Jinger Adam's Design Team Call

Hey Everyone! I am so excited to tell you that I am trying out for Jinger Adam's Design Team. Jinger was Cricut's Spokesperson for many years but she is now stepping out on her own creating a new line of paper crafting products and a Shoe Line! Swooon! My two loves! Shoes and scrapbooking swag! 

So, when I heard this, I just had to give it a go! My project is a shadowbox that I created from 3 silhouette die cuts! Have I mentioned lately how much I love my little buddy known as the SD. So much fun!

I just had to use one of my favorite all time paper lines in this creation. Webster's Pages Trendsetter. I love all the different colors and how they work together so well! Normally, as you all know I run more on the vintage and shabby chic side. This creation has a lot of distressing, some trims, gorgeous flowers and pearls. All things that go well with shabby chic and vintage, but this is definitely not either one of those styles! I do like how it came together and I love the yellow! It is one of my favorite colors this year for spring!

I used a bunch of Tim Holtz products on this project. His mini birdcage and bird die cut, memo pins, a corked vial, a word key and the adage tickets. I love the distressed look his products lend to my projects. 

I always struggle to use stickers, but I am really trying harder to make some of them work for me. I chose to use these American Craft Thickers in yellow, then distressed them with vintage photo distress ink. The trim running around the outside of the trim is from Pro31 Designs. It is a gorgeous ivory/cream fancy trim. All of the fabulous flowers on my project are also from Esmeralda's shop at Pro31 Designs.

I used Versamark and then smothered this adage ticket in clear UTEE. After heating with my heat tool, I repeated the embossing processes 3 times to get a really thick coat. Once it was dry I crinkled it up to crack the UTEE. This gives the tag a nice clear finish, but still ages it quite a bit! 

The flat back pearls running along the trim on this project are also from Pro31 Designs. I use these on almost every project! It just seems they have a useful purpose in everything I do! 

I used the Martha Stewart Doily punch to create flowers, inside the flowers are gorgeous pearl centers! The doilies are aged using Lindy Stamp Gang MoonShadow mist in Van Dyke Sepia. (one of my most favorite brown colors!)

And finally, one of my favorite elements of this project. I created this flower spray using mulberry paper flowers, acrylic flowers and leaves and a porcelain calla lily all from Esmeralda's shop. So Gorgeous! 

I am so excited to be able to take part in this design team call. There are so many super talented crafters trying out, it will be amazing to be among them on this journey! 

Please check out Jinger Adam's here! 

Hope you all have a super wonderful weekend! I can't believe this but it is going to be 80 degrees here tomorrow! I hope the storms stay away! 

I will be posting a video of how I made this Shadowbox soon! You can check out my YouTube Channel right here!

The Great 2012 Paper Stash DESTASH SALE!

Destash Alert!! More Specifically Paper Destash Alert! 

Check out my video for all the details. Almost 1000 sheets of paper in lots of at least 100 are up for grabs!! Hope you will check it out! 

Thanks everyone for helping me beat this addiction! Haha!!

WOYWW! And... sooo busy!

I haven't blogged in almost a week! Yikes! I missed last weeks WOYWW! Yikes! I have been pretty busy and I am thankful for that! And now Softball season has started so I will be busy again!

But, that's not what you're here for today is it? lol Nope.. you are hear to see my desks.. ..well, when you see the pictures, you probably won't be able to see the desk's but that will just prove how busy I am right? Or, it could just prove that I am a piggy crafter who doesn't like to clean up after herself.. Feel free to draw your own conclusion :) hehe!! So, without further ado... This week's WOYWW.. very late in the day :) Sorry in advance for the sub par photography.. I took them with my phone!

 

Desk 1! 

Desk 2!

And the Rare and Elusive Desk #3! Very seldom seen because it always looks like this!

Now, you ask.. what Have I been sooooo busy with that my studio is in such disrepair? Feast your eyes on these :

And then today.. I spent all day creating videos because Gasp!! I am DESTASHING :) woohooo! I hope that you will check out some of the links below to some of the items I am selling! These are huge lots of stickers and embellishments! Tomorrow I am working on Stamps and Paper! Fun Times! Here are some links to the videos I have done today!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaohP3NO9Eo
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvNKDSWcxKM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR2WXA9kDNY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyKDrNyVTto

Thanks so much guys! Don't forget to check out Julia's Page she is the mastermind behind WOYWW!

Hopefully I will be putting a post up on Friday as well!!

New Kits in the shop!

Hey guys! I have new kits that I loaded into the shop tonight! I only have one of each of them left though! :)

Pink Paislee Vintage Vogue

 

Pink Paislee Nantucket --HUGE KIT

 

 

I have videos up on my YouTube Channel of both of these kits if you would like to check them out piece by piece! I hope you will take a few moments and go and check out my shop :) Thanks for everything!

Card Share- Pro31 Designs DT project

I am finally feeling more like myself after a week of not feeling good at all! So I decided it was high time I make a new card with some of the awesome products from Esmeralda's shop at Pro31 Designs on Etsy! 

 I created the dress form my weaving the Swiss Dot Grosgrain ribbon together into  a square. Then I glued it down to a piece of white cardstock with my Helmar 450 quick dry glue. Once it was dry I ran it through my big shot using the Sizzix Dress die.

 

The Doily Flowers are from the Martha Stewart Embroidery Punch. I used rhinestones for the center of all of the flowers with the exception of the main flower in the center. To help that one stand out even more I used Pro31 designs 8 mm rhinestone bling centers. These rhinestones are so super sparkly it is Ridiculous! You won't believe until you see them in person and watch the lights dance off of them!

 

 I used Helmar Scrap Dots adhesive to lift the dress and the sentiment up off the card!

 

 

The inside of the card has the same design as the outside with the doily flowers. I also used the same spellbinders die for the greeting area as I used for the sentiment on the outside of the card!  

Want to see my video showcasing this card? Check it out here:

 

Please check out Esmeralda's Etsy shop for all these great products! 

Rhinestone Bling Centers: http://www.etsy.com/transaction/75076470

Swiss Dots Grosgrain Ribbon: http://www.etsy.com/listing/76631223/78-inch-50-yards-grosgrain-ribbon-swiss?ga_search_query=swiss%2Bdots&ga_search_type=user_shop_ttt_id_5987037

Helmars 450 Quick Dry :http://www.etsy.com/listing/92890237/helmar-usa-450-quick-dry-adhesive-423-fl

Helmars Scrap Dots- http://www.etsy.com/listing/92891642/helmar-usa-liquid-scrap-dots-shipping

http://www.etsy.com/shop/pro31designs

http://www.youtube.com/user/twinsmoms

http://www.youtube.com/user/pro31designs

http://facebook.com/pro31designs

Creeping Crud

Back when I was little and someone in my house would get sick, my dad would say we had the "Creeping Crud". Just saying it makes me giggle, "crud" is a funny word isn't it?

 

What in the heck is the "Creeping Crud" anyways? Well according to the Urban Dictionary  it is defined as

military slang for highly contagious virii such as colds, stomach bugs, etc. that leave a person with any debilitating combination of non-stop runny nose, coughing up heavy phlegm, vomiting, diarrhea, extreme muscle weakness/pain, etc. The "creeping" part refers to the fact that it seems to make its way through ALL of the ranks eventually.

 

Well that would explain why my dad used that terminology, he was after all a military man. 

So, what place does the Crud of the Creeping kind have on a craft blog you might ask? It has no place and I realy wish it would just get the heck out! I have been sick since Sunday night and I am ready to be well again, get back into my routine, get back to life! 

Maybe if I go back to bed I will wake up with renewed vigor and less of my old pal "The Crud"