Friday, May 4, 2012

Quick Quotes NSD Blog Hop!

Happy Friday crafty peeps!

We're so excited to celebrate National Scrapbooking Day and weekend with our Quick Quotes friends and fans!  What better way than to have a fun blog hop!?!   During the hop you will see inspiration from some of the Design Team for our current blog challenge. Please visit the blog for full details how to play along with the challenge.

The hop is open until Sunday evening at 11:59pm PST.  There is a grab bag of scrappy Quick Quotes goodies up as a nice prize to one lucky commenter! 

You should have arrived here from the fabulous Tanisha Long's blog!

---------

The current challenge theme is "Fussy Cutting".  It's really about finding a pattern in whatever paper that you are using and cut it out.  Simple enough - but the results are always so much fun!

In honor of NSD my layout is about this hobby:

What did I fussy cut on my project? 

The patterned paper flowers, the zig zag paper borders, the yellow grid paper and the most subtle of all... the "Precious Memories" sentiment which is layered under my vellum overlay.    I really love the elegance that the vellum gives this page!



This month we are featuring the PowderPuff Chalk Inks and you know how much I love to work with them!  This page features Blue Hawaiian in a subtle way.  I used with a mask to create the diamond pattern under my Spring Vellum Overlay.  A little stitching added another level of detail and dimension to the page.

Quick Quotes Products:
One Fine Day collection
The Big Things - Vellum Overlay
Spring - Vellum Silhouette
PowderPuff Chalk Inks:  Blue Hawaiian, Mango Mai Tai, Lemonade
Blue Gem

Other Products:
Cardstock, Bazzill
Spray and bling floral center, Petaloo
Chipboard flower, Heidi Swapp
Wooden button, Pebbles
Mask, Crafters Home
Baker's Twine, The Twinery
Butterfly, Olive Branch, Floral and Fence dies, CLD
Other:  Sewing Machine, Thread, Ribbon, Button

That's it for me today!  Your next stop on the hop is the ever talented Julie Walton!
~ Rhonda

---------

Here is the hop sequence just in case you get lost along the way!








Rhonda Van Ginkel (you are here)


30 comments:

Tracee said...

Love the quote, So true! lots of interesting elements to look at Tx

TanishaRenee said...

I just love all of the details here, Rhonda!! Very nice!

Sunshine HoneyBee said...

Especially like the stitching. I'm going to have to give the fussy cutting of the flowers a try.
Melissa
"Sunshine HoneyBee"

byondbzr said...

Very pretty! Congrats on being a Moxxie Muse!

Kathy said...

So many elements used and yet they flow together...I like this page.

Kathy said...

So many elements at yet they flow so well together. I like this page.

silvia said...

Fabulous page!! LOVE all the embellies you've used :)

Cathy said...

Wow love your style...so happy to be creating with you on the Moxxie Muse Team!

Liz said...

Great details in the layout..
Great color scheme
The fussy cutting really brings the
layers

Cathy said...

love this layout...stunning!

Unknown said...

Beautiful layout!!!! Such detail and great colors!

Crafty Aunt Dee said...

This is stunning. THe layers and colors and fussy cuts are so well done. Can'twaitto see what you do next,

Crafty Aunt Dee said...

What a gorgeous project, THe colors are so fantastic and the layout is so amazing and detailed. Wow! Thanks for sharing.

Miriam Prantner said...

Such a neat layout! Love that half round piece at the top, it reminds me of a skyline.

Terri H. said...

Love your attention to detail and I especially liked how you inked a mask to add background detail. Thanks for sharing.

SandiB said...

Gorgeous layout - love all the fuzzy cutting. Great look.

trixr4kids said...

Holy macaroni!!! Your page is absolutely amazing!! I love, love, love everything about it; the stitching, the super huge pocket, the colors, & the stinkin' cute photo of you :). I just love your ideas. I am definately going to be a follower of your page.

ShelleyJo said...

So creative!!

Kaeluh said...

LOVE LOVE LOVE the colors! They are beautiful - just like the layout!

Jill Rugg said...

What a beautiful layout-the paper and details are amazing!

Adora Concepcion said...

this is gorgeous Rhonda!! wow!

Becky Moore said...

This page is so beautiful and I love the quote! Happy NSD!

Suzy said...

FABULOUS layout Rhonda! I love that 'little things are the big things' quote. So true!

rlovew said...

Beautiful page and thoughts!

Marcia Dehn-Nix said...

LOVE that you were able to create a layout about scrapbooking! Fabulous layers and details, and I love that quote!

Christine Slak said...

Love the different bits of bling, buttons, etc. you used for flower centers. Each was a work of art!

deegee said...

Looks like a lot of work, but really a great layout.

Unknown said...

What a great mix of colors, patterns and embellies! Love it!

Beatrice Lawson said...

Just beautiful and such a lovely quote!

eunice said...

Loving all the intricate details.