The Letter J

About a month ago, I won a seriously full package of Imaginisce Garden Party goodies over at Club CK.  Oh such pretty pinks and blues!  I set it aside and finally got to it today.  I am seeing my mother next weekend and made a little gift for her.  Her name is JoAnn, and I found this white wooden "J" at Michael's.  So easy and fun to put together with all my Imaginisce supplies!

The flower is made from Imaginisce Roly Rosies and Pop-Up Posies.  I inked it with a little Worn Lipstick distress ink, curled, folded, and stacked.  I added a little ribbon and brad as well as a little CTMH Glitter Glitz Gel for sparkle.  Those are i-Rock gems surrounding the flower here and there.  I think she is going to like this!

Congratulations

Hi again!  My second post for the evening, so be sure and scroll down whenever you visit me.  I am going to get a lot done at this retreat!
I am combining the sketch from Mojo Monday and Our Creative Corner's wedding theme challenge.

I used some Bo Bunny Gabrielle with a couple Imaginisce Roly Rosies to make this card.

The Martha Stewart Doily Lace punch added just the right touch to this delicate wedding card.  Other items used are CTMH Gracious Greetings stamp set; Really Reasonable Ribbon organdy; CTMH Mocha Opaque Gems; and CTMH Glitz Glitter Gel.  I have to tell you something about this Glitz Glitter Gel.  It is comparable to Stickles, so you might wonder the difference.  It is sooooo shiny (it's hard to tell in the picture), and it is already dry on my card.  I think the drying factor makes the biggest difference to me!  Back to work now (or I should say back to play)!!

Happy Easter

I wish you many rich blessings on this Easter Sunday!

It's also time for a new challenge at The Studio.  This week we have a sketch for you:

Isn't this a great sketch for scraps?  I love it!

This is Imaginisce's It's Your Day paper.  I fussy cut the panda and cake from paper.  The buttons are CTMH and the twine is Pink Paislee.  Head on over to The Studio to see what the other DT members came up with!

I am making Easter dinner in the late afternoon.  We don't often have time to sit down as a family, so that is a huge blessing for me.  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Thanks So Much

I picked up a couple sheets of Imaginisce's Berrylicious a few weeks ago.  It's such bright cheery paper!

This is jsut a simple card.  I cut an inch off the bottom of the front and continued the patterned paper on the inside.  My favorite part of the card is the sparkling flower.  These are Imaginisce Roly Posies and Pop-Up Posies that I stacked together.  I painted them with rock candy distress paint and then added diamond stickles.  The blue bling added just a little more without taking away the simplicity.  The baker's twine is from Pink Paislee. 

Adventure

Every time I make a man's card, I wonder why I don't make more of them.  I so love the flowers and all things pretty, but I really enjoy working with the warmth of masculine colors.  I combined three challenges for this card starting with the sketch from Get Sketchy -

Then I added the Stamping Royalty challenge (dry embossing) and The Cuttlebug Spot (dry embossing and twine).

I dry embossed a piece of paper with the Cracked Tim Holtz embossing folder.  From there I sanded the embossing with the Imaginisce de-stress tool, and then rolled the whole thing up into a tight little ball to give it even more of a worn look.  If you use this technique, you'll notice that the paper is really, really soft like leather. The trees and word are from an old, old (and long retired) CTMH stamp set - Hook, Line, and Sinker.  This twine is from Really Reasonable Ribbon. 

In order to achieve that look on the trees, I simply colored them with markers (olive and cocoa CTMH) and then breathed on them.  An old, old trick but still the one I like the best.  I stamped the word adventure in olive green ink and then rolled the bottom edge in cocoa.  I put the center tree on the card with foam circles to add just a little more dimension.

Thanks for visiting today!

Fun and Easy!

I love the new Animal Crackers paper from Imaginisce!  It's so bold, bright, and cheery.  I showed you a couple of other ways to use it in this post.  Today I wanted to show you something fun that is so easy and perfect for a party.

I hope it's not so cold where you are today.  It's -14 degrees here today.  Yes, I did say minus.  Oh, it's cold.  However, I think once you hit -5, everything feels the same - just plain cold!  It sounds like we'll warm up to 6 degrees by tonight, so that will feel like a heatwave!!  Now do understand why it was time to pull out some warm, bright and sunny colors?!

A Little Animal Crackers

I picked up a few sheets of one Imaginisce's new releases Animal Crackers.  It's such fun, bright, and cheery paper.  I couldn't help myself and had to make a couple of cards right away! I grabbed the sketch from CPS (see sketch here) for the first card.

Such a great sketch, and this turned out to be such a fun card for a 1 year celebration or birthday!  Those are i-rock gems, and the foam number and waxy flax are CTMH.

I liked the sketch over at Get Sketchy, too, so I used that one as well (see sketch here).  One of my favorite things to do is to test a paper for it's versatility.  Animal Crackers works well for adults, too!

The white flowers, button, and waxy flax.  The red flowers were cut with the Tim Holtz tattered floral die.  That's got to be my favorite die cut flower.  It is well used in my crafting room!

I don't have a sample for the Sarah Hurley challenge this week, but be sure to stop by and see what the design team members did with die-cuts!

Valentine's Decor

I have been wanting to make something for Valentine's Day, and this was the perfect wall hanging for a spot I want to fill. 

I cut hearts out of Imaginisce Enchanted paper with my Slice Basics card.  Next I painted them with Ranger clear rock candy distress paint.  After they dried, I hot glued them to a styrofoam wreath.  From there, I added some i-Rock gems here and there.

My final touches were the flowers, trinket pins, and bow.  Now these are the new Imaginisce Paper Roly Rosies.  I created them by using the Imaginisce Petal Roller.  I inked the edges with Ranger worn lipstick distress ink and dotted them with icicle stickles.  The trinket pins are Making Memories and the ribbon is May Arts.

I love this little Petal Roller!  I do not have good hand coordination, and this makes things so easy for me.  Watch the video on YouTube here to see how it works.  You can see how beautiful they turn out!  I was really excited today when I found out that Imaginisce is releasing fabric Roly Rosies and different shaped flowers.  They are also going to release new i-Rock gems in different colors and shapes!  I just love when companies make things so easy and fun for me!!

Happy Holidays

Since it was first posted earlier this month, I have been trying to find the time to complete the Imaginisce sketch by Liz Qualman.  It is such a cute sketch!

I used the Cottage Christmas collection to create this page.  I used the Slice FaLaLa card to cut the snowflakes and stockings.

These two nephews of ours (they belong to Jerry's twin brother) love to play with their Uncle Jerry.  This was five years ago, but still they love to play jokes on Jerry and generally have a good time. 

Do you all have your shopping done or will you be out in the stores tomorrow? Hope you're planning a fabulous Christmas celebration!

Sassy Lil' Sketches- Last August Challenge

(Be sure to scroll down for the Sketches in Thyme reveal!)

The August 28th reveal for Sassy Lil' Sketches (look for that post here) is such a fun sketch!  I jsut couldn't resist - I had to play along!

This sketch was perfect to scrap a couple photos of some friends that mean a lot to me!  How could anyone resist these smiles!!

Items used:  Bo Bunny Mama-Razzi paper and stickers; Jenni Bowlin letters; May Arts ribbon; Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die; Making Memories silver brads (embossed with CTMH black embossing powder); Imaginisce crystal gems and i-rock tool; Fiskars upper crest border punch

Now use the link and hop on over to play along, too!  There are some great prizes from The Cutting Cafe and ScrapFreak!

Sketches in Thyme Reveal Day!

Over at Sketches in Thyme, we are using a wonderful sketch from Helen Croft this week.  I am absolutely loving working with her sketches - they are fabulous!!  Be sure to head over to the Sketches in Thyme blog to see what the other design team members have done!

Here is my take on the sketch:

This is a lovely photo of the gals that I worked with at Archiver's.  It's so fun to have this memory!!  The dimensional flowers are fussy cut from a piece of paper.  I set my gems with the Imaginisce i-rock tool.

Items used: Bo Bunny Jazmyne paper, sticker, and brads; Bazzill flower; Imaginisce gems

Imaginisce - To Love & Cherish

**Don't forget about my Surprise Blog Candy!! If you don't know what I am talking about, read about it here!**

Imaginisce put out their sketch for June, and I just loved it!  Here it is:

This is my kiddo at work last Saturday night.  Jerry and I went to have appetizers so that we would have a chance to see him.  He works a lot, so this is a very pleasant way to catch up!  And I think he's probably the friendliest, most personable server I know! ;)

Items used: Imaginisce To Love & Cherish papers, rub-ons, stickers, flowers, and ribbon; CTMH white daisy CS, rub-ons, and gems; Making Memories vintage metal roses

Petting Zoo

I just noticed that I haven't posted since Wednesday.  I am so sorry!! I should be sharing more of my artwork with you.  I'll become a better blogger - promise!

This morning I found some pictures of Shane when he was barely 4 years old.  I grabbed some Imaginisce paper, Scooter's Vacation, and put those pictures to a page.  Shane loved the petting zoo when he was little, and this area of the Minnesota Zoo was his absolute favorite!  I used a sketch from Imaginisce as well..

I used the Noteworthy Slice card to cut the circles and letters.  Off to scrap some more.  It's a rainy day here, so I can't think of anything better to do!

Love

I was blessed to be chosen in a drawing over at Imaginisce, and I received their new line "To Love and Cherish" last week.  Paper, rub-ons, stickers as well as loads of flowers and stamps were delivered to my door.  Yippee!!  I have been thinking about what I wanted to do with these goodies.  The papers are black, white, and grey, and they shout "love" when you look at them. 

Today I was thinking about that I am blessed to live with and be married to my very best friend.  Jerry's love for me is as unconditional as a human can give.  If anything is wrong, he swoops in as my best friend, and there is nothing better than that.  Have I ever told you how much I love watching comedies with him?  My dear husband has the most infectious laugh!  We will celebrate our 20th anniversary in a few months, and I decided this morning just what I wanted to do with this beautiful paper.  I used a Bo Bunny word book, and here are my results:

This morning I was outside and decided to pick a few vases of lilacs for the house.  Yes, they only last a day or so, but they can live here in my house with me for that time or out on the shrubs - and boy do we have shrubs.  Don't they look pretty on my dining room table?  They smell so good!!