3-D Birthday Card Fun!

Hey Blogworld,

I'm soooo stoked to share with you a card I made for my daughter's friend's birthday.   I was inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest.  You can find it here.  It's pretty awesome and I just HAD to scraplift it!  Here is my creation:

Sentiment stamps: Hero Arts, Simon Says Stamp; image stamp: the Greeting Farm-Anya Treats; banner punch: Fiskars; balloon punch: Martha Stewart; Penguin sticker: Jolees Boutique; markers: Copic; letter stickers: Thickers; embossing folder: Lifestyle Crafts; patterned paper: Misc.

The tutorial to make this card can be found here.

This accordion style 3D diorama card folds flat enough to put into an envelope (although I do recommend that you make the card at least 1-1.5cm smaller on all sizes than the envelope you want to put it in).

It always makes me smile to see something like this come together from a plain starting point.  Ain't creativity fun!?

I'd like to submit this card to the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Make your Own Background
The Greeting Farm: Farm Fresh Friday: Oh So Girly
Sister Act Anything Goes Card Challenge:Challenge #101
A Blog Named Hero: Embossing Time

Thanks for stopping by!
Liz

New Challenge over at 123 Get Scrappy!!

Hey Everyone!

A brand new challenge is up and running over at 123 Get Scrappy!  Fun, fun, fun!

Here's my take!
I used the top row: Earth tone background-frame-wood elements

patterned paper: MME, Recollections, various; stamps: Stampin' up, Hero Arts, Kasiercraft, wood pieces (birds, flower, title): Recollections, Make it Crafty; paper flowers: Prima

This layout makes me giggle.  Especially the title.  My hubby's parents are absolute experts at gardening and all things planty!  Their thumbs are greener than green and have been known to bring a seemingly dead plant back from plant purgatory!  There are over 150 tomato plants and even more other delicious vegetables and plants in their city backyard which yields enough food and beautiful flowers to service a small country, I'm sure!  As for hubby and I, we're not quite so skilled....not even close.  So when hubby's parents decided to plant a small vegetable garden in our backyard in an attempt to get the grandkids on the gardening wagon we rolled our eyes and gave the garden a couple weeks before it became a lesson in disappointment.  To our pleasant surprise, the garden flourished! By late July we had delicious cucumbers and grape tomatoes and fresh herbs filling our dinner plates until September!  I never thought we'd be able to keep a garden going...but now...I'm a believer!

Here is the April Challenge Bingo Board for your creating pleasure!

Be sure to linky your creations over at 123 Get Scrappy by April 30 for a chance to win a guest design spot on our blog!
I can't wait to see what you create!

I'd like to submit this to the following Challenges:
-Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: April Showers/Spring Flowers
-Scrappin Great Deals Challenge: Mood Board (I was totally inspired by the flowers and wood background!)

-S.W.A.T.: Drill #53 (love all those spring flowers)

-Love to Scrap: Stripes and/or dots

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Liz

Happy Birthday Simon Says Stamp Challenge!!!

Hey Everyone,

Just popping in to wish the folks over at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge a BIG Happy Birthday!!!  I must admit, their blog was the first challenge blog I ever participated in and dare I say, they were the ones who first encouraged me to start this little blog of mine.  It's been 3 years (*GASP!!*) and although I don't get to blog and share as much as I'd like I'm so very happy for the inspiration to have done so and to keep it up as often as I can.  This week's challenge theme is (of course) BIRTHDAY, so I'd like to share with you a little birthday card I made. I used a clean and layered approach to this card.

I would also like to submit this to the following challenges:
Sister Act Anything Goes Card Challenge: #100
The Card Concept Challenge: #32 (coral, aqua, green, white)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Liz

123 Get Scrappy-Challenge#20!!

Hey Everyone!

Another board is up and running over at 123Get Scrappy! WAAAAHOOOOO!!!

Here's my take:

Patterned paper: WeRMemory Keepers, DCWV; Butterfly paper punch: Martha Stewart; scallop border punch: EK Success; pearls: Recollections

These photos were taken this past summer.  My hubby is not much of a camper and the spontaneous hail that arrived during this particular camping trip didn't help sway him on the virtues of camping.  Our tent flooded, and most of our towels and sleeping bags were also soaked.  Luckily our camping trip was not of the roughing it variety and we were able to set up camp in a cozy bedroom of the house in whose yard we were originally set to spend the night.  Still a good time spent with family and friends.

Here's the 123Get Scrappy bingo board of inspiration.  I used the diagonal: Lace-Pearls-Use a Paper Punch

I also used a sketch from Stuck?!Sketches

I hope you are inspired to get to your scrappy stash and create something beautiful!
I can't wait to see what you create!

I would also like to submit this to the following challenge:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Special Lady/Girly 
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: B is for... (butterflies)

Thanks for stopping by!
Liz

Happy New Year, 2015!

Hey Everyone!

I seem to say this EVERY time but WHOA!!!!  Where has the time gone!  I swear a month ago I was stoked and ready to blog about all the amazing Christmas cards I had planned to make.  Now (most of) the Christmas cards were made and sent out but not a single one was photographed or blogged!  And then before I knew it it's January 2015!!!  My youngest will be 4 in a couple of weeks! Seriously tooo fast!
Anyways...here's hoping I can stay on track with blogging, fitness, declutterment, healthy eating.....(blah blah blah).  It's been 10 days and I'm ( at least) keeping up with the daily exercise routine.  Heck I've even been sleeping earlier at night (although I find this more of a detriment than anything).  

There is a new bingo board goodness over at 123 Get Scrappy.  It's a fun one (as always) and perfect inspiration for those wintery pics I know you've been dying to scrap! 

Here's my take:

Patterned papers: Recollection, MME; letters: Making Memories, Thickers; Date stamp: BoBunny; Wood veneer snowflakes: Recollections.

 LAst year just before Christmas there was a huge Ice Storm in my neck of the woods.  It was beautiful to look at with everything covered in crystal diamond.  Also quite destructive as many many trees couldn't handle the weight of the ice for alot of trees were split down the trunk on had branches fallen off.  For the first time (contrary to popular belief) we could actual ice skate on the road with all the ice covering everything.  Very cool!  No need for a backyard ice rink when all around us was a skating rink.  (Not so fun on the driving front though).

Here is the bingo board! 
I used the middle column: Lots of glitter-Snowflakes-3 Different patterned papers.

I also used the December 2014 sketch from Scrap our Stash

Please check out the details over at 123 Get Scrappy and check out the inspiration for our talented Design Team (there are some new members you need to be sure to see!).

Can't wait to see what you create!

I would always like to submit this to the following blogs:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Something New
Scrap out Stash: December Sketch

Thanks for stopping by!
Liz

A Welcome Christmas Card Making Distraction

Hey Blog world,

Just sharing a little something I made for my daughter's BFF.  It was her birthday and so I made a little card to celebrate the occasion.  C2 and her friend both LOVE penguins and since I just happened to have these stamps out for the Christmas Card making season I decided to put them on her card.  It's a shame that most (if not ALL) of the penguin stamps I have are Christmas themed but I managed to make these little cuties look more like they're wearing birthday hats instead of Santa hats (I hope).

sentiment stamps: Hero Arts; background stamps: Hero Arts; penguin stamp: Wild Rose Studio ; banner die: Simon Says Stamp; inks: Distress Inks 

These little guys make me smile!  So cute and cuddly!  You can be sure these little dudes will make another appearance in some Christmas cards this year!

I would like to submit this to the following blogs:
Sister Act Anything Goes Card Challenge:#85
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes
Crafty Cardmakers and More: #128-Distress it

Thanks so much for dropping by!
Liz

OMG!!! Technology Malfunction!

Hey Blogworld!

I'm SOOOOO sorry!  I scheduled this post to go online Nov 10/14 and I'm just checking in now and realized that it didn't get posted.  Not sure how that happened...(or what I did wrong) but here is my (hopeful) inspiration for this month's 123 Get Scrappy Bingo Board challenge!

I dug deep into my stash with this layout!  Soo happy to breathe life into some old tools and products.
Be sure to head over to 123GetScrappy to get the latest bingo board inspiration and join along in the fun!
I used the middle row: One word title: More than 2 ribbons: masculine

While I'm at it, I'd like to submit this layout the following challenges:

CMS: Challenge #74-Colour Scheme and use leaves on the layout!

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Thanks/Thankful

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Can't wait to see what you've created!

Liz