October Blog Hop

It's the 25th of the month and time for another Blog Hop hosted by Papertrey Ink.

I've had this card done for a few days now. I did a scrap lift from the September issue of CARDS Magazine, which I am in.

It's a card from Melissa Phillips also known as MeliBean (p. 42). Her card is pretty and uses some pastels and florals. Very nice. I've been following her gallery on 2Peas for sometime now.

So when I decided to scraplift, I knew that I wanted to use the polka dot paper, though I can't recall who makes it.

Oh, well have fun w/this month's Blog Hop. Thanks for stopping by and thanks to Papertrey Ink for hosting.

Thanks for looking ... here's what I used:
cardstock: craft supply
patterned paper: K&Co. and (can't remember the polka dot company)
stamp: Stampin Up!
paper flower: Bazzill
flower die cut: Cuttlebug
buttons: Foof a la
flourish rubon: K&Co.
ribbon: Michaels
rick rack: Creative Impression
ink: Tim Holtz/Ranger
floss: DMC
other: sewing

Happy Birthday Song on Paper

This is a scraplift! And an old one at that. I've been combing through some of my old CARDS magazines. I always go to my dog-eared pages first and sometimes wonder ... 'why did I like this?' I decided I would go to my mag stash more often for inspiration.

But this card is scraplifted from Alissa Fast and it's from the March/April 2006 issue (p. 99). I would have scraplifted more identically if I could have located my KI Memories note cards that she used as the base fo the card. Instead I had to use some note cards from Die Cuts With a View (DCWV); not a bad substitute just that I have those KI ones, but who knows where.

As for the happy birthday sheet music ... I just used Google Images to locate 'happy birthday sheet music'. I then imported the image into Photoshop and converted the image to a brush. That way I could better manipulate the coloring, which is a shade of brown.

Top it off w/stickers and it was a relatively easy card to produce.

Thanks for looking ... here's what I used:

note card and cardstock: DCWV
stickers: American Crafts
ink: VersaMagic
stamp: Katie & Co./Michaels $1
Happy Birthday sheet music: created using Photoshop

Published in CARDS Magazine

Yea! This is a wonderful thing. I was first published CARDS Magazine in October, 2007. This time it's the August, 2008 issue. For the embossing section. Of course, I used the Cuttlebug. This is another card that I like for its simplicity. For getting published I received two copies of the mag along w/a Basic Grey's Sultry paper pack. Love that. Even nicer that the package arrived on my birthday!

Oh, I will also have a card in the September, 2008 issue for the Thinking of You section.

I am working more submissions right now. There is a deadline this Sunday for the January, 2009 issue.

All About the Pink & Black

Such a cute color combination. I was surprised when I purchased the DCWV (Die Cuts With A View) paper pack called All That Glitters. I like a little bling, but not over the top. I had intended to give the pack away as a gift, but as I flipped through it, I got some ideas and I said, you know I'm going to keep this one.

So I finally got around to using it. It's another mini card set (2 @ 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 and 1 @ 4 x 4). I like the minis and I have some envelopes that they fit in as well. I guess I could make some envelopes too, huh?

Here are the goods:
card base: Bazzill and craft supply
cardstock: DCWV's The All Dressed Up Matstack and craft supply
ribbon: Michaels
rick rack: The Paper Studio
Circle punch: EK Success and Sizzix
sentiments: Making Memories
black chipboard: craft supply
rhinestone flowers: Dress It Up
additional bling: unknown

Oooh, so cute!

So I am tooting my own horn. I made this cute lil mini card set for a submission to Cards magazine. Love that magazine and they are gonna love these babies too.

The size is 3 1/2 x 5. I'm using Basic Grey's Periphery line. It seems a little dull and grey, but I tried to spice it up a bit. Those Hero Arts stamps fit in nicely or is it the Tim Holtz/Ranger ink that blends in so well. No, no, it's the wonderful embossing courtesy of the Cuttlebug. Point is, I love the way it all works so well together. Good stuff.

Well, at any rate ... thanks for looking!

cardstock: Archiver's
patterned paper: Basic Grey's Periphery
ribbon: American Crafts and Martha Stewart
heart die cut: CuttleKids
circle punches: EK Success
embossing, bookplate and heart die cut: Cuttlebug
stamps: Hero Arts
ink: Tim Holtz/Ranger
brads: Miss Elizabeth's
other: sewing machine
brackets: Bazzill
metal charm: Making Memories
twine: Darice

You can also view this set (and more) in my Two Peas Gallery.

Waiting Patiently

Some time ago I received notice that one of my cards would be published in Cards magazine. I was estatic. And now the time is near. The mag w/my card is scheduled to be published in the October issue.

It is at that time, that I can repost the card (I had it posted here and on the Two Peas site).

I'll also get some goodies and couple of FREE issues of the mag. Nice.

Hooray ... Me!

Well, I've been talking about this and thinking about this and submitting for this ... and finally this is coming true!

I made a submission to Cards Magazine and it was accepted! Yeaaaaaa. I was totally and still am excited. I've removed it from various galleries and even from this blog (at least until after it has been published and that will be in October).

So there is hope. If you were like me: a believer, but at times on the fence. But I just kept on submitting. And I will continue to submit and I plan on submitting to Paper Crafts and to Take Ten in the future. Just lots of options. And it is fun.

I do wonder though: I recently posted a comment on 2Peas about how to get my work in Cards, but I did not really get many responses; just a little praise and what not; but I was really seeking some, well, advice. Nevertheless, I am excitable!

Oh, the places I go ...

I tend to lurk around the Internet in search of information and inspiration. So this is just a quick little blurb until I can get back to the addiction that is crafting.

These are just a few of the blogs and websites that I frequent:

blogs
A Bit East
Sweetpaper (my sister's blog)
Pub Calls
Cardvaarks
Card Positioning Systems (CPS)
Paper Goddess

Webbies
Basic Grey
Cord Camera
Hobby Lobby
Quickutz
Creating Keepsakes
Cards Magazine

Forums
Two Peas in a Bucket
Treasured Scrapbooking
ScrapJazz
Splitcoast Stampers

Until the next time ... happy crafting!

It's a scraplift!

The two cards pictured here were inspired by a layout in the May/June 2006 issue of Cards magazine (p.82). It ended up being a bit tedious: having to cut the tags in a variety of colors; matching up the ribbon; cutting the individual letters; then adhering each tag. For the look of simplicity, it was quite time consuming - for a card.

• patterned paper: Sassafras Lass
• cardstock: Bazzill Basics
• die cut alphabets: Quickutz
• die cut tags: Cuttlebug
• rubons and staples: Making Memories
• stickers: The Paper Studio
• ribbon: AMM, American Crafts, Darice, Wal-Mart, unknown

More and more stuff!

I've been out there again! Shame on me, but I've also been making some things. Here's a photo of some of the goodies. I'll post photos of my recent creations later.

But here are some of the things I've recently purchased:

++Some patterned paper from Basic Grey's new lines: Stella Ruby, Pheobe and Perhaps
++Some ribbon fom Michaels
++Some ribbon from Hobby Lobby
++Some foam and flowers

Happy Valentine's Day!