New Design Team Announcement and Saying Goodbye to Another!!!

Hello everyone and Happy Friday!!!!  It has been one crazy week weather wise here in the Sunshine State... With very little sun and a whole lot of thunder and lightning... Yikes!!!

I have a couple of announcements to make today: 

First, I am saying goodbye to the ladies over at Color Me Scrappy!  It has been a fun ride, but all good things must come to an end!  Thank you Tammy for having me... I truly appreciate my time there!!!

Now, when one door shuts, another one opens!!!  I was recently advised that I am on the new Design Team at Creative Embellishments!!!!! 

 Seriously.... I am honored to be part of such an AMAZING team filled with such wonderful talent (I think I need to step up my game)!!!!  Hahahahaha!!!!!  My term starts in October but you always see some their beautiful chipboard pieces on my projects so nothing is going to change there!!!  

Well gang...  Thanks so much for stopping in and have a LUCKY day :-)

Mid Month Challenge at Color Me Scrappy and Colorful Creations!!!

Hi there everyone!!!  I told you it was going to be a busy month for me!!!!  As you can see by my posts (with many more to come!) that I was not exaggerating!!!  Hahahaha!!!!!

I have a couple of things to share with you today:

We have a brand new color combo challenge posted at Color Me Scrappy!

I am very happy with this color combo!!!  I love the beautiful hues :-)  We had to combine these colors with something "summer" related so I decided to scrap a photo of my oldest daughter taken at our local aquarium a few years back!

Today is also a brand new sketch challenge over at Colorful Creations!  

Here is a look at the sketch:

Oh, I just love this sketch!!!  And here is my page:

Yes, I know you are so sick of this collection but I just can't help myself!!!  Every time I take it back out, I just keep playing with it!  And there's still some left over!!  Hahahaha!!!
I started my page by creating a sunburst mask with some chipboard and my craft knife!  I laid it on a white piece of cardstock, then colored in the open areas with a yellow and gold gelato.  I dipped a paint brush in some water to blend the colors!

Then, I layered up some other papers from the collection, and a piece of Kraft Core cardstock by Coordinations (seriously, my fav!!!).  I fussy cut some elements from the collection and added them around the page as well as the letter stickers for my title and sub-title!

 

I finished the page with some beautiful chipboard from Creative Embellishments (that was treated with gesso and snow cone gelato) and various flowers!

Well gang...  Thanks so much for stopping in and have a LUCKY day :-)

Festive Embroidery Hoop for CMS Challenge #65!!!!

Hey there everyone!!!!  Can you believe we are already in the month of July?!?  That's crazy!!!!!

It's a new month with lots of new challenges going on!  The first is a color combo challenge over at Color Me Scrappy!  Here's a look:

Since we also need to make this about a celebration, I decided to rock the 4th of July!!!  It's a HUGE holiday here in the USA and it's also our Independence day!  

Here is a look at an altered embroidery hoop I made for this special day:

I have to be honest here...  This looked a whole lot different in my head!!!!  I came up with this idea of just tying various pieces of ribbon around the embroidery hoop and it would look fabulous!!!  Well, I did wrap a TON of ribbon around the hoop, but I'm still up in the air about the finished piece!!!  

I used my Cricut Explore machine to cut out the banner pieces, then attached some twine to them to hang them from the sides!

I grabbed various chipboard letters and the number four from my stash, then painted them and added some glitter!!!!

I used some of the same ribbon to tie a large bow at the top, then added a red, white, and blue button threaded with the red and white twine!

I finished the wreath with tiny red bows all the way around for a little extra detail!!!

And there you have it...  A celebratory wreath for one of our biggest holidays!!!

Well gang..  Thanks so much for stopping in and have a LUCKY day :-)

Mid Month Challenge at Color Me Scrappy!!!!

Hello again everyone!!!  Yes, this is my second post of the day because it's also time for the mid-month challenge over at Color Me Scrappy!!!!

This week's challenge is to use the following color scheme AND floral pattern paper on your project!  Here's a look at the colors:

I decided to make a card for this challenge using an old Basic Grey line that went well with the colors!!

Here's my card:

I was very challenged with this color combo but am actually very happy with how this card came out!!!!

I started by adding several layers of various papers atop my Kraft cardstock for my base.  I added a little liquid pearls for some accents.

I embossed some chipboard I cut up from Creative Embellishments using Tim Holtz distress powder.

I stamped my sentiment from Stampers Anonymous onto a chipboard post card included in this collection!

I finished the card with a couple of flowers and a brad for detail!!!

Well gang...  Thanks so much for stopping in and have a LUCKY day :-)

CMS Challenge #63 with Heidi Swapp "Dreamy" Collection!!!

Hello there crafters!!!  Just popping in to share a layout I created for my very first DT reveal with Color Me Scrappy!!!  

Here is the color combo for this challenge:

Isn't it lovely?!?  The papers from the May "Simple Sweet" Kit from Frosted Designs happened to be perfect for this challenge!  I also used the June 1st sketch over at Colorful Creations:

And here is my page:

This pics were taken at a local park earlier this year.  My youngest daughter is a DIVA and a "little miss know it all"!!!  Although you can't see her, my oldest daughter is on the other side of that finger!!!  Hahahaha!!!!

I started the page by adding some gesso to the background and coloring various Gelatos on top.  I blended with my finger, then used the Tim Holtz "Lattice" layering stencil and some molding paste mixed with gelato for some texture!

I tore up some strips of the Heidi Swapp paper and inked the edges using Prima's "Knotted Wood" ink.  

 I love these wooden veneers that almost all the companies have come out with!!!  They are so fun to play with and go with any style of page!  I added some liquid pearls around this one for added detail :-)

I decided to do a small cluster on the side of the page with various flowers and another wood veneer!

The butterflies were created using a punch and liquid pearls!

 I finished my page with coordinating glittered Thickers from my stash!  

There you have it!!!  My first project for CMS!!!  Be sure to stop by the blog and leave some love for all the fabulous designers there!!!

Well gang...  Thanks so much for stopping in and have a LUCKY day :-)