LeslieT

100% Pure Boy

Hi friends! Happy Friday to you all! I’ve been invited by the lovely Debbie to guest design once again for Creative Creases Challenges! As always, the challenge is ‘anything goes with a fun fold’ and I’m super stoked to share my GD inspiration project for Challenge #66! You know how much I love fun folds, so these challenges are always right up my alley! I created a super cute double gatefold card using items in the Keep It Simple Boys Boys Boys collection! I totally love this fold!

I cut the card base from a double-sided paper in the Keep It Simple Boys Boys Boys 12×12 Collection Pack. I die cut a stitched circle (for the focal image) from a patterned paper in the Keep It Simple Royal 12×12 Collection Pack using the Keep It Simple Stitched Circles Nested Dies. I adhered a dirt bike sticker from the die cut sticker sheet in the Keep It Simple Boys Boys Boys 12×12 Collection Pack along with a sentiment sticker that I popped up on a double-sided foam strip. The finishing touch was adding two corners from the ephemera sheet in the Royal 12×12 Collection Pack.

I cut the inside panel from Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock and embellished it with a leftover strip of the patterned paper used for the die cut circle on the front. I added a sentiment sticker from the Boys Boys Boys 12×12 Collection Pack and then stamped an additional sentiment from the Keep It Simple Birthday Sentiments stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

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Products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock, Keep It Simple Boys Boys Boys 12×12 Collection Pack with Die Cut Stickers, Keep It Simple Royal 12×12 Collection Pack with Die Cut Ephemera
STAMPS: Keep It Simple Birthday Sentiments stamp set
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black ink
DIES/PUNCHES: Keep It Simple Stitched Circles Nested Dies
ACCESSORIES: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Tombow Mono Dots adhesive, Bearly Art precision craft glue, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, 1/4″ double-sided foam strip

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this project and will link up with us this time! We’d love to see your fun fold! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,

sorry for the loss of your furry friend

Hi friends! Happy Hump Day! I have a card to share today that’s not for a design team project, if you can believe that! This is a pet sympathy card featuring a couple awesome products from This Calls For Confetti. I need to rebuild my pet sympathy card stash, as a sweet friend lost a dog several months back and I was so busy I wasn’t able to make a card to send. She was kind enough to send one to Ed and I a while back when we lost one of our cats and I felt awful that I didn’t reciprocate. It’s been nagging at me so I’m determined to make several pet sympathy cards to have in my stash going forward. Sympathy cards, in general, are not easy for me.

I cut a standard A2 size top-folding card base from CutCardStock Cougar Smooth 80# White cardstock along with a layering panel from a patterned paper in the Keep It Simple Mango 12×12 Collection Pack. I stamped a sentiment from the Paper Smooches Feline Friends stamp set on the layering panel just above the aperture in Memento Morocco ink.

I used the smaller die included in the This Calls For Confetti Heart Shaker Kit to cut a heart into the bottom right corner of the layering panel. Using the larger die in the shaker kit, I cut a heart from a coordinating print and then die cut a paw print into that using the Paper Smooches Cat Icons die. I adhered a rectangular piece of a third coordinating print to the card base behind the heart die cut to be seen through the paw print.

I put a little glue around the back side of the heart aperture to hold the shaker pouch in place, then added a pinch of the Over The Rainbow Bridge confetti and sealed up the shaker while adhering the panel to the card base.

I cut the inside panel from Cougar Smooth White cardstock and embellished it with leftover strips of Cougar and the patterned paper from the Mango collection used on the front. I stamped a sentiment from the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Mwah stamp set in Memento Morocco ink.

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: September #9-2023 – Anything Goes
2. A Place To Start: September 2023 – Anything Goes w/ optional All That Glitters
3. Classic Design Challenge: September #9 – Anything Goes
4. Inkspirational Challenges: #298 – Moodboard (colors)

5. My Time To Craft Challenge Blog: #516 – Cats and/or Dogs
6. Shopping Our Stash: #505 – Shake It Up

Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you – I really appreciate your support!

Products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: Cougar Smooth 80# White cardstock, Keep It Simple Mango 12×12 Collection Pack
STAMPS: Paper Smooches Feline Friends stamp set, CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Mwah stamp set
INK: Memento Morocco ink
DIES/PUNCHES: Paper Smooches Cat Icons die
ACCESSORIES: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Tombow Mono Dots adhesive, Bearly Art precision craft glue, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, This Calls For Confetti Heart Shaker Kit and Over the Rainbow Bridge Confetti

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this project! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,

Fully Rely On God

Hey everybody! Happy Monday – I hope you have a great week coming up! I’m up on the Prickley Pear Stamps blog today with another inspiration project featuring the new F.R.O.G. – Fully Rely On God mini 3×3 stamp set! What a powerful message from our sweet little Ramona, and I have to say that I humbly do this every day! I used some gorgeous Chantahlia Design digital papers for this simple A2 card which I paired with CutCardStock Basis Natural and Pop Tone Bubble Gum cardstock.

I cut a standard A2 size side-folding card base from CutCardStock Basis Natural cardstock and then die cut stitched rectangles from from Chantahlia Design Watercolor Florals digital papers (printed on Basis Natural), CutCardStock Pop Tone Bubble Gum and Basis Natural using the Keep It Simple Stitched Rectangles Nested Dies. I stamped the F.R.O.G. image on the Basis Natural stitched rectangle and colored it with alcohol markers and Sharpie Ultra Fine Point markers.

I cut a double-ended flag strip from a coordinating Chantahlia Design digital paper and layered it on Basis Natural. I assembled the card, popping the focal panel up on foam strips, and added several purple gemstones which completed the card.

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: September #9-2023 – Anything Goes
2. A Place To Start: September 2023 – Anything Goes w/ optional All That Glitters
3. Classic Design Challenge: September #9 – Anything Goes
4. Di’s Digi Stamps Challenge: Die Cuts and/or Punches
5. Jan’s Digi Stamps Challenges: September 2023 Anything Goes
6. Wednesday’s Creative Inspirations Challenge Blog: September Challenge – Sentimental

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Prickley Pear Stamps products used:
F.R.O.G. – Fully Rely On God 3×3 stamp set

Other products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: CutCardStock Basis Natural and Pop Tone Bubble Gum cardstock, Chantahlia Design Watercolor Florals digital papers
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Arteza alcohol markers- RP09, R46, P36, YG46/54, GS09, B18; Sharpie Ultra Fine Point markers- yellow, medium teal, light teal, hot pink, lime green and brown
DIES/PUNCHES: Keep It Simple Stitched Rectangles Nested Dies
ACCESSORIES: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Tombow Mono Dots adhesive, Bearly Art precision craft glue, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, 1″ double-sided foam strips, purple gemstones

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project! Be sure to check out all the awesome stamps and dies at Prickley Pear Stamps! Save 10% on anything on the site when you shop at Prickley Pear Stamps by using coupon code LESLIE10 at checkout! And be sure to ‘like’ and ‘follow’ the Prickley Pear Stamps Facebook page to keep up with news and sales, and join Prickley Pear Pals (the fan group) for lots of fun crafty ideas and to share your creativity! And finally, we’d love to see you visit the Prickley Pear Stamps blog and become a Follower! Hope to see you there! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,

Autumn Harvest

9/17/23 Rising Star at A Place To Start!

Hi everyone! Well, it’s a just tad bit chilly this morning and we’re supposed to have sunshine today, so it’s going to be a beautiful day! I have an amazing ScrapbookingStore DT inspiration project to share with you today created with the awesome September 2023 Scrapbook Kit with Upgrades! I created a stand-up box card which is a little bit different than the box cards we typically see. I’ve made a few of these over the years and they sure make a statement! This one features papers and stickers from this month’s collection along with chipboard accents and chipboard phrases from the upgrades!

I cut the card base and stand-up panel from CutCardStock Basis 110# Natural cardstock along with layering panels from coordinating prints in the kit. I dug into the upgrades and added a bicycle from the chipboard accents and a chalkboard from the chipboard phrases which I embellished with some stickers from the sticker sheet for a little interest. I added several more chipboard accents from the upgrades to the front of the box portion. The finishing touch was adding several red gemstones to the stand-up panel.

This card folds flat for mailing and is a standard A2 size when folded. The plus is that it’s really a simple design that doesn’t require a long list of supplies! So fun!

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ScrapbookingStore products used:
September 2023 Scrapbook Kit with Upgrades

Other products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: CutCardStock Basis 110# Natural cardstock
ACCESSORIES: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Tombow Mono Dots adhesive, Bearly Art precision craft glue, red gemstones

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and you’re thinking about all the fun you could have with this month’s kit… you really ought to think about joining the Subscription Club! Be sure to Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and YouTube for lots of crafty inspiration! And if you do decide to join the Subscription Club, join our ScrapbookingStore Club Member Group on Facebook for more inspiration and to share your projects! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,

FALL

Hey everybody! OMGoodness, we’ve been having the most glorious temps out here in southwestern Colorado! I think Autumn may indeed be on it’s way! I have an amazing ScrapbookingStore DT inspiration project to share with you today created with the awesome Autumn/Fall-themed September 2023 Scrapbook Kit with Upgrades! I created a simple A2 card using papers, stickers and chipboard accents from the upgrades. The cozy living room scene on this card just screams Fall weather which is indeed my favorite time of the year!

I cut a standard A2 size top-folding card base and embellishing strip from CutCardStock Basis Natural cardstock along with layering panels from coordinating papers in the kit which I used to create the wall and floor, with the embellishing strip used as the baseboard. For the rug, I die cut a rectangle from an additional paper in the kit using the Keep It Simple Stitched Rectangles Nested Dies, and then adhered the couch from the chipboard accents in the upgrades. I added the F-A-L-L pennants (also from the chipboard accents) on a knotted length of white twine which I embellished with orange gemstones. The final touch was adding several details (using stickers from the sticker sheet) to the wall so it didn’t look quite so bare.

I embellished the inside panel with a strip from the edge of one of the patterned papers in the collection, added a sentiment from the sticker sheet, and layered the panel on a coordinating print.

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: September #9-2023 – Anything Goes
2. Cardz 4 Galz: #207 – Leaves
3. Classic Design Challenge: September #9 – Anything Goes

Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you – I really appreciate your support!

ScrapbookingStore products used:
September 2023 Scrapbook Kit with Upgrades

Other products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: CutCardStock Basis 80# Natural cardstock
DIES/PUNCHES: Keep It Simple Stitched Rectangles Nested Dies
ACCESSORIES: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Tombow Mono Dots adhesive, Bearly Art precision craft glue, Big Shot, Doodlebug Design Lily White Doodle Twine, orange gemstones

Scrappy hugs,

Have a Toadally Merry Christmas

9/17/23 Rising Star at A Place To Start!

Hey everybody! Dang, can you believe how fast the time is flying?! We’re already headed into the middle of September! I’m up on the Prickley Pear Stamps blog today with an inspiration project featuring the new Christmas with Spinach and Ramona stamp set! This is one of the cutest stamp sets I have ever had in my hands and I created an inverted standing triple panel card to show off these adorable little critters!

I cut the card base and front panel from CutCardStock Basis 80# White 12×12 cardstock. I stamped the image from the Christmas with Spinach and Ramona stamp set on the front panel and colored it with alcohol markers, adding some accents with metallic pens. I stamped snowflakes all over the card base and front panel and added clear iridescent gemstones to the center of random snowflakes for some pretty sparkle. I stamped the sentiment on Basis White, trimmed it into three strips, and added it to the front which completed the card.

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Prickley Pear Stamps products used:
Christmas with Spinach and Ramona

Other products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: CutCardStock Basis 80# White 12×12 cardstock
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black ink (pad and marker), Catherine Pooler Tranquil ink; Arteza alcohol markers- YG12/13/17/22, RP09/16, R14/15/21, B14/17, Y02, BR52/86, PB16, GS09, YR32; Pentel Slicci Gold, Metallic Violet and Metallic Green pens; Copic black 0.3 multi-liner pen, Sakura White Gelly Roll pen
ACCESSORIES: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Tombow Mono Dots adhesive, Bearly Art precision craft glue, MISTI stamp tool, clear iridescent gemstones

Scrappy hugs,

Delightful Serenity of Nature

9/16/23 Top Rocker at 613 Avenue Create!

Howdy peeps! I hope you’re having a great weekend! Our new challenge is live this morning over at Ally’s Angels and I’m thrilled to share my DT inspiration project for Challenge #74! I created a nature-themed triple cube card. I’m totally addicted to this fun fold! Despite the complex look, this one is really pretty simple and I’ve made quite a few of these over the past couple years. They are so fun to embellish!

I cut the card base from Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock along with layering panels from a variety of KNC Essentials papers (Showering Nature 12×12 paper pack, Stories of the Wild 12×12 paper pack and Stories of the Wild 6×6 paper pack) and CutCardStock Bright Silver Foil cardstock. Each panel was embellished with ephemera from the KNC Essentials Stories of the Wild Ephemera pack.

The two back panels were cut from 80# Solar White and CutCardStock Bright Silver foil cardstock and embellished with a couple more critters from the KNC Essentials Stories of the Wild Ephemera pack. I stamped a sentiment from KNC Essentials Stories of the Wild stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink which completed the card.

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Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock; KNC Essentials Showering Nature 12×12 paper pack, Stories of the Wild 12×12 paper pack, Stories of the Wild 6×6 paper pack and Stories of the Wild Ephemera; CutCardStock Bright Silver Foil cardstock
Stamps: KNC Essentials Stories of the Wild clear stamps
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Accessories: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, Art Glitter Dries Clear adhesive, MISTI stamp tool, 1/4″ double-sided foam strip

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this project and will link up with us this month! We’d love to see what you create! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,

Fall is my Season

Hey everybody! I hope you’ve had a great week and you have something fun planned this weekend! I have an amazing ScrapbookingStore DT inspiration project to share with you this morning created with the awesome September 2023 Scrapbook Kit with Upgrades! This Autumn/Fall-themed collection has some of the most beautiful papers I’ve ever seen. I used papers and elements from the Frames & Tags and Chipboard Phrases in the upgrades for this double flap fun fold. I have a huge fun fold tutorial arsenal with many versions of the ‘double flap’ fun fold. This version has three sentiment panels and I love how it turned out! It has been a minute since I made one like this, and you’ll be seeing this fun fold again soon! I had forgotten how cool it is!

I cut the top-folding bi-level card base from a striped paper along with a wood-look layering panel for the second layer. I die cut a tag from a coordinating paper and another one from CutCardStock Basis Natural cardstock using the STAMPlorations Stitched Tags Nesting Dies. I adhered them together and then to the short flap. I added an element from the Chipboard Phrases in the upgrades and a white twine bow, and then added several Keep It Simple Mango Enamel Dots to the sides of the short flap.

I cut the top-folding second layer from Basis Natural and adhered the wood-look layering panel to it along with an element from the Frames & Tags in the upgrades.

I embellished the inside of the second layer with a strip off the edge of one of the patterned papers in the kit and another element from the Frames & Tags in the upgrades. I love that there are three sentiments on this card – each layer you lift reveals another one!

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. 613 Avenue Create: September 2023 – Purely Anything Goes
2. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: September #9-2023 – Anything Goes
3. Classic Design Challenge: September #9 – Anything Goes
4. Crafty Calendar Challenge: September Anything Goes
5. Jan’s Digi Stamps Challenges: September 2023 Anything Goes
6. Wednesday’s Creative Inspirations Challenge Blog: September – Sentimental

Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you – I really appreciate your support!

ScrapbookingStore products used:
September 2023 Scrapbook Kit with Upgrades

Other products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: CutCardStock Basis 80# Natural cardstock
DIES/PUNCHES: STAMPlorations Stitched Tags Nesting Dies
ACCESSORIES: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Tombow Mono Dots adhesive, Bearly Art precision craft glue, Big Shot, Keep It Simple Mango Enamel Dots, Doodlebug Design Lily White Doodle Twine

Scrappy hugs,

Mini Album Mania is live!

Hey everybody! Just a quick reminder that our debut challenge over at Mini Album Mania went live on September 1st!

To quickly recap the challenge specifics: The size should be no more than 6″ on any side, must have at least three pages (the more the merrier) and must be embellished/decorated. Photos are optional. Albums can have any kind of binding such as rings, wire, ribbon, staples, glued tabs, etc. Or accordion or flap type with no binding. Just remember they must have at least three pages. No blank undecorated albums, please.

We host six challenges per year, and each challenge lasts approximately six weeks. All challenges are family-friendly ‘any type of mini album goes.’ Challenges go live at 4:00 AM Mountain Time on the 1st day of each odd month and run until 4:00 PM Mountain Time on the 15th day of the following month.

Our winners are randomly chosen to give everyone an equal chance of winning, and our top picks are chosen on merit. Our winners and top picks are announced on the 1st of the month following the close of each challenge along with details of the new challenge.

Come on over and play! We’d love to see your mini album projects!

We have openings on our new design team, too, so if you have lots of photos that need homes in albums, this team is for you! Shoot us an email at ltscb at mail dot com (not gmail, just mail) – or leave a comment on this post – and we’ll be in touch with more details!

Scrappy hugs,

Caturday ATC Mini Album

9/20/23 Honorable Mention at The Outlawz No Stamp Challenge!

Hey everybody, Happy Thursday! I’ve popped in this morning to share a Syncopation Design DT inspiration project! I created a fun ATC mini album using pocket cards, papers and elements in the new Caturday digiscrap collection which I absolutely love! You know how I love me some mini albums, and as soon as I saw this collection, I knew I had to create something to document all those fun cat antics! This was definitely a fun project! However, I do need to disclose a profanity alert on two of the album pages just in case any parents might be thinking about sharing this post with youngsters. Typically I keep my posts family-friendly and the profanity is very minor in my opinion, but I still feel the need to disclose.

I cut ten ATC size (2-1/2″ x 3-1/2″) pages for the album from Neenah Classic Crest 165# Solar White cardstock and rounded the corners. I trimmed ten pocket cards and ten digital papers (five patterned and five plain printed on HP 32# copy paper) from the collection to just slightly under ATC size, rounded the corners, and adhered them randomly to both sides of each page.

I added elements from the collection to embellish most of the pages but did use a few items from my stash. I punched a hole in the top left corner of the stack of pages using my Crop-A-Dile Big Bite and bound the album with a ball chain and clasp from my stash. I wrapped an assortment of ribbon pieces around the chain clasp and tied them together with white twine.

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. 613 Avenue Create: September 2023 – Purely Anything Goes
2. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: September #9-2023 – Anything Goes
3. Classic Design Challenge: September #9 – Anything Goes
4. ATC Around The World: #105 – Anything Goes
5. Outlawz No Stamps Challenge: August/September – How About Those Pets?

Syncopation Design products used:
Caturday digiscrap collection

Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you – I really appreciate your support!

Other products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: Neenah Classic Crest 165# Solar White cardstock, HP 32# copy paper
DIES/PUNCHES: Kadomaru Pro Corner Rounder, Crop-A-Dile Big Bite
ACCESSORIES: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, This Calls for Confetti Kittens Confetti (gray kitten polymer clay slices); Keep It Simple Max & Daisy Collection Pack Die Cut Ephemera Sheet and Namaste Home Collection Pack Sticker Sheet; ball chain and clasp, assorted ribbon pieces, Doodlebug Design Lily White Doodle Twine

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project and are inspired to get crafty! Be sure to check out all the fun digital papers, pocket cards, elements, cut files, bundles and scrap kits, as well as clear stamps in the Syncopation Design Etsy store! And be sure to Follow on Instagram and Facebook for crafty inspiration! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,