Monday, December 31, 2007

Here's what I...

get to work with on my Savvy N Sassy DT this coming month. Sweet Nothings

My Addiction is my kids


I made this LO for the Savvy N Sassy DT call. Which by the way I'm part of now. Still blown away and lovin it. I'm excited to part of as well. If you gals love ribbons you should go join up. Some of you I know love ribbons. So hurry don't walk RUN!
Supplies: Bazzill CS, Basic Grey ' Scarlet Letter' PP's & sticker letters, American Crafts Thickers, misc. ribbon, lace, rick rack, Miss Elizabeth letter stickers, primas, Autumn Leaves Stamp, Stazon ink, Paper studio brads & bling, Zig pen

Friday, December 28, 2007

DT News


OMG OMG I'm so excited. I made the DT over at SavvyNSassy. I've been checking my emails to see if I got an email from Rhea. I beyond excited. OMG I can't thank Rhea and Jaklin for the opportunity to work for them and their DT. Thanks gals.

You LO




I made this LO for a DT call and I had to use 4 products from the same product line. I {LOVE} Basic Grey. So the supplies I used: Basic Grey 'Scarlet Letter' PP's, Basic Grey Undressed Chipboard Hardware, Basic Grey Rub-ons, Basic Grey Magnetic Buckle and other supplies: Doodlebug Embossed CS, Paper Studio Bling & Brads, Pressed Petal Chipboard Letters, Autumn Leaves Stamps, Stazon Ink, Zig Pen, Offray Ribbon

Thursday, December 27, 2007

Altered Candle



Something quick and very easy to do! I so love this candle and how it turned out! I made this for a DT call and for my current DT over at ScrapCity using our sponsors Kit Magic Mesh!
Supplies: candle, Basic Grey 'Fruitcake' pp, Heidi Swapp Ghost Snowflake, Bobbin Ribbon, Magic Mesh

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Happy Birthday Card




Supplies used: Doodlebug Embossed CS, Crate Paper PP's, Paper studio bling, Miss Elizabeth stamp, Stazon ink, zig pen

Friday, December 21, 2007

I won: Awesome EYE Candy!!

OMG I went to Vicki's and I found that I had won her super fabulous eye candy. I so can't thank her enough. Cause it's just so yummy! Thanks so much girl. Here's the photo from her blog and the goodies I won! HUGS to you Vicki!

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Happy Birthday Card


Woohoo my second card for my Sketches! Card Design Team! This was a very fun card to make and it took no time at all to put it together! You all should go have a look at the sketches! There's some for LO's and cards alike! Just be sure to post your link in the comments section over at Sketches! You can click either on the link in this post thread or on the link in my side bar have fun! Can't wait to see what you all come up with!

Supplies: Bazzill CS, American Craft PP's, Miss Elizabeth Stamp, Tim Holtz Black Soot Ink

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

{lamp & table} LO ~ ScrapCity DT


Made this LO yesterday for my ScrapCity DT. Just so that you all know ScrapCity finally has the GALLERY up and going. So check us out. Be sure to register and let them know I sent you. This LO is about my son and what he wanted for his birthday this year! He is 7 years old. Click on the image to be able to read the journaling!

Monday, December 17, 2007

~Sunbathing~ LO


For some unk reason I thought I had already posted this LO. But I can't find it anywhere. So needless to say I'm posting it. Made this Lo using the Scrapbooker's Club House Nov Kit! TFL! ~Dawn
Other supplies: Bazzill Bling Flower, prima, Paper Studio Brad, K&Co Chipboard Letters, Zig Pen

Friday, December 14, 2007

Happy Holiday Card


Woohooo here's my first card for my Sketches! {by Tamara} Card DT. If you love using sketches you really need to get over there and make you own card using this amazing sketch! There's sketches for Layouts and Cards every Monday and Thursday of the week! Come on whatcha got to lose! Anyway hope to see you all there! Happy beautiful day to each of you! TFL! ~Dawn

Thursday, December 13, 2007

{jacks} 2007


So sorry for the glare it's been raining here and I have no other way to take my LO photo's!
Supplies: bazzill cs & bling flower, daisy d pp, misc. pp, American Craft Thickers, Queen & Co. Felt Border flower, Paper Studio Brad, Zig Pen

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Family~Altered Manilla File Folder 2



Made this file folder album for my friend! Supplies used: {Cosmo Cricket 'Be Good' pp's, Magic Mesh (ScrapCity Nov-Dec Sponsor KIT)}, Stazon Ink, ribbon, Heidi Swapp Stamp, Paper Studio Bling String

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

I've been TAGGED!

I've been tagged by my SBS3 Sister Lynn. (Sorry Lynn)

7 things about myself
1. I love scrapbooking and papercrafting my only stress reliever!
2. I've only been making cards for 12 months!
3. The only tv I watch is when Dancing with the Stars is on! No other TV shows I'm interested in.
4. My day job is babysitting.
5. Been married 18 years to my wonderful hubby. We waited 7 years to have our dd!
6. I have 4 sisters and 5 brothers. And none of them are my real siblings!
7. I dream of being home by myself when I have no kids to take care of!

Now to tag some blogging buddies. I tag:

TerrieB.
Nicola
Nancy
KathyK.

"Hi" card


I made this card for the Card Design Team over at Sketches! This card was out of my comfort zone. Using 3 different paper products: Prima, Paper Trunk and DreamStreet. Other supplies: American Craft Thickers, Colored Pencil~blue, Cloud9Design Ribbon, Autumn Leaves Stamp, Bazzill CS, Zig Pen, Stazon Jet Black Ink

Monday, December 10, 2007

Pinecone Christmas Ornaments


I came across another cool Christmas ornament that I just had to make. Here's the tutorial I found to make the Pinecone Christmas Ornaments. I made two of these. One each day this weekend. They are just absolutely GOREOUS!

Saturday, December 8, 2007

TOOT! Sketches! {by Tamara}

I'm so excited to say that I've be accepted as part of the Card Design Team over at Sketches! {by Tamara} I start this week! I'm so doing the happy dance! Woohoo! I hope for those of you who love making cards and layouts to come join in on making your creations with sketches! Monday's is Layout Sketches and Thursday's are Card Sketches! They are really amazing to work with! So come on ladies lets see what you can do!

Caardvarks Day Five~Merry Christmas


Here's another card I made using Caardvarks~PageMap Day Five Sketch. I turned the sketch to it's side to make if fit my style!
Supplies: Basic Grey 'Fruitcake' PP's, Stazon Ink, Hot of the Press Stamp, Autumn Leaves Stamp. TFL! ~Dawn

Friday, December 7, 2007

Caardvarks Day 1~Merry Christmas


Ok I know I'm late getting started on these cool Caardvarks~PageMaps sketches but I'm not gonna do all of them. Just the ones I like the most. Here's a non-traditional Christmas Card!
Supplies: Basic Grey 'Gypsy' PP's, Autumn Leaves Stamp, Hot off the Press Stamp, Zig Pen, Stazon Ink

Thursday, December 6, 2007

Tutorial~Christmas Ornament

Ok this is my very first tutorial for my blog! I've done a tutorial for my DT but not for my blog. You ladies asked me to do a tutorial for these Christmas Ornaments. Well here it is. I hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoyed making these cute little things. Have fun!

Step 1: Supplies: Paper Trimmer, Pattern Paper, hole punch, ribbon (2-3 foot), beads (optional)

Step 2: Fold your ribbon in half and tie a double knot to form your loop on the end. Like mine here. Slide a bead up your ribbon to the knot. As shown!

Step 3: I have 12 pieces layed out here but for this smaller version I used only 9 pieces of 1 inch by 4 inches stripes. Punch holes in both ends of your stripes. This is for your ribbon to go through.

Step 4 and 5: Step 4: Is what you piece looks like after you run the ribbon through one end of your ornament. Step 5: You flip your patttern paper over so that the design of your pp is facing away from you. Keep the paper stacked. You will be working from the botton of the stack which would be the first piece of pattern paper you placed on your ribbon. And you will continue to use the next piece you put on in the beginning. (NOTE if you need more organization you could number the back at the bottom with numbers. Just put 1 on the first piece you put on and go from there.)

Step 6: This is what it should look like after you've added a few pieces to start the form of your ornament.

Last Step: Place anothre bead on your ribbon draw it up to make your desire shape and tie a double knot again to keep it all held together.

Viola! Your finished with your Christmas Ornament. You can make these different sizes. The one I made in a below post was a 1 inch by 6 inch and you would use all the 12 stripes for it. But this smaller version I only used 9 pieces of 1 inch by 4 inches. So you see you can make different sizes. Just have fun and I do hope this helps you out.

Here's the link I have to the tutorial I used. You know where my idea came from. This is my version.

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

~Congratulations ~


Wow another card and I still need to make more Christmas cards. I did this for a challenge on another site using a sketch. Supplies: Bazzill CS, Cosmo Cricket 'Dutch Girl' PP's, Zig Pen, Thread, Stazon Ink

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Christmas Ornament


Woohooo I made this beaut last night! Oh what fun it was to make! Now the ribbon gave me the most problem, it should have been much longer. But I still love the outcome of this beaut! TFL! ~Dawn
Supplies: Basic Grey 'Fruitcake' PP, Bobbin Ribbon

Monday, December 3, 2007

Sisterhood of the Blogging Stampers - 3

Woohooooo I just joined the Sisterhood of the Blogging Stampers~3 aka sbs3. Flossie and Carol friends mentioned this on their sites and I just so had to check it out. See what the humba was all about. I'm in group 3. Just the thought of so many new blogging friends is so exciting.

So, if you want to join a blogging group and get to know some new creative people, pop on over to the site and join group 3. I'm looking forward to seeing great items, being inspired, and meeting some new blogging sisters! All of my new sisters are listed on the right side of my blog. I will update this list as new sisters are added. Take a look! Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful blissfull day! :) ~Dawn

Fall Picnic 2007 (Layout)



Here's my last Scrapbooker's Club House DT project. Using the Dec Technique Kit and the cool technique was flocking. LOVE IT! I flocked the circle frame on this LO. So the second photo if of that flocking! Super fun to do! TFL! ~Dawn


SUPPLIES not in KIT: American Crafts Thickers, Zig Pen, Autumn Leaves Stamp, Stazon Ink

Saturday, December 1, 2007

Happy Birthday Card



WOW I really love how this card turned out. I used Card Sketch #21 from Sketches! { by tamara}! Awesome sketch! So anyhoooo here's my card and the supplies I used are: Bazzill CS, Cosmo Cricket 'Dutch Girl' PP's, flower, button, zig pen, Miss Elizabeth Stamp, Stazon Ink, Tim Holtz Antique Linen Ink. TFL! ~Dawn

Friday, November 30, 2007

Tree Trimming LO/Christmas Bow





My next two projects for my Scrapbooker's Club House DT using the Dec Tech Kit! Get your preorder kit now while they last! You will not be disappointed. Kit includes Daisy D's PP's, Bazzill CS, button. Supplies not in the kit are Me & My Big Ideas Bling Snowflakes, American Crafts Thickers, Sakura Gelly Roll White Pen

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Thinking of you!



Wow totally love working with Marieke Vermeulen cute papers! Here's another card I cranked out using them. Thanks for sharing your awesome papers Marieke! Love them! I hand wrote the sentiment on this card! That's the only thing I don't like about this card! TFL! ~Dawn

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

3-D Christmas Trees



WOW when I found this tutorial for the 3-D Christmas tree I knew I had to make one. Here's the tutorial for the tree. It was very simple to make and took no time at all. I'm using mine to decorate my mantle with this year for the Christmas holiday! The second photo of a top view of the trees. TFL! ~Dawn

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Sass Layout



OM Dec Tech Kit for Scrapbooker's Club House was such a delight to work with and I love every piece of the KIT! Flocking was the technique I got to work with this month! OMG how amazing and cool! This was just a fun photo I took of me, which by the way my hubby just hated and told me not to post anywhere! Ha! Ha! I think it turned out pretty cool and I love the photo of me not being so serious all the time! Anyway enjoy and have a super beautiful day! HUGS to all of you for being the sweetest gals around and leaving such sweet comments! TFL! ~Dawn

Monday, November 26, 2007

Binder Clip


I did this for a Mini Crop Challenge 'Make-n-Take' over at Scrapbooker's Club House. Supplies: binder clip, fibers, Basic Grey 'Fruitcake' pp's, Paper Studio Bling String

Saturday, November 24, 2007

Celebrate the Season


OMG I downloaded these paper freebies from over at Color Your World aka Marieke Vermeulen! Totally love her blog! If you've not been by ever or been a while get your hinny over there and look at all her super fabulous works of art! Thanks Marieke for the opportunity to use your creations to make creations!

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

I know another ~Merry Christmas Card~

Since I'm not going to be on here tomorrow at all. I decided to go ahead a post tomorrow card today! I will miss all you wonderful crafty people but I will see you maybe Friday if I get the time! I made this for another mini crop challenge I'm hosting over at Scrapbooker's Club House. If you want to participate and do some of the challenges you can register at Scrapbooker's Club House (its free to do so) and image them over to the thread by using the image (img) button. Post them to your blog and then right click and go to properties. Then highlight the Address URL. Right click and save. Go to Scrapbookers Club House be sure you've register first. Go to ONLINE CROPS Section look for the thread you want to post in. Mine are under Dawn's Monday and Dawn's Tuesday Card Challenges. Just post them there! Love to have any of your there! Just have fun! Supplies I used: Bazzill CS, Basic Grey 'Fruitcake' PP's, Hot off the Press Stamp, Stazon Black Ink, Paper Studio Bling String

Season's Greetings


Scallops & Circles Combo
That was the challenge I gave to my ScrapCity members for our Scrapfest. Every Friday-Sunday is our Scrapfest! When you decide to join our friendly site with the best bunch of friendly ladies. It a very down to earth site! I love it there! And so will you! So head on over and get signed up. It's FREE!
Now back to my card my challenge to all was to createa card using scallops and circles on your card. Any theme would work but you had to have these two things in your creations! I used pop dots to raise two of my circles for a 3-D effect. They are layered with different size pop dots!
Supplies: Bazzill CS, Paper Studio PP's, Zig Pen, Tim Holtz Black Ink, Hot of the Press Stamp
TFL! ~Dawn

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Family~Manila Altered File Folder



Yesterday I posted a link to make one of these. Well here's mine and I totally love it! I made it for a friend for Christmas. I will be making another one for another friend! I used Scrapbooker's Club House Dec KIT. Scrap items not in kit are: American Crafts Thickers, misc. number stickers, thread, Heidi Swap Stamp, Stazon Black ink, ribbon

Monday, November 19, 2007

Manila Folder Album Tutorial

Ok chica's I found this cute little Christmas idea gift. So here's the link to the tutorial. I have yet to do one. Which I'm working on right now! I love it!

Manila Folder Album by Taylor VanBruggen

NOTE: when you follow the directions it's important to refold the folder before you start. a new folder is not folded in half. one side is wider than the other. you need to refold it so the tab is even with the other edge. This is very important!

Warm Tidings


Woohooo here's my card for my Mini Crop over at Scrapbooker's Club House. There's going to be so many wonderful challenges for LO's and cards, games and make-n-takes as well as RAK's. If any of you ladies want to take on my challenge. I'd love to see what you can do with this challenge as well. RAK could be coming to your house. You have one week to do the challenge. Post a link to your creations and I'll add you to the hat. Happy Scrapping!! Let's see them ladies. :)

Click on the different color for your new window link to take you to my challenge at Scrapbooker's Club House.