Hey there blog readers.  Today, I'm sharring layout featuring some of my favorite WOW! powders and WOW's Call Me Stamp set.

I used an embossing pen to outline the butterfly seen here and then used Earth tone Paprika to highlight the outline.  I embossed the pre-made chipboard embellishments with Neutral Ultra Shimmer embossing to add a little bling.

I used the postage stamp from the set to create my own patterned paper strips using Earth tone Honey and Cotton Candy. 

I changed the color of the chipboard alpha by first embossing them with Ebony powder.  Once cooled, I re-inked and then embossed with Black Glint embossing glitter.

WOW Products Used:

Earth tone Paprika
Earth tone Honey
Neutral Ultra Shimmer Embossing Glitter
Cotton Candy
Ebony Regular
Black Glint Embossing Glitter
Call Me Stamp Set

Thanks for stopping by!!

 

12x12 Canvas

Hey there blog readers, I'm here with another project featuring one of the new lines, Just Because and QQ's 12x12 canvas.

Canvas is one of my favorite mediums, so needless to say, I had a ball with this!!  Creating the frame around the edge was really easy, but takes a little patience.

I started by randomly tearing all 4 edges off of a scrap piece of 12x12 paper. (final size was about 10.5 square give or take) I used repositionable adhesive to adhere the scrap paper to the center of the canvas. Next, I used 2 different stamps and embossing ink to stamp on the exposed canvas, 1 side at a time. Once I finished one side, I poured WOW Embossing Powder in Opaque Bright White on the image and then tapped off the excess. Once all 4 sides were coated, I removed the scrap paper and  used a heat gun to melt the powder.

I then used an inking sponge and Quick Quote's PowderPuff Chalking Inks in Baja Blue, Mocha Mama, and Green With Envy to add color to the edges.  I re-adhered the scrap paper to the center and continued to add ink until I was satisfied with the look.  (the frame took on the shape of the scrap paper) 

I used a damp paper towel to remove the excess ink from the embossing.  The embossing acts as a resist and you will see all of the different inks in the recesses.  This is one of my favorite techniques. 

I lightly spritzed the center with misting inks in 2 different colors before adding photos and embellishments to the canvas.  I matted the photo using JB-400 and then framed it with images cut from JB-100 and JB-400.  I cut strips from the new vellum strips to serve as part of my title and journaling.

I added the hot air balloon from the 8x10 Chipboard Balloon set.

I added texture to the hand cut items using buttons and twine.

Thanks for stopping by today.   More great projects are coming up, so check back soon!!

Products Used:

Quick Quotes Just Because (JB-100, JB-400)

Unforgettable Moments Vellum Strip

Memories Vellum Strip

PowderPuff Chalking Ink (Baja Blue, Mocha Mama, Green With Envy)

Balloon 8x10 Chipboard

12x12 Canvas

Embossing Powder- WOW Embossing Powders

Foam Alpha- American Crafts

Buttons, twine

Altered Canvas

Hey there Quick Quotes blog readers!! Tanisha here with another project featuring products from Club Q, Quick Quotes' monthly kit club and the Best Traditions vellum strip. What I love most about this kit is that it comes with a photo of a pre-made projects. You can either use that as a guide or do like I did here and create create a freestyle project of your own! Very versatile, right?!

I used the canvas to create a wall hanging for my scrap room to serve as a reminder as to my main reason for creating. I love these colors, they're so regal (and were my high school colors).
Here are a few highlights of the project. I stacked 2 die cut flowers and then a twine tied button to the center.
I absolutely adore the rhinestone trim, so I used it to frame the canvas so that it would stand apart from the scalloped die cut that I adhered to the back. I also stacked the die cut buttons and added pearls because...well I just love butterflies and add them to many of my projects. :)

Then, I added some purple to the flower by spritzing it with spray mist and then inking it with Purple Passion PowderPuff Chalking Ink.

I heat embossed the background with white embossing powder and a music print stamp. I inked over it with Lemonade and Purple Passion PowderPuff Chalking Inks and then used a damp paper towel to wipe off the excess.

That's all from me today...thanks for stopping by!

Quick Quotes Cards

Hello every one!! I'm here with another post featuring Quick Quotes fabulous products.

I created a couple of cards using the One Fine Day collection, butterflies bag-o-chips, Wishes Color Vellum, and PowderPuff Inks in Tahiti and Lemonade.

I created the card base from One Fine Day 400, then adhered the Wishes color vellum strip to the side of a piece of embossed cardstock. I inked a couple of the butterflies with Lemonade PowderPuff ink, added pearls to the centers and adhered to the card. Twine and a punched border helps to finish off the card.

I cut patterned strips from One Fine Day 400 to create the pennant banner on this card. After punching the border along the side, I inked with Tahiti Blue PowderPuff Ink.
Quick Quotes Products:

Tahiti PowderPuff Chalking Inks
Lemonade PowderPuff Chalking Inks
One Fine Day 400
Butterflies Bag-O-Chip

Other Products:
Twine- The Twinery
Cardstock- Bazzill
Rub-On- American Crafts
Border Punches- Recollections

What To Do With All Of These Christmas Cards?

I've been on a Christmas card making frenzy! I mean between submitting for publication and creating for design teams and just plain making Christmas cards because they are my favorites, I have amassed quite a collection. So...what to do with them all? I mean, yes, I always think that I am going to mail them out, but the amount of postage that it'll take makes me think twice. Maybe one of these days, I'll set up an etsy shop or something. In the meantime, I'll just keep creating them.

Here are my latest Christmas card creations. They were all created with Jillibean Soup Christmas Eve Chowder collection. I just adore a cute Christmas line, don't you?

The first card was made for the Petaloo blog. We joined up with Jillibean for a joint blog hop. Tons of ideas were shared...check them all out here.

I made this card just because I couldn't help myself. Once I saw those adorable penguins, I knew I had to use them on a project. Each penguin on this card represents a member of my family (me, my hubby, and our 2 boys). Cute right?

Here's a close-up of our sparkling attire.

And last, but not least is a card that I created for the Basically Bare blog. I put up step by step instructions for creating the glittery embossed ornament. So check it out!



As always, I thank you for stopping by and leaving such sweet comments!! Until next post...

Happy Halloween!!

Have I got a really great, super fun Halloween project featuring Core'dinations cardstock, May Arts ribbons, and Petaloo flowers.

I created a Halloween card and a few treat boxes...after all, Halloween is all about the treats, right?!

I traced a cube gift box onto 3 pieces of cardstock, cut and then formed into a box. I embossed the front panels for each item and used Core'dinations' sanding block to expose the core and then adhered to each treat box. I then added coordinating ribbons, flowers, and Spider dazzlers to complete the set.

close-up of the details


Thanks for stopping by the blog today. Have a safe and happy Halloween.

Cheery Lynn Designs Projects & Giveaway

I combined a host of Cheery Lynn Designs Dies to create this super girly layout featuring a mix of October Afternoon papers. I used the dies with a variety of different materials: patterned paper, thin chipboard, and glittered cardstock.


I used the Butterflies Bundle dies to die cut butterflies from Core'dinations Core Couture cardstock. I really like the embossed effect.


Here, I created a faux scalloped border by die cutting the smallest circle from the XL Nested Circles pack, cutting them in half, and adhering them to the bottom of the striped paper.

I cut the smallest Coved Rectangle from thin chipboard and embossed using the Dots/Lines Metal Embossing Plate before adhering to the layout.

The Buttons were cut from thin chipboard and patterned paper and layered for a dimensional effect.


I also cut a portion of the Picket Fence out using both thin chipboard and patterned paper. I adhered the 2 together and then attached to the layout using pop dots.

I created a "sun" using the largest XL Nested Scallop Circle die. I added pen work and then adhered behind the photo for that pop factor.

The Pennant banner was cut from cardstock. I trimmed the center from one of the extra flags and used it to hand cut triangles to layer on top of the banner.

I die cut my title using lower case letters from the School Days 1/2" Font Set and then adhered each one to a flower that was hand cut from patterned paper, and attached to the banner.


I'm so happy I finally have a little girl to scrap; thanks to my friend Dolores for allowing me to use pictures of her cutie pie daughter! You're definitely going to see more girly layouts here in 2011!!

I also created this card using Love Expression Collection, Heart 2 Heart, XL French Flair Nested Dies and Petaloo hydrangeas and rose blooms. I inked the Love Expression embossing plate before sending it through my Epic Six to add color to the debossed words and then layered the rest of the elements for dimension.


Cheery Lynn Designs has a Blog Candy Giveaway going on right now. Go to the blog to check it out.

Thanks for stopping by today!!!

Half A Dozen Cards

Last month, Paper Crafts Magazine held an awesome contest for World Card Making Day. I made 8 cards and sent them off for a chance to win a prize package and have one of my cards published in their magazine . Although I didn't win, I am happy to know that the cards that I sent in will be donated to Operation Write Home, an organization that supplies our troops with blank handmade cards to write home on.

Here are 6 of the cards that I created:

supplies: Patterned Paper- Echo Park (Christmas Countdown, Merry Border Stripe); Cardstock- American Crafts; Flowers- Petaloo; Stickles- Ranger; Ribbon- AC Moore; Shimmering Spray- Creative Imaginations Luminarte; Pearls- Queen & Co; Rub-on- Pink Paislee; Border punch- Fiskars; Other: twine, vintage button

supplies: Patterned Paper- Echo Park (Christmas Countdown), Jillibean Soup (Cup Of Yak), Making Memories (Big Dot); Ribbon, floss- Making Memories; Button; Rub-on- Pink Paislee; Ink- Clearsnap; Stickles- Ranger; Adhesive- Helmar Premium Craft Glue, Zapdots, Quick-Fix Permanent Tape Runner

Patterned Paper- Jillibean Soup (Cup Of Yak); Cardstock- Bazzilll; Buttons- Stickopotamus; Twine; Rub-on- Royal & Langnickel; Pen- sharpie; Ink- clearsnap' Lace- Prima; Border Punch-Fiskars; Adhesive- Helmar Premium Craft Glue

Patterned Paper- SEI; Rub-on- Royal & Langnickle; Border punch- Martha Stewart; Ribbon- Joann’s; Adhesive- Helmar Premium Craft Glue, Zapdots; Other: twine, vintage button

Patterned Paper- The Girl’s Paperie; Cardstock- Worldwin (kraft), American Crafts (white); Stamp- Hampton Arts; Ink- Ranger (black), clearsnap (brown); Other: twine, vintage buttons, thread

Patterned Paper- Days Away; Cardstock- Bazzill (blue), Worldwin (kraft), American Crafts (white); Floss- Making Memories; Embossing folder- Cuttlebug; Pen- sharpie; Ink- Clearsnap; Circle Punch- Marvy Uchida; Rub-on- Scenic Route; Other: thread; Adhesive- Helmar Premium Craft Glue, Zapdots

Thanks so much for stopping by today!! Have a scrappy day!