Believe with Heartfelt Creations

 As we start to go into Easter Weekend this card just seemed appropriate.   It really sums up my life where I am today "Believe".  I believe there is a purpose and a plan for everything  and it all leads up to my life as God has it mapped out.  Sometimes we don't understand it at all but that doesn't mean it's not working for the greater good.  I hope everyone has a blessed Easter holiday and that you will take a moment to remember what the true meaning is.

I used Heartfelt Creations stamps to complete this card and some of my yummy KaiserCraft paper.  Of course I also threw in some die cuts using Spellbinders.  Honestly is it possible for me to make a card without using Spellbinders?   I think not, LOL.

Have a great Weekend and I'll see you all soon!

Heartfelt Creations Believe in You

You have to love Wednesday's as you know your going to get tons of inspiration with Heartfelt's design team.   I continue to feature this month's release My Guy collection.   If you would like complete directions on this card including all the products used like KaiserCraft and Spellbinders please hop on over to the Heartfelt Blog.

Cream on Cream

I've always struggled with monochromatic cards...but I think I finally pulled it off with this one.  I just love it.  I used Heartfelt Creations for the main sentiment stamp....love this set.  The rose was made using one a Spellbinders die...and it's just stunning.  Can you believe I made this whole card with cream colored cardstock...no designer paper here at all. 

The background was created by inking a Cuddlebug folder and then impressing it...Love the way this technique came out. 

Have a great weekend and I'll see you Monday with a Prickley Pear Project.

Hugs,

Love You Card

Love is in the air and you can tell with all the current challenges.  I created this card for 7 Kids College Fund using Red, White and Pink color combo. 

The charm on the top of the ribbon is from Epiphany...they really are so great.   I used various Spellbinders (Label 4, Parisian Accents and even the new Chateau Gate Die from Heartfelt)

The stamps are all from JustRite stamps and qualify for their current challenge...love.   Finally all the stamped images have been heat embossed and I've entered it in WOW's embossing challenge.

Thank you Card with Flair

I love the way this card turned out, I think it's the pearls that got me, LOL.  Pearls always make everything better.

Many of the supplies that I used can be purchased at 7 Kids College Fund.  A link is listed below.

Spellbinders: Label 20

October Afternoon: Boarding Pass

Core'dinations: Graphic 45

Pearls

Sookwang Double Sticky Tape

This cards qualifies for the following challenges:

JustRite : Color Challenge

May Flowers Now in Bloom

This month at ABC DT we are celebrating May with Flowers.  It's so wonderful to see the flowers starting to pop up everywhere you go.  I love all the color.  My favorite flowers are poppies, but my second favorite is Sunflowers...they're stunning. Like a big slice of sunshine. 

The card I created today uses the Crafty Secrets Sunflowers Stamp.  I stamped on patterned paper and cut the sunflower and leaves out.  I then layer it on kraft paper that was cut using Spellbinders Label Four    ..  The polka dot paper was punched along the edges with Martha Stewart Lacy Doily Edge Punch.  The small sentiment tags are stamped using Crafty Secrets Birdies at Home set.  Everything was pulled together with a few black pearls and some seam binding that I colored with Tattered Angels Spray Mist.

I know you're creating lots of projects using flowers right now.. it's quite the rage.  So why don't you enter them in our monthly contest.  You could win up to $25 in your choice of goodies from ABC Toys and Crafts Shop.  Click the link below to join in ...and remember it's a judged competition and you can enter as many times as you like.  Be sure to follow the rules..they're really easy peasy.

Have a great weekend and I hope you get to enjoy some sunshine...

Hugs

Hello Spring

Happy Friday everybody.  I hope you are having blue skies and sunny warm rays all around you, but I must say all this week where I am has been, rain, rain, rain and then a little more rain.  I'm ready to see the blue skies again and the colorful flowers that come with spring. 

This month at ABC DT we are celebrating the season of spring.  This is my first card I created with that theme in mind.  Yes I know the colors aren't really springy, I tend to go with that rich feel and color and I suppose that's just me, but this is my take on spring. 

I adore this stamp set from Crafty Secrets, it's a poppy and that's my favorite flower.  I hope I did the beautiful flower justice.  I stamped the image, cut with an oval Spellbinder and then used Copic Markers to color in.I did this twice and cut out the second set and layered on top for depth and dimension.  Next I stamped the dragonfly on a sheet of acetate with staz on ink and then cut him out and glued down.  He really does give the illusion of being in flight. 

The image was layered on top of some chipboard that was colored with some glimmer mist and topped with some pearls and then layered on the base card.  Finally the sentiment in the bottom left corner was layered on some ribbon that I pleated and glued to the card.  Next I had a big black button and glued that down.  I stamped the sentiment Hello from Crafty Secrets Sweet Kids using Versa Mark Ink and then embossed with a green embossing powder and then distressed with ink.

I was so happy how many participated in our ABC DT Challenge last month and a new one is getting ready to start up...so be sure to check out our blog and enter for a chance to win a gift certificate to ABC Toys and Crafts.  I'd love to see over 100 come in this month so be sure to spread the word. 

This card qualifies for the following challenges:
Copic Creations: Use your favorite Copic technique...coloring/blending
Hugs until next week.

Welcome Spring!

I'm so happy Spring is finally here.  This winter has seemed to go on forever, so I'm thrilled that I'm starting to see little flowers peeking their heads out.  This card is one I did inspired by the spring season.  The paper is from Echo Park and I love the color combo.  The stamps are from the new collection from Just Rite that coordinates with Spellbinders.. you know how I love Spellbinders.  The roses were created using Spellbinders and backing on fussy cut flowers from the base paper. 

I hope you have a great first week of Spring 2011. 

This card meets the following challenges:

Beary Scrap : Spring
Just Rite: An Act of Kindness
The Cheerful Stamp Pad : Spring
Joan's Garden : Pink and Green, Thank you, Scallop (spellbinders scalloped oval) Stripes- Ribbons

Have you been PUNKED?

Hello Everyone. I'm so excited to be joining ABC DT and also helping you all kick off your weekend. First I'd like to tell you a little bit about myself. My name is Lori and I've been crafting ...well, all my life. My degree is in Jewelry Production Crafts and I'm finding my style more and more incorporating pearls, metal and anything that reminds me of jewelry, go figure? I started scrapping 10 years ago when I was pregnant with my first son. Yes, I have many a pages where my son has the big Max Headroom look...thank goodness I've come a long way since those days, LOL. I'm a total southern goofy girl that lives in the mountains of North Carolina with my husband and two wild little boys .I will say I do papercrafting for the love of the art. I'm blessed that it affords me memories of my life and family, but I really do it for my own personal creative release. I'm thrilled to be joining Julie and the girls of ABC DT and can't wait to share with you over the next several months lots of inspiration. Well enough about me ...let's see what I came up with for you this week.

So my question is...Have you been punked? Steam punked that is. I adore Graphic 45 paper and this is one of my favorite collections of G45, STEAMPUNKED. It's so elegant...it's a must have. I created this card using various papers from the collection. The paper is so detailed you really don't need a lot of other embellishments. To create a card similar to this one you will need to create your base card. For the sentiment I had to square pieces of paper...on the base I stamped a birthday sentiment and heat embossed in black powder. I then cut a circle out using my Spellbinders Standard Circle die from the other square and stacked the two squares together with 3D foam dots/tape to give a shadow box effect to the element. I pierced a small hole on the base and added the jump ring and pearl. The corner flourishes were created with a Spellbinders Die. Aren't they beautiful? I cut the butterflies out of G45 paper and bent the wings to give the illusion of them taking off in flight and attached with some of the 3D foam dot. Finished with some pearl embellies and it's was done.

So are you ready to craft the weekend away? well get busy and come up with a great birthday card and link it back to our current challenge. You could win up to $25 in free product from our store...that's enough to get you some Punk!!!!!

Have a great weekend and I'll see you next week.

Hugs, Lori

New Challenge for ABC Toys and Crafts / BIRTHDAY

I'm so thrilled to let you all know that I was asked to join the ABC Toy and Craft Design Team.  They offer all kinds of products that I'll be featuring in upcoming projects like Graphic 45, Spellbinders, and tons of different stamp...plus a lot more.  The best part is all of their goodies are discounted everyday 10% off. 

They also offer a challenge every month where you can win up to $25 in free product.  This month the theme is birthday...and we all need all the birthday cards we can get, right?  So get those supplies out or pick up some extra at ABC and start making those birthday projects.  Be sure to enter them here :

Also be sure to add our blinkie to the side of your blog and you could win even more...easy peasy. 

Here is my birthday card I created for the challenge:  I used Graphic 45 / Once Upon a Springtime for the papers.  The handmade flower was created using Spellbinders : Blossom die and then wetting with water to distress them a bit.  Top it off with some inked edges, layered  3-D tape and some gemstones.  The sentiment was created by using Fancy Labels Spellbinders die and a stamped sentiment.  There again...easy peasy but what a stunning card this would be to receive. 

Remember the challenge is open until the 26th of March...so get your entries in.

Just a little card stock and some stamps....WOW

This was a little challenge I came across this weekend that was to make a card and not use any of that beautiful designer paper, I just adore .  Believe it or not...this is all stamped, not a bit of designer paper was used and it just goes to show what you can do when you put your mind to it. 

The flower was made using Blossom 2 from Spellbinders die, stickles and pearl opaques from CTMH.  The background stamp is a new one from Close To My Heart called "Two Step Background" and the sentiment is also on a die from Spellbinders "Fleur De Les Accents".  The border is another little secret I've discovered from Close To My Heart...Kraft Ready Color Borders...just added some ink and it was a perfect match. 

This card qualifies for the following challenges:
The Shabby Tea Room
Simon Says : Love is in the air
Wild Orchid Challenge: Love is
Papertake Weekly Challenge: anything goes plus a flower
Mark's Finest Papers: Handmade Flowers

Lounging By The Lake Layout

I love the way this layout turned out.  It was one of those that when I first started I really didn't have a clue how it was going to turn out or if I'd even like it, much less LOVE IT!! but I do.  The papers and some of the embellishments are from my monthly Swirly Doos kit.  For the background paper I used Tattered Angels masks and sprayed the masks with the mist, instead of spraying the paper.  Then I flipped over the masks that were good and soaked with the glimmer mist and pressed onto my paper.  In essence I got the positive of the image, instead of the negative.  I then sanded and tore some of Coredinations new Graphic 45 paper for a great distressed layer.  Added a Spellbinders border that I also stenciled to really make it pop and made the flowers by hand so they would blend in just right. Hope you like this layout as much as I do. 

I'll be working hard this weekend getting my projects ready for the final round of Spellbinders...so wish  me luck. 

  Be sure to leave some love/comment and let me know.  I hope everyone has a great weekend and is able to find some time to spend with family and CRAFT!!!

Hugs, Lori

Detailed Picture of Handmade Flowers