June Guest Designer for C'est Magnifique Kit Club!

Greetings and happy Tuesday to you! I've been keeping a little secret and I am excited to share with you that I'm a guest designer for C'est Magnifique Kit Club for the month of June!

The June Kit is just beautiful featuring some a lovely new paper collection by Blue Fern Studios, "Déjà Vu" and I had so much fun creating the projects that I am sharing with you today!

My first card showcases the pretty Maya Road Scallop Trim in Antique Pink along with the Prima Gypsy Roses in Frost. The Déjà Vu papers are so very pretty I used some of my lacy dies to create this first card.

I just love the vintage image and used it for my focal point.

My next card makes use of the sentiment banner from the Blue Fern Studios Déjà Vu Petites Cartes paper included in the kit. I've included some fussy cutting on this along with the Prima Rebecca Mini Bouquet.

The flower that I've die-cut from the papers is accented with the C'est Magnifique Fairy Frost Glitter in the center. A few other accents on the other flowers on the card have it also. I've cut the leaves apart and tucked them in behind my flower and banner to add a pop of pretty green.

I wanted to create a masculine card for some Father's Day inspiration and this was my end result. I added some gesso to the ribbon to soften the color and give it a shabby chic appearance. While I had it out I also coated the Blue Fern Studios Déjà Vu Dangles and then touched it lightly with sage green and lavender inks.

The Prima Alphablends Cardstock and Chipboard Alphabet Stickers in yellow were used for my sentiment here, and I outlined them with a black journaling pen.

For my last card, I went a little bit more simple in the design, just letting the beauty of the papers shine.  I again used the sentiment paper from the Blue Fern Studios Déjà Vu Petites Cartes sheet, and collaged with some fussy cut elements.  

I added one die-cut element which I cut apart. I then used the relief of my die-cut as part of the monochromatic design on the left. I think this would make a very romantic wedding or anniversary card.  A bit of zigzag stitching finished the card.  

For my final project for this post today, I created a sweet little gift box using the Paper House Colorways Seek Beauty Rub-On Transfers for my sentiment banner. I added a floral collage on top of a pretty doily die-cut to complete the decorations. The grey flower is ready to add from the kit and the others are cut from floral dies I have.

Designer's Tip: 

After creating the box, I flip mine upside down so the tabs to open it are on the bottom, that way the decor on the top stays in place and your box can be re-purposed if desired.

Products Used:

C'est Magnifique Kit Club - June Kit - Breathless

Other Items Used:

Gift Box Punch Board - We R Memory Keepers

Silver Floral Centers - Magnolia

Dies by Project:

• Fiona's Magic Mirror - Cheery Lynn Designs (Card 1)
• Royal Scandinavian Oval Doily - Cheery Lynn Designs (Card 1)
• Sentimental Flourish Frame - Die-namics Dies - My Favorite Things (Card 1)
• Leaves - Confetti by American Crafts (Card 1)
• Chicken Wire - Cheery Lynn Designs (Card 2)
• Daisy Strip - Cheery Lynn Designs (Card 2)
• Hawaiian Luau Doily Frame - Cheery Lynn Designs (Card 3)
• Scalloped Rectangular Stacker - Cheery Lynn Designs (Card 3)
• Dutch Daisy Boutique Stacker - Cheery Lynn Designs (Card 3)
• Bird on a Branch - Penny Black (Card 3)
• Scalloped Coved Rectangle Stacker - Cheery Lynn Designs (Card 4)
• Memory Box - (Card 4)
• Pierced Banners - Cheery Lynn Designs (Gift Box)
• Sweet Williams - Cheery Lynn Designs (Gift Box)
• Daisy Strip - Cheery Lynn Designs (Gift Box)
• Doily - Memory Box (Gift Box)
• Ivy Strip - Cheery Lynn Designs (Gift Box)

Gesso

Cheesecloth

Piercing Tool

Gems for Floral Centers

Adhesive: Foam, Glue Dots and ATG

Thank you so much for stopping on over today for a visit, be sure to stay tuned for even more beautiful inspiration featuring this amazing kit over at the C'est Magnifique Blog!  I will be back soon with a few more projects to share.

A Vintage Thank You with Cheery Lynn Designs

Happy Monday to you!  It's my day to host the Cheery Lynn Designs blog today and share a project with you.  Did you see the latest challenge theme is "Thank You"?  Let's face it, we can all use several of these on hand, right?

Cheery Lynn Designs has such a fun array of dies and the details are just exquisite!  I've been wanting to use this Vintage Bicycle die since I got it!  It's so dramatic I wanted it to be the focal point so I selected more muted papers to show it off.

Below the bicycle, I've layered two different Sentiment Frames on top of one another to great a unique look for my sentiment block. Beneath them you'll see a snippet of the Kiwi Spirit Doily cut from white cardstock.

I've used dimensional foam for one of my clouds and the top layer of my sentiment block.

Cheery Lynn Designs dies used:
Vintage Bicycle (Steampunk Series) - B356
Scalloped Coved Rectangles - XM11
Clouds and Rain - B320
Ankara Lace Border - B332
Sentiment Frame #1 - B189
Kiwi Spirit Doily - DL108

Other Products:
Chalkboard paper collection by We R Memory Keepers
Enamel Dots by My Mind's Eye
Sentiment Rub-On by KaiserCraft

We'd love for you to join us in our "Thank You" challenge this week!  Don't forget, you could just win a $20 gift certificate for playing along!!!

By the way, pay special attention to the challenge post where they say they are looking for talented designers!  You definitely want to play along if you can!!!

Have a super scrappity Monday!

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

Seasons of Change

Happy Wednesday to you!

I've got a fun new Moxxie page to share with you today, fall themed of course.  This line is called "Shades of Autumn".  I also added some of Moxxie's die cut papers which are so much fun!

The starting inspiration for this was my fun photos!  Then I looked to my scalloped die cut circle.  I created another layer for it using my Figure 8 punch on one of my pattern papers.  Then, I fussy cut the tree and some landscaping and layered it down first.  A bit of Diamond Stickles are added to the leaves.  The scalloped border is an MFT die cut from Core'dinations and it was sanded for texture.

Here's a detail image:

I love that coordinating circular sticker strip!

Here are the Moxxie Die-Cut Papers:

Ingredients:
Moxxie Shades of Autumn Papers and Stickers
Moxxie Die-Cut Papers
Silhouette for Fall sentiment
Core'dinations cardstock
We R Memory Keepers Figure 8 Punch
MFT Scallop Border Die
Cheery Lynn Designs Olive Branch Die
Ranger Diamond Stickles

If your LSS doesn't have Moxxie, ask them to bring some in!  You can always find it over at www.Scrapbook.com as well.

Thanks for stopping on over today!  Have a super scrappity day!!!
~ Rhonda