{chevrons} studio challenges

The Studio Challenges has an awesome (and easy!) challenge for you today!  Simply use chevrons on a layout!  Easy peasy.  :)  This being a hot new pattern, there are loads of papers with chevron patterns or you could be creative and make your own out of paper, ribbons or trim.  The possibilities are endless!

Life is Good

Papers: MME & EP, Crocheted Flowers: Kaiser Craft, Sticker Sentiment: SRM, Sketch: Lucy Chesna, Other: machine and hand stitching, buttons, floss

If you do both challenges this month at the Studio Challenges you have a chance at a $15 GC for Scrapbook.comhttp://www.scrapbook.com/.  I hope you will join us!

Happy Sunday, friends! 

{border me, baby} SRM

Have you seen SRM's new We've Got Your Border Stickers yet?  Great patterns, wonderful colors and so easy to use. They are versatile enough to use on cards, layouts and altered projects!  I used the Baby Boy border stickers for my project that was featured on the SRM blog yesterday.  I made a baby bottle out of a skinny tube and made a tag to go along with it.

Some close-ups:

I took the cap off the tube and put it upside down on a cutting mat and carefully cut out the top part for the nipple to go through.

I layered the "It's a boy" sticker right on a piece of grosgrain ribbon.

It just so happens that CAS-ual Fridays is having a "Hey Baby" challenge this week!  Im going to link this project up!  They are going to pick a Guest Designer from the people who participate with this challenge.  Head on over and check it out and good luck if you enter!

Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it.  I hope happy finds you wherever you are today!

{new DT} The Studio Challenges

I am thrilled to announce I am a new member of The Studio Challenge blog!  This week we have an awesome sketch to get your mojo flowing!  I normally scrap in an 8x11.5 format but decided to stay true to the sketch and do a 12x12.  The only thing I changed up was the orientation of the photo.

Lucky Bum

Papers: Pebbles and We R Memory Keepers, Felties: Pebbles, Brads: We R Memory Keepers, Letters: AC Thickers and Basic Grey, SRM Stickers, Punches: EKSuccess, Hand & machine stitching.

As most of you know, we have a new member of our family, Lucky, a Cornish Rex kitten.  He has little quirks that we just love and one of our favorites is what he does with his tail.  It is usually wrapped beside his body like this or curled around one of his legs.  So this photo inspired the cheeky title of "Lucky Bum".  I was amazed at all the adorable cat lines out there.  3 Bugs in a Rug just came out with a really cute line that I picked up yesterday!  :)  Thank you Scrappy Chic!

Please check out the sketch and the other amazing layouts of the DT here.  I hope you can find some scrappy time and play along!

{case study} 78

Karola Witczak is the lovely muse this month at CASE Study.  Here is her beautiful inspiration card.

Here is the card I came up with.

Happily Ever After

 Cardstock: Recollections, Doily: LYB, Paper Roses: Prima, Satin Flower: made by Kayla DuPont, Sticker Sentiment: SRM Stickers, Stick Pins: Maya Road, Other: pearls, wired ribbon

The cardstock is a deep purple, I'm not sure that comes across in the photo. I don't use purple much, but had that pretty flower that Kayla made me and had been saving for just the right card!  I adore those doilies by LYB, they are more of a cream color than a bright white.  Of course, the white sticker sentiment is fabulous on the dark cardstock.

Thanks Karola for some fabulous inspiration!

This is my second post today!  See the first one, with some punny tags here.

{punny tags}

I love a good punny.  :)  I found these cute Pebbles felties on sale at Michael's last week and knew just what I was going to do with them.  And actually did it the same day I bought them-that is unheard of in my world.  :)   Before I fell in love with SRM Stickers, I made do with rub-ons for most of my card sentiments.  For these tags I combined my first love (rubs) and my true love (SRM)!  I love how they turned out. 

Get Whale Soon

Paper: EP and SEI, Feltie: Pebbles, Sentiment & Border Stickers: SRM, Ribbon & Twine: May Arts, Rub: Doodlebug

Here is a close-up, please excuse the nasty coloring:

Best Fishes

Paper: MME & SEI, Feltie: Pebbles, Sentiment & Border Stickers: SRM, Ribbon & Twine: May Arts. Rub: Doodlebug, Glass Pebbles: The Robin's Nest

A close-up:

All I did was replace the "w" of the SRM sticker and replaced it with an "f" rub on.

The border stickers are SRM's newest release and they are so much fun!  The ones I used for these tags are from the Baby Boy sheet.  They are very versatile! 

Thanks for stopping by.  Share your happy with someone you love today!

{true love}

Happy Valentine's Day!



It is all about old and new with this card.  The new?  The lovely "follow your heart" SRM sentiment sticker.  I use that one a lot, don't I?  Truer words have never been put on a sticker.  :)  The old?  Scenic Route paper. Heidi Swapp transparency word.  That little love rub on is old Making Memories.  If at all possible I like to combine a bit of stash with new goodies. 

True Love

One question.  Chocolate or flowers?

Hope love and happiness finds you today!



{follow your heart}

I'm not much of a technique gal, mainly because usually they involve a lot of steps.  I like to keep it simple.  I do however love to play with ribbon.  Strano Designs makes this wonderful product called Ribbon Stiff that works perfectly with their grosgrain ribbon.  It looks and feel a lot like Elmer's Glue.  You brush it on one side of the ribbon and then let dry.  What comes next is up to you.  It cuts easy.  It sews easy.  It weaves (my favorite thing to do!) easy.  You can punch it.  Oh yes you can!  :)

On this card I layered 2 pieces of ribbon after having applied Ribbon Stiff.  I glued them together and fringed them easily with a small sharp scissors and used them as my grass.

Follow Your Heart

Paper: MME, Sentiment: SRM Stickers, Ribbon: Strano Designs, Really Reasonable Ribbon, Ribbon Stiff: Strano Designs, Punches: EKS, Marvy Uchida and Fiskars

Here is a close-up:

 

Here is a close-up of the pierced lady bug "trail", another simple one step technique I love to do on my cards.

I love how you can use the SRM Sticker Sentiments on the ribbon as well.  Makes placing a sentiment on your card even easier!

Happy Monday, friends and thanks for stopping by today!