Pinterest Inspiration

I have been spending a lot of time on Pinterest lately, looking for ideas for the shop. There is so many talented and inspirational people out there.

Here are a few of my FAVORITES from my scrapbooking/crafting board !

Please leave a comment with a link to one of your favorite Pinterest Scrapbooking/crafting idea.

Submitting time for the Some Odd Girl DT

Down to the wire....that is normally NOT me. I am a planner and like to work ahead of time. But this summer has gotten away from me! Seriously where did August go?????

The submissions for the SOG DT is September 1 midnight. (here is the application info). Go apply!

First of all I was going to use the Turkey digi for my submissions, but when I saw this OWL I knew I needed to have him!!!! I bought one for my craft bestie too! SERIOUSLY! HOW CUTE IS HE!

Here is what I sent in:

Card 1: Hoo-Hoo-Hooray

Recipe—

Solid Paper: White-Neenah, Kraft-Papertrey Ink

Pattern Paper: Basic Grey

Ink: Black-Momento, Grey-Papertrey Ink

Stamp: Some Odd Girl-Owl Days

Other: Vintage Seam binding, sewing, Copics and pop-dots. 

 
Card 2: What a Hoot

Recipe—

Solid Paper: White-Neenah, Kraft-Papertrey Ink

Pattern Paper: Echo Park and Handmade Chevrons

Ink: Black-Momento, White-Papertrey Ink

Stamp: Some Odd Girl-Owl Days

Other: Watercolor crayons, Twine, enamel dots, washi and a Paper Bakery Flair


Card 3: Happy Wedding

And then I needed a third to send it, so I chose the Wedding gnomes.
I chose this one because, I took regular gnomes and made them into a wedding couple. It was apropos.  My cousin (who got married) had their reception at the The Happy Gnome in St. Paul. I really like how this card came out.

Recipe—

Solid Paper: Cream-Neenah, Red-Papertrey Ink

Pattern Paper: Studio Calico

Ink: Black-Momento

Stamp: Gnomes- Stampin' Up

Other: OA Letter Stickers, Pearl, SU Die, Spellbinders die, ribbon, pop-cots, Copics, sewing and Vintage Black Twill

Wish me luck on the Some Odd Girl DT! 

Line Hearts Cut File

These are sized for the fronts of cards. Both of them are in the cut file.

Just click on the image and it will download a Silhouette Studio file.

I hope you enjoy it. Please post a comment with a link to the project you used it on...

There may be a prize involved?!?!?!?!

I am trying out....

....for the Some Odd Girl DT!!!!

I am working on my submission right now, wish me luck!

This is the digi stamp that I am using!  Isn't he SUPER cute. He's only $3.00 and you can get him here.

I have so many ideas going through my head, on how to color him.  I just printed him out, can't wait to get home to start working on it.

Have a great day!

Oh my—Sweet Stamp Shop!

Welcome to a brand new day and a 

brand new post with a brand new stamp release from 

Sweet Stamp Shop!

I have to tell you when I saw these stamps

I knew I just had to try out to be on the design team. 

They are so different than anything else out there. 

I found them very useable and interchangeable.

I sent in all the important information to 

the owner of why I want to be on the DT and 

what I can contribute.

Waiting...

Waiting...

Waiting....

I am not good at waiting (and I knew I had to wait)—I got an email!

I got on the DT! I was so excited. 

I was hard to keep my mouth shut as we 

could not disclose the surprise until TODAY!!!!!

I am the "Organizing Crafty Person". Besides showing

you creations I will be giving you tips and tricks to organize

your space.

Here is the first set in the new release:

It is called Wheely Like You

I just love how versatile it is. I LOVE the Pinwheels.

Recipe:

Solid Paper: White-Solar White from Neenah, Yellow-Studio Calico

Pattern Paper: Chic Tags

 Ink: TH Distress Inks and Momento
Stamps: Sweet Stamp Shop

Other: Zing White and Black Embossing, Tiny Attacher, 
MME Enamel Dots and Heidi Swapp Gold Spritz

The second set is called Spin Me.

 

 Isn't this fan FAN-tastic!

Recipe:

Solid Paper: Green, Black and Vellum -Studio Calico
 Ink: Momento
Stamps: Sweet Stamp Shop

Other: October Afternoon Tiny Alphabet, Sequence and Sewing

 And the last set is called ADMIT ONE.

 You will have to visit the blog to see 

what the DT did with it!

Because this is a special day—Today and Tomorrow ONLY  

You can get 20% OFF these 3 new stamps sets! 

Just enter coupon codeNR20 at checkout.

Now that you've seen the wonderful stamps that are at Sweet Stamp Shop

Please visit them at their:

Website

Blog

Facebook

Twitter

Pinterest

Flickr

and YouTube

A card, a huge donut, shopping and fun nails.

This was a weekend of catch-up.

There were a number of things that I NEEDED to get done, 

but I had to have some fun too, right?

First.

My aunt needed a baby card for a shower
she is going to this weekend. 

So this is what I did:

Second.

I went for a drive on Saturday and stopped at a local
truck-stop and got my hubby some donuts.

These are not a normal donuts. They are HUGE!!!

Head size huge!

Third.

Shopping. 

 

I went to Target with a girlfriend and bought
myself some new binders to organize

my scrap room. The smaller one is for my embossing folders
(see image below).  

I emboss a sample and put it in the book 

(number the sample and the folder the same),

then I can just look through my book

and pick out a folder I want to use. 

 

The larger one is going to be for my stamp bible.

Once I get that organized I will take photos and show you

how I do that.

 

 

Forth and final.

 

Fun nails. I stopped at the thrift store and bought

a package of these nail "stickers".  I have seen these in the stores

but did not want to buy them for $11.99 so I thought
for $1.99 I would try them.

LOVE them. Super easy to put on. Still not sure I would 

pay $11.99. I guess that is cheaper then a manicure.

Pretty Pretty Butterfly, Happy Happy Birthday

We have a sketch challenge! I decided to play along over at 

The Paper Bakery. I hope you are able to play along too. 

Here is the sketch:

Here is what I did:

 

I had soooo much fun with this one. 

I think I realized I like sketch challenges. 

I also like color challenges. 

Seems like I need a little of a head start 

on what to create.

Recipe:

Solid Paper: White-Solar White from Neenah, Orange and Grey-Studio Calico

Pattern Paper: American Crafts

 Ink: October Afternoon-teal sprinkler,
Papertrey-Ink Shadow, Amuse Orange and TH Distress Ink
Stamps: Studio Calico (arrows on butterfly and happy)

Other: Sewing, The Paper Bakery-Flair, 
Washi tape, CTMH Scrappers Floss, Making Memories Flags,
Studio Calico Tag, Freckled Fawn Arrow Verneer, 
Michaels Butterfly Veneer, Crepe paper, vintage dairy
ticket, Zing Orange Embossing and bakers twine 

Play along at  The Paper Bakery

Just a little card

I had some time today to make a card for a friend. I wanted to try my new red lead background stamp.

Fathers Day

With fathers day being next Sunday, we ask that you create a fathers day card. But we have a little twist for you. It needs to be monochromatic, using shades of blue.

 

Recipe:

Solid Paper: Coordinations

Pattern Paper: Stampin' Up

Ink: Memento Paris Dusk and Versa Mark

Die Cuts/Folders: Diamond Embossing Folder

Stamps: SU

Other: Small buttons (SU),  pop dots and sewing

We'd love for you to play along at The Cuttlebug Spot.

Queens Jubilee

We are going to Celebrate the upcoming Queens 60th Jubilee. 

The Queen celebrates 60 years as Monarch celebrating Her Majesty's life and times for the Diamond Jubilee.

We ask that you create a card celebrating the Jubilee.

Here is what I came up with. I have had these large gems for a long time,
and I am glad I held onto them. Finally a place to use them.

Recipe:

Solid Paper: Papertrey Ink, Silver sticker paper (unknown)

Pattern Paper: Bo Bunny

Ink: Distress Ink-concord grape, Stazon-black

Die Cuts/Folders: Queen playing card and Fleur Embossing folder

Stamps: Prickley Pear

Other: Large gems (jolees), pop dots, Michaels and Tim Holtz Washi Tape and Velvet Ribbon (unknown)

We'd love for you to play along at The Cuttlebug Spot.

Just for fun reading.... Here are 60 facts about the queen (which I got off the official jubilee website)

As at 1 January 2012:

1. The Queen is the second longest serving monarch. Only five other kings and queens in British history have reigned for 50 years or more. They are:

•    Victoria (63 years) 

•    George III (59 years) 

•    Henry III (56 years) 

•    Edward III (50 years) 

•    James VI of Scotland (James I of England) (58 years)

2. The Queen is the fortieth monarch since William the Conqueror obtained the crown of England.

3. Since 1952 The Queen has given Royal Assent to more than 3,500 Acts of Parliament.

4. Over the reign, Her Majesty has given regular audiences to 12 Prime Ministers.  They are: 

•    Winston Churchill 1951-55 

•    Sir Anthony Eden 1955-57 

•    Harold Macmillan 1957-63 

•    Sir Alec Douglas-Home 1963-64 

•    Harold Wilson 1964-70 and 1974-76 

•    Edward Heath 1970-74 

•    James Callaghan 1976-79 

•    Margaret Thatcher 1979-90 

•    John Major 1990-97 

•    Tony Blair 1997-2007

•    Gordon Brown 2007-2010

•    David Cameron 2010 - present

5. Tony Blair was the first Prime Minister to have been born during The Queen's reign. He was born in early May, 1953 - a month before the Coronation.

6. The Queen has attended every opening of Parliament except those in 1959 and 1963, when she was expecting Prince Andrew and Prince Edward respectively.

7. There have been six Archbishops of Canterbury during The Queen's reign (Archbishops Geoffrey Fisher, Michael Ramsey, Donald Coggan, Robert Runcie, George Carey and Rowan Williams).

8. There have been six Roman Catholic Popes during The Queen’s reign (Pius XII, John XXIII, Paul VI, John Paul I, John Paul II, Benedict XVI).

9. The Queen has received two Popes on visits to the UK (Pope John Paul II in 1982 and Pope Benedict XVI in 2010). Pope John Paul II’s visit in 1982 was the first Papal visit to the United Kingdom for over 450 years. Her Majesty has officially visited the Vatican three times in her reign – in 1961 visiting Pope John XXIII and in 1980 and 2000 visiting Pope John Paul II.

10. The Queen is currently patron of over 600 charities and organisations, over 400 of which she has held since 1952.

11. Since 1952, The Queen has conferred over 404,500 honours and awards.

12. The Queen has personally held over 610 Investitures.

13. The first Investiture of the Queen's reign took place at Buckingham Palace on 27th February 1952.  The first person to be presented was Private William Speakman, of The King's Own Scottish Borderers, who received the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Korean War.

14. The Queen has answered around three and a half million items of correspondence.

15. The Queen has sent over 175,000 telegrams to centenarians in the UK and the Commonwealth.

16. The Queen has sent almost 540,000 telegrams to couples in the UK and the Commonwealth celebrating their diamond wedding (60 years) anniversary.

17. The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh have sent approximately 45,000 Christmas cards during The Queen’s reign.

18. The Queen has given out approximately 90,000 Christmas puddings to staff continuing the custom of King George V and King George VI

19. In 60 years, The Queen has undertaken 261 official overseas visits, including 96 State Visits, to 116 different countries.

20. Many of The Queen's official tours were undertaken on the Royal Yacht Britannia.  It was launched by Her Majesty on 16th April 1953 and was commissioned for service on 7th January 1954.  It was de-commissioned in December, 1997.  During this time, Britannia travelled more than a million miles on Royal and official duties.

21. The Royal Yacht Britannia was first used by The Queen when Her Majesty embarked with the Duke of Edinburgh on the 1st May 1954 at Tobruk for the final stage of their Commonwealth Tour returning to the Pool of London.  The last time The Queen was on board Britannia for an official visit was on the 9th August 1997 for a visit to Arran in Scotland.

22. In 60 years, The Queen has often travelled to her major Realms. Her Majesty has visited Australia 16 times, Canada 22 times, Jamaica 6 times and New Zealand 10 times.

23. The Queen's official visits have ranged from the Cocos Islands, 5.4 square miles with a population of 596, to The Peoples' Republic of China, 3.7 million square miles with a population of 1.34 billion.

24. Unusual live gifts given to The Queen on foreign tours include: two tortoises given to The Queen in the Seychelles in 1972; a seven-year-old bull elephant called "Jumbo" given to Her Majesty by the President of Cameroon in 1972 to mark The Queen's Silver Wedding, and two black beavers given to The Queen after a Royal visit to Canada.

25. The only time The Queen has had to interrupt an overseas tour was in 1974 during a tour of Australia and Indonesia.  The Queen was called back to the UK from Australia when a general election in the UK was suddenly called.  The Duke of Edinburgh continued the programme in Australia, and The Queen re-joined the tour in Indonesia.

26. Her Majesty’s first Commonwealth tour, as Queen, began on 24 November 1953, and included visits to Canada, Bermuda, Jamaica, Panama, Fiji, Tonga, New Zealand, Australia, the Cocos Islands, Ceylon, Aden, Uganda, Libya, Malta and Gibraltar.  The total distance covered was 43,618 miles.  

27. The Queen made an historic visit to the Republic of Ireland in May 2011, the first visit by a British Monarch since Irish independence (King George V’s had visited in 1911).

28. There have been 102 inward State Visits from 1952 to the end of 2011 (up to and including Turkey in November 2011).

29. The first football match The Queen attended was the 1953 FA Cup Final.

30. The Queen has laid her wreath at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday every year of her reign, except in 1959, 1961, 1963, 1968, 1983 and 1999 when she was either pregnant or overseas on an official visit.

31. The Queen has attended 56 Royal Maundy services in 43 Cathedrals during her reign.  A total of 6,710 people have received Maundy Money in recognition of their service to the Church and their communities.

32. The Queen has been at the saluting base of her troops in every Trooping the Colour ceremony since the start of her reign, with the exception of 1955, when a national rail strike forced the cancellation of the parade.

33. The Queen has attended 35 Royal Variety performances.

34. The Queen has launched 21 ships during her reign.

35. Since it was launched to mark The Queen’s Golden Jubilee in 2002, The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service has been awarded to over 750 voluntary organisations across all four countries in the UK. Winners of the award have included local scout groups, community radio stations, groups who care for the elderly and environmental charities.

36. Over the course of the reign, almost a one and a half million people have attended garden parties at Buckingham Palace or the Palace of Holyroodhouse (The Queen ended Debutante Presentation Parties in 1958).

37. The Queen has sat for 129 portraits during her reign.

38. The first 'Royal walkabout' took place during the visit by The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh to Australia and New Zealand in 1970. The practice was introduced to allow them to meet as many people as possible, not simply officials and dignitaries.

39. In 1969 the first television film about the family life of the Royal Family was made, and shown on the eve of the Investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales.

40. An important innovation during The Queen's reign was the opening in 1962 of a new gallery at Buckingham Palace to display items from the Royal Collection. The brainchild of The Duke of Edinburgh, the new Queen's Gallery occupied the space of the Palace's bomb-damaged private chapel. It was the first time that parts of the Palace had been opened to the general public.  The new Queen's Gallery was redeveloped and re-opened in 2002 for the Golden Jubilee.

41. The Queen has made a Christmas Broadcast to the Commonwealth every year of her reign except 1969, when a repeat of the film 'Royal Family' was shown and a written message from The Queen issued. In 2002 The Queen made her 50th Christmas Broadcast and in 2004 The Queen issued her first separate broadcast for members of the British Armed Forces.

42. In 1953, The Queen made the first Christmas Broadcast from overseas, (rather than from the UK), broadcasting live from New Zealand. The first televised broadcast was in 1957, made live. The first pre-recorded broadcast took place in 1960 to allow transmission around the world. In 2006 the Christmas Broadcast was first made available to download as a podcast.

43. The Queen launched the British Monarchy’s official website in 1997. In 2007 the official British Monarchy YouTube channel was unveiled, swiftly followed by a Royal Twitter site (2009), Flickr page (2010) and Facebook page (also 2010).

44. The Queen hosts "theme days" and Receptions to promote and celebrate aspects of British culture. Recent examples from 2011 include a reception for Young People and the Performing Arts and for Explorers. Other themes have included Publishing, Broadcasting, Tourism, Emergency Services, Maritime Day, Music, Young Achievers, British Design, and Pioneers.

45. In an average year, The Queen will host more than 50,000 people at banquets, lunches, dinners, receptions and Garden Parties at Buckingham Palace. The Queen also hosts more than 8,000 people each year at garden parties and investitures at Holyroodhouse, during Holyrood Week. 

46. The Queen was born at 17 Bruton St, London W1 on the 21st April, 1926, was christened on the 29th May, 1926 in the Private Chapel at Buckingham Palace and was confirmed on the 28th March, 1942 in the Private Chapel at Windsor Castle.

47. The Queen learnt to drive in 1945.

48. With the birth of Prince Andrew in 1960, The Queen became the first reigning Sovereign to have a child since Queen Victoria, who had her youngest child, Princess Beatrice, in 1857.

49. The Queen's real birthday is on 21st April, but it is celebrated officially in June.

50. During the Silver Jubilee year, The Queen toured 36 counties in the UK and Northern Ireland, starting in Glasgow on the 17th May. During her Golden Jubilee year The Queen toured 35 counties beginning in Cornwall on 1st May.

51. The Queen's first foreign tour of the Silver Jubilee year was a visit to Western Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia and Papua New Guinea.  The first foreign tour of The Queen's Golden Jubilee year was to Jamaica, New Zealand and Australia.

52. The Queen has 30 godchildren.

53. The Queen has owned more than 30 corgis during her reign, starting with Susan who was a present for her 18th birthday in 1944.  A good proportion of these have been direct descendants from Susan.  Her Majesty currently has three corgis – Monty, Willow and Holly.

54. The Queen also introduced a new breed of dog known as the "dorgi" when one of Her Majesty's corgis was mated with a dachshund named Pipkin which belonged to Princess Margaret.  There have been 11 dorgis - Tinker, Pickles, Chipper, Piper, Harris, Brandy, Berry, Cider, Candy and Vulcan.

55. The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh have been married for 64 years.  They were married on 20th November, 1947 in Westminster Abbey.  The Queen's wedding dress was designed by Norman Hartnell and was woven at Winterthur Silks Limited, Dunfermline, in the Canmore factory, using silk that had come from Chinese silkworms at Lullingstone Castle.

56. The Queen's wedding ring was made from a nugget of Welsh gold which came from the Clogau St David's mine near Dolgellau.  The official wedding cake was made by McVitie and Price Ltd, using ingredients given as a wedding gift by Australian Girl Guides.

57. The wedding of The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh was the first and so far the only time in British history that the heir presumptive to the throne had been married.

58. The Queen’s racing colours are a purple body with gold braid, scarlet sleeves and black velvet cap with gold fringe. They were adopted from those used by King Edward VII; one of his most successful horses was called Diamond Jubilee.

59. Queen Victoria was the last and to date the only British Monarch to celebrate a Diamond Jubilee. The Queen, who was aged 85 on Accession Day in 2012, is the oldest monarch to celebrate a Diamond Jubilee. Queen Victoria was 77 when she celebrated hers in 1897.

60. There have been only three Diamond Jubilees of Heads of State celebrated throughout the world during The Queen’s reign. King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand celebrated 60 years on the throne in 2006; the former Sultan of Johor (now a part of Malaysia) celebrated his in 1955; and the late Emperor Hirohito of Japan celebrated his in 1986.

Just a random card....

My neighbor brought us over pickles last summer, we finally opened them up. 

I wanted to thank her, so I made this card.  

I am also going to bring her a case of canning jars (maybe that will get us more pickles :)

Recipe:

Solid Paper: Papertrey Ink

Pattern Paper: Basic Gray, Websters Pages and Amuse

Ink: Distress Ink-shattered shutters, Momento-black and fern AMuse

Die Cuts: Embossing folder

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink

Other: Pin, Copics, pop dots, ribbon and glossy accents

How I made the Buck/Deer look 3-D

I've had a lot of requests to show how I did the buck on this Birthday card. I finally had time to edit the photos and here are the directions.

Buck Card

Supplies:

Paper Solid: Cream- Archivers, Blue-Stampin' up

Paper Patterned: Making Memories "Just Chill in"

Ribbon: May Arts Tools: Prisma Colored Pencils, E57 Copic, Cricut-Accent Essentials Cartridge, Fiskars border punch, Brown StazOn and VersaColor Pinecone #171

Instructions:

I cut down the blue paper to A2 size. I cut down the plaid paper to be slightly smaller than the A2 card so when Its mounted to the blue paper you can see just a little of the blue border. I used the Cricut to make the plaque that is mounted behind the deer, using the Accent Essentials Cartridge Acct#48 at 4". I used my Copic to edge the plaque before I glued it down (I did not want to see the white of the paper). I also edged the small border that is on top of the sentiment block with the Copic. I printed the "Happy Birthday Dad" on my computer, the font is called Haettenschweiler. I edged this block in the VersaColor just to add some depth. I glued the border tot he edge of the sentiment block, added pop-dots and mounted it on the card under the deer. Added the woodgrain ribbon tied in a knot to the spine of the card.

Here's how I did the Deer:

He is stamped 6 times on cream paper using brown Stazon. I colored all 6 of them the same using Prisma Colored Pencils. (There are an extra 2 on this sheet-the top corners. I was experimenting with how I wanted to color him.)

Next you need to cut out all 6 deer. I first cut out his nose, then the next layer is the nose, eyes and jawline. And so on and so forth, using up all 6 stamped images.

I used SU Dimensionals to put between the layers so they would "pop" off of each other.

You can purchase the Deer/Buck Rubber Stamp here.