Scrapbooking

Welcome back to the Use Your Stash Blog Hop.  This month we are focusing on Metal Embellishments.  I bet you have a lot of those sitting around just waiting to be used.  If you are just starting, you can just continue until you make your way back here.  If you have already started the hop, you should be coming from Rachel Ventura. For both of these layouts I pulled out some OLD supplies!  The paper and My Stickease ares CTMH but I couldn’t tell you the name.  I used glitter brads on the first layout and silver metal brads on the second layout.  I really love using brads because they are so easy to incorporate. Now hop on over to Joy McHargue to see what she has done with metal! Here are a list of Participants: Joy McHargue Nikki Forte’ DeWitt Tabbi Fritz Janet McCormick Shirley Ross Judy Faye Garner Rachel Ventura Wendy Kessler Share/Save Related posts: March 2012 CTMH Use Your Stash Blog Hop (List) January 2012 – Use Your Stash Blog Hop (List) October 2012 CTMH Use Your Stash Blog Hop – Chalk It Up

It's Tuesday and you know what that means....another Garden Variety Tuesday Challenge! Before we get to this week's challenge, we need to announce our winner from last week's Blue/Green Color Challenge:Pysselfnatt~Crazy About CraftingCONGRATULATIONS!! :) Please email Jessica at (yeahshesnaps[at]icloud[dot]com) to claim your digi prize! This week we have an amazing Photo Inspiration Challenge for you! Now, I'm not a lover of orange, but this color combo just called my name. Isn't it gorgeous?! Our amazing Design Team knocked it out of the park with their fabulous creations!! Check out these awesome cards for inspiration!Anita using Hope & Grace (retired) & Delicate Words DieAnnie Rose using Garden Anya & Mini Flutters w/DieJo using Anya from Rock The Farm (retired), TGF Fence Die, Tulip Border Die, Delicate Words DieJoni using WS Gracie, Mini Clouds w/Die, TGF Fence Die, & Delicate Words Die Rachel using Anya StrollsSuzanne using Latte Anya Here's how to play:* Use a TGF stamp (rubber, digi, or clear) as your main image.* Submit your entry via InLinkz (below) no later than Monday, May 27, 2013 at Noon CST. You can add a direct link to your entry from your personal blog, SCS gallery, Flickr or TGF galleria. (If the InLinkz tool is missing, please add your URL in the comment section.)* The fabulous prize: A random participant will be selected to win a digital image of choice from the TGF store. *** But WAIT! Each week, our friends have the opportunity to DOUBLE that prize to either two digis, or you can trade those two digis for a single rubber stamp of choice, as long as we have 20 or more players each week, so encourage all your friends and family to play along! *** Good luck! We can't wait to see your creations using the photo above! Hugs,Rosie :)

The weather has been so erratic here this spring. One day it is 40 degrees and the next it is 86. Finally this week the flowers are blooming everywhere. I even saw a few dogwood blossoms peeking out from one corner of our yard.Since flowers are growing everywhere I thought I would share two flower images. Both of the images today are from a Child's Garden of Verses book from 1930.

I got most of my DT projects finished today so I created a couple of cards just for fun. I used up a lot of brain cells on my DT stuff so these are kinda clean and simple for me ;)This first one uses some Teresa Collins papers along with a PTI stamp set.Next up is a very CAS card, and one layer at that - not my usual style at all. This is a Technique Tuesday stamp and a bit of Smooch spritz. I still stitched around the edge... have to have a bit of 'me', hehehe.I used this weeks CAS(E) this Sketch:

A few weeks back, I did a band shoot with a bunch of lads from Wigan. Northern Sugar self pen their own material and have a great indie sound.And now they have just released their first music video. This track is like a mix of The Rolling Stones and The Who.............Care to watch? Go and leave them some loveThey have a facebook page HERE, too Love Kirsty Click here to subscribe to my newsletter photography studio hire wigan, newborn photographer wigan, model photography, portfolio photographer wigan, photographer lancashire, urban photographer, wigan camera club, dslr training, photography training, makeover photography, north west photographer, model portfolios, head shots, wigan, photographer, photographer wigan, photographer in wigan, boudoir photography, make over photography, wedding photographer wigan, family photographer wigan, model headshots, model portfolio wiganShe posted again! Does she ever sleep?

Now that the weather is turning warmer, it's time to share your "critters" with us at Heart 2 Heart Challenges with a creature feature! Share whatever kind of creature- real or imaginary- that you'd like.Since I broke into my cool Close To My Heart Dream Pop paper pack, I had to use this fun birdcage print. Doesn't the Honey pair well with Slate? Can you see the embossed chevron pattern on the card stock? Each sheet of card stock in this special pack is pre-printed with a graphic design. (Is pre-embossed a word?) This card sketch is from the Make It From Your Heart, Vol. 1 how-to guide. I stamped the bird cage and chain with slate and then finished off the front with some seam binding ribbon.The inside also uses the same Hello Tweety stamp set. Both are stamped in Slate: the sentiment in 1st generation and the birds in second generation.Be sure to link up YOUR creature feature before this month ends at the H2H blog! Also, if you'd like to get your pack of the awesome Dream Pop paper, visit my website.

FYI: From Paper Crafts Central - great price! Get any of the following discontinued cartridges for only $13.99! HURRY - Once they're gone, THEY'RE GONE!! (most of them will probably sell out on the first day) AND... almost all of them are full content cartridges (the Cricut Cake cartridges can be used just like a regular cartridge - check out all of the images they contain and they even come with a font!)

We are changing things up just a bit at ScrapMatters, and we are so excited about this first change – we’re sure you will be, too! Rather than our usual (small) Manic Monday sale each week, we’ll be having a HUGE Monthly Manic Monday sale on the third Monday of every month. There will be more products, more layout inspiration, more savings, more fun.. just MORE! So join us and check out the 50+ products available for just 50% off! The sale runs from 12am-11:59pm ET today (Monday) only, so act quickly before these savings are gone!

Club CK Scrappers, We at Creating Keepsakes are grateful for the readers that are part of Club CK; for the creativity you share, the enthusiasm you have for the hobby, and your dedication to preserving your memories and improving the craft. As we move our focus towards online initiatives, we are evaluating all aspects of our business. One area we feel we can combine and improve is the Club CK newsletter. We currently have a bi-weekly newsletter (Creating Keepsakes Newsflash - CKNF) that provides similar and at times identical information as the Club CK newsletter. To make better use of resources and provide the best information possible, we are discontinuing the Club CK newsletter with this newsletter (the May 22, 2013 issue) as the final one you will receive. Instead, we would love to have you subscribe to the Creating Keepsakes Newsflash (CKNF) newsletter where you can receive the latest news regarding Creating Keepsakes magazine, blog, Pinterest, and other media offerings. To subscribe, click on this link and provide your name and email address. This simple process ensures you continue to receive information pertinent to the hobby you love and Creating Keepsakes magazine. We look forward to seeing you around the Creating Keepsakes community. Stacy Croninger Digital Managing Editor -- Here's what's going on in Club CK this week: Don't forget we have a new location for our Free Font Fridays! Visit the editor's blog each Friday at noon (Mountain Standard Time) to download the current Free Font! Download this week's free font: CK Gala, available through noon (MST) Friday, May 24, 2013. --- Don't miss these other fun and inspiring posts on the CK Blog and the Creating Keepsakes website: on the editor's blog Chalkboard Art! and Scrapbooking Boys & Men: Rough & Tough Techniques -- and on CK.com Scrapbook Your Memories with this Free Photo Props Download and Scrapbook How To: Color-Blending Technique

Hi, Stampin' Friends! I'm in crafty hibernation with my big box of goodies from CTMH to work on my Extravaganza projects, so you won't be seeing a lot form me over the next couple weeks. I do have some fun projects lined up to share though, starting with this June SOTM card for my Team Lunch next week! Since I can't have the girls over as my Stamp Pad is covered with all kinds of top secret, we're meeting up for a team lunch and card swap. I {heart} my team!I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches for my card design. Then I went looking for color inspiration, which I found at the Play Date Cafe. I didn't have anything in that yummy Jade Color, so I used Juniper CS stamped with polka dots and sanded down within an inch of it's life to lighten the color. I spent a lot of time pondering how to fill that space above my watercolored flowers...I wanted it empty, but no SO empty... Then I got my new email from Paper Issues about their die cut Linky Party and I thought, "Of course! Die Cut clouds!". So there they are.Congrats to our Friday Favorite Things Winner, Jill Davis! Your stamps will be on the way!