Can you feel the love???

It's almost Valentine's Day...can't wait...love to share it with my family. This year we will be together in a little cabin, so they are stuck with me! :)

I have two love projects to share with you today. The first one is a layout I did in January for Collage Press. Haven't been able to share it with you 'cuz it can't go public until it is live on the Collage Press blog. It went up yesterday, so I am here today to share. Actually the timing worked out perfect with the day for LOVE right on the horizon.

This card is my take on the Card Positioning Sketch for this week. I am playing along with the Papertrey Ink 3rd Anniversary celebration and this was the challenge from the other day. 

Thanks for taking the time to stop by!

        

Two Cards

What I have for you tonight is just two cards. The first uses a technique that is called resist embossing. You heat emboss a stamped image and then apply ink over that same image. The image that was heat embossed resists the ink. I used a clear embossing ink and powder to stamp my heart image. Then used a tissue to rub some Distress ink over that image. I used 6 different colors of ink, thus the rainbow of color effect. I think it looks really cool. Fun to do too!

Can you see above where I sprinkled the inked areas with water?! 

This next card actually goes with the post below. Just a simple card made with some leftovers from the February kit at A Million Memories. I had one of the banner pieces left and when I was cleaning up the remnants of the kit I thought that piece would look cute upside down as a bday hat. 

THanks for looking. Hope you all have a great weekend. 

  

A big contest and the AMM February kit

   First, let me start with the February kit from A Million Memories. Loved the colors in this one. It has lots of goodies from Cosmo Cricket, Maya Road, and Studio Calico. Here are my projects that I made with the kit.
 
   Three layouts:

A banner made with the sheet of chipboard from Maya Road

and a simple card made with the scraps.

Are any of you interested in winning a very large collection of brand new goodies that are brand new releases from some of your favorite companies? How, you ask? Well, come and check out the contest thread over on the A Million Memories message board. We are having a Banner Bonanza contest...make a banner or adorn a layout/card with a banner. If the design team picks yours as the winner here is a smidge of what you could win. You could be one of the first to own all of these papers!

My Mind's Eye "Quite Contrary"

6x6 Pink Paislee paper pad "Bayberry Cottage" & "Queen Bee" & "365"

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist

American Crafts "Botanique"

American Crafts "Dear Lizzy"

October Afternoon "Thrift Shop"

October Afternoon "Fly A Kite"

Fancy Pants "About A Girl"

SEI "Juliette", "Claire" "Jocelyn" & "Happy Day"

Making Memories "Pitter Patter Girl & Boy"

Fancy Pants "Rusted Sun"

So go get creating, I can't wait to see what all of you come up with!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

New Bo Bunny Products and an inspired card.

   I made it back from CHA. Such a good show and so much fun with my girlfriends. There is a ton of new product coming out. I can't wait. Some of my favorites were the Jazmyne line from Bo Bunny, The Girls Paperie and all of the Crate Paper lines. I didn't take many pics, but my sweet friend Jennifer Findlay did and she has been posting them on her blog...check them out, her blog is on my sidebar under AMM girls.

Now on to business. First, some of my Bo Bunny projects. This first is a layout where we had to use some

 of the BB cardstock stickers

 

Second a card where we were required to use a heart anywhere on it.

Both of the previous items used the Persuasion line from Bo Bunny. The embossed frame on the card came from a Quickutz embossing folder and then I lightly sanded it so that the white core of the Double Dot paper showed.

This last card came from two different sources of inspiration. The first was from Melissa Phillips. She has started posting photos for inspiration on her blog. This was the photo. Isn't it gorgeous?!

I also used the Card Positioning Sketch #151 for this card.

I spritzed some vellum with Glimmer Mist  to create the flower. The papers are from the new Bayberry line from Pink Paislee.

Hope you all are having a wonderful weekend. Off to take my two littlest to the first of three bday parties in store for us today! Thanks for stopping by.

Kind of makes me want another baby.

For just a brief moment :) What I have here for you is brand new Clear Scraps product. This is their new shaped baby banner. It is adorable. It includes 7 different pieces. One bear, four hearts, and two baby rattles. So, I'll quit talking and let you see it! Remember you can click on the photos to make them bigger. Banners are really difficult to take photos of in their entirety, hopefully you can get a good idea from the close ups!

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek. I have one more project to finish that will go with to CHA for delivery. I'll have to share that one when I get back later next week! Til then!

A card and a layout...

This card is inspired by this weeks sketch over at Card Positioning Systems. I had a busy weekend fulfilling orders for four sets of cards. Went to clean up the mess that I had made on my desk and felt the urge to make one more card with the scraps that were laying around. So I turned to CPS for a quick jumpstart and this was how mine turned out.

This is one of my latest favorite layouts. I love how soft and feminine it turned out. I applied those doily rub ons to a very thin sheet of wood. I love how the two look together. The little flutter of hearts along the left hand side of the photos is from a large Bella Blvd. flower that I cut and separated all of the petals and lined them up along the edge. Such a lovely soft touch. Not to mention those photos...could she be any cuter? Of course her mommy doesn't think so!

We've been given the all clear to share our projects with the new products from Clear Scraps. I have the cutest little banner that I made, just need to attach the pieces to one another and take some photos and I'll post it for you all to take a look see.

The last of winter....

I'm not sure what the weather outside will be doing, but as far as my craftiness this table top decor will be the last of my winter themed projects. Did this one for my Bo Bunny blog assignment. I used the Tis the Season line for this.  I also put my Cricut to use for the sentiment. They are difficult to see in the photo, but do you notice those cute little snowballs? They are called Snow Drops and I got a good sized package of them at one of our local craft stores for 90% off! I'll be using them for a lot of projects next winter.

This next layout is from a scraplift that the A Million Memories design team of a page that one of our members had done. The original layout was by Danielle Flanders, she does such pretty work that it was a fun and easy assignment to do!

Just about one more week until CHA. Wait until you see the products that Bo Bunny and Clear Scraps have coming out. The BB lines and the colors are awesome...lots of options for boy pages and since I have three of those that makes me very happy! Clear Scraps has some fun new banners and mixed albums. I have an adorable baby banner done, just need to assemble the pieces together and get some pics and I'll share it with you.