UmWow Studio - July Sketch!

Feeling a little bit in a rut w/my PL'ing and this sketch challenge popped up on my FB news feed so I thought I'd give it a shot!

You can find the link up here if you want to join, too! :)

Here's my take.

Great elements in the original sketch, but it's hard to fit all of them on a 4x6 card so this is my interpretation of it. :)  I used the heart mask and Mustard 29 flair from the UmWow store.

Now, back to my table!!

xoxo, Amber

Cuttin' and Stampin' - Crate Paper Love Notes

Hi again!!  Another guest post for Cuttin' and Stampin'! :)  

I'm kinda liking filling in for these awesome ladies!

January 21 - 27, 2014

Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes with Arrows

As a design team, we have seen SO many wonderful paper lines and projects created using arrows.  We decided we wanted to play with arrows too.  The design team is using the Crate Paper Love Note paper line and the Love Struck Paper Smooches stamp set.

I didn't use any arrows on my project, so I'm technically breaking the rules so don't follow my example! :)

I did however use the uber cute Crate Paper Love Note collection to make this Pocket Page:

Another heart veneer colored with the Wink of Stella brush in Dark Pink. 

I also included a hidden journaling page.  :) 

All of these products can be found for purchase here.

We hope you enjoy this challenge as much as we have.  You have until January 27th to enter your projects HERE. 

Silhouette Challenges - September 2012 - Welding

It's the first of the month again and time 

for another Challenge here at

A blog dedicated to the Silhouette Cutting Machines.

You MUST use a Silhouette somehow in your project.

Ch# 5 Welding Letters

Begins: Sunday, September 1

Ends: Monday, September 30

Sponsors this month are:

My Scrap Chick

Prize: $10.00 GC

My Crafting Channel

Prize: $15.00 Amazon GC

Little Scraps of Heaven Designs

$15..00 GC

For my project this month, I decided to create a PL LO for my daughter's spring dance recital.  Her cute little class danced to "You Are My Sunshine", so I used that phrase and welded the letters together. :)

This was my first time "welding" but it definitely won't be my last!!  I can use this for EVERYTHING!!!

Don't forget to link your welding project up to the link above for your chance to win some fabulous prizes!!

Amber :) 

Life in Details Challenge - September 2013 - 4x6 Recipe

Good morning everyone!!

Today I'm posting my very first challenge with the Life in Details {project life} Creative Team that I'm on.

The challenge was this:

You must create a 4x6 card that must include the following:

- Ribbon or Washi Tape

- Flair

- Bling

- Chipboard or Wooden Veneers

- 2 Different Patterned Papers

Here's what I came up with:

We took Bug to her first concert back in August, Brad Paisley.  I had been given this super fun paper from a super sweet gal, LBAB, that I met through Crop Chocolate.  It was the perfect paper to make this spread!!

Come play along!  All you have to do is link up at the link above.  There's a spot on the right side bar to add your projects. :)

xoxo, Amber

Silhouette Challenges - August 2012 - Shaped Card

It's the first of the month again and time 

for another Challenge over at

A blog dedicated to the Silhouette Cutting Machines.

You MUST use a Silhouette somehow in your project.

Ch# 4 Shaped Card

Begins: Thursday, August 1

Ends: Saturday, August 31

Sponsors this month are:

My Scrap Chick

Prize: $10.00 GC

My Crafting Channel

Prize: $15.00 Amazon GC

Little Scraps of Heaven Designs

$15..00 GC

For my shaped card challenge, I created a cute little cupcake "HB2U" card for a special someone that has a birthday on the 7th.  I sure hope she likes it! :)

Remember - for your chance to win one of these fabulous prizes, link your shaped card project up using the directions above!

Amber :)

Silhouette Challenge - June 2013 - Print and Cut!

June is HERE and so is an incredible challenge from Silhouette Challenges.  

This is my first "official" month on their Design Team and I'm SUPER excited!  

Here's the details:

June Ch# 2 Print & Cut

Begins: Saturday, June 1

Ends: Sunday, June 30

Sponsor: My Scrap Chick http://www.myscrapchick.com/ 

Prize: GC

Sponsor: Tabitha's Designs http://tabithasdesigns.businesscatalyst.com/

Prize: Digi Paper Pack Winners Choice

Sponsor: KaDoodle Bug Designs http://www.kadoodlebugdesigns.com/

Prize: $15 GC

All you have to do is link up your project here, and follow the directions!

Here is my VERY FIRST print/cut attempt {EVER}.  

Once you try it, you'll find all of these ideas come swarming to your head about how you want to use this. I've started Project Life this past week and will use this SOOOOOOO much on those little 3x4 and 4x6 cards! Think of the $$$ you'll save in stickers!

Ok, probably not really because if you're like me, you'll still buy them. :)

Now, what are you waiting for? Let's see what you got!!

xoxo Amber

golden.

I am, without a doubt, in LOVE with Lady Antebellum's new single "Golden".

As I was on the way home from my parent's house over Memorial Day weekend, this song gave me the {perfect} idea for a LO that goes along with the sketch hosted by UmWowStudio over on Cropchocolate.com.

My husband is my everything.  This song is EXACTLY how I feel about him, and what better way to show that than with a picture of him, and the greatest gift he gave to me. :)

I did the journaling around the picture and one of the butterflies:

Here's the title:

I linked up here:

Cropchocolate.com

UmWowStudio

Silhouette Challenges

Party Time Tuesdays

Use It! Tuesday (I used my hoarded stash of MME's Miss Caroline - reserved for special occasions!)

Anything but a Card (I used my hoarded stash of MME's Miss Caroline - reserved for special occasions!)

xoxo Amber

a birthday card.

Here's a quick little card I made:

I struggle with "masculine" stuff...I prefer bright colors and flowers. :)

Linking up to:

Ribbon Carousel RCC81 - Celebrations

Cocoa Creations - #1 - Let's Celebrate!

cutting Washi Tape with the Cameo.

These pictures are awesome... Fotofly always does a GREAT job and I have never had a bad experience there.  

However...

I have fought with these pictures for WEEKS - trying to find the "right" papers to match with them.  I put them up on my desk where I'd glare at them every time I'd walk into my lair.

2 friends suggest bring orange and pink but I never found the perfect papers.......

Until last night.

MME's "The Sweetest Thing" flower paper border on the right side got this ball rolling.  

I wanted to use a brighter pop of pink than what's in the flowers and I had some perfect Washi Tape for it.

Then I got thinking - why not cut some brackets OUT of the bright Washi Tape so it all matches perfectly?  Off I went on another Cameo adventure. :)

It's super quick and easy.  I measured out the size of brackets I wanted, covered the measured white cardstock in the said Washi, and cut!  When cutting, make sure you adjust your paper thickness because it will NOT cut through on the first time.

I may or may not have figured that out by trial and error. :)

Here's a close up of the brackets:

Linking up again to Silhouette Challenges May "Anything Goes" challenge.

xoxo Amber

print & cut with my Cameo.

I got this lovely little machine last year for Mother's Day.

Until now, I haven't really done TOO much with it.  I've got some shapes here and there, but it's really capable of SOOO much more!

I'm SO excited that I'm going to {HAVE} to learn how to use all of it's features because I'm SO lucky to be on the Design Team for "Silhouette Challenges"!

The term officially starts in June so I've got a little bit of time to play and figure some things out. :)

Here's a little card I made last night for a dear friend's father who is in the hospital and FINALLY being released today after 2 weeks in the joint.  I thought a little card would cheer him up.

The "thinking of you" portion was made with the "print/cut" feature.  I forsee a lot of this being used and saving oodles on stickers!!  

I'm linking up with Silhouette Challenges May "Anything Goes" challenge.

xoxo Amber 

love notes.

I know it's not Valentine's Day, but I found a project that my scrappy friend Karen did for her girls and I've been wanting to do for Neysa for a while now.  

I turned an ordinary box into a patterned paper delight.  The top comes off so that I can put in little thoughts or sayings that remind me of her, or joy down funny things that she says and does.  I want to give this to her at one of her birthdays long down the road.  

You can find the original post here.  Karen has all sorts of awesome tutorials and stuff on her blog, too so check those out!  I also used this for the weekly challenge at CropChocolate.com.

hey there!

ni-nights, Relly.

4th of July - 2011

the man project.

Cropchocolate.com does a weekly challenge on Wednesdays.  This week's challenge was to use manly colors, and something clear.

I used Echo Park's Note to Self, and Snake Tape adhesive as well as a few other odds and ends.  I was VERY happy with how this turned out. :)

card.

new challenge blog.

So there's this cute new challenge blog (The Paper Girls Challenge) that I've decided to start playing along with.  

Here's the sketch:

 And here's my LO:

Go check them out and play along! :)

thankful.

For the Focus Group @ CropChocolate.com, the theme for the challenge for November was to create a project based on something that you're thankful for.  

Here's the frame I made with my parents in mind:

Materials Used:  Paper, Stamps and embellishments all Autumn Splendor from MM.  TH Distress ink in Walnut Stain and Barn Door.  Perfect Pearl  spray in gold.  Wooden frame from Michaels.

culture shock - BATMAN!

The challenge over @ Culture Shock this week is BATMAN!  

I immediately thought of the old-school cartoon that came BACK on TV after the new(er) ones were over when I was little.  Here was my first thought:

and here's what I came up with:

I wanted cleaner lines than the conversation bubble above so I chose circles and squares instead of jagged edges. :)  

Don't forget to play along!  Come up with your interpretation of Batman, and link up here!

inspiration.

Any guesses as to what I'm up to with this??  Stay tuned to find out. :)