Wonderful Wednesday featuring Kelleigh Ratlaff Designs

Hello everyone,

Happy Wednesday - we're half way to the weekend.  I'm looking forward to this one since my last one was virtually non-existent.

So I shared last week a few of the projects that I made using Kelliegh Ratflaff Designs, both cut files and digi papers.  Today I'm sharing her BEAUTIFUL roses cut file.  This finishes off the care package I've been making and will be sent off to my Texas friend this afternoon.

The card base is a cut file I found on the Silhouette Online Store.  I then cut a panel and embossed it.  The roses were so super easy to make and Kelleigh posted a pictorial tutorial on her blog to walk you thru step-by-step to creating these beautiful blossoms.  This is a relatively simple card since my Silhouette Portrait did most of the work.  I used a hot glue gun to put the flowers together and adhere to the card.

I do hope you like my card and it inspires you to create something beautiful.

Tuesday Morning Sketches #240

Hey y'all - Happy Tuesday!  I have posted a really sketch on Tuesday Morning Sketches for you to play with and it's the Judged Challenge week, so we have a great twist.  3 B's.... this could mean black, blue, buttons, bows, brads or three bees.  You just have fun with it.  I sure did.

One of my "b's" is our sponsor - Bugaboo!  Jodie and Tammy have become sort of a fixture with Tuesday Morning Sketches.  Jodie is always willing to sponsor and always so generous!

I love how this card turned out!  I purchased a journaling card from the Silhouette Online store, and resized it.  It was perfect for this card.  I just love that sentiment and it makes me happy.

Please head on over to TMS to join in the fun.

Scrapbook Saturday with Deedee's Digis

Good Morning friends,

It's a busy day today.  It started before the sun came up!  Hollyanne is performing in Jazz and High Kick for the last competition of the season.  I'll need to head back soon so I can be in the ticket booth for 5 hours.  Yay.  And today is my son Brendan's 19th birthday.  His last year as a teenager.  So hard to believe!

So I was going to try to do birthday page, but since the birthday festivities haven't started yet, I'll do that for the next scrapbook share.  This week's page features my children when the were little enjoying a bit of summertime fun.

The paper and images I used are from Rainy Day.  This is one of my absolute favorites.  I just love the papers and ducks are so cute!  They aren't on this page, but the dripping clouds were perfect for the title.  The embellishment did come from the scrapbook program that I use.

I hope my page inspires you to create one and that my babies made you smile - I did.  I can't believe how fast they've grown.  Happy Saturday.

Delightful Challenges Thursday

Good Morning!  It's time for another fun challenge at Delightful Challenges.  And it's a new release - whoo-hoo!!  New images!

This week's challenge is Color Crazy.  So in this challenge we're to use colors we don't use very often.  I picked bright pink.  There's a reason I don't use it, I'm not good at it.  My daughter's reaction to the card... "that's obnoxiously cute, Mom."  LOL

I did find this fun shaped card on the Silhouette Online store and for the 2nd time this week I am showing off the super, fantabously adorable Dolly Bunny.  I also got on a kick of watching You Tube videos on hand-made butterflies, so I made a couple.  This one I honestly can't remember who did it - so sorry person.  I'm mean, I apologize, but I do remember the person just rambling on and on to finally show how to make these in the last minute and thirty seconds of the video.

Anyway, I'll be nice now.... it's a fun challenge that is really a challenge especially for me and hey, my card is cute in an obnoxious sort of way.  Gotta love Hollyanne.

Kelleigh Ratlaff Designs - Yay!

Hello everyone,

So I was supposed to get this post published this morning but last night I just didn't have anything left in me.  I am now feeling the effects of my promotion, getting clients and my team losing a couple of people.  I'd had enough!

I have been lucky enough to have been put on a team that is absolutely amazing!  Kelleigh Ratzlaff Designs.  You know how much I love digital scrapbooking and my Silhouette Portrait and playing with svgs.  Well, I get to put it all together.  I can create fun scrapbook pages and I can play with cut files for some pretty fantastic hybrid art.

I have also been working on an idea for a stress kit.  A very dear friend of mine is under a lot of stress so I felt the need to put together a care package for her.  Although I don't have everything photographed to show you what I did, I do want to share with you how I used Kelleigh's amazing digital papers and cut file.  First let me show you the ensemble....

All my projects feature digi papers from the Count the Ways digital paper pack.

I'll tell you about each project individually.  Up first is an svg file by Kelleigh, it's a soap box.

I printed out one of the textured solid papers and then put it on my cutting mat and cut out the box.  I then printed out the patterned paper and only cut lid flap to layer over the base.  I did embellish the box with a border die from SNSS and flower die by Spellbinders.

Apparently I forgot to photograph the little box in front.  Again, printing the digi papers by Kelleigh, I used a cut file by Lori Whitlock.  And then printed another couple of sheets to make the tea box, which I did on my own following the instructions of many You Tube tutorials.

The label is an svg cut that found on the Silhouette Online store and the font is one that is already on my computer.

For the top I decorated it with die cuts by MFT (rose, flourish and doily) and the lace flower I made.

So as you can see, Kelleigh's papers really helped me to create a lovely set.  Now, why is it a stress box.  Inside the box is a yarn and a crochet pattern book, a jar of homemade lavender/almond oil bath salts, the tea box holds chamomile tea and the two boxes hold chocolates.  I found a beautiful box at Michaels which sort of matches, but is just as serene with a lovely quote from the Bible about patience on it.  It's going to be perfect.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope that I've inspired you.

Tuesday Morning Sketches #239

Good Morning!  It's Tuesday and there's a fantastic sketch created by Debbie posted on the TMS blog ready for you to play!

This week our sponsor is Digital Delights by Louby Loo - so yes, you'll see two card shares featuring Wendy's adorable images.  And since it a new release, I'll be using the adorable Dolly Bunny for both.  She can found by clicking on her name.

Who's ready for Spring?  I know I am!  And we've had Spring like weather the last couple of days, it's been gorgeous... but I hear we're in for more storms and that'll make it colder again.  Phooey!  And just a reminder, those states that participate with Daylight Saving time - Sunday we set our clocks ahead.  I'm not ready to lose that hour, we just got it back recently.

Anyway, my card features Dolly Bunny, an appropriate sentiment by CC Designs and some wonderful paper that I've had in my stash for years.  Please head on over to TMS to join in the fun.

The Doctor is in....

Good Morning and Happy Monday,

Today is my day to post on the The Stamp Doctor blog and it's a new month, so we have a new theme.  I chose the color theme - Green.

I am so excited about today's card, let me tell you!  Dr. Mechele surprised me with some dies and coordinating stamps this past week and I was doing the happy dance playing with them yesterday morning.  What fun!  And so easy!

My card features Pop-a-Top 17, Simple Sentiments 2, Simple Sentiments 3 and Bottle Cap/Flower die set.  All can be found on HERE.

Pop-a-Top 17 & Simple Sentiments 2 coordinates perfectly with Spellbinders Labels 17, which I don't have, but I was able to use the Pop-a-Top die, make my cut and the flip it matching it up as best as I can and running thru my machine again.  It worked!  So I was able to cut the mat out of olive green card stock to fit perfectly on the popped top.  Then I stamped the sentiment and hand cut it out.

And I am a genius.... OK so Mechele probably did this on purpose, but I discovered the spirograph flowers (both full and half) in the Simple Sentiments 3 set fit the larger zig-zag die in the Bottlecaps/Flowers die set.

Then I decorated the inside.....

Well, that's it.  I am so happy with my card share today.  I hope you lovey it, too!