Hi, happy 4th of July! My cards are being featured over at Art Anthology today. I think they turned out so patriotic and puts me in the mood for fireworks and BBQ's at the beach.
I had lots of white flowers and wanted a layered look for my first card. I then used colorations to spray my RED, WHITE and BLUE.
My second card is created using an old journal genie and Art Anthology stone effects and sorbet
Stay safe, remember your sun block and Happy 4th of July
My Butterfly Album is featured over at Basically Bare today. Love the Polly Pocket albums, so easy to use because they come with their own large tags that you can use for journaling or photos. How about a photo on one side and journaling on the back?
Lots of goodies were used on this album some include:
Basically Bare embellishments: gears, heart, bird sets
Also Maya Road, Glitz Designs, Prima Marketing, Melody Ross, creative imaginations, Basic Grey
Also Basically Bare is having a DESIGN TEAM call so go on over to BB and see what is going on with that and let me know what you think of my album.
Just wanted to share with you the rest of the Pages for my May Arts album that I created. Since there were so many photos, I decided to make the album into a You Tube video.
This album took a long while to make because it has so many details. I am the queen of details (or so I've been told.) I used the 7 Gypsies 2 ring binder along with K&Co. "Handmade by Cara Marie" collection along with Tim Holtz Kraft Resist. Along the way I used die cuts, Heidi Grace, of course tons of May Arts (12 different ribbons), October Afternoon buttons, Prima Flowers, some LYB, Maya Road .... you get the picture.
I love using a combination of product to get different textures because I am a touchy feely person. Digitals are great but give me something solid to hold any day of the week.
So this album really epitomizes my style, though I always get confused with that question. The problem I think with me is that I like making way too many different things. Though I must say that I love using a combo of vintage muted browns with lots of bright colors. Is that an oxymoron?
So even though my album was not chosen for the May Arts DT, there is always next year! I really am a ribbon hoarder and it might be too late to teach this dog a new trick.
So I went to my local LSS because the owner and I have been talking about teaching for her and I started looking around her store and guess what I came across?
I thought that was pretty cool to have one of my albums on the back of the product packaging for Basically Bare "Oh So Mini" mix and match albums.
I posted this album on their blog when it was featured so here is a link to that album. My "Memories" album of course was made from the Oh So Mini collection, then I added lots of techniques and Prima.
I actually made this album last year with My Little Yellow Bicycle "wonder and wishes" collection. I just now got around to taking more pictures of it and listing the mini on my Etsy Kitsnbitscraps Store.
I used the Maya Road chipboard album which I love because since my pages are very chunky and embellished the binder system in the album gives me a little more room.
I hand wove paper strips, lace and ribbon for the cover and added buttons, glitter and embellies for the cover.
Merry Little Christmas Home Album
I still have some of this collection left, so I am currently working on another Christmas Mini Album titled "NOEL" so stay tuned. Thank you for stopping by.
Hope you all had a very special Holiday Weekend! I want to thank you so much for participating in our Easter Blog Hop. It was fun for us and I hope you all enjoyed it also.
It means so much to me when you all comment and thank you for becoming a follower.
The winner of my Easter Blog Hop is ................ SILVIA!!
Please send me an email with you addy so I can mail off the Bee Happy Album.
I was downloading the pics from my camera and had to share. I was lucky enough to go to Winter CHA and one of my favorite booth is always Graphic 45. They have show stopping samples and their booth is always decorated to the extreme.
Here is a pic of Diane Schultz (designer and owner) and Aimee on the day they where highlighting the "Little Darlings" collection. Every day the group working the booth dressed up in a different costume. It was awesome.
Little Darlings Beautiful Display
I thought this bracelet was so unique and creative I had to take a picture of it
You have to check out this designer, her bracelet was really impressive
Can you believe Melanie Forbes made the bracelet out of the Graphic 45 door knob
Kraft Relections
Tropical Travelogue
Old Curiosity Shoppe Display - amazing!
Old Curiosity Shoppe
Old Curiosity Shoppe "When Pigs Fly"
I love Graphic 45, you can tell by how much time and pictures I took at their booth. Here is an album I did a while back with the "Once Upon A Spring Time" collection.
And last but not least, what would a trip to CHA be without getting a picture of Tim Holtz!
If you havent tried Graphic 45, you must - their product is amazing! and just by the way the PAPER NICHE has it all in stock! Better hurry cuz it's flying off the shelves!
I was invited to do a tag swap with some girls from my local store - The Paper Niche. The theme
is ''Wings.''
I thought about doing angel wings but figured most of the girls would do that so I decided to go a little off path and made Butterfly wings instead.
FLY
Manilla Tag measures 3 1/8 by 6 1/4
I used the Fiskars "threading water" punch and added layers of paper at end of tag then finished it with the last layer of trim from fancy pants. This is one of my favorite trims.
I cut out a heart to fit the Maya Road tin out of Vintage Blue "stripe" paper then I used my melting pot and heated up Utee. I dipped the heart into the Utee. I added stickles around the inner heart to fill any "gaps" then I popped up and layered my butterfly.
Whoot Woot its DAY 20! Oh my gosh only five more days left!! My tree is looking all pretty with the presents and lights; my inlaws are on their way from Texas. I have several Christmas parties to go to .... wow, busy busy busy and so into the Holiday spirit right now. I feel alot less pressure now that my cards, presents, tree and menu are done :) I am a list maker so my list items need to be crossed off so I can relax LOL.
Ok, I still have to make some more mini's to show you but lets start off with this little (as in 2 1/4 x 6) treasure I made with Maya Road. Do you like Maya Road as much as I do? Again this little baby is inspired by snowmen, winter and blues. I am beginning to find out some things I didnt know before about myself. First, apparently I love snowmen and second blue must be a favorite color - either that or I miss winter? Being that I live in Florida we dont have cold weather here, its pretty much summer all the time. Hmmm, maybe I should move to Montana?
Hope you enjoy today's inspiration
This is the Maya Road Scroll Album I used.
Again, thank you for hanging out with us and our 25 Days of Christmas Blog Hop. If you are new to my blog, my friend Bea from Amazing Grace and I are
having a 25-day Christmas blog hop. She is giving away one of her beautiful two page layouts and I am giving away a mini album. All you have to do is: become a
follower and leave us a comment. The more often you visit the more chances you
have to win.
