Just for Him - Valentine's Day Blog Hop

Hi everyone! Welcome to The Paisley Turtle & the JUST FOR HIM VALENTINE's BLOG HOP organized by Holly @ Scrappily Ever After If this is your first visit, I am so glad to have you. Please take a minute to look around, become a follower or leave some comments! :o)

Today, my project is a fun card for any man in your life - son, husband, nephew, cousin!!! I love this little dinosaur from Pink Paislee and decided he had to go on my project.



I decided to use some awesome papers I got MONTHS ago at Hobby Lobby by My Mind's Eye. They have a lot of pink and glitter in the stack, but I think I have shown how you can use these papers even for the GUY in your life.

I stamped the Dinosaur on a piece of patterned paper with some hearts on it, and used one of those hearts as part of the dinosaur. I stamped the dinosaur in Distress Embossing Ink, used C.T.M.H. black embossing powder. Then cut him out, using pop dots to place him on the patterned paper.

Then I decided it needed a little more EDGE. So I got out my trusty Zippo Candle Lighter and lit the cardstock (that I had randomly stamped with "RAWR") on fire around the edges. I only let it burn for a second and then blew the fire out. This was SO MUCH FUN, but should only be done in a safe place (like outside)!!!!



Supplies Used:
Love Nest Paper Stack by Carina Gardner & My Minds Eye
Kraft Cardstock - Recollections from Michael's
Light Kraft Cardstock - unknown
Dark Brown Chalk Ink by Colorbox
Dinosaur Stamp from the Vintage Pop set by Pink Paislee
Provo Craft rolling alphabet stamp
Pop Dots - The Paper Studio
Black Embossing Powder from Close to My Heart
Distress Embossing Ink by Ranger
Ribbon/Fiber unknown
Zippo Candle Lighter (used on RAWR paper & edges of fiber)

Card Dimensions:
5 1/2" x 5 1/2" Base
5" x 5" Layer one (Circles)
4 1/2" x 4 1/2" Layer Two (RAWR)
3" x 3" Layer Three (Red Dots)
1/2" wide Sentiment Strip (Pink

Thank you for stopping by today! Remember to visit all the ladies on the hop. For a complete list visit Holly @ Scrappily Ever After and remember to leave everyone some love!!!

1) Holly - Scrappily Ever After
2) Nancy - Fancy with Nancy
3) Karelj - Karel J
4) Theresa - The Scrapbooking Queen
5) Shannon - Purple Lion Paper
6) Laura - Makin Pretty Things
7) Lori - The Paisley Turtle <-- YOU ARE HERE!
8) Alina - Never Stop Scrapping
9) Janie - Typical Scrapbooker
10) Becky - BecksCriCards


Happy Valentine's Day to your & yours! God Bless!

My Top 10 Cards of 2010

I am participating in



Here are my Top 10 in NO particular order...


Simply Charmed Cricut Cartridge & Scrappy Mom's Stamps The Charmed Life Set, Paper-unknown


K.I. Memories Paper, Unity Stamp Company images


Paper Pad purchased at Michael's, My Favorite Things images


Patterned Paper unknown, Dictionary Pages, Unity Stamp Co. Paisley image, Stampin' Up Sentiment


Basic Grey Papers, Stamps Unknown


Basic Grey Papers, House Mouse Gruffies Image, Stampin' Up Sentiment


My Mind's Eye paper, Unity Stamp Company image


Basic Grey Papers, Stampin' Up images


Block Party Cricut Images, Unity Stamp Company sentiment


Freshly Picked Cricut Image, Hippie Chic Paper Pad

Thanks for stopping by and please leave a comment &/or become a follower!

Friday Sketch

This is my first week participating in Amy R's Friday Sketch. This is the sketch we were given last Friday:


And here is my card inspired by the sketch.


Supplies:
DCWV Textured Brown Cardstock
Love Nest Stack by My Mind's Eye (patterned papers)
Vintage Photo Distress Ink
Lemon Ice & Cotton Candy Stickles
Ribbon from Hobby Lobby
Scalloped Circle Nestabilities Die by Spellbinders
Thank you for Caring Stamp by Hero Arts

I am squeaking in getting this card done for this week's challenge, but hope to get next week's done a lot faster. Thanks for stopping by, leave some love, ask a question or become a follower. Now GO CREATE SOMETHING!

GIraffe Scrapbook Page

The last two pages I am going to share out of the scrapbook I made recently. I had a lot of fun cutting out this giraffe with the Paisley Cricut Cartridge that I got on my recent shopping trip with my MIL! LOVE LOVE LOVE this cartridge! The giraffe is cut from papers in my stash - love that about a cricut! And the rest of the papers are Twinkle, Twinkle Little Boy My Mind's Eye & Hobby Lobby Textured Cardstock. The little brads on the second page are The Paper Studio.





Thanks for dropping by today! Now GO CREATE SOMETHING!

It's a Boy!

Today's card was made for a family friend that is having a baby, actually he was born this morning! YAY! So I thought it only fitting tonight to post this card! I gave her a hand-crocheted baby blanket made by my Mother-in-law and this card to go with it. The baby's room is done in blues & browns so I thought it would make a great little piece of art to hang in his room as well! :o)



I stamped the Elephant off three times onto patterned paper, and then once onto my white cardstock. I cut out the entire elephant and placed him onto the white Cardstock (I realized I wouldn't have HAD to stamp him on the white first, but it helped me with placement), Then I cut out the ears & Trunk and pop-dotted them on, then finally I just cut out the ears, and then pop-dotted them on. It gave the elephant some REALLY nice dimension! And for a final touch I added some stickles to his little toenails, since the patterned paper had some glossy areas the sparkly toenails really stood out an looked cute!

Supplies:
Stamp: Unity Stamp Company Set Wild & Crazy Bunch
Papers: Twinkle,Twinkle Little Boy by My Mind's Eye, Cardstock from Hobby Lobby
Buttons: Walmart bag of buttons (one even said baby gap on it! HOW CUTE!!!!!)
Other: Memento Rich Cocoa Ink, CTMH Waxy Flax in the buttons


Thanks for stopping by and please say a prayer for baby Kaiden and his mommy! Now go CREATE SOMETHING!

BRRRRRR.........

We are snowed in here in Middle Tennessee, and it has been a fun two days of snuggling up on the couch and watching movies. I would be crafting, but the snow has given my husband the past two nights off from work, so we have been spending quality time together!

I wanted to share a couple more scrapbook pages from the baby boy album I completed last week for someone. These are all VERY SIMPLE pages that were made for someone who is a non-scrapbooker so she can just stick pictures in, but the person I made the album for LOVED IT, and I cannot wait for her to give it to the Momma-to-be! Today was supposed to be her baby shower, but it was cancelled because of the snow. So I am glad I took my present over yesterday so she had something to open today! :o)

This is the last page of the album. I made this to hold one bigger photo. All papers are My Mind's Eye Twinkle, Twinkle Little Boy Stock & Hobby Lobby's By the Sheet Textured Cardstock. I used some cool Creative Imaginations Melange Rock-A-Bye Boy 3D Stickers to finish off the page.


The next two pages use the same papers, and some cute stickers from Doodlebug Designs Bitty Baby Boy Stickers.




Like I said they are clean and simple, so Mom can just get her pictures printed and with a little adhesive she will have a great album!

Church is snowed out in the morning so we will get up a little later than normal and have some prayer time, and then maybe we will get out if the roads are clear! But I will DEFINITELY get into my PLAY ROOM to make something fun! Now Go CREATE SOMETHING!!!!!