Her Craftiness: January 2013

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

The Stamping Chef Challenge - "LOVE"

The Stamping Chef has a new challenge for the next two (2) weeks called "LOVE". You don't have to use an image from The Stamping Chef, but if you do, your entry qualifies as a double chance to win!!! The winner selected will win 3 digis of their choice, BUT, there is a TOP 3!!! Why don't you add your project to the linky for a chance to win. Its pretty easy peasy don't you think??? Check out the Design Team projects for inspiration including my project below:

For my project, I decided to go with "Lovely Princess". She reminds me of a nice "Queen of Hearts" just blowing her love kisses to that someone special. Probably Knave Steve from Alice in Wonderland as you know he had a crush on her!!!!

Now, for the recipe:

Princess Lovely was colored with my Spectrum Markers using red, orange, and pink tones. Skin tones were colored using Copic R20. Eyes and shoes were colored with my Gel pens
card was cut using red Recollections paper at 6.5 x 11 inches and then scored at 5.5-inches using Martha Stewart Score Board
background behind Princess Lovely is a piece of paper from a paper pack that was $1 at Target
Maggie is puff-dotted on the silver scalloped oval
white scalloped border was cut using Martha Stewart Eyelet Border Punch
sentiment, "Over the Moon in Love With You" is from Close to My Heart Mad About You and was fussy cut around the edge
bling on her shoe is a red pearl from Miriam's Crafting Supplies where you can find a great bargain with a phenomenal selection!!
ribbon defining the border between the eyelet border and paper is from JoAnn Fabrics Holiday Inspirations
"Love" bling on the side is from my "stash" along with the ribbon for my bow, and the bow on her dress

Take a few moments of your time to check out my Design Team Sisters to see their creativity with their challenges as I know you won't be disappointed:

Pam
Jearise

God Bless and Thank you for stopping by today!!! Please take a moment to sign up for The Stamping Chef blog emails and at least try one of the her freebies she is currently offering!!!! You can also find her on Facebook!!!

Much Love, Hugs, and Friendship

Lynne

Challenges that I am entering this card in are:
Party Time Tuesdays Anything Goes
Deep Ocean Blue Challenge #44 Love and Lace
Try it on Tuesday

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

The Stamping Chef New Release Tuesday - So Excited

Its a new release Tuesday at The Stamping Chef !!! Today's goodie she has cooked up for you is "So Excited"

"So Excited" is "Smitten" and sew in love . . . what can I say?

Now, for the recipe:

she was colored with my Spectrum Markers, eyelashes and eyes using my Gel Pens with additional shading and coloring with my Prisma colored pencils and puff-dotted on my card
card was cut using pink Recollections paper cut 6 x 11 inches and then scored at 5.5-inches using Martha Stewart Score Board
background was cut at 5.5 inches x 4.5 inches using a bargain find at Target which was only a $1.00!!!! I said she was "smitten" but that doesn't mean she can't find bargains!!! LOL
ribbon is from JoAnn Fabrics Holiday Inspirations
sentiment is a Studio G which was stamped on white Recollections and then fussy cut around which was then puff-dotted on my card

Take a few moments of your time to check out my Design Team Sisters to see their creativity with Freebie Friday as I know you won't be disappointed:

Pam
and the newest addition to The Stamping Chef Family is non other than the talented
Jearise

Much Love, Hugs, and Friendship

Lynne

this card is being entered in the following challenges:
Anything Goes
Victorene Stamps Red, Pink, White Challenge
Party Time Tuesdays Anything Goes

Sunday, January 27, 2013

It's the Mad Hatter's Tea Party

Welcome to The Mad Hatter's Tea Party. If you happen to fall in the rabbit's hole you have landed in the wacky wonderful world of Alice where we're all mad here! The March Hare is scurrying and hoping you won't be late in attending and wishing our hostess a Happy Birthday!!! She does love celebrating her birthday and what better way than to have a tea party with all of her favorite friends in this Wonderland!!!!

Now, sit back with your cup of tea, relax and enjoy this wonderful line-up:

Lynne ~ http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/

Camille ~ http://shortonideasaz.blogspot.com/

Jennifer ~ http://wunderscreations.blogspot.com

Vicky ~ http://crafting-vicky.blogspot.ca/

Janet ~ http://www.ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/

Jearise ~ http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com
Jenny ~ http://cccjalessi.blogspot.com/

Pam ~ http://www.scrappinfabpam.blogspot.com/

Edwina ~ http://edwinascreations.blogspot.com/

Kimberly ~ http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com
Anita ~ http://anitaandbugs.blogspot.com/

There are some wonderful sponsors today to help us celebrate:

Rick St. Dennis has some fabulous digi's and he is offering three of these to one lucky winner. You can fine him at http://rickstdennis.blogspot.nl/

and he asks that you become a follower.

The Stamping Chef at http://thestampingchef.oo.gd/index.php?route=common/home is offering 3 digis to help you cook up something special to one lucky winner

Treasure Box Designs at http://www.treasureboxdesigns.com/, is offering $15 in free files to one lucky winner by going to the Design Team Blog Page (http://treasureboxdesignteam.blogspot.com/) and following along with following on the FaceBook Fan Page (https://www.facebook.com/pages/TreasureBoxDesigns/169444103106015)

Here's my project which I hope you enjoy as I have made a journal using a notebook from The Dollar Tree where some pages are glued together to make pockets. Journal tags were added to the various characters as I didn't attach them all the way to include the tags.

My cover of my book is "the looking glass" which is from Disney Happily Ever After Cricut Cartridge which is blinged up with gems and the shadow is prism paper to give the illusion of a "looking glass"

First page has "through the looking glass" which I created the lettering with Make the Cut, welded them together and then added a shadow. Paper is Recollections.

I love the Mad Hatter and he is the first character in my journal. He is part of the Treasure Box Designs Wonderland Collection. Instead of being part of a photo mat, I put him in the sugar bowl that the Door Mouse is included in this file. I found all of these wonderful quotes were found at Alice in Wonderland Memorable Quotes and Lenny's Alice in Wonderland Site. The wonderful paper is from DCWV The Heirloom Stack and the paper the Mad Hatter is on is Paper Adventures Paper Heart Dazzle Circles.

Of course, Alice Kingsley is our next page along with the bottle, "Drink Me" which was cut using Cricut Disney Classics Cartridge. Alice's quote that she uses a lot is "Curiouser and Curiouser" which of course, I had to use!!! Background paper is Paper Adventures Paper Heart Dazzle Circles. Paper piecings paper is Recollections.

The Queen of Heart is next to pay a visit with her famous quote, "Off with their heads!" along with a favorite of mine where the queen is asking for a pig for her aching feet. The pig is Treasure Box Designs Hogs and Kisses. The Queen is blinged blinged with jewels from Miriam's Crafting Supplies which has super great selection and super pricing! My background paper is hearts which I got in Target's Dollar bins.

Next are the cards with the background paper with the cards from DCWV The Heirloom Stack and then cutting some of the cards individually, spanning them around my quotes.

The final page that I completed for today is the Cheshire Cat. My cat is on the sign post which I cut from Cricut Disney Classics. The background paper again, is Paper Adventures Paper Heart Dazzle Circles. I will be doing more pages at a later date and of course will share with you.

Of course, there are more characters that are in my thought process that I want to work on and will be adding at a later date AND of course, I will be sharing with you. I also want to put my cards from my friends last year and this year Mad Hatter will be put in my journal to keep!!! "Off with their heads!!! but not my friends!

Thank you for stopping and enjoying a cup of tea and perhaps crumpets with me! Your next stop along the party hop is Camille and I'm sure you will enjoy your tea as she is very talented or just follow the March Hare and don't be late for a very important date as I'm turning 61! Its my "unbirthday" .....

The March Hare suggested that I give you the line-up again just in case you get lost with the rhyming with Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum --- Don't be LATE!!!!! As it is for a very special date!!!!

Lynne ~ http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/

Camille ~ http://shortonideasaz.blogspot.com/

Jennifer ~ http://wunderscreations.blogspot.com

Vicky ~ http://crafting-vicky.blogspot.ca/

Janet ~ http://www.ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/

Jearise ~ http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com
Jenny ~ http://cccjalessi.blogspot.com/

Pam ~ http://www.scrappinfabpam.blogspot.com/

Edwina ~ http://edwinascreations.blogspot.com/

Kimberly ~ http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com
Anita ~ http://anitaandbugs.blogspot.com/

God Bless you and thanks ever sew much for stopping by today and help me reach 400 followers as we shall P-A-R-T-Y!!!!!

Much love, hugs, and friendship

Lynne

I have entered this is the following challenge:
Lady Anne's Challenge

Friday, January 25, 2013

Grab a "stool" and let's have a cup of tea

Sorry for being MIA --- I’ve been having a pity party and feeling sorry for myself after a doctor’s appointment this week. I’m feeling better and decided it was time to pick myself up and get crafting again if for nothing else than to feel better.

I saw this great challenge at the Altered Alice, http://alteredalice.blogspot.com/. with Rick St. Dennis as a sponsor and the theme – “we’re all mad here” …. That just suits my character fine, don’t you think???? Especially with come Monday, I’m hostessing The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party for my 61^st birthday …. You’ll just have to come back and visit then too as we are having great sponsors!!!!

Are you ready for my project????

its a pop-up card!!!!!!

Recipe:

Alice and Co. from Rick St. Dennis etsy shop (http://www.etsy.com/listing/115849335/alice-and-company-digi-stamp?ga_search_query=alice) colored with my Spectrum Noir markers
Tea cup card cut from A Child Year Cricut Cartridge
Mushroom from Cindy Loo Cricut Cartridge
Recollections Fashionably Chic Stack for tea cup
Scraps for the balance of my card
Pearls from Miriam’s Crafting Supplies which have great finds at super great prices for you!!!!
Sentiment is typed and printed using computer

God Bless you and thanks ever sew much for stopping by today and help me reach 400 followers as we shall P-A-R-T-Y!!!!!

Much love, hugs, and friendship

Lynne

This has been entered in the following challenges:
The Altered Alice Challenge with Rick St. Dennis
Sparkle and Glitter with Rick St. Dennis Anything but a Square

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Baby Boy Onsie Shower Favors

I have sore fingers from scoring – not to mention blisters!!!!! BUT, they’re done – all 40 of them!!!!! 40 Onsie Baby Boy Shower favors.

My dear friend, Gayle, daughter-in-law is expecting with the shower on the 26^th of January. Gayle had loved the favors I had made for my daughter, Jenny’s, shower with the little pinafore. Needless, to say the pinafore was not added to these!!!!

Are you ready for my project????

Recipe:

Various shades of blue cardstock along with prints (prints are actually from DCWV Winter Wonder Stack!!!)

Baby stamp on some of the bibs 0 “Welcome Little One”

Here's the chorus line of them now . . . .

Thought I would show you what the girl version looks like along with my daughter's baby invitations . . .

and the inside of the invitation . . . .

God Bless you and thanks ever sew much for stopping by today and help me reach 400 followers as we shall P-A-R-T-Y!!!!!

Much love, hugs, and friendship

Lynne

Saturday, January 19, 2013

Its Girl Scout Cookie Time

Did you know that it’s Girl Scout Cookie Time???? Well, here in the Burg (Pittsburgh that is) little adorable girls are out selling the cookies!! Well, I just sew happen to have such a cute little girl selling cookies – its Sasha, my granddaughter who is a Daisy Girl Scout!!!

At Pat Catan’s, they had bundled craft paper for $2.00. Now how super is that and you know you have to buy at least one package but knowing me – I bought at least 3 and got this super cute Girl Scout Paper in the packages!!!

Thanks to Treasure Box Designs, Treasure Tots (Its Cookie Time) paper piecing – the paper had a purpose and a home!!!!

Are you ready for my project????

Recipe:

Treasure Box Designs Treasure Tots (Its Cookie Time) which were cut and shaded used my Inkadinkadoo Chalks
All papers were scrap
Believe it or not the cute little cookies that are strewn around the paper are part of the paper piecing file which I printed on white card stock and cut them out – they were printed twice to give me the amount I wanted along with gluing on my ribbons on the photo mats!!!
Stress no more about eyes – here is a sneak peak of Treasure Box Printed eyes that you will be able to print and cut out and viola have gorgeous eyes every time on your projects!!!

Here is the card I had made last year using the same file for the 100^th birthday celebration. This file is sew versatile that all you need is a little imagination! I think I have improved immensely and hope you think sew also!!!

I hope I have inspired you along with if you want any cookies, I have the inside scoop!!!!

God Bless you and thanks ever sew much for stopping by today and help me reach 400 followers as we shall P-A-R-T-Y!!!!!

Much love, hugs, and friendship

Lynne

Friday, January 18, 2013

It's Freebie Friday at the Stamping Chef - Lily Ann

Its Freebie Friday at The Stamping Chef !!! Today's goodie she has cooked up for you to try is "Lily Ann"

Lily Ann is such a cutie . . . . I guess you could say I'm off my "rocker" as I made her into a rocker card!!

Now, for the recipe:

Lily Ann is from The Stamping Chef and colored with my Spectrum Noir markers which was then cut and puff-dotted on my card
Spectrum Noir Markers used: FS3 (flesh); CT1, CT2, CT3, TN2 (hair); LV1, PL1, PL 2, PP3 (dress); gold gel metallic pen (dress accents, shoes); black gel (eyes); green gel metallic (eyes); white gel pen (eye accent); EK Wine Memory Pencils for cheeks and knees
card was cut using Recollections paper using Cricut Elegant Edges for the scallop and the doily then scored in half using Martha Stewart Score Board
sentiment was hand-written on a label using Lacey Labels Cricut Cartridge
back of the card has the "Happy Birthday" sentiment from Paper Lace Cricut Cartridge
flowers are Recollections
pearls in center of flowers are from Miriam's Crafting Supplies where you get wonderful crafting supplies for not a lot of money

Take a few moments of your time to check out my Design Team Sisters to see their creativity with Freebie Friday as I know you won't be disappointed:

Pam

Much Love, Hugs, and Friendship with Christmas Blessings

Lynne

Thursday, January 17, 2013

The Stamping Chef Recipe Thursday - Don't Be Sad

Its a busy busy week here at Her Craftiness - if you're here for Tsunami Rose Color Inspiration Challenge, please, click here.

If you're here for The Stamping Chef Blue, White, and Silver Challenge, please, click here.

If you're here for White as Snow Blog Hop, please, click here.

And, if you're here for the Stamping Chef Recipe Thursday, you're in the correct department!!!!

Today's Recipe for The Stamping Chef is "Don't Be Sad". With the kind of week, I've had - I thought this was very appropriate and decided to run with markers and scissors and create!!!

Now, for the recipe:

Sad was colored with my Spectrum Markers along shading with Prisma Colored Pencils
Skin tones are FS2 and Wine Prisma colored pencils
hair EB1 and PP3
top PP3 for shoulder straps and IG2 and IG6
jeans EB2, PP3, EB1
tear drops were cut using Make the Cut
card was cut 5.5 x 11-inches and scored at 5.5 inches using Martha Stewart Score Board
edges were rounded with my multiple hearts round corner punch
Glossy Accents were added to the tear drops and a tear coming from Sad's face
Sad was puff-dotted on the card along with the three (3) smaller tear drops
hearts were outlined with chalk on the corners to finish

Take a few moments of your time to check out my Design Team Sisters to see their creativity with Freebie Friday as I know you won't be disappointed:

Pam

Much Love, Hugs, and Friendship

Lynne

Entring this in the following challenges:
Divas by Design Challenge
Dream Valley Challenge
Lexis Creations Challenge

White as Snow Blog Hop

Welcome to the White as Snow Blog Hop where the idea was to either create something that has white as a primary color or as the background. I'm sure some of these crafty bloggers got creative and combined both but you will only be able to find out by hopping along with us today...

Our hostess for this hop is Jearise from Lorby's World (link to - http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com) and it's a good thing to start at her blog because she has a special give away of her own and all the details are on her blog.

We also have a guest blogger, Anita from Anita and Bugs, who also has an awesome give away on her blog.

Our wonderful sponsor for today's blog hop is THE CUTTING CAFE (link to - http://thecuttingcafe.typepad.com/the_cutting_cafe/) so please make sure you visit their online store to see all the wonderful cutting and printable files they have.

The Cutting Cafe is giving away to one lucky winner 3 files of their choice. To qualify, you need to visit The Cutting Cafe store (link to - http://thecuttingcafe.typepad.com/the_cutting_cafe/) and then "like" The Cutting Cafe on FACEBOOK (link to - https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Cutting-Cafe/162767407068793?ref=ts&fref=ts) and let Regina, the owner, know that you came from the White as Snow Blog. I can tell you now that if you like printable sayings and cutting files, you will love her designs and she has specials going on all the time on her FACEBOOK page.

Now on to the hop...

I have two (2), yes count them 2 projects for you today!!!!! My first project is a one-page lay-out using Simple Christmas/Winter Set from Treasure Box Designs.

RECIPE:

Treasure Box Designs Simple Christmas/Winter Set - snowmen only with additional snowflakes
DCWV Winter Wonder Stack for background and mats
ribbon is Holiday Inspirations for JoAnn Fabrics and Crafts
scraps for the snowmen and scarfs
snowflakes are puff-dotted on with only one in the center

For my next project, I decided to do a "triple stamp card" using a snowflake stamp and a snowman stamp with a sentiment.

RECIPE:

paper is Recollections
paper is cut for the stamped layer: 2 x 3.25 inches, 3 x 4.25 inches and 4 x 5.25 inches
background paper is cut 2.25 x 3.5 inches, 3.25 x 4.5 inches
card is cut 8.5 x 5.5 and scored in half
layer the top layer on top of each other without the background paper and randomly stamp your images
ribbons can be added
cut additional snowflakes using my Darice snowflake punch with pearl centers
pearls are from Miriam's Crafting Supplies