The Bug and I: Another Card

I needed a birthday card and my Cuttlebug included a perfect birthday folder. This is another guy card which have always been a challenge for me because I like to add all kinds of stuff. But I kept it pretty simple.

I used DCWV paper ( a brown herringbone pattern) layered with embossed metal and the focal point of the card is an embossed present. That’s one of four mini folders that came with the Cuttlebug. The metal was already embossed ( bought it at a craft fair) but I’m pretty sure it was also done using “the bug” so going forward, I can make more. Mwaaaahhhhhhh
Here’s the center of the card close up:

Layered on another piece of the metal, on top of a scrap of the brown herringbone.
The whole thing is on a plain white card. Other embellishments:

K&CO self adhesive scrapbook borders and strips of self adhesive pearlized diamond thingies from one of my dumpster dives in the clearance bins at Michaels. $.99 for the whole package!

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I’m “Loving” Printables

The Mumster ( aka my mom) loves the saying “Live Love Laugh” and has a bunch of stuff with variations of it. So I was playing around with it and here’s one of the variations I've seen. It can be used for Valentine’s or like my mom, all the time!

Mumster, if you read this, just let me know what size frame you want yours to fit. Everyone else, they’re sized to fit an 8x10 frame but you can play around with it to re-size accordingly. Click on a color to bring it to full size before you download. My only pretty please is that if you download, you follow. 

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Welcome Back Mojo

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At least for now. I’ve missed you, and still think you were locked in the garage with the empty Christmas bins, now filled and returned to their home for the next 11 months. I was in  a Valentine’s mood but this is something I can keep up all the time:

Guess how it started out? No?

Pizza. Box. Lid. Yup.
Drew and cut a heart shape out freehand and covered with scrapbook paper.


Then I made layered paper flowers from some more of the scrapbook paper ( Paper Pizazz…Tan Swirly Flowers…that’s the real name) and hot glued those around the heart:

I had a coffee filter medallion left over from some book page wreaths I’d made and decided to plop that down in the middle. Plop is a technical term.

Then I added various brown buttons to the center of each flower, added a gold rhinestone on top of those and finished the whole thing off with a brown ribbon bow. I’d been debating doing neutrals for my Valentine’s décor…think I’m liking that idea.

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Cuttlebuggin’

My mojo is slowly coming back. One of the toys I got for Christmas was a Cuttlebug. I know they’re not the newest thing on the market, but every time I’m in Michaels or JoAnn’s looking at Expression cartridges, I stand there and look at the Cuttlebug dies and folders. And I knew Mr. Chocolate would understand that more than me asking for a Silhouette. Well, a little!
I needed to make a couple of Thank You cards for teachers who have written letters of recommendation for my son’s college apps. Perfect reason to play with the Bug!

Super easy to put together and doesn’t require any electricity. Sometimes low tech is the way to go! Isn’t it cute?!

And I got some folders to play with:

I used this one:

Since both teachers are male, I decided to go w/ a simple design. I love this folder!!! So many possibilities. I get to go all frou frou on the one I’ll make for his Counselor.
Chose a light gold metallic cardstock and cut to size and put through the Bug for a background panel. Mounted that on dark brown and computer generated the sentiment on cream cardstock:


Can’t help myself. Had to add a little bling…just a couple of coordinating self adhesive rhinestones.

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I Guessed The Mystery Thing!! Thanks Mich in L.A.

If you have no idea what I'm talking about then you don't follow Mich in L.A. ( and of course you SHOULD!). Michelle is a jewelry maker who lives in L.A. ( Los Angeles L.A. not LA Louisiana) who astounds and confounds me with her ability to take the most ordinary things and transform them into jewelry. She hosts a recurring series on her blog called "Guess The Mystery Thing" where readers are invited to try and figure out what the heck she used to make a piece of jewelry. And I won the last one!!!!

It came in the mail yesterday and I love it. Wanna see?

I got the black one and Mr. Chocolate was w/ me when I opened up the package and he said "that is cool". Compliments from Mr. Chocolate are high praise. When you get them, you done GOOD. Take a bow Mich.

So do you know what it is? No? OK I won't make you guess: Chess pieces! Pawns to be exact. And, Mich has a tute up on how she did this so go check it out: Chess Pawn Pendant Tute

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Thanks again Michelle! I love it!

This Week’s BFF: Polish The Stars!

Welcome to the first Blog Feature Friday of 2011! This week I’m excited to share a fun blog with you called Polish The Stars which gets its name from famed author and poet Shel Silverstein:

“Somebody has to polish the stars, they’re looking a little bit dull”

The blogger behind PTS is Megan, who I first met last year when I saw a Pottery Barn inspired project she’d linked up to a link party:

It was cool then. It’s still cool now! Since then, I’ve enjoyed seeing her other incredible projects such as her fun snowball candleholders:

Her craft closet transformation ( this was a utility closet!):

Or birthday party ideas, Halloween party ideas and décor, holidays, decorating, life, oh and did I mention recipes? Like Capuccino Truffles:

And for 2011 there’s a brand new link party every Monday:

So go visit Megan, and I assure you, the stars there are never dull!