Where's spring?

A few weeks ago we had the best weather and then it SNOWED!

I am itching for sunshine and green grass, but it's all snow here.

I made a flower pot slider card, just to brighten things up!

1. Take a quarter fold, landscape card {4 1/4 X 11 inches}  and score it at the 1 1/2, 5 1/2 and 9 1/2 inch marks.

2. Fold the card in half { 5 1/2 mark} and trim the card from the score line to the fold tapering in 1/2 and inch. your excess will look like a triangle on both left and right side.

3.  Use a 2 X 6 inch piece on DP to wrap around the tapered body of the card securing it on the back of the card and creating a "pouch". I suggest leaving 1/4 inch between the fold and the DP.

4. Fold down the scored flaps above you DP. This is the rim of your "flower pot"decorate it as you like. I used 1 1/4 X 4 inch piece of DP and twine. I also stamped and cut out a sentiment for the front.

5. Cut a piece of card-stock 4X5 for this insert and punched the long side with a scalloped edge punch before decorating with flowers. 

Recipe:

Tools: paper Trimmer, EK Success. scalloped edge punch,

Paper: 

4 1/4 X 11" cardstock, 

2 X 6" DP,  1 1/4 X 4"DP 

Stamps: "Do Great" Studio G

Embellishments: Flowers and Twine

Ink: Dark purple

Happy Krafting, Shaz

p.s. I {heart} comments!

piles of glitter

Why is glitter so messy? I have done an other Pile it on challenge... and this was a messy one. Check out the pile of Challenges I used:

{1}Pile it on challenged us to use Glitter.

{2}  Sketch Saturday gave us the layout

{3} Farm Fresh Friday Color combo

{4} Crafty Cardmaking Non Christmas image on your Christmas card.

I had the grand idea to use the Laundry Hope {see the original image here} to make a tired gift wrapper.  I am sure I will look like this next week, all strung out on wrapping, apple cider and curly ribbon. Can you see her tiny slippers? I have not seen a challenge for flocking but if there was one I would qualify. I dusted her little house slippers with soft white fluff. So while "Hope" pulls an all-night-er, wrapping gifts, her toes will keep toasty.

{material}

Baja, kiwi, real red, choc chip and whisper white card-stock from SU! Laundry Hope stamped image is from TGF and embossed with stazon and SU! clear powder.. Gold glitter is from White Rose{if you even know the place I have had this glitter forever}  Christmas sentiment, ribbons and strings are random from my stash. Colored with Copic markers.

{tools}

Crop-o-dile to punch hole in tag. Making Memories Slice and Noteworthy SD card to cut dies.  Glue pen and Liquid glass from CTMH to adhere glitter and flocking. Heat gun to set the embossing powder and glues.

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

Have a wonderful day~Shaz

Papertake Baby!

I have been so busy this week I have not done much in the way of crafting.

I spent most of me time decorating the blog for the winter{Do you like?}

I did, however, make the time to to try a new{to me} challenge.

Papertake

I used the sketch for this gift bag for a baby shower I am going to this week-end.

{materials} Sock monkey stamp set, markers, pink and teal card-stock by SU!

Jet black in by Staz-on.  Ribbon and gift bag from Wal-mart.

{tools} Scalloped edge paper edger from SU! Corner rounder from Creative Memories.

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

Have a wonderful day,

Shaz

mark my {book}

I need a bookmark for my book so I whipped this one up...lol.

It has a long velvet ribbon and a vintage frame charm on the top. Edward is colored with copic markers. I embossed with clear powder on black ink before I heated the powder I sprinkled Iridescent glitter for "dazzle". The Quote is from New Moon and says: "you know, I never had much patience for Romeo".

{materials}

Real red, Basic black, Vanilla Card-stock from SU!.  Edward sprout stamp from The Greeting Farm. Markers and blender from Copic. Multi-liner black marker pen from Zig. Vintage frame charm, large eyelet, hemp twine and Velvet ribbon are found items.

{Tools}

Crop-o-dile by We R Memeories. Zig-zag Eyelet edge punch by Martha Stewart.

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

Have a great day,

Shaz

Show time for Grandma

Yesterday was my Mother's 60th Birthday. We had a little surprise party for her.

A few of her friend joined the family for dinner.

My husband, Hank, made my mother some home videos, of her beautiful grandchildren.

I chimed in and made a holder for the double DVD set.

This is a multi challenge project.

{1}Color Thowdown #69

{2} Mojo Monday #113

{3}Pile it on #24

{4} Cinema Saturday#58

{material}

Corduroy button, ribbon, polka dot background stamp, chocolate vanilla, red and green by cardstock by SU! Brown ink by CTMH. Show-time Anya by TGF colored with Copic markers. Tiny red pearls and twine are found items.

{tools}

Hydrangea tio Punch and zigzag punches by Martha Stewart. large star punch by SU!

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

Have a great day,

Shaz

card{clip} w/ tutorial

You may remember I made this card for a splitcoaststampers sketch challenge. I love the way the card worked out it was just perfect. Now it is time for me to give my card to a dear friend my cards away seems to be the hardest thing for me. {I think that is why I Scrap-booking better...lol} I didn't want to hide it in an envelope. So, I came up with this card clip!

To make a Card clip...

I used:

a clothes peg. scrap paper. adhesive. embellishments and

glazing solution like Liquidglass/CrystalEffects

Here is how:

1. Take a scrap on the designer paper. Measure it to cover the face of the peg. I cut it slightly bigger than the face of the peg, for an over hang.

2. Smother the front of your peg with adhesive. I used a tape runner to do this. A couple of runs over the face of the peg did a good job.

3. Position the paper over the glue and press firm. Now for that slight over hang... you could file/sand it down but I just folded it down to surround the face's edge.

4. You will want to lay the peg on a flat surface for this. Take your Liquidglass/CrystalEffects type of glazing solution and trace the face of the peg following the edge of the peg.

This will create a wall to hold in the glazing solution.

5. Fill in the walls with the glazing solution and trace the outer edge of the wall as well. This will seal the paper so be sure that you are covering the paper and peg at the same time.

6. Embellish! I used buttons, but anything goes. I placed the buttons on just before the glaze solution dried but you could wait over night and then adhere your embellishments.

Et Voila!

Don't Forget about my GIVEAWAY!

Only 3 sleeps until my Birthday!

Later, Shaz

Thank you {LOST,season3}

Hey all, I am turning into a wee bit of a LOST groupie. In the evening I can be found watching LOST while I craft.

I just started watching by DVD thanks to a friend in my husband's office.

I like to make a LOST theme thanks you card every time I finish a season. I did not get a chance to photograph the card I made after season 2 but you may remember my first LOST card.

{You can click on the images to see the card up close.}

To make this car I used the Stair Step Fold Tutorial from

the Splitcoast stampers site. The details are great and I love that a video is available for the little details.

{material}

Balmy Breezes SU! stamps, Cream Green, and Brown CTMH card-stock, jewelry wire, brads, twine brown and green ink.

Have a great day.

Shaz

mini{shutter}

Hey there my crafty friends,

I have been overflowing with creative energy. Here is the first of many crafts, it is a mini tri-shutter card.

Yes, I said mini!

Gotta love the little thing in life!

I started with the tutorial on splitcoaststampers from Bonnie. I used a base card of 4" X 6". To resize the card I divided the score lines and cuts in half. So, my score lines are at 1”, 2”, 4” and 5” with cuts 1" in between 1 and 5. I was hoping to use this as a invitation but there is not much room for the information.

This size is perfect as a tag for a gift bag.

You will have to visit soon to see the invitations I made. {wink}

{materials}

designer paper & butterfly punch by Martha Stewart,brads, ribbon, scalloped square punch & stamp SU!

Have a great week-end,

Shaz

Swingin' {Fhiona}

Here is a little card I made with sweet little Fhiona.

This Fhiona image is called Day Dream Fhiona. The image is actually of Fhiona sitting on top of a flower but I trimmed off the flower and placed her in a flower swing I cut using the MM Slice.

To Make Fhiona look like she was sitting on the swing I put dementionals on her bum and left arm. I also cut the right armpit

so that her arm can hold on to the swing. The swing is also raised with dementionals.

The sentiment "Bithday Girl" from the Cupcake Cutie stamp set perfect for any little girl.

Supplies:

Cupcake cutie Fhiona and day dream Fhiona stamp sets available at yournextstamp. Shapes cut with MM Slice Black and Brown ink. Twine. And lots of dementionals.

It is grey around here so hope your day is bright!

Shaz

{B}it began with

Here it is: Some of the pages I scraped on my week-end away at DeerLake C&C.

"it BeGan WitH B"
Materials:
lite brown, lavender card-stock, Designer paper, Basic gray and the lettering on cricut.

"A LITTLE MAIL"
Materials:
Dark brown, Kraft card-stock, K& company Designer paper and vellum, twine, Jumbo eyelet, Circle punch{1 3/4 & 1 1/2 in},Fancy pants: daily grind and Wal-mart Letter stamps.


Happy Scrappin'
Shaz