Crate Paper Color Challenge

Hello everyone! :) 

Thank you SO much for all of the super sweet comments about Emmaline. We adore her. She is SUCH a good baby. She is sleeping next to me at the moment so I thought I would sneak in this post as I made this before she was born for the Crate Color Challenge. 

Now, these colors looked really pretty in the inspiration photo below, but I admit, they were a challenge for me to put all on a card. I really like how it turned out and I really LOVE being challenged - win-win.

Sorry the lighting is so harsh. I had my husband take the pic and I keep forgetting at good times of day, so here it is! I did not have that third color anywhere in my stash so I tried to get as close to it as possible. 

I made this for our friends who just found out that they are having a boy! 

Crate Paper's Inspiration Photo and Color Palate:

Recipe:

• Crate Paper: Little Boy Blue™
• Crate Paper: Pretty Party™
• Sticker (banner): Little Boy Blue™
• Cartridge: Everyday Pop-up Cards™
• Splatters: Smooch Spritz
• i-rock by Imaginisce™

Emmaline is here!

Just a quick post today to share with you all that Emmaline appeared at 6:34am yesterday morning. 

We did a home birth so we are at home. She was 8lbs 2oz and 21 inches long. We could not be more in love. 

Thank you for all of your words of encouragement and prayers and thoughts and advice! I'll be back on soon! :) 

Here is the most recent picture. 

Hello Friend! I've Been Thinking About You a Lot

You should have gotten here from Diana's blog! If not, start HERE at the beginning at the Shop Pumpkin Spice Blog.

I made this for my best friend Kourt. She is ridiculously fabulous and she came out for my baby shower. We hadn't seen each other in almost a year. I miss her to pieces already!!! 

I got all of these supplies at Shop Pumpkin Spice! You can check out the links below. :)

Make sure to check out the prices because everything is always 30% off!!! 

Recipe:

• Patterned Paper:
• Echo Park: Sweet Day "Sweet Bird"™ (pink)
• Echo Park: Sweet Day "Delightful"™ (yellow)
• Echo Park: Sweet Day "Up, Up and Away"™ (clouds)
• Echo Park: Sweet Day "Journaling Cards"™(sentiment)
• Sticker: Echo Park: Sweet Day "Element Stickers"™(flower)
• i-rock by Imaginisce™
• Glam Rocks in Pearl™

This is also the introduction for the Shop Pumpkin Spice August Kit! 

Unfortunately the site is having some difficulties and I can't link you to it, but here is the list of what is included and don't forget about it! Go pick it up as it is a FANTASTIC deal! :)

The August Kit contains the following:

42 – sheets 6 x 6 (no duplicates) Time for Spring (fancy pants), Everyday Eclectic, Paradise Beach (Echo Park)

6 – Bazzill white base cardstock
12 – A2 White Envelops
1 - Indie Chic wood label
4 – 18” lengths of 4 different Indie Chic Garland
1 – collection of 11 buttons from various Indie Chic collections
3 – Indie Chic Titles
1 – Sheet of Indie Chic Label Stickers
3 – 24” lengths of twine (3 different colors)

Now, hop on over to my great friend June's blog!!!

Core Cards Creative Frenzy

Whew! This post is going to be picture heavy! Hold onto your hats! This is for the Core'dinations card-makers DT call. Check it out HERE. You have until August 10th to get your projects posted. :)

**Edit: So I knew I had gotten inspiration from someone out there in  scrappy land, but couldn't remember who and it popped up on the Core blog today! I had seen the rainbow tag idea from Rebecca Keppel on her layout! I just forgot to pin it! I also cased my own thank you cards that you can see HERE. So it came from two places! :) **

Rainbow Tag Thank You

1. Here's what I love about the new 4.25x5.5" stacks.... I know there are other paper hoarders like me. I HATE using my pretty Core as a card base, but I want it on the front of my card. So use an ordinary white card base (and that way it is white inside to write on as well) and then add a black piece of Core that is already PERFECTLY cut for you to the front! 

2. In this case, I am scoring and sanding it before I put it on the front of my card. Love it. 

3. Next I pulled out my Twinery Twine. We glean inspiration from everywhere. You can find a piece of Core to match ANY color in your stash. So I started with the twine and then matched my Core to the Twinery twine. **I know, my twine is a mess!**

4. Between the Core Essentials Super "Elements" Assortment (one of my favorites!) and the Core Essentials "Darks", I had all 5 colors. :) I went for a darker color blue so I could use my scraps. Next I cut stars to match the colors in various sizes.

5. Place the stars where you think you want them and then adhere them down. I used foam tape on a few of them and just put others flat. Then take the tags and layer them adhering the top portion of the tag to the bottom of the tag above it. Do not place adhesive where the twine is going to go. I chose to do this part after the above steps. You can always do it first if you would like. 

6. Stamp your sentiment and doodle around the edges. Add twine. Then put foam dimensional tape on the back side of the whole tag ensemble. 

7. Adhere it to your pre-cut 4.25x5.5" scored "mat". Adhere the whole thing to your card base. Voila! Enjoy! 

Recipe:

• Core'dinations:
• Core Essentials: Elements Super Stack™(green, yellow, blue)
• Core Essentials: Darks™(red, orange)
• Core Tags in White™
• Tim Holtz Kraft Core Nostalgic Collection in A2 size™ (black)
• Twinery Twine:
• Marachino™
• Mandarin™
• Lemondrop™
• Peapod™
• Denim™
• Sentiment: My Pink Stamper: Sweet Baby™
• Ink: My Pink Stamper: Serendipity Skies™
• Glue Arts Glue Glider Pro™
• Glue Arts Extreme Adhesive Squares in Perma-tac™
• Cricut Cartridge: Cake Basics™
• Black Pen
• Scoring Board
• Core'dinations Sanding Block™

Thank EWE (tee hee)

Recipe:

• Core'dinations:
• White Wash in A2 size™ (front and back)
• Core Essentials Neutrals™ (black)
• Cricut Cartridge: Country Life™
• Sentiment: My Pink Stamper: Punny-licious™
• i-rock by Imaginisce™
• Hot Rocks in Pink, Black and Clear by Imaginisce™
• Patterned Paper: My Little Shoebox: Enchanted Garden "Dazzling"™
• Foam Tape

CRAB-ULOUS

Here is a close up so that you can see the sand. 

Recipe:

• Core'dinations:
• Tim Holtz Kraft-Core Nostalgic Collection in A2 size™
• Whitewash in A2 size™
• Glitter Silk in A2 size™
• Sentiment: My Pink Stamper: Punny-licious™
• Cuttlebug Folders:
• D'vine Swirl Emboss Folder™
• Tiny Bubble Emboss Folder™
• Cricut Cartridge: Create a Critter™
• Sand from the beach :) 
• Glossy Accents (to apply sand)
• Burlap trim: MME Lost and Found 2: Sunshine™
• White Gel Pen
• Core'dinations Sanding Block™ (LOVE this thing!!!)
• Foam tape

Thanks for sticking with me through this whole long post! I hope you enjoyed it! :)

Thank you - Style Challenge

Today is my due date! Unfortunately no baby has arrived but we are so looking forward to meeting her! 

I made this for Northridge Publishing's Style Challenge for the January 2013 magazine. We'll see if it gets picked up! :) You had to use the three colors shown plus a tag. 

Recipe:

• Patterned Paper:
• Echo Park: Dots and Stripes: Metropolitan "Leaf Small Dot"™
• Echo Park: Dots and Stripes: Metropolitan "Leaf Large Dot"™
• Jillibean Soup: Blossom Soup "Fresh Cilantro"™ (Aqua stars)
• Solid Paper:
• Paper Trey Ink
• Core'dinations Nostalgia Super Assortment
• Sentiment: My Pink Stamper: Sweet Goodness™
• Ribbon: Kris Swain's Etsy Store in Light Aqua
• Cricut Cartridges:
• Birthday Bash™ (banner piece)
• Cake Basics™ (butterflies)
• Wrap it Up™ (tag)
• d-stress by Imaginisce™
• i-rock by Imaginisce™
• Glam rocks in pearl by Imaginisce™
• Glue Arts Glue Glider Pro with Perma Tac™
• Stamp: Paper Smooches Geo-Graphic™
• Ink: 
• VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad™
• My Pink Stamper Darkest Night Black Hybrid Ink™
• Embossing Powder: a la mode in white
• White Gel Pen
• Twine: Paper Trey Ink
• Martha Stewart Scoring Board™

Thank You's Sweet Day Style

So I made these cards as thank you's for things I received at my lovely baby shower. I got the new Sweet Day collection from Echo park and just had to try it out! Because I was making these in bulk, the  layout is super simple.

I actually made 7 of these but I can't find the other one! I may have already sent it out. 

Here is the 7th one that I actually created. I only had enough card stock for the 6, but I had left over scraps so I just layered them and voila! It's not the prettiest one, but at least I didn't have to throw any card stock away and it was enough to make a 7th card. :) 

Recipe:

• Patterned Paper:
• Echo Park: Sweet Day "Fancy Floral"™ (pink stripe)
• Echo Park: Sweet Day "Delightful"™ (hexagons)
• Echo Park: Sweet Day "Cheerful Stripe"™ (printed paper)
• Stamp: My Pink Stamper: Everyday Occasions™ (an oldie but goodie... and discontinued so grab it if you want it!)

Crate Baby Thank Yous

Hello and welcome to my Shop Pumpkin Spice post for the day. 

I made these as I needed more thank yous from the baby shower gifts I received. 

I ordered Crate Paper's Pretty Party from Shop Pumpkin Spice and knew I wanted to use these little strawberries and striped patterned papers on my cards! 

This was my first time ordering the 12x12 Crate Paper collection. What I didn't know was that not only are all the stickers inside (and adorable), but there are TWO of every patterned paper in the bunch! So while I used to think that the collection packs were a bit pricy, now I realize what an AWESOME DEAL they are! I've already ordered Little Bo Peep and Little Boy Blue! I am so excited to play with them! 

Recipe:

• Crate Paper: Pretty Party 12x12 Collection Pack™
• i-rock by Imaginisce™
• Glam Rocks in Pearl™
• White Cardstock™
• Cartridge: Heritage™