Hello DIGI Thursday..

Good Morning Divas,
I've decided today will be DIGI Thursday for my creating inspirations...

I had a very dear friend who got the nasty flu and needed a pick me up! Along came my Ducky theme card. Over at Cleardollarstamps.com they have the greatest Digi stamps. All affordable and easy to use..

I sent this card to cheer a friend.. but remember just because my friend is female doesn't mean with a little color change this wouldn't be a fabulous card for any male in your life...

Happy Kreating Divas...

Liz

Guest Post by Lisa West - Faithbooking!

Hello Divas,

Luisa here...  Today am excited to share another Guest Post from Lisa West.  This is a Faithbooking post and is amazing.

You can see more creations from Lisa at her blog: Letters and Lace!!!

Thanks Lisa for being these wonderful posts...

Let's move onto Lisa's post!

Psalms 139: 13-16 is the opening page (8x8) for my first Faithbook. The theme, You Are Who You are For a Reason, continues throughout this book with every page.  The last blog post (in Feb.) for 

Faithbooking with the CSD 's shows the inspiration and some ideas for completing an 8x8 book carrying this same theme.

My inspiration for these awesome paper flowers came from Lisa at What A Beautiful Mess. I honestly have been referring to her flowers and flourishes for a while because they are so AWESOME! These pink flowers were stamped, cut out, and sprayed with water to crinkle up. After drying I inked and painted with Glossy Accents which also holds the jewels in the center. Metallic gold edges the flowers.

The little gold metal flowers are ornament tops flattened with a jewel placed in the center. I then handcut a few leafy vines from patterned paper to surround the yellow glittered flourishes.

This finishes my first complete Faithbook. I hope it was an inspiration to you.

Hugs and Blessings,

Lisa West!!!

Coloring Book Mini Album for the Birthday Girl

Today at the Mansion, I am sharing a birthday gift I made for sweet Ariana who will be turning 4 on April 3rd.  She is always peeking around the corner when I am browsing through all of my digi images.  Her soft, sweet, little voice always asks "can you make me a picture to color mommy?"

This gave me an idea . . . why not make her very own coloring book with some of the

girly images she loves so much.

I started with Medium Chipboard and printed out 8 images

from various artists:

Meljen Designs

Whoopsi Daisy

The Paper Shelter

Crafty Sentiments

and

Beary Dust Stamps

I printed 4 images to one page, leaving the images to measure 4 1/4 by 5 1/2 after being cut.  This gave me the opportunity to cut my chipboard a bit larger so that the coloring pages fit inside comfortably.

I used a hole punch to cut 5 holes across the top of the front and back covers to be able to feed ribbon through later.  

I then covered the  chipboard with some dp I received from my Blend 

Cindy at cre8ivecindy.  I really liked the cream color for the front and the flower print for the back. 

After picking out some coordinating embellishments and a fun stamp by Unity Stamp Co., it was all coming together beautifully.

The pink sticker has a cute little sentiment that I felt was fitting for my sweetheart.  

It says, "i just love you plain and simple".  This left room for me to add

some alphas to place her name in the center.

This tag and the red flower next to it are from a set called

Lickety Splits by Imaginisce.

I added a punched butterfly from my BFF Teresa. 

By the way, Teresa is the New Blog on the Block 

and can be found at skybluepink creations.  Pop over and say hello.  

I got the pink lace out of my stash and pleated it along the bottom and then added a satin olive green bow to offset all the pastel colors.  

 I tied some other ribbons from my stash to the top for added flair, and put the coloring pages inside.

It is all complete.

I am super excited to give this to her on her birthday!

Thanks for stopping by the Mansion!

Keep Crafting

:O)
Jessica

March GDT - Beckie Woodall joins us for Week 4

Welcome back to week 4 of my month-long adventure at Creative Scrapbooking Divas as Sunday Guest Designer. It's me, Beckie, and I'm sharing blog space with you today at CSD and Just B Creative Crazy. I hope you are enjoying my "Happy" inspirations.
Where has the time gone? This is my last posting and your last time to get linked-up with your happy card.

If you remember from past week's post, I'm bringing the Happiness this month. Each Sunday I want to showcase a card using "Happy". So here is today's inspiration.

Happy Easter!

This super cute stamp is from Digi Darla . The awesome ribbon is from my friend Julie at 3GJ .

I hope you’ve found some inspiration in my card. I would like to invite you to play along, make your own “Happy…” Card and link-up. You can link-up as often as you want until March 31st.
That's right, we've extended the time to link-up. So get your Happy on ;0)

I love prizes too!! So link-up and play along with me, then on Sunday, April 1st…Mr. Random Number Generator will choose a lucky linker to win the All Mixed Up Cricut Cartridge.

Thanks for stopping by!!! Come back and see what happiness next Sunday brings!

Be blessed, Beckie

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Flip-It Card

Here is a card I made using Stephanie Barnard's Flip-it Fancy Label die.

 

Here is the die.

I also used Stephanie Barnard's Sizzix Fancy Label Die.

Here are a couple more pics of the card.

I really like the Flip-it dies. I love the character and dimension it gives to a card,

no matter how simple the card.

Hope you like it!

Happy Crafting!

~Michelle

Happy Thursday Divas!

Hello friends,
I have had a busy busy week.. I am making my post short and sweet this week.. I am sharing two pages from my Scrapbook... I have had a fun time scrapping my nephews bday.. Always remember no matter how far behind you may get it is extremely worth it to scrapbook and re live those special moments you capture on camera..
I treasure all the moments and journal and keep notes on the events.. It's easy to do if you print your pictures and sort them in a box so when you have time you can feel organized and ready to go...

Happy Scrapping all..

Liz

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Today for my CSDivas DT Post, I am thrilled

to announce some

fabulous prize 

winners.

First,

for the Spread the Word

Prize

Random Number generator

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Karen Ladd!!!!

Congrats Karen!!!

And for our GRAND PRIZE

BLOG HOP

I placed everyone's names on slips of paper

and put them into my

trusty "lucky contestants" bag.

I then allowed

my sweet little man, Lance Jr.

pick a name out of

all those who

stopped at each Divas' blog for each day of the Hop

and everyone did a fabulous job and became

FB fans, too.

The lucky GRAND PRIZE WINNER IS

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Karen Ladd!!!!

Congrats Karen!!!

The Luck of the Irish must still be with you Today!!!

I will be in touch  with you regarding your prizes!

Have a Happy and Crafty Day!

March GDT - Beckie Woodall joins us for Week 3

Welcome back to week 3 of my month-long adventure at Creative Scrapbooking Divas as Sunday Guest Designer. It's me, Beckie, and I'm sharing blog space with you today at CSD and Just B Creative Crazy. I hope you are enjoying my "Happy" inspirations.
Where has the time gone? Next Sunday will be my last posting and your last time to get linked-up with your happy card.

If you remember from past week's post, I'm bringing the Happiness this month. Each Sunday I want to showcase a card using "Happy". So here is today's inspiration.

Happy Spring!

I used Create-a-Critter and cut the Chick and Egg at 4". The super cute sentiment is from My Creative Time.

I hope you’ve found some inspiration in my card. I would like to invite you to play along, make your own “Happy…” Card and link-up. You can link-up as often as you want until March 23rd  March 30th.

I love prizes too!! So link-up and play along with me, then on my last Sunday post, March 25th  March 31st…Mr. Random Number Generator will choose a lucky linker to win the All Mixed Up Cricut Cartridge.

Thanks for stopping by!!! Come back and see what happiness next Sunday brings!

Be blessed, Beckie

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Altered Box

Happy Friday Everyone!

I hope you all enjoyed the Spring Fling Blog Hop!

Here is my Friday project.  

I needed a place to store my cards.  I purchased this box from Stampin' Up!  And then I altered it to match my craft room.  :)

Hope you like my box! 

Have a Happy Crafty Weekend!!

~Michelle

St. Patrick's Day is fast approaching..

Hello Divas,

Just a quick post today to share a Fabulous new release stamp from Taylored Expressions.com.

Lucky is a fantasic petite stamp and just perfect for St. Patty's Day..

The above two staples to my card along with colored cardstock is all I needed to create my cards..



Have a wonderful day Divas...
Liz

CSDivas Spring Fling Blog Hop! Welcome -

Welcome to our first Blog Hop of the Year!

It’s time to celebrate SPRING!! 

So come hop along with us for 3 days as we share our Spring projects. 

The Divas have prepared a wide range of projects that encompass all things SPRING!

Each DT will share a different project each day!  Make sure to hop the three days. 

This is the Grand Prize offered to one random person, who plays with us in the Divas Mansion.  Here is the picture:

To be eligible

1) You MUST leave a comment on each and every Diva’s blog on all three days and on each daily post here at CSDivas, letting us know that you have commented on each of the blogs.

2) Get an extra ticket for becoming fan of our FB CSDivas Page.  There is another Giveaway in the process just for becoming a fan.

While you are hopping along, you may find that a Diva may be offering a prize on their own personal blog as well.  So you definitely won’t want to skip over anyone.

Your Spring Fling Blog Hop Divas are:

Luisa - Creative Designs by Luisa http://www.creativedesignsbyluisa.com/

Jessica- Jessica's Blog http://jessicascraftshaque.blogspot.com/

Liz - Kreatabilities http://kreateabilities.blogspot.com/

Michelle - Michelles Happy Scrappy Place http://michelleshappyscrappyplace.blogspot.com/

If at any time you get lost, just come back here.

Now…….start Hoppin’!!!

The Divas...

GDT - Beckie Woodall joins us for Week 2!!!

Welcome back to Creative Scrapbooking Divas Sunday with me Guest Designer, Beckie. I'm sharing blog space with you today at CSD and Just B Creative Crazy. I hope you are enjoying my "Happy" inspirations.

If you remember from last week's post, I'm bringing the Happiness this month. Each Sunday I want to showcase a card using "Happy". So here is today's inspiration.

Happy Birthday

I used Create-a-Critter and cut the Bee at 4". The super cute hat and the balloon are from The Cutting Cafe.

I hope you’ve found some inspiration in my card. I would like to invite you to play along in a month-long challenge. Each week I’m gonna share a “Happy ….” Card. So if you wanna play, make your own “Happy…” Card and link-up. You can link-up as often as you want until March 23rd  March 30th.

I love prizes too!! So link-up and play along with me, then on my last Sunday post, March 25th  March 31st...Mr. Random Number Generator will choose a lucky linker to win the All Mixed Up Cricut Cartridge.

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Thanks for stopping by!!! Come back and see what happiness next Sunday brings!

Be blessed, Beckie

Cross Card

Hello Divas! Happy Friday!!
My project today is a card I made using the Sizzix fancy label flip it die by Stephanie Barnard. I absolutely love this die.

I also used the Sizzix framelits fancy labels by Stephanie Barnard as well.

And here is my card...........

Here is the inside..

It says "For God so loved you and me!"
Here is a side view of the card so you can get a better idea of what the flip it die is.

Hope you enjoyed my card! God does love you and me!
Happy Crafting!!
~Michelle

A Season of Green ~ Card sets are fantastic to have on hand..

Hello Divas,
The Month of March is the season of Green.. at least for me.. I was thinking of what my post would be on today and saw a beautiful patterned paper in my collection and thought.. YAY! Green..

I encourage you to choose a stamp set or two and get your dies out and make a card in multiples. It really is the best way to make sure you never forget an occasion or remember to thank someone. If you have cards on hand you tend to be quicker on sending that special note right when you think of it instead of waiting until you have some craft time..

I chose a sentiment stamp from Verve Stamps and the flower used is a stamp/die set from heartfelt creations and spellbinders..
the label used is Spellbinders also..

I simply took 3 sheets of paper, green, vanilla and my pattern paper and cut them done to size for layering.. I normally just eyeball this with my paper cutter.

I leave the inside of my cards blank so they are ready for anything.. :)

Remember making multiples is also fun when thinking of gifts for friends and family.. Who wouldn't appreciate a hand made card set made from your creativity and love..

Enjoy,

Liz



P-12 March sketch and January LO

Hello Divas,
Luisa again... today is time to share Project Life layouts and sketches!  Ready...

These are January sketch and color combination:

And here is my January layout:


I almost forgot about the green color and added at the last moment the green borders and changed the banner color to green!
As you can see I don't follow the sketch exactly.  I make it work for my pictures and my style.
This year I decided to use this Monthly Journaling long blocks.  Am using them for two reasons:
1) Consistensy in my layouts.
2) I don't have to worry about the Title anymore.

Also, since the journaling block has numbered lines from 1-8 I will try to limit my pictures to 8.  Not sure I will always be able to, but will try (lol)!

Just a reminder, here are February's sketch and color combination:

For the colors, you only need to use white/black/red and green.

Also, please be noticed I will be flexible with the use of the color combo.  But, if you do use it, you will get an extra ticket.  February layout is due on March 20th...

And since it's March already, here are MARCH sketch and color combo:

I love circles in my layouts and that's that appealed more to me from this pagemaps sketch.

As for color combination, I found this one to be "Springy" for me. Love the twist of adding grey color to yellow/green/pink!  What do you think?

REMEMBER:  If you use the color combination you get an extra point.

Due date for March sketch is April 20th, 2012.

Last but not least!  Don't forget about our Spring Fling Blog Hop...

Here is the picture of the Grand Prize!!!! 

And also remember the "Spread the Word" challenge!  Here is the picture of the prize for this challenge: 

You still have a chance to play...

Hugs and blessings,