Life of a BZscrapper: Choux Choux Paper Art

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Thursday, December 14, 2017

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop - Day 7??

It's Day 7 of the Winter 2017 Coffee Lover's Blog Hop... I don't want to talk about it... so here's this:

I got this Nordic Winter Stamp Set from Gina K Designs with this hop in mind and was worried I wouldn't get to it... but here it is! I wanted to play along with the challenge over at StampTV to create your own background, but I'm a little late... that's ok! I LOVE it anyway! I highly suggest using a Misti or some other stamp platform with this set... I love my Misti!

My favorite part about this set is each row you see here is its own stamp so you can really mix and match any patterns and colors you want... and there are some more really cute images to use along with it... you should check it out for sure!

And I got the awesome Wise Old Owl Stamp Set long ago and hadn't used it yet!! Believe it or don't... so I knew I had to use it today as well as this to go cup from the We Go Together Set. I added a couple little stamps from the Nordic Winter set to the cup sleeve. LOVE that set!

I used an awesome Instant Photo Frame Die Set from Jillian Vance that I got on sale recently to frame my cut out images and it was perfect!

The sentiment is from Gina K's We Go Together set... I stamped the Coffee and cut it out. Scattered around a couple 3D poinsettia stickers and some Shimmer Sequins from CDD and done!

Gotta get to work! Thanks for stopping today! I am playing along with the Choux Choux Paper Art Challenge-Visions of Sugar Plums! Check it out! I'm also playing along with this week's twist over the Outlawz Twisted Thursday, Poinsettias!

Monday, December 4, 2017

Visions of Sugarplums 2017 - Day 3

Welcome to Day 3 of the Visions of Sugarplums Blog Hop hosted by Lori at Choux Choux Paper Art! This is what I have for you today:

I've been wanting to transform a tin for quite some time and finally got the inspiration to use one to create an ornament! I'm also excited to be the Guest Designer for Paper Smooches this month and I've been lucky to get to play with the new release and I've used a couple of those items on this piece.

I started with a little tin like for mints or something. I took some metal tape from Lowe's that is used to keep duct work together and embossed it with a snowflake embossing folder. I applied the tape to the tin and then I painted the entire tin with some white gesso to cover up any printing or flaws on it. When I had applied a couple layers of that to it, I used some acrylic paint in seaglass and added a couple layers of that... tapping fingers... waiting for it to dry.

When that was dry, I added some Modge Podge to the front and inside and added a few layers of glitters and glass beads (the beads are just on the inside). I then watercolored some images from the Cool Dudes (this cute couple is one of them) and Warm Hearts stamp sets.

I added that sweet snow couple to the front along with the Merry from the Merry Christmas 2 Die Set which I cut from red glitter paper. And that beautiful bow!! That is from the awesome new Ribbon Dies. I put a snowflake from the Snowflakes Dies in the center of the bow and then a glitter gem in the center of that and attached it to the eyelash yarn I attached to the outside of the tin which allows it to hang.

And then when you open it:

More cuteness! The snowmen are all from the Cool Dudes set and the trees and cardinal are from the Warm Hearts set. I also cut some white glitter paper using the Wavy Pattern dies to create my layers of snow. Lots of strong adhesive, liquid glass and popup tape later I had layered all of my pieces from back to front.

So... aren't those little teeny tiny snowmen so cute?? And there is only one on the set that faces looking towards your right... so how did I get the other one facing to your left do you ask...lol? Well, I'm going to tell you anyway... I used the Mirror Blocks set to do some mirror image stamping or as some of you know it, stamp kissing. I placed one of the blocks in my misty on the bottom layer without the pad and placed the little snow dude on the other side... inked it up and stamped it onto the mirror block stamp. Then I took my paper and placed it onto the stamped image and now I had a snowman image facing the opposite way! Very cool and it took some practice, but it really extends all of my stamp sets now that I know how to do it!

A couple tips, make sure your stamp is inky... and with the misty you are able to add some extra ink, but don't press down too hard because you'll spread the ink out. Work fairly quickly so your ink doesn't dry and when you press down on the paper make it a firm and quick motion.

And then down on the bottom part (or really the lid), more glitter and beads, more snowflakes and this awesome new die cut sentiment, Let's Chill! And one more snowman for good measure...just love that little cutie!

I'm playing along with the Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge #310-311 with this one! You should check it out! Also, Paper Smooches December Challenge is all about Winter! You should definitely check this one out and play along!

Thanks for sticking with me today! And extra thanks for everyone that's been with me for all three days! If you just got here today, it's not too late to go back and checkout all of the creations by all of the contributors over the last three days! You have until Saturday, December 9th! More info below on a couple ways you can play along and win!

How do you win?

1. Start by leaving a comment here that you would like to win (and you can say some other nice stuff if you want :) )

2. Visit all the other contributors' blogs and leave comments.

3. Lori will gather all of the names from all of the blogs and put them in the "hat" as many times as you leave comments. Example: Leave 14 comments = your name 14 times in the "hat". Her husband is the official "draw-the-names-out" guy.

Prize winners will be announced on Sunday, December 10^th. You have until Saturday December 9th to leave comments!

Look at all of the awesome sponsors that are offering up prizes for commenting!

AND!

There's a challenge going on over at Choux Choux also with a prize from another great sponsor, Mama Elephant! The challenge runs from December 2nd through the 16th! Be sure to head over there to find out all about it and play along! I sure will be!

Now here are links to today's designers-check out what they've created and leave some love!

Lisa (You Are Here!)

Tracey

Sunday, December 3, 2017

Visions of Sugarplums 2017 - Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of the Visions of Sugarplums Blog Hop and Challenge hosted by Lori over at Choux Choux Paper Art!

I'm hopping along with some of my teamies from Paper Sweeties and here's what I have for you today!

I've been wanting to make one of these cute mini coffee cup holders for a while now... everytime I see Debbie create one I remember.. I have those cups... I must do this! So I got the digital PDF file from the Paper Sweeties Shop (that you can get here) and finally put one together!

This set has two PDF files that can be printed. One has the cutting, scoring and folding instructions to put together the adorable box and handle and the other has some cutting patterns for the bow and cup covers. It was so quick and easy to put together and I love it!

I used some double sided papers from Authentique and My Minds Eye. I printed the bow and cup cover patterns on regular copy paper and cut them out. Then I took the paper I wanted and flipped it so that the "good side".. the side that would show was on the back and traced my pieces with pencil and then cut them all out. If you have a pattern that has a right or wrong direction, just be careful how you place the pattern pieces on the paper. And I used strong adhesive for all of it... redline tape for the box and handle... glue dots for the bow, Ranger Multi Medium Matte for the ribbon, and some Liquid Glass here and there ... the button and the gems and the pompoms on this little guys sweet winter hat:

I trimmed the outside of the box with some pretty crocheted ribbon.. almost looks like pom poms and then stamped, cut and colored a couple of the adorable snowmen from the Paper Sweeties Thanks Snow Much stamp and die sets. I decided to place one on the "front" and "back" of my holder so both sides would be just as pretty and the one on the back covered up the seam from my ribbon.

Aren't these cups just the cutest! That paper is from Authentique and was on the back of the pretty plaid I used for my box... just love it!

And that double bow... just LOVE it!

And here's an extra treat for you! ALL Paper Sweeties HOLIDAY PRODUCTS are 30% off using coupon: sugarplum! Sale ends 12/3 at 11:59 pm EST, cannot be combined with other offers or discounts and cannot be used on items already on sale.

So there's me for today! I'm going to put some cute little embellishments and ribbons in my cups to give as a gift to a crafty friend... I think she's gonna LOVE it! What will you do with yours?

Thanks for stopping today! Now .. you have a couple ways to get chances to win prizes over the next few days!

How do you win?

1. Start by leaving a comment here that you would like to win (and you can say some other nice stuff if you want :) )

2. Visit all the other contributors' blogs and leave comments.

Prize winners will be announced on Sunday, December 10^th. You have until Saturday December 9th to leave comments!

Look at all of the awesome sponsors that are offering up prizes for commenting!

AND!

I'm also playing along with the Outlawz Twisted Thursday Anything Goes and this week the twist is Anything Goes!

Now here are links to today's designers-check out what they've created and leave some love!

Lisa (You Are Here!)

Come back tomorrow for more awesome projects and inspiration!

Saturday, December 2, 2017

Visions of Sugarplums 2017 - Day 1

So excited to be joining in on the Visions of Sugarplums Event hosted by Lori at Choux Choux Paper Art again this year! Three days of awesome Christmas creations and chances to play along, comment and win prizes! I'll give more details at the end of this post!

Here's what I have for you today!

I've been planning on making one of these for quite some time and was inspired again when I went to a craft fair. I already had everything in my stash. I tend to buy shadow boxes any time they are on sale when I'm out shopping because you just never know when you're gonna need one! This one is around 6x6.

I am using some papers from CTMH... an old woodgrain from one of the previous paper packs and the PML card for the sentiment from the Silver & Gold paper pack. It was SO hard to photograph this baby.. with the black it's a little dark, plus the reflection from the glass and all of the glitter! But I was able to finally figure out angles and lighting.

I started by attaching my base woodgrain to the inside back mounting. Whenever I create a shadowbox I use the strongest adhesive I can find because I want it to stand the test of time! Especially if you're giving it as a gift. I used that extra strong red tape here. Then I cut out and matted my PML sentiment and used a little bit of pink to make it stand out.

Then I adhered some seaglass glitter paper to Elizabeth Craft Double Sided adhesive paper and diecut some snowflakes .. the largest is from CTMH... the next largest is from a Tim Holtz set and the little ones are from Lawn Fawn (You can never have too many snowflakes.. no two are alike! Seriously!) Mounting the glitter paper on the double sided adhesive made it so easy to stick a couple inside and outside of the piece.

Then I turned my open frame upside down and added some of these awesome brightly colored and glittered bells in various sizes. I threw a few silver ones in there too for contrast. Then I attached the back and shook it around a bit 'til they sat the way I wanted for my photo... lol! I suppose you could glue a few strategically in place, however I wanted mine to be free like a shaker card!

Easy peasy! You may not have all of this in your stash like I did, but it's nothing a quick trip to your local craft store can't fix!

I'm also playing along with the Heart2Heart Anything Goes Challenge that ends today and the Color My Heart Color Dare Holiday Linky Party for the month of December!

Thanks for stopping today! Now .. you have a couple ways to get chances to win prizes over the next few days!

How do you win?

1. Start by leaving a comment here that you would like to win (and you can say some other nice stuff if you want :) )

2. Visit all the other contributors' blogs and leave comments.

Prize winners will be announced on Sunday, December 10^th. You have until Saturday December 9th to leave comments!

Look at all of the awesome sponsors that are offering up prizes for commenting!

AND!

Now here are links to today's designers-check out what they've created and leave some love!

Lisa (You are Here!)

Come back tomorrow for some more awesome!

Monday, May 1, 2017

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #210

Welcome to this week's Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge! Today I'm using a Woodware stamp set called Garden Tots that I got from Lori at ChouxChoux Paper Art. Lori has an awesome blog and there is always lots of inspiration there and sometimes she'll have an extra stamp set or more when she uses one on a project... you never know what you'll find in her Etsy shop... so back in the Fall, I got this cute set after seeing what she'd done with it. Unfortunately, she doesn't have any left... it took me way too long to ink it up... but you can probably find it somewhere should you want it...

Isn't this little farmer couple adorable?? You can see Lori's creations with this one here and here! And I highly suggest you follow Lori's blog because it's pretty awesome!

I colored these two a while ago at a crop... this is when Jean Chaney let me borrow her watercolor pencils and ... well... as you know... I had to have them.

The images on this set are so adorable! The fence... the little chick...

This oh so pretty flower pot....

And let's not forget the Blessed word die and Stitched Background from Craftin Desert Divas and those pretty circles from Reverse Confetti...

Now... get on over to Atlantic Hearts and play along!

Monday, December 12, 2016

Coffee Loving Day 5 and Paper Sweeties!

Welcome to Day 5 of the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop! Today I'm sharing with you a card I made using Paper Sweeties stamps and dies. I made my table centerpiece for the holidays using a mug, some greenery and a candle all nestled in a cluster of holly. It was fun to use some unexpected colors for Christmas... that pink paper started it all... and the gold... you know it's my favorite!

I wanted to keep it simple. The cup is from the Coffee, Yes Please stamp set; the candle is from the Ho Ho Ho Stamp Set, the holly leaves are from the Holly Days Sweet Cuts and Merry & Bright is from the Merry & Bright stamp set. Links to all of these products are at the end of this post!

I'm also playing along with the Visions of Sugarplums Challenge over at Choux Choux Paper Art!

Oh! And by the way! Check this sale out:

What are you waiting for! And we're celebrating 25 Days of Christmas at Paper Sweeties... specials and fun every day right up to and including Christmas Day!

AND! Have you played along with the Inspiration Challenge yet?? This month the prize is $100 to spend in the Paper Sweeties Shop! Yes! $100!!!!! Like I said... what are you waiting for? You can enter by linking up on the blog or join us in the Facebook Group! Get all of the details on the Paper Sweeties Blog here!