So excited to share this today--------->Click here! For those who are not familiar with my blog...I have been an Echo Park Paper fan since the beginning so I am thrilled!!!!!
Monday, October 31, 2011
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Fall cards
Today I have two simple cards to share that I made a little bit ago. These were two of the first cards I made with my Silhouette.
The first is a fall card using some Echo Park paper and the beautiful leaf design by Lori Whitlock. You can find it here: Flourish Maple Leaf. I used some Echo Park alphabet stickers to add the sentiment and a bit of Twinery ribbon and a button to finish it off: The second is a cute little Halloween card (whew...just getting this one in before it is over!) The background paper is from Echo Park Apothecary Emporium. Sentiment is by SRM stickers--We've Got Your Sticker- Treats! The spider is another Silhouette file.
Thanks for stopping by! Have a warm/GREAT day!
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Sorry!
Patterned paper is by Echo Park!
Thanks for stopping by and THANKS so much for your kind comments yesterday!
xo
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Inhale...exhale....
So excited to see my name HERE! So excited to work with The AMAZING Lori Whitlock and the talented ladies on her team. This is gonna be fun :)
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Bird Droppings....
Yesterday, Lauren and I made cupcakes. While the cupcakes were cooking, I took the opportunity to print out this adorable little turkey, a silhouette file by Lori Whitlock.
I love him. I thought he would be adorable inserted in a cupcake for a Thanksgiving treat. What I didn't think about was how I was decorating the cupcake.....It wasn't until after I took the picture that I realized that I probably *should* have left off the chocolate chips...hee! Still, he is a cutie, eh? This was so simple. And see the little doily pattern the cupcake is sitting on? Yep, that is another Lori Whitlock design from my Silhouette. Sigh!
Here is a close up of the little gobbler:
Monday, October 24, 2011
OCL Breast Cancer Awareness Hop and Blog Candy
Check out these blogs to see how the wonderful designers used their OCL sets for this special hop! Don't forget to comment to increase your chances of winning!
Kendra
Amber
Carolyn
Deb
Debbie
Lori
Stephanie
Tammie
Michelle
Dawn
Lori
Cassie
Thanks for stopping by today!
Friday, October 21, 2011
Find Joy Every Day mini album
Hello! Happy Friday :) This week went fast! Pretty excited to go to Pizza/Bingo night and my youngest kids' school tonight. My six year old is pumped to learn how to play bingo. She has been on such a Memory game kick so I am excited to introduce her to a new game!
Speaking of fun times with the kids---a few weeks ago my husband, sister and I took all of our kids to a local farm to pick apples. It was so much fun. We literally came home with 90 apples because we all wanted to pick them!
I created this little mini album of some of the pictures I took that day: I used two Silhouette files-apple and sentiment (both by Lori Whitlock) for the cover of the album. I used some white SRM number stickers to create the little date banner.
Here is a detail shot of the apple:
Page 1 of the album features another Silhouette file- tree (by Lori Whitlock). I layered the leaves so that they have some dimension. I folded the top layer so that half sticks out. I also used a white gel pen to add some veins in the leaves.
"Live Simply" is a SRM sticker (one of my favies!):
Page 2 features another Silhouette file by Lori Whitlock. Love this one. I stitched along the edges of the sentiment.
I added some Twinery ribbon after I finished the front and back pages so that I could layer it underneath the picture on the other side:
Page 3 mostly features a picture :) I love it. It is of my niece. I caught her in a moment when she was just staring at her apple she just picked. I added some SRM stickers on top of the picture:
Page 4 is a picture of my son, Ben (8.5). He really didn't want his picture taken so I had to take a few when he wasn't looking. I love this one! I used a fun leaf design from my Silhoutte (also by Lori Whitlock) to embellish this page. The sticker is another one from SRM stickers. "Good!" pretty much sums it up!
Page 5 is just a picture of one of the apple trees. Had to capture it with all the apples. Sentiments and dotted circle are both from SRM stickers:
Page 6 features my daughter, Cara (15). Love this one---because of her happy smile! I used a white SRM sticker "Smile" on the picture. The sticker is from Echo Park. I used some more Twinery ribbon along the top of this page:
Page 7 is a picture of my daughter Lauren (6) with her cousin Megan (3). They were so cute wandering around looking for apples they could reach. I used a SRM sticker "Happy" inside an Echo Park sticker and I think it fits the page well:
Page 8 is my daughter Lauren (6) picking an apple. Definitely a cutie pie:
All paper is by Echo Park paper.
Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a great weekend.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Masculine Birthday
I love this Our Craft Lounge set-- Golfin' Gramps! He is so cute (reminds me of my dad a bit!) and I have quite a few golfers in my family (yep, including my dad!) so I couldn't pass this set up. It was one of the first OCL stamp sets I purchased and I still LOVE it!
Hee! The sentiment reads "Any way you slice it, have a wonderful birthday!"
The patterned paper is by Echo Park.
Thanks for stopping by!
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Farewell Stamper's Dream Hop
For my card above, I used the Stampavie image, Chanson D'Amour. I coupled the image with Season's Greetings patterned paper by Echo Park.
Michelle has decided to end on a great note---with a HUGE SALE! Everything in the store is 20% off with the coupon code Farewell2U. Just enter the code on the checkout page in the coupon section and it will take 20% off the lowest marked price of the items in your shopping cart! There is a $20 minimum to activate the coupon. (Sorry, but there will be no free shipping during the liquidation.)
And did you know we're having our very last Stamper's Dream blog hop??? Here's the lineup: ETA: My links aren't working---You can find the links on Michelle's blog!
Michelle Rodgers
Becca Feeken
Tosha Leyendekker
Denise Marzec
Laurie Schmidlin
Carolyn King
Amy Sheffer
Arlene Cuevas
Teresa Kline
Jessica Diedrich
Mariana Grigsby
Lea Lawson
Jo Thompson
Thanks for stopping by!
Monday, October 17, 2011
Pub Correction :)
Anyway...thought I would share and give a little plug for this Cardmaker issue---it is fabby! Have an awesome day!
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Spooky Treat
I also used a Silhouette file (haunted house by Lori Whitlock) to adorn the front. Here is a view of the front. I glittered up the bat with some fine black glitter and used some stickers from the same collection.
Friday, October 14, 2011
Swimming for Katie Blog Candy Winner!
Sorry for the absence.....I've been doing some publication work but I wanted to pop in and let you know the winner of my Swimming for Katie blog candy.
Congrats to #2 commenter, Glenda J! Glenda, please email me your address and I will get your package right out to you! Thank you so much for donating to the cause.
The hop was a great success!!! You can still purchase the stamps or donate by clicking the donate button on the sidebar of my blog.
Katie has taken a turn for the worse since the hop began and every card, donation and prayer will help.
Thanks, friends!
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Spideriffic!
(and it was easy enough to make while watching Dancing with the Stars!)
I found this 3D spider in the Silhouette store and thought he would look adorable perched on the cob web box designed by Lori Whitlock. I used some paper scraps by Echo Park and created the little banner sentiment using My Favorite Things Banner die and some Echo Park (Apothecary Emporium) stickers.
Rhinestones- Recollections, Michael's
Thanks for stopping by!
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Swimming for Katie Renz
If you would like to make a donation to Katie, you can use the donation button on the sidebar of my blog. There is also an exclusive stamp set (used in my card below), designed by Becky Oehlers that you can purchase in a clear stamp or a digi or a dig and SVG cut file. 100% of the profits go to Katie's fund to help her and her young family. Her husband Kevin and her three young children need our help and support. In addition to the Keep Swimming Octopus, Marianne Walker and True =D Doodle Designs both donated digis that are for sale. Information central is HERE. This is a permanent page that will stay active at i {heart} papers with current information and the full three day blog hop list as well as a donation button.
I hope you will join me in supporting Katie through a purchase or donation. Here is a list of everyone who has projects posted today. I hope you will be inspired by them and donate.
Ashley Harris
Clare Buswell
Jessica Diedrich
Lisa Somerville
Charlene Merrick
Eva Dobilas
Judy Rozema
Sharon Doolittle
Tifany DeGough
Windy Robinson
Ashley Cannon Newell
Connie McCotter
Heidi Van Laar
Karen Maldonado
Lori Craig
Melissa Phillips
Tosha Leyendekker
Amy Kolling
Angela Thomas
Angelica Suarez
Angie Blom
Becky Oehlers
Betty Wright
Bev Gerard
Brenda Weaver
Carolyn King
Chari Moss
Charlene Driggs
Claire Brennan
Corinna McGregor
Craft Critique
Karen Hunsaker (Rubbernecker Stamps Designer)
Keely Yowler
Kelly Schirmer
Keri Lee Sereika
Kim Hughes
Kimber McGray
Kittie Caracciolo
Kristin Eberline
Wendy Price
If you would like to send Katie a card, her mailing address is:
Katie Renz
PO Box 5913
Bellingham, WA 98227-5913
As an extra thank you--if you make a donation, send a card or purchase a stamp or digi, please let me know in the comments below. I will pick a random winner on Friday to receive a special package I will put together full of lots of stampy goodness. Thanks friends!
Monday, October 10, 2011
BOOtiful Box
Just had to share this funny story with you. Last night when I was talking to my daughter Lauren (6) before bed, I was telling her about why she had off today:
Me: You usually have school on Mondays but tomorrow you have off.
Lauren: Why?
Me: Because it is Columbus Day.
Lauren: What is that?
Me: A holiday to remember Christopher Columbus--he discovered America.
Lauren: Wow. Is he going to do that tomorrow?
hee! LOVE her!
Speaking of LOVE. I broke down and got a Silhouette over the weekend....and I am so glad I did. This machine is magical :)
I was playing around with it and downloaded this free Cobweb window box from Lori Whitlock. You can find it here. The amazing Lori Whitlock and uber talented Tamara ( Happy Life Crafty Wife Blog) are hosting a decorating contest. Just use either box design, decorate it and enter to win!
Here is my project:
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Candy Princess Wand
I knew my daughter would get a kick out of it :) (And she LOVES it!)
I paired the tube with some Echo Park (Little Girl) paper and some scraps I had and used SRM- We've Got Your Sticker- Princess to create this:
I used some of the stickers from the sheet all along the wand leading to the topper. The tube is filled with pink candies.
Have a magical day! Thanks for stopping by!
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Another scaredy cat!
Today I have a card using Our Craft Lounge Scaredy Cat stamp set. I used this set in a different way this time. The main image features a Cat perched on the pumpkin. Instead of using the cat part, I cut off the top like you would carve a pumpin and lined it up with the swirls on the patterned paper:I love getting more use from my stamps by altering them a bit. The patterned paper is by Echo Park- Apothecary Emporium Collection.