Happiness with Pretty Little Studio

Greetings crafty peeps! 

I've got a Pretty Little Studio project to share with you today. By the way, did you know we have an all new blog address? Be sure to update your links if you haven't already, you wouldn't want to miss out on any of the fun or inspiration!  

This is the fun sketch by the lovely Keri Babbitt that I used:

I loved the white space here and really wanted to maintain it.  

Here's my take on the sketch using the Neapolitan collection:

Don't you just love that Flair?!!!  I sure do!

I took this fun photo of the boys right before they left for their first day of school this fall. This vintage die cut called "Daniel" of the boy taking off with his plane reminded me of them taking flight to a new chapter and felt like the perfect fit. 

What a fun and happy collection! We can't wait to see your interpretation of the sketch!!!

Pretty Little Studio Ingredients:

Vintage Diecut - Daniel

Lemon Sherbet Flair Buttons

Peppermint Bark 8x8 Paper

A Cherry On Top Garland Circles

Orange Sherbet Tabs

Strawberry Arrow Journaling Cards

Banner Flag

Other:  Cardstock by Core'dinations, Award Seal die by MFT, Chipboard Arrows by AC, Mask by Heidi Swapp, Tahiti PowderPuff Chalk Ink by Quick Quotes, Enamel Dots by MME and Teresa Collins, Sentiment Sticker by Jillibean Soup and date stamp by Staples.

Thanks so much for stopping on over today!  Be sure to play along with us for your chance to win a $5 gift certificate to the Pretty Little Studio Shop.

Going the Distance

Happy Wednesday crafty friends.

I created this page earlier this month and wanted to share it, but with the events in Boston, my heart was broken and it just was not the right time. My thoughts and prayers go out to every person affected by the senseless tragedies in Boston and also in West, Texas.

Today I feel like we are coming together and standing united against terrorism in our great country.  We will go the distance and let justice prevail.  Ironically, this collection I am showcasing today is named "Go the Distance".  I find some peace and inspiration in that and I hope that you will too.

This page is all about our "little athletes".  These guys seriously run, play and are just flat out competitive, all the time. They come by it naturally as their Dad loves to run, which completely inspired the title work.

Details...

I used a Memory Box die for the squiggly zig zag. 

 

The white chevron background and orange "on your mark, get set GO" were cut with my Silhouette Cameo.

I added some Epiphany Crafts Star 25 epoxies and one of Heidi Swapp's sequin gray stars.  The corrugate arrow is Jillibean Soup and I swiped it with Coal Miner PowderPuff Chalk Ink by Quick Quotes.  The base orange paper used here is from the Moxxie "Fish Stories" collection.  The underline bling is from Want2Scrap.  The flair here is from Fancy Pants.

I love all of the fun die cuts and stickers that Moxxie has with their collections, it really makes putting your page together so simple and fast!  I like to cut them apart and make them look entirely different.

Thanks so much for stopping on over today!  Have a super scrappity day!!!

~ Rhonda

Moxxie March Blog Hop!

Welcome to Moxxie's March Muse-A-Palooza Blog Hop!

This month we are featuring and you could win the entire "Homespun Easter" collection, which is wonderfully fresh and packed with cross stitched charm! It evokes a comforting palette in shades of cream, yellow, green and blue. This collection is absolutely perfect for your Easter and Spring themed projects.

To have a chance to win, you need to: 

• Follow the hop through all eleven participating blogs, check out the beautiful work of the Moxxie Muses, and leave a comment for each of them. 
• Comments will close at midnight CST on Tuesday, March 5th. 
• Winner will be announced the next day on the Moxxie blog. 
• International fans are welcomed to play along if they agree to pay shipping in the event of their win.

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Made in an evening - mini album!  Does the thought or creating a mini album intimidate you?  Sometimes it can seem like a lot of work, but it really doesn't have to be!  The Homespun Easter collection is perfect to create a cute mini album for Easter.  Want to see what I created?

Spring or Easter Mini Album

Pages Two and Three

Pages Four and Five

The photo frame is open on the top to slide in my photo.

Pages Six and Seven

Pages Eight and Nine

Page Ten or Back Cover

Details...

Page Three Details...

Page Eight Details...

The project started with this base album cut from kraft card stock:

The default size of this album allows for 4x6 photos.  It includes the base cut for each page as well.  I love that you can make this album bigger if you like or customize the page counts to your design.  The tags that were added for journaling are from K and Company tag stacks that I had in complementary colors.  I've used the Spellbinders pinking edge square dies for photo mats.  

Moxxie's papers, die cuts and stickers make putting together a mini album a very simple process.  This album was completed in an evening. I just love the sweet homespun feel of it! Now all I have to do are print out some of my favorite Easter gathering photos this year and pop them in!  

Ingredients:

Homespun Easter Collection - Moxxie

Kraft Card Stock - The Paper Company

Mocha Mama PowderPuff Chalk Ink - Quick Quotes

Blue Pearls and Pearl Flourish Bling - Want2Scrap

Silver Tears, Heart and White Glam Rocks & iRock - Imaginisce

Heidi Swapp Banner (Back Cover)

Spellbinders Pinking Square Die

Felt Flowers - Petaloo

Tags - K and Company

Corrugated Frame - Jillibean Soup

Foam Squares - 3L

Other:  Seam Binding Ribbon, Twine

Thanks so much for stopping on over today!  Have a super scrappity weekend!!!
~ Rhonda

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Ready to hop?

Here is your hop sequence...  on your mark, get set --- GO!

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Got Moxxie

Susie Bentz

Patti Hamil

Cathy Harper

Michelle James

Rebecca Price

Misty Rushlow

Mary Pat Siehl

Dana Tatar

Rhonda Van Ginkel (You are here!)

Ange Weisbeck

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Everday Life with Moxxie

Happy Tuesday crafty peeps!  Today I've got a project to share with you featuring some Moxxie goodness.  : )

Ever had an event happen and you don't really have quite the right papers for it?  I am not one to scrap anything too graphic, but our son had a bit of a snafu and earned his first stitch.  Of course I had to scrap this, but which paper to use?

Moxxie to the rescue!  They have a line called "Doctor Doctor" which is multi purpose in that it also has Dentist and tooth fairy or braces themes as well.

I've added several die cuts to the page and used my Epiphany Crafts round 25 to feature some of the pattern paper sentiments in the design.  Some Studio Calico pieces and a Chic Tag round out the extra's on here.  My corrugated circle is Jillibean Soup and the Everyday Life card is a Technique Tuesday by Ali Edwards.  

To create my journaling spot, I simply created a text box in word and sized it to fit into the polaroid frame.  A Dymo label date added a little more emphasis to the journaling block.

The good news...  he is just fine!  

If your local store doesn't have any papers for the events in your life, ask them to check out www.gotmoxxie.com. 

Thanks so much for stopping on over today!  Be sure to stop back on Friday for the Moxxie March Blog Hop.  Have a super scrappity day!

~ Rhonda

Forever Family with Moxxie

Happy Tuesday crafty peeps!

I'm here today with a creation using the Forever Family collection by Moxxie.  It has these gorgeous colors and patterns that are so elegant and really pop off of each other!

I thought a black and white photo would work nicely...

I'll tell you a secret!  This creation was started when I had little with me to craft with other than a trimmer, corner rounder and some inks.  The coordinating die cuts in this line make it so fun and simple to put together a page, it's really almost effortless!  

The "Polaroid" style photo mat...  it's the bottom strip of the paper, just in brown.  I loved it so much I left it as part of my design element.  

When I got home, I added a bit of machine zig-zag stitches, one Cheery Lynn flourish die cut and that was it.

Ingredients:

Forever Family pattern papers and diecuts by Moxxie

Lemonade and Mocha Mama PowderPuff Chalk Inks by Quick Quotes

Journaling Sprout by Jillibean Soup

Fanciful Flourish die by Cheery Lynn Designs

Vagabond by Sizzix

Corner Chomper

Pearls by KaiserCraft

Other:  Sewing Machine and Thread

Thanks for stopping on over today!  Have a super scappity day!!!

~ Rhonda

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I wanted to take a quick moment to wish you all a very safe and Happy St. Patrick's Day and to share a quick little creation that I made with a little green in it.  he he!

These fun and adorable Chicken Noodle Soup papers from Jillibean Soup were just what I was looking for!  I cut out the barn scene, elevated it with foam dots and then added some green burlap that I fringed to create the "grass".  The brown brick papers I cut as my dirt.  They are attached with foam dots as well.

A little q-tip cotton for the smoke out of the tractor seemed like a good idea.  he he...   I needed a 'belated' birthday card but didn't quite know exactly what the sentiment would be.  When I saw the music paper with the Old MacDonald song and "ei-ei-o" on it... I had my sentiment!!!

I cut the upper barn door so it remains opened and cut out one other chicken so she could peek out of the barn.  My Martha Stewart starburst punch worked wonderfully with the daisy print to simulate a sun.  To finish it all up, I added some hemp and curled it for fun.

I think I'm going to have to make a few more of these.  I love that they are age appropriate for most anyone and of course the farm girl in me just adores these papers and the barnyard scene!!! 

Thanks so much for popping on over!  Have a super scrappity day!!!

It's Cardabilities Reveal Day!

Did anyone else just blink and realize we are half way through March today?  I sure did!!!  I'm so excited that we are in Daylights Savings Time mode again too!

Since it's the 15th of March that means it's time for our new sketch over at Cardabilities too!  Are you ready?  Here's the fabulous sketch by Karan Gerber:

I was so intrigued by this sketch, I had several directions I thought about taking.  The following is my interpretation with a little help from a few of my favorite Martha Stewart punches. 

If you notice there are three butterflies in each block, the two "adult" ones and then the "baby" in the center.  I created this for a co-worker of mine who is pregnant and I thought it was a great way to symbolize the new baby!  I'm so happy for them, this is their first and they are overjoyed!!!

A close up for some details:

I just love the spring colors in these Jillibean Soup and GCD Studios papers!  I thought it might be a fun touch to toss in a little paper doily too.  The pearl stick pins are those simple ones that I found at Michael's in the sewing section. 

We would love to see what you create using the sketch too, so be sure to link up on the Cardabilities blog so we can stop by and leave you some love!!!

Thank you so much for popping on by and have a super scrappity day!!!

My Little Bucket Boyz!

I thought I would share with you one of my final April projects that I created using the April Featured Life Preserver's kit that is full of Jillibean Soup, 3 Bugs in a Rug and Creative Charms goodness!

So the story with the photos for this page... the little baby decided to play with the buckets first, then older brother had to join on in! They bring me such joy every single day and I feel so very blessed to be their Mom.

I added some Ranger crackle accents to the alpha stickers after I pop-dotted them into place.  I love the effect that this gave as it curled the stickers up slightly.  I don't know what it is about buttons lately, but I had to put a few in place to make it look like they fell out of the bucket.

I also used some Diamond Stickles to accent the "trail" of the bees.  I used my Bazzil stitching template at the bottom because it was so lonely up on the wall.  ***giggles***  Finally, I discovered in my stash the green felt scallop trim and the green gingham ribbon and found them a few new "homes".

These papers were just fun to work with, whimsical and a good match for my silly boy photos. 

Thank you so much for stopping on by!  Have a super scrappity weekend!!!

My Easter Basket Blessing...

Happy Tuesday to you! 

I hope you were able to get a little scrapping done to celebrate National Scrapbooking Day.  This is what I was working on using the Life Preserver's April Featured Kit with my handy dandy scissors, crackle accents, glossy accents and lots of stickles.  I also got to use a few of my newer border punches!  This kit has these really cute Creative Charms daisy flowers, I just love how super cheerful they are.

I just 'had' to use these little clothespins that I scooped up on clearance for a song.  I think they added just the right extra little touch. I used lots of pop dots on the banner.  The yellow flower is the ribbon stitched and layered behind the little daisy.

I also added crackle accents to my little cut out eggs, glossy accents to my little bees and stickles here and there for a little extra interest.

I hope you have a super scrappity day and week!  Thanks so much for stopping on by!

Life Preserver's Club DT Blog Hop and Reveals!

Happy May Day and National Scrapbooking Day to you! 

Scrapbooking is such a wonderful component to each of our lives. It is something that we all share in common. We all have different styles that make each of us unique. We all have various reasons that we got into scrapbooking. 

• I got into scrapping so that my children would have a baby book to look back on and never wonder about their milestones.  I never want their quirky sayings to get lost in the whirl of our busy lives. 

For National Scrapbooking Day the design team, hosted by Life Preservers wanted to bring a little extra excitement to the day. We have partnered up amongst ourselves to provide you with challenges. The good thing about Spring is there are so many different reasons to celebrate in addition to National Scrapbook Day.

If you arrived here from Sharon's blog, you are right on track!  Make sure you check out what her part of our challenge is!!!

All you have to do to participate in this blog hop is to visit the Design Teams blogs. Do the challenge posted and link your creation to their comments. You can link this from your gallery on Life Preservers if you would like.

• There will be links to follow on each of our blogs.
• Make sure you comment on each DT blog with your creation if so applicable.
• For each challenge that you do you will be entered into a random drawing for a prize from Life Preservers.

To top this off, today I have 2 posts, a reveal for Cardabilities (see below please!), plus one for ScrapFit and the Life Preservers's right here for the blog hop!  That's a whole lot of scrappity fun!  Let's get started shall we?!!

Sharon and I teamed up to bring you a fun two part card sketch challenge.  A very special thanks to Karan Gerber for allowing us to use the Sketchabilities sketches for our challenge to you!

Part I:  Create a Mother's Day card using a Life Preserver's kit and one of the two sketches below.

Here are the sketches we chose:
Sharon's pick:

Rhonda's pick:

Here is what I created with that fabulous sketch 8 for a Mother's Day card using the April Featured Life Preserver's kit:













Part II:  Rhonda challenges you to create one more card for a scrappy friend who you think is a great Mom!  You can use the other sketch if you wish or make your own fabulous creation!

This next button cloud card is also my reveal for ScrapFit today!  The current ScrapFit challenge is to create a project from your stash.  No new anything! 

Thank you so much for participating in Life Preservers first annual NSD Blog Hop!  Please hop on over to Jodi's Blog now for even more fabulous inspiration!

Spring Flight of Fancy...

What do you get when you take a little Jillibean Soup, some Helmar adhesive and some super yummy Spellbinders and toss it all together?  I call this a little Spring flight of fancy!!!

Scrapbooks Too in Bloomington, MN (my favorite LSS!) had this fun little contest going on for Spellbinders last week.  When the contest first popped up I thought immediately of this fun little birdhouse and how cute it would be to make little "shingles" for the rooftop using their Labels Four dies and attached using my trusty favorite Helmar 450 adhesive! 

I used my trusty Helmar 450 to glue the whole house together.  I can not say enough great things about this adhesive, it dries so fast and holds like none other.  This house is surprisingly sturdy!

The template for this little birdhouse was created by Nichole Heady for Papertrey Ink and was posted over at Life Preserver's a while back for a challenge.  You can use the instructions for the roof and base if you have those Spellbinder dies.  I did not have them, so this is what works in place: 

• Cut the base of your house at 1.75 x 1.75 square.
• I used brown cardstock and then corner rounded mine using my corner chomper. 
• Cut the roof for your house at 3.25 x 2. I then attached my shingles to cover the roof. 

The little flowers on the inside and the leaves peeking out of the birdhole are Jolee’s boutique parcel stickers, aren't they fun?  I used a Tim Holtz hitch for the post. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a super scrappity Saturday!!!

ScrapFit Workout #18 Reveal

This month's sponsor for ScrapFit is Jillibean Soup!  For workout #18, it's all about things being better in 2's!    Your challenge is to create a 2 page layout with no title!!! 

I do not often create 2 page layouts, but at first when I got into scrapping, I did.  This workout really sent me on a fun journey!  I giggle every single time I look at this photo of my oldest son from Christmas morning.  The first thing he got into was his chocolate Santa!  He savored every single morsel, then looked at me lovingly and said "Mommy, I LIKE chocolate!".  Next he rubbed his stomach in a circular motion and said "yum! yum!". 

This is what I created using some Jillibean Talk Soup papers, a little Helmar 450, Zap Dots and Textured Effects plus lots of stash buttons, ribbon and ric-rak:

For my clouds, I used my Spellbinders Big Scalloped Ovals, some Ranger Tumbled Glass Distress Ink, some Ranger Frosted Lace Stickles and then topped them off with Helmar Textured Effects after I had adhered them with the Helmar Zap Dots.  I just love to differentiate the height using the clear and then the white Zap Dots.  I decided to touch a little smidge of the Textured Effects on my "chocolate" label also to tone down the shine.

If you haven't given ribbon pleating a try, it's so much fun!  I can't stop pleating my papers and ribbons lately, especially when you have the right tools, like a very fast drying and awesome holding Helmar 450!

I have to apologize for the slight delay getting this up and posted.  I've been under the weather and struggling a lot with allergies this past week.  That being said, I really hope you have fun with this challenge, there is an awesome prize package that Jillibean Soup has offered up!!!

As always, thanks so much for stopping by!

ScrapFit Workout #17 Reveal!

This workout is all about...  creating an altered egg using Jillibean Soup product(s)!  Jillibean Soup is our generous sponsor this month for ScrapFit.  Trust me, you will want to play along, the prize is amazing!!!

I have to tell you, their new spring lines are rock star adorable!!!  For my project I used a cute little unfinished container from Michael's.  I started with fussy cutting some little bunnies using the new Jillibean Egg Drop Soup  I added some ribbon and ric-rak, then stirred in some stickpins, next I sprinkled it with [love] bling, *sigh*!  To finish, I garnished with some itty bitty Prima roses and Webster's Pages ball trim. 

I had a total blast making this project!  I can't wait to see what YOU do with your Jillibean Soup and egg shape!! 

Have a super scrappity day and as always, thanks for stopping by!!