Grungeboard Bracelets

In addition to the funky shrinky dinks, I'm also making grungeboard bracelets for my two besties who I'm going to hang with at CKC all weekend.  I haven't seen them in over a year so I'm pretty psyched to get going.

I saw these bracelets over at Linda Ledbetter's Studio L3 and I decided I HAD to make them.  It took a while to get the hang of bending the metal bands- unfortunately my fav, the first I worked on (DUH!) went the way of the dodo when I bent it too hard.  My new one started to crack so I left well enough alone.

I've only finished mine- I want to make sure the fit is right on the other two and let them pick their ribbons out.  For mine, I used the TH stains to color the grungeboard and used acrylic for the EF.  For the other two, I used all acrylic- I didn't want them to bleed at all so I rethought what I was doing.  I did tint the ribbon with yellow and orange SU craft inks.

Challenges: Simon Says: Hey Girl

Fun "Shrinky Dink" pieces

I went to the Stamp and Scrap Art Tour this past weekend and found a neat product at "Darcie's" booth- it's a white shrink film with a CD of images to print from an ink jet printer.  I picked up the vintage pack and made some of the tiles this week.  The film is great- it doesn't stick to itself- but I did find that a lot of my images went "pink" when I shrank them.  Not sure why but they're still cute.  I jazzed them up with some pearls and beads I attached with headpins.  I also stamped flourishes and text on the back of the pieces before shrinking so they aren't stark white.  I'm going to share these with some friends when I get to CKC Friday.

Challenges: Simon Says: Hey Girl

GHWI's Christmas in July... with a Tag!

Happy Friday!  Hope you've all had a great week and you're looking forward to the weekend!

For this installment of GHWI inspirational projects, I used the uber-cute Pain and Pride set.

I have a bag of small tags that I've been looking for the perfect use for- the "merry" sentiment fit beautifully on them!

Don't forget that you can get a 2nd entry into our monthly drawing if you use an ippity or Unity stamp on your creations.  You can also find us at our GHWI Facebook page and our forum over at the Crafter's Cafe.

Ingredients:
Stamps: (Pain and Pride): ippity, (Alphas): Studio G
Paper: (Whisper White): Stampin' Up, (DP): SEI
Misc: (Twine): Whisker Graphics, Copics, Watercolor Pencils

Challenges: 
Jingle Belles: Red OR Green 
Crafter's Cafe: Non-traditional Xmas colors
Two Peas: Christmas in July

Beachy return to ATCs

I've been wanting to do an ATC or three for the challenges over at Wicked Wednesday but just haven't had the chance recently.  However, since I have a few guest design weeks coming up over there, I kinda feel like I certainly must show my face... if I'm not too embarrassed to.  :)  So I spent some time last night putting together an ATC for their "Life's a Beach" challenge.

Stamps: (Sun): Verve Stamps, (Surfer Boy): ? but I believe they've gone out of business
Ink: (Black Momento): Tsukineko
Paper: (Whisper White, Yoyo Yellow, Kraft): Stampin' Up (Orange yellow, tan): ? (Striped DP): October Afternoon
Misc: (Glossy Accents): Stampin' Up, Copics, Watercolor pencils


Challenges: Wicked Wednesday: Life's a Beach

GHWI's Christmas in July

How did we get halfway through the year already?!?!

For our Christmas in July challenge over at  Get Hippity with Ippity, I wanted to use the fun but elegant Kissmas and Mistletoe set. 

Come on over to Get Hippity with Ippity to jump in on this challenge!  While you don't have to use an ippity or Unity stamp, you'll get a 2nd entry into the end-of-the-month random drawing for an ippity set of your choice, awarded by Aletha Williams!  You can also check our FB page and our forum over at the Crafter's Cafe.

Ingredients:

Stamps: (Kissmas & Mistletoe): ippity
Paper: (Real Red, Vellum tag): Stampin' Up, (Dk. red): Michaels
Ink: (Versamark): Tsukineko
Embossing Powders: (Black Distress): Tim Holtz, (Bridal): Personal Stamp Exchange
Ribbon: (Swirls): May Arts

Challenges:
Christmas Card Challenge #31: Monochromatic
The Paper Players #102: Christmas in July
DYSU #79: Red

GHWI's Christmas in July... pt2

So.  Just as I was about to post the red card, I was looking over an Apron Strings Pinterest challenge and decided that I wanted to use the Kissmas and Mistletoe set for the challenge.  So.  Why not do a 2nd Get Hippity with Ippity inspiration card.  But what design to use.  Wait.  What's wrong with doing the same as what I already have.  But different.

These pix are of the same card, just taken in different lighting.  This one's definitely tricky to photograph.

Again, come on over to Get Hippity with Ippity to jump in on this challenge!  While you don't have to use an ippity or Unity stamp, you'll get a 2nd entry into the end-of-the-month random drawing for an ippity set of your choice, awarded by Aletha Williams!  You can also check our FB page and our forum over at the Crafter's Cafe.

Ingredients:
Stamps: (Kissmas & Mistletoe): ippity
Paper: (Whisper White, Vellum tag): Stampin' Up, (Pearl Paper): Rag Shop
Ink: (Versamark): Tsukineko
Embossing Powders: (Silver): JoAnns, (Bridal): Personal Stamp Exchange
Ribbon: (Swirls): May Arts

Challenges:
Christmas Card Challenge #31: Monochromatic
The Paper Players #102: Christmas in July

Apron Strings Pinterest #3:

2nd Birthday page

For some reason, I'm kickin' butt and takin' names when it comes to birthday layouts recently.  Yeah.  Kickin' butt.  Takin' names.  I had to say it.  Dunno why.  Just had to.

This was designed for a Club CK Recipe Challenge: summertime photos, envelope mini album, a transparent element, a monogram (single large letter), and an accent cut from patterned paper.  The summer photos are obvious, the envelope album... I made mini envelopes from cardstock to fit the trimmed photos.  I haven't glued it down because I need to figure out how I want to attach it and cut the page protector so you can get to the photos.  The monogram... I went with a number.  The banner is from patterned paper and the year is under clear fragments.

Ingredients:

Paper: (Blue CS): Michaels, (Yellow DP): Lily Bee Design, (Blue Dark Denim Flourish-Double Dot): BoBunny, (Funfetti-Carnival (banner)): We R Memory Keepers

Stamps: (Brushstroke Numbers): Stampin' Up

Ink: (Whisper White): Stampin' Up

Misc: (Fragments): Tim Holtz

First birthday pages

Well, they are first birthday pages, just not MY kid's first birthday.  :)

Ingredients: Except the Thickers and mist, all items came from Studio Calico's Apr. kit
Paper: (White CS): (Cream CS): Bazzill? (Floral DS): Sassafras (for SU), (Green DS- Pretty Party): Crate Paper
Misc: (Pickle Mr. Huey, Butterfly masks, Butterfly stickers): Studio Calico, (Cupboard Thickers): American Crafts, (Brads- Pretty Party): Crate Paper

Challenges:
Sketches In Thyme #82:

GHWI Color Challenge LO

I wanted to share my second Get Hippity with Ippity inspiration project.  The challenge this month is two-fold.  First, the mandatory, a color challenge.  The second, an optional, a wedding/anniversary/engagement theme.  These are the colors and they're GORGEOUS.

Unlike my first project, I didn't go with the optional theme this time.  Instead, I did a scrapbook page just as a reminder that projects don't need to be cards.  

I used a Studio Calico sketch for the design.  It's not my usual style but it intrigued me so I thought I'd give it a whirl.  I'm planning to do a 2nd page to go with this one- it feels some what empty and unbalanced to me the way it is but I need to figure out the design first because I'd like to include quite a few more pix on it.  

Once more, I used one of my favorite ippity sets- The Best.  The banner stamps worked perfectly with the sketch I used- could have almost been made for it! 

Please join us and give this challenge a try.  A random winner will be able to select any ippity set they'd like from Aletha Williams.  Entering the challenge gets you one entry, using an ippity or Unity stamp gets you another.  We'd love to see your work!

Ingredients:

Stamps: (The Best): ippity

Ink: (Summer Sun, Night of Navy, Regal Rose): Stampin' Up

Paper: (Whisper White, Summer Sun, Night of Navy, Regal Rose): Stampin' Up

Misc: (White Mr. Huey, Cardstock stickers): Studio Calico, (Curling Tag): Making Memories, (Brad): Basic Grey,  (Yellow alpha stickers): Jenni Bowlin, DIY twine

Challenges: :
Jessica's Craft Shaque: Something a bit dusty: The small yellow letters came in a kit I received a year and a half ago and have never used.  The title letters were masked from the leftovers of a chipboard alpha set I got at a CKC class last July.

Studio Calico: Sunday Sketch- pg 2

Party Layout

I'm making an effort to get through some of my older photos and to finally get them to paper.  This is a party we went to about 3 years ago so it definitely qualifies.  I tried a bunch of different embellishments but nothing looked right and since the paper is so busy, I left it as is. 

Ingredients:
Paper: (Yoyo Yellow, Bashful Blue CS): Stampin' Up, (Scarlet Wallpaper DP): Glitz, (Powder Blue Vintage Double Dot): BoBunny

Misc: (Twine): Divine Twine, (Party Punch): Stampin' Up, (Honey Thickers): American Crafts

Challenges:
Crop Stop #76: Banners

Scrap It Girl: Punches

Glitz: Masculine

Jar Full of Fireflies

I actually call them lightning bugs but fireflies reads better for a title.  :)

Ingredients:
Stamps: (Jar Full of Sunshine): Unity
Ink: (Basic Black, Night of Navy): Stampin' Up
Paper: (Very Vanilla): Stampin' Up, (Blue DP): October Afternoon, (Yellow DP): Pebbles
Misc: (Pastels): Stampin' Up, (Twine): Whisker Graphics

Challenges:
Unity Challenge Blog: Summer
Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes

CAS Father's Day card

Finally!  A card that I would truly call CAS.  This is something I cooked up last night and quickly made this evening for my DH's Father's Day card.

Ingredients: Stamps: (I {Heart} Hearts): Stampin' Up, (Love n' Breakfast): Lawn Fawn
Paper: (White): ?, (Whisper White): Stampin' Up
Ink: (Real Red): Stampin' Up, (Black Momento): Tsukineko
Misc: Copics

Boy in a Box

Would someone PLEASE tell me why my son not only felt it necessary to crawl into my parents' cat's playbox but then to spend 30min rolling around in it and wearing it!  Of course, we all laughed ourselves silly watching it but that's beside the point.

Ingredients:
Cardstock: (Whisper White, Basic Black): Stampin' Up, (Lt. Blue): Bazzill
Designer Papers: My Mind's Eye
Alpha Stamps: (Maria): American Crafts
Ink: (Night of Navy): Stampin' Up
Misc: (Boy vellum quote): DCWV, (Blue, red buttons): Basic Grey

Challenges:
Better Living Through Scrapbooking: Blue
A Cherry on Top: Becky Fleck Sketch #9:

Non-traditional birthday card

OK. So maybe "Hello" and "Happiness" don't a nomal birthday card make but it's something I think my mom would like and her birthday is coming up quickly so voila! 

I saw this FABULOUS card by Nina Bracket.

Not my usual style.  But, neither is Pebbles' "Fresh Goods" line which I won a while back from them.  I love it all, just not my usual with the country, floral look.  However, Nina's card reminded me a lot of the line and I thought it was the perfect time to get it all out and try it- something I've been feeling VERY bad about not doing thus far.  So, here's the result- I'm pretty happy with it and I think mom will love it.  So VOILA!  :)

Ingredients:
Ink: (Night of Navy): Stampin' Up
Cardstock: (Very Vanilla): Stampin' Up
Everything else (Designer paper, Clear stamp, Toothpick flag, Button candy dots, Dimensional sticker, Border sticker, Dimensional butterfly): Pebbles "Fresh Goods" line

Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp and Show: Anything Goes
Southern Girls: Things with Wings
Unique Crafters Challenge: Buttons

First birthday layout

Apparently I'm moving back into scrapping mode and that's ok with me.  These are actually the oldest pictures of Boy that I've ever scrapped.  Yeah.  His first birthday.  I've never gone further back than that yet.  Yeah.  yeah.  I've got some scrapping to do.

Ingredients:
Designer papers: (Stripes): Basic Grey, (Blue, text): Bo Bunny
Misc: (Journaling tags): Basic Grey, (Chipboard letters): Heidi Grace?, (Pumpkin Pie, Hot Dog, Garden Estate, Custard, Lemonade Mr. Huey mists): Studio Calico, ("Water droplets"): ?

Challenges:
Craft Your Passion #114: Anything Goes
Sketch Inspiration #324:

Mr. Sticky Fingers layout

This is one of those projects that really dives into things I've had sitting around forever- stickers, a die, photos...  I just wish I could get a glare-free photo at a good angle!  LOL!

Ingredients:
Paper: (Real Red, Crumbcake): Stampin' Up
Other: (Typeset Die): Tim Holtz/Sizzix, (Plum Thumb Mr. Huey): Studio Calico, (Stickers): Creative Imaginations

Challenges:
Studio Calico Weekly Challenge: 5+ photos

About Me scrap page

I've been wanting to do one of these "snapshot in the life" pages and the recent Club CK scraplift challenge gave me reason.  I found a great page that I really wanted to copy so it all fell in place theme-wise.  As for the look, it didn't quite come together- I couldn't find a paper here that had the blue and bright yellow but after looking for longer than I intended, I decided the best thing was to simply finish.  It's the content that matters the most, not if I think it all looks perfect.

Ingredients:
Paper: (Yellow): Unknown, (Brocade Blue, Very Vanilla): Stampin' Up, (Text): October Afternoon, (Floral): DCWV
Rub-ons: (Black serif): Unknown, (Black san-serif): TLC, (Off-white): October Afternoon

Challenges:
Club CK Scraplift Challenge
Better Living Through Scrapbooking: Yellow & Cream

GHWI- Color Challenge Engagement Card

I wanted to share my Get Hippity with Ippity inspiration project.  The challenge this month is two-fold.  First, the mandatory, a color challenge.  The second, an optional, a wedding/anniversary/engagement theme.  These are the colors and they're GORGEOUS.

I made this card that I envision to go with an engagement or shower gift. 

I don't suppose anyone's surprised that there's fussy cutting. LOL!

I used the flowers from Angie Girl, Dream with Your Heart and a great sentiment from Delightful Little Things.

Please join us in this challenge.  We've changed it this month so that each challenge runs for one month.  That gives you more time to dream up your creations and you're welcome to enter as many times as you'd like.  We'd love it if you'd use an ippity or Unity stamp or four but it's not a requirement though it will get you an extra entry in the end-of-month random prize drawing.

Ingredients:
Stamps: (Angie Girl, Delightful Little Things): ippity
Ink: (Night of Navy, Summer Sun, Regal Rose, Bravo Burgundy): Stampin' Up
Paper: (Night of Navy, So Saffron): Stampin' Up, DSPs: ? (from blog candy)
Misc: Pearls

Feelin' Ga-roovy!

Just a quick post today.  I wanted to get something in for this week's Chick Challenge and I like the color palette over at Scrapbooker's Paradise so VOILA!  Card!

Did I mention I HAVE to get myself a lightbox setup so I don't keep taking crooked pix on our deck railing?

Ingredients:
Stamps: (Groovy): Ippity

Ink: (Black Momento): Tsukineko

Paper: (Crumbcake, Whisper White): Stampin' Up, (Pocket Full of Posies): DCWV
Misc: (Yellow & Green Twines): Whisker Graphics, (Labels Die): Spellbinders, Copics

Challenges:
Southen Girls' Challenge #45: Diecuts or punches
Scrapbooker's Paradise Ponderings #68: 

Chick Challenge #32:

GIU Week Winner

First, I wanted to thank you all for stopping in this past week during my GIU festivities.  I really appreciated all of your comments through the week!  It was a lot of fun to try as much new stuff as I did- hopefully I keep doing some of that stretching. 

Second, have a remainder of a great holiday weekend those of you in the US, have a remainder of a great weekend everyone else.

Third, here's the winner of the Itty Bittys from Unity! 

Come on down Denise Bryant!  

You're the winner on the Jen's GIU Week show!  LOL!  Denise, if you could send me your email address, I'll pass it on to Unity. 

Again, many thanks all and have a great one!