PDCC59 - Moxie Fab - Glitter is Glam!

I LOVE PLAID!  I tend to be a SOLID kinda girl so plaid is "wild and crazy" in my world!  What could be better than just plaid - How about glitter plaid??!!  WHOO HOO - - -

The colors are based on this week's Play Date Cafe Challenge #59 - It is a good thing that I do challenges or you 'd be looking at a nice peaceful brown, tan and taupe glitter plaid right about now. . .

All you need to make glitter plaid of your own is some scor-tape, cardstock and glitter.  Martha Stewart glitter comes in so many fabulous colors - including brown!

 Having two widths of Scor-tape made the plaid more "realistic".

It is important to glam up your A Muse sentiment with some glitter too!  Stamp your sentiment, cut it out and run through your Xyron machine "upside down".  That covers the front of your paper with adhesive and allows the glitter to stick.

This card was made for two other challenges - Moxie Fab World's Glitter is Glam Challenge and the A Muse Lounge Challenge to use sparkles - AMC23.  Just you wait - one day I will get really uninhibited and tap into some argyle!!

FTL120 - Kaisercraft bird

This quick and easy card is based on the current sketch from Clean & Simple Stamping (FTL120).  The bird came from Kaisercraft and is a super quick way to add pizzazz and dimension to a simple card.

The patterned paper is from the Making Memories Brun Antique collection.  Sentiment from A Muse.

Handmade notebooks and Blog Candy!

I've been making notebooks!!  Such fun - I bought some supplies from The Paper Source back this summer when we were in Chicago.  I had gobs more of these notebooks but I have a habit of giving things away as soon as I make them - are you like that too?

You can hardly ever find me sewing a button on clothing but I sewed these notebooks together with waxed linen twine. To add some whimsy, each of the notebooks has different patterned paper on the inside.

The spines are made from woven linen fabric tape. 

When you are all finished there is a dainty little knot in the center of your notebook - I believe that this form of binding is called a 5 hole pamphlet stitch.

Let's have some blog candy - how would you like your own handmade/stitched notebook?  I will send it to you with some fun A Muse goodies - Sheer Fern polka dot ribbon and two sheets of scallop stickers (circles and ovals).  I actually bought the patterned paper on the outside of the notebook nearly 3 years ago at the A Muse shop in Seattle before they moved to their current location (I've been hoarding it).  It was my very first exposure to A Muse - I'm SO happy that my SIL took me to the shop!  Just leave a comment and I'll pick a random winner within the next week. 

I've listed several more of these notebooks in my Zibbet shop!

GS67 CPS196 - Scalloped thanks!

This card was inspired by a combo of two current sketch challenges - The main part of the card from the Get Sketchy #67 and the sentiment area from Card Positioning Systems Sketch 196.

A few months back I had a Scallop tutorial featured on the Create blog and I made several scallop strips and accented the ends with copper tape (found in the stained glass section of your hobby store).  I really like making extras of things when I'm in a crafting mood- then I always have stuff to play with later without the effort.

I couldn't resist the swirls in the CPS sketch so I used Prima gems to get that look and finished off with some hand-dyed seam binding.  The patterned papers are Basic Grey and the sentiment is from SU!

So the other day I was holding Caleb's new lizard and I commented, "He's as light as a feather." - Caleb replied, "Yes and he's as cute as a mullosk."  (Did you realize that a slug is a mullosk?  Caleb tried twice unsuccessfully to keep a slug as a pet - I think we will be more successful with the lizard) - Wanna see a pic of the little guy?

Told ya he was cute!!

Fabric Flower Pin Class -

Just a reminder - the Fabric Flower Pin class is this Wednesday at 10:00AM at Make Time to Create in Newburgh, IN.  If you want to learn how to make these fun flowers be sure and call Dolly to register - (812) 490-4790.  I'd love to see you there!

PDCC58 FTL119 Moxie Fab All Occasion HELLO

WHOO HOO - This card turned out even more fabulous than I expected!  A luxuriant flourish, luscious silk ribbon, sparkly bling, retro patterned paper and a fun banner cut sentiment.

The colors are from the Play Date Cafe Challenge and the layout is from Clean & Simple Stamping and it fits within the parameters of the Moxie Fab World Card Creations: Favorite Occasions Week - The All Occasion Challenge.

Flourish stamp by Stampington; sentiment and twinkle stickers from A Muse; Ribbon from May Arts; patterned paper from Basic Grey.
Caleb got the Bearded Dragon that he's been saving up for today - right now he's asleep in his bedroom with the dog, his Betta fish, the lizard and about 30 crickets!  YUP - the crickets completely gross me out!!

OLW31 - Back to the Beginning

This week's One Layer Wednesday Challenge (OLW31) is a blast from the past - a blast from our stamping past!  The challenge is to go back to your beginning in rubber stamping - and draw from the things that attracted you to stamping in the first place -

Look at these old beauties!  My love of all things paper began with Stampin' Up!  Here are some of my first purchases - buying the ink was not an option so purchasing the chalk allowed me to have all the colors to match the cardstock.  I also really loved techniques when I first started stamping so Splitcoaststampers was THE place to go to learn - still is - what a wonderful resource!  Remember Dazzling Diamond Dust?  You know how coal miners can get black lung - frankly, I may have sparkle lung.  The jar in the picture is the third one I've had - LOVE me some embossed bling.

Here's my modern twist on it - I used Washi tape (this stuff is great - not only decorative but removable too) to mask off around the butterfly (colored with chalks).  This way I could use the technique and not add a layer to my card.

The silk ribbon is from May Arts.  Here's a link to a card aptly named Heartfelt Dazzling Diamonds that I uploaded to SCS in March of 2006!  I've definitely come a long way since then!!  ;-)  What did you do when you first started stamping?
I am also linking this card to the Moxie Fab World Card Creations:  Favorite OccasionsWeek - The Thank You Challenge - I dare you to say that 10 times fast!  BTW - It is a great issue!!