Beach Mini Album

Today I'm sharing a new mini scrapbook I made today. This is another item that will be for sale at the craft sale coming up that my mom and I will be featured inside. Remember PT is having it's craft sale on April 6th. Make sure to stop by!
The background paper is Kaisercraft "Horizon"
G45 On The Boardwalk paper for the girls
Spellbinders Standard Lg Circles
Memory Box wave border and simple banner
Martha Stewart Sanddollar and Starfish punch
Gold pearls
Yellow The Twinery twine
Kaiser Craft ABC bubble stickers

French country recipe book collection

Yesterday at work we were getting rid of some cute little 3 ring binders and I thought they'd be perfect for some projects so I saved them from the trash! Now I have ten to play with. Today I made a recipe book out of one for all of those pinterest printed recipes I have. Now they have a single location

Graphic Bugs

I'd like to apologize in advance for the poor picture quality, but for some reason the light in my craft room and the light that my camera is able to capture just don't like to work well together when the subject of my picture taking has yellow or orange hues. (This isn't the first picture that I've posted that has had this problem as I'm sure someone has noticed, but you still get the gist of the card with this horrible lighting just not the pretty colors of the card.)

But anyway, onto the card.

Bugs are gross, but Graphic 45 was able to make them beautiful looking in this wonderful line of paper they've made called Olde Curiosity Shop. With the golden hue they were given and the stance of that fly, these bugs almost look regal.

Supplies to make a buggy card:

 Graphic 45 Olde Curiosity Shop paper

Spellbinders Inverted Scalloped Circles

When Pigs Fly

Have you seen the new Geico commercial with the pig on the airplane where the stewardess asks him to put his little word game away but he explains that he's using his Geico app and she doesn't believe that's true and she says "Ill believe that When Pigs Fly"???? I love that commercial. If you haven't seen it, you'll love it too.  I just saw it play and I'm sure that it will play again so don't worry if you haven't seen it, you'll get your chance.

I have decided that this card is in dedication of that commercial. 

Supplies Needed:

 (Ready for this? It's gonna be a huge list.)

Graphic 45 Olde Curiosity Shop 

&

A pair of scissors to cut out the peacock feather emblem

:)

Happy Crafting

A Happy Hello

I love these kinds of cards. They're almost impossible to mail (they end up really thick) or way too expensive  to mail (they're really thick AND square cards are more expensive to mail)  but they're so much fun to make and hand deliver to someone. I posted one a LONG time ago that I  made for my older brother's birthday; that one had all sorts of moving parts and such and I could tell it was tons of fun to receive, but this one is much simpler than that.

Ingredients needed to make a Tri-fold card  like this one:

Ribbed 8x11" black cardstock (cut to 6x11" plus a 2x4" strip)

Graphic 45 (I think that Fashionista line but not sure)

Tim Holtz/Sizzix Dress Form Die

Spellbinders Fancy Tags

Tim Holtz Blue Paint Dabber (for the spool, dress form, and to distress the edges of the Fossil cardstock)

Chipboard (for the spool and dress form)

A pretty flower embellishment

More pretty charms (find in jewelry section or brad section of craft stores)

Lace Ribbon

Fossil Cardstock

ENJOY!

Bricks and Windows

I'm back as I promised to be. This time I have a card for you, rather than a project. You've probably got the  supplies for this already, they're kind of the staples of cardmaking. If you don't however, you'll be wanting to down to Picture This and picking them up because once you use them, you're gonna be hooked.

To make this card you'll need:

Memory Box Small Madison Window

Spellbinders Ribbon Tag Trio 3

Tim Holtz/Sizzix Brick embossing folder

Judith F-262 'Merry Christmas' Stamp

Graphic 45 Christmas paper

Tim Holtz Fired Brick Distressed Ink

Plaid Green Ribbon

See? You've probably got all of these. And if you don't, of course you can change out the Judith Christmas stamp for any other one you have on hand, same with the label, and you can use any kind of red ink you may have. BUT I think you really do need the Tim Holtz Brick folder and the Memory Box Window die. Really, you need them. Go get them if you don't have them. Every project from now on you will want to use these things, or you'll be making a project and think "Gee, If I only had XXX then my project would be perfect and it could be completed". Seriously. And of course if you'd like to make this card you will also need them because as far as I know, no other companies have a brick wall embossing folder or window as versatile as this one (although Cheery Lynn does have a bunch of cute windows that have a bit of flare, like stained glass church windows).

Happy Crafting!

Candy Sign

CANDY ANYONE?

 

 



I have had these popsicle stick fence pieces in the drawer in my crafting desk for at least four years from when my younger brother and I used to craft together. All we ever finished from the project was hot glueing the popsicle sticks together to make fence pieces. We also made a gate out of one of them (the C) by putting a drawer handle on it to look like a door handle and then glueing a popsicle stick diagonally onto the piece.

 

Anyway, I nailed them all together and cut out some pennants and made a Halloween sign out of them! :)

 

Materials:

 

Hot Glue

Popsicle Sticks

Spellbinders "Lacey Pennants" and "Inverted Scalloped Circles"

Graphis 45 Happy Halloween Collection "Pumpkin Time"

Reminisce Trick or Treat  "Spider's Trap"

MME The Spider's Web "Cauldron Bubbles"

C10 Copic

For My Kitchen



I had a lot of fun making this page. First of all, it's Graphic 45. Second of all, I got to use the TH/Sizzix Rosette die. Third of all, I hardly make pages although this month it seems like that's most of what I've been creating. And forth of all, it's going to be for my kitchen. As soon as I find the perfect picture to go in it, it's going up. I wanted to make a collage or something because I love this line of paper by G45 and it looks so kitchen-y. So I can't wait until I find a picture so I can hang it up!

Supplies:

Tim Holtz/Sizzix Mini Rosettes die

Graphic 45 Botanicabella Collection Garden Suite

Graphic 45 Botanicabella Collecion Botanicabella Tags

Graphic 45 Botanicabella Collection Secret Garden

Reminisce Autumn Forest Collection Textured Pear



Paradise

More new G45 & Authentique!

Along with more Daisy Quilled Flower and Amire Flourish



Being Grateful

NEW AUTHENTIQUE PAPER AND GRAPHIC 45!!!!!

The new Graphic 45 is here! Tropical Travelogue and new Authentique paper!! I'm so excited!

I used a little Cuttlebug quilled Daisy, SB Fancy Tags, SB Lacey Circles, TH Chipped Sapphire Ink, BLING, Kaiser Craft Thank You clear stamp set, Memory Box Amira Flourish

FLIRT

Graphic 45 Steampunk

My Minds Eye Stella Rose

Authentique Alphabet Stickers

The two pieces are attached to a plastic bag that is around a piece of cardstock to allow movement up (on the right) and down (on the left)

Stamp by INKADINKADOO





It's Easy to Spot a Lady

Ooooh! I really like this card. It turned out ADORABLE . . .

So Cute!

a little bit of Glossy Accents for her ladybug shell to look just like the real thing...

some Platinum Stickles...

just enough for the perfect card!!!

Supplies:

My Favorite Things Pure Innocence Clear Stamps

Graphic 45 Fashionista

CratePaper "Ruffles"

Copics: R27, C10, BG000, BG00, and E00

Platinum Stickles

Glossy Accents

A Gift CARD

It's a card AND a gift card holder in one

Using:

Spellbinders Lacey Circles

G45 Steampunk Paper (butterflies)

Tim Holtz Seasonal Paper (gray circle)

My Mind's Eye Stella Rose Paper Line

My Minds Eye Fine and Dandy Sticker Sheet

Cosmo Cricker ABC stickers



Fab 5- Day 5 TIM HOLTZ

G45 Once Upon a Springtime

G45 Fashionista

Tim Holtz Mini Rosette Die

Tim Holtz Walnut Stain Distress Ink

Tim Holtz Dress Form

PRIMA Brick clear stamp

"Amy Smith" stamp

I've been seriously overusing Tim Holtz Mini Rosette Die; I'm sorry. I recently purchased it and it's just so much fun to use!!

Fab 5- Day 3 BLING

BLING

For a while, bling was a dirty word in my vocabulary, at least when it came to cardmaking. I am called the distressed girl after all, and how can you use bling and distressing in your creations?! I asked myself this question and found the answer and I LOVE IT! :)

I was so pleased with how bling blended into my creations I had to made two cards!

Card 1:

Graphic 45 Fashionista

Graphic 45 Transatlantic

Graphic 45 A Proper Gentlemen Tags

Graphic 45 Steampunk Tags

Spellbinders Labels 4

Tim Holtz Mini Rosette Die

Tim Holtz Walnut Stain Distress Ink

ZVA Creative Pearls (available @ Picture This now!)

Cosmo Cricket Alphabet Stickers

Card 2:

Graphic 45 Steampunk

Tim Holtz Mini Rosette Die

Tim Holtz Walnut Stain Distress Ink

Spellbinders Labels 5

Cosmo Cricket Alphabet Stickers

Kaiser Craft Pearls

Wooden Bingo Chip (from Picture This's Buffet Table)

(The answer for me was pearls as bling!)

Be Fearless: You are Beautiful

Graphic 45 Botanica Bella
Graphic 45 Steampunk Tags
Graphic 45 Curtain Call
Spellbinders Labels 4
Spellbinders Labels 18
Tim Holtz Mini Rosette
Tim Holtz Walnut Stain Distress Ink
Cosmo Cricket Alphabet Stickers

Time To Shift Gears

I thought that this card could be given to someone who is going through a hard time or making a big change in their life.

Graphic 45 Steampunk
Tim Holtz Mini Rosette
Cosmo Cricket Alphabet Stickers
Glossy Accents

Dream Like a Butterfly does...

Graphic 45 Botanica Bella

Graphic 45 Steampunk

Tim Holtz Mini Rosette

Tim Holtz Walnut Stain Distress Ink

Spellbinders Labels 4

Spellbinders Label 18

Hampton Art Sentiment

Prima Brick Clear Stamp

Bottle Caps, Moving Parts, and Le Cirque

Okay, so I went a little crazy on this card. I'll probably never be able to send it because it weighs about 2 lbs with all of the paper and embellishments on it, not to mention it is thick!
Well anyway, the G45 Le Cirque collection has got to be my favorite collection, despite my dislike for clowns, because you don't need any other paper other than the front and back of these papers. They all coordinate so well.

The front: folds out sideways, tied with ribbon, buffet table bottlecap smashed in the Cuttlebug, elephant cut out of paper with Spellbinders
The center: Spinner, cut out from CB circles and a tag set, using brad through the middle of the bottom circle and popdots stuck to the top layers, you can use the tag to flip this clown in circles
The hidden note- using a technique I learned from Leann that she learned in Elizabeth's class, using a ziploc bag and cardstock to slid your hidden note out of the middle of the card.
The side: just has a fold away note that's tied shut. Done in thirds.

Le Cirque

Playing with Graphic 45 again! The Le Cirque Collection.