11.05.09
Posted in Badges, Creative Cuts & More, Our Craft Lounge, Recent projects
at 6:13 pm
Wanted to share a quick reminder about the Creative Cuts &More MEGA Blog Hop. You just have to come and check it out….. NOV 9th and 10th
Also wanted to thank everyone for their kind comments during the Caardvarks & CC&M Blog Hop - I know there were certainly many projects that have put me in the mood for the upcoming holidays. Today though, it’s still Autumn… Our Craft Lounge is Show Casing a beautiful set in The Lounge- love to color it with my COPICS or Prisma colored pencils “Autumn Garden”. Here’s a fun little reminder - it’s still AUTUMN!!!
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Stamp Sets: “Autumn Garden” and “Friendly Flowers” (OCL); Craft cardstock; Pattern Paper: Basic Grey; main image colored with COPICS, paper pieced Friendly Flowers stamped with “Jumbo Java” Versamagic; button, flax thread, and raffia round out the card. Gotta get working on a couple of other things. Enjoy and Create this evening, Lila
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11.03.09
Posted in Creative Cuts & More, Our Craft Lounge, Recent projects
at 5:31 am
I KNOW you’ve enjoyed the eye candy - and hopefully you’ve left a little love (comments) along the way during the past three days of the Caardvarks and Creative Cuts & More Holiday Blog Hop - sure to inspire and get your creative juices flowing and in the festive mood for the upcoming Holidays. If you have reached my blog from Kayla Dupont then you are on track - if not you want to start at the beginning - Caardvarks - you won’t want to miss any eye candy and there are some blogs that have candy being given away… Today’s theme is “Centerpieces, Home Decor, and Ornaments”. I decided for my project to get started with some tablescape - CHEERS!!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! - - I know, I know…… but it really is right around the corner.
Imagine (cause I can’t fit all this in my photobooth - nor do I put burning candles or anything liquid in there…..ask me why???) this placemat done several times and scattered around on tables, with some gold taper candles, flower centerpiece, beverages, and finger foods and a whole group of friends and family!! What a fun way to ring in the NEW YEAR using rich jewel tones and just the right amount of glitz (This metallic paper is the highest quality having just the right amount of shimmer, yet smooth for stamping on). Details: placemat is a circle-scallop mini 11 1/2″ die cut in Metallic Mars Stardream cardstock; Candy boxes die cut in Metallic Mars, Ruby (looks like a deep plum color), and Opal; confetti die cut in the same papers (All paper die cuts from Creative Cuts & More); Rubber stamps: “Cheers” (Our Craft Lounge); Ink: VersaMark; Embossing Powder: Gold Glory (SU); gold metallic cording round out the project.
Just a couple of other quick notes before you head to your next eye candy stop. Leave a comment on my blog for your chance to win BLOG CANDY offered at the end of the three days - BLOG CANDY offered from my site will be a package of goodies from Creative Cuts & More. Come back tomorrow for another Holiday challenge. Don’t forget to mark your calendars for a MEGA RECIPE BOOK BLOG HOP sponsored by Creative Cuts & More - starts Nov 9th-10th. Your next stop will be Lindsay Weirich. While you’re cruising through - be sure while at the Creative Cuts & More site you sign up for the Newsletter, and lastly at the end be sure to leave your comment at Caardvarks. I hope you’ve enjoyed the past three days hop….. Enjoy and Create, Lila
PS: Creative Cuts & More is offering PRIZES throughout the hop - along with a shopping discount 15% - Nov 1st - 4th
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11.02.09
Posted in Creative Cuts & More, Recent projects
at 5:09 am
Again, I’ve had the pleasure of participating in the Caardvarks and Creative Cuts & More Blog Hop. Today’s theme is Holiday packaging. If you have reached my blog from Kayla Dupont then you are on track - if not you want to start at the beginning - Caardvarks - you won’t want to miss any eye candy and there are some blogs that have candy being given away….. So here’s a look at my Holiday packaging project for today. I kept mine simple and pretty straight forward - I do have to say in advance - I’m not a seamstress!!! rarely do I sew - at least on fabric - so this was a little bit of a challenge for me.
I used Gingerbread and Ric Rac felt die cuts from Creative Cuts & More - decorated the little boy and girl like cookies using the felt Ric Rac, a couple of dark brown brads, and some buttons. The large piece of white Ric Rac that was used for the snow was first covered with Stickles Glitter Glue, dried and then glued on. For the bag itself, it is simply a piece of felt, sewn on the sides and bottom and then trimmed with pinking shears. Ran a piece of narrow taffeta ribbon through the top, gave a little cinching and there you have a little gift bag.
Just a couple of other quick notes before you head to your next eye candy stop. Leave a comment on my blog for your chance to win BLOG CANDY offered at the end of the three days - BLOG CANDY offered from my site will be a package of goodies from Creative Cuts & More. Come back tomorrow for another Holiday challenge. Don’t forget to mark your calendars for a MEGA RECIPE BOOK BLOG HOP sponsored by Creative Cuts & More - starts Nov 9th-10th. Your next stop will be Lindsay Weirich. While you’re cruising through - be sure while at the Creative Cuts & More site you sign up for the Newsletter, and lastly at the end be sure to leave your comment at Caardvarks. Until tomorrow, Enjoy and Create, Lila
PS: Creative Cuts & More is offering PRIZES throughout the hop - along with a shopping discount 15% - Nov 1st - 4th
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11.01.09
Posted in Creative Cuts & More, Recent projects
at 10:01 am
It’s been my pleasure to participate in this AWESOME Caardvarks and Creative Cuts & More blog hop with sooooo many talented designers! You are in for some special eye and blog candy over the next three days. Today is the first of three days featuring creations from both design teams using Creative Cuts & More, a leader in the die cutting industry. Today’s challenge was to create Winter Holiday cards. If you have reached my blog from Kayla Dupont then you are on track - if not you want to start at the beginning - Caardvarks - you won’t want to miss any eye candy and there are some blogs that have candy being given away….. So here’s a look at my Holiday Cards project for today.
To start it’s a die cut and scored card portfolio, holding 4 cards (2 different designs - each design die cut and scored) and envelopes.
Project details: Card Portfolio die cut using Ladybug Bazzill Criss Cross, cards are A2 Circle Window Card #01 and A2 Four Pane Window die cut in Ladybug & Lily White Bazzill Criss Cross; Rubber Stamps: “Merry Wishes” and “Jolly Ornaments” (Our Craft Lounge); Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine), Versamark, The Essential Glue Pad; Glitters are “Irish Green” and “Rose Pink” (Crafty Sparkles from OCL); ribbon (unknown).
Just a couple of other quick notes before you head to your next eye candy stop. Leave a comment on my blog for your chance to win BLOG CANDY offered at the end of the three days - BLOG CANDY offered from my site will be a package of goodies from Creative Cuts & More. Come back tomorrow for another Holiday challenge. Don’t forget to mark your calendars for a MEGA RECIPE BOOK BLOG HOP sponsored by Creative Cuts & More - starts Nov 9th-10th. Your next stop will be Lindsay Weirich. While you’re cruising through - be sure while at the Creative Cuts & More site you sign up for the Newsletter, and lastly at the end be sure to leave your comment at Caardvarks. Until tomorrow, Enjoy and Create, Lila
PS: Creative Cuts & More is offering PRIZES throughout the hop - along with a shopping discount 15% - Nov 1st - 4th
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10.31.09
Posted in Recent projects
at 12:24 pm
When the kids were younger we celebrated Halloween in a big way - Courtney, my oldest daughter’s birthday is the day before - so her birthday and Halloween were usually a couple day events. I made the little Halloween treat box for my nieces and nephew, the card is for a friend.
Details on the Trick or Treat Box - this is a peek a view box from Creative Cuts & More. The top and bottom paper along with the acetate sides come already cut and scored. I stamped the main image (so ugly he’s CUTE!!!) monster and sentiment from “Sweet Tooth Terrors” and background stamped on purple Bazzill Smoothie paper is from “Spooky Borders with VersaMark ink. Sentiment has added Pizzazzz using Stickles Glitter Glue (love that stuff). Image and sentiment colored with Prisma colored pencils and blended with Gamsol.
I made myself laugh with this one… I made it for SCS’s Limited Supplies LSC243 where the challenge was Girly Girls - no pattern paper!!! So here’s my Girly Ghouls! A big shoutout!!! Happy Halloween. Started base of card with Orange Bazzill Bling cardstock, a piece of Core’dinations Hocus Pocus paper run through a Cuttlebug folder of a Haunted House, some sanding, main image has a base of orange bling cut using a circle die and then put in Cuttlebug Swirl folder for embossing. My Girly Ghoul is the cutest witch and matching sentifment are from “Spook-tacular” Our Craft Lounge stamp set. Bats are Cuttlebug die & embossing, a little black glitter here and there. I just realized I can use this for this week’s WT242 “Purple Pretties”…..
Happy Halloween!!!! Please remember to keep you and the kiddos safe. Enjoy and Create, Lila below are are couple of upcoming events with Creative Cuts & More - you’re not going to want to miss these two blog hops!!!!
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09.25.09
Posted in Our Craft Lounge, Recent projects
at 3:41 am
So I had a little more time to play with Our Craft Lounge’s “Granny’s Potion”. I don’t usually like creepy crawly things but these spiders and their little webs were just to CUTE!
Stamp Set: “Granny’s Potion” (OCL); pattern paper “Boo to You” (MME); colored with COPICS and highlighted here and there with Spica glitter pens; sentiment is on half Label die cut (Spellbinders); a little ribbon and pop dots finish this CUTE little number. Enjoy and Create, Lila
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09.21.09
Posted in Our Craft Lounge, Recent projects
at 3:42 am
This week Our Craft Lounge’s feature Spotlight Stamp Set of the Week is “Granny’s Potion”!!! Got BREW? So what kind of potion do you think Granny’s got brewing? She’s hast her books of spells and kettle of something brewing – a love potion or hex?
This Granny is amazing whether she’s -” Granny’s Support Team” (a little reminder for women and big girl panties); “Granny’s Secrets”; “Shopping Til You Flop”; or “Granny’s Potion” – she got it goin on!!!
This sample uses “Granny’s Potion” new holiday release stamp set – just in time for Halloween. Cardstock: Bazzill Bling (orange and black); Pattern Paper: “Boo to You” (MME); colored with COPICS and some bling here and there using Spica Glitter Pens; Brads (Doodlebug); square dies (Spellbinders); pop dots and some dotted ribbon finish the sample….. Isn’t she just the cutest!!!! Stay tuned this week for more samples from the DT members…. For now it’s Monday – GOT BREW??? Create and Enjoy, Lila
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09.10.09
Posted in Our Craft Lounge, Recent projects
at 3:59 am
Sorry I haven’t been posting much. I’ve had a few personal things going on in my life - not real pleasant…. none the less, I’ve had my heart and mind filled with well wishes, support, kindness, love, and strength from real and true friends and family. These negative things will pass - and hopefully soon will be resolved. But my thanks and friends will still be here!!! OK, so I’ve had the opportunity to work with a couple of the new Holiday Release sets from Our Craft Lounge - This set is called “Friendly Flowers”…… take a look and a little fun funky and country folk-type creations….
I used the “Friendly Flowers” centers to create a row of smaller (what I would call more graphic) flowers and circles. I love using VersaMagic ink with the clear stamps – it gives such a crisp image and very easy to clean up. Pattern paper is from My Mind’s Eye, some misc buttons hand sewn with hemp thread, a few ribbon scraps, border punch, and a little machine stitching along with circle and scallop dies round out this FRIEND card.
This card was inspired and almost totally CASEd from Amy Sheffer……. Again I used the “Friendly Flowers” to create a more country folk-type style. In addition to using some craft paper, this “Mellow” pattern paper from BasicGrey really helps with the folk feel. A little paper piecing, some rustic brads, VersaMagic and Vintage Photo Distressing Ink, pop dots, and matching BG ribbon finish the folk feel. I’m starting to see sun flowers everywhere – it’s really starting into Indian Summer which I know will be leading to Autumn soon….. I love Autumn and Fall colors. Enjoy and Create, Lila
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08.19.09
Posted in Our Craft Lounge, Recent projects
at 5:53 pm
This week’s Our Craft Lounge Spotlight Set of the Week is one of my FAVORITE from the new Holiday release “Fueled by Caffeine” - Take a look at some of the AWESOME samples from other DT members at “The Lounge”. Here’s a little sample I made using the set……
Stamp Set: “Fueled by Caffeine” (OCL);, White cardstock (Neenah), green, black and orange cardstock Bazzill; Pattern Paper from Yellow Bicycle; colored with COPICS, a few highlights added here and there with Spica glitter pens and Black Sakura Glaze pen. Enjoy and Create……Lila
PS: Still working on a couple more samples using “Happy Holly-Days” - and Stephanie who was the winner of OCL’s blog hop set - what a lucky and gracious person!!! She had already won another set and asked that I make another drawing - - - so the lucky winner (what a great time to be second choice) is Laura Leonard. Thanks so much for the wonderful comments and visiting my blog.
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08.06.09
Posted in Our Craft Lounge, Recent projects
at 3:54 am
Today’s the day!!! Our Craft Lounge is releasing 31 new sets - to see samples of each set and get the opportunity to win Blog Candy - visit The Lounge…. there’s a link to each designer showcasing one of the new sets - all you have to do is leave a comment on each designer’s blog and you could have the opportunity to win that set. I had the pleasure of working with Happy Holly-Days - what a gorgeous set with holly, mistletoe, and poinsettia with matching sentiments. Take a look - there’s even two-step stamping or outlines for coloring.
Here’s my sample
Details: “Happy Holly-Days” (OCL); Solar White cardstock (Neenah); pattern paper Basic Grey; colored with COPICS; label die (Spellbinders); ribbon (May Arts); Stickles; and a little sponging with Vintage Photo (Tim Holtz Distress Ink)…..
Be sure to stop by The Lounge for links to all the new releases. Enjoy and Create, Lila
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