Happy World Cardmaking Day!

How are you celebrating World Cardmaking Day? I have thoroughly enjoyed it!! I spent the morning blog hopping and being inspired! Then I stumbled across this challenge on the Pink Paislee blog, so I decided to pull out some of my Pink Paislee stash and play along!

Here are some of my entries for the challenges:
Challenge #5 was a color challenge, based on this photo from Pinterest:

And here is my card for this challenge:

For this card, I used paper from Pink Paislee's Vintage Moon line, " Night Owl", and a journaling tag from the "Father Christmas" punch outs, a little bit of olive colored chalk ink on the edges, and a few leftover rub-on stitched leaves, paper leaves, flowers, and brads. I used my scallop punch on a scrap of Bazzill Swiss Dots cardstock(which I also edged with my olive chalk ink) , and a "Give Thanks" sticker.

Challenge #6:
Stamping Challenge: Layer stamps (I may have cheated on this one a little, because I chose stamps that were meant to be used together/layered).

Here is my card:

For this card, I used paper from Pink Paislee's Vintage Moon line, "Moon Glade", and a stamped frame and sentiment-I stamped the florally frame first with silver paint from a paint dauber, then after that dried, I stamped "Happy Birthday" with Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass Distress ink, fussy cut and inked the edges with the Tumbled Glass ink, tied some hand dyed gray shabby seam binding, attached the stamped sentiment with pop dots, and added some homemade vintage stick pins, then inked the edges of the whole card with the Tumbled Glass Distress Ink.

For my last card (today, anyway), I followed Challenge # 7: Use more than one type of medium.

Here is my card:

For this card, I started with paper from Pink Paislee's Butterfly Gardens line, "Dew Drops". I took some AWESOME Mistable scalloped trim in 2 different widths, and on the one I stamped with a script stamp and some homemade violet colored shimmer mist, and on the wider trim, I did some random messy paint stamping with a polka dot stamp and a silver paint dauber. On top of the muslin Mistables scallops, I tied some lilac colored hand dyed shabby seam binding, and added a flower that I made by layering flowers from Prima and Petaloo which I inked lightly with Tim Holtz Dusty Concord Distress Ink, and leaves from Precocious Paper, and inked all of the edges with Dusty Concord and attached it to a white cardstock card base.

What a fun day I had creating-I hope you got to play a little, too!!

Online Card Class (Tuesday's Technique)

The fabulous Jennifer Mcguire made a window card for our class today, using this week's color combo, and it looked really cool, so I made my own version  with my nesties, a white card base, some shabby seam binding, a scrap of light sky blue card stock, and added 3 flowers from  a previous CKCB kit. They were originally white, but I sprayed them with homemade shimmer mist in the colors of this week's challenge drew stems with my Sakura opaque green pen, dried them with my embossing tool, then stamped the "Smile" sentiment on the card. It's a very clean and simple card, but I really like it-I am digging these classes so far!

Yesterday Was A Scrappy Kind of Day...

Whew!! I was trying to use up as much as I could of my Counterfeit Kit, at least the stuff I had ideas for...

The first layout I did was for this week's Sketchy Thursdays sketch...

The layout: "Love, Honor, Cherish" was done with photos from my little sis's wedding this past summer (wasn't she beautiful?), and made up almost entirely of my Counterfeit Kit. The only thing I added were the Doodlebug Frills (the black scalloped borders). They needed a little pizazz, so I painted them with the homemade Concrete Glimmer Glam paint from my color kit, then misted them with Homemade Moonlight White shimmer mist. I was impatient, so I used my heat tool to dry it, so I could go ahead and use it.

The second layout, "Frosty Kisses", used photos that I took of my brother, his girlfriend, and her little boy. The supplies were completely from my Counterfeit Kit from February, with the exception of the journaling spot from Creative Imaginations, from my January kit, and the tiny scraps of flourish blings.The title and snowflakes are cut from my Winter Woodland cartridge and Cricut.The next layout, "Snow Day", used up some of the pics from all of our recent snows. Again, most supplies were from my February Counterfeit Kit. I did swap the light blue cardstock from my kit for this slightly different shade of light blue Bazzill (Swiss Dots) from my stash, because I felt it matched my photos better.I used cardstock scraps from my Feb kit, a Martha Stewart punch for the scalloped border, and added a Making Memories Noteworthy sheet for the journaling.I used Winter Woodland again to cut out snowflake accents and the "Snow Day" title, using scraps of the lavendar cardstock and leftover pieces of the GCD Studios paper on the shimmery white back side for the layering and snowflakes. I used white Momento ink on the circle chipboard , and sprayed with my Plum Crazy and Moonlight White homemade shimmer mists. I dried it with my heat tool, and used my Doodlebug rub-on letters for the word, "fun".The last layout, "Sharing", was of some sweet cupcake sharing photos of my twins-the photo coloring was a bit off, but I wanted to scrap this sweet memory, anyway. From my Counterfeit Kit, I used the Back of one of my Basic Grey sheets for the background of this layout, a Basic Grey chipboard label, a few light pink Basic Grey Painted Brads, the last tiny pink flower, a Jenni Bowlin journaling spot, a grungeboard bookplate, and a cupcake feltie and a mini banner from my stash.I inked the grungeboard with Tea Dye and Walnut Stain Distress ink pads, and misted with my homemade Moonlight White shimmer mist, and the cupcake feltie was one I made for a swap on 2 Peas in a Bucket.The chipboard Basic Grey plaque, I inked with white Momento ink, painted the edges with Opal Shimmerz, and misted the chipboard with the Moonlight White shimmer mist. I also used the Making Memories pink glitter stickers, and the patterned mini banner was from a mini banner swap on 2 PeasHere is what I started the month with:

And...............

Here is what's left of my Counterfeit Kit, Cardstock, and Romance Add-ons!! I know, it looks like alot, but it actually is not very much when you consider all of the stuff I started with. I did have some partially used ribbon, tulle, and Remarks journaling stickers left, that I put back in my stash. And, out of all of my patterned papers and cardstock, I only have 1 full sheet each of cardstock and patterned paper, and a few partial sheets and scraps. I do have one more layout and card in the works, which I will share in the next few days.

All in all, yesterday was a very productive scrapbooking day, but I have some cleaning to do today!

February Counterfeit Kit

I had soooo much fun playing along with the Counterfeit Kit Club blog last month, so I couldn't wait to see what they had for us this month! They didn't disappoint! The kit they chose to scraplift this month was an awesome kit from Scraps Of Darkness kit club, shown below:
The first thing I thought when I saw this kit was, "Very French, very sexy, and a little, well, dark." Not exactly my normal style, but gorgeous, and I want to push my creative boundaries, so I made a kit as similar as I could, and even made my own version of all of the add on kits from my stash:
My February Counterfeit Kit:


Kit contents:
Making Memories Red Glitter Love Notes
SEI Chocolat Noisette (2) , Eclair
Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses Starry Night, Berry Frost
Teresa Collins Damask Invitation and Damask Decor
Creative Imaginations die cut flourished paper
GCD Studios Paris Nights Collection Black shimmer with cream polka dots(2), Vintage parisian collage
Bazzill Wild Pansy Diamond Print Glazed cardstock
3 printed digipapers:
Red Uptown Houndstooth from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff from MyGraphico
Hearts and Diamonds from Family Game Night Papers from Design House Digital
Argyle Print from Jessica Sprague Echoes of Asia kit (was green, I played with it in Photoshop)
decorative vintage pins that I received in a swap
Spare Parts gemstone flower brads
2 ANCIENT red leather photo corners from Making Memories
pink twine
Prima Say It In Crystals
Prima pink and black Crystal Flowers
2 ZVA Creative flourishes (pink and lavendar)
1 light green Prima flower
Basic Grey Painted Brads
With Charm mini golden frame
Doodlebug rub-on letters (partial pack)
Anna Griffin Peyton Collection journal tags
American Crafts Remarks journaling sticker books
1 vintage ephemera french receipt
black tulle
black grosgrain ribbon
small pink and white flowers



A close up of my patterned papers:


My Cardstock Add-on kit: ( I ran out of cardstock very early last month, so I needed some more this month!)So here is my cardstock list:
SEI Chocolat Raisine, Rose (1 each)
2 Wasau White with silver shimmer
1 Bazzill burgundy Swiss Dots
2 Bazzill ?blueberry?
1 Paper Studio textured burgundy cardstock
2 Bazzill pale lavendar
2 Bazzill light pink
2 Walmart black

My Romance Add-On Kit:
Thickers Tiara Accents Glitter Shapes
Thickers Sprinkles white glitter chipboard letters
Making Memories Garden Party shimmer letter stickers partial sheet
Maya Road Cherry Blossoms rub-ons
ZVA Creative flourishes
Jenni Bowlin Journaling Cards
Tim Holtz Grungeboard shapes
Basic Grey Undressed chipboard shapes
assortment of seam binding and trims-pink, red, and lavendar
Pink Heidi Swapp Felt Butterflies
Making Memories Vintage Findings medium kit-"Love"

My Color Add-On Kit: I made my own Glimmer Glams for some of these colors:
Crimson, Silvery Onyx, Concrete shimmer, Hot Lips hot pink sparkle, Ruby Shimmerz, Homemade dark Cherry Shimmer, Homemade Plum Crazy shimmer, Pink Sparkles puffy paint, Pink, Lavendar, and Denim Distressed Stickles, Silver Making Memories paint(if yours are sort of dried out like mine, you can add a bit of warm water and shake really well to get them flowing again),Rose Tea Glimmer Mist, and Tim Holtz Picket Fence Crackle paint. I plan to make some stencils/misting screens with my Cricut, and I will share those when I am finished!

This was so much fun to put together, and I cant wait to make some decorative pebbles, flourished heart and masks, and maybe turn some of that Grungeboard and chipboard into faux metal accents! And make pages and cards too, of course! And of course I'll share it all here when I do it!

Laugh and Play Layout-and another free SVG

My second page for this month's challenge from Lora (thescrapbooklady) to GET Some Pages DONE! This page is made using a butterfly paper lace pattern that I found on the sure cuts alot forum at Craft Edge, and a full page bracket SVG that can be downloaded for free HERE. The butterfly was cut from my Storybook cartridge, and I sprayed the flowers and butterfly using Glimmer Mist. The butterfly wasn't sparkly enough for me, so I added glitter and Stickles.Thanks for looking!

Summer Fun Layout and a Freebie

I did this LO for my little girls. I don't usually do the layouts with the paper pieced bears, but I have seen so many that I love, so I thought I would make one for this page.I used papers from Basic Grey's Marrakech line for this LO, and I did a lot of cutting with my Cricut and SCAL for this page. I cut the swirly sun behind the title with my Cricut , and you can find the svg file for that here: Swirly Sun paper piecing

The title itself is a Soft Spoken sticker from Me And My Big Ideas. To make the swirly sun, I cut it out of yellow cardstock using SCAL, then again in Shadow Blackout mode from white cardstock. I sprayed the yellow pieces with my homemade shimmer spray (Thanks for the idea to make my own, Lindsay!). To make the shimmer spray, I put a little Wilton's Pearl Dust (which I had in my cake decorating stash) in a travel sized spray bottle that I got at Wal Mart for about $0.50, squeezed a small tube of cheap yellow watercolor paint I had in to the bottle, and filled it the rest of the way with hairspray (cheapo stuff). I LOVE the shimmer it added to my sun!

I cut this bear using a svg file that some one from my surecuts alot group shared a while back, and a bathing suit and beach ball freebies that I stumbled across (sorry, since these are not my own designs, I am not free to share them) I did have to manipulate them a bit, to get the look I was going for. I paper pieced, chalked the edges and the cheeks, and added the final touches with a black pen and my trusty white Uniball Signo pen.The flowers on the skirt and ear are also from Marrakech's sticker sheet. Thanks for stopping by!