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Project 365/Day 13 - Monogram Notecards

Since creating my digital Mod Monograms 1 set, I wanted to make a project for myself...some personal notecards. From the moment I bought DCWV’s the Natural Stack, I have fell in love with the papers and have used them on several card creations. I chose two of the foil papers in this 8" x 8" stack paired with brown and beige solid cardstock from the Paper Co. to created elegant hybrid notecards. I created 4 matching ones and one alternate version. I colored the initial C in brown to coordinate with my notecard paper stock and left the monogram frame in black.

I matted it in brown and raised up the layer using U-cut-it double sided foam from Glue Arts.

You can purchase this digi frame set on mygrafico.com...

So if you are at a creative road block, make something for yourself today. I did and am so glad to be at the receiving end of one of my creative projects.

Project 365- Day 12/Wintertime Snow Layout

With the brisk winter we have had...a record cold December for Florida residents, I decided to scrap some photos from last winter’s trip to Philly where the girls, us and Bella got to enjoy the snow.

Wintertime Snow Layout - Day 12 Challenge

Supplies from these manufacturers:

Echo Park Paper Co., Scenic Route, The Paper Co., Glue Arts,

Fiskars, Cosmo Cricket, Maya Road, Prima & Recollections.

I really love this Echo Partk Wintertime Collection by Bella Road. I used many elements to create this fun layout of Ashley with Bella. But since Bella had on her pink winter coat, I selectively chose the papers and paired with a pink (Tinted Dawn) CS background from The Paper Co.

Project 365/ Day 11 - Sweetness Digi Collection

You saw my sketches, my project from a couple days ago. Well, today’s challenge was to scan, perfect and put together the set to post in my shop on mygrafico.com. I hope you are ready to start creating some cute Valentines. This Sweetness Collection set has some fun images to get you started! I know they will be used in some of my upcoming Project 365 challenge projects.

Project 365/Day 10 - Snowman Container

Have you ever shopped the after Christmas or pre-Christmas sales on holiday items and purchased items with the intention of using them next year or thinking to yourself, “Wow, I can use that on a future project!”

Well, that has happened to me...yup, a lot in fact. But I have to say, that I do really do use my bargain finds.

This time, I got to use one of my purchases right away. From the first moment that I looked at the Wintertime Collection by Bella Road from Echo Park Paper Co., I knew it would be absolutely perfect to pair up with my recently purchased snowman ornament. So for my first January Design Team project for Glue Arts I transformed this shaker box into a whimsical snowman container.

In light of the snowy weather blanketing the nation, I thought it was a very appropriate choice. The fringe on the base was created easily using my new fringe scissors from Martha Stewart that I snagged on sale at JoAnns. For instructions on this crafty winter project, check out Glue Arts blog for a post with a complete supply list and instructions. My challenge to you today is to transform an old or newly purchased ornament into something fun!

Project 365/Day 9 -A Photo Shoot and Gallery of Images

Sometimes you choose projects; sometimes they choose you! 

Sunday was one of those days where my daughter and her best friends gave me my assignment...

a request to take some candids of them goofing around at the beach. It was fun and creative.

We took almost 200 photos. I have them in an album on my facebook page. 

Along with some cool posed group photos, I also took some individual pictures of the girls.

Below is my favorite photo of my daughter Kai posing my the ocean.

When I shared it on my facebook page, a friend who lives in Hawaii informed 

me that my daughter’s nickname (Kai) in Hawaiian means ocean. How fitting!!! 

I will definitely be creating a scrapbook page from this one!

The start of another week of Project 365 creativity...woohoo!

Project 365/Day 8 - A Retirement Card

Day 8 was a late night project and it felt good to pull out some of my old stamps and get creating. This is a card for my uncle Stan who just recently retired. I wanted to be sure to get him in the frame of mind of retirement being relaxing. The title of this card is “Let the Relaxation Begin”.

Supplies:
Natural Hemp
Metal Circle Paper Fastener
Stamps: © Stampin’ Up!®
Cardstock: School Days Numbers
Double Sided CS (TPC Studio)
Glue Glider™ Pro with high tac adhesive
Markers, Classic Inks, Stampin’ Sponge and
Blender Pens (Stampin’ Up!)
Brown CS Scrap for mat (Bo Bunny Olivia collection)
Blue CS (The Paper Co.)
Antique Mini Brads (Recollections)

Project 365/Day 7 - Sketches for New Digital Stamps

I love how in living life creatively, my projects include all the creative things I love to do — design, illustration, photography, stamping, paper crafts, etc. Day seven’s project was working on some sketches for new digital stamps. With Valentine’s approaching, I worked on some fun new hand lettered verses and images that I hope to soon add to my shop on mygrafico.com. This is a sneak preview!

Project 365/Day 6 - the 30 second Love Note

I created this project to include in my daughter’s lunch box when she was in need of a little love and support. I had less than a minute to spare, so I snagged up some paper scraps, cut and layered them and added a 3 dimensional sticker on top...day 6’s project completed in less than 30 seconds. It uses only 4 supplies: Solid Cardstock from The Paper Co., Textured CS from Core’dinations, 3D sticker from Marcella K (Target Stores) and Glue Arts the Glue Glider Pro with high tac adhesive.

So if you don’t feel you can do a Project 365 challenge, think small 

and try creating things that only take a minute or less.

Finally the Results of Day3 Project 365 challenge!

I promised earlier in the week to share with you my winter photo gallery from last year's big winter snow storm and our trip to Philly. These images were shot hand held with my Canon XSI. Here they are for your enjoyment!

Project 365 Challenge: Day 5/Masculine Hybrid Valentine

For this masculine Valentine’s card, I used the Restorations Collection from Crate Paper along with buttons & gems from Bo Bunny, and Glue Arts’s high tac adhesive with Glue Glider Pro and extreme adhesive squares. Note: I used a fiskars scallop heart punch and some pink mulberry paper for the heart. The digital frame is from my Elegant Frames set. See what inspiration you can get from today’s creation.

Project 365 Challenge: Day 4/Digital Valentines

One thing I promised myself in doing this challenge is that I wouldn’t sweat it if I didn’t get to post daily each of my projects, so I apologize if I don’t always get to post my project the next day. Life & work sometimes gets in the way but I will post them as soon as possible. However, I am sticking to the challenge of finishing a new project each day. Sometimes photographing them might have to wait until the next day.

Yesterday was filled with work, a doctor’s appt. and my children’s request to watch My Sister’s Keepers together. And these were all priority over my challenge. So later last night I sat down to think about what I wanted to create. With Valentine’s Day in mind, I decided to work with my Fluidity Multi Color collection to create these digital card fronts in Adobe Illustrator.

In these, I used the colors in the set, however, you can edit the eps files 

in Illustrator to recolorize the art.These can be printed and mounted on cardstock 

or simply emailed to friends and family as an attachment.

Be My Valentine

Heart Flutter

Free My Heart