Scrappenings

Fall & Halloween Blog Hop at Scrapbook Place

2011-10-22T06:00:00.000-07:00

Hello Fellow Scrapbookers! It's another fun blog hop over at Scrapbook Place. If' you've just come from Shannon's Blog you're in the right place. If you've just discovered our blog hop, go back to Linda's Blog and start there. Follow along and see all the lovely creations from our members. If you get lost, the blog hop list is at the end of this post.

I'm featuring some Fall & Halloween items I created:

Fall Tags

Halloween Tag & Puzzle Piece

I like many layers and depth in my creations. The more three dimensional, the better!

Here's the blog hop order. Don't forget to leave a comment on each blog when you visit!

Many Happy Scrappenings!

Anna

Tag Challenge at SBP

2011-09-26T09:00:00.000-07:00

Hello Scrapbook Friends! I created this tag for Scrapbook Place's Tag Challenge.

I used Spellbinder's Labels 17, Petite Ovals Large, and Petite Scalloped Ovals Large dies; Impression Obsession's Script background stamp; Heartfelt Creations Falling Leaves Dies and Open Falling Leaves stamps; Martha Stewart’s Loop edge and Pine Branch punches; Glimmer Mist colors Sunflower, Burnt Red, Brick, Suede, Coffee Shop, English Ivy, Peach Delight, and Haunted Shadows; wine colored Skittles, Sakura Stardust Gel Pen, copper colored wire, fall-themed ribbon, bronze metallic paper, and chipboard.

I sprayed an A2 sized piece of white cardstock with Coffee Shop, Sunflower, Burnt Red, and Peach Delight Glimmer Mist colors, then used Impression Obsession's Script stamp to create the background. I mounted the bronze metallic base paper, the stamped background, the bronze scalloped oval, and the sentiment on chipboard to make the tag sturdier. I sprayed seven A2 cards with individual colors of Glimmer Mist and used those as my bases for stamping, punching & die cutting images. The leaves were created using Heartfelt Creations stamps/dies on the Brick, English Ivy, Haunted Shadows, Coffee Shop, and Peach Delight Glimmer Mist card bases; the pine branches were punched from the Sunflower Glimmer Mist card base. The loop edge under the leaves was punched from the Haunted Shadows card base. I accented the leaves with the Stardust gel pen. I added copper wire curlicues that I created by wrapping 1 large length of wire around a toothpick like a spring, stretching it out to give it a wavy look, and snipping off 5 lengths to use in random places.

Hope you enjoyed my creation!

Many Happy Scrappenings

Anna

ATC Challenge at SBP Blog

2011-08-31T10:25:00.000-07:00

Hello my fellow scrapbookers! I'm posting a few new and old ATCs I've created for the Scrapbook Place Blog Challenge.

Butterflies

Carte Postale

Falling Leaf

For the Love of Baseball

Picnic Fruit with Friends

Santa Baby

Seaside Tranquility

Stained Glass Ornament

Thankful

I hope these inspire your ATC creativity!

Many Happy Scappenings,

Anna

Music Inspired Challenge

2011-08-15T12:15:00.000-07:00

Over at Scrapbook Place, they're having a Music Inspired Challenge. My project was to create a CD cover for all the special music that I've loved over the years, from my very first favorite song at age 4, to my current favorites. I burned all of those songs onto 4 CDs and listen to them frequently. I call my music "Songs That Haunt the Soul." I also made a booklet with all the titles, lyrics, and meanings beind the songs. Although I created the CDs for myself, I created the CD case and booklet for my 10 year old daughter, since she's always asking me why I like the songs and what they mean to me. So this project was actually inspired by and for my daughter.

CD COVER

I chose a lightly patterned background paper from an old 12x12 pad for the CD cover and stamped it with Impression Obsession's Cover-a-Card Music stamp. Then I sprayed it with 5 colors of Glimmer Mist to give it some new life. Stamping first then spraying with Glimmer mist also gives the stamped backround a more muted effect as it slightly washes out the image; it's a great "ageing" technique. I added decorative natural feathers from Michael's and pieces from 2 different packs of Recollections pearls and rhinestones. I die cut the treble clef and music notes at my local scrap store, ran them upsidedown through my Xyron machine and used Glitter Ritz Micro Fine Glitters on the tops.

CD INTERIOR

I searched local & online stores high & low with no luck to find blank cardboard CD covers I could alter. So I created the CD cover from scratch using dimensions from another altered CD cover that I had.

CD TITLE BOOKLET

I used the same stamping and Glimmer Mist technique on the booklet cover, then die cut some Sizzix Broadway Melody letters for the title.

I hope you like my music inspired creation!

Many Happy Scrappenings,
Anna

Scrapbook Place Patriotic Challenge

2011-06-27T11:22:00.000-07:00

Over at the Scrapbook Place Blog, they're having a Patrioic challenge in honor of the upcoming 4th of July holiday. This was my entry for the SBP Design Team.

Go over to the SBP Blog and enter your own Patriotic project.

http://yourscrapbookplace.blogspot.com/

All entries received by 11:59pm PDT July 10 will be elligible for a prize drawing.

Many Happy Scrappenings!
Anna

SBP's 4th Blog Hop - April Showers Bring May Flowers

2011-05-27T00:04:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Scrapbook Place's monthly blog hop! Our theme this month is "April Showers Bring May Flowers" so you will see FLOWERS featured in all of our creations.

If you just happened upon my blog, you will want to go back to the beginning of the hop - Lindsy's blog - and follow through to see all the beautiful creations! Have fun hopping along with us and if you get stuck, hop on over to the Scrapbook Place's blog where the entire hopping list will be posted.
Thank you for joining us in more inspiration!

In the group:

Lindsy
Leti
Allie
Annette
Shannon
Linda
Debbie
Teresa
Diane
Donna
Pat M
Anna
Rhonda
Holley
Jinky
Scrapbook Place Group Blog

My entry this month is a Flower Bouquet birthday card.

SUPPLIES USED:

Heartfelt Creations Daisy Patch Bouquet stamp
Heartfelt Creations Daisy Patch stamps
Heartfelt Creations Daisy Patch dies
Impression Obsession Flourishes Stamp
Cardstock: Stampin'Up! Bravo Burgundy, Brown, White
Memento Ink: Black, Brown
Stampin'Up! Stampin' Write Markers: Wild Wasabi, Always Artichoke, Rich Razzleberry, Tangerine Tango, Poppy Parade, Regal Rose, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Pretty In Pink, Rose Red
Glimmer Mist: Sunflower, Black Cherry, Marmalade, Sugar Plum Fairy, Tutti Fruitti, Burnt Red.
Glitter Glass: Rose, Red, Spice Brown, Orchid, Copper, Geode
Prima Pearls & Crystals
Sheer orange organdy ribbon

I used the Stampin'Up! Bravo Burgundy as the base for my 5x7 card. I sprayed a piece of white cardstock with the 6 colors of Glimmer Mist in a random pattern, blotted off the excess and quick-dried it with a heat gun. Then I stamped the Impression Obsession Fourishes background stamp on top with Memento brown ink. I stamped the Heartfelt Creations Daisy Bouquet on white cardstock. On a separate piece of cardstock I stamped 3 small daisies and 2 large daisies. I colored the daisies in the bouquet and the individual daisies with 6 different Stampin' Write marker colors and die cut the 5 individual daisies with the Heartfelt Creations Daisy Patch dies. I popped the 3 small daisies off of their matching colors and popped 2 large daisies, 1 on top of the other, off the single large daisy in the center so it would be 1 layer higher than the 3 small ones. I used different colored glitter glass in the centers of each daisy. I pasted the bouquet card to a brown cardstock background, used 3 sizes of Prima half pearls on the top and bottom of the card, and orange organdy ribbon for the bow.

Quick Fix Note: The reddish daisy on the bottom left of the bouquet was originally a Pumpkin Pie color, but it didn't have enough contrast against the large center flower. I fixed it by coloring over it first with Pretty In Pink, then Rose Red to create a new color. The resulting contrast against the other daisies was perfect.

I hope you liked my card!

Many happy scrappenings,
Anna

First Holy Communion Card

2011-05-15T23:14:00.000-07:00

I made this card for my cousin's daughter who had her First Holy Communion this past Saturday May 14.

I used the following supplies:

Metallic Gold cardstock
Bazzil Cardstock "Emma" (Pale Pink)
White Cardstock
Spellbinders Labels 10 (largest size)
Spellbinders Posy Patch dies (Heartfelt Creations exclusive)
Heartfelt Creations Decorative Vintage Cross stamp
Heartfelt Creations Posy Patch Flowers stamps
Cuttlebug Goochie Script 5x7 Embossing Folder
Stampendous Pirate Gold Embossing powder
Stampin'Up! Pink Pirouette Ink
Stampin'Up! White Ribbon
White half pearls

I cut a card 5x7 from the metallic gold cardstock. I embossed the pink cardstock with the Goochie Script folder and pasted it to the card base. I stamped the Vintage Cross twice and embossed both images with the Pirate Gold embossing powder. I die cut one whole cross with the Spellbinders Label 10 and fussy cut just a portion of the other cross. I inked around the filigree portion of the die cut cross with Pink Pirouette ink. I pasted the fussy cut cross to a piece of metallic gold cardstock and cut around the cross, leaving about 1/16 of an edge so the gold cardstock would stand out a bit more around the cross. I used foam tape to pop the cross off the first embossed image. I embossed and die cut 3 different sizes of posy flowers. I inked them with the Pink Pirouette ink and popped them off the cross. I added the ribbon and half pearls to finish the card.

Hope you like it!

Many Happy Scrappenings!
Anna

Love Album

2011-04-03T23:07:00.000-07:00

This is another Maya Road chipboard album from my collection. This one was a 4x4 album with a love theme for Valentine's Day. The last photo is of the album's acrylic display box.

Thanks for looking!

Happy Scrappenings,

Anna

Maya Road Chipboard Album

2011-04-02T12:07:00.000-07:00

Hello Fellow Scrappers! As a favor to a friend who's planning to make a Maya Road chipboard album, I'm posting an album I made a couple of years ago. I made 6 of these albums. I kept one album and gave 5 as gifts to close relatives as a unique way to send them pictures of our kids.

My husband is a huge Red Sox fan and he's turned our kids into rabid fans as well. As a California native, of course I'm an Angel fan. It's been a rivalry made in heaven. So we went to Sears Portrait Studios for a photo session, and the layout and story evolved from the pictures.

I hope you enjoyed loooking!

Many happy scrappenings,

Anna

SCRAPBOOK PLACE'S 3RD BLOG HOP - LOVE BIRDS CALENDAR

2011-03-27T05:00:00.000-07:00

Hello! It's Anna from Scrappenings here with a Love Birds Calendar for Scrapbook Place's 3^nd Blog Hop. If you've just come from Lindsy's blog, you're in the right place. If not, go back and start with Linda's blog. Please visit Scrapbook Place's blog when you've finished hopping!

SUPPLY LIST

Sizzix Bigz Clear Scallop Square die

Stampin'Up! Two Step Bird punch

Stampin'Up! Boho Blossoms punch

Stampin'Up! Modern Label punch

Stampin'Up! Full Calendar stamp set

Sizzix Square Lattice embossing folder

Stampin'Up! Pompom Trim in Melon Mambo

Cream cardstock

White cardstock

Blue cardstock

Green cardstock

Yellow cardstock

Mini calendar, 2-1/2 x 2-1/2

Cork board, 3/16 thick

2 brads in spring colors

2 tacks in spring colors

INSTRUCTIONS

Cut 1 piece of cream colored cardstock and 1 piece of chipboard each 4-1/2 x 4-1/2. Paste the cardstock to the chipboard, then die-cut the Scallop Square using the Sizzix die. The resulting piece will be 4-1/4 x 4-1/4.

Punch 2 birds & 2 wings from blue cardstock. Punch 2 branches and 2 more wings (for leaves) from the green cardstock. Emboss the leaves with the Lattice embossing folder. Punch a Boho Blossom from the yellow cardstock. Ink the edges of everything with a slightly darker shade of whatever color cardstock you're working with to give it definition. Using a Crop-A-Dile, punch two 1/8 holes on each end of the top of the Scallop Square & put some ribbon through both holes for hanging. Tie off the ends with a small knot.

Stamp each month on a piece of white cardstock then punch out the months with the Modern Label punch. Pull off each page of the calendar and glue each stamped month to the appropriate page. Punch 1/8 holes with your Crop-A-Dile through 4 pages of the calendar on each end of the modern label. Keep punching holes 4 pages at a time, making sure to line up the holes with the first set of pages. Put large brads on either end to hold the calendar together. Glue to the right side of the Scallop Square. Cut a piece of cork board 1-1/2 x 2-3/4 and glue to the left of the calendar. Cut a small piece of the Pompom trim and glue to the bottom of the cork board. Glue the flower onto the cork board in the upper left corner. Glue one pompom in the center of the Boho Flower. Put the 2 tacks in the corkboard.

Viola! You're done!

Thanks for visiting my little corner of the blogosphere to check out my project. Don't forget to post some love for me before you leave. Then hop on over to Pat's blog to check out her beautiful creation.

Many Happy Scrappenings!

Anna

LIST OF BLOG HOP PARTICIPANTS

Linda http://scrappingheaven.blogspot.com/

Annette http://annettesfunstuff.blogspot.com/
Allie http://welltrainedpaper.blogspot.com
Donna http://nana2cede.blogspot.com/

Lindsy http://scrappygiraffelayouts.blogspot.com/
Anna http://scrappenings.blogspot.com (You are here)

Pat http://patacakespages.blogspot.com

Scrapbook Place

SCRAPBOOK PLACE'S 2nd BLOG HOP - MIXED MEDIA FLOWER CARD

2011-02-27T05:00:00.001-08:00

Hello! It's Anna from Scrappenings here with a Mixed Media flower Card for Scrapbook Place's 2^nd Blog Hop. Pat M's blog starts our blog hop this month, so if you've just hopped over here from her blog, you're in the right place.

SUPPLY LIST

White card stock

Paper Company Cardstock Shimmer Collection – Seaglass 4-1/8" x 5-3/8"

Recollections Paper –Precious Metals White 3-7/8" x 5-1/8"

Cuttlebug A2 Embossing Folder – Flower Fantasy

Spellbinders Heartfelt Creations Exclusive Daisy Patch Die 2-5/16" dia

Sookwang Be Creative 2-sided tape

4mm green glass beads

Seed beads

Seed/bugle/micro bead mixtures

GlitterRitz Microfine Glitter – Ocean Spray

Glitter Glass – Mint Sugar

Glitter Glass – Spearmint Metallic

Martha Stewart Micro Beads – Apatite

Martha Stewart Micro Beads – Feldspar

INSTRUCTIONS

I wanted the daisy to be the focal point of my card, so I used shimmery Paper Company cardstock in Seaglass as the accent paper, and embossed a piece of Recollections Precious Metals White with a Cuttlebug embossing folder.

I cut a small piece of Sookwang Be Creative 2-sided tape and pasted it to a 3x3 piece of white cardstock, then used the Spellbinders die to cut out the large daisy. I used different media on each petal through a process of masking. I gently cut through the top layer of the tape’s peel off backing, around the center of the flower, being careful not to cut too deeply into the petals. Then I peeled the backing off of each petal one at a time to apply the different medias. I saved the center section for last and applied the 4mm green glass beads.

Please hop over to my friend Linda's blog to see her wonderful creation!

Many Happy Scrappenings!

Anna

LIST OF BLOG HOP PARTICIPANTS

Anna (You Are Here)

Stash Bash Card Challenge

2011-02-09T10:32:00.000-08:00

Hello Fellow Scrappers! I made 6 of these cards using my old stash of supplies as part of the Stash Bash challenge at Scrapbook Place. The cards will be going to one of the members for her Cards-For-A-Cause challenge. It's hard to see, but I applied Glitter Ritz micro fine glitter to the Sizzix black flourishes on the top half of the card and also to the Martha Stewart double loop punch edge under the black ribbon. I used real 20ss Swarovski crystals on the swirls and 9ss crystals on the ribbon. Let me know what you think.

Many Happy Scrappenings!
Anna

Cuttlebug Daisy Tutorial

2011-02-07T08:37:00.000-08:00

Good morning my fellow scrappers! I made 4 tutorials on how to use the Cuttlebug Quilling Dies, one for each type of flower, plus an extra video for mini flowers, which are my favorite type of flower to make. This is my first foray into making and posting videos on youtube, so be gentle with me. I hope to post many more scrapbooking tutorials. It's been a fun, frustrating, interesting, and educational experience. I hope you enjoy them! Leave me some feedback and let me know what you think.

Many Happy Scrappeinings,

Anna

Cuttlebug Chrysanthemum Tutorial

2011-02-07T08:31:00.001-08:00

Cuttlebug Rose Tutorial

2011-02-07T08:30:00.000-08:00

Cuttlebug Mini Flower Tutorial

2011-02-07T08:29:00.000-08:00

BIRTHDAY CARD & CALENDAR

2011-01-27T03:00:00.000-08:00

Hello! It's Anna from Scrappenings here to debut my birthday card/calendar for Scrapbook Place's very first Blog Hop. If you've just come from Leti's Blog, you're in the right place. After you're done visiting my little corner of the blogosphere, Please hop over my friend Teresa to see her beautiful creations.

SUPPLY LIST:
White cardboard double CD sleeve
Stampin'Up! Cardstock:
   Crumb Cake
   Pretty in Pink
   Regal Rose
   Chocolate Chip
   Riding Hood Red
   Whisper White
Stampin'Up! Ink Pads:
Crumb Cake
Pretty In Pink
Regal Rose
Red Riding Hood
Chocolate Chip
Stampin'Up! Punches:
   Modern Label XL (#119849)
   Build-A-Cupcake (#121807 Sale-A-Bration)
   1/2" Circle (#119869)
Stampin'Up! Stamp Sets:
   Create A Cupcake (#121982 Sale-A-Bration)
   Full Calendar (#114966)
Stampin'Up! Chocolate Chip marker
Marvy paper crimper
Chunky red glitter
2 pieces of 1-1/4" wide striped grossgrain ribbon, each 2-1/2" long
2 pieces of 5/8" wide pink satin ribbon, each 11" long
1 piece of 1/8" wide dark brown satin ribbon, 3/4" long
Stampin'Up! Mini Vintage Tags (#118763)
Scor-Pal

INSTRUCTIONS

COVER:  Cut and past a 5" x 5" piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock onto the front of the CD sleeve. I cut & inked the frosting and base of the cupcake, ran the base through a crimper, glued chunky glitter onto the cherry, and added a small dark piece of ribbon to the top for a stem. I popped all the pieces off the cover with pop dots.

INTERIOR TOP: I cut a piece of Regal Rose cardstock to fit the sleeve part of the top right. I punched the frosting & base of the cupcake out with the Build A Cupcake punch, ran the base through the crimper and popped it off the page with pop dots. I stamped a few images using elements from the Create a Cupcake stamp set. The card that pulls out from the left was made with Pretty In Pink cardstock and the Round Tab punch

INTERIOR BOTTOM: The bottom part is made from 2 scored pull-out pages. Cut 2 pieces of Pretty In Pink cardstock 4-1/4" x 11" long. Score each piece at 2-1/2", 5", 7-1/2", 10" and fold like an accordion. There will be 4 sections for each side (only 3 are pictured). Glue an inch of the 5/8" wide pink satin ribbon on the left side of the CD sleeve in the center, and repeat with the 2nd piece for the right side. Paste the short end of each of the accordion pieces over the ribbons, flush with their respective edges and bottom of the CD sleeve, so that the accordion part being glued down folds inward. Cut (16) 2-1/4" x 4" pieces of white cardstock. Stamp the months of the year on 12 of them using the Full Calendar stamp set, then draw lines & decorate the edges with brown marker. Stamp the other 4 pieces of white card stock using elements from the Create a Cupcake stamp set. Fold the stripped ribbon in half and past it to the edge of the 2nd section of each accordion, then paste down all 16 white card stock pieces onto the accordion sections. The order of the months should be: (LEFT SIDE) Jan/decorated piece/Feb/Mar. (RIGHT SIDE) Apr/May/decorated piece/Jun. Turn the whole project over and paste the months in this order: (LEFT SIDE) Jul/decorated piece/Aug/Sep (Jul should be on the opposite side of Jun). (RIGHT SIDE) Oct/Nov/decorated piece/Dec (Dec should be on the opposite side of Jan). Cut a 5" x 5" piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock and paste it on the CD base so that it covers the short piece of both accordions on either side. Cut a 4-1/2" x 4-1/2" piece of Whisper White cardstock and past it down in the center of the Chocolate Chip cardstock. Decorate with cupcake stamps, candles, cherry, and sentiment. Punch a cupcake base out of the Crumb Cake cardstock and run it through the crimper for the center cupcake.

PULL OUT CARDS: Cut 2 pieces of Pretty In Pink cardstock 4-1/4" x 4-1/2". Using the Round Tab punch, punch 1 piece from the Riding Hood Red paper & 1 piece from the Regal Rose paper, fold the tabs over in the center, and glue 1 tab to each card, centered and flush over both sides of the card. These cards can be used for a handwritten birthday greeting to the recipient, or left blank. Stamp a small cherry using the Riding Hood Red ink, then punch it out with the 1/2" circle punch, adhere to the Vintage Tag with a pop dot and attach the tag's string to one of the pink satin ribbons. Tuck the loose cards into the interior pockets, fold up the accordions, and tie the pink satin ribbons around the front cover to close the calendar. Viola! A card and small gift calendar in one!

I hope you enjoyed this project.

Many Happy Scrappenings,

Anna

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS:

Anna (you are here)

Snow In California!

2011-01-12T11:36:00.000-08:00

Here are the pictures we took Jan 2nd during the brief but glorious snowfall in normally sunny Southern California. The kids and hubby built 2 mini snowmen, and we were deliriously happy with the gentle dusting of snowfall we received throughout the day. What a new year's gift!

My First Blog!

2011-01-11T22:26:00.000-08:00

Thanks to a little creative push by my friends at ScrapbookPlace@yahoogroups.com, I've created my first blog! They're a talented group of women who have inspired me to push my creative boundaries and try new things. So in the spirit of stretching myself creatively, here is my fledgling blog. Any suggestions to give it some pizzaz would be greatly appreciated by this novice blogger.

Many happy scrappenings!
Anna