Happy Day - Festival Lily

Hello!

Hope you're having a nice weekend.  Thanks to Alyce from Kit and Clowder I got to play with a lovely free digital image created by the very talented Wendy Burns, owner of All Dressed Up.  Her name is Festival Lily and if you're a part of the Kit and Clowder Facebook community you'll have already received and participated in the coloring contest using this beautiful image.  

Here's the card I made, love how girly it turned out.

Had a bit of fun with a new photo editor, Pixlr which created this very cool glamour shot.  I must say it makes my card look very professional...  (lol)  I love how soft & kawaii it makes everything look. Sorta whimsical just like this image.  Here's my coloring before the glamour shot in case you wanted to see the flaws, I mean the difference. lol...

That's all I have for now, enjoy the rest of your weekend and as always, Mahalo for stopping by!

Supplies used:

• Festival Lily digi - All Dressed Up
• Essential backgrounds Text style clear stamps Product # LVB297 - Whiff of Joy
• Patterned papers Lyric & Fairy Rhymes, flowers Lucille Song Bird #555597 - Prima Marketing
• White Neenah cardstock
• Die-namics Mini Album Squares, Dainty Dots border  - MFT 
• Designer Mini Tags, leafy branch, burlap twine natural - Taylored Expressions
• Sentiment, sequins - Winnie & Walter 
• Open leaf flourish die - LLLC
• Laser cut wood butterfly - Recollections
• Handicraft lace - Daiso Japan
• Distress inks: Tumbled glass, walnut stain, stickles - Tim Holtz by Ranger
• Versafine Vintage sepia - Tsukineko
• Magic Perlen Pens: transparent blue & transparent - Viva Decor
• Copics:
• Skin: E000, E21, E00, R30
• Hair: N7, N4, B24
• Dress/butterflies: G0000, G000, G00, G02, YR00, E30, E31, N3, N1, E11, YR82
• Outline: G000

LFF #75 - For a sweet friend... Hi :)

Hello!!

Hope everyone is enjoying their Aloha Friday.  It's been crazy in my little part of the world and it doesn't seem to be slowing down.  Boy I wish I could win the lottery! hahaha!  Anyways, today I have a fun card to share for today's Lilo's Fun Friday #75.  I recently discovered a new (to me) digital stamp company called Little Blue Button.  I apologize, but I don't remember where I saw it to begin with.  It might have been Shirl's blog, she's always ahead of the game when it comes to finding new stamp companies, especially the digital kind. I purchased a few of their images but also downloaded this cutie, Sally with Heart, that was in their freebie section and made this card...

Had fun with this one.  Chose some items from my stash including the flowers, pearls and papers.  Colored her with warm Copics and E000, E00.  The dies used were from La-La Land Crafts (Heart Banner & Filigree corner)  I had some fun and wrote, "Hi :)" inside the hearts on the banner and popped them up with dimensional adhesive.  The sentiment is computer generated and I cut it in to a flag sort of banner and distressed it with Ranger TH Distress ink (Brushed corduroy).  Actually used that ink all over this card including the banner to give it a nice vintage look.  I loved the paper from MME with it's newpaper printing and the pretty blue design with the bird.  Everything was matted on to a silver piece of cardstock and then on to kraft cardstock for the card.   The flowers are from Prima. Here's a close up of Sally and the banner:

I've already printed her out a couple more times and colored her up differently.  Hoping to find some inspiration to add her to a card, or maybe a tag.. We shall see.  For now, it's back to the grind. I hope you all have a terrific summer Friday afternoon/evening and that you have a wonderful weekend!! Mahalo for stopping by, until next time!!
Lilo

Welcome little one - Spotlight time at KBD

Hello!

Hope you all had a wonderful long weekend spent with family, friends, food and some fireworks.  I spent the weekend going to Anime Expo, watched fireworks in my neighborhood, and got in some good food with friends & family.  So all the bases were covered. :)  I got in some craft time too. Made a few cards for fun and for my DT responsibilities. Today is the 1st Monday of the month and I have the spotlight at the Kitty Bee Designs blog...

Here's my version of baby shabby chic.  I used one of my favorite KBD images, Balloon Flying Panda, for today's spotlight.  There seems to be a lot of ladies at work that are expecting so I need to make sure I have enough cards to give out.  This image is perfect for any baby theme.  I love that I can color it up using neutral, boy or girly tones.  Here I used more girly tones.  I'm glad I was able to use a lot of my tools and supplies. Especially my newer dies.

Here's a close up of some of the dies used.  The first is the Lovely view die by Spellbinders for Little Darlings.  Love this die, it's really pretty.  I first used kraft cardstock to cut it, embossed it with a Swiss dots folder and using corduroy ink with a sponge I went all the way around it to give it that cool rustic color.  I did the same to most of this card trying not to go overboard.  The banner and corner dies are from La-La Land Crafts.  I'm slowly building up my LLLC and MFT die collection and am hoping to be able to use them all real soon.  The other die I used was a leaf die from LLLC that is right under the giant Prima flower.  The sentiment is one from my computer generated stash that I cut in to a banner and distressed.

Glad I can add this card to my stash, it'll just be really hard to let it go.  LOL!  Anyone else have that problem? hehe... Anyhoos, stop by the Kitty Bee Designs Etsy store to pick up some adorable images and then come join our current challenge, click HERE for more details.  And last before I sign off I'd like to share that the new members of our design team have been announced, click HERE to find out who they are. Make sure to stop by and welcome them to the team.

Mahalo for stopping by today, have a great week and I hope you get in some crafty time.

Leanne
Team Bees for Kitty Bee Designs

Happy Easter - Part 2

(This is my 2nd post today, if you'd like to see the first post just scroll down)

Hello!
Hope you're all enjoying some fun Easter Sunday antics. I'm back to share more of my Easter projects. Here are more pillow box treats. These were made for the co-workers...

Same concept, with a little more added details.  Instead of a Prima rose I added some Easter eggs and a bigger doily.  Here are some close ups...  First up is Moon who looks like he's leaping to get the egg...

Next up is Jade  rolling around in the grass and look!  She's juggling an egg, must be from the circus... hahaha...

This next shot shows the smaller treats I made.  I used some older papers from DCWV, a Stampin' Up scalloped circle punch and more SS bunnies...

I have one more post of some more Easter projects, hope you're not too bored to come back!! ^.^
See you later!  

Happy Easter - Part 1

Happy Easter Sunday everyone!

Popping in to share some Easter themed projects I made.  Using the We R Memory Keepers Pillow box punch board made it super easy and quick to put these together.  I've seen these punch boards around blogland and wanted to see how good they were.  I have to say that you really need to have precise alignment skills for the perfect end result.

Here are the treats I made using a new doily die, Sister Stamps bunnies, beautiful designer papers from Prima Marketing and some strategically placed sentiments anchored by some Prima roses.  I also used my WOS clear glitter brush pen to add a little bit more sparkle.  I guess these would be considered a little bit shabby chic, or at least girly.  Here are the ones I made for the stamp camp ladies whom I got together with last Sunday...

I used 4 of the bunnies/rabbits from the Sister Stamp line as they were easy to color, cut out and were small enough for each box.  The first two are the Year of the Rabbit from the zodiac series...  I added a little smile to one of them...

Next up is the adorable Daba, I always think he's giggle about something, wish I knew what it was. lol

Next up is Moon from the last release, read all about him here

And lastly is Jade, this is one adorable little bunny, read all about her here.

Inside each treat box I filled it with some individually wrapped Hi-Chew candies.  I also wanted to share a quick tip on cutting those intricate dies.  I'm not sure where I saw this tip but it's seriously awesome!!  Use wax paper in between the die and the paper!!  You'll never want to be without this inexpensive piece of paper if you want to cut those intricate dies.  It's like cutting butter!!  hahaha.. Try it and let me know if you got the same result I did.  I wish I could remember where I saw it.

Last Sunday I spent a fun-filled day of crafting and catching up with the stamp camp ladies...

You might recognize some of these ladies, Kathy from Pixie Boutique and Linda from Life of a Girlie Girl.  Linda was kind enough to make us Mimosas, yep that's what the red cups are for. hahaha.. They were delicious and no there were no crafting accidents. (hahaha)  Also in this picture is Jenny from Sesame Bijoux, Angie & hiding in the background is Jen.  Kathy had a project for us to make, a really cute Easter themed card.  Here's mine using Harumi & a cute Easter egg chick from Stampin' Up.  Stop by her blog and check out the one she made.

Ok, I think I'll stop here and post the rest later in the afternoon.  Gotta spread out my posts or else you'll get bored.  lol...

See you later!!

Y&FH Challenge reminder - Anything Goes Challenge #26

Morning!

Uh oh!  Looks like I forgot to schedule this!!  Sorry about that!

Today Team Fumi is sharing their Anything Goes inspirations for your viewing pleasure.  Head on over to the Y&FH blog to see all of the beautiful creations.  I'm so excited to see all of the projects being added to our challenge, unfortunately I did see several of you link up more than once and it's too bad those entries will have to be deleted from the competition.  It's really mind-boggling to me that some people don't read the rules, but you know I've actually come to expect it.  Sad but true, unfortunately.  I do want to say "Thanks" to the ones who actually follow our rules, we greatly appreciate it and know that you are not only in it to share your creation but that you respect what we share as well, so Thank you!!

Now on to my project which I have to tell you I did a little cheating.  No it's not that bad, I actually made this at the Ontario (California) Rubber Scrapbooking Expo as a make n' take.  Now I wish I had taken a photo of it before I stamped my image to "complete" the frame. 

Acrylic frame featuring Fumi with Bear Backpack

So all you have to do is picture the left side without an image and that is what I made.  I couldn't leave it blank, it did not look finished to me, now it does.  This was our make n' take that Renate' and I did at the Clear Scraps booth.  Isn't it gorgeous?!  I don't remember ever making something like this!!   It was really fun and easy to make and I learned a lot about new products and how to make acrylic look like this!  I know if I tried to do it again it would take me longer than the 20 minutes it took at the show.  I seriously need to go to their blog/website to watch some videos.  We got to use some new products that I probably would never have bought, but ended up buying and can't wait to use.  It's all Viva decor and Adirondack inks and stuff and lots of sparkling stuff.  I know a few ladies that would love some of these products if they don't already.  I also purchased some acrylic and chipboard letters to make a photo album.  We'll see how that works out.  I'm the queen of buying stuff and never using it, but for this project I'm thinking this might be a new beginning.  Check back closer to Christmas as that's when I hope to have it finished. :)  How about a couple more pictures?...  Ok you twisted my arm... hahaha...

Fumi with Bear Backpack with a vintage feel

I wish you could see how beautiful and shiney this frame is.  We used alcohol inks, staz-on ink, inka gold metallic rub and a few other things I can't remember and to glue it all together we used 3-in-1 craft glue.

You're special with bird

This is the other side.  The bird is another acrylic piece and the bottom part is made of cork paper.  We also used a dark brown pearl pen to add some nice dimension to the project.  I even added a small dot to give the bird an eye.  :)  This is one shabby chic project that I loved making!  Next up I'm going to try and tackle the word album.  Wish me luck!  :)

Vintage Fumi with Bear Backpack

Speaking of luck, we hope to see more of you link your Anything Goes projects to the current challenge where you have a chance at winning or being in our Top 3.  Remember the prize is a $10 gift certificate to our online store and the Top 3 will receive a 10% discount as well.  Good luck!
Mahalo for stopping by.  Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!

Hugs,
Leanne