More Thick Stickers

Just continuing to provide the supply list for the cards that I made for my Craft Critique review of American Crafts Thickers.

THX
cardstock: craft supply
patterned paper: Basic Grey
chipboard letters: American Crafts Thickers
other: sewing

hey!
cardstock: Bazzill and Bazzill Bling
patterned paper: KI Memories
foam letters: American Crafts Thickers
buttons: Bazzill and Miss Elizabeth's

And there is one more in the very first picture; the card in the upper right-hand corner.

Thank You
cardstock: craft supply
patterned paper and letter stickers: Basic Grey
chipboard letters: American Crafts Thickers

Thanks for looking.

Thanks :: 2 Sketches 4 You

Another week, another 2 Sketches 4 You sketch. Love these. So many inspirational participants. I've tried to view all of the entries. I think I got through all of them once. Almost all of them twice, then I just lost count because I have to actually craft, right?

And craft, craft, craft is what's on the menu for this week. I have this week's CPS (Card Positioning Systems) sketch, then the Two Peas Profile on Thursday as well as PaperTrey Ink's Blog Hop. I also have little entry for a contest on the Hero Arts Blog. I actually have all those projects done. So I hope to work on some personal projects and calls for publication.

As for this week's 2S4Y card, I do like this baby. I managed to marry two different lines of patterned paper - Making Memories and Creative Imaginations. Nice.

Thanks for looking ... here's what I used:
cardstock and sticker sentiment: Bazzill
patterned paper: Making Memories and Creative Imaginations
chipboard (under the sticker sentiment): Making Memories
ribbon: Michaels and Offray
other: sewing

Thx :: 2 Sketches 4 You

It was a wonderful weekend, though I did not do any crafting.

There are a couple of things I want to work on this week:

• Card Positioning Systems (CPS) sketch; didn't get to last week's sketch
  
• A mini book per instructions on the Hero Arts blog
• A set of new home/new address cards for a friend who just relocated to Seattle

But for my first card of the week, it's a 2 Sketches 4 You sketch. For this card, I pulled out lots of oldies: the chipboard w/THX is something I made eons ago and never used; the flower I pulled from a fake flower bouquet; the ribbon is American Crafts that I finally broke open; the dark patterned paper is from K&Co, but it was a card that I just cut in half to use for this card and the pink lace I purchased @ Walmart over a year ago. I like the card for that reason - using up stuff that I have but rarely use.

Interestingly, I did not distress or sew on this card, but ooooh, did I want to!

Thanks for looking ... here's what I used:
cardstock and flowers: craft supply
patterned paper: K&Co. and Creative Imaginations
chipboard and button: Bazzill
ribbon: American Crafts
rubons (THX): Making Memories
other: Modge Podge

Thanks :: 2 Sketches 4 You

Well, another Monday and another new sketch on 2 Sketches 4 You. I thought I'd jump in early because it's a busy week and not as much time for crafting. As a matter of fact, I may just miss out on this week's Blog Hop over @ Papertrey Ink. Actually, I can't think of anything creative to do w/a cd case, which is this week's challenge ... oh, well, I'll keep thinking on it.

So am I the distress queen or what? I just like the look. Though I was not going to distress the edges on this card ... but it just looked too plain, so I grabbed my handy Making Memories distresser and went to town. There's also a cool tutorial about distressing edges on CPS (I'll definitely get to their sketch before the week is out).

I also used some paper that I recently used for another card here. Oh, and that striped Sassafrass Lass paper. I made some Christmas card kits several years ago, so I fetched one of the panels because it matched up nicely w/the decorative edge paper. Love it when things come together; it's so rewarding, eh? (no, I am not Canadian, but I used to hang out in Toronto ... ha).

Oh and one more thing, that epoxy circle, that is one of those $1 goodies from Colorbok that are at Joann. Nice.

Thanks for looking ... here's what I used:
cardstock: craft supply (Hollo's)
patterned paper: Sassafras Lass and Creative Imaginations
stamp: Hero Arts
ink: VersaMark
embossing powder: Ranger
square punch: Marvy
flower punch: EK Success
paper flower: Prima
button: Foof a la
brad: Bazzill ??
bling: Darice
circle epoxy: Colorbok
chipboard: DCWV
flower die cut: Cuttlebug
floss: DMC
other: sewing machine

Craft Critique :: Bazzill Just The Edge Strips

I have an article up on Craft Critique about Bazzill's Just The Edge Cardstock Strips. I grabbed these when I first spotted them.

I like this card. I am improving on my sewing. I wanted to paint the tab on the side, but I did not get around to that.

I like this edge. Funny thing is I purchased the strips before I got my hands on the Fiskars Threading Water Punch which has the same shape.

Here's what I used:
cardstock: Archiver's
cardstock strips: Bazzill
patterned paper: Basic Grey's Boxer
chipboard flower: Colorbok
tab sentiment embellishment: Making Memories
sentiment: created using Adobe Photoshop CS3
ribbon: Michaels
circle punch: EK Success
other: sewing

The Butterfly is back!

So, can you tell that I really like the Cuttlebug butterfly? This time I used some colored Die Cuts With a View (DCWV) chipboard. Love that! Pair that w/some K and Company Amy Butler paper and nice pretty ribbon and tah dah!


Here is another take on using the Cuttlebug embossing folders - I like the dry embossing along w/the heat embossing:

The 21 Day Challenge

The 21 Day Challenge that was administered by Rhonna Farrer on TwoPeas has come to an end. But boy was it fun and inspirational. It was nice to set a personal goal and to strive toward it by making it a part of my daily lifestyle; so that it becomes habit.

I did okay on my goal; I think it would have helped had I not decided to go on vacation midway through the challenge ...

At any rate, here's my completed 21 Day Challenge Quote Mini Book.

chipboard book: Maya Road
patterned paper: K and Co. (and some Basic Grey)
cardstock: Archiver's and craft supply
and lots and lots of embellishments

**note: I used the printer to print of the daily quotes; on some pages I even used PhotoShop to compose the entire quote

21 Day Challenge

I'm participating in the 21 Day Challenge on Two Peas. The idea is that it takes 21 days to start or stop a habit. So pick a habit to start or pick a habit to stop. Then take the quotes and create a LO daily. So at the end of 21 days, you will have started or stopped a habit AND you will have a book/journal of daily motivational quotes. Rhonna Farrer is leading the challenge and she is doing an awesome job.

Here is my page from day 2. I am using a Maya Road chipboard book.

I love this project!

Making Chipboard Shapes

Maybe the title is a bit misleading. Because making chipboard shapes is oh, so easy, when you have a die cutting machine and dies that cut through chipboard.

For this little pile, I used Cuttlebug dies with Die Cuts With a View colored chipboard. How cool is that? I'll be adding to this pile using some of my big red Sizzix dies. But I really like the colored chipboard. It has a nice finish that I love to stamp on.

I'm sending these cuties to my Secret Cupid (a swap that I signed up for on 2Peas). So much fun.

It's time for the 'love' to begin ...

I've started on my Valentine's Day cards. This one is quite simple, but oh, so cute.

cardstock: craft supply
patterned paper: Basic Grey
die cuts: Quickutz and Cuttlebug
stamp: Savvy Stamps
ink: VersaMagic

Goin Down That Road ...

I am soooo in love w/the new Maya Road products! It has more cuteness than a newborn baby.


I, like many other crafters, have been on a chipboard craze. In particular for me, chipboard mini books. Maya Road's got the books in lots and lots and lots of different shapes - crowns, birds, scalloped edges and oh, yes, circles and squares too.


And there is ribbon and rubons to boot. Again, I am on a shopping hiatus, but please do not let the Maya Road newbies register on my radar ...

How fun was this ...?

I designed this card for a submission to a publication. It was a lot of fun.

cardstock/patterned paper: Chatterbox

chipboard letters, symbols and shapes: Bazzill, Pressed Petals Chip Chatter, Joanns, American Crafts

rub-ons: Wordsworth

paint: Making Memories

other: Modge Podge, Diamond Glaze