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Etsy Inspired #109--10.9.10

Happy Saturday everyone! I hope you've had a terrific week, I have had a loooong and draining week, but I'm happy that it's the weekend and I've had a lot of fun making new projects such as gift items and packaging!! In fact this week's project is a gift wrap based on the shop!! I am so happy to share it with you!

Our shop this week is Lemon Kissed . This shop makes clean and simple jewelry that is fun, colorful and fresh! You'll be sure to get some attention when you're wearing these pieces. Lemon Kissed is awarding one winner these adorable Chrysanthemum earrings.

Chrysanthemum-post earrings

Here is a little sampler of some goodies that you'll find in the shop!

Vanessa Bracelet

Sydney Bracelet

Piper dangle earrings

See, how cute these are?? Now, here's the piece that inspired me.

Bubblegum Pink rose earrings

I was inspired by the fun color of these earrings and the cute little rose shape. But, this time I wanted to incorporate the roses into a different design this week, so I got some clear glassine bags and cute little rose-shaped bath baubles and made gift packaging for them.

I used the roses in the adding interest to the label tag, which I am

so in LOVE with! The stamps are Waltzingmouse and they

coordinate with Nestabilities! There are label stamps for

many of the dies!

Close up of the cute little roses. The edges are snazzed up with

chalk ink. Also note the baker's twine I found from May Arts.

The rose on the right is the rose in the packaging, it's a bath

bauble that fizzes

This week's sponsor is Pholkart Blessings. They make fun little digi stamps, clip art and printables for papercrafting, scrapbooking, card making and other fun projects. Pholkart Blessings is awarding our second winner with five digis of their choice from their shop!

So, now it's your turn to play. Visit our shop for the week and choose an item to base your creation on. Make sure to post your design to Etsy Inspired Challenge Blog by Friday, October 15th at noon! One lucky person will win the fabulous Chrysanthemum earrings prize from the shop Lemon Kissed and another person will win five free digital stamps of their choice from our sponsor Pholkart Blessings.

MATERIALS:

"Rose Bath Baubles" Gift packaging

Patterned Paper: (Love Blooms and Love Letters from Sweetness collection) Pink Paislee

Chalk Ink: (Pixie Dust) Tsukineko.

Dye Ink: (Rich Cocoa) Tsukineko.

Clear Stamps: (Label Sentiment from Rescue Remedies) Waltzingmouse Sentiments.

Fibers: (Pink and white Baker's Twine) May Arts.

Accents: (Pink and white roses) Michael's. (Pink vintage button) Papertrey Ink.

Other: (Clear glassine bags) Michael's.

Paper Therapy-October 4 2010

Hello all!! Welcome to the first challenge of Paper Therapy. Paper Therapy is an online forum for scrapbookers and card makers to share their work, meet new friends, learn new tips and techniques and have fun!! I hope you can join us every week in our challenges!

Here's how it works. Every monday a new challenge will be posted in the forum. You upload your design and have the chance to win the weekly challenge. A fabulous prize and winner blinkie will be awarded the first challenge winner of every month, and then subsequent challenge winners will win an awesome blinkie to share with the whole world, showing them that you rocked the Paper Therapy challenge.

This week's challenge was based on the following sketch.

Here's my take on the piece.

Stamps behind the label die cut

draws the viewer's eye to the circle focal point.

A close-up detail of the decorative tape wrapped around the

circle makes a fun new pattern!

Love the ribbon from Praire Bird Boutique

I had sooo much making this first card for the challenge, and I hope you play along! Have a blessed day!

MATERIALS:

Cardstock: (Vintage cream) Papertrey Ink.

Patterned Paper: (Lace from Restoration collection) Crate Paper. (Collector’s Item & Still in Box from Thrift Box collection) October Afternoon.

Chalk Ink: (Creamy Brown) Clearsnap.

Dye Ink: (Cantaloupe, Desert Sand) Tsukineko.

Clear Stamps: (Flourishes, Decorative motif from Embellishments set) Papertrey Ink.

Fibers: (Yellow Ribbon) www.Etsy.com-Prairie Bird Boutique. (Jute twine) May Arts.

Accents: (Yellow felt flower) www.monamigabby.com. (Decorative Tape) Prima. (Yellow pearls) Kaisercraft. (Vintage white button)

Other: (Border edge punch) Martha Stewart. (Circle punch) Marvy Uchida. (Label die) Spellbinders. (Cream paint) Delta.

Happy World Card Making Day everyone!

In honor of this special event which actually kicks off the season of making cards, I thought I'd share a few cards to get your juices flowing! Then, you need to seriously check out all the great challenges out there for this terrifically fabulous day! Have fun crafting!

Have a BEAUTIFUL day crafting!!

Etsy Inspired #108--10.2.10

Happy Saturday all!! It's fabulous Etsy Inspired Challenge time!! This week's shop is Two Eggplants Company. This shop is SOO SOO adorable! They make the most creative and unique gift soaps AND stationery!! This week they'll be giving one of our lucky winners a surprise prize! Gee, I can't wait to see what they'll be giving the winner. Here are some of my favorites from the shop!

Game Boy Soap

Pastel Puppy dog favors

Save the Date card

Aren't these super fun!? So, this week I was most inspired by these decorative soaps.

Monogramed Wedding Soap

I absolutely loved the black and yellow color scheme, plus the flourish is very elegant so I decided to incorporate these elements into my design.

I added a jewel to make the card a little more elegant

The inspiration I took was the monagram and flourish which

I stamped with "Embellishments" and "2010 Calendar Basics"

This week's sponsor is Pink Cat Studio. Pink Cat Studio designs fun rubber and digital stamps for all your papercrafting needs. So whether you're a heat embosser or paper piercer, you're sure to find something that you love! This week they're giving one winner five digital stamps of the winner's choice! YAY!! Lot's of creativity to be had when you get to pick the prize!

So, now it's your turn to play. Visit our shop for the week, and choose an item to create your inspiration piece on. Make sure to post your creation to Etsy Inspired Challenge Blog by Friday, October 8th at noon! One lucky winner will win a fabulous surprise prize from Two EggPlants Company, and another will win five free digital stamps from our sponsor, Pink Cat Studio.

MATERIALS:
"Life is Better with You in it" Card
Cardstock: (Vintage Cream) Papertrey Ink. (Black) Bazzill Paper.
Patterned Paper: (Still in Box, Good Junk from Thrift Shop collection) October Afternoon
Chalk Ink: (Creamy Brown) Clearsnap.
Dye Ink: (Cantaloupe, Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko.
Clear Stamps: (Flourish and sentiment from Embellishments set. Swirl and motif from Calendar Basics
set) Papertrey Ink.
Fibers: (Yellow ribbon, Yellow Baker's Twine) May Arts.
Accents: (Crystal tear drop) Melissa Frances. (White Pearls) Michael's.
Other: (Label die) Spellbinders.

Etsy Inspired #107--9.25.10

Happy Saturday all!! It's post day for Etsy Inspired and this week's shop is a really fun one to find inspiration in! makes rustic and charming paper clay folk sculptures, which means no molds are involved at all, everything is sculpted by hand! Here's a sampling of something of the products that you'll find in this shop.

Black Cat with Pumpkin Hat

Christmas Tree Clay Sculpture

Personalized Stork with Baby

Aren't these sculptured pieces super creative and fun? She even can make personalized pieces like your own pet dog!!

So, since I am in a total holiday crafting mood, I decided to take two Christmas pieces and create cards for them using Basic Grey's new holiday line, "Jovial. Here's the pieces that I was inspired by this week.

I just love these two snowmen friends! I think they're perfect for the

holiday season! I decided to use the snowman stickers that are part of the collection

then paper piece those cute little legs!

"Tis Better to Give" Card

close-up of sentiment

close up of the snowman's legs and flocking

Green Wreath Ornament

For this piece I was inspired by the circles that are impressed into the clay. I decided to punch out circles and layer some on top of others to create an overlapping effect.

"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"

close up of the sentiment

closeup of the wreath details

And this fabulous shop is giving away an equally fabulous prize to one of the winner's this week. A lucky winner will win this paper mache cupcake and four "sweet" tags.

How cute is this prize!?

Our wonderful sponsor this week is Blackleaf Studios. They design beautiful and trendy clipart, digital stamps, stationery, candy wrappers, embellishments and other fabulous creations. One lucky winner will win following flip flops clip art image from Blackleaf Studios.

So, now it's your turn to play. Visit our shop for the week, and choose an item to create your inspiration piece on. Make sure to post your creation to Etsy Inspired Challenge Blog by Friday, October 1st at noon! One lucky winner will win the adorable cupcake sculpture with tags and another winner will win the fun flip flops clip art from Blackleaf Studios. Don't forget to also take a look at the beautiful and amazing work of the Etsy Design Team to help inspire you and get crafting!

MATERIALS:

"'Tis Better to Give" Card

Cardstock: (Kraft, Vintage Cream) Papertrey Ink.

Chalk Ink: (Chestnut Roan) Clearsnap.

Fibers: (Red stitched ribbon) Maya Road.

Accents: (Snowman stickers from Jovial collection) Basic Grey. (Tiny Type letters) Cosmo Cricket.

"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas " Card

Cardstock: (Vintage Cream) Papertrey Ink.

Patterned Paper: (Christmas Tree, Crushed Velvet, Naughty, Blizzard, Shopkeeper, Scarf from Jovial collection) Basic Grey.

Chalk Ink: (Chestnut Roan) Clearsnap.

Fibers: (Green trim) Prairie Bird Boutique. (Jute twine) May Arts

Accents: (Brown buttons) Creative Imaginations.

Paper Therapy Design Team!

  Hello friends!! I am sooo excited to finally be able to share with you that I have been asked to join another fabulous design team, complete with awesome weekly challenges, a monthly prize and a weekly winner selected by the design team! Paper Therapy is an awesome challenge! Not only do you get to submit your creations, you also get to meet other crafters in an online community. You can learn new styles, tips, techniques and meet new friends!

  I will also be working with a wonderful group of talented ladies whose blogs are posted on the right! So, how it will work out is that every monday a brand new challenge will be posted (they are sooo cool!), and you will a week to submit your design! The Design Team will then choose a winner and they'll receive an awesome blinkie to share with the world that they're a Paper Therapy challenge winner. An added bonus is if it's the first week of a month the winner will not only receive the blinkie, but ALSO a prize!! Yayness

  Our first Paper Therapy challenge starts on October 4th so add this challenge to your reader and play along! Now you can design along with me and the other ladies from both Etsy Inspired and Paper Therapy every week! Have a great evening.

New Layout for Memories Live On!

Hello all!! This past weekend was SUCH a creative one! I was able to design cards all day long on saturday, and then after taking my hubby to the airport for a business trip to Hawaii (no joke--he went snorkeling today!) I came home and spent hours on this layout! It took a total change of direction once I added the tinsel, and I knew that my shabby chic style worked it's way in! I hope you all find inspiration in what you can do with Cosmo Cricket's "Mitten Weather" collection and some old-fashioned tinsel from Melissa Frances.
  I have put up my own little tree in my room ever since I was a little girl, so over the years I have collected many ornaments. My trees and style has evolved since then, but one thing has remained the same--I love tree-trimming and collecting ornaments. In fact every year my mom and I spoil each other with the prettiest, cutest, sweetest and most unique ornaments we can find.
  When my grandmother died twelve years ago my mother gave me an ornament of hers that I treasure today...a pink and white orb with an indented space of silver glittery sparkle. I adore this one ornament, as it's the only thing I have of my grandma's. That one ornament has sparked my love of antique finds to decorate my tree(s) with.
  The layout shows our main tree that we cut down at our favorite tree farm decorated. It was my first Christmas cutting down my own tree to share with my hubby--our first Christmas together. The tree holds my grandmother's orb, my lovely vintage and beautiful "save-when-the-house-burns-down" ornaments and a Swarovski crystal garland that simply sparkles. The other two trees are my pink tinsel tree with little glittery ornaments and hand-stitched felt ornaments, and my husband's mini tree that got a little loving face-lift this first Christmas together!

Vintage Christmas Two-Page Layout