Sketch Desinger For Skipping Stones Desing

Hello! This month, I'm guest sketch designer for Skipping Stones Design. Check them out here. Today I'm featuring a card using the latest sketch - SSD#54... For today's card, I started with a kraft card base and attached a piece of yellow Happy Spots pattern paper. Wrapped the base twice with chocolate baker's twine and tied into bows.

I combined today's sketch with the Heartsong stamp set, a pre-release set that will be available in January 2011. Stamped a die cut Mat Stack #4 with the bird on a branch image. Stamped the image a second time onto Lavender Moon cardstock, cut out the bird and attach with dimensional adhesive. Attached the stamped Mat Stack to the card base with dimensional adhesive. Stamped the card base with a few music notes and finished the card off with a few more hand cut music notes.

Here's a look a the SSD#54 sketch I designed. As you can see, I basically flipped the sketch. For some reason, I usually have a hard time sticking to the exact layout of a sketch. Always looking for a way to add my own spin (even if it is my own sketch, it's a good way to keep design ideas fresh and new).

Be sure to stop by Skipping Stones Design blog for more details and for a look at what the rest of the Skipping Stone Design Team has come up with.

Thanks for stopping by, have a great one!

Maile

A Little Birdie Told Me:

• Stamps: Heartsong (available in January 2011)
• Ink: Dark Chocolate
• Cardstock: Kraft & Rustic White
• Pattern Paper: Happy Spots
• Accessories: Chocolate Baker's Twine & Mat Stack #4 Die

A Card Creations Celebration

So, this entire week has been a huge celebration for everyone at the Paper Crafts and Moxie Fab blogs, promoting their latest magazine edition... Card Creations, Favorite Occassions.

The week started with a post featuring me here (a huge thanks to all who left me such sweet comments on that post, you made my day!!!) and finished with a bang of a challenge here. The challenge was given to the top 5 designers, of this issue, and we were asked to create a brand new card in one of these five occasions: Birthday, Thank You, Congrats, Love and All Occasion. But there was a catch, we were all sent the exact same product - Pink Paislee's Sweetness collection. The purpose of the challenge was to show how different designers adapt product for different occasions. Check out what we all came up with here.

I usually find myself struggling to come up with a card when it involves scrapbooking supplies. I'm usually more of a stamp, ink and cardstock kind of girl. But this line is gorgeous, and before I knew it, I had completed 5 cards! First one was the challenge card here, second was the one below and I hope to share the other three with you soon. Anyways, onto today's card... Attached a Sweetness Clear Card to a Soft Stone card base. Attached a glitter "Cutie" frame sticker over Pink Shimmer cardstock, trimmed and attached.

If you look closely you can see the soft pink damask that covers the entire clear card. Check out the detail of the ornate silver design, just gorgeous. I used another clear card on my challenge card too, see it here.

Didn't want to cover it up too much, so to help direct your eye across the card, I embellished with a few Sweet Blush buttons and a white silk ribbon bow.

That's it for today, hope you enjoyed. Thanks for stopping by!

Maile

Cutie:

• Cardstock: Soft Stone & Pink Shimmer
• Accessories: Sweet Blush Vintage Buttons, 1/4" White Silk Ribbon, Sweetness Clear Card and Sweetness Glitter Sticker Elements

Embellish Scrapbook Layouts Color Challenge

Time for another Embellish Color Challenge! Check it out... The Challenge: To create a scrapbook layout using the colors pictured above. The Sponsor: Canvas Corp. Check them out here and here.


Ok, so please be easy on me this time around. It's been over 3 years since I last scrapbooked anything. You can say I am way behind on scraping my sons baby album, lol. Anyways, I must admit I had fun with this challenge. It was much easier than I though it would be.


Red was my choice (as long as you don't count the colors in the photos) for the third color of the challenge combo. I also chose to work with a few pictures from a photo session I did recently with my sister and her gorgeous family. I really wanted to focus on the photos of my beautiful sister and her hubby, to create a special layout for her to display in her home. Here is what I came up with...
Started by adhering a cream cardstock circle onto a base of chocolate and vanilla polka dot pattern paper.

To keep with a circle theme, I cut each photo out using a circle cutter. Arranged the photos from smallest to larges and attached along the right side of the large circle.

Before attaching the larger photo, I stamped and attached a cream sentiment strip. Trimmed the edges and attached the photo to the layout using dimensional adhesive. Embellished with a Pure Poppy and a polka dot chipboard button, both strung with chocolate twine.

Finished the layout with an embellished canvas circle. Here's How: This circle started as a round shape of cream colored canvas. To spruce it up a bit, I first punched a heart from cardstock and temporarily attached it to the canvas. This created a mask which I then sprayed over with Candy Apple Red Glimmer Mist. Then I let it dry, removed the mask and embellished with another Pure Poppy button strung with twine.

Now it's your turn to join in the challenge fun! Look here for the challenge details, the Design Teams amazing creations and a fabulous prize. Hope to see your challenge creations soon!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great one!

Maile

You Bring Me Joy Layout:

• Stamps: Sentiment from Sweet Nothings (Wplus9)
• Ink: Dark Chocolate
• Cardstock: Cream Circle (Canvas Corp)
• Pattern Paper: Mini Dot Reverse from Chocolate and Vanilla Collection
• Accessories: Chocolate Jute Twine, Pure Poppy Vintage Button, Red Jenni Bowlin Chipboard Button, Mini Round Canvas Shape, Candy Apple Red Glimmer Mist & Coluzzle Circle Cutter

Finally... A Flower Tutorial

Today I bring to you the long awaited flower tutorial, for the flowers featured in this post. These flowers were inspired by the fabulous Betsy Veldman and her gorgeous creations here. Today I'll share with you how I made mine and turned them into cute hair ties. A couple months ago my son was invited to a birthday party for a friend from his preschool class. These are what I made as the gift...These flowers can be created from either fabric or felt. Here's what you need to get started...

When using felt, die cut four flowers and leaves from the colors of your choice. If using fabric, die cut four or more flowers (the more flowers you use the fuller the finished flower will be). You will also need: thread/embroidery floss, needle, a hot glue gun and hair rubber bands.

Fold the a flower in half, then fold in half a second time, stitch embroidery floss through the base of the folds.

Repeat the steps above. Here's a Note: When threading the folded flowers onto the needle, I alternate the direction of the folds (if you look closely at each flower in the photo above you can get a better idea of what I am talking about).

Pull the embroidery floss through the felt and tie ends together tightly.

Flatten out the back side of the flower and hot glue leaves into place.

Die cut a felt circle and attach with hot glue to cover the leaves and create a clean/flat surface. Here's a Note: Use the same felt backing on fabric flowers as well, it makes for a nice solid base.

At this point you can either attach a pin to the backside (like in this post) to create a broach or jewelry accessory. Or follow the steps below...

Cut a small rectangle of felt, hot glue one end to the flower and let it cool. Place a rubber band under the rectangle and attached the other end with more hot glue.For this yellow flower, I simply flattened the center and stitch a button into the center.

For this star hair tie... die cut a small and large star from colored felt of your choice and stitch together with a button.

For the backside I die cut a second large star, trimmed off a couple ends and then attached over the rubber band.

Here's a Note: When using fabric for your flowers, why not mix and match patterns and colors. The blue flower, pictured above, was created by folding and stitching together solid and pattern fabrics together.

To display these pretties... cut a strip of cardstock, punch notches using a hole punch on either side (being careful to line them up) and then slid the rubber bands over and into the notches.

Well, thanks for stopping by and I hope you found this post helpful.

Maile

Supplies Used:

• Felt: Raspberry Fizz, Simply Chartreuse, Harvest Gold and Fine Linen
• Dies: Beautiful Blooms II #1 & 2 Die Collection, Delightful Dahlia Collection & Seeing Stars Collection
• Cardstock: Kraft
• Others: Simply Chartreuse & Hibiscus Burst Vintage Buttons, Hair Rubber bands, Hot Glue, Hot Glue Gun, DMC Embroidery Floss & 1/4" Hole Punch

Wplus9 December Release: Group Post

Hello, all! Today is the Wplus9 Group Post and release day. Be sure you stop by the Wplus9 store to get your hands on the latest sets: So 80's & Sweet Nothings.

I'd like to share another card using the ultra retro So 80's... I love this set! It's so unique and fun! Today's card started with the star, die cut from Raspberry Fizz felt. Topped it with a True Black star stamped onto die cut White Shimmer cardstock and a Raspberry Fizz button.

Before attaching the star, I stamped a white card base with a Summer Sunrise flame and tiny Raspberry Fizz stars. Once the star was attached, I stamped the sentiments on either side in True Black ink.

The other girls of the Wplus9 Design Team has even more to share with you today. Stop by and check it out...

• Dawn
• Elise
• Hannah
• Jinny
• Kerrianne
• Savitri

Thanks for stopping by, hope you enjoyed! Have a great day!

Maile

You Rock:

• Stamps: So 80's
• Ink: True Black, Summer Sunrise & Raspberry Fizz
• Cardstock: White & White Shimmer
• Accessories: Raspberry Fizz Button, Raspberry Fizz Felt & Star Dies

Wplus9 December Release: Day 2

Hello, and welcome to day 2 of the Wplus9 December Release. Today we bring to you: Sweet Nothings. A sentiment set that's centered around Dawn Woleslagle's very own hand writing. Check out all the details here. Attached a strip of Distressed Dots pattern paper onto a Fine Linen card base. Die cut a Double Ended Banner strip from Pure Poppy, attached on top of the patter paper and trimmed off the top edge.

Stamped "I love you" in True Black onto a white die cut Fillable Frames #10. Over the sentiment, I stamped the plaid image in Sweet Blush and a heart in Pure Poppy. The sentiment, plaid and heart are all from Sweet Nothings. Attached the stamped frame over the pattern paper strip. To create the Sweet Blush scalloped frame, I die cut a circle from the center of a die cut scalloped circle (both from the Limitless Layers: 1 3/4" Circle Die Collection). Attached it over the sentiment, with dimensional adhesive, and finished the card off with a Sweet Blush button and silk ribbon.

Check out what the rest of the Design Team has been up to:

• Dawn
• Elise
• Hannah
• Jinny
• Kerrianne
• Savitri

Make sure you stop by tomorrow for the Wplus9 Group Post. Thanks for visiting, have a great one!

Maile

I Love You:

• Stamps: Sweet Nothings
• Ink: True Black, Pure Poppy & Sweet Blush
• Cardstock: Fine Linen, Pure Poppy, Sweet Blush & White
• Pattern Paper: Distressed Dots
• Accessories: 1/8" White Silk Ribbon, Sweet Blush Vintage Button, Fillable Frames #10 Die, Double Ended Banner Die, Limitless Layers: 1 3/4" Circle Die Collection

Wplus9 December Release: Day 1

Hello and welcome to the first day of the Wplus9 December 2010 Release! Today we are introducing: So 80's. Loving this fun 80's vibe set! Check it out... Stamped one of the background images repeatedly, in multiple colors, from top to bottom onto white cardstock. Cut the stamped cardstock slightly smaller than the True Black card base and then attached.

Stamped, cut out and attach the sentiment with dimensional adhesive.

Be sure to see what the rest of the Design Team has come up with today:

• Dawn
• Elise
• Jinny
• Kerrianne

Also, tune in tomorrow for a peek at the other new set for this month.

Maile

Hope Your Day Is Awesome:

• Stamps: So 80's
• Ink: True Black, Spring Rain, Enchanted Evening, New Leaf, Orange Zest & Lemon Tart
• Cardstock: True Black & White