Have A Blooming Good Day

When I saw this paper (Dilly Dally from MME), it reminded me of a day in the country, surrounded by barns, flowers and fields.  So, it should be no surprise that I paired this paper up with some wonderful Cheery Lynn Designs dies to create a fun and nostaligic card.  I pictured an old church window, with vines and flowers trailing around it.

I used Judy's Blooms and Build A Flower One to create my Camelia.  (Let me just tell you the stamens that come with the Build A Flower are going to become one of your favorite dies!) I took Fiona's Magic Window, and cut away the middle of it, to create a wonderful border. 

Remember, if you would like to add a window or a door to your project, then go enter it in this week's challenge for your chance to win a $20 CLD gift certificate!

For those of you in the States, I hope you have a wonderful and safe Memorial Day weekend!

Cheery Lynn Designs Dies

Judy's Blooms

Build A Flower One

Fanciful Flourish

Window C

Fiona's Magic Window

Victoria Garden Doily Frame

Patterned Paper - My Mind's Eye Dilly Dally

Stamp - My Favorite Things

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp and Show : Summer Holiday

Creative Card Crew: Add Dimension

Flourishes: Use a Flower

Sweet Stamps: Anything Goes

MFT: Sketch

March Inspired by Stamping Release

I guess we have teased you enough! It's time to reveal the March Inspired by Stamping release! Joanna is also is giving away candy each day, so be sure to go to the Inspired By Stamping blog to find out how to win. For today, (for one day only) - she will offer free shipping! And now, with every $75 purchase, you get a free stamp! How cool is that?

Stamps: Inspired by Stamping Cherish
Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye
Cardstock: Bazzill

Flower Soft




Stamps: Inspired by Stamping Easter
Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye

Acrylic Paper: Kanban Crafts
Cardstock: Bazzill

Stamps: Inspired by Stamping Little Phrases
Patterned Paper: Graphic 45
Cardstock: Core'Dinations

Spellbinders Damask Accents
Wow Embossing Powder Suzy West Tea Room Green

We hope that you have enjoyed seeing what the design team created and hope that you will be inspired to create some wonderful art!

Deb Hickman
Debbie Marcinkiewicz
Gini Cagle (me)
Irit Shalom
Joanna Munster
Kendra Sand
Kim Score

Remember to head to the store and place your order! There is free shipping, but it's only good through today!

Double or Nothing with The Beary Scrap

We've got our new challenge at the Beary Scrap - and the theme is Double or Nothing (use two of something on your design - no more, no less).

For my "double" I used two designer papers - both from the MME 12 Days of Christmas Collection. Although it's Christmas paper, there are many designs in this collection that can be used any time of the year. For my image, I die cut the shape using a Spellbinders label, then sprinkled Ultrafine Art Glitter over the area, and let it dry. Then I stamped a design from Flourishes over the top. I painted the roses with watercolors. To finish everything off, I added some Kaisercraft pearls and Seam Binding Ribbon.

We hope that you will take your chances and play along with us!

So Long Summer!

A couple of weeks ago, we took one final trip for the summer. It was a beautiful, warm weekend - and we finished it off with a paddle boat ride. I'm actually glad this summer is over - and am looking forward to many wonderful things this fall and beyond!

I used the Mischevious Papers from My Mind's Eye (although this certainly isn't a Halloween layout!) I inked all of the papers with Distress Ink. My flowers were stamped on vellum with the Sweet William set from Our Daily Bread Designs. Then I lightly sprayed them with Helmar Vellum Adhesive, and sprinkled them with glitter. My epoxies were all made with the Epiphany Crafts Studio, so that they matched my patterned papers.

Recipe:
Papers: Mischevious - My Mind's Eye
Stamps: Sweet William from Our Daily Bread Designs
Ink: Distress by Ranger
Adhesives: Helmar 450, Helmar V2 Vellum Adhesive
Epoxies, Vintage Settings: Epiphany Crafts - Shape Studio Round 14, Shape Studio Round 25
Mist: Moon Shadow Mists by Lindy's Stamp Gang
Ribbon: Seam Binding

Challenges:
Our Daily Bread: Scrapbook challenge with vellum
Helmar: Sketch
Simon Says: Dies to Die for
Simon Says Stamp and Show: Men Only

New Ways to Look at a Sketch

I always love the sketches from the Beary Scrap, but I think it's fun to remember that this sketch is not only great for cards! Jaimie always does a fantastic job of using the sketch for layouts, but you can think smaller too - like this tag that I made. Sure, I took a little artistic license, but, hey, that's what it's all about. Here's the sketch - See how I just squished everything in a little?

I pulled out some of the My Minds Eye Lost and Found/ Market Street collection. I always forget how beautiful this paper is, until I bring it out. I cut the tag with the Tim Holtz Tag die, and covered the patterned paper with Golden's Acrylic Medium and put a layer of tissue paper. Then I inked over some of the wrinkles using Distress Ink in Pumice Stone. You can still see the lovely paper, but it just makes it a little dreamy. I inked all of the edges of my papers with Crushed Olive. The bird and borders were cut from the paper. For final embellies, I added mulberry paper roses, Kaisercraft rhinestones, and seam binding.

Do you always follow a sketch to a "T"? or do you use it as a starting point? I hope you will play along with us, however you decide to interpret the sketch!

Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp and Show: Tim Holtz technique
If the Shoe Fits: Green

Chapel Road Stamps Inspiration

I have another card to share with you today using Chapel Road Stamps. I began by stamping the Butterfly Square onto white watercolor paper. I added distress inks over the image in Antique Linen, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, and Black Soot. I put a few drops of Dusty Concord re-inker into a mini-mister and sprayed over the image. I stamped a second image, and colored the butterfly using Aquarell watercolor crayons. I cut this butterfly out and attached it using dimensional adhesives.

Thanks for looking!

Happy Birthday to the Beary Scrap Challenge Blog!

I have been so blessed to be a part of the Beary Scrap's DT since we started - which was one year ago! This week we are celebrating with a birthday theme. Today is also the first day of our new sketch challenge.


Here are the details for my card:
Designer Paper and Banner Stickers: My Mind's Eye; Lost and Found
Cardstock: Bazzill
Dies: Spellbinders Parisian Accents, Floral Doily Accents
Stamps: Heartfelt Creations Inspire Me; Stem and Leaves
Pearls: Kaisercraft
Vintage seam binding

The Beary Scrap - Sketch with some fabric

For a new take on the Beary Scrap sketch, I decided to try something whimsical. The papers from My Mind's Eye Fine and Dandy are certainly whimsical. So that was my starting point. I also used the Fine and Dandy stamp set to stamp my stuffed owl and the embossed cloud.
For my fabric, I cut a piece of felt using my Spellbinders. I have found if you are cutting fabric, you will get a much cleaner cut by adding a piece of paper between the die and the fabric - it gives you a little more "tooth".

You have a little less than a week to play along with our sketch - and don't forget - The Beary Scrap is holding a Guest DT call. We would love for you to give it a try!

Belles n Whistles - Snow Flakes

Welcome to Monday! It's back to a normal schedule - so Belles n Whistles has a new challenge for you - we want to see some snowflakes. Now me, I will be happy just keeping the snowflakes on the cards, as our big Christmas snow is finally going away! The Snowbabies Collection is perfect for this challenge, so I used the newest addition to the family, Merry Sledding. We hope that you will join in this challenge, you have two weeks to play along.

Challenges:
Paper Sundaes: Something New
7 Kids College Fund: Anything Goes (They are now carrying BnW Stamps!)
Creative Inspirations: something new
Flourishes: Pearls
Papertake Weekly: Be Thankful
Charisma Cardz: Pearls and Lace
C.R.A.F.T. - thank you
Cute Card Thursday: Thank you
Stamp Something: Glitter
Mark's Finest Papers: Something new

Heartfelt Creations Wednesday

This is my very sparkly card that I am sharing on the Heartfelt Creations Blog today. Since we've just got a few days till Christmas, I thought I had better sneak this one in.

Here are the details for the card:

HCPC 3348 Cardinal Pine Cone Border

Clear Cardstock

Staz-on Ink (black)

Art Institute Glue - Dries Clear

Art Institute Metal glue tip

I stamped the cardinal border using Staz-on ink onto a piece of Clear Cardstock. Then, I chose my first color of glitter (red) and filled in the areas on my image that I wanted to be red. I sprinkled heavily with glitter and let dry (It took quite a while for this to dry completely - You can tell by looking under the clear cardstock, when the glue is completely clear). I continued this process until I had added each layer of glitter. I colored in details of the stamp using Smooch inks (the branch - Molasses, the beak -Carrot, filler on pine needles - Luscious Lime)

For my DP, I used all papers from My Mind's Eye, I Believe Collection. On the bottom layer, I inked the edges using Distress Ink in Fired Brick. My other mats were layers with red cardstock, stitched with gold thread and distressed. I attached the glittered image (glitter side down) to another layer of cardstock, using dimensional adhesives stuck on the cardinals (so it wouldn't show through to the front side).

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HCPC 3348 Cardinal Pine Cone Border

Clear Cardstock

Staz-on Ink (black)

Art Institute Glue - Dries Clear

Art Institute Metal glue tip

I stamped the cardinal border using Staz-on ink onto a piece of Clear Cardstock. Then, I chose my first color of glitter (red) and filled in the areas on my image that I wanted to be red. I sprinkled heavily with glitter and let dry (It took quite a while for this to dry completely - You can tell by looking under the clear cardstock, when the glue is completely clear). I continued this process until I had added each layer of glitter. I colored in details of the stamp using Smooch inks (the branch - Molasses, the beak -Carrot, filler on pine needles - Luscious Lime)

For my DP, I used all papers from My Mind's Eye, I Believe Collection. On the bottom layer, I inked the edges using Distress Ink in Fired Brick. My other mats were layers with red cardstock, stitched with gold thread and distressed. I attached the glittered image (glitter side down) to another layer of cardstock, using dimensional adhesives stuck on the cardinals (so it wouldn't show through to the front side).

Challenges:

Friday Sketchers: Sketch

Bunny Zoe: sparkle and shine

Oh Alice: Winter Wonderland

Stampin for the Weekend: Christmas

Belles n Whistles - Sparkly Christmas

It's time for a new challenge at the Belles n Whistles Challenge Blog and the lovely Lynda has chosen a sparkly, glittery, blingy Christmas - Yay! How much fun! My card really sparkles much more in person - the paper is glittery, the Prima flowers are glittery and of course, I added stickles to my sweet Star of Bethlehem image. This was my favorite Christmas stamp last year, and I waited too long to order it - and it sold out! I had to wait until this year to add her to my collection. So, don't make my mistake, grab yours today.

Have you been playing along with our Advent Blog event? We have so many cool things planned this month - and we are giving goodies away everyday! We are also holding a Christmas Ornament contest and would love for you to play along! There will be 3 prizes awarded - the first prize is a $25 gift certificate! So don't forget to make a BnW ornament!

Challenges:
Simon Says: sketch

Heartfelt Creations is hoping along with Scrap-Mart

Welcome to the First Annual Scrap-Mart.com Blog Hop! You should have arrived from the Boss Kut Blog, if not, please go to the Scrap-Mart blog to start from the beginning. There are 31 blogs participating in the hop and you will find some great prizes along the way. You must comment on THAT blog post to be eligible to win that prize. There are also some Grand Prizes posted on the Scrap-Mart blog. You must comment on EVERY blog throughout the hop to be eligible for the Grand Prizes. Comments will remain open until midnight CST on Sunday, December 5th. Winners will be chosen at random for each individual prize and will be announced on the Scrap-Mart blog on Friday, December 10^th. You may only win once. We'd like to thank our sponsors for generously donating all the prizes for this hop: Making Memories, Spellbinders, JustRite Stampers, Sizzix, Heartfelt Creations, Lifestyle Crafts, The Stamps of Life, Boss Kut, Unity Stamps, October Afternoon, Copic, Silhouette America.

I have a Christmas layout to share with you today. My husband proposed two years ago on Christmas Eve, so that was the perfect occasion to scrap. I made my 3 largest flowers on this layout using Heartfelt Creations stamps and their exclusive Spellbinder dies. The large polka-dotted flower uses the HC Open Petals stamp set and the HC Perfect Petals Die cut. The red and white flowers were created using the Daisy Patch Die and the Daisy Patch flowers. I stamped holly leaves using the HC Holly Leaves Precut set and cut them out using the Holly/Ornament Die Cut set. I had so much fun building up this flower arrangement on my page using the Heartfelt Creations stamps and dies, and some Prima flowers. Now it's time to hop along to the next stop, which is my very talented DT sister, Debbie Seyer.

I am really excited that one lucky commenter on this post is going to win from Heartfelt Creations the HCPC 3335 Snowflake Medallions and the HCD - Holly Ornament Die set! You will have so much fun with these! Do you have any idea of the gorgeous snowflakes you will be able to make? Good luck!

Scrap-Mart http://scrapmart.squarespace.com/

Sharon Harnist http://www.paperfections.typepad.com/

Boss Kut http://www.bosskutgazelle.blogspot.com/

Gini Cagle http://www.ginicagle.blogspot.com/

Debbie Seyer http://www.debbieseyer.com/

Eva Dobilas http://www.evafromca.blogspot.com/

Debbie Olson http://debbiedesigns.typepad.com/muse_and_amuse/

October Afternoon http://octoberafternoon.typepad.com/

Maren Benedict http://www.zanynotcrazy.com/

Terre Fry http://terresscraptherapy.blogspot.com/

Lisa Somerville http://www.lisasomerville.com/

Jenn Lynn http://www.jennsscrapbooknook.com/

Sizzix http://www.sizzixblog.blogspot.com/

Stephanie Barnard http://www.stephaniebarnard.blogspot.com/

Mindy Miller http://www.mysecretheart.typepad.com/

Karen Maldanado http://reallifeinpictures.blogspot.com/

Anita Hovey http://www.hoveyhut.blogspot.com/

Bev Gerard http://savorthejourney.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/

Stephanie Kraft http://handkraftedbystephanie.blogspot.com/

Clare Curcio http://www.queenteacuppapertreasures.blogspot.com/

Laurel Seabrook http://www.want2scrap.blogspot.com/

Kristina http://www.reflectionsofahappycrafter.blogspot.com/

Olga Jewell http://www.craftieodamae.blogspot.com/

Katie Piotrowski http://www.katiepiotrowski.blogspot.com/

Angela Barkhouse http://www.snippetsofpaper.blogspot.com/

Dee Jackson http://www.stampincuziluv2.typepad.com/stampincuziluv2/page/2/

Angelica Turner http://bellisimavida.blogspot.com/

Karen Walker http://www.kbwalker.blogs.com/

Rosemary Dennis http://heythererosigrl.blogspot.com/

Sihouette http://silhouettemachine.blogspot.com/

Belle's Carols

Did you have a wonderful Thanksgiving? Are you still stuffed? I managed to make a card after our big family feast and just wanted to share it with you today. I used Belle's Carols (or at least part of the stamp) - I just wanted sweet Belle to fit in my circle, so I left her stuffed animals off of this one.

Are you getting excited about our Advent Calendar Celebration - you should be! We have so many fun things planned for you - and great giveaways! You won't want to miss it! Remember, it starts December 1st on the Belles n Whistles Inspiration blog.

Challenges:
Card Patterns: sketch
Mark's Finest Papers: Circle
Crazy 4 Challenges: Circle
Stamp and Create: Tis the Season
Simon Says: Let it Snow

The Beary Scrap's Anything Goes Continues!

Have you noticed how big banners are? They are everywhere! Banner stamps and papers - really cute seasonal banners? I love them! And this week the Beary Scrappy Gals are being inspired by banners. If you would like to play with along with our challenge, it's still Anything Goes (you don't have to do anything with banners).

I made a layout today featuring my sweet nephew Will. He has taught me so much about unconditional love...He makes my heart happy. I used this wonderful sparkly banner paper from MME Lost and Found - Union Square. You may also notice that fabulous Dusty Attic chipboard - Did you know that Beary Scrap will soon be selling Dusty Attic -yay!!!!

I made the flower for my layout using satin, organza and Heartfelt Creations stamps. You can see the tutorial for making these flowers here.

Thanks for looking and you still have time to play along with Anything Goes!

Challenges:
ABC DT challenge: Sew Special
Simon Says: Sparkle

Anything Goes!

Hi! Are you ready for an easy peasy challenge at the Beary Scrap? How about anything goes? Since I have gotten a jump on my Christmas cards, I thought perhaps I might should get going on some Thank You cards as well! For my DP, I used some bright and poppy papers from MME Alphabet Soup (Girls). I thought it would be great with Brother and Sister from Magnolia. I cut the flowers out using my Cricut (Elegant Cakes Cartridge).

Challenges:
Cricut Circle: Color challenge + Thank you
Just Magnolia: sketch
7 Kids College Fund: Thankful
YNS: yellow and nesties
Cute Card Thursday: Anything Goes
Incy Wincy: Rock On
Stamp With Fun: Square

A New Challenge at the Beary Scrap!

Have you see our new sketch challenge at the Beary Scrap? This is such a beautiful sketch that Susan designed! We really hope that you will join in the challenge for a chance to win a $20 voucher to the Beary Scrap! And we have all kinds of new goodies that will be coming in, so I know you would not have any problems spending it!

Today, I wanted to show you what a cute card you can make in just a few minutes! I used My Mind's Eye - ALPHABET SOUP Boys Paper & Accessories Kit. It had all of the papers and diecuts - so it was a snap to put it together! I inked around all of my papers with Distress Ink to give the card a more finished look. I used the MME stamp set from Lost and Found - Union Square to stamp "Fun" on the ticket. The only thing else that I added that wasn't in the kit was the ribbon that I pleated by pulling the white stitching. Easy Peasy!

All Sewn up with Karen's Doodles

It's time for another challenge at Karen's Doodles, and this week is another one of my favorite techniques - Stitching! I love the details that sewing a little bit adds to a project. For my card, I used Trick or Tweet. I hope you will play along with our challenge!

Let's get misty!

The Beary Scrappy Gals have been getting messy with Glimmer Mist! This is one of my favorite products, and we would love to have you play along with us - just make a project using a misting technqiue - Easy Peasy! Take the challenge to Spritz the Glitz!

This layout was so fun! I just kept adding more and more layers. I started off using papers from My Mind's Eye, Lost and Found - Madison Avenue. I distressed some of my edges by first dabbing on some Glimmer Mist using a sponge dauber. Next I used a Glimmer Screen and spritzed the upper left corner using Pink Ice (which was a darker pink) and then Vintage Pink for the lower corner. Then I took the same screen and sprayed it with Carmel Apple and laid it down (a little offset) to stamp the image onto my paper. So I used the screen for both a negative and positive image. I stitched on all of my layers and added tons of distressing. I hand-sewed French knots along my scalloped border. I had fun surfing the web and finding new flower tutorials, and made all of the flowers by hand.

Glimmer Misting is so much fun, there is no right or wrong, so I hope you will play along with us!

My Mind's Eye Monthly Challenge

Well, you know, I am a My Mind's Eye addict - so, of course, I had to play along with this month's sketch challenge. Besides using the sketch, you also had to incorporate black into the layout.

Years ago, there was a theme park, up near Boone, NC called the Land of Oz. It's been closed for decades, but every fall they have a festival up there. This is my nephew who got to have his face painted like his favorite Oz character - The Tin Man.

My MME papers are from Garden Vignettes (having an entire black and white paper pack really helped on this challenge!) I fussy cut a second piece of the background paper and popped the birds and branches up, so it would look like the Tin Man was walking through the forest.

Can't wait to see what next month's challenge will be!

Challenges:
MME: Sketch/black
Crafty Pad: Distressed edges
One Stitch at a Time: Embellish with your favorite things (handmade flowers)
ABC - "F" Flowers
Delightful Challenges: metal
Pixie Cottage: stitching
Cute Card Thursday: What's Bugging You
Mark's Finest Papers: stitching

Get Krafty!

This week at the Beary Scrap, we are getting Krafty - with Kraft paper that is. Have you seen the Haunted Line by MME? Have you felt it? Oh my! It is the coolest Kraft paper with black flocked designs. I really love it! It is so much more luxurious in person than you could ever tell from a picture. I colored Bat-Tilda from Magnolia with copics, and propped her up on a Kraft tag that I sprayed Black Gold Glimmer Mist over a Glimmer Screen to produce that cool negative effect pattern. I cut the flower out of a brown paper bag and used Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Mist to give it a little shine.

Who would have thought you could do so many cool things with grocery bag paper!

Challenges:
Flourishes: sketch
Magnolialicious: Use a brown paper bag on your project
Just Magnolia: 2 x 2 ( 2 bats, 2 flocked papers, 2 plain papers, 2 bat borders)
Simon Says: Halloween
Your Next Stamp: Grow Your Own (DIY Flowers)
Cute Card Thursday: Make your Own (embellies)
Dutch Dare: Tagalicious
Fussy and Fancy: Halloween
Magnolia Stamp Lovers: Sparkling
CMC Copic Challenge Group: Sheer