Scrap Hoarders Vol. 2: Tags and/or Bookmarks

Hi, friends! It's the SECOND WEEK of the SCRAP HOARDERS VIDEO HOP TRIO! This week we are making bookmarks and/or tags! Don't forget that we have LOTS of prizes up for grabs, and some are open internationally! You can find my video for this week HERE!

This is what I came up with~

For all the details, head over to my YouTube channel! I'm sharing how to make magnetic bookmarks out of scraps and how to use scraps of bubble wrap to stamp a textured background!

I really love how these bookmarks turned out, and I hope you do, too! I would definitely enjoy reading your thought in the comments below!

Thanks so much for stopping by, all! I am so grateful for your kind words and your willingness to stop by! Please join our video hop by clicking HERE for my video--we have PRIZES up for grabs! Until next time, HUGS and happy stamping, friends!

Crafter's Castle + Taylormadecards4u = Magnetic Bookmarks

Hi, friends! I am so excited to be joining the team at Crafter's Castle for this month's Back to School YouTube Video Hop! Our wonderful sponsor is Taylormadecards4u, and we are showcasing the fabulous Passport to School digital kit!

Take a peek at my creation...

This is a quick and easy project for any book lover--a magnetic bookmark! I used a paper and some elements from the Passport to School set, then added a few washi tapes from Doodle Bug Design and black liquid pearls.

Check out my video tutorial on how to create this fun project!

Our hop will run from today (Sept. 1st) until Sept. 7th. In order to be considered for the prize from Taylormadecards4u, you must watch all 7 videos, subscribe to all 7 channels, leave a comment on all 7 videos, and if you like what you've seen, give a thumbs up! Finally, email Janie at 4crafterscastle@gmail.com letting her know you've completed the hop, and put Hop Entry as your subject line! The prize is the fabulous Passport to School set that we're all showcasing!

Here's the hop list:

Janie

Jeanie

Tasha

Mynn

Myra

Monica

Wendy

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you take some time to visit our fabulous sponsor, Taylormadecards4u, and join us at Crafter's Castle! Until next time, HUGS and happy crafting, friends!

Great Impressions: Bookmarks

Hi, friends!  I'm back with another project featuring amazing rubber stamps by Great Impressions!  Today I thought I'd break out of my card making mold and do something a little bit different.  Remember those birthday cards I made for the monthly challenge?  Well, I thought I'd make a small coordinating gift to add to the cards for my friends!

Here's what I came up with~

Each bookmark individually~

Products used~

(Store HERE.)

E794 A Friend

I love this sentiment and couldn't think of what image I wanted to pair it with so I let it stand alone...with just a tiny butterfly for some embellishment!  Hopefully my friends will use these bookmarks and remember how special they are to me!  What gift for a friend will you create today using Great Impressions stamps?

Thanks so much for stopping by to take a gander at my bookmarks!  Don't forget that next week is a tutorial week--it'll be Stamping With Gelatos!  Pop on over to the blog for a list of what you'll need for the tutorial and to take a peek at the other amazing DT work for more inspiration! :)

See you again next Thursday for another project using these wonderful stamps!  Don't forget that we have a monthly challenge going on right now as well--it's a chance to get win of these amazing stamps so I hope you'll join us!  HUGS and happy stamping friends!

A little bit of this and that and the other...

Yes. Marathon stamping. It's been the only way this week! I do not like to combine cards and challenges in one post, but here I am doing it again for the second time this week! Please bear with me! I'm hoping next week will be less hectic as I am no longer as under the weather. :)

I only have three cards to show you. The first one is for a redo of the CR84FN color challenge. I made a Faith Journal for this challenge originally. I had made some extra butterflies with crackle accents that I had put on them. My original intent was to use them on the journal, but they took too long to dry and I was going to toss them out. BUT, fate intervened and when I went down to tidy up my workspace, I saw them as I was tossing them and realized that they looked amazing! :) How could I have almost tossed them?! Take a look!!!

The results~

Details~

The second card is for this week's Stamptacular Sunday~Texture challenge as well as this week's CAS-ual Friday challenge~Penguin suit. This means one could ONLY use black and white--NO OTHER COLOR. Not even a smudge. Well, I had a lot of fun with this one--I got to use my favorite double embossing technique (heat embossed image run through a dry embossing machine)! This adds LOTS of texture to your image or panel. I run my image through the dry embossing a few ties to make the heat embossing crack--it gives an aged and distressed feel to your image. :) I liked how it turned out so much, that I made a bookmark to go along with it so I could have a small gift for the recipient of the card. Or me. You know...whatever! ;)

The card results and detail~

The bookmark results and detail~

The third and final card I have to show you tonight is for the Top Tip Tuesday ~Sketch challenge (I've opted for the clean and simple challenge), the Creative Card Crew~Seeing Red challenge, and the Gingersnap Creations~Favorite DSP challenge. I LOVE DCWV (Die Cuts With a View) papers. I own about 20 stacks from them. Probably more! This card was made with all DCWV paper except the white card base. I really love the special DSPs that they have--the one with the fruit is from a stack with glossy & glitter accents, meaning the strawberries are glittered AND glossed!!! FABULOUS!!! I just love the way this card's turned out! :) My TIP for TTT is that when doing a CAS style card, it's easy to add texture with a very subtle background DSP as I've done. It looks enough like "white" space, but adds a bit of fun and richness that wasn't there before. The paper I used was made to mimic the look and texture of a real strawberry and tie the images into the card as a whole. Did it work?! :)

The results~

The details~

Thanks for bearing with me this week--hope to be back to one card per post next week! Happy stamping! :)

Apology/Workshop Projects

I must apologize for not blogging much this week. I have had some things come up in my life this week that have made it a bit hectic! BUT, it's been wonderful! One thing that made this week a little crazy was a stamping workshop I hosted tonight! The pictures are of the projects we made. The top ones are more magnetic bookmarks and the last one is the card we made. :) I hope this inspires you to create today! Happy stamping--I'll try to be back to my CRAFTY self soon! ;D

Bookmarks!

A very dear friend that I work with gave me the cutest bookmarks a while back. She and I decided that we would get together and design some other ones. I LOVE THEM! They are so easy and you can get EIGHT out of an 8.5"x11" piece of paper! The dimensions are 2.75"x4.25" (except the bottom one--that's 2 1/8" x 5/5") and then they are folded in half. So, what's so different about these bookmarks, you ask? Well, they are magnetic! The clip to the top of your page and so they don't fall out and your page is already saved! We used a border punch along the bottom of the front of the magnet. I used all Stampin' Up! materials to make these. My favorite is the big yellow flower with "i love you". What a great gift for someone who loves to read (I gave away five of these)! I hope you are inspired to create OR read something today! Happy crafting and reading!