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Scrapbooking for Twins (and a Sale!)

When Becky Fleck announced this challenge on her blog, I decided to jump in and make a couple of pages to enter in to the contest. The first page was for my daughter, Natalie. I used this awesome digistamp from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff "It's A Girl Thing" set, printed twice, colored and layered it with pop dots for dimension. Go grab this adorable set now-Lindsay has her WHOLE STORE on sale for 40% off from tonight at midnight, through midnight on the 12th! It's a great opportunity to pick up some of her fabulous sets for a FABULOUS price! (Sorry to cyber-yell, I am just super excited about this sale!)For both pages, I used papers from The Paper Studio's Fairytale Princess Glitter Stack- I love it for pretty, girly pages!

The second page is for my other twin (or twinkie, as I call them ;-) ), Cecilia. I changed the elements up a bit, but did my best to make the page very similar. My favorite element on this page is the yummy felt ribbon with the tulips sewn on. She wanted the green butterflies, and even punched them out herself!

The challenges that I am entering these pages in are:

Pagemaps- sketch

Aimee's Challenges: something for the girls

Cupcake Crafts: Dazzle Us (Natalie's page has glitter on the trees, and I used a pink Martha Stewart Glitter pen on the butterfly's spots)

Cute Daisy May:ribbons or Bows (I used ribbon on both pages)

Pollycraft Challenges:Ribbons and Bling (Bling-y patterned paper, MS Glitter Pen, and ribbon)

Scrap It With A Song: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Both pages are my Girls having fun at the playground!)


Now, head on over to all of my fellow dt members' blogs for lots of inspiration and a freebie!

Lindsay Weirich (Owner and Stamp Designer)

Cheryl Gorka DT Coordinator

Shannon Neparko

Margie Visnick (you are here!)

Lisa Jurecek

Tracey Allen

Rhonda Gale

Leanne Garner

Tamara Bennett

Cindi Hooks

Micki Harper

Rebekah Doak

Karin Martin

Jennifer Bliss

Diane Bove

It's Your Day!

I made this card with my dad in mind. Father's Day is coming up quickly! I used the Funky Forest and All Around Phrases digistamp sets from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff, and a sketch from the Basic Grey challenge blog. I *finally* broke out that pack of Basic Grey Mellow that I have had on my shelf forever!I decided to play along with a few other challenges, as well:

Basic Grey Challenges: sketch+must use Basic Grey

Aud Sentiments: "It's Your Day"

Crafty Catz: "The boyz are back"-make a boy's or man's card

Creative Cottage Challenge: Happy Father's Day

DareU2Digistamp : Father's Day, must use a digital image

DigiDoodle Shop: Anything goes

Simon Says Challenge: Father's Day/male card

Now, take a few minutes to stop by the other designers' blogs for inspiration and a freebie!

Lindsay Weirich (Owner & Stamp Designer)
Cheryl Gorka (DT Coordinator)
Cindi Hooks
Diane Bove
Jennifer Bliss
Karin Martin
Leanne Garner
Lisa Jurecek
Margie Visnick (you are here)
Melissa Craig
Rebekah Doak
Rhonda Walker
Shannon Neparko
Tamara Bennett
Tracey Allen


Sitting out at the moment
Micki Harper

Sometimes guest
Erin Bailey

Happy Memorial Day!

MyGrafico is having a big Memorial Day sale! 30% off on all products, so don't forget to stop by Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff at MyGrafico to save 30% off storewide!

You're Teariffic!

Today, I was inspired by the Polka Dot Tea Party over at the Shabby Tea Room blog. As soon as I saw that adorable pink polka dot tea set, ideas started turning! I used The Teariffic Digistamp Set from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff- you can get the whole set for only $5.00-and you can use it over and over at different sizes!
I printed the digistamp onto pink paper with white glittered polka dots,twice at the same size, then I shaded it with my Copics, and layered it with pop dots.
I was also inspired by this week's sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches, and made the card to fit with other challenges this week.
The challenges I am entering are:

Shabby Tea Room: Polka Dot Tea Party
Cards Blog: Punny Sentiments
Tuesday Morning Sketches: sketch
ABC Challenges:V is for Vintage
Alys Sunday Challenge: use ribbons or bows
Basic Grey Challenges: Punch it+must use Basic Grey (the border is a Martha Stewart punch, and the papers are Basic Grey)
Charisma Cardz: 3-d
Your Next Stamp: Use a border punch
Simon Says Challenge:Pink, green, and brown
Creative Card Crew: Pink and green
Quixotic Paperie: Emboss it
Lucy's Cards: use a Digital Element
Daisy Doodles: anything goes +digital image


Thanks for looking, now head over to Lindsay and the other designers' blogs for lots of eye candy and a freebie!

Lindsay Weirich (Owner & Stamp Designer)
Cheryl Gorka (DT Coordinator)
Cindi Hooks
Diane Bove
Jennifer Bliss
Karin Martin
Leanne Garner
Lisa Jurecek
Margie Visnick
Melissa Craig
Rebekah Doak
Rhonda Walker
Shannon Neparko
Tamara Bennett
Tracey Allen

10 Candles...A Layout A Year Late

I made this layout on Saturday, my little girl's eleventh birthday-kind of funny, 'cause this layout was about her tenth birthday, lol! Anyway, I started with a sketch from Sketch Inspiration, and used some fabulous Basic Grey Green At Heart, and a big flower from Prima. I love how the paper matches my girlie's bathing suit, and doesn't that flower (with the glittered green butterfly) just top this page off perfectly? Some products are just too pretty to sit in my scrapbook closet!

Sketchy Thursday June Guest Dt...

Sketchy Thursdays is having a call for a guest designer, and here is my entry. I took this photo of my daughter, Natalie, and have been waiting for just the right inspiration to scrapbook it. When I saw this sketch, and these yummy Kioshi papers from Basic Grey, I knew that they would work together to make a pretty page for my beautiful daughter. I made the flowers myself (I am sooo loving handmade flowers right now)The white flower is made from layers of white shimmer paper, vellum, and cardstock, and layered on top of a white doily that has been sprayed with various shades of Shimmerz: Ruby, Mango Madness, and Bed Of Roses. I attached all of the layers together by sewing a button in the center. The purple flowers were cut with my Cricut out of various scraps of purple cardstock, and the centers are a scallop circle punch by Martha Stewart, with some purple gems I got on clearance at Hobby Lobby. After making the purple flowers, I spritzed them and the lace ( which was originally cream colored) with Rock-A-Fella Blue Shimmerz (kind of a purple-y blueberry color). The diecut title was cut with my Cricut and Once Upon A Princess cartridge, and embellished with Stickles. Thanks for looking, wish me luck!

Thanks to the Teachers...

I thought that I would take time today to say thank you to all the teachers out there. I know what an underpaid, underappreciated job it is, most of the time. I just want you to know, there are a few of us out there who truly appreciate what you do for us and our children. So, I made some thank you cards to give to my children's teachers.

I started with this week's sketch from 2Sketches4You, to base all of the cards on. I printed out a sheet of Lindsay's Stamp Stuff School Papers, cut into separate pieces (this is so great for making easy cards). I then mounted the papers to colored cardstock bases, and embellished with lollipop flowers that I received from a swap, and ribbons. Using the card fronts makes this so easy!
Challenges I am entering:



2Sketches4You: Sketch
Clearly I Stamp: April Showers Bring May Flowers
Crafty Ann's Challenge Blog: Anything Goes
Bee Crafty: Something New With a Digital Image (I used digipapers)
Daisy Doodles Creative Challenges: Mother's Day or Flowers
DareU2Digi: Anything Goes (with a Digi item)
Doodle Palace: 3-d/Pop dot your image
Drunken Stampers: Use your Scraps ( I used some big scraps I had for the card bases)
Fab N' Funky Challenges: Make your own embellishments (the lollipop flowers are all handmade)

Thanks for stopping by, now pop over to the rest of the Design Team Blogs, to see what you can do with Lindsay's Stamp Stuff digi stamps, digipapers, card sets, and svg files! And Lindsay has a freebie for you!

Lindsay Weirich (Owner & Stamp Designer)
Cheryl Gorka (DT Coordinator)
Cindi Hooks
Jennifer Bliss
Karin Martin
Leanne Garner
Lisa Jurecek
Margie Visnick
Melissa Craig
Micki Harper
Rebekah Doak
Rhonda Walker
Shannon Neparko
Tamara Bennett
Tracey Allen

Handmade Flowers

I love flowers! I have seen so many tips, tricks and tutorials for handmade flowers, so when I saw this flower swap on 2 Peas in a Bucket, I jumped on it for the chance to try out some of the techniques I've seen. I also took some of the challenges that they were giving in the Fantabulous Cricut Crawl...
1. Diecut Flower Power
8.Inking/Drawing on die cuts
10. Paper piecing (use the Layers function)

Now, here's how I made the flowers:
1. Pink- I crumpled a bunch of white paper doilies and sprayed with Glimmer Mist and Shimmerz of various pink shades, then waited until they were completely dry and smoothed them out carefully (they rip easily, so be careful!), and layered with a drop of hot glue in the center. Then, I took a wide pink satin ribbon (about 2 inches, I think), pinched it in half longways (did I just make up a word?), and secured the end of the ribbon to the center of the doily flower with a drop of hot glue. Then, just keep pinching, twisting, glueing, and wrapping around in a circle, until you are happy with the look of the flower. When you are finished, just tuck the end of the ribbon under the twisted ribbon flower.
2.Blue- I had already joined this swap when Lindsay (Lindsay's Stamp Stuff) debuted her 3-d Flowers Svg Set, and I was SO excited, because I knew that it would be perfect to try for this swap. Instructions for assembling the flower are included with the purchase of the set. Before I assembled the flowers, I inked the edges with a light blue Bic Markit, then painted the flowers with Angel Wings Shimmerz. After they were dry, I assembled the flowers, shaped the petals with my fingers, and then put a drop of Martha Stewart Glue for glitter in the center of the flower, and sprinkled brown and black Doodlebug flocking.
3. Yellow- for these flowers, I cut out this awesome freebie svg file from Svg Cuts, inked the edges of each layer (with Copics and Bic Markits-I love using markers to ink the edges of intricate cuts, it makes it easier to get into the little curves), rubbed the center layer of the flower on a glue pad, sprinkled with glitter, then sprayed a clear acrylic sealer on the layer. I glued the layers together with a quick drying glue, and curved and shaped the petals and flower centers with my fingers, and did a fine line of yellow Stickles around the center of the daffodils.
4. Neutral (Black and Cream)-another one of Lindsay's Svg 3d Flower Files, I made these flowers with some yummy flocked paper by GCD Studios, shaped the petals with my fingers, and spritzed with Truffle and Treasured Hymn Shimmerz.
5.Green- First, I printed out a sheet of olive Uptown Houndstooth paper from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff. I cut circles out of kraft cardstock, and the leaves using Plantain Schoolbook, scalloped circles of the Uptown Houndstooth using the Storybook cartridge, and the smaller scalloped circle is a Martha Stewart punch, and I inked and assembled, and added a rhinestone to the center.
6. Red- I Love red poppies, so I attempted to make my own. I punched a 1 3/4 inch circle of dark brown cardstock, then attached LOTS of layers of punched red tissue paper scallop circles, and fluffed them out with my fingers. Then I punched a small scalloped circle out of the dark brown cardstock, then added dots of Martha Stewart glue for glitter, and dusted the centers with Martha Stewart Onyx and Brownstone glitter.

These flowers are so versatile-look for them in my upcoming projects, cards, scrapbook pages...I can't wait to use them!Thanks for spending some time with me-I hope the info on these flowers was helpful for you! Now, hop over to Lindsay's blog, and the other designers, they always have some crafty goodness to inspire you!
Lindsay Weirich (Owner & Stamp Designer)
Cheryl Gorka (DT Coordinator)
Cindi Hooks
Jennifer Bliss
Karin Martin
Leanne Garner
Lisa Jurecek
Margie Visnick (you are here!)
Melissa Craig
Micki Harper
Rebekah Doak
Rhonda Walker
Shannon Neparko
Tamara Bennett
Tracey Allen