Sunday, August 2, 2009

Adornit Summer Blog Party & Blog Hop

This two-page layout is based on a sketch I created. I freehanded the 'water' shape. It's made using Hot Off The Press' Pool Water paper. I free-handed the lines using a Marvy marker in light teal. The orange brads are just regular large brass brads that can be found at an office supply store. I coated them with Colorbox orange pigment ink. Then coated in clear embossing powder and heat set. I repeated the ink and embossing again to add a layer to give the brad a little more solid coloring. The title is created using ColorBok's alpha die cuts. I used adhesive to attach the letters to the orange cardstock. Then I outlined the letters using a Zig 005 marker. Finally, I cut out the title using both X-Acto knife and scissors.  This was inspired by Kristina Werner's Thank You card which you can see here. The background stripe paper is from an 8-sheet Sunny Days Collection scrapbooking paper set found in the dollar section of Target stores. I placed a self-adhesive 8 1/2 x 11 vellum sheet under the water element and title.  Enjoy.


 Next stop on the blog hop => Emma Hicks  http://auntieemscreatables.blogspot.com/

If this is your first stop on the blog hop, I urge you to start at the beginning of the hop here.

Friday, July 17, 2009

Sisterhood of Scrap Mystery Envie Challenge

Sisterhood of Scrap offered a lottery of Mystery Envelopes to create a layout. My name was drawn. Yay! I received my envelope in the mail yesterday. I couldn't sleep last night so I completed my layout for the challenge. My double-page layout is based on a sketch I created.

The product from the envie:
(2) My Minds Eye patterned paper
(1) My Minds Eye die cut (red arrow & "play date" journal card)
brads (green, brown, and blue)
metal anchor (silver arrow)
ribbon (cream)
leather strip (red)
button (green)

I added:
green and cream cardstock by Colorbok
brown (tone-on-tone) cardstock by Colorbok
chipboard letter (@) by Rusty Pickle 'Random Letters'
acrylic paint by Delta (wedgewood green)
Word stamp "Caution:" by Studio G VA4911 Series 17 [note: just inked part of the stamp]
StazOn ink (black)

Tools used:
Coluzzle Stampendous Swirl lowercase Alphabet
Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper by We R Memory Keepers (used both 1/2" & 1/4" size) - LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS CORNER ROUNDER!

I hope you enjoy it,
Colleen

Sorry for the big glare on the photos and the date stamp on the right side. :(

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Adornit Summer Blog Party & Blog Hop

Adornit is hosting a Summer Blog Party & Blog Hop. You can join the fun by clicking on this image. Have fun! Colleen

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Freebie Friday - Digbats from Scrap n Fonts


This freebie is only available through Monday, July 13th. So, hurry and download it here!

Enjoy,
Colleen

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

What's New Wednesday - EK Success Border Punches


Okay, first, I need to tell you I have not been paid to promote EK Success products. But, I'm sure it'll seem like an infomercial, because I LOVE them.

You can can view all the new punches here.

The punches lock shut for stackable storage and each punch is labeled so you can easily find the one you're looking for.  More punches, less space. Can you hear the Hallelujah chorus?

The patterns are diverse. There's everything from bats, to dinosaurs, to scallops. 

Let me know what you think.

Colleen