ADORNit - feathers

ADORNit Art Play Paintables 12x12 sheets are so versatile to use

this wonderful feather with an Emily Dickinson sentiment if from

Art Play Paintables Love You

I created the basic white tag with heavy cardstock

Using Tombow Mono Liquid Glue Aqua to attached the Art Play image

I added Liquitex Coarse Texture Gel on the tag base making sure not to get it on the Art Play

Once dry, I painted everything using Twinkling H2O's in various bright colors

Including these wood feathers from Prima

I placed a hot pink pearl brad from My Mind's Eye Lush through the centers

of these lovely crushed velvet flowers from 7 Gypsies

Fibers tied onto feathers from my miscellaneous collection

Using Tombo Mono Liquid Glue Aqua I adheared the feathers to the tag along the visible edges

of the Art Play piece

and topped it all off with these old Basic Grey Fibers

Our Vacation

ok so it was our vacation last year but a vacation is a vacation. I combined the color combo from ScrapMasters with the sketch from Sketch Mania and the challenge from Raise The Bar of using a tree for Earth Day.
Don't pass out but all the cardstock (except the background piece) and eyelets are from Stampin Up!
The Cricut cartridge was Heritage & the ribbon is Making Memories (thanks Crop Chocolate)
Here's the sketch:
The stamp set is from 7 Gypsies Travel & ink from CTMH

A Gift for Wendy

My friend, Wendy, is a red, black & white FREAK! so I decorated this empty grapefruit jar for her to store some of her scrappy supplies in and also to match her house. Wendy, I hope you like it!

The top:
Products Used: Printed Paper & heart brad-Creative Imagination; black flower-7 Gypsies; red flower-Prima; white flower-Making Memories; Brad in flower & fiber-Basic Grey; Black bling-e.; black swirl-Bo Bunny; ribbon from Hobby Lobby

Use Your Stash Challenge #6

A Chocolate Daily Challenge #6 Life is Liks a.... Chocolate Box?
da Rules-Must be an original box of your choosing
Here's my Creation:

The Front:

What I'll store inside.... more homemade goodness!

Products Used: Basic Grey Eva Paper, the Robert Stanley Collection Ribbon, 7 Gypsies Velvet Flowers, Stickles Crystal Ice, Tattered Angels Glimer Mist in Spring Violet, Silver Sugar & Black Magic

Sketch Mania #4

Oh just another awesome sketch from umWOW Studio's Sketch Mania... #4

Here's my Creation:

The Details:

This is my FAVORITE PAPER PACK OF ALL TIME from Close To My Heart - Emporium! Flowers are from 7 Gypsies & the stamp is super old red rubber stamp made by Hippo Heart; cardstock is all from CTMH in Buttercup, Cocoa, Sweet Leaf & Crystal Blue; ink from CTMH in Cocoa

Sketch Mania #3

umWOW Studio's Sketch Mania #3 I know, I know it looks like a layout sketch... but you see, I've misplaced my scrappy mojo but my card making one is still hanging in there, not to mention how little time I had this weekend to play with paper. Ok, enough with the pitty party, here's the sketch:

My Creation:
The Details:

Products Used: all papers, ink & cardstock-CTMH colonial white cs & Grace paper pack with twilight & cocoa inks; brads from Oriental Trading; misc twine; stamp set-7 Gypsies Family.

I actually gave this card to my step-mom, Jan in a pack of 2 dozen as a "thanks in advance" for keeping my younger son for this week. She loved them all!

Pumpkin Carving 2009!

My little family (including Gigi, the EVIL Kitty!) at our annual pumpkin carving craziness.... we got extra silly this year:
Details of the "Flair" & String

I'm calling this my crowning-achievement-of-the-evening page:

Spider shooting her web over us:

Wasn't that fun?! We laughed & laughed...

On to the serious stuff... Products Used: printed papers-I have no clue, I've had it way too long and not in package; Black sparkly objects-Thickers Hocus Pocus Accents; Buttons-American Crafts Flair EEEK!; cardstock-CTMH Autumn Terracotta & Sunny Yellow; Black Ink-CTMH; Stamp Set-7Gypsies Family; Yellow Eyelets-misc;

Cardabilities #6

Cardabilities had a fun sketch this week:

Here's my card:

the details:

Products Used: all three printed papers-American Crafts Botanique Wanda, Opal & Rose; velvet flowers from 7 Gypsies; Rose Paperclip - Melody Ross Homespun Chic; Velvet brad-Sassafras b is for bug (Crop Chocolate); "Hello" from Technique Tuesday; "Beautiful" from CTMH Be Yourself Stamp Set; Ink-CTMH Topiary

PPC-CC#18

Picture Perfect Creations-Color Combo #18 Here's the color combo Megan gave the Design Team to work with:

At first I was like "hummm, these really just don't go together to me at all" but after a while...BOOM! I knew what I was going to do! Here's my creation:

Supplies Used: Cardstock-CTMH Key Lime, Outdoor Denim, Vineyard Berry & White; Ink Pads-CTMH Key Lime, Outdoor Denim & Stazon in Black; Stamp Set for argyle & flour d les-Layers of Color; Stamp Set “Good Friends”-7 Gypsies.

Flower instructions from Swirly Doo tutorials – Supplies Used: Cardstock-CTMH Colonial White; Ink – Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Burnt Red & Maya Mists in Copper Metallic, Stickles in Fired Brick & Rock Candy, misc brad.

Girls Only Weekend Away

no, not to a spa but out to the woods. Peace & quiet, hiking & caving, relaxing by the fire & laughing

Handmade 3d Butterfly

Handmade 3d Flower

Store bought everything! lol

Products Used: Paper - Basic Grey Wisteria; Velvet Flowers - 7 Gypsies; Paper Flowers - Making Memories Wildflowers; Gromets & twine

OCC Color/Texture Challenge

This week over at Our Creative Corner there is a challenge for Black & White with lots of texture. This one was super fun! Here's my submittal:

A Close Up of my lovely handwritting:

Products used: Making Memories Sabrina paper flowers, ribbons, and 1/2 a frame; Crystals on black button: Jolee's; Black Crystals: heidi swapp bling frames ovals jet; Black cardstock: CTMH; Brads in flower centers: 7 Gypsies; large black button & feather: misc; large cloth flower I made using SwirlyDoo tutorial

Picture Perfect Creations Color Combo #13

Weekly Picture Perfect Creations Color Combo #13

Here's my design:

Stamp says "if you cannot get rid of the FAMILY SKELETON, you may as well make it dance." I gave this card to my mom for mother's day, she LOVED it! It cracked her up :-) If you knew my family, you'd laugh too!

7 Gypsies Stamp Set-Family; SU Cardstock-Green Galore; CTMH Stamp Set-Be Yourself (in background), Ink Pad-Black, Cardstock-Gray Flannel, Colored Pencils-various colors; The Angel Company Ink Pad-Gray Stone; StazOn-Black; Misc ribbon & green brads