Kitten Card

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Happy Halloween! I was looking for a project to work on in between trick-or-treaters, and was inspired by Kelly Latevola's video on the Simon Says Stamp blog to create this rainbow striped card.

I stamped a rainbow of watercolors (another technique video by Kelly) with Hero Arts' rubber stamp set Texture and Shape LP 283. The kitten and yarn are from Simon Says Stamp's Pawsome stamp set, and were painted with Zig watercolor markers and then fussy cut. The sentiment is from Hero Art's Everyday Sayings set which was heat embossed with white embossing powder.

This card is entered in:

• The October "Watercolor" Challenge at a2z Scrapbooking

• The "What Would Kelly Make?" Challenge (Multi-Color Stripes) at Simon Says Stamp

• The "All Creatures Great and Small" Monday challenge at Simon Says Stamp

• The "Anything Goes" Wednesday challenge at Simon Says Stamp

Thanks for stopping by,
-june

Summer Time Layout

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It has been snowing and sleeting here in Minnesota, so I decided it was a great day to scrap a page about our summer visit to the lake.

I used mostly Simple Stories Sunshine & Happiness papers and embellishments.

Designer Tip #1: To keep the background from overpowering the photo, I used papers with the same subtle design.

Designer Tip #2: I wanted a large element that matched the papers in the upper corner, to break up the vertical strips and draw attention to the photo. It worked well to fussy the sun & cloud from the pattern papers.

Designer Tip #3: To make the photo POP, I used contrasting colors - orange & teal blue

Designer Tip #4: To add a little pizzazz, I added the horizontal border-punched strips in white. They bring interest and a playfulness to the layout.

This page is based on a layout sketch by Susan Stringfellow found on Rochelle Spears' blog.

This layout is entered in:

• Rochelle Spears' October Rewind Sketch Challenge 

              

• The "One Word Title" October Challenge at GrandDiva's Creative Corner

              

• The "Anything Goes" Wednesday challenge at Simon Says Stamp

Thanks for stopping by and stay warm,
-june

Scrapping On The Go

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This weekend my husband and I went on a fun adventure to Red Wing, MN (famous for shoes, pottery and gorgeous river views from the bluffs).  Here is a layout from our trip:

I wanted to scrap the trip in our hotel room, but didn't want to bring a ton of stuff. This is where having Quick Quotes' October Club Q layout kit and my portable Canon Selphy printer came in handy.  Everything I needed to create a great page was right at my fingertips.

I love the new beautiful Sonata pattern papers that come in the Quick Quotes' October Club Q kit, along with the amazing embellishments. Almost everything you see on this page comes with the kit, even the title and chipboard leaf embellishments (which I heat embossed in gold).  I only added Nuvo Drops and a little vellum to background to help the photos stand out.  The papers were edged with PowderPuff Chalking Inks in Seafoam, Slate, and Peach Tree.

The Canon Selphy printer was great to have along, as I was able to print the photos from my camera right there in my hotel room.  The Selphy was also great because these photos needed some heavy cropping/zooming, which the Selphy did so easily.  Here's how:

• Turn on the Selphy printer and load your photos.
• Use the arrows to scroll to the photo you want to print.
• Press Edit to enter cropping mode.
• Use the Back button to rotate the photo, if desired.
• Use the + and - buttons to zoom the print area, and the arrow keys to position it over the portion of the photo you want to print.
• Press OK.
• Select any additional photos you want to print, then press the "print" button. Viola!

QUICK QUOTES PRODUCTS:
October Club Q Layout kit
PowderPuff Chalking inks: Seafoam, Slate and Peach Tree

CANON PRODUCTS:
SELPHY High-CapacityColor Ink/Paper Set
SELPHY CP 1200 Wireless Compact Photo Printer


This page is also entered in:

• The "Anything Goes" Wednesday challenge at Simon Says Stamp

Thanks for stopping by!
-June

A New Look

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My 16 year old son got a new, trendy haircut for school this year and has started to use styling gel.  (I think it has something to do with a new interest in girls.)  Here are the before and after photos.

I used Simple Stories RAD collection. My son said he liked these papers. Here are a few detailed shots:








I am also up on the Scrap Our Stash blog today and this page is based on their sketch and word challenge. Check it out and come join in on the fun!

 For the word challenge I used: L-letter sticker, E-enamel dots, A-arrow, F-flair buttons


Thanks for stopping by,
-june

Quick Quotes' Club Q Ideas

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I love all the beautiful fall colors and beautiful swirling designs of Quick Quotes' newest collection, Sonata!  Currently this collection is only available through the October Club Q kits. You can check them out here.

Here is a fun page using the new collection of my son's first day back to school as a Junior:

One of my favorite things about this kit is the white leaf chipboard accents and green burlap. They are simply gorgeous and go with almost everything. Here I colored them with Zig Clean Color markers then added Terra Cotta PowderPuff Chalking ink to blend and tone down the colors.

As this page is about my teenage son, I wanted to bring in a more masculine feel to the florals. I did this by matting the pattern papers and photos with black cardstock. I also edged the papers with Seafoam and Terra Cotta PowderPuff Chalking inks.

All of the pattern papers, leaf embellishments and green burlap come in the Club Q kit.  The school-themed embellishments and black cardstock were added from my stash.

Quick Quotes Products:
October's Club Q Kits
PowderPuff Chalking Inks:Seafoam and Terra Cotta

Thanks for stopping by,
-june

Happiest Of Holidays Card

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I need to make a bunch of Christmas cards each year. So I want a design that is easy to mass produce, but still has that Wow! factor. That, my friends, is this card:

 

For the background I used the smooching technique with red, orange & yellow Distress inks. After it dried I stamped Winnie & Walter's Bed Of Roses with Versamark and heat embossed with gold embossing powder. The photo does not show all the beautiful shimmer and shine. Next I stamped the sentiment from W&W's Happiest Of Holidays set and heat embossed it with black embossing powder.

This card was not only easy and fast to make, but a lot of fun!

This card is entered in:

• The World Cardmaking Day Lovely Layers Challenge at Winnie & Walter  

• The World Cardmaking Day CAS Challenge at Winnie & Walter

• The World Cardmaking Day Smooshing Challenge at Winnie & Walter

• The World Cardmaking Day Background Building Challenge at Winnie & Walter 

-june

Hello Fall Birdie Card

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I saw a great stenciling technique by Laura Bassen on the her blog for WCMD. As W&W is also doing challenges for World Card Making Day, I thought I'd join in. Here is my card:

I used W&W Leaf Effects stencil and moved it around using different colors of Quick Quotes' PowderPuff Chalking inks. I also used W&W's "hello" die cut from their Big, Bold and Happy set. It was cut 3 time with white, green & brown papers and layered on top of each other. The bird is from W&W's The Happiest Of Holidays stamps set.

This card is entered in:

• The World Cardmaking Day Stenciled Challenge at Winnie & Walter 

• The World Cardmaking Day Lovely Layers Challenge at Winnie & Walter 

• The World Cardmaking Day CAS Challenge at Winnie & Walter 

• The World Cardmaking Day Background Building Challenge at Winnie & Walter 

• The "Thinking Of You" Wednesday challenge at Simon Says Stamp

Thanks for stopping by,
-june

Happy Birthday Card with Jillibean Soup

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It is so fun that Jillibean Soup is celebrating WCMD with challenges! Here is my second entry:

I used Jillibean's Souper Celebration collection and their fabulous die cuts. This card came together "souper" fast! This card is based on a sketch from Sketch N Scrap.

This card is entered in:

• The World Card Making Day Die-Cut Challenge at Jillibean Soup

• The Card Sketch Challenge #107 at Sketch N Scrap

              

• The "Happy World Card Making Day" Challenge at Simon Says Stamp

Thanks for stopping by and  check out all the great challenges,
-june

Merry & Bright Jillibean Soup card

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It is so fun that Jillibean Soup is celebrating WCMD with challenges! Here is a card following one of their sketches:

I used Jillibean's pre-cut card, shaker container and sequins along with Jillibean's Ornament stamp set. This card came together "souper" fast! I also used Ranger's gold, silver and red embossing powders.

This card is entered in:

• The World Card Making Day Sketch #1 Challenge at Jillibean Soup

              

• The "Happy World Card Making Day" Challenge at Simon Says Stamp

• TCP Tuesday #340 "Sparkle" at The Cat's Pajamas

Thanks for stopping by and  check out all the great challenges,
-june

Celebrate Summer with Scrap Our Stash

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With summer winding down and the nights getting cooler, it is the perfect time to enjoy making s'mores in our fire pit.

I had fun layering Jen Hadfield's embellishments on BoBunny's Take A Hike papers. The "celebrate" die cut is by Winnie & Walter and the mini alphas are by Elle's Studio. I also added ink splatters with Heidi Swapp's Bronze Color Shine.

Today I am up on the Scrap Our Stash blog showcasing this month's Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge.

I went with the first column:
Orange
Doily
Mini Alphas

Hope you are inspired to join in on the fun, which you can do here.
-june

Happy Autumn with Quick Quotes

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Today I here to give you peak at Quick Quotes new collection, Sonata!

Here is a fun autumn card featuring Quick Quotes' Sonata pattern papers from this month's Club Q. I used the leftovers from the mini album kit to create it.

I am loving all the beautiful rich fall colors and dreamy designs in Sonata. Check it out! Currently this paper collection is only available though October's Club Q kit, which you can order here.

The card base was cut from Sonata 105 edged with Mocha Mama PowderPuff Chalking ink and mounted on dark brown cardstock.

The log was stamped with Mocha Mama PowderPuff Chalking ink on kraft cardstock and fussy cut.

The cute pup was stamped, fussy cut and colored with Zig Clean Color markers.

The leaves were punched from Sonata 105, edged with Sunset, Evergreen, Barn Board, Seafoam and Mocha Mama PowderPuff Chalking inks and gold Stickles added. Look at the difference adding ink makes to these leaves!

The sentiment was die cut from black cardstock.


QUICK QUOTES PRODUCTS:
October's Club Q kit
PowderPuff Chalking ink: Sunset, Evergreen, Barn Board, Seafoam and Mocha Mama

Other products:
Pup stamp - Latina Crafters
Log stamp - Concord & 9th
Sentiment die cuts - Winnie & Walter
Embossing - Gold Stickles


Hope you are having a happy start to your autumn and find some time to play!
-june

December 25 Card

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Hooray, with this card I was able to complete all 4 challenges at My Favorite Things for their World Card Making Day event. Check out this fun Christmas card:

 

My niece always enjoys getting her MFT Santa card, so this card will be going to her. The Santa is from My Favorite Things' Jingle All The Way stamp set and he was colored with Zig Clean Color markers. The sentiment is from MFT's Trim A Tree set.

The green glittery numbers are a die cut from The Cat's Pajamas. The pattern papers are by Heidi Swapp. This card is based on a Lisa Hidy's card sketch at Sketch N' Scrap.

This card is entered in:

• The World Cardmaking Day "By the Numbers" Challenge at My Favorite Things

• The World Cardmaking Day "Make & Mail" Challenge at My Favorite Things

• The World Cardmaking Day Challenge at Simon Says Stamp 

• The "Christmas" Wednesday challenge at Simon Says Stamp 

• The August/September Work It Wednesday Challenge at Simon Says Stamp

• The World Cardmaking Day Challenge at Sketch N Scrap

• TCP Tuesday #340 "Sparkle" at The Cat's Pajamas

Thanks for stopping by,
-june

Hello Coffee Card

Hello, Welcome and Happy World Card Making Day!

I am crafting like crazy today and having a ball! Here is a fun fall card using the leftover rainbow circle from my last card:

This is a perfect card to send to my friend, Sue. We often meet for coffee, plus she love my cards. I used My Favorite Things Royal Leaves and Starry Circle Die-namics. Only dies were used to create this card, no stamping! I also used Simon Say Stamp's coffee cup  and Stitched Rectangle dies.

This card is entered in:

• Wednesday Sketch Challenge 353 at MFT Card Challenges

               

• The World Cardmaking Day "ROYGBIV" Challenge at My Favorite Things

• The World Cardmaking Day "Die-namics Designs" Challenge at My Favorite Things

• The World Cardmaking Day "Make & Mail" Challenge at My Favorite Things

• The World Cardmaking Day Challenge at Simon Says Stamp 

• The "Walk On the Dark Side" Monday challenge at Simon Says Stamp 

• YNS Color Challenge #74 at Your Next Stamp 
•  Kat Scrappiness WCMD Mood Board Challenge

Thanks for stopping by,
-june

Celebrate Rainbows

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Happy WCMD!

Here is a fun card that is super cute and generic enough to be used for many occasions, but I am sending it to Auntie for her birthday:

This card features My Favorite Things "CELEBRATE" from their Celebrate Big stamp set. The stitched circle is MFT's Die-namic from Starry Circle. This card is also based on a sketch from MFT.

The rainbow panel are blended inks by Quick Quote and die cut with Simon Says Stamps' Stitched Rectangle. The birds are a stamp from Winnie & Walter and are colored with Zig Clean Color markers.

This card is entered in:

• Wednesday Sketch Challenge 353 at MFT Card Challenges

               

• The World Cardmaking Day "ROYGBIV" Challenge at My Favorite Things

• The World Cardmaking Day "Make & Mail" Challenge at My Favorite Things

• The World Cardmaking Day Challenge at Simon Says Stamp

• The "Walk On the Dark Side" Monday challenge at Simon Says Stamp - because this card has dark sides!

Hope you are finding time this weekend to celebrate World Card Making Day and join in on all the fun!
-june

It's Starting To Look Like Christmas

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Yikes! I'm still in summer mode. But, I am always glad that I had started making Christmas cards in October when hectic December comes around. So here is my holiday card of the season:

I used a "vintage" Hero Art's Christmas tree stamp (from 2006!) which was colored with Tombow markers, sprayed with water and stamped. I then added watercolor and colorful Liquid Enamels on the tree.This card was also inspired by Kelly Latevola's video (on Simon Says Stamp blog) on watercolor stamping.  The sentiment is also a Hero Arts stamp.

For fun, this card uses a gate fold.

This card is entered in:

• The World Carkmaking Day Fun Fold Challenge at a2z Scrapbooking

• The Watercolor October Monthly Challenge at a2z Scrapbooking

• The World Cardmaking Day Challenge at Simon Says Stamp

• The August/September Work It Wednesday Challenge at Simon Says Stamp

• The "Christmas" Wednesday challenge at Simon Says Stamp

• The World Cardmaking Day "Make & Mail" Challenge at My Favorite Things

• The "What Would Kelly Make?" Challenge (Watercolor Stamping) at Simon Says Stamp

Thanks for stopping by,
-june

Believe In Yourself - Lasting Memories Guest Designer Layout

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I am up as a Guest Designer at Lasting Memories today. The challenge is to include children's artwork. So my son and I worked on this page together plus he did all of the journaling. It was really fun!

I chose this Belle Blvd. paper as the title was already done and gave a good journaling prompt plus my son liked the background and gold foil. Aaron also loved going through my Creative Embellishment stash and picking out these fun chippies.

Check out the fun at and great challenges at Lasting Memories. And if you have kids, try making a page with them.

This page is entered in:

• The "Walk On The Dark Side" Monday challenge at Simon Says Stamp (photos matted with dark borders)

Thanks for stopping by,
-june