Showing posts with label Love. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Love. Show all posts

Friday, February 17, 2012

Celebrating a late Valentine's Day...get inspired!

Since Valentine's Day fell on a weekday, it gives people carte blanche to celebrate that day, the weekend before, or the weekend after. If you are celebrating later this weekend then you may just need a little Valentine’s day inspiration. Here are ways that a I dressed up some gifts by using my clip art and hand colored printouts of my digi stamps to decorate a gift bag & make a homemade coupon...



For card ideas for guys, try a collage design with scrapbook elements...


Digi stamps give you lots of versatility. Print them and color them to coordinate with the papers and cardstock you have on hand. Then create great cards like these (made with my What a Hoot set).


This shows inside and outside views of the card...




Don’t be afraid to mix traditional and digi stamps together along with your favorite embellishments!


And now that Valentine’s Day is over, don't let the artwork from this digi stamp go to waste. It isn't just for Valentine’s Day. Use it for making cute get well messages, birthday greetings, and thank you cards, just like this... 


Whooooo knows where your creativity may lead you.
Be inspired to live life creatively!

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Another New Set that is Just toooo Tweet to miss!


I am super excited about all the new digi stamp sets I have in the works. They are filled with whimsical images that are perfect for Valentine’s Day, yet perfect for year round uses for other occasions, such as weddings, anniversaries, get well cheer, friendship and love!

Let me know what you think of my latest release, Ain’t Love Tweet! It includes mini birds that you can pair up, add to svg diecuts, combine on digital cards, print and layer and even print on patterned papers and layer for fun, colorful card designs and layouts. I would love to see what you create with these. My mind is certainly coming up with plenty of ideas. If I only had more hours in the day to create life would be perfect! 

Added bonus: this comes with a free set of .abr digital brushes and is on sale until Saturday! Hurry and buy it today!

Monday, April 25, 2011

Project 365 - Days 98-109 Eleven Days of Spring & Easter Creativity

Day 98 - Bunny Hugs n’ Wishes Set
Alas, you get to see the final version of this set whose elements I have showed
you sneak peeks of in my daily challenges. To think this set started with some b&w sketches
and developed into a pastel colored set that isn't just for Easter use!


Day 99 - Love & Hugs Cards
I created thes card samples to show you how the Bunny Hugs n’ Wishes set can be used for creating cards to share your love for someone, send them a get well hug, send a comforting hug to a cancer patient or just let a friend or family member know that you love them. When working with any digital image, think outside the box and challenge yourself to use it creatively, and not just the obvious uses.
Sometimes it just involves changing out the paper colors or embellishments. 



Day 100 - Golf Tournament Pics
If you are looking to get more creative with your picture taking, try shooting from a different vantage point than straight on. While volunteering at the West Shore Jr./Sr. High annual Golf Tournament, I have the opportunity to take photos of the event and participants. Cocoa Beach Country Club provides wonderful scenery and wildlife to photograph, too. Here are just a couple photos I took today. You can try this challenge out for yourself the next time you pick up your camera. Shoot your children from a side angle, take a close up shot of something that commemorates the event, such as an invitation, ticket stub or an article of clothing that was worn. This tip can even work for team sports and sporting events!
Surprise everyone with that shot that no one else would think to take.






Day 101 - Casual Senior Portraits of Ashley
This Saturday morning photo shoot included a few outfit & location changes.






And a few more in b&w...





Day 102 - More Bunnies on the Loose!
You know the saying about putting bunnies together...they multiply! Well, that was the case when working with these digi files. The possibilities kept on multiplying and I will warn you that there may be even more bunny cards to come! These cards show how you can combine embossed layers, ribbons and cut out digital images to create fun cards.

Hop Dot Bunny Card



Peek-A-Boo Bunny Card



Day 103 - Easter Egg Cards

Cheerful Easter Basket Card


Easter Banner Card


Day 104 - 2 Birthday Cards
Who hasn't let a birthday slip by? Here is a perfect card to make up for being late.
The verse is from a retired Stampin’ Up! brithday set. I combined it with some Noteworthy flowers from Making Memories, cardstock embossed with dot embossing folder, a punched border and yummy papers and cardstock cut outs from the Home Tweet Home collection from My Little Shoebox.

I Forgot Birthday Card


An inside view of the card with stamped verse.


Sweet Melon Birds (16th Birthday Card)
For a momentous birthday try pairing patterned chipboard numbers with patterned papers and punch outs. Just add some ribbon and a few embellishments like buttons and flowers to complete this in a flash.



Day 105 - Soft Floral Thank You Card
Below is another card idea that you can create in a flash using paper strips, a stamped greeting/message, some layered elements like ribbons, sticker flowers and a punched heart. To complete the look, I added some mini adhesive pearls to give it more bling.


Day 106 - A Mom Senior Prank
You may have heard of kids doing Senior pranks as a graduating class, well why should kids have all the fun? My daughter and her best friend, Courtney were kidding with her mom about prom hairstyles. They posted some bizarre photos. This one was the one that Ashley joked she was going to have as her prom "do". I used my photoshop skills and one of her senior photo session pics to replace her face in the picture. It wasn't until she did a double take later in the day that she caught on to my mom prank.
All in good fun, ya know!!!? Sometimes, a girl just can’t help but live life creatively!


Day 107 - Senior Prom Portraits
It seems like these days I have spent more time as a photographer than a designer, but when it involves taking photos of my girls and their friends, it is pure enjoyment.












Day 108 - Easter Cards
I warned you that cardmaking with my Bunny Hugs n’ Wishes set became very addictive. I made more Easter cards than ever this year. Use these card ideas as sketches for creating other cards.

Easter Bunny Skies



Eggsactly Bunny Card



Happy Easter Surprise Card



Day 109 - More Easter Cards

Floral Eggs Card


Hideaway Bunny Card



Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Project 365 Challenge/ Day 44 - Valentine Love Folio

At first when I spied these folios in Staples, I thought about making a jumbo size card to put 
inside, but then I had a different plan in mind for my husband’s Valentine’s Day Gift. 
I still have an IOU out on that gift so I can’t share right now what I planned to put inside, 
but he is going to use it to store some assorted prints he has of the girls.  


The collage at the bottom is made up of some of the things he loves...cycling (chipboard 
from Crate Paper’s Restoration collection), Family (this stamp image and the love one 
are from K&Company Que Sera, Sera clear stamps) and the beach (a retired shell stamp, 
blender pens and markers from Stampin’ Up!® - also the embossed heart die used 
on two hearts is from SU!). I decorated the folio further using border stickers, 
CS matts and cut outs (like the pretty flower) from the beautiful papers in Crate 
Paper’s Restorations collection. For adhesive, I used my Glue Glider Pro with 
high tac adhesive along with some micro extreme adhesive squares for 
the buttons and some U Cut It foam to raise up the white heart die cut.

A closer view of the bottom stamping, die cuts, etc.


Just think of ways that you can use this same folio concept to create great gifts for 
other occasions. It would make a great teacher appreciation gift with cards or 
drawings inside from the class or it also would make for a fun way of 
presenting a gift certificate to a boss or co-worker! 


My challenge to you today is to find an ordinary office supply 
and turn it into something creative!
Live Life Creatively!