Orange Slices...YUM!

I am super excited today because I just LOVE this project ~ it is soooooooooo yummy!

Ever since this stamp set called Tutti Fruity by Lizzie Anne Designs hit my door step, I've been wanting to sugar coat some fun little orange slices (with glitter of course) because these orange gum-drops are my very favorite candies of all time! My mouth waters just looking at them.

Sugar Coating with Glitter ~ I love doing this fun and easy technique.

1) Stamp your image(s), color if needed, and cut or punch out.

2) Run the image through your Xyron machine face down (so the adhesive sticks to the top); and,

3) Coat with fine glitter and shake off excess.

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Supplies Used: Stamps ~ Lizzie Anne Designs (Tutti Fruity) & Hero Arts (sentiment); Cardstock ~ SU; Pattern Paper ~ KI Memories; Ribbon ~ SU; Ink ~ Versamark, SU & Copics; Scallop Edge Punch ~ SU; Circle Punch ~ EK Success; Glitter ~ SU.

Let's Dance ...

Here is my Lizzie Anne Designs sketch challenge for this week. The additional twist to the challenge this week was to let music inspire your creation. So, I did as Meridith suggested and put my iPod on shuffle mode. The song that came up was "I'm Free" by the Newsboys. One of the lines in the song says, "I am free to dance" ~ so I went with it & this was the result. LOL! For such a hip, upbeat song, this is NOT what I would have expected my card to look like.

Here's the link for the Weekly Sketch Challenge over on the Lizzie Anne site. Go take a look and see what you can come up with.

Supplies Used: Stamps ~ Lizzie Anne Designs (Little People & Once Upon a Time); Ink ~ Palette, Copics; Cardstock ~ Stampin' Up!; Pattern Paper ~ Imaginisce; Punches ~ EK Success & SU; Ribbon ~ SU.

Sparkly Fluff...IT'S HERE!!!

It's here, it's here, it's here! Yes, at long last ~ Sparkly Fluff is for sale at Our Craft Lounge and I love this stuff! It comes in 18 gorgeous colors and they are so easy to use in just a few easy steps.

So you ask, HOW DO YOU USE THIS STUFF? Easy Peasy! Step 1) Stamp & color your image; Step 2) Apply glue to the areas you want to apply Sparkly Fluff; and 3) Sprinkle on the Sparkly Fluff & shake off excess. VOILA! Just look at the fun texture you get!

Here is the inside of the cute little card.

Here's a look at the jars of Sparkly Fluff and the great new acrylic blocks that are available too. Other new products ~ Crafty Fluff (no sparkly) and Crafty Sparkles (no fluff).

Supplies Used: Stamps ~ Our Craft Lounge ~ Pat the Bad Dog (available from i{heart}papers); Sparkly Fluff ~ Our Craft Lounge; Ink ~ Palette, Copics; Cardstock ~ SU & PTI; Pattern Paper ~ Imaginsce; Nestabilities; Ribbon ~ May Arts.

ETA: Merry from the i{heart}paper team is having Blog Candy this week ~ make sure you check it out!

Cute Little Monster...

I had a few minutes to play with more of my new stamps from My Cute Stamps. This cute set is called Eeek! A Monster! ~ which I find that name so funny! I had my project all done and then noticed on the My Cute Stamps blog {Creating Cupcakes} that Holly is running a drawing ~ talk about timing!

I'm not sure if you can see it or not, but I paper pieced the green on the monster with a textured piece of cardstock that I ran through my Cuttlebug ~ just a fun little technique!

Supplies Used: Stamps ~ My Cute Stamps (Eeek! A Monster); Cardstock ~ SU; Pattern Paper ~ Daisy Bucket; Ink ~ Palette & Copics; Cuttlebug embossing folder.

Happy Easter!

Good Easter Morning!
I wish you a wonderful Easter holiday & hope you
feel all God's Love & Blessings in your life.

Supplies Used: Stamps ~ Unity Stamp Co.; Cardstock ~ Prism; Pattern Paper, Trims & Sticker Letters ~ Making Memories; Ink ~ SU; Flowers ~ Prima; Scallop Edge Punch ~ SU.

Fun Pattern Paper...

Had a bit of fun yesterday making this page with the new pattern paper from My Minds Eye called Penny Lane. LOVE IT!!! I saw the entire line at CHA in January and it's all gorgeous & Kate of at i{heart}paper carries a ton of it ~ wooohooo!

Let me tell you, this was one EASY PEASY scrapbook page! The pattern paper already comes with the pinked edge and has the adorable tree and owls printed on it. I just put a piece of textured cardstock behind the page, and then added some buttons to the tree, a chipboard title and stamped a swirl under the picture then called it DONE! You seriously can't get easier than that ~ in fact, it took me longer to figure out what letters to use than it did to actually put the whole page together.

Hope you have a wonderful Easter weekend!

Inchie Friday ~ Spring Photo Clip

Happy Good Friday ~ It's been such a crazy week that I am constantly trying to catch up! Each day I've been frantically getting projects done for the next day's post. I really don't like that feeling either. But...next week the kids will be back at school and I'll get back into my groove.

Today's project is a fun little photo clip with a mini scrapbook page. I took this pretty picture last spring just as my tulips were in full bloom ~ {I'm still waiting for them to pop up this year}. I love close-up shots of flowers because it's a great way to capture all of God's magnificant creations.

I used the white Inchie squares from Inchie Arts and stamped the tulips in black pigment ink then embossed with clear embossing powder. I love the texture and depth embossing adds to the Inchie square. The other added bonus is that they are super easy to color because the image is raised & the ink won't bleed.

Supplies Used: White Inchie Squares ~ Inchie Arts; Cardstock ~ SU; Ink ~ Palette, SU & Copics; Stamps ~ Lockhart Stamp Co, Hero Arts & Lizzie Anne Designs; Chipboard Letter ~ Maya Roads; Ribbon ~ May Arts; Photo Clip ~ Oriental Trading Co.

It's Sketch Time...

Happy Thursday... Just a quick post today because the kids are keeping me super busy while they are on spring break.

Once again, it's time to for the weekly Lizzie Anne Designs sketch. I quick put this one together last night. YIKES ~ nothing like waiting until the last minute! Have you tried the Lizzie Anne sketch yet? Give it a try, it's super fun ~ CLICK HERE for the link!

Supplies Used: Stamps ~ Lizzie Anne Designs (Tutti Fruity); Cardstock, Ink & Pattern Paper ~ Stampin' Up!; Cuddlebug Embossing Plate (Swiss Dot); Scallop Edge Punch ~ EK Success; Nestabilities; SU Glitter.

More from My Cute Stamps...

While the kids were busy playing yesterday, I decided to go play too. I pulled out some of my new stamps from My Cute Stamps, that hadn't seen ink yet. This is a new set called Circus Animals & it has the CUTEST animals in it. I'm trying to figure out if these are baby cards or kids birthday cards. Either way, super fun!

I love paper piecing and all of the images from My Cute Stamps are perfect for this technique because the lines are nice and thick!

Supplies Used: Stamps ~ My Cute Stamps (Circus Animals); Cardstock ~ Papertrey & Prism; Pattern Paper ~ Little Yellow Bicycle; Ink ~ Palette & Copic Markers; Nestabilities; Ribbon ~ SU; Ric Rac ~ May Arts.

Hoppy Easter Cards...

This set is called Pea-nut Bunny & it's on sale right now over at Our Craft Lounge. In fact, all of the Easter sets are on sale right now until April 12th ~ Hoppy Anna Mae, Pea-nut Bunny, Hello Spring and In His Name.

It's Spring Break here in Indiana ~ guess what we woke up to yesterday? YUP ~ SNOW ~ YUCK!

I really wish we had gone some place warm for vacation but we are having a "stay-cation" instead this year (staying at home).

Easter Bunny Basket

Yes ~ I'm hooked on making these fun little chipboard purses/baskets. This project I made for the Lizzie Anne Designs April Project of the Month. You can find the instructions HERE, as well as many other great spring/Easter projects.

Supplies Used: Stamps – Lizzie Anne Designs (Hoppy Easter & In the Background); Ink – White pigment ink, Palette Noir; Copic Markers; Cardstock (Pink & Blue) – Doodlebug; Pattern Paper – Doodlebug; Trim – Doodlebug; Nestabilties; Sparkly Fluff from Our Craft Lounge; Ribbon, Scallop Edge Punch; Clear Card Box; Chipboard.

Springtime Smiles...

...from Our Craft Lounge! This set is called Hello Spring & it's on sale right now over at Our Craft Lounge. In fact, all of the Easter sets are on sale right now until April 12th ~ Hoppy Anna Mae, Pea-nut Bunny, and In His Name.

I found this pretty tissue paper at Target the other day & immediately thought of this Hello Spring set ~ I had to buy it!

Supplies Used: Stamps ~ Our Craft Lounge (Hello Spring); Cardstock ~ PTI; Ink ~ SU White Pigment; White embossing powder ~ SU; Scallop Edge Punch ~ EK Success; Punch ~ SU; Buttons & Ribbon ~ PTI; Sheer Ribbon ~ May Arts; Nestabilities.

New Lizzie Anne Sketch Challenge...

Here's the latest sketch challenge for Lizzie Anne Designs. It actually came out last Monday, but I didn't have a chance to post until today.

Also ~ Lizzie Anne Designs is having a sale this week on their Accessories ~ 20% to 50% off!!! Included in the sale are these adorable little Maya Roads Gears that I used on my card.

Supplies Used: Stamps ~ Lizzie Anne Designs (Gizmos & Gears); Cardstock & Ink ~ Stampin' Up!; Pattern Paper ~ Scenic Route; Chipboard Gears ~ Maya Roads (at Lizzie Anne Designs).

Inchie Friday ~ Easter Mini Book

Today's Inchie Arts project is a mini Easter photo mini-book. I used the Mini Accordion Book Kit from Inchie Arts (product information is below). This cute little photo book was super fast and easy to put together. I found four photos that I took during Easter and Spring last year & actually printed them all on one 4"x6" sheet. Then added them to every other page of the little accordian book. On the opposite sides, are four spring images stamped in white pigment ink and embossed right on the Inchie squares. I love embossing on these Inchie Squares ~ it works perfectly.

I used the Mini Accordion Book Kit from Inchie Arts. Included in this book kit: the supplies to create 3 pre-folded accordion books. 2 in khaki; each with 16 panels and 1 in black with 32 panels. Each panel measures 1 5/8” wide X 2” tall. There are also 6 pre-cut covers included. Create your own inchie alphabet or use images to tell a story or create a visual narrative. Decorate the cover boards with papers, beads, ribbons and other mini embellishments. (Note: The description of the Mini Accordion Book Kit was taken directly from the Inchie Arts Product discription.)

Here I used the little yellow transparency to show which section of the stamp image I wanted to use on my Inchie square.

Supplies Used: Inchie squares ~ Inchie Arts; Mini Accordion Book ~ Inchie Arts; Cardstock ~ Bazzill; Ink ~ SU White Pigment & Copics; Stamps ~ Hero Arts (alphabet) & Lockhart Stamp Company; Ribbon ~ Michael's; Scallop Square Punch ~ SU.