Favorite Project of 2013.....{The Kraft Journal}

Good Morning and Happy Monday Everyone!

It is time for a new challenge over at

 The Kraft Journal!

This week the challenge is:

Favorite Project of 2013

Wow what an awesome year it has been for me with TKJ DT. I have enjoyed being a part of and designing with the fun products that you can purchase at The Kraft Outlet. I hope I have inspired you with some of my projects. 

With that being said, this is my final project as a DT member for The Kraft Journal :(

I have chosen to step down to pursue other crafty avenues and it would only be fair to my family, my blog and the DT members on this awesome team to give up some of my obligations to take on others. I value my work so much as well as the time I put into my blog that some things eventually have to be let go.

Now that all the mushy stuff is out of the way I can share one of my favorite projects of 2013, a birthday card I made for my son for the RED, WHITE and BLUE challenge.

You can see the original post HERE.

Enjoy everyone!

I started out with a Brown Kraft Cardstock base and added a mat of Peebles Let Freedom Ring pattern paper.  Using my cameo and a star file from the Silhouette store, I cut 2 stars....one using the kraft and another one using some Bazzill blue. Since there is no white in my pattern paper, I added some white gel pen doodles (wanted to make sure I was following TKJ challenge) Again since this is for my son's 10th birthday I added the number's "1" and "0" using Tim Holtz Mini Numerals and popping them up using some foam adhesive.

I wanted my sentiment to be on some Cream Twill Tape , so I stamped The Alley Way Stamp Wish BIG birthday sentiment using  Stazon Black Ink directly onto the ribbon. Didn't it turn out awesome????? To finish my card up I added one of my favorite embellishments from The Kraft Outlet~ the Custom Fasteners. Two of the stickers that come with this set were a perfect match to my card!

So there you have it....my inspiration for this week's challenge.

I hope you have enjoyed my card and will play along with us!

As always I have linked all the supplies I used from The Kraft Outlet throughout my description.  If you have not checked out the store yet....make sure you do! There is so much available, the prices are so reasonable and shipping is super fast!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT Monday!!

A Look Back at My Favorite 3GJ Projects

Good Morning and Happy Friday!

 I am here to

 share some of my favorite projects and to share some sad news.

First for the news......

This is my last post as a 3GJ DT member :(

After over 2 years on the DT, I have decided to step down and give the Challenge Coordinator position over to someone else. It was a very hard decision but something I had to do. 

I have enjoyed designing with Julie's gorgeous ribbon and showcasing my work both here, on the challenge blog and on the 3GJ blog that I will truly miss everyone on this team!

Thank you so much Julie for everything you have done for me and allowing me to share your products with all of my followers!

So now I have some projects to share....some of my favorite from the past 2 years!

I will add links to each of the projects below each picture if you will like to go back to my blog to check out the projects in full!

'Tis the Seaon w/Ribbon

Anything Goes w/Ribbon

3GJ Holiday Hop

Anything Goes w/Ribbon

Anything Goes....Mardi Gras Party

3D Patriotic Star

Back to school

Halloween Treat Bag

 You Rocket

Ribbon Flowers

Before I sign off, I wanted to remind you all of the current challenge we having going on.

Holiday Gifts w/Ribbon

Here was my inspiration project and you will be able to link up your projects down below.

Thanks so much for spending this time with me as I walk down 3GJ memory lane. There are many many more projects on my blog using 3GJ products if you are interested in checking them out.

Have a GREAT Friday!!!!

Merry Christmas...{Trendy Twine & PKS}

Good Morning!!

I just wanted to pop in and wish everyone a VERY Merry Christmas! 

May you homes be filled with happiness, love and many wonderful memories!

A few of the Trendy Twine DT members are sharing some Christmas cards to wish all our Trendy Twine fans a Merry Christmas so make sure to head over to the Trendy Twine blog to see what they have created as well.

For my card I used the current photo inspiration from Peachy Keen Stamps (pic can be seen below) and some Holly Berry Trendy Twine for this cute package inspired card. 
This is the final challenge of 2013 over at PKS and I am so very proud to say that I have completed every weekly challenge this year and entered all of their new release challenges as well! So with that being said here is the final project for PKS for 2013!

I colored that adorable PKS elf using my copic markers and also paper pieced his hat and outfit using matching pattern papers from Echo Park~ Season's Greeting paper pack. For his hat and mittens, I added some stickles, just for alittle extra sparkle :)
 Then for the card itself, I wanted it to look like a package so I wrapped some Holly Berry Trendy Twine and some green ribbon from my stash around the card mat. I tied the twine on the front and used it to hold my PTI tag in place.

Supplies Used:

Paper~ Kraft, Bazzill Green 

Echo Park~Season's Greetings

Stamps~ Peachy Keen Stamps~Skip the Elf

Peachy Keen Stamps~Christmas Tag Minis

Dies~PTI Tag Die

Embellishments~ Trendy Twine~Holly Berry

copics, white gel pen

stickles

ribbon

Well I hope you have enjoyed my card! 
Thanks for shopping by and again wishing you all a 
Very Merry Christmas!!

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Entering this into the following challenges:

Peachy Keen Stamps~13-50 Photo Inspiration

Ribbon Carousel Blog~Anything Goes
Just B Creative Crazy~ Dec Linky Party
Everyday is an Occasion~ Linky Party
Paper Playtime~Winter Fun
Word Art Wednesday~Anything Goes
DL Art~Dec Linky Party

Christmas Gifts w/Trendy Twine

Good Morning everyone!!

It is my DT day over on the Trendy Twine blog 

and this month the DT is showcasing the FAB Christmas Twine's.

I have 2 projects to sneak for you today, both of them using one of my favorite of the older Christmas twists....

Candy Cane

Here is a sneak of what I made :)

Supplies Used:

Paper~ White, Bazzill Green

Stamps~ Unity Stamps~ You Melt My Heart
My Creative Time~It's a Magical Season 

Dies/Cuts~ My Creative Time~Tags

Embellishments~ Medium Cotton Bag
Candy Cane Trendy Twine
Christmas/Xmas Red Stickles
Orange Peel Stickles

Supplies Used:

Paper~ Kraft, Bazzill Brown, Red

Stamps~ Peachy Keen Stamps~Teddy Bear and Reindeer Face Parts

Dies/Cuts~ Reindeer~Silhouette Store

Embellishments~ Candy Cane Trendy Twine
Christmas/XMas Red Stickles
White gel pen
Skinny Candy Bags

Want to see the whole projects?? 

Stop on over to the Trendy Twine blog HERE for all the details!! I love popping over to read your comments!! 

New to Trendy Twine??? 

Check out the other places where we share our projects .....

Trendy Twine Blog~ HERE

and the

Trendy Twine Facebook page~ HERE

Don't forget to visit the 

 new and improved, packed with tons of product

 Store HERE

Gorgeous NEW Christmas twists....

and NEWLY added packaging products!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT Day!!!

Merry Christmas Easel Card......{PKS Challenge}

Good Morning Everyone!!!
Another very snowy day here :( I think we are somewhere around the 2' mark for snow from the last 3 days. Great for the kids to play in, but not for driving!!
It's a GREAT thing that I got my grocery shopping done yesterday as well as picked up the last of my Christmas shopping. Now to wrap, bake and finish some last minute gifts!!

 I wanted to share another Christmas card I made for the current Peachy Keen Stamps challenge.

Peachy Keen Challenge 13-49 :: Just Cards :: Glitter

So for my entry, I made a twisted easel designed Christmas card.
I think it turned out really pretty...here it is. Hope you like it :)

These types of cards are never easy to photograph.. Looks ok right??

Anyways I used non traditional colors as my color theme, picking papers from MME~Merry Little Christmas paper pack. Once I had the base of my card put together, I added a layer of white cardstock, followed by my designer paper and then stitched a decorative border around the frame. I stamped my Christmas tree onto the card and paper pieced it using more papers from the same paper pack. The next photo shows the tree closer :)

I stamped the sentiment from My Creative Time~Gift Card Sentiments on the inside and the outside of the card and embellished with some stickles on the tree, star die cuts and added a corner ribbon bow using some 3GJ Ribbon Candy Crinkle Ribbon.

Here is the close-up of the tree. I used the PKS~Santa Tree set and paper pieced the whole thing again using papers from the MME paper pack. To add some sparkle to the tree, I added some silver stickles to random spots on the tree, added some Cotton Candy stickles to the stripes under the tree and to the die cut star on top of the tree.

Supplies Used:
Paper~ Kraft, White, MME~Merry Little Christmas
Stamps~ PKS~12 Santa Tree
My Creative Time~ Gift Card Sentiments
Dies~My Creative Time~All Around Holidays
Embellishments~ Sewing Machine
3GJ Ribbon Candy Crinkle Ribbon
Stickles
Pop dots

So there is my card.
I hope you like it!
Thanks so very much for stopping by and have a GREAT Tuesday!!

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Entering this into the following challenges:

Peachy Keen Stamps~ Just Cards: Glitter
Scrappy Moms Stamps~Christmas

Sentimental Sundays~Non~Traditional X-mas Colors

SweetStamps Blog~Easel Card

Ribbon Carousel Blog~Anything Goes
Just B Creative Crazy~ Dec Linky Party
Everyday is an Occasion~ Linky Party
Paper Playtime~Winter Fun
Word Art Wednesday~Anything Goes
DL Art~Dec Linky Party

Merry Christmas Pillow Boxes.....{TKJ #151}

Good Morning and Happy Monday Everyone!

It is time for a new challenge over at

 The Kraft Journal!

This week the challenge is:

Something New

This is what I came up with.... Hope you like it!

I started out my project with the plain Small Kraft Pillow Boxes, and decorated them with snowflakes from PKS using white ink. That was my "something new"~ adding stamping to my otherwise plain box. You can really dress up these packages to fit any holiday or theme, with the possibilities unless! You could also emboss these boxes which would give them another totally different look. I will save that idea for another time :)

Once my boxes were dry, I filled them with some chocolate (these are gifts for my boys bus driver's) and went about with my embellishments.

Using some White Twill Tape, I wrapped them around the boxes and tied them in a bow. Before I did that though, I made the tags that are attached to each of the packages. I started out with the White X~Small Tags and stamped my sentiment from MCT~ Tiny Tag Holidays stamp set. I also added a die cut Christmas Tree, also from MCT but the All Around Holidays Stamp set. Since these would be handled by my kiddo's, I added an eyelet on each of the tags, just for some extra strength.

So there you have it....

my inspiration for this week's challenge.

I hope you have enjoyed my card and will play along with us!

As always I have linked all the supplies I used from The Kraft Outlet throughout my description.  If you have not checked out the store yet....make sure you do! There is so much available, the prices are so reasonable and shipping is super fast!!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a GREAT Monday!!

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Entering this into the following Challenges:

Ribbon Carousel Blog~Anything Goes

Just B Creative Crazy~ Dec Linky Party
Everyday is an Occasion~ Linky Party
Craftin Desert Diva's~ Christmas 
My Craft Spot~ Wrap it Up

Holiday Gifts w/Ribbon.....{3GJ Challenge #31}

Morning and Happy Friday everyone!!

I am back hosting the final challenge for 2013 for 3 Girl JAM. 

 This is also the last challenge that I will be hosting as well. After over 2 years on the DT I have decided to step down to pursue other opportunities. I have enjoyed SO much being the DT Challenge Coordinator and working with Julie's gorgeous ribbon! Since I am such a HUGE fan of it, you will be sure to see me sharing LOTS more projects using it as well. I will have one more posting to share on Dec 27th so make sure to check that out as well. It will be a look back at some of my favorite projects!
So with that out of the way :( I want to share that 3GJ is having a DT call!
you can find out all the details HERE!
Julie is awesome to work with and like I said before~her ribbon is AWESOME!!

Now onto this week's challenge which is~ 

Holiday Gifts w/Ribbon

The challenge will be open for 3 weeks, 

Dec 13th~ Jan 2nd 2014
so plenty of time to create and share!!

Our challenge is being sponsored by:

with a $10 Gift Certificate to the 3Girl JAM store!

Awesome prizes for sure!!!!

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Now onto my project!
I wanted to make something little that could be mass produced and handed out as holiday gifts to co-workers, neighbors, teachers, or just about anyone who you need a gift for.
I picked up these cute mini paint pails from Michaels and came up with these....

Since the pails were plain...I used my cameo and some vinyl to cut this adorable reindeer.

After the vinyl was applied, of course it needed a cute tag! I used the Tiny Tags Die from My Creative Time and the Tiny Tag Holidays stamp set for the sentiment and tied it to the handle of the pain with some of the new Ribbon Candy Crinkle Ribbon from 3GJ

I only picked up 2 buckets and will have to head back to Michael's to get some more. What a super fun way to give a Holiday Gift~don't you think???

I sure hope you have enjoyed my project and will play along with us over at the 

3 Girl JAM Challenge Blog!

Remember this challenge will run for 3 weeks so lots of time to get your

Holiday Gifts w/Ribbon 

projects in!!

Thanks so very much for stopping by!!

Have a GREAT Friday!!
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Entering this into the following Challenges:
Ribbon Carousel Blog~Anything Goes
Just B Creative Crazy~ Dec Linky Party
Everyday is an Occasion~ Linky Party
Craftin Desert Diva's~ Christmas
Paper Playtime~Winter Fun
Word Art Wednesday~Anything Goes
DL Art~Dec Linky Party
My Craft Spot~Christmas Neighbor Gifts
Cut it Up~ Christmas

Happy Winter Birthday....{PKS New Release Challenge}

Morning Everyone!!
I am back with another card to share~ this one for the 
Peachy Keen Stamps December New Release Challenge

The Challenge :: It’s Your Birthday
Create a birthday card.

So in honor of Vivienne and Kathy's birthday I made a card based on the
 current sketch from Seize the Sketch

Hope the birthday ladies like it :)

Isn't that snowman so adorable!!! I added some color to him using my copic markers and then paper pieced the rest of him with matching designer paper from MME.

I just love the colors of this paper...makes for a perfect feminine winter birthday card...don't you think :)

Supplies Used:

Paper~ My Minds Eye~Merry Little Christmas

Kraft, White, Green Cardstock

Stamps~ PKS-Snow Me a Man

Dies/Cuts~ MCT-Stitched Party Dies
MCT-Vintage Stitched Label Dies

Embellishments~ copics, chalk, pop dots

Well that is all I have for today! 
BIG Happy Birthday to the PK Ladies!!!!
Thanks so very much for stopping by and have a GREAT day!!!

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Entering this into the following Challenges:
Peachy Keen Stamps~ December New Release Challenge
Seize the Sketch
Just B Creative Crazy~ Dec Linky Party
Everyday is an Occasion~ Linky Party
Craftin Desert Diva's~ Christmas 
Paper Playtime~Winter Fun
Word Art Wednesday~Anything Goes
DL Art~Dec Linky Party
Simon Says Stamps~ Let it Snow
Seize the Birthday~ Winter Birthday Card

Happy Holiday Ornament....{PKS Challenges}

Good Morning and Happy Hump Day Everyone!
I have a PEACHY project for you today......

I can not wait to share this fun ornament I made for the current Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge!

Peachy Keen Challenge ~ 13-48  

3-D Objects ~ Hang It On A Tree 

Create a 3-Dimensional  item of your choosing, but bear in mind that this needs to be something that you would hang on a tree.  This can be an ornament, garland, or whatever tickles your fancy!

I recently was a HUGE PKS blog hop prize winner and OMG I was so excited to see all the fun stamps that Peachy Keen sent me! It has been super busy around here with a sick kiddo, holiday shopping and planning that I had not gotten a chance to play with my goodies...until now :)

I used 2 new stamp sets and a 3" bottle cap to make this ornament....

I hope you like it!

I am super pretty excited with how this turned out :)

The 3" bottle cap I have had in my stash forever, just waiting for a time when I could use it. After seeing the adorable peekers from the PKS set, I knew that they would look adorable inside them~ and they fit perfectly too!!!

There are 2 more cute images on that stamp set~ a penguin and a ginger so I will be finishing up the "series" and making more of these ornaments with those as well.

Supplies Used:

Paper~ Echo Park~Winter Park

White Cardstock

Stamps~ Peachy Keen Stamps~Winter Peekers & Phrases

Peachy Keen Stamps~ Deputy T.O Snow

Dies/Cuts~ My Creative Time~ Banner from Just Simply Live Stamp Set

Circle cut~ Silhouette

Embellishments~ Trendy Twine~ Tickled with Teal

3GJ Crinkle Ribbon~Dress White

Jingle Bells

3" Bottle Cap

pop dots, chalk, copic markers, stickles

I sure hope you have enjoyed my project! Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT Wednesday!!!

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Entering this into the following challenges:

Peachy Keen Stamps~3d..Hang on a Tree

Ribbon Carousel Blog~Anything Goes

Just B Creative Crazy~ Dec Linky Party
Everyday is an Occasion~ Linky Party
Craftin Desert Diva's~ Christmas 

Paper Playtime~Winter Fun

Word Art Wednesday~Anything Goes

DL Art~Dec Linky Party

Sentimental Sundays~ Snowmen

The Pink Elephant~ Recipe Challenge
 (2 Pattern Papers, Ribbon & Sprinkle of Sparkle)
Simon Says Stamps~ Let it Snow

Holiday Gifts....{TKJ}

Good Morning and Happy Monday Everyone!

It is time for a new challenge over at

 The Kraft Journal!

This week the challenge is:

Holiday Gifts

 I came up with this project. 
A 12 Days till  Christmas Advent Calendar that I made for my son. 
Seeing that I have 2 boys, another calendar is in the works :)

I hope you like my inspiration!

Here is how I made this...

I started out with a Brown Kraft Cover Weight Cardstock  base and a file I downloaded from Lori Whitlock. Once all the pieces for the boxes were cut and assembled, I cut the corresponding pieces for the tops of the boxes, sides of the calendar and top of the calendar using some Buff Ivory Cover Weight Cardstock and designer papers from Simple Stories. 

To make the numbers for each of the boxes which will be filled for my son with some treats, I die cut the stars and circles using My Creative Time~ Build a Banner set  and stamped the numbers in the center of the circles using My Creative Time~Type Calendar stamp set.

For the next part of my project, I added a matching tag and some gorgeous ribbon for added details. To make the tag, I started with a Small Kraft Shipping Tag and added a sticker that matched my designer paper~ a Christmas Tree from the Simple Stories 12 Days of Christmas set. For the sentiment on the Christmas Tree, I added some stickers from the Chit Chat Seasonal Word Stickers. 

So there you have it....

my inspiration for this week's challenge.

I hope you have enjoyed my card and will play along with us!

As always I have linked all the supplies I used from The Kraft Outlet throughout my description.  If you have not checked out the store yet....make sure you do! There is so much available, the prices are so reasonable and shipping is super fast!!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a GREAT Monday!!

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Entering this into the following Challenges:

Paper Issues~ Christmas
Curtain Call~Christmas Countdown

Ribbon Carousel Blog~Anything Goes

Just B Creative Crazy~ Dec Linky Party
Everyday is an Occasion~ Linky Party
Craftin Desert Diva's~ Christmas 

The Chicken Chick~Clever Chicks Blog Hop

Newton's Nook Designs "Deck the Halls w/Inky Paws Blog Hop" {2nd Post}

~if you are looking for the 3GJ Holiday Hop please click HERE~

Good morning and welcome to the....

I am very excited to be joining the Newton's Nook Designs DT as well as some guest designers for this fun holiday hop! I hope you were able to check out my Guest Designer projects that I showcased HERE. If not, please take a look....

Now onto the hop......

You should be coming from 

Rachel W K 

if not and you just happened to pop in, you will want to head on back to 

Newton's Nook Designs Blog

there will be 2 winners from the hop and all the details and the entire line-up can be found at the end of my post.

I have several cards to share with you today....the first one is using the adorable 

Frozen Friends stamp set.

I started with a black card base and added some designer paper from the DCWV~Home for Christmas paper pack. I added some zig zag machine stitching to the border and then tied some Totally Black Trendy Twine to a cute heart button. 

For the main image, I stamped the cute snowman, added some color with my copic markers and then cut a frame around the snowman using my cameo. He was then popped up on my die cut Stitched XL Label Die from My Creative Time. Since the frame was black, I stamped the sentiment in white using some Colorbox Frost White Pigment ink.

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For my next project, I made a set of  5 cards, all the same design but with different sentiments/pattern paper using the Holiday Wishes Stamp Set and a sketch from an older Retro Sketch design. You can click on the pics to bring them up larger if you want.

I used designer paper from My Mind's Eye~Lost & Found Christmas for all the cards. Each one is on a Kraft cardstock base, layered with a Bazzill card stock mat and the matching designer paper. For the embellishments, I used the matching enamel dots. 

These cards are CAS, easy to replicate and make a great holiday card to mail to friends and family.

So there are my projects....I hope you have enjoyed them!!!!

You are now heading over to 

Chan Vuong

Thanks so much for stopping and hopping with us!

A special thank you to Jennifer for asking me to be a Guest Designer! I really LOVED playing with your adorable Newton's Nook Designs stamps!!!

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Would you like to win a $10 coupon for Newton's Nook Designs online shop?

We will be choosing Two lucky winners! 

Here's how to win: 

Comment on the Design Team Member and Guest blogs (see list below)! One winner will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the blog hop. Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Sunday, December 8th at 9 pm CST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Monday, December 9th.

Make sure you check out all the blogs below to enter:

Newton's Nook Designs Blog

Jennifer Ingle

Tessa Wise

Jocelyn Olson

Samantha Mann

Shelly Mercado

Rachel W K

Jessica Esch

Chan Vuong

Ashley Marcu

Danielle Lounds

Alice Wertz

Danielle Pandeline

Kim Singdahlsen

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Entering this into the following Challenges:

Paper Issues~ Christmas