AHSC #36

I printed this photo by mistake the other day, then while I was organizing things here in my craft room I found my layouts from Convention in Orlando this summer and realized I had just a few scraps left that would be perfect for this picture so I set everything aside. Then I saw this week's Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge! The sketch was perfect for the picture - funny how things come together sometimes!
The punched border was fun to create. If you haven't tried working with border punches you should! It's really easy...

There is a painted image right on the punch so you just line up what you last punched over the image & continue punching for a perfectly spaced border. On the backside of the layout I have attached a strip of smoky plum cardstock.

Here is the sketch for this week...

Hope you decide to create something & post on the AHSC blog!

AHSC #35 - Happy New Year!

To create this card I've used the B&T from Pro Player and Sparkle & Shine paper packs.
Stamps are from Hooray Bouquet D1491, Zoology B1391 & Artbooking D1574.
I used 2 different size hole punches to punch out dots from the red shimmer trim for accents.
Here is this weeks sketch for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #35.

For 2014 I plan to catalog my stamp sets so I have a listing of sentiments, numbers, letters, and image descriptions of each set. Who would have thought that Zoology would have the tiny numbers & star strips that would be perfect for the tag on this card!

Gift Ideas!

Do you know a papercrafter who would love something new? The My Crush book might be just the perfect gift! These 7"x9" albums are the perfect place for saving special notes & photos.

Albums are $12.95 & Journaling Assortments are $4.95 - a great gift for under $20!

Another fun gift to display pictures and mementos from a special occasion is the Designed Decor Frame Kit. 

The photo above is from the Idea Book .... now here is mine!

I took the photos at our convention last summer in Orlando. Everything else you see, including the bow were items given to me by my friends! This hangs here in my office/craft room where I can enjoy it everyday!

Birthdays!

Tomorrow our family will celebrate just one of many December birthdays. Little Austin will have his 1st birthday party to celebrate being 1 year old!
I found a cute Happy Birthday gift card so decided to make a little denim pocket to put it in.
This card was a lot of fun to make! If you decide to make a card with a pocket like this I have 2 tips, fold the edges of the pocket over to give it a nice finished look and use red tacky tape to attach it to the front of the card.

Lots of Love!

I'm participating in a card swap this evening with a Valentine theme.
I've created this card using the CTMH Sparkle & Shine Ruby & Silver papers and the NEW! Lots of Love stamp set A1151.
I think this card could even be sent as a Christmas card to a special someone.


Reminder...  right now you can get this paper pack or the stamp set FREE because they are just 2 of the many items you can choose from the Holidays From The Heart booklet.

Take Ten Winter 2013

I had 3 more cards published in this issue!
Here is one of them...

As you can see this is a very simple card. There is only one stamped image, the rest is just layered papers and trims.
The Take Ten publication features only cards that can be made in 10 minutes or less!
Most of our time is spent in the design & putting together the papers, stamps & trims. Sometimes the design goes together quite easily like this one did. A lot of times when I am creating a card the design starts with a piece of leftover trim, like the black border punched cardstock you see on this card. But it really doesn't matter what inspires your design, if you can put the card together in just ten minutes you have a card ready to submit for publication! I'd like to encourage everyone to give this a try. The Winter 2013 issue of Take Ten Magazine just went on sale Dec 1st & it's a quarterly publication so you have lots of time to get your cards submitted! So give it a try!