Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Fall Tag

Hi everyone! I'm here with a project for Lindy Stamp Gang...

I LOVE Fall... I come from Northern California where the summers are hot and dry and the best way to spend your summer days are either in a pool, in front of an air conditioner or at the mall (hey, I don't mind that! LOL!) But kidding aside, Fall is time to bundle up and see all the BEAUTIFUL colors outside as the trees turn this beautiful greenish brown color. The sun can still hit you in the face, but it's a soothing, relaxing feeling versus the scorching feeling you get during the dry summer time! LOL!

What I love best about Fall though... are the colors... the warm greens, the browns, the maroons and burgundies... I'm in heaven with those colors!

The base of this large shipping tag was dry embossing with a Tim Holtz Alterations texture fade, rubbed with Versamark and then embossing using the Midnight Emerald Obsidian from the Rich Royals pack. I love, love, love this green color and the shimmer is amazing! After heat setting, I sprayed on some Moon Shadow Mist in Pirate's Plunder Gold to add more of a vintage feel with added glimmer.




All the flowers are sprayed using Glitz Spritz Desert Moon Cactus Gold, my all time fav when you want a ton of Gold shimmer with no color. ❤


The gold Dragon Fly and small gold Butterfly charm are from the Lindy Stamp Gang store... love these, so versatile!



Click HERE to watch my video on this tag to get an up-close look.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope your week is going well! ❤

My MFT Design Team Journey!

Hey everyone!

I wanted to write up a blog post to remember my amazing journey as a My Favorite Things designer. I recently stepped down from the design team to focus more time on family, work and personal commitments. It's probably one of the hardest things I've done EVER! I've really grown to love the MFT family of designers, Kim (the owner) and Jody (MFT coordinator, and one of my sweetest friends ever!) I will continue to support MFT in all ways -- as you know, I can't live without their products -- can you say MFT Die-Namics? Love, love, love! ❤

So I wanted to dedicate this post to Kim, Jody and the MFT design team. LOVE you ladies! ❤

Here's a quick peek of some of my work as an MFT designer (December 2010 - October 2011):









































... and what an AMAZING journey it's been! ❤

For more, click HERE to see all my MFT blog posts. Or visit my YouTube channel for all my MFT videos and tutorials (under PLAYLISTS > My Favorite Things Design Team.)

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have an amazingly crafty week ahead! Hugs! ❤

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Life is the flower...

Hi everyone! I have a Stamper's Dream project share for you today. I created this cute little card using Impression Obsession's A Loving Heart clear stamp set and Prima Londonerry 6x6 papers from Stamper's Dream. And did you already hear about the Stamper's Dream liquidation sale?? I'm so, so sad Michelle's closing up shop... but that means some scrappy savings for you, so hurry on over to get an additional 20% off the entire store! Did I tell you Michelle carries Spellbinders and Tim Holtz Alterations dies?? All the cool stuff is going fast, so don't wait!!

Here is the card I created:


I stamped the sentiment onto some of the Londonerry design paper then I cut it out using one of the dies from the new Donna Salazar Creative Book Pages Two Grande die set. I edged it with Vintage Photo distress ink. The flowers are Kaisercraft Blooms in Olive and Buttercream. The little cherry blossom and skeleton leaves are from I Am Roses. The butterfly is from my stash and I hand-made the custom stick-pin. ❤


I punched out the leaves with some of the design paper & my Martha Stewart punch to "fill up" the flower ensemble on the card. The pearl bling is by Recollections.



Thanks so much for stopping by today and letting me share my latest project with you! And don't forget to stop by Stamper's Dream... you just might find yourself an awesome deal! ❤

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

"A Christmas to Remember" card, some news and Stamper's Dream Blog Hop

Hi everyone and welcome to Stampers Dream's very last (*wiping my tears as I write this*) blog hop! If you haven't heard the sad news about the closing of Stamper's Dream, please click on over to Michelle's blog for details and for information about the store's liquidation sale.

It has been such an AMAZING honor being a member of Michelle's Dream Team! But, I am excited for Michelle as she steps into the next journey of her life. Love you Michelle! Thank you so much for everything you do!

That said, don't you go anywhere just yet... because we have a full line-up of designers and friends ready to share some fun projects with you on today's blog hop!

I created this card using JustRite's Christmas Trimmings Cling Mount stamp set and BoBunny's Father Christmas paper collection. I stamped the wreath with Momento Tuxedo black ink, colored it up using my copic markers and used my circles Nesties to cut it out. I stamped the bow and colored it up as well, but I fussy cut it and added some dimensionals & a Recollections half-back pearl to make it pop off the page a little. The pearl bling is by Recollections and the trim is by Prima. The gorgeous "sugared" flower is also by Prima. The larger layers on the card were cut using Donna Salazar's Creative Book Pages Grande Die by Spellbinders. I love how versatile this die set is... not only are they awesome for creating mini albums, but you can also use the various dies that come in the set to make cards!

Here are some pics...






Here is the blog line up for today:

Michelle Rodgers
Becca Feeken
Tosha Leyendekker
Denise Marzec
Laurie Schmidlin
Carolyn King
Amy Sheffer
Arlene Cuevas (<--- that's Me!)
Teresa Kline
Jessica Diedrich
Mariana Grigsby
Lea Lawson
Jo Thompson

Thanks so much for stopping by and I wish you all a wonderful week! Happy hopping and happy shopping!

hugs! ❤

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