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want a sneak peek (or two)?

I thought I might pop in this morning to share a couple of sneak peeks of some fun things coming up. 

First, tomorrow marks the return of Stampin' Fun Fridays. :) I have a fun card to share with you that has lots of distressing. Remember THIS card and THIS layout I shared last week? They renewed my love of distressing and tomorrow I have a new card and video to share with you. Fun!

National Scrapbook Day is fast approaching and 2Peas is going to have some really fun stuff going on. :)

Check out Mellypea's Blog Post HERE.

Check out the Garden Girl Blog tomorrow and all weekend long for lots and lots of fun challenges and of course lots and lots of cool giveaways! Just check out this week's warehouse walk and you will see something fun that will be given away this weekend. :)

Here's a little sneak peek of the challenge I'm going to be sharing with you tomorrow on the Garden Girl Blog. Yes, it's more distressing and more butterflies. But that's all I'm going to tell you for now! ;)

Last but not least....

a new Garden goes up tomorrow! Anyone else as amazed as me that it's already May????

Lots and lots of fun new stuff for your viewing pleasure. I am super excited about this month's theme. Can't wait to share it with you!

new stamped cards.

I haven't just played with my stamps for awhile so last week I sat down one evening and did just that.

I wanted to play along with Kristina Werner's Year of Cards Class at 2Peas and here are the cards I did for this month's class:

Supplies:

Hero Arts Scattered Flowers DesignBlock Woodmounted Stamp

Hero Arts Happy Hello Clear Design Stamp Set

Hero Arts All Occassion Messages Clear Design Stamp Set

White Memories Dye Ink

Black Memories Dye Ink

Hero Arts Black Accent Pearls

Patterned Papers (Making Memories)

Hero Arts Glitter Embossing Powder

Versmark Ink Pen

Paper Frills (Doodlebug)

Other: String, Colored Pencils and Gamsol for blending

Supplies:

Hero Arts Four Leaf Grid Design Block Woodmounted Stamp

Hero Arts So Sweet Clear Design Stamp Set

White Memories Dye Ink

Black Memories Dye Ink

Patterned Papers (Making Memories)

Ribbon (Creative Impressions)

Scallop Punch (Stampin' Up)

Other: Colored Pencils and Gamsol for blending

I didn't follow the sketches exactly, instead I started with the sketches provided and then let the creativeness take over. These aren't traditional "Happy Mother's Day" cards but I thought they were fun and different. :) It's a good start to my Mother's Day cards. Gotta get busy making more! 

Happy Monday!

more new Silhouette designs.

I have a couple of things to share with you all this fabulous Friday evening. :)

First, for the blog readers who've been here awhile, do you remember the Stampin' Fun Fridays I used to do here every Friday right here on my blog? Well, I am thinking of starting them up again, with videos to go with the stamped card or layout. What do you guys think? I sort of miss the "structure" of sharing fun stamping projects each week. Plus, it's always fun to share a video! So, I am tentatively planning on starting this coming Friday, May 1st. Yay!

Second, I have a few more projects to share from the April 9th QK  Silhouette release.

This fun layout that really may have ended up being my favorite from the bunch. I have wanted to tell this story for awhile and that Houndstooth cut out design just seemed to be the perfect compliment.

Digital designs used in this layout:

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Other products used:

Patterned Papers (My Mind's Eye)

Corduroy brads (Stampin' Up)

Stamps (Technique Tuesday)

Rhinestone Brads

I thought this cross die cut was so pretty and perfect for an Easter greeting card.

Digital designs used on this card:

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Other products used:

Patterned Paper (Fancy Pants)

Stamp & White Embossing Powder (Hero Arts)

Versamark Ink

Button & String

I thought it would be fun to try the bookends die on a card:

Digital designs used to create this card:

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Other products used:

Patterned Papers (MM & MY Mind's Eye)

Hearts (MM & Heidi Swapp)

Brads (MM)

String

This was a clear card (sorry the scan is so bad, the colors are much better in real life):

Digital design used to create this card:

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Other products used:

Patterned Paper (MME)

Stamp (Stampin' Up)

Label Punch

Button & String

I absolutely love this dressform die cut. I didn't know how it would do cutting on a small format to fit on a card and it cut perfectly.

Digital design used to create this card:

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Other products used:

Patterned Paper (MME)

Stamps (Hero Arts & Stampin' Up)

Clear Embossing Powder

Buttons & String

Well, I think it's time for pizza night here with the family. No cooking for me. :) Yay!

Have a great evening...

Mid-Month Garden Projects

A little late in sharing these as the mid-month Garden went up at 2Peas on the 15th.

Here's my Easter layout using photos from our 2008 Easter.

(c) Two Peas In A Bucket

Lots of Making Memories stuff here plus the flower cut out paper was cut using the Silhouette and the "2008" and "enjoy life" were cut on the Cricut using the Graphically Speaking cartridge.

The flower die cut design for the Silhouette is SO cool and there are a bunch of other fabulous cut out designs available as well. I shared the circle cut out HERE and the square one HERE. I can't get enough of these. I love being able to make my own customized cut out paper. :) I'll be sharing even more of these designs over the next couple of weeks so stay tuned. ;)

The flower flourish and photo corners are also QK Revolution die cuts.

THIS photo corner and THIS one are must-haves. You can make your own matching photo corners for any project. Love that. I always like dies that can be used over and over again.

For more details and the supply list, click HERE.

And I did a couple of stamped cards for April's theme: stamping.

All Hero Arts stamps. 

(c) Two Peas In A Bucket

For more details and the supply list, click HERE.

I used one of the techniques I shared in my Stamp Camp class this week at 2peas: stamping background stamps on paper and then punching out a design. Makes for cute customized punched pieces. The heart punch is from Stampin' Up. It is just the perfect heart shape. I use it all the time. For the pretty white flourishes and the white sentiment, I first stamped with Versamark and embossed with white emobossing powder for that bright white finish.

In family news, we just got back from the Ear, Nose and Throat doctor and little dude will be having his tonsils out on May 12th. His tonsils are ginormous. One of the tonsils actually touches his uvula (that hangy down thing in your throat). That's how swollen they are. Lovely. And he is going to start taking children's Zyrtec for his allergies. Good times. ;)

Got Sketch?

I am honored that Valerie Salmon asked me to play along with the Got Sketch anniversary and here is the card I did for this week's sketch. :)

Supplies:

Patterned Papers (My Mind's Eye)

Journaling Shapes Designer Cuts by Kristina Werner for 2Peas

Flourish 4x4 Die with Flowers (Quickutz)

Cardstock (Bazzil)

Ribbon (Creative Impressions)

Scallop Edge Border Punch (Stampin' Up)

Leave it to Weaver Border Punch (Fiskars)

Gems (Hero Arts)

Greeting Stamp (Sweet Little Sentiments by Stampin' Up)

Other (staples, string and pop dots)

All the cards shared today on Got Sketch were inspired by this sketch:

I love all the inspiration and sketch ideas offered at Got Sketch. Such great idea starters. :)

Check it out if you get a minute!

Have a great Wednesday. :)

a new Hero Arts layout...

...to share!

This one is from the Hero Arts blog today. Just a quick layout showcasing distressing.

Supplies:

• Clear Design Fancy Friendship
• Clear Design Hugs and Hearts
• DesignBlock: Old Letter Writing
• DesignBlock: Four Leaf Grid
• NEW Dots and Flowers (on the big heart)
  
• NEW Dot Flourish Border (on the heart on the right)
  
• Walnut Stain Distress Ink, Baby Blue Shadow Ink and Memories Black Ink
• Other: Making Memories patterned papers, American Crafts ribbon, buttons, string, Quickutz Silhouette die cutting machine, brad
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• I die cut the "xoxo" border and used distress ink and THIS tool to distress the die cut. The hearts were die cut on the Silhouette as well and then I stamped them with a variety of background stamps and distressed the edges with the blending tool like I did with the "xoxo" die cut. 
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• Check out all the great samples and videos showing some amazing techniques HERE. :) 
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• Time to catch a quick bite of lunch with my boys! 
• xoxo 

Stamp Camp Week 3 at 2Peas & Hero Arts Blog Goodness

Good Monday morning!

I got home around 11 p.m. last night from my girl's weekend. It was such a wonderful time. Good food, good laughs, good creating and most of all good friends. I love those girls. :)

I wanted to pop in here this morning and let you all know that I have Week 3 of Stamp Camp over at 2peas this week.

If you missed the last couple of weeks here are a couple of links:

Robyn Werlich had Week 1: Stamping With Bleach. HERE is the link to the Education Board Post and HERE is the link to her project, video, etc.

Kristina Werner had Week 2: Stamping with Alpha Stamps. HERE is the link to the Education Board Post and HERE is the link to her project, video, etc.

I have Week 3: Background Stamping. HERE is the link to the Education Board Post and HERE is the link to the projects, video and PDF handout.

Background stamps are some of my very most favorite types of stamps. I reach for them all the time.

I am especially partial to the Hero Arts Background Stamps (just check out the yummy ones shown here). LOVE these!

For this class I am showing three uses for background stamps.

1. Using the background stamp "as is" (the yellow card).

2. Using shaped background stamps (the green and yellow owl card).

and

3. Using background stamps untraditionally. For the third sample (the butterfly card) I stamped background stamps on different colors of cardstock and punched butterflies from the stamped design.

Additional details and instructions on how I created these cards is available HERE.

If you get a second, take a peek at the Stamp Camp classes, they are so fun. I believe Miss Jennifer McGuire will be finishing up this Spring Stamp Camp next Monday. :)

Next, Jennifer is hosting the Hero Arts Blog this week and this week's focus is all about distressing. Fabulous stuff. I had forgotten how much I enjoy distressing. HERE is the link for today's post. Jennifer asked me to create a card this past weekend and here is what I came up with:

I cut all the shapes with the Silhouette.

Supplies:

• Houndstooth Background
• NEW Thank You Sayings
• NEW Dots and Flowers (on orange flower)
• NEW Grid Pattern (background stamp)
• NEW Designer Woodgrain (on yellow flower)
• Versamark Ink and Clear Embossing Powder (background)
• Walnut Stain Distress Ink (for distress inking), Black Memories Ink,Primary Elements Chalk Ink Queue (yellow), Soft Apricot Shadow Ink(orange) and Soft Pool Shadow Ink (blue)
• Chocolate Notecards
  
• Other: Quickutz Silhouette Die Cutting Machine, Creative Impressions patterned paper, buttons, string

Have a great day!

New Silhouette Designs

I am in love with my Silhouette and all the amazing things it can do. It rocks, I tell ya!

Here are some layouts featuring the latest digital download designs from Quickutz:

That awesome circle multi square cut like butter...how cute is that!

Digital designs used in this design:

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scallop_border_SM_1242

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Other products used:

My Mind's Eye papers, MM tag, string

The "Be Happy" was also cut from a digital design from the QK Home Decor CD.

Digital Designs used on this layout:

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squares_square_1302

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Other products used: Little Yellow Bicycle Baby Safari, MM Epoxy buttons

And just a little card with some of the leftover papers from the This Boy layout:

Digital Design used in this card:

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Other products used on this card: Little Yellow Bicylce papers, Stampin' Up Stamps,DigiKit Card Shapes Designer Cuts (used to cut the card).

Better run and get busy scrapping!

More soon!

At the airport...

...on my way to a fun weekend with my bestest friends. I have tons of projects to share and will do that tonight from the B&B. More soon!

2peas Warehouse Walk

Hey everyone!

I wanted to pop in here real quick and say that if you haven't checked out Mellypea's Blog at 2peas you may want to. :)

She is doing these really cute videos where she shows some cool things from the 2Peas warehouse each week, lots of new goodies, etc. This week she featured new Cosmo Cricket, lots and lots of new Fancy Pants, some 7Gypsies, Maya Road, etc.

This week 2Peas will be giving away one of the products Mellypea showed on the video. To be entered to win, just leave a comment on her blog post HERE.

Good luck!