Oh Happy Day

This week's Color Challenge incorporates a soft and feminine color pallet that fits right into my  girlie style. First, I used a makeup sponge to dab gold ink over a 12x12 stencil allowing the ink to fade out on the edges. Next I layered lots of light pink and light blue "Carpe Diem" goodies with vellum and strips of sheer ribbon. I secured all of the layers to the card stock by machine stitching a large gold heart over the layers. With a little smattering of finishing touches, the layout is complete. 

"Oh Happy Day" layout supplies:

Glitz Design "Carpe Diem" paper: Diamonds

Glitz Design "Carpe Diem" 6x6 paper pad

Glitz Design "Carpe Diem" Alphabets & Words sticker sheet

Glitz Design "Carpe Diem" Whatnots

Glitz Design "Carpe Diem" washi tape - Mint Chain

Glitz Design "77" Giant Rhinestones

other: gold ink, stencil, ribbon, heart punch, vellum

Inspired Pair - Glitz Designs & Prima Marketing

How about one last project for the Glitz Design and Prima Marketing inspiration week? Be sure to check out the Glitz blog for the winner of the "Raven" prize pack!

Who says Halloween supplies have to be confined to use one day a year? Pulling out the neutrals from the Glitz Designs "Raven" line and pairing them with neutral embellishments from Prima you have a palette that works for any season. The resin feather and triangles subtly bring in a couple of current trends.

"Hello There" Supplies:

Glitz Design "Raven" papers: Lines, Triangles

Glitz Design "Raven" 6x6 paper pad

Glitz Design "Raven" Bits & Pieces

Glitz Design "Love You Madly" washi tape 

Prima Marketing Chalkboard Notecards

Prima Marketing Bark Shapes - stars

Prima Marketing resin feather

Prima Marketing wood embellishment 

Halloween Inspiration & Giveaway

Welcome to one of two fabulous days of Halloween inspiration! Glitz Design and Prima Marketing have teamed up to highlight their super cute Halloween goodies, and of course, to offer you another amazing Glitz giveaway. Enjoy today's projects, and stop by the Glitz Blog for details on entering the giveaway. Each person will have the possibility of four entries in the giveaway!

Prima's 12x12 stencils are perfect for creating custom backgrounds. I love the look of ombre, so I dabbed the ink on darker in the corners and faded it out toward the center. I used a makeup sponge to dab the ink onto the cardstock for a smooth appearance. Pairing the ombre diamonds with the geometric patters in the "Raven" line helps keep things looking unified. 

"October Fun" Supplies:

Glitz Design "Raven" papers: Grey

Glitz Design "Raven" 6x6 paper pad

Glitz Design "Raven" Whatnots

Glitz Design "Raven" Alphabets & Words Sticker Sheet

Glitz Design "Raven" Giant Rhinestones

Glitz Design "Raven" washi tape - b&w chevron

Glitz Design "Color Me Happy" washi tape - rainbow stripe

Prima Marketing 12x12 Elements - stencil

Prima Marketing Bark Shapes - stars

Prima Marketing trim

Prima Marketing wood embellishment 

other: black ink, makeup sponge, Xacto knife, sewing machine

Great embellishments make quick work of any mini album project. I wanted a fun collection to display our family Halloween photos from the past few years. Layers of fun trims, large flowers and cardstock embellishments gave a pop of fun to the album while keeping the focus on the photos. 

"Hello Costume Fun" Album Supplies:

Glitz Design "Raven" papers: Lines, Triangles, Chevron, Countdown, Grey

Glitz Design "Raven" 6x6 paper pad

Glitz Design "Raven" Bits & Pieces

Glitz Design "Raven" Whatnots

Glitz Design "Raven" Alphabets & Words Sticker Sheet

Glitz Design "Raven" Titles & Accents Sticker Sheet

Prima Marketing Chalkboard Notecards

Prima Marketing Chalkboard Flowers

Prima Marketing Bark Shapes - stars

Prima Marketing trim

Prima Marketing wood embellishment 

other: Album & doilies (Punky Sprouts)

To create the background for this card I stenciled the diamonds with a Versamark ink pad then embossed them with clear embossing powder. The greeting was stamped with Versamark, but left matte to give the card an extra bit of dimension. Finally cluster a few layers of great Glitz patterned paper and Prima embellishments and you're set!

"Happy Halloween" Card Supplies:

Glitz Design "Raven" 6x6 paper pad

Glitz Design "Raven" rubber stamps

Prima Marketing 12x12 Elements - stencil

Prima Marketing Chalkboard Flowers

Prima Marketing trim

other: Versamark ink, embossing powder

twirly whirly

twirly whirly

the pic of the day was kind of a last minute fluke today. emma wanted to get some pics in her twirly whirly skirt today for the pic of the day. (the girls are really getting into this whole pic of the day thing!) and we got a bunch of fun shots, but then right before she headed to the kitchen to bake a cake in her easy bake oven... she peeked through our fake house plant thingy and i caught this cool shot for 024/365.


and a sampling of some of the pettiskrit pics we'd taken before the funky fake house plant shot. and we found another excellent use for scrapbook products today. we took several paper flowers and put them together with a brad, then took a twist tie.. wrapped it around the back of the brad, and stuck a bobby pin through it. so maybe it's not the most high tech hair do-dad ever, but it looked pretty darn cute! :)

and just a funny shot of emma all shlumped out on the floor in a mass of pettiskirt goodness.

simiple teacher gifts

simple teacher gifts

well, with our snow stormy weather, the girls' teachers won't be getting their christmas gifts until new years. with our crazy weather and school cancellations, we started christmas break 3 days earlier than planned! anyhow, these are the gifts their teachers will be receiving. this first one is a fun filebox from target, that emma and i altered a bit to customize and jazz it up a bit.

we added the flowers with a rhinestone brad... then added the prima rhinestone flourishes. the top damask is an flocked iron on design by sei. we tried to make it nice and sturdy for use in a first grade class.


the stocking is what torrey and i made for her teacher. we took a piece of large art paper, and traced our stockings and stamped the damask design in blue (we made two for the front and back of the stocking). next we sewed the two pieces together to make the stocking.

for the top: we took fabric, lined it with fusable cotton batting, finished the edges and sewed it onto the paper stocking. to keep it simiple, we simply cut out the tag with the big shot, stamped it and added the letters. we attached it to the fabric with spray adhesive.

we used diamond stickles to add a little sparkle to the stamped damask on the stocking. since she was in need of some teaching supplies, we stuffed the stocking full of teachers goodies!



sorry for the crummy pictures. that's what happens when you have lots of snowy days, not much light, and a TON of snow playing. :D