Your Scrapbook Place Guest Designer

Happy Birthday Wishes

Hi everyone! Welcome to the middle of March… can you believe it?! I’m telling ya… it’ll be Christmas before we know it, lol! A new challenge went live on March 1st over at Your Scrapbook Place (yep, I’m still a guestie!) and I’m stoked to share my mid-month GD inspiration project for our March Challenge with The Paper Nest Dolls! Come on over and play!

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I chose the adorable Flower Cart Avery digi to create my double flap fancy fold birthday card! OMG, I’m so smitten… I L-O-V-E this image! Isn’t she just the cutest?!

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I colored the image with Spectrum Noir markers to coordinate as best I could with the colors in the paper and adhered it to the front flap, and stamped a birthday sentiment in black ink.

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I stamped another sentiment inside the front flap…

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…and then a flower image and another sentiment on the inside flap. Even though there is a ribbon closure, I added a velcro circle to keep the front flap closed. I love how this turned out and see a few more in my future, lol!

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Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Stampin’ Up Night of Navy and Crumb Cake cardstock, Stampin’ Up Affectionately Yours DSP
Stamps: The Paper Nest Dolls Flower Cart Avery digital image, Stampin’ Up Avant garden stamp set
Ink: Spectrum Noir- CR9, CR10, FS3, FS6, CT4, LG5, BT4, TB4, IG5; Memento Tuxedo Black marker, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Ranger Picked Raspberry Distress Ink
Accessories: Cream organza/satin ribbon scrap

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 at The Paper Nest Dolls online store – I know you’ll fall in love! Thanks so much for stopping by today and we’ll see you soon! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

living my dream

Hi everyone! You’re going to see a few posts from me this fine Thursday morning, lol! I’m still guesting for Your Scrapbook Place and I’m excited to share my GD project for the February Challenge with Scribbles Designs! I created a fun friendship step card. It’s been a little while since I created this fancy fold which I thought would compliment the adorable Carrie Summer Diva image fairly well! How sassy is she?!

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I colored the image with Spectrum Noir markers, cut her with a stitched rectangle die and layered her on black and green which are colors in the patterned paper. I broke out a new package of American Crafts die cut shapes and zeroed in on some sunglasses and the ‘living my dream’ sentiment which were perfect for this image! ;) I added a few clear rhinestones to finish the front.

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I used a new Neat & Tangled stamp set for the sentiment on the inside of the card.

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Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Stampin’ Up Thick and regular Whisper White, Wild Wasabi and Basic Black cardstock; KaiserCraft Kaleidoscope paper pad
Stamps: Neat & Tangled Out of the Box stamp set
Ink: Spectrum Noir- FS6, FS8, OR1, GT2, LG4, LG5, IG3, IG5, EB2, EB7Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Dies/Punches: Memory Box Stitched Rectangle Layers dies
Accessories: American Crafts amy tangerine die cut shapes, Darice brown Foamies scrap, Stampin’ Up Rhinestones, Zva Creative Rhinestone Strip

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and will link up with us this month! Our challenges are always ‘anything goes’ so come on over and play! And be sure to check out all the adorable digis over at Scribbles Designs! Thanks so much for stopping by – we’ll see you soon! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Say Cheese

Hi everyone! Happy New Year! And here I am with my first post of 2018! And it couldn’t be with a cuter image, lol! Holley over at Your Scrapbook Place twisted my arm so hard that I just couldn’t resist continuing my guest designer gig this month, especially with SheepSki Designs sponsoring! How about Rudolph’s Mischief… isn’t he the cutest?!

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I created a window shaker card with the image on the inside of the card base. I got out my Fuse Tool and created a pouch to put all the shaker bits in and sandwiched it between two layers of cardstock on the front.

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Here’s a shot of it completely opened up so you can see the construction. A little different than the traditional shaker card. Fun, fun, fun!

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Rudolph is definitely cheesin’ with some of the whitest and shiniest teeth around, thanks to Glossy Accents, lol! And I created some ‘fur’ on his hat with a Snow Marker!

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And one final look… he’s so adorable! ;)

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Proud to enter this card into the following challenges:
Colour Crazy Challenge: Week #51 – Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog: January Anything Goes
Crafty Creations Challenges: #357 – Anything Goes
Creative Craft Cottage: #102 – Anything Goes
Digi Choosday: Week #51 – Anything Goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: #72 – Anything Goes
That’s Crafty Challenge Blog: Anything Goes
Use Your Stuff: End of Year Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday: Weeks #314/315 – Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Stampin’ Up Thick and regular Whisper White and Cherry Cobbler cardstock, Stampin’ Up Trim The Tree DSP
Stamps: SheepSki Designs Rudolph’s Mischief digital image
Ink: Spectrum Noir- EB2, EB3, EB6, DR2, FS8; Sakura White Gelly Roll pen
Dies/Punches: Memory Box Stitched Rectangle Layers dies
Accessories: Marvy Uchida Snow Marker, Glossy Accents, Darice Foamies White Foam, WRMK Fuse Tool and Pouch, Doodlebug Design Red Sequins, Neat & Tangled White and Clear Sequins, Pretty Pink Posh Marshmallow and Silver Shimmer Seed Beads, Studio Blackbirds Red Twine

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project and will link up with us this month! We’re always Anything Goes and we’d love to see what you create! Thanks for stopping by – it’s the 1st of the month so stay tuned for a few more projects! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Best fishes

Hello, crafty peeps! It’s time for another fun challenge over at Your Scrapbook Place and I’m happy to share my GD inspiration project for the December with Christina Hor challenge using the Christina Hor ‘Coral Life’ image. This is my last guest design project for Your Scrapbook Place, and I’d like to thank Holley and the rest of the gang for having me along for the past several months! I’ve had a blast!

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This is a fantastic image and as soon as I laid eyes on it, I knew what kind of card I wanted to create. One with an aperture to view the image through. :)

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I cut a rectangle with rounded corners through the front of the card base and then a slightly larger one through the patterned paper, lined them up and trimmed the edges. I stamped the sentiment in the lower left corner.

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I lined the colored image up with the aperture and affixed it to the inside of the card. I’m really tickled with how this turned out. So simple but yet packs a great punch!

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I’d love to enter this card into the following challenges:
4 Crafty Chicks: #379 – Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft: #57 – Anything Goes
Always Fun Challenges: #34 – Anything Goes
Classic Design Team Open Challenge Blog: #20 – Anything Goes
Crafting by Designs: December Anything Goes
Lemon Shortbread Challenge Blog: #55 – Anything Goes
Pammie’s Inky Pinkies: #1748 – Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White cardstock, Doodlebug Design Gingham-Linen Rainbow Petite Prints
Stamps: Christine Hor Coral Life digital image, Paper Pretties Fish Wishes stamp set
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Spectrum Noir- OR2, CR1, CR10, BT1, IB3, EB1, EB2, CT4, CG3, CG4, DG4
Dies/Punches: Spellbinders Curved Matting Basics A & B dies
Accessories: Tim Holtz Stamp Platform, Nuvo Neptune Crystal Drops and White Blizzard Glitter Drops

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and will link up an anything goes project with us this month! Can’t wait to see what you create! Thanks so much for stopping by today and we’ll see you soon! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Meowy Christmas

Hi everyone! Well, it’s November 1st and that means a few posts from me this morning, lol! I’m guest designing again this month over at Your Scrapbook Place and I’m stoked to share my GD inspiration project for the November Anything Goes challenge going live this morning! I created a fun sparkly meowy Christmas card! Hubby and I are ‘crazy cat people’ and this image is one of my favorites from The East Wind which is this month’s sponsor! Come on over and play with us!

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I used my favorite stitched dies and angled the die cuts. I attached the focal image with tiny staples and added some Dot Sparklers in each corner.

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I pulled out the fun Snow Marker for the pom-poms on his collar which added some great dimension!

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I had the purrfect stamp set in my stash to go with this image, so I put it to good use, lol! Love how this turned out!

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I’d love to enter this purrfect little card into the following challenges:
A Bit More Time To Craft Extra November Challenge
Crafts Galore Encore Challenges: November Anything Goes
Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge Extra for November
Creative Inspirations Challenge Blog: #283 – Sparkle
House of Cards: November Challenge – Holiday and/or Colors
The Crafty Addicts: #42 – Anything Goes/Christmas

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Stampin’ Up Thick Whisper White and Basic Black cardstock, Stampin’ Up Red Glimmer Paper
Stamps: The East Wind’s Meowy Christmas digital image, Simon Says Stamp Meowy Christmas stamp set
Ink: Spectrum Noir- DR2, FS8; Spectrum Aqua- Bud Green and Sunflower; Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Dies/Punches: Memory Box Stitched Rectangle Layers dies
Accessories: Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher, Marvy Uchida Snow Marker, clear Wink of Stella, Stampendous Red Dot Sparklers

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and will consider linking up with us this month! Be sure to check out all the fun images at The East Wind store! Thanks so much for stopping by and we’ll see you real soon! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

thanks sew much

** 10/15/17 Top 3 at Monochrome Magic! **

Hello, my crafty friends! Happy October 1st… can you believe it?! Only two and a half more months and the jolly fellow in the red suit will be sliding down our chimneys, lol! I’m still guesting over at Your Scrapbook Place and I’m happy to share my GD project for the October Anything Goes challenge going live this morning. We’re being sponsored by the Ike’s Art this month so come on over and play!

I chose the gorgeous Rose Stitch image for my thank you card. This is one of those images that doesn’t even need to be colored, which made the monochromatic black and white color scheme come to life rather quickly. I cut the image with a stitched scallop square die and popped it up on black Foamies foam.

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I just got the Sunny Studio Cute As A Button stamp and die set and what a perfect compliment to this amazing image! I love it when that happens, lol! I stamped the sentiment in black, die cut a couple buttons and a needle, and adhered them around the image.

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I created a matching panel for the inside and stamped the sentiment. This was a super fun and easy card, and I’m really loving how it turned out!

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Proud to enter this card into the following challenges:
A Bit More Time To Craft: #53 – Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft Extra October Challenge: Anything Goes
Classic Design Team Open Challenge: #17 – Anything Goes
Createful Heart Digis & Design Challenges: #3 – Anything Goes
Creative Inspirations: #281 – Anything Goes
Day Dreamer Challenges: #3 – Anything Goes
Digi Stamps 4 Joy: #141 – Anything Goes
Dream Valley Challenges: #164 – One For The Girls
Hiding In My Craft Room: #320 – Freestyle
Monochrome Magic: #5 – Anything Goes Monochrome

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Stampin’ Up Thick Whisper White, regular Whisper White and Basic Black cardstock, Stampin’ Up Black Glimmer Paper
Stamps: Sunny Studio Cute As A Button stamp set
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Dies/Punches: Sunny Studio Cute As A Button die set, My Favorite Things Die-namics Stitched Mini Scallop Square die
Accessories: Tim Holtz Stamp Platform, Foamies black foam, Ebony Black Crystal Drops

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and will come over and link up with us this month! Be sure to check out the amazing images at Ike’s Art – I know you’ll love everything you see! Thanks so much for stopping by – we’ll see you again real soon!

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Let it Snow

Hi everyone! I’m back yet again this morning, this time to showcase a guest designer project for the September Anything Goes challenge over at Your Scrapbook Place! One of my cards was a winner a few weeks back and the lovely Holley invited me to be a guestie for the next several challenges! Of course, I couldn’t say no, lol! We are being sponsored this month by Pickled Potpourri and I created a Double Fun Fold using the Christmas Window image. OMG, I’m so smitten! This was great fun! I was very happy to have Santa and his reindeer in my rubber stamp stash to compliment the image.

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The focal image on the front opens to the right to reveal a stamped sentiment on the tall panel beneath.

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Then the tall panel opens upward to reveal yet another stamped sentiment and cozy cabin image! How cute is this fold?! Love, love, love! Thanks, Dawn, for the inspiration! <3

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I’d love to enter this box card into the following challenges:
Alphabet Challenge: M for Make Your Mark
Crafty Gals Corner: #139 – Use Your Favorite Color(s) (green)
Day Dreamer Challenges: #2 – Anything Goes
Emerald City Crafts Challenge Blog: #3 – Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday: #298/#299 – Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: GKD Ivory and Grass Green cardstock, Crafter’s Companion Vintage Christmas Collection 6×6 papers
Stamps: Pickled Potpourri Christmas Window digital image, Stampin’ Up Cozy Christmas stamp set
Ink: Delicata Golden Glitz ink, Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Spectrum Noir- LG3, LG5, CT4, TB4, IG4, IG6, EB1, EB2, DR2, PL3, Crystal Clear Sparkle Overlay Marker
Dies/Punches: Cottage Cutz Double Stitched Rectangles
Accessories: Nuvo White Blizzard Glitter Drops, Tim Holtz Stamp Platform

I hope you’ve enjoyed enjoyed this project today and will come over and link up with us this month! And be sure to check out all the fun digis over at Pickled Potpourri! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you soon! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
LeslieSig

Deck the halls with ugly sweaters!

Hi everyone! Happy May 1st! Can you believe it?! As you’ll see by the next several posts later on this morning, I’ve been a busy little bee, lol! I’m proud to share that I’m a guestie over at Your Scrapbook Place this month! I was ecstatic when the lovely Holley contacted me, and of course, I said yes!

Our sponsor this month is Limited Runs Stamps and I chose the most adorable ‘Ugly Sweater Good Snowman’ digital image to create my wobble card. It’s been a while since I used a wobble element and they are so much fun – I just couldn’t resist using one with this sweater! I chopped off the bottom of the front flap of the card base at an angle and covered it with TH Melange Tissue Wrap, then added some torn paper and some burlap. The main sentiment is stamped ‘inside’ the angle.

When I colored the sweater, I tried my hardest to make it look like it was pilled. I added Crystal Clear Sparkle marker and then Glossy Accents on the snowman. Then my hubby threw in his two cents and told me to add as much ‘stuff’ as I could, to make it as ugly as I could, lol! So, on went the snowflake sequins with green flat-back pearls, then the blingy red Dot Sparklers around the neck, sleeves and waist.

You can’t see the wobble element, but it’s there underneath. So much fun to just flick the sweater with your finger and watch it wobble, lol! Did I say how much fun I had making this card?! ;)

For the inside, I stamped a simple cozy sentiment on a piece of white layered on the kraft card base. Despite the ‘ugly’ factor, I’m loving how this turned out! ;)

I’d love to enter this card into the following challenges:
A Bit More Time To Craft: #43 – Anything Goes
CCC Digi Creations: #72 – Use Pearls
Christmas at Sweet Stampin: April Anything Christmas
Christmas Card Challenges: #11 – Anything Goes
Colour Crazy Challenge: Wk 17 – Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore Challenges: May Anything Goes
Crafty Catz: #368 – Anything Goes
Crafty Creations: #340 – Anything Goes
Crafty Friends: #56 – Anything Goes
Crafty Gals Corner: #120 – Anything Goes
Craftyhazelnut’s Christmas Challenge: #331 – Anything Goes
Craftyhazelnut’s Christmas Challenge Extra: May Anything Goes
Di’s Digi Designs: Use Something Digital
DigiStamps4Joy: #136 – Anything Goes
Fab ‘n’ Funky: #348 – Christmas
Hiding In My Craft Room: #299 – Freestyle
Inspiration Destination: #127 – Anything Goes
Pammie’s Inky Pinkies: #1718 – Anything Goes
QKR Stampede: #241 – Wheels or Anything Goes
Scrapping4fun Challenges: #89 – Anything Goes
The Sisterhood of Crafters: The Letter “B” (brown, burlap)
Word Art Wednesday: #280/281 – Anything Goes

Recipe:
Cardstock/Paper: Stampin’ Up! Kraft cardstock, Spectrum Noir Ultra Smooth Premium White cardstock, American Crafts Red Burlap paper, Stampin’ Up! Warmth & Cheer DSP, Stampin’ Up! Under The Tree DSP
Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Cozy Christmas stamp set
Ink: Spectrum Noir- EB2, EB3, IG2, IG6, DR2, Blender; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Memento Tuxedo Black marker
Dies/Punches: xxxx
Accessories: Tim Holtz Melange Tissue Wrap, Stampendous Red Dot Sparklers, KaiserCraft green flat-back pearls

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and will play with us this month! We’d love to see what you create! And be sure to check out all Nikki’s fun digis at Limited Runs Stamps! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig