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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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

Beckie Woodall - March Guest Designer

It is with great

pleasure and excitement

that I get to announce our March Guest Designer 

here at the Divas' Mansion.

Beckie, is a wonderful Blend and a very talented

artist.  We are

absolutely thrilled

to have 

her joining us this month.

So without, further ado, I now introduce you to Beckie . . . 

Great Sunday to you my crafty friends! I’m Beckie of Just B Creative Crazy. I have been invited to join you as March’s Guest Design Team Member.

I am so super excited to have been invited to share every Sunday in March with you! YAY!

Here’s a little bit about me…

How long have you been scrapbooking?

Though I have been crafting off and on my entire life, I have only found paper-crafting since last September. I instantly fell in love and am totally loving blogging :0D

What is your scrapbook style?

I don’t know that I have a specific style. I just get an idea in my head and go with it. I guess usually I lean toward fun and cheery.

Where do you create your projects?

Ha ha…right now my craft space is a corner in my bedroom. It’s a cute little set up with a computer station and craft table. Don’t need much space to have a blast ;0)

What are your favorite scrapbooking tools/colors/techniques?

I simply love digital stamps and glitter. I do love to create with my Cricut, too. Being so new to paper-crafting there is a lot out there that I have yet to try…but I am venturing out everyday.

Where do you find inspiration?

My inspiration comes from fellow bloggers ! I love looking around and seeing the awesome talent displayed by all the friends I have made.

What is favorite scrapbooking tip?

There are so many tips, I just don’t know if one can answer. I guess the most handy tip I discovered is wet wipes! You can use ‘em for so much. I just love it.


Enough about me let’s get to the projects….

Since I’m gonna be with you the whole month of March, I’ve decided my monthly theme will be HAPPY! Today I wanna share a “Happy St. Patty’s Day” Card.

Here is my card…

I used the Spring Holiday Cards Cartridge. I cut everything at 5”. Then I accented with white gel roll pen.

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

Krafts Inventory and A Card

Do you ever go to your local Craft/Scrapbook Store and as you are browsing you pick up some

item that wasn't on the list of things you were planning to purchase?  Of course, we all have done that! Only to come home and to realize you have that already and you haven't even used it???

Now I am sure we have all done that at least once!  Well I have done that quite a few times!

So this leads me to the question.........

How do you keep track/inventory of all your goodies??

Here is a solution my sister found in the iTunes App Store! 

Because of course.......THERE IS AN APP FOR THAT!! 

Hope some of you can take advantage of this app.  So far its working for my sister and I.  It's just

time consuming to inventory everything.  But in the end it will be worth it.  You can also organize your projects in progress, ideas etc. 

Now onto my card.........

 

Using my Rose Creations Spellbinders

And the new stamp set that I bought from Heartfelt Creations at the Scrapbook Expo. 

I made this card.

Here is a close up picture of the flower.  I also brushed on some glittery stickles

 to give it some sparkle.

Hope you like my card!

Happy Crafting!!

~Michelle

! ! ! ! Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na - - - You Say It's Your Birthday! ! ! !

Today for my CSDivas DT Post, I am changing it up a bit.  

The CSDivas have been an avid part of who I am as a crafter and creator and have helped me grow tremendously over the last year.  Since they are so warm and inviting, I wanted to share their encouragement with Teresa, my BFF.   So for today, I am showcasing a few crafty projects she completed.  She doesn't have a blog yet (but this is on my to do list to help her out...he he he).  

She was  visiting this weekend to celebrate the 4 birthdays that took place this month just in our house....LOL.  Haylee is now 2, Lance Jr. is now 5,  I just turned 30 something, with the DH, Lance a day behind me turning 30 something as well.  Teresa and I have always shared compassion for art and I was blown away when she arrived today.  Look what she brought with her....

She said that she wanted to give us an Island Getaway!!!  LOVE IT!!!

Teresa spent a lot of time working on this fabulous cake for the entire February Birthday crew . . . and it was so so so very yummy.  The kids couldn't wait to dip into the wonderful waterfall of sugary sweet goodness.

After cake, there was crafty time.  Because, what is a BFF visit without some crafty time, right???

While I sat at my computer to show Teresa some inspiration and enable her to join Pinterest (LOL), she got started right away.  She knew she wanted to make a Birthday card for her dear sweet SIL, Jenn.   Isn't this lovely?  I think Teresa is really a true natural at this....don't you?

Supplies:

Cosmo Cricket - Primrose (dbl sided)

Sentiments from My Pink Stamper - Birthday Crazy

TH Distress Inks and Embossing Powder

Ovals cut using Creative Memories tools

Rose by I Am Roses

Pearls, Lace and Fibers from Stash

Embossed with dots folder and damask folder

Metal charm - Pixie Press

Please leave lots of love so that I can share

all of the wonderfully encouraging words with Teresa.

She will love it!!!

Keep Crafting 

:O)

 Jessica 

Teresa

Paper Piecing Tutorial

Today at the Mansion, I am sharing a video tutorial 

on a quick and simple

way to use your stamps

and 

paper piecing.

For the paper piecing, I used a flower stamp from  The Ippity set - Now & Always.

I really love the flourishes in this set.

My sentiment is from the Unity 03/10 KOM  - Rockin' It Unity Style

Here is the video

Short and Sweet

(still working on perfecting the video

options on my camera, so thank

you for your patience)

Here are a few still pictures of the process

 Here you see the paper products I used:

Recollections aqua card stock

Purple texture paper by Momenta

core'dinations border strips (lavendar for sentiment)

core'dinations core Impressions by Stacy Julian - Happy Colors Collection

green file folder and aqua flower

 Techniques used:

Sanding

Tearing

Paper Piecing

Distressing

Stamping

 Ribbon, Rhinestone, and mini flower buttons all from my stash

I hope you have enjoyed today's short video and 

welcome you to visit us 

each and every day!

So happy to have you visit Divas!!!

Keep Crafting 

:O) 

Jessica

My Tweet Valentine Card

I made this card with card stock only!!  Everything was apart of the same paper pack!  This was the quickest card I have ever made!  The 'Made With Love' ticket, I cut from one full 12 x 12 sheet of card stock with rows and rows of tickets with different sentiments.  The 'My Tweet Valentine' is one of many card shaped Valentine sentiments on one 12 x 12 sheet of card stock also.  

Sometimes, it's just nice to create a cute card without a whole lot of effort!  Especially when time 

is an issue!  I am pretty happy with it.  Hope you all like it too!

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Valentine's Day to all you Divas!!

Happy Crafting!