Non-Traditional Christmas with Just a Scrappin

Welcome back!

This week with Just A Scrappin' we are doing

Non-Traditional Christmas Cards

no green and no red!!

Love it! I didn't do a card, I made a gift card holder. Lots of those again this year. 

The base is cut from Stampin' Up's Top Note Die. You fold your paper in half and line is up so that the folded edge is inside the cut line (so it doesn't cut) and you get a cute little folder. Just remember to make a pocket for the inside! 

I decided on a neutral color pallet for my card. The stamps are from Stampin Up, Dasher and Christmas Greetings. I stamped them in Tim Holtz Vintage Photo ink and used the same ink to ink the edges of the cream cardstock. The square with Dasher on it is also glimmer misted in Crocheted Doily (though it is hard to see in the picture). I added some brown fiber and ribbon from my stash and a piece of Cappuccino twine.  Add 3 dots of gold stickles and we are done!

I hope you join us in this week's challenge!! Have a great weekend

:)

~Liz

Halloween with Just A Scrappin'

Welcome back friends!!

Hope everyone had a great Halloween yesterday! Halloween is my birthday and I had a lovely day :)

The challenge this week at Just A Scrappin is

HALLOWEEN!!!

Show us what you made yesterday!

Here is a quick and simple card I did

I used a 6x6 paper pad I have. I love those to make cards from since the patterns tend to be smaller than the 12x12 packs. And everything is already coordinated for you!

The stamp is a retired set from Stampin Up! I used Quick Quotes Powder Puff Inks in midnight confession to ink the stamp and the edges of my paper.

The Twinery twine colors are Charcoal and Cappuccino.

The stripe section and the skull section are pop dotted above the rest of the card to add some dimension. I added some stickles (LOVE that stuff!) and I was done!

Hope you like my card and join us this week at Just A Scrappin!

~Liz

Same Card 2 Way! Part 2

Welcome back to same card 2 ways!

I was working on more Thank you cards. I wanted what I would consider clean and simple. I have been loving working with craft lately so I pulled some of that out. I haven't used my Stampin Up Medallion stamp in a while so I got that out too. Here is what came out

I stamped right on the craft with Stampin Up Cranberry Crisp. The thanks is SEI stickers from my stash. I added some Cappuccino Twinery twine and I thought it was exactly what I wanted.

So again I wanted to turn one into a birthday card. I didn't have any other letter stickers I thought would work so I used this cute sentiment from a Stampin Up set called Bring on the Cake. I stamped it on a cranberry piece, tore the bottom and added a couple layers of twine.

I love that medallion stamp! It really doesn't need too much more embellishment to look lovely!

Remember:

~If you want to see a cute tutorial and enter to win some great Quick Quotes product, check out my first August Guest Designer Post to comment and enter to win! And check back tomorrow for a new project!

~Check out Just A Scrappin this week for a great challenge! The other design team is up this week but they have some great projects to share!

~Liz

Celebration with Just A Scrappin'

Hello again everyone!!

Today I am sharing a card for the Just A Scrapping Challenge this week

Celebration using Pink, Blue and White with 3 pearls or rhinstones

Sometimes is great working with something so specific :)

I started looking through my stash and saw my Melissa Frances Crepe Paper that has pink and blue in it and went from there. Here is what I came up with:

I used Shore and Blossom twine from the Twinery for the background and the middle of the Stampin Up Pennant punch. I punched the middle triangle of the pennant, ran it through my xyron and covered it in pieces of twine. Just trim the edges and you have your original shape :) Then added it to the scalloped pennant piece from the punch

The Celebrate stamp is also from Stampin Up in a set called Everything Nice. I colored it with Stampin Up Markers in Regal Rose and Bashful Blue on another white piece and pop dotted it. The pearls are from Queen and Co.

I really used a variety of companies on this one! I love the way you can really mix and match your stash of stuff!

I think this would be a great birthday card, or to celebrate a new baby arriva.

Check back on my post from yesterday to enter to win some great product from Quick Quotes since I am their guest designer for August!!

I'll be back next week with some more cards and another Quick Quotes project! I hope everyone enjoys their weekend!

~Liz

Lavendar & Lace & Doily

Hello! Hello!

What better way to start a post than with a winner!

For Just A Scrappin's first blog hop I put together a cute prize package and it goes too.....

BRIDGET!!!

Thanks for everyone who hopped along! I can't wait to do another :)

Bridget, contact me at memorytreausresbyliz (at) hotmail (dot) com with your mailing address so I can send you your prize!!

*you have a week, until 7/26/12 to claim your prize*

So on to my card for today!

I went searching through the challenge blogs I follow and 3 of them are hosting challenges that just all came together in my head.

Anything Goes: Lavender & Lace

Craft Your Days Away: Doily & Lace

Papertake Weekly: Girly

I had done a card similar to this one here and I  LOVED it. So I wanted to do it again but make it a little different.

 

I went searching for a stamp set to put a sentiment in the middle of the doily and this set from Stampin Up just jumped right out at me! What a perfect card to send to my cousin who just had a baby :)

Hope you like it and hope my cousin does too!

~Liz

ps- Make sure to stop by Just A Scrappin today for this weeks challenge!!

Soccer!!!

Hello again!

Happy First Day of Summer!!

Today I am sharing yet another 2page layout done for my co-worker! I still have lots to go :)

Her daughter is a soccer player and is going to college on a soccer scholarship!

I am doing a soccer page for each year of high school so she can list her achievements and awards each year. 

I started with her Senior year so she would have it for her graduation party last weekend. As you know from my graduation page, her school colors are purple and gold/yellow.

I needed a page with lots of pictures. Action shots, team shot, pictures of awards and friends, individual shots and anything else she has. So I chose paper that wasn't too busy.

Here is a close up of some of the details. The white squares were inked with Quick Quotes Powder Puff ink in Purple Passion. The dots are a Viva Pearl Pen in Violet. 

The Stamped images you see are from Stampin Up! Sporting set. I love that I can use them for any sport. The soccer balls and the Senior are cut from the Sports Mania Cricut Cartridge.

Hope you enjoy the page!

~Liz

Father's Day

Masculine cards are so hard sometimes! I think mine tend to start to all look the same so I tried something I learned while teaching the Quick Quotes Convention Classes.

The Quick Quotes blog's current challenge is to use their inks to create a background somewhere on your creation. Can you see mine?

Under the Dad is a red piece of their Ode to Joy paper line that I used their inks to stipple and make the gear design!!

I used a chipboard gear from their balloon 8x10 chipboard, taped it down and used my stiple brush with Blue Hawaiian to ink all around the gear.

Since I was doing 2 of these cards, one for my dad and one for my boyfriend's dad, I cut the gear in half to use on both cards. I flipped it over and using the same ink, I used my Stampin Up Sense of Time (retired) set to stamp some more gears on the chipboard, inked the edges, added a piece of cappuccino twine and glued it down.

The "Dad" started out as cream paper. I inked it with Mocha Mama, stamped the same gears in Mocha Mama. I did all that before I pulled the cut off my Cricut Mat. So then I took it off the mat and added a bit of Blue Hawaiian with a sponge.

You will see a layout using the same paper next week :)

I hope all the fathers out there have a wonderful Father's Day!!

~Liz

Birthday Card Update

Well I have to say, sticking to my new years resolution was good until April! I have 2 months of cards to catch up on, but here are the cards I sent for February and March!

For my Uncle who loves his tools. I have this wonderful diamond plate embossing folder that I used on a "Mr. Fix It" page and it is my go-to item for guys. The paper is also left over from the same page.

One of my cousins it typical all-boy-dare-devil-motorcycles- and anything that goes fast. So I pulled out the same embossing folder and my aluminum foil tape. I found that at Home Depot by the Duct Tape. Or Tim Holtz sells full sheets of it I think. Then cut the motorcycle from my cricut and it was the perfect card. The happy birthday is from Stampin Up.

I needed something quick and simple for this cousins birthday. I saw something similar to this in a magazine and filed it in the back of my head to use someday. Quick triangles on the cricut, a stampin up birthday phrase and this card was done in no time. Paper from My Mind's Eye, Lime Twist

I adore this paper line from Echo Park. It is called This and That. I usually struggle with manly cards, but these colors are just perfect. This uncle used to be a boyscout so the campground makes sense. and I love to add twine to everything lately!

There are a couple other cards that went out that I didn't get pictures of. So sad! I also have a Mother's Day card I did coming up soon!

Thanks and come again!

I'm back! (again)

Heeeeeeellllllllooooooo!!!!!!

I am back yet again. I tend to get into blogging and then get so many things going on that this is the first thing to take a break.... maybe my new year's resolution next year should be to blog more regularly.....

Well Kathy from For Fun Challenges, who I guest designed for a couple months back, contacted me and asked me to come back!

What a perfect reason to get blogging again! :)

So this weeks challenge is

Bunny- No Easter

KnK sponsored this weeks' challenge but had to close its doors last month. They still honored their commitment to sponsor and you will win the digi images the design team got to play with!

I really had to rack my brain for this one. As soon as she said no Easter, all I could think of were Easter bunny cards! lol. But somewhere in my searching I came across the perfect Dr. Seuss quote to go with this cute bunny image

 It says "The more that you read, the more you will know. The more you learn, the more places you'll go" Perfect for a un-typical graduation card, and it just so happens that I have a cousin graduating from high school in a couple months.

I used Stampin Up markers to color in my cute bunnies and their books. Regal Rose, Creamy Carmel, Temping Turquoise and Always Artichoke. Then used Quick Quotes Pink Cheeks to sponge the edges of my quote. The paper is from Echo Park Co's "a walk in the park" line. I have a 6x6 pad of theirs.

Well I hope you enjoyed this card and maybe this challenge will get you motivated to start crafting again like it did for me!

I have lots to catch you up on in the next couple of weeks. I am still going strong with my New Years Resolution of a birthday card for everyone in my family. And I have Ministry scrapbook pages to share. Along with Quick Quotes news! So stay Tuned!

~Liz