February Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! CTMH Scrapbooking in Melbourne, Florida

Welcome to our Close To my Heart February Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  Did you hop over from Amy's blog?  I hope you enjoyed her project!

This time we have over 70 consultants using the same stamp set - Piece of Cake.  Now how cool is that!   There are ten images to choose from.  You'll want to play with all of them.  So settle in and find some inspiration!

I really thought this particular cake image would 'do up' well as a wedding cake. The only colors used here are White Daisy, Grey Wool and Black.  CTMH's Black textured cardstock is actually two-tone, so I used the Grey Wool 'backside' as a mat.

The flowers and stripes are colored with a Grey Wool marker.  I substituted our Flower Brads for the stamped flowers.  Yum, yum, yum!  Good enough to eat!

You may be able to better see the glitter rub-on sentiment in this view.  You have the option of using silver, gold or red rub-on glitter.  I chose the silver rub-on glitter for this wedding/anniversary card!

Then I used the same image to make a 3x3 birthday/gift card.  This time I substituted a glitter rub-on candle for the stamped flowers.  So you can see how versatile each individual image can be!

Now hop on over to my girlfriend Barbra's blog for more yummy cake goodness!

Deb

Steampunk Sarah Scrapbooking in Melbourne, Florida

I decided to give a little love to my first Artful Inkables stamp set, "Steampunk Sarah". 

There's a lot going on here....good grief!  It might have been better with a smaller border punch, but I thought Sarah could handle it - ha! 

It's a new Martha Stewart punch, and it's soooo gorgeous and easy to use!  The fab paper is CTMH's brand new "You Rock".  I've used just a couple of the patterns here.  And the Steampunk Sarah image and sentiment are part of a really nice set of twelve steampunky images and sentiments.  Give it a look!

Stop by later this evening for CTMH's February Stamp of the Month blog hop.  This is one that you won't want to miss!

Take care,

Deb

Spring Challenge! Scrapbooking in Melbourne, Florida

Spring is in the air!   Well....at least it is on the blog....ha!  Artful Inkables is hosting a "Spring" challenge.  So I pulled out bright colors - not typical for me - and went to town!

Girlfriends!   Does this sing Spring to you?  I used the really, really pretty stamp set, "Chrysanthemum".  Now, please excuse my coloring.  I am really, really trying.  I used my Copics here.  I wanted a nice bright yellow ribbon but did not have one (hard to believe!).  Then I remembered (light bulb moment)....color your ribbon with Copics!  OMG....this could not have been easier.  The marker just slid over the satin ribbon....I LOVE it!!!  Don't know if you can tell, but the background is stamped in Citrus Leaf with the leaf stamp that accompanies the flower.  The sentiment is from "A Bird's Song."


Now why don't you join us in the challenge?  Here's the scoop:


* You are not required to use AI stamps, but if you have them, we'd love to see you use them! **IF YOU USE AI STAMPS, YOU GET 2 ENTRIES FOR YOUR CREATION! JUST ENTER YOUR NAME/LINK TWICE ON MR. LINKY!!!

* You have until Monday, February, midnight Pacific Standard Time to link your creation to this post. A winner will be chosen Tuesday, February 2 to win a GRAB BAG of AI STAMPS!

* When posting your link, please post the link directly to your creation- so if it's on your blog, please link it directly to the specific post with your creation.

* If uploading to SCS or PCP, please add the keyword AIC12

So show us your Spring mojo.   Good luck!!!


Deb

Think Ink Tuesday Scrapbooking in Melbourne, Florida

The weather is fine today in Florida!  No rain....sunshine...70 degrees....yum, yum, yum! Don't despair if it's a little dreary where you are, because this week's AI Challenge is to "Think Spring"!  Head on over to the Artful Inkables blog for all the details.

Join us in the challenge and you could win a grab bag of AI goodies!

Good luck!

Deb

Another charm - love this one! Scrapbooking in Melbourne, Florida

Alan asked me to come see him in Gainesville this weekend.  Now I have to drive home!  I hate to leave him and get back to normal life...work, work, work.  Ha.  Well, I told him I would have to work on a few paper crafting items, and this is one of those.

On this card I used the set "Paper Snowflakes", which has four snowflakes in three sizes, and two sentiments.  I used the smallest snowflake for my background image and for the cener of the flower.  Isn't the charm precious???  I really love this card!

Recipe:


Stamp: Paper Snowflakes (Artful Inkables)
Paper:  You Rock, Veranda, White Daisy CS (CTMH)
Ink:  Smokey Plum (CTMH)
Other:  Charm (Artful Inkables), Paper Flower (CTMH), Brad (CTMH), Ribbon (Offray)

Deb

Welcome to our Charming Blog Hop! Scrapbooking in Melbourne, Florida

Welcome to the Artful Inkables’ “Charm”ing blog hop!   All of our creations are made not only with Artful Inkables stamp sets, but also with matching charms that are sold in the store!

So if you arrived here from Crystal's blog, you're right on track!  If not, hop back to the beginning (Kristin’s Blog - Artful Inkables), so that you can get the full show.

There will be a prize giveaway at the end of the hop, so be sure to leave a comment on all of the blogs along the way in order to be entered into the random.org drawing.

I used Artful Inkables' elegant stamp set, "Peaceful Wishes".   I was able to every stamp in the set on the three cards!  Can you believe that I did not use any ribbon or buttons?  Now, that's restraint!  ha

The two smaller images are stamped on Baby Pink cardstock and popped up on three inch cards.  How quick and easy - and elegant!

Here's a closeup of the main card.

Aren't these deer beauuuuutiful?  I stamped them on the Baby Pink cardstock, then trimmed around their little legs and hooves.  Then I adhered the pink layer to a piece of White Daisy cardstock.  It's all placed on a Black card (you can click on the image for a larger view).  The little deer charm (precious!) is strung on a silver spiral clip, balanced by silver brads for the deer eyes.  How beautiful would these deer be embossed in silver?  Lots of ideas buzzing around here!

So are you ready for more 'charming' ideas?

Then hop on over to my girlfriend Lisa's blog - her inspiration is the set "Greek Gardens".

Remember to leave a comment on each blog for a chance to win.  Win what?  Well, you'll find out at the end of the hop!

Good luck!

Deb

Monochromatic Challenge - Think Ink Tuesday! Scrapbooking in Melbourne, Florida

It's time for a challenge from Artful Inkables!  This week's challenge is to create a monochromatic card.  How cool is that!

I don't know about you, but I am finding that participating in challenges is  really making me break through my comfort zone to try things that would not have otherwise entered my thick skull - tee hee!

For my card, I used Colonial White as my color, punched up with Cocoa.  It won't surprise you to hear that I used "A Bird's Song" to stamp the nest and sentiment!

I've been dying to use my Labels Seven Nestabilities dies -it really looks like a little book!  I sandwiched some 'pages' die-cut from an old book and bound them al together with a bit of waxy flax.  The cute little flourishes are cut from Spellbinders' Doodle Parts, and flower is made with six circles cut using Scalloped Circles Nesties.

The Cocoa paper is the backside of a couple of papers from CTMH's Veranda collection.  The rest of the paper is Colonial White cardstock, with the exception of the 'background', which is textured Colonial White cardstock.  I used my stipple brush to 'knock down' the brightness of the paper with Cocoa Ink.  You can click on the image to view it up close. 

So why don't you stretch your creative boundaries and join us in our challenge?

* You are not required to use AI stamps, but if you have them, we'd love to see you use them! **IF YOU USE AI STAMPS, YOU GET 2 ENTRIES FOR YOUR CREATION! JUST ENTER YOUR NAME/LINK TWICE ON MR. LINKY!!!

* You have until Monday, January 18, 2010, midnight Pacific Standard Time to link your creation to this post. A winner will be chosen Tuesday, January 5, 2010 to win a GRAB BAG of AI STAMPS!

* When posting your link, please post the link directly to your creation- so if it's on your blog, please link it directly to the specific post with your creation.

* If uploading to SCS or PCP, please add the keyword AIC11

Good luck!


Deb

Mojo Monday 120 Challenge Scrapbooking in Melbourne, Florida

It's been a few weeks since I've been able to participate in my favorite challenge, Mojo Monday.  So I was really happy to be working on this card in my studio.

I pulled out one of my all-time favorite Close To My Heart paper packets, "Silhouette".  I hope this collection never retires!  Add to that my favorite Spellbinder's dies and my favorite Verve stamps, and you can't go wrong!  Right???

So here's my sketch interpretation.  I was very literal this time, staying as close to the sketch dimensions as possible.  Since I used a few different patterned papers, I kept the embellishments to a minimum.  You can click on the image to enlarge it.

Yesterday was a wonderful cropping day with friends!  We had a Flamingo Gals group meeting in the morning, then I headed over to play paper dolls (ha) with a gaggle of gals close by in Melbourne Village.  It was so enjoyable - like I imagine quilting bees used to be - women with a common bond laughing, creating, telling stories about our kids....sharing goodies (both craftable and edible).....what joy!  I headed home early to cuddle with my kitties...it has been C-O-L-D here in sunny Florida!  But it's better than the heat, so we'll take it!

I'd like to challenge you this week to pull out some of your favorites...maybe some things you have been 'saving' (like this Silhouette paper collection - ha).  Look at them with a different eye and nestle them with some of your other favorites that might no be intended to 'go' together.  Pull items from different companies and let them break bread together!  Then share your creations with your blogging buddies.

Keep warm,

Deb

Well, I took the plunge! CTMH Scrapbooking in Melbourne, Florida

I just sent out a newsletter announcing an Open House January 24, so I guess I'm committed now, right?  tee hee.  I am so enthralled with the new products in CTMH's Spring 2010 Idea book that I added an extra Open House to my usual schedule. 

This card is made with the brand new "Veranda" paper collection.  The workshop-on-the-go kit includes instructions for this card, as well asa Level II paper pack, the stamp set with the images shown and the Filigree Charms - how gorgeous are they!!!  Just $3.95 for eight heavy, metal charms and brads - I'm on my third pack...ha!  You can order them from my website and have them shipped right to your home.  You know you want them!  And the flowers are new too...100 flower and paper butterflies for $7.95!  Gotta love it.  It's all in the details, right?

Anyhoo......if you can't make the Open House, you can still browse the new book online here. 


I have to tell you that we are absolutely freezing here in Florida.  Now, I know that some of you (in Minnesota, for example...ha) will scoff at me, but good GRIEF, we are not used to this!  The high Saturday is going to be 44 with rain!  What will we do if it snows - I am supposed to be at a crop!  Woe is we.  I don't know how y'all live like this for months at a time.  I just couldn't do it.  Props to you!

Now I'm off to don my Snuggy that Hughie got me for Christmas - Dodger Blue, of course! ;-)

Deb

New Years Resolution card Scrapbooking in Melbourne, Florida

Michele's challenge this week on the Artful Inkables blog is to make a card or project based on your new year's resolutionl   

For example.....if your resolution is to lose weight, use a thin element on your card or reduce the layers and embellishments. If your resolution is to organize your craft room, make a card from the things that are out (and put them away when you are done - ha!).

Here's mine:

I still had some scraps of the red patterned paper from my "Evensong" Christmas paper laying on my table (along with about a million other things, but we won't go into that - ha!)  I stamped my favorite little birdie from "A Bird's Song" on the monochromatic side of the paper and cut him out.  I stamped the image again on a scrap of Desert Sand cardstock that was nearby, layered it on half of a piece of paper from some mat stack that I just HAD to have, put that on another red scrap,  I used a leftover of White Daisy cardstock to make the card base (would have preferred Colonial White, but this was the scrap on my desk!) and tied it together with a photo corner (this was not on my desk) and a scrap - yep! - of twill.


You still have time to play along!

* You are not required to use AI stamps, but if you have them, we'd love to see you use them! **IF YOU USE AI STAMPS, YOU GET 2 ENTRIES FOR YOUR CREATION! JUST ENTER YOUR NAME/LINK TWICE ON MR. LINKY!!!

* You have until Monday, January 4, 2010, midnight Pacific Standard Time to link your creation to this post. A winner will be chosen Tuesday, January 5, 2010 to win a GRAB BAG of AI STAMPS!

* When posting your link, please post the link directly to your creation- so if it's on your blog, please link it directly to the specific post with your creation.

* If uploading to SCS or PCP, please add the keyword AIC10




Good luck!


Deb