Everything ABC's Blog Hop Letter I

 

Welcome to the Everything ABC's Blog Hop!

For this hop we will be featuring the letter I. This may be the name of a paper, a stamp set or an embellishment. Whatever the crafter has chosen as their I element will be featured in their post.

If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Amber's blog ~ Scrapper's Therapy.

If you came from Theo then you're on the right track!

Hello again! Time is just flying by, can't believe it's been 2 weeks since our last blog hop already. It took me awhile to come up with something for the letter "I" but I did it :) Sat down at my crafting table with all my supplies scattered everywhere and it jumped out at me! Irresistibles!!! These are great chipboard die cuts that already have a resist pattern on them, so all you have to do is ink them them up. The ones I used are sadly discontinued, but you can find others at my website. We have a houndstooth alphabet, some journaling spots, and frames.

I've still been hard at work making Mother's Day cards (remember it's May 12th - soon!!! So go get your handmade cards from my Etsy shop). Here are 2 more that I've made, both using the adorable Irresistibles!

This one uses our NEW Dream Pop paper, not yet available to customers. It will be soon though! The entire month of May if you make any purchase of $35 or more you can get this exclusive paper pack for only $10. It comes with 12 B&T and 12 Cardstock that will not be available again after May 31st, so make sure you get at least a few packs ;) I sanded the edge of the card stock to reveal some more of the white core and make it pop off the page a bit more. The stamp is from Perfect Fit - Mom on White Daisy card stock, stamped in Grey Flannel ink. The shape is cut from our Artiste cartridge, pg 33 at 1-1/2". The flower was inked with Tulip ink using a sponge. I just love that resist pattern!

Here is another card using the Dream Pop paper. Behind the sentiment is some baker's twine wrapped around the card stock. Can you see the cute pattern on the butterflies?

Your next stop on our Everything ABC'S blog Hop is Kathy of Kathy's Creative Corner.

Here is the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way:)

1. Amber La Mons ~ Scrapper's Therapy

2. Lucy ~ Love 2 Create

3.  Shelly ~ Just One Piece

4. Theo~ Celebrate Crafts

5. Alicia ~ Serene Scrapping with Alicia

6.  Kathy ~ Kathy's Creative Corner

ABC's Blog Hop Letter H

 

Welcome to the Everything ABC's Blog Hop!

For this hop we will be featuring the letter H. This may be the name of a paper, a stamp set or an embellishment. Whatever the crafter has chosen as their H element will be featured in their post.

If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Amber's blog ~ Scrapper's Therapy

If you came from Linda @ Scrappy Therapy then you're on the right track!

Welcome back to my blog! I've been on a little hiatus with family visiting from out of town and being sick/pregnant/blah in general....but I'm back!!! Yay :)

So I truly think that giving a handmade card is so much more preferable than going to the store and spending anywhere from $0.99-$5+ on a generic mass produced one. If you've made the card yourself, it shows the time and effort and thought you put into it. If you just aren't that crafty, then purchasing a handmade card helps a small business owner such as myself make a living for her and her family! Handmade is definitely the way to go!

With that being said, Mother's Day is coming up soon. Wouldn't you like to show your mother, wife, grandmother, daughter, or any other important mom in your life how much you care? I know I do! So I've been working on some Mother's Day cards for my own personal use as well as to put up in my brand new Etsy shop. Here is one that I made today:

It is using a fun technique called triple stamping. It takes a little bit of math to start, figuring out the proper dimensions for each piece so that you show off your stamping and add just a little bit of matting in between the layers. I personally cut my matting 1/4" total bigger than the next smallest piece of white, and my white a total of 1" bigger than the next smallest piece of matting. (Does that make sense? Hopefully I worded it right!). So the theory is that on each side I've got 1/2" of white to show off the stamping and about an 1/8" of matting separating the pieces.

For this card I used Hollyhock cardstock for my matting. The bottom layer of the flowers are stamped in Smoothie. The detail on the flowers, as well as the sentiment in the middle are stamped in Hollyhock. The leaves are stamped in Topiary. The flowers come from the Floral Happiness stamp of the month set. The sentiment comes from Perfect Fit - Mom. And the leaves come from Something Splendid.
Here are some other handmade mother's day cards I have made recently...

Your next stop on our Everything ABC'S blog Hop is Kathy @ Kathy's Creative Corner

Here is the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way:

1. Amber La Mons ~ Scrapper's Therapy

2. Lucy ~ Love 2 Create

3.  Shelly ~ Just One Piece

4. Theo~ Celebrate Crafts

5. Shalana ~ Scrappin with Shalana

6. Linda-Scrappy Therapy

7. Alicia - Serene Scrapping
8. Kathy Johnson - Kathy's Creative Corner

Neglectful Blogger

I seem to be such a neglectful blogger lately! Life has certainly caught up with me and I just haven't been able to make time for as much crafting and blogging as I would like.
We had family in town for a couple of weeks. It was fabulous getting to see and spend time with my parents, and the kids thoroughly enjoyed it too! The kids had their Spring Break at the same time, so we got to do quite a bit of exploring around the island of Oahu that we just hadn't made time for before.
I am now 34 weeks pregnant and very much in the uncomfortable, painful, ready to be done phase! This has not stopped my motivation, but my energy sure has been zapped to the point of not accomplishing much :/
I did however finally set up my Etsy shop!!! So that is very exciting. There is not much up quite yet (read the lack of energy above) but I will be continuously adding new things as I get them done. There will be cards, layouts, kits, and some supplies on there. If you have any suggestions, I'd love to hear them! I will also (hopefully) be expanding my customizable listings as well to include baby shower, wedding and bridal shower, and birthday kits soon! You can visit my shop at http://www.etsy.com/shop/SereneScrapping Check back often for new listings :)
This week I also intend to jump back on the blog hop train...we are doing the letter H. Still trying to decide what my "H" is going to be...stay tuned and we might both be surprised!