More Dahlia Folding

Here is another card done using the Dahlia fold. The Dahlia fold is done just a little differently than the one below. (For more details and a how-to, please see the post two posts down.) For this one, I just switched the "front" and "back" of the paper for every fold. Gives it a totally different look!

The papers are from the Boom-Di-Ada Creative Basics collection and the colors are Hollyhock, Olive and Garden Green. I have our new Ric Rac ribbon across the card on the bottom and tied to that with Colonial White Waxy Flax is one of our Friendship Dangles. (The Dangle says "Laugh", it can be kind of hard to read.) Again, I finished the Dahlia fold off with a sparkle!

Life Delights

Just wanted to share more great pages my Mom made. And I have to confess, those are pictures of me and my sister from too many years ago!!

She used the Life Delights papers and this is the Monologue layout from Imagine. The paper and ink colors are Sweet Leaf, Lilac Mist, Chocolate and Colonial White. The buttons are from the Buttercup My Accents collection.

The large red flowers are from the Delight in Everything set. She stamped the full flower in Holiday Red on to a transparency. After it dried, she brushed the edges of the flowers with White Daisy ink and cut them out.

The flower she stamped and has in the Circle Metal Rimmed Tag is also from the Delight in Everything set. The phrase is also from that set and works quite well on these pages!!

The flourishes are from the Playful Flourishes set. She also covered the XO chipboard letters in papers from the Life Delights collection.

The last thing she did was add chocolate ink to the Colonial White papers with the Black Stubble Texture Tool from our Distressing Kit. It was a great idea, it just added an extra something!

Great pages Mom! These pictures just make me smile!! =)

Dahlia Fold

This is my first attempt at a Dahlia fold. I used the Paper Garden paper packet and the colors are Petal, Blush and Colonial White. This is a 6" x 6" card and the circles I made the Dahlia fold from are 2" each.

For instructions on how to make a Dahlia fold, please visit this website:
http://www.cardsandcrafts.freeservers.com/dahlia.html

She has a great tutorial there. And the Dahlia fold is not hard to do!!

The buttons I have on the sides are from the Spring Collection of Craft Buttons, except for the white button, that is from the Holiday Collection. The buttons are tied with Colonial White Waxy Fax. And the Dahlia Fold was finished with a Sparkle right in the middle.

The "Just Because" phrase is from the Stamp of the Month for May called Say It In Style. That was stamped in Petal and the Bigger Brad there is Smokey Plum.

Paper Garden & Friendship Blessings

This layout uses the Paper Garden paper packet along with the Friendship Blessing stamp set. Colors are Blush, Sweet Leaf, Petal and a little Colonial White.

The ribbon is from the Colonial White Collection Designer Ribbon Rounds along with some Colonial White Organdy Ribbon. The brads are also Colonial White. There are two Just Blooms Big Pinks blooms on the right page along with a Bigger Brad in one and a button from our Spring Craft Buttons in the other.

Winter Weary!

We have definitely had too much snow this winter here in Wisconsin! So my Mom decided to scrapbook it and these are her pages. I thought they turned out great!

She used the Simple Pleasures paper packet and the Snow Friends stamp set. Colors are Twilight, Cocoa, Bamboo and Colonial White. The chipboard letters were also covered in Twilight cardstock.

All the snowflakes are decorated with Liquid Glass and Prisma Glitter. She also saved an article in the local newspaper regarding the snow and where it should go. She included that in the layout in a pocket she created with eyelets underneath the section with the statistics on all the snow we received this year.

It has been a difficult winter with all the snow and cold we have had this year. Even as I write this, it is April 13th and we had another big snowstorm yesterday and there is still snow on the ground from that. We are soooo ready for spring!!











And here are a few pictures of the close up details of the layouts. And all the snow!!

Simple Beauty

This card was made using the SOTM Simple Beauty set. The "thank you" is from the For Every Occassion set. I think the idea for this came from the one of the BBs, but honestly right now, I cannot remember. So if this was your original design, thank you!

I stamped the Simple Beauty stamp in black and colored it in using markers. I don't use markers much so it was kinda fun and very different! The marker colors I used were Garden Green, Petal, Barn Red and Hollyhock. (I also don't have a lot of markers yet, lol!) The cardstock colors are Hollyhock, Petal and White Daisy and all the edges are edged in Chocolate ink. And I tore the complete edge of the card. So the "Thank You" phrase on the front is actually stamped on several layers. Then because we have clear stamps, I was able to re-position the "Thank You" almost perfectly over what was already there on the inside of the card, and stamp that phrase again.

I also added a few Sparkles for a little extra bling and tied White Organdy Ribbon around the card as well.

Solo F

This card uses the Solo F in our Alphabet Solos collection. The paper is from the Groovy Blossoms Level 2 Paper Packet. The stamps are stamped in Hollyhock and the word "friends" on the bottom is stamped also in Hollyhock, just in second generation. The colors in the paper are Breeze, Sweet Leaf, Hollyhock, Cocoa and White Daisy. The large F is also up on pop dots for a little dimension.

Laid Back and Paradise

Time for a summer card. Maybe it will make spring hurry up! =D

This card uses the Laid Back Level 2 Paper Packet and the Paradise stamp set. Colors are Dutch Blue, Sunflower, Vineyard Berry and White Daisy. The Dutch Blue with the guy on the hammock was sanded a little to give it a nice soft look. The sun on the Sunflower circle has glitter on it for a little extra sparkle. The Relaxed word was stamped in the Sunflower ink pad then the bottom was rolled in Vineyard Berry ink. And the hint of a nice cooling drink in the top corner is held there by a Pewter Concho from our Pewter My Accents Collection.

Craft TV Weekly

Hello! I just wanted to share an amazing site with you today. It's called Craft TV Weekly and can be found at http://www.tvweekly.com/. They have a channel called The Scrapbook Lounge where you can watch online videos of various projects being made. The best thing about this website is that it is all free! There are even design guides you can download and save or print that show step by step directions on how to do what you just watched. I have been watching several of these lately and am just hooked!

There is also one I just watched where they made a mini album out of our My Originals From The Heart Card Kit. You can see it here:

http://sbl.tvweekly.com/player.php?8d2b1c692958eec5d437b1be8a90ea10x1774

Hope you enjoy these as much as I am! =)

Caprice & Homestead Alphabet

This card uses the Caprice Level 2 Paper Packet. Colors are Chocolate, Bamboo, Crystal Blue, Honey and Colonial White. The "Smile" is stamped from the Homestead Alphabet set and then cut out.

There are several fun embellishments on this card. The first is our Natural Twill Ribbon from the White Daisy Collection Ribbon Rounds. On the ends of the twill ribbon is our Heritage Edge Anchors in Colonial White. There is also one of our Clear Inspirations Friendship Dangles hanging from Colonial White Waxy Flax tied to the Twill Ribbon as well. (Love those Friendship Dangles!!) And finally I have a small spiral clip from the Colonial White My Accents collection on the bottom left side.

Fun little card. =)

Serendipity

This card is all done using our wonderful Textured Cardstock. The stamp set is Serendipity. The colors used are Dutch Blue, Bamboo, Outdoor Denim and Chocolate. The flourishes are from the Playful Flourishes set.

Each of the petals is cut out and edged in either Dutch Blue or Outdoor Denim. The outer petals are stamped in Outdoor Denim, but they are second generation, or stamped off once, in order to create a lighter shade of that color. All the inner petals are done in Dutch Blue. The petals also have foam tape on the back of the tops of them in order to give them some dimension. The center is done with a small pewter spiral clip and a Bamboo Bigger Brad.

The background pieces of cardstock have been edged with our new Edge Distressor.

Again, the inspiration for this card came from someone else's amazing work, but unfortunately I do not have a name. If this was your original creation, please let me know so I can give you proper credit! =)

Playful Petals

This card uses the fun Playful Petals set. Colors are Sweet Leaf, Blush, Chocolate, Colonial White and Lilac Mist. The center is smaller stamps in that set cut out and stacked on top of each other and finished with a brad in the center.