Playing with Felt

The other day I happened across my felt stash container and realized that I hadn't created anything with felt in quite some time. No time like the present, right? Before I forget for another few months! Ha!

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I began this project with this piece of Pebbles' Walnut Grove floral paper from my scrap bin and matched felt colors to it. Then I picked some dies...the 'hello' die is from Reverse Confetti, the 3D flower from My Favorite Things and the leaves are from Lifestyle Crafts. I also added a little burlap because I love how it looks with flowers. The last little accent, an antique ladybug pin. I found those at a local antique store years ago. It's perfect for this flower card, don't you think? 

Days of the Week

Hi! I'm back today to share some more of My Favorite Things Die-namics and stamps from Laina Lamb Design. For today's projects I used the Days of the Week dies that are perfect for so many types of projects from cards and pocket pages to calendars and decor items. Being the card 'queen' that I am I had to use these weekday dies for a greeting! 

One of the cool things you can do with dies is to create 'dry embossed' look as I did here. Simply use the same or slightly different color card stock for your base and die cuts. Isn't the texture awesome? And that font is fabulous! 

To add more color to my background, I included a bit of spray ink and glossy accents.

To keep the focus on the die cut portion of my design, I used small accents...a mini clothespin, sticker and heart sequins.

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Ooh la la...love is in the air!

For my next card I combined the Days of the Week dies with the Office Supplies dies.

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To keep with the office theme, I used a real office supply tag as a background layer and stapled the day of the week die to the 3x4 Notebook paper. Wouldn't it be fun to find this card on your desk? When I used to work in an office, I loved going to lunch with my co-workers! Most times it was a nearby deli and once in a while, we would go fancy, enjoying a glass of wine and returning just a little late. ;) Ahh...good memories! 

Die-Namics Office Supplies Dies

Besides whiskers on kittens and raindrops on roses the set of My Favorite Things Die-namics Office Supplies dies by Laina Lamb is one of my new favorite things! Ask me to whip a card for my girlfriend, no problem, but ask me to make a masculine card and it can be quite a challenge. Not any more! 

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I totally love this set! I mean, how cute is this clipboard?!?! And Laina's 3x4 Notehbook Paper die fits it perfectly. For those little paper clips...use metallic paper to die cut them and they will  look real. For additional accents, to go along with the office theme, I included a little black rubber band along with a couple 'Post-It' notes created with plain yellow paper.

This next card showcases a manila envelope you can create with this set. It's so realistic looking with its top and bottom flaps, the crease down the center and the tiny circles dies you can use to make a string enclosure. I thought of another way to close the envelope...a brad placed through the back, just like a real envelope, right? 

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The At the Office stamp set includes some pretty cool ways to accent these dies and add sentiments. My favorites have to be the marker squiggles! Doesn't that arrow look like it was added with a marker? 

I'll be back again tomorrow to show you some more of My Favorite Things Laina Lamb die designs which will include another card using the Office Supplies dies. 

Playing with Pebbles

I hope you've been enjoying my free-play cards over the past couple days. I'm having a fabulous time experimenting with thin metal dies. Today's card was created with Pebbles' Party with Amy Locurto collection. 

The thin metal dies I used are a set of small circles from My Favorite Things and a set of squares and circles from Spellbinders. Do you like the results? How about the jute? A bit different and fun, I think.

Today I'll be stalking the UPS guy for my box of brand new Bella Blvd. goodies! ;) UPS doesn't usually arrive until late afternoon and sometimes not until early evening...so I'm going to have to practice patience! One time I got a shipment of Doodlebug products in the middle of dinner and I had to open the box right away, set it next to the table and peak at it in between bites! I know...a little weird! ;)

Have an awesome day everyone!

Crafting with Bella Blvd.

Continuing on with my exercise to play and experiment without worry of assignments or deadlines, I pulled out more thin metal dies and one of my favorite Bella Blvd. collections, Birthday Girl, to create this card. 

My goal, besides having fun, is to try new dies and to mix and match a combination of elements I might not have thought of before. I used a pennant, notebook paper and circles frame die all from My Favorite Things. So, what do you think? Do you like? Is it too busy for your taste? Do you have a favorite part?

All the new Bella Blvd. collections just released at CHA arrive at my doorstep tomorrow, if the UPS man doesn't get a flat on the way! ;) It's been really hard to see all the fun new products floating around the web and not having them in hand to play with! Tomorrow that all changes and I look forward to making a lot of fun new projects for you! :)

Thanks for visiting! Have a super day!

Oreo

Last weekend I made a pit stop at Archivers and purchased some Lucky Charm papers from the latest Dear Lizzy collection.  I combined these whimsical and colorful papers with a new arrow die set from My Favorite Things resulting in this scrapbook page of our kitty Oreo. 

This guy is a handful! He's so active and playful! He's currently in my office trying to get me to play fetch with one of his favorite mice! If I don't throw that mouse soon, he'll start to chew on my scrapbook supplies! Not good! A few of my latest paper craft projects have fallen victim to Oreo! I've always had lazy mellow cats in the past so this is a new beast for me! Do any of you have a rambunctious cat?

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Team USA

T.G.I.F!

Have you been enjoying the Olympics?

Thought I would create a patriotic card in honor of the games.

Supplies include a Cuddlebug star embossing folder, a Tiny Tags die cut, sentiment stamp and star dies by Papertrey Ink. The star border cut is from My Favorite Things and the baker's twine is from Doodlebug Design.

Hope you have some great plans for the weekend! :)

Hi!

Good day!

I have another Scrap-Mart project for you today. I bit of a bonus since I didn't realize I only needed to do three posts.

My focal point, this gorgeous flower die, is one of my favorites of the Lifestyle Crafts Bloom and Grow die series.

I love the beautiful detailing of this die!

I stitched the hexagon background of this My Mind's Eye paper from the 'Follow Your Heart' collection.

The dark wood grain background paper is from October Afternoon's '9 to 5' line. Accents include die cut cloud from My Favorite Things, Prima wood button, Jute from May Arts, Teensy Type alphabet stickers from Doodlebug Design and a Memo Pin from Tim Holtz.

Do you have any exciting plans for the weekend? Christopher wants to spend some time at the pool today. Sounds like a great way to spend a lazy summer afternoon, don't you think? Hope you have a great weekend!

Celebrate Today

Hello! Today's a great day to celebrate because I'm at CHA meeting some of the people behind the blogs I follow and checking out all the fabulous new releases! Lot's of exciting things happening and I look forward to sharing them with you when I return!

Before I left for CHA yesterday I did a little playing with the new Papertrey Ink 'Hello Sunshine' die set to create this card.

These pretty patterned papers and twine are from Doodlebug Design, the line is called Snips and Snails. The sentiment is also from Papertry Ink, from their 'Friendship Jar' stamp set. The clouds were made with a die from My Favorite Things.

So, have you seen a lot of the new CHA releases? Do you have any favorites or must haves? I want it all! Not surprising right? ;)

Thanks for popping in and giving the blog a little love while I'm gone. Hopefully, I'm not having technical issues while I'm gone and can read your comments.

Have a wonderful Tuesday!