Archive for April, 2012

Owl card

April 24th, 2012

I made a card today using blue, pink, yellow, and a piece of pink ribbon. I don't usually use these colors, so it was a fun challenge for me.

RECIPE:

Scalloped border: SVG file

Ribbbon: Michaels ribbon stash

Owl: Cut at 2. 5 inches from "Create A Critter" cartridge

Embossing; Done with the Cuttlebug embossing folder

I am entering this into the following challenges:

EAD April color challenge: pink, blue, and yellow

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Getting Scrappy with Banners

April 15th, 2012

Happy Sunday! We have a new fun challenge at Amanda's Crafts and More for you! This week, the challenge is to create a layout with a banner or pendant.

Here is the layout I created:

Here's what your playing for:

A fabulous glitz kit

Donated by:

I am entering this sweet page into the following challenges:

Peachy Keen: Anything Goes challenge

Go Fish! Challenge Blog-Anything Goes Challenge #15

Paper Lovin Gals: banners

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Happy Easter!

April 8th, 2012

HAPPY EASTER!

Hope you all have a wonderful Easter with your friends and family. The bunny was here last night and left eggs everywhere filled with chocolate!

Here is a couple of cards I worked on over the last week.

The sentiment inside was heat embossed and says, "Egg-specially for you!"

An egg shaped card:

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!

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Tip Tuesday at the Creative Cutter Room

April 3rd, 2012

Hello! I am so happy to be part of the Creative Cutter Room's Tip Tuesday. Today, I have a quick and helpful tip to help you organize your stamps.

I love stamps! I love to shop for stamps, I love to use stamps on whatever I can, when I can! These are all my small stamp sets. I buy the "Studio G" stamps and the "Studio 112" stamps at Michaels. I love that they only cost between fifty cents and a dollar.

I had these stamps all stacked in a drawer. When I am working on a project, I have to go through all my stamps to find either a sentiment or a picture stamp. It takes up time and wasn't very organized. I needed a better system.

I had some empty CD cases from a while back. I took out the black centers that hold the CD in place, so that they were empty.

I took out all the stamps and tried to lay them in piles of sentiments, Spring, Halloween, Christmas, etc. It took me a few minutes to decide how I wanted the stamps organized, but I finally found a system I thought would work for me.

Then, I started putting the stamps in the cases. Some stamps will stick to the top of the case, while others stick to the back (it depends on whether it is a cling stamp or a clear stamp). When you close the CD case, the stamps will fit perfectly. Then, I ran into a small glich. Some of the stamps you can't quite see what they say or make out the picture, unless you look very closely. I wanted to be able to grab it quickly and be able to use it. So, I decided to cut up the clear cling page the stamps come on and adhere that to the CD case. Perfect!

I have one case just for sentiments, one case for Christmas, once case for Halloween, a case for Fall/ Thanksgiving and one case for Spring/Summer.

Hope you enjoyed my tip!

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It’s Bunny Time!

April 2nd, 2012

Easter is almost here and I have been busy making some cute Easter cards. I love Easter with the bunnies and chicks and I especially love when the Easter bunny brings me lots of chocolate!

This card, is an easel card made with an SVG file from MyScrapChick.com. This card is 4.25 by 4.25 inches. The sentiment was heat embossed with pink embosssing powder.

RECIPE:

Size: 4.25 inches by 4.25 inches (easel card)

Sentiment: Wooden stamp from Michaels. Heat embossed with pink embossing powder

Bunny: SVG file from MyScrapChick.com. I embossed the ears with my Cuttlebug and then used pink ink and distressed the edges and inside. The bow is from my stash. I also used a pop dot under the nose and drew in the whiskers with a black gel pen. I made the cheeks with ink and a q-tip.

Twine: Pink and White from The Twinery

Button: from my button bin

Paper: All made with scraps from my scrap bin

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

http://craftspotbykimberly.blogspot.com: Easter

http://paperandsuchonline.blogspot.com: Easter

http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.com: Easter

http://just-add-ink.blogspot.com: Easter

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It’s Another Egg-Citing Challenge!

April 1st, 2012

Happy Sunday! I can't believe today is April 1st already! I love Sundays. Not only does it begin a new week, but it also means a new layout challenge at Amanda's Crafts and More!

This week, the challenge is to create a layout with at least one egg on it. How egg-citing is that!

CHALLENGE RULES:

*This is a LAYOUT challenge
*Must be a new layout for this challenge
*Must link directly to the project and not just your blog or gallery
*Please use a Cricut or SVG cut somewhere on you layout
* You will have 2 week to submit your page
*If you don't have a blog just email your pages to :amandascraftsandmore@hotmail.com

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