Right At Home Meets Blogger's Challenge!

Good Morning Friends! I have a few crafty things for you today. Right at Home Scrapbooking store is celebrating the twelve days of Christmas and today is my turn to share. My creations are made with Echo Park papers and Hero Arts stamps. First up is this fun tag.


The ornament images were stamped, fussy cut, and then popped up. Then I added some buttons and craft twine. The sentiment was stamped in Colorbox white ink. A little bit of polka dotted ribbon and some machine stitiching finish off my creation.


Here is a Happy Holidays card using some more of these fun Echo Park papers. I used Memento ink to stamp the house image. It is colored up with Copic Markers (C1, C3, R37, R39, G94, and G99) and I added some Star Dust Stickles to make the snow drifts a bit sparkly. A sweet little button and some craft twine complete my card.


My last card for today is for this week's Blogger's Challenge (Frosty and Friends). Just click here to go to Lisa's Blog to play along. I started off with Jen Del Muro's December Sketch for You To Try. My adorable image is from the latest release from The Cat's Pajamas. This set is called Freezin' Season. Mr. Bunny and his frosty friend are colored up with Copic Markers (B00, B95, B97, C1, C3, R20, and R22.) All of these patterned papers are from Echo Park. To keep with the sketch, I added three buttons, but I also sprinkled a few snowflakes made with the TCP Snowflake Paper Lace CutUps die around my card.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a happy day...Toodles! :D

Right At Home Scrapbooking Store Creations!

Good Morning Friends! I have a card and a tag to share with you today. The Right at Home Scrapbooking Store Design Team is celebrating the Twelve Days of Christmas. To see all of their fun projects for the Holidays, just stop by the store's blog. This month, Lisa asked me to work with some Hero Arts stamps and these fun papers from Echo Park. Here is a peek at my tag.

I started off with a die cut made with the My Favorite Things Die-namics Tag, You're It die. I added some machine stitching, a sweet little button, and some pretty ribbon. The festive tree is colored up with Copic Markers (E23, E25, G82, G94, G99, YR24, YR30, and YR31) and then I fussy cut it out and popped it up on the tag.

My card design is simple, but I love the way it turned out. The image is colored with Copic Markers (G82, G94, G99, R46, R59) and then I added some Star Dust Stickles. A button, some craft thread, and a bit of machine stitching complete my card.

Thanks so much for visiting with me this morning. Enjoy the beautiful day...Toodles! :D

Right At Home Scrapbooking Store Creations!

Good Morning Friends! I hope that you had a wonderful week. I have two more cards to share with you that use the wonderful Unity Stamp set and Crate Papers that Lisa from Right at Home Scrapbooking gave me to work with. The name of the stamp set is called Simple Blessings and all of the papers are from the Farmhouse collection from Crate Paper.

I started off by embossing the pumpkins and leaves on the main panel with clear embossing powder. Then I sprayed the panel with Harvest Orange Glimmer Mist. Before the glimmer mist dried, I wiped it off the embossed areas. I was very happy with the results.

My other card for today was a lot of fun to put together. Each individual leaf is stamped in an autumn color and then cut out. They are popped up on squares that I stamped the swirling image from the set on. I added a button with some Baker's Twine to finish off the last square.

Thanks so much for stopping by to visit with me. Enjoy your Friday...Toodles! :D

Right At Home Scrapbooking Creations!

Hello Friends! I’m sorry that I haven’t been around lately, but I’ve been without electricity, heat, water, and telephone for three and a half days! Thankfully, everything is just about back to normal and we are all safe. Snow storms in October are a rare thing here and New England. So many people in our area are still without utilities...ugh!

Lisa, from Right at Home Scrapbooking, gave me some fun things to work with this month. I have two cards to share with you that showcase papers from the Farmhouse Collection from Crate Paper and the Simple Blessings stamp set from Unity Stamp Company. My first card uses two pumpkins from the set. This cranberry plaid paper is just lovely.

The colors and the flowers on this next card just make me happy. I split one of the sentiments from the Simple Blessings set and stamped that onto an oval from the My Favorite Things Die-namics Layered Label Die. You’ll be able to find all of the supplies for these cards listed on the Right at Home Scrapbooking Blog. Thanks so much for visiting with me today! I’ll be back tomorrow with this week’s Blogger’s Challenge. Until then…Toodles! :D

More Right at Home Scrapbooking Cards to Share!

Hello Friends! I have two more cards to share with you today. Lisa, from Right at Home Scrapbooking, gave me two sets from the new Hero Arts-Sizzix line to design with. Earlier this month, I showcased one of the large background stamps with the matching embossing folder. You can find all of the details for that product here. This time around, I'm using the new Antique Flowers and Butterflies set. Along with the cling stamps in the set, there are matching dies that fit each image perfectly. How cool is that! The cling stamps easily attach to your acrylic blocks. Here's a picture of the set and one of the stamped images.

Here's a picture of the image with the matching die. I like to add a little piece of tape to hold the die in place before I run it through my Cuttlebug. For these Sizzix dies, I use an A, B, paper and die, and C "sandwich".

After I ran the "sandwich" through my Cuttlebug, this is what I ended up with. A perfect die cut piece!

I took this beautiful blossom and created this note card. The sketch for this card came from Jen Del Muro's October Sketch For You To Try.

Here is another note card with this lovely set. This time around, I chose to showcase the beautiful butterflies.

If you'd like more details about the supplies for these cards, just head over to the Right at Home Scrapbooking Blog. Thanks so much for stopping by to visit with me! Have a Happy Thursday...Toodles! :D

Right At Home Scrapbooking Creations!

Hello Friends! I have some new products to share with you that are available at Right at Home Scrapbooking store in North Attleboro, Massachusetts. This month, Lisa sent me some stamps, dies, and embossing folders from the new Hero Arts-Sizzix Collection. I'm going to showcase the large stamp and matching embossing folder this time around. This set is called Silhouette Vines. It includes a stamp that fits the front of a 4-1/4" by 5-1/2" card and a matching embossing folder. Here is a peek at the stamp.


You can ink it up a couple of different ways. You could either attach it to a large acrylic block or you could just place it on your work space. That is what I did here. I then inked it up, placed my card stock on top, and then rubbed the card stock firmly and evenly for the ink to make an impression onto the paper.

When you lift up your paper, this is what is waiting for you. Isn't it a beautiful image!

Now you can take the stamped paper and place it in between the embossing folder. Be sure that everything lines up. It is quite easy. I then made a "sandwich" to emboss this in my Cuttlebug. Starting at the bottom, I used the A Plate, B Plate, My Hero Arts-Sizzix Embossing Folder with the stamped image, and then another B Plate on the top.

After you run it through the machine, this is what you end up with! Can you see the embossing...so pretty and elegant!

Here are a couple of cards that I made to showcase this product. A quick and easy notecard for the Autumn season.

After I embossed the image on this one, I cut part of the image out to give it a different look.

For more details about these creations, head on over to the Right At Home Scrapbooking Blog. Thanks so much for visiting with me...Toodles! :D

Right At Home Scrapbooking Store Creations!

Hello Friends! I have a little project and some cards that I made for Right at Home Scrapbooking store. This month, I used some wonderful papers from Jillibean Soup and this fun set called Sweet Celebration Birthday from Unity Stamp Company. I also used lots of Die-namics from My Favorite Things. My first little project is a birthday bag. You can find the directions for this bag right here on Splitcoaststampers. For the bottom of the bag, I used the MFT Die-namics Double Scallop Border die. This wonderful cake is colored up with Copic Markers (R29, RV11, Y11, and YR12) and then layered onto a die cut shape made with the MFT Die-namics Textile Rectangle die.


This card card uses this sweet little cupcake found in the Unity set and some more Jillibean Soup papers. I also used some Kraft card stock and some wonderful cream colored seam binding. Lisa has some at the store and it is just heavenly to work with! My little tag was made with the new MFT Die-namics Notched Tag die. This was a great way to add the sentiment to the card.

Earlier this month, I posted a little sewing tutorial and showed a finished flowered panel. I actually made two panels. I used the smaller one on this card and the larger panel on the card below. I paper pieced this giant cupcake and watercolored the icing. The layout comes from an older sketch from the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club. I added lots MFT Die-namics to this card too. This time around, I used the Dizzy Doily Die-namics and the Little Open Scallop Strip Die-namics. Again, I added the Notched Tag die and I used the sweet little heart and sentiment that comes along with the set.


My last card uses a sentiment from the same Unity set and some more Jillibean Soup papers. This layout is also an older MFT sketch from the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club. I had a ball with some more MFT Die-namics. For this card, I used the Die-namics Layered Label Die, the Die-namics Simply Scallops die, and the blossom was made with the Die-namics Pretty Posies die. I added a little button to the center with a piece of craft thread to finish this one off.

Thank you so much for taking time to visit with me today. I hope that my designs inspire you. I'll be back tomorrow with my creation for Jen Del Muro's July Sketch For You To Try. Until then...Toodles! :D

Blogger's Challenge Sketch!

Happy Friday Friends! I'm sorry that my posts have been so sporatic lately. My summer cold kicked me to the curb!! I have a lot of commenting to catch up on, but I'm feeling so much better. I can't wait to see what everyone has been up to lately!

Today's card is for this week's Blogger's Challenge. Lisa gave us this fantastic sketch to work with. Of course, I had to change the panels around...lol! When I stamped my sentiment the first time, it turned out terribly, so I flipped things around to hide my mistake. If you'd like to play along with the sketch, you can find all of the details here.

I picked up this new Inky Antics set at Right at Home Scrapbooking store last night. I was there for Joanne Basile's My Favorite Things class and I treated myself to a couple of the new TCP CutUps, this new IA set, and a few new Copic Markers. This sweet little bird is colored up with BG10, BG53, E23, R27, R29, R59, YR16, YR30, and the Colorless Blender. The blue background paper is from The Girls' Paperie and the red polka dotted paper is from Memory Box. I used Papertrey Ink Kraft as well. The circles were made with the Classic Circle and Lacey Circle Nesties. I finished things off with a pearl flourish and some machine stitching.

Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit. Have a beautiful weekend! Until next time...Toodles! :D

Sewing Tutorial for Right at Home Scrapbooking!

Happy Monday Friends! I hope that you are doing well and enjoying a beautiful summer. The Right at Home Scrapbooking Design Team members are taking turns each month and providing crafty tutorials. This month, it's my turn. While I am certainly not a sewing expert, I LOVE to sew on my cards. Here are a few tips if you'd like to give sewing on paper a try. I find that a zig zag stitch is the most forgiving so that is what I'm going to show today. I start off by lining up the piece of paper that I want to stitch over with the middle opening of the presser foot of the sewing machine.


After I have sewed down the side of the piece and I reach the corner, I stop the needle on the right side of the zig zag.


Then I raise the needle by turning the sewing machine wheel.


With the needle raised, I lift the presser foot and turn the paper. Next, I line the paper's edge up with the middle of the presser foot and then lower the presser foot so that I can continue sewing.


This is how the corner will turn out.


After I have sewed on all four sides of the piece, I end up back where I began. This is where I end up with the string octopus...lol! Some strings come from behind the piece, and some come from front of the piece. They are not so cute or so pretty...lol!


I keep this handy dandy tool (needle threader) right on top of my sewing machine. It is perfect for taking care of all of the left over strings.


Coming from the back of the piece, I push the needle threader through one of the sewing holes.


Whatever strings are remaining on the front of the piece, I put through the eye of the needle threader and then pull them to the back where I can tie them all together.


Now all four corners look nice and neat like this!


Here is a shot of all of the strings tied together on the back layer. I use a piece of scotch tape to hold them down. (I learned that little trick from Jody Morrow's blog.)


Now I have a layer with zig zag stitches on all four sides.

Thanks so much for visiting with me. You'll be able to see what I create with this layer a little later on this month. Until then...Toodles! :D

Right At Home Scrapbooking Store Creations!

Hello Friends! We are having a heat wave here in New England and many dangerous thunder storms. In fact, my town had a two hour delay from school today because of all of the storm damage! Mother Nature has been quite busy in my area! I have a few cards and a little project to share with you today. This month, Lisa (from Right at Home Scrapbooking store in North Attleboro, MA) gave me some fun products from her store to play with. All of the patterned papers that I used are from the Odds and Ends collection from Cosmo Cricket. The images and sentiments are from the Heart Times set from Unity Stamp Company. Ready for the first card? Here it is...

I stamped up this fun bandaid image a few times and then colored it up with Copic Markers (E31, E40, G0000, and G12.) I did a little bit of machine stitching around the main panel and I made a flag for the sentiment. A Basic Grey button with some Baker's Twine dress it right up.

In fact, I liked the image so much that I decided to use it again and alter a little bandaid tin that I had in my stash. This time I colored up the bandaid with E31, E40, YG25, and YG93.

My next card uses my favorite print from this paper collection. I simply love the flowers...so pretty! I used the My Favorite Things stamp sketch for this one. It was great way to highlight these papers and this image. I colored up the image with BG000, BG11, BG72, C3, E40, R27, R29, and R59.

My last card to share has my favorite image from this set. Isn't that a darling umbrella? I used my Copic Markers (BG000, BG11, BG72, C3, R27, R29, R59) for this one too. This time around, I used Jen Del Muro's June Sketch For You To Try, some more of these pretty Cosmo Cricket papers, and more machine stitching.

Thanks so much for visiting with me today! I'll be back tomorrow with this week's Blogger's Challenge...Toodles! :D

Right At Home Scrapbooking Store Creations!

Hello Friends! I have two more Springtime cards to share with you today. These cards were made with the Blossom Soup set from Unity Stamp Company. This is the wonderful set that Lisa from Right at Home Scrapbooking store gave me to showcase this month. The first card uses this beautiful butterfly image from the set. It is colored up with Copic Markers (V12, V15, V17, and the Colorless Blender) and then I cut it out and popped it up. I used some Bazzill patterned paper (Grandma's Feather Bed) and card stock.
My other card uses this darling basket and sentiment that are also part of the Blossom Soup set. The basket is colored up with Copic Markers (BG000, BV02, BV04, E31, E35, R35, RV29, Y32, and Y35) and accented the flowers with some pearls. Again, I used some more Grandma's Feather Bed paper and some Bazzill card stock. I added a little bit of stitching to finish it off. Thanks SO much for visiting with me today! Hope that you are having a happy week...Toodles! :D

Springtime Inspiration and Jen's SFYTT!!

Happy Friday Morning Friends! Are you loving all of the Spring colors that are popping up all over the place? I actually saw a few crocuses and some daffodils peeking out yesterday when I went to get the mail! It's so nice to finally see some signs of Spring!! (We had a snow storm here last Friday and ended up missing the first two hours of school!!) My creations for today were all inspired by this wonderful bunch of tulips! Tulips are my favorite flower and these yellow ones were calling my name last week when I stopped by the local flower shop! I love their deep yellow and lime green color.

Lisa from Right at Home Scrapbooking Store gave me some wonderful goodies to play with this month. They are just perfect for Springtime paper crafting projects! All of the cards in this post were made with the Blossom Soup set from Unity Stamp Company and all of the papers are some new ones that Lisa has at the store. This is the Grandma's Feather Bed collection from Bazzill Basics Paper. I LOVE the colors in this line! So fun and Springy...just like my color inspiration! For this card, I used my new goodies along with some Copic Markers (B21,B23, BG000,Y32, Y35, YG13, YG25), the Spellbinder's Nestabilities Labels Fourteen set, this wonderful Gingham Ribbon from May Arts, a button from Basic Grey, a few Kaiser Craft Pearls and some Honey Dew twine.

For my next card, I used a different image from the Unity set. Look at all of those wonderful flower blossoms on this butterfly image...so sweet! I colored it up with Copic Markers (Y32, Y35, Y38) and layered it onto some Bazzill card stock that I cut out with the Classic Scalloped Rectangle Nestabilities die. Again I added a few pearls, a matching button, and some Honey Dew Twine.

As you can see from my last card, my tulips were still my color inspiration. This time around though, I used Jen Del Muro's April Sketch For You To Try for some inspiration too. You can find her sketch here. This sweet little blossom is part of the same stamp set. It's a single stamp and I just stamped it out three times (with a little help from my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, of course.) The main panel is cut out with the Classic Square Spellbinder's Nestabilities die and I used a little trick that Jodi Collins has perfected. Simply leave the Nestie with the piece that you just cut out and use a Copic Multi-Liner to trace the inside of the Nestie. For this card, I used some straight lines and a group of dots on each side of the square. Two more patterns from the Grandma's Feather Bed line, my Copic Markers (Y32, Y35, Y38, YG13, YG25), a few more Basic Grey buttons, some black card stock layers, and a spin through my sewing machine complete this card. Thanks for visiting with me today! If you happen to head over to Right at Home Scrapbooking store, be sure to check out some of these fun new supplies! Have a Happy weekend...Toodles! :D

Going Green!

It's here! Spring is here! I have a little project to share that I made for Lisa over at Right at Home Scrapbooking store. To celebrate Spring, Lisa gave me these biodegradable planting pots to play with this month and this is what I came up with.
All of the blossoms were made with the My Favorite Things Die-namics Rolled Rose Die. The best part is that each one was made with scraps of white felt that I already had on hand. I'm so glad that I saved them because the worked perfectly for this recycling project. I attached the roses to a Styro Foam with corsage pins. Here is a close up of the top.

For the leaves, I simply snipped some from some of this beautiful May Arts ribbon. I attached a few pearls to the ribbon that went around the flower pot to tie the whole thing together. Here's a close up of the side for you too.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Happy Spring! Until next time...Toodles! :D