Project Life: Wedding Mini Kit at AC Digitals!

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Here’s the description from AC Digitals:

A wedding is a time of precious moments and memories. Document your wedding with the new Project Life Mini-Kit designed by Kimberly Church. Filled with journaling cards and filler cards, this kit is the perfect solution for helping you preserve what is most important without a lot of stress or a lot of time. Record your memories and get back to living the life of a newlywed.

The Wedding Mini Kit includes:

• 80 3x4 journaling cards and filler cards all in PNG format
• 20 4x6 journaling cards in PNG format
• 10 4x6 title card designs in both horizontal and vertical format for a total of 20 cards in PNG format.
• 8.5x11 PDFs with all of the cards for printing.

CCG#241: Love, Always

Inspiration Photo #3/Focus on Pattern: Mehndi Medallion
(Used Mehndi Medallion type patterned paper)

Other Inspiration:
Inspiration Photo #2: script font (idea: bottles)

Inspiration Photo #3: die cut striped bow (idea: bracelet)

Inspiration Photo #4: chipboard heart (idea: heart), glossy accents (idea: shine)

Clicking on the above inspiration board will take you to details for this challenge at Color Combos Galore.

NOTE: Remember when uploading your projects to list which Focus On Challenge was the basis for your page and other inspiration taken, if any.  This week’s tag when uploading to the Color Combos Galore Photo Gallery or Splitcoaststampers is CCG241. Projects not tagged as such will not show up in the slideshow at the bottom of this week’s Reveal.
This is for WEEK FOUR of April.
Deadline is the last day of the month: April 28, 2013

CCGalore #240: Boudoir Fantasies

Inspiration Photo #4/Focus on Accents: Jeweled Charms

Other Inspiration:
Inspiration Photo #1: lavender flower (idea: lilacs), wood grain stamp (idea: wooden tray)

Inspiration Photo #2: embossing technique (idea: frame texture);

Inspiration Photo #3: purse envelope (idea: dangling purse)

Clicking on the above inspiration board will take you to details for this challenge at Color Combos Galore.

NOTE: Remember when uploading your projects to list which Focus On Challenge was the basis for your page and other inspiration taken, if any.  This week’s tag when uploading to the Color Combos Galore Photo Gallery or Splitcoaststampers is CCG240. Projects not tagged as such will not show up in the slideshow at the bottom of this week’s Reveal.
This is for WEEK THREE of April.
Deadline is the last day of the month: April 28, 2013

American Crafts Botanique!

My oldest son, Jake, moved out of our home, relocated to Southern California, and began his college career.  He has some short-term and long-term goals he wants to accomplish in his life.  We couldn’t be prouder of him and we wish him the best-est of luck!  We miss him terribly but we are all looking forward to him living the life he has imagined.  He deserves the best life has to offer him. 

With Jake moving out, this opened up a room for his younger brother, Raiden, who had been sharing a room with his sister, Gwen.  Since, then I’ve been trying to make the both of them more comfortable in their rooms.  Papercrafting can add little personal touches to a child’s room in an affordable way.

For example, the little box pictured above will hold little treasures on my daughter’s dresser.  It’s 5-1/2-inches tall and 3-inches wide.  It’s a cut file I purchased for 99 cents at the Silhouette Online Store called 4 stack drawers by SnapDragon Snippets LLC. The flower at the top of the set is a 3D Peony which was the Free Shape of the Week from the Silhouette Online Store a few weeks back.  This flower is my favorite 3D flower right now. 

Since owning my Silhouette Portrait, I am pleasantly surprised every Tuesday by the free shape offered.  The FREE cut files are always something I WANT to use coupled with a project using it on their blog—pretty COOL!   Sometimes they also post instructions on how they used it in the software and the final results.  This information is very helpful for new users and I suggest you check it out from time to time.  Here’s a link to their blog:    http://blog.silhouetteamerica.com/

To make this cut file more sophisticated, I used American Crafts Botanique (Full Collection) from AC Digitals.com.  It was just the right mix of graphic papers with pretty garden images to complete the look of this little box. 

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Here’s the description from AC Digitals:

Botanique is a sophisticated collection with an English garden touch, featuring a soft color palette and plenty of beauty.

Buy the full collection and save 20%! The Botanique Full Collection includes the following individual kits:

• Botanique Element Pack #1 - includes 56 elements in PNG format
• Botanique Element Pack #2 - includes 56 elements in PNG format
• Botanique Paper Pack #1 - includes 10 12x12 papers in JPEG format
• Botanique Paper Pack #2 - includes 10 12x12 papers in JPEG format

Color Combos Galore #239--Fairy Tales in Pink!

This week, the focal point of my card came from Inspiration Photo#3/Focus On Accent--Accordion Flower.  I love to make accordion flowers.  They add just the right dimension and whimsy to projects and they’re just fun to make, especially when you have such a playful combo as #239!

I was further inspired by the other photos of this week’s inspiration board.  In particular, Inspiration Photo #2, where I used a heart shape in the middle of my accordion flower and then used a frame to hold the accordion flower. In the end, I added glossy accents to the heart for subtle dimension and shine. This heart element and sentiment is from Dear Lizzy Neapolitan Element Pack 1 now available at AC Digitals.com.

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Here’s the description from AC Digitals:  Dear Lizzy Neapolitan is soft and feminine, featuring candy-shop colors and a diffused watercolor effect that takes you into a daydream of hand-drawn Mason jars, ice cream cones, and balloons.  The Dear Lizzy Neapolitan Element Pack #1 includes 85 elements in PNG format.

From that same photo, I gained inspiration from the polka dots as I dry-embossed the frame with a Cuttlebug polka dot embossing folder.

From Inspiration Photo #4, my background print (Hero Arts Large Flower Background) was inspired by the print/texture of the pillows on the bed.

The design of the card is labeled “All Occasion Card Kit” and is a cut file in the Silhouette Online Store by designer, Lori Whitlock. 

Clicking on the above inspiration board will take you to details for this week’s challenge at Color Combos Galore.

NOTE: Remember when uploading your projects to list which Focus On Challenge was the basis for your page and other inspiration taken, if any.  This week’s tag when uploading to the Color Combos Galore Photo Gallery or Splitcoaststampers is CCG239. Projects not tagged as such will not show up in the slideshow at the bottom of this week’s Reveal.
This is WEEK TWO of April.
Deadline is the last day of the month: April 28, 2013

Unity Be Inspired Challenge!

The above is my submission for this month’s Unity Stamp Company’s Be Inspired Challenge. 

I was super smitten with the color combo and being that it’s my birthday soon, I thought I’d make myself a card with it—Lol!

I used Summers Best Stamp Set from Unity with the Hip Hip Hooray Full Collection Kit by Pebbles now available at AC Digitals.com.

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Here’s the description from AC Digitals:

Get your party hats on and get ready to celebrate with Hip Hip Hooray! This adorable collection is full of bright colors and festive party patterns.

Buy the full collection and save 20%! The Hip Hip Hooray Collection includes the following individual collections:

• Hip Hip Hooray Mini-Element Pack - includes 17 elements in PNG format.
• Hip Hip Hooray Paper Pack #1 - includes 12 12x12 papers in JPEG format
• Hip Hip Hooray Paper Pack #2 - includes 12 12x12 papers in JPEG format