And The Winner Is....

Hello everyone, thanks so much for all of the fabulous comments on the previous post.  I simply love the Now & Then line from Teresa Collins and I know you will to.

Since we had our daughters 16th surprise birthday party, I had her pick the winner.  Here is the post that she picked.

Christine Stregger said:

Totally love your mini album!!!The now & then papers are beautiful. I think it would be a perfect way to document my personal journey back to health in 2013. Thank you for the opportunity to win :)

Christine

As a bonus since I also design for Xyron, i'm sending you one of the new Xyron glue sticks also.  Congrats Christine please email me your mailing info to srod74@mchsi.com

~Stacy

Xyron/Faber Castell/ Creative Imaginations } Teaming Up

Hey there, today i'm sharing a couple of projects that were created with Xyron, Faber Castell & Creative Imaginations products.

Up first is a little canvas piece that I altered.  Just a cute little something to hang for the upcoming Holiday.  I have had this piece of canvas just laying around for so long and it was time to put it to use.  I used a green Faber Castell gelato here and there on the canvas then blended it with my finger, I also mister a little water on it and blended it some more. Using the deep scarlet artist pen I outlined the stitching around the canvas for a little bit of pop.  I took a Christmas stamp set that I had, colored the stamp with the Faber Castell green big brush and stamped the image.  I also outlined the holy berries in the upper right with green and colored the berries in with red artist pen.  The Creative Imaginations (jolly) sticker I ran through my Xyron 150 to give it a little extra adhesive to make sure it would not come off of my canvas.

A close up of the canvas.

Supplies used:

Xyron 150

Faber Castell - Green gelato, red and green artist pen, green big brush.

Creative Imaginations: Christmas Sticker

Up next is a Holiday card.  I took this fabulous snowflake paper from Creative Imaginations cut it to size.  I took a blue gelato and colored over the paper, love how the resist paper works with the gelatos.  Simply wipe off the gelato and you have a wonderful snowflake card.  I added a little bling from Creative Imaginations in the center of the snowflakes and put it all together with my Xyron Mega Runner.

Supplies Used:

Xyron - Mega Runner

Faber Castell - blue gelato

Creative Imaginations - Bling, snowflake paper

Last but not least is a quick gift tag idea.  I have tons of tags around the house, so I created my own gift tag.  I started by coloring the green Faber Castell gelato all over the tag, then actually wiped it off with a baby wipe to see how it would blend.  For the ornaments along the side I used my Xyron Design Runner with the Festive disc, then colored bits of the ornaments in with a red Faber Castell artist pen.  I placed some of the Christmas stickers from Creative Imaginations along the side, placed some ribbon and the tag is now ready to go.

Supplies used:

Xyron - Design Runner & Festive disc

Faber Castell - green gelato, red artist pen

Creative Imaginations - Christmas stickers

Thanks so much to Faber Castell and Creative Imaginations for sharing some of your goodies with us at Xyron.

~Stacy

Winterings Cycling Team } LYB

So today I get to share that I will be part of the Cycling team for Little Yellow Bicycle!! 

I get to create with the yummy Winterings collection.  The thoughts and ideas are running through my head...now just waiting on the bicycle...AKA UPS truck to get here :)

Please welcome our Winterings Cycling Team:

Check out the fabulous list of designers that will be a part of this!

Dana Tatar

Kat Blue

Sarah Webb

Sharon Callis

Stacy Rodriguez

Keep your eyes open for all of the inspiration to come from all of us!

Thanks to LYB for this wonderful opportunity!

My First December Daily

Hey there everyone, i'm sharing one of my Teresa Collins Designs DT projects today.  I have never made a December Daily and I knew as soon as I saw the Christmas Cottage line with all the goodies that I must make one.  I'm going to share a couple of photos with you then you can head over to the Teresa Collins Design team blog and see how you can recreate this album.

Up first a couple pics of the cover and binding.

A few of the inside of the mini album.

Ok so there are a couple of photos over on TCD blog, so head over that way, get your instructions and let me know what you think :)

Stacy

PDCC 155 } Smile

It's time for this weeks new color challenge over at The Play Date Cafe!  Super fun colors for you to try this week.  Before we get to the colors, this week we say goodbye to our sweet friend Ruby.  I have loved designing with you and wish you luck on your new adventures!

The fun sponsor we have this week that shared some of their yummy goodies with us to create with is Technique Tuesdays.

I created this super fun tag using the stamp set Smile Big, Echo Park paper, distress ink, jet black archival ink, juniper paint.

Make sure you hop on over and check out all the inspiration from the DT over on The Play Date Cafe blog.

~Stacy

Super fun mini class } The Scrapbooking Studio

Hey there, just wanted to remind you that I have a super fun mini album class that I will be teaching at The Scrapbooking Studio in Moline on October 28th @ 1pm. 

Here is a peak of one of the inside pages for you!

This album is created using the Portfolio line from Pink Paislee.  Lots of fun pages with some new pocket technique.  If you can't make it there will be kits with photos and instructions.  Call The Scrapbooking Studio (309)736-7242 or check out the website HERE!

See you next week!

~Stacy

PDCC 154 } It's A Celebration

Hey there everyone, yes it's time for this week's new color challenge over at The Play Date Cafe!  This week The Play Date Cafe is celebrating 3 YEARS!!!  There are new changes over on the site and prizes ALL week long!!  Hope on over and check out what the team has been up to.

This weeks colors are way cool together.

I of course created a tag using lots of ink and stamps.

Supplies Used: Wendy Vecchi Stamps (Art From The Heart), Ranger Inks (distress - dusty concord & barn door) (Archival Inks - Jet Black & Coffee), Distress Stain (aged mahogany)

Thanks for stopping by today, make sure you head over to The Play Date Cafe and get in on this challenge and a chance to win some fabulous prizes all week long.

~Stacy