Let's Go Mini Album

Hi everyone!

I'm sharing a hybrid mini album on the Glitz blog today. I'm also sharing how I added the sentiments onto the photos (they're journaling cards and colored sentiments altered in Photoshop).

Here's the cover:

Even though summer isn't over, I wanted to make the first mini album sharing a few of our everyday activities during the summer.

Here are pictures of the inside:

For the "You are here," I colored white embossing paste with three colors of stamp reinkers. When I made THIS card, I made two panels (I can never estimate how much embossing paste I'm going to use). I had the second one in my scrap pile and decided it worked with the album. Yeah for scraps! :)

I used Brightside papers and a sticker. The papers on the page with my son were supposed to look like sunrays. Yeah...not so much. LOL! I love yellow, though, so I decided to leave it. For the flowers, I used a digital element from the Brightside collection, enlarged the flowers, and fussy-cut them.

The sentiment on the left is a journaling card from the Carpe Diem Element Pack 2. I converted it to an overlay. I used a traditional Brightside journaling card on the right.

I used a mix of Brightside and Felicity for these two pages. Since I used digital flowers (instead of a sticker), I was able to flip one and resize them.

The pocket was die-cut from Brightside paper using the Paper Smooches Deco Bag, and I was able to add some journaling inside. The flower on the outside is the Paper Smooches Poinsettia die--it's a very versatile flower die!

I think this photo was my favorite of the summer (so far) since it really shows my kids' personalities. The sentiment from the Glitz Felicity Element Pack was perfect.

My daughter is a big reader, and I wanted to capture that. For the page on the right, I wanted to create something like my son's tie-die shirt, so I stitched through some Glitz Brightside rays.

Thanks for taking a peek at my album. If you get a chance, please check out the Glitz blog. Thanks!

Have a great day!


Supplies
Cardstock: (Linen White) Ellen Hutson
Patterned papers: (Butterflies, Circles, 12x12 Bits and Pieces from the Brightside collection; Brightside 6x6 paper pad; Black & White 6x6 paper pad; Felicity 6x6 paper pad) Glitz Design
Stickers: (Brightside Alphas & Accents Sticker Sheet) Glitz Design
Embellishments: (Silver Glitter Washi Tape) Glitz Design; (You Are Here stencil) The Crafter's Workshop; Hemptique twine; (yellow clip) Studio Calico; (doilies) Freckled Fawn, (mists) Studio Calico; sequins
Dies: (Deco Bag, Poinsettia) Paper Smooches
Digital elements: (Brightside Element Pack, Carpe Diem Element Pack 2, Felicity Element Pack, Black and White Element Pack 1) Glitz Design

You Are Wonderful

Hi everyone! I hope you're having a good Monday. :)

I'm catching up with some Paper Smooches cards. These cards are made using the stamps and dies from the July release, but there also will be a small release August 1st. Be sure to check out the Paper Smooches blog later this week to see the previews.

First up, I made a very summery card:

I used the Kudos Words dies for the sentiment...aren't those dies cool? The cute sun is from the Spectrum set. I stamped the sun and face on vellum and added in some rosy cheeks. I layered papers from a Studio Calico kit. I fussy cut the "hello sunshine" from one of the Bluegrass Farm journaling cards to complete the sentiment.

Here's a close-up:




Next up, I made a more fall-ish card:

I used the gorgeous Blossoming Buds set for this card. I stamped the flowers, watercolored them with Distress Inks, and then fussy cut them. Paper Smooches will be releasing matching dies for the flowers--woo hoo! I stamped the sentiments from the set and added a few flicks of spray mists.

Here's a close-up:

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!


Supplies
You Are Wonderful
Stamps: (sun, face from Spectrum) Paper Smooches
Dies: (Kudos Words) Paper Smooches
Cardstock: (white, vellum) PTI
Patterned paper: (Bluegrass Farm paper pad, Project Life kit) Studio Calico
Inks: (yellow Brilliance, Graphite Black Brilliance) Tsukineko

I Am Grateful
Stamps: (flowers, sentiment from Blossoming Buds) Paper Smooches
Inks: (Versafine Red, Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko; (Distress Markers, Distress Inks) Ranger
Cardstock: (Distress Watercolor paper) Ranger; (Tangy Orange) Stamp School
Silhouette America

Shake It Up

Hi! Anyone else remember that Cars song? I'm totally dating myself. ;)

I hope you're having a great week! I'm still catching up from my vacation, but I wanted to share a project I had on the Glitz blog last week.

It's a hybrid shaker card using the Glitz Brightside papers and digital Brightside Element Pack. I have a step-by-step tutorial on the Glitz blog to show a different way to make a shaker card (other than foam adhesive).

Here's a close-up:

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!


Supplies

Glitz Design "Brightside" 6x6 paper pad

Glitz Design Digital "Brightside" element pack

Sequins: Neat & Tangled, Scraptastic Club, craft supply
Dies: (Circle STAX) My Favorite Things

Neat & Tangled and Pinkfresh Blog Hop

Hi everyone! Happy Monday!

          

  

The Neat & Tangled and Pinkfresh Studio teams are having a collaborative blog hop today and tomorrow. If you're hopping along, you should be coming from Amanda's blog.

I received some sweet Pinkfresh Studio supplies including washi tape, stamps, and puffy stickers. Here's my project using products from Pinkfresh with Neat & Tangled stamps:

Okay, I have to admit that I made this card about an hour after traveling for 16 hours with kids and staying up most of the night on a red-eye flight. I was a little brain-drained when I made this card, but I think the freestyle look works for a fun birthday card. ;)

I started by stenciling the stars with embossing paste and adding some splatter. Once they were dry, I used the Pinkfresh Blue and Yellow Ombre washi tape. I stamped the cake from the Neat & Tangled Gifts for You set on a piece of scrap paper and adhered it with the Light Gold washi tape.

Here's a close-up:

See the Punchinella peeking out as a layer? I also stamped and fussy cut one of the balloons in the Gifts for You set, and stitched a line to the sentiment.

For the sentiment, I used the Sparkle and Shine set. I added the Way to Home enamel arrow at the end of the line and scattered some Neat & Tangled sequins. Here's another close-up:

As part of the hop, there will be a $20 prize pack from Pinkfresh and a $20 prize pack from Neat & Tangled. Be sure to comment along the way to enter to win! Here's the full list of today's hop:

Pinkfresh Blog

Amanda De Jong 

Jocelyn Olson <--You are here!

April Joy Hill

Amy Tsuruta

Ashley Fowler

Kristen Foreman

Ashley Horton

Joni Andaya

Clare Prezzia

Taheerah Atchia

Thanks for stopping by! Next up is April Joy--prepare to be wowed! :)

Newton's Nook Anniversary Blog Hop

Hi everyone! I'm excited about a special blog hop today!

Welcome to Newton's Nook Designs Anniversary Blog Hop!
Newton’s Nook Designs is so excited to be celebrating their One Year Anniversary - one whole year of getting our paws inky!  To celebrate we have an AMAZING blog hop featuring with our brand new design team and some AWESOME Special Guests! You are going to love all the fun inspiration they're sharing using Newton’s Nook Designs Stamps! 

I made two cards using the new releases. First up, I used the Newton's Daydream set:

Ahhh....Newton is hanging out in Hawaii. I think he likes the beach and the sun. I stamped Newton and the butterflies, and I watercolored the scene with Distress Markers. The sentiment is also from the Newton's Daydream set.

I added some hand-cut patterned papers from Studio Calico. Here's  close-up:

For my second card, I used the Beach Party set:

Winston looks ready for the beach! I stamped and watercolored him, and popped him up on a tag. The sentiment is also from Beach Party. For the background, I repeatedly stamped the flower from the set...it's not perfect, but I think it works for the beach. ;)

Celebrate with us and enter to win!
Would you like to win a $10 coupon for Newton's Nook Designs online shop? We will be choosing TWO lucky winners! 

Here’s how to win:
Comment on the Design Team Member and Guest blogs (see list below)! TWO winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the blog hop. Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Sunday, July 20th at 9 pm CDT to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Monday, July 21st. We are running a giveaway on our Facebook page too so make sure to enter here for another chance to win!!

Here are the people in the hop:

Special Guests 
Jennifer Ingle
Emily Leiphart
Jocelyn Olson <--You are here
Simon Says Stamp

Design Team:
Taheerah Atchia
Lydia Brooke
Larissa Heskett
Diane Jaquay
Samantha Mann
Crafty Math-Chick
Shellye McDaniel
Jess Moyer
Stephanie Muzzulin


Danielle Pandeline
Tessa Wise

If you get lost along the way, you can always pop back to the Newton's Nook Designs blog for the whole blog hop list!

I can't believe it's been a year since NND started. I'm thrilled for Jen and Jeff! They are really the nicest people. :)

Thanks so much for stopping by! Your next stop is Simon Says Stamp! 

Happy Birthday (and a Cool New Product!)

Hi everyone! Aloha from Hawaii!

It's the last day of the Neat & Tangled release week. All of the sets are available now in the Neat & Tangled store! Today, we're sharing projects using the new Punchinella stamp set and the new punchinella. I've got to say, this product is so cool--I can't wait to get more! You can see the images on the Neat & Tangled blog.

Here's my project:

I photographed my cards on vacation. ;)

I cut up small squares and stamped on some with the Punchinella stamp. On others, I used the punchinella as a mask and blended over it with Distress Inks. Above the squares, I stamped a sentiment from the new Gifts for You set.

Here's a close-up:

I finished the card with a couple of the new Pink Lemonade sequins and some of the punchinella. After I used it as a mask, I wiped it off and cut it at an angle. I love how it adds something to the card without adding a lot of weight.

Here's a close-up:

If you would like a chance to win the Punchinella stamp, please hop over to the Neat & Tangled blog and leave a comment.

Also, there's a moving sale at Neat & Tangled! Select sets and dies are on sale, and prices are marked (no coupon code is needed).

Thanks for stopping by!


Supplies
Stamps: (Punchinella, Gifts for You) Neat & Tangled
Cardstock: (white) PTI
Patterned paper: (Something Wonderful) Teresa Collins
Ink: Fresh Ink; (Distress Inks) Ranger; (Mister Huey's) Studio Calico
Embellishments: (yellow twine) Hemptique; (Pink Lemonade sequins) Neat & Tangled; (punchinella) Neat & Tangled; (acrylic star from Studio Calico kit) Studio Calico

A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away...

Hi everyone!

It's day three of Neat & Tangled's release week. Today, we're sharing projects using the Time Warp and A Long Time Ago sets, designed by (my dear friend) Miriam Prantner. This set is  must-have for Star Wars fans, but it's great even if you haven't seen the movies before. You can see the pictures on the Neat & Tangled blog.

I decided to not go with a space background and instead went retro:

I stamped the Time Warp first in yellow and the sentiments from A Long Time Ago over it. There are some hilarious sentiment pairings in this set....I went with the snarky birthday sentiment. ;)

I layered some of the Me-Ology papers from Fancy Pants. The retro girl image is from the Me-Ology Ephemera. Here's a close-up:

If you love these sets too, be sure to head over to the Neat & Tangled blog and comment to win.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Supplies
Stamps: (galaxy from Time Warp; sentiments from A Long Time Ago) Neat & Tangled
Cardstock: (white) PTI
Patterned papers: (Me-Ology) Fancy Pants
Ink: (Melon Mambo) Stampin' Up; (Yellow Brilliance) Tsukineko
Embellishments: (girl from Me-Ology Ephemera) Fancy Pants

Smooth Sailing

Hi everyone! I hope you're having a great week! I had my first piece of Lilikoi cheese pie today. Yum. :)

It's release week at Neat & Tangled. Yeah! Today, we're sharing projects with the very sweet Sailmates set. Want to see?

I knew I had to use the boat (love!):

I paper pieced the Sailmates boat using Ocean Melody paper, and I partially covered it with vellum from the same collection. Originally, I was going to leave the vellum, but it didn't feel like enough (ever feel that way?). I die-cut the swoop, which reminded me a little of a porthole, and stamped the sweet sentiment from the Sailmates set.

Here's a close-up:

Want to win the set? Be sure to pop over to the Neat & Tangled blog and comment to win.

Thanks for stopping by!


Supplies
Stamps: (sentiment, sailboat) Neat & Tangled
Cardstock: (white) PTI
Patterned paper: (vellum, woodgrain, triangles from Ocean Melody) Webster's Pages
Ink: (Distress Inks) Ranger; (Black) My Favorite Things; (Double Yellow, Custard, Opaque White Mister Huey's) Studio Calico
Dies: (swoop from Custom Panels) Avery Elle

Neat & Tangled Release: Gifts for You

Hi everyone! I hope you had a great weekend! I spent most of the weekend on the beach. :)

It's release week at Neat & Tangled! To kick things off, we're sharing projects using the Gifts for You stamp set. This set, designed by (the super-talented) Pamela Ho, is super cute and very versatile:

Here's how I used the set:

Isn't she adorable? I was thinking this set would work perfectly as a tag on a party favor. I stamped the tag, hearts, and sentiment for each tag on patterned paper. For the girl, I stamped, colored her with Copics, and fussy cut her.

I die-cut a party favor box and attached the tag:

These tags were so easy to mass-produce for a party thank you. I think I'll be using these for my daughter's next birthday. :)

There's a giveaway! Comment on the Neat & Tangled blog to win the Gifts for You and new Pink Lemonade sequins.

Thanks for stopping by!


Supplies
Stamps: (sentiment, girl, hearts, tag) Gifts for You
Cardstock: (white) PTI
Patterned paper: (June Scrapbooking Add-On) Studio Calico
Ink: (Melon Mambo) Stampin Up!; (Brilliance Galaxy Black) Tsukineko
Copics
Twine: (blue bamboo) Hemptique

Flamingos + A Video!

Hi! I hope you're having a great week. I accidentally published my Glitz post...whoops! I've revised it below.

I was on the Glitz blog last week sharing a video with how I turned a patterned paper from the new Felicity collection into a die-cutting file. [You can watch the video in YouTube to see it in high definition.]

To make my first card, I backed the flamingos die-cut with one of the 6x6 Felicity papers:

Next, I opened the sweet "I love you" sentiment in Photoshop. I reduced the size and added the heart on the bottom. The sentiment is also a sticker, but I wanted a slightly smaller element to show off some of the layers:

Here's a close-up to see the layers of Felicity papers:

For my second card, I used the single die-cut flamingo:

I used papers and stickers from Felicity. Isn't the flower pretty?

There is a sticker that has "Beautiful" on it, but I used a digital element to create a longer banner. I die-cut the flower using Paper Smooches Pocket dies. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies

Glitz Design "Felicity" 6x6 paper pad

Glitz Design "Felicity" Alphas and Accents Sticker Sheet

Glitz Design "Felicity" washi tape-Silver Glitter

Glitz Design Digital "Felicity" paper pack 1

Glitz Design Digital "Felicity" element pack

Other: white linen cardstock, Silhouette Cameo, Paper Smooches dies, sequins, white mist

A Die-Cutting Bonanza

Hi! I hope you're having a great weekend, and if you're in the U.S., a great Fourth of July. We went over to a friend's house in the country for a cook out, go-kart rides, and fireworks. It was great, well, until my little guy burned his hand when he grabbed the tailpipe of the go-kart. Ouch! He's okay now.

I'm on the Scraptastic Club blog today sharing a couple of cards using the gorgeous Either Way Kit and Add-On. These kits have great embellishments, and I wanted to combine them with die-cuts.

First, I die-cut several of the papers from the kits. I tried to keep it to just a few colors--coral, aqua, pink, and gold. I used Paper Smooches' Hearts, Cardbooking, Stars, and Pinked Circles, and MFT's Circle STAX.

Next, I went to work layering the different shapes and several of the embellishments from the kits. I decided to go with a simple grid for the card:

Here's a close-up:

For the sentiment, I used the Either Way Stamp Set. I flipped over one of the circle stamps and stamped with the backside in a pink. I stamped over that with the "hello" sentiment:

I had quite a few leftover shapes, so I made another card using the same die-cuts, but other kit embellishments:

I used the Either Way Cut Aparts for the sentiment. Here's a close-up:

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!


Supplies
Cardstock: (white linen) Ellen Hutson, (Watermelon) The Paper Source; (Rustic White) PTI
Kit: (Either Way July 2014 kit) Scraptastic Club
Stamps: ("hello" and circle from Either Way) Scraptastic Club
Ink: (Melon) Fresh Ink; (Pale Tomato) Hero Arts; (Dewey, Opaque White Mister Huey's) Studio Calico