Twinchies!

Club Scrap member Shona hosted a Twinchie swap. These tiny little 2 x 2 inch pieces of art were so much fun to make!  The swap instructions were simple, "Think of them as tiny scrapbook pages! They can be flat or lumpy, as long as the artwork fits onto the 2 x 2″ base. The theme is yours for the choosing." I pulled from my stash of Club Scrap paper and stamps to create my miniature masterpieces...

"Fleur de lis"

"Wish"

"Chocolat" I fussy cut the cocoa stamp, coated in Glossy Accents and topped with tiny glass beads.

"True Happiness" I "watercolored" with Inktense pencils and added a dab of stickles for bling.

"In Fashion" I love this one! I threaded an embroidery needle with matching ribbon and "sewed" the hat band. 

"Artsy Smartsy" I thought I forgot how to make quilled roses! Glossy Accents is the "bomb" when adhering embellishments! 

Mini ATC stamp made in Photoshop Elements. It's sooooo tiny I had to type my name and contact information! OMG! I just noticed that I wrote 2014 for the date...ugh....I probably did that on all of them too!

Digital twinchie ATC stamps

I designed the little PNG files to print on 4*6 pieces of cardstock, 'cause I'm "artsy smartsy" like that! Email me if you would like a copy of the PNG file for your twinchies. Thanks for looking! 

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February 2015 Card Sketch Challenge

Happy Super Bowl Sunday! Got lima beans and sausage on the stove and some sourcream cornbread ready to go in the oven. It's misting rain outside and I was a little bored, so I started cleaning up and decided to make some cards instead. Story of my life...the housework NEVER gets done. Oh well.

This is my card for the Club Scrap February 2015 Card Sketch Challenge...

No rules other than to try to follow the sketch as closely as possible, and, of course, the card should use at least 50% Club Scrap supplies. The deadline to submit a card is February 28, winner(s) will receive a GHM gift certificate from Club Scrap. Get crafting! 

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January 2015 Birthday Club Swap

These are cards I made for the Club Scrap January 2015 Birthday Club Swap. All cardstock and stamps are from Club Scrap.

I stamped the little frog with Distress Ink and dusted with Perfect Pearls mica powder. 

I used Inktense pencils to watercolor the stamp images. 

The February 2015 Birthday Club Swap items are due Feb. 20, so there's still time if you want to join in. Thanks for looking!

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♫Do you want to build a Snowman?♪

My nieces LOVE the movie Frozen! A friend posted a picture on Facebook of her 3 year old wearing the cutest "Elsa"crochet hat with a braid on the side. Of course I had to find out where she got it so that I could get some for the "little blondies"! I ended up ordering two Elsa hats, one Anna and an Olaf for my 1.5 year old nephew. I was as excited as they were for them to get their snail mail. Their mothers had explicit instructions to take pictures and send them to me immediately! This one was from my sister in Oklahoma. Her first piece of snail mail in OK and her birthday present!

                                

My sister-in-law videoed the drama...

                                

Man, that bubble wrap envie was hard to open! 

The other three little blondies in their Frozen hats...

                            

Oh to be little again and get excited by snail mail! ♫Do you want to build a Snowman?♪

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Reunion Monthly ATC Swap

Club Scrap members host a monthly kit ATC swap. The rules were simple, "your interpretation of the monthly kit using papers from the kit, embellishments are up to you".  So here are my "pieces of flair" for the January 2015 Reunion kit ATC swap...

"D'Embossed ballz". I used the Stamp a Ma Jig to position the bubbles stamp to create the background. I stamped in black and embossed in black embossing powder. I mixed Perfect Pearls powder and water to make watercolor paint. Love the shimmer! 

I liked the look of the embossing and used gold embossing powder on this card. This one is titled "Time for Family". 

"Tree of Life". More embossing and PP watercolor. 

"Art Imitates Nature". This sentiment stamp is from the 2006 Nature's Wonders Club Scrap kit, 

"Cherish the Simple Things"

"Love Blooms". The sentiment is from the 2012 Love Blooms CS kit , and stamped with Distress Ink and dusted with Perfect Pearls. 

"Heartwood". This one is my favorite...The little heart is from the CS 2011 My Funny Valentine kit. 

"Take a Journey". I scraplifted this idea from the Reunion CS Greeting to Go instructions. I used an embellishment that came from the CS 2010 Destinations kit and altered it with a mix of alcohol ink colors to match. 

"Fun in the Sun". Gold and white embossing and more PP watercolors. The "sun" stamp image is from the CS 2009 Artifacts kit, stamped with Distress Ink and dusted with PP. 

I found this cute little ATC "Twist" Album with instructions on Pinterest. I sent it with my ATC's as a hostess gift.

I changed the page  measurements to 3.75*5. Score lines are 1/2 inch instead of 1/4. Worked better for me. The font stamp on the front is from the CS 2008 Haberdashery kit. 

I didn't have an ATC stamp for the back of my cards so I made an PNG file from a free ATC stamp image I found online. I printed on a piece of 8.5*11 cardstock and cut into 10 ATC cards that have the cute little "stamp" on the back. Send me an email  if you would like a copy of the PNG file for yourself. I'll include the cutting instructions.

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The Constellations monthly ATC swap is open now. The due date is February 28, so there's plenty of time if you want to jump in!

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Constellations Blog Hop!

Welcome to my stop on the Club Scrap Constellations Blog Hop! This hop features the January 2015 Constellations kit. Love that WISH stencil!

I am a Club Scrap Lite kit member and the sentiments on the black printed cutapart that came in my kit led me to my project, especially the "Love you to the moon and back".

I found this interactive card tutorial at Splitcoaststampers called the Never-Ending Card. 

          

Here's my version...


                             

 I think my 17 year old son liked it! I asked him to video for me and that was his reaction to seeing it for the first time. I love that he appreciates my "scrap crap"!

I cut the cutaparts apart. Say that five times fast!

LOVE the sparkle tape that came in my kit! 

Can't wait to make another one, there's so much room for pictures and embellishments! I think some Valentines are in order. My nieces and nephews would love these! 

Next up is Cathy at the Artful Gamut. Keep hopping to check out all the FABU artwork! 

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January 2015 Card Sketch Challenge

Happy New Year! I'm trying to keep my creativity flowing so I'm participating in Club Scrap's monthly card sketch challenge. No rules, just try to follow the sketch as closely as possible. The more the merrier, so check out the link for more info! There's a drawing for prizes at the end of the month...

My card for the challenge...

 Club Scrap cardstock and stamp image. Embellishments from my stash. I even got out my Cuttlebug! 

Stamp image colored with Derwent Inktense Pencils. Loving the shading with these!

 Nothing like a new project to make me clean up my craft room. I found all kinds of stamps and supplies. Ready for all the swaps I signed up for!

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Club Scrap's December 2014 Reunion Blog Hop!

Welcome! Today's hop showcases Club Scrap's December 2014 Reunion kit. I am loving the tree stamp images in this collection. After I saw the collection spoiler, I had to order all of the stamps! Luckily I am a Club Scrap Lite member and the tree stencil was included in the lite kit this month;).

Of course I had to play with my new goodies, especially after watching one of my favorite TV Weekly video tutorials using stencils.  My CS Lite stencil is now "well-loved"!

                               

My favorite is the blue background! Sprayed with Blue Lagoon and Metallic Copper Memories Mist. 

When I need a little inspiration, I flip through my collection of past Scrap Raps or my Idea Decks. I literally closed my eyes and picked a card from my ALCM Idea Deck for this project, because I will spend WAAAAAYYYY too much time deciding on something! I ended up chosing the 9♣ card, and the little booklet card was born.

I didn't finish/embellish the inside pages, but I WILL!

Ready for more Reunion fabulousness? Hop to Shona's blog next or start from the beginning! Have a HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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Club Scrap Holiday Blog Hop!

Welcome to my stop on the Club Scrap Holiday Blog Hop! The featured stamps for the hop are from Club Scrap's Gnome for the Holidays and I'll be Gnome for Christmas. I ♥ these stamps!

I'm changing things up a little bit today, my husband coaxed me to make a video...

 Here's a closer peek at Santa's Workshop...

The triptych is from the Club Stamp Generations kit 2008. I painted it gold. The doors are Club Scrap cardstock embossed with the Cuttlebug using a Tim Holtz wood grain embossing folder. I heat embossed the candy canes and "watercolor" painted with Perfect Pearls mica powder. I have no idea where the brackets came from!

Inside Santa's Workshop! This is where the magic happens. Papa Gnomie needs a spot to relax after all his hard work. He has his favorite comfy chair and a nice light to read his list by and check it twice! Mama Gnomie has some good hearty stew cooking over the fire while she wraps presents for all the good boys and girls!

Check out the fireplace. That is the stencil from Adobe 2010! I used Distress inks and Distress embossing powder so it looks and feels like brick. I free hand cut the fire and the logs. The kettle was cut from a Cricut cartridge and embossed with UTEE. I sprayed the fire with gold perfect pearls. The stockings are heat embossed and "watercolored" with Perfect Pearls powder.

Mama and Papa Gnomie! They like to dress in their finest for special occasions. Here they are in their Christmas attire!

 I stamped the "gnomies" and colored using the coordinating stencils. Stickles for bling. I used some flocking on his pants.

Papa's comfy chair...

The background stamps are from Old World Christmas 2008. The candle image is from Holiday WOW 2010 and the chair I cut from a printed cut apart from the 2011 Welcome kit.

Every house has family portraits on the wall! These were done a loooooong time ago, see how young they look?! Papa said the tree needed a blinking star, even though Mama wanted a big bow. Don't worry, she isn't finished wrapping gifts yet!

 The tree is the stencil from Groovy Christmas! More Perfect Pearls watercoloring! The portraits are made with Spellbinders dies. Cool huh?

I had so much fun designing and putting this together! (Shhhhhh, I still haven't decorated my own house for Christmas yet! The boxes are down from the attic though!) From our gnome to yours, Merry Christmas! 

Your next stop is Kay's Keepsakes! 

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Stamped Christmas Wreath

I loved this technique from +Jennifer McGuire.



I thought I'd try it with with some stamps from my stash. I found this tiny leaf stamp from +ClubScrap 's Pure and Simple kit from 2009.

I drew a circle with a pencil and used my Stamp-A-Ma_Jig to align the leaf stamp on the pencil line.Stamped with Club Scrap's leaf ink. 

Sentiment stamp from Club Scrap's I'll Be Gnome for Christmas stencil set. 

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Pop Up Gift Card Holder

We had a group birthday for the Christmas babies in our family today. The girls are growing up so fast, I don't know what to buy for them anymore! So, gift cards were in order. This is my favorite gift card holder. The instructions were in the Club Scrap Scrap Rap September 2009.  It looks like a little present and the gift card is inside. I have made these countless times and have NEVER taken a picture of them! I snapped these before I walked out of the house.

Club Scrap Jubilee 2009 kit papers and stamps. Used faded jeans distress ink and perfect pearls powder. 

Papers from Club Scrap Dream in Color 2011 kit. Stamp image from CS Jubilee and stamped with CS inks. 

Stamp images from my stash. 

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