Romance, Roses and Bunkie Bags!

I'm up on the So Suzy Stamps Blog today, showcasing the newest Bunkie Bag, "Pink Roses", along with a super pretty coordinating card that I was inspired to make when I got a glimpse at that gorgeous tote bag.

   I'm featuring several products on my card; Rose Bloom, Fancy Butterfly and Love and Happiness, stamps, along with other fun goodies that can be found at So Suzy Stamps .

Be sure and visit Suzy's blog to get a ton of details (yes, I was a bit wordy) on my card and more detailed peeks at the the new Bunkie Bag, which by the way, you NEED!  It's gorgeous!

Thanks for stopping by!  Terri

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Hittin' the Beach with DCWV and TCW Stencils

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I am so behind on scrapbooking that my child is actually disappointed!  Well, we can't have that, can we?  I recently decided I would try the 8.5"x.11" format.   I always seem to end up staring at those big 12x12 papers with glazed eyes.  A smaller format, in my mind, seems like a step in the right direction; less space to fill and a more intimate format.  At least, that's what I keep telling myself.

So, when I had the opportunity to attend a 3 day craft retreat, I thought it would be the perfect time to give this format a try.  I love how quickly this layout came together.  Once I settled on my papers, everything seemed to just fall into place.  I'm using 3 different paper collections, all from DCWV; Hey Sailor, Bella Armoire and Vintage Collector. 

(Judging by the photos, my son was obviously into "Karate Kid" at the time......!)

For my background, I chose a white/gold beachy page from Hey Sailor that has sand dollars and sea shells.  By the way, you can grab this at Jo-Ann's Stores.  It's one of my favorite paper collections with a beach and nautical theme.

For the fun little cut-outs, I turned to the Vintage Collector papers and fussy cut the bottle cap and happy heart, as well as the Alpha letters to spell BEACH.  My journaling focus was cut from the Bella Armoire 8x8 stack.

I wanted to use one of my stencils from The Crafter's Workshop called Tropical Elements, since I was going with a beachy theme.  I snagged this from Scrapbook.com.

The Crafters Workshop - 6 x 6 Doodling Templates - Mini Tropical Elements - $4.99

from: Scrapbook.com

I sponged on some of my Colorbox Chalk Ink in 2 different shades, one on top of the other.

Some added extras, such as Prima Flowers, gold mesh, burlap, eyelash ribbon and DoubleClick Skittles bubble embellishments and I'm done.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Give this smaller scrapping size a try!

Happy Crafting!  Terri from Waving My Wand

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Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday May Challenge- Sunshine

Pink and Main June Challenge Summer

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Celebrate the USA with TPD Stamps + Sale on Select Stamps! Today Only!

Since today is Memorial Day, I thought I'd create another patriotic project featuring the USA stamp from TPD Stamps.  This stamp is on sale right now, along with select stamps, good only through today, Memorial Day!   The prices have already been discounted for you at 20% off .  View those stamps on sale right here:

Memorial Day Sale at TPD Stamps thru 5/30

I love the size of this stamp and it's perfect for so many patriotic events, cardmaking, party decor, scrapbooking, diy, etc.

Wouldn't this be a fun stamp to use as a party invite to your patriotic parties?  I've used the "smooshing" technique on my card today, pressing my cardstock into diluted distress ink.  

For added embellishment, I've added some paint splatters, distressed my paper by tearing some edges, added some torn washi tape, along with Nuvo Silver Glitter drops. 

Get yours today!  These sales don't come around too often so don't wait.

USA Stamp from TPD Stamps

Visit the Two Paper Divas Blog for daily project inspiration and on Wednesdays for the Design Team Roundup.  Check out the new May release right here:

http://www.twopaperdivas.com/product-category/whats-new/

Shop Two Paper Divas for a wide selection of clear stamps, digital stamps and accessories.

Also linking to these challenges:

613 Avenue Create #178 Anything Goes

Fashionable Stamping #111 Blots and Splashes

Penny Black May Challenge- Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations May Challenge- Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin Emboss Challenge

A Beautiful Mess #3 Anything Goes

Crafting With Friends #21 Anything Goes

Jo's Scrap Shack #140 Anything Goes

Simply Create Too #110 Red White and Blue

Additional supplies: Bazzill Marbled Red Cardstock, American Crafts textured cardstock, Hobby Lobby Valentine washi tape, TCW Stencils, October Afternoon Sprinkler Inks, DecoArt Satin Mixed Media paint, Ranger embossing powder, Versamark, Bo Bunny Pearlescent, 

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Sharks! Fun with So Suzy Stamps SAMClub

Hop on over to the So Suzy Stamps Blog today, and check out my project that features the new Stamp of the Month Club release.   I pulled a magic trick and truly waved my wand but you'll have to get all the details over at Suzy's!   So, go.  Leave some love if you'd like and look around Suzy's store while you're there.  She's got lot's of goodies.  Not that I would try to be an enabler....... 

The next quarter starts in April.  Membership is available in 3 month packages or for an entire year and is available worldwide!  An entire year of coastal stamps!

http://www.sosuzystamps.com/stamp-of-the-month-club/

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Day 5 Coffee Loving Cardmakers Spring Blog Hop and Heartfelt Creations

Today marks day 5 of the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Spring Blog Hop.  Let me just say, there's an awful lot of coffee, tea and cocoa drinking papercrafters out there.  Count me as a lover of all three but, coffee?  Yup, that's my go-to.  Every day, multiple times a day.

I thought it was the perfect time to, again, ink up this amazing stamp from the Heartfelt Creations Coffee Talk collection, including the papers that I'm using.

  

Since it's a Spring themed hop, I chose spring colors for my cup which was stamped with distress ink and colored with Zig Clean color brushes.  I added some dots with my gel pen and texture with a scrunched up paper towel and white pigment ink.  I really do love this stamp, which, by the way, is just a partial stamped image.  I thought it would be interesting to only stamp part of the cup which is amazingly huge at around 4".

Additional features on my card include stenciling with The Crafter's Workshop stencils, Powder Puff chalk ink and more distress ink.

I'm thrilled that Heartfelt Creations is a Super Sponsor of this blog hop.  If you haven't discovered all that Heartfelt Creations has to offer, start with the Coffee Talk collection.  It's absolutely amazing.

Link up to the hop here:

http://coffeelovingcardmakers.com/2016/03/spring-coffee-lovers-blog-hop-2/

Also linking to:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Food/Drink

Now, if you stuck around long enough, you'll see that I absolutely cannot let a fabulous blog hop like this go by without doing something special, so I'm going to be giving away a little blog candy via random draw to those who comment on this post or any other posts that I link up this week.

How does a $10 Starbucks gift card sound?  Good luck!

Additional supplies:

Neenah Extra Heavy cardstock

Ranger Brushed Corduroy distress ink

Powder Puff Chalk Ink Tahini and Coconut White

May Arts Ribbon faux silver burlap

DoubleClick Skittle bubble embellishments, Stream

Tombow Aqua Mono glue

Xyron adhesive runner

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Argyle Easter Eggs with Two Paper Divas

 There's a whole lot going on over at Two Paper Divas Stamps,  but let me start by sharing this project that features one of the new March Releases, "It's All About the Egg".  I believe there's around 10 new stamp sets that were recently released.  That's incredible!  Melissa and Gayla are busy bees and designing some fabulous products that I am more than happy to play with and share! 

There are 6 different eggs in this stamp set and today I have chosen to highlight this pretty argyle or harlequin style egg.  I started by creating my own background on watercolor paper, using 3 different TH distress ink sprays and spritzing with water on watercolor paper.  When dry, I took a paper towel, scrunched it up and dabbed it into white pigment ink, then dabbed it all over my card.  Next, I used a TCW stencil and sponged on Powder Puff chalk ink.  Kind of makes me think of bunny tails! 

To stamp my eggs, I first stamped in a lavender ink, then re-stamped over my same image with white pigment ink.  I added some diamond Stickles glitter glue as well.  The finishing touches were the sentiment, also from TPD, called "Wishing You a Happy Easter", heat embossed onto vellum with white pigment ink and clear embossing powder.  A pretty ombre bow from The Ribbon Resource rounds out this card.

 Visit the Two Paper Divas Blog for daily project inspiration and on Wednesdays for the Design Team Roundup.  Check out the new March release right here:

http://www.twopaperdivas.com/product-category/whats-new/

Shop Two Paper Divas for a wide selection of clear stamps, digital stamps and accessories.

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Green Challenge at DoubleClick Skittles

 Welcome to the DoubleClick Skittles Challenge! It's week 2 of a brand new challenge!

Welcome to challenge #43 at DoubleClick!!

Dates: March 2 - March 15, 2016

Challenge: St. Patricks Day/Use something green

Today, I'm mixing it up with some stenciling, ink splatters and papers from Webster's Pages and Bazzill.  Really, it's a little bit of this and a little bit of that..... kind of like a big 'ole pot of vegetable soup!  Just keep throwing stuff in, haha.

The Skittle colors I'm using today are Meadow and I added a touch of glitter glue to the bottom for a little extra zing, placing my Skittles in the center of the clover and at the base of my stencil.  I adore my Skittles!  Even though, this is a great St. Patrick's day card, I also think it would make a very clever graduation card or even a retirement card or job promotion.  Anything that requires wishing someone good luck, know what I mean? 

Have you checked out all the Skittle Color choices? You can view them all HERE!

A 3 pack is typically under $4.00 (75 skittles) and this includes FREE USA SHIPPING, plus, Paypal is accepted.  You're supporting small business and products made in the USA, when you purchase Skittles.  Each batch is handmade, by Carri.

Don't forget, the 2015 Dual Holiday Release, Frosty Kisses and Holiday Traditions are still available.

Join the "St. Pat's/Green" challenge and be entered for a fun prize that includes free Skittles, but be sure and read the rules, as backlinking is not allowed.  Skittles are not required to play so come on... link up and come and play with us!

DoubleClick Skittles Challenge

Thanks for stopping by!

Terri

 

Also linking to:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge A Bit O Green

Additional Supplies:

Bazzill Marbled Cardstock

Websters Pages Planner pages by Megan Hoeppner

sequins

Spellbinders Celebration Silk Luster

Fancy Pants Designs Stickers

May Arts Ribbon/Ribbon Resource mini pom pom ribbon

Target washi tape

Tombow mono glue

Xyron adhesive runner

Tim Holtz Big Chat stickers

TCW Stencil

 

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#diy #homedecor #craft #cardmaking #scrapbook #papercrafters

#cre8time #madeintheusa #supportsmallbusinesses  #mayartsribbon #ribbonresource 

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Adornit Be Happy Planner featuring March and Stenciling

 You may or may not know this, but I have a love-love relationship with Adornit.  I love their Art Play Paintables, their coloring books, their prints, their wood..... and on and on.  They make amazing fabric prints as well and owner/designer Carolee McMullins has been paving the way in the craft industry for 30 years.  She's a pioneer!

Now, Adornit has branched out into the realm of planners and I couldn't be happier.  It was the next, natural step in their line of paper products.  Currently, there are four different planners, designed by Carolee, Lindsay Ostrom and Stephanie Ackerman.  Plus, a host of additional planner accessories.  I'll be sharing more about those in future posts, but today, I wanted to show you the cover that I've begun working on, and the March monthly insert.

I'm featuring the Be Happy Planner designed by Carolee McMullins.  All of the planners have a kraft background which I think is truly unique.  You can color the images with many mediums, including colored pencils, however, I've chosen to color this up with my Tombow Dual Brush Markers,  accented with DecoArt Americana Multisurface Satin Paint in "Cotton Ball".  This will be a work in progress and I'll occasionally share my coloring tips and techniques.

  

Since we planner girls like to plan ahead, I wanted to go ahead and get started on my March layout.  Your planner comes with a ton of pages for monthly, weekly and other calendar documentation.  In addition, you get a monthly dashboard to color on Adornit's special artistic paper. 

Today, I'm just going to share with you the baseline for my March monthly spread.  I think adding a background to your entire layout gives your page a little more character so I've taken some of my favorite Spring-like colored inks and done some stenciling, as a jumping off point for my entire month.

Easter is coming early this year so I've chosen a Spring theme for this month.  Easter is March 27th, by the way.... mark your calendars! 

I grabbed 2 different stencils and a few cotton balls and started sponging all over my pages.  It doesn't matter to me that it may bleed to the other side of my page.  I consider it a bonus factor that my flip side will have a little character as well!  I do recommend, however, that you remove your pages from your album and work with them on your craft mat.  I just so happened to have a fabulous grass stamp from Two Paper Divas Stamps, so I stamped all along the bottom edge of both pages.

 

Now, I've got a great base for my March layout. 

Here are some of the features of the Be Happy Planner:

Featuring both monthly and weekly calendar views with blank date squares, allowing you to start any time of the year. Also including weekly sheets – great for your to-do’s, priorities, or personal goals, along with a side-bar for notes or additional lists.

• Size 9x10 inches
• 3 Ring Bound
• 12 Printed Watercolor Dashboards (dividers)
• 12 Calendar Pages
• 31 Daily Journal Squares

I hope you'll check back as I share my ideas, tips and techniques with the Adornit Be Happy planner.   Thanks so much for stopping by! 

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January Guest Designer for So Suzy Stamps

I'm thrilled to be guest designing again for So Suzy Stamps.   Starting today, you can find me featuring a special project on her blog every Friday this month.  And hey, January is my birthday month!  Lots of fun and exciting things happening in January, so being here makes it even more special.  And, if you haven't heard, Suzy has asked me to join her Stamp of the Month Design Team for 2016 so I'm tickled red about that.... yes, red.  My birthstone?  Garnet?  Never mind.....

If you will, hop on over to Suzy's blog and check out my watercolor/embossed project today that features the Blowing Tree stamp, paired with the Audrey Hepburn sentiment, and leave a little love.  I appreciate it!  Thanks for popping in.....

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Supplies:
So Suzy Stamps Blowing Tree and Audrey Hepburn sentiment
Hero Arts clear embossing powder
Ranger Black Opaque embossing powder
Twinkling H20 shimmer paints
DoubleClick Skittles bubble embellishments
American Craft Textured White Cardstock
Bristol Strathmore 300 series watercolor paper
Quick Quotes Powder Puff White chalk ink
The Crafter's Workshop Stencil
Ranger Blending Tool
Ranger Tim Holtz Wilted Violet Distress Ink Spray
White gel pen


#sosuzystamps #audreyhepburn #blowingtree #fallingleaves #swirlingleaves #wind #ranger #tcw #cre8time #valentines #valentinesday #love #sweetheart #romance #timholtz

So Suzy Stamps Prancing Reindeer

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(2nd project today)

I've been wanting to break in a couple stamps and since I finally had a day off from work, and, I was in the mood to make a Christmas card, I went to work.

I'm using two different stamps from So Suzy Stamps, the reindeer and the sentiment.  I love So Suzy Stamps!  She has such fun, quirky and unique stamps to choose from, and lots of other products as well.  The stencil, the Stickles glitter glue, the Flower Soft....they came from her store as well.  I love one stop shopping!

I've used a number of techniques on this card and various inks from ombre to chalk ink to distress ink.  I'm not a snob when it comes to ink.  I believe in throwing it all out there.

For the sky and clouds, I used Powder Puff chalk ink, even using a paper towel to scrunch on that lavender color.  For the snow, I dabbed my Tim Holtz Picket Fence dabber onto an acrylic block, spritzed with water, then dipped a small tipped paintbrush and tapped my splatters onto the sky.

The trees were stenciled with the Evergreen stencil from The Crafters Workshop in Hero Arts Ombre Ink, then I added Stickles glitter glue and Polar White Flower Soft for the snow.  I also inked the deer with Tim Holtz Brushed Corduroy distress ink, then added Ranger Mercury Glass Stickles glitter glue.  The border for my sentiment also has DoubleClick Skittles in Ginger and burlap and string from The Ribbon Resource.  

This was such a fun project to make.  Check out my affiliate links and do a little shopping if you'd like or bookmark for later.

Linking to these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge watercolor

Virginia's View Challenge #19

2.5 inch Light Natural Burlap Ribbon

from: Ribbon Resource

Ivory Burlap String - $2.95

from: Ribbon Resource

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The Hop to Stop domestic violence

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Today I'm sharing a card created for bringing awareness to domestic violence.  Many have a story to tell and the need to heal old wounds and move forward in life.  As a child, I was a witness to domestic violence.  My birth father used to beat my mother, even going so far as to break her nose while driving in the car.  Years later, after divorce and 3 marriages, my father finally stopped drinking and got his life in order.  The memories never fade though, do they?  Those childhood memories molded me into the person that I choose to be today; the mother I choose to be; the strong woman that I choose to be.

I eencourage you to link up and if you'd like send your card to the designated women's shelter that organizer Becca Dawn has arranged with.  

You can link up here:

Hop to Stop

The color theme is purple for this hop.  I've colored up an image from the Adornit Art Play paintables.  Yes, I went a little over the top.  I'm hoping some little girl will receive this and be over the moon with all the sparkle and glitter.  Children of domestic violence need a little happy in their lives.  May Arts Ribbon is also a sponsor of this event and i

I'm happy to be featuring their ribbons on this project as well.

Even if you don't participate, it would be lovely if you would share and spread the news.  Thank you!

You can purchase the Adornit Art Play Paintables here:

Carolee's Creations - Adornit - Art Play Paintables - 12 x 12 Paper - Happy - $1.49
from: Scrapbook.com

Also linking to these challenges:

The Daily Marker 30 day Coloring Challenge

Additional supplies:

May Arts wired pom pom fringed ribbon

and gold glitter dots ribbon

Kuretake Zig clean color brushes

Ranger Stickles Magenta glitter glue

Bo Bunny Gold glitter paste

TCW stencil

Coredinations cardstock

Tombow adhesives

Doubleclick Skittles bubble emembellishments

#artplayaday #skittles #adornit #happy #artplay #mayartsribbon #ribbonresource #tombow #bobunny #thecraftersworkshop #tcw #kuretake #zig #cre8time #thedailymarker30day3