Love 4th of July

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Artbooking, Bo Bunny, Copic, Cricut, Spectrum Noir, Sunsational Stamps, Wink of Stella

Howdy-do!  Today I decided to do a scrapbook layout.  I have been so busy making cards lately that I haven’t had much time for my first passion…scrapbooking.

I recently came across some pictures of our family at a local fireworks festival.  A polo field near our home has a fireworks display every year and we prefer to park at the church across the street from the field than park in the polo field…it can be quite messy.

Fireworks Couple Layout

First I printed out the Fireworks Couple digi image from Sunsational Stamps and colored it with my Copic markers.  I used a Wink of Stella gold and a Spectrum Noir blue shimmer pens for the fireworks, for that extra something, something!

Fireworks Couple Layout Close-up

I cut the layout mats using my Artbooking Cricut cartridge.  I cut extra stars, numbers, letters and little rockets using the same cartridge.  The foundation is Bazzill paper and the center anchoring strip is Bo Bunny.  This is going to end up being a two page layout, so I will post the other page when I have it completed.

Fireworks Couple Digi Image

I hope you enjoyed our layout today, and we would love it if you would like us on Facebook, follow our blog by clicking on the “Follow Me” button and follow us on Instagram so you don’t miss a thing!

Happy Scrappin’

Sunsational Stamps September Release Blog Hop

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Artbooking, CTMH, Distress Inks, Scattered Straw, Sunsational Stamps

Welcome to Sunsational Stamps Design Team Blog Hop for September, 2015.  Thank you for joining us today!  We have 2 themes for this month, Fall and Halloween with a combined total of 14 new stamps. They are too cute for words and you will be inspired by our amazing Design Team’s projects.  This month there is Blog Candy to be won at every stop.  The image below (you could win) is so adorable and you will be able to get a jump start on your Christmas creations!

Hoo Loves Christmas? Cut file

There will be a free Digi Stamp available as well for all who participate.

Here are a few simple rules we ask you to follow to show support for each crafter and the time they have put into their work. In order to be eligible for the drawing for the blog candy and the Free digital stamp…

1) you MUST visit each blog,

2) leave a comment,

3) become a follower of each blog and our DT blog at http://sunsationalstamps.blogspot.com/

We also are offering a special for this release:

You will get 10% off any order of $10.00 or more. Just use the code SEPTEMBER10.

The code will be valid in both the “Sunsational Stamps” store and the “Scrapping With Lisa Designs” store

This special offer is good until Sunday, September 27th at midnight  EST.

Grab your favorite beverage, and let’s get hopping.

For my project I used the Happy Howl-aween image below.

I created this layout with the Happy Howl-aween images and I just LOVE how the ghosts are so whimsical.  I am all about cutesy Halloween!

Happy Howl-aween layout

I printed the digital image in several different sizes.  I used the largest size of the tombstone and ghosts for the foreground and the moon.  Then I used smaller varying sizes of the tombstones and ghosts and fussy cut them separately so I could pepper them throughout the scene.  I fussy cut hills and popped up the front hill so I could layer the tombstones.  The haunted house and fence were cut out using the CTMH Artbooking Cricut cartridge.  I then distressed the edges of the title and sponged on Scattered Straw Distress Ink and attached it to a piece of orange tulle that I gathered in the center to make a spooky bow.

Happy Howl-aween Images

I sure hope this inspires you to create something ookie, kookie or a little bit spooky!

If you happened to have stumbled upon this blog by chance or accident, please make sure to head to the first blog listed so you don’t miss any of the Love we have to share with you. This hop runs from 8 am September 26th through  11:59 pm September 27th, so you have plenty of time to visit every blog in the list below.

Here is the line up for the hop:

Janet      –  http://www.ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/

Sheena   –  http://cardsbysheena.blogspot.co.uk/

Carla      –  http://www.racincrafts.blogspot.com

Eileen  (ME)     –  www.papercanvascreations.wordpress.com

Myra      –  http://ladybugsinspiration.blogspot.com/

Rhonda  –  http://craftingwithblue.blogspot.com/

Marji     –  http://www.fstampaholic.blogspot.com/

Janie     –  http://crafterscastle.blogspot.com/

Hannah –  http://cajunhannahcraft.blogspot.com/

Carolyn –  http://www.grandmacarol46580.blogspot.com

Lisa      –  http://sunsationalstamps.blogspot.com/

Thank you for joining us, we hope we were able to inspire you just a bit!! Check back here often for more inspirational projects created by our very talented Design Team!

Take Me Out To The Ball Game

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Art Philosophy, Artbooking, Close To My Heart, Debbie Hodge, Doodlebug Designs, Get It Scrapped, Jolee's

Hey, Hey!

Well it looks like Spring has finally arrived and with Spring comes baseball!  I finally got back to doing layouts for a few days and I wanted to share a couple of layouts that I made as part of a Spring Break album.  The first layout was of Spring Training in Scottsdale for the Chicago Cubs vs the Seattle Mariners.  We had a blast!

Baseball Spring Training Layout

I used the Close To My Heart Cricut Artbooking and Art Philosophy cartridges for this layout.  The film strip and camera was from Art Philosophy and the word Baseball as well as the baseball at the bottom of the film strip were from the Artbooking cartridge.  The “Spring Training” and “Go Cubs” were from Doodlebug’s Teeny Type alpha stickers.  The baseball gear is from Jolee’s stickers.

The second page for this album showcased some pool frolics with my daughter and niece.  It is the second side to a layout I featured a while back.  This one utilized the same color combos so they coordinated and I used a layout challenge from Debbie Hodge “Get it Scrapped”.  She is so incredibly talented and I learn so much about design principles from her.

Layout based on “Three Acts” principles.

I am going to end this post with the message above…Sunny Days!  Yes indeed.

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How Do I Love Thee, Let Me Count The…Cards

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Artbooking, Close To My Heart, Cricut, CTMH, eBosser, Stamp of the Month

Valentine greetings friends, I am still cranking out Valentine cards, so with no further ado, here are a few more designs.

Hexagons cut using Cricut Artbooking cartridge.

I love hexagons!  So, of course I own the Hexagon stamp sets…(yes, plural).  The stamp set I used is called Happy Hexagons, which is compatible with the CTMH Artbooking Cricut cartridge.

Hexagon Card

I used CTMH Pigment inks; Hollyhock, Cranberry and Cotton Candy as well as Memento Tuxedo Black ink for the arrows and sentiments.  I also added some pizzaz with the Pink Glitter Gems.  I love the glitter gems and have them in pretty much every color.  These sets are great because they contain several shades of the color family and they vary in size.

Lace Embossed with bling

Two types of embossed hearts

On the card above I embellished this one with two different types of embossed hearts.  The solid red one was run through my eBosser with the Polka Dot embossing folder.  I stamped the heart with the cranberry pigment ink, added clear embossing powder and heat set it.  The sentiment came from the January Stamp of the Month ‘This Moment‘.  The top strip of paper is from the Heartstrings paper collection.

Last, but not least is the card I made using the new stamp set Amour which is available in the new Seasonal Expressions 1 catalog.  I love anything French, so I went “Ooh-la-la’ over this set.

Je T’Adore Card

Ingredients for the Amour card

I also used the Forever in My Heart stamp set for the inside sentiment.  I embossed the silhouette of the couple and the Je T’Adore sentiment.  The script background was stamped with slate dye ink on light grey card stock.  All the shapes where cut using the Artbooking cartridge.

Amour Stamp Set

Amour Stamp Set

Forever in My Heart stamp set

Forever in My Heart stamp set

I hope you enjoyed these cards.  Please follow our blog and like us on Facebook.  Happy Valentine’s Day and Happy Scrapping!

My Funny Valentine

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Artbooking, Close To My Heart, Cricut, CTMH, eBosser, Seasonal Expressions

Howdy do and hugs to you!  I don’t know about you, but I am in the Valentine spirit.  I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Valentine’s Day.  If you could see the gazillion stamps and patterned papers themed around hearts, kisses and love, you would know that I am a fan.  Today I will share a few of the many Valentines I have made recently.

CTMH Heartstrings and the “You’ve Got a Friend” stamp set

CTMH “Forever in My Heart” stamp set and the border was the zip strip off the top of one of the patterned papers. I use EVERYTHING.

I just love the Heartstrings patterned paper pack that is in the Close To My Heart Seasonal Expressions I catalog.  This paper packet is only available until the end of March 2015.  I really like that they incorporated their Lagoon color to give this line a unique feel.   I made several different designs with this paper.

The next card up to bat was inspired by Joy with Obsessed With Scrapbooking, she is so helpful when it comes to letting us know what size to cut designs on the Cricut machine.  That can be a lot of trial and error…with me, more error than not.  HA!

CTMH Heartstrings patterned paper and the Cricut Artbooking cartridge – 

I used the CTMH “Forever in My Heart” stamp set.

I do not waste a thing…the little blue hearts are the cut outs from the “LOVE” frame…I decided you can never have too many hearts on Valentine’s Day, so I added the cut-out to the inside, by the top greeting.  I used Lagoon ink for the greetings inside.  I wanted to give the long heart panel some additional interest so I ran it through my eBosser using the CTMH Arrows embossing folder.

Stop back soon, we have a couple more posts coming up featuring our Valentines.  Until then, happy scrapping!  Please click on the left panel to follow our blog and like us on Facebook so you don’t miss a thing.  XOXO