Handmade Flowers

Today at Scrap Tiffany we are making Handmade Flowers.  This time of year I am very busy making scrapbooks for my children and their families.  I use filler pages that are 8x8 and each family gets five pages which makes 10 scrapbook LO's.  On this LO I have used tag holders cut from Cricuts Tags, Bags and Boxes cartridge and in each one holds the grandkids Christmas List handwritten by them.  I decorated them with Distress Inks and added a lot of bling with my new I-Rock tool which I just love.

 The large handmade flower was cut using the Sizzix die Flower #3.  The top and middle were changed by cutting off one peddle and gluing it back together which giving it more dimention.  The second flower was made by wetting down a chipboard flower that was flat.  By wetting it down I was able to peel the layers apart giving it a lot of layering.  I then used distress ink along with the Tim Holtz blending tool to give it some color and also leaving some of it naked.

The centers on both flowers are Apholstery Tacks that I picked up at the department store and cut the sharp back off and glued onto the flower.

All of the new design team members have been announced on the Scrap Tiffany Blog.  There is some really talented ladies that will be joining us soon.

Sketch

This LO is for Scrap Tiffany.  This week we had to follow a sketch.

Recipes and Food

Well it's the week of Thanksgiving and it seems that everyone is talking food.  I've seen so many recipes for pumpkin this and pumpkin that and the conflict to put mini marshmellows on the sweet pototes or leave them off.

A family favorite in my family is Broccoli Salad.  I've made this so many times and still always get requests to make it again.  The difference from the deli bought salad and mine is that instead of using raisens I use dried cranberries.  So today at Scrap Tiffany we needed to create around Recipes and Food.

Another Blog Hop!

Today, Scrap Tiffany Blog is participating in another blog hop.  Everyones project will be on the blogs listed below.  It's called a Recipe Challenge, because each Challenge Blog is adding one ingredient to the mix.


Here is who's participating, and what they added to the "recipe."

1. Sassy Lil' Sketches---The Sketch

2. scrapFIT--We want you to use 3 of the same thing on your LO. (3 buttons, 3 ribbons, 3 brads)

3. Crop Suey---We want you to use ink, paint or mist or all 3.

4. scraptiffany---We want to see some LACE.

5. Cuttlebug Spot---We want to see some texture or embossing.

Here is my entry for this hop.  You know you can always tell a scrapbooker from others.  They are the ones that are taking pictures instead of grabbing their grandson up from drinking water from the dogs bowl.  I quit, a long time ago, asking the question, "what are you going to do next"?

ScrapTiffany Holiday Blog Hop

Welcome to my portion of the Scrap Tiffany Holiday Blog Hop.  I am so glad that you have joined me along this journey.  If by chance this is your first stop, hop back to Scrap Tiffany to start at the beginning.  You don't want to miss any of the Scrap Tiffany Design Teams great holiday projects.

For my project I have chosen to make package tags.  Tags are so much fun to make.  You can add as much or as little as you like.   They can be simple or more complex.

This first tag is my favorite!  The tag is cut from Tags, Bags and Boxes Cricut Cartridge.  I topped the tag with red and green papers and embellished the line between the papers with black lace and lime green pom poms.  The snowman is cut from last years seasonal Cricut cartridge Snow Friends and I used white iridescent embossed paper to give them some sparkle.  Some cute tiny buttons tied with black floss run along the side.  I cut two little tags using a Martha Stewart punch and stamped them with To and From and they were tied on top with the tag ribbon.

The second tag was also cut from Tags, Bags and Boxes Cricut Cartridge.  I ran it through my Cuttlebug with a Tim Holtz embossing folder.  Then, using distress inks, gave it a little color.  The dew drops were clear and I colored them red with a Copic marker.  To and From was made with a label maker and done!

The third tag is cut on my own to show that you don't need anything special to make tags.  I stamped a sentiment and once again used one of the snowmen.  I found these cute little doilies the other day and it was perfect for this tag.  I added some bling using my IRock tool.  (love it!)

This last tag was cut out using the Cricut Cartridge Accent Essentials.  I stamped the snowman (Stampn Up)and colored it with Copic markers and then cut it out.  Tore off a piece of white cardstock and added glitter for the snow.  Stapled the ribbon on and it is ready to be placed on a special package.

Thanks for visiting my blog and I hope you come back again.

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Becca - http://www.houseofhenrie.blogspot.com/

Jackie - http://www.mybasketofscraps.blogspot.com/

Jennifer - http://www.jdcreated.blogspot.com

Jessica - http://canyoupixelthis.com/

Katie - http://scissorsspatulasandsneakers.blogspot.com/

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Kristi - http://www.tidbitsoft.blogspot.com/

Kristina - http://kmhworld.blogspot.com/

Laurel - http://www.want2scrap.blogspot.com/

Michelle - http://michelle-livingandscrappingmylife.blogspot.com/

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It's Almost Halloween

It's almost Halloween!  Halloween is such a fun holiday with all the excitement from the kids and so many things to use for decorating.  This week at Scrap Tiffany Halloween is the focus.  I made this card by cutting out the "BOO" with my cricut and embossing with cuttlebug.  I then used distress inks to give it some color.

I like using googlie eyes and put them in the dark pumpkin patch.

Love To Create!

Scrap Tiffany's design team this week made banners.  I've wanted something to put up on my wall in my Scrappy Room for quite a while just never got arount to making anything.  When this project came up I knew just what I wanted to make.

I wanted each letter to be different from the others and I think I really did that. 

Scenery Photos - The Caribbean

This week at Scrap Tiffany we all used scenery photos to make a layout.  I had to really give this one a thought because I'm not one to take pictures of just scenery.  I then remembered out great cruise to the Caribbean in 2008.  I knew I had to have scenery pictures in there.  Of course I had great expectations of making a book with all of these photos but it never got even started.

On  our excursions in Tortola we went to see The Baths in Virgin Gorda.  It was amazing!  These huge bolders are sprinkled along the beach.  There is a path through the bolders and we followed our guide, climbing up, over and around, from one beach to another.

We are returning to Tortola in January 2011 on another Caribbean cruise.  This time we are taking an excursion on a boat that will go back to this same area so we can see it from the sea and snorkel around these great bolders.

I cut the letters out on my Cricut and applied glitter but not covering the whole letter.  I really like how they turned out.  Less Is Better!

Jeepers Creepers!

I really hate spiders!  This time of year really creeps me out.  Seems like there are spiders everywhere and I hear everyone commenting on how big they are this year. 

For Scrap Tiffany we were to use our scraps.  I keep all my scraps in drawers according to color so they are easy to get to.  I found a large (for a scrap) of black and used my new Cricut cartridge October 31st and cut out the spider.  I plumped up it's body with puff paint and added yellow glitter and little red glitter eyes. 

I took the stripe paper and soaked it in water and then distressed it and used some distress ink on it.  I tore up a small piece of cardboard that was sitting in the corner of my room and also used distress ink on it.  I found a scrap of tulle and tied it across the cardboard adding some stuffing from an old dog toy for webbing and then put that nasty spider on top.

I think it turned out pretty good for only using scraps.

We all have CARDSTOCK

The challange this week was to only use cardstock.  We all have some of this and use it to accent other paper on our page layouts and cards.  I took nine different colors and ran the 1 1/2 inch squares through nine different embossing folders.  I didn't think I had that many!

It's hard to see in the picture but I also popped up three of the squares to give some dimention to the card.  It was my DIL's birthday on the 2nd so this birthday card went to Lindsey.

VINTAGE

I love the look of vintage cards.  Vintage allows you to go in so many different directions.  One of many things that are on my wish list are more vintage stamps, I don't have any at this time.

I received the birdcage and bird die cut from a friend in a swap.  The cage was red and just didn't give me the look I wanted so I  covered it with crackle paint so that the red shows through.  I took a grungeboard swirl and added rhinestones to it and placed in on top of a page out of an old book.  The background of the card is distressed inks with a spritz of water giving it a weathered look.

The left side just didn't look right so I added tule and metal cornor brads.

"ORANGE" Design Team Card

I have been a really bad blogger through this summer.  I haven't entered any contests or anything.  I made a board book for my daughter for her 30th birthday and I've kept up with all the birthdays in the family and of course, I've done my design team work.  I just haven't been very good about sitting down and getting it onto my blog.

This card is for the design team at Scrap Tiffany.  This week we were to work with the color orange.  It's not one of Tiffany's favorite colors but it is mine.  The image is from Stampin Up and colored with copic markers.  I distressed the orange cardstock by wetting it and then rubbing my finger over it until it was torn and wrinkled.  I think it give the cardstock a ruffled look.

Enjoy the day and I will try to do better about posting my cards.  I'm now off to make next weeks DT card.