2011 Favorite Projects- Happy New Years Eve

I love the idea of sharing your favorite projects from the year passing. There have been so many precious moments this year and I have been blessed with them. With precious moments comes a fair share of hardships as well and I'm looking forward to a new year, a fresh beginning and a road not traveled.

So here are my projects to share today, showcasing some of my favorite products as well.A new way for me to ring in the new year creatively. Thanks to all my friends that do this already. You have giving me a new tradition...

This was one of my first canvases of the year and now that I've tried it, I'm in love with canvas!!!
Using my Favorite Tattered Angels colors to date...

In February, I tried my hand at making a braided headband for our little monkey Morgan. I used some wonderful ribbons from Really Reasonable Ribbon. Just a little shout out to Bonnie for having me be a part of your design team for the time I was on. I so enjoyed being a part of RRR.

March was a tough month for me and I did what I could to keep afloat. So having to create a project about your favorite feature for TAAFOMFT challenge blog was a perfect little pick me up. (Thank you Julie for being a friend and for having me be a part of your baby)

April finally brought my husband to us. Being apart was really hard for so many reasons. I thank God every day for having my husband, even on those days that were so so difficult. April also was my husbands birthday month and I created a card for him using one of my favorite paper collections to date from Paper Trunk.

May...So nice to be close to my mom for Mothers Day. So to honor my Mommy, I created this layout using Bo Bunny papers. I think it is my favorite layout of the YEAR!!!

June is when I finally got diagnosed with depression and I'm so so grateful that I'm on medication and can now see the forest through the trees. What a difference a few changes can make in ones life.So for June I couldn't help but pick this card. The message is clear and Nikki Sivils always makes me smile with her collections, her smile and her kindness.

July brought a guest designer spot with Donna Salazar and talk about excited!!! I love Donnas Girlie Grunge collections and had a tonne of fun with this one. My favorite was this card with a butterfly. I love butterflies!!!

But wait!!!! I also got to be a guest designer with Darkroom Door and LLLLLLOOOOVVVVEEEEE their stamps so July is a two-fer. Ain't this one purdy!!!

August brought a little accident to the family. My wonderful Mom broke her hip and although that was horrible, something wonderful came out of it. I started spending more time with mom and our relationship changed. She is one of my best friends now and I Love her to pieces. This project was my favorite for August. A beautiful stamp from I Brake for Stamps. I paired it with some great papers from Lily Bee Designs.

September was back to school month and both our monkeys were excited about it. They are growing up a little more every day ~sigh~. I started to think about doing a Life List Journal thanks to a great friend Tracy. This is the front cover of the journal and my favorite project for September. All put together with my love an Helmar love too!

October brings Halloween hehehe. I love Halloween and created a neat little tag using some Glimmer Mist and some Fancy Pants. I think every time I say the word Fancy Pants, I grin ear to ear. Love this company.

November already??? Christmas is right around the corner but I'm still stuck on Halloween.I love autumn colors and decided to create a large canvas piece using some of my favorite pieces from Basically Bare. This piece is proudly displayed on the main level of our home for everyone to see.

The end of the year is here and with that brings December, snow and family. Christmas was simply perfect and I'm so blessed to have my health, my loving family, and a new appreciation for my husband.

December brings out the kid in me and I so enjoyed this 1st little piece using purdy glitter and Helmar. The second little ornament is made from those super sweet little Dew Drops from The Robins Nest. Man am I excited to be a part of this team now.

Well there ya have it, My ode to 2011. I truly am blessed to have each of you in my life and along for the journey. We have many things in common even though we may not think so. Thank you for being there, for giving me a reason to get up and go some mornings and for sharing your lives with me. Until next year...

Toodles

True Beauty

True Beauty come in many forms, but none more beautiful than my Mom. She is a huge inspiration for me when I create and I wanted to make a layout showing that her beauty started when she was a very young girl.

For this layout I used Bo Bunny papers and Helmar Adhesives. Adding a little Prima to the mix to give it that vintage feel to go with the photo. I love all the distressed edges and the butterflies were simply perfect. I hope you enjoy and Mom, I LOVE YOU!!!

Happy Blogging Anniversary to MEEEEEEEEEEE

Happy Blog Anniversary to me!!!! 2 full years of blogging and sharing my creativity with you. 2 full years of making some amazing friendships and 2 whole years of editing posts hehe. I so love the blog community and the craftiness that I find every day on it. Today is CANDY DAY here at Ink Cut & Fold, but before I start announcing winners, I've got a few projects to share with you.

These projects have been made using products available at Frantic Stamper. I've been a busy bee with so many things on the go, but noticed these little gems hadn't been shared.

Love the brightness on this one. I used heat embossing and alcohol inks to create the background stamped image for the heart. Lots of Tim Holtz goodness on this one

 With Valentines Day right around the corner, I have created a few projects for that. This one uses the Bo Bunny Collection Crazy Love, the perfect Valentine papers.

Another card using the Bo Bunny Crazy Love collection. This one is a favorite of mine and a dear friend thought so to, so it quickly became a favorite of "hers"

 And lastly a card for a baby shower, This one just makes me smile from ear to ear. The papers are Cosmo Cricket Girl Friday.

Now off to pick some winners of all that CANDY!!! Come back throughout the day to see if you are a winner.

Toodles

Frantic Stamper Goodness

What a fantastic weekend it was. The Helmar hop was a huge success and I want to thank all of you for the super sweet comments on the projects I created. It means so much to hear those kind words and I will be hopping to all of your blogs to say hello over the next few days.

Today I've got some great projects to share with you that I created for Frantic Stamper. If you haven't heard of this amazing store, you simply MUST check it out. Fran truly has everything and some of my absolute favorite products are available. Here are just a few new creations to share with all of you. Hope you enjoy.

This first one was a bracelet I created using Distress Inks, Grunge Paper and the swirl embossing folder from Cuttlebug. I did both reverse embossing and straight embossing to give dimension to the swirl. You Like?

Next a Pals card using papers from My Minds Eye. A little Tattered Angel Glimmer Mist to add a hint of color and VOILA!!!

 There is something so refreshing about Bo Bunny chipboard. I can always find the perfect piece for any project. and the Flower Child collection is one of my absolute favorites.

Lastly a Noel card in the cool colors of the new Midnight Frost collection from Bo Bonny. These tones of purples and blues are just wonderful for the winter season.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you are all having a fantastic week. Until next time.

Toodles

Round 5 Ms Scraptastic 2010

I so hope that you are all enjoying my adventure with scrapbooking. It is so much fun to create these little memory filled treasures. Round 5 of the Ms Scraptastic 2010 pageant was a though provoking one.

Our challenge was to use the phrase "If I could Change 1 thing". We could use 3 photos, had to stamp and also use paint.

I wanted this layout to really have that raw, tribal feel and I so hope that I accomplished that. The papers are from 7 Gypsies and Bo Bunny papers and the wonderful jute trim is available at Really Reasonable Ribbon.

Creating those thought provoking layouts is a wonderful thing and there are so many great sites out there that help you with prompts.  Just to let you all know, the jute trim was adhered to the layout using V2 Vellum Spray from Helmar. Gosh I love this adhesive


I'm off to create my 2 projects for the final round at Scraptastic. (they have a bunch of Helmar adhesives for purchase)  Keep your fingers crossed for me. I'm super excited that I've made it this far and I'm gonna knock these next 2 outta the park.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I so enjoy each of your visits.

Toodles

Scrapbook Star Tutorial Cracked Glass and Metal Flowers

A cloudy, overcast Wednesday today everyone. I did get a moment to go and plant my sweetpeas and hope they will sprout. Yesterday our Son had a doctors appointment and we finally got some results that are going to help him stay healthy. Poor little guy {5 1/2} has had a real rough go this year.I guess that is what happens to Little pumpkins born at 33 weeks. He has some high level allergies and a sever allergy that we think has been toe culprit to all his sickness. He is allergic to our kitty and that is just heartbreaking. Now we have to see if my sister will take Puck for I don't think she'd make it with anyone else. She is a super shy, scaredy cat, and is an indoor cat to boot. *pouting*

But let's put a happy bit into this post today.
I've got a great 2 part tutorial over at Scrapbook Star and I love how it turned out. You can find the whole tutorial HERE. I created the Cracked Glass effect using UTEE and a metal flower.

Here are the photos for you.

Such a cool technique that I will definitely be doing again soon


Here is the flower

And the finished card

Tonight is weigh in at Weight Watchers, and I'm feeling really great about the outcome. I'll share it with you tomorrow.

Until then,
Toodles


Supplies
Bo Bunny Flower Child Collection
tenSeconds Studio Appletini metal
tenSeconds Studio Tools
Jute ribbon- Really Reasonable Ribbon
alcohol ink
Inkadinkado Morphic Flowers Stamp
Helmar Zapdots
Helmar  Quick Fix Adhesive Runner
Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive

All supplied not hyper linked, available at Scrapbook Star