Hambo Hoedown Wednesday!

I hope your Valentines Day was wonderful! Mine was busy as can be with being the class mom for both my kids classes for their parties, so it was a lot of bouncing between the classes! Anyway...

It's Wednesday and you know that means it is time to Hoedownwith Hambo Stamps!

This weeks, our challenge was to incorporate either gold or silver into our dragon card. Well, for me silver is easy because I always gravitate to that color but I wanted to challenge myself to use gold.





I utilized some gold string and gold self adhesive dots for the corners. The navy color came out a bit over saturated in the picture, but the good looks good against that color. I was happy to have used gold.

The card also challenged me to use up some scraps from American Crafts I had for the center strips. The dragon image was colored with Copics and cut out with Spellbinders dies. The inside sentiment finishes it off with, "well yer are!" hee hee! I love it...

Be sure to stop by the Hoedown and play along for your free digi image and the chance to become the Hoedown Queen! Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a peek! Have a great Wednesday!

Love is in the Air!

Valentines Day is tomorrow! How did that happen?
Today I made a quick card using SRM Stickers
and paper from Basic Grey's Kissing Booth collection.

I cut out the hearts from the paper and popped them up on the card after adding PTI twine and some Scrap Floss to make it look like a bunch of heart balloons. I then added a sticker from SRM from their mini set of Love. I just love simple cards like this!
I have many projects going on right now that I am surprised I can find my chair in my room! Lol! I am excited to be doing it but these projects are out of my comfort zone. However, it's good to try! I will be able to post when it is all done! Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a peek!

Flourishes FTTC155

Hi again!!

I am up and running finally and it took an Army to figure out our technology issues!! But on the positive side, I am posting today! : )

Today's post is for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday challenge of incorporating birds into your creation.  I also combined this challenge with Mojo Monday's Sketch 227 to make thinking of layout easier.

I am not normally a bird person in respect of having items to create with on hand.  But I did have some Basic Grey dp of Kissing Booth on hand that had birds! So I got lucky! For the main image, I used Flourishes Rose stamp from the set A Year in Flowers 2.  I colored it in using Copics along with ShinHan Art markers.  I used MFT's Perfect Panels in Cream to stamp the image on and used my Spellbinder dies to cut it out.  I then sponged the edges using Distress Ink in Antique Linen and finished it off with some pearls.  I sewed my panels of Kissing Booth and popped up the main image along with a bird I cut out and placed on the pink panel.  I then stamped my sentiment from SU! Fancy Flexible Phrases.  The ribbon lace is from my stash of scraps.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek!!! Have a great day!

We interrupt this broadcast...

Hi everyone!!

It's the weekend again, can you believe it? I think this week went by quickly!

Anyway, my internet and phone have been down since yesterday and a technician is finally coming out today to take a looksie. So, I won't be able to post my projects until this weekend hopefully, if this problem doesn't persist. Until then, I will be on the quiet end.
Thanks in advance and I hope you all have a wonderful Friday!!

Hambo Hoedown Wednesday

It's Wednesday and you know what that means! It's time for Hambo Hoedown

This week we are showing a little love with this darling digi of some yummy chocolates and the challenge is to use either buttons, brads, or ribbon on the card. These are not just any chocolate... It's chocolate to remind you that life is like this box of chocolate...(scroll down for the finish...) hee hee...









Well... I would say that this is spot on. I mean, how boring would life be if you didn't have those hidden nuts?! Lol!
For my card, I used this months sketch from A Sketch For You To Try colored in the main image with my Copics and used MME Lost and Found dp throughout. I popped up the image that was cut out using Spellbinders die. The side circles were punched out using my 1 1/4" circle punch and the center scallop circle was punched with my Paper Studio punch. The hearts were cut out using MFT Die-namics Hearts a plenty finished with a button and twine in the center.
For the inside, I used the same dp but used my Paper Studio heart punch to line the bottom and my MS edge punch as well.

Now we do hope you will be able to hoedown with us! Thanks for stopping by and taking peek! Have a Fantabulous day!

Super Easy Valentines using SRM Stickers

Happy Monday!! I hope you all had a great weekend and enjoyed the Super Bowl! What a game! I thought perhaps it was a little slow going with the Patriots poor defense, but the end was exciting!!

Today I am going to share with you some really easy Valentines using some stickers from SRM Designs. This is a fabulous company and they have a sticker for every occassion.

For this card, I punched out some hearts using a Paper Studio heart punch and layered it around the card.  I really wanted to make a tree of hearts, but I don't have a tree!! WHAT?! :) So, I opted for this and I like it! I finished it off with an SRM Sticker of Be Mine.

On some of the stickers, they are made with some of the colors going over where the cut line is.  That makes it perfect for re-use as a border which I did for the center square.  The red line is the over-run of color and then I added another sticker inside of the dotted heart.  I finished off the card punching out scallops on the bottom, adding some heart ribbon from Hambo Stamps, and a border sticker from SRM!! Here is the inside which I also used a sticker for the sentiment layered on top of cardstock.

These will most likely be the cards for the boys teachers to add to thier goodie bag.  Super easy!! Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a peek!

An Altered Note and A HAMBO SUPER BOWL SALE!

Happy Friday!!

I wanted to share with you a quick  project I made prior to leaving for CHA trying to get my feet wet in Altered Art.  I made an altered mini notepad using Tim Holtz stamps, ink, and findings. I cut my paper to fit inside a 4x3 notepad and perforated each page as well.





I cut up some chipboard to size and covered it with dp using Modge Podge. I then stamped with Tim Holtz set the bicycle, ticket, and sentiment with Distress Inks. I used the same Distress Inks and sponged it over the dp. I then took a scrap piece of dp and stamped a background, lightly wet it, curled the edges and then heat set it with my heat gun. I added a crown brad from Paper Studio, Tim Holtz gears and game spinners. For the spiral binding, I used Carla Crafts binding system and matching grey color coils.
It is a quick try in dabbling into this altered art schtuff. I will definitely have to make more items to get it down.

Now I mentioned a SALE! And who doesn't?! Hambo Stamps is having a Super Bowl sale!



Now this sale is a bargain so you don't want to wait... Everything on the sale page is 30% off in stock items AND you have the chance to win your order for FREE! Visit the Sale page Here for all the details.

I hope this jump started your game weekend! Have a great day and thanks so much for taking a peek!

CHA Paper Finds

Hi everyone!

I am back from CHA and had a wonderful time catching up with friends and seeing some of the great products getting ready to debut.   A couple days ago I had a spotlight on Grant Studios which I really enjoyed!  Now I have the rest of what I found that I really liked (and what I remembered to take a picture of!) but there are many products coming out that are fun!

I will start out with Heidi Grace's Clever Handmade.  Heidi Grace decided to take the plunge and market herself and her own line of products.  That line is Clever Handmade.  Here are her paper lines along with some cool rub ons that were made to be used so you can embroider or sew to make items with her line. Her lines are fun and peppy!

Next up is Echo Park.  Now, they are coming out with mini packs.  These are 12x12 paper packs but with 3 sheets of paper, double sided, so 6 patterns and a sheet of stickers.  Perfect for just scrapbooking a couple of things, a few cards, or my favorite, a holiday that you can do some projects and not have a ton left over! : )  Such as 4th of July....

The top row are your basic sports. Perfect for scrapping your kids teams!

4th of July mini pack

Echo Park also has some new lines from Laurie Whitlock called This & That coming out as well which are awesome! Why I didn't take a picture of them? I have no idea!! But you can head to thier site to take a peek!  I did take a picture of one new line that I really liked called Messages.  This CHA I was really drawn to a lot of vintage looks and I am not really a "vintagy" person.  But I think I may just start!! : )

Another great new set came from Cosmo Cricket.  Again, a bit on the vintagy look but I really liked it.

My final look at some goodies is from Ranger.  I love Ranger products and this one really stuck out and is really cool! It is called Studio 490.  They are 3-D alterable items to create items like these pictured.

That about sums up my quick CHA finds!! Many of these products start shipping out to stores in February so keep you eyes peeled at your lss or larger name stores!! Thanks for stopping by!!

Hambo Hoedown Time!

It's Wednesday and that means Hambo Hoedown time! Today is a special celebration, because the Hoedown is ONE YEAR OLD today! We are celebrating with newly released Bailey Cupcake - the second digital image in the "Bailey" line. Don't miss seeing the newest picture of the real Bailey too. It's at the Hoedown today!

My project is a card I made with the new digi image of Bailey wishing you a tail wagging birthday! I colored in the image with my Copics and cut him out. I sewed the back panels with my sewing machine and popped up Bailey on the oval cut out used with my Nesties. I cut out the sentiment for the words to be placed seperately in a playful fashion, while I finished the card with adding a Prima flower with a button and bakers twine. The second image is of the inside of my card which I also used my sewing machine to create some layers. Again, the sentiment cut out and placed at different angles for a fun look.

Each participant this week will, of course, receive next week's image in their mailbox FREE! Play along each week, and you will have oodles of fun Hambo digital images! But there is more! Since it's the Hoedown's birthday, each participant will ALSO receive a party goody bag, with an ADDITIONAL FREE image of their choice from the Hambo Digital Store! How fun is that?!
What else is happening? All of the new Bacon Bits Design Team have been introduced and now it's time to see everyone's art. Head on over to catch all the details! Don't miss out on the party fun!
Thank you for stopping by and be sure to check out all the other fabulous designs by the bacon bits!

CHA Grant Studios

Hi everyone!!

Well I am at CHA and enjoying my time with friends and seeing all the fun and new products getting ready to debut soon!! One company I fell in love with is Grant Studios. They are Australian based distributed through Notions here in the US. This is just one of many new products I wanted to share. These photos are of a couple paper lines I really liked and want to spread the word in having you keep your eyes peeled for them at your lss! What do you think? What are you looking for or hope to see?? I'd love to hear about it!

Thanks for stopping by and more to follow on some other great products!

Fashionista