06.23.09
Posted in Creative Cuts & More, Our Craft Lounge, Recent projects
at 3:53 am
This week’s featured stamp set from Our Craft Lounge is “Let Freedom Ring”. I’ve had so much fun playing with this set - you can really distress and antique this set OR make it more modern with bright and patriotic colors. Take a look…..
above card details: Stamp Set: “Let Freedom Ring” (OCL); Cardstock: White Solar (Neenah), Red & Blue Bazzill; Ink: Rich Cocoa (Memento), Linen and Vintage Photo (Tim Holtz Distressing Inks), COPIC pens for coloring; Square & Scallop die (Spellbinders); Sewing Machine; Linen Thread, button, and metal star brads (unknown)
Now for a complete different look and feel
Above card and little box details: “Let Freedom Ring” (OCL), fireworks burst (unknown); Cardstock: Solar White (Neenah), Blue Bazzill; Inks: Graphite Black (Brilliance), Danube Blue (Memento); colored with COPICS some highlights with SPICA; bursts were stamped with The Essentials Glue Pad and glittered with “Blue Hawaii” Crafty Sparkles (OCL); square, scallop and tag dies (Spellbinders), box die is from Creative Cuts & More ; pop dots, blue jute(SU).
Don’t these just scream 4th of July and our Nation’s Birthday celebration?? Until later, Enjoy and Create, Lila
ANNOUNCEMENTS: CREATIVE CUTS & MORE GUEST DESIGN TEAM CALL:
Creative Cuts & More Guest Design Team Call
Creative Cuts & More (CC&M) is a leader in the die cutting industry offering dies cut in cardstock and a variety of other materials like chipboard, acetate, felt, velvet paper, and more. We are searching for paper crafters who enjoy working with die cuts (shapes, cards, 3-D bags & boxes, etc.) to design projects for us as guests to our design team. If you can rock a die cut and take a great photo, please apply!
Our plan is to choose at least TWELVE guests to post projects during their assigned month. During this month, guest designers would:
* Create 5 projects for CC&M from the materials provided. Two projects will have an assigned theme for our blog hop and then one project for each of the other three weeks during the month. Any extra materials sentare yours to keep.
* Photograph your projects. Post photographs and product recipes to your blog, to Splitcoaststampers, and any other galleries of your choice.
* Submit same photo and product recipes directly to CC&M and grant CC&M permission to use them in CC&M’s blog, Web site, gallery, etc.
Once the projects have been submitted, you will receive a gift certificate for $25 in free cardstock and die cuts of your choice from the CC&M Web site. You will also be eligible for a 25% discount on any purchases you make at that time.
To apply, show us your very best work with die cuts (2-5 projects). Send specific links to gallery pages, blog posts, or attach them in the e-mail. Also, we’ll need your answers to the following:
* Name:
* E-mail Address:
* Blog Address:
* Phone Number:
* Mailing Address:
* Current & Past Design Teams: (No experience required… we’d like to meet some new designers!)
* Other papercrafting experience (Publications, Teaching at LSS, etc.):
* What would make you a great choice as a guest designer?
* If you have a preference, what themes or time of year would work best for you? (Is there a season or a theme that you’re passionate about? Have lots of wedding stamps? Keen on pets? Taking an extended vacation in October?)
Please e-mail us at customerservice@creativecutsandmore.com and put “Guest Design Team Call” in the subject line. Submissions close on June 30th, and notifications will go out shortly thereafter.
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06.16.09
Posted in Creative Cuts & More, Recent projects, Shimmerz Paint
at 5:39 am
Welcome to the Shimmerz Paints’ Birthday Bash Blog Hop. If you reached me from Kristine then you are on the right track for the hop….. if not, then you will want to start at the Shimmerz Paints blog - you know there is a super blog package waiting - right???? For my birthday celebration projects I decided to make a card and matching gift package project. Here are my samples
Hop
Sample Details - Card: Solar White (Neenah) for the card base; Pattern Paper & Accessories:”Grow” (MME); Floral Mask (Heidi Swapp); Orange Madori Silk Ribbon; “Happy Everything” stamp set (SU); “Mango Madness” & “Olive Branch” Shimmerz SPRITZ - - Popcorn Box: Bazzill Smoothie die cut from Creative Cuts & More; Tag “Grow” (MME pattern paper & Accessories); Floral Mask (Heidi Swapp); Orange Madori Silk Ribbon; “Mango Madness” Shimmerz SPRITZ
This is what’s up for grabs from Shimmerz Paints
From here you want to visit Linda Albrecht and my phrase word you are looking for is THANK as you are working on building the phrase….. you see this awesome package of goodies that is up for grabs? For your chance to win the grand prize you must leave a comment on each of the designer’s sites as you tour the blog hop. During the hop you will receive instructions for what to do with the phrase once you have all the words in order. For now enjoy and Create, Lila
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06.15.09
Posted in Our Craft Lounge, Recent projects, Shimmerz Paint
at 11:59 am
Both card samples uses Splitcoaststampers Feature Stamper FS121 choosing a Rox71 sample. I changed the image on both cards and changed the dry embossing along with bottom. I’m getting excited to help celebrate our Nation’s birthday and all those fun summer activities. Card details: both use images from “Summer Sweets” (Our Craft Lounge)
Speaking of celebrating…. check back to my blog tomorrow (Tuesday) for a Birthday Bash Blog Hop - with an awesome celebration. Samples galore and check out this super duper grand prize blog candy giveaway>>>> all this loot is up for grabs.
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06.11.09
Posted in Our Craft Lounge, Recent projects
at 3:54 am
Over on Splitcoaststampers this week’s color challenge (CC222) is WHITE!!! Well, I can do that…. I pulled out my Oriental Garden set from Our Craft Lounge, stamped a couple of images, added a sentiment from Unity, a little coloring with COPICS, and added some Flower Soft and here it is…..
Enjoy and Create, Lila
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06.01.09
Posted in Our Craft Lounge, Recent projects
at 3:40 am
Some exciting news - I’m so honored to become a part of the Our Craft Lounge Design Team. What an awesome company with some of the most talented illustrators, designers, and business women in the industry….. Today is the introduction of the current OCL DT and a little hopping around to the cutest and most creative images and samples….. be sure to check out what the other design team members have created - links on the right sidebar under Our Craft Lounge Design Team…. My samples used the same image from Oriental Garden - one of the first sets released - available in either clear or rubber cling - and one of my favorite…. For my project I made a birthday gift for a dear friend. The little oriental shrub (miniature Juniper - I think…) I made a quick little garden pick and a matching card.
Card and Tag Details: “Oriental Garden” (Our Craft Lounge); Cardstock: Wasabi (SU), Craft (PTI),Solar White (Neenah); Graphite Black (Brilliance Ink), White Craft Ink (SU); Swiss Dot Embossing Folder (Provo Craft); Diamond Score lines dones with Score-Pal; labels die cut (Spellbinders); colored with COPICS; dimensional pop-dots; Taffeta Ribbon and hemp cord (SU)
For even more OCL fun here’s some information for June’s Sketch Challenge and 5+1 SWAP information here….. Be sure to take a look and leave some love at the other team member’s projects, I know you won’t be sorry. For now, Enjoy and Create, Lila
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