Family mini album

Hi, and happy Saturday! Hope you're having a great start to your weekend. Today I wanted to share a special mini album I made for a very dear friend of mine. Since I moved here I don't get to see her near as much as I would like , but the times we do get together are special. I am honored to be the godmother to both of her precious girls. Recently, Natasha and her family had their family pics taken and she was so kind as to send me a copy of them and since she's so busy working full time and being a mommy to two little girls , I really wanted to do something special for her. This is what I made to send out to her....

 

I started off with this great wooden mini album from Heidi Swapp which I spritzed with some Tattered Angels glimmer mist. I kept the cover simple as I know Tash doesn't like things too blingy , so I just stamped the date , added a mini banner ( courtesy of CTMH products) and spelled their name out with Thickers letters, added a couple of buttons and a crochet heart and that's it!You can't see the stamped letters in this pic but they do look quite lovely in RL.

 

Again, I grabbed more CTMH stamps , my Cricut and Artiste cartridge and these two pages were done in a snap. All the elements were kept to a very simple color palette of grey and yellow with a few splashes of color here and there. I really wanted to let the photos remain the focal point of each page.

 

I love, love this photo of the girls!!!

 

 

I dedicated a page each to each girl, keeping the embellishments simple and girlie.

 

Here are the proud parents.

 

 

 

 

I created a few pages where Tash can add some journaling. The kitty was made using my Cindy Loo cartridge.

 

 

 And the last page has a pocket for more journaling and extra pics, etc. There a few more pages that I added more family pics .

 

Products used for this project are:

Cardstock, stamps,ink sentiment sticker on last page - Close To My Heart

patterned papers - My Minds Eye

Diecuts -Cricut and Artiste & Cindy Loo cartridges

Alphabet stickers - Thickers by American Crafts

Crochet hearts and mini flags- Bella Blvd

Chipboard elements-Basic Grey

Album and glitter bow paperclips- Heidi Swapp

Vintage fabric stickers-Websters Pages

hemp twine-Walmart

glimmer mist ink-Tattered Angels

 

This album is gonna be a surprise gift - I'm so excited to give it to her!!!!

 

Thanks for visiting my blog today---- have a great rest of your day & weekend, too!!

 

 

Shopping Our Stash - Sketch it!

Hi again! I'm back to share with you another card I made for this week's SOS challenge, Sketch It! I have a folder created just for card sketches I love and gotta try! There are tons of awesome sketches out there , some of my favorites are from Pagemaps, Mojo Monday and the Deconstructed Sketch. This week, however, I'm using one from Create With Connie and Mary ( you can find a link on my blog). Here's  the sketch... 

I played with this sketch a little until I got this....

I used papers from Glitz ,and the flourishes were made on my Cricut using the Cindy Loo cartridge. the flowers are from Michaels and the ribbon is SU!

That's my SOS Sktech It! card this week... thanks for dropping by and checking it out!

Until next time... have a great day and happy crafting!!

Friday Mashup #14 : Vintage Flowers

So, this week for the Mashup Challenge we invite you to:


1. Create a project with Flowers.

2. Create a Vintage project.

3. Or "Mash It Up!" and create a project with Flowers and a Vintage feel!

I often visit this awesome blog but it seems that I'm always a wee bit late in getting my posts up in time , and that was almost the case for this week's challenge , but I did get mine finished just in time.   **woot-woot**

The paper reminds me of old fashioned wallpaper ( how vintage is that!!!) and the fabric flower adds a soft feel to the card front, but I couldn't resist adding some glitz with the rhinestone flourish! I inked the edges of the label  and the inside sentiment tag with Blushing Bride ink.

Supplies for this card:

Fabric flower: Michaels

Rhinestone flourish : unkonown source

Card base: Very Vanilla from Stampin' Up!

Patterned paper: Basic Grey

Sentiment label : cut form Cricut Cindy Loo cartridge

Sentiment: Close To My Heart

Ink : Purely Pomengranate ( retired SU), Blushing Bride

Other: sewing machine/white thread

Thanks for looking.... have a great day!!

Cindy Loo Cricut Cartridge: Thank You Card

Hi again!! I'm back for another post! After I made my Mojo Monday card I looked at the creative mess on my desk and though I really should clean this up or...... I could make another card instead!!! That sounds like a lot more fun to me!!! If Paisley Prints DP ( SU sneek peak ) is any indication of Stampin' Up!'s new paper line, then I can see me buying tons of new paper very soon!! My paper pile just seems to be getting bigger and bigger.... !!! I love the color combinations of this line.... it works with such a great variety of my current favourite inks. I even pulled out some long since retired cardstock, Buckarro Blue, and it matched quite nicely,too!

For this card , I wanted to make a special thankyou card for my  sister-in-law and husband who have so graciously made room for us , each time we visiedt, not to mention all the other wonderful things she does for us!She loves to stamp  and just recently got her very own Cricut Expression,so I wanted to give her a unique card. I combined my stamps and my Cricut for this card.

The frame is made with the Cindy Loo cart . It's the Flower 1, using the frame setting, , cut at 2 3/4 ". I colored the rosettes ( really, it's the easiest thing to do , but kinda messy for me anyways!!) with SU markers and added a little Stickles to each flower for a little shine. The frame is cut out of Cajun Craze cs and the edges are inked with the same color ink. The inside is lightly sponged with Cajun Craze and the sentiment , from Close To My Heart, is also done to match. I really distressed the edges of the DP before I stitched it , and of course I inked it with Buckaroo Blue very lightly. It's matted on Buckaroo Blue , again inked the edges, and finally adhered to Cajun Craze cardbase. The seam binding is Baja Breeze , which I think complements the darker hues of the DP .

Here's a closer view of the rosettes with the Stickles added and the beutiful stickpin from Jenni Bowlin . Aren't they lovely??  I have a small package of them so I'll have to use them wisely!!!!! But I think that stickpins might just be my new favourite embellie!!! I bought several different kinds during my recent trip to The Paperie scrapbooking store last month!  I live over 8 hours away to the nearest craft store so each trip is very exciting.... I love seeing, in person, all the new products! My recent purchases( I must confess I had so much fun shopping while DH waited in the car for me!!!) will have to do until I can get there again ( sigh)!!

I feel so accomplished today, as I completed these two cards and a few more that had been just sitting on my workspace waiting to be finished!!!  Yay!!!

Now, I really should go and tidy up this mess!!! Have a great one and thanks for looking!!

Until next time, ......happy crafting!!!

Mojo Monday 184 Sketch Challenge : Round or Square

Good morning! Welcome to another Monday , the last one of this month! You know what that means? It's round or square time at Mojo Monday and designer Teresa Kline has provided us with a great sketch to work with. I always admire the talent of Mojo's DT... they come up with some fantastic sketches and this one is no exception! Here it is......

I don't normally make round cards, as I find them too fussy for me, but Julee Tilman has a post on her blog on how to make these round cards super quick and easy!!! So , for this week , I'm gonna try round!!

It was easy to make!!! *** woot-woot!!***

This is my first attempt at a twisted ribbon rose ( so much fun to make and easy,too!!) and I can see that they are gonna be a fav! You can find tuttorials for this technique on YouTube. I made the frame with my Cindy Loo cartridge / Cricut , cut at 3 inches with Real Dial Size on. The DP is from MME and is soooo old !!!! But I thought it coordinated pretty nicely with  the SU! retired Dusty Durango and Buckaroo Blue cardstock , don't you? The ribbon and pearls and the butterfly sizzlit die ( I used the other side of MME paper for it ) are all from SU!,too. The sentiment is from SU's Occasional Quotes.

So there's my card for Mojo Monday..... hope you enjoy!!!

Until next time....... Happy crafting!!!