*Showcasing YOU!* :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

Hi all!!! :):):):):):):) Julie Tucker-Wolek with U here today....and as I mentioned last month, along with my DT work that I will be showcasing here every month, I am also showcasing work created by U, using Nikki Sivils's products! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

And OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH let me TELL U...I have been BLESSED by having soooooooooooo many lo's come to my email box in this past month! :):):):):):):):):):):):) Remember....to have me showcase on of your Nikki Sivils's projects...send me an email to bmwgirl@cox.net and include your name and a link to your blog/gallery (I want to make sure U get full credit for your work here!) .... your project must use at least 80% of Nikki's products! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

Sooooooooooooo let's get started and see who is going to be showcased today! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

First...we have Joni Parker! :):):):):):):):):) She is an Arizona girl like me! :):):):):):):):):):):) I love love love love love this precious LO she created about her dear son and his art work of his Cherry Tree!! And HOW PERFECT for Joni to USE "My Sweet Cherry Pie" on this?!?!?! *love it* :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

 

Next we have a GORGEOUS lo from Liz Chidester!!!!! She also used "My Sweet Cherry Pie"!!! I loveeeeeeeeeeeeee this sooooooooooooo much! I found Liz and her LO while going through the gallery at Scrapbook.com! :):):):):):):):):) I left her a comment and asked her to send this to me...and SHE DID!! YAY!! Thanks Liz! :):):):) *love it!* :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

Next we have a mini created by Lydia Siegel! :):):):):):):):) She used "Victoria's Street" and "Bread-less tabs" on this!!! Thanks Lydia for sharing it....IT IS GORGEOUS! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

Next we have THREE lo's from the AMAZING Monique Liedtke!!!!!!!!! Just look at her STITCHING!!! YUMMY! Thanks Monique for sharing these! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

Her first two LO's are with, "U R My Favorite!" *swoon* :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

Monique's next one is using "Victoria's Street" :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

And the next two lo's are from Hanneke!!! I loveeeeeeeeeeeee these!!! I am lucky enough to work with Hannele on my challenge blog...These are a Few of My Favorite Things!! She is AMAZING!!!! The two lo's she sent me are also using "My Sweet Cherry Pie" :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

And the last one I want to showcase today is from the soooooooooooo AMAZING Natalie Macdonald!!! I loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee her LO!! WOW!!! She also used, "My Sweet Cherry Pie" :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):) I loveeeeeeeee the cherry ribbon she added! PERFECT! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):) 

Sooooooooooooooo thank U ladies from the BOTTOM of my HEART for sending me YOUR creations!!! They are truly inspiring! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

Now....for some of my creations! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

I made these little fold-out mini's for my Mom and my Mother-in-Law for Mothers Day!!! I made them using a tutorial that I found on my dear friend Gudrun's blog....right here! :):):):):):):):):):) I used "Ellie's Day Out" on these!!! And YES!!! The Mama's LOVED THEM! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

And one last LO for today! :):):):):):):) I made this one using "Dan the Record Man!" ....and my title...."Woodstock Wannabe!" :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

Thanks for stopping by today....we truly appreciate the support on Nikki's blog...and I hope that all of these creations by some AMAZING artists have inspired U!!! And DON'T FORGET....Nikki is having a DT call right now...and we are also having a "Card Challenge" right now using Nikki's products....see HERE HERE HERE for the DT call info....and HERE HERE HERE for our card challenge! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

Creating for the Big Events in Our Lives

Hello there. It's Christine here today with a few projects to share with you. I'm wondering, do you have any big events coming up? I do. No, not my anniversary, though you would probably guess that first by looking at my card. I was so inspired by this paper line, "Will He B the I", and the coordinating stamp set that I just went with it. I am going to keep this card hidden so next year I will be ready when that special date rolls around.

I had such a great time using the stamp set from the "Will He B the 1" paper line. All of the stamps in this set are so versatile and can be used for many different occasions. The ink that I used on the heart is Cranberry Crisp from SU! and worked very well with the colors in the papers. Do you see the scalloped edge going from the top to bottom of the card. That is a Spellbinders Die. It is called Classic Scalloped Borderabilities Petite. I really love all of the Spellbinder dies. I use them all the time on cards and scrapbook pages. I used a sketch in one of my favorite magazines for inspiration for this card. I wonder if you can guess which sketch it is.

Now my next project does relate to a big event that will be happening in a couple of weeks. My son, my youngest child, is going to be going to middle school next year and so graduation from elementary school is in a couple of weeks. It is hard to believe that the time has flown by so fast.

I created this little mini book for him with a page for each year of elementary school. I included his school pictures and a space for him to write what he remembers the most about each year. I am going to give this to him on Graduation Day.

It's amazing how much he has changed throughout the years but still stayed the same. Ahh, I always asked him if he could stop growing and just stay little but he would just tell me he didn't know how. So sweet.

Henry's Brilliance is an amazing line to work with. It was a perfect match for this project. I used the 6x6 mini pad and a chipboard album. Then for each picture I stamped the school year on a Craft Flag with the Willie Bee's font alphabet stamps. I love using this alphabet stamp set. It goes great with all of Nikki's paper lines. I also added a few of the Burlap buttons and some images from the Henry's Cutie Cut-Ups page as well as the "Nose to the Grindstone" stamp set which matches the Henry's Brilliance paper line.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope I have giving you a few ideas of what you could do for your next big event.

The Long and Short of It...

Hi! It's Jen here. I have some new projects to share with you and a few giveaways that I'm looking to give to someone... Stay with me until the end of this post and I'll share.

First, I have a page that I made with the Ellie's Day Out line.



A girl can never have too many shoes! LOVE that stamp.. it fits so many occasions and girly photos. Can you guess who this is in this photo? Yep... it's me at around 4 years old I think. I was always in my mom's closet getting into her shoes! It was fun to pretend to be a mommy or adult while wearing her heals! I love the papers in this line. The feminine colors, the cute designs, and I love the die cut scalloped circle that I had go off the edge.

I cut strips from the papers and pleat folded them or used them in place of ribbon. I also used the cutie cut ups for tags and a background for my title.

Next up is a simple... and I do mean super simple, card. I am not a fussy cardmaker. I like to get them done fast! For this one, I cut out the stars, tag, and records all from the Dan The Record Man cut up sheet and used them for embellishments. The sentiment was stamped with the Willie B's alphabet stamps! I plan to give this birthday card to one of the boys in my family!
Okay, now for the giveaway part. I had pulled a winner for my blog on NSD but haven't heard back from that person yet for claiming their prize. Here is the name and if you are this person, please visit my blog for my email and get me your addy to send a cute pack of Nikki Sivils goodies!
The winner was: Erika M. said...

I really love the whimsical designs of Nikki's paper!

May 2, 2010 7:55 AM

AND

Remember when we did the blog crawl? Well, I made another garland because I loved it so much and I have an extra one to give away! So if you want to receive this little extra prize, leave a comment here and I'll pick a winner for this cute little gem (similar to below) by next Wednesday, May 19th!
Hope you are enjoying the nice Spring weather wherever you are (for some of you it may be a different season :) and I look forward to giving away a few goodies!

XOXO

Jen

TWO BABIES, A MOM and A WEDDING

Hello everyone!!! This is Janis your blog hostess for today. I have several projects to share with you - - and I'm starting off with a layout that I have made for my super cute nephew Jester using Henry's Brilliance papers (for close-ups/detail shots, please see my blog post HERE).


I was also able to play with Ellie's Day Out papers and came up with a layout of my big baby Nat. I super love that the papers match the girly cuteness of my dear daughter. LOL. Here she is showing off her blue nails!!! (For close-up/detail shots, please see my post HERE).


I also made a card for Mothers' Day. The Ellie's Day Out Line is perfect not just for little girls but also for big girls like mommies!!!! :o)


Last Saturday, I attended the wedding of my officemate. Since she and her hubby will migrate to Australia after the wedding, my other officemates and I decided to give them money as our "good luck" gift. It's not much but just to show that the gift was still personalized, I decided to make her a pocket card using Will He B the 1 papers and the Red Crosshatch Pocket of Stickers. ;o)


Here's the inside of the card - - I inserted our gift money inside the pocket!!! This Pocket of Stickers is really a brilliant and versatile packaging that you can use on your projects!!! ;o)


Hope I inspired you to bring out and play with Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker's yummy products!!! Until next time!!!

Have fun creating,
janis

The 3-D details

I want to share with you a project that I have wanted to put together for awhile. I was recently issued a challenge to think "outside the box", so here it is, my finished 3-D Shadow Box!

Our youngest grandson is a rather busy little fella and so when I take photos of him, he is all over the place. This day when he and his sister were playing in the rain was no exception. I love to cut images out in silhouette so I thought this was the perfect time and a great way to show off some of that extra energy he has by using a few different poses from this day.

I want to go into a little detail to help you see the dimension I was able to create in my shadow box and it was so fun to use these particular Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker products to make my finished project adorable.

I basically have four layers. The little bee print paper is my background layer and some of the clouds are on that layer too. I cut the grass with scissors from the Butterfly Rest patterned paper. I just love this green piece, it can be so many different things and here it is my grass. One of the layers of the grass is also on the first or background layer. This cut out figure is the most foremost piece in my box. The bottom portion of him has one layer of foam tape, the portion under the umbrella has three layers of foam tape.

I took this photo so that you could "look down inside" at my layers. The full cut-out figure of my granddaughter holding her brothers hand has one layer of foam tape behind that to form the second layer.

The second strip of grass has two layers of foam tape pieces so that forms the third layer in my box. Notice how I placed the cut out figures of my granddaugher and her brother in between the grass and on top of some of it too.

When I mention my layers of foam tape, I am meaning that I am using these great little squares from 3L so I placed one piece on my figure, I remove the little protective paper that is on it and then place another piece of the foam tape on top of that. For three layers, I, of course, peel off that second protective layer and place another piece of foam tape on top of that. In the above photo, you can see behind the top umbrella, the three pieces of foam tape piled on top of each other.

I cut strips from the Bee Strips paper to accent the top, border of my box. The clouds are even added in layers and I hand cut my big raindrops. The raindrops are coated with the Aleene's Paper Glaze so they look wet. I added Glitter 3-D Fashion Paint by Tulip to some of the clouds for a slight glitter look.

So don't just save your photos for scrapbook layouts, try to think outside of the box to other ways to highlight them.

Thanks for visiting, Linda Beeson

RAINY DAY 3-D SHADOW BOX

Materials list:
Wooden shadow box – Provo Craft
Cardstock – Core Essentials/Core’dinations
Patterned papers – Bee 2 Bee, Bee Strips, Day Dreamer: Willow Bee Collection and Butterfly Rest: Flaming Butterfly Collection/Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker
Glitter 3-D Fashion paint/Tulip

Clear Paper Glaze – Aleene’s®
Sandpaper

Foam tape – 3M

For the LOVE of Nikki Sivils' Die Cut Papers...

Hello everyone, Delaina here once again ...I just have to say that these die cut papers are one of my favorite parts of Nikki's collections. It seems I have used one with just about every creation I have made since getting my DT spot here. So, yes, I LOVE them very much!!!

Here I used Flaming Butterfly and I cut about 1/4 of the die cut piece off to achieve this look. I added scalloped stitching to the straight side for a little balance.

This one I created using Willow Bee. I cut the center of the die cut paper away and slid it to the bottom left to expose the black background and added hand sewn zig zag stitching.

Here we have Dan the Record Man. I cut away the center of the die cut paper and replaced it with a circle of white cardstock...over the top stitching here but I like the finished look.

This is Will He B the 1. This happens to be one of my favorite lines to date from Nikki. I again removed the center of the die cut paper and cut about 1/4 of it off and just added to the other side of the background paper.

I hope that these LOs have encouraged you to try a few different die cut paper method. You can achieve so many looks from the same shape just by cutting and adjusting it. Ok, now I am back to my workroom to pull out some more Nikki Sivil's goodies...I have encouraged myself, I guess...LOL!!!

Have a SCRAPPY GooD Day!!!

It's SHOWTIME!

Like most scrappers, I save ticket stubs, programs & all kinds of memorabilia... thinking I might actually use it someday. A lot of the time I end up throwing stuff away, but sometimes it's fun to incorporate these things on your scrapbook pages. I've had the Playbill & some photos from a night out to a Broadway show since January. Recently, I decided to get my Will He B The 1 line back out & create with it again. I love the "Date Night" theme of that line with the popcorn & ticket stubs. It's perfect for making pages about going to the movies & attending performances.

For this first page, I used my Playbill. The cover of the Playbill was way too bold in color & didn't match any of the colors in the photo OR on my patterned papers, so I just used a page from inside the Playbill. Taylor Hicks (from American Idol) played "Teen Angel" in this show. It was a fun night. I highly recommend the show if it comes to your city...

A few months ago, I made this page using the same line, by adding a lot of different ticket stubs from some of the Broadway shows I've seen. Love those corduroy brads...

I also made a page using a photo of a movie poster. I posted it here back in February when I talked about using your Breadless Tabs!

I love to make pocket cards, for filling with gift cards or other treats... like this small packet of Starbucks coffee...

It's easy to make using the Pocket of Treats sticker sheets packaging...

Don't forget to post the cards that YOU make during this month's challenge to make a card using your Nikki Sivils products! With Mother's Day & Father's Day around the corner, it's a great time to have extra cards on hand!

I hope you're inspired to use some of the memorabilia YOU have in your scrapbooks.

Hugs...

Deana