Sketchy Thursdays 11.3 Challenge

Can't believe we're into November already! So, I'm working on getting my Christmas projects done, one of which is working on scrapbooking pages of my older daughter.  This Sketchy Thursday sketch challenge was perfect for this 8th Birthday layout. 

I used a pink color scheme and embossed the cardstock behind the clown cake with a Tim Holtz Sizzix folder.  Then I used the Bloom Cricut Lite cartridge to cut the flower and the flower shape, which I stamped with a CTMH 'party' stamp.  I also cut the flower shape out of Sookwang tape and applied it over the stamp and then applied microfine glitter over the tape to make it nice and sparkly! I used some great pink glittery cardstock cut into a circle behind the pics (and used this cardstock for one of the strips along the base and part of the flower).  I gave the left upper corner a spray with some Glimmer Mist and used my Distress Inks to highlight the edges of my paper.

Playing in Paradise #39

Whenever I think of making a masculine card the Tim Holtz Distress Inks and sanded Core'dinations paper come to mind! For this week's Playing in Paradise challenge the request was to create a masculine card or project. 

I inked the edges of the card with green Distress Ink and embossed the top Core'dinations paper layer with a winter folder, which I think could have many uses! Then I placed it on top of another Core'dinations paper embossed with a circle folder and layered this on top of some Tim Holtz music paper.  Below I added a strip of edged paper, which I sanded, and topped it off with a metal key.

Supplies: Sizzix embossing folder, Winter Botanical set: Botanical Patch; Cuttlebug embossing folder, Spots and Dots; Core'dinations cardstock; Tim Holz seasonal paper stash; Fiskars edge punch

Mosaic Christmas Ornament and Tutorial

This is a cute Make & Take that Scrapbooker's Paradise did for Toonie Thursday this week.  They always have such cute cards, but I especially liked this one as this technique could be used for so many things! I'm using mine for ornaments, but you could make tags, coasters, cards, etc, and not just for Christmas.

 The Make & Take (front and back)

After buying only a few supplies I went home and make a couple more so far with my 4 year old. I'm thinking everyone on my Christmas list would love one of these!

 For this one I used a strip of paper across the middle instead of ribbon tied on after.

 How to:

Cover a chipboard coaster with Sookwang Tape on each side and trim around with scissors to remove extra.  Cut up strips of desired paper into random shapes and place onto coaster with small spaces in between.  Sprinkle embossing powder onto coaster, which will stick to the Sookwang Tape in the spaces.  Tap off and heat emboss. Repeat with other side. Tie ribbon around coaster and ink edges with desired ink color.  I used a fast drying pigment ink pad, directly on the coaster. Choose die cuts or stickers and pop up with foam dots or apply directly to the coaster.  Embellish with glitter if you wish, and then punch a hole in the top center and tie with ribbon.

Tip: Good idea to use Teflon coated scissors if you have them to avoid having to clean the sticky tape off your regular scissors.  Also, scraps of the tape can be overlapped to cover your coaster and will not show seams once you cover and emboss.

Linked to Friday Link Party at Creation Corner, Simply Link Party, Show and Tell Friday and Scrapbookers' Paradise Facebook page.

Froggy Security Blanket

I saw this totally cute frog blanket in the Babies & Kids Fall 2011 issue of Crochet World and had to make it.  Two months to go till baby's arrival and so many ideas!!

I used Red Heart Soft Baby Steps yarn in 'Binky Print', which is sooo soft, for my froggy, and I actually embroidered the eyes instead of using the two different crochet colors (white and main) for the eyes.

Love this magazine!

I'm linking up to Tip me Tuesday, Made for you Mondays, and Too Cute Tuesdays. 

Playing in Paradise #38

I found an unfinished wooden shadow box at Michaels a while ago and wasn't sure what I would do with it. Halloween seemed like the perfect time to use it! I painted the box with black acrylic paint and then made each insert as if I was making individual card fronts. I was able to use up some rub-ons and halloween ephemera from my stash and I picked up a cool Inka-Dinka-Do stamp set to use on it, as well as some Michaels stamps and a C.C. Designs cute witch. I stuck the inserts onto the box with glue dots and added glitter and some Glossy Accents.

When I saw the challenge from Scrapbookers' Paradise blog, to make a halloween card or project, I just had to enter this!

Happy Halloween!

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 139

As alway, Karen at The Sweetest Thing has a great sketch challenge this week! I actually turned the card on its side for this challenge.  I embossed the green cardstock with a the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder, and then layered on the pink and yellow stripes, in a non-traditional Halloween color theme.  I then layered on a digi image from Bugaboo Stamps, which I colored in with my Prismacolor markers.  I popped up the banners that I stamped from a My Mind's Eye stamp set.

This little witch is so cute, and I printed it directly onto cardstock, after opening it in Microsoft Works, resizing it and lining up two rows of three images, without changing any printer settings.  The markers, which are alcohol based, worked great with the printer ink too.  Bugaboo Stamps has Freebie Friday where they offer a free digi stamp on Fridays, so head over....

Hope everyone is having a Happy Halloween!!

Scrapbookers Paradise Toonie Thursday Card

Today Scrapbookers' Paradise had a really neat $2.00 card! The red and blue cardstock are woven together and then embossed with a Cuttlebug folder and lightly sanded. We applied a silver Tim Holtz product to the car and arrow and then heated the product with a heat gun, making it pliable.

They also had a Christmas demo with red and green woven background, which was then embossed with a Christmas tree image that was very cool!