BITW & Scrapmatts Challenges

Hi Girls,

Well I have two challenges to share with you today.  First up is the new word for Bird is the Word which is:

Journey

To play, all you have to do is use the word somewhere on your creation.  There is also an optional sketch from the talented Mary Thomas to inspire you.  Pop on over and check out the gorgeous creations from the DT to get the juices flowing.

Family: A journey to forever

Here is my take on this fortnight's word.  I have used it in my title and my journaling to convey how this old pic taken of my babies when they were just 2 & 4.  This pic just melts my heart and is one of my favs, as I don't have many of my children when they were young.  I used some Simple Stories - Generations and some old Scenic Route for my pp's.  Went for a bit of an old world feel with some antique lace, a couple of crochet doilies and my fav Martha Stewart butterfly punch with some bronze filigree butterflies from my2angels and some pretty micro chippy flourishes from Scrapmatts.

Sketch created by: Mary Thomas

Scrapmatts February Challenge

It's All About LOVE
Well this month is my turn to host the challenge, and I am hoping you will be inspired to play along and get the chance to win a fabulous prize of a $25 Scrapmatts gift voucher.

How to Play:
As February is the month of love, I decided to have a word challenge. Use the word "LOVE" anywhere on your LO, card, ATC or OTP. The word can be in your title, journaling or on an embellishment. You don't have to create a romantic page, as you could use the word to convey something you love to do, to eat, to wear... the ideas are endless!!

I also have 2 other criteria for this challenge which are:

1. Have a heart (can be more than 1) somewhere on your project
2. To use some paint on your creation also.

To be eligible to win the prize, your creation MUST also use some Scrapmatts.  Members need to upload their entry into the gallery by the end of the month and call it 'February Challenge'.  Check out the gorgeous examples from the DT girls HERE for some inspiration.  Can't wait to see how you all interpret the challenge.. good luck!!

Cherish

I went for a very feminine LO (surprise surprise) and decided to use a pic of me and my DH taken when we were dating and I was 19... OMG, such a long time ago!!  I used quite a few different Scrapmatts chippies on this page... Heart Frames 01 and 04, Keys 01 and Assorted Words 03.  The word love was used on my heart embellishment and I used paint on my masking and to alter my chippies.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by and leave some love.  Your comments really make my day!!

Cathy :))

Christmas Card & LO Kit - my2angels

Hi Girls,

I have a fabulous kit to share with you today available from my2angels.  I had a lot of fun creating with this kit, as it's jam-packed full of papers from Simple Stories, LYB BG & Graphic 45, die-cut stickers, ribbons, charms and much more.  I managed to create 10 quick and easy cards (you get the envelopes too) and 3 LO's, with plenty left over.  The kit comes with full instructions on how to make the cards and LO's, or if you prefer to do your own thing you can use the kit to make your own LO's, cards or OTP for Christmas gifts.

Here are a few sneaks:

all of this for only $49.95 this works out on average $2.00 per card and $10.00 per layout ... AWESOME VALUE for a jam packed kit, but be quick as there are only 9 kits left.

A Little Toot
I was so excited this week when I got my hands on the latest issue of Scrapbooking Creations (issue 90) as I was featured as the Who's Who.. still pinching myself.  Here are a couple of pics from the mag.

Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving some love.. your comments really make my day :))

my2angels - New Charming Chains

Hi Girls,

Was very excited to receive a couple of the new Charming Chains from the very creative Tracy at my2angels, so I decided  I would use one of  these yummy chains on a card for my little niece.

You Are 6

I have been itching to use some of the new Glitz Design Beautiful Dreamer papers and embellies and decided that the lovely card from the Whatnots pack would go perfectly with the pink and green charming chain.  I overlapped the whatnot card on top of some green pp and machine-stitched in pink, then added some words from the Echo Park Victoria Gardens alpha sticker sheet for my greeting.  I dangled the charm down the left side, but scrunched up the chain a little while gluing to shorten, and thought one of the cute silver girl charms would look perfect tucked under a bit of the chain.  Love the new wooden buttons and used one as the background for the number 6 which also came from the Echo Park alpha sticker sheet.  Finished off with a bit of cream flower lace which I threaded with some ribbon and a little flying bird charm on the top right.

Here are some pics of some of the chains that are available in store, with more to come over the next few weeks.   Pop on over to the store to purchase some of these beautiful embellishments, but be quick as I'm sure these will go out the door in a flash.

Antique Bronze Purple Butterfly Charming Chain

Silver Pink Rose Charming Chain

Black and Silver Love Key Charming Chain

Pink and Silver Love Key Charming Chain

Cream and Antique Bronze Keys Charming Chains

Check out this link to my2angels to see some other fabulous projects using Tracy's Charming Chains.

Cheers
Cathy :))

Bird is the Word - WISH

Have been a bit absent of late as my mojo has been very low and I spent most of last week at the Craft and Quilt Show in Brisbane doing demonstrations for Sofie and Andrew at Scrapmatts.  Had a lot of fun and met so many lovely ladies, and I was able to see all the gorgeous creations from the Scrapmatts Design Team up close... they are such an amazingly talented bunch of girls!!

The new word is up at Bird is the Word which this fortnight is WISH.  All you have to do is use the word WISH on your project somewhere in your title or journaling and link it up at BITW for your chance to win a gorgeous kit from Wendy at Tidbitz In Time.  All featured winners will receive a special badge for their blog.  There is also a fab sketch from Mary Thomas (optional) which you can use to get the creative juices flowing.  Pop on over and check out all the gorgeous examples from the Design Team for some inspiration.

The winners for the YOU & ME challenge will be released next Sunday.

You Are My Wish Come True

Used some of the yummy MME Lost & Found II papers for this LO and made a cluster with some Prima flowers which I jazzed up with some raffia to add a bit of texture and the most gorgeous little glass ladybird pin from Tracy at my2angels.

(Sketch use is not required to win the challenge)

I'm off to catch up on a some DT work which will keep me busy for the week, but I promise I will be taking some time to stop your blogs and leave a little love during the week.

Cheers

Cathy :))

Stuff 2 Scrap Colour Challenge

Follow Your Heart

Have a very sick girl here at the moment... Brittany came home from a ski trip on Saturday and she looked so terrible I was a little bit panicked.  Trying to get to see a Doctor at this time of the year and on a Saturday afternoon is almost impossible, so I ended up getting a Doctor to come for a house call, which was great, but  I had never done this before and didn't realise the wait would be so long.. he arrived at 10.30pm and poor Brittany had a temp of 40 degrees by then and I was having trouble getting it down.  Four days later and she's still not looking very good... so were off for another Doctor's appointment.  I think I have added another 100 grey hairs to my head!!

On a lighter note I decided to have a go at the Stuff 2 Scrap challenge for this month set by the gorgeous Chantal Vandenberg.  The colours are so yummy that I couldn't resist.  You need to create a page/card/otp using some chipboard and these colours...

SUGAR RUSH PINK
TROPICAL WATER BLUE
SPAGHETTI WESTERN RED
PANDA EYES BLACK
SOFT SERVE WHITE

Used some of my old stash for this one with some Fancy Pants, Bo Bunny and Scenic Route pp's. A paper lace doily and some Martha Stewart punches to add a soft lacy feel and some black Prima bling, Rhinestone chain from my2angels and black resin flowers for a little punch.  The title was made from a recycled Mambo clothing tag... I have accumulated quite a few of these now and forget to use them.

My chipboard elements are butterflies and the flowers to tie in with the girly theme. I outlined the butterfly chippies in black and added a centre rhinestone.

A Couple of Sneaks

Thanks for stopping by and leaving some love :)))

my2angels - Birthday Cards

Bo Bunny Birthday Cards
As this month is Tracy's 3rd Birthday Celebration at my2angels I thought I would make up a set of cute boy's birthday cards with the Blast Off Bo Bunny range. Don't forget to check out Tracy's store as she has 30% off all items in the birthday section throughout August (excluding the Webster’s Pages new release Let’s Celebrate which is 10% off)

This paper range is perfect for little boy's birthday cards as it's so bright and fun, I also teamed it with some  Pink Paislee Hometown Summer as the star pattern went perfectly with the space theme.

Blast Off
The second card I used one of the larger Bo Bunny cut outs and used glossy accents on the rockets to make them stand out then layered with Pink Paislee paper.  I used a felt star (they come in a set of four) and layered it with a Scrapware chipboard rocket from the Blast Off set which was embossed with a Sizzix Retro circles embossing folder, then painted and covered with glossy accents.  I also painted and glossed the words from the Scrapware chipboard set for my greeting.

Happy Birthday
The first card was made by layering the papers with the central piece being the Bo Bunny cut outs.  I added a red Felt Star and a chipboard spaceship from the Scrapware Blast Off set which I painted, glossed with Inkssentials Glossy Accents and added some topaz rhinestones for the lights.  Just add your own greeting stamp or use some small alphas like Carolee's tiny alpha stickers.

You're A Star
On the last card I used some Teresa Collins Cookbook tags pp  for the star border frame which was the perfect size to use a strip of Felt Star ribbon for the background of the frame.  To make the felt stars shine I used Ranger Ice Stickle Glitter Glue in the centres.  I hand cut some elements from the Bo Bunny papers to make some embellishments and added one of Tracy's Double Star Charms to tie in with the theme and finished off with a few touches of Crystalina Kindyglitz.

Vintage Kits 

Check out these GORGEOUS new vintage kits at my2angels.  There are some REAL vintage items in them including tickets, pen nibs, lace & dictionary pages!!

Here is an example the BLUE kit:

 the kit includes:

3 Sheets of Deja Views Timeless Collection Pattern Paper

1 metre Vintage Lace
2 metres Cream Organza Ribbon
1 metre Brown Rhinestone Chain
2 Pen Nibs
2 Tim Holtz Journaling Tickets
6 Tim Holtz Adage Tickets (titles may vary from the photo)
6 Admit 1 Tickets
3 Brown Resin Flowers
2 Sheets of Dictionary Paper
1 Bingo Card
2 Gold Pins (beads may vary from the photo)
2 Gardenias
2 Handmade Glass Cabochons
1 Script Tempered Glass Cabochon
1 Golden Cameo
2 Antique Bronze Tag Charms (Laughter and Together)
1 Antique Bronze Clock Charm
1 Antique Bronze Oval Frame Charm
1 Large Antique Bronze Key

and here is the BURGUNDY kit:

The kit inclues:

3 Sheets of Deja Views Timeless Collection Pattern Paper
1 metre Vintage Lace
2 metres Cream Organza Ribbon
1m Brown Rhinestone Chain
2 Pen Nibs
2 Tim Holtz Journaling Tickets
6 Tim Holtz Adage Tickets (titles may vary from the photo)
6 Admit 1 Tickets
3 Brown Resin Flowers
2 Sheets of Dictionary Paper
1 Doily
2 Gold Pins (beads may vary from the photo)
2 Gardenias
2 Handmade Glass Cabochons
1 Script Tempered Glass Cabochon
1 Golden Cameo
2 Antique Bronze Tag Charms (Laughter and Together)
1 Antique Bronze Clock Charm
1 Antique Bronze Oval Frame Charm
1 Large Antique Bronze Key

There are only 10 of each kit... so get in quick!!

Cheers

Cathy :)))

Bird Is The Word - TODAY

The new word challenge is up at Bird Is The Word and this fornight's word is "TODAY".  Just use the word in your title or journalling.. how easy is that and you could win a fantastic kit from "Tidbitz in Time"!!  There is also an optional sketch created by the lovely Nadia if you need a little inspiration.  Check out the gorgeous DT creations HERE.. truly inspirational work!!

I decided to create a card this challenge and used Nadia's fabulous sketch for inspiration.  Used some lovely pp's in pastel shades from Websters, Fancy Pants and  MME and of course had to fussy cut and layer the Websters paper.

For the title I used some Basic Grey alpha stickers and  a script computer font which I printed on paper first then attached my cut out on top with magic tape.  You can peel this off without it tearing the paper, but don't press the tape down too firmly,  just enough to keep it in place.  I use the glass on my window like a light box so I can see where to position my cut out.

To add a little detail to my strip of pp I used a Martha Stewart corner punch on the ends.  A touch of lace and a beautiful butterfly diecut to add a little softness and a bit of distressing and inking for some definition and to finish it off.

Remember you still have at least 2 weeks to enter your "Hope" challenge.  The "Amazing" challenge winners will be announced  tomorrow!!

My2Angels - Ideas With Felt

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Felt frames on SALE until 20th July).   

Don't forget till the 21st July there is 30% off felt at my2angels

  

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This week at My2Angels there are some fabulous ideas on how to use felt on your creations.  Check out these out and also pop on over to the blog site for more detailed information on how these were created.

Geli came up with this fab idea of covering Tracy's felt frame with some felt ribbon and using the left over pieces on a scrap of ribbon.

On this LO Tracy has used one of my favs felt products which is the scroll felt frame.  This matches perfectly with the Scrapware flourish frame.

Another gorgeous LO from Tracy using the new Websters "Let's Celebrate" papers which are IN STOCK NOW!!.. pop on over and have a looky loo, they are gorgeous.  Tracy used the felt ribbon and cut pieces to use as flourishes.. don't they look beautiful!!

Another idea is to use your felt ribbon as a mask to use with glimmermist.  Remember to place felt side down, so that when you spray on the paper backing it can be wiped off and you still get to use your felt.

HURRY YOU STILL HAVE TIME!!! 
Hope this has given you some ideas of creating with our felt trims and also our felt frames (which are on special until the 20th July).   

Don't forget till the 21st July there is 30% off felt at my2angels.

Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving some love :))) 

My2Angels - Flower Frenzy

This week at My2Angels we are showing you some different ways to use your paper blossoms.  Here are a few ideas on how to give new life to paper blossoms.


Creating some texture on your flowers by embossing them with Embossing Folders and swiping them with Ink.

You can stamp directly on to your flowers with your stamps.  A smaller overall pattern looks best.

Use glimmer mist on your blossoms to colour them to match your LO.  You can spray the whole flower or use splats for a more concentrated effect.

You can also use your flowers as a mask with your misting to create a fab background.  Use a fineliner pen to outline your images to create a little more dimension.

    Using Bakers Twine and a needle to stitch onto your flowers.

Cutting your Blossoms in half and using them as a border.

You can jazz them up by using various centres like Brads, Resin Flower, Metal Flowers and Pins.
  

Various mediums can also be used like Kindyglitz, Crackle Paint, Diamond Dust and Liquid Pearls.

  A few more ideas for centres, charms, cutting up a Felt Ribbon to use as a layer, a Mini Rose and scrunching a smaller blossom and adding Stamens for a bit of dimension.  You can also roll the edges of your flowers and add some Leaves.

These are just some of the ways to jazz up your paper blossoms, the ideas are endless.  If you were wanting to purchase any of these items just check out the links and they will take you straight to the item at Tracy's store.

Keep an eye out as tomorrow I will be posting a tutorial on how to jazz up your flowers with Baker's Twine.

Thanks for stopping by and leaving some love :))