Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone!  I took a bit of a break from the blog over the holidays, but I am back with a fun post to start my second term on the Trendy Twine Design team. That’s right, Lesley kept me on for a second term and I am tickled pink…and green and white actually!  Today I get to share my new favourite twine colour - Watermelon Taffy!  It’s a combination of pink, green and white – and with my two little gals, I know that this is going to end up on so many projects.  But for now, let me show you the first one:

This little project is a gift card holder!  Created with some Echo Park Springtime paper (I know, a bit ironic), the top white part of the mitten actually pulls out to reveal a coffee card from my Canadian favourite - Tim Hortons!

I love this picture because it really shows off the cute colours in this twine!

The design is really simple – just make sure you make your mitten wide and long enough to store the card, cut two, and adhere only around the edges!  I swear, it is almost that easy!

I added a little tag with a message, but you could easily include a stamped image, or even a spot for a personal message!

So come on over to Trendy Twine this month and join us for the challenge!  You don’t even need TT to enter!

Thanks for stopping by and see you soon!

Holiday Hoppin’!

Hello and welcome to DAY TWO of the two-day DCWV/Hampton Art Holiday Hop!

DCWV and Hampton Art are two companies that go above and beyond to provide a wide selection of products from classic, to vintage, to trendy and modern.  So, when we decided to team up it was only natural that we would want to show you some variety.

Day #2 of our hop is all about Modern!  If you love trendy, cute and clean, or bold, sturated and artsy these ladies have created some beautiful projects to inspire you!

•  Erin Madsen
• Nina Yang
• Sara Andrews
• Emily Lanham
• Britt Bass
• Thomisia Francois
• Gretchen McElveen
• Dayna Sabrina
• Adora Concepcion
• Karen Hanson <———- You are here!
• Kim Barrett

If you have come here from Adora,  then you’re on track! If not, you should go back to the DCWV blog and start the hop from there!

Without further ado, here is my take on MODERN!

When I think of “modern”, I think of INTERACTIVE (surprise, surprise )!!! So I decided to use bold blocks of colour to create flip flop card!

But that’s not all!  With a little message tucked behind the fussy cut flower, this card makes for a warm, but bold, winter greeting!

So there you have it – an interactive, modern???  card!  You have one more stop left today!  Go and see what Kim at Hampton Art has up here sleeve and get yourself entered for those goodies!

Thanks for stopping by!

You Make Me Laugh!

It’s release week at Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps and while I am usually excited to see all the new stamp designs, this month, I am even more excited because I actually get to share some of them with you as a Krafty Girl guest!!

We are kicking off the *New* DECEMBER Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps  previews today and first off, we’d like to introduce you to a beautiful new set of Trinkets!!!  We are very excited to share with you our GORGEOUS….CIRCUS TRINKETS!!!

These circular sentiment stamps have been created and designed by the totally talented Krafty Girl, Nicole Aspinall!!  They are made especially to fit in your 1 3/8ths and 1 ¾ inch punches, for quick and easy cutting!!!  This month we are releasing the CIRCUS Trinkets set which includes EIGHT trinkets in each set with four of each size and they come as both positive and negative images, so you can use your black or brown ink with the positive stamps and use your coloured inks with the negative ones!!  You will get the set as a completely unmounted full sheet of deeply etched grey rubber.

I decided to tackle a little ornament for my youngest daughter who really is a bit of a clown.  The trinket stamp was the perfect size to be able to roll up to slip inside.  I actually fussy cut the image in three pieces (the background scallop, the sentiment ring and then the clown), and then assembled them inside with a pair of tweezers. Yup, I even tied the cute Trendy Twine with my tweezers!  I also wrote my daughter’s name and the year on the back of the stamped image, but you will have to figure out if I did that before or after I stuck it in (let’s just say the idea came to me after I had it inside and assembled…forward thinking is for the birds).  There was a fair amount of swearing involved (I cannot lie – how on earth do people build those ships inside bottles???!!!), and it was so hard to get a clear photo (this looks way better in person), but I think it was well worth the effort.  How great would any of the Trinkets look inside an ornament like this?!!!

Now, make sure you go and check out all the awesome samples that the Krafty Girls have put together for you….and be sure to comment on each and every stop because one lucky stamper is going to WIN the new CIRCUS TRINKETS set!!!  {And just WAIT ’til you see how they combine with our other NEW December stamps!!!}

Thanks for stopping by!

Ummmm…A little help here!

I recently saw a fun project on Pinterest that made me chuckle.  A very creative crafter had taken pool noodles and stuck them into a cauldron to create a witch in a bit of a tight spot (the project was posted on a Halloween forum, and you can see it here).

So, when DCWV sent me the new Betwitched stack available this month at JoAnns, I knew that I needed to create a smaller, paper version of this fun idea.   After all, for a girl who loves shoes as much as I do, it seemed like it was about time to add some witches boots to the crafty portfolio!

The cauldron is filled with flower foam and topped of with a few cotton balls inked up to create a bit of dimension.  The legs and bottom edge of the witches dress are simply stuck right into the foam and stand on their own.  Oh, and I need to put a little shout out to Friskars for the amazing border punch they sent me that helped on the dress and tags  (Interchangeable border punches???!!! Awesome!!  Perfect for my little crafting space!)

 I had some fun layering some tags to play up the theme of the piece…I think they speak for themselves:

There really isn’t anything fancy about any one of the tags, but together, they form a fun embellishment with layers and depth – oh, and that little bit of an interactive element that you know I love!

Now, every girl needs a fancy pair of boots – even one going down in smoke -  so I grabbed some of the fantastic glitter paper in the Bewitched cardstock stack for the task!  The great thing about the glitter paper is that it has a thick leathery texture, so it was easy to mold into the shapes I needed for the boot!  And as for the sole, well, they might not be Christian Louboutin red, but they are DCWV pink glitter fantastic!   I think they make quite the statement.

Well, I think I will definitely need to make some more Halloween-themed home decor items to go with this fun “witchy witch” (as my daughter has come to call her).  This Bewitched stack will get quite the workout in the next month or so!  Oh, and I am always looking for suggestions!

Thanks for stopping by today!