Happy Birthday - Chibitronics & SVGCuts

Hi everyone!  Hope you had a great weekend.  Today I wanted to share with you a project I made with the fun LED lights from Chibitronics.  Recently, SVGCuts released the super cute collection Country Market.  Well, the minute I saw the easel box with the arrow...I knew I had to light that arrow up with my Chibitronics.

I used some older Crate Paper patterned papers, and Core'dinations cardstock, along with my Cricut Explore to create the little box (which just happens to hold a new cell phone).

Lighting up the box was so easy, especially since the SVGCuts file came with a hole in the arrow and gift box where I could run my foil tape to the battery.

Of course, even without the battery in place the box is super cute....but I really do love the way it lights up.

Hugs.

Accept Home Decor Clear Scraps and Crate Paper

Hi everyone, Today I want to share with you a fun, custom, wall decor piece I made using an XL Dots and a custom Clear Word Title.  Did you know you can get custom orders from Clear Scraps?  

My One Little Word this year is Accept.  Sometimes I find it difficult to accept things the way they are.  So I made this home decor piece to remind me to accept the things I can not change.  Whether that is with my body, my relationships, my children.  Sometimes you just have to let things go and accept them the way they are.  It really is hard for me and my perfectionist tendencies to just let things go....

Anyway....I of course used some of my favorite Crate Paper papers and embellishments and a few flowers from I Am Roses.

To create the texture on my word title I simply painted the back side with a bit of acrylic paint, then used Staz-on White ink to stamp a pattern with a stampendous stamp.  After stamping with the white ink, I added a bit of color with another ink pad.

I am really happy with the way this turned out.  

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs.

What It's All About - Clear Scraps and Crate Paper

Hey everyone!  I know, I haven't been nearly as attentive lately to my little blog....really struggling right now with some things...nothing life threatening or anything, so don't worry, I will keep you informed.

Today I want to share with you this fun mini album I made using Clear Scraps Mixable Medley album.  

I covered the pages with beautiful papers and embelishments from Crate Paper's Open House and a few flowers.  I just love the colors and embellishments in this collection.  So much fun, and right up my pink loving alley.  

Hugs.

Saving Memories and Free Ebook

Hi everyone!  Hope you are having a great day...thanks for swinging by.  Today I wanted to share with you a project I made with some goodies that I received from FaveCrafts and a free book.

Every year, FaveCrafts hosts a blogger party at CHA and I have been lucky enough to receive an invite the last few.  Anyway, at this event bloggers are given the opportunity to sit down with brands and talk about what they have to offer.  At the end, we are given "goodie bags", and an opportunity to be in an ebook and maybe even win a prize.

Well, here is the project I made, the Precious Memory Board.

Precious Memory Board Supplies:

• Darice Photo Frame
• MDHobby and Craft Pierced Metal
• Folk Art Chalk Paint from Plaid
• Sizzix Die Cut Machine and Dies
• Crate Paper
• Clothes Pins

Step 1:  cut metal sheet to size.  The MD Hobby and Craft Pierced Metal is thick, so be sure and use the correct tool.  I used a pair of tin snips.  And be careful, those snipped ends are sharp.

Step 2:  Paint metal sheet and frame in desired colors.  I chose teal and grey chalk paint as I am just loving the sheen of chalk paint lately.  In hindsight, I should have put a coat of spray gesso on the pierced metal before I painted it...but a few coats of the paint did the trick.

Step 3:  Die Cut lables with Sizzix dies and embellish as deisred.  I chose some beautiful Crate Paper from my stash, and it didn't require much embellishment.  Just a few pearls and epoxies.

Step 4:  Assemble

Step 5:  Hang items and embellishments with mini clothespins.

How easy is that?

If you would like a free copy of the E-Book, filled with many craft ideas, including mine, just click here.

Hugs.

Together - Crate Paper

Hi everyone!  Wanted to stop by and share a layout I had made for the Layout-a-Week blog a bit ago...realized I never shared it here.  I am not designing over there anymore as I have some other exciting things in the works...nothing done quite yet....but working on it.

 

Using the Crate Paper Open Book range with a bit of Core'dinations cardstock.  You know how I love it.  lol  I also added a bit of machine stitching for added interest.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs.

A Little Birdhouse - Sizzix

Hi everyone!  Hope you are having a great day.  Today I wanted to share with you a little house I made with a few Sizzix dies that I was sent from Sizzix after CHA.  

I made this house out the ScoreBoards XL Canister die and the Scoreboards XL Cupcake Stand.  I began by die cutting the necessary pieces from the Little Sizzles 6x13" white MatBoard.  The MatBoard gives the final project a great weight and is sturdy enough to stand up to quite a bit of abuse. You need two of the box sides and two of the stands to complete the project.  I did not use the canister top nor the banners.

After cutting the matboard I die cut the same pieces from my patterened paper.  I needed to make four of the cupcake stand pieces to cover all the sides, front and back.  I placed once cutting pad under my die, then my die, my paper and finally the additional cutting pad.  This allowed me to ensure that I was cutting exactly the pieces I needed in the colors I wanted.

I adhered the papers to the MatBoard with a strong adhesive.

To assemble my canister I began by creating the folds needed and applied a strong adhesive on the edges.

To add the stand to the canister I placed more adhesive along the top of the stand...

And simply added the canister on top.

To embellish my little house I used diecuts from the Kitchen Labels set that I embellished with a bit of glitter.

Finally I added a few flowers from my stash as well as a drawer knob that I had left from another project.

I am very pleased with this sweet little house and look forward to adding it to my collection.

Hugs.

Nancy

Items Used:
Sizzix Big Shot Machine Powder Blue and Teal
Sizzix Scoreboards XL Die Canister
Sizzix Scoreboards XL Die Cupcake Stand & Pennant
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 7 PK Labels, Kitchen
Sizzix Little Sizzles Mat Board Pack
Sizzix Cutting Pads, Extended
Standard Magnetic Platform for Wafer- Thin Dies
Patterened Papers - Crate Paper Random
Flowers -

She's Thirteen - Scrapbooking

Hi everyone!  Happy humpday!  Things around here, now that we are back to school, are slowly returning to normal.  Goodness...whose bright idea was that swim team thing anyway...it totally consumes our summer.  lol

Anyway, since I had so much fun showing you those photos of Ainsley at 13 in the layout on Monday, I thought I would share more photos of Ainsley from the same day....and how the heck did she get to be 13 anyway?  Seems like just the other day she was 3.

Yep, that is what 13 looks like around here.  lol Oh, and of course the fake glasses.  sigh   Love, love, love the older Crate Paper papers here.  Wonder if I could still find them.  Again, thinking this is from a sketch, tho I can't remember whose?  I really need to work on that.  

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs.

Beautiful Butterflies - Clear Scraps

Good morning everyone!  I hope you're having a great week.  Today I would like to share with you a project using the beautiful Butterfly Banner .acrylic banner from Clear Scraps.   With dragonflies, flowers and a big butterfly, this banner is just too perfect for summer.  I couldn't resist using it to decorate the little playhouse in our backyard.

I used the Styleboard collection from Crate Paper,

and accented all the pieces with Stickles and Distress Ink,

Miniature roses, 

wood icons,

bits of lace

smaller paper butterflies

and chipboards

I love the way the acrylic gives the banner so much depth.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies Used:

• Clear Scraps Butterfly Acrylic Banner
• Beacon Zip Dry
• Patterned Paper -Styleboard from Crate Paper
• Chipboard - Styleboard from Crate Paper
• Flowers - Prima Marketing
• Lace- Prima Marketing
• Wood Icons - Prima Marketing
• Pink Butterflies - Prima Marketing
• Blue Butterflies - Styleboard Papers punched with EK Punch
• Stickles and Distress Inks - Ranger Industries.

My Girl Mini-Hydrangea Hippo

Hi everyone!  Today I wanted to  share with you the insides of the My Girl mini I made using the kit from theHydrangea Hippo etsy store.  I love the Zutter Cover-All that was included in this kit.  So much fun to decorate.

This kit is packed full of so many wonderful little extras I was able to embellish each page with lots of goodies.  I had originally planed on giving this mini to my sister for Lili, but Ainsley seems to have disappeared with it.  lol

I hope you have as much fun with this kit as I did.


Hugs.


Nancy

Happy Monday

Hi everyone!  It's Monday and life is still crazy busy and I am expecting it to get even busier these next few weeks, so if I go missing......

Anyway, today I want to share with you a few projects I made using the My Girl mini kit from Hydrangea Hippo.

Emma's Shoppe from Crate Paper has got to be one of my favorite girly lines of all time, so when I opened the kit and saw the papers and all of the gorgeous extras Jennifer added I couldn't wait to jump in and play.  I made so many fun projects with this kit featuring my niece.  

This kit contains gorgeous trims in delightful colors, beautiful flowers, fun trinkets, bits of crepe paper and other goodies just begging to be used.

A Zutter Cover-All was included in this kit so you know I had to make a mini album.   And with so many photos of my niece, a little box to hold the extra prints.


I promise to come back soon with the insides of the little mini.


Hugs.


Nancy

Friday....

Hi everyone!  I hope you are having a great day and looking forward to the weekend.  We have a swim meet here...last one before JO (junior olympics) so stress is pretty high as the children try to ensure they make their times to get into that meet.  

I have been scrapping just for me some more...and enjoying it.  Getting some things out of the stash and onto the page.  I need to get some serious space made, not only for new product, but because I feel overwhelmed and cluttered with all I currently have.  Maybe I should think about doing a LSS flea market?  Maybe a few RAKs?  Decisions, Decisions.  

One thing I have decided is that some of my pages are seriously lumpy.  (Like that took a lot of thought). I have been working with a friend on getting those stacks of pages into albums and let me just say that it isn't pretty sometimes.  hee hee....Not that I am giving up the lumps and bumps, but maybe it might be better to occasionally scrap a little more flat.  And with that....

Ainsley!  Have you ever heard of Bucky Balls?  They are these teeny, super strong magnets.  My children love them...Ainsley especially loves to create with them, and on this day she created a tiny pyramid.  She was so proud of herself and couldn't wait to share.

I used some Random Crate Paper to build this one.  (pun intended).  And more of those fabulous wooden Pink Paislee alphas (this time colored with distress stain).

 I kinda miss some of the dimension.....

But I am sure my poor post bound album will be happy.

Well, back to work.  Have a great weekend.

Hugs.

Nancy