Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Coin Purse and some Sweet Felt Bows!!

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Hello!!

I'm stopping in real FAST just to share a Quick little Video I made that shows the SWEET little Coin Purse I made for my Little God Daughter/Niece for her 3rd Birthday!!
I used the AWESOME PTI Coin Purse Die and some of the Sweet October Afternoon Fabric!!
I have another Video Planned for this week to share some Tips and Tricks on ways to use these dies and to share some of the different Purses I've been BUSY Making!! I've also been BUSY making Bows and Barrett's!! I've used more of the PTI Stitching Dies and Bow Die along with some of the New Lil' Inker Dies!! I LOVE creating with Felt!! OHLALALA!!  LOVE how SWEET these all are!! =) I might be ALITTLE Biased though!! HAHAHAHA!! =)
Anyway, I didn't get any Good Photo's, but this video shows what I've done!!

Okay I've added these HORRIBLE Pictures!! =) I took them off the Computer while watching the Video!! I wanted to just give you an idea of what they looked like just in case you didn't want to watch the video!!  =)


THANKS for watching and have a FABULOUS WEEK!!

COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA   =)

Congratulations Graduate Card for 2 Challenges!! =)

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Hello!!
I'm stopping in to share a Congratulations Graduate Card!!

I've made it for two different Challenges!!
The MFTWSC#173 Challenge and the ColourQ #2 Challenge!!
I've used the New MFT Congratulations Center Piece Shaker Die!!
I LOVE how cute, easy and fun this was to make!! I die cut some of the FUN Confetti shapes that are a part of this Die Collection and used that along with some of the Sequins for the Inside of my Shaker!! I think If I had to do it over again I'd use some of the Orange Cardstock to back the shaker portion of the card with just to make it Stand on its own alittle more!! Other than that though I LOVE the way it turned out!! We have 8 Graduations we are invited to attend this year, so I'm gonna need 7 more cards!! HAHAHAHA!! I better get BUSY!!  =)



THANKS so much for stopping by and have a Fabulous Week!!

COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA  =)

Monday, April 28, 2014

Candy Jar Shaker Cards!! =)

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Hello!!
I'm stopping in to share a couple more Shaker Cards I've made for the Shaker Card Blog Hop!! =)
I thought it would be FUN to use the Candy Jar Candy Box Sizzix Die I have and create some little Shaker Cards!!
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Although its a Die for Candy Boxes I've used it to make a couple different Cards and I LOVE the way they turned out!! I can't wait to use these for a Special Occasion!!
Here they are in all of their SWEETNESS!!  =)


I had to create a Window for the Large Candy Jar Die and then I used a Waffle Flower Stamp for the Greeting!! For the Small Jar I used an Avery Elle Stamp for the Greeting!!
THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by and have a FABULOUS WEEK!!

COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA   =)

Shaker Baby & Love Cards for Two Challenges!! =)

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Hello!!
I'm stopping in to share two cards I've made for today!!
I have had several Cousins and Friends have babies just in the last couple of weeks so I have been making TONS of Baby Cards and I wanted to combine these two Challenges to make a SWEET Baby Shaker Card!! I used the New PTI Special Delivery Stamp Set along with the PTI Special Delivery Sentiments Stamp Set!! I LOVE this FUN little set and ALL of the Possibilities it holds!! Beings I have two boys Especially I can see using these sets ALOT! =)
I tried to match the colors with Inks I had for the Baby Shaker Card that I'm entering into the COLOURQ CHALLENGE #238!!  I ended up using PTI Spring Moss and Blueberry Sky Ink and then Simon Says Stamp Lemon Chiffon Ink!! I LOVE the colors together!! I used some Kraft Beads along with some Studio Calico Wood Veneer Stars and some Gathered Twigs Distress Ink to ink and Distress all of the pieces!! I LOVE the way it came together!!


For my next card I've  used the same PTI Special Delivery Sets to create another Sweet Love Shaker Card using the Flower Truck!! OH~HOW I LOVE this!! =) I embossed the Flowers on the truck with some Zing Rouge Embossing Powder and I LOVE how it looks!! I added some BEAUTIFUL PTI Die cut Felt Flowers that I layered using different Colors of Felt and I inked the edges for some added texture!! I thought this would be PERFECT for a Mother's Day Card or even a Just Because Card!!

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

COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA   =)

Sunday, April 27, 2014

Pretty Pink Posh Sequin Skacker Blog Hop!! =)

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Hello!!
I LOVE SHAKER CARDS!!
I usually enjoy making these for Special Birthday or Occasion Cards!! So today I'm going to share a Card I've made for Beckett's 1st Grade Teacher!! School will be out in a month for Summer already!! AHHHH~where has this year gone!!?? I can't wait for summer, but it is coming TOO fast!! We will be Celebrating the Teacher's Next Week during a Special Appreciation Program!! I wanted to make a Card to go with the FUN Gift Basket we're giving her and after looking through my Stash I decided it would be SO CUTE to create an APPLE Shaker Card for her!!
I've used an MFT Apple Die along with a Smaller PTI Apple Die and all the Stamps are from Reverse Confetti!! I LOVE the way this came together!!



I hope you'll join in on the FUN!!
THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by today and have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!! =)

COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA   =)

AE Challenge!! =)

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Hello!!
I'm stopping in to share the card I made for the Avery Elle Challenge!!
This week it's a Color Challenge!! I LOVE these!! I thought it would be FUN o do an Inlayed Die Design using some of the New Avery Elle Dies I just got!! YIPPEE!!
I used the AE Hello Die along with the AE Star Dies from the Ornament Simply Tags Die Set and then the colors for the challenge which I decided to do a Water Color Design so I used my Distress Markers in Tumbled Glass, Peacock Feathers and Shabby Shutters worked Perfectly!! I also used Pumice Stone for some shading and added some Clear Wink of Stella to the Hello Die to make it POP!! I LOVE the way it turned out!!



THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by today and have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!!
COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA  =)

Saturday, April 26, 2014

Paper Smooches SPARKS and Moxie Fab Water Colored Script Card!! =)

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Hello!!
I hope your Weekend is going GREAT!!?? Mine has been a BUSY one so far and with a First Communion for one of my God Children and then a 3rd Birthday Party for another one; tomorrow is going to be EQUALLY as Busy, but OH SO FUN!! =)
I wanted to stop in and share a Card I made for two different Challenges!!
Play along with THIS week's challenge!
The Anything Goes Challenge with Paper Smooches SPARKS and a FUN Handwriting Challenge over on the Moxie Fab World Blog!!
I have been LOVING all of the AMAZING New Script Stamp Sets and the New Bold Buzzwords by Paper Smooches is one of my FAVORITES!!
     
Bold Buzz Words    Love Word Die  

 I have LOVED the die for a year now and even though the New Stamp doesn't coordinate EXACTLY with the Die its actually a really close fit as you'll see on my card!! I wanted to do a FUN Water Colored Technique on some Distress Water Color Paper (my FAVORITE Water Color Paper) so I cut a piece down to A2 Size and stamped the Script Love Stamp with two different colors of Distress Ink!! I then took some Perfect Pearls that I mixed with some water in a spray bottle and sprayed the Stamped Script Word so that it would Bleed and Blend!! I then dried it with my heat gun and then inked up the stamp again only this time I sprayed the Stamp with the Perfect Pearls Spray and then stamped it right over the last Stamped LOVE and then dried it and I ended up with a Really Neat Water Colored Script Love Word!! I repeated this Several times ALL Over my Distress Water Color Panel!! I then took one of the Solid Heart Stamps and Inked it up in the coordinating Distress Ink Color and Sprayed it with the spray and then Stamped it in the centers of all of the O's!! I dried them and set my panel aside!! I then took another piece of the same Distress Water Color Paper and marked out where my stamped Script LOVE Words were!! I took my PS LOVE Die and die cut several of the LOVE words out of the Card front Panel trying to line them up with the stamped LOVE words as best I could!! I then took the same Script LOVE Stamp and stamped the Word LOVE all over my Card Front Panel amongst all of the Die Cut LOVE words in VersaFine Black Onyx Ink!! I LOVE the way this turned out!! SQUEAL!!   =) 
I then layered my two panels using some Foam Tape and my card was finished!! SO HAPPY with this Card!! I hope you'll give the Water Color Techniques a Try they are SO FUN and Addictive!!
Here is my finished Card!!




Hopefully you can see how close the stamp lines up with the Die especially for a FUN Technique like this one!! I wish you could see how PRETTY this is with the Perfect Pearls!! In real life it is so Shimmery!! I LOVE it!! =)
THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by and I hope you have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!!

COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA   =)

Friday, April 25, 2014

Inky Paws Challenge #9 with Newton's Nook!! =)

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Hello and Happy Friday!!
Are you ready for the first day of 
#09 Inky Paws Challenge!!?? 
This month's challenge is a Color Challenge!!
 The colors we're looking for in projects arePale Pink  • Yellow • Lilac • Soft Green
 
Are you ready to get your paws inky with us and play along to win a prize? The Challenge winner will receive a $10 store credit to our online store and a Inky Paws Challenge Top Pick Badge to add to your blog! If we get more than 15 participants, we will choose two winners so be sure to tell your friends to play along! 
You'll have two weeks to play along. Deadline to enter is Friday,  May 9th, 2014 at Midnight CST. The winners will be announced on the NND blog on Monday, May 12th.

Are you ready to play along and get your paws inky? 

  • Create a NEW project (card or other paper craft item) based on the sketch above.
  • Your project MUST use at least one Newton's Nook Designs stamped image (or free digital stamp - check out our Freebies page).
  • Post your project to your blog or to an online photo gallery such as Flickr or splitcoaststampers (on splitcoast please use keywords newtonsnook and IPC09).
  • Link back to this challenge (if posting in an online gallery copy the link into the photo description). 
  • Submit your project to this challenge using the InLinkz widget below. You must submit a DIRECT link to your post page.
  • Have more than one great idea? You can enter more than once! Just link up each card separately. 
  • TIP: Please make sure your photo in focus  - We can't pick you as a winner if we can't see your card clearly because your photo is blurry! 
Here is the card I created!! 

 
I've stamped with Distress Markers and then sprayed the stamps with a Perfect Pearls Water Mixture!! I LOVE how BEAUTIFUL this is in real life!! I water colored my Image also using Distress Markers and then Fussy Cut it to add to the Stitched Heart Die from MFT!! I LOVE they way it came together!!
THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by and I hope you'll Play Along!!?? I'd LOVE o see what you create!! I hope you have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!! We are in FULL Branding and Planting Mode around here!! We will be working my Dad's Cattle this weekend and taking them back to Pasture after they've been in the Corn Stocks or Corralled to have their babes!! It's always a very FUN, but BUSY time of year!! Beckett and Adam have their LAST Soccer Game tomorrow and its been a really GOOD Season!! Now we are onto Baseball though and Beckett can't wait!! They will be using a Pitching Machine this year and he LOVES to hit so it should be a really AWESOME transition!! THANKS for letting me share!! I have a TON to share today so hopefully you'll come back and check out all that I have been BUSY Working on around here!!??  =)
 
COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA  =)

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Birthday Card for two MFT Challenges!! =)

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HELLO!!
I hope your week is off to a Great Start!!??

We had an AWESOME Easter with my first Easter as the Host under my belt with AMAZING reviews!! Here are the Kids out on the Deck right before the Easter Egg Hunt!! They had SO MUCH FUN!! Greyson wasn't interested in the eggs until he figured out there was candy inside them and then he wanted them ALL!! The kids were sharing alittle more that I would have liked, but you can't get mad about them sharing can you!!?? The food was Delicious and I was shocked that we had almost no leftovers!! Another sign it had to be good right!!??  =) The Homemade Ice Cream was the PERFECT Dessert as it got to 75 and we needed it to help cool us down!! The water Balloon Kit that the Easter Bunny left was a HUGE hit!! I'm not sure who enjoyed it more the Kids or the "Big" Kids!! HAHAHA!! I was SO BUSY I didn't get very many pictures of the day but hopefully I can share a few later this week!! Yesterday after we got everything cleaned up and put away Beckett said "Gee Mom it sure is a lot of work to have a Party at our house isn't it"!! I had to LAUGH!! LOTS of work, but so WORTH the work!! =)

Now onto my Card for today!! I'm entering this into both the MFTWSC172 Sketch Challenge and the Color Palette #4 Challenge!! I've made this Sweet Card for my Sister who's B-Day is this Month!! She LOVES Daisy's and had this exact color as her Wedding Flower and even has a Pink Diamond Wedding Ring!! So I KNOW she's gonna LOVE this Flower!! =)
I've used the New MFT Free with Purchase Daisy Dies and layered them together after inking them alittle for alittle more dimension!! Then I added some Art Glitter Fine Onyx Glass Glitter!! This stuff is SO PRETTY in real life!! =) I used the MFT Leaves die and inked them too!! I layered two of the MFT Pierced Oval Dies and then used some of the Stitched Layers from the BluePrint Collections!! I decided to ink all of the edges for a more dimensional look beings I decided to keep the majority of my card cream!! I stamped my sentiment from the MFT Happy Poppies Stamp Set and added a few Pearls to finish it off!! I just LOVE the way it turned out!!



THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by today and I hope you have a FABULOUS WEEK!!
COUNRTY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA  =)

Friday, April 18, 2014

HOP, SKIP & JUMP KIDS BLOG HOP!! =)

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Kids Blog Hop
HELLO!!
HAPPY FRIDAY!!
Welcome to the HOP, SKIP & JUMP KIDS BLOG HOP!!
Are you ready for some AMAZING Inspiration and some AMAZING Prizes!!?? First let's discuss the Prizes!!
 
The Kids Prize Pack features goodies like our Little Man and Little Girl Paper Pads, our favorite kid-themed 3D Stickers, Cardstock Stickers, and even our fun & tactile Puffy Stickers (and more – it's a $60 value!) This prize pack is not only perfect for making scrapbook pages of your little Monsters and Princesses, but it's also great for crafting up kid-friendly cards and Pinterest-worthy projects!

And to take the fun up another level, we're also giving away Little Man or Little Girl Paper Pads to (5) Runners-Up! That's right – 6 winners for one contest! We like those odds!!  =)

There are a few ways to enter - the first two are freebies by liking us on Facebook and signing up to receive Facebook notifications from us (we don't want you to miss any of our great project posts!). But the big entry comes from commenting on each of our designers' posts! If you do, you'll get +10 entries into our drawing! That sounds like a deal!
 
Kids' Blog Hop Designers











Make sure to hop through each designer down the list to be eligible for the most entries! When you're done, just hop back here and let us know! The hop will be running all weekend, so you have until Sunday at 11:59pm EST to get your entries in!!

HERE'S A FUN VIDEO FOR A BETTER LOOK AT MY WALL DECORATIONS!!  =)




So I like to create FUN Count Down Creations for each Holiday and for Birthdays!! I have this Vintage Ladder that we have hung on our wall in the Main Hallway and It's really FUN to have something SPECIAL to look at or to have a reason to Hide some Surprises in!! I've used the AMAZING Paper House Productions Papers along with some of my Sizzix Dies and Created all of the SWEET little creations!! I just LOVE the ROWN of Hanging Eggs, Birdhouses (Owl and Monster Houses in this case!!  HAHAHA!!) then the Sweet little Picket Fences with some of the Felt Barrettes and Bows I've made to give away for my Nieces on Easter!! I just LOVE the way it turned out!! SORRY for the photo quality, I had shadows no matter what time of day I took photos in!!
I've used these Paper House Production Papers and Stickers and these Sizzix Dies!! Just incase you'd like to recreate something similar for your own Wall or a Party!! =)
Owls Hoot! Collection  Owls Hoot Collection
Owls Puffy Sticker Owls Puffy Stickers
Lil' Monster Collection Lil Monster Collection

Farm 12" Scrapbook Paper Farm 12x12 Paper (I used Just the Top of the paper)
Impressions Paper Pad Impressions Paper Pad
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Small_a10762  XL Bigz Die Bag w/ Handles
 
I hope you are INSPIRED to get your Kids Craft on and that you're READY to be INSPIRED by the Rest of the DT!! So off you go on to the Next Stop on the Blog Hop!! =)

THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by and I hope you have a VERY FABULOUS & BLESSED EASTER WEEKEND!!

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I'm also linking this up for the FUN Art with Heart Challenge over on Eileen Hulls Blog!!
 COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA   =)