Second Project for Flowersoft Blog Hop!

Ta da....here's my second project for the Blog Hop this month!  I decided to try a card.  I'm not really a card person.  I find cards the most difficult to make.  I don't know why.  I'm sure they are quite simple for most of you, but I just don't have the "knack" for them.  I have trouble coming up with designs for cards.  Anyway, I do like the way this one turned out.

I used one of the shoe stamps from the Fabulous Shoes - Collection 1 set.  You can find others sets from the collection on the Flowersoft website.

I then glued some tiny lace trim to shoe.  I used Glossy Accents to glue it, and I ruffled it as I went along.  It took about an hour or so to do, but I think it looks great!  I also added some bling and flat back pearls from Miriam's Crafting Supplies.  I colored the shoe using my Distress Markers.

I hope you like this card....would love to hear your comments!  And maybe some tips on making cards, too. I would love to hear how you decide to design a card.  Do you use something like Card Maps (similar to Page Maps for layouts)?

Be sure to collect the "secret" words from each of us to win a fabulous prize from Flowersoft!  My secret word is:

touches

Once you have all the "secret" words from the rest of the ladies on the blog hop, unscramble and email the entire phrase to Angela Holt at thealteredpage@yahoo.com with Flower Soft Blog Hop in the subject line.

Visit Shanna next....here's the entire Blog Hop lineup:

Angela Holt Designs - www.angelaholtdesigns.com

Scrappin Madge - www.thescrappinlounge.com

Dare's Designz - www.scrapndare.blogspot.com

Flowers by Rhonda - www.flowersbyrhonda.blogspot.com

Jennifer Stahr - www.myscrapmenagerie.com  You Are Here

Shanna Sands - scsdesigns.blogspot.com  Visit Next

April Blog Hop!

Yep!  It's Blog Hop time again!  My first project for the hop is a shadow box.  

I began with a dollar store wooden shadow box.  There was a glass front on it, but I didn't use that.  I painted an undercoat of yellow, put a layer of crackle on, then painted it all over in white.  It gives it that shabby chic look.  I stamped the cottage.  It was a stamp I had purchased from a friend.  I colored it with my distress markers.  I then put on some Flowersoft (Meadow, and Autumn) so accentuate the flowers and bushes around the cottage.  

I then used stamps by Mabel Lucie Attwell - Garden Accessories.  They are really cute.  I put some Glossy Accents on the watering can and garden basket to stiffen them up a bit.  I cut them out along with some flowers from the stamp collection.  I pop-dotted the basket and can to give them a bit of dimension.  

I used some Prima flowers from my stash and added some bling from Miriam's Crafting Supplies.

These cute tiny butterflies are from the Garden Accessories stamp set also.  I added some Copper Stickles to give them a little sparkle.  I also used a little piece of vine ribbon that I had in my stash.

I pop-dotted the cute smiling flower to add dimension.  And I made a banner strip by using some of my letter stamps, and inking the edges.  I think it adds a kind of warmth to the project.

Finally, the beaded trim on the bottom is two types.  The hanging trim I bought from a local dollar store.  The strip of yellow beading is from Angela Holt!  I just loved how this turned out!  Leave me some love and let me know what you think!

Be sure to collect the "secret" words from each of us to win a fabulous prize from Flowersoft!  My secret word is:

touches

Once you have all the "secret" words from the rest of the ladies on the blog hop, unscramble and email the entire phrase to Angela Holt at thealteredpage@yahoo.com with Flower Soft Blog Hop in the subject line.

Visit Shanna next....here's the entire Blog Hop lineup:

Angela Holt Designs - www.angelaholtdesigns.com

Scrappin Madge - www.thescrappinlounge.com

Dare's Designz - www.scrapndare.blogspot.com

Flowers by Rhonda - www.flowersbyrhonda.blogspot.com

Jennifer Stahr - www.myscrapmenagerie.com  You Are Here

Shanna Sands - scsdesigns.blogspot.com  Visit Next

April Sponsor!

A wonderful welcome goes out to our new sponsor for April....FlowerSoft/Katy Sue Designs!  These products are amazing, and have so many awesome ways to use their products.  So join us this month as I and my DT sistas from Angela Holt Designs show you many of the ways we use their products....

My first project is an ATC (Artist Trading Card)!  I used Card Creators - Lunar Landscapes to make the card.  I used Glossy Accents to accentuate the vines around the edge.  I put a bit of the Polar White Flower Soft on the moon.  And I used one of the sentiments from the Die Cut Silhouette Stickers - Wish Sentiments.  I had a cut leftover sparkly heart from another project that I thought looked great on this card.  Around the edge of the card I added some of Angela Holt's Pearlized Bead Trim.

I didn't have an ATC stamp for the back, so I went online and used a free digital one.  Just printed it off, and glued it on the back.  I used a couple of my Glimmer Mists to color the back.

Last Day of March Hop!

So this is the last day of our March Blog Hop.  Unfortunately I was unable to finish my second project.  I tried but I'm having a lot of trouble with pain in my hands right now that is preventing me from doing a lot of things.  Hopefully I will be able to do more projects soon.  But still....leave a comment on my first project (below in Mar 24th post).  I will pick a winner of the paper pad by Monday.  So don't forget...you need to leave a comment on that project post, be a member of my blog, and post a comment on Facebook.  Good luck!

March Blog Hop!

And so begins another Blog Hop!  We have some wonderful sponsors....

Tsunami Rose

(does digital kits)

(sells flat back pearls, charms, buttons, and much more!)

(headbands, doll clothes, scrapbook trimmers, and much more!)

Three Cs Creations

(sells Crystal Droplets)

(bling, kits, trims, much more!)

Now for my project....I made a crocheted Easter Egg cover!  I love to crochet, so I saw a pattern online for this, and decided to do my "take" on it.  

I used orange flat back pearls, and a button from Miriam's Crafting Supplies.  The flowers, ribbon, and butterfly were from my stash.

Miriam's pearls were the perfect color for this project!  I used fabric glue to attach them to the crochet cotton.

This gorgeous butterfly I got from a friend.  I believe she picked it up from the dollar store.  I just love it!

A Giveaway, Too!

I'm feeling "Springy" this month, so I thought a giveaway might be in order....Here's what you can win:

So, to win you have to:

1. Leave a comment on both of my blog hop projects this week (another one is coming in a few days)
2. Leave a comment on my Facebook page telling me what you thought of the Blog Hop
3. Join my blog

That's it!  I will pick a name April 1st.  So leave a lot of love....you never know when I'll be having another giveaway!  Good luck!

And now on to the rest of the Blog Hop!

Angela Holt Designs http://www.angelaholtdesigns.com/

Scrappin Madge http://www.thescrappinlounge.com

Dare's Designz www.scrapndare.blogspot.com  

Flowers By Rhonda http://www.flowersbyrhonda.blogspot.com/

Jennifer Stahr www.myscrapmenagerie.com  You Are Here

Shanna Shands http://scsdesigns.blogspot.com  **Next Stop

Stickles Storage!

I finally made another project!  LOL!  This time I decided to make a container to hold all my Stickles.  Well at least a container to hold the ones I have now.  I might need to make another one if I buy more.  I used a collection of paper I've been hoarding (Echo Park - Be Mine).  The flowers are Prima.  The gorgeous bling on the top were buttons from Miriam's Crafting Supplies.  They are buttons, but I cut the backs off.  The button on the front is also from Miriam's (I also cut the back off that one).  I used some ribbon from my stash, and a tassle that was a graduation keychain.  I just took the keyring and year charm off.  I think this box definitely needed a tassle.

Are the blingy buttons just gorgeous?  I think they were perfect for my box!  The Echo Park Be Mine collection was perfect, too, for my Stickles container because my scrap room is all pink/black/white and Paris theme!

And here's what the inside looks like.  I just bought PVC couplings from Home Depot (.45 cents each).  They were a perfect fit for my Stickles!  Now I can store them upside down, and don't have to shake them when I need to use them.  I saw this PVC idea on Youtube.  I just put my own twist on it!  As I said before, this will fit my Stickles for now.  But if I buy more, I will need to create another box!  By the way....the magnets I used on this box to keep it close are also from Miriam's Crafting Supplies.  And man, are they ever strong!  I definitely need to buy some more of them.  So if you are in need of some magnets for boxes or mini albums...order them from Miriam!

Life A Bloom Album!

I have been working hard on on a beautiful album from a talented digi artist Tsunami Rose!  I have never done a digi album before.  I made this one to hold all my favorite quotes to put on layouts.

I used Prima flowers and some Maya Road rose trim to decorate the front of my album.  The butterfly is from the dollar store, and the gem flower is from Walmart.

I love the way all the flowers look!  It's very befitting of the title of the album.

I used some charms I had in my gigantic charm box!  A cute little birdhouse, a pretty gold rose, and the word "Inspire" because that is what the book is all about.  All the quotes I will keep in this book I will use to inspire my layouts!

I love the sweet little pockets that were included in this kit.  I used some of the journal paper that was included in the kit to make the one on the right.  I made this in a junk journal sort of style.  I used scraps of paper from my scrap box to make extra pages.  And I used several different tags I had in my tag drawer.

There were lots of cute sentiment spots also included in the digi kit.  I added some different paperclips to the pages, too, to hold other quotes I gather as see them.

I didn't seal the ticket and the Bingo card that was included in the kit because I can use the space inside to write more quotes.

I also used a few different bull clips for clipping my favorite quotes.

I loved making this album!  I used some lace trim from my stash to add to some of the pages.