Punch Art Framed Butterflies

Hello Crafters,
I hope you had some time to create something wonderful since my last post. I made this beautiful specimen style Punch Art Framed Butterflies with paint chips. As you may have noticed by now I have a little fascination with paint chips at the moment is you follow my Pinterest you can see all the ideas I have collected.

I chose paint chips that were in consecutive order so the colour fade would be uniform in.  I love how these yellow shades have warm browns. They looks great with the gold frame.

 I framed the Punch Art Framed Butterflies in a glass faced frame so the art can double as a white board. I love multi tasking!  I used the Crayola white board crayons  to show how the Punch Art Framed Butterflies looks. {the markers work just the same}

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Recipe:

Tools: Martha Stewart butterfly punch

Paper:

Paint chips

Stamps: 

Embellishments: gold Frame from dollar store

Ink: 

Happy Krafting, Shaz

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What Guava card-stock?!?

Do you know where to get Guava colored card-stock? I couldn't even find a swatch in my old SU! catalogues. You see the greeting FarM had a color Challenge. It's was ...Farm Fresh Color Challenge and the colors were:  Brown , Kraft , and GUAVA! I grabbed my coupons and went to Michael Craft Superstore on my quest for Guava paper. I bought 2 different shades of this color JUST TO BE SAFE!

Happy Krafting, Shaz

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LOST & 2S4Y

So LOST is back for it's 6th and final season. I could not resist making a card!

I used the sketch from Kazan's Sketch 46 over at 2 Sketches 4 You.

I did do a little flip to the sketch but it is the same thing in landscape form.

Check out the fancy stamping work I did on the button.

I also put a little gift together for a R.A.K.
As you may have seen I got a few R.A.K gifts for Valentine's.

It is time for me to send a surprise to some one.

I am sending a 3X3 card and these stamped goodies to the lucky friend.  I hope she has fun!

Happy Krafting!

~,Shaz

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Clueless!

Hey all, I have been working on sprucing up the blog. I wanted something BRIGHT! So I took a jump at personalizing the Kraft Nook blog. {Do you like?}

I would like to make it more unique but I had to start somewhere.

I also spent a few hours away from the computer to do some real Krafting. I just loved the Sketch over at Everything but the Kitchen Sink Challenge and the Movie Clueless was Cinema Saturdays Feature film. {LOL What a funny movie!} One of the things this movie embraces is Fashion. It is very obvious with some of the hats and accessories the characters wear. Of course this meant I could Pile It On with the flower challenge too.

Buy it: Lovely Hat {$2} 

I am very pleased with the way this hat looks. I cut it free-hand. This card would be perfect for Easter or Mother's day.

Happy Krafting!

~,Shaz

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Love Boat

Hey there Sailors, I am back.
I have been sick for almost a week and finally feel better. I even have my voice back.{ARRGhh!}
I am very excited about this card. It is inspired by the movie the TITANIC!
The Cinema Saturday Challenge was to use silver and blue on our Titanic theme card.
I also used the sketch #45 from 2 Sketch 4 you as well as the Pile it on challenge for No Winter Colors!
Her she Blows:

Happy Krafting!

~,Shaz

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Many thanks {cards}

Well I took a few days off from the nook to do a few mommy type things. I mostly was a nurse to the kids that got the flue over the week-end and them having a turn after. When I had the flu I rested and finished a book. My husband was able to take the kids out for the day, since it was on the week-end. That gave me lots quiet witch is rare whn you have 4 healthy children!
I did have an order for a 10 thank you card to do as well.

Happy Krafting!

~,Shaz

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Take a Leap into the water!

Gotta love a cute little frog!

On this card I applied a layer of clear embossing over the frog to give him a wet look.

{material} Designer paper,green, brown and yellow card stock from Stampin' Up! Image of frog and sentiment are from a set named "By the Pond" by the Greeting Farm. 

I also have a little giveaway today so comment HERE for a card kit.

I will be drawing TODAY at 10 p.m.!

Happy Krafting!

~Shaz~

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More Card from Splendid Stamping 12 day of Christmas Sketches

I was very happy to complete all 12 of the sketches at the Splendid Stamping with Greeting Farm blog. During the Christmas break. A lot happened over the break in everyones lives, it's a busy time of the year! That being said I was featured as colourQ challenge #12 ~ Wild Card Guest Designers... for Merry Christmas from Reeta. Thanks so Much Arielle!

Arielle had TWO great blog so take a peak at Colour Q and Snappy Stamin'

I thought I would show a couple of the cards I made for the sketches at the Splendid Stamping.

Encore Applause card

{This was the first time I used Stickles}

{materials} Razzleberry Lemonade Designer paper, Crusher Curry Grosgrain ribbon, Rich Razzleberry and Crushed Curry Card-stock all by Stampin Up! Image of Girl and sentiment are from a set named "Showtime" by the Greeting Farm. Rhinestones from Michael's. Copic markers and Stickles.

{tools} Cutterpede paper trimmer.

Proud Momma card

{materials} Razzleberry Lemonade Designer paper, Crushed Curry Rich Razzleberyand Not Quite Navy card-stock by Stampin' Up! Stamped image of girl is "Laundry day-Hope" By The Greeting Farm

Skin and hair colored with copic Markers, all other element colored with Stampin' Write markers by Stampin' Up! The sentiment "so proud of you" from the Uplifting word set by Verve stamps  {tools} Cutterpede paper trimmer. Paper edge punch by Martha Stewart. Circle cut with the Making Memories Slice machine and Basic 1 SD card.

Happy Krafting!

~Shaz~

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Monochromatic Guy card

I took on this challenge "Mono et Mono"!

Well... not really I used more than one challenges to attack  this card.

Caardvark Sketch Challenge by Page Maps

Stampin' Sister's in Christ new Life theme: I used yellow as a color of light to symbolize God presents and the word "Life" as a sentiment.

Club Anya  Monochromatic color: YELLOW everything is yellow! crushed curry, barely banana, so saffron and apricot appeal. The stamped image is Ian.

{materials} Copic makers. Stampin' Up! stamp and write markers. Stampin Up! card-stock. Image of boy is "Ian" from The Greeting Farm Miss Anya collection. Sentiment stamp,"Life" is from Stampin' Up!. Eyelets are from Close to My Heart.

{tools} Crop-o-dile to punch holes and set eyelets. Cutterpede paper trimmer.

If you have any question please feel welcome to leave a comment.

Happy Krafting!

~Shaz~

It is almost Christmas!

The big day is almost here and boy is it exciting. I can't wait until the kids open their gifts! In the mean-while I am distracting myself with Facebook and The Greeting Farm sketches.

Sketch #4 : Birthday by the Pond

I am not too sure what I was thinking when I picked the colors but it turned out exactly the way I wanted. I was hoping for a soft look and I think the Yellow and grey really do the job.

{materials}Sandy speckles Stampin' wheel. Grey and Brown ink. Colored pencils. brads. Down by the Pond Stamp set from The Greeting Farm.

{tools} Crop-o-dile.

Did you know? You can make a collage of your Facebook statuses!

Mine made me laugh... all I think about is FOOD and the KIDS!

What a silly way to look back on 2009!

If you have any question please feel welcome to leave a comment.

Have a Merry Christmas Eve tomorrow!

~*~Shaz~*~

{for}me?

I got the greatest treat in the mail this week.  I received my first LOST card. As you may know I make Lost card for my friends but none has ever made ME one!  EVE, of This Is Bliss, sent me this great card and some great images to play with.

Thanks So Much Eve I love it!
I also have been working on a LOST card. My local LOST buddy was very sick and I had to make her a little something to cheer her up! So i made her this Brightly colored card. The Quote I wrote on the card says: " we gotta get the doc"~Sawyer.

Don't forget about the Blog-aversary giveaway here !

Have a great day,

Shaz

Wild about TGF!

My new favorite stamp company The Greeting Farm has a contest going on right now.

Over at the blog on Friday they announced a Guest Design contest.

The theme is: Where the wild thing are. How FUN is that!

We have to use an Marina Neira image and GO WILD!

{remember I won Mariana's "Laurie with gift"digi stamp}

Here are a couple of cards I made for the contest:

Traditional Laurie Christmas

{material} Red and Kraft cardstock from SU!. Geometric patterned paper by Martha Stewart. White grosgrain ribbon from Wal-mart.  Mini vintage frame found items. Sentiment stamp is "Cute and Curly" by SU!. Image colored with copic and SU! markers.

Laurie Little Christmas

This card has a touch on Liquid class on the eyes of Laurie!

{materials} Brown and yellow cardstock by SU! Designer paper from My mind's eye. Brown taffeta ribbon by Martha Stewart. Red pearls are found items. White ink by SU! Sentiment stamp by Studio G.

Wish me Luck!

Shaz

Thanksgiving

We have celebrated Thanksgiving here, south of the boarder. But I am sure our southern neighbors are starting to think about Thanksgiving. My brothers and I have gotten older and we have made some new "more mature" tradition. Some like Pecan Pie or ice-cream. 

We LOVE to play RISK!

I am not sure how it started but it is our new favorite tradition.

In this lay-out I documented the prominent players.

My brother my husband and myself.

I would also like to mention in year 4 of Thanksgiving RISK I won!

{hehehehehe}

Hey did you know there was a Lost version of Risk?

***I have done a literal translated the article for you***

Many we have ourselves funny playing Risk, the popular game of strategy that it has like objective to conquer the world, and Pedro Contreras, a true Lost fanatic and artist, has created a unique editing of the game based on the series.    A created unit of artisan form by Contreras only exists, and the rules or specifications to be able to play are not known, perhaps but the producers of this famous table game cheer up and they buy the idea to him to this great fanatic of Risk and Lost. Somehow it had to kill the time Pedro Contreras while it hopes

Do you have any unique Thanksgiving traditions ?

Let me know,

Shaz

LOST {my} Mojo

I have not had creative energy this past week .

So  I am going to show you a card I made a while back.

I have never posted this card before!

It is my Lost season 2 card. This season was all about the Hatch...

Our friend, who shares her LOST DVD collection with us. took these pictures.

These are all of the cards I made her.

They are on display with the appropriate DVD box sets.

 If you would like to see each of the card individually just click the LOST {tag} in the side bar!

If you watch LOST. 

Who is your favorite character ?

My Favorite character is a tie, between Hurley and Jack.

If you don't watch LOST. What is your favorite show TV show past or present?

A favorite show of mine from the past is Everybody Loves Raymond.

My husband is like Ray, every body loves him.

see you soon,

Shaz

photobooth{sweethearts}

Remember when you took pics in a photo booth with your friends?

It was so fun, right!

Well my greeting farm stamp went into the photo booth for this card!

I think Miss Anya and Mr Ian are such a cute couple!

All the "stuff" on this card are teen inspired.

Graffiti paper, bright colors and flair.

I made the "flair" like badge by punching out 4 identical circles

{of different colored card-stock} and gluing them together.

When they were dry I frayed the edges with the edge of my scissors.

I stamped the sentiment on the front of the circles and filled the inside of the fray with liquid glass to create the "flair".

Just wait and see!

I have more Anya and Ian cards for you.

SHaz

{materials}

Card-stock, and sentiment stamp are SU!. Designer paper is Basic Grey,Obscure line. Black ink is Verafine. Ribbon is a dollar find. Liquid glass from CTMH. Image stamps, Miss Anya dressy & Ian by the GreetingFarm.

autumn{treat}

We celebrated our last birthday for a while. Our youngest child turned 4 on the week-end. It was a great day. We had a family party so each invite was for at least 3 people. All the kids and all adults had fun at glow-in-the-dark bowling. Everyone came back to the house after for cake and pizza. Our little townhouse was packed! :)

Making party favors for family parties are kinda tricky... I wanted something for each family to share. Popcorn sliders seemed like a good idea, people share popcorn, right?

I have more party crafts and a great card to show you tomorrow.

See you soon,

Shaz

LOST {season 4}

I finished watching Season 4 a couple of weeks ago and just had to make a Thank-you card again. But I wanted to make a little gift too! Every LOST fan has noticed that abundant DARMA INITIATIVE supplies that magically fall from the sky, right? So I thought a DARMA INITIATIVE item ... like a darma covered a Ranch Dressing bottle, would be cool.{lol} Then, I thought, the gift should last longer than a few lunches.

Notebooks are always handy. So, I covered a composition books and created a card that looks like a plane ticket. The notebook had to have a hint of drama. So it has the title DARMA INITIATIVE and a darma-like symbol decorating the front. I cut these great letters with my MM SLICE cutter. I sponged green, yellow and beige ink on the edges to make the book, look like it's been dragged through the jungle for three months.

The plane ticket has the bright paper pieced Oceanic Airline Symbol on the front of the folder. The inside holds a simple blank ticket on which I wrote my thank you note. I did not sponge the ticket or the folder. I thought the contrast of the two pieces looks sharp when I tied the leather sting around them.

Well, I am waiting for season 5 to come out on DVD. Then Season 6 of LOST will start in Jan 2010.

Only one Days left on my Giveaway!

Shaz.

Sketched{page}

I love scrap-booking! It is truly my favorite thing to do.

I found this great site called: Unscripted Sketches.

It was mentioned on Momiji's blog {Hollie}.

When I saw Hollie's sample, I could not resist.

Take a look, this is Sketch #25:

The Sketches are so perfect.

Well, I dug right in and scrapped 3 pages inspired by this sketch.

Only 2 ended up looking like the sketch so here they are.

It was so much fun! I had a great time making these pages.

What do you think ?

Don't Forget about my GIVEAWAY!

Only 4 sleeps until my Birthday!

See you soon,

Shaz

{old}book

There are something in life I just can not throw in the garbage. This journal is one of them.

It is the journal I wrote in the first year of my marriage. I love it! The thing I didn't love, was the cute-seey pattern that was printed on the front.

So today it got a new face.

To cover the book I cut 3 strips of patterned paper 5 X 12 inches. I glued the strips of paper directly on to the book. Starting with the spin then the front and back. By starting with the spin I could make nice clean lines when I placed the paper on the front and back.

{Materials}

epoxy sticker and patterned papers by My Big Ideas.

Have a great day!

Shaz

Spooky{tag}

Here she is! Fhiona with a cute Halloween costume. This is a witch that you would love to see tied on a treat or with a note just to say : “Have a great day!”

I stamped some friends for Fhiona in the background. The spider has a tiny paper pierced trail leading up to Fhiona. The ghost is a simple white outline, like a ghost should be.

The colors used for this tag are from Dawn McVeys’ Raspberry Suite color Challenge #16. I love the rich palette Dawn always picks. She has a great sense of style.

{materials}

kraft and white cardstock. markers. white and brown ink. Yournextstamp Fhiona image. yellow grosgrain ribbon and brown satin ribbon. The tag was cut with the MM slice.

Have a great day,

Shaz

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