Weekend Retreat

A photo of our COPIC weekend from August 2009!  Talk about being behind!!

Materials:
     Paper:  My Mind's Eye "Lost and Found"
Stickers: Cosmo Cricket "Tiny Type"

Super simple page.  All the fun stuff is already on the page, glitter and all!

Thanks!

Materials:
     Paper: SEI and Paper Cut cardstock
Stamp: JUDITH
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink "Walnut Stain"

This paper from SEI is super cute with the thermal embossed images.  I added a simple "thanks" down the right side to finish it off.

Retro Rewind

A blast from the past with paper.  Most of the paper and embellishments on this page are retired and no longer available....but I still own them and want to use them....and maybe you do too!!  Of course, this design can be recreated with any paper and in any theme.  So go for it...dig out the old paper and see what's hiding in your stash.

CC

More pages for the books.

Materials:
     Paper: Little Shoe Box and WeR Memory Keepers
     Paper Cut cardstock
Stickers: Reminisce, Little Shoe Box and My Mind's Eye

Make & Take Thursday is here

Materials:

     Paper: American Crafts

Spellbinders

JUST RITES

CORE'dinations

Stop by from 11-1pm today to create this fun gift card holder card.

Graduation

While working on the JUDITH stamp project for the FAB 5 I made a few extra's that didn't make the cut for the week long project reveal.  So, I am sharing now.

Materials:
     PapeR: Stampin Station, WorldWin and Paper Cut cardstock
Stamps: JUDITH and JUST RITE
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink "Black Soot"
COPIC Markers: C0, C00 and C3

Love the custom papers from Stampin Station.  You can create a custom card for any school with just a few changes to the original design.

Make & Take project

This was a Make & Take project from January 13.  With all the things going on this week we didn't get to the posting of the project.  We had the regular FREE version and the step it up for a buck version.  Both beautiful and both using the JUST RITE stamps.  People who stopped by and did the Step it Up version learned a new technique on rolled roses.

Canister Love

Have you seen all those little tubes that people are using for projects all over the internet?  Well, Picture This has them and we love them!!

Materials:
     Paper: Paper Cut
Stickers: SRM
Felt: WeR Memory Keepers
Ribbon: Creative Imaginations
Key
Stampers Anonymous stamp
Tim Holtz Distress Ink "Barn Door", "Black Soot" and "Fired Brick"

The WeR felt I used along the bottom of the tube is self-adhesive...and it is wonderful!!

Valentine

Playing with my My Mind's Eye collection again.  This time I broke out the mini paper pad.

Materials:

     Paper: My Mind's Eye Paper pad

     My Mind's Eye paper

     Paper Cut cardstock

     WorldWin Doublemates cardstock

Bling: Kaiser Craft

Brads: My Mind's Eye

Spellbinders "Labels Ten"

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink "Black Soot", "Scattered Straw" and "Mustard Seed"

Pop-Dots

I like the long card that fits in a business size envelope.  So, with the full size sheet of owl paper and the mini pad of the yellow pattern I created a fun little Valentines Day card....with my new stamp set from JUST RITE!

For those who missed out on the "Artsy Friendship" class Thursday night using the new CUTTLEBUG Quilling Dies I have a REPEAT of the same class on February 3.  Additional classes are posted on the website...check out our new look!!

Bears? Packers?

PACKERS!!!

Materials:
     Paper: WorldWin and Paper Cut cardstock
Stamp: Judith and Just Rite
COPIC markers
CUTTLEBUG Seeing Spots folder

While we were playing with the Tree for all Season during our Make & Take Thursday, I decided to make a quick card featuring the Bears and Packers....or Teddy Bears and Cheeseheads....lol  With the JUDITH stubby stamp, you can create thousands of theme trees in just a few minutes!

FAB 5 Day 5

Feeling BLUE??  Love this little chicken giving the other chicken a hug.

Materials:

Paper: My Mind's Eye "Fine and Dandy"

Spellbinders: Tag Trio, Lacey Scallop and Standard Circle

Bling: Kaiser Craft

Ribbon: May Arts

COPIC MARKERS

Stamp: JUDITH and JUST RITE

I made the saying for the ribbon tag with my JUST RITE alphabets....it  make any saying you can think of...even the dirty ones....hehehe.   The chicken images were colored in using the COPIC markers....a ton of fun if you haven't tried them out.  

And that is it for the FAB 5 for January....stay tuned for next month's projects.

Be sure to visit all of our blogs this week and leave a comment along the way to be entered for chance to win some goodies. Don't have a BLOGGER or GOOGLE account (or can't remember the password?) just email your comment to us at mmemorieslast@yahoo.com and we will post for you. It MUST have "Fab 5" comment in the subject line with your name and area you live plus a note as to whose posting you want it on and date of the post. Good luck!

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LEANN

ANNETTE

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FAB 5 Day 4

A TWOFER for today.

I used the little word stubbies from the JUDITH collection.  You can take any cute patterned paper and make and adorable card with the simple addition of a word stamp.

Materials:   

Paper: My Little Shoe Box

WorldWin and Paper Cut cardstock

WeR Memory Keepers (the scallop border)

This fun line from My Little Shoe Box has tons of possibilities for card making and then add the stubbies from JUDITH...you really have it then.  You could even add some of the fun little images to these...hearts, carrots, spiders, bugs....just tons of images from the JUDITH stubbies line.

Visit my other FAB 5 gal pals

LEANN

ANNETTE

PAULA

KAYLA

Be sure to visit all of our blogs this week and leave a comment along the way to be entered for chance to win some goodies. Don't have a BLOGGER or GOOGLE account (or can't remember the password?) just email your comment to us at mmemorieslast@yahoo.com and we will post for you. It MUST have "Fab 5" comment in the subject line with your name and area you live plus a note as to whose posting you want it on and date of the post. Good luck!

FAB 5 Day 3

Little funny bunny.

Materials:

     JUDITH stubbies and Bunny stamp

JUST RITE "Easter Blessings" stamp

COPIC Markers....lots and lots of them

Ribbon: May ARts

Ink "Tim Holtz Distress Ink"

CUTTLEBUG journaling file folder

Stickles

Each egg is a different color of Tim Holtz's Distress Inks, so pretty to work with.  The bunnies are colored in with the COPIC markers and the edges of the CUTTLEBUGged background is rubbed with a little color on a sponge.

Visit my other FAB 5 gal pals

LEANN

ANNETTE

PAULA

KAYLA
Be sure to visit all of our blogs this week and leave a comment along the way to be entered for chance to win some goodies. Don't have a BLOGGER or GOOGLE account (or can't remember the password?) just email your comment to us at mmemorieslast@yahoo.com and we will post for you. It MUST have "Fab 5" comment in the subject line with your name and area you live plus a note as to whose posting you want it on and date of the post. Good luck!

FAB 5 Day 2

Three JUDITH stamps are featured on this card.

Materials:
     Paper: WorldWin and Paper Cut cardstock
Spellbinders: Standard Circle
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink "Black Soot", "Stormy Sky" and "Forest Moss"
COPIC markers....lots of them!
Stamps: JUDITH
Pop-dots

The girls are always trying to get me to "get into" COPIC markers, and I do love them....but I already have my vises...like my need for all the Spellbinders dies, Cuttlebug and Sizzix folders and anything T!M makes...so I will slowly, very slowly, get my feet wet buying into this new vise.

Visit my other FAB 5 gal pals

LEANN

ANNETTE

PAULA

KAYLA

FAB 5 Day 1

Welcome to DAY ONE of the FAB 5 projects.  We are ready and raring to go with our projects, are you ready??

Materials:

     Paper: WorldWin and Paper Cut cardstock

Stamping Station Custom Paper 

Stamps: Just Rite (words)

JUDITH (diploma)

COPIC markers: C00, C0, C3

Ink: Memento "Tuxedo Black"

   Tim Holtz Distress Ink "Barn Door"

Simple card for those of you looking to get a head start on those Graduation Invites or cards for the young person graduating.  PICTURE THIS has many local school and college names for making a card truly custom for your Graduate.

Visit my other FAB 5 gal pals

LEANN

ANNETTE

PAULA

KAYLA

Be sure to visit all of our blogs this week and leave a comment along the way to be entered for chance to win some goodies. Don't have a BLOGGER or GOOGLE account (or can't remember the password?) just email your comment to us at mmemorieslast@yahoo.com and we will post for you. It MUST have "Fab 5" comment in the subject line with your name and area you live plus a note as to whose posting you want it on and date of the post.  Good luck!

Happy Anniversary

Happy Anniversary to my parents. 
a few days early

44 years and counting.

Materials:
     Paper: Basic Grey "origins"
     WorldWin cardstock
Ribbon: May Arts
Spellbinders: Tag Trio
Punch; Martha Stewart
Sizzix Alterations die: Rosette
Bling: Kaiser Craft
Ink" Tim Holtz Distress Ink "Rusty Hinge"
Sizzix folder

This is made from  the leftovers of a project I did almost a month ago.  I almost never through anything away.  The narrowest of strips can be used for anything, including this rosette.  I think a 1 1/2" piece of paper is all it takes to punch this out. Not to mention the butterflies and tag are made from very small pieces of paper.

The FAB 5 begins tomorrow, so I am posting my anniversary card to my parents a few days early since we are not using these materials in our FAB 5 projects.....what are we using?  JUDITH stamps!!  Stick with us this week for all the FAB 5 fun.

Two little love birds

One month to Valentines Day, are you ready?  Ya, me either :(

Materials:
     Paper: Scribble Scrabble and Paper Cut cardstock
Spellbinders: Inverted Circle  and Tag Trio
Stamp: WeR Memory Keepers
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Inks: "Black Soot", "Bundled Sage",  "Frayed Burlap" "Walnut Stain"

Pretty simple little card made with a dollar stamp.  Yes, you can get cool stuff for a dollar...and it doesn't have to be a snack from the dollar menu at fast food restaurant....hehehe.

Bruce Mound Ski

Materials:
     Paper: Karen Foster?
     My Mind's Eye
Spellbinders: Standard Circle and Large Snowflake
Stickers: My Mind's Eye Cosmo Cricket "Tiny Type"
Tags: My Mind's Eye

I think the main background paper is from Karen Foster...it is actually a squirt gun fight paper.  I liked all the blues with the splashes in the background.  Kinda like the way it is up on the ski hills sometimes when things begin to warm up.

Sorry, the quality of the photos is bad because I am forced to take them that way...I am running out of space on my blog and will have to find a new solution soon, so....for now.....low pixel photos.

Clean and Simple

Clean and Simple.....and so not me usually.  I liked the look of this card so much I had to jump up and make one right away!

Materials:
Lily Bee "Lovely; Whimsy"
Cardstock: Paper Cut
Stickers: SRM "Thanks"
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink "Black Soot"
Spellbinders: Standard Circle Large
Stamp: JUST Rite's "Happy Everything Tag Making Kit"

Like I said above....I liked the card design so much I jumped up and created one....simple and quick.  It took all of 10 minutes to gather my materials....It helped that I had this dot paper on my desk at the time and was eager to give it a nice cut down the middle....hehehe.

You're a Star today

Materials:
     Paper: WeR Memory Keepers
     Core'dinations
Spellbinders "Star", "Rectangle Scallop", "Labels One", "Tag Trio" and "Labels Large"
Plate: Karen Foster
Ribbon: Creative Imaginations
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink "Scattered Straw" and "Black Soot"
Stamp: JUST Rite's

This was a fun set I had created for a class (last night) and wanted to share the example.

Dare Devil

Back to some pages again...when the scrappin' MOJO is hot it's best to keep at it until it wanes.

Materials:
     Paper: Cosmo Cricket "Material Girl: Measuring Up"
     Bo Bunny: Back to Basics "Roughin' it S"Mores
     Scenic Route: Cape Town "Adderley Floral
     Lily Bee Designs Christmas Town "Night Divine"
     Graphic45
Stickers: Cosmo Cricket and Reminisce
Tags: My Mind's Eye
Spellbinders: Standard Circle

I used some wallet size photos of the jumping since it is difficult to get a truly clear photo in "sports mode"
on my camera.  Love the shots it can take, but the quality when you enlarge is not there.  So, with this page I started with a few scraps of paper and then added a few patterned papers that worked with the colors I already had going.  A few embellishments and title and you're all done.

Give you Peace

Materials:

Paper: Cosmo Cricket "Circa 1934"

          WorldWin cardstock

           Paper Cut cardstock

Sizzix embossing folder

Cuttlebug "Chrysanthemum" die

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink "Black Soot"

Stamp: JUST Rite

I have a lot of new toys to play with and the Cuttlebug die and JSUT Rite stamps got broken in this time around.

Downtown

A blast from the past page.  Since I was rummaging through my 2008 CHA photos I ran across this one from our night downtown....we need a little downtime after all the walking around the show floor.

Materials:
     Paper: My Mind's Eye "Fine & Dandy: Pleasant"
     LilyBee Designs: Three Little Birds "Double Dutch"
Stickers: My Mind's Eye "Fine & Dandy"
Bling: HERO ARTS
Stickers: Tiny Type by Cosmo Cricket

The pennant stickers from My Mind's Eye were the perfect addition to this page.  Can't beat coordinating papers and embellishments!!  I added a little bling to the burst under the star for some added glitz.

Run*ning

More "catch up" pages for the books.

Materials:
     Paper: Crate Paper and Sports & More
Stickers: Tiny Type by Cosmo Cricket

Simple page with a few added features.

10 things....

...I love about the Tim Holtz line

Materials:
    Paper: Cosmo Cricket "Circa 1934"
     Basic Grey "origins"
Tissue Tape
Cosmo Cricket "Tiny Type" letters
Salvage Stickers
Crate Paper Stickers
Spellbinders: Inverted Circle and Standard circle
Brads: My Mind's Eye

So, maybe I have mentioned one or two or ten times that I have meet and touched Tim Holtz....well, this is the 2008 Summer CHA photo from the class Leann and I did with him.  Since I have been working with the Circa 1934 papers from Cosmo Cricket....this was the perfect time to do this page.  I used the Tiny Type letters to spell out my favorite pieces from his massive collection (sadly, I only put 10 down...there are so, so many more) and used the great vintage papers from Cosmo Cricket for the circles.

Memories

Materials:
     Paper: Cosmo Cricket "Circa 1934: Ginger, Gable and Borders"
     Paper Cut cardstock
Stickers: Crate Paper and Cosmo Cricket "Circa 1934" and "Tiny Type"
Brads: My Mind's Eye "Abbey Road"
Spellbinders: Inverted Circles
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink "Vintage Photo"
Pop-dots

I have been coveting that Circa 1934 paper since the seeing it in a sales reps catalog....and now I can finally play with the paper I bought.  I hate having to wait for time to create with my goodies, but SOOO many goodies come in on a regular basis that it is hard to pick one to start with.  Of course, this has been in for a while, but I have other obligations to attend to as well....like my Just Rites, Spellbinders, Tim Holtz dies....etc....:).  Just not enough hours in a day I tell you!  I seem to run in streaks with my crafting too....cards for a while and then pages....I think you can guess where this is going?? I only like to post one project per day and, truth is, I can get several done in a day and then do nothing for several more...that darn family wants my attention too.

If you wish to see more projects...stop by the store....they end up on display there first (until the materials I used run out) and then they come back to my books at home.

FAB 5 is coming up soon too...so stay tuned!!

Pretty Poppy

Something bright and cheery to start your morning.  A field of poppies on a bed of red.

Materials:
     Paper: GCD Studios
     WorldWin cardstock
Spellbinders: Nestabilites "Eyelet Square", Standard Square" and "Labels Trio"
Stamps: HERO ARTS
Ink" Tim Holtz Distress Ink" Barn Door" and "Black Soot"

The red and black make a card just pop.  The big scallop stamp in the foreground will work with many stamps and in any color.

Bright and cheery

One more card using the brightest of papers on a cold day....how cheerful is this paper??

Materials:
     PapeR: My Little Shoebox
     WorldWin and Paper Cut cardstock
Stamp: Just Rite sets
Ink: Tim Holt Distress Ink "Black Soot"
Punch: EKSuccess
Stickles: "Waterfall", "Yellow" and "Fruit Punch"
Bling: HERO ARTS gems

You just have to smile when you look at this paper line... the whole line is just bright and happy.  Plus, I finally got to use my new JUST RITE borders set with my Sentiment set.

Happy Birdy

To play or not to play...I say play!!

Materials:
     Papers: WorldWin and Paper Cut cardstock
    My Little Shoebox
Spellbinders: Labels Trio, Standard Circle and Large Scallop Circle
Punch: Martha Stewart
Flowers: Prima
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink "Black Soot" and "Peeled Paint"
Sew-Easy tool from We R and Starburst head
Thread (my own stash of DMC floss from a million years ago)
Stickles: "Waterfall"

I had some more little pieces from the "My Little Shoebox" paper that I used a while back and wanted to make a bunch of cards with all the cute things on the sheet....lots of birds and houses and fun themes to work with.  Using the blue bird for my launching point I made a pretty nest of punched twigs and flowers and then added the stitching around the outside edge, just for fun!  Love that new tool!!!

The Journey

I had this piece of left over paper from someone's project.....I AM the queen of the doggie bags ya know.....so I get all the project leftovers first and then create the Doggie bags with those leftovers. Some time I get to create a project out of them first....teehee.

Materials:
     Paper: TPC Studios, Paper Cut cardstock and WorldWin
Button: KI
Stamp: Stampers Anonymous
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink "Black Soot"
Sizzix "Pine Tree"
Stickles: Star Dust

A pretty simple, basic card, use the elements from the paper and make it work for you.  There was a hill in the paper and I had been playing with my Timmy dies, so the tree was the perfect addition to the overall project.  I was also playing with my Timmy stamps too.....you know I love those :)....but you could easily put any sentiment in there for the finished project.

Shoe shopping?

Who knew a shoe shopping trip would turn into an EVENT?

Materials:
     Paper: Cosmo Cricket, Reminisce and WorldWin
Tags: My Mind's Eye and We R Memory Keepers

All we needed was a pair of running shoes for one child and he turned it into an hour long torture test for the rest of us!  He wanted a "fun" pair of shoes and the one pair that fit the best and felt the best was the plain old black shoes.....no neon, no bright red or electric blue....just black.  Better luck next season!