Brand New American!!!!

It's Wednesday,,,,,,and on Friday, the mother of my husband's co-worker will become an American Citizen. Yesterday, I showed you a card I made to go along with her gift,,,,,,a hand made patriotic themed mini book,,,,,

And today, I'd lie to share the mini I made for Gisella,,,,,I'll list all products at the end, because otherwise, this post will take forever to read LOL.

Here is the cover,,,,,,,I cut lightweight chipboard with spellbinders, and cut the papers the same, slicing off the left hand side for ease of binding,,,,,,in this way, it was a simple thing to just cut all the pages quickly,,,,,it saved a TON of time!

and a close up of the bling,,,,,,

pages one and two,,,,,,

the right hand side opens up for 3 photo spots,,,,,and the left side is for a larger photo.

pages 3 and 4,,,,,,,a pocket page on the left,,,,,,,,,and the right has a small tag in it and it opens up to reveal 16 photo spots,,,,,

like this,,,,,,,

pages five and six,,,,,,,,,left hand side is for a larger photo,,and right hand side pocket holds a pull out for eight photo spots,,,,,,sorry, forgot to photograph the pull out, but they are tag sized.

pages seven and eight,,,,,

photo on the left and pocket on the right,,,,,,,,the right side says US CITIZEN.

and here's the tags,,,,,where Gisella can write all about her journey to become a new US Citizen,,,,,

Products Used:

Paper:MME Christmas Paper, Recollections card stock
dies:Spellbinders Grand Labels 23, Floral Ovals, labels 18
stamps: Tim Holtz, Justrite
images: Bumble Button and freevintagedigistamps.com
ribbon: Hobby Lobby
inks: Versafine Onyx Black and sepia, color box cranberry
bound with the Cinch binding tool 1 inch black O-wires.
bling: Prima, colored with copic markers.

I hope you enjoyed the mini book, and thanks for looking!! Your comments are treasured!

Sugar Creek Hollow Saturday!!!!

Good Saturday morning! We have a PHENOMENAL challenge for you today over at Sugar Creek Hollow!

CIRCLES!!!!!!!!

We want to see circles ON your card or project,,,,,,,,,and/or the card SHAPE must be a circle!!!!

I had SO MUCH FUN with this project! It was one of those things that just grew and grew as I worked on it!!!!! And I have a TON of pics for this, so here we go!

I created a pretty glass canister for bath salts by reusing a Prima flower jar.

Here's my project!

I used Spellbinders circles large and spellbinders picot edge circles to create the circle behind which I glued lace before setting it on top of the glass jar and securing with pop dots. As you can see, I also created a matching tag for whatever gift giving occasion I eventually use this for!

Here's some more pictures!

I got this stunning image from Bumble Button, added a bow of gold ribbon, gold netting and some pearls,,,,,

Another gold netting bow tied around the neck of the jar, a prima flower and leaf,,,,,,

And then filled the jar with pretty pink bath salts for pennies!

I printed an additional image larger, and cut the front label from that with rectangles large.

Pretty, inexpensive, and will be beautiful in someone's bathroom!

I hope you enjoyed my circles project,,,,,,and thanks for looking! Run right over to SCH and load up your vintage, shabby chic, or primitive circles project!! And be sure to stop by Bumble Button and see all the gorgeous images they have FOR FREE!

Sugar Creek Hollow!!!!

Oh BOY do we have a FUN FUN FUN challenge for you this week over at Sugar Creek Hollow!!!! Cec has lined up some AWESOME challenges this month and this is one of my FAVORITES,,,,,,,

our theme this week is,,,,,,,,,

MORE IS BETTER!!!!!!!

Yep,,,,,,,we want to see your heavily embellished vintage, shabby chic, or primitive cards and projects this week! And boy did I have FUN!

Here's my card!

I have used the following embellishments:

3 die cuts (spellbinders Moroccan Motifs, lacy ovals and classic ovals large)
2 buttons
2 butterflies
1 stick pin
1 flower
1 bow
1 heart charm
1 piece of lace
1 pink embroidered embellishment
1 piece of glitzy trim
5 sticky pearls

This gorgeous stamp is a freebie from Bumble Button .  Paper is DCWV scraps, and I love love LOVE it.

Here's a close up of this stunning image!

I hope you liked the card, and please run right over to Sugar Creek Hollow and upload YOUR "More is Better" card!

HAPPY SATURDAY!!

Today over at Sugar Creek Hollow we have a wonderful challenge for you!!!!!

Make your OWN Designer Paper!!!!! It's SO much fun and SO EASY! So go ahead, try it, and see how amazing it makes your card look!

Here's mine!

I created my designer paper with a simple piece of red card stock,,,,,,,,,and a stamp. I used versafine black onyx ink (which I LOVE LOVE LOVE for dark, crisp stamping) and randomly stamped all over the red paper. Simple as that! I love the effect!

I found this gorgeous image on Bumble Button, and cut it out and matted it with circles large,,,,,,,a sheer double bow, a gold metal button and she's finished. It's not often I make a CAS card,,,,,,,but I am really loving the home made DP and wanted to really let that shine!

Here's a close up of that adorable image!

I hope you enjoyed the card, and thanks for looking!!!! Now get out those stamps and ink, sprays and glitter and make yourself some gorgeous DP and upload YOUR card to Sugar Creek Hollow! I can't wait to see what you create!!!!!!!

Sugar Creek Hollow Saturday!!!!!

I am really excited today!!!!!!! We have a fantastic challenge for you over at Sugar Creek Hollow! Something about any lover of vintage or shabby chic LOVVVVVVVES!

PEARLS AND SWIRLS!!!!!! We want to see pearls and flourishes on your vintage, shabby chic or primitive card!!!!! Other than that,,,,,,,the sky is the limit!

We also have a fantastic guest designer joining us at SCH this week, so be sure to come on over and welcome her,,,,,,,,,and then run right over to her blog to see her gorgeous work!

Welcome to Amelia Breytenbach! Amelia, it's so nice to have you with us this week!



And here's my card!

I am absolutely IN LOVE with this paper! It's Prima Meadow Lark,,,,,,,,and when I first got it, I was a bit disappointed,,,,,,,,but once I started layering with this gorgeous vintage rose image,,,,,,,OH MY, the paper jumps right off the card! So pretty!

I got this lovely image at a new (for me) vintage freebies site,,,,,,,,,,and I think I spent 4 hours yesterday going through every page she had to find some incredibly gorgeous images! So make sure you stop by and see what she has! The blog is called Bumble Button!

Here's the image, close up,,,,,,,

This is a relatively simple card, because I really wanted this gorgeous image and the paper to shine,,,,

I cut the image out with Spellbinders Ovals Large, inked the edges and centered it over layered Meadow Lark paper,,,,,,it's really too stunning. some ruffled ribbon, yellow sheer ribbon, Prima "Say it in pearls and crystals"  flourish and some extra pearls, and she's finished!

So easy, yet SO elegant!

I hope you loved the card, and thanks so much for looking! Your comments mean the world to me!

I hope you enjoy this week's amazing challenge at Sugar Creek Hollow, and we look forward to seeing your entry!