Scrap Pile Saturday Challenge #11 and Little C's HUGE Sale

Hello Friends!! I'm sorry I didn't post the Scrap Pile Saturday challenge earlier today. I actually just made my cards! LOL! Slacker! Yeah. . .I know! I've been crafty lazy the past few days. . .why? Well, my family and I have been busy watching the TV show "Lost". We had to start from the beginning because we've never watched the show until my husband purchased the DVD for all 5 past seasons a few weeks ago and we've been doing a bit of catch up. We've been doing marathon sessions and it's been so much fun! We're on Season 4 right now. I know. . .for Lost fans. . the season's finale is in 2 weeks! LOL! I love the show and I'll be sad that the show will be ending.

Anyway. . .before I start the challenge I want to let you know about a HUGE sale going on at Little C's. Little C's will no longer sell rubber stamps; therefore, Jen is selling ALL her rubber stamps at 40% off! There's quite a few more stamps available so go get them now before they're all gone. Please use this discount code when checking out: ""GoodBuy40"

Last week, there wwere only two players for last week's challenge and they did a hell of a job stamping on designer paper:

Michelle of Creative Treasures
Tracey of My Creative Place

Thank you Michelle and Tracey for playing along!! Hey, what happened to all my weekly players? I thought more people would play along . . .I'm sad. LOL! Just kidding. . .that's okay. . .I forgive ya' all for not playing along because I know you will play along this week, right?

Now to this week's challenge

Follow the sketch below. . .yup, that's it. . .simple huh? Hope you'll play along this week!!

Okay, here are the rules:

1. Other than your card/project base, the face of your card MUST be created using ONLY designer paper and card stock from your scrap pile. Do not cut up any new card stock or designer paper. This rule also applies to 3D projects such boxes, bags, etc.

2. Embellishments added to your card MUST be from "opened" packages. Do not open up a new package or roll of ribbon, brads, buttons, etc.


I decided to create two cards using the Greeting Farm stamps that you can find at Little C's!! Fun, fun, fun! Wow, I had a grand time coloring the images. I colored the image with my Copic Markers, the designer paper is a piece of scrap that I've had for a while now. . .I think it's by DCWV.


If you need the recipe for my two cards, just email me. I need to finish cooking dinnerand I'm trying to get this post out pronto . . . so I won't list the card details, okay!! Sorry!

This is another TGF image that you can find at Little C's. Again, I colored the image with my Copic Markers and rubbed a bit of pastel to color the background. The paper and card stocks are from my scrap pile. . :) The paper I think is by DCWV.


Okay. . .I'll end it here! Busy, busy, busy! Gotta run! Dinner is waiting. . .Hope you all have a beautiful Mother's Day tomorrow!!

Christmas Stampin All Year Long Gift Set Challenge #3 - Accordion File Purse

Hello Friends! Well, today is Christmas Stampin All Year Long challenge time again and this week, it's a "Gift Set" challenge! Wow, isn't that fun or what? I love gift sets! It's my favorite project to create!

Because this post will be long. . .I'll keep the commentary to a minimum, if I can control myself! LOL! This week's challenge is to create an "Accordion File Purse". Stop by Christmas Stampin All Year Long to check out the tutorial on how to create this cute purse. I created the tutorial a year ago. . .but I thought it was a fun box for a gift set challenge! The design team really rocked this week's challenge. . .check them out!

You can also click here to view the tutorial.

Just to let you know. . .all of the designer papers and card stock are Stampin Up.



I used the Spellbinder Borderbilities to create the pretty border on my card. To create dots, I used Scribbles Iridescent Paint.

This box matches my card. . .I love the designer paper by Stampin Up.

The snowflakes on my card are chipboards by K&CO. . .the rest of the materials are Stampin Up.

The ribbon on my card and box is by "American Craft Elements". . .I love their ribbons!!

Again, here is the matching box! Nothing complicated with the design so I'm not going to discuss the details.

Anyway. . .gonna cut it short! I'm pre-scheduling this post and Thursdays is CSI night for my family. . .I cut any crafting and blogging when my daughter gets home from school. It's basically family night for us.

Hope you all have a wonderful Friday and hope you'll play along with us at Christmas Stampin All Year Long!!!

My Scrap Chick Shaped Cards and Tab Album

Hello Friends! Wow, I've got a lot of stuff to share today!! How are you all doing with your Mother's Day projects? I wish I was able to create more Mother's Day stuff but call it poor planning which isn't surprising for me. . LOL! I am the "fly by the seat of your pants" sort of person. I leave all the planning to my husband. . .he's a super planner. I'm not exaggerating. Fortunately, he has me to make his life less predictable!

Okay. . .this is a long post so let me get started. Before I begin. All shapes and cuts on my projects were created using myscrapchick.com cutting files. Just letting you know so I don't keep repeating myself.

I decided to create a mini album using the "$1 Tab Album" file for this album. I cut chipboards on my Cricut Expression then cut designer papers to cover the chipboard. I decided to use my "Bind it All" to bind my album. All designer papers used on this album are K&CO. I love their papers. . .the designs are so pretty. The created the pretty label at the front of my album using the $1 Floral Frames file. Isn't it pretty?



I used the "$1 Spring Flower" file to create the pretty layered flowers on my first page. Just a quick story about my album. I created this Mother's Day album for my daughter for Mother's Day. Isn't she supposed to create something for me? Yeah. . .but she's not the crafty sort.

My grandmother adopted me when I was a little girl and I considered her my mother but she passed away several years ago so I don't have a mother to give my Mother's Day album to. Therefore, the next best thing is to give it to my daughter.

The first photo was taken on a whale watching cruise several years ago. I look strange in the photo but I like how my daughter is hugging me so that's the reason I chose that picture. The second photo is a photo of us at my cousin's wedding. It's the only photo I have where we're both dressed up. I'm usually the one taking photos of others so I don't have many photos of me.


The next project are these bee hive cards. This is actually a sneak peek of the Shaped Cards that will be released tomorrow at myscrapchick.com. More shaped cards! Click Here to check them out!! Oooh, how fun! Last week another set was released: Click Here. Be sure to stop by myscrapchick.com tomorrow to check out the new shape cards being released.

I decided to create a fancy bee hive card so with this first card, I used a pretty designer paper. Although it looks like I did a lot of things with this card, all I did was cut the file on to designer paper, drew in the stitches and added the ribbon and sentiment tag. That's basically it but doesn't it look like I worked harder to create this card? LOL! Gotta love that, huh?

With this card, I decided to cut the file on regular card stock to give it a more traditional bee hive look. Again, I drew in the stitches, added a bit of Stickles glitter to the the bee's wings and added the ribbon and sentiment tag.

This second set of cards are also going to be part of the new Shape Cards file set that will be released tomorrow at myscrapchick.com. I decided to create a boy and girl version. The cute animal cuts are from the "Sweet Animal Books" file set. They are actually meant to be used to create mini animal albums but with the myscrapchick.com files, you can basically use the files for any type of projects. They are very versatile!! You just need to use your imagination!

I decided to use "cupcake" designer papers by DCWV for my "baby onsies" shaped cards. This is the girl version of the baby onsies. Creating these shaped cards are so fun! I get a kick creating them because it just brings my card making projects to a different level.

This is the boy version of the baby onsie card. It's the same design as the girl card but using different colors and different animal.

Anyway. . .let me close the post by letting you know that the second set of cute shape cards files will be released tomorrow but if you can't wait to create a few shaped cards, you can play around with the first "Shape Cards" released last week!

Okay that's it!! Hope you all have a beautiful Thursday!!

Mother's Day Cards and Freebie Digi Images

Hi Friends!! I have to be honest. .. I'm seriously behind on my Mother's Day projects. I'm very disappointed in myself. I always think I have a lot of time and before I know it, the day is fast approaching. I think I'm going to start creating holiday projects 3 months in advance! LOL! Okay. . .what's the next holiday? Father's Day and Graduation. .. okay, I better get started today!

Anyway. . because I was late creating my Mother's Day projects, I needed to create something really quickly. Do you have a lot of flower images or prima flowers? Well, I do and I always wanted a stem for my flowers that has a sentiment on it. I couldn't find a stem sentiment stamp that I owned so I decided to create my own. . .:)


I created the 4 cards in 1 hour! Wow, that's a record for me! It was easy because all I did was print the images and added the prima and ribbon and that was basically it.

If you want to try it out yourself, I provided the image below. I made a few more various sentiment images. . .I'll share them when I create cards with them.

Click on the image for the jpeg file
or
Click Here for the png file

Here is another card I made using a different stem sentiment that I created. Scroll down below for the file. I decided to use my Stampin Up "Petal Pizazz". Ya' know, this is the first time I've inked this stamp set since buying it. Can you believe it? Nothing much to the card but basically stamping the images, cutting them out and adding dew drops to the flowers.


Here is the image if you want to try it out! It works like any digital image. . .it's free! Just sharing!! If you decide to use the images, please credit my blog if you post your creation on your blog or online gallery. . .:) I'd love to see what you created if you do use them. . .so let me know if you created something with them.

Click on the image for the jpeg file
or
Click Here for the png file

I'll be posting a few more cards and projects that I made with myscrapchick.com cutting files later today so be sure to stop by and check them out!

Hope you all have a beautiful Wednesday!!

Little C's Challenge - Inside/Outside Card

Hi Friends! This is my second for the day!! Be sure to scroll down to check out my previous post for the Pink Cat Studio rubber stamp release. Well, guess what today is? Well, it's Tuesday and that means it's Little C's Challenge day again! Another fun thing going on!

This week's challenge is to create an "Inside/Outside" card meaning decorate both the inside and outside of your card! I decided to use the Greeting Farm image . . .you can find these cuties at Little C's. There's a lot of cute stuff so be sure to check it out!!

Stop by Jen's blog Pieces of me to check out the details of the prize and the challenge. Be sure to link your card on her site not on my site.

Here are the rules for the weekly challenges:

• Deadline will always be on the following Sunday @ 6 pm, Hawaii Time
• Winner(s) will be announced on Mondays
• Little C's product are NOT necessary to play (unless noted), just as long you stick to the challenges' "theme".
• 2 RULES to absolutely be qualified for a chance to win:
  

1) You must post a comment on all of the designer's blogs

2) You must post your card or project somewhere on the Internet such as your blog,
photo gallery, SCS gallery, PCP gallery, or an online forum, etc.

• A prize will be awarded to the challenge winner
  
• The three designers for Little C's are:

1) Jen (owner) at Pieces of Me
2) Mackenzie at Midnight Scramper
3) Maria at Stampin Inspirations (me)



The sentiment on the inside of my card can also be found at Little C's: Click Here. To create the inside of my card, all I did was print the sentiment on the inside of my card, line the inside of the card with designer paper and a circle shape then added dew drops and dots using Scribbles Iridescent Paint.

To cut the card shape, I used the Cricut "Wild Card" cartridge and cut it on my Cricut Expression.
I colored my image using my Copic Markers. That's about it!!

Anyway. . .another short post. . well, sort of! I guess this is my idea of a short post! Okay. . I'll end it here. . .:)

Hope you all have a beautiful day and hope you play along in the challenge!

Pink Cat Studio Rubber Stamp Release and Gift Sets and Tutorial

Hi Friends!!! Pink Cat Studio is releasing 3 rubber stamp sets today! Yay! A bunch of the digital stamps are now in rubber! Whoohoo! If you're not the digital stamp sort of person, now you can find these cuties in rubber. How great is that? Now for those who prefer rubber stamps can play with these cute images too! Yay. Be sure to stop by the Pink Cat Studio blog and check out all the gorgeous cards the design team created.

Most of the projects I'm posting today are past projects I created. For the first two photos, I created a tutorial for the box a few months ago. Click Here for the tutorial for the box.



With this card, I used the myscrapchick.com "30 Boxes & More" cutting file. This was actually a quickie card I made. I cut the window using the card frame shape from the same file mentioned above. Inside of the card. I created a second card base that opens up to the inside of the card.

This is the inside of the second card base. It then opens up to the inside where you can write you note.

This is a shaker card I created a week ago. . it's just a repost so I won't go into detail about the card.

I'm sorry this post is short and to the point! LOL! Usually, I tend to write a lot but the post is already long so I'll end it here.

Hope you all have a wonderful Tuesday!

Suspended Heart Mother's Day Card and SCUT, SVG File

Hello Friends!! Gosh, I had a lazy day yesterday. I did not even want to craft at all. . .I stepped into my craft room and I was so not in the mood. LOL! I do have my moments. I try to craft 4 days a week and leave the other days open to do other things.

Hey. . .I have a new obsession! LOL! I have a lot of them it seems. I've decided to go on a clean diet. . .meaning I've decided to go meatless for at least 5 days a week and the other 2 days are open for chicken, turkey or fish meals. I'm going to try to reduce my red meat consumption to twice a month.

It started when I stepped into our organic/vegan store and actually took the time to look at the different alternative/vegan foods available. It started with my buying a coconut water drink then I bought a bunch of meat alternative meals and other healthy organic meals. I stepped into something I've never imagined I would actually come to like. It's amazing how delicious vegan/vegetarian foods are. I've been more active in reading the labels of food products and began researching a bit on what type of ingredients are considered healthy and what are not, etc. I have a lot to learn but so far, I'm really having fun trying out different vegan/vegetarian meals. It's amazing how the alternative organic meals are comparable in taste to their popular brand name counterparts but best of all, the ingredients are natural/organic and much healthier for your body.


Okay. . now to my card. I was playing around with creating an svg file. I wanted to create a card with a shape suspended within a window. This is what I came up with. I could of done something better but I just went along with it and created 2 cards with the file.

Here is the svg and scut file. It's a simple card design. . .just a fun window shaped card.

Click on the image for the SCUT file
or
Click Here for the SVG file

Here's a video of how to cook tofu as an alternative for scrambled eggs. Tofu is low in cholesterol and high in protein. Tofu is a good alternative if eaten in moderation. . .there's been controversy on the health values of soy products so be sure to do your research when consuming a large quantity of soy products.

I cooked a tofu scrambler this morning. . .and it taste just like eggs. I didn't follow the exact recipe as shown in the video. . .I used my own ingredients. Try it out. . I think you'll be surprised how delicious it is.

Anyway. . .I'll work on a few more crafty projects. . .I'm actually in the middle of a few. . I'll share them when I'm done! Hope you all have a beautiful, healthy Monday. . .:)

Scrap Pile Saturday Challenge #10

Hello Friends!! Sorry I'm late posting today's Scrap Pile Saturday Challenge! I actually finished the cards earlier today but was side tracked and well, here we are. LOL! Today is apparently National Scrapbook Day. . .well. . .how fun is that? I guess I will need to get crackin' and work on a few layouts!

Anyway. . .as in every week, I'd like to highlight motivated players from the previous week's challenge:

Tracey of My Creative Place
Sheryl of Sheryl's Crafting Corner
Tina of Mommy Scraps Alot
Michelle of Creative Treasures
Gina Marie of Scrapcrazylady
Joan of Scrapmum

Now to this week's challenge

Stamp on Designer Paper! A great way to use up some of your designer papers is to stamp directly on to the designer paper. I love stamping flower images on to designer paper because you don't have to color the image so it cuts the creation time in half! LOL! This week's challenge is to stamp an image or images on a designer paper. You may use any image. That's it. . .no other requirements other than the rules below.

P.S. Try the Easel Card too. . . .its optional. Click Here for the tutorial.

Okay, here are the rules:

1. Other than your card/project base, the face of your card MUST be created using ONLY designer paper and card stock from your scrap pile. Do not cut up any new card stock or designer paper. This rule also applies to 3D projects such boxes, bags, etc.

2. Embellishments added to your card MUST be from "opened" packages. Do not open up a new package or roll of ribbon, brads, buttons, etc.




I decided to use my SU scrap designer paper. I actually have one whole 12x12" paper of each of the designer paper but I also had a bunch of cut up pieces. I'm very stingy when it comes to using up my SU designer series paper because the papers are retired so I'll sort of hoard them. . . even the scrap ones. I really need to stop doing that. It's just that I don't like to run out on any of the retired designer papers because I won't be able to buy them again. Ugggh!

I decided to create an easel card! I had so much fun creating the easel card I posted yesterday so I decided to work on a few more. It's so EASY to create these cards and the best thing about them is they are so fun to make!!


I stamped and heat embossed the SU Rose is a Rose flower image on to the designer paper and smudged ink to parts of the edge of the image. I did the same with the leaves. I cut the images out and layered them on to another piece of designer paper. That's about it!!

Hope you'll play along this week.

Photo of the Day

You're probably wondering what is interesting about this photo that I had to post it. . LOL! Well, I have another cat. .her name is China. She's actually my daughter's kitty. She's the daughter of my cat Dori. . .by the way they have a love-hate relationship. That's a whole other story.

Anyway, there was a time when my cat Dori was an outdoor cat. . .about 6 years ago. Dori was a stray that adopted us 8 years ago and well, I wasn't into indoor cats at that time because I have major allergies. Unfortunately, Dori was injured 6 years ago. . I believe someone shot her with a BB gun. I'm still sad about it. Well since then, Dori is an indoor cat.

China was conceived when Dori was still a freewheeling woman! LOL! Dori had a litter but we gave them away except China. We named her China because when she was younger she was pure white. We couldn't part with all of Dori's litter so we kept one . . the only white one in the bunch.

Okay. .. let me cut to the chase.. . .do you see the string that China is laying on? Well, I don't know but she treats it like a baby or something. She'll carry it around, lay on it, sleep on it. . so bizarre. It's like a security blanket, well in this case a security string. I took the picture of her sleeping with her string. . LOL! Thought it was cute!

Anyway, hope you all have a beautiful Saturday evening!!