You Are My Bliss

I have a masculine card for you today. I made it for my husband for Valentine's day, but it's appropriate for anniversaries or just because kind of occasion. This was posted earlier on the Want2Scrap blog.

I used the negative cut of the Want2Scrap® Feathers Chipboards as the main focus of my card. I carefully cut the rectangle with the negative cut with a very sharp craft knife. The papers and stickers are Authentique.

Want2Scrap pearls are scattered about in strategic places to create balance. The Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L E-Z Runner is perfect to adhere the chipboard to make sure it stays put because it's much heavier than ordinary cardstock or patterned papers. There's a little of text stamping in matching ink inside the negative cut.

I just love that sentiment and hubby loved the card! That's all really that matters, right?

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Giveaway Winner and a Card

I have a card today that I shared on the Want2Scrap blog a couple of weeks ago. I used my W2S Chipboard house design, which was painted with DecoArt Gesso. You can find more details on the Want2Scrap post HERE.

And the winner is...Entry # 48 Sabrina R. Please email me (via Contact tab above) with your mailing address and put under subject line "Penny Black Christmas Banners Winner." Thank you all for entering.
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Feeling blessed and a trio of cards

Oh my poor neglected blog. I have missed posting, but am still busy traveling and visiting friends, churches and family. It's been so wonderful seeing so many dear ones again after years of being away. What a gift from the Lord friendships are! There is a blessedness being a part of God's church that is truly unique to us. For those we knew before, there's no absence, or long distance that could diminish our friendships. For those we just met, there seems an instant connection that overcomes cultural and language barriers. And of course it is because of our mutual love for Christ that makes all these possible. I feel truly blessed!

Now onto my card...I have some mixed-media inspired cards for you today that were posted earlier on the Want2Scrap blog. 

Here is a close up of one. I had fun making these tags! The white text is from Penny Black’s Love Chapter. The sentiments are by Penny Black's Dahlias set. 

You can get the details of these cards on the Want2Scrap blog.

Sketchabilities Challenge with Want2Scrap

Thank you for the get well wishes, friends. I am recovering at home now, so it's a relief. I'm still trying to take it slow, but I'm expecting a group of 15 friends (only 5 are staying with us) tomorrow from America! I've done most of the work before the surgery, so just little touch ups here and there (so, don't worry, Mom).

Today's card is for my friend Karan's Sketchabilities challenge. The Want2Scrap team is joining in the fun today with our version of this sketch. And the prize is a $25 gift certificate to the Want2Scrap store! It's a scrapbook layout that I reinterpreted to make my card below.

I started by heat embossing the text from Penny Black's The Love Chapter set with white on a Manilla tag. I spritzed water on a few drops of Distress Ink refills on a waterproof surface. Then I dabbed the tag on the inks to absorb the smorgasbord of colors. I let it dry and embellished it. I adhered a delicate Want2Scrap Silhouette using SA by 3L Dodz;  the black makes it stand out from the colorful background. I carefully laid part of the Swirls Finesse - White Pearls - 2 Pack - Self Adhesive on the silhouette, then layered a vintage lace and a paper flower accented with Art Glitter on the petal edges.

The papers Authentique's Strong, which again I used to make a feminine project with. The sentiment is from Penny Black's Dahlias, which is accented by Gesso-covered Card Size Antique Keys w/hardware - Chipboard . I adhere the tag to the card front using SAby3L's 3D Foam Squares. A doily, seam binding and Want2Scrap's Sleek Strips Pearls-White were added to the corners, bow and silhouette.

Make sure you visit the Want2Scrap blog to see what the rest of the DT members did. I hope you can join us!

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Want2Scrap Products Used:

Silhouette

Swirls Finesse - White Pearls - 2 Pack - Self Adhesive

Card Size Antique Keys w/hardware - Chipboard

Sleek Strips Pearls-White 

Cross Promo Products Used:

Authentique's Strong Collection

Art Glitter  

Other Products Used:

Penny Black's The Love Chapter and Dahlias stamp sets

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Dodz and 3D Foam Squares

Sisters Wall Hanging

Today's project is not a card. Can you believe it? :) I made this for the  Authentique/Want2Scrap blog hop last week that I missed due to some health issues. I made a wall hanging for my girls' room. The Authentique Paper Collection I used is called Strong which is meant to be masculine. But as you can see, it works just as well for girls if you add enough feminine flair. And that's where the Want2Scrap embellishments come in.

I used the following Want2Scrap products:

• Chipboard Alphabet- Stylish
• Sleek Strips Pearls-White
• 12 x 12 Decorative Sheet Style A
• Frilly Flourish Swirl – White Pearl
• Bricks Stencil
• Card Size Antique Keys w/hardware – Chipboard

I also used the following supplies:

• Penny Black Love Chapter (LOVE and text background)
• PB Sparklers
• PB Music Background
• Spellbinders butterfly die
• Twinery
• Gesso (painted over the background patterned paper)

I highlighted the title with strips of little pearls. the blocks and the chipboard base were inked on the edges.

I love this swirly pearl bling, together with pleated lace.

Tags stamped with Penny Black stamps and adorned with twine.

More stamped images and a butterfly die cut.

And here is the project in full. I loved making it and, more importantly, my girls love it!

A short update and a lot of giveaways!

Hi, all! If you follow me on Facebook, then you know why I have been absent here on my blog. Last weekend, I suffered my very first gallbladder attack and ended up in the ER. I didn't even know I had stones till a week ago when I had my regular systematic general check up. I can only compare the pain to labor pains but without relief, for 5+ hours, and without the joy of bringing home a sweet baby.

I'm still in a lot of pain, but not as bad as the attack. I'm doing tests and waiting for a surgery date, which I hope will happen in the next 2 weeks. In them meantime, there are FOUR chances to win amazing prizes from my favorite commpanies.

I missed The Craft's Meow's release hop. There is still time to join and win prizes. I have 4 stamp sets and 1 by Karen being released.

I am also part of the Authentique/Want2Scrap blog hop going on now. You can find my project on the Want2Scrap blog and get a chance to win a prize package.


Two of my Penny Black stamps are being featured on the Moxie Fab World blog today. Comment to win 5 PB stamps!

Finally, I will post the winner of the NinaB Designs hop this weekend. In the meantime, you can still enter! I hope to be back to normal soon as I have tons of projects to share with you all!

Vintage Flower Cards

Happy Monday! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. And those who are moms celebrated your special day yesterday. My family spent the morning at church, then they took me to my favorite Chinese restaurant and a movie, and finished off with a trip to the ice cream shop. It was a great day!

I have 3 cards for you today that were posted previously on the Want2Scrap blog. First is a wedding card that uses TCM's Sweet Silhouettes and Timeless Tags stamp sets. The papers are Authentique. I used various Want2Scrap products on this. More details on the W2S blog.

My next two cards use my TCM Stitched Sentiments set and my favorite Want2Scrap bling.

More detailed info on the Want2Scrap blog.

The NinaB Designs team will be bloghopping on Wednesday. I hope you can join us!

The Craft's Meow's February 2013 Release Hop

Welcome to The Craft's Meow's February Release Blog Hop. Thank you for joining us today. If you came from our Guest for this month, Lynn, then you're at the right spot. To see the full list, make sure you visit the TCM blog. I have 2 cards for you today using my two designs being released today, Baby Shelf and Soaring High, this month's Free set with $50 purchase!

My first uses Baby Shelf set, which coordinates with Beautiful Shelf. It uses one of my Polaroid frames that I shared earlier. I stamped and fussy cut the lamp and put against the "wall" and adorned it with some Want2Scrap heart bling. The bear is actually felt.

I've always wanted to stamp on felt, so now I have to show you something I learned when doing this. I found that the best inks for this is pigment. You can see the comparison on the crispness of the stamped image using dye ink Memento on the left and the Pigment Versafine on the right. Both inks are by Tsukineko/Imagine Crafts.

I love the added "fuzziness" of the felt for the teddy bear. The banner is placed there to provide balance. The pearls are by Want2Scrap and paper by Authentique.

My second card uses my Soaring High stamp set. This is a little bit more formal and elegant. I had to pair the image and sentiment with Spellbinders' new Brackett Borders One dies.

Here's a close up...don't you just love how perfectly the bird, sentiment and die cut border fit together? :)

The Craft's Meow is giving away the 5 new sets. Readers will be eligible to win all 5 new sets.

  Participants are not required to leave comments on each blog, but they have a better chance to win because TCM will randomly draw a name from one of our blogs for a winner.

Your next stop is my friend -->> Sharri<<--. 

Before you go, I also want to let you know that the NinaB Designs blog hop is going on till tonight! There are two prize packages up for grabs!

NinaB Designs Blog Hop: Make It Mini

Welcome to the NinaB Designs Blog Hop! The theme of this month's hop is Make it Mini, in honor of February's being a short month. I challenged the team to create a project that is either small (mini-cards, mini-boxes, etc.) and/or intended for someone small (babies, kids, even pets :).

I have three cards for you today. My first card is for a little girl. It's perfect for my three at home :). The house was stamped with TCM's Love Dwells Here set and die cut using Spellbinders Home Sweet Home.The papers are Authentique's Lovely collection.

How do you like that trendy Polaroid frame? I made that using Spellbinders Classic Square dies (tutorial HERE). The sentiment is from TCM's Vintage Rides. The frame is embellished with my Want2Scrap Chevron border bling. The sparkly heart and silver strip are also by Want2Scrap.

My 2nd and 3rd projects are mini cards that you can tuck inside your kids' lunches or send with a gift. The papers are Penny Black Madison. The butterfly and sentiment with it are from PB Free Flight. The fun card on the right uses TCM's Fun{tache}tic. Notice I used one of the mustaches for eyebrows. 

Here you see again the mini-Polaroid frame I made using Spellbinders dies and Madison papers. A little of twine, button and Want2Scrap pearls finish the card.

Here are the NinaB Designs products I used for my cards:

The NinaB Designs team is giving away these TWO PRIZE PACKAGES:

Prize #1

 
Prize #2

Winners will be picked randomly from 2 commenters of the designers' blogs:

Nina Brackett * Beatriz Jennings * Clare Buswell * Jennie Harper * Linda Lucas

Everybody is welcome to comment and be eligible to win. The winners will be announced on February 22 on My Blog, where you will also find all the relevant info regarding the giveaways. Finally, please consider liking the following Facebook pages that are represented on today's hop, so you don't miss the latest news and happenings:

NinaB Designs

Spellbinders Paper Arts

The Craft's Meow

Penny Black Inc.
 Want2Scrap 

Thank you for joining us today!

"Tis So Sweet

I just love the color combo of this one: pink, red and Kraft. I used two of the recent January release sets on today's card. The sentiment is from Beautiful Hymns set. The bird is from Happy as a Lark set.

I first cut a panel of patterned paper from Authentique's Lovely Collection and adhered it on a pink card stock. I die cut Spellbinders Window #2 die on kraft and popped it up using foam dots. I decorated the window with Want2Scrap's Bling Hearts - Pink and Red Rhinestones on the top and Sleek Strips Pearls-White along the bottom.

It's hard to see on the photo, but the window is slightly propped open. A little bit of twine above the sentiment and the card is done. I'm entering this to the Moxie Fab Window Challenge. Cath may have a different idea for a window, but I took it literally :).

Doesn't this card scream spring? I can't wait! :) Have a great weekend!

Joy Ornament

I have another project highlighting Want2Scrap's Nestabling and Nestaboard products that both coordinate with Spellbinders dies. I have a fancy ornament today that was not at all hard to make, thanks to coordinating Want2Scrap and Spellbinders products.

I started with Want2Scrap's Labels 24 Nestaboard, which I covered with Authentique's Festive papers (die cut with Spellbinders' Labels 24 dies). I then embellished it with Labels 24 Nestabling Pearls on top of that. I layered a smaller Nestaboard with patterned paper and Nestabling on top of that.

The "Joy" sentiment is from Chipboard Sentiments- Words of Love. I covered it with wet glue, then sprinkled some Art Glitter on it. I finished the card using ribbon and paper flowers.

How about you? Do you hand make Christmas ornaments, too? It has become a tradition in our family now and my girls love making them with me. They make great gifts as well. Have a great day and don't forget to come back tomorrow for the monthly NinaB Designs blog hop!

Love Life Laugh

Hello, friends!  hope you are doing well on this Friday morning. I have another Authentique/Want2Scrap card today. I used the beautiful Garden Motif - Silhouette as a backdrop on my card again. The gorgeous papers, including the word stickers, are by Authentique (Carefree Collection).

The word "Laugh" is Want2Scrap's Chipboard Sentiments- Words of Love. I accented it with the bling swirl from B.Y.O.B. 1 Build your own Bling - Donna Salazar Design. A little ribbon bow is just the right embellishment for this card.

I hope you will have many occasions to laugh today! Until next time... :). And tomorrow is a big blog hop day. I have a card (or two) to share with you for World Cardmaking Day!

Want2Scrap Products used:

Garden Motif - Silhouette

Chipboard Sentiments- Words of Love
B.Y.O.B. 1 Build your own Bling - Donna Salazar Design

Cross Promo Products used:
Authentique Carefree Collection

GlueArts Adhesive Squares™ Brand Adhesives-PermaTac

GlueArts U-Cut-It® 4x4

Walk in Faith

Hello, friends! Today's card was on the Want2Scrap blog the other day and uses one of the Want2Scrap Summer CHA releases, along with some old favorites. I used the beautiful Garden Motif - Silhouette as a backdrop on my card. The gorgeous papers, including the stickers, are by Authentique (Carefree Collection). It coordinates very well with the Want2Scrap dark silhouettes.

The word "Faith" is Want2Scrap's Chipboard Sentiments- Words of Love. I accented it with the bling swirl from B.Y.O.B. 1 Build your own Bling - Donna Salazar Design. the small word stickers are from the Authentique paper collection.

I hope you enjoy the rest of the week!

Want2Scrap Products used:

Garden Motif - Silhouette

Chipboard Sentiments- Words of Love
B.Y.O.B. 1 Build your own Bling - Donna Salazar Design

Cross Promo Products used:
Authentique Carefree Collection

GlueArts Adhesive Squares™ Brand Adhesives-PermaTac

GlueArts U-Cut-It® 4x4