Creative Cuts and Folds For Paper with Scor-Pal

Today we are very excited to share with Scor-pal fans information about a newly released publication that Scor-pal was privileged to be a part of. This new special interest publication from the publishers of CardMaker magazine titled Creative Cuts and Folds for Paper is currently on newsstands or can be purchased online through Annie's Attic through late April. It features a variety of projects to helps you get the most from popular card-making tools such as scoring boards from Scor-Pal®, die-cutting and embossing templates from Spellbinders™ and die-cutting cartridges for the Cricut!®



Several of the Scor-pal designers created projects specifically for this new publication and today they are taking time to share more about it. Be sure and stop by and congratulate these designers and check not only their project that is featured in Creative Cuts and Folds for Paper but their other Scor-pal projects as well!


I'm really excited not only to have my card featured in the magazine, but also to be one of the cards on the front cover! I know you are going to want to learn to make all of the scored cards that we share, so be sure to get your copy of the magazine today.

Diane Zechman
Gini Cagle
Lisa Andrews
Katie Tate
Tami Mayberry

March Inspired by Stamping Release

I guess we have teased you enough! It's time to reveal the March Inspired by Stamping release! Joanna is also is giving away candy each day, so be sure to go to the Inspired By Stamping blog to find out how to win. For today, (for one day only) - she will offer free shipping! And now, with every $75 purchase, you get a free stamp! How cool is that?

Stamps: Inspired by Stamping Cherish
Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye
Cardstock: Bazzill

Flower Soft




Stamps: Inspired by Stamping Easter
Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye

Acrylic Paper: Kanban Crafts
Cardstock: Bazzill

Stamps: Inspired by Stamping Little Phrases
Patterned Paper: Graphic 45
Cardstock: Core'Dinations

Spellbinders Damask Accents
Wow Embossing Powder Suzy West Tea Room Green

We hope that you have enjoyed seeing what the design team created and hope that you will be inspired to create some wonderful art!

Deb Hickman
Debbie Marcinkiewicz
Gini Cagle (me)
Irit Shalom
Joanna Munster
Kendra Sand
Kim Score

Remember to head to the store and place your order! There is free shipping, but it's only good through today!

Creative Inspirations Paint and Great Impressions Stamps Blog Hop

Hi! And welcome to the Creative Inspirations Paint/Great Impressions Stamps Blog Hop! The designers at CI teamed up with Great Impressions stamps to help them celebrate the grand opening of their new and awesome online store and to let you see how fantastic Creative Inspirations Paints look with these stamps. You should have arrived from Deloris's blog. My stop is halfway through the hop, so if you just stumbled here, you will want to go back to the beginning, at the Creative Inspirations Paint blog so you don't miss out on some fabulous candy and plenty of inspiration! You will have until March 11th at 8:00 pm EST to complete the hop - so that gives you the whole weekend.
That's right, I mentioned candy - and it is very sweet! The winner will get to choose 5 colors of paint from Creative Inspirations and will also get a $25 gift certificate to Great Impressions! To be eligible to win, you will need to leave comments on each of the blogs and collect letters as you go to find the mystery words, and leave a comment at the end, spelling out the answer. Pretty easy, huh?


So here is my card that I am sharing today. The main image is Lady in Love (G189). I colored in some of the details with Copics, but then painted over the shadows with Creative Inspirations Paint using Sea Foam for the dress, Autumn Wheat for the background and Amethyst and Royal Purple for the frame. I also added a layer of CI's gold glitter around the border of the frame.

My background paper matched the aqua color of my lady's dress very nicely, but there was no purple to tie it together. So, the Distressed Background stamp (K94) was the perfect solution. I inked it up and was able to add the purple that I needed. This is a stamp I will be using over and over again.

To add to the vintage look of the card, I stamped the Lace Frame (H212) and embossed in white. The embossing made it seem more like a layer, rather than just background.
I absolutely adore the look of gorgeous die-cuts that have been painted in sparkly goodness!

My letter is P. Don't forget to write it down, and collect one from each blog to form the secret answer. It's time to hop on to Shanna's blog. Have fun and thanks for stopping by!

Creative Inspirations Paint

Barbara Washington

Angi

Carla MacKay

April Lower

Dawn Lotharius

Deloris

Gini Cagle - you are here

Shanna

Holly Brown

Jenny

Irit Shalom

Theresa

Kassi Hulet

Kendra Sand

Kianel

Great Impressions Blog

Inspired By Stamping - March Release Day Two Preview

It's the second day of previews for this months stamp release from Inspired by Stamping! We are releasing 9 sets this month, and I've got more cards to share with you using the stamp sets that I've worked with this release. Remember, Joanna has added more flowers to the store, so you will want to check those out as well. And she also is giving away candy each day, so be sure to go to the Inspired By Stamping blog to find out how to win. On Saturday, for one day only - she will also offer free shipping!

Stamps: Inspired by Stamping Cherish
Patterned Paper: Webster's Pages
Cardstock: Bazzill

Embossing Powder: Wow - Suzy West Collection

Stamps: Inspired by Stamping Easter
Flowers: Peach Daisies
Patterned Paper: Webster's Pages
Cardstock: Bazzill

Stamps: Inspired by Stamping Little Phrases
Flowers: 2 Tone Blue Roses
Patterned Paper, Chipboard frame, Border: GCD Studios
Cardstock: Bazzill

Ribbon: May Arts

We'll be showing you the entire sets tomorrow, but be sure to check out what the rest of the team has created today.

Deb Hickman
Debbie Marcinkiewicz
Gini Cagle (me)
Irit Shalom
Joanna Munster
Kendra Sand
Kim Score

We'll be showing you the entire sets tomorrow, but be sure to check out what the rest of the team has created today.

Inspired By Stamping - March Release Day One Preview

It's the first day of previews for this months stamp release from Inspired by Stamping! We are releasing 9 sets this month, and I'm going to be highlighting three of the sets! There is candy each day of the hop, so be sure to check out the Inspired By Stamping Blog for all of the details. Joanna has added more flowers to the store, and you will see those on my projects as well! All of the stamps will be available to purchase on Saturday (and for that day only, you can get free shipping!) So get ready to be inspired!

Stamps: Inspired by Stamping Cherish
Flower: Two Tone Pink Roses

Patterned Paper: DCWV Mariposa Stack
Cardstock: WorldWin Tube

Pearls: Want2Scrap
Ribbon: CTMH

Stamps: Inspired by Stamping Easter; French Boutique

Patterned Paper: DCWV Mariposa Stack
Cardstock: Bazzill

Viva Decor Pearls

Stamps: Inspired by Stamping Little Phrases; Fancy Labels 18
Flowers: Dark Red with Dark Green Leaves Roses; Red Semi-open Rosebuds
Patterned Paper: DCWV Mariposa Stack
Cardstock: Bazzill

Punch: Fiskars
Dies: Spellbinders Labels 18
Ribbon: May Arts
(Easter Wishes)

We'll be showing you the entire sets on Saturday, but be sure to check out what the rest of the team created over the next two days!

Deb Hickman
Debbie Marcinkiewicz
Gini Cagle (me)
Irit Shalom
Joanna Munster
Kendra Sand
Kim Score

We'll be showing you the entire sets on Saturday, but be sure to check out what the rest of the team created over the next two days!

Wow Embossing Powder and Stickers

I have a fun way to show you how to use stickers and embossing powder together.

1. Start with a sheet of stickers that has interesting shapes that you would like to use for embossing. Here, I chose the arrows.



2. Cut around the shape that you would like to use and remove the sticker. Peel the backing away from the remaining piece.



3. Stick this "mask" onto the paper where you wish to emboss.


4. Use a small embossing pad to ink the area. Make sure not to go off of the mask.



5. Sprinkle with embossing powder. I used a mixture of Wow's Suzy West Earthtone Honey and Earthtone Nutmeg.



5. Shake off the excess powder and heat set.



6. If there are areas that were not embossed, simply color in those areas with an embossing pen, add more powder and reheat.



** I also embossed my cloud stickers to give them more texture. Rub the embossing ink over the surface, sprinkle with Wow Opaque Bright White powder and heat set.

Wow Embossing Powders Suzy West Earthtone Honey
Wow Embossing Powders Suzy West Earthtone Nutmeg
Wow Embossing Powders Opaque Bright White
Ranger Embossing Ink
My Little Shoebox Patterned Papers, stickers, flowers
Want2Scrap Pearls
The Color Room Sketch

Happy Birthday with Scrap-Mart

I've got a really fun card to share with you today. I have a huge stack of October Afternoon paper, and I just started grabbing up the pieces that struck my fancy. That is something that I really love how OA papers look great together, even mixing collections. So if you want to try your hand at a collage type card, head over to Scrap-Mart. You will find tons of goodies there!

Patterned Papers, stickers, Journaling Card: October Afternoon
JustRite Stamps Always and Forever Medallion Labels
Justrite Nested Oval Medallion Label Dies
Spellbinders Classic Decorative Inserts ThreeSpellbinders Classic Edges One
Spellbinders Standard Circles Large
Spellbinders Lacey Circles
Ranger Distress Ink
The Twinery Twine
Epiphany Crafts Bubble Cap


Challenges:
Mojo Monday: sketch
JustRite: Happy Birthday

Welcome Spring!

I have really enjoyed being on the CottageCutz design team, but this is the end of my term, so this is my last post for them. The spring collection of CottageCutz dies from the Scrapping Cottage are really cute! And I'm going to show you how to adjust a seasonal die to use all year long! The CottageCutz Spring Doily is so cute with the bunnies and Easter Egg, but if you are not doing an Easter card, it's so easy to transform this into a cut you can use all year long. Just make a couple of snips to remove the center, and you are left with this great diecut. You could use it like a doily as I did here- or it would make a fantastic wreath base. Don't be afraid to change your dies up a bit and use them in unexpected ways. I also used the CottageCutz Watering Can, Tulips die set. This is one of those dies that you can use for so many occasions.

That Is Not a Phone

I was looking through my attic and found an antique phone, that actually still works (well sort of!) I took it downstairs to let my nephew try it out. He of course had no idea what that silly thing was, he certainly didn't think it was a phone! It also gave me the perfect opportunity for a cool layout.

I made a mold of the telephone dial using Amazing Mold Putty and cast it with the Amazing Casting Resin. I painted it using Creative Inspirations Paints. What was really cool, was that I had a Unity Stamp set that had the telephone numbers, that fit perfectly under my dial. Talk about serendipity!

So don't be afraid to come up with your own "out of the box" embellishments. Who knew a telephone dial would grace the pages of a layout?!