Which Twilight Team Are You On?

Sorry Jacob - you're definitely a cutie - but I'm "Team Edward" all the way - LOL!! I'm back in time for Halloween with a "Twilight"album that I've been working on. I wanted to share this because I know a lot of you out there are fellow "Twi-hards" - hee hee...I created this using my Gypsy and my Cricut - as well as my Twilight stamps from Artful Inkables and then a stamp set I found at Barnes and Noble. The first pic is of the entire book - I had to really dig into the Cricut cartridge library to find shapes to match the ones on the covers on the books...the first one with the apple was pretty easy to find...here's a close-up...
The apple is from "My World" - all my shapes were cut at 5 inches as my book is 5 1/2 inches tall. The word "Twilight" in the oval is from the Barnes and Noble rubber stamp set. I bound my book with the Bind It All and used some red ribbon to accent the binding.
Here is my "New Moon" page. The flower is from the Gypsy Wanderings - which comes pre-loaded on the Gypsy. The Team Jacob stamp is from the Barnes and Noble stamp set. I embossed all the photo mats in my album with the Argyle Cuttlebug embossing folder - I ran black Core'dinations color core cardstock thru the folder and then sanded it down really good to get the cool 2-tone effect.
Here is my "Eclipse" page - the ribbon was trickier to find - I ended up finding this ribbon on the "Wild Card" cart - I had to play around with the sizing of it and then rotate to fit it to my book. The Team Edward stamp on this page is from the Barnes and Noble set as well.
And my Breaking Dawn page - those of you who have read the book know which scene I'm talking about - hee hee...I used stamps from Artful Inkables on this page for the quote and the feather background. The crown on this page is from the Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge.

Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out my Twilight album - are you counting down to the new movie in just a few short weeks?? I know I am!! I hope you all have a very safe and Happy Halloween!!

Spongebob to the Rescue!

I'm back again with another shape album to share!! This one is actually the first one that I did (before the Cars one) - I just hadn't gotten a chance to post the pics of this one on my blog. I did this album again using my Cricut and my Gypsy. My kids LOVE Spongebob and I did this little album so we could put some pics of them in their Spongebob jammies in it. I went with a Superhero theme with these adorable cuts from the Spongebob and other cartridges - here are some close-up pics of the pages - details for cut sizes and paper are under each pic...

Here is the first page - after each of the pages were designed on my Gypsy - they were cut in lightweight chipboard and covered in patterned paper. On this page - Spongebob was cut at 4 inches from the Spongebob Squarepants cartridge and the paper is from the DCWV All About Boys stack.

Here is page #2 - paper from the DCWV All About Boys stack again - Patrick was cut at 4 inches as well and is from the Spongebob Squarepants cartridge.

Sticking with the Superhero theme of the album - for this page I used the superhero car from the Paper Doll Dress-Up cartridge (it was cut at 2 inches). If you click on the pic - you can see bigger view of it and you'll see that the car was covered with a blue iridescent paper to give it some shine. The paper on this page is from the DCWV Generation Tech stack.

Here is the cityscape - this is from the Going Places cartridge - with the Gypsy - I was able to play around with the length and width to get it to match up with the other shapes in my album. The paper on this page is from the DCWV Generation Tech stack.

And the last page - the moon and the night sky - I cut the moon as a circle from the George and Basic Shapes cartridge - it's a 3 inch circle. I cut it using yellow glitter paper from the DCWV Glitter stack to give it some shimmer. The paper is from Hobby Lobby - I believe it is by KI Memories.

Thanks so much for stopping by!! I hope you're enjoying looking at these mini-albums as much as I enjoy making them - I really feel like I've been in a creative rut lately and doing something different like this is starting to bring my mojo back! ;)

Start Your Engines!!

Hello everyone!! Watch out - I'm back again and I've got a new toy - hee hee...I was lucky enough to purchase on of the new Gypsy machines by Provocraft when they debuted on HSN a couple of weeks ago and let me tell you - I've been having A LOT of fun with my Cricut again now that I have my Gypsy!! This is actually my second completed project with my new toy - I posted a Spongebob album over on the Cricut messageboards - here's a link - and I'll try to get the pics posted of that album here on my blog in the next day or so. But onto this new project I have to share with you today - it's a chipboard shape album made with the Disney Cars Cricut cartridge!! I have been loving all the custom shape albums and word books I've been seeing around scrapbook land lately - so I did some research on how to make them using my Cricut machine and the Design Studio software. Well - then my Gypsy came - so I decided to try it out with that instead and am loving what I'm able to do with it so far!! Basically - I'm designing my pages on the Gypsy - then cutting the pages out in lightweight chipboard and patterned paper to cover them. Then - I go back and re-cut all my shapes for my book and layer them on. Here are some close-up pics so you can see - all cuts were done with the Disney Cars cartridge..
When all the pages lined up - I wanted it to look like The King, Lightning McQueen and Chick Hicks were racing across the finish line - so for the first page - I used the checkered flags from the Cars cart - cut at 2 3/4 in. The paper is from Hobby Lobby as is the checkered flag and red ribbon.
Here is "The King" - he was cut at 2 1/2 inches and I accented him with red and crystal Stickles. All the checkered flag paper I used is from Hobby Lobby.
Here is Lightning - cut at 2 1/2 inches - accented with orange, yellow and crystal Stickles. (I love this pose - look how he is looking over at mean ol' Chick Hicks - hee hee...)
Here is Chick Hicks - page #4 - cut him at 2 1/2 in. and accented his numbers with crystal Stickles.
And the last page - the finish line - this cut is from the Cars cart as well - cut at 1 3/4 in - I stickled the letters and the lightning. The paper is some old Karen Foster racing paper I had in my stash.

Thanks SO much for stopping by and checking out my album!! I'm guessing now that I have my Gypsy - you're gonna see a lot of scrapbooking on my blog as well my normal stamping (when I get some more free time) - I've got one more Copic class left to do for the year and then I plan on getting back to some recreational stamping - LOL!! Have a wonderful day!!!

My First Twilight Card

Happy Friday!! I hope everyone has had a wonderful week! It's been an eventful week here - my youngest started his last year of Preschool this week so we've definitely had some adjusting to do. I got some YUMMY stamps in the mail today - I placed an order for a couple of Twilight-inspired sets from Artful Inkables and I have been stalking the mailbox all week waiting for them to come - hee hee...the Artful Inkables sets have to be my favorite Twilight sets - the collage image that I have used on this card is just perfect!! (Oh - and BTW - thanks to my friend Laura for sending me the link to the stamps when they were released this summer - you have officially enabled me - LOL!!) I thought it would be appropriate to make a removable bookmark card with these stamps - so you can send this card to your fellow Twilight lovin' sistahs - I know exactly who I'm sending this one to and I'm hoping it'll put a smile on her face! I used Michelle's HTDT? Tutorial from back in March to create this bookmark card - here is a link to the tutorial. All images are by Artful Inkables - the diamond background, feathers, sentiments and main image. I used the Nesties Labels2 set for the main image. The red satin ribbon is from a Michael's $1 bin - it's perfect for a Twilight card!! Here's a pic of the bookmark pulled out so you can see what it looks like...
Hee hee...I love that line from "Breaking Dawn" that's on the bookmark...**sigh**...hee hee...thanks so much for stopping by - hope you all have a wonderful holiday weekend!!

Cowabunga, Dude - I found some inspiration!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful start to their weekends!! Today was a big day for my youngest DS - he's 4 - and he had his very first soccer game this morning!! He did awesome - a little hesitant at first - but by the end of the game he had gotten some good kicks in. It's a fun age I think - they aren't into the competitiveness of it yet and they're just having fun - plus they're all just too cute to boot too!! :) I did do some stamping when we got home - participated in my very first Inspiration Challenge in SCS. I was perusing the Creative Wall Coverings site that is today's inspiration and came across this wallpaper border...
...and I knew exactly what I wanted to do!! I didn't have any images of dogs surfing - but I do have images of turtles surfing - so I went with that. The set I used is OCL's Hangin' Loose with Kona (an Eclectic Paperie exclusive set) - the sentiment is from this set as well. I've had this set forever and I need kicked in the behind for not inkin' it up yet because it's just too darn cute. I think I made up for it though by using every turtle in the set to create this scene - hee hee...the matching wall paper that goes with this border on the inspiration site was striped - so I drew inspiration from that too by adding some striped paper behind my image panel. I colored the image with Copics and sponged my sky on like I did on my card yesterday. I added a few flower brads for accents and even got to play with my new Nesties too - the inverted scallop circle set. Thanks so much for stopping by - hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!

Tell me if you've heard this one...

...the Wicked Witch, a turkey and Santa Claus walk into a bar....hee hee...doesn't this card remind you of one of those jokes?? LOL!! I know what you're thinking - she disappears for a month and comes back and thinks she's a comedienne! ;) I'd like to give you some exotic excuse as to where I've been - backpacking in Europe, summering in the Hamptons, etc. - but alas - it's nothing that exciting - hee hee...I had some medical problems (nothing serious) that I had to deal with in June and then took some time away from blogging and DT work to make time some more time for my family. We had a great end of summer vacation though and I sent my oldest back to school last week for his 2nd grade year!! Yikes - where does the time go?? With the kiddos heading back to school (my youngest starts his last year of Preschool next week) - I feel like I'm getting back into a stamping groove and would like to get back to regular blog posts (I'll try my best). I'm still teaching Copic classes though and will update my blog later today with upcoming dates if you're in the area and are interested. Now onto my card I have to share with you today...

It's been a long time since I've had this much fun making a card - this one just sort of came together really easily too...I've been drooling over this OCL "Holiday Cruiser" set since I discovered the new releases. I ordered it from EP as soon as it was back in stock and inked it up as soon as it got here yesterday - it's such a fun set to play with - I just love the way everything in the set interchanges - the possibilities are endless really. I did a lot of masking to create my scene - and it's sort of an ironic scene too, isn't it?? It certainly feels like the holidays fly by - one right on top of the other - Halloween stuff has been in stores for a month or so now and I saw Christmas stuff out at Hobby Lobby the other day - crazy!! Anywho - I colored the scene in with Copics - well - except the sky - it was sponged on with Versamagic Sea Breeze ink. The three panels were embossed with Cuttlebug folders - the purple with the Spiderweb folder, the orange with the Pumpkins folder and the red with the Snowflakes folder. Thanks SO much for stopping by and for those of you still following me - for not giving up on me - you guys are the best!!! ;)

I'm Feelin' Fruity!! **MFT Hop Around the Block**

Hello and welcome to the July mid-month MFT Hop Around the Block!! If you've just happened onto my blog - then hop back over to Kim's blog and start the hop from there - I'll see ya when you get back!! ;) We've got some of the cutest sets to show you along the way - I'm gonna start by sharing a card made with the UBER-CUTE "Feelin' Fruity" set - OMG - the fruits are just precious and the sentiments are so sweet - you are gonna LOVE this set!! I used the pear image from the set - I stamped one pear onto my MFT Perfect Paper panel - masked it with Eclipse masking tape - then stamped my second pear to create the "perfect pair" - LOL!! I colored them in with Copics (and BTW - if you want to see how to get that cool 2 tone effect on the fruit - check out my new HTDT? Tutorial this week here). The paper is from the MFT 6X6 Spring Collection - the buttons are from the Spring Button collection too and I don't know if you can see - I added a little stem and leaf to each one. The pink ribbon is from the yummy MFT Plaid ribbon pak.
This second card was done with the new Annie LaPoint "Harvest of Hope" set - what a beautiful image, huh?? I can see this one being VERY versatile!! The image was colored in with Copics and the new HTDT? tutorial also shows a great trick on getting shading in those small leaves and flower petals. The paper on this one is from the MFT Spring collection as well and the ribbon from the MFT plaid ribbon pak. I punched my flowers and put a small pink gemstone in the center of each of them as well.

MFT is releasing 3 sets - which will be available starting at midnight - Feelin' Fruity, Spread a Harvest of Hope (Annie LaPoint) and Bubble Bunny. Be sure to get your order in early to qualify for the "First 50" - the special "First 50" Memento Dew Drop collection continues this week with "Bamboo Leaves"!! And in honor of another Copic tutorial - this week's spotlight is on the My Favorite Copic Collection - the perfect way to either start or add-on to your Copic collection!!

Thanks SO much for stopping by - your next stop on the hop is Cindy- and I know she has some BEAUTIFUL eye candy to share with you!!!