Quick Little Thanks

Quick Little Thanks

My daughter turned 10!  I can not believe how the years have passed by, and so have her taste in "parties".  This year she wanted to invite a few girlfriends to dinner and movie at the mall.  So we spent the evening with a fun little group cruising along.  I do think the art of thank you cards are lost, so I helped my daughter maker her thank you's early!  This was a fun card making project we did grabbing from my stash.

First we used Flat Cards 5 1/2 by 5 1/2 I got a Paper Source.  They come in packets of 25 and if you watch around you can sometimes get them in the clearance section (sale - my favorite 4 letter word!).  We ran these through the Big Shot to emboss them using the "smile" embossing folder...

After I embossed the cards, I went over the top of the words and edges with my favorite Heidi Swapp ink - Mint!  Next I used my Polaroid picture frame to cut out the shapes for where I was going to stick a thank you "gift".  I think this has been one of the BEST purchases I've made to date!  Very versatile

Not wanting to waste, We used the inside square to write the thank you notes on, and I used my Heidi Swapp clear stamps to #thanks on the bottom of the picture frame.  This tied it all together nicely.  To complete it, we placed a cute little Apple square gift card in the picture frame as a little party favor!

FINALLY nothing would be complete without a 10 year old's selfee!!!

Brightest Blessings and Stay Messy!

The baby book beat the baby!

Have you ever started a gift for someone when you had a ton of time, then all of the sudden you didn't and the gift was DUE!!  Literally!!!  That happened to me!  I have a friend who found out she was pregnant, so I bought this cute little book pattern from Paper Phenomenon.  Making the book was a snap, all I had to do was finish embellishing it.  Should have been a piece of cake...right?
Well I finished it today and the best part is she isn't due for 2 more weeks!
Thought I would share some of my favorite pages from the book.  I used 1 8x8 pad of Simple Stories Hello Baby line, along with a few coordinating 12x12 pages.  AND of course nothing I do will ever be complete with a little Heidi Swapp somewhere in there :)

The turquoise I am holding into is a pocket that pulls out.  On the next two pages I made the papers flip tops to add more room for photos.

This is the front, I struggles with what to do, because I do know the baby's name, but I do NOT like to tempt fate in such ways.  So I decided to use these blingy brads I had left over from a Close to My Heart page.  I think it looks kind of like overalls which is good because its a boy!

Thanks for stopping by!  Brightest blessings, and STAY messy my friends!

It's Summer!  It's Summer!

I kicked off the summer with a fun little canvas inspired by Gabriella Pollaco.  I started with an 8x10 canvas from Michael's and covered it with paper pieces from different scraps that I had laying around.  I then painted it with some silk paint to give it a pop!

I thought it needed some texture so I added some black splatter and white circles.  To make the circles I painted bubble wrap and stamped it.

 

 

The fun part started when I made the girl.  I used my Julie Nutmeg stamp, but I wanted her skirt to be longer.  I stamped her pieces onto several different colors and then cut them out, piecing together a longer skirt for her.  I then used a black sharpie to outline her to give her some depth. 

Can you guess what color hair my daughter has?

 

From here I embellished.  I used stamps, a word sticker from Heidi Swapp, some flourishes and bling to add her flair and a set of butterflies which I sprayed with several colors of Tattered Angels until they looked like I wanted them too. 

 

This was a fun start to a great and super creative summer I FEEL IT!!!

I also invite you to check out Ms. Pollacco's amazingness! at http://gabriellepollacco.blogspot.com/

 

The MASKerade!

This fun layout is as spunky as the girl in the picture!  Her dad had gone to New Orleans on business and brought her home this mask.  First thing she did was put it on and show her stuff!  I found the perfect colors to accent this fun memory!

Starting with sprays from Art Anthology, I covered ¾ of the page with Plush and the remaining with Timeless (yellow). 

Using these as the main background I started creating my picture boarder with Art Anthology's Velvet Dimensional Paint Fiesta.  As I added the little blings, I noticed the crowns needed a kick, so using my fingers, I added some Dimensional Crystal named Campaign to give the white some depth and sparkle.
  
Everything was glued down with Glossy Accents and left to dry.  What a beautiful layout made using only these four colors!

A Messy Manic Monday: Gift card envelope

Where did the weekend go?  It is Monday evening already and I did NOT get NEARLY as messy as I had hoped this weekend, but I did make a quick little gift card envelope for some thank you gifts I had to pass out...

 

I know you can buy these in the store, but taking the five minutes out of my day to make this was SO MUCH more effective.  I started with a cute chevron paper bag, and used one of the new

 Heidi Swapp stamps and ink to say #thankyou  The ink color I used was Teal blue.

Next I used some soft lace ribbon to tie the bow. 

 

Finally I attached it with some Glossy Accents and stuffed it full!

(sorry for the blur but THEY WALKED IN!!!)

 

Have a GREAT WEEK!  Be messy!

Letting my Awesome Out!!! And art journal cover...

 

 

Using water color painting, this cover was created by spraying the colors on then dipping a paint brush in water and running it over the excess spray.  To complete the look I lifted the paper and allowed the colors to run through each other.  This allows a streaking effect, rather than the colors blending and mudding together.  To do this page I used Timeless, Waimea Bay, Guacamole and Plush sprays all from Art Anthology.

 

 
Once this was dry I added some texture with a favorite butterfly stamp and matching mask and a Ranger ink old paper.

Now it is time to make the pretty flowers.  I found this great embellishment at a local fabric store.  Using Art Anthology's Barbie, Timeless and Fiesta paints, I hand pained some of the ribbons.  Using my heat gun I dried them and attached them to my cover using Glossy Accents.  This created my flowers.

 

   Finally I added my saying.  I used my inkjet to print my own letters.  Then I used Sandcastle and Champaign from Art Anthology to give it the antique look.  I added my butterflies and trailed them with Pickle to finish the look off.