Hooray for the Red, White & Blue!

There are many patriotic holidays in the Summer, first there is Memorial Day, then Flag Day, 4th of July and Labor Day.  All occasions to use the colors Red, White and Blue.  My husband always celebrates his birthday on the 4th of July too so of course there is my chance to make a RWB Birthday card! I used the blue Vintage Jewels to accent the corners of this card and paper pieced the cake stand on this stamp.  CS used was Bazzil and Bo Bunny double dot (one of my favorites)

On the inside I stamped a star and accented it with one of the red Vintage Jewels.  These are only of few of the items you get in this months Deal of the Month! 

This is one of my favorite layouts I have done recently.  This is the 4th of July, 2010.  Yes, I am a little behind.  I love how the Vintage Jewels and the Gradient Gem stickers match so well and I used them to make fireworks for this layout.  
















Here is a closeup of the fireworks!  Aren't they awesome!!  Can you imagine the combinations you can use for these?  This Deal of the Month is fantastic and you get so much!

Crochet & Lace!

  
I loved all the crocheted items in the May Kit of the Month, A Knitted Garden!  On this birthday card I used the flowers from the Orange Countryside Garden.  I also added the Amber Gradient Gem Stickers from Deal of the Month.  I stamped Happy Birthday on the White Daisy cardstock from CTMH and backed it with embossed Bazzil Peridot Gemstone Cardstock and Creme Brulee cardstock from CTMH.  Used the MS ZigZag embossing border punch to finish the edge.  Lace is from my stash and leave are the MS Pine Branch Punch.  I love the soft look of this punch and use it quite a lot. DP is from DCWV.

Here is a close up of these adorable flowers.  They would also look great with a Pearl Brad in the center.  So many things you can do with these flowers.  Once you try them you will want all the colors available.  Enjoy!

We have a Winner!

Thanks to all who joined in on the Creative Charms blog hop! The winner of my Blog candy is:

JANLYNN said...This is just the sweetest layout. Lovely girly colors that look so soft and cuddlely. I only have boy grandchildren so I don't get to do layouts like this. I would have to say my favorite CC embellees are the flower and butterfly ones that I use on layouts I do of garden tours I take with my mastergardener group.

Email me your address and I will send your prize!  Congratulations!!

Now I would like to show what the Grand Prize was for the winner of the Secret Sentence contest on the Creative Charm Blog.

May Deal of the Month - $6.99

Sparkling Garden of Delight – 347 Pieces

·         Amber Gradient Gem Stickers – 76 Pieces
·         Blue Gradient Gem Stickers – 76 Pieces
·         Pink Gradient Gem Stickers – 76 Pieces
·         Assorted Gradient Pearl Stickers – 76 Pieces
·         Light Purple Vintage Jewels – 12 Pieces
·         Light Green Vintage Jewels – 12 Pieces
·         Green Gradient Gem Brads – 9 Pieces
·         Purple Gradient Gem Brads – 9 Pieces
·         18” Blue Fancy Polka Dot Ribbon

May Kit of the Month - $14.99

A Knitted Garden – 46 Pieces

·         Knitted Strawberries – 3 Pieces
·         Orange Countryside Garden – 6 Pieces
·         Green Knitted Butterflies – 4 Pieces
·         Blue Small Knitted Flowers – 9 Pieces
·         Blue Blooming Garden – 12 Pieces
·         Pink Blooming Garden – 12 Pieces

Welcome to Creative Charms First Ever Blog Hop!!

Welcome to the first Creative Charms Blog Hop!  I hope you are having as good a time as I am.  I have created this layout using one of my favorite Creative Charms embellishments the Gradient Pearl Stickers in pink.  A pink ribbon was added to our little bundle of joy!

I have also added another fave the adorable Sunflower from the Countryside Collection.  The leaf ribbon is from the Fuzzy Daisy Kit in the Loop d' Loop collection and the little pink flowers are in the Fun Flower Kit.  The "lacy" backgrounds on both pages were cut using my Cricut and so was the Stork!

Creative Charms is also giving away a Grand Prize.  Simply collect the Secret Word from each blog in the hop and complete  the Secret Phrase.  My secret word is "tour."  You have until midnight on May 1st to email the secret phrase to Creative Charms to win the fabulous prize.  The prize will be both the Deal of the Month and the Kit of the Month for May which will be announced on Monday, May 2nd!  Drawing will also be May 2nd...Good Luck!

To celebrate our first official Blog Hop for Creative Charms, I am also offering some delicious Blog Candy.  All you have to do to win is either subscribe or become a follower of this blog and leave a comment telling me what your favorite Creative Charms embellishment is. 

 The next stop along the way is Joscie  have fun!

 
If you get lost along the way - Here is the list for the blog hop:
·         Creative Charms – www.creative-charms.blogspot.com
·         Kristal – www.kandrewdesigns.blogspot.com
·         Amber – www.thecountryscrapper.blogspot.com
·         Sandra – www.scrappinmomof1.blogspot.com
·         Jan – www.papercraftpeasures.blogspot.com
·         Laura – www.lauraachilles1.wordpress.com
·         Diane – www.capadiadesigns.blogspot.com
·         Jennifer H – www.jenniferhansenscrapgallery.blogspot.com
·         Michelle – www.chengunation.blogspot.com
·         Lisa – www.lisadorsey.blogspot.com
·         Chris – www.workforscraps.blogspot.com
·         Jamie – www.jamielanedesigns.blogspot.com
·         Amy – www.aimitup.blogspot.com
·         Jennifer Y – www.thepinkroom.typepad.com
·         Trudy – www.truesgiftsfromtheheart.blogspot.com
·        (You are Here!); Ellen – www.scrapstampnmama.blogspot.com 
·         Joscie – www.cutchens.com
·         Ilene – www.whatabunchofscrap.blogspot.com
·         Midori – www.scrapsforme.blogspot.com

Eastet Treats!

These adorable Easter Egg Treat bags were made for the some special ladies who attended a retreat with me last weekend.  They all loved them, especially after we filled them with "treats"! 

All the embellishments on these "eggs" are from the Creative Charms Deal of the Month!  The egg shaped treat bags are from SVGCuts.com and were super easy to do.  The gorgeous Large Yellow Sparkled Flower and Amber Pure Blossoms on this one just scream Spring!

On this bag I used the Yellow Flower Bow and Purple Gradient Gem Stickers.  Also embossed the pink cardstock with a Cuttlebug embossing folder to give it a little more texture.

This bag features the Gingham Butterflies with the purple Gradient Gem Stickers for the body and on the bag.  All ready for Easter treats and I know some special little girls who would love these for Easter! 











You can get all of items used on these projects and more on the Creative Charms website.  Just look for the Deal of the Month!  Here's what you will get for $6.99:

• Purple Gradient Gem Stickers - 76 Pieces
• Yellow Flared Flowers - 4 Pieces
• Yellow Sparkled Butterflies - 1 Pieces
• Yellow Flower Bows - 2 Pieces
• Yellow Large Sparkled Flower - 1 Pieces
• Pink & Yellow Flower Brads - 6 Pieces
• White Flower Brads - 6 Pieces
• Amber Pure Blossoms - 12 Pieces
• Yellow Gem Butterflies - 12 Pieces
• Bunnies with Flower Gem - 2 Pieces
• Purple Organza Flowers - 2 Pieces
• Purple 3D Sparkly Garden Brads - 12 Pieces
• Pink Gingham Butterflies - 3 Pieces
• 12" Purple Fancy Polka Dot Ribbon
• 12" Yellow Fancy Polka Dot Ribbon

Too Many Hugs?

It's true, one can never have too many hugs so hug someone you love today!  This card features items from the Deal of the Month Kit from Creative Charms.  I used the Gradient Gem stickers on 3 of the corners of the Nestabilities die cut.  The 4th corner features the large flower from the Groovy Petal Medley included in the Deal!  The card stock base was made using Bazzill Atlantic and the DP is Bo Bunny Gift of Love collection.

Inside the adorable Changito Monkey sports a Gradient Gem Sticker in his navel!  Couldn't resist this adorable stamp set from Stampendous!

Birthday Rainbow!

This is a card I did a while back for the Crop Shop.  I love all the bright colors on this card.The solid card stock is Bazzill and the border punch used is the Martha Stewart zigzag embossing border punch.  I also embossed the blue with an embossing folder from cuttlebug to give it some texture.  Added some felt flowers and buttons purchased at the Crop Shop and some gradient gem stickers from Creative Charms.  I love all the bright colors on this card and the rainbow ric rac ribbon!

Variety of cards and Blog Treat!

The Kit of the Month for February has so many possibilities to choose from.  This first card is called a "Z Fold" card and is one of my favorite to make because to me it seems like there is a "surprise" inside. 

From the kit I used the White Flared Flowers and when you open the card it looks like the one on the bottom is floating.  It is also accented with blue Gradient Gem Stickers to dot the I's and the exclamation point!  Love how this turned out!

This second card uses the Black Vintage Velvet Poppies and I added the White Vintage Pearl Brads for the center of the flower.  The sentiment is accented with Gradient Pearl Stickers and the Black Vintage Velvet Ric Rac ribbon sets it off perfectly.  The bottom section is embossed using a cuttlebug embossing folder and then inked to bring out the embossed image.

The inside of this card is also accented with the Gradient Pearl Stickers.  I just love using the Gradient pearls and gems on my cards.

On this Birthday card I used the tiny stars from the Winter Seasonal Sparkles to accent the snowflakes.  I also used another of the White Flared Flowers included in the kit.  There is so much in these kits it is amazing.  I also used a Nestabilities die and inked it to bring out the embossed element of the die.  The oval was embossed with a cuttlebug embossing folder and the snowflake is once again from Nestabilities.  The lace border was punched using a MS punch.

Love is in the air!

Love is in the air and everyone is thinking about what to get their special Valentine.  Who wouldn't love to receive this card from your special someone. Valentines is all about hearts and lace and the adorable scalloped heart with pastel roses from Creative Charms sets off this card.  It is accented with lace ribbon embellished with pink Gradient Pearl Stickers from Creative Charms.  The paper doily heart is embellished with a red Vintage Jewel also from Creative Charms.

Birthday Wishes from Tilda!

This Birthday card features one of my favorite little Tilda's from the Magnolia Stamp Collection.  These little cuties just can't help but make you smile!  She is accented with the blue Fancy Polka Dot ribbon and the blue Fancy Felt Flowers.  Aren't they just the cutest flowers you have ever seen!  Also used a MS edger punch for the lacy edge and Spellbinders Nestabilities to cut the scalloped circles.  Paper was from an old DCWV paper stack. 

I also made a few of these adorable Tissue Covers for Christmas gifts this year.  I used a Winter Theme so they could be used beyond the Holidays. The snowflakes are in the Winter Medley set of the Seasonal Medley collection and layered over the punched snowflakes from blue glitter CS.

They are accented with the Gradient jewels to give them more sparkle and are also added to the snowflakes on the top border.  The panels on the tissue cover are embossed using the Cuttlebug embossing folders and inked to bring out the embossing.  These were a big hit with the recipients!

Last Chance and a Fall Project!

Top view

This tissue box cover was made using the technique of the week over at Split Coast Stampers.  My version was made using the Naturals White CS from SU and embossing with Cuttlebug embossing folders and applying ink to paper to bring out the embossing.  I added some embossed punched leaves and inked them to bring out the veins in the leaves.  Added some embellies from Creative Charms, the orange Fancy Felt Flowers and one of the stickers from the Thanksgiving Multi-dimensional chip board stickers.  The top of the tissue box was created using Nestabilities Large Oval die #1 and the Small Scalloped Ovals die #1,  Then the panel was adheared on top and embellished again with the punched leaves and orange felt flower.  This cover will fit righ over top of the kleenex box and can be used over and over again.  Love how this turned out.  Now will have to make one for my DIL as her favorite season is fall!

Here we have a simple Birthday card created using a scallop square front cut on my Cricut Expression using Make the Cut Software.  I used the Fall Harvest Deal of the Month adding the  Yellow Fancy Polka Dot Ribbon, Amber Pure Blossoms and Orange 3D butterflies.  The sentiment and background flora are from SU Watercolor Trio and sentiment was punched out using the oval and scallop oval punch and then pop dotted on for dimension. CS is Bazzill.




















This layout was made using the Orange Fuzzy Daisy Kit (love the leaf ribbon!) and the Amber Gem Stickers.  Also added the new a Fall Sticker from the Thanksgiving Multi-Dimensional Chipboard Stickers.  These adorable chipboard stickers are perfect for the fall and Thanksgiving. 

This was an amazing Deal of the Month, so much to choose from in this deal!  Happy Fall Y'All !!

Just Rite Christmas Card

This is my second Christmas card for 2010.  Used the new Vintage Accent Frames to make my own embellishments.  Also used the JustRite Hearts Come Home stamp set for the center. The bottom border was created with a MS border punch.  Used Bazzill CS for the card base and SU designer paper from last year.

Be Merry!

Today is World Card Making Day and here is one of my creations to celebrate!  This is my first Christmas card for 2010 and I hope to get all of them done by Thanksgiving so they can go in the mail on Black Friday! I used one of the new Creative Charms Christmas Twinkle Multidimensional Stickers for the sentiment.

Halloween Fun

It's officially fall and what better way to celebrate the season of beautiful colors than with Creative Charms October Kit!  I just love those cute Halloween Twinkle Stickers and the Black Velvet Ric Rac ribbon!  I also used the Black Gem Stickers and the Halloween Vintage Frames.

The image used is from the Fall Collection of Bildmalarna stamps.  Just too cute! The image was colored using the Gamsol Magic technique and Prisma colored pencils.  It was then layered on Bazzill Raven CS.