God grant me the serenity card...

I had a great weekend off from the castle and a chance to create a few things to share

with my favorite dies that i have from Spellbinders.  Today i used the Regal Allure die

and also the Diamond Essence die set.  I think the two went pretty good together and i 

know exactly who i need to give this one to.  

My papers are ones that i digitally printed from my Crafty Secrets CD.  I picked pretty pinks with roses on them and then did clean white paper for the dies.  The Regal Allure die also has an insert

but i cut it out to show the back of the papers and turned it in the center.  Then i cut the biggest

circle die in the Diamond Essence and stamped one of my favorite Quietfire sentiments in

a mixture of Momenta Rosebud and Rhubarb stalk.  It came out good that way and matched

up with the paper so much better.  

Then i added a few 3D Foam dot from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L and put it all together.

The flowers at the bottom are from Prima and i also added punched leaves and some tiny

pink rhinestones.  And then i dusted the whole thing with a bit of pixie dust glitter.  It's hard

to see but it has such a pretty sparkle to it.  

Supplies:

Quietfire Gentle Thoughts Sentiment #5875

Spellbinders Regal Allure and Diamond Essence die 

Momento Ink: Rosebud, Rhubarb Stalk

Prima Flowers

pink rhinestones

Pixiedust glitter

White cardstock, digital papers

adhesive, papers trimmer, 3D foam squares

And... that's it for today.  Have a wonderful rest of the week!! 

Just Breathe....

Happy Tuesday everyone and thanks for taking the time to stop over to visit and see what is new.  Today i have a card to share using some Prima that i just got and the sentiment is perfect to describe how life is these days.  

For some cards i am trying to make them easier and use what the artists have given me to

create with.  So for this i used the die cut with the sentiment and then just cut simple layers

with the Salvage District 6x6 collection pad.  I love the beautiful neutral tones in this paper and

the glittery look of the sentiment was so pretty....

To make it just a bit more twinkly i added some pixie dust glitter in a few places and also

the mini dots in aqua and pink to match it.  And of course a few prima flowers that match.

*Sometimes life throws you curve balls but it's important to remember to breathe, relax and

figure out a better way to look at life and handle those really hard situations.  This one is going

up on my wall to remind me each day.... to breathe.

Thanks for stopping over and have a wonderful day...

Teresa

Prima Bag Tags to share today...

It's National Scrapbook day today and there are so many fun challenges and things to do today for inspiration so i thought i would share my bag tags that i just finished with some new Prima papers and other goodies that i just got.  It was a really fun and relaxing project to make and I had fun trying out a few new products that they just came out with so i hope that you like it too.

For my project i used the new Prima French Riviera collection.  This is a super cute 6x6 pad collection that even comes with letter stickers and tags in it.  I also used the Ephemera set that had so many pretty images like clocks, crabs, lighthouses and other fun goodies to use.  I also used

 a few of the lazer cut wood pieces for a little more of a 3 D look.  And of course flowers and

a new stencil that i picked up.  There are so many new artsy products that they carry at Prima

and i am really having some fun trying them out and making fun things with them.

So here is a quick photo of how i kind of started the tags.  I layered bits of the papers to make the

base of the tags about the size of a bookmark and then stenciled a bit of ? on the one at the right with my new stencil and added some of the new art stones they have onto it and pushed them in.  I thought it would really give it a more sandy kind of look and it was fun to experiment.  

Here is a closeup photo of the tags all done and you can see all the pretty pieces of this set.

The colors in the papers are so pretty and the flowers have these pretty bronze beads in each

of them and really look so pretty. I also love the ocean designs --- it reminds me of Long Beach

 and Dana Point and all the fun places we go when we are down there.  

Prima also carries a fun set of Mica flakes so i picked up one of those sets and the pink

one went great with this line so i added bits of it with some liquid adhesive all around.  You

can barely see it but i think it adds that perfect touch to it.  

Thanks so much for stopping by today and have fun making some fun crafty 

things today with whoever you are with!!  

Craft Hoarders Hop for May today...

Hi everyone and thanks so much for stopping by today with our Craft Hoarders Hop for this month. We all have lots of fun projects that we did with things in our stashes so i hope that you will have a chance to stop by all the girls blogs and see what they have to share.  If you started from the beginning you should have arrived here from Patti's blog.....

My post today is sharing 3 cards that i did with some of my favorite dies from Spellbinders in my stash of dies.  I have so many that i want to use so I thought today would be a good time to start!

For this card i used little bits of things that went with this heart paper and the sticker sentiment.

The die for this one is called Swirl Delight and is a Die D'lite and it fit perfect behind the sentiment that i also matted in gold.  I found some bias ribbon in my stash from Really Reasonable Ribbon

and also a bit of gold thread and a gold rhinestone that i had too.

This one too is from a bunch of different things i found while cleaning up my scrapbook room.  I  

love the poppies and thought it would be fun to cut them up and create a little bouquet on a

few layered Spellbinders dies that i had.  One of them is called Diamond Essense and the other is another favorite called Doily Die and you can find them on the Spellbinders website.

Another new die is called Ferns and is a Die D'lite too.  It's fast becoming one of my 

favorites because the size is perfect for flowers and there are 3 styles in it so it's perfect

to add extra foliage to your flowers.

This is made with one of my favorite new Spellbinders dies called Labels 50 and it's companion

die called Labels 50 Decorative Accents.  The base is made with an embossing folder from

Richard Garay's line and since all of it had so many beautiful details i decided to do it in white

so that all of it would really stand out.  I also put a few Ferns in it from the die set and added a

pretty flower and bow from my stash of goodies that i have.  

The Heartfelt thanks is from Verve Stamps and i just found that one again too while i was

cleaning and straightening up this last week and it went perfect.  I used my favorite black ink

from Tsukineko (Versafine) and that was it.  Super easy and ready to give to my friend.

I hope everything gave you a little inspiration to create a few things and maybe something

nice for your mom this Sunday too.  Thanks so much for hopping over to my blog today 

and be sure and hop on over to Jacquie Southas blog to see what she has to share.... 

and if you want to start at the beginning be sure and go to Gloria Stengels blog :)

Have a wonderful and crafty day!!