March Club Q!

Happy Wednesday crafty friends!  I'm so excited today to be up on the Quick Quotes blog to share a March Club Q project today. It features the new Dusty Road collection, our new Coconut, Coal Miner and Plum Crazy PowderPuff Chalk Inks and our new Quotes Bundles.

I've also used Kiwi Lane Designs Templates here as well.  We are partnering with Kiwi Lane Designs this month and you will see more fabulous designs from our team in the coming weeks.

Today's project that I get to share with you has a very shabby chic vibe to it and I just had a great time putting it all together!  I used the March Club Q "B" Altered kit for this project.

Coal Miner was used to color the Chipboard Key.

Some details...

To begin, I used our Coconut PowderPuff Chalk Ink on the chipboard frame.

Tip:  Use an emory board to sand down the nubs left after removing die cuts.

Next I inked the die cut border with Coal Miner PowderPuff Chalk Ink.

I left some variation in the coloring to enhance the shabby feel.

I decided to stitch down the die cut frame onto the chipboard.  Once that was completed, I worked on filling in each of the windows. The "Love is Patient, Love is Kind..." quote is from our Quotes Bundle and was my starting point. The "Take Time to Do Something Silly" is also from the Quotes Bundle as well.  I added some papers from our coordinating 6x6 paper pad for the collection. 

You will see the die cut chipboard buttons here that I colored using Baja Blue, Coconut and Coal Miner PowderPuff Chalk Inks.  I added Crackle Accents on the scalloped button, Diamond Stickles on the top button and Glossy Accents on the bottom floral button.

The die cut branches and flourishes were colored with Coconut and dry brushed with Baja Blue to give the soft feel.  I also did the same on the flourish die cut as well.  I really love to use a dry brush with the Chalk Inks for just a hint of artistic touch.  

I've used the Kiwi Lane Tiny Wildflower Template #1 and layered for interest.

Ingredients Used:
March Club Q Kit B (Chipboard Frame, Die Cuts, Blue Ribbon and White Pearls)
PowderPuff Chalk Ink:  Biscotti and Baja Blue
Tiny Wildflower Template #1 - Kiwi Lane Designs
Grey Bling Pin - Jenni Bowlin
Grey Triple Ball Pin - Maya Road
Beige Pearls - Prima
Foam Squares - 3L
Other:  Seam Binding Ribbon, White Offray Ribbon, Sewing Machine and Thread

New Ingredients Used:
Coconut, Coal Miner and Plum Crazy PowderPuff Chalk Inks (Available 3/20)
Dusty Road Chipboard Stickers (Available 3/20)
Dusty Road Stickers (Available 3/20)
Dusty Road 6x6 Paper Pad (Available 3/20)
Quotes Bundle - Inspire (Available 3/20)

Thanks so much for stopping on over today and spending some time today!  Have a super scrappity day!
~ Rhonda

Love You More Release Party!

Happy Monday to you crafty peeps!  It's a big day over at Imaginisce, we are celebrating all this week with the brand new "Love You More" release party.  

Love You More is our romantic new release that you will not be able to put down!  This collection is incredible!!!  New embellishments include washi tape, buttons and some pretty cool alpha stickers too!

"Always and Forever"

My first project is a layout that I created using one of our wedding photos.  The inspiration was the "Always and Forever" sentiment on the 4x6 card.  I had my husbands ring engraved with this sentiment so it seemed the perfect fit to use it for my title work here.  

I selected one of our wedding photos in black and white to compliment the grey tones in the collection.  The lacy border was fussy cut and layered under my photo with some additional die cuts.  I used the washi tape and layered it with some ribbon to the right of my photo.  

Tip:  To help keep thicker ribbon together when using your iMagicut ribbon cutter to make a chevron cut, use a bit of washi tape to keep your fold in place.  

Ingredients:  Love You More collection, Foam Tape, POGO, i-Rock, Glam Rocks Heart, Hot Rocks Compact - Crystal, ImagiCut by Imaginisce.  Cheery Lynn Anastasia Border Die, MFT Scallop Border die and Fishtails, Spellbinder's Grand Oval and Rectangle Scallop dies, Memory Works die, Corner Chomper by We R Memory Keepers, Jenni Bowlin Studio Tab punch and gray stick pin, Maya Road heart stick pin, Cardstock by Bazzill.  Other:  Sewing Machine, thread, seam binding ribbon.

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"For You With Love" (A2 Card)

My next project is a card. I wanted to create something that can be used for a loving note of encouragement or a birthday. You see several of the stickers from the collection here. Some foam tape was used under my sentiment for dimension. A bit of thin ribbon tied simply finished the card.  

The inside of the card features one of the 3x4 journaling cards.

Ingredients:  Love You More collection, Foam Tape and POGO by Imaginisce, Doily Die by Cheery Lynn Designs, Corner Chomper by We R Memory Keepers, Cardstock by Bazzill

I hope you enjoyed my projects today!  Be sure to visit the Imaginisce blog all week long for some incredible projects featuring this stunning line!!! 

Have a super scrappity week!!!

~ Rhonda

Fun Stuff!

Happy Saturday to you!

First up, I have to share a few fun pictures of my boys.  I now am the Mother of a 5 year old!  Seriously, how did that happen already?   It's cliche to say how fast the time flies and how quickly they grow...   however it's so very true.  Not one thing prepares you for it either.

His little brother...  who is 5 tooooo! (Ok, really he is still 3.)

We all survived the big jump party and then the next day it was on to the climbing wall!  Once he turned 5, he could finally climb at the club.  Watch for a project very soon on that!  : )

I also have a fun crafty project to share with you using some Jenni Bowlin Studio papers on a Canvas Corp Corrugated 12x12.

I just love this picture of the boys Grandpa (my Dad) out on the farm in the spring.  The Seeds and Grain paper was the perfect compliment to this photo and had to be used.  I try to get a picture of the boys with Grandpa every visit  and plan to make a nice calendar for him with them.  

Whenever I get a little homesick, I go to these pages and they make me feel a little better, a bit closer to home.  I think that's the comfort part of scrapping, it soothes the soul.

Hoping your weekend is fabulous in every way!  Make it super scrappity!!!

~ Rhonda

Quick Quotes CHA Sneak!

Happy Monday crafty friends! 

I'm super excited to share my Quick Quotes project with you today!  All this month over at the Quick Quotes blog, we are featuring some new CHA sneaks.  Spellbinders sent the team each a Grand Calibur and a variety of current dies to play with.  Needless to say, I've been having a blast playing with these!!!

The Dreamscape line features some rich jewel tone colors.  I love that although the colors are so vibrant and rich, the tones and feel of this line is very soft.  For my project, an artists tray was used to create a special home decor piece.

Spellbinders dies used:  Labels Four Small, Sprightly Sprockets.

I used the Butterflies Impressabilities here to add some texture:

Here I used my Epiphany Crafts tools to create some heart buttons and clustered those with the sprocket:

A few stick pins and sprocket along with the keyhole and key.  I backed the keyhole with some paper:

Ingredients:
Dreamscape Pattern Paper, Sentiments and Colored Vellum by Quick Quotes
Frosted Flowers by Quick Quotes
PowderPuff Chalk Inks in;  Purple Passion, Very Berry and Blue Moon by Quick Quotes
Jewels by Quick Quotes
Beacon 3-in-1 by Quick Quotes
Sprightly Sprockets by Donna Salazar for Spellbinders
Fanciful Flight by Donna Salazar for Spellbinders
Labels Four SM by Spellbinders
Grand Calibur by Spellbinders
Butterflies Impressabilities by Spellbinders
Clocks, Keyhole, Spinners, Key and Brads by Tim Holtz
Heart stickpins by Maya Road
Grey stickpins by Jenni Bowlin Studio
Flowers and spray by Petaloo
Shape Studio 25 Heart Tool, Heart 25 Bubble Caps (2) by Epiphany Crafts
Button Studio 20 Heart Tool, Heart 20 Button (2) by Epiphany Crafts
Artist's Tray by Hobby Lobby
Other:  Sewing Machine, Pinking scissors, Thread, Grey ribbon and elastic, Seam binding crinkle ribbon and Hemp

Thanks so much for stopping on over today!  Be sure you stop on over to the Quick Quotes blog to see even more projects using this yummy new line!!!

Have a super scrappity day!
~ Rhonda

Legacy of Love...

Happy Friday!

I’m here with my current creation for Thoughts2Paper.  Lucky me, I was given the glorious My Mind’s Eye’s beautiful So Sophie collection to work with!  I can’t even begin to tell you how beautiful this line is! The variety and elegance of these papers are simply fantastic.

I took this photo during a recent visit to my Dad’s farm. Its most likely one of the last pictures I will have of my boys where they are both in diapers. So my title became “Diaper Duo… Legacy of Love”… (grin!) It was extremely warm this summer day and my little guys took a break from the sprinklers to goof off.

For this project I decided to use the circle diecut as is. I used the I-Rock and colored gems to enhance the center of the florals on here. For extra interest and dimension on my title block, I added some Ranger Glossy Accents and popped with foam dots.

Journal pull reads: Grandpa’s Farm 7-17-10 You had the best time at Grandpa’s farm! Tractor rides, running through the sprinkler and playing with the water pump. It was so much fun to see you enjoy the farm as much as I did when I was little. XoXo Mommy.

The bracket on the bottom is one of the strips from a page. I just love that they include designs on those strips, genius! Trust me, you need to check out this line from MME!!!

Store Items: My Mind’s Eye ‘So Sophie’ collection, Zva bling flourish, I-Rock gems, Diamond Stickles, Martha Stewart Deep Edge Floral Vine Punch, Ranger Glossy Accents, Maya Road stick pins, Jenni Bowlin banner stickers and Helmar Zapdots. Ranger Distress Inks: Walnut Stain, Peeled Paint and Weathered Wood.
Other Items: 2 Martha Stewart butterfly punches, 1 mini EK Success butterfly punch, bead garland, aqua fibers, stampin up file folder punch, hemp cord, thread and epoxy alphas.

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

p.s.  If you need some extra inspiration for your creations, pop on over to the T2P blog!!!