We have snow - so here is a snowman :O)

Gotta love this snowman :O) 

I used the All Decked Out Stamp set - where you can build your own snowman - 

you get to choose his hat (or ear muffs), arms, whether he has 2 balls of snow for a body or just one - 

and even what kind of carrot he has for a nose.

The base of the card was Chocolate cardstock which I scalloped

using the corner rounder, the B&T was from Wonderland Level 2 paper pack

and the insert was Crystal blue cardstock held with Chocolate ribbon :O)

I heat embossed with clear ink the swirls at the bottom of the cardstock and then 

sponged the matching ink over the swirls so that they showed up.

I added silver Glitz Gel Glue to the snowflakes (and to the B&T at the top of the card)

I stamped the parts for the snowman on white cardstock then heat set Liquid Applique

while it was still hot I sprinkled liberally with prisma glitter and heated it again.

Black button brads made the buttons

His nose was liquid glasses after I had colored it with the Sunset marker

2 more black brads for eyes and his ear muffs were made fuzzy with fun flock

and the band colored with a grey marker and then liquid glassed.

I used 3D tape to 'pop' up the middle section of him plus his ear muffs.

I think he is super cute - hope you do too :O)

10 Things I love About Winter Mini Album

How much do I like this paper - let me count the ways  . . . . . . This Wonderland

Workshop On The Go had such beautiful paper and you know I love the Sparkles

that I had to make another 6x6 mini album. This time, all about the things I Love About Winter.

I did also use the Polka Dot Alphabet as the dots on the letters matched the dots on the border stamp

that is in this WOTG.

I used the 'steam' image stamp to make the curly border down the side of the photo mats.

The fun thing about this album is that pretty much all of the 6x6 layouts

are orginally 12x12 layouts - taken from Cherish, Imagine or Magic - our 

amazing 'How To' books. Pick a layout you like and divide all the measurements by 2. 

in some cases you will have to adjust the measurements so that the layout looks good

and the photo areas are big enough to actually add a photo.

Some of the pages I added titles - and some I left blank - you could add your own

or as I find photos to fit the layout I will add a title later.

I loved adding the sparkles from the WOTG to the centers of the snowflakes.

I added Pansy purple ink to this kit as the Quick Pick mini album was pansy purple.

I know the purple used in the paper was a lighter shade but this darker shade 

worked perfectly.

I used the 'steam' stamp as a corner border in crystal blue ink.

Can't wait to add photos to this :O)

This layout is the WOTG brochure layout - just reduced to 6x6. You will see

how I made one photo area instead of 2 to make it more usable.

I hope you like it as much as I do and that it inspires you to make one of your own:O)

Rock the Block Promotion

Oh I have to tell you I am LOVING this Rock The Block special offer E sized Stamp set with it's cute tray & the 9 blank chipboard blocks.You can decorate them any way you like :O) 

Above is a quick & easy card which I made using some scrap circles of Roxie paper & then the stamps from the set. I did add a little amount of the Bronze Glitz gel glue in the center of the Desert Sand stamped flower.

Here I used some Roxie paper & again used the Bronze Glitz gel glue to 'color' over the swirl pattern of the paper. I cut a 4x6 photo into 2x2 squares and attached them to one side of the blocks.

For the 'Summer Fun' I took pear cardstock and stamped the 'dots' background in Sweet leaf ink.

I cut the letters out using the Cricut 'CTMH' Art Philosophy cartridge 

& then used the large corner shaped stamp in Lagoon ink to add a pattern to the letters. A few scraps of Lagoon & Sunny Yellow cardstock completed this side.

'Easter"  was done with the Cricut letters inked with Petal ink then covered with Bonding memories glue & dipped in Prisma Glitter. I stamped 2x2 colonial white cardstock squares with Creme Brulee ink using the corner stamp. I stamped the flowers in Blush & sponged Petal ink on the edges. The leaves were stamped in Sweet leaf. I added a spot of Liquid glass to the centers of the flowers and added more Prisma Glitter.

The "Halloween" side used the Mischief paper with the Zip strip still attached. The letters were sponged with Sunset ink & then I took the trellis pattern stamp and stamped in Cocoa over the top. 

Each letter was accented with 3 dots of Bronze Glitz gel glue.

I used the Believe paper on the "Christmas" side. 

I added a strip of Kraft cardstock which I had already scalloped the edge with the corner rounder 

then added the reindeer zip strip. The letters were ink distressed in Holiday Red ink. 

The last side again used the Roxie paper (can you tell it is my favorite? LOL) & inked the letters using 

Smoothie then went over with liquid glass to make them shiny - sorry it is difficult to see in this photo. 

I did the same thing with the word 'Love' which I matted on Black cardstock before attaching it.

I hope you like what I have done with mine - if you would like one too spend just $25 on items from the Autumn/Winter idea book and receive this stamp, tray and block set for just $15 (value $44.90).

Click on my link below and get yours now before they are all gone !!!

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Typeset Mini Album

Here is another mini album which I made using a True Fit File Folio as the base. I scored

it at 6 inches in each direction then opened it out so that it was 24x12 then folded up the bottom half - 

thus making a 24x6 piece which I think concertina folded to make this.

I used the Typeset Workshop on the Go to decorate it and added some of

the Silver Glitz Gel glue for even more sparkle :O)

I am going to give the main pieces - you can decorate it however you like :O)

Front Cover

6 x6  Black c/s

2.50 x 6 Desert Sand c/s

2 x 6 Number B&T

.75 x 6 Juniper c/s - scalloped edge

2.25 x 6 Desert Sand c/s - scored at 1" and 1.25"

Page 1

 5.50 x 6 Vineyard Berry B&T

4.50 x 3 Notepaper B&T

4 x 4 Juniper c/s

3.75 x 3.75 Colonial White c/s

Page 2

6 x 6 Notepaper B&T

1.75 x 6 Juniper c/s

3.75 x .75 Colonial White strip

3.25 x 4 Black c/s

3 x 3.75 Colonial White c/s

Page 3

6 x 6 Creme Brulee c/s

2.25 x 6 Desert Sand c/s

2 x 6 Number B&T

3.50 x 5 Vineyard Berry B&T

3.25 x 4.75 Colonial White c/s

Page 4

6 x 6 Desert Sand c/s

5.75 x 5.75 Juniper B&T

4 x 4 Creme Brulee c/s

3.50 x 3.50 Colonial White c/s

Back Cover

6 x 6 Juniper B&T

.75 x 6 Juniper c/s

.50 x 6 Zip Strip

Tags - front side

Tag #1. 

5.50 x 4 Creme Brulee Base 

1.50 x 4 Black c/s -scalloped edge

.50 x 4 Zip Strip

Tag #2

6 x 4 Black c/s Base

2 x 4 Juniper Graph paper design B&T with zip strip

5.50 x 3.50 Colonial White c/s

Tag #3. 

6 x 4 Desert Sand Base

3.75 x 5.75 Vineyeard Berry B&T

Tag #4.

 6 x 4 Juniper c/s Base

3.50 x 5.50 Vineyard Berry B&T with zip strip

Tag #5.

 6 x 4 Black c/s Base

5.75 x 3.75 Number B&T

Tags - Reverse Side

Tag #1. 

5.25 x 3.75 Number B&T

Tag #2.

.75 x 6 Zip strip torn edge

Tag #3.

 3 x 4 Creme Brulee c/s

2.50 x 4 Juniper Pattern B&T

Tag #4.

2 x 4 Black number B&T

3.50 x 5.50 Desert Sand c/s

Tag #5 

.50 x 6 Zip strip

So that's it folks - hope you like it as much as I do - I was thrilled how it turned out :O)

Veranda Mini Album for Monica

I wanted to make Mini Albums for my dear friends Monica  & Kristine -

so this is what I came up with - the bases for the covers were 4x8 chipboard and the 

back cover was 8x8 chipboard.

I took the gorgeous CTMH Veranda Paper, lots of embellishments

and this is what I came up with :O)

The word LIFE on the front cover was made from itty bitty scrabble style pieces - so I used

the CTMH Tiny Typewriter set and stamped on them :O)

I dry embossed the cocoa cardstock in a criss-cross patters to give it extra texture.

The left hand center page had 2 tags for photos or journalling.

I LOVED this page - the square Juniper colored piece lifted out to reveal the doors 

underneath it. the pocket on the far left was made from clear transparency sheets and

I used brown stazon ink on it and then tucked the oval tag behind it.

Here you can see both tags pulled out on the far left and right.

The 2 center pages were heat embossed using clear powder and then 

sponged ink over the top to reveal the pattern.

 Again I used more of the plain tiles and stamped on them. More tags in the pocket too :O)

You can see on the right hand side that I used a clear card as another half page

and added embellishments and inked the edges.

This was the final page which I added a large pocket for yet more tags - the 

gold square frame started off as a cream frame which I heat embossed

in gold embossing powder. I popped it up on 3D foam tape and then used it to slide

another tag behind it :O)

Here it is with all of the tags pulled out - Hope you like it as much as I did.

Monica and Kristine loved them too :O)