A Perfect Pair!

Happy Monday!

If you are looking for the Polka Dot Blog Hop, click here. 

If you are looking for the Queen's Royal Court Blog Hop, click here.

Today is day 2 of showcasing Nikki Sivils' amazing products!

I made a card for a friend who is getting married next month.

  I used the paper's from Nikki's "Sugar Cookie" line. I have always loved using brown's and purple's together.

The toast cuts are from a SVG file that I purchased from here. The twine is from here. 

The faces on the toast, are from Peachy Keen Stamps; PK-642 Boy Mates Assortment and PK-640 Princess Face Assortment.

 

I think the card turned out really cute. I hope that my friend likes it.

I will be posting projects all week that are made with Nikki Sivils' product line. At the end of the week I will be giving away a large assortment of paper, that Nikki has generously donated. You are able to leave one comment each day this week, that's 6 chances to win!

 

Please make sure that you are a follower!

 

Also... don't forget that Alex and I are hosting our Ustream this Friday night!

We have 5 fun projects to show you and a ton of fun things to give away! You don't want to miss it!

See you back here tomorrow.

I hope you have a wonderful day!

***Giveaway closed***The Queen's Royal Court Blog Hop

Happy Sunday!

If you are looking for the Polka Dot Blog Hop, click here.

I am so excited becasue, today is our 1st ever, Queen's Royal Court Blog Hop! All of us that are on the Queen's design team will be showcasing Nikki Sivils' amazing products for the next couple of weeks!

 

You can find more info about Nikki and her fabulous products by clicking here. You can also find her on Facebook by clicking here.

If you have arrived here from Rosy's blog then you are on the right track, if you would like to start from the beginning click here.

I made this super cute paper bird house!

I used Nikki's "Fly High" and "Be Green" paper lines. The flowers and bow papers are from Mike's.

This super cute bird house SVG can be purchased from here.

It was super simple to put together and aren't Nikki's papers perfect!?!

The bird's sweet little face came from this stamp set from Peachy Keen Stamps.

I LOVE how it turned out!

So what would a blog hop be without some sort of blog candy?

Well, Nikki has graciously donated at large assortment of paper, for me to give to one of my lucky followers!

All you have to do to be entered to win is:

1. Become a follower, if not already.
2. Leave me a comment on this post.

That's it! I will choose a winner via Random.org on Saturday night at 6:00pm (pst) and announce the winner Sunday morning. Good Luck!

Below is the list of all the blogs in the hop.

Theresa

Alex

 Cristi

Jenny

Jin

Kassidy

Liz

Raven

Rosy

Ruth (That's me!)

Theresa

Your last stop will be the Queen's blog! 

See you back here tomorrow! I will have another project made with Nikki's fabulous paper line!

I hope you have a wonderful day! 

 

***Giveaway closed*** Polka Dot Blog Hop!

Happy Saturday!

Welcome to the Polka Dot Blog Hop!

  The fabulous Kassidy is hosting this super fun blog hop. If you have arrived here from Lisa's blog then you are on the right track. If you would like to start at the beginning, then click here.

Don't you just love polka dots!?!


I made this cute little banner, for my kitchen, with some really fun paper from Cosmo Cricket.

I used the Birthday Bash cart to make this banner.

The flags were cut at 3.75 inches and 3.50 inches.

The letters were cut at 1.65 inches.

The rosettes measure 2.25 inches. I made a video showing how to make these, you can view it here.

I strung the banner with 5/8" wide white ribbon.

 Don't you just love Cosmo Cricket paper!?!

I love how it turned out.

So no blog hop would be complete with out some sort of blog candy!

 I am giving away a set of Peachy Keen, PK-643 Boy Mates 1-1/8"stamps.

All you have to do to be entered to win is:

1. Become a follower, if not already.
2. Leave me a comment on this post.

That's it! I will choose a winner via Random.org on Friday night and announce the winner Saturday morning. Good Luck!

Below is the list of all the blogs in the hop.

Kassidy     
Erika        
Alex        
Jeanine    
Lisa          
Ruthie (That's me!)     
Susan       
Courtney  
Liz             
Holly        
Sandee     
Tracy        
Jamie        
Linda         
Jenny        

Stacey        

Jennifer

You next stop is the fabulous Susan!

Thanks so much for hopping along with us today!

I am in another blog hop tomorrow for The Scrapbooking Queen's Design Team,

we will be showcasing Nikki Sivils products! All of us in the hop will have really cool blog candy to giveaway too! :)

See you tomorrow!

"Let's Face it Friday" Challenge #12

Happy Friday!

Are you ready for the next "Let's Face it Friday" challenge!?!

 The Challenge:

Create a project using a handmade flower. Handmade flowers are making a huge come back! At CHA this winter, we saw TONS of ways to make your own custom blooms using mists, petal rollers, and scoring tools. For this challenge, create any project you like, and embellish it with a pretty handmade flower!  

-Design must be new
-Project must include Peachy Keen Faces
-Link up before April 1st

*Giveaway*
PK-461 Happy Lashes Faces- set of 6 
PK-561 Dolly Dumplin Faces - set of 6  

 Here is my card!

The bunny is from the Give a Hoot cart and the grass is from the Gyspy Wanderings cart.

The papers are Coredinations.

 His sweet little face is from the PK-758 Wide Eyed and Bushy Tailed - 1-1/8"

assortment. I used Glossy Accents on her eyes and teeth, so that they would have a little dimension.

I love making these flowers, they are super simple.

Make sure that you stop back by tomorrow! I am in Kassidy's, Polka Dot Hop!

I hope you have a wonderful Friday!

See you tomorrow!

Design Team Thursday #10 ~ Joy's Life

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Today is Joyslife.com's design team Thursday. She wanted us to design something with a St. Patrick's Day theme. I made these festive little boxes that hold cookies, for the occasion.

The pie box was cut from a svg that I purchased from myscrapchick.com. 
 

I used Make-the-cut to welded a shamrock to the top of the box, this created a window. Then I created the frame so that I could cover the edges of the clear acetate window.

The shamrock tag was cut at 2 3/4" and the sentiment is from the All Around Sentiment stamp set. I placed a cookie inside the box and tied the box shut with a piece of jute twine. 

I love how it turned out. :)

Have you seen Joy's two new stamp sets yet?
They are so cute! I can't wait to get my hands on both sets!

She is offering FREE SHIPPING right now! Click here!

Tomorrow is the start of a new Let's Face it Friday challenge! I can't wait to show you the project that I made.


I hope you have a wonderful St. Patrick's Day!

 

Do People Still Wear Top Hats?

Happy Wednesday!

Here we are again half-way through the week. I have a super quick post for you today.

I haven't made to many St. Patty's Day cards, I had this one designed on my Gypsy and I decided I probably should cut it out before the holiday passed me by.

The hat is from A Child's Year cart. I welded two of them together on my Gypsy to form the base of the card.

I cut it out of Bazzil card stock. I cut two layers of the band and the shamrock to add a bit of
dimension. 
 

See you back here tomorrow, it's a all new Joyslife.com design team Thursday. I can't wait to show you what I made for St. Patty's Day!

I hope you have a wonderful Wednesday!

Tacky Tuesday's Challenege #4

Happy Tuesday!

I am so excited because today is Tacky Tuesday's Challenge #4!

First off, I wanted to announce the winner of challenge #3. We had 58 entries for this last challenge. All of the cards were so cute and so creative! You guys ROCKED this challenge! I used random.org to choose a winner and the winner is...... Mary Winstanley!

Congrats Mary! 

 Thanks again to everyone who played along with us! 

Remember, we changed the rules a bit. If you do not have the cut/cart that we pick, you can still play along as long as you use a similar cut, but you will still need to do a play on words somewhere on the front of your card.

This weeks challenge we are using the Bunny from the Birthday Bash cart (Page 27), you will also need to use the word "hop" somewhere in the sentiment on you card/layout.

Since Mary won the last challenge, I have asked her to be a guest designer this challenge!

Kimberly is our second guest designer!

Pam is our third guest designer!

This is Raven's tag!

 This is Janie's card!

This is the Queen's card!

Didn't everyone do a fabulous job!?!

This is my card!

The paper is K and Co and Coredinations. The sentiment stamp is from here.

 The bunny's face is from PKS's PK-757 Wide Eyed and Bushy Tailed Assortment.

The winner of this challenge #4 will receive a set of:
PK-451 Wide Eyed Kids 1 1/8".

Make sure that you post your card to our Facebook group, Tacky Tuesday's, before Tuesday, March 29th, 2011.

I can't wait to see what you come up with for this challenge!

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Smile... it's almost spring!

Happy Monday!

What a beautiful weekend it has been here in southern California! With all the rain that we have been having the last couple of weeks, the wild flowers are starting to spring up everywhere. I love this time of year... the grass along the freeway's is always so colorful. I am also starting to see lots of love bugs, a.k.a lady bugs, on the flowers and plants in the yard. 

Today's card was inspired by all the flowers and love bugs that are popping up everywhere.

The flowers shape is from Just Because Cards and the love bug is from the Paisley. I welded two of the flower shapes together to form the base of the card. The total size of the card is 8.89 x 4.29, the yellow circle was cut at 1.98 x 1.98, and the love bug measures 1.43 x 1.75.

The papers are Doodle Bug Design and Coredinations.

The sentiment is from here.

Tomorrow is the start of a new Tacky Tuesday challenge! I can't wait to show you the projects we made... we even have three guest designers this time.

I hope you have a wonderful day!