I have been awarded! The Versatile Blogger Award!

I have been nominated for the versatile blogger award by the very talented Mama Smurf.  Thank You sooo much!  This totally put a grin on my face!

There a couple of conditions attached to this award:-

"If you are nominated, you have been awarded the Versatile Blogger award". First, thank the person who gave you this award.http://mamma-smurf.blogspot.com/

• Include a link to their blog,
• Select 15 blogs that you have either recently discovered or follow regularly,
• Nominate those 15 bloggers for the Versatile Blogger Award,
• Finally, tell the person who nominated you 7 things about yourself.

My Nominees for The Versatile Blogger Award (In no particular order)Are:

Kelly Marie : http://lawnfawn.blogspot.com/

Tish: http://www.gracesscrapattic.blogspot.com/

Tracy: http://www.tracywburgos.typepad.com/

Lynnette: http://nettersnotables.blogspot.com/

Pam: http://365cards.blogspot.com/

Mark: http://greenkeeprmark.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/365-cards-day-9.html

Olga: http://elephantfairies.blogspot.com/

Erika: http://taylordconcepts.blogspot.com/

Renee: http://reneeaslette.blogspot.com/

Mary Lynn: http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/default.aspx?email=riggsies%40cox.net&phone=7028706352

Crystal: http://crystal-kovach.blogspot.com/

Theresa: http://chatty-scrapper.blogspot.com/

Bec:  http://beccym.blogspot.com/

Green Tangerines:  http://www.mygreentangerines.com/blog.html

Trinity Paper Arts: http://trinitypaper.blogspot.com/

Well done everyone.

Now 7 things about myself.

1. I have 2 daughters age 11 and 8
2. I have been together with my husband for almost 20 years.
3. I volunteer at my girls elementary school quite a lot and I am co-writing an art enrichment program exclusively for our school.
4. I have been crafting for 15 years and I am totally addicted to all things crafty! I lovestamps, digi stamps, acrylic stamps, wooden stamps...postage stamps (just kidding on the last one)
5. I like to listen to Eminem when I craft.....contradiction of terms...I know!
6. Give me Copics or Give me Death!
7. I have a very spoiled Yorkie named Boo.

Thanks again for the award and well done to those i have nominated, get your award and show it off on your blog.

Cheers,

Laurie

Paper, Punches, and Helmar

I love Saturday Nights!  Here is a picture of my daughter Siena with her friend Maddy, from their Celtic Tap Dance performance!  They were Outstanding!

Layers and Layers

Hi everyone,
What a beautiful sunny day here in California.  I have the windows open, the sky is blue and the neighborhood is full of bike riding, ball playing and dog walking kids.  Life is good! So today lets talk about layering and paper piecing.  Let's take a look at some of the details of the card I made using this little gem from Scrappers Delights. You can get her here. Her name is Sakura.

Now look at this sweethearts hair. I printed out five copies of her and colored in different parts with my Copic Markers, Spica pens, and glaze pen.  
Her pony tails have three layers, the top part of her head has four layers, even her shoes have two layers.  Each one I cut out by hand and using Helmar's Liquid Scrapdots elevated each layer to give her some dimension.
If you're doing paper piecing make sure you use the ink to color in the edges of the paper so that you don't have white lines showing through.

Ok, so now that we talked about paper piecing, lets talk about layering.  I used brown card stock and layered it with a book page patterned paper. Then I took a piece of card stock with holes punched into it and actually cross stitched it with brown floss.  Then I added the crochet flower swag and our little Sakura.
I used Helmar 450 Quick dry on the flowers because it dries fast and clear.  I used Helmar's Liquid Scrap Dots to elevate the digital stamp and the Thank You tag.  I used my Spellbinder's die to make the tag.


Now lets look at the whole thing.

I colored her to match one of my daughter Siena's outfits that she wore a lot when she was about 2 1/2.


Please leave a comment and check us out over at Scrappers Delights.


Cheers,
Laurie

What can you do with a great digi, some Copic Markers and some Colored Pencils?

You can make this beautiful card, using a digital stamp from www.scrappersdelights.com.
Click on the link to check out the tutorial over on Janice's blog!
http://scrappersdelightspapercrafts.blogspot.com/2012/02/digital-stamps-and-copic-markers-can.html

This image was used three different ways in this card front, can you find all three?

Let me know in the comments section.
Thanks
Laurie

Scrapper's Delights Challenge....Bring on the Bling

The assignment was to "Bring on the BLING!"  Using one of the challenge digitals, (you can get them here) I made a scrapbook page of my girls, Siena and Ani.  I used Copic Markers to color in the image and then used stickles in the same colors as the markers to give her dress sparkle. I used gemstones and Helmar's Gem Stone adhesive to create her jewelry. I then outlined her tiara with the gem adhesive and used silver glitter to give that some glow. I finished up the page with ribbon, flowers and more gem stone swirls from Want 2 Scrap.  This was a too fun challenge and we have them bi-weekly over at http://scrappersdelights.com/store/.

Come on over and check out the many possibilities and have some fun with our challenges!

Have a Great Week

Laurie

Guess What? You're 6!

Guess What?  You're 6!

Hi Everyone!  I made this card using the cutest little digi from Scrapper's Delights.  I wanted to do a birthday card for a little girl with non-traditional colors.  I went with the blues and a punch of bright yellow. Above you can see how I matted the blue card stock onto a blue based patterned paper, and then matted that onto a larger piece of the same blue card stock.  I used some felt butterfly ribbon and yellow sticker letters for the wording.  I finished the front with some colorful brads.

Let's look a the inside and meet our cute little girl from Scrapper's Delights!  

There she is, popping right out of the card, holding up six fingers! How cute is she.  I printed out two of her one on ultra smooth card stock and then another of the same size on the patterned paper.  I colored her in using a combination of Copic Markers and Prisma Color colored pencils.  Her skirt was cut out of the patterned paper I printed her out on.  I pleated and used my Copic Markers to create shadows on the pleats, further giving her skirt dimension. I used more of the yellow stickers to spell out "You're" and I used a white chipboard number 6 that I painted white and gave it some sparkle with some Stickles. Everything was held together with Helmar's 450 Quick Dry.  If you haven't been over to Scrappers Delights...you must...they have some of the cutest and unique digis that I have seen!  

And here's their link

www.scrappersdelights.com

Have an Awesome Day

Laurie

I'm A Design Team Member!

Hey Everyone! I have some exciting news! The picture above is a project I made for the Scrapper's Delights Design Team Challenge!  And Guess what!  I am a design team member!  You have got to check out these digital stamps. OMGosh they are so cute! Sweet and Saucy at the same time! Also on Scrapper's Delights there are many options for the digital scrapper as well!  So whether you like to color in your stamps or to get them pre-colored...there is something on there for you! So go check out www.scrappersdelights.com. And I look forward to sharing this design team journey with you all!

Cheers

Laurie