baby!

Just wanted to share the 2 cards I made using 'Hand in Hand' designed by Melanie Muenchinger. I love this set, there's so many possiblilities with the images & sentiments.

I made these for 2 of the challenges on the GinaK forum at SCS. The first was to make something sweet. Well baby girls are sweet, so I made this for my Daughter's Teacher who just had her first baby, a girl. I just love that saying too, 'love at first touch' how true is that?

This one was a sketch challenge. As it turns out I needed another baby card, so I used the same image. I decided to really personalize it, and used the Justrite roman font to make her name. Then I embossed with clear EP.

This was my first time using the hands & copics. I wish there was somewhere nearby where I could learn how to use these properly, I feel kinda intimidated by them!

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day.

Laurie

A couple new things!

It's Olivia's 9th birthday on the 24th. We are having a baking themed party, so I made apron invites. I thought it would go well, since the first thing they will be doing is decorating aprons. We aren't having the party til Feb.1, so I'll try & get some pic's to post!

I made this card a week or so ago for my step daughter's boyfriend. He's in University, not easy thinking of an appropriate card for a guy at his age! But I know he likes Smallville, & what guy doesn't like a super hero! So of course super moose Riley came to mind! Then I used the sketch challenge SC211 and added stars & dada a perfect guy card!

Thanks for stopping by!

Laurie

Framed Bella Rose

Hello, I want to share with you a project I made today, for a challenge Melanie Muenchinger is having on her blog, Hand, Head & Heart.
We were to make something featuring a sentiment. I chose one of the verses from her set ‘Say It With Flowers’ I love this verse, to me it says look at the bright side, I try to live my life by that! Even named my blog with that thought! Lol
The frame is a shadow box type frame I bought at our local Dollarama. The paper is SU bella rose. The layers were cut with the new label #1 dies, and I sponged the edges. The rose is cut from the paper, but the leaves are from Melanie’s “A year with flowers’. I stamped the leaf 3 times, colored with prismacolor pencils & oms, then cut out.
I used dimensionals to pop up the rose & the main panels. Then I finished it with a ribbon & some tiny gems.
The picture makes it look a little dark, sorry about that!

Have a Great Evening
Laurie

GinaK November Release Challenges

All of my items posted today were made for the challenges leading up to & after the November release on the GinaK forum.

The first picture is a chocolate lovers birthday card! We were to use 3 or more stamp sets from GinaK. Luckily I have lots!!!! This card uses Just so Sporty, Little Tee’s & Retro Boutique.

I love making fun cards, and this one certainly was! I used my scor-pal for the first time and covered the brads with iridescent ice EP, they look like they’re covered in sugar.

The second card was made for a sketch challenge posted by Jessica (Jessjean). I really liked this sketch, and I’m sure I’ll use it again. I may even make more poinsettia cards in different colours! The poinsettia is from Melanie’s set ‘A year of flowers’.

I just wish the beads in the center had been a solid white, I think that would have looked better. I was going to use liquid pearl, but I can’t seem to get it to look round on top…it always looks pointed! If anyone has any tips on getting a more rounded look, please let me know.

The first challenge on the Ginak forum for the release party was hosted by Erika (SunshineMama). When I first saw it, I was totally discouraged. I’ve never done a scrapbook page on my own before…and with a deadline!!! But since Erika mentioned we could make it the size we wanted, I decided to try an 8x8 page.

Of course I couldn’t find the picture I wanted to use, it may still be on the computer somewhere! So I flipped through some loose photos we had out, and decided on this one. I used to sew, like many other papercrafters. The photo was taken on Canada Day in 2000, I made them all something to wear that day, tops for the girls, & shorts for Andre. I’m really like how this turned out.

Melanie Muenchinger posted a challenge on the GinaK forum before the release night, for a chance to win one of her 2 new sets. The 1st challenge was to use Just so sporty, or Little Tee’s. I used the Little Tee’s set and made this t-shirt of hope with a pink sparkly ribbon.

The second challenge was to make something using any of her other stamps. I hadn’t used the poinsettia from “A year of Flowers’ at this point, so this is the first card I made with it, and I won a free set!!! Gotta love that!

I also used the colour challenge on SCS that week, CC192 pacific point, certainly celery, and basic grey.

Well that’s it for today…I hope you have a great evening! I’m going to check & see if the winners have been posted.

Laurie

Wow! What a Week!

Wow it’s a busy week, and I have lots to tell you! First, a huge Thank You to Heather owner of H&M Stamp Co. she had a huge give away recently called ‘The Parade Of Stamps’ and I was the lucky winner. Also Thank You to all the companies that donated the prizes, I will be a happy shopper this month!

Two of my favorite stamp companies are releases there new stamps this week, Hanna Stamps, and Gina K Designs. This is my favorite time of month, because I love playing along with the challenges and seeing what wonderful creations the design teams come up with!

My first card today was made for the Flourishes (another favorite) Tuesday chat challenge hosted by Faith (aka Markie’s Mom). We were to use an animal in our card. I used the deer from Flourished Christmas, and this weeks sketch challenge SC195.

The card base is Not quite navy, stamped with the weathered bg stamp in the same colour.

The 3 panels are really rust and old olive embossed with the leafy branch EF, and baja breeze. All the panels are sponged with the matching colour and layered on chocolate chip.

The sentiment is also from Flourished Christmas, stamped onto more mustard & punched out with the 1” circle punch & layered on a 1 ¼” circle in chocolate chip. The sentiment is popped up.
All the leaves were made with 2 different Martha Stewart leaf punches.

I used the SU polytwill ribbon, and a stick pin with some co-ordinating beads to finish it off!

The second card was made for Andrew a friend of the family who just turned 12. Andrew loves sports and plays on several teams, but I know he plays soccer almost year round, so I decided to go with the soccer theme.

The card base is black, with a layer of white, and then glorious green for the grass. I searched online for a diagram of a soccer field & that’s what I used to decide where to cut the green pieces. I also ran it through the cuttlebug with the tiny bubbles EF for some texture.

The soccer shirt is from Melanie’s Just So Sporty set, which can be found at GinaK. I added the number 12, (his #) and the stripes, which I coloured with markers.

The words are also from the ‘Just So Sporty’ set, stamped on white & punched out with the SU large star punch. I glued them to the blue & cut around them to make a mat.

The soccer ball is from a See D’s rubber stamps #50016, it has lots of different sports balls & sayings.

The inside is also decorated because it’s a spiral pop up card. If you haven’t tried one yet, you can find the tutorial here.

I put a layer of white inside, and cut out the the circle springs. Then I added stars & soccer balls.

Lastly, I have a card I made for my Niece Carly. She turned 2 this month, and because she loves sweets & is so sweet, I used the Sock Monkey & his cupcake!

The card base is metallic cardstock from Michael's & if I remember right, it's called seafoam. Then a layer of pretty in pink, and a layer of the DP.

The canvas bg stamp was inked up with pretty in pink, and stamped on both white & pretty in pink cs. Then I stamped the sock monkey in brown onto both pieces. I cut them out & layered on circles made with the nestabilities. I made the monkey a girl by adding eyelashes! The whole thing is popped up on dimensionals.

The cupcake was stamped on the metallic paper for the bottom, and then pink for the top which was cut out & glued together. I coloured the candle flames with yellow marker, and added crystal stickles to the top & flame.

I used circle punches to make the tag with the #2 stamped in pretty in pink.The ribbon is dbl. sided satin from Michaels.

I Hope You have a Great Day! It's rainy here, a perfect time to check out the new sneak peaks at SCS and maybe get some stampin done!

Laurie

GinaK Release Party Tonight!

You can come in your PJ's if you like!

Today’s the Day! Yep today is the release party for the 5 new GinaK stamps, they’re being released for purchase tonight after the party…want to join in, everyone is welcome!

Come join us on the GinaK forum tonight at 7-10 pm central. They’re always a blast, you don’t have to own Ginak stamps, but I’m sure you’ll want to when the party is over! There’s sneak peaks, games, challenges, prizes, you get the picture!

Here is a card I made with a stamp set released last month called Little Tee’s. The set is designed by Melanie Muenchinger and sold at GinaK Designs. Melanie has several sets now, and they are all truly fun and easy to work with, and the possibilities are endless.

So I started out wanting to make a card that reminded me of fall, and that to me means warmer comfy clothes like flannel…shirts pj’s you know what I mean! But I like pj’s with cute prints so I ended up using some Daisy’d bambino paper. Unfortunately, in the end, my card doesn’t really look like fall, but sometimes you start out one way and end up another right!

The pants were made using the Tee stamp as well, I can’t take credit for that though, Melanie did it first on her blog!

You’ll want to check out all the designers blogs today, and make sure you stop by Gina’s and Melanie’s, they both have blog candy to give away. All you have to do is stop by and leave a comment for a chance to win. I’ll warn you now, I’m hoping to win Melanie’s…she has a scor- pal & scor- pal mat to give away! I think it might have my name on it! LOL

Melanie
Gina
Joanne
Asela
Jessica

I’d also like to mention, that Carolyn King (Cammie) has designed a new set being released tonight at GinaK. Carolyn is generously donating all the proceeds to the Alzheimers Association, in loving memory of her Grandmother who passed away in July. From the sneak peaks so far, it looks like a great set for a great cause.

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!Laurie

They made there own jewelry!

Hello Everyone…or anyone lol! I’m not sure, I may be talking to myself! Sorry haven’t posted is a few days. My body is fighting something off, I don’t know if it knows what! So I haven’t been on the computer much.

Last week I decided to do a craft with the kids, my daughter Olivia and her Friends, Daisy and her brother Andrew. I knew they’d love the ‘Little Tee’s set designed my Melanie Muenchinger and sold at GinaK. I also pulled out Melanie’s other animal sets, Cuddles & Hugs, Just so Hippy, Just so Hoppy and Hip Hop Accessories. I love them all!

I’d had this project in mind for a couple weeks, I’m glad we had a chance to do it. There’s something about having a few kids at a table creating that brings out smiles, stories, laughter etc. I always enjoy it, and I like to think it will be these fun times that they’ll remember when they’re older. Warning, don’t try this or any craft with kids if you’re a control freak, or no one will have fun! They may/will be messy, they may/ will use strange colours, etc. it’s actually part of the fun!

So our project was making bracelets, necklaces, and zipper pulls!

Materials
Bracelet kit from Walmart $2-3.00
Cotton jewelry cording Walmart
Claw hooks Walmart
White Shrinky Dink Michaels
Stazon ink pads
Sharpie markers
Hole punch
Tools to attach jump rings (I don’t have any & my thumbs were bleeding by the end!)

After they finished there pieces, I cut them out & put them on a cookie sheet in the oven. They didn’t completely flatten, so I’m glad I read Melanie’s blog here, so I knew I could use the heat gun to finish them!
If you’re up for a party, GinaK is releasing their new stamps and products on Friday September 5. There will be sneak peaks every day this week starting tomorrow Sept. 2. I can’t wait! You should come and join the party on the Ginak forum at SCS, everyone is Welcome

Hope you're having a great day!

Laurie

Here's a few pictures of the original stamped creations, and then the shrunken version turned into priceless jewelry & zipper pulls. I love the way Olivia's lions turned out!