It's a Silver & Gold challenge @ Frosted Designs.

It's my turn to host the Fabulous Friday challenge on the Frosted Designs blog. 

In keeping with this festive time of year (only 19 more days til Christmas, you know!) my challenge to you is to use both silver and gold on your project.  This could be ribbon, brads, glitter, or anything else you like.  I chose to do a Christmas card, but your project does not have to be holiday themed.

 

 BoBunny "Elf Magic" collection and UmWow chipboard stars from the Frosted Designs store. 

 

I covered the chipboard stars with silver and gold Stickles, and also added silver, gold, green and blue dots of Stickles to the tree.  The card front is actually a shaped 6x6 piece cut from one of the BoBunny "Elf Magic" papers, then I traced it onto a folded piece of cardstock and cut a matching shape for the card base.  I used alphabet stickers from the collection pack for the greeting.

 

Our sponsor for this challenge is Quick Quotes Scrapbooking (love their chalk inks!)  Link up your silver & gold project to the Frosted Designs blog for a chance to win a fabulous prize from Quick Quotes

Love to Scrap Challenge #19 - make a shaped card

Our challenge this week at Love to Scrap is to make a shaped card - any shape except a square or rectangle.   Lacy Sunshine Stamps is our sponsor for this challenge, and they provided some wonderful images for the DT to work with.  I used the "Eleanor and Pickles Snow Day Fun" image for my card.

 

 

I colored the image with Copic markers, and then added a little sparkle with some glitter markers on various elements of the image.  I added a punched snowflake to the snowman's hat, and a sentiment stamp from Hero Arts.  The card was cut with my Cricut and the Artbooking cartridge (one of my favorite cartridges ever!).  I used Salty Ocean Distress Ink around the edges and added some clear gems for a little bling. 

 

Link up your shaped card to the Love to Scrap blog for a chance to win five digi images of your choice from Lacy Sunshine Stamps.

Adding that little extra touch!

I love candles, especially at this time of year.  I love all the holiday scents, especiallyYankee Candle's  Spiced Pumpkin for Fall and Mistletoe for Christmas.   Sometime, though, you want to dress up the candle jar a little bit, especially if you're giving it as a gift.   I used some items from the Frosted Designs store to add a little something extra to these candles.

 

These are both large jar candles, so I cut the patterned paper strip 3.5" x 12".  This covers the printed jar label without getting into the top and bottom curve of the jar.  (There's a gap of about 1/4" in the back, as a 12" length doesn't quite go around the jar, but I just adhered the paper directly to the jar with my ATG gun or glue lines.  You could also punch holes and add ribbon ties if you prefer.)

 

For the jar on the left, I used the Echo Park Reflections Fall paper collection, stitching 1/2" border strips to the top and bottom of the 3.5" x 12" paper piece.  The banners were fussy cut from one of the journaling blocks in the collection and adhered under the top border, with three buttons added on each side of the banner border.  The brown lace trim was adhered with glue dots.

 

The jar on the right uses the BoBunny Elf Magic collection.  The red dot paper was cut at 3.5" x 12" and the fa-la-la paper was cut at 3.25" x 12" and stitched to the red dot paper.  The Santa and candy cane were fussy cut from another patterned paper and adhered to one of the tags in the paper collection.  I added some glitter to the fur on Santa's suit for a little bling, and then attached the tag with red twine over the ribbon bow.

 

There you have it - a pretty and quick way to add a little something extra to a plain jar candle! 

 

Reflections Fall 12x12 Collection Kit Elf Magic 12x12 Collection Pack

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It's a "Boyz Rule" challenge at Love to Scrap!

Our new challenge is posted at Love to Scrap and it's a "Boyz Rule" challenge.  We want to see your masculine projects, or projects with a boy in mind.  

QKR Stampede is our sponsor for this challenge, and the prize is five digi images of your choice!  Here's my layout, using their "Little Buckaroo" digi stamp.  I stamped the image and colored it with Copics, then fussy cut around it and mounted it with foam adhesive for some dimension.  The cutie pie in the photos is my grandson, riding on the rocking horse Grandpa made for his sister and him.

Cardstock:  Hobby Lobby; Patterned paper:  Authentique; Stickers and alphas:  BoBunny & Authentique

 

Be sure to link up your project to the Love to Scrap blog, for a chance to win the QKR Stampede prize!  And don't forget to put "GDT" next to your link if you'd like to be a guest designer for Love to Scrap!

We're "gifting" @ Frosted Designs!

Our new challenge @ Frosted Designs is all about gifts - from layouts about special gifts to creative ways to give or wrap gifts.

For my project, I created some Christmas gift boxes that can be used to give gifts and then also used as Christmas decorations.   

 

I started with a set of three paper mache boxes that I bought at Michaels for about $3.99.  I measured the sides of each box and the sides and top of the lids and then cut paper strips to fit.  The papers were adhered with Ranger Glue and Seal, and then another coat of the Glue and Seal was applied over the top as a sealer.  (You could also use Mod Podge to adhere the papers and seal, or use a spray sealer over the top.)  The tags were cut from one of the papers in the BoBunny Elf Magic collection (you can find it here) and I just added some ribbon and twine bows.  I really love the colors in this BoBunny collection AND the fact that there are two sheets of each double-sided design!

 

We'd love to see your "gifted" ideas!  Link up to the Frosted Designs blog for a chance to win a prize from our sponsor, Molossi!

 

 

  

 

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It's an "Anything Goes" challenge @ Love to Scrap !

Our first November challenge @ Love to Scrap is one of the more popular themes - anything goes!  As long as you have a stamped (rubber or digi) image on your project, you can use whatever colors, theme, and items you want.

This November, I'm trying my hand at a "30 days of Gratitude" album.  I love the idea of finding something to be thankful for each day and taking time to notice the small things that make the days brighter.  The cover of the album is my project for this challenge.

 

I used some word stamps for the "cherish everyday moments" and some stitched heart stamps to accent the title banner.  The album is a chipboard album from Echo Park, with pull outs on the sides for journaling, photos, etc.  I used my Cricut and the Artbooking cartridge to make the round pages to fit inside the album.  The papers are from Simple Stories.

 

Our sponsor for this challenge is My Crafty Heart, and they're offering a $16 gift certificate to their store.  What a great prize!  All you have to do is link up your project to the Love to Scrap blog for a chance to win. 

 

 

Using a typewriter motif on a scrapbook page

Today on the Get It Scrapped blog, we're looking at ways to use typewriter motifs on scrapbook pages.   I know there's a whole generation (or two!) that have never used a typewriter, but back in my day, typewriters were a valuable tool.  I have fond memories of high school typing class, especially when we made the switch to IBM Selectrics - now we had the ability to change fonts, how cool!

Typewriters make me think of documents, keeping records, and nostalgia for earlier times, so it seemed like that motif was a perfect fit for this page about the census record I found of my mom and her family.

Paper & stickers:  Simple Stories; Frame: Basic Grey; wooden alphas: Studio Calico

 

When the 1940 census was released last year, it sparked my interest in genealogy, especially when I was able to find my parents and grandparents in the census records.  I used a copy of the 1940 census showing my mom, her brother, parents and grandparents as my background on this page, with a frame highlighting their names.  An old photo of my mom at around her age in 1940 was printed in black and white and trimmed with deckle edge scissors.  I added a typewriter motif that was fussy cut from patterned paper and a vintage typewriter sticker.  To make it look like there was a document in the typewriter, I cut a small slit around the roller portion of the typewriter sticker and inserted a ledger print sticker.  In keeping with the typewriter motif, I used a typewriter font rubon for the “1940″ at the top of the page, and typewriter key alpha stickers for my mom’s initials under her photo.

 

Check out the Get It Scrapped blog for more great ideas on using the typewriter motif!