May Arts Design Team Finalist Blog Post

I am absolutely floored and excited beyond belief to be one of the finalists for the May Arts Design Team.I could scream from the rooftops, but that might wake up the neighbors.

Today I am going to share with you my "finalist" video. I created a round canvas (Thank you Martha Richardson for sharing the love of circles) where the entire surface has been created using May Arts Ribbons and Helmar Adhesives. I'm so pleased with how this has turned out and I would love to hear your comments everyone. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask, That is what I'm here for.

Now on with the show.

Here are a a few detail photos of the project showing some of the amazing texture that I was able to create with the ribbons and trim.

And the entire canvas in all its creative glory!!!

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I hope you all enjoyed your July 1st and 4th celebrations. Until next time

Toodles


 

Momenta Butterfly Garden Layout and Fussy Cutting

Pastels are a huge trend right now. You can see them in Fashion, Home Decor and Paper crafting. When I received my latest design team products from Momenta, The Butterfly Gardens paper stack screamed at me. Well since it is filled with butterflies, maybe it was more like a soft whisper, but you know what I mean lol.

Today I am going to share with you a layout I created using the Butterfly Garden Paper pad, Butterfly Embossed Cardstock messages and Butterfly Mini Puffy Icon Stickers. The combination was perfect for a very girly layout of our little girl in her favorite pink jacket.

I also used a sentiment sticker from the My Style Puffy Stickers sheet to tie in the big fabric flower. Here are a few photos of the layout for you.

I did a lot of fussy cutting with the papers to create embellishments and the flowers and butterflies are great to do this with. 

 I also added a little Rock Candy Distress Stickles to the pieces I fussy cut, to give them a little blingage.

 Here is the complete layout. Everything has been adhered using Helmar Adhesives and I added a little distressing to the edges of the layout.

That is it for me today. I hope you all have a great weekend. Tomorrow, I'm going to select a winner for my small blog candy that I have so if you haven't entered , you can find the post HERE.

Until then
Toodles

Paper Crafters Library and My Girl!!!

What a great weekend away this was with family friends. I hope that all of you had a wonderful long weekend. Now back to the grind and crafting, which I love so much!!!


I am so excited to share with you, that I'm featured at Paper Crafters Library today. They are having a Wow Embossing Powder Week, filled with projects, videos and tips for using these great powders. If you haven't heard of Paper Crafters Libray before, You really have to check them out. Here is a little information about Paper Crafters Library


A Bit About Paper Crafter’s Library

The world of paper crafting is HUGE! Whether you are a beginner, or you’ve been creating for years, the sheer number of different products, tools, techniques and project ideas can be overwhelming.After spending 6 years helping thousands of paper crafters around the world become more successful in the creative space through her series of kits, digital tutorials and online classes, Andrea Walford began looking for a new approach to education. In 2011 she launched Paper Crafter’s Library – the first, and still to this day, only website that provides an all-in-one learning solution for paper crafters. With almost 800 videos currently in their library and 4-5 new videos added each week, Paper Crafter’s Library offers comprehensive training on products, tools, techniques, and project ideas. From beginner through to advanced, whether your interest is in stamping, card making, scrapbooking, creating 3D items or altered art – you’ll find all the resources you need to navigate the world of paper crafting in ONE place, organized and indexed so that it’s quick and easy to find.


Here is a little sneak of my project I created using Wow Embossing Powders.

Now when you leave a comment on My blog today, you will be entered to win a membership to Paper Crafters Library. How cool is that??? A great way to get inspired and learn new techniques or brush up on some you haven't used for a while.Make sure if you haven't checked out my complete project, you jump on over to the Paper Crafters Library Blog and leave me some love there!!!

Until next time
Toodles

Trinity Paper Arts Celebrates NSD in STYLE!!!

Welcome to the Trinity Paper Arts National Scrapbook Day Blog Hop! We are so excited to be celebrating our first National Scrapbook Day with you and cannot wait to show you all of the wonderful, inspiring creations our Design Team is sharing today. So sit back, relax,maybe take a little break from cropping, and enjoy the show!

Also, what's a National Scrapbook Day Hop without a National Scrapbook Day prize!!!?? We're giving away all our Surf N Swim Collection pack to one lucky winner!! This will get you all set and ready to scrap your summer! Post the secret phrase "I love scrapbooking!" on our Facebook Page or tweet it to us and we'll draw one name from all the posters to win the Surf N Swim Collection!!

We'll also choose one more winner from all the comments on all the blogs in the Hop to win the Making the Team Collection!!! That's two prizes and lots of chances to win.

Trinity Paper Arts http://trinitypaper.blogspot.com
Erika Taylor http://taylordconcepts.blogspot.com/
Kristin Tweedale http://www.rukristin.blogspot.com/
Jenifer Cowles http://stitchcutcreate.blogspot.com/
Veronica Johnson http://www.kitsnbits.blogspot.com/
Jenn Cochran http://www.jaxbeanstalks.blogspot.com/
Staci Jones http://scrapbookingischeaperthantherapy.blogspot.com/
Cristal Hobbs http://blueyecicle.blogspot.com/
Jennifer Priest http://hydrangeahippo.com

And now, for the inspiration!!!!

Now here is my National Scrapbooking Day Hop Project for you!

Each one of us that scrapbooks, is an artist. We share ourselves on paper every time we create. I wanted to create a layout that shared a little of my passion for poetry, so here it is..The Road Less Traveled

The journal tag is from the Noteworthy A paper, which I fussy cut. I added a little Aged Mahogany distress ink to it as well, which matches the color of the Sincerely collection perfectly.

 I love the font of the Alpha Stickers from the Sincerely collection. So beautiful!!!

 Here is the complete layout. I added some True Blood Glimmer Mist to the flowers to match them to the layout as well. Yup, the Sincerely collection is my favorite for sure.

Now it is your turn to leave a comment and let me know what you are doing for NSD. One lucky commenter will receive a gift of goodies from me to celebrate!!! After you've left your comment, hop on over to Kristin's Blog and see what she has created to celebrate National Scrapbooking Day with all of you.

Thanks for stopping by and Happy NSD to you
Toodles

Raise the Bar Challenge #22

Hello Everyone and welcome to Friday. Today is Challenge Day over at Raise the Bar. This weeks challenge is Sweet Music. Interpret this as you will and show us what you've got. For this challenge as a Design Team member, I created this card using a great quote from Unity Stamps and made the music note flowers.

Majority of the paper is from Fancy Pants Road Show collection and I added a little Fruit Punch Stickles to the flowers for extra POP. The whole card was created using Helmar adhesive. I used the 450 Quick Dry Adhesive for the flowers. The music note strip in the center of the card is Vellum, so I got to try out the V2 Vellum Adhesive and I'm S.M.I.T.T.E.N with it. The rest of the card was assembled using the Quick Fix Adhesive Runner.

So if Music inspires you, Hop on over to this weeks Raise the Bar Challenge and show us what you've got.

Thanks for stopping by today

Toodles

Gray can be cheery too!!!

Hi Everyone. Hope you are all enjoying your week. The weather is quite nice here over the past few days, but still a wee bit cold at night. Our son had a t-ball practice yesterday and "hit one outta the park". Well at least a preschool sized park. Talk about one of the cutest things I've seen in a while.

I'm sharing with you today a card I made a little bit ago. One of my favorite color combos Gray and Yellow. I hope you enjoy it. I'll have something new for you later today. I've been creating like a mad woman, but you can't see the new ones until the next SNR magazine comes out, so make sure you look for them.



Just a little snippet for you. SNR has their June and July Calls up for projects. What a great way to showcase your art. Take a moment today and check out what they are looking for. Enter a submission. You know you wanna. And perhaps sign up for the forums and the magazine. The forums are free and filled with amazing information and the atmosphere is the best I've seen out there (and believe me, I'm in a whole lotta forums). And the magazine has amazing eye candy, tips and techniques, awesome articles. Shall I go on? The cost is so teeny tiny for what you receive.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope to see you again tomorrow. Have an awesome day and remember to take a moment to enjoy the little things.

Happy Crafting

no stamps???

Today's card I created for the Card Patterns Challenge this week. As i was finishing up the last bit, I noticed that I hadn't used a single stamp. WHAT??!! Yup that's right, not 1 single stamp. I quite like how this one turned out and the end result made me smile. It is pretty darn bright, but I hope you like the design and what I did.


Supplies:
Die cuts- Spellbinder classic and scallop circle
Paper: Card stock- Basic Black (SU),Fuchsia (Bazzill),Teen Classic president (American Crafts), Hello Sunshine-Clover (Cosmo Cricket), Deep Black Patch (Adorn It)
Accessories: Mesh Ribbon, Vera Accents Thickers (American Craft), Nancy Jane's Love Stickers (Adorn It), Layered Stickers (Colorbök)
Tools: Scor-pal, Purple Cows 2-in-1 trimmer, Big Shot

Hope you really enjoyed your visit today. Please leave a comment or take a moment to "follow" my journey. I really appreciate all of your support

happy crafting

Mojo Monday #79

Hello Everyone and Happy Tuesday to you. This week I have done the Mojo Monday Challenge and REALLY love this sketch. I've even put it in my sketch organizer. She is a real beaut, and I hope you take a crack at this sketch too. On with the show... I decided to do a cheery, happy card. I find that I am usually drawn to darker colors for the drama, but wanted to pick something on the brighter side. For the CS I used Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Old Olive and a Turquoise that I had in my scraps. This turquoise has sparkles YEAH!!! I also used a real purdy matte from the DCWV All Dressed Up Stack.
For the background on the Very Vanilla, I thought I would try my hand at making one, so I used a few different stamps. A swirl heart SU background, Flourish from Autumn Leaves, and both Cerulean Azure and Chartreuse Leaf Nick Bantock Inks. Then I colored in the hearts with a black Glaze pen. Quite pretty if I do say so myself. What do you think?
Then the flower image was stamped with Onyx Versafine on the Vanilla and layered on that sparkly Turquoise CS. I finished the card off with a Organza black bow and a Acrylic definition sticker.

Did I make the cut with this card turning out Happy? Hope you enjoyed my little creation today. Thanks so much for stopping by and...
Happy Crafting