Come to be inspired and have fun tagging along with me on my crafting journey as I do my creative activities .....Cardmaking, Scrapping, Faithbooking ... by Kari

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

DT Thursday! 3-1-12

Hello Friends and Welcome to my Blog! :)

Today I have my Design Team doing a sketch challenge and I will include the sketch and check it out below and see all they created!! So neat how everyone has their own thing...and I asked my Sr and Jr team to join the challenge...have fun and try the sketch yourself! :)  If you click on their names it will take you to their blogs and give the recipe for the sketch challenge project that they had to do.  Give them some love! :)

Sketch Challenge
 
Senior DT



Junior DT



As always friends thanks for stopping by and be blessed and have a great weekend and don't forget the love and stop by their blogs as well :)

In His Love,
Be Inspired,
Kari

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

PurpleFuntastick Creations Guest Designer - Tues Feb.28th, 2012

Hello Friends and Welcome to my Blog! :)

Today I have a wonderful and talented Lisa Woodward who is also on my DT she is so wonderful and I think you will enjoy her project today as my wonderful guest!! Don't forget to give her the love and check out her blog here: -http://mycraftyspaces.blogspot.com/

She made this wonderful telescoping card and I have never heard of it let alone make one...but I have it on my list of things to try now!! WOW!!  check it out below...
 
I am so pleased to be a Guest Designer today for my dear friend and Queen Purplie, Kari Sanchez on her Purple Funtastic Creations page.  Today, I am going to instruct you on how I made this beautiful telescoping card. 
All of the papers used are from a great little find…The Girlie Paperie, Vintage Floral.  (Recipe continues below! )
 I used Lacey Labels to cut 3 lacy circles, in 6”, 5 ½” and 5”.  For a telescoping card, it is important for the sizes to only be a little bit apart.  I cut a second 6” circle in a complimentary patter and cut it in half.  When adhered to the largest circle, this becomes the pocket for the message tag.  I love message tags.  Very often I receive a beautiful card, only to tuck it in a drawer because I don’t want others to read the personal message from the sender.  I have found that using message tags is a great way to allow the card to be displayed while keeping the message private.  The message tag was cut using George Shapes set on 4”.  I lined the pocket with Pearlescent paper trimmed with my Martha Stewart Lace Border Punch.  The ledger style paper also came with The Girlie Paperie, Vintage Floral.  The birdcage and the vines were cut from the Bloom cartridge.  The 3-D roses, flowers and leaves were made using my FAAAAVORITE flower die…Spellbinders Rose Creations by Donna Salazar.  This die is so versatile, depending on how loose or tight your fold and the types of paper used. 
On a telescoping card, you want to design and put together each layer individually and then join them.  You want to try to contain your design on your paper (not oozing out of the edges) so the card has a very neat and tidy look when closed.  On the bottom layer, I attached my pocket by running a dot runner along the very edge of the half circle.  Everything else was adhered using my Xyron Sticker Maker.
On the second layer, I enlarged a bird diecut from KC&Company and reprinted onto heavyweight white cardstock.  I found a vellum sentiment that, surprisingly, went along with my pre-defined bird theme.  There is a lot to do about how to properly adhere vellum so the adhesive doesn’t show thru.  I have even purchased specialty vellum adhesives, only to find out that adhesive applied to the entirety of the back with my Xyron works fantastically.  I adhered more flowers made using the Spellbinders die.
I cut a 2” circle using my Sizzix Circle Die and Big Kick.  I then pressure embossed “Thinking of you” and used my Tim Holts Distress Ink in Tea Dye to make the embossing stand out and distress the cream stock.  The outer frame was also cut using Lacy Labels and adhered with 3-D Foam Squares.  I laminated these two items with my Your Story machine, as this is where the pull/hanger would be attached.  Once you have your 3 layers completed, take large brads and attach the layers together.  In order to get the correct effect, lay the top and bottom layer where the design in towards you, and the middle layer away from you.  You will use a small punch and brad to attach the bottom of the top layer to the top of the middle layer and bottom of the middle layer to the top of the bottom layer.  Use the last brad at the top of the top layer and attach a pull ribbon.  You MUST use brads to complete the connection process.  You need to have the freedom they allow in the swinging and closing process.  Once it’s completed, position it closed and pull open to make sure everything hangs in the correct manner. 
I hope you have enjoyed how to make this beautiful telescoping card.  Many thanks to Kari for having me today.
Until next time-Happy Crafting
Lisa Woodward

Wow...isn't that amazing or what???? I got to make one of these...and thanks so much Lisa for being my guest today! :) 

In His Love,
Be Inspired,
Kari

Monday, February 27, 2012

Altered Journal Design Team Project for Purplefuntastick Creations

Hello Friends and Welcome to my Blog!!! :) 

Nice to see you again... Today I am sharing my DT projects and I told them to make an altered journal using the 3-dimensional flowers that they had made last week. . .

Now enjoy some wonderful creations from my DT! and don't forget the love and then check out their blog! just highlight their name and it will take you to them... :)




Lynne



Susan


Kimberly 



Tina


Shawnee














Thanks for stopping by friends as always...have a blessed week! and don't forget the love! :)

In His Love,
Be Inspired,
Kari

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Scooby Doo Where are you? Blog Hop! February 23, 2012

Hello Friends and Welcome to my blog! :)

Welcome to Scooby Doo Where Are You???? Sew glad you could join us today on this adventure in the Mystery Machine. We're en route and the Mystery Machine breaks down . . . oh no, what can we do???? We need to investigate to see what craftiness is available not to mention Scooby treats as Scooby and Shaggy are always hungry.... lets drop some Scooby treat crumbs along the way as we discover the adventure of not only the four teenagers (Freddy, Daphne, Velma, and Shaggy) but also of our hero - Scooby Doo!!!!!

We have a wonderful line up for you today to just follow along and enjoy our Scooby. If you just happened to be visiting me ---If you are here today and started with me then you are in the right place..hehe...since I am at the beginning of this fun hop! You should have arrived in the Mystery Machine which means you are on the right trail to solve the mystery of crafting!!!!!!!! I have included the line up for the hop in case you need to find your Scooby snacks again....



We have wonderful treats from our sponsors:
  • Lucy Kelleher, an Independent Consultant from CTMH is giving away the February Stamp of the Month - Thoughtful Tidings - a $17.95 value in her capacity as a consultant
  • Shannon Leffew Keith: beautiful flowers that she makes - check out her esty shop at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/shannleffew2?ref=si_shop
  • Scrapbook Stamp Society at http://www.facebook.com/ScrapbookStampSociety and webpage is http://scrapbookstampsociety.com/ are giving away 3 free digi stamps from their store
  • Susan Bermudez is offering a $20 gift card for Creative Memories - check out her website: http://www.mycymsite.com/sites/susanbermudez/
Now sit back and enjoy my crafting adventure in which I created a card and a journal cover....  Its for another child in the children's hospital.



I had some Scooby stickers and fell in love with this cute 3-D one since I couldn't find any others available at the time I went shopping...I used dark pink cardstock and then stamped a Happy Birthday sentiment and then put the stickers on and the inside a little note...and then I used a coloring page to make a journal cover on a composition notebook as a gift to go along with a card and used my water color pencils and stickles and then just used the flower stickers to embellish it some more and voila!...easy peasy...now off you go to find some more Scooby snacks! :)
 
You next stop on our adventure with the Mystery Crew is talented Susan! :)

 
Thank you for taking part in our wonderful adventures with Scooby Doo Where Are You????? Hopefully he's not hiding somewhere snacking on those delicious Scooby treats. We would love for you to leave a comment as to your favorite Scooby treats ..... until the next episode we thank you!!!


Thanks for stopping by friends and hope you have a blessed week and don't forget the Love! :)

In His Love,
Be Inspired,
Kari

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Its mardi Gras - Beads, Jazz, Floats and Masks Blog Hop - Feb. 21, 2012

Hello Friends and Welcome to my Blog! :)

Its Mardi Gras - Beads, Jazz, Floats and Masks Blog Hop
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Today I am in one of the coolest blog hops ever I think...and I was so excited when I signed up for this that I knew what I wanted to make...my dream one day is to visit New Orleans...hope that maybe a mission that is planned for this will be the way soon for it to happen...keeps fingers crossed but in the mean time enjoy the party here today and if you came from Inga's blog then you are in the right place but if you happened upon my blog please start Lynne's blog because I don't want you missing anything from the party! :)

Welcome to our Mardi Gras parade. I must warn you though while you may enjoy jumping up to catch beads, doubloons, cups, stuffed animals--whatever! Please yell at the float riders "Throw me something, Mister!" Bring a large, sturdy plastic or cloth bag to hold all the treasure you'll be catching - if you try to put all of your beads around your neck, you'll have a hard time standing up straight! Be prepared: some people get so overcome with excitement they will occasionally jump in front of you to grab what a rider has thrown to you. Don't get into a tug-o-war....there are many more floats on the way! If you're from far away, some visitors hold up a sign saying where they are from.. our local riders love to see people from far away have a good time and will throw to them to make sure they do!

The colors of Mardi Gras are: Purple which reprsents justice; Green which represents faith; and Gold which represents power.Mardi Gras is always held the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras is music, parades, picnics, floats, excitement ... and one big holiday in New Orleans! Everyone is wearing purple, green, and gold; and adorned with long beads caught from the beautiful floats. They sit on the ground throwing balls, playing music, having a picnic, and watching the crowds walk by between parades.

Instead of beads, coconuts (which apparently is the most prized throw from floats) and other baubles, we have a great sponsor:
$15 Gift Card for Treasure Box Designs (http://www.treasureboxdesigns.com/). They are asking you to stop by their blog and become a followr of their blog at http://treasureboxdesigns.blogspot.com/. They are having issues with their blog at this time but asking you become a follower! $50 Gift card from Anita Meadows Cannon
Sew, sit back with your beverage of choice, just keep in mind the police will be in full force watching for drunken lewdness as this is a family event! Feel free to watch in costume, as this is a festive hop!!

My project today is a homemade mask!! :) 








The Recipe is ...I used a cardboard from one of those shirt packages you get that thing in...hehe...and took a mask template off a coloring page...and copied in my printer and cut it out...then I modge podge it to make it all so glittery! use two different kinds pink and purple! :) (wouldn't be me if no purple on it!) then I use my black stickles to outline it and then I embellished it with more bling...gems and a pretty flower (Shannon Leffew Kieth)  then I am using wires for the butterfly antennas and then I used a and put some pretty ribbons on it so I can carry it with me and use it to cover my face whenever I need to...don't want that mystery man to know my name...hehe and voila! :) Hope you loved it and I had fun making it though it took time to dry!


Now your next stop is talented Dena...off you go to collect more beads! :)
Thanks friends for stopping by as always and don't forget the love! have a blessed week! :) hugs

In His Love,
Be Inspired,
Kari

Monday, February 20, 2012

Special Project DT Monday! :)

Hello Friends and Welcome to my blog! :)

Today I have my Sr. and Jr. Design teams together in this post....I gave them a challenge to come up with making a flower...had to be something different and give the recipe...so check out the awesome flowers they came up with ...WOW!!!!!!! you are gonna love some of these new ideas to make flowers!! :) Have fun! :) and now check them out! :) By the way you can click on their names and it takes you to their blog...some even have a video to see how they were made! ... (me grinning really big) hehe

Sr. DT

Kimberly
This is my all time favorite flower from the Cricurt Cartridge Flower Shoppe.  It is so simple to make as well.
I simply cut out 6 pieces for this flower starting with size 2.5 and working my way down in ½ “ increments. 
2 layers at 2.5”
2 layers at 2”
1 layer at 1.5”
1 layer at 1”
 
I inked the edges of each layer, curled them under with the smallest end of a paint brush and glued them together.  I added a brad to the center for added color.
 
Lynne
Cricut Pagoda Cartridge cut at 1.75 inches
K & Co. Flower Garden paper

Four (4) flowers were cut at 1.75 inches.
One flower is kept whole with five (5) petals and the other 3 flowers have 1 piece cut off each of the flowers.
There has been (1) extra flower cut for the one additional piece cut.
Curl the petals with your fingers to give some shape and curl. The more the pieces are curled and handled, as long as they are handled GENTLY, they will take shape!
The two (2) pieces that have four (4) petals are then hit with the hot glue to hold the ends together with a slight seam.
The three (3) single petals that are left are folded in half with the point at the bottom.
Grasp one part of the petal and glue to another part to half of the petal first and hold together.
Fold this center section in half and glue to the final single petal.
At the bottom of this center section, where the point is located cut off the point where it gives a triangular piece.
Put a dab of hot glue in the center of the bottom petal which is the five (5) piece petals and attach one of the four (4) piece petals to the center.
Place another dab of hot glue in the center of the two pieces that have been glued together and add the other four (4) piece petal to the center.
The triangular piece then gets glued to the very center of the three (3) pieces that have been glued together. Hold this last section together to make sure all is held togeth
Tina
* Took the Giant Sheet (that's what the package said) All Occasion Wrapping paper out of package
*Unfold Once
* Cut two 12x4 Strips (Still folded from pre-packing, causes for more layers)
*Stack them on top of each other
*Accordion fold from one side of the 4" side to the Other
*Wrap a piece of wire around the middle
*Open the flower by gently pulling up one layer of paper at a time toward the center
 * Spray with Tattered Angel Glimmer Mist 
*Add embellishments in middle of Flower

EASY PEASY!

Zenita


Here is my flower.  The recipe is an SVG file from Penny Duncan Creations, hot glue, bazzill paper, and tweezers. I have a video showing how they are made on my blog.

Carolyn
I started with a rough circle of cream cotton, mug sized (in fact that is what I drew round), a slightly smaller circle of hessian with a backing to stop it fraying too much (iron on stuff), a smaller one of denim and even smaller one of patterned cotton. I used stazon to stamp on the plain cotton and then a distress ink to colour it slightly. I snipped into the edges of each circle at random places. To join it all together I started by putting some tacking stitches into the largest circle and pulling in a few gathers, without fastening the thread off I then moved onto the next circle, doing the same and so on until all 4 circles were joined in one place and all slightly gathered. I left the needle and thread ready to carry on sewing. I then took a strip of netting and threaded it through the shank of a white button and tied it a couple of times. Using the still threaded needle I secured the button to the flower with a few stitches that went through all four layers and fastened off on the back. I then ruffled up the flower in my hands and made a second one because flowers need friends.

Susan


Flower was cut using Mother's Day Bouquet cartridge at 3.25", 2.75", 2.25" and 1.75". The leaves were made using my Stampin' Up heart punch. I folded the heart in half and then folded the crease again. I used my bone folder to make the "veins". All was attached with adhesive.
:)
 
Jr. DT

I stamped this flower using 2 Martha Stewart stamps. I stamped the larger flower in black ink on red card stock then stamped a smaller flower twice. I colored all three stamps with Copic R29 and cut them out. I stacked the largest flower then the smaller using a pop foam to adhere. I cut the second small flower and reduced the number of petals then stacked it on top matching up the remaining petals. Using a fine tip glue pen I added some black glitter to the center.

For My flower I really wanted to try something different and I decided to crochet a flower.
I looked and found 3 different patterns and found that this one was the easiest one of the 3.
I really love how this rose turned out.
I used a strawberry yarn, then rolled the yarn and sewed it so it would stay the shape of the rose.

You can find the pattern over here at
http://media.leisurearts.com/downloadfiles/N_05_06_Rose.pdf

Lisa
Red Fused Plastic (will post instructions prior to Thursday)
Black Glitter Cardstock (solid core)
Spellbinders Rose Creations Die
Tim Holtz script stamp
Black embossing powder
Cranberry Embossing Powder
Glossy Accents
Perfect Pearls Powder in Pewter
Tsukineko Walnut Ink in Java
Hot glue gun
Heat gun

Jackie
Recipe
Flower shoppe cart
{sunflower} 2 @ 3inch
{sunflower} 1 @ 2 1/2
<scallop1> @ 2 1/2
4  pearl picks, silver glitter glue, white,red and distressed ink pads
Layer petals, largest on bottom. roll scallop cut into flower, add glue as you go. dab with different inks for diminsion and glitter edges add pearle picks to center.easy peasy :)

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy the flowers and makes your heart sing for spring! :) don't forget the love and come back to visit me again soon...in the meantime be blessed! :)

In His Love,
Be Inspired,
Kari

Saturday, February 18, 2012

February Calendar Girls Blog Hop - Feb. 18th, 2012

Hello Friends and Welcome to my blog! :)

Today I am in a different hop that celebrates all kinds of holidays and stuff so check it out below and don't forget the love! :)  First off if you came from Lynne's Blog you are in the right place but if you happened upon my blog please start at Janet's blog...don't want you to miss a sing occasion! :)

Papercrafts Presents 365 Cards magazine which is our inspiration for these monthly hops which thus became the Calendar Girls. The magazine has Creative Ideas for every day of the year: occasions, holidays, and celebrations including 42 unique holidays!!! These unique holidays are our inspiration. The February unique holidays are:

February:
American Heart Month -  Janet - http://ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/
 Groundhog Day (February 2) - Edwina - http://edwinascreations.blogspot.com/
 Thank a Mailman Day (February 4) - Nikki Heat - http://twoscrappinlawyers.blogspot.com/
 Super XLVI (February 5) - Laura - www.lauraleesdream.blogsot.com
 Kite Flying Day (February 8) - Lynne: http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/
 Make a Friend Day (February 11) - Edwina - http://edwinascreations.blogspot.com/
 Valentine's Day (February 14) - Kari - http://purplefuntastickcreations.blogspot.com/
Presidents' Day (February 20) - http://edwinascreations.blogspot.com
National Margarita Day (February 22)  - Lynne:http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/
Leap Year (February 29) -Kimberly -  http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com/


Stop by and check out these holidays as I am sure you are going to want to remember these holidays and include them in your card making projects!!!!!

We will have blog candy to the lucky recipient that remarks on each site along the way!

My holiday was Valentine's Day and since I love to make cards more than anything this is one I can!! so this is my project...check it out below and the recipe is below the pic...

I used white cardstock...I used my stampology Valentine stamps...used black ink pad to stamp them and then I used my water color pencil green for the leaves then I used my small heart puncher on some leftover scrap papers to glue to the heart flowers and also use stickles on many of them...to make them pretty of course...then I used my Stamps of life Butterfly swirly stamp to make the butterfly path for my butterfly that I also punched out with another butterfly puncher that my friend has on left over scraps once again then used stickles on the body of the butterfly then I used another Stamps of Life stamp for the sentiment "I love you because..." in red ink pad.  Voila! simple card but cute I think...had to make this last minute from another project that I didn't have a chance to finish but I think you can use this anytime for a love one!

Hope you enjoy my project! and thanks for stopping by...and now time to flutter to Kimberly -


Thanks for stopping by and mark your calendar again next month on March 10th!

As always friends thanks for stopping by and giving the love and wish you blessings! :)

In His Love,
Be Inspired,
Kari

Thursday, February 16, 2012

PurpleFuntastick Design Team Monday!! Feb. 27, 2012

Hello Friends and Welcome to my Blog!!! :) 

Nice to see you again... Today I am sharing my DT projects and I told them to make an altered journal using the 3-dimensional flowers that they had made last week. . .

Now enjoy some wonderful creations from my DT! and don't forget the love and then check out their blog! just highlight their name and it will take you to them... :)




Lynne



Susan


Kimberly 



Tina


Shawnee














Thanks for stopping by friends as always...have a blessed week! and don't forget the love! :)

In His Love,
Be Inspired,
Kari

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