Chevron - not gasoline!

One of the hottest new trends is the zig-zag design of the chevron... the sargent stripes on a military uniform, or ric-rac trim... that great up and down look.  The HoneyBees were inspired by a great challenge and article in PaperCrafts magazine, and we have explored it a bit ourselves this week.  I do hope you will pop over both places and have a look.  This is my effort.

I took a piece of striped paper from the Imaginisce Happy Day paper pack (stash from 2008!) and cut a strip 12 inches long, then cut three inch pieces.  I laid the shorter pieces at the angle I wanted on my paper trimmer, creating the points.  Be SURE to flip one upside down, so you get matching points, or all of your points will be headed the same direction... (want to know how I know?... hahahaha)  Then match up your points and add a bit of tape on the back to hold.   Very easy.  I thought a bit of zig-zag stitching was the right touch, too. 

The sticker covered chipboard sentiment was part of the paper pack, as was the confetti background paper.  I added the Glam Rocks with my I-Rock, and this project was in the books! 

Won't you give Chevrons a try this week, and share your project with us at BettyBee's Buzz???  We'd LOVE to come and see what you have created!

Have a great week!

Something old, NEW, borrowed, and blue!

Happy Wednesday!  It's HoneyBee Showcase day, and we are all ABuzz about our challenge with our guest HoneyBee, Amy Sheffer, of Pickled Paper Designs!  She gave us the challenge of coming up with something brought to mind by the recent Royal Wedding... we are to use something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue.  It doesn't have to be a wedding creation.. just have those elements.  Have any of you ever heard the additonal line of "and a penny (or a dime) in your shoe"?  I did, and had a dime from the year that I was born in my shoe, so I would never be broke :)  I still have that dime.... Awwwww.  Don't you just love traditions?

Well, here is my card for the challenge, and a fun NEW tutorial for you!

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I started out with OLD paper, the blue background 12x12 cardstock is from the first big paper stack I bought when I started card making umpteen years ago!   

My something NEW is the card design!!  I was inspired by a store bought card that my Mom received some time back, and I figured an adaptation for us!  Oh, how I wish you could see this in motion!  The insides truly wave at you!!!

My something BORROWED is knowledge.  I used the search feature at MyCutSearch.com to find the "Fish" and "Water" cuts on all of my Cricut Cartridges!  Wow!  What a great site.  So easy to use, and all of the books are there, so you can see at a glance what all of the extras are on every cartridge!   

And, of course, my something BLUE is pretty obvious!  I do hope you will pop over to BettyBee's Buzz to check out the tutorial that Amy shared with us, as well as her bio and interview.  Then check out Wednesday's post where the HoneyBee's Showcase their take on the challenge, and give you plenty of inspiration to get you going.  There will be a prize package for our winner, too!  How about letting it be YOU!

Well, I had so much fun creating the new design for the fishy card above that I decided to show you another one, and give the directions so you can make one for yourself! 

First, for an A2 size card (5.5 x 4.25), begin with a piece of cardstock 12 x 5.5 inches. 

You will make 9 score marks on it, so that it will have four mountain/valley folds.  The folds are 3/8 of an inch high.  Note:  A Martha Stewart scoring board is very helpful, as it has 1/8 inch scoring lines, but you can do it by measuring and using a paper trimmer and stylus, or any other scoring tool.  Beginning at the left end, score at 4 1/2, 4 7/8, 5 1/4, 5 5/8, 6, 6 3/8, 6 3/4, 7 1/8, 7 1/2.  Score your lines very sharply so the card will close flat.  Add score tape or redline tape to the front of each mountain fold, as shown.

I cut five 6 inch borders for my cards.  One for the front and four for the inside.  After adhering them to the mountains, I trimmed the ends.  I used waves for the fish card, and grass and cattails for this one.  The cattails made perfect flower holders.

Embellish as desired.  In the first card I had written the message, and the bottom one was computer generated.  Stamping would work very well, too.  The flowers were all punched... quick and easy!  The movement of the flowers is so delightful!!  When you open the card they just dance :)  It surely brings a smile to your face! 

I do hope you will give it a try.  If you have ANY questions, Please leave me a comment, or send me an email.  I will be more than happy to help. 

Happy creating~

A challengeing Challenge!

Today's challenge at Whoopsi Daisy is to create something with NO LAYERS! 

Well, I love working with digital images, and one of the best features is printing them out in the size you want.  One great thing about Whoopsi Daisy images is getting the bargain of FOUR images on a sheet, SO when I printed out my super adorable firefighter, I needed to cut him away from the cute little girls that came on the sheet around him! 

Therefore, I think I still qualify for "no layers" since I didn't add mats around the outside of the card, or under the image and the sentiment, don't you!?! Ha!

Here he is in close up.  I colored him with Copics, and added a little shadow with water color pencils.  The edges of both circles are inked to make them POP!  This paper is from the Imaginisce Birthday Bash collection.  The sentiment is Stampin' Up! 

 

I have a little tid bit for you about the little red gems at the bottom... they are custom colored, just for this project!

 

First, start with Imaginisce white Metallic Glam Rocks, a sticky back note, and a permanent marker in the perfect color!

Stick the Glam Rocks to the sticky strip on the back of the note, so they stay put while you color them to match your project!  (Duh, why didn't I think of this sooner???!!!)

Attach with your battery operated I-Rock, and sit back and smile at your beautiful creation!! 

One last look at our Happy Birthday card!  This little fellow can handle a BUNCH of candles, and as the sentiment says... The more Candles, the BIGGER the Wish!

Do head over to Whoopsi Daisy and check out the rest of the Design Team's take on the No Layer Challenge, and see Linnie's darling images.  You can order them very easily, and enjoy coloring them for your next creations!

Happy crafting ~

 

Christmas with Imaginisce Showcase

Hi! This is going to be one of the longest posts I've done in a while, but I hope you find it to be a fun one :) I had the opportunity to join my friend, Kristi, in showcasing the Imaginisce Cottage Christmas Collection, and we decided to come up with as many unusual projects as we could!

Above is our little birdhouse village! I wish you could really see and enjoy all of the little details on each house. I even named all of them! Can you tell which one is the Love Shack? LOL If you pop over to Cuttlebug Challenge, you will get to see each one of them up close, and see all of the details of the papers, trims, glitter, gems, and stamps! The "ice" around the bottom is like gel, and it is a dry crystal that swells up in water. Very cool stuff!

I just loved this project! My daughter saw the wreath idea on Our Daily Chocolate Blog, and I knew I had to give it a try! I must say that my version must be a lot bigger than hers, because it's about 5 times as full! Check out her blog for the basic info, but my wreath is a 16 inch styrofoam form, then 500 coffee filters!! Yep, that's right, FIVE HUNDRED coffee filters, folded four times, then a bit of glue added, and then straight pinned to the wreath. (Note, she used a stapler, but the staples kept falling out of my wreath). It is just GORGEOUS!!! It is so luscious and full, and looks like white carnations. It is magnificent spritzed with a light mist of golden Glimmer Mist, too!!




One sheet of the Cottage Christmas Paper is counting one through twenty five, so this is an Advent Wreath, with Peppermint Mints each day! The pieces are pinned on with corsage pins, so my wreath can be used all year round! Much too fabulous to put away after Christmas!!

Now, we all know that BIG things often come in small packages, so we took a tiny tin, and used a scrap from one of the other projects to make this delightful box. The sleigh is a rub-on from the coordinated set, and the pearls in the corner are added with the I-Rock Hot Fix tool.

We both had one of those wooden shaped kits, and when we saw this gorgeous paper, we knew that this was a perfect project for it! Don't you agree? With a coat of red paint to match, it makes a great gift presentation!! It is so easy with matching ribbons, rub-ons, stamps, and even sparkling snowflakes.

This tower of light is actually three boxes with an electric candle through the top. It came that way, and all we did was re-decorate the theme. The candle was damaged, and some glue and Martha Stewart Glitter to the rescue, along with these great papers, and we have a winner of a project!

This shows a great bow idea... and using this great double sided paper made it very easy. All you do is cut three inch strips, roll them in half, and adhere the ends flat. Begin layering your bow all around the outside layer first, adhering them to the box top, and then build up the inside layer.

Please be sure to check out the rest of the projects over at Cuttlebug Challenge! (Yep, there are more!!) Kristi did the Christmas Card belt, and also the White Board, plus we've got a lot more pictures!

I want to thank Imaginisce for the opportunity to showcase this great set, and I hope they are happy with the projects that we've created! I know we are...I hope you are too!! If you have questions or comments, I hope you'll leave them :)

I'll be back soon with more goodies! In the meantime ...

Happy crafting ~