Summer Themed ATC

Next week I am part of the THAT'S HOT blog hop hosted by Yolie and although I have my prject ready I have to wait until next week for the big reveal sooooo... In the mean time to get you in the spirit of Summer (just in case this heat isn't) here are some pics of my summer theme ATCs that I made for a swap over at SVG Cuts blog. We are in our 4th ATC swap and they are so much FUN!!

Aaaand since we are in the SUMMER theme, Abby from Scrapbookaholic By Abby  has a challenge over at her blog and this little ATC fits right into her: Challenge #10: Anything Summer!~

For this theme I chose the Tropical Friends Collection from SVG Cuts it has so many cute little sea critters that I did not know which one to pick! At the end I decided for this cutie:

 

I tried to change up the face a bit with my different Peachy Keen face stamps which I LOOOVE they give so much character to your die cuts. I also liked how the simple face tuned out too. I just wanted to give each of them their own little face. Hope all my fellow swappers like their ATC.... Now stay tuned for next weeks blog hop which will be filled with talented ladies and goodies along the way.

Check out SVG Cuts Tropical Collection for ocean cuteness Galore!

Hernandez Family Collage

I just finished a Family Collage for my niece who got married last October. I wanted to do this for her wedding gift but did not have the time. We are all meeting in Lake Tahoe next week so  I wanted to have it ready for her by then. This collage is inspired by Collage Queen AMY  she is an expert at making FABULOUS collages check her blog out for some awe inspiring collages.

The deets: For the papers I used BoBunny's Olivia papers which are so bold and have really nice details. For solids I used AC cardstock. 

The font is a Fabulous font that I just LOOOVEEE is the same one I used for the Garden scrap swap below. Check out Lettering Delights Verana Alphabet, you can use the flowery vines as beautiful accents.

The last photo is the framed finished piece. Unfortunately it looks dark, I couldn't get a good picture because of all the reflections. Hope she likes it.

Scrap Swap #1 - SVGcuts

I have done many swaps but this is the first SCRAP AWAP that I have done of this kind. I was good to do a mix of items. For infomration see SVGcuts scrap swap #1 I am sure there will be another one coming soon.  The very talented Mary Rudakas was my partner in this swap, I was a bit nervous that the Queen of svg cuts was going to get my work, so I did my best and came up with this combination for her. She requested a set for a garden theme page.

The color scheme for the set was inspired by the pretty ribbon I found. I think the colors are very bright and go perfect with the garden theme. The Garden title was made using the Verana Alpha from Lettering Delights . I used left over vines with flowerrs for a nice touch on the fence.  Here is a close-up of the ribbon so you can see the pretty combination and the details of the vines in the Verana Alphabet.

Directions to make this super CUTE and easy to make 3d watering can are HERE and you can see soo many different cute samples. I made mine to matcht the color scheme of the whole I sent to Mary. The flower is made by using scalloped circles, sprayed them with glimmer mist and bunched them up. Once dried I fluffed them up into a carnation looking flower for a wonderful and sparkly accent.

I am glad Mary liked her Srap can't wait to see mine.

Black Cat Lynx Giveaway

Black Cat Lynx Giveaway - Day 1

One of my favorite places in the SVG and blog world is giving away a BLACK CAT cutter, what do you have to do? Not much, just stop on over at SVGcuts adn tell them how awesome they are and what you will do with this fabulous new cutter and you will be entered. While there make sure to check out Mary's fabulous sets ... she is the BEST!

CR84FUN Color Challenge

This week I was looking around for a challenge to inspire me and I stumbled upon a great challenge blog called CR84FN where they have weekly challenges and lots of wonderful inspiration. This week challenge is a color challenge based on the following pallette:

This combination is so nice and bright I just had to play along. And since I just got SVGcuts wonderful set Kate's Silhouettes I just had to try it out. This is what I came up with:

It's a simple yet elegant and bright card that can be used for any occasion. I like to leave them blank so that when I need a card I can pull from my stash and personalize it. Thanks for stopping by and hope you liked my take on the challenge.

Patriotic ATC

Here is my latest ATC, I used Treasure Box Designs liberty bear which is such a CUTIE!! If you like cute stuff, TBD has some really cute designs.  I didn't have to use too many embellishments here since the bear itself is such a cute little center piece. I did accent cover it with stickles... everything looks better with glitter!

Hope my group likes them.... have a great week!

Dia de los Muertos ATC Swap

Here is my set of Dia de los Muerto ATCs. This was another swap-bot swap that I joined. For this one I have 2 different partners so I figured I make 2 different ATCs. I printed images from the internet and then "colored" them with my stickles to give them a shiny glittery look and just added accents with some very yummy Twine from The Twinery... so festive for skulls!