DREAM, IMAGINE, CREATE... 87

***I have 2 posts today ~ if you are looking for my Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge, please click HERE or continue to scroll down. I apologize for the inconvenience ~ Many thanks in advance :)***


Welcome to another NinaB Designs blog hop. Nina, many NBD team members and I have something exciting for you today! Nina challenged us to create a project that uses the NinaB Designs Spellbinders die cuts along with NON-paper products.

I made a mixed media wall hanging using several of the dies ~ the small heart and the beautiful wings from the NinaB Designs' Home Sweet Home set to cut Spellbinders Premium Craft Foils:

as well as several dies from the Girlie Grunge Labels to cut Balsa wood, a Classic Heart die to cut Premium Craft Foil, dies from Creative Book Pages to cut canvas and corrugated cardboard and a Classic Scallop Edgeabilites to cut the canvas border.

Here is one of the many die sets I used:

Home Sweet Home

If you are looking for additional creative ways to use your Spellbinders dies, Kim Hupke, the Educational Director of Spellbinders Paper Arts made a video, click HERE, showing all types of products you can cut using Spellbinders dies. 

Thanks for visiting! There are lots of prizes to be had, so please be sure to visit Nina's blog for complete information and be sure to visit the following DT members for some awesome inspiration: Beatriz Jennings, Clare Buswell, Heather Jensen, Jennie Harper, Julie Overby, Lea Lawson, Linda Lucas, Mona Pendleton (that's me), and Viola Mahr

Others Spellbinders products used: Creative Book Pages, Grand Calibur, Classic Scallop, Classic Heart, Girlie Grunge Labels 

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Some Exciting News! 46

Sew happy it is Friday ;) This weekend is going to be a crazy busy one in my household! Connor qualified for the State Track and Field Finals in three events! I'm so proud of him! Fortunately, the event is held at a nearby Community College so we don't have travel far :) LOVE when that happens! 


I have some exciting crafty news to share! The sweet Michelle White, Owner of Paper Tales in San Diego, CA has invited me to teach at her AMAZING store! It is a cozy, shabby chic sort of store full of all the bits and baubles one crafty soul could ask for! I will be teaching my first class on Friday, May 24th and another on Saturday, May 25th while I am there at my home away from home :) 


The cards shown below are samples of what we will be making in Friday's class. 

We will be playing with the new Melissa Frances C'est la Vie paper line along with MFT products and Spellbinders. We will be glamming up some grungeboard die cut elements from the Spellbinders Sewing Elements set:

and making lots of rolled roses:

Thanks so much for visiting! If you live near Paper Tales and want to have some fun or just go shopping in a BEAUTIFUL store, please be sure to stop by! Be Sweet :)

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Home is where...Nina B Designs 64

***I have two posts today ~ if you are looking for my CR84FN52 post, please continue to scroll down or click HERE ~ Thanks for your patience :) ***


Welcome to the NinaB Designs's 2nd blog hop! We had a great time last month and we just want to thank you for your enthusiasm and encouraging words. The NBD Team has new projects to show you today featuring NinaB Designs Spellbinders™ Paper Arts Home Sweet Home and Sewing Elements die templates. ***This blog hop consists of some awesome prize give aways, so be sure to visit Nina's blog for COMPLETE details or click HERE.

We have added a new twist to our hop. Not only do we have tons of inspiration for you, but we also are joining in the Crafty Friends Challenge that you also may participate in. And of course, there will be prizes up for grabs! You will find COMPLETE info on Nina's blog. The challenge is to create a project featuring at least TWO die cuts ~ they don't have to come from two different die cut sets.

For my project, I created a page in my art journal using a variety of Spellbinders die templates along with fun patterned paper from the Pink Paislee She Art collection. I've combined several techniques that I learned from taking Christy Tomlinson's She Art Workshop.

To create the little houses I used a combined Spellbinders Home Sweet Home designed by Nina :) along with a heart die from the Mix'd Media Elements:

The sun was made using a combination of a Spellbinders Standard Circles SM, Nested Lacey Pennants and Nested Pennants:

and lastly, the butterfly shown below was made using a die from Spellbinders Fanciful Flight:

Here's a photo showing the die templates along with the coordinating die cuts: 

Here's to those who would like to know what paint and markers I used on this project:

Hope you enjoyed my project as much as I enjoyed creating it! Thanks so much for looking! For some wonderful inspiration, please be sure to visit the entire NB DT: NinaB, Beate Johns,  Beatriz Jennings, Clare Buswell, Heather Jensen, Jennie Harper, Lea Lawson, Linda Lucas, Mona Pendleton (that's me :) and Viola Mahr. We hope you enjoy the projects we're sharing with you today and enter the Crafty Friends challenge as well! Be Sweet :)

Other products used not mentioned above:
Melissa Frances and SU Rub-ons, Crafter's Workshop and Martha Stewart stencils, Liquitex Gesso, Mod Podge

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Count your Blessings...Nina B Designs 137

Hi there! Welcome to the first ever Nina B Designs Dream Team Blog Hop! ***This blog hop consists of some awesome prize give aways, so be sure to visit Nina's blog for COMPLETE details or click HERE

We are so thrilled to have you join us on this very special day! Nina, the entire Design Team including myself have some inspirational projects to share with you featuring the Nina B Designs' Spellbinders™ Paper Arts: Home Sweet Home and Sewing Elements die templates. I created a mini wall hanging that features many dies from the darling Home Sweet Home die template set:

The Home Sweet Home die template set is full of so many fun and versatile dies! To make this project, I stitched the die cut house and roof into place, topped the chimney off with a glittered heart shaped button made from coaster material then stitched a felt heart and button:

Using the two different size flower shaped dies, I made lots of layered blossoms and sprinkled them about:

Take a look at how many fun and useful dies that the Home Sweet Home set contains:
Spellbinders Home Sweet Home:

I hope you enjoyed my project! Thanks so much for looking and thank you for joining in my excitement with this fabulous team! Now, please be sure to visit the rest of these talented ladies:

Beate Johns * Beatriz Jennings * Clare Buswell * Heather Jensen * Jennie Harper * Julie Overby * Lea Lawson * Linda Lucas * Mona Pendleton (that's me) * Viola Mahr * Nina Brackett 

Supplies Used:

Die Templates and Machine: Spellbinders Home Sweet Home, Grand Circles, Scalloped Grand Circles, Grand Calibur

Patterned Paper: Pink Paislee London Market Collection

Other: pink & green felt, Melissa Frances rub-on, 

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Birthday Girl...CR84FN50 48

Hi there! Hope you are all having a fabulous weekend! Before we get to CR84FN50, I am sorry to share with you that CR84FN DT mate Stephanie Kraft will be stepping down. Stephanie has shared so many  FABULOUS samples over the past year and I would like to thank her for being an awesome, supportive CR84FN Design team mate! If you have a free moment, I would be tickled pink if you could leave Stephanie some blog love: HandKrafted by Stephanie :)

For the next THREE weeks, we will be playing with the bright, bold and sassy color combo:

I used these colors to make a birthday card for a friends daughter who will be turning sweet 16.

 I pulled out a few PTI stamp sets and pretty Pink Paislee patterned paper. The little sentiment tag was made using a die from

For sketch inspiration, I played along with the current Tuesday Morning Sketches challenge:

Thanks so much for visiting!  For COMPLETE details, please visit the CR84FN site and for some fab inspiration, please be sure to visit: Suzanne Czosek, Lisa Somerville, Stephanie Kraft, Sue Lelli, Deborah Frings, Heather Jensen, Andrea Mathews and Shannon White (Guest Designer)

Supplies Used:
Stamps: PTI
Patterned Paper: Pink Paislee Spring Jubilee, Parisian Anthology
Dies & Machine: Spellbinders Home Sweet Home designed by Nina Brackett, PTI, Grand Calibur

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