The Scrappy Chick

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I realized the other day that my Lizzie Anne Designs stamps have been feeling neglected.  I got so caught up in scrapbook pages that I laid aside all my new stamps that were hardly played with...so sad!!

So, here is a card for the latest LAD weekly sketch challenge (well, last weeks actually).  This challenge  came with an additional twist...I had to use a stamp that has never seen ink!! Hmm, not too hard, except for my LAD stamps, all have been stamped at least once...except for "Its a Party".  So, thats what I had to use!

The cute little flowers are both from this set, as is the sentiment.  I used Orchid Opulence, Pixie Pink, and Kiwi, inspired from the pattern paper that I used...Marcella Princess Paper.  The stems are from the set Funky Floral, also by Lizzie Anne Designs.  I added a button to the center of one flower (Foo-fa-la), and a punched circle to the other.  The circle and scalloped circle were cut using my Nestabilities Die cuts run through my Cuttlebug.

Thanks for stopping by!   -Cyndi

CC Designs Sneak Peeks Day 2

  Todays peek is of a new set called "Beautiful Butterflies" from CC Designs.  This set along with the others previewed this week will be available Thursday night at 12:01 am at All That Scraps!  There are 2 gorgeous butterflys in the set along with 2 sentiments.

For this card I used Kristina Werner's  Color Inspiration Challenge from Lat week: Pumpkin Pie, Rose Red, Orchid Oplulence, and Black & white. WOW!  What a fun and bright combo to work with.  I pulled out my Bali Breeze DSP to start with...Pumpkin and Rose Red, then added the rest of the colors in cardstock.  The butterfly is colored in with my Stampin' Up! markers and then cut out to get just a touch of white, but it wasn't quite balanced so I added a couple of small flower circles from the "Always" set (SU!) in the upper corner to simulate the look of brads or dew drops.

I liked the look of the little dots around the flowers so I dotted my pattern paper pieces and the inside of the butterfly wings with a Black Stampin' Write journaler.  The sentiment is also from the Beautiful Butterfly set, but it is 2 pieces so that you can use multiple colors or move it around...very cool!  Hope you like the card, the set is just beautiful!  For more samples with this set, check out the ATS Blog later today...the rest of the Design Team will also have peeks for you!

Thanks for stopping by my blog!  -Cyndi

Hey Chicky!

Hey all you CC Designs fans...this is the start of a 5 day countdown to the HUGE 1 year brithday release over at All That Scraps!!  Christine is doing a countdown at the ATS blog this week also.   Each day she will feature a new set that will be released on Thursday night at 12:01am.  I am going to follow along with the same sets each day here on my blog!  So, yes, you counted right...she is releasing 5 new sets this month...plus a new big ol background!  Woohoo!! 

Check out the rest of the ATS team's blogs for more sneak peeks this week.  You can find the links on the right hand bar of the ATS blog :)

Today I am featuring "Hey Chicky", one of my favorites of the new sets.  There are 4 cute chicks in the set plus a saying..."Hey Chicky"....how stinkin' cute!!  For the first card I stamped the chick with an umbrella on Papertrey White, colored it in with my copics then paper-pieced the umbrella with some patttern paper from Making Memories called 5th Avenue.  I used the same pattern for the strip across the card, then coordinating papers from the same pad for the other 2 mats.  All of the mats are then matted with SU! Basic Black.

The layout for this card is this weeks Splitcoast Stampers sketch challenge...SC169.  It was  perfect layout for this skinny chick as the tall panel couldn't measure any wider than 1.5"!  All the peices are distressed with Black or Soft Sky.  I also added a bit of narrow Black grosgrain ribbon from SU! and some black buttons by Foo-fa-la.

I also made another card using this same set, but a different chick.  The pattern paper is from Heidi Grace Designs called Its my Party.  I pulled out the greens  and pinks from this pattern for the mats...Gable Green and Pixie Pink by SU!  The card base is Yoyo Yellow (normally a very un-loved color in my house, LOL)...perfect for this bright spring chick <wink>

I colored her in with my copics, adding a bit of bling to the center of the flower she is holding with my Spica glitter pen.  She is sitting on a patch of grass stamped using my A Muse Micro Oval stamp.  Other supplies: Bold bright brads and ticket corner punch(SU!); Prima flower (Fancy Pants); and button (Foo-fa-la).

Thanks for stopping by!  Check back all week for more sneak peeks and I have a few other posts planned for the week too.  -Cyndi

Cyndi's Scrappy Sketch #10

  OK, First I will start you guys with the sketch.  Pretty straight forward this week for those who have a hard time with anything other than 4x6 photos!!

Please play along and send me a link to your creation so I can see it!  Use CSS10 if uploading to SCS.  Remeber, you can flip it, rework it, or even use just one side of the layout...this is just a starting point :)  Normally Heather Summers plays along with me, but I was REALLY late in getting the sketch to her and she's leaving for Bermuda!!  So, check in with her blog, but there may be no page this week or next.  She has plenty more there to look at though!  Her blog is ---> Stamp with Heather.

This sketch was based on a card in a SU! catalog many years ago that I turned into a cute page, that I then CASED from myself to create a page for the last Scrapbook Day, then finally the sketch!  But I thought it was cheating to not create something new so...here is what I came up with using a bunch of photos from Christmas when we gave the kids a Wii. 

I didn't do any stamping on the page because I had this great kit from Scenic Route that was begging me to use it!  It is the Rockland collection...papers, pattern cardstock, die-cuts, chipboard, and stickers...all in one kit.  And CUTE stuff!!  I did add a bit of Olive twill from SU! and a bunch of buttons from Foo-fa-la.

But, since you guys are all stampers, here is the page that I did for the Scrapbook day...no photos yet, cause I think I managed to get all my beach stuff done what with all the pages for classes lately!  I will probably use some extras on it for one of the kids' books.     

Ingrediants: Kraft, Tempting Turquoise, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, and Green Galore cardstock; Red, Pumpkin, Turquoise, Galore, and Basic Black pads; Basic brads; Pumpkin striped Grosgrain ribbon; Life's a Breeze set...all from Stampin' Up!

So, have fun with the sketch, I hope you can get lots of photos on it!  I hope to have a fun and slightly challenging one for next week for you guys <wink>

Thanks for stopping by my blog, and Happy Scrapping!

-Cyndi

A little MOJO found

Hi everyone!  We are back safe and sound from the LONG trip.  Thanks to everyone for your patience while I have been away!

Today's card was inspired by Julee Tilman's Mojo Monday sketch over at her blog: Poetic Artistry.  Right before we left I ordered her new release special which included all 3 new beautiful sets.  The box was waiting on me when I got home!!

For this card I used one of the birds from "Anniversary Birds", stamped it on 2 different patterned papers then paper-pieced it and popped her up.  I placed her on a branch stamped repeatedly with the branch stamp from the same set.  I stamped extra of the leaves and cut them out and popped them up with dimensionals.  The sentiment is stamped with Palette Hybrid Noir using  a saying from another Verve set, "Thoughtful Florals".  All of the sayings from this set are a perfect fit in the Stampin' Up! word window punch.

The cardstock is all from Papertrey Ink...the white is Stampers Select WHite, the next layer up is Spring Moss that was run through my Cuttlebug using the Divine Swirls folder.  I also used the Perfect Match Spring Moss pad for the leaves and to ink the edges.  The strip is Berry Sorbet, that was stamped with the coordinating pad using the small swirl from another Verve set, " Easter Elegance".  The pattern paper (on the bird) is also Papertrey that also matches the Berry Sorbet and Sweet Blush pads and cardstock.  All the ribbon is also Papertrey from the Perfect match collection.  Finally, the brads are from Bazzill, I think, from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope to get back to daily blogging for a while again!!   -Cyndi

Cyndi's Scrappy Sketch #9

Here is this weeks sketch.  Its based on one of the pages from a class I did with my clubs this month using the Summer Days Simply Scrappin' kit.  This particular page turned out to be my favorite, so I reversed it into a sketch for you guys.  (Remember, I am still in Disney and can;t do any stamping or scrapping for a few more days!)

Please use keyword CSS9 if you upload to Splitcoast Stampers.  Whether you put it there or on your blog, send me a link so I can see your creation!  Don't forget to stop by Heather's blog and see what she has created using this sketch.  Click----->HERE

Here is the page that inspired the sketch:

This and the next 3 layouts are from the class: we used Summer Days Simply Scrappin' and Anchored rubons.  The gals each made 4 2-page layouts using the materials from the kit…with the addition of a few pieces of cardstock, ribbon, and brads from me.  They still ended up with 2 whole sheets of pattern paper (one of each design), a whole sheet of Bashful Blue, and a ton of die cuts…perfect to go home and whip up some cards!

Two of the layouts were pretty easy and quick for times sake (I wanted the class to take under 2 hours).  These are the red and Pumpkin backgrounds…all the cardstock is from the kit.  (The kit contains 8 sheets of textured cardstock: 2 each of Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, Bashful Blue, and Wild Wasabi; 3 sheets each of 2 different pattern papers, and 6 sheets of self-adhesive die-cuts)

The next layout is using 2 sheets of Chocolate Chip that I provided them for the backgrounds.  We used the Bashful Blue cs from the kit for mats.  The last layout was my  other favorite…but it used a lot!  Its 2 sheets of Whisper White background cs, plus a bunch of pieces of Pumpkin,  Blue, and Red for mats.

 

If anyone is interested in the class I will cut all the pieces for you, supply the extra cardtock and embellishments and mail it to you with directions.  The cost of the kit is $45 plus shipping to you. 

Thanks for visiting!  I will not be posting agin until I get home I don't think :)  Have a great weekend and Happy scrapping!  -Cyndi

A little bit of Magic

This is the cute bunny from Melanie M's set "Just so Hoppy" that was released at Gina K Designs last month.  I know, he's supposed to be an Easter bunny, but I just keep seeing him getting pulled out of a hat!!  Bwaaahaha!!

I made the hat out of a piece of Basic Black cs and a trimmer, adding a jumbo red grosgrain ribbon around the brim.  Bunny and the magician's missing flowers are colored with my copics.  I added some Styled Silver Hodgepodge over the corners...the corner was stamped with half of the the square in Melanie's first set...Just SO Hippy.

The sentiment is letters put together...its a CTMH set, but the name excapes me.

I am still finding a little magic of my own with my family in Disney...be back soon to share all the deets!

-Cyndi

Behind on sketches!

I will be in Disney all this week, so I was good blogger and scheduled some posts for you guys all week!!

This is Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge from LAST week...WSC38.  Luckily I had a few things stamped up and ready to save for you guys!

I used the new Summer Picnic DSP from Stampin' Up!'s Occasions Mini Catalog.  I have been hoarding it, waiting to get done with other projects, but I couldn't resist it any longer!  I just love the colors together...Bashful Blue, Real Red, and Old Olive.  My focal point is a flower from the new Die Cut Blooms, also in the new mini.   I added some of the cute new summer rubons, in the center of the flower as well as the sentiment in the lower corner.  I put half in the frame, and half of it underneath.  Aren't rubons cool??  The little frame is also new...it and the jumbo brad are from the Styled Silver Hodgepodge assortment.  Lastly, since I was on a roll with my "new" stuff, I added a knot of ribbon using the Old Olive narrow Twill.  This stuff is out of this world...I hope we carry it in the next catalog in tons of colors!  Hope you enjoy:)

Have a great day and thanks for visiting!  I hope to find a WiFi spot this week to check my email and say hi from sunny Florida!  -Cyndi

Hi from Disney World!

Hi guys!  I meant to leave you all with a post before we left town, but I never got around to it :)  So, we are here, in the condo, getting ready to head over to the park and I am sneaking in a bit of blogging time while everyone is getting dressed.

Its Monday, so in honor of Mojo Monday, which I obviously can't do this week...I am uploading a sample using one of my Verve Visual sets.  Check out Julee's blog for this weeks Mojo Monday challenge at Poetic Artistry.

These images are from a set called Serenity.  You can see all of the sets over at the Verve website.  I stamped the images on Kraft cardstock in Whisper White craft ink then shadowed the images with a thin line using my copic markers.   The mats are White and Groovy Guava cardstock.  I tied it all up with a bow of White Tafetta, from Stampin' Up!

Thats it for today, just a quick post.  We are off!  Have a great day, I'll be checking in all week, so feel free to say hello:)    -Cyndi

Cyndi's Scrappy Sketch #8

Here is this week's Scrappy Sketch!  Please play along with us, use one page or both and feel free to change around the elements in any way.  The sketch is just a starting point to get your creative juices flowing.  Please send me a link to your page so that I can see it if you do create one :)  Use the keyword CSS8 if you upload to Splitcoast Stampers.

Also, don't forget to stop by Heather's blog to see what she has cooked up for you using this sketch.  She can be found at Stamp with Heather...you won't regret the trip!  She is one busy and creative stamper :)

Here is my take for this weeks sketch:

I used the new Boho Blend Simply Scrappin' kit from Stampin' Up!  I just love the colors in it, and the textured paper is to die for!!  Thanks SU!  All of the pattern paper and cardstock and diecuts are from the kit except for the Chocolate Chip cs.  It is also textured though!  In the kit is a combo of Soft Sky, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive and Very Vanilla.  I love that SU! had put in 2 sheets of neutral color in this kit.  The trend has been back to using white shades for backgrounds for a while.  Its funny, thats why I quit using Creative Memories years ago... I thought...for the bland white backgrounds.  Turns out it was just the lack of cretaive elements available I think...cause I like this  background!

I also added some of the new Chocolate Chip twill available in the new SU! Occasions Mini Catalog and some jumbo coppper brads from my stash.  I love these photos of my youngest two kids...they are both so goofy and total hams.  These are just a handful of the photos from one afternoon of them making silly faces.  The pouty one is actually the background setting on my desktop :)

Thanks for visiting!  Have a great weekend and happy scrapping!  Don't forget to say hi <wink>

-Cyndi

AMYRS18

Hey guys!  I am trying to get back to the daily blogging, but it was a long few days recovering from last weekend.  all went well, and I'll tell you all about it another time :)  For now, I need to start posting again and do some catch up!

Here is a card for Amy's sketch challenge over at her blog ---->Prairie Paper and Ink.  She challenged all of the ATS design team to do her sketch using our CC Designs stamps :)  To see what everyone did check out the ATS blog.

I used the set Little Penguins, available at All That Scraps.  I changed the penguins into little duckies (not my original idea...the credit goes to AMy R for this idea).  But I needed to make a baby card and this seemed perfect!  I pulled out some really old pattern paper from Stampin' Up! (long since retired) and matched it up to So Saffron and Brocade Blue cardstock.  I added a bit of wide grosgrain and the sentiment is from the SU! set Nursery Neccessities.  The images are colored in with my copic markers.

Thanks for visiting!  I hope to be a good blogger for a while now, so check back in!  -Cyndi

Cyndi's Scrappy Sketch #7

Here is your sketch for the week!  I hope you all have fun with it!  Feel free to change around the mats, change the elements and size, or even just use half of the layout.  I always do double-page spreads because I have soooo many photos.  Don't forget to send me a link so I can see what you come up with!!  If you upload to Splitcoast, add CSS7 in the keyword section :)  I still promise to add links so everyone can see all the layouts in one place  SOON.  My big weekend is here TODAY!!

There is a story behind this weeks sketch.  Heather over at Stamp with Heather made an awesome page a couple of weeks back using the Summer Days Simply Scrappin' Kit that I just fell in love with.  Seeing as how I still needed one more layout for my beach track I thought that I would try to CASE it.  Details on how I changed her page are below with my version of it.  Here is Heather's original page:

I just love the circle with all the flowers scattered around it, as well as her bright color choices!!

I created my page first, then backtracked to turn it into a sketch for you guys :)

For my page, I knew that I couldn't use the die cuts for 40 people, so I changed that to stamps.  I pulled out an old set: Island Blossoms for the same effect as the flowers from the kit.  I had also used this color combo already for the same track, so I changed the colors up.  My other friend Heather was over ( I know too many Heather's... this gets confusing for you guys I'm sure!!  Speaking of, anyone ever seen the movie "Heathers"??!! What a classic.)

Back to the point, I had a layout in mind, and Heather had some colors pulled out...we tweaked the layout, and the colors, but it was a combo effort of design between us :)  The fowers are stamped in So Saffron, Ruby Red, Blue Bayou, Soft Sky, and Certainly Celery.  We cut all those out and layered them, scattering them around the circle (doesn't it look like the sun, hehe).  Added a bit of Sahara Sand (torn and distressed) across the bottoms of the pages for a sandy look. 

The neat part, we took the leftover pieces from the circle for the remainder of the Saffron pieces on the layout.  The large circle was cut first with a quilting template.  The remainder on the inside I cut to fit on the on the other corner.  With what was left from that I made the tag at the bottom of the page.  Kinda cool I though and of course a saving of cs for the event  <wink>

The big mat is meant to have a large photo, but I didn't have time this week tpo blow one up, so I made do and will probably change it out later.  I also need to add the journaling :)

Have a great weekend, and don't forget to stop by Heather's blog to see what she created with the sketch.  The link is above!

Happy Scrapping   -Cyndi

Mojo Monday #26

I am sooooo behind!  I love doing challenges, but I can't seem to get any done right now til I get through next weekend :)  BUT...I did love Julee's sketch from last week and really wanted to play along. You can see last weeks sketch as well as this weeks at her blog---> Poetic Artistry.   It took  me a few days of finding time to get it just right, but its finally done...a week late!

I purchased Serenity from Verve Visual a couple of weeks ago and just fell in love.  (I have another card using this same set that I made when I first got it that I will show you tomorrow.)  When I saw this sheet of Pattern Paper from Autumn Leaves I knew it would be perfect with this set.  (there are large chunky swirly leaves that loom like the blooms in the set).

I took a few small squares of it, matted it on SU! Basic Gray cs and adhered this to the card base...a sheet of Aqua Mist from Papertrey.  The next layer is a piece of Spring Moss, also Papertrey, that was cuttlebugged with the Divine Swirls folder.  This was also backed on Basic Gray.  The main panel is stamped with the PT perfect match colors Aqua Mist and Spring Moss using the bloom from Serenity.  I added a bit of my Clear Spica Glitter pen to the blooms.

I tied a piece of SU! Basic Gray taffetta ribbon around these two panels, then added the last element, a large oval punch that was stamped with one of the sentiments from the same set, stamped in SU! Basic Gray.  I just LOVE the way these colors came together with the gray in with it!!

Thanks for visiting :)   Don't forget to say hi!    -Cyndi

FREE STAMPS!!

Who wants some free stamps??  Well, everyone I'm sure!!  Christine, the owner of All That Scraps is running an awseome contest for CC Designs' One Year Anniversary!  From the ATS Blog here are the details:

Do you like C.C. Designs Stamps? Would you like to receive all of Aprils stamps free? Here is your chance-

I will not have March C.C. Designs Stamps but am planning a huge bash for April. April 4th is the 1st Birthday of C.C. Designs. My first sets where the Whisker Bunnies and Easter stamps. I have come along way since then. And wait till you see Aprils.

2 Itzie Inky Stamp Sets

1 Sweet Sophistications Set <-------- yes this is new

1 Background Stamp

Individual stamps (this is underwraps, I can't say the name or it will give it away.)

The winner will have the sets mailed to them even before the 4th so you will have them before everyone else.

What do you have to do?

Post a card, scrapbook page, alterted item, etc in the All That Scraps Gallery under C.C. Designs Contest.

The item has to be posted in this category to qualify.

One entry per person.

The focal point of the project has to be a C.C. Designs Stamp. You can use any of the C.C. Designs stamps.

The contest opens immedietly and ends March 20th. March 21st-25th I will open the pole for voting. The person with the most votes wins.

I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with.

Do you like C.C. Designs Stamps? Would you like to receive all of Aprils stamps free? Here is your chance-

I will not have March C.C. Designs Stamps but am planning a huge bash for April. April 4th is the 1st Birthday of C.C. Designs. My first sets where the Whisker Bunnies and Easter stamps. I have come along way since then. And wait till you see Aprils.

2 Itzie Inky Stamp Sets

1 Sweet Sophistications Set <-------- yes this is new

1 Background Stamp

Individual stamps (this is underwraps, I can't say the name or it will give it away.)

The winner will have the sets mailed to them even before the 4th so you will have them before everyone else.

What do you have to do?

Post a card, scrapbook page, alterted item, etc in the All That Scraps Gallery under C.C. Designs Contest.

The item has to be posted in this category to qualify.

One entry per person.

The focal point of the project has to be a C.C. Designs Stamp. You can use any of the C.C. Designs stamps.

The contest opens immedietly and ends March 20th. March 21st-25th I will open the pole for voting. The person with the most votes wins.

I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with.

ATS DT Challenge

Amy R  issued a challenge to those of us on the Design Team for All That Scraps!  And you all know I love a challenge :)  We were to use any of our CC Designs stamps and create a card using her sketch this week, AMYRS17.  Here is Amy's sketch:

For the sketch I used my newest set from CC Designs, Monkey Love.  This is the cutest little set of monkeys!!  I pulled out some new springy paper to play with...some Heidi Grace that I picked up at my LSS. 

The card base is Gable Green from SU!, the stripes are one side of the Heidi Grace paper, the polka dots are the reverse side.  I also used SU! Pixie Pink and Barely Banana cs.  The white cardstock is still my go-to for coloring with my copics...Papertrey Stampers Select.  I also added a bit of ribbon from my stash...origin completely forgotten!!

Isn't he just the cutest??  Christine won't be releasing any sets in March, but the good news...April is her 1 year Anniversary of designing stamps and she has a spectacular party planned!  Check out the new ATS blog for some hints and a contest!!  Click ---->  HERE

I also have another card for you...its been on my desk for a while and I forgot to upload it.  This is Lulu from Love Ya Much.  She's sitting in a field of flowers (from SU! Dilly Dally)  She's still my favorite I think :)  For Lulu I used a piece of PP from a pad I bought at Michael's by Amanda Blu.  I just LOVE the colors in this paper pad!!  The card base is SU! Certainly Celery, the mats are Bazzill Black from my stash.  I used the SU! Round Tab punch in Orchid for the sentiment (which is from Lizzie Anne Designs set Funky Florals).

I also couldn't resist adding a bit of bling to the centers of the flowers with some Stickles :)  The black ribbon and brads are both SU!

Hope you enjoy!  Thanks for visiting :)   -Cyndi