Practical Scrappers: June Layout Sketch

It's time for another fun layout sketch over at Practical Scrappers!  I think you are really going to love it!

 

Here is the sketch...

 

 

 

And here is my layout...

 

It's all about having lunch with some of our very best friends! 

I just love this camera paper! 

And I used my new favorite stamp set Gorgeous Grunge by Stampin' Up! ALL over this layout!  :)  LOVE IT!

June Stylin' Stampin' Squad Bog Hop: New Catalog Release

 

Hey everyone!  It's time for another blog hop from a great group of demonstrators and this month we are showcasing NEW items from the NEW catalog!  YAY!!!

 

If you are following along the hop you just came from Pamela's blog and got to she her use some awesome new goodies!  And now you get to see mine!

 

This month I created a layout of my little boy!

 

This is the layout that my scrapbook club members got to create yesterday!  The hostess wanted to use punches and boy did we!  There are 28 punched items on this layout!  WOW!

 

One of my favorite NEW colors is Bermuda Bay.  It was a color that came back from the past and I LOVE IT!

One of my favorite things about the new catalog is that they now sell Bundles!  You can get the Six-Sided Sampler Stamp Set and the Hexagon Punch together and you save $5.40 (for clear mount)!  AWESOME!

I love these tone-on-tone circles!  I punched them with the 2-1/2" Circle Punch and then stamped a little texture on them using the Off the Grid single stamp and the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set.  Then I used the NEW Stampin' Distress Tool to rough up the edges.

I couldn't resist adding in this cute picture of my little Noah checking out his scrapbook page!  The page was of him at 18 months and he's how 22 months...where does the time go?!

 

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Whisper White

DSP: Brights Stack (NEW)

Stamp Sets: Six-Sided Sampler (NEW), Off the Grid (NEW), Gorgeous Grunge (NEW)

Inks: Tangerine Tango, Bermuda Bay (NEW), Chocolate Chip

Punches: Hexagon (NEW), 2-1/2" Circle

Tools: Stampin' Distress Tool (NEW)

Embellishments: Candy Dots - Brights (NEW), 7/16" Natural Trim (NEW)

Adhesive: Snail

 

 

 

 

 

Blog Hop Participants:

1. Pam S. of Stampin' in the Sun!
2. Rose C. of Stamp with Rose
3. Tonya B. of Stampin' with Tonya
4. Dawn S. of Dawn's Creative Chalet
5. Darcy J. of DJ's Stampin' Place
6. Pamela W. of Stinky Tofu
7. Kim R. of Stamping with Kim
8. Heidi B of Stuck on Stampin'
9. Bree R. of Craft-somnia
10. Diana E. of Stampin' Fun with Diana
11. Annie L. of Love Me Cards
12. Jamie H. of Unique Ink

Hiding In My Craft Room #101: Super Scraps Saturday

Happy Saturday!  It's Super Scraps Saturday over at HIMCR.  Get out your scraps and play along with us!!

 

 

You will see a few new things on this card.  The new Stampin' Up! catalog just came out and I just got my box of goodies that I ordered! 

 

New Items

Cardstock: Smokey Slate

DSP: Subtles Stack

Stamp Set: Zoo Babies

 

Make sure you head on over to the HIMCR blog to see what the rest of the Design Team did with their scraps this week!

Practical Scrappers: June Card Sketch

It's time for another sketch over at Practical Scrappers.  Here is the sketch that I used for inspiration...

 

 

And here is my card...

 

This card showcases SO many NEW Stampin' Up! items!  Can you tell that I just got my big box of goodies today?!  YAY!

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock: Costal Cabana (NEW), Whisper White

DSP: I Am Me (NEW)

Stamp Set: Banner Greetings (NEW)

Ink: Calypso Coral

Embellishments: Paper Doilies, Ruffle Stretch Trim - Costal Cabana (NEW), Baker's Twine - Calypso Coral, Candy Dots - Neutrals (NEW)

Other: Toothpick

Adhesives: Snail, Dimensionals, Glue Dots

Practical Scrappers: Two Page Layouts

It's time for another dose of two-page layouts over at Practical Scrappers. 

 

Here's mine...

 

I used the NEW Stampin' Up! Soho Subway DSP!  And do you see that washi tape?  This & That: Epic Day 3-pack.  SO much fun to use!

Here is a close up of some of hte papers and the NEW washi tape.

And I just couldn't resist showing you a few pictures of my little man checking out the layout of him while I was trying to take pictures!

Love it!!

 

Be sure you stop by the Practical Scrappers blog to see what the other design team members did with their two-page layouts.  I have a crop this Saturday and I have a feeling that I will be casing a lot of them!  ;)  Thanks girls!

Hiding In My Craft Room #100B: Die Cuts

We are on to Challenge #100B: Use Die Cuts.  It can be any kind of Die cuts, from any machine, any company...even punches!

 

HIMCR is sponsoring this challenge and giving away a FREE Cricut Cartridge!  AWESOME!

 

 

I used Stampin' Up! Framelits Dies for my card!

 

Hearts Collection Framelits (#125599  $26.95 USD)

Hearts a Flutter Framelits (#130159  $24.95 USD)

 

I love our framelits and they just got a whole lot easier to use because of the Big Shot Magnetic Platform (#130658  $39.95USD).

 

Please be sure to stop by the HIMCR blog to see what the rest of the design team came up with for this challenge.  And then stop by on the hour for the next 2 hours.  This is where my crafty day ends with HIMCR but there are still two more challenges to participate in and WIN!  Good luck and I can't wait to see your creations!

 

 

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Hiding In My Craft Room #100A: Choose Your Own...

Challenge that is! For this challenge all you need to do is pick a previous HIMCR challenge! Freestyle doesn't count! It can be a challenge you wanted to do but didn't get a chance to, a challenge you started and didn't get finished or posted, or one that you already participated in and want to create another one! It HAS to be something you make or finish that is NEW, no back linking please!

The sponsor for this challenge is Template Dreams! You could win a $5 gift certificate!

 

I chose to work with Challenge #86: Use a Kit. 

 

 

I got to use the Let's Go Racing Kit from Template Dreams and I love it so much for my little car-aholic! 

 

Can't wait to see you all play along and pick your own challenge!  Be sure to check out the HIMCR blog to see what the other design team members came up with for challenge 100A!

Hiding In My Craft Room Blog Hop: Challenge #100

Welcome to HIMCR's 100th Challenge!  Today we are doing things a little differently.  We are starting the day off with a blog hop and we will continue with a few other posts and challenges throughout the day!

 

Each of the Design Team members has chosen a color combination for Challenge #100.  There are two prizes for this challenge:

 

#1: For completing the blog hop.  Visiting every Design Team member's blog, leaving a comment and going back to the HIMCR blog to say you finished the hop.

 

#2: For choosing a color combination that one of the designers used and making your own project with those colors.  Link up below and you may be a winner.

 

 

My Colors for this challenge are: Gray, Blue and Red.

 

And here is my card... 

 

Hope you enjoy it and be sure to continue on the hop and stop by Amber's blog next!

 

Have fun today and we'll be back in another hour with Challenge #100A!

 

Here's the blog hop list:

Laurie - Hiding in My Craft Room

Jennie - Jenscrapstoo

Nana - My Crafting Challenge

Adrienne - PaperDivaScraps

Diana - My Creativity Exploded!

Kelli - Scraps & photoGRAFFS

Melanie - Afternoon Scrapper

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Practical Scrappers: Frugal Finds-Stamping with Household Items

Today at Practical Scrappers we are talking about Stamping with Household Items!

 

I chose toy cars as my household item. We have a ton of them at our house so I knew it would be easy to find, give great texture to a card for a little boy and be super fun!

 

Here is the car that I chose from the play room.

 

I rolled the tires in my black ink pad (that really needs to be reinked!) and then rolled on the Whisper White cardstock.  I reinked and rolled again...over and over until I had the look I was trying to achieve.

 

This is a fun item to stamp with and it would even be fun for kids to get in on the action!

 

Make sure that you stop by Practical Scrappers today to see what other household items the design team is stamping with!

Practical Scrappers: Inspired by Pinterest

I love the challenge we have a Practical Scrappers to be inspired by Pinterest to create something.  I am on Pinterest multiple times a day and I just LOVE getting inspiration for my cards and scrapbook pages there! 

 

Before I show you my card, I have to tell you that I LOVE the work of Kimberly Van Diepen.  She is a Stampin' Up Demonstrator too and does great work!  It's so much fun to see what she comes up with every day.  She always seems to have something new!

 

So here is the pin that inspired me.  I love the way Kimberly's card came together and even though I used it as inspiration to create one that is almost the same, I still like hers a lot better!

We are attending a wedding on Saturday and I knew I needed to create a card to give the lovely new Mr. & Mrs.  So here you have it! 

 

I hope you enjoyed both of the cards I posted today.  Be sure to head on over to the Practical Scrappers blog to see what the other Design Team members came up with today!