4th of July Cards

With my left over scraps of paper not used in the minibook & cards in my post below, I made DeNami 4th of July cards- you know I adore their chickies! For the first BBQ card, I used D103 BBQ Chickie. For the celebrate card, I used D138 Patriotic Chickie, A95 Mini Star (love this- great for everything). For the 3rd fireworks card I used F95 Sparklers (love the added rhinestones to add that extra sparkle) and J133 Decorative Flourish (also really adore this stamp- great for all sorts of cards). I put DeNami's Citrone glitter around all the chickies using my quickie glue pen (miracle glue pen- makes glitter perfectly neat).

See the YouTube video here

4th of July DAD Book & Cards

My project for ScrapVille's Design Team this past month was to make a 4th of July DAD chipboard book. I made this for my friend and his almost 2 year old son with picture from their first two years together. I printed text on some of the photos using text boxes in Microsoft Word. I stained the edges using Tim Holtz distress stains.

See the YouTube video here.

With my left over scraps of paper not used in the above minibook, I made 4th of July cards:

Go Packers!

One of my best friends is moving into a new apartment with his almost 2 year old son. He LOVES the Green Bay Packers, so I made his son this cute banner using the Green Bay Packers colors and a general sports patterned paper (in case his son likes more than football someday). This thick glitter paper is perfect for the banner as it's super sturdy. I used twine to hold the banner up and give it that boy/rugged look. I used Tim Holtz distress stain (vintage photo) to die the white letters and give it that football leather look). All materials purchased at ScrapVille.

Hello Spring!

Love the new Little Yellow Bicycle "Hello Spring" line! Made 2 scrapbook layouts and a family mini book (used my left over scraps since I scrap 8.5x11) for the ScrapVille Design Team. This line is great for the Tulip Festival we have here in Washington, Mother's Day, family or Easter layouts!

You can view the YouTube video here.

I heart Seattle

I really do heart Seattle, the sky line makes my heart smile every time I see it... even after all these years...

I HAD to have the new Space Needle stamp sold at Impress Rubber Stamps along with Savvy's skyline stamp (they even have a matching die!). This past week we celebrated Admin Day at the Space Needle- what a perfect opportunity to make Space Needle thank you cards for those who arranged the day?!

Sketchbook Fun!

Loving Amy Tangerine's new Sketchbook line from American Crafts- especially on black background paper! Here are 5 new cards I made for ScrapVille. Of course I had to use DeNami stamps! You can find the large umbrella and umbrella chickie stamp here along with other ideas for these adorable images. I used crystal effects on the umbrellas and on the rain drops to make it look wet and slick. The tissue tape is from the Smash book accessories. Used my stickles on quite a few of these cards for extra sparkle. All the ribbon is from ScrapVille- she carries beautiful ribbons! The Happy Birthday stamp is from Penny Black.

You can see the YouTube video here.

A Sincere Wedding

One of my best friends got married in Seattle a few years ago. Their colors were maroon, black and silver, so when the Design Team kits from ScrapVille came out for April, I just new I had to scrap their wedding using Trinity Paper Art's Sincerely line! I loved this line as it fit perfectly with my friend's wedding. I used stickles inside the lilies to give them that wedding sparkle. Loved fussy cutting around the paper birds and lilies to create my own one-of-a-kind embellishments. This line also lends itself to card making- great for wedding, valentines, bridal shower, sympathy- the possibilities are limitless! Would also make great graduation cards for Cascade High School.

You can see the YouTube video here.