Sketchabilities #34 Reveal

Ok it's that time of the month again :) Another fabulous sketch to create with over at Sketchabilities. Here is the second sketch for the month of October.



Here is my take on this one. As you can see i'm trying to prepare for our cold winter days that will be here soon enough.



Supplies used on this layout are: Xyron adhesive, Crate Paper Snow Day collection paper and chipboard, Tattered Angels Jack Frost mist, American Crafts adhesive.



Head on over to the Sketchabilities blog to enter your take on this sketch.

Brr....it's cold outside

Well our nice weather has finally gone. It has been cold & windy here the past couple of days. This only means one thing.....winter is on it's way. I thought....well why not try and get in the spirit so I altered a paper mache cone and wooden star to look like a tree. I grabbed some paper & mod podge and got messy!



This was the first time I have made a tree out of paper. I simply loved the Wintertime line by Echo Park so that is the paper I used. The cone I grabbed at Hobby Lobby along with the wooden star on the top. The paper strips are cut to 1" x 3" and I just curled up the end of the paper before putting it on the cone. It's really simple....just start at the bottom and work your way up. I may take a while, but the outcome is totally worth it.

Good Times

Check out this fabulous, fun, funky paper. I am soooo loving these clocks!!!!



This is a layout I created for The Scrapbooking Studio in Moline, Il. This line is by Teresa Collins and it's called Freestyle. I simply love the colors in this line. I also used part of the strip at the bottom of the paper with the barcode on it, which is the 2 black & white strip of paper on the layout. By the way......OMG....Teresa Collins is coming there Nov5 & 6 . Sign up for her fabulous classes soon before they are all sold out! It will be a blast. I added some American Crafts thickers and October Afternoon letters to the layout, and a little bit of black bling, Xyron adhesive.

Hello everyone hope you have had a fabulous weekend. My project for today is a winter wall hanging. While making this wall hanging I needed something fun for the mittens. I thought....hello...my Kreaxion punches would make a great mitten design. So to make the zig zag marks across my mittens I used punch #304. It worked perfectly!




The big snowflakes are made out of wood and I picked them up at Hobby Lobby. The smaller snowflakes I cut using the cricut expression. The fun little mittens are from Maya Road and of course the new Echo Park Wintertime collection is the paperline. Add a little distess ink, Prima pearls, and some fun letters and there you have a perfect wall hanging ready to hang for our midwest winter.

Just Imagine Kreaxions Punches Blog Hop

Hello all, if you are here for the Just Imagine / Kreaxions Blog Hop your in the right place. You should have come here right from the Just Imagine blog, if you have stopped by just by chance feel free to start at Just Imagine from the beginning. There will be lots of cool prizes and fun creations to look at.

Just Imagine
Stacy====>you are here
Bev
Sarah
Deborah
Ellen
Ginni
Steph
Rebecca
Melissa

So on with my project...I created a fun little treat bag to give the neighbor girl for Halloween. On this projects I used my Kreaxion Punch #304. This was a fun way to add a cute little border to my creation. Along with my punch I used Echo Park Happy Halloween line & stickers, and some fun black bling.




So your next stop on the hop is over to Bev's fabulous blog! You will be sure to love her fabulous creation. The rest of the team has some amazing things to share with you also. Be sure to leave some lovin' in the comment section on all of the blogs by 6:00 pm Sunday to be eligible for the fabulous prizes on each blog. For the main prize you must comment on all blogs and at Just Imagine.... then join us on facebook and you get an extra ballot.

Want a chance to win one of the fabulous punches from Kreaxions???? Make sure you leave a comment below to be entered to win one. Just Imagine is letting us each give away one of our favorites :) You will have plenty of chances to win!

From here jump on over to Bev's blog. There is lots more to see.. Don't forget to comment along the way and at the end finish at Just Imagine / Kreaxions. Hope you enjoyed our 1st ever blog hop and Happy Halloween.

25 Days of Christmas Album

So this is something I have never done. I thought this year it would be a fun thing to try. Of course I want my book done before December 1, however it's hard to decorate each page not knowing what will be going on the page yet. I did however get the cover of my book done as one of my DT projects at A Walk Down Memory Lane.




Supplies used on this project: Echo Park Everybody Loves Christmas line, American Crafts thickers, My Little Shoebox mini alphas, Ranger stickles, pearls, Xyron adhesive.

So....if you have never done this project before either....grab your book and get started!

Misting fun....

Hey there everyone, well you all know it seems all of my projects have some type of mist on them all the time. This time...I misted the entire piece of cardstock. Super fun :) This layout is one of my DT projects for AWDML.



So my obsession has grown this week! It use to me just a little mist here and there, well not anymore. The background cardstock on the layout started off as a kraft color.

You can simply use a single color of mist up to however many you want on your creations. Thats what makes it super fun!!! I use to be very sparing with my mist....now I spray so much that it makes puddles on my page. You know what it's perfectly ok...it's not going to mess up your paper. You simply take your heat gun out and set it and it's good as new. It maybe a little wrinkled but I just put a heavy book on it for a bit before creating on it.

On this layout I used the following four colors: Olive vine, Pomegranate, Apple, & Raven. Simply spary your page a let the colors run together for a couple of minutes. Next grab your heat gun and dry your page. You never know what knid of cool background your going to come up with. Give it a try ladies.....you will love it!!!!

Supplies used:
Cardstock, Tattered Angels mists ,Pink Paislee Hocu Pocus paper, canvas & rub ons, Prima flower & bling , October Afternoon letters , Maya Road clock , American Crafts Thickers

Sketchabilities Reveal Day

I super excited to bring you my first layout as part of the Sketchabilities Design Team. The first sketch for October is sketch #33 designed by the fabulous Karan Gerber. I'm totally loving her sketches!!! Make sure you upload your take on Karan's sketch to the Sketchabilities site for your chance to win a fabulous prize from Scraphotz!



So here is my take on the sketch.



Supplies used on this layout: Bazzill Kraft cardstock, Crate Paper, American Craft thickers & adhesive & foam pop dots, October Afternoon letter stickers, Tattered Angels Chalkboard Banna Pudding.

A gift box...or...home decor

Here is a little box I altered using the Echo Park Merry Christmas line and the Xyron 510.



Had so much fun making the bow for the top of the box. I just took strips of paper and curled them around the a pencil and attached them to the top to look like a bow.

More misting fun....

Ok so i'm working on my mini album today and wanted to make a tag. I'm totally loving how the background turned out!!



The colors of Tattered Angels mists I used on this tag were Pomegranate, Apple, Olive Vine & Raven. I just misted the colors and let them run together for a minute before heat setting them. Next added a Pink Paislee rub on, some ribbon and inked the edges with Black Soot distress ink.

Mini Pumpkin Album

Hey there everyone...i've been working on a mini album. The album itself is not done yet, but the cover is. I had so much fun with the cover.

On the cover of the chipboard album I misted with Tattered Angels glimmer mist: Olive Vine, Apple & Pomegranate. After it dried I used Rockin' On Sunshine Tattered Angels glam over the top. Once this was dry I did a little decorating with some Pink Paislee Hocus Pocus canvas and rub ons. I also added the year using October Afternoon numbers. I will post the rest of the album when it is done!

Have a wonderful day!

Pulling His Queen

This is one of my DT layouts for Sketches4All. It is a picture from the apple orchard and I totally love this picture. It's such a cute one of those two!!!



The paper is super fun...it's the new Basic Grey Wander line. I'm totally digging it! I also used the small details & bloomers from that line. Other supplies are Bazzill cardstock, American Crafts adhesive & thickers, October Afternoon letter stickers.

Happy Birthday!!

So today is my hubbys birthday. Here is the card I made for him. Of course he will ask me......Is this for one of your Design Team projects?????? I will of course say no babe it's just for you :) So on that note....this is one of my DT projects for A Walk Down Memory Lane. Shh...don't tell Tim :)



Supplies used on this card you can grab at A Walk Down Memory Lane. Teresa Collins Celebrate Line, American Crafts adhesive & pop dots, Bazzill cardstock, Woodware stamps.

Thinking of you....

Made this card for a friend hoping it brings a smile to her face.



I did a little stamping on the pattern paper with my stampin' up wheel before placing it on the card. Added some ribbon, and cut out a couple of flowers to pop up. Then had to use my I-rock tool to add some bling.

Supplies: Stampin' Up cardstock & wheel, Echo Park Life Is Good paper, ribbon, i-rock and American Crafts adhesive.

Creating with Momenta

Hey there everyone and happy Monday :) Just wanted to share a couple of cards I created with some of my Momenta goodies.

Loved making this flower on the card with my ribbon and hot glue gun!








So everything on the cards you can grab from Momenta except the ribbon and the prima pearls on the wedding card. Hope you have enjoyed my creations for the day.

Starting Oct 1st...Bask N Glow contest...A Walk Down Memory Lane

We want to start off the rejuvenation of our board and gallery with a fun contest that will allow you to Bask N Glow in your own creative glory!! Read how the contest works below--Remember this starts Oct. 1st (if you are a current board member you can particpate as well)

This contest runs for two weeks: Oct. 1st-15th PRIZE: MME Prize package AND a store Gift certificate

1. Register in the gallery if you have not done so yet. You must load at LEAST 3 of your favorite layouts or projects, you can post as many as you like. Your name will be entered in the drawing for just uploading the first 3.

2. Then you need to post at least 15 times within the two week period- NOT 15 times in 1 day although feel free - we would love to chat with you. Your name will be entered in the drawing for this
2b. You may if you like keep track yourself in your profile in your signature box. However, we can track this as well, so it isn't necessary.

HOW TO GET YOURSELF ENTERED MORE

3. If you do at least 1 of the daily challenges and load it in the gallery and link it you get entered in the drawing again.

4. If you do at least 2 sketches and load it in the gallery and link it back to the sketch you get entered again.

5. If you invite a friend or two or three and they post a Hello and that you invited them you get 1 entry regardless of how many you invite over. HOWEVER, if you invite a friend and they full partipate with at least the top 1 & 2 rules above you will get an entry per each person.

We want to remind you all that praise in the gallery is VERY important to your BASKING so make sure to give everyone love.
The winner will be tallied and posted by 5pm Pacific coast time Oct. 17th.