Super Hero Luka - Have a Super Day!!

Sharing Star Boy Luka today on the La-La Land Blog, so thought I would share with my blog readers too!  He is one of the new Super Hero's you can find at La-La Land Crafts Store right now!!  Isn't he just the cutest & most brave little Super Hero you ever did see?  I just love his pose!!

Details - "Have a Super Day" 5 yr Birthday Card

Supplies - Stamps: La-La Land Crafts; Designer Paper: October Afternoon; Cardstock: Bazzill; Markers: Copics; Die Cuts: Silhouette (Star 0042 & Kapow C02666-1); Brads: My Stash; Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug (Herringbone); Number 5 Felt Sticker: Prima; 3D Zapdots: Helmar; Adhesiver 450 Runner: Helmar

When I saw him, I just knew he'd be perfect for my little nephew's "5th" birday..which is just around the corner!!  The background star shape is from my Silhouette, and so is the little "KAPOW" on the top right hand corner that highlights the number "5"!!  I raised it with Helmar 3D Zapdots, as well as the white background!  

For some texture, I embossed the white background carstock with my Cuttlebug Herringbone folder!  Lastly, I added some little metal brads to the four corners of the card to make it a little more masculine!!   My little nephew's gonna have fun opening this card.  Once I tell him this is him as a Super Hero, I know he will have a little smile on his precious little face!!

Have a SUPER Day!

Hugs & Smiles,

La-La Land Crafts - Life is a Song..Sing It!!

So, I have another card to share with you today that I made for the La-Land Crafts Blog!!  My card features Cheerleader Marci, who is now available in digi for a short while..so, go visit the La-La Land Store to get yours today!!! She will be available in rubber on September 15th, along with some others from the new Marci line!

Cheerleader Marci is so excited enjoying life that she's cheering up and down!!  I created little wildflowers growing in the green grass on this beautiful blue sky day using Copics and distress inks!  The clouds, the sentiment, birdie, and Cheerleader Marci are all popped out for some added dimension!

Details - "Life is a Song...Sing It" Card

Supplies - Stamps: La-La Land Crafts (Cheerleader Marci) & Unity Stamps (sentiment and birdie); Designer Papers: Bella Blvd; Cardstock: Bazzill; Markers: Copics; Distress Ink: Copics; Ink: Memento; Crinkly Ribbon: My Stash; Flowers: Prima; Red Rhinestone Brad: My Stash; Border Punch: Martha Stewart; 450 Adhesive Runner: Helmar; 3D Zap Dots: Helmar

Enjoy the rest of your day!!

Hugs & Smiles,

 

Pink Paislee Trinket Container

Happy Friday!  Just a super quick post today, as I need to finish my projects in preparation for CHA!  I have a few more to go, so hope my mojo sticks around!!  I am sharing this project on the Helmar blog today, and I wanted to also share it here with you too! 

All the flowers & leaves are handmade and with Pink Paislee papers!!  I've distressed, inked, and glued these beauties up with my Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive!  This glue rocks..in more ways than one!!  The durability, and ease in working with this product just makes things so much easier when creating!!

I added a couple of laces (glued with my Helmar Fabric Glue), my crinkly ribbon and a sweet little heart tag that flows down the bottom left.  There are a couple of black flourish swirls and even carried that by cutting up one little black rhinestone flower to put on the scalloped heart!!  The die cuts that lay on top are from Pink Paislee...check out this AMAZING line of papers...I am gonna play more with these papers, when I get the chance!!

That's about it for now!  Have a great weekend!! 

Hugs & Smiles,

H{ippity} Hop...Casing it out!!

Time for another h{ippity} hop and I was excited about this one!  You see, Maria's IHHC32 challenge was based on "casing any ippity card from the gallery"!  There's so many awesome cards in the gallery, but I decided to use Heather's card to inspire me for my h{ippity} hop card! 

I used the gorgeous papers from Cosmo Cricket's "Delovely" collection and the "Just Wanted to Say (label)", and "The Simple Things (sentiment)"!  Everything's been backed with a thin black cardstock backing, except for the card base, which I left about 1/4" black border for the main papers to really pop!  Speaking of pop...the label and the blue rectangle shape are both popped up with Helmar's 3D Zap Dots!  The ribbon folded piece has a couple of Helmar 3D Zap Dots as well!  I wanted to do a little something different with the black/white striped ribbon for a little fun twist, so I hope you like it!

Look at Heather's GORGEOUS ippity card below...isn't that an awesome design? Heather's soft color palette is divine and so are those beautiful papers!  The paper piecing is fabulous and she's truly created a beauty!! 

Heather's Card:

Oh, and stop by Heather's blog to see more of her FABULOUS work and design work...love it!!  I am sure she would love for you to stop by and to say "hello"!!  Have a fun time hopping today and hope the rest of your week is a great one!!

Hugs & Smiles,

La-La Challenge #45 - Try Something New!!

So excited to share some news with you!!  My little secret is finally out!!  I've been asked to be a Guest Designer for La-La Land Crafts!  I'm beyond thrilled because I have adored these lovely stamps for quite some time now..so thank you..thank you..Irina for asking me to guest design!  So super excited  to share in the upcoming months, as well as continuing to be inspired by this amazing design team!!

Please stop by and join us in this week's LLWWC #45 weekly challenge to "try something new"!  I finally had the opportunity to make an easel card, using my Scor-it, so this is what I am sharing today!  If you are interested in making one, go here: "easel card" tutorial on SCS!!  I can't wait to make another one real soon!!

My card's been ink distressed and handstitched in blue to add a sweet touch!  And, my sweet little La La with Heart was colored in using my Copics!  The tiny little heart she is carrying has been paper pieced with the lovely Prima designer papers!  I kept the design of the card pretty basic, as I wanted the butterflies on the printed paper to stand out and then added more dimension by having a couple of the Martha Stewart punched butterflies to appear to be flying through the card!!  They've been glued using my Helmar 450 Quick Dry, and then added a few little Prima adhesive pearls...and some Zva rhinestone flourishes behind the butterflies!!

Added two different colored crinkly ribbons and a couple of Prima flowers and the sweet little "enjoy" sentiment to my card!  The card actually stands up and the stopper is a Martha Stewart border punch!  To add a little more pizzazz, I extended another border punch to the bottom of the card, so when it is all closed up, you can still see that border!  My sweet little La La with Heart girl has been popped up using my Helmar 3D Zap Dots, and guess what?...I used the same thread to tie small tiny knot bows to La La's hair!! 

Now it is time for you to head on over to the La-La Land Crafts blog to see what the other Designers have to share with you today, and for your chance at a PRIZE or TOP 3 WEEKLY CHALLENGE BADGE !  Look forward to seeing what you create this week too!!

Hugs & Smiles,

Card & Gift Box for the 2010 Grad!!

I am sharing a couple of projects that I made using Scrap-tastics "Scrap-tacular" Kit on the Helmar Blog today!!   Thought I would also share it here on my blog too!!

Being that graduation time is happening right now, I thought it would be fun to create a gift box and complimenting card for those hardworking, dedicated, and inspiring graduating individuals for this 2010 year!!  Not to mention, those awesome diecut sentiments by Pink Paislee work so well with the GRAD theme!!

And..this kit lends itself to making a sweet gift for either male or female!! Now, you've made some wonderful layouts with the kit, and you have all those left over pieces, or you might be thinking (like I tend to do so many times), how can I cut these papers up to utilize this kit to it's full potential!  Well, I did just that in making this graduation card...

You can see that I used just tidbits of the green scallop 12x12 circle, as well as cutting up that lovely plush lushy wildflower 12x12 designer paper.  I also used two of the different wildflowers (I call them), cutting them apart, and even tucking a couple of them to make it seem like they are peeking right out! I achieved that dimensional look by adding my white Helmar 3D Zap Dots underneath the "yesterday" die cut, beneath, the "discover" die cut, and right behind a few of those gorgeous wildflowers!! 

The whole card was adhered by using my Helmar Quick Fix Adhesive Runner, and I used my Helmar 450 Quick Dry to glue the ribbon and little cream colored rosette to the center of the bow!!  And, look at this..only used two of those beautiful felt chipboard letters "10" to commemorate the year of graduation!!

Then, for this sweet little Grad Gift Box, I used  the "adorable box 19 Silhouette file and used my Helmar 450 Quick Dry to adhere it all together!!

I went to town by layering a couple different cardboard labels and backing some of them with the red designer paper!  And, again I cut up one of the die cuts, backed it up with red designer paper, and tucked it right underneath the main "I Believe In You" die cut sentiment!! 

 Lastly, my handmade flower was made using my Helmar 450 Quick Dry so that will never fall apart!  I used the leftover center area of the green 12x12 scallop paper!  I added a little scrunching with my fingers to add some character and more textured feel!  If you are interested on how to make a similar flower, visit Studio 490 blog!  I changed my flower just a tad, 'cause that's what I like to do!!   I sure plan on making more of these in grunge style, glittery style...and on and on and on!! Yep, I am addicted to homemade flowers!!

So that's it for me today!  I hope this inspires you in some way to use your scrappy scraps from the Scrap-tacular kit as well as utilizing the papers and embellishments in this kit in different ways!  I can see how this kit can go along way by extending it to it's full potential, and I still have more projects that I can create!! 

Hugs & Smiles,

Sparklin' Wishes!!!

Just sharing a birthday card I made for the Helmar blog today using a sparklin' technique on white cardstock.  Here's a quick overview of this very simple technique I used to achieve a litte "sparkle" on my card!!

All you need to do is grab your Helmar V2 Vellum Adesive, and in a well ventilated area, spray it on your cardstock.  After spraying, go ahead and add some super fine glitter on top of the cardstock, and let it sit for a few minutes.  Shake off the extra fine glitter.  Instantly,  you will see that the super fine glitter adheres to your cardstock!  What I love is that this product is acid free & repositionable..does not have any smell, does not turn yellow, and it dries quickly and clear!!   This Helmar V2 Vellum Adhesive isn't just for vellum..gotta love the versatility in this product!!

Click to enlarge and see finer details!

Details - "Happy Birthday" Card

Supplies - Designer Paper: Bella Blvd (Plastino collection); Cardstock: Recollections; Card Shape: Silhouette; White Flower Shape: Silhouette; Pink Flower: Bella Blvd (Labels Edition Sticker); Buttons: My Stashe; Ribbons: May Arts & Fabric Barn; Extra Fine White Glitter: Martha Stewart; Stamps: myStamp Box; 450 Quick Dry Adhesive: Helmar; 3D Zap Dots: Helmar; V2 Vellum Adhesive: Helmar

Hugs & Smiles,

Happy Friends with Flair Day!

Happy Friday friends! I am sharing a card that I made using the "Music of My Heart" {ippity} stamp set by Unity!!

My card's been ink distressed with Ranger Brushed Corduory! The center sentiment was stamped on to the oval image, after I sponged the new Spun Sugar distress ink by Ranger, as well as some older Ranger inks...Shabby Shutters & Old Paper! I wanted the colors to be complimented by the gorgeous Prima printed papers! The little Prima flowers have been sprayed with Vintage Pink Glimmer Mist! And...I even sprayed Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Mist onto the red scallops and whiteish printed paper! It really shows up nicely in real life!

Then fluttering butterflies have been stamped with the music sheet, then punched out..and later I added those goldish looking pearls! I used my Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive on the butterflies as well as the flowers, and my Helmar Zap Dots to make the sentiment pop right out center stage!!

So, what do you think? After all...Life is a Song!! "Sing it Loud"!!! Just love..love..love this sentiment!


Card Details- "Life is a Song" Card
Supplies - Printed Paper: Prima; Cardstock: Bazzill; Stamps: Ippity by Unity; Flowers & Leaves: Prima; Die Cuts: Spellbinders; Butterfly Punches: Martha Stewart; Tiny Heart Border Punch: Martha Stewart; Inks: Memento & Ranger by Tim Holtz; Glimmer Mist: Tattered Angels; 450 Quick Dry Adhesive: Helmar; 3D Zap Dots: Helmar; Quickfix Adhesive Runner: Helmar;

CBC-Baby Shower & Just Rite-Anything Goes!

It's Baby Shower time! So, that's exactly what we are challenging you to create for today's "Be Inspired Challenge #78" at the Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot!!

I've created a sweet little gift bag, which includes the cutest little teddy bear peeking over the top of the bag (I just wanna cuddle him)! Inside are more goodies, to help the new mother when darling baby arrives!

Since this week's Just Rite Challenge is "Anything Goes", I thought I would incorporate this challenge into my "Be Inspired" baby shower theme challenge. I was excited to finally use my "Stitched with Love" Borders & Centers Round 2 3/8 stamp with this sweet sentiment..."Just Cute as a Button"!!

I used a bunch of different punches, colored with Copics, embossed with my Cuttlebug "Love Language" folder, and even stitched a few little buttons here and there, as well as adding some handstitching on the outside as well as the inside of my gift card!!

Here's the outside of my card! You'll notice that I die cut a circle on the front part of the card so the stamped circle image pops right out, with a little added handstitching around the oustide of the circle image!

Then, when you open the card, you will see the stamped circle is really a scalloped image! I carried the paper theme to the inside and added a few little "kisses {XXX's}" here and there!

Details - "Just Cute as a Button" Gift Bag & Matching Card"
Supplies - Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug by Provocraft; Stamps: Just Rite; Die Cuts: Spellbinders; Markers: Copics; Ribbon: Michael's; Flowers: Prima & Fabric Barn; Border Punches: Stampin' Up, Martha Stewart & EK Success; Kraft Gift Bag: Michael's; Shipping Tag: Staples; Buttons: Clear and Simple Stamps; Embroidery Floss: DMC; Ink: Memento; 450 Quick Dry Adhesive: Helmar; 3D Zap Dots: Helmar; Printed Papers: "Handmade-Garnish" by K&Company; Other: Soft White Cuddly Bear: Local Craft Store;

Have a beautiful day!