Monday, August 19, 2013

My Love for Hexagons!

When I first saw this sketch from the Atlantic Hearts Challenge this week, I knew exactly what I wanted to create. For about the last year, I have been in love with using Hexagons on my paper crafting projects. I am not sure why I am so drawn to them, but I just love the look! When I saw the Autumn/Winter catalog, the item I was most excited about was the Irresistible Hexagon Dimensional Elements. So many of my favorite things all put together, hexagons, irresistible, and dimensional elements. It was the first item I ordered and I have already ordered 3 sets so far. So for this card I decided to choose bright colors and I used my cuttlebug to add the honeycomb pattern on to the Lagoon cardstock base. I used the sentiment, Cheer Up because the colors and hexagons make me happy, happy, happy! We would love to have you come join us this week!







Supplies:  
Irresistible Hexagons - Close To My Heart 
Laughing Lola Cardmaking WOTG Stamp Set - Close To My Heart
Lagoon, Honey, White Daisy, & Outdoor Denim Cardstock - Close To My Heart 
Black Shimmer Trim - Close To My Heart 
Laughing Lola Assortment - Close To My Heart 
Artiste Cricut Cartridge - Close To My Heart 
Outdoor Denim, Lagoon, & Heoney Ink Pads - Close To My Heart 
Cuttlebug and Honeycomb Embossing Folder
Scotch ATG 
Glue Dots 
Pop Dots

Monday, August 12, 2013

Surf's Up Card

It's hard to believe that we will be headed back to school in just a couple of weeks. I will have a new teaching buddy this year! I am excited to welcome her to our team and created this fun card to give to her this week when we meet and start planning. This is her first teaching job, so I decided to go with the Hooray for You sentiment. Why is it always so hard for me to pick a sentiment? Anyway, I used the 
sketch from the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge and created this card to celebrate her becoming a part of our team. We would love to have you play along with us!









Supplies: 

Surf's Up Paper Pack - Close To My Heart 
Chocolate, Surf's Up Gold, & Colonial White Cardstock - Close To My Heart 
Surf's Up Assortment & Antique Copper Brads - Close To My Heart 
Chocolate Ink Pads - Close To My Heart 
4 My Friend Stamp Set - Close To My Heart 
Scotch ATG 
Pop Dots




Sunday, August 11, 2013

New Product Blog Hop!


Welcome to the Stampers with an Attitude Blog Hop!  The blogger in front of me is Hilary Reynolds~www.stampcraftyreader.blogspot.com.   The Stampers with an Attitude are excited to show you some Artwork with an Attitude using product from our new Autumn/Winter Idea Book, so here we go.

I am loving summer! I have had so much extra time to scrap and I have taken advantage of every minute of it! I received a big box of new product, all for free with my Select Product Credit - contact me to find out how you can earn free scrap stuff too! So, I have have been playing with the Laughing Lola paper this week and created a card and a two page layout for pictures of our beautiful daughter. The papers went so well with the pics of her playing at the park. My club will be making this layout in August, let me know if you would like a kit. I love the vibrant colors from this paper pack. It is definitely one of my favorites (but then again aren't they all! ;)

The next blogger on the hop is Renee Tanner - www.CraftyMrsT.blogspot.com






Supplies:  

Laughing Lola Cardmaking Workshop On The Go - Close To My Heart 
Cardmaking & Scrapbooking WOTG Stamp Sets - Close To My Heart
Lagoon, Gypsy, White Daisy, & Black Cardstock - Close To My Heart 
Black Shimmer Trim - Close To My Heart 
Laughing Lola Assortment - Close To My Heart 
Artiste Cricut Cartridge - Close To My Heart 
Black, Lagoon, & Gypsy Ink Pads - Close To My Heart 
Scotch ATG 
Glue Dots 
Pop Dots







Supplies:  

Laughing Lola Scrapbooking Workshop On The Go - Close To My Heart 
Paisley Perfect Stamp Set - Close To My Heart
Lagoon & Black Cardstock - Close To My Heart 
Black and White Baker's Twine - Close To My Heart 
Black and Grey Sparkles Assortment - Close To My Heart 
Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge - Close To My Heart 
Black Ink Pad - Close To My Heart 
Scotch ATG 
Glue Dots 
Pop Dots




Monday, August 5, 2013

Time to Celebrate!

We have so much to celebrate in our house over the summer. It seems just about everyone in our family has a birthday and we have also had lots of graduations, weddings, new baby's, etc., so I am always needing a card. I used the sketch from the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge and created this fun card that can be used to celebrate any event. We would love to have you play along with us!



Supplies: 

Sarita Paper Pack - Close To My Heart 
Outdoor Denim, Lagoon, Gypsy, & Colonial White Cardstock - Close To My Heart 
Silver Glitter Trim & Purple Sparkles - Close To My Heart 
Lagoon, Gypsy, & Outdoor Denim Ink Pads - Close To My Heart 
The Party Is On Stamp Set - Close To My Heart 
Scotch ATG 
Pop Dots 

Exciting Summer Happenings!

It has been a great summer! I have been very busy paper crafting this summer. One of my goals for this summer was to create more, both cards and layouts, and to post on my blog at least once a week. I can say that I have accomplished both of those goals! (We won't discuss the goals of cleaning the house and going through closets. hehe) To help motivate myself to reach my creative goals, I decided to enter the challenge over at the Atlantic Hearts Challenge and I applied to be on the design team. Much to my surprise and excitement, I was chosen to be a part of the team. I have loved designing using their sketches each week, talk about some creative ladies! After a few weeks on this design team, I was invited to join the Kellycraft design team. I was again shocked and excited to have another creative opportunity. I love my Get-It-Straight Laser Square and use it on all of my projects. It seems the more I create the more creative I feel (if that makes sense?) so I began entering the Heart 2 Heart challenges also. I was chosen as the Top Chick for the month of June and asked to be a guest designer for August. What an honor! I am still shocked to have been invited to play along with this amazing group of talented ladies. I can't even begin to tell you how much all of this has meant to me this summer. The last year has been one of many changes and challenges for me personally and I have struggled creatively. This has been such a great boost and has really brought back my creative mojo! I am excited to share my first Heart 2 Heart challenge with you for the Bon Voyage challenge. 



Supplies: 

Tommy Workshop On The Go - Close To My Heart 
White Daisy Cardstock - Close To My Heart 
Chevron Outdoor Denim Ribbon - Close To My Heart 
Honey, Cranberry, & Outdoor Denim Ink Pads - Close To My Heart 
Make It From Your Heart - Volume 2 - Pattern 22 - Close To My Heart 
KellyCraft Get-It-Straight Laser Square
Sewing Machine and Red Thread
Scotch ATG 
Pop Dots 
Glue Dots