Thankful For You...

Happy Wednesday to all my blogging friends!!!

I'm so lucky I get to share with you my Quick Quotes project featuring pieces from the fabulous April Club Q Kits (and a few pieces from a prior Club Q kit as well!).

I am Thankful for You... 

(12x12 layout)

The "time" banner is from a prior Club Q kit.

I used the color vellum quote "I am Thankful for you...  I am Grateful for us...".  It is layered over the top of the photo and pattern paper, then stitched down to adhere.  I loved the way the striped pattern paper seemed to work with the playground equipment in the photo.

At first glance you might think this is an odd quote for this photo or page.  About eight weeks ago, my husband had a pretty serious skiing accident.  This was the first photo taken after that when he was feeling well enough to get out of the house and take our kids to the park.  I can't tell you what a relief it was to see him smiling and having fun with the boys!!!

Some of my favorite items in the April Club Q Kits are those beautiful flowers, the bling and that scalloped trim!  Aren't they so pretty?  I love that they still work fabulously for a masculine page too. I used a textured cardstock on here from Bazzill and ran my Biscotti PowderPuff Chalk Ink over it.

The die cut white doily and time piece on here were treated the same way but with a makeup sponge and the same Biscotti color.  Love how that blended in with the colors of the paper!


Quick Quotes Ingredients:
April Club Q
Color Vellum Quote
PowderPuff Chalk Inks:  Purple Passion, Biscotti, Mocha Mama, Midnight Confession
Time Chipboard Banner, previous Club Q Kit

Other Ingredients: Cardstock, Bazzill and Core'dinations Border Punch, Martha Stewart Corner Punch, We R Memory Keepers Doily and Time Dies, Cheery Lynn Designs Mini Doily, Martha Stewart Kraft Envelope, Maya Road Stick Pin, K and Co. Misc.:  Button, Thread, Bakers Twine

Thanks so much for stopping on over today!  Hope your week is treating you well!!!

Have a Super Scrappity Day!
~ Rhonda

March Club Q is Delightful!

Greetings crafty friends!

I'm so excited to share with you my project that showcases the March Club Q kit from Quick Quotes.  The kits for March feature the all new Tin Type collection and of course lots of other scrappy goodies like your brads, ribbon and die cut accents too!  They also include complete instructions for your projects, talk about convenient!!!

I just love the exclusive sketch that Karan Gerber created for the Quick Quotes March Blog Challenge 13, so I decided to use that as the inspiration for my page.  If you haven't seen the sketch just yet, click here!  There is still plenty of time to play along too!  Without further delay, here is my take on the sketch:

"Little Boys are Delightful Gifts" (12x12 layout)

For my title, I used one of our Itty Bitty Quotes and tore the words so I could make the sentiment fit the design for me.  The vellum edges are inked using Mocha Mama.  For the tags, basic manila office tags were used with our Chalk Inks and a makeup sponge to create the color coordinated base. 

I had fun with the Gear Chipboard Die Cuts!

To create this effect, I inked the chipboard with Lemonade PowderPuff Chalk Ink and let dry.  I then used a pattern stamp and Midnight Confessions Ink over the top (see below).  After that I blended some Baja Blue into part of the gear.  The final step was to emboss the entire piece with embossing ink and then UTEE.

On my other gear I used Modge Podge Matte and sprinkled glitter and let dry.  

This "flower" was a flourish heart shaped die cut.

Designers Notes:

I love the feel of burlap on masculine pages.  After I trimmed off my piece for this project, I had a huge long thread of it. That's what is tied on my photos here.  The floral trim I have had for awhile and the colors really worked well for this line.

Notice the flower?  It started out as a heart shaped die cut, but I used my quilling tool and modified it into a flower by folding down the edges a bit.  It was fun to see if my idea would come together for that one or not. I do like the finished result!

I hope I inspired you today to get a little inky and play a bit with the Chipboard Laser Diecuts.  I just love how they take the PowderPuff Chalk Inks and when you add some UTEE to them, the color becomes even more alive!

Quick Quotes Ingredients:

March Club Q Kit (Including Gear Chipboard Laser DieCuts and Cut-Outs)

PowderPuff Chalk Inks:  Lemonade, Baja Blue, Midnight Confessions, Biscotti, Green Envy, Mocha Mama

'Boys' Itty Bitty Quotes Vellum Box

Beacon's 3 in 1

Other Ingredients:

Kraft Cardstock, The Paper Co.

Embossed Cardstock, Core'dinations

Embossing Ink Pad, Top Boss

Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel (UTEE)

Floral Trim Prima

Border Punch, EKSuccess

Quatrefoil Stamp and Pear Pin, A Jillian Vance Designs

Tags, Office Max

Flourish Dies, Tim Holtz for Sizzix
Nautical Wheeler Doily,  Mega Sunflower Doily and Celtic Heart dies, Cheery Lynn Designs

Butterfly, Leaf, Frond and Mini Tag Punches, Martha Stewart

Metal Gear and Diamond Stickles, Tim Holtz for Ranger

i-Top, 16mm brad and 16mm punch, Imaginisce

Paper Trimmer, AC

Grand Calibur, Spellbinders

Other: Typewriter, Sewing Machine, Thread, Embossing Gun and Burlap

Thanks so much for stopping on over today!   If you're inspired by the sketch, we would love to have you play along in our challenge this month. There's still a lot of time to play!!!  If you're inspired by the kits, you definitely want to check them out here.

I'm entering this project into the Cheery Lynn Designs flourish challenge.

Have a super scrappity day!

~ Rhonda

Celebrating Fall!

Greetings! 

I hope you are enjoying the beautiful fall weather wherever you are!  We have been blessed with absolutely beautiful fall days lately.  I'm so excited to share a few of those photos with you on my project today!

I don’t know about you, but I just absolutely love fall, it's my favorite season of the year.  If you’re like me, you are going to totally adore the new October Club Q kits from Quick Quotes!  I’m excited to show you my Club Q re-do for the October Club Q – Altered kit!   First, here's a peek at the yummy Quick Quotes October kits!:

Page Kits:

Altered Kit:

I always enjoy working on altered projects, so when I opened this kit up with these adorable canvases and the beautiful papers by Teresa Collins, well that was just a perfect match!  We recently took our kids to go choose their pumpkins at the pumpkin patch so I knew which photos I was going to use as well.

The design approach here was fairly clean and simple; I added a few of the kits pretty laser cut flourishes for a little extra fun. I loved the combination of Teresa’s super elegant flourish patterns with the hay and pumpkins. A little of the bling trim was just the perfect little touch to add.

I used Midnight Confessions and Mango Mai Tai  Powder Puff Chalking Inks for this project. First, I base coated my canvases with some light orange acrylic paint, and then misted it with some orange mist. I then used Mango Mai Tai for the edges of my canvases.

Tip – to attach glue to back of those little gems I used a toothpick to control the amount of glue applied.

Non-Kit items used:
- Black Cardstock
- Orange Maya Mist
- Beacon’s 3 in 1 Glue

Happy fall and pumpkin picking to you and yours!
~ Rhonda

Quick Quotes - Club Q August Mini

Tuesday greetings to you my scrappy friends!

Have you seen the new Club Q kits and papers for August from Quick Quotes yet?  If not, you are in for a "little" treat today.  I have a bit of them to share with you in my first Club Q re-do project for the month!

These are the projects that you can create:

And the Altered Kit:

I took one look at the altered kit kicker of that little luggage tag and knew what I wanted to do!  Can you say adorable! The moment I saw it I knew I wanted to make it into a mini-album! To add pages, it’s very easy, just trace the back shape onto some plain chipboard or you can use a cereal box.

I found the perfect sentiment in my Itty Bitty Vellum Quotes “Sentiments” and attached it from behind. The idea behind the mini… just everyday moments that we might not otherwise capture.

The unexpected surprise of the new Cherry Truffle line is the bright pop of gingham yellow paper! It makes the very elegant papers really sing and worked wonderfully with my photos here.

For the cover, I used a few epoxy heart buttons and a charm with my Epiphany Crafts tools.  I love the pop of color from the red and yellow on here.  The edges of my tag were inked with Powder Puff Mocha Mama ink.  After covering the cover, I added my Modge Podge in Matte and it really gives this particular paper a leather like appearance.  That was my unexpected little bonus surprise from this project!

When you open the cover...  a favorite photo of our oldest dashing towards the water park on our last vacation.  He was totally ready to hit the water, and he always seems to be running, so this is a perfect photo of him!

4th of July, such a happy little man swinging for hours in this swing!

Little brother enjoying his favorite activity...  snacking!

To me, this photo is like a window into the future!  Ever take one of those photos and you wonder is that really the same kid?  It really makes me wonder what he will look like when he goes to school.

Here's our sweet little babe swinging on the 4th of July as well.  They both absolutely loved this swing.

This was taken on our Wisconsin vacation as well.  This photo just captured his coy little smile so nicely.

I never thought to do an everyday moments album, but this was probably the easiest and fun project!  I hope you think about giving one a try.  The tag was the perfect inspiration for all of this!   

Techniques used:

• Trace shape of back solid tag shape to create additional pages using chipboard.
• Inked edges of pages before adhering papers.
• For the cover, after covering with paper, I used a coat of Modge Podge in matte finish and it created a finish that combined with the brown paper, takes on a leather like texture and appearance.
• Rub-on embellishments were used to avoid adding a lot of bulk.
• I used some of the scallop trim for a bit of accent at the top and the swirls from the kit under a sentiment block for fun. The added kit elements are fabulous!

 Non-Kit items used:

• Beacon's 3 in 1
• Powder Puff Chalking Ink in Mocha Mama
• Quick Quotes Rub-Ons “Oh Lovely”
• Quick Quotes Ribbon “Irresistible”
• Epiphany Crafts heart 14 epoxy buttons (3)
• Epiphany Crafts charm and round 14 epoxy button (1)
• 7 Gypsies charms and O-Ring
• Ranger metal key by Tim Holtz
• Crinkle seam binding ribbon
• Rub-Ons, October Afternoon
• Modge Podge in matte finish
• Dimensionals by Stampin Up
• Other Misc.: Ribbon and Ric-Rak rub-ons

Tools used:

• Imaginisce D-Stress or Foam Nail File tool 
• Flower punch by EK Success
• Circle punch by Marvy Uchida
• Starburst “Punch all over the page” by Martha Stewart
• Epiphany Crafts Heart 14 and Circle 14 punches

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

~ Rhonda

July Club Q Kits!

I was checking in over at the Quick Quotes site yesterday and stumbled across something I just had to share!!!  Who wants a sneak peek at the beautiful new July Quick Quotes Club Q Kits?  

This kit creates (2) double page layouts using our brand new Miss Morgan paper collection! 

Kit includes:
Double-Sided Paper
Laser Die Cuts
Paper Doily
Vellum Quote
Purple Jewels
Silk Ribbon
Bonus Paper Pack
Color Picture Directions
PowderPuff Chalking Ink Suggestion (not included): Purple passion

Check out this awesome Canvas Kit!:

Beautiful summer themed canvas frame. Quick Quotes brand new Miss Morgan paper collection. Plus, look at that adorable mini canvas picture frame as the kicker.

All Inclusive Kit Includes:
(1) 9"x12" canvas
Laser Diecuts
White Flower
Purple Jewels
Silk Ribbons
Cardstock Weight Paper
Color Instructions
PowderPuff Chalking Ink Suggestion (not included): Purple passion

Be sure to stop on over to the Quick Quotes Blog to see what is going on and if you'd like to sign up for any of the kits, here's the link:  Quick Quotes Shop.

The Design Team is so excited to get the new July kits!  We truly enjoy finding ways to create even more inspirational projects from the kits, you can see why that is such a fun time!  Stay tuned!!!

Have a super scrappity day!!!
~ Rhonda