Vintage- Whimsical Designs reveal

Boy is it hot, hot, hot.. I can't recall when its been this hot in this country since I've moved here and that was back in 1996.. I shouldn't complain since we had an extremely cold and long winter, but still.. Come on now!! a little heat would be ok, but this is ridiculous..LOL

I'm done venting about the weather and so lets get to the goodies shall we..  For this weeks challenge we were asked to create a project that has a VINTAGE look to it.. After doing a little research (since I dont' do much vintage) I came up with a great design using my SIL design edition and made this beautiful card:

I'm so in love with this color scheme and yes, I did create all of the die cuts myself..

I had a hard time choosing a sentiment for this card, only cause there were so many to choose from..LOL  I decided to go with this one cause this will be sent to my besty in Florida for her Birthday at the end of this month :) 

Here's a front view.. did some embossing on the back and added lots of layering with foam tape..

I used my distress tool to rip up the edges of the papers, inked em up using Vintage Photo distress ink.. added lace trim and say it with pearls..

close up of the flowers and cameo..  I wish I would of made the middle of the cameo more 3d with foam tape, I think it would of stuck out more, even with a little inking of the edges..  The grey flowers and marquee were inked with Weathered Wood distress ink.

different angle.. as you can see, lots of layers and lots of pearls..

 I love using pearls on vintage projects..

For this weeks challenge we have an amazing sponsor:

Scrapping Memories-5 free files of winners choice.

For list of supplies used to create this card:

Silhouette Design studio software

Silhouette Cameo

SiL store: flowers, cameo, marquee and dress form.

lace ribbon

pearl halves

say it with pearls

distress ink: Vintage photo and weathered wood

distress tool

metal corners by: unknown manufacturer

embossing folder: Victoria

Cuttlebug

Martha Stewart: leaf punch

Martha Stewart: butterfly punch

foam tape

white cardstock

digital papers: KHartley "Here without you!"

and finally:

Sentiment stamps by: Stephanie at Whimsical Designs..

Whimsical Fun vol.1

Thank you so much for stopping by today and if you leave comment, I want to say a special thank you for that cause I love reading them :)

hope everyone stops by Whimsical Designs and checks out what amazing projects the rest of our design team has created for this challenge..

Have a wonderfully scrappy week

hugs

Nanné

Project Life-Add a Button-S.O.U.S

Welcome to my first Project Life project post for our new challenge over at Stuck On U Sketches..
Us girls at SOUS have come to realize how popular project life has become and its a quick and fun way to keep a journal of sorts for all of those fun things that we encounter in our everyday lives..  I've decided to do it weekly and I've been having a ball coming up with fun tags for my pages..  I am not using clear plastic sleeves, but rather bought a 12x12 chipboard album and thought it would be a perfect way to just tape the cards down in that, for one I like having the freedom of different placements and sizes, instead of always having to create the same pattern..  But the plastic sleeves are fun as well :)  I will be not be posting my weeks in order..
with that said, let me get to my page:

My first PL I decided to start with the first week of May.. We here in Finland celebrated Mayday on the 1st of May.. In tradition we bake donuts and drink home made soda called Sima.. tastes a bit like lemonade, real tasty..

I added a photo of my mom dropping the donuts in the oil.. it got hot in the kitchen real quick..

the flowers are digital that I printed onto the cards..

You can tell her fan club was close up watching every move..LOL

I added the buttons to the week card.. they are also digital along with the stitching.. love creating these print cards with the Silhouette design edition.. just design, print and cut around the card.. Love it!!

I did a little bit of journaling on our traditions here for Mayday and then added a photo of the ready to eat donuts.. they were super good..

on one of the cards I added a list of supplies we used to make the donuts.. I also added a photo of our fur balls getting a small piece of donut.. We normally try to stay away from sugary sweets when it comes to our dogs..

For supplies used to create this page:

Silhouette Cameo

Silhouette Design Edition software

(for the design of the cards)

White cardstock

Digital Kit by:  My Sweet Shoppe

(prints and digital elements)

free fonts for the text

well my fellow crafters..  Now, its your turn to venture out and experience the fun Project Life.. Us girls over Stuck on U Sketches will have challenges every other Monday so do stop by and join in our fun and easy challenges..  There are lots of fun ways to keep up with Project Life, so please dont' feel intimidated and like any other paper craft, there really is no wrong way of making or storing your pages..

Thank you all so much for stopping by today..
hugs

Nanné

Die cut reveal- BIRD S.O.U.S

Birds, birds, birds.. its what our die cut challenge for this week is over at Stuck On U Sketches.. I've been enjoying creating layout for my daughters album of her and her horse..  She had posted some photos of him a few days ago eating a bunch of Dandelions and he looked so cute with this mouth all stuffed with flowers..

I know she had to cross the street with him to get him over the big field and I got the idea of the road and fields from her story..  I think the layout came out super fun..

all of the cuts I found in the Sil store.. except for the title which I created myself..

How about some close ups and details:

love the little birdies sitting on top of the title.. 

added some touches of white dots with a marker.

I embossed the fence, added a cute heart banner to it, butterflies, flowers and acorns..

The other side.

my flying bird and clouds..

the cute little hill side and him eating his dandelions..

for supplies used:

Silhouette Cameo

Silhouette design edition

die cuts: Silhouette store

Title: free fonts

foam tape

inks for shadowing

white marker

liquid pearls

cuttlebug

embossing folder: wood grain

submitting this layout to:

Oh-La-La challenge blog: Nature

Dream Valley Challenges: Animal

Do stop by S.O.U.S and check out what amazing projects our design team has created for this challenge.. I want to thank you for stopping by today and I hope everyone has a wonderfully scrappy weekend..

Hugs

Nanné

Recycle it- Whimsical Designs reveal

I absolutely love to recycle items around my house.. As a crafter, I'm always keeping an eye out for boxes, cans and toilet paper rolls even, the creative side of my brain is always switched on..  This weeks reveal for Whimsical Designs is a recycle project.  We were asked to recycle something that we would normally throw away.  I chose to make a toilet paper roll mini album, which I haven't created one in a real long time.  I had loads of fun with this one and what better way to spend a sunny Sunday than in the crafting room..LOL

I was able to save 5 rolls of tp before my doggy got them, he likes to craft as well by chewing them up all over my floor..

I'm just so excited sharing this with you, I absolutely love how pretty it turned out.. I give all my thanks to my Silhouette Cameo.. I took this paper collection and scanned the papers, which made it so easy to use the prints to design the elements in the Silhouette Design edition.

After 12 hours of labor (LOL), here is what I ended up:

Love love the colors I decided to use.. its the sunshine collection by My Minds Eye..

my chunky tp mini..Luv it!!

Here's some close ups and a short 5 min video talking you through the mini.. I cracked myself up so many times cause of the mistakes I kept making.. but bloopers are great, just shows how silly I really am in real life!! LOL

Pg's 1 and 2

Pg's 3 and 4

Pg's 5 and 6

pg's 7 and 8..

oh, the video.. Its not the best quality, but I'm no pro..LOL  lets see if I can get that posted here:

Our sponsor for this weeks challenge is Inky Impressions with a $10 gift certificate to their store up for grabs!!

For supplies used to create this tp roll mini:

5 toilet paper rolls

Papers by: My Minds Eye "sunshine" collection

Silhouette Cameo: 

Elements " flowers, butterflies, birds, bird cage, fence, scalloped squares, tabs, street lamp and sayings that were not stampped"

Silhouette Design edition software: Imported scanned papers for design

Sentiment stamps by: Whimsical Designs

foam tape

gold liquid pearls

inks: vintage photo

Martha Stewart Leaf punch

binder rings

Extra wide eyelets: My Memory keepers

Crop-a-dile

Mini clothes pins

And there ya have it... This only took me 12 hours to complete, that does not include the time it took to cover the rolls with paper and flatten them.  I did that all the day before I actually decorated it..

I hope that I have inspired you to go get your rolls out of the trash and get your scrap on..and if you do,please come stop by Whimsical Designs and share your project with us girls, cause we'd love to come by and check it out..

With that said, I want to thank you all so much for taking the time and stopping by my blog today and checking out my recycle project for WD..

I Hope you all have a wonderfully scrappy week..
hugs

Nanné

Sketch reveal-SOUS 5.24

TGIFridaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay... 

Its sketch reveal for us girls over at S.O.U.S again today and this weeks sketch was created by our very own Leah.. I bought a 6x6 stack by My Minds Eye from Michael's last fall and I loved the colors and prints in the collection.  I didn't want to use them since they'd be all gone.  So,  then I decided to scan the entire paper collection, imported the prints to the Silhouette Design Edition and finally printed the papers to create this layout.. I was able to take 6x6 papers and create this 12x12 layout..

I am trying to create more with colors that I normally don't use.. and this color combo is definitely one of them..LOL  I don't have photos for this layout since I almost ran out of ink after printed everything.. I will add photos of my daughter and her horse "Tulipo" ..

I have some close ups and details for you:

for supplies used:

Silhouette Cameo

Silhouette design edition

Silhouette store:

flowers, hearts, keys, iron fence and border trim 

Canon printer

scanned papers: My Minds Eye "Sunshine collection!"

White card stock

White punched edge: Martha Stewart punch

leaves: Martha Stewart punch

liquid pearls: gold and white

foam tape

well my fellow scrappers.. That's my SOUS post for this week.. Do stop by S.O.U.S and check out what amazing layouts the rest of our design team has created for this sketch challenge.. and if you're feeling up to it, do join in on the fun with us this week..

Hope everyone has a scrap-tastic weekend.

hugs

Nanné