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Floral Perpetual Calendar

Leslie3 Comments

Hi everyone! Welcome to 2020 – sure seems like it got here F-A-S-T! It’s time for another fun challenge over at Love To Scrap Challenge Blog and I’m stoked to share my first project of the new year with you for LTSCB #129 – Anything Goes! I created a pretty floral perpetual calendar for my studio using the Sizzix Calendar Months die set and my Zutter Bind It All which I bought 5-6 years ago. It’s amazing what you find when you move, lol! It’s been so long since I used it, I had to use the instruction book!

This project was a lot of fun and I’m proud to say it’s my own design. Yep, out came the ruler with lots of measuring and a little planning! The calendar background is a beautiful floral paper with panels showing the days of the week, the months, the numeral date, and a graphic for that month’s holiday.

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I covered the back of the base with solid color cardstock.

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I created the days of the week on the computer because I don’t own any days of the week stamps or dies (insert sad face). The numbers (bottom right pic) were cut with dies in the Calendar Months die set.

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The names of the months were all cut with dies in the set as well. I love the different fonts – no two are alike! I wrapped twine around the bottom of the base and tied a pretty little bow with a pink Dot Sparkler in the center.

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The most fun part of this calendar are the holiday graphics. These were all in the die set too! The pic in the center is a side view of the calendar. It’s very sturdy and I’m sure will hold up for many years. I’m really loving how this turned out and can’t wait to start using it!

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Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Cardstock Warehouse Brown Box kraft cardstock; GKD Black Onyx, Red Hot, Wild Dandelion, Grass Green, Sweet Mango, White, Wild Lilac, Wild Orchid, Dark Chocolate, Bubblegum Pink and Tan Leather cardstock; American Crafts black cardstock; Stampin’ Up Mint Macaron, Tranquil Tide, Night of Navy and Smoky Slate cardstock; The Paper Studio cream cardstock, Stampin’ Up Share What You Love specialty DSP
Ink: Sakura white Gelly Roll pen, black Copic multiliner pen
Dies/Punches: Sizzix Calendar Months die set, Gemini Junior die cutting machine, Kadomaru Pro corner rounder
Accessories:  Canvas Corp Brands jute cord; red, violet, turquoise, blue, green and pink Stampendous Dot Sparklers

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and will link up with us this month! We know you love the ‘anything goes’ theme! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you soon! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Papercraft

A Bright and Happy Christmas

Leslie18 Comments

12/6/19 Top 3 Winner at Alphabet Challenge Blog!
12/31/19 Winner at Your Scrapbook Place!
12/31/19 Site-Wide Winner at The Outlawz Challenges!

Hello, my crafty friends! Woo-hoo, it’s December 1st and not much longer before the jolly round man will be making his appearance! A new challenge is live over at Love To Scrap Challenge Blog and I’m excited to share my DT inspiration project for LTSCB #128 – Christmas Bingo! Here’s how to play – choose any letter in the word BINGO on our Bingo card below and use at least three of the items in that column on your Christmas project!

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We’re being sponsored this month by The Paper Shelter so come on over and play for a chance to win a prize! I created a fun tri-fold Christmas card using the most adorable Are You Ready My Friend digital stamp! I chose the letter B on the Bingo card and used the first four items in that column on my card – red, gold, die cut and green.

Isn’t this image just the cutest?! I cut it with a square die and then layered it on a fancy gold mirror die cut. I added crystal clear sparkle overlay marker to the fur on Santa’s hat and coat, then added Glossy Accents to Rudolph’s nose and set the piece aside. I cut red striped and red dotted panels for the front and layered them on kraft brown bag paper, and adhered them to the card base. I adhered the focal image to the left flap and added red gumdrops and a bow.

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I stamped Christmas sentiments on the three inside panels, layered them on red cardstock and then adhered them to the inside of the card base.

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And one more look… I’m super happy with how this turned out!

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Happy to enter this fun Christmas card into the following challenges:
2 Crafty Critter Crazies: December Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge: #105 – Anything Goes
A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge Blog: #12 – Anything Goes
Alphabet Challenge Blog: R is for Ribbon
Arty Divas: #9 – Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog: #241 – Christmas or Winter Sentiment
Cardz 4 Galz: #110 – Get Ready For Christmas
Christmas Crafts All Year Round: December Challenge – Santa, Mrs. Claus or Elves
Christmas With The Cuties: #33 – Show Us Your Santa Hats
Classic Design Team Challenge Blog: #12 – Anything Goes
Craftyhazelnut’s Christmas Challenge: #466 – Anything Goes with optional things with wings
Creative Moments: #181 – Anything Goes with optional ribbon or bows
Crimbo Crackers: #198 – Animals
Fab ‘n’ Funky: #459 – Anything Christmas Goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: #119 – Anything Goes
Paperbabe Stamps: #107 – photo inspiration

{PIN}spirational Challenges: #252 – photo inspiration

QKR Stampede: #374 – Anything Goes
Scrapping4fun Challenges: #154 – Winter
Sparkles Monthly Challenge Blog: #122 – It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
The Outlawz Challenges: Festive Fridays November 29-December 12 (Christmas)
Word Art Wednesday: Weeks #414/415 – Anything Goes
Your Scrapbook Place: December Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Stampin’ Up thick and regular Whisper White Cardstock, Marco’s Gold Mirror Cardstock, Crafter’s Companion Just For Men Brights Collection, Marco’s Brown Bag paper, Core’dinations Vintage Collection
Stamps: The Paper Shelter Are You Ready My Friend digital stamp, Stampin’ Up Suite Seasons and Cozy Christmas stamp sets
Ink: Spectrum Noir Crystal Clear Sparkle Overlay Marker, Memento Lady Bug and Cottage Ivy ink
Dies/Punches: Spellbinders Classic Square Large die, Fleur de Lis Square die
Accessories:  Glossy Accents, YNS Red Gumdrops, Red Felt Bow

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and will link up a Christmas Bingo project with us this month – we’d love to see what you create! Just choose a letter in the word BINGO and use at least three of the items in that column on your project! Thanks for stopping by today – we’ll see you again soon!

Scrappy hugs,
LeslieSig

Papercraft

merry

Leslie6 Comments

12/1/19 Top 3 at Color It Create It Show It Off!

Hi everyone! Happy Friday and Happy November 1st! Can you believe it?! This year is just a blur, lol! Our November challenge is live over at Love To Scrap Challenge Blog and I’m excited to share my DT inspiration project for LTSCB #127 – Anything Goes! We are being sponsored this month by DRS Designs so come on over and play for a chance to win a prize! I played with Seashell Christmas Tree and created a Christmas card in non-traditional colors to add to my stack of cards to be mailed out on December 1st! It sure is coming fast!

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After coloring the image with Prismacolor pencils and adding touches of gold to all the seashells, I trimmed the image to fit inside a gold metallic stitched rectangle die cut. I added white foam to the back of the panel and adhered it to the card base. I cut the ‘merry’ sentiment from the gold metallic cardstock and adhered it at an angle over the tree.

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I stamped a beach-themed sentiment on the inside panel and embellished it with a leftover strip of the gold metallic cardstock used on the front along with a strip of pink cardstock. I then layered the panel on the pink cardstock and adhered it to the inside of the card base.

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Here’s one more look… I’m so pleased with how this turned out and I hope the recipient likes it as much as I do! ;)

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Happy to enter this card into the following challenges:
A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: #11 – November Anything Goes
Brown Sugar Challenge Blog: #295 – Anything Goes
Classic Design Team Challenge Blog: #11 – Anything Goes
Color It Create It Show It Off: November Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog: #69 – November Anything Goes
Your Scrapbook Place: November Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Spectrum Noir Ultra Smooth Premium White cardstock, Marco’s Venicelux Metallic Gold cardstock, Stampin’ Up Flirty Flamingo cardstock
Stamps: DRS Designs Seashell Christmas Tree, Inspired by Stamping Seaside Sentiments
Ink: Pentel Gold Slicci pen, Stampin’ Up Watermelon Wonder ink
Dies/Punches: HeroArts Merry Stamp & Cut (die), Papertrey Ink: Noted Scalloped A2 Die Collection
Accessories:  Prismacolor pencils- cream, ginger root, burnt ochre, sierra brown, goldenrod, light peach, carmine red, blush pink, pink; Gemini Junior die cutting machine, white Darice foam, Nuvo Bubblegum Blush Crystal Drops, MISTI

I hope you’ve enjoyed this Christmas card and will link up an ‘anything goes’ project with us this month! Be sure to check out all the crafty goodies over at DRS Designs! Thanks so much for stopping by – we’ll see you again soon! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

3-D projects · Papercraft

polkadot flower gift bags

Leslie5 Comments

Hi, friends! Happy Tuesday – hope your week is off to a tremendously fabulous start! Our October challenge is live this morning over at Love To Scrap Challenge Blog and I’m super stoked to share my DT inspiration project for LTSCB #126 – No Cards Allowed! This month we’d love to see your project that is NOT a card! We are being sponsored this month by Bugaboo Digi Stamps so be sure to come over and play for a chance to win a prize! I created a pair of super cute little gift bags using several papers in Bugaboo’s polkadot flowers digi papers collection.

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I cut tags from coordinating papers and tied a length of quilting thread to each in order to wrap around the handle to close the bag. I also adhered a flower to each tag.

I’m absolutely tickled with how these little gift bags turned out and can’t wait to ‘find’ something to tuck inside so I can gift them!

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Proud to enter these little gift bags into the following challenges:
A Bit More Time To Craft: #101 – Anything Goes
A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: #10 – Anything Goes
Classic Design Team Challenge Blog: #10 – Anything Goes
The Creative Crafters: #20 – Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Bugaboo Digi Stamps polkadot flowers digi papers
Dies/Punches: Lawn Fawn Goodie Bag die
Accessories:  Gemini Junior die cutting machine, white quilting thread, paper flowers from stash

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and will link up with us this month! Be sure to check out all the fun digital images over at Bugaboo Digi Stamps – I know you’ll find something you just can’t live without! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you soon! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Papercraft

Santa Claus is coming to town

Leslie6 Comments

Hello, crafty friends! Happy Sunday – here’s wishing you a fabulous start to your week! It’s time for another fun challenge over at Love To Scrap Challenge Blog and I’m stoked to share my DT inspiration project for LTSCB #125 – Anything Goes! Our fabulous sponsor this month is CAS-ual Fridays Stamps so be sure to come on over and play for the chance to win a prize! I created a super cute Christmas card using the Naughty or Nice stamp set, which sadly I don’t see on the website at this writing, however, I do see Naughty-isms which is similar and equally as fun!

Leslie

You know I absolutely love fun folds, and about three years ago I came up with a combined Joy fold and Z fold, which I called a Joy-Z fold. I haven’t seen another one like this, so I think it’s safe to say this is my own design, lol! If you’re interested, my original card is HERE. This Christmas version is a vertical orientation, done in the traditional red and green color combo, with added bling and a Santa sticker.

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Here’s a shot of the Joy fold portion open to reveal the sentiments. Love, love, love! Needless to say, I chuckled a few times while this was in the making! ;)

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And here’s a side view so you can see the construction. It really is a cool fold! ;)

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And one more look up close. I already have the recipient in mind and I know they are going to love it! ;)

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Proud to enter this fun Christmas card into the following challenges:
a2z Scrapbooking September Challenge: Anything Goes
A Perfect Time To Craft: #9 – September Anything Goes
Classic Design Team Challenge Blog: #9 – September Anything Goes
Crafting by designs: September Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog: September Anything Goes
Craftyhazelnut’s Patterned Paper September Challenge
Your Scrapbook Place: September Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Stampin’ Up thick and regular Very Vanilla cardstock, Stampin’ Up Cherry Cobbler cardstock, Stampin’ Up This Christmas Specialty DSP
Stamps: CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Naughty or Nice stamp set (I’ve linked to a similar one)
Ink: Stampin’ Up Cherry Cobbler and Garden Green ink
Accessories:  Tim Holtz stamp platform, Peachy Cheap red glitter Washi Tape, Stampin’ Up clear rhinestones, PhotoPlay Holiday Cheer Santa sticker

I hope you’ve enjoyed this fun Christmas card and will link up an ‘anything goes’ project with us this month! And be sure to check out all the fun goodies over at CAS-ual Fridays Stamps – I know you’ll find something you just can’t live without! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you again soon! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Papercraft

Happy Birthday

Leslie3 Comments

Hi everyone! Happy Thursday and August 1st! It’s time for another fun challenge over at Love To Scrap Challenge Blog and I’m thrilled to share my DT inspiration project for LTSCB #124 – Shape Shift! We’d love to see your shaped project! We’re being sponsored this month by The Paper Shelter so come on over and play for your chance to win a prize! I used the amazing Vintage Tea Cups image and paper for my birthday card, as well as a pretty shaped card die set.

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I printed the background paper and die cut the layer to go on top of a cardstock layer, and then adhered the panel to the front of the card base. I printed the tea cups several times, fussy cut two and layered them together, reserving the last two for the butterfly, rose and leaf (fussy-cut partial images layered on whole images for dimension). I used some wire for the butterfly antennae. I embellished the cups with sparkle overlay marker and white Gelly Roll pen to give them a slightly more vintage-y look. I printed digital alphabet letters on vellum for the sentiment and adhered the strip across the bottom.

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I printed the inside sentiment on the computer and die cut the layer to go on top of a cardstock layer, just as I did on the front, and then adhered the panel to the inside of the shaped card base.

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And one more look from an angle so you can see the dimension. This really is a beautiful card in real life. The colors are so vibrant – love The Paper Shelter images and papers!

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Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Stampin’ Up thick and regular Whisper White cardstock, Stampin’ Up Watermelon Wonder cardstock, Strathmore 30# Vellum
Stamps: The Paper Shelter Vintage Tea Cups image and paper, Polkadoodles Winnie White Christmas Alphabet
Ink: Spectrum Noir Crystal Clear Sparkle Overlay Marker, Sakura White Gelly Roll pen
Dies/Punches: Crafter’s Companion Die’sire Stacey Create A Card die set
Accessories:  28 gauge wire

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s birthday card and will link up a shaped project this month! Be sure to check out all the fun images and papers from The Paper Shelter – I know you’ll love what you see! Thanks so much for stopping by today and we’ll see you again soon! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
LeslieSig

Papercraft

Happy New Home

Leslie5 Comments

Hi everyone! Another Happy Monday to you – hope your week will be off to a good start! A new challenge is live over at Love To Scrap Challenge Blog and I’m thrilled to share my DT inspiration project for LTSCB #123 – Anything Goes! Our sponsor this month is DRS Designs, so come on over and play for the chance to win a prize!

I created a ‘new home’ card and used the simply adorable Single Birdhouse stamp for my project. Many of you know that my husband and I sold our home in early May and have been living in our fifth wheel waiting to close on another home 95 miles northwest of where we were living. The sale of that home went without a hitch. However, nothing has been on schedule with the purchase of the new home and we are now approaching three months since we went under contract. My heart was really in this card because we are yearning so badly to get into the new home, lol! But there is light at the end of the tunnel… looks like we may finally be closing soon!

Leslie

I chose a couple coordinating papers for the background and colored the image with matching alcohol markers. I attempted to make it look a little weathered. ;)

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I adhered the left and right panels to foam for a little dimension, leaving the birdhouse image flat on the card base. I bridged the sentiment onto the panels across the bottom of the image, and added some tiny clear rhinestones to the flowers on the left-hand panel.

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I embellished the inside panel with leftover strips of the paper used on the front. The front and inside sentiments are from my digital stash.

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One more look… so happy with how this turned out! I love that image! ;)

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Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Stampin’ Up thick and regular Very Vanilla cardstock, DCWV Cafe Mediterranean matstack
Stamps: DRS Designs Single Birdhouse stamp, Polkadoodles Winnie Celebrations 2 Sentiments
Ink: Studio 71 alcohol markers- BG4, BG7, BG8, BG10, BG12, Y3, Y7, YR4, YR15, N2, N5, R12, E11
Accessories:  Tim Holtz Idea-ology Mini Fasteners, Darice clear rhinestones

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and will link up an anything goes project with us this month! We can’t wait to see what you create! And be sure to visit DRS Designs to check out all the amazing stamps and goodies! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you again soon! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig