Two cards for Tuesday

Supplies: patterned paper (Dear Lizzy for American Crafts), circle punch (Fiskars), butterfly punch (Martha Stewart), Silhouette Cameo, lace (unknown)

After playing with lace earlier this week I had some lace scraps laying around so I decided to make a quick card for the lace challenge. I punched two circles from patterned paper scraps and punched out a butterfly from one of them. I layered the circles one on top of another sandwiching a piece of lace in between. I carefully trimmed the lace around the edge. That's all. Three circles and a simple sentiment cut out with... yes, you guessed it ... Silhouette Cameo.

Most of the cards I make go in a basket that I keep inside the bookcase. I don't have a particular recipient in mind when I work on a card. When my girls need a card they go through the basket and pick what they like. Last week I had one of those rare occasions when I needed a card. Eli was invited to a birthday party and that's what I made for a little boy that turned 5.

Supplies: patterned paper (Basic Grey), stamp (My Favorite Stamps), markers (Faber-Castell), letter stickers (Simple Stories), brads (unknown), corner punch (Fiskars)

 

Do you realize that tomorrow is 12/12/12? Do you do anything special? I had big scrapbooking plans but I am not sure how it is going to happen. I am not ready! Oh well, I hope at least to take 12 pictures and finish my Take 12 project.

In an blink of an eye - Scrap It Girl December challenge

New challenge at Scrap It Girl. The theme is "clocks" and I find it very appropriate as the last days of 2012 are rushing to make their appearance on the calendar. With early Hanukkah this year I feel even less prepared than usual. 

For my challenge layout I used my newest scrapbooking purchase - Everyday Eclectic collection by Echo Park (I took an advantage of some awesome Black Friday sales at My Scraps & More!). The  bright colors with vintage feel were perfect for this photo of Lila. She was dressed as Waldo for Halloween this year, like in "Where is Waldo?"  It was her own idea and she put this costume together by herself.

Supplies: cardstock (American Crafts), patterned paper (Echo Park, American Crafts), label sticker (Echo Park), clocks (Heidi Swapp), chipboard heart (Heidi Grace), film ribbon (Tim Holtz), washi tape (Love My Tapes), jewels (Marcela), corner punch (Fiskars), Silhouette Cameo
 

The big clocks are very old Heidi Swapp ghost shapes and the big chipboard heart is even older. It is from Heidi Grace for Fiskars valentine collection. 

The title is cut with Silhouette. I looked for a small embellishment to add to the clock and found an arrow in the box of leftover Silhouette cuts.

Stop by the Scrap It Girl website and check what other DT members made. And don't forget to link your own projects. The winner of the challenge will receive a terrific prize pack from Kimberly!

Snowflakes galore

I made these holiday tags few days ago when we still had this unseasonably warm weather. 60s on Thanksgiving in Wisconsin?? Who would thought that? But yesterday and today the temperatures we back into lower 30s and the snowflakes on my tags suddenly look very appropriate. 

Bo Bunny November card challenge is to make a tag. I still had some Midnight Frost scraps from 2 years ago. I took them out and went to work.

Supplies: patterned paper (Bo Bunny), ribbon (Bo bunny), stamp(Whipper Snapper Designs), glitter Galze (Li'l Davis), ink (Clearsnap), jewel (Doodlebug), twine (unknown)

I stamped the ice skates image on white cardstock, cut it out and covered with a layer of Glitter Glaze. The Bo Bunny pleated ribbon was perfect for making a rosette. The big snowflake is cut with Silhouette using the design from the Silhouette store. It took me few tries till I was happy with the size.

I created the Happy Holidays sentiment in the Silhouette Studio software by typing each letter separately and welding them together. It cuts as one piece! If you didn't notice before I am pretty excited about my Silhouette and what I can do with it! Silhouette 101 class with Amanda Jones that just ended, was really helpful in motivating me to start using it right away. I can't wait to learn more! 

I finished with some twine and tiny jewel as a dot on i.

The tags will be perfect for Lila's ice skating coaches.

After making the tags I was left with few cut snowflakes that were too small for the tags. They were too cute to be thrown away and I decided to make a layout. This layout is based on the PageMaps sketch. The tag is another shape from the Silhouette store that I modified for my needs.

Supplies: cardstock (American Crafts), patterned paper (Bo Bunny and Basic Grey), ribbon (Bo Bunny), jewels (Bo Bunny), thickers (American Crafts), letter stickers (Bo Bunny), border sticker (Bo Bunny), washi tape (Love My Tapes), snowflake stickers (EK Success), stickles (Ranger), heart punch (Fiskars), corner punch (Fiskars), Silhouette Cameo, colored pencils

To make the hearts I covered a piece of white cardstock with washi tape and punched out the hearts with Fiskars squeeze punch.

I added blue and silver stickles to the snowflakes for extra sparkle.

I have less than one sheet of paper and some ribbon and stickers left from this collection. Should I let them go or should I make something else? Hmmm

Happy Haunting

Another Halloween layout using the DCWV Be Witched stack. I added fancy border punched with Martha Stewart spider web punch and two funny bats from the K&Company embellishment pack. Super simple this time.

Supplies: patterned paper (Die Cuts With a View), cardstock (unknown), border punch (Martha Stewart), corner punch (Fiskars), bats (K&Company)

 

As you can see I am still scrapping 2009 pictures. Did you scrap this year pictures already? My kids had very bright costumes this year with reds and blues so I can't decide what paper to use. Any recommendations?

Third Annual Orange Blog Hop

Welcome to the Third Annual Fiskateers ORANGE Blog Hop!  If you're hopping along, you should have come from Kelly's blog.  (If you are joining us in the middle, go to www.fiskateers.com to start from the beginning.)  Today we are celebrating Fiskars' signature color, ORANGE.  Almost everyone is familiar with Fiskars' famous orange-handled scissors, but Fiskars makes so many other wonderful products for crafting, sewing, gardening, and more.  Each stop along our Hop will feature different Fiskars' products with a big helping of ORANGE!    

My layout today is about my new phone. I am not one of those people who talk to their cars and have names for their possessions, believe me I am not. But my new smart phone (I have Google Nexus) improved my life in so many ways that I never expected, so I decided it deserves a layout. Besides, my phone rocks it's the orange case, so it is only appropriate that it will join us today.

Supplies: patterned paper (Echo Park, American Crafts), thickers (American Crafts), letter stickers (Bella Blvd), corner punch (Fiskars), border punch and tab punch (Fiskars), stickers (American Crafts), twine (unknown)  

I used Fiskars Corner squeeze punch to round the corners of my background paper and the orange grid paper. I wanted to echo the rounded corners of my phone.

 

After that I grabbed Fiskars Notebook border punch and punched the layers under the photo to make a nice distressed stack mat for my photo. Jenni Bowlin Tab Squeeze punch came in handy for the date label. The orange droid is from the case package. Isn't he cute?

I want to show you how I made the distessed notebook border

1. Tear one edge of the paper.

2. Start punching without pushing the paper all the way into the punch. Continue punching using the image on the punch for the alignment and keeping the paper straight

Now you have a punched border that looks like it was torn from a notebook.





That's it, folks! I am glad you stopped by!
For more information about Fiskars and the Fiskateer program, you can go to http://www.fiskateers.com/join/. Your next stop is Michelle at Scrapbooking 505

Oh, I almost forgot! Fiskars is very generous to prove prizes for this blog hop but I have something for you as well. One lucky winner with receive Fiskars "A Little Bird Told Me" punch, Bazzill Basics Wayfarer 6x6 pad and three handmade yo-yo flowers. To win just leave me a comment. Happy hopping! 

Weekend recap

This past Sunday was my birthday. This year I decided that I do want to celebrate and make this day special. My friend Maya joined me on Covered Bridge Studio Tour. We spent few hours visiting local artists and cute antique shops. Few pictures from the weekend - all taken with my Samsung Nexus.

Fall in Thiensville. I drive past this beauty every day and just can't get enough of it.

We stopped by the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts. Here is my friend Maya sitting under gorgeous Native American quilt.

And here is me, attempting to take a self portrait outside the museum despite the drizzling rain.

 

We stopped for refuel at Anvil Pub and Grille in a picturesque Cedar Creek Settlement. After that we visited few more shops and studios in Cedarburg.

A cup of latte was a perfect finish to our tour. But the day didn't end there. Later I had a date with Ofir. We ended up going to a restaurant in a local mall. We had a nice time and I found a drink that I liked - Diva Martini.

I can not leave you without a layout. This one goes 19 years back. That dreamy girl is me. Hard to believe. I think inside I still feel the same as 20 years ago but than I look in the mirror... let's save it for another post. I used a sketch from Scrap 365 blog. The background paper is from Wayfarer collection by Bazzill. Almost everything else is Sassafras Lass. I threw in one paper from DCWV but it is hiding behind the pictures and the blue square.

Supplies: patterned paper (Bazzill Basics, Sassafras Lass, DCVW), stickers, diecuts, letter stickers (Sassafras Lass), Sepia accents (Ranger), corner punch (Fiskars)

 

 

The dots and the banner "rope" are made with Sepia Accents by Ranger. 

P.S. Silhouette Cameo is on it's way to my house!! (Thank you, girlfriend! Yes, you know who you are) I am super excited and I can't wait to start playing. Any tips?? Where to start? What accessories do I need? I know nothing!

10 things

Every month on the tenth my google reader fills up with 10 Things posts. I joined once or twice but such thing requires too much pre-planning from my side. Being a helpless precrastinator I usually give up and just enjoy reading what 10 things other have to share.

But this morning I realized that I do have something to share - 10 cards that I made in the last few days. So here they are:

Card One

I made this card last week for the sketch challenge at my LSS My Paper Playground. Not so local, it's about 40 minutes drive, but I visit them when I take Lila to her ice skating practice on Saturdays. I used the leftovers from the Jenni Bowling September kit. The flowers are made with Lifestyle Crafts dies and colored with Faber-Castell gelatos.

Supplies:  patterned paper (My Mind's Eye), letter stickers (Lily Bee), doily die (My Favorite Things), punch (Fiskars), gelatos (Faber-Castell), tag (Anna Griffin), enamel dots (My Mind's Eye), smooch spritz (Clearsnap) 

Only one of the gelato colors was metallic so I misted the flowers with clear smooch spritz to give them more shine.

Card Two

This and all next cards were made for the challenges from the Fiskateers message board. I was inspired by Fiskateer Shanon to make this card with three matted panels. I decided to leave it without a sentiment and just added a vintage button with some twine.

Supplies: patterned paper (Sassafras Lass), button (vintage), twine (unknown)

Card Three

Simple Halloween card. The embellishments are by K&Company. I like how the pumpkins sit in the grass. I think it was the quickest card I ever made.

Supplies: patterned paper (My Mind's Eye), embellishments (K&Company), border punch (Fiskars)

Card Four

I had this card base with green mat for few months. I planned to use it for another card but it didn't work out. The butterflies were sitting in my "don't know where to put it" bowl. I think Ella wanted to use them on her birthday invitations back in July but changed her mind. I adhered the butterflies to the card and added three groups of Doodlebug jewels and a sentiment sticker. Done!

Supplies: cardstock (Martha Stewart), border punch (Fiskars), butterfly die (Lifestyle Crafts), jewels (Doodlebug), sentiment sticker (Doodlebug)

Card Five

I had so much fun with this one!  The challenge was to make a shaped card and I decided to make a jar. I used the jar printable from here and printed it on a vellum. I than adhered it to the folded card base adding few drops of glue just under the lid and cut along the edge of the shape. I added few Hello Kitty stickers between the card base and the vellum and sealed the open edges of the jar. I used the Scrap Happy Glue for the vellum. It dries completely clear and you can not see it when it dry! It looks like Hello Kitty is sitting in a frosted jar :)

Supplies: stickers (Sanrio), letter stickers (Lily Bee), twine, vellum

I added Lily Bee letter stickers inside the card and a birthday cake sticker.

Card Six

Another fun card! I took a piece of vellum and covered it with torn pieces of washi tape.  I than used the flower dies to cut three flowers. I kept the rest super simple to make sure the flowers are getting the full attention they deserve.

Supplies: journaling card (Jenni Bowlin), corner punch (Fisakrs), dies (Lifestyle Crafts), washi tape (Love My Tapes, Bazzill Basics), stamp (American Crafts), jewels (K&Company)

Cards Seven, Eight, Nine and Ten

The last challenge I was able to complete asked to create a set of four thank you cards using the same supplies. I used few Sassafras Lass paper scraps that I had with the matching diecut flowers. All cards use American Crafts cardstock, rounded corners, Fiskars stamp and smooch ink for faux stitching. The design was inspired by this card from my Pinterest board.

Supplies: cardstock (American Crafts), patterned paper (Sassafras Lass), diecut flowers (Sassafras Lass), corner punch (Fiskars), stamp (Fiskars), smooch ink (Clearsnap), pearls (Want2Scrap)

 

 

 

Here you go - 10 cards! You can see what 10 things other bloggers shared and share your own on Shimelle's blog here.