Happy birthday with Jillibean Soup

I created a birthday card the other day using the Bohemian Brew Collection by Jillibean Soup!  I even created my own little flower with paper, a sequin and a pop dot-I'm pretty happy with how it turned out:

I have plan for this card already-for someone who loves this sort of design and who's birthday is in June- ;)
Thanks for popping in!  Today is a busy one, class, dentist and a track meet to officiate at! 

xoxo

This card literally took less than 10 minutes!  I LOVED working with the Love Notes kit for January from Scrapbook Circle.  My focus was to use the XOXO exclusive piece-when I pulled it from my bag I KNEW I had to use it on the card.
Plastic can be tricky to add to pages or cards-on this card you can see that I stapled one (it's a soft plastic) and I adhered the XOXO with 3M tacky adhesive and it's on there to STAY!

thanks.

Hey thanks for the visit to my blog!  I loved creating this fun card using some FANTASTIC Jillibean Soup.

I used the Healthy Hello Soup collection, mini cardstock letters and foil tags my mini attacher and pop dots to create this card.  it sure was fun creating a card, it's been a while...

believe.

I had SO much fun using the scraps from my Good Cheer scrapbook kit by Scrapbook Circle--it's the kit for November.  My challenge was to use my scraps to create a card--one of my favorite things to do.  It is fun being creative with no real rhyme or reason!
1. I cut my background sheet to 4"x 5.25"
2. I punched triangles from several different sheets of scrap pieces of patterned paper.
3. I arranged the triangles on the background and adhered lightly (so i could go back and sew over the top)
4. I then sewed the background down and the triangles.
5. Lastly I added the embellishments including sequins which I sporadically adhered around the card.
If it sounds confusing or time consuming-it really wasn't--loved the creative process!

Thanks for the visit today!

numbers and cards.

Seems like FOREVER since I have shared a few cards here on my blog, don't faint! ;)  I had a blast using the hello, hello kit from Scrapbook Circle for these two fun cards:

Both of these cards were made from the scraps left over from my pages this month--LOVE when you can still make something cute from the left overs.  That tells you that the kit was AWESOME!!

thanks SO much for the visit today, I really appreciate it!

a few random cards.

I was looking through my pictures and I found some cards I made for birthdays that I haven't shared yet:

I made these fun cards with leftovers from several kits--it was sort of liberating to just PLAY with fun embellishments and paper.

Well, like always I am OFF and RUNNING--thanks SO much for the visit today!

hello there.

well, hello there!

I made this fun little card (featured on the Scrapbook Circle blog today!) using the Today is Beautiful kit by Scrapbook Circle.  The mix of water colors is just gorgeous and FUN to work with!  The hello is gold vellum!
This is going to be a SUPER quick post I've got to run and get dinner in the crockpot--got a state championship soccer game to attend AND a band concert tonight--NEVER a dull moment!
Thanks for the visit!!

2014 year in review

So as I was looking through my folders "trying" to pick a favorite layout for each month, I had a difficult time!  I ended up with 19.  2014 was a super creative year for me and I really had fun looking through what I created, remembering why I loved each creation (For American Crafts, Scrapbook Circle, and Jillibean Soup), so in no particular order:

thanks for the visit AND for hanging out with me in 2014!  Happy New year!

holly jolly christmas.

t-minus 2 days!

wanted to share this fun little card I made for my guest spot over at Jillibean Soup.  I just love this card-there I said it out loud! ;)
This is more like a drive by post as holiday activities are in full swing--THANKS for the visit!!

rock on.

I wanted to quickly share a card I made for the Jillibean Soup guest spot:

LOVE how this came together--fun mix of papers and designs and directions.  Have you been running like crazy like I have?

The other day I was counting things up and making sure everyone was "even" when I realized I "needed" one more item.  For several years now I have followed some advise that my friend gave me:
NEED
WANT
WEAR
READ
we do add something from Santa.  This little guideline helps me to keep things simple, focused and ON BUDGET!
I sure hope that you are truly enjoying this season of giving--Christmas time is my favorite!  We are running wild this week with finals, soccer games, and parties but I can truly say I am GRATEFUL to be able to do it!
Thanks for the visit!

Jillibean Soup Guest designer!

This month is my month to be the Guest designer over at Jillibean Soup!  Wanted to share a couple of the fun creations I made using their AWESOME product:

Thanks for the visit--I'm off and running!

favorite techniques on cards.

So I was looking through my folders and these are the last American Crafts projects that I made for the blog--i REALLY loved the techniques that I used on each of these cards,

quilting:

layering:

watercoloring:

I loved working with my scraps, no holds bard using different collections all together!  Thanks SO much for the visit today!!

father's day cards.

summer has been SO busy and FUN but I did want to share my Father's day cards I had up on the American Crafts blog:

 I LOVED using the DIY shop line for these--Thanks SO much for the QUICK visit today!

hello. I love you

I wanted to share real quick a card I made for my niece, it also doubled as one of my gallery items this month for American Crafts:

I used a mix of collections including DIY shop, and Polka Dot Party.  I will be sharing the mini album I made to go a long with this cute card in an upcoming post--thanks SO much for the visit today--sure hope you are having a FANTASTICAL day! ;)

top dog dies blog hop!

Welcome to the Top Dog Dies & Scrapbook Circle Blog Hop! 

I had the privilege of working with some CUTE Top Dog Dies along with the Bucket List kit by Scrapbook Circle.  These are the sets of dies I got to work with:

(Our Home Album Finishers Die Set)

(Our Home Album Die)

I looked at the dies and wanted to something DIFFERENT and FUN, I came up with the idea of a card:

To create a more dimensional look I added pop dots behind the "roof" and fence--I also added mist to the chimney and front door.  This picture doesn't do justice to the fun embossing of the dimensional cuts of the windows, chimney and door.

I wanted to mention some FANTASTIC deals going along with this hop:

Scrapbook Circle Special Promotion:  Use code scrapbook20 to receive 20% off your order today though May 31, 2014.

Top Dog Dies is also offering a special promotion during the hop. Spend $100 on anything in the store and get 15% off when you use code SCHOP15, or spend $60 and get 10% off when you use code SCHOP10. 
 

Scrapbook Circle is giving away two $50 Prize Packs of exclusive wafer-thin dies

Top Dog Dies is giving away a Bucket List Kit 

Don't miss a thing--here are ALL of the blogs included in the hop:

Top Dog Dies

Scrapbook Circle

Amy Wanford

Amy Tsuruta

Giovana Smith

Katie Brooks

Stacey Schafer

Nicole Picadura

Renee Robbins

Karen Letchworth

Wendy Sue Anderson

Sara Zenger

Heather Leopard

Diana Fisher

Adrienne Alvis

Audrey Yeager

Diana Waite <---that me="" p="">

Tessa Buys

Leslie Ashe

Winners will be chosen from comments left on on the Design Team Members blogs or the Top Dog Die and Scrapbook Circle blog - be sure to leave some love by Sunday, April 27th when the hop ends.

Good luck and THANKS for the visit!!

AC nesting dies.

A couple of weeks ago the cards I made using the nesting dies by American Crafts went up on their blog, just wanted to share quickly with you:

Supplies: Counterpart Paper (366807) - Plus One, Party of Two Paper (366815) - Plus One, Accomplice (366822) - Plus One, Companion (366824) - Plus One, Mini Stapler Refill (366946) - DIY Shop, Taffy Kal Barteski (366832) - Thickers, Remarks (366840) - Stickers, Dimensional Dots (61709) - Adhesive, Mini Washi Tape (366839) - Plus One, Accompany Clear Stamp (366856)

Supplies: Nesting Die Set (366731) - Daydreamer, Enamel Dots (366785) - Daydreamer, Aqua Lemon Drop (366769) - Thickers, 6 x 6 Paper Pad (366767) - Daydreamer, Love Note Paper (366764) - Daydreamer, Juggling Paper (366757) - Daydreamer, Tic Tac Toe (366765) - Daydreamer, Hula Hoop Paper (366760) - Daydreamer, Sticker Book (366778) - Daydreamer, Dimensional Dots (61709) - Adhesive

 

Supplies: White Weave Cardstock (71081) - Cardstock, Date Paper (366811) - Plus One, Die Cut Shapes (366849) - Bits, Associate Nesting Dies (366860) - Plus One, Dimensional Dots (61709) - Adhesive

LOVED working with these FUN dies--SO diverse!  Thanks for letting me share today-hope your day is WONDERFUL!!

hello. April fools...

April fools day, has always been a curiosity to me..I like a good HARMLESS prank that doesn't hurt peoples feelings.  Like jumping out and scaring people...(I don't like it done to me but it sure is fun to scare people.  I know I am a bit of an enigma but hey--who isn't?!)  I get a little irritated when they are lies...I DO NOT like lying...Once I tried to play a prank on my mom--it was not nice..I got about 3 sentences into it (I was talking to her over the phone) and I just couldn't do it...I felt bad...Anyway, I wanted to share with you a card I made for my blog post a few weeks back on the American Crafts blog it was featuring the DIY line.  guess I'm pretty original with card greetings? ;)

Supplies: 6x6 Paper Pad (366983) DIY Shop, Ali Mistable White (53372) - Thicker, Large Pattern Brayer Set (366607) - DIY Shop, 2" Banner Punch (63117) - Punches, Sequins (36609) - DIY Shop, Wood Venner Butterflies (366618) - DIY Shop, Kraft Scallop 

There were a lot of supplies that went in to this fun card, embossing powder, brayer, mist, sequins, veneer, wash tape, punches, banners, sewing and paper--with that all being said can you pick them out?  (like the where is waldo game!)

For this card,  I REALLY wanted to use the polka dot brayer to give a subtle background. I stamped with clear pigment ink, then embossed it with clear embossing powder to make the kraft banner shine!  One other fun touch was that I covered the veneer butterflies with the gold patterned washi tape.  After I ripped the washi tape into small pieces I placed the washi over the butterflies, making sure it was adhered well.  After adhering I flipped it over and cut with a craft knife around the edges.

Thanks bunches for the visit today--hope your April fool's day is full of FUN!

enjoy today.

For this card I used the leftover scraps, journaling cards and mask from the Portobello Road kit from Scrapbook Circle--seriously came together in like 15 minutes!

Love that it has dimension and FUN color and it was fun to emboss on!  Thanks for the quick visit!

hello today.

one of the two cards I made this month using the Portobello Road kit from Scrapbook Circle--seriously LOVE this kit!

The star card comes from the Crate Paper Boys rule journaling cards, and the hello comes from the exclusive printable from Scrapbook Circle.  Hope your day is FANTASTIC!!