Showcase Monday featuring Prima's "Betty" Doll Stamp

Happy St. Patrick's Day to you all!

Today's my day to host Showcase Monday at Scrapbooker's Paradise, and I would love for you to stop by and see how I made this large, decorative tag!  

It was so fun making this tag... I foresee a lot more playing with "dolls" in my future!!

I'll leave you to enjoy the rest of St. Patrick's Day with this little Irish blessing:

May your blessings outnumber
The shamrocks that grow,
And may trouble avoid you
Wherever you go.

Linda

Showcase Monday and a HUGE sale too!!

Hi everyone,

I had a great time making a masculine Valentine Pop Up Box Card for Showcase Monday for the Scrapbooker's Paradise blog today.

These little boxes fascinate me!  It's amazing how many embellishments you can add 

and they still lay flat.  Such fun!

I hope you'll drop by Scrapbooker's Paradise for more photos and details.  

PLUS, there's a HUGE sale going on.  You won't want to miss it!

Will be back later this week with more fun happenings at Scrapbooker's Paradise.

See you then!

Linda

Showcase Monday at Scrapbooker's Paradise

Hi Everyone!

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! 

We're very excited these days at our house, because a little grandson is due any day now!  I thought I'd get busy and make a card for him.  Stop over at Scrapbooker's Paradise to check out more pictures and find out the details!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Linda

Showcase Monday - Creating a Gift Box from packaging

Hi everyone!

It's my turn to do Showcase Monday at Scrapbooker's Paradise.  Stop by and see how I created this gift box!

 

I'll even tell you where to find the tutorial to make these darling bows!  Hint ... Annette Green.  :)

 

And there's more ... there's a sale at Scrapbooker's Paradise today and tomorrow - don't miss out on it!

 

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use the code 'BONUSCOUPON'

in the comment section of your order

valid November 25th & 26th, 2013

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Not valid on previously purchased merchandise.

*Coupon must be quoted at time of order.

One coupon per person for entire event,

valid on regular price merchandise only.

*Excludes all personal cutting systems

computer hardware and software, and all Copic Marker items,

Tim Holtz Distress Pen (assortment package), Allison Davis Sketch Books

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Showcase Monday at Scrapbooker's Paradise

Hi everybody,

So glad you've stopped by!  Hope everyone that is celebrating Thanksgiving this weekend, is having a wonderful time and enjoying their turkey supper!

I had some lacy, frothy, fun this weekend, playing with my Spellbinder's dies.  For a gatefold card tutorial, that uses the beautiful Spellbinders Gilded Gate Two die, check out my post today at Scrapbooker's Paradise!

 

 

I was inspired by 3 different people in the making of this card.  1)  Becca Feeken - I've been an admirer of hers for a long time, and I loved the way she cut 2 pieces from the Gilded Gate Two die and used them to make a gatefold card.  2)  Cre8nart - she has some beautiful pink cards that she made in support of women with breast cancer and I just loved the pink combined with the lacy die cuts.  3)  Tasha Chanwai - she posted this video showing how to make shabby, chic flowers with yo-yo's and I just HAD to make a yo-yo flower!  I can't wait to try some of her larger flowers as well.

 

Thank you for taking a minute to check out my post. 

Have fun with your dies!

 

Linda

 



 

 

 

 

 

Check out Showcase Monday at Scrapbooker's Paradise!

Hi everyone!

It's my turn to showcase a product at the Scrapbooker's Paradise blog this week, and I chose to use G45's very cool Steampunk Spells line!  I was inspired by my daughter's Halloween photo from last year, to make a photo holder for it out of an over-sized wooden clothespin.

Showcase Monday at Scrapbooker's Paradise

Good Morning Everyone! 

I'm filling in over at Scrapbooker's Paradise today, so thought I'd share the card I made and a quick little tutorial.

 

 

To make the background for my focal piece on the front of the card, I dropped 3 different colours of Distress re-inkers on top of an acrylic block and sprayed them with water to get them blending together and moving around.  Next I took a piece of watercolor paper, misted it with water and placed it on top of the block, gently patting it down but not swirling it.  I lifted it straight up off the block and dabbed it with a paper towel to remove the excess ink from the watercolor paper. 

 

 

I had enough ink on the block to do this a second time.  Then I just stamped my image using Versafine ink and cut it out with a circle die.  I finished it off by going around the edge with a Chalk Marker from CTMH.

 

 

Have a great week everyone!

 

Linda

 

 

Supplies Used

Supplies Used:

8x8 Paper Pad Secret Garden

Garden Dreams stamp set

Cheery Lynn English Tea Party Die

Spellbinders Circle Die

Kaisercraft Pearl Flourish

Versafine Ink - Onxy Black

Distress Re-Inkers:  Bundled Sage, Dried Marigold, Dusty Concord

Spellbinders Lattice Rectangles

Martha Stewart Punch

Joy Crafts Small Leaf Die

Misc flowers from stash

CTMH Chalk Marker

 

 

Showcase Monday at Scrapbooker's Paradise

It's my turn to host Showcase Monday today, and I chose to feature paper (Sunrise Sunset) and embellishments (Vintage Mechanism) from one of my favorite designers Finnabair.

I tried to capture some of the lusciousness Finn achieves with her layers of paper, paints, stamps, and flowers, etc.

Painting the canvas letters was quick and easy with a mixture of Silk paints, Shimmerz Dazzelerz, and Art Anthology Sorbet.

First I put a very light coat of Olive Vine Silks here and there on the letter.

Then I added a light coat of Honey Amber Silks to cover the white areas.

The Lemon Drop Dazzelerz was next.  It has a thick consistency and I dabbed it along the left side of the letter where I wanted it to look like the sun was hitting.

To make the right side look a little shadowed, I added Art Anthology "Drab" Sorbet.  It is a thick paint also, so again, I just dabbed it on lightly.

For the rest of the supplies used on this layout, as well as a special SALE, please check my post at Scrapbooker's Paradise.  

Thank you so much for stopping in.  I have really appreciated the comments everyone leaves for me!

Hope the rest of the week is GREAT!!

Linda

Showcase Monday at Scrapbooker's Paradise

Happy Canada Day! and welcome back to Showcase Monday!!

I needed a wedding card this week and what better paper collection to go to than "True Romance" by Kaisercraft!!  New in the store this week, it is absolutely beautiful!

I chose to do a lot of fussy cutting with this paper, as it has so many lovely elements in it.  These were the papers I used, in addition to the sticker sheet, which comes as an extra bonus when you purchase the complete paper pack.  From top to bottom:  Lovestruck, First Sight, and Adore - the bottom one is the sticker sheet. 

I started by cutting out the images I liked and inking all their edges with Old Paper Distress Ink.  I also cut out some die cuts and inked them as well.  I used Spellbinders Labels 10 for the title piece, Spellbinders Resplendent Rectangles and Spellbinders Fancy Lattice for the other pieces.

*tip:  When using these intricate dies, lay the die on top of a piece of wax paper and then put on top of cardstock.  The die cut piece will then pop out very easily.

Here is a close up of the title.  I didn't like how "I Do" looked when I laid it out on the card, so I die cut some of the words from "First Sight" and used them instead.  I popped it up with pop dots to give it some depth.

I love the little bird in this collection!  This photo shows you how I stacked up the different pieces of the roses that I fussy cut.  The large rose is also sitting higher with pop dots.  Then I die cut a doily (Cheery Lynn  Tiny Italian Flourish Doily die) and tucked pieces of it here and there, and added some lace and bling which I'll list below.

When it came to the inside, I used more of the dies from the Resplendent Rectangles set and stamped the image with a Fiskars sentiment from my stash.  All the pieces were then inked with Old Paper Distress Ink.  The little butterfly is from the sticker sheet.

Since I had a gift card to go with this card, I also made a little envelope to tuck it into, that fits neatly inside the card.  I used one of my Martha Stewart punches "Cherish" on the edges, and made a belly band from lace and a couple of stickers, to hold the envelope closed.

The card was 4"x6" and the gift card holder was about 3-1/2"x5".

Supplies used:

Kaisercraft True Romance paper collection

White cardstock

Spellbinders Resplendent Rectangles (Romantic Rectangles is also lovely)

Spellbinders Fancy Lattice

Cheery Lynn Tiny Italian Flourish Doily

Fiskars "Just Married Quotes"

Martha Stewart "Cherish" Punch Around the Page

Martha Stewart Lace Butterfly 

Offray Ribbon Flowers

Prima Mini Swirls

White lace

Old Paper Distress Ink

Pop Up Squares

I hope wherever you're celebrating on this holiday Monday, you're surrounded by good companions and plenty of sunshine!

Linda

Showcase Monday at Scrapbooker's Paradise

Well HI everyone!

It is my turn this week to do a "Showcase Monday" post over at Scrapbooker's Paradise.  Here's a little peek at what I created for them. 



 

 

In order to see more, AND learn how to create one of your own, please hop over to Scrapbooker's Paradise by clicking "here". 

 

Take care and have a great week!

Linda



Feather Your Nest

Hi everyone!  I was given the honour today of hosting Showcase Monday over at Scrapbooker's Paradise.  

A while back, I made this birdhouse for the Ultimate Design Challenge at Swirlydoos.  I had never blogged about it, and felt I would like to share it with everyone at Scrapbooker's Paradise.

If you would like to see more pictures, and details on how I created this from a plain wooden birdhouse that I picked up from Michael's or the Dollar store, go here, to the Scrapbookers Paradise Blog!

Hope you all have a great week!

Linda