An ABC Primer - Altered School Book Memories Keeper

Today I'd like to share a project I created for the August I Am Roses Color Challenge. This month's challenge is to create a "Back to School" project, incorporate yellow and use at least two I Am Roses products on your project. For complete details, be sure to check out the I Am Roses Challenge Blog.

My youngest son Logan starts Kindergarten next week and I am seriously getting anxious! I can't believe how fast he's grown up and the fact that he's beginning school just reinforces the fact that he HAS grown up! I know, I know... I have to "let go"... but as a Mom, that just never happens. :-)

I created this altered book box to store small memories from Logan's first year of school. I used one of the storage book boxes that you can purchase at Michael's. I painted it and layered on Graphic 45's An ABC Primer papers and embellishments. I chose yellow rose buds and S10's to decorate the front of my box. Here are some pictures...

So head on over to the I Am Roses Challenge Blog to learn how you can win yourself a package of I Am Roses products!

hugs! ❤

 I Am Roses Products:

Yellow Two-tone Small Semi Open Rose Buds

Yellow Tiny Rose Buds

Small Yellow Flowers 2-tone (S10)

Mixed Yellow Tone Mulberry Flowers

Other Products:

Graphic 45 An ABC Primer paper collection, Chipboard Tags

G45 Staples Vintage Key Holes

Maya Road ruler & scissors die-cut

Mary Arts ribbon

Ranger Distress Ink - Black Soot

Recollections Alphabet stickers

Memory Box ornate die

Cheery Lynn Designs English Doily Die

Paper Trey Ink - True Black cardstock

Graphic 45 A Ladies' Diary: "Remember" 12x12 Scrapbook Page

Hello blogger friends! I have another project to share with you today... one that is very special to me. This photo was taken on my wedding day, immediately following our wedding ceremony. I used Graphic 45's A Ladies' Diary to capture this memory onto a 12x12 scrapbook page. This dimensional page will be stored in a 13x13 shadow box and mounted in our hallway at home where we have a line-up of all our family portraits and memories. ❤

This layout is featured in detail today on Graphic 45's blog along with a video tutorial explaining how it all came together. I hope you meet me over there where my G45 teamie Susan will also have A Ladies' Diary scrapbook page that will surely inspire!

Here are a few sneak peak photos of my 12x12 scrapbook page...

See ya over at the Graphic 45 blog!

hugs! ❤

Altered Graphic 45 Metal Film Canister with Album

Happy Tuesday and thanks for stopping by my blog today!

I'm excited to share one of the design team projects I created for display in the Graphic 45 booth at Summer CHA 2012. This is an altered Metal Film Canister with album, created using the GORGEOUS A Ladies' Diary paper collection!

Here is a little peek at the canister and album...

Metal Film Canister with Album

A Ladies' Diary

For project details, more pictures, a video tutorial and a written tutorial on how to alter the mini album included with the metal canister, visit the Graphic 45 blog for a FULL post! Run on over... I'll meet ya over there!

hugs! ❤

8x8 "Moments" Scrapbook Layout

Happy Sunday blogger friends! I'm here today with a project for I Am Roses!

My youngest son Logan is about to wrap up 4 years of pre-school. It's such a bitter sweet moment for us -- we are so proud of him! But OMG, my baby is all grown up! Logan starts kindergarten in 2 short weeks, and I just KNOW I'll be balling like crazy when I drop him off on his first day of school!

Logan started at our local daycare/pre-school when he was merely 8 months old... he was the VERY first infant enrolled in the brand new school. His first teacher Trish was almost like his own personal nanny! He was the only infant for the first 3 months until enrollment ramped up in our new neighborhood (this school is SO AMAZING, the wait-list to enroll today is insane!) Anyhow, Ms. Cindy was the "get set" teacher when we enrolled Logan, so any-time there was early drop off, she was there. She was also there for my son Dylan who attended the school for 1 year before starting kindergarten. Ms. Cindy means the WORLD to us... she is just an amazing person and such a WONDERFUL teacher in every way! We so appreciate her and will miss her dearly!

I created this 8x8 scrapbook layout to give to Cindy as a gift so she can remember Logan for years to come. I used Prima's Almanac paper collection and my all time favorite I Am Roses flowers... Be sure to check out my video link below so you can see how this layout came to life!

Here are some pics...

The R60's and R40's are two of my favorite large sized roses by I Am Roses. I prefer to purchase mine in white so I can use my Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays to color them to match my projects... but I Am Roses offers these flowers in a variety of colors for those who are looking for ready to use product.

Click HERE to watch my video tutorial

for this scrapbook layout.

Thanks for stopping by and letting me share this special project with you. Be sure to visit I Am Roses for your mulberry paper flower crafting needs! ❤

Have an amazingly crafty week ahead!

hugs!

Product list:

(R60) White Paper Flower

(R40) White Paper Roses

Small Ivory Crochet Flowers

Foam White Stamen

Ivory Semi Open Rose Buds

Small Natural Skeleton Leaves

Prima Almanac Papers and coordinating embellishments

Recollections pearl bling

Square 8x8, Round 7" and Round 5" doilies from Owl & Thistle on Etsy

Black medium weigh chipboad (joann.com)

Flower lace trim

Beige flower pearl trim from KARLAS001

Inspiration Friday with La La Land Crafts - "Monochrome!"

Happy Friday everyone and welcome to my very last Inspiration Friday as a designer for La La Land Crafts. It was a very difficult decision for me to step down from the LLLC design team, but it was necessary in order to successfully balance my time with work and family. I have to say, I am FORever grateful to the AMAZING Irina Blount and Eric Berry for the opportunity to design for one of THE best stamping companies out there! Thank you so much for all that you do and for the FAB products you have to offer! ❤

This week's challenge theme is "MONOCHROME."

Here is the project I created.... it's an altered gift card tin! I used a number of La La Land Crafts dies and Graphic 45's A Ladies' Diary papers (full product list is included at the bottom of this post.)

Click HERE for my video of this

Altered Gift Card tin.

Thanks for joining me today and I want to thank you for following my La La Land Crafts journey here on my blog, YouTube and Facebook. 

hugs! 

Products:

Dress Form Die: http://lalalandcrafts.com/Dress-Form-Die-8002.htm

Wings Set Die: http://lalalandcrafts.com/Wings-Set-Die-8016.htm

Filagree Corner die: http://lalalandcrafts.com/Filigree-Corner-Die-8008.htm

Butterflies Set 1 die (inside): http://lalalandcrafts.com/Butteflies-Set-1-Dies-8005.htm

Graphic 45 A Ladies' Diary paper collection & sticker sheet

I Am Roses flowers

Lindy's Stamp Gang - South Shore Sands, Salt Water Taffy

Maya Road lace trim

Recollections pearl bling

Michael's gift card tin

Ranger's Distress Ink - Vintage Photo

Cheery Lynn Designs - French Pastry Doily

KARLAS001 beige flower trim

La La Land Crafts Inspiration Friday - Create a Circle Card!

Hi everyone and happy Friday! Welcome to another week of La La Land Craft inspiration! This week's theme is to create a circle card. I couldn't wait to pair up Kimono Marci with Graphic 45's new Bird Song paper.

Here's the circle card that I came up...

I added gold Art Glitter to Kimono Marci's paper pieced kimono and her umbrella is paper pieced as well... isn't she just adorable?!

Here's the card at a different angle... I love the sentiment that comes with the stamp set. "Konnichiwa" is Japanese for "Good Afternoon." ❤

I punched out the "Happiness" sentiment from the Bird Song paper, used a dimensional to adhere it to the card... and it acts as a "stopper" to hold the card upright...

 Here's the card when it's opened up completely...

Copic Markers:

Skin: E000, E00, E21, E11, R20, BV000, Lips: R24

Hair/Slippers/Umbrella: C3, C5, C7, C9

Paper pieced using Graphic 45 Bird Song

Gold Art Glitter accents

Be sure to stop by the La La Land Crafts blog for more inspiration from the design team and learn how you can join this week's challenge and enter your chance to win a prize from LLLC!

Enjoy your weekend and thanks for stopping by!

xoxo,

Products:

Kimono Marci (with Accessories)

Graphic 45 Bird Song papers

Graphic 45 Staples Vintage key

Chinese coin

I Am Roses Flowers

Copic Markers

Art Glitter

Ranger Adirondak Alcohol Ink - Gold

Flower stamen

Spellbinders Grande Circles and Grande Scallop Circles dies

Graphic 45 - Want2Scrap - Art Glitter BLOG HOP!

Graphic 45 has partnered up with two amazing companies for a super FUN blog hop this week - Want2Scrap and Art Glitter! Welcome to blog hop Day 3... we hope you are following along for your chance to win some BLOG PRIZES! Here's a peek at some of the G45, Want2Scrap and Art Glitter prize packages being given away...

All you have to do is comment along the hop for your chance to win! Winners will be selected randomly from the blog comments on the designers' blogs.

I'd like to share this special card I created for my friend's daughter who just celebrated her Red Egg and Ginger party. In Chinese tradition, a Red Egg & Ginger party is thrown when a baby is at least 1 month of age. In the olden days, the baby fatality rates were high in China. A baby living past 1 month old was likely to survive. The parents would celebrate this gift of life with a Red Egg & Ginger party. I myself am part Chinese, so the Asian traditions are close to my heart. ❤

The Asian inspired Bird Song papers by Graphic 45 were PERFECT for the card I created for Alyssa.

I added gold Art Glitter to accent the center of my card. I love how it just adds that perfect touch of gold to this Asian themed card. I also used the large Staples Metal Tag and new ornate vintage key. The Asian coin pendant is from my stash... it was silver, but I used my Adirondack Gold Alcohol ink to color it up and distress it.

I distressed some Staples Metal brads with Lindy Stamp Gang two-tone embossing powder and accented my card with the black pearl bling from Want2Scrap.

I fussy cut the birds from the paper collection and perched them on top of my card...

I always finish off the insides of my cards... inside I did a lot of layering and added some of the postage stamps that I fussy cut from the collection... my friend commented on how heavy this card was when I gave it to her. hehe! All the Staples metal and layering made for a VERY sturdy card. ❤

Okay, I "had" to include a little picture I took of Alyssa when we saw her in Las Vegas during our recent vacation. Isn't she the most ADORABLE ever in her little 4th of July outfit?! hehe!

Anywhoooooo, let me get you on your hopping way! Here is the blog hop schedule for this week. We hope you join us and gain some inspiration along the way!


Monday, July 23rd
Jane Tregenza: http://janetregenza.blogspot.com/
Maiko Miwa: http://shiny-scrap.blogspot.com/
Tara Orr: http://eachmoment-onlyonce.blogspot.com/

Tuesday, July 24th
Alberto Juárez : http://vintageodyssey.blogspot.com/
Gloria Stengel : http://gloriascraps.blogspot.com/
Nicole Eccles: http://www.nicoleeccles.com/

Wednesday, July 25th
Arlene Cuevas: http://butterflykisseswithlove.blogspot.com/ <-- You're HERE!
Jim, The Gentleman Crafter: http://thegentlemancrafter.blogspot.com/
Betto Cesare: http://scrapguys.blogspot.com/

Thursday, July 26th 
Clare Charvill: http://mycreativespirit.blogspot.com/
Kristin Wilson: http://www.kristinwilsonhandmade.com/
Sharon Ngoo: http://glooshmoo.blogspot.com/

Friday, July 27th
Denise Hahn: http://www.inmyblueroom.blogspot.com/
Laura Denison: http://www.followingthepapertrail.blogspot.com/
Susan Lui: http://luv2scrap-pages.blogspot.com/

Here's a little bit of information about Graphic 45, Want2Scrap and Art Glitter:

Graphic 45 Bio:

Graphic 45 an award-winning scrapbook and paper crafting company­— owned and operated by a mother and her two daughters.  Together we create vintage inspired crafting products that capture the flamboyant style of the 1920's and 30's - with vibrant color, irresistible texture and imaginative design to create products with decades-old appeal that's both fresh and familiar. Let our products inspire your next scrapbook layout, card, album or home decor project.

Want 2 Scrap Bio:

Want2Scrap™ manufacturers rhinestones lines including the specialty Nestabling™  line along with the newly released Nestaboard™ chipboard line that coordinates perfectly with the Spellbinders™ Nestabilies™ die templates. Want2Scrap™ also manufacturers their own line chipboard albums and accents, acrylic albums, and multi-layered laser designs and other fine scrapbooking products. Want2Scrap™ brings ease of use and flexibility in their product lines by offering products uniquely tailored to its customers’ needs.

Art Glitter Bio:

Spread the Sparkle! Be it cosmetics, scrapbooking, t-shirts, cards, jewelry, quilts, rock star toes, home decor or even cement...everything is better with Art Glitter on it! Barbara Trombley opened Art Institute Glitter, Inc. in 1982 and now supplies artists and artisans, crafters and craftsmen with more than 400 brilliant cosmetic quality glitter colors and industrial-strength adhesives. Art Glitter products have been featured on “The New Martha Stewart Show”, “Carol Duvall Show”, HGTV, Home Shopping Network and several times in “Martha Stewart Living Magazine” including this upcoming December, 2009 issue. Thousands of retail stores throughout the world carry Art Glitter products. Barbara’s first book, “Glitter Artistry: Bags, Tags & Cards,” was warmly received by artists in 2006 and is still a big hit today (Sterling Publishing, Inc.). Art Glitter’s retail showroom is located in Historic Old Town Cottonwood, Arizona.

Be sure to check out the Want2Scrap and Art Glitter blogs for even more craft inspiration and prize opportunities! This has been an AMAZING week of inspiration so far! Enjoy!

hugs! ❤

Products:

Graphic 45 Bird Song Paper Collection

Stamped Metal Brads

Ornate Metal Keys

Metal Tag Staples

Art Glitter

Want2Scrap - Funky Swirls - Black Rhinestones

Lindy Stamp Gang Two-Tone embossing powder

True Black cardstock by Paper Trey Ink

Kraft cardstock by Paper Trey Ink

Red MFT cardstock

Asian coin pendant from my stash