Christmas Card - UmWowStudio

I'm up on the UmWowStudio blog today with this Christmas card featuring a chipboard piece and a stencil from the UmWowStudio store.

To create this card, I started by applying some super heavy gesso through the checker board stencil.  Next I applied some shimmery red and gold mists followed by some little gold beads.

While my card front was drying, I covered a piece of the grid border chipboard with gesso, then adhered it to the card front on top of some messy metallic gold thread.  The grid border is quite possibly my favorite UmWowStudio piece!

A couple of pretty flowers and a sentiment completed the card.

Thanks so much for visiting today!

UmWowStudio products used:

Grid Border

Checker Board Stencil

other products used:

patterned paper, stickers: My Mind's Eye

flowers: Petaloo, Prima Marketing

sprays: Heidi Swapp, Lindy's Stamp Gang

My Creative Scrapbook: Ladylike Layout + Doll Stamp Card

It's the 5th of the month, and that means it's kit reveal day at My Creative Scrapbook!

The August Limited Edition kit features the Debutante collection from Prima Marketing.  What a breathtaking assortment of papers, chipboard stickers, and flowers.

There are also complementary papers from Blue Fern Studios and Webster's Pages, along with a beautiful Blue Fern Studios chipboard frame, gorgeous trims, and lovely buttons.  A bottle of Prima Color Bloom spray mist and a Prima doll stamp are also included! Wow!

This is one of the layouts that I created with the kit along with mixed media goodies from my stash:

For my background, I used 5 colors of Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays (see product list below) and a chevron stamp from Viva Las Vegastamps.  I also added some string for texture.

My background color choices were inspired by the Lindy's Stamp Gang August color challenge:

The Lindy's Stamp Gang products that I used on my layout are:
C'est la vie Cerise
Cotton Candy Pink
Merci Beaucoup Mint
Merry-Go-Round Green
Shabby Turbine Teal

I also made this quick card with the kit:

How fun to have a Prima doll stamp included in the kit! To create the doll, I stamped it several times on various scraps of leftover kit paper (and on the stamp packaging for the skin pieces!), fussy cut the pieces, and assembled them.  Then I simply attached it with foam squares to the card front.

For the subtle white circles on the background, I dipped a cap from a water bottle into super heavy gesso and stamped it onto the card.

Here's the gorgeous kit:

For information on purchasing a kit, please visit MyCreativeScrapbook.com

Prima Marketing - Hobby Lobby Make & Take #2 Recap

Hi blog friends!

Last Saturday I had the opportunity to demonstrate some beautiful Prima Marketing products and techniques at the Las Vegas, NV Hobby Lobby.

For the month of June, the Prima Ambassadors are demonstrating greeting cards featuring 6x6 stencils, cling stamps, resist chalk inks, journaling cards, crystals, wood buttons, and flowers.

Here is my card sample:

I met some really fun crafters and managed to grab photos of a few:

(this couple is about to celebrate 41 years of marriage!)

If you didn't have a chance to stop by the Las Vegas, NV Hobby Lobby this past Saturday to do this free Make & Take, you'll have another opportunity this coming Saturday, June 21st from 1:00pm - 4:00pm.  Hope to see you there :)

ADORNit Guest Designer: More Forever Family + GIVEAWAY!

It's Day 2 of guest designing on the ADORNit blog, and here is what I'm sharing today using the Forever Family collection:
(scroll down for the giveaway)

When I saw the "Together is the Best Place to Be" laser die cut from the Family Vignette set, I was immediately inspired to use it as the focal point on a card. This card came together really quickly- a few strips of the reverse sides of the "Family Wordplay" and "Family Tickertape" patterned paper and a border sticker from the "Kindred" sticker set make up the base of the card.

I added 2 decorative corners from the "You, Me, Us" sticker set, mounted the focal point lasercut with foam squares, and tied a big white bow using ribbon from my stash.

I topped it all off with a cute little wood heart from the Family wood shapes set, which I detailed with a white liquid pearl pen. A simple but lovely card for my sweetie!

The ADORNit website is here.

and the ADORNit blog is here.

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GIVEAWAY!!!

ADORNit is giving away this awesome prize package filled with the Family Forever collection to one of my blog readers!

It's a $20 value!

To enter the prize drawing:

Leave a comment on my blog on any of my ADORNit blog posts this week (there was one on Monday and this one today, plus two more coming this week, for a total of four). I'd love to hear how you'd use this wonderful collection of goodies- but you can comment about anything you'd like! You can comment on all 4 blog posts for 4 entries into the drawing.

For another entry into the drawing, please follow my blog and leave me another comment telling me you you're following!

For an additional entry, hop over to the ADORNit facebook page and post a happy "hello" from Kris Berc!

So... there's 6 ways to enter this fun giveaway :)

Thanks for stopping by today!

More My Creative Scrapbook Main Kit: Echo Park Beautiful Life

Hi! Hope you had a great weekend.

I have a quick card to share today that I made using this month's Main kit from My Creative Scrapbook. This is my fourth project using the kit and I still have lots of parts and pieces left over.

One of my favorite things to use on cards is lace, so I was thrilled to find some in the kit!

Here's the kit, featuring Beautiful Life by Echo Park Paper Co.

My Creative Scrapbook is currently accepting new members. To make a purchase, please visit the website, here.

One more thing... the September kits are fabulous and you are going to want them! I will be digging in to those this week!

More My Creative Scrapbook July Limited Edition Kit: Webster's Pages Plum Seed

Hello! I have one more project to share that I made using the July Limited Edition kit from My Creative Scrapbook.

The mini craft bags included in the kit inspired me to make a card that doubles as a gift card holder!

Here's the July Limited Edition kit:

Featuring the gorgeous Plum Seed collection by Webster's Pages, the kit includes several double-sided patterned papers, an assortment of mini craft bags, and lovely trims along with BasicGrey flowers and chipboard, Prima flowers and vines, Pink Paislee butterflies, and Thickers.

The My Creative Scrapbook Limited Edition kit is sold in a 4-month subscription for just $39.99 + shipping per month. If you'd like to sign up for any of the kits, visit the website, here.

More My Creative Scrapbook July Creative Kit: Little Yellow Bicycle Poppy

Today I have a card to share that I made with the July Creative kit from My Creative Scrapbook kit club.

This kit features Little Yellow Bicycle Poppy and includes lots of double-sided patterned papers, a paper crafting flower kit, canvas title stickers, and chipboard shapes plus a package of burlap flowers, Thickers, and cute dot ribbon.

I layered 4 pieces of patterned paper onto the card base, added on a chipboard frame, and embellished with layered flowers, a sentiment diecut, and a pearl sticker from Little Yellow Bicycle's paper crafting kit.

 These vibrant colors are so cheerful!

The July Creative kit

A 6-month membership to the Creative kit is only $28.99 + shipping per month. A deal like that is tough to beat. For information on purchasing any of the kits, please visit the My Creative Scrapbook website, here.

I will be back next week with the July Limited Edition and Album kits :)

A Few Cards

Hello! Just quickly popping in with a few cards...

It has been busy, busy here with all of life's happenings and preparing for the July kits reveal at My Creative Scrapbook.  I can't share those projects yet, but it won't be much longer... sneaks will be up on July 1st both here on my blog and on the My Creative Scrapbook blog.

In the meantime here are some cards:

This card was made with the gorgeous Isabella collection from BoBunny along with a pretty Prima flower. These colors will always be a favorite for me!

Another BoBunny collection here- the bright and cheerful Alora. The sentiment stamp is from Verve.

Lots of American Crafts goodies on this one: Dear Lizzy 5th & Frolic papers, stickers, and burlap bow along with a Flower Shoppe layered flower and a clothespin.

I will be back on the 1st with some sneaks!

Thank You Cards: Ruby Rock-It & Fiskars

Hey all, I just wanted to share a pair of cards that I have up on the Ruby Rock-It blog today.

We're featuring the Arcadia, Reminisce, and Mother Nature collections this month, so I have used products from those lines to create these cards.

Aren't the trims beautiful? I've added a pink butterfly chipboard accent and a trio of sweet off-white heart stickers.

The second card follows the same design as the first but moves from serene blues to pretty peaches and pinks. I loved the trim so much that I doubled up on it this time!

The flower focal point was made using dies from my stash and centered with a pearl-adorned floral chipboard piece. I added additional pearls along the bottom of the card to further dress it up.

I've been enjoying our collaboration with Fiskars this month and love the pretty detailing that the hearts border punch added to my cards.

If you stop by the Ruby Rock-It blog, you'll find my supply list as well as a beautiful canvas created by my teammate, Pattie Beltran.

Thanks for stopping by!

Quick Clean & Simple Cards from Scraps: Ruby Rock-It

Hey there, today I would like to share some quick tips for creating sweet handmade cards when time is of the essence.

While many of us love to add layer after layer of paper and embellishments to our projects, sometimes life just doesn't slow down enough to be able to devote a lot of time to crafting. Still, giving a handmade card over a store bought one is almost always preferred.

Ruby Rock-It understands how quickly life can move and offers a whole line of pre-cut, scored, embossed card bases with envelopes, called Imprints. Awesome, right? Such time-savers they are.

Here are the Imprints that I chose for today's cards:

If you're like me, you couldn't imagine tossing your scraps, and you've got quite an assortment of them in your stash just begging to be used on a project.

I pulled some scraps that I had saved after my last Kinda Krafty project and laid them out on my table.

I grabbed a couple of my favorite punches and punched out a handful of shapes from the scraps.

For my first card, I glued 7 of the punched butterflies directly onto the Imprints card base. I adhered the "Good Job" sentiment, which was cut from the Kinda Crafty Chatterbox cardstock, using a foam square for dimension. Then I pulled some pearls from a Bella! Bling Borderlines pack and glued one to each butterfly.

For my second card (hey! challenge yourself to make your cards in pairs or sets- you'll be glad to have the extra cards in your stash), I glued the larger butterfly directly to the Imprints card base, added a little pearl, and then used foam squares to adhere the smaller butterflies in a whimsical fashion. I added a sentiment again cut from the Chatterbox cardstock sheet and called it complete.

So quick and easy but still handmade!