Happy Birthday

Hey friend!  I am popping in today with, get ready....A CARD!  I know.  It is for the latest Ribbon Carousel Challenge!  Our sponsor this week is Avocado Arts and anything goes.

For my card today, I chose to focus on this fabulous ribbon from the store.  To start, I stamped the polka dots in green ink and rounded the bottom right corner.

I then trimmed the ribbon down into three pieces and layered them, adding a button threaded with twine from the Ribbon Carousel store.

Thank you for popping by!  I hope you play along with us for a chance to win some stamp goodness from Avocado Arts.

Supplies:
Paper: White Georgia-Pacific
Stamps: Polka dot Basics Papertrey Ink, Timeless Tags The Craft's Meow
Ink: Tuxedo Black Tsukineko, Green Hero Arts
Embellishments: Yellow Button PTI, Black/White Twine Whisker Graphics
Tools: Corner Rounder We R Memory Keepers

Little Traveling Family

Hello, hello!  I hope all is well for you!  I have another layout to share with you using the February Studio Calico kit again.  I found this photo of us the other day and put it to use on this page.  It's so hard to believe that my little boy was only three months here, he will be four years old next week!  Time just fly's away...

To start, I punched half circles onto my base page, backed it with patterned paper and drew a pen border around it.

Taking my Martha Stewart butterfly punch, adhered a bunch of them to my page front as if they were flying.

I matted my photo on tissue paper and added a few bits of patterned paper to it.

Lastly, I finished it off with my title, using some letter stickers from American Crafts Amy Tangerine.

I hope you enjoyed, I will be back soon!  Have a wonderful day!

Supplies:
Paper: Kraft Bazzill
Patterned Paper: from Kit
Embellishments: Butterfly card BasicGrey Curio, Paper Doily Wilton, Twine Whisker Graphics, Label Banner October Afternoon, Letter Stickers American Crafts
Tools: Circle Punch Fiskars, Black Multi-liner Copic

Beaver Creek

Hey there!  I don't know about you, but I am so glad it is Friday!  I was finally able to sign up at Studio Calico and got the February kit today!  I even managed to eek out some time to make a page.  I think this is the beginning of a beautiful relationship, I only wish I had signed up sooner!

I have had this picture of John and I sitting around and decided it would work well for this page.

To start, I wanted to try a fun technique of masking and embossing my sentiment.  I took a transparency sheet, adhered my letter stickers and applied a good coating of Versamark over the whole thing.  I then embossed it with white powder and carefully removed the letter stickers, revealing the open title.

I then layered my transparency sheet onto solid patterned paper as well as other papers from the kit.  I took one of the fabric trims included, and sprayed it with orange mist from October Afternoon and adhered it under my photo mat.

I added a few tidbits, a button, a ribbon piece and a bit of an October Afternoon Miscellany label, as well as one of the gorgeous butterflies included!

I also incorporated the label stamp that is included in the kit, love, and wrote the date within it.

Thanks so much for popping over today, have a wonderful weekend!

Supplies:
Paper: White American Crafts
Patterned Paper: Various papers from Kit
Stamps: Mini Frame Stamp Studio Calico + Hero Arts 
Embellishments: SprINKlers, Farmhouse Miscellany October Afternoon, Mistables Pinked Trim Pink Paislee
Tools: Tiny Attacher Tim Holtz, White Embossing Powder American Crafts, Striped Ribbon The Ribbon Carousel, Black Multi-liner Copic

Lucky Us

Hey there!  Thank you for all of your kind comments regarding the latest The Craft's Meow release projects!  I hope you hopped on over to get yourself some of the sets!  So, I went on a bit of a scrapbooking binge last week and made a few that I will be sharing here in the next couple days.  For today, my fav of the bunch...

When John and I were dating, we would often go to our local parks and walk, as we did on this snowy day way back when.

I used a bunch of stuff on this page, older October Afternoon papers...I believe it was Report Card as well as some label stickers from Crate Paper and other odds and ends.  I used a clear album edge from Maya Road as a mask and sprayed blue ink to create my scallop border.

I also created a little flip book here (only two pics) but I wanted to keep the 4x6 size and not have both taking up space on the page.  To create it I simply adhered a piece of paper to the back of one of the pictures and attached the other end to the back of the top photo.

I hope you've enjoyed!  I am really looking forward to receiving my new Studio Calico kit for this month! When I get it, I will be sure to share what I make using it.  In the meantime, assignments await...Take care my friend!

Supplies:

Paper: White AC Cardstock

Patterned Paper: October Afternoon Report Card, Sidewalks

Stamps: All You Need Is Love The Craft's Meow

Ink: Grass Fresh Ink, Robot Blue SprINKlers October Afternoon

Embellishments: Label Stickers Crate Paper, Chipboard button, Tab October Afternoon, Twine Whisker Graphics, Kraft Envelope Maya Road, Glassine Bags Craft Supply, Buttons PTI, Letter Stickers AC Thickers

Tools: Mini Staples Tiny Attacher Tim Holtz, Med, Large Circle Punch Fiskars

The Craft's Meow Release Blog Hop

Happy Monday!  Not a happy Monday?  Well, this ought to cheer you up, the four sets that you have seen previews for are now available for purchase over at The Craft's Meow.  You should have come by way of Julie Ranae's blog, if not check out the TCM blog for a list of my fellow team mates.  For my project today, I chose to do a scrapbook page using Sew Lovely and I've Got Your Number.

I had a few pictures from Jonathan's third birthday that need to be put on paper and knew that the number set would be perfect for it!

I layered some patterned papers from October Afternoon's Campfire line, added my pictures as well as a frame from Sew Lovely that I stamped onto patterned paper and cut out.  I simply tucked it under one of the pictures after I trimmed it.

As for my accents I used October Afternoon SpINKlers, as well as some die cut stars along with twine and some chipboard accents.  I stamped 1, 2 and 3 onto text papers, trimmed them into banners and adhered them underneath my paper strips.

Here is a look at the two sets I used in their entirety:

Sew Lovely

I've Got Your Number

I hope you were inspired today, please hop on over to see Michelle Bertuzzi's blog, I know you will find much to love!  Also, leave a comment here and my fellow teammates blogs, for a chance to win some stamps!  You have until Tuesday February 21st at 9:00 pm Pacific to do so.

Have a great day!

The Craft's Meow Blog
Amy Tsuruta
Ivana Camdzic
Iwona Palamountain
Jean Martin
Jenny Suchin 
Jessica Fick
Julie Ranae 
Lindsay Amrhein
Michelle Bertuzzi
Nina Brackett









Supplies: 
Paper: White AC Cardstock, Terracotta Tile PTI, 
Patterned Paper: Campfire Collection October Afternoon
Stamps: Sew Lovely, I've Got Your Number The Craft's Meow
Ink: Honey, Melon Fresh Ink, Vintage Photo Ranger
Embellishments: Wood Alpha's Pink Paisley, Twine May Arts from The Ribbon Carousel, SprINKlers, Chipboard accents October Afternoon, Stickers Crate Paper
Tools: Star Dies PTI

The Craft's Meow Sneak Peak- Sew Lovely

Hello dear friend.  Thank you for hanging out with me this morning!  Today is the last project before the these sets are available tomorrow over at The Craft's Meow.  This set, called Sew Lovely is just that, lovely!  Nina really outdid herself with this one.  Here is my card using the buttons that come in the set.

For this, I went CAS, embossing the front with a linen plate, and adhering some patterned paper from the Sidewalk Collection by October Afternoon at the bottom.  I then took another patterned paper strip and punched it with the Fiskars Scallop edge punch and adhered it.

I stamped some of the various "buttons" from the set in coordinating colors from the patterned papers and punched them out with a 3/4 inch circle punch.  I then adhered them to my card with foam.

Lastly, I stamped my sentiment and rounded the corners.

Now, wander on over to the blog and see what my fellow teamies have made!  Also, be sure to stop back tomorrow for the big blog hop and a chance to win some of these delicious stamps!

Supplies:
Paper: White PTI 
Patterned Paper: Sidewalk Collection October Afternoon
Stamps: Sew Lovely The Craft's Meow
Ink: Ocean Tides, Enchanted Evening PTI, Red Currant, Harvest Fresh Ink, Grass Amuse Studio
Tools: Corner Rounder We R Memory Keepers, 3/4 in Circle Punch EK Success, Scallop Border Punch Fiskars

The Craft's Meow Sneak Peak- I've Got Your Number

Hi again!  Thanks for popping over my way!  I have another set from The Craft's Meow, releasing on Monday, called I've Got Your Number.  This set, designed by Kaitlyn Ord, is in a word, awesome.  It is graphic and grunge, as well as oh so practical.  To be honest, I can't stop using it.  I have put it on scrapbook pages and cards, as well as other projects.  This set is seriously versatile.

In my quest to think outside the box with my stamps, I came up with a great way to utilize those fabulous numbers...a flash card set!  I have a soon to be four year old who loves to learn.  He is all about recognizing numbers, and I thought this would be a great way to help him do just that.

To start, I took white cardstock and cut my pieces down to 2 1/2 x 3/12.  I then took patterned papers from the Boarding Pass Collection by October Afternoon and adhered strips to the cards and rounded all of the corners.

I then took my numbers and stamped all the way up to twenty on the cards, adding a little flourish included in the set as well as some die cut stars.  I also stamped an image from Telegram, punched out the middle image (star) with a 1/2 inch circle punch and adhered that on most of the cards.

Jonathan loves them and wants to use them all of the time, so all the time and effort put into them was well worth it.  Tomorrow is the last preview and then these goodies will be available...squeal!  lol!

In addition to the flash cards, I also incorporated the stamps onto a scrapbook page!

Adding a bunch of stickers and die cut elements, I incorporated some misting as well as stamping .   I took the stamp and inked it up as is, then stamped it onto the corner of my page.

I  also used the "happy" stamp and stamped it along the top of the misted portion of the page.

Thank you so much for scrolling through all of the pics!  I hope you were inspired and are getting excited about this release!

P.S. I have enabled comments this week, if you feel so inclined to leave one!

Supplies:
Paper: White American Crafts, Red GinaK, Orange Zest, New Leaf, Enchanted Evening, Harvest Gold PTI
Patterned Paper: Boarding Pass 8x8 October Afternoon
Stamps: I've Got Your Number, Telegram The Craft's Meow
Ink: Harvest Fresh Ink, Tuxedo Black Tsukineko, Enchanted Evening, Ocean Tides PTI, Limited Edition Christmas (the red one), Rusty Hinge Distress Ink Ranger
Tools: Corner Rounder We R Memory Keepers, Star Die PTI, 1/2in circle punch EK Success

The Craft's Meow Sneak Peak- Owl See You In the Spring

Happy Friday!  I am back for day two of the previews for the February release at The Craft's Meow.  today I am sharing a little card using Jenny's A-dorable new owl set called Owl See You In the Spring!  It is so so cute.

Taking a white card base, I adhered a strip of brown cardstock to the base, and paper-pieced the darling carrots in a row.

I stamped, colored and cut out one of the little owls, adhered it at a jaunty angle with foam tape and stamped my sentiment in black.

Adorable images, no?  I squealed when I saw it, couldn't help myself!  Now, hop on over to see the other gals, you won't be sorry.

The Craft's Meow Blog
Amy Tsuruta
Ivana Camdzic
Iwona Palamountain
Jean Martin
Jenny Suchin 
Jessica Fick
Julie Ranae 
Lindsay Amrhein
Michelle Bertuzzi
Nina Brackett

P.S. I have enabled blog comments for this week so please feel free to comment.

Supplies:
Paper: White GinaK, Orange Zest, Dark Chocolate, Simply Chartreuse PTI
Stamps: Owl See You In the Spring The Craft's Meow
Ink: Tuxedo Black Tsukineko
Tools: Copic Markers, Corner Rounder We R Memory Keepers

The Craft's Meow Sneak Peak- Tweet of You

Hello there!  I am super excited about today, not only is it one day closer to the weekend, but The Craft's Meow is releasing four awesome sets this month.  The four sets I will be using this week will be available next Monday, the 20th.  For today, I am showing you a little bit of a set called Tweet of You, designed by Nina B Designs.

I decided to do a little gift card holder using a glassine bag I picked up at a local paper store.  Taking some patterned paper from October Afternoon, I cut it down and wrapped the around the bag.  I then wrapped yellow/white Divine Twine around the bag and attached on of the bird cage images I stamped and cut out.

Lastly, I adhered a little birdie that I colored and cut out and stamped my sentiment on a vellum strip using Staz-On ink .

I hope you will wander over to see what the other ladies have made using this fun set, you won't be disappointed!  I will be back tomorrow with another set illustrated by the darling Jenny Suchin.  By the way, comments have been enabled on my blog this week for the release, so please leave a comment on this post for a chance to win the stamp set showcased today!

Supplies:
Paper: Vellum TPC, Cream PTI
Patterned Paper: Modern Homemaker 8x8 pad October Afternoon
Stamps: Tweet of You The Craft's Meow
Ink: Staz-On Solvent ink, Tuxedo Black Tsukineko, Copic Markers
Embellishment: Yellow/White Twine Whisker Graphics

Have A Fun {tache} Tic Day

Hi there!  Happy Valentine's Day to you my friend!  Today is a fun day over at The Ribbon Carousel Challenge Blog, a new challenge and it's being sponsored by The Craft's Meow!  For a bit of inspiration here is my card using the sketch that Danielle put together.  Come on over and play with us!

Starting with a white card base, I layered on some lovely October Afternoon papers, tied around some yummy twine from The RC shop and added a sentiment banner.  Lastly, I stamped the largest mustache image, cut it out and popped it up, adding a little Kraft cardstock for the handle.

Here is a look at the fun sketch:

Stop back here later in the week for the start of The Craft's Meow's February release, some really awesome stamps are headed your way!

Supplies:
Paper: White, Kraft Hallo's Paper Crafts
Patterned Paper: Sidewalk Collection October Afternoon
Stamps: Fun{Tache}Tic The Craft's Meow
Ink: Enchanted Evening PTI, Chocolate Fresh Ink
Embellishment: Twine May Arts, Tiny Attacher Tim Holtz