Saturday, March 31, 2012

The Craft's Meow Inspiration Challenge!! =)

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I LOVED the fun INSPIRATION photo for this challenge!!
Simply Delightful    Timeless Tags 
  Little Frieda at the Seashore    Vintage Snowflakes
I LOVE the color purple and I wanted to use the purple and the green from the picture. I used the Spellbinder's label die to cut through the front of my card and then stamped the label and the sentiment on the inside of the card!! I stamped a flower and then a snowflake in yellow that I used for the layering flower!! Then I added a gem and some twine from The Twinery and silk ribbon from May Arts!! I LOVE the clean look!!
Here are some pictures of my card!!

THANKS for stopping by and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)

COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA  =)

The Craft's Meow 1st Birthday Color CHallenge!! =)

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I LOVED the fun colors and the image for INSPIRATION!!
      Get Well Soon       Sent With Love
I was looking at the New Stamp sets and I was thinking of how I could make a basket when I saw the bandaid and decided to stamp it out to see if I layered them if it would make a CUTE basket!!??
Well to my surprise it was SO CUTE!! SO I then decided I needed some eggs to put in my basket and I decided to stamp the balloons and I cut them out of My Mind's Eye Miss Caroline collection decorative papers in the colors of the challenge!!
I added a fun handle and some twine bows and then a sentiment!! I LOVE the way it turned out!!
Here's my FUN Card!!

THANKS for stopping by and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)

COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA  =)

The Craft's Meow Birthday Celebration Challenge!! =)

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I had SO much fun with this challenge!!
Beautiful Spring        Timeless Tags
I wanted to make a FUN background using the NEW Stamp Set and I decided to stamp it on canvas!!
I used two masks so that I could layer the flowers on top of one another, yet make them still look nice!! I used watercolor pencils from Faber Castel (I used a light yellow and light orange then a light silver grey for some shading. I used a light turquoise for the background). Then I stamped a butterfly and pieced it together. I added some rock candy stickles for some fun and then added a stitched curl so that it looks like the butterfly is flying among the flowers!! I stamped a label and the greeting and added buttons for some dimension!!
Here is my card!!


THANKS for stopping by and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)

COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA  =)

The Craft's Meow Birthday Sketch Challenge!! =)

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I LOVE the sketch!!
Here is what I came up with!!


Sew Lovely   
Timeless Tags
I wanted to make a FUN framed image and I decided to use the frame and them stamp the dress on the dress form on the inside of the frame!! Then I cut out another frame with the center cut out and popped it up so that it would be a layered 3-D frame!! I used a pretty floral patterned paper from the My Mind's Eye Miss Caroline collection!! I cut some of the little flowers out of the paper and layered them to the buttons on the frame and added a gem to the center. I then stamped the floral frame and added the sentiment then layered it to the May Arts Ribbon!! I added some ink to make the card look more antiqued and I LOVE the way it turned out!!
Thanks for stopping by and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)

COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA  =)

The Craft's Meow March Sketch Challenge!! =)

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I LOVED the fun challenge this week over on The Craft's Meow Blog!!
You can find it here: http://thecraftsmeowshop.blogspot.com/2012/03/crafts-meow-march-sketch-challenge.html
I wanted to use the Butterfly from the New Stamp set released earlier this month!! Then I used the sentiments from the other New Stamp set!!
Beautiful Spring     Cherished
I cut parts out and layered them using some Rock Candy Stickles!!
I used papers from the My Mind's Eye Miss Caroline collection and I LOVE the way they look with the NEW stamps!! I used some May Arts Lace Ribbon with Pearls and added some punched edges!!
Here are some photos of my card!!


THANKS for stopping by and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)

COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA  =)

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Rosettes Color Trends Challenge!! =)

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I LOVE the FUN challenge this week over on the Embellish Magazine Blog here:
http://embellishmagazine.com/blog/
I just had to play along and it just so happens that I had some fun grey and white polka dot fabric. I wanted to make a FUN fabric flower and then added some crocheted flowers that I had in my stash one fuscia and one turquoise. I then added some grey netting and a felt light purple flower along with a yellow paper flower and a button with a twine bow in the center!!
I then added it to a white card background and added some Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist splatters!! I used Pink Bubble Gum, Bahama Blue and Pomegranate. I LOVE the added touch it gives!! I then wanted to emboss my sentiment which is from a The Craft's Meow sentiment set!! I used charcoal Zing Embossing powder by American Crafts and then attached the whole thing to a turquoise card base!! I roughed up the edges and used a charcoal ink to the edges!!
Here are some photo's of my FUN card!! =)


THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)

COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA  =)

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Trigger Tuesday:Simple Elegance =)

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(SORRY for the ERROR!! I was having trouble with blogger showing my photos!! I finally got this one to show up even though on my draft it was loaded 6 times before it would show on the web page!!?? My first problem so I guess that's good!! I hope you enjoy the card and THANKS for stopping by!! =)


This week's challenge was really fun!! I tried to stay with the Simple Elegance theme and I had two different stamp sets that I thought would make PERFECT cards for this challenge!!
So here is what a came up with~

For my first card I decided to use a CUTE stamp from La Blanche!!
I saw this and thought of my SWEET Mother In-Law!! She LOVES cats and this stamp made me think of her so I wanted to make a Mother's Day Card for her!! I decide to make it into a 3-D card because I wanted to add some dimension to it to make it look more realistic. So I stamped the main image onto the La Blanche stamping paper and then onto a white muslin fabric with Archival Jet Black Ink. I cut out the main image and then used an exact-o knife to cut out the fabric part of the chair and inserted the stamped muslin fabric piece to make the chair 3-D. I colored the muslin with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Vintage Pink and then attached the frame that I colored with a Brown Gloss varnish. I LOVE the realistic effect that it gives the the wood chair base!! I then added the stamped cat and added the cute Pink Bow!!  I LOVE the final card!! I can't wait to give it to my Mother-in-Law on Mother's Day, I KNOW she's going to LOVE it!!  =)

For my second card I used the Hero Arts and Sizzix stamp set and I wanted to use some of my Paper Trey Stack-em dies!! I embossed the large die with a Tim Holtz folder and then added some May Arts Burlap ribbon!! I LOVE the simple look!!

THANKS for stopping by and have a FABULOUS WEEK!!

COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA  =)

Monday, March 12, 2012

The Cure for the Winter Blues Challenge!! =)

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Here are just a few of the BEAUTIFUL BLUE challenge pics that Cath over on the Moxie Fab World Blog gave us for Inspiration!! You can find it here~
http://www.moxiefabworld.com/2012/02/cure-for-winter-blues-challenge.html
I wanted to try out this FUN technique that I have seen on a couple videos you can find one of them  here~http://scraptime.ca/blogpage/?p=4517
I used one of my NEW La Blanche Stamps and melted some Clear Ultra Thick Embossing Powder in my Ranger Melting Pot and then poured the Embossing Powder over the stamp after I had inked it up with Jet Black Archival Ink!!
Now to change it up a bit I wanted to color in the image a little so I used some Alcohol Inks by Ranger and I absolutely LOVE the way it turned out!! I am calling him my Little Boy Blue Card!! =)
My dad just recently suffered from a Massive Heart Attach it caught us ALL of guard and the doctors were surprised he made it to the hospital after they did his Heart Cath~I believe god wasn't ready for him yet!! =) Which is a BLESSING all it own. He had to have a Quadruple Bypass and I thought this would make a GREAT welcome home card for him!! He is a farmer and the overalls remind me of him when he is working!!
Here is a pic of my card!!


Here are a couple close ups just for a better look of the effect. I am SO going to try this technique again only I want to play around with other colors and additives!!  
I hope you'll check out the video on this technique and give it a try!!
Have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)

COUNTRY-HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA   =)

Sunday, March 11, 2012

A is for Apricot~Tuesday Trigger!! =)

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This week over on the Moxie Fab World Blog here:
http://www.moxiefabworld.com/2012/03/tuesday-trigger-is-for-apricot.html
You can find all of the entries!!
I decided to do my FIRST project with some sewing and wouldn't ya know just my luck to have my machine break down!! So I had already started and had to finish the rest of my project by hand stitching it!! Here is what I came up with:



I had some Webster's Pages Paper and the colors were exactly the right for the challenge!!
I wanted to make a Fun Birthday card and I LOVE the way it turned out!!
THANKS for stopping by and have a FABULOUS WEEK!!

COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA  =)

Friday, March 9, 2012

Spring Color Trends Challenge!! =)

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So this month over on the Embellish Magazine Blog here: http://embellishmagazine.com/blog/
the challenge was to make a Spring Themed Project!! I wanted to use some of the papers from my stash and I found this Sassafraslass paper that had ALL of the colors in it!! I just looked and looked at and waited for it to take my in a direction!! Well I ended up using a Martha Stewart Punch-all-over the page punch (a scalloped square) to make the fun window border!! I then cut an image from the edge of a My Mind's Eye 6x6 paper and then placed it inside the window and backed the rest of the window with a Prima Marketing Ledger paper. I then curled up the edges of the paper to create a fun edge!! Then I used a WPlus9 Sentiment Stamp on the bottom of my card!! I added some May Arts Burlap Twine and I LOVE the way it turned out!!
Here a few photos of the finished card!!




 THANKS for stopping by and have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!! =)

COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA   =)