Diamond Dolls

My lovely daughter, Hurricane, pictured many times in these blogs, has joined her high school's Diamond Dolls.  The girls man the concession stand at the baseball games and give snacks to the players.  This mama had to get involved and decorate the bags to put the snacks in.

 

The first one is an 8" background cut from the Artbooking cartridge.

The second one is cut from Base Camp cartridge (because I wanted a shadow font) and then the new hostess stamp set My Hero B1448. (Yeah, it's a plane not a jet, but close enough.)

 

 

Two things I want to say about this post - First - I think it's really cute when mom who blogs, gives her kids nicknames in order to protect their identity.  So, I'm going to refer to my daughter as Hurricane, mostly because I just love that nick name.  We don't use it so much now that she is older, but as a child when she walked through a room, it was like anything loose whirled and fell on the floor behind her.  She was such a mess maker!

 

Second - you know how your workspace gets cluttered with all the things you are working on.  Hurricane walked by, saw these:

 

 

 

 and asked (shocked) those aren't for their bags are they?  Just too funny - she knows I'll embellish anything!

Saturday's Crop

Saturday's crop went really well. The weather was great (no trudging through the rain) this time.  Sherry surprised us with these neat little treats, pull the ribbon and out slides your candy bar!

The next crop will be March 15th, St. Patrick's day crop.  Wear your green!

Color Dare #79

Rummaged through the stash for these colors!  I used some from the Victory pack, the Buzz and Bumble pack and Emporium (2009!),  The stamp sets are C1408 Live Inspired and D1436 (in the wrong package so I can't tell you the name).  All this stuff is retired.  The only thing not, is the Artbooking cartridge I used to cut the birds.  Check out the other entries at Color My Heart. 

Skylark Sunshine Card

I had very little of the Skylark kit left over after completing the two double layouts, but I got a couple of cool cards out of it.  It's just a square of the bird page, with a sentiment in desert sand and some hemp.  The little dragonfly is a metal brad I picked up at my local scrapbook store.

Skylark

I finally got some time to scrap this weekend!  I used up my Skylark kit, first with the main kit double layout (not pictured).  Instead of the second layout in the instruction guide, I went with the this one.  I really liked the entire decorated page and wanted to show case it.

I will add one vertical and one horizontal picture the right page, leaving most of the cool printed features in the open for viewing.

See other great Skylark ideas at the Color My Heart site.

 

Color Dare #76

There's not much left in my stash for Smoothie!  I pulled this scrap from the little bit that's left of Mayberry, and matched it up with Champagne background and some Coca for contrast.  And bitty pearls are good on almost everything.

See other entries Color My Heart.

Cloud 9

The January special is a card kit with unique papers and stamp set only available with a $35 order and only through January 31.  For more information check out my Close to My Heart website. 

Color Dare #75

It's cold here in Northern Alabama and getting colder, so my mind keeps wandering to the beach.   The lagoon color in this weeks Color My Heart dare had me digging in the Later Sk8ter paper pack and thinking of the Emerald coast I like to visit in the summer.

There are no beach stamp sets in the Spring/Summer 2014 catalog, but this one is still available - Bright Sunshiny Day D1538. 

This card uses the same colors, with a 3.5" balloon cut from the Artiste cartridge (page 70) and some lagoon bakers twine.  The words are torn from an old book.  I waded the paper up, smoothed it out, then drug the ink pad over the paper (lagoon and sky). The banner is from Lifting Spirits C1570.  The background is kraft paper stamped with the map stamp from the Tommy kit (in champagne).  Both cards use paper from the Brown & Tan glitter paper pack.

2014

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas.  The new catalogs are in for a sneak peek; items are unavailable until February 1st.  Take a look at the Home and Price is Right Club tabs for details on what's happening in 2014.  The next crop is January 18th, hope to see you there!

Color Dare #74

This is the final set from my Sparkle and Shine papers. Stamp sets are Flakey Friends (C15606) and Wintery Wishes (C1560) - a Hostess only stamp set.

 

Check out the other great entries at the Color My Heart Dare!

Card Set #7

This set used the stamp set from the Frosted card kit (G1063), Perfect Fit - Holidays (B1412) and some red shimmer trim (Z1848).  I only show one card today, because the two I made were exactly the same.

Card Set #6

This is the Yuletide Greetings stamp set (D1553), with some silver shimmer trim (Z1799) and Red Glitz (Z1484). 

Corners are from the Sparkle and Shine kit stamp set (G1071).

Card Set #5

These are using Santa Claus (C1567), Perfect Fit - Holidays (B1412) and the Sparkle and Shine kit stamps (G1071).

The corners are from the Sparkle and Shine kit stamp set.  This is cut from the Art Philosophy cartridge page 37, 5" (I think, might be 4").  A little silver paper behind the top and bottom cutouts and a circle around the HoHoHo.

I stamped Santa in black and again in ruby, then cut the ruby part of his hat out and glued it on top of the black stamp.  I colored his face in for some added variation.

The ruby Santa and sleigh and Ponderosa Pine HoHoHo are in pigment ink and then clear embossed.

Card Set #4

How cute is this stamp set?  Polar Bear Holiday (C1557) and the silver washi tape from the Sparkle and Shine set (Z1907).  And Stardust Glitz for snow (Z1313)!  I like this set because there is very little to color to have a great stamp, polar bears being white and all.

Card Set #3

On the large titles I used whisper and ruby pigment ink with clear embossing powder and silver embossing powder, respectively.  The stamp set is from the Sparkle and Shine kit (G1071).

Card Set #2

This has two stamp sets, Santa Claus (C1567) and Candyland (D1557).  Kraft paper is a great paper for the gingerbread boys.  On the first card the striped paper is a leftover from the scrapbook kit pages, cut in half.

Card Set #1

I used up all my larger pieces of the Sparkle and Shine kit, but had plenty of leftover small pieces.  I spent the day making them all up into cards.  No more Sparkle and Shine paper, but LOTS of great cards. 

When cutting your bases for cards from a 12X12 sheet of cardstock, you can get two 5.5 X 4.25" cards and two 3X3 cards.  Make your first cut at 8.5".  Turn your paper and cut at 11", slide to the right and cut at 5.5".  You now have your two larger card bases.  Take that first strip you cut and make it 3" wide (by 12" long).  Then cut it in half (at 6").  You now have  your small card bases, without a lot of waste! I haven't been using many 3X3's but they are great gift tags.

I made 8 such sets out of my scraps and will be sharing them with you over the next few days.

And the 3X3's.

This is a retired stamp, but if  you have it, still a great one.

 

 

 

Christmas Layout

I hope you all had a wonderful and peaceful Thanksgiving Holiday.  I spent mine resting, cleaning house, cooking, watching the Iron Bowl (War Eagle!) and scrapping - all things I have trouble finding time for during the work week these days.

I loved the red striped paper in the Sparkle and Shine holiday paper pack (X7176B).  I coupled it with the Santa Claus stamps (C1567) and love the results.  Also used are Ruby Mini-Medley Accent Collection (Z1861) and Perfect Fit -Holidays (B1412).

 

 

Color Dare #71

Christmas poinsettia, anyone?  The challenge for this week of Cranberry and Ponderosa Pine was a great combination for this gift topper.  I like it on top of a pint jar, but you could also attach it to the side and use some Sparkle and Shine fabric on the top. Change the colors up a bit for a birthday gift and turn the poinsettia into a water lily.

Cut 4 layers from cranberry cardstock, Artiste cartridge, page 73, accent 1.  One each - 3", 2.75", 2.5", 2".  Stamp one side of each layer with a background design -I used the music notes from Universal backgrounds D1477 (not in current catalog but still available).  Flip the layers so it alternates plain/stamped.  Curl the edges of the petals, assemble with tape in the center.  I picked one layer and added red Glitz after assembly.  The leaves are cut from ponderosa pine cardstock, Artiste, page 54, accent 4.  The center is from Magical Days, again in Ponderosa. 

See what you can create with Cranberry and Ponderosa Pine and upload a picture at Color My Heart!

Ponderosa Pine & Cranberry

I made two cards for this challenge.  First - the simple one.

I moved the cricut over 1" before cutting the word Noel from the Artiste cartridge, page 79, 3.5" cut to fit length. I placed the red paper on a white background to see how much I needed to ink with the Ponderosa Pine.

The border stamp at the top is from Santa Claus (C1567), with three bitty pearls.

But that card has no glitter!  This one does.

Sentiment - October SOTM - cranberry ink
Script - Universal backgrounds - ponderosa pine ink
Swirl & Star - Love Life (D1482) - ponderosa pink pigment ink and clear embossing powder

I began the project thinking the green glitter and cranberry ornament (Art Philosophy, page 27, 4" fit to length) would be positioned in the middle, but I liked the swirl too much so I cut the ornament and added the star.