Monday, May 30, 2011

Becky Flecks Card Sketch Monday

Our Design Team is using some wonderful card maps
from Becky Fleck's website here to create some
quick and easy cards for you today! 


UR Awesome by Brittny Kilvaug
Supply List:
Best Creation
BB002 Baseball
BB005 Spirit
BB006 Home Run
BB009 Team Tags
BB012 Glitter Element Stickers
BB013 Glitter Combo Stickers
FT001 Foam Tape
Stampin’ Up Scallop Edge Punch


"Thanks" by Karen Taylor


Celebrate by Jodi Wilton 
supplies:
IA016, IA009, BGP215

Designers Tips: Try flipping elements of the sketch!
 I did this by rotating the banner in card #1 from a vertical direction
 to a horizontal direction. Also, try using BEST CREATION
 foam tape to layer elements in your card!


Celebrate by Jodi Wilton
supplies:
BGP215, IA013, IA012, IA016

**Other Products used: Kraft Cardstock and Bakers Twine





Thinking of you by Julie Walton
Supplies:
Basic Glitter Dot paper
Gone Camping Mini - GC 016
Gone Camping Stickers -  GC 012
Ribbon - Fancy Pants


If you don't know already the talented 
Becky Fleck released a fabulous new book
called Card Sketches last month.  It has great sketches
for cards and makes it fun to sit down and make lots of
cards for all the holidays and birthdays you have ahead!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!  

Friday, May 27, 2011

It's our "Summer Fun" Blog Hop!!

Grab your suntan lotion and a towel everyone and 
get ready for a fun "Summertime Blog Hop" to get some great ideas
to get caught up with old summer photos and lots of ideas
for inspiring you for this summer too!!

Our first stop on this weekend hop is to Liz's blog and then
off to a idea packed hop with the rest of the team 
and our Guest Designer for this month Shannon Morgan...

And of course we have lots of chances to Win some of
our New June releases and 6x6 mini packs too!!!  Be sure
and leave a comment on either Facebook or the blog
or sign up as a new Follower!!! Contest ends midnight Sun.

New Rock Star Collection Preview
 New Loops and Scoops Collection Preview
New Splash Fun Collection Preview

And of course our DT loves, loves, loves to hear from you
so leave them comments too!! Just in case you get off track
here is the order and the links for you.....



And here is a plug for our Preferred Partner Helmar too!
We all love their adhesives and use them for all of our projects
so check out the DT's blog and let us know what your favorite
is for a second chance to win a prize and some Helmar too!!!!

Hope you have fun and get inspired for summer
and hope the weather is warmin up where you are!!

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Invite your friends for a party!!!

Getting together with family and friends for barbacues 
in the summer is one of the best things in life and setting the mood
with the right decorations makes it even more fun and festive
for everyone that is attending your event...

so with that in mind we have ideas for you from an adorable
silverware caddy and banner to invitations to announce the fun event!!

"Silverware Caddy" by Kim Holmes
 Kim made this super adorable silverware caddy from
an old pop bottle carrier that she had laying around. She covered it
and added stickers and then filled it with lots of utensils for
all her guests to use for the party.

Supplies Used: IA004, IA005, IA006, IA013, IA012
Made from:

"Liberty Star" by Debbie Sherman
Debbie used purchase cardboard star and covered it
with pieces of patriotic papers in alternate colors. For the
center and title she used a Spellbinders die and put on one of 
our stickers and layered the hat and ribbon on top of that.
To hang it up she added cute matching ribbon.

IA003, IA006,IA013,IA012,IA014
Glitter CS GCS004 Red, GCS007 Jewel Blue
GCS010 Gold, Ribbon - Hobby Lobby

"Celebrate" by Petra Offrell
Petra created this card to show that you can also
use this paper to make it for someone to just 
celebrate their day!  She used the balloons as the backround and 
mixed it with a bit of the matching stripe and stitched it to a blue backround.
Then she added the tiny banner and word stickers to finish it off...


Party invitation by Nicole Wise
Products Used: BGP216, GCS007, IA006, IA009, IA013, IA014 

Description:  This fun gatefold card is a simple and easy invitation
to your 4th of July Barbecue!  I just scored and folded my cardstock
and layered on the patterned paper.  Then, using some Glitter Cardstock, 
Basic Glitter Paper and layering a Chipboard Piece and a Cardstock Sticker, 
I created the rest of the front of the card and concealed the closure
for the gate card underneath.  Inside is all of the important information 
about the party and some more fun paper from the I {heart} America line!


"USA Banner" by Shannon Morgan
What party is complete without a gorgeous banner to hang up for a
decoration!!  Shannon created this using circles as the backround and then
layered it with stars and make her own handmade letters for the USA.
She drew around each of the pieces with pens to outline them and make them
pop up more.  Then all she needed was some cute ribbons and ric rac to finish it!!

"Independence Day" by Sandy Ang
The paper pads are really fun because they each
come with 2 sheets of paper and it makes it easy
to cut out and layer images and pop them up with foam dots
to make your projects a little more 3 dimensional.
supplies: 6x6 paper pad, stickers IA012
Happy 4th of July by Sandy Ang

supplies: chipboard IA014, 6x6 paper pad and
stickers from IA013

"4th of July Mini Book" by Julie Walton
 Julie created this fantastic chipboard mini album to
hold the adorable photos of her grandson who just
happened to be born on the 4th of July so it was just
the perfect line to make this book with!!

 
 
 
 
supplies: 6x6 I love America mini book, stickers, ribbon,
mini book by Best Creation

"Happy 4th of July" by Irit Shalom
These gorgeous cards were created by Irit and would be
great to send to friends just to say hi or would also be
a fantastic invite for an upcoming party..

4th of july gift bag by Kim Arledge
"Celebrate USA"by Irit Shalom

We hope you loved all the ideas and don't forget to
leave a comment on mondays post to win a huge pack
of this gorgeous paper!!!  Have a great day!!!

Monday, May 23, 2011

Let's Hear it for the Red, White and Blue

It's Monday and we have some really adorable ideas
for you today to use our brand New I love America Collection
This paper is filled with lots of bright colors and embossed 
glitter that really, really makes it fun to work with... it's great
for all those picnic photos, 4th of July, family photos, military and 
just about anything that has red, white and blue in the photo.

and it's time for a giveaway so
be sure and leave a comment telling us how you like it and how
you would like to use it for a chance to win a pack of these new papers.....
Who couldn't resist the chance to get a hold of some of this right? 

"Fireworks"by our Guest Designer Shannon Morgan
Our first page is from Shannon and she used one of the
new diecuts and distressed it and the red glitter paper
that she used for the backround.  She created her title by
hand drawing out the letters and then matted it and cut it out.
She also distressed the photos and added tiny white borders
inside each one that really make the photos stand out. 

"Happy 4th of July" by Kim Holmes
Supplies: IA009, IA013, IA012, IA008, GCS004 – Red
GCS007 – Jewel Blue, Rhinestones, Pop dots and
Tiny Attacher and Staples

Lady Belle by Kim Arledge
Kim had a great idea to cut the mini die cuts in half
and use them for lettering and for the top of her page
as a really great focal point for the banner sticker!!!

supplies: Backround is BGP205, 6x6 paper pad,
stickers IA013, IA005, IA003, IA007, ribbon,
Best Creation foam dots and letters.

All American Family by Brittny Kilvaug
Who isn't proud to live here in America and what
a great page to do by celebrating with a cute family
photo and adding lots of extra stars, letters, borders
and a little bit of machine stitching for extra detail.

Supply List: Best Creation, IA007 Uncle Sam, IA008 Stars & Stripes
IA013 Glitter Combo Stickers, BGP205 Red Dot
GCS004 Red Glitter Cardstock, American Crafts Black Foam Thickers


"Sisters and Friends" by Tracey Taylor
Tracey cut off the patriotic edge of our die cut so that she could
create an everyday page about her daughters.  She layered
it with sewn strips of paper to create a ledge for the photos
to stand on and a place for the buttons on the top left.
  She also added cute letters for a title, doilies
and made some matching buttons for added detail. 


Design Note: When I cut the edge off a piece of shaped paper, I have a hard

time discarding it so I usually add it to my page. If you look at the
bottom on my page, you will see where I added that extra little bit as a fun
design element.

 
Supplies:
Best Creations: IA002, IA008, IA010 Doily Spellbinders Die
Letters: Jillibean Soup, My Little Shoebox -Wood Art: K and Company
Handmade flowers and buttons: Purple Pumpkin-Embossing Folders: Cuttlebug, Sizzix
Journaling Sprout: Jillibean Soup-Date Stamp and Twine





"God Bless the USA" by Nicole Wise
Description:  Can you say fussy cutting?!  My scissors got quite
a workout on this one and I love the effect that it created!  
The flowing stripes and stars along the bottom and top of the layout
are cut from one of the pieces of patterned paper from the
I Love America line. I used lots of Best Creation Foam Tape squares
on each  piece to pop them off the background paper which 
gave the whole layout the look of a shadow box.  I cut the stars
along the left-hand side from the back side of the same piece of paper. 
There is so much texture and sparkle and shine to this paper, 
it's a TON of fun to work with!

Prodcuts Used:  IA002, IA006, IA008, IA012, IA013, IA014

"Oh say can you see" by Julie Walton
Julie has a super cute way to create the fireworks and make them
more 3 D looking by layering them and popping them up a little!!!




Supply list for the layout:
BC - IA 003; IA 011 (papers); IA 012; IA 013 (stickers); IA 014 Chipboard, 
America mini papers(border used for frame)
Helmar ZapDots and Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive
Pink Paislee Alpha
Epiphany Crafts Shape Studio Round 25 Epoxy

and of course she added a customized button from
Epiphany Crafts button makers!!  Really cute Julie!!

"My Rock Star Kids" by Irit Shalom
Irit lives in Isreal so she made this super cute layout
about her kids pretending to be Rock Stars.  It's really
bright and glittery and works great with the photos.

supplies: cardstock IA003, diecut IA011, IA001,
doilie, foam dots, border punch for ribbon piece,
chipboard journal box IA014

Thanks for stopping for our star spangled pages
and be sure and stop back for other great ideas later this week!!

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