Scrapbook Saturday # 34 - Live Free or Die

Hi There! Welcome friends to this weeks Scrapbook Saturday post. Oh my, this layout is bittersweet. Ok, for me brings back nightmares. I only had 2 photos of this portion of last years vaction and that's ok because the focus is on the journaling. I added close up of the journalling blocks so you can see what I'm talking about. I won't drone on here but it was a sigh of relief to get OUT of those kayaks!

As for the scrapbook page, I chose to make it very simple. My friend had a nice tree stamp made by Stampin' Up that she so kindly let me use for this layout. I then added the embellishements and viola! It's done!

Products:

Bazzill Cardstock

Font using SCAL

Stampin' Up tree stamp

Just Because Cards Cricut Cartridge

So here's the story!

Thank you to my followers for always checking out my latest creation and if your visiting please consider following me. If you become a follower I'll send you a shout out on this weeks Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. Oh and how could I forget--you'll be entered in my BLOG CANDY drawing. Check it out here!

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address I won't be able to link it up)

I hope your day is filled with lots of fun and don't forget to make something beautiful...

Feature Friday- 5/30/2014

Yeah it's Friday!  I love Fridays because I get the privilege to send a 

"Shout Out" to all the new followers of all things beautiful and....WOWZA!!!! We have lots of new friends to send a big "HELLO!" to.

I  participated in the Operation Write Home Memorial Day Bloghop this past Saturday. I truly believe in the work OWH is doing so if you haven't seen the fabulous work by the crafters who support OWH you can check it out here.

So without further delay let's send a warm thank you and shout out to.... new followers of all things beautiful!

Welcome!
Everyone, please go visit the fabulous work by our newest friends.

Lisa @ This Sweet Madness 

Becki @ Live Life with Laughs

Carmen O. @ Carmen's Creative Chatter

Lynda @ Positive Force

Nancy Y @ Squirrely Art

Deneen @ A Path of Paper

Kristie Goulet @ Kreative Kristie

Deborah Price @ Debwaycreations

Elizabeth Campau @ Visions of Paper

Jodie Heuser @ Confessions of Caffeinated Crafter

Andrea La Vigne @ Andrea's Paper Antics

Renee (Rstruck2003) @ Central Illlinois Blogger

Rebecca @ Sydney's Sentiments

Robin @ Robin's Reflections

Brenda H @ Brenda's Stampin' Corner

Gretchen @ A House Full of Boys

&

Devy Collins  and  StampNK

Now onto  showcasing  work by followers all things beautiful. 

First up... 

Ginny @ Homespun Cards

This is absolutely georgeous! Go check out her full post and see close up of all the detail!

& 

Carol L @ Our Little Inspirations

Carol particpated in the OWH Blog Hop

I just love all the extra details of hte ribbon and embossing. Make sure to check out her other Bloghop cards too.

I hope you enjoyed viewing some of the wonderful craft projects by followers of all things beautiful.  Thanks for joining me and make sure to find time this weekend to create something beautiful!

A sincere thank you to all my followers and if you are a visitor then be sure to follow all things beautiful and I'll send you a shout out on next weeks Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. Oh and how could I forget--you'll be entered in my 175 followers BLOG CANDY drawing. Check out the blog candy tab to see whats up for grabs.

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address I won't be able to link it up)

Crafting Cafe-Creatures Big and Small

Good Morning Bloggers! 

Over at The Crafting Cafe it's time for this month's challenge: Creatures 

I chose the fish image by Oak Pond. It's such a sweet image with lots of potential to embellish! I used a 3D piecing tutorial for this technique. You can find the tutorial here and many more tutorials tutorial tab here.

 Here's my card creation...

I used non-traditional colors and a sketch from Mojo Monday. I layered and popped up the fish body to add some dimension. This card is going to Operation Write Home so there's no glitter. 

If you want to learn more about OWH you can click the badge on the right sidebar.

I added some glossy accents to the bubble just for interest and these are the Copic markers I used to color with:

We would love to have you take on the challenge and show us your crafty creation! 

The challenge runs until to the end of March so hurry, hurry! That's tomorrow!

To enter your card click here   

A sincere thank you to all my followers and if you are a visitor then be sure to follow all things beautiful and I'll send you a shout out on next weeks Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. Oh and how could I forget--you'll be entered in my 175 followers BLOG CANDY drawing. Check out the blog candy tab to see whats up for grabs.

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address I won't be able to link it up)

Write Home Wednesday #4-So Much Love

Hi There!

  This week's OWH cards  are "I Love You" cards. I packed up a flat rate box of cards this past weekend and noticed I was a bit short on Love You themed cards so I set out to use the past couple of sketches and add I Love You sentiments for these cards to fill the box. Yeah! I'm getting closer to my goal of 150 cards! 

Here's my cards for this weeks Write Home Wednesday. The papers for both these cards came from MME 6x6 paper pad Dolled Up. I typically use Bazzill cardstock with my cards because it's a bit heavier and I can get it at my local Michaels Arts & Crafts or ACMoore store.

 I kept the first card a bit simple and stamped my sentiment on one of the banners

Here's the inspiration for this card 

I used less layers than in the sketch but popped up the middle banner to help the sentiment stand out. My patterned paper was a plain enough patterned that it doesn't distract form the sentiment.

For my second card I used Plantin Schoolbook Cricut cartridge for the flowers and Lacy Labels for the butterflies.
I added some gems to the centers of all the embellishments for some dimension.

Here's the inspirations sketch

Sketch 225

That's it for today! If you have any questions about the products or techniques I've used on these cards please feel free to send me an email using the contact form on the right.

If you want to know more about Operation Write Home click on the image below and it will bring you to their home page. They also have a blog with lots of creative ideas and tutorials. I hope these cards inspire your creativity and maybe you'll be encouraged to send some of your homemade cards to our soldiers overseas too through Operation Write Home!

A sincere thank you to all my followers and if you are a visitor then be sure to follow all things beautiful and I'll send you a shout out on next weeks Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. Oh and how could I forget--you'll be entered in my 175 followers BLOG CANDY drawing. Check out the blog candy tab to see whats up for grabs.

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address I won't be able to link it up)

TTT- Biker Girl

ello and welcome to this fortnights Top Tip Tuesday Challenge. Our current challenge is monochrome. I chose this fun Kenny K image called Biker Girl. I used a few Copics to color it in and a foil background for the tag.

I hope you are inspired by my tag and check out the other fun images by Kenny K. 

I look forward to seeing your monochrome projects so don't forget to go back to Top Tip Tuesday blog and link them up.

Now it's your turn....go make something beautiful! 

A sincere thank you to all my followers and if you are a visitor then be sure to follow all things beautiful and I'll send you a shout out on next weeks Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. Oh and how could I forget--you'll be entered in my 175 followers BLOG CANDY drawing. Check out the blog candy tab to see whats up for grabs.

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address I won't be able to link it up)

613 Create- Keiko City Girl Tag

 Welcome to my little space on the blog sphere. I'm so happy your visiting today! The post for today is featuring a fabulous image by Lacy Sunshine called Keiko City Girl.  Over at the 613 Avenue Create Challenge Blog the theme is.  This weeks challenge is to use something metal on your project.  

Here's mine:

I cut a tag from the patterned paper by tracing a plain Martha Stewart tag onto the back of the patterned paper and then just bordered it with the card stock. I added some pearl pen to the swirl in the pattern just to add some bling.

The butterflies were leftovers from another project I did a month or so ago. You can see that post here and I accentuated the white flowers on her dress by tracing over the design with a white gel pen.

These are the Copics I used

I hope you enjoyed viewing my design team card and make sure to go back to 613 and link up your anything goes project! Can't wait to see what you come up with! 

A sincere thank you to all my followers and if you are a visitor then be sure to follow all things beautiful and I'll send you a shout out on next weeks Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. Oh and how could I forget--you'll be entered in my 175 followers BLOG CANDY drawing. Check out the blog candy tab to see whats up for grabs.

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address I won't be able to link it up)

Challenges:
Glitter & Sparkle-Metal
Scribble & Scrap-AG
That Craft PLace-Ribbon/Lace
Sentimental Sunday-Things with Wings

OWH Memorial Blog Hop 2014

Hello Friends, Bloggers and Hoppers! I'm so glad you're visiting today! Thank you for taking the time to see what I've created for the OWH Memorial Day Bloghop. It's been a blast to participate and see all the fantastic cards. 

We were asked to make a card using a patriotic theme but use either a "Missing You, Thank You or I Love You" sentiment. I chose "I Love You" The products I've used are listed at the very bottom of this post. I wanted to make something a little different than a traditional A2 card. This card is still A2 size and has little demension but be nicely displayed when a little kiddo receives it from their loved one.

Here's a side view. You can see a sneak peek at the white liner I added for writing and then there is plenty of room to write on the back too.

You can find a tutorial on how to make an easel card here. You can also find more tutorials on my tutorial tab here.

Finally the inside view. I added a few more hearts that were left over from the punch, to the side just to jazz it up a bit.

With matching envelope and using a heart embossing folder too.

I hope you are inspired by my lever card. If you haven't made one yet let me encourage you to do so. You can find a tutorial linked under my Tutorial tab at the top as well as some additional links to more sample lever cards I've made.

now it's your turn to go make somethng beautiful.... and don't forget to hop along and see what others are creating!

Thank you to my followers for always checking out my latest creation and if your visiting please consider following me. If you become a follower I'll send you a shout out on this weeks Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. Oh and how could I forget--you'll be entered in my BLOG CANDY drawing. Check it out here!

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address in a comment or email to me I won't be able to link it up)

If you'd like to start at the beginning of the hop click on the badge below

Products:

Americana 6x6 paper pad by Pebbles (I found this at ACMoore)

Martha Stewart Lace Heart border punch

white ribbon

Bazzell cardstock in Admiral

mini heart punch

Copic markers C1, C3 & C5

Hero Arts sentiment stamps

LOTV Blowing Bubbles ST156

Challenges:
As You Like It-Favorite Color Combo (red, white and bue-I love patriotic colors)
Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge-Spots and Stripes
Stampin' for the weekend-For the girls
Sister Act Card Challenge-AG
Jellypark Challenges-Bold and Bright
Crafts 4 Eternity-British
Crafts Galore Encore-AG
Ladybug Crafts-AG
Crafting Musketeers-AG but Square
Crafting By Design-AG
Natalie & Amy -Rubber Stamping
Created with Love-Lots of Layers
Artitistic Inspiration-Punches or Dies
Through The Craftroom Door-AG
Fan-tastic Tuesday-One for the guys
Scrapbook Blessing-AG

Feature Friday 5/23/2014

So, I love Fridays...well because, it's Friday! But the best reason I love Fridays are because I get the privaledge to send a 

"Shout Out" to all the new followers of all things beautiful and....

feature work by some of my blog followers!

But first things first, let's send a warm thank you and shout out to.... some new followers of all things beautiful!

Welcome!
Everyone, please go visit the fabulous work by our newest friends

Diane @ All From The Heart Crafts

Lleana Artuffo @ Sparkling Pink

Candice @ Stampin' Pearls with Candice

Darnell @ djkardkreations

Ginny B @ Homespun Cards

Kathy King @ (Sorry Kathy couldn't find your blog)

&

Sharon (Sherry) Hickey @ Bits of Cheer

Now onto my favorite part of the week.... showcasing the work by followers all things beautiful.

Kat @ Kat's Cards
I just love the colors on this card and how the coordinate so well with the image!
Go visit Kat and give her some kuddos for this card.

&

Kate @ K8's Scrapcorner
I love all the detail and the folds!
She has lots more pictures of this card make sure to check them out.

 Here are my Feature Favs for this week
Make sure to visit the blogs of these crafters and find out what wonderful projects they are creating!

Thank you to my followers for always checking out my latest creation and Thank you if your visiting too! Please consider following me. If you become a follower I'll send you a shout out on this weeks Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. Oh and how could I forget--you'll be entered in my BLOG CANDY drawing. Check it out here!

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address I won't be able to link it up)

I hope you enjoyed my creation.  Now it's your turn...go check out the tutorial and go make something beautiful...

Using My Tools Thursday # 35 -Baby Box Cards

Hellooooo! It's Thursday! Yeah! Tomorrow's Friday!

 This post is one of my favorite projects I've made so far. I found the tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers here and I have many more tutorials under my tutorial tab here.

I made 2. One for a boy and one for a girl. Truth be known..shhh...I don't have anyone to give these to yet.

I just thought it would be so much fun cutting out all the baby stuff with my Cricut and of course I couldn't make just one. 

Products:

New Arrival Cartridge

Plantin Schoolbook Cartridge

Glossy accents

Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder

LOTV Bath Time stamp

Copic Markers 

Thank you to my followers for always checking out my latest creation and Thank you if your visiting too! Please consider following me. If you become a follower I'll send you a shout out on this weeks Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. Oh and how could I forget--you'll be entered in my BLOG CANDY drawing. Check it out here!

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address I won't be able to link it up)

I hope you enjoyed my creation.  Now it's your turn...go check out the tutorial and go make something beautiful...

Challenges:
The Sisterhood of Crafters-Babies
OWH-His and Hers
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge-Spots and Stripes
Stampin' for the weekend-For the girls
Sister Act-AG
Crafts Galore Encore-AG
Crafting Musketeers-AG but square
Crafting By Design-AG
2 Sisters Challenge-Baby
Created with Love-Lots of Layers
Artitistic Inspiration-Punches or Dies
Through The Craftroom Door-AG

Ladybug Crafts-AG

Card Making Monday # 38 -Somewhere Easel Card

It's Card Making Monday! Welcome and thank you for visiting! I've been wanting to make an easel card for the longest time. I made one a few months back that was circular but never made another one. (You can find my peacock easel card on my turtorial tab) 

Today's card is my second attempt at making an easel card, this time using the standard A2 size shape.

I've recently received some Gina K. Designs stamps and I absolutely adore them.

So for this car,d I chose to use stamps from The Northwoods stamp set by Gina K. 

I used Gina K, pure Luxury card stock for the base. What a difference quality cardstock can make! This stuff is really nice. 

Here's a side view of the card

If you haven't tried making an easel card you'd be surprised at how simple and quick they are to make. You can find a tutorial on how to make an easel card here. You can also find more tutorials on my tutorial tab here.

Products:

The Northwoods Stamp set by Gina K. 

EK Success Scalloped Diamond punch

Copics W1 & W3

Ribbon

Embroidery floss

MME 6x6 paper pad Sunshine

Stampin Up Banner Punch

.

I hope you enjoyed viewing my latest card and come back tomorrow for my latest Tinsel Tuesday card.

Now it's your turn to go make somethng beautiful....

Thank you to my followers for always checking out my latest creation and Thank you if your visiting. Please consider following me. If you become a follower I'll send you a shout out on this weeks Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. Oh and how could I forget--you'll be entered in my BLOG CANDY drawing. Check it out here!

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address in a comment or email to me I won't be able to link it up)

Challenges:

"Somewhere" Notecard

Hello,

I've recently received some Gina K. Stamps and have begun to put them to good use. I am not very good at CAS cards but wanted to attempt one using a set thats new to me. I made a simple note card. I also used the same stamps in the set to embellish the envelope.

Products:

The Northwoods Stamp set by Gina K. 

Copics W1 & W3

Embroidery floss

Score board

I hope you enjoyed viewing my latest card and come back tomorrow for Card Making Monday. I've planned something sweet that ties together this card and Mondays card. Here's a sneak peak!

now it's your turn to go make somethng beautiful....

Thank you to my followers for always checking out my latest creation and Thank you if your visiting. Please consider following me. If you become a follower I'll send you a shout out on this weeks Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. Oh and how could I forget--you'll be entered in my BLOG CANDY drawing. Check it out here!

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address in a comment or email to me I won't be able to link it up)

Challenges:

Scribble & Scrap-AG
Melonheadz-Animals
Artistic Inspiration- No DP, & AG
Love to Create-Friendship
Mix It Monday-Pop of black
Just Inspirational-AG
Natalie & Amy- Rubber Stamping
Glitter & Sparkle- Male Colors

Scrapbook Saturday # 33 -Peek-a-Boo

Hello and welcome bloggers friends and visitors to my Scrapbook Saturday post. This layout came about unexpectedly. You see when I started the page it was intended to be a sweet layout of my step-daughter and her boyfriend. Until halfway though I noticed my son Jacob photo bombing the picture. Well, it quickly became a fun picture for his scrapbook.

Products:

Bazzill cardstock

Font using SCAL

scrap paper from my stash

Indie Art Cricut Cartridge

Graphically Speaking Cricut Cartridge

Thank you to my followers for always checking out my latest creation and if your visiting please consider following me. If you become a follower I'll send you a shout out on this weeks Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. Oh and how could I forget--you'll be entered in my BLOG CANDY drawing. Check it out here!

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address I won't be able to link it up)

Have a fantastic Saturday and don't forget to make something beautiful...

Feature Friday- 5/16/2014

Good Morning All!

We have some new friends to all things beautiful! Please welcome:

Rhonda @ Rhondas Place to Share

Carol @ Our Little Inspirations

Kat @ Kat's Cards 

&

Kristal @ The Scrap Tree

Now onto my favorite part of the week.... showcasing the work by followers all things beautiful.

 Here are my Feature Favs for this week
Make sure to visit the blogs of these crafters and find out what wonderful projects they are creating!

Diane @ 1CardCreator

It's never too early for Christmas Cards and I love the design and colors of this one!

&

Susan @ Scrap A Thousand Words

There is so much demensional layers and detail to this card. You must go check it out and how Susan created the flowers

I hope you enjoyed viewing some of the wonderful craft projects by followers of all things beautiful.  Thanks for joining me and make sure to find time this weekend to create something beautiful!

A sincere thank you to all my followers and if you are a visitor then be sure to follow all things beautiful and I'll send you a shout out on next weeks Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. Oh and how could I forget--you'll be entered in my 175 followers BLOG CANDY drawing. Check out the blog candy tab to see whats up for grabs.

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address I won't be able to link it up)

Write Home Wednesday #3

Hi There!

These are the newest cards I've made for OWH. These posts will be short. It's just a way of motivating me to complete my OWH cards and sharing them with you.  This week I focused on the sketches. I'm getting closer to my goal of 150 cards! 

Sketch #223

These are the Copic markers I used to color this image

& 

sketch #224

These are the Copics I used

Have a great night! If you have any questions about the products or techniques I've used on these cards please feel free to send me an email using the contact form on the right.

If you want to know more about Operation Write Home click on the image below and it will bring you to their home page. They also have a blog with lots of creative ideas and tutorials. I hope these cards inspire your creativity and maybe you'll be encouraged to send some of your homemade cards to our soldiers overseas too through Operation Write Home!

A sincere thank you to all my followers and if you are a visitor then be sure to follow all things beautiful and I'll send you a shout out on next weeks Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. Oh and how could I forget--you'll be entered in my 175 followers BLOG CANDY drawing. Check out the blog candy tab to see whats up for grabs.

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address I won't be able to link it up)

Operation Write Home is having their Memorial Day Bloghop on May 24th. I'm so excited to be part of the blog hop again this year!

Challenges:

Our Daily Bread Designs-Missing You

Crafty Calendar Challenge-Sunshine and Showers