American Crafts Showcase!!!

Yes, I am applying for the American Crafts Design Team Call!   So I thought I would share some images of all the projects I have created with American Crafts Products over the last few months.  Each of these has been posted on my blog at some point in the past 5 months, so if you want further details, you might have to go hunting a bit!  :)  Thanks for looking and I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

 

There's no place like home...

As we are about to leave for our summer vacation, I just finished up this altered 7 Gypsies Tray of our home...there's no place like it!  :)

I wanted to incorporate some American Crafts Abode stamps that I have, and the stamp sets are what actually gave me the ideas for this tray.  Each section of the tray started to become a little "room", just like in a doll house. 

Everything is stamped and then heat embossed with American Crafts Zing powders. All the stamps came from the AC Abode line.

The papers are from the AC Metropolitan line, and I just love this color scheme of the blue, red, beige and black. The chandlier piece is from a Teresa Collins paper.  I added some black stickle to make the glass beads sparkle!

My favorite part about this has got to be the little outlet I made for the vacuum plug.  I used some black wire and attached it to the vacuum, and then I just drew a little outlet on a piece of white scrap paper.  I used some puffy fabric paint to make the plug and stuck the wire into it so it would stay.

This is going to be hanging in our front entry-way, so you can see a closer peek when you stop by!  :)  TFL!

Why I haven't been scrapping...

...I have been sewing instead!!

OK, here's how this all started:

I follow the blog Little Birdie Secrets and I saw a post with this cute little purse clutch, which was originally posted on the blog From An Igloo..  I was trying to think of what fabric to use, and then it hit me: I have been dieing to use the American Crafts Dear Lizzy fabric paper for a sewing project!!!

I cut the fabric while it was still on the adhesive backing and then gently ripped it off the adhesive.  I followed the simple instructions to make this little clutch!

I added a few of the Dear Lizzy crocheted flowers and an AC brad to one of the flower centers. The inside is even lined with some more Dear Lizzy fabric:

OK, so as  was browsing the From An Igloo blog, I saw this tutorial for this adorable "In the Garden" shirred dress.  I have never shirred before and it took me hours to figure it out.  I finally resorted to going to my machines ancient manual, and guess what????  I have been threading my bobbin wrong since I started using my machine over 20 years ago!!  Well once I figured that out, the shirring with the elastic  thread worked just fine!!!   I love this dress and these fabrics which i bought at Hobby Lobby.

I need to make a diaper cover for Charlotte when she wears this dress cause when she bends over you can see her hiney.  So I searched for a diaper cover tutorial and that is when I stumbled upon Prudent Baby.  AWESOME AWESOME blog!  So many free instructions and ideas!

So now I'm totally in the sewing mood, and I bought a whole bunch of fabrics.  Back to From an Igloo where I followed directions for the One Hour Sundress, which actually took only an hour!!  I LOVE this dress and these fabrics.  This was so simple to do.

I made a matching barette with a flower to match!  The straps are a bit loose, but she'll grow into it!


So loving these fabrics, I wanted to make something for myself, so BACK AGAIN to Prudent Baby.  There is a section there called "Hot Mess Mommy"...just like me.  There is this cute cute little pleated purse which I made in a snap!!!!!!

SEW, this is what I have been doing lately!!!  Now that I have had my sewing fix, I think I am going back to
 scrapping tonight!

That Day at the Beach

While at Archiver's last weekend, I said that i wasn't going to buy anything...but then I saw the So Sophie papers on display and fell in love.  I bought some because I want to use the in some upcoming classes at me LSS. 

So when I got home I went to the My Minds Eye blog to get some inspiration I saw that there was a sketch challenge going on and had the perfect photo for these papers!

My favorite paper is the yellowish/sandy color lined paper, and it reminded me of sand, so I used it for my background.  And the blue swirl paper was perfect to simulate waves and a breeze!

I did a lot of hand stitching and some stamping.  These flouishes reminded me of birds so I misted them and crackled them.

The large blue flourish on the bottom and added some sand and some tiny shells that we had picked up at the beach that day!  :)

The theme for the challenge is "I remember" and there were so many details about our first trip to the beach that I wanted to remember...

TFL!

When I Watch You

Another challenge for American Crafts Studio blog!  I also used this weeks sketch at Sketchy Thursdays!

This week was to use "details".  I love the color of the I Do collection, and picked up these paper and details at my LSS and have been meaning to use them.  So I used the whole package of flowers!  :)

For the CS background, I stamped with this script stamp with watermark ink.  The middle blue border I added some American Crafts rubons. The papers are all American Crafts. For the photo frame, I stamped the swirls with a stamp from Sassafrass Lass onto white cardstock and then embossed with white American Crafts embossing powder.  I then misted it with some "cinder" Glimmer Mist and wiped it down so the white would show through.

I punched a label from some paper and added so BG letters for the title, and stamped some lines with white ink for the journaling area.

This next week is going to be Thicker Accents which I am very excited about!  :)

TFL!

A Bucket of Fun for everyone...

Charlotte loves to get into the cupboard and try to "drink" out of every container she can lift to her face.  Well, while we were at the beach a few weeks ago, she tried to drink a bucket full of sandy water.  I could have stopped her...but then I wouldn't have gotten the photo....

actually, there was not much in it and she didn't get anything in her mouth except a few grains of sand...:)

I created this sketch for the June Sketch at Challenge Masters!!!  If you complete the sketch, you could be entered to win a $25 gift certificate to the online store of your choice!!  That is a GREAT prize!  :)

My class at my Lonestar Scrapbook Company is coming up next  Tues. the 29th, and I ordered some of the Pink Paislee BayBerry Cottage paper for us to work with.  This is the 2 pager that we will be doing in class!

I am also going to be doing a special Flower Tutorial class on August 21 and you can learn how to make this flower below.  We will be doing 8-10 flowers total and it is only $15!!!!!  AND Lonestar is having a 15% discount on all the classes right now, so really it is only $12.75!  That is such a great price!

TFL and have a nice week!!!

Land of the Free

Memorable Seasons is having the Last Scrapper Standing contest for the next few weeks and this is week 1!  This weeks challenge was to use the phrase "An American Girl" as inspiration, and the LO also had to include stars and stripes.

The other night the three of us went to the park to swing and play.  There was no one there, and it was a beautiful evening.  We took Charlotte to a grassy area to try and get her to walk a bit.  I got some fantastic shots of her alone, and of her interacting with her Daddy, which are going to be perfect for Father's Day LO's!  But I loved how open and "free" it was out there, and that's where the title came from, too.

Anyway, when I was thinking of stars and stripes, what came to mind were the half circle red white and blue banners that people hang for decoration (I'm sure they have a name, but I just can't think of it).  That is what inspired the half pleated flowers.  I also wanted to keep with the red white and blue theme, which wasn't a requirement, but I just felt it.

The stars I cut with my cricut from Core'Dinations CS and embossed and sanded and inked it.  There was a tutorial posted at Scrapbook & Cards Today for the folding of these stars and I love the way they came out.


Well I am super excited because I am going to Archiver's tomorrow night with Heather and have LOTS to get done!!!!  So I will be posting lots next week!

As always, TFL!

The Birthday Dress...

How convinient is it that last month was Charlotte's birthday, and I have tons of photos, and this weeks challenge at Candy Shoppe Designs to to do a LO based on a BIRTHDAY!?

One of my favorite things about Charlotte's birthday was the dress that my mom bought her.  It had these little balloons on it with some curly ribbons for strings, and a little number "1"!

I had these chipboard balloon pieces in my stash from FOREVER ago, and decided to use them up!  I had to alter the colors a bit by painting and inking, but they came out perfect.

Most of the paper on here is the Dear Lizzy fabric paper.  For the two flowers on the bottom left, I used some fabric paper which I ripped off the adhesive backing, straight stitched up the side, and turned into a cute little flower!  I also added some circles of tulle under these, which is hard to tell from these photos.

So be sure to join us for this challenge at Candy Shoppe Designs this month to be eligible to win THIS PRIZE: 

Good Luck!!!