Saturday, March 31, 2012

Wplus9 Design Studio - March/April Release

{For my Just Us Girls post, please click here!}

It's today, it's today, IT'S TODAY!


I'm BURSTING from the goodness of Wplus9 Design Studio's
latest release - OH, my friends - it's GOING TO BE A BANNER
festival of splendid stamps and COORDINATING dies, oh yeah:
SHE'S DONE IT AGAIN! That WONDERFUL, incredible, way
talented STAMP GODDESS, Dawn Woleslagle - I bow to her...



Welcome, love BUG!!! It's time to get ALL inky!


LOOK AT THAT LIL' CUTIE!

This DARLING set, Onesie Twosie {*SWOON!*} makes my
~way done with birthin' babies~ heart... kind of miss it!{!}
The BABY thing! THIS set is BEYOND adorable:

Onesie Twosie
  • is a 6x8 clear photopolymer stamp set
  • contains 44 stamps; 4 onesie images, 14 sentiments and accent images,
    and the numbers 0-9 in two styles
  • will be available for purchase April 5th


There is SO much power in that girl's creative talent:
If you HAVEN'T ventured over to her blog by now,
PLEASE, have at it - I'll wait!
I just CANNOT get over how she thinks,
coordinates ALL these delightful images,
and THEN - makes stuff with them!
CHECK out the ENTIRE team of the Wplus9'ers, while you're at it!
Jinny
Kerrianne
Savitri
Lea
Christina
Jean

It's going to be a FANTASTIC release - I promise you
will be ASTONISHED by how many AMAZING stamps
and coordinating dies can be generated by ONE designer!

I WELCOME you to check in with us daily, as the next 4-5 days
are going to be FULL of FABULOUS! I guarantee!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies -

C/S - Stampin' Up!
Stamps - Onesie Twosie by Wplus9 Studio & "Love" from A Pocket full of Valentine
Ink - Stampin' Up! & Colorbox
Bling - Want2Scrap®
Button - Buttons Galore & More
Ribbon - Michael's
Baker's Twine - Jillibean Soup

Friday, March 30, 2012

Just Us Girls - WILDCARD Challenge

It's a WILD week for our WILDCARD challenge,
and I'm WILD about being the hostess,
so let's get busy! With ZIPPERS! {I know.}
JUST US GIRLS are making art with Zippers!



Not EXACTLY something I wanted to promote in the title of
this post - we get enough flack for our catchy acronym... {!}
But SERIOUSLY, crazy GOOGLE traffic warning aside - Zippers
are HOT! MY job, is to entice and inspire crafters to MAKE
stuff with zippers! I'm hopeful that you might be coaxed into
ALL KINDS OF CREATIONS, but one of the hottest crafting
trends, continues to be ZIPPER FLOWERS! Either way, show
THEM to me! Make something, share it and WE will swoon!

Post THIS flashy graphic and MAKE MY DAY!
{I MADE it! ~ I know. ~ GRAPHICS = not my
area of expertise....} But every now and then, I'm
compelled to wing it! This one wasn't too bad, so
I'll be EXCITED to see it on YOUR blog! So, PLAY!


See - ZIPPER ART is FUN!

Here's MORE proof!

Dana
Maria
Lynn
Kathryn
Andrea
and
MARISA,
our wonderful guest designer for the month of March!
I was positively INSPIRED by her this month -
THANK YOU, dear gal - it WAS a pleasure!



YUM! This was a fun one to make -
I hadn't planned to go GRAPE, but
that's what "the zippers told me to do!"

{!}

Seriously, when my supplies talk...
I listen!

Hope to see you... around!
{I'm clasping my hands so I don't write too much
- it's so tempting to make a play on the whole zipper thing,
but I just DON'T want to tempt the spam GODS,
so I HAVE to be good. Anywhoo, if you know me,
you can probably hear what I'd be saying, anyhow!}

LOL!


Supplies -

C/S - Stampin' Up!
D/P - Flair Designs
Flourish Stamp - PTI
Ink - Stampin' Up!
Chipboard Letters - S/U!
Stickles - Tim Holtz/Ranger
Craft Ink - S/U!
Tag - Ranger
Wire - Artistic Wire


Tuesday, March 27, 2012

NEW bling and a Want2Scrap LAYOUT!

That's right, my FRIENDS - I used TWO very important words in
the SAME title ... "NEW bling" and "LAYOUT!" You definitely
read it correctly! {I made a SCRAPBOOK LAYOUT!}



If you and I have crafted together, in REAL life, you must know that
it has been extremely difficult for me to work on traditional layouts
for several years, due to a particularly painful situation that robbed
me of the spirit to create scrapbook layouts, the way I always had done,
avidly. But, thanks to unwavering support from my local
community, DEAREST friends and the valiant efforts of
ONE super woman,
who owns a wonderful independent Scrapbook store, I can,
at long last get BACK to the kind of scrapbooking, I love best.
{Thank you, HELENE! YOU are my SHEro!}



So, to compliment the recent return of MY MEMORIES {literally!},
It is with great delight that I share with you that I have, officially,
accepted the classification of "Scrapbook Layout Designer"
from the fabulous company, Want2Scrap®. There is a TON
of exciting news and developments, as well as TONS of new
product coming out of Want2Scrap® this year - I HOPE you'll
take some time to catch up with their blog, store and RELAUNCHED,
enhanced and BETTER THAN EVER new design team! Starting
April 1st - it ALL GOES LIVE!

But DON'T WAIT TO BE DAZZLED! It is my supreme hope
that you will visit my post at Want2Scrap®, RIGHT NOW,
to learn about all of the blinged out and HIDDEN details
of this love-filled Scrapbook LAYOUT!

{I REALLY want you to see it! Really!}

Have a SPLENDID day, and PLEASE check me,
gettin' my SCRAP onnnnnn, at Want2Scrap®!



Friday, March 23, 2012

Boxed Note Card Set...

.... and MISSING YOU greetings from your long lost Jug-HEAD, friend!



It's ME, it's ME, it's REALLY me!



And I busted out some FARM ANIMALS to prove it!

HOWDY, friends! I feel like all I do, lately, is apologize
for my absence. {But I AM sorry!} Lot's, lot's and LOTS
going on, but I've got my lunge whip out and I'm puttin'
it ALL back in order! SEE: how I got these here varmits
to stand in line! And, who better to influence me, than
our lovely DANA G., Jug-HEAD veteran, extraordinaire!


That's RIGHT, this was HER idea!

And WHAT a scrumptious & useful one it was! Aside from
creating a boxed set of cards {INCLUDING the box!}
we were challenged to create sentiments and/or
embellishments to customize cards by the receiver
of this delightful box-o-custom stationary!
{WHAT a BRILLIANT idea! I'm tellin' ya!}

~Talk ABOUT a terrific Mother's Day Gift!~



I whipped out some of my FAVE/recent Wplus9Design Studio Stamps!
Spring Tags, Folk Art Florals, Circle Stackers 1 Die, and
Defining Words {Background Stamps}... Combined with some
{HOARDED!!!} favorite paper {!} and BUTTONS....! And ALL
kinds of crafty bits and fabulosity of HUGE crafty-fun potential!
Just sayin' - it FELT good to get my craft ONNNNNNNNN!



So, yeah - just in case you over looked the STUNNING, drop dead
with paper crafty delightful DETAIL of this GORGEOUS medallion
die from Circle Stackers 1 ... Yes, I DID go there! {GET yerself SOME!}

~ Just sayin'... GREAT price, cuts like BUDDAH!~

Now, then. Did you savor the details?



I'm NOT trying to be prissy...



It's just that when you ... uh.... COLLECT, like I do...
IT FEELS AMAZING TO LET THE HORSIES RUN
like these materials in these here cards did! OMG!
A girl LOVES to craft - forever and EVER, Amen!

SPEAKING OF CRAFTY GIRLS!!! {Wait for IT!!!!!}

Lynn
Dana
Lisa
Vicki
Pam

And please, check out, our wonderful guest designer
for the month of March, Marisa!



YES, friends! I'm BACK, and READY to play!

WON'T YOU play along, too! JUST us GIRLS have been missing you!
I'm SO excited to be BACK up and running and sharing super delish
crafty fun! THIS next couple of weeks will be ACTION PACKED
here, around MAMACOW CREATIONS! Hope you'll check back
in and remove me from the "dead blog" category in your life!
My SCRAPLAND has been purged, cleaned and re-organized...

THIS GIRL is READY to ROCK!

{Thanks for keeping the dream ALIVE!}

hee hee

See ya SOON!



Supplies -

C/S - Stampin' Up!
D/P - Jillibean Soup {Background Papers}; Cosmo Cricket {Cows}; October Afternoon {Piggy}
Stamps - Wplus9 Design Studio
Ink - Stampin' Up!
Fluffy Ric Rac - Brytex Fabric
Buttons - Buttons Galore & More
Seam Bias - My Vintage Stash, plus Tim Holtz Glimmer Mist Recipe
Baker's Twine - Divine Twine
Die Cut Circles - Wplus9 Design Studio
Transparency {Box Top} - Hambly Studios

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

INSIDE the Want2Scrap, CHIPBOARD dog house!


The OUTSIDE is fun, but sometimes - it's what goes on INSIDE...


.....That matters MOST!

I hope you'll visit the FABULOUS Want2Scrap© blog
and check out the details of HOW I constructed and
blinged out this super fun specialty shaped DOG HOUSE,
chipboard album
! Fun, eye candy and BLINGY potential
alert: COME AND SEE!

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Faux EMBOSSING with my Martha Stewart SHAMROCK!

Hi, friends! It's time for ANOTHER lovely Just Us Girls Challenge...


We're puttin' paper THROUGH it's paces, with FAUX embossing!



Our beloved, Andrea, has cooked up fun and INSPIRED us with
this fabulous p-l-a-y on... PAPER play... Check out the JUGS
blog
for all of the details, including a link to a fabby tutorial!


In the meantime, THOUSANDS of apologies for my continued
slowness in catching up with my lovely friends! {I HATE saying
that, but GAWSH! Life is running me ragged!} Luckily, though,
I haven't lost hope that routine will return to "normal" soon!



This was SUCH a fun technique - a perfect way to let paper really
do it's THANG! I love, love, love the texture and shadow that is
created, combined with the delicious act of gluing cut shapes to
background paper and letting them SHINE! Such FUN!

I hope you'll take a gander at what the LOVELIEST co-horts
of Jug-a-riffic fabulosity have created this {and EVERY} week!
~Swoon!~

Lynn
Andrea
Maria
Lisa
Vicki
Pam

And please, check out, our wonderful guest designer
for the month of March, Marisa!

THANK you, sooooooooooo much, for visiting!


Supplies -

C/S - Stampin' Up!
Stamp - Stampin' Up!
Ink - StazOn; Colorbox Chalk
Shamrock Punch - Martha Stewart Crafts
Button - Buttons Galore & More
Ribbon - Local Vintage Craft Store
Baker's Twine - The Twinery

Friday, March 2, 2012

SKETCH time with Just Us Girls!

Oh, friends, oh, friends, oh FRIENDS! It's SKETCH week with
Just Us Girls! WHERE, oh WHERE have you been? Oh, wait.
Let me re-phrase that - WHERE have I been!?! {That's the ???}



Well, aside from doing my annual pre St. Patty's Day jig... har har!



I've been MAKIN' a little stuff...

Lookee: we have QUITE a lovely sketch, brought to you
by our darling, scorchingly talented, Lynn!


But on a personal note, I feel like I have been away from my
wonderful BLOG community for an eternity! Just tryin' to
catch up with my life - but WHAT else is new! Ack!

Run, FOREST, R-U-N!

All I know is HOW wonderful to have amazing crafty
friends to keep you sane! Check out my darling
team mates from Just Us Girls - THEY always keep
me grounded.... IN CRAFTY DELIGHT!

Lynn
Andrea
Maria
Kathryn
Lisa
Vicki

And please, make welcome, our wonderful guest designer for
the month of March, Marisa! Welcome, lovely girl!



It's SUCH a grand season for getting jig-gy with your CRAFT...
I hope you'll be inspired to SHARE some with US! As in,
Just Us Girls! C'mon: PLAY WITH US!

Hope to see you there!