Ahh...to see the sights

Who wouldn't enjoy seeing the sights of Rome with Gregory Peck??? This is such a fun, sweet, and beautifully set film. Did you know this was the first American film set entirely in Italy? It was also Audrey Hepburn's first major role, which earned her an Academy Award -you go girl!!

Audrey Hepburn is one of my favorite actresses -she just does everything with the perfect combo of beauty, grace, and spunk. This travel wallet is for you!

A close up of the outside -I used Champagne Mist shimmer paint on the world, along the long torn edge, and in spots on the Sentimental Journey DSP (I found a brand new pack of this in my special secret stash along with a new Tickets & Tokens Simply Scrappin kit that I used as well -WooHoo!)

The inside has a passport pocket and a pouch for boarding passes and other important tickets.

Here is a close up of the passport pocket and the pretty flower touched up with shimmer paint and a half pear from SU! Pretties kit.

Happy Travelling!

CSCC #57 -My Big Fat Greek Wedding

What a fun, laugh-out-loud, romantic comedy! I haven't seen it in awhile, but I still remember laughing every time Toula's father would give a Windex fact or remedy -too much!!
This is also a wonderful story about bringing  two very different families together by the love of Toula & Ian.
I wanted to do my card in shades of blue ala Greek Flag, but I also wanted to do something to represent the "Windex factor", so I used a window sheet to make a floating or acetate card. This is a technique that I've been wanting to try, and felt this was a good opportunity.

From an angle:

The inside:

I used: Taken With Teal, Baja Breeze, and Shimmer White cardstock; Window Sheet, Mini-glue dots, Wide Oval, Scallop Oval, and 1/16" handheld circle punches; Rub-ons "Love & Happiness" (SAB 08).

Here is a good tutorial for the acetate card at Splitcoast Stampers

Thanks for stopping by!!

Mojo Trio

So, I decided to take another challenge "baby step" and try another challenge. So I chose the very popular Mojo Monday sketch challenge. This is my first Mojo Monday challenge:

The layout is pretty clean and simple -very much to my taste.  Here is the card I am submitting for this challenge:

I used: Under the Stars, Starring You, and Celebrate Everything sets; Dusty Durango, Confetti White, Going Gray, Whisper White, and More Mustard cardstocks; More Mustard, Basic Gray, Close to Cocoa, and Chocolate Chip inks; Paper Snips, Large and Small Star, and 1" circle Punches, Vintage Brads, Autumn Meadows DSP, and google eyes.

And, because I got on such a roll, I made a couple more with the same template:

One for Veteran's Day (for my hubby)

And one to get a glitter fix:

I don't know if you can see all the sparkle on this or not, but it's got iridescent ice on the light pink, glittered brads, "fairy dust" on the stamped image, and glittered stars. It was much fun to make and glitter has covered a majority of my outfit, the kitchen, and continues to journey around the house.

**I'll post ingredients on the last 2 cards later...I want to get this posted and have to get dinner going.**

Have a wonderful Saturday!!

Just Bend & Snap!

Happy Saturday!! This week's movie is Legally Blonde!
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE! this film -such an enjoyable flick and the sequel is just as fabulous.

This week we are to use an encouraging sentiment to pay homage to Elle Woods rise through law school when all the odds (and people) were stacked against her, as well as take inspiration from the film itself.

I was inspired by so much! Of course, the card HAD to be pink, and Reese Witherspoon/Elle Woods just *sparkles* in this film, so I felt this project called for lots of glitter and stars as well to capture the character. Elle Woods is such an inspiration: she's fun, determined, considerate, and full of courage. I chose the quote: "It takes courage to grow up to be who you really are" as my encouraging sentiment, because Elle really did grow in this film and it took a lot of guts for her to stick with it. Now, I couldn't leave out one of my favorite parts of the film (I know there are others with me on this...): The "Bend and Snap" scene in the beauty salon. This just makes me laugh out loud every time. So, I made a little "bend and snap" background technique, using rubber bands and craft white ink. Check out my blog for more details! My family got quite a kick out of me bending and snapping my card -LOL!

Here is the inside:

There is a great tutorial for this spiral pop-up at Splitcoast Stampers

Here is a close up of the *sparkle*

Sorry the colors aren't that great on the last pics...lighting wasn't working for me.

I used: Melon Mambo classic ink, Whisper White craft ink, Melon Mambo, Whisper White, and Pink Pirouette c/s, Starring You set, Dazzling Diamonds glitter, Tombo Multi glue, sticky strip, Large and Small Star  & 1 3/4" Circle punches, paper snips, medium sized rubber band.

To "Bend & Snap" your background:

Hold rubber band between your middle and pointer finger.

Ink the lower end of the rubber band in craft ink (I recommend using a narrow dowel or end of a pencil -otherwise it gets super messy).

Then, pull that end up (past the other end of the rubber band) and "snap" it onto the cardstock.

Now you have done the "Bend & Snap" stamping style!

Check out this and other great projects inspired by this film at Cinema Saturday

Enjoy and have a Happy Halloween!!

Trick or Treat!!

Happy Halloween-ish!
So, some fun & exciting news...if you check out the left side of my blog, you will see that I am now the proud displayer of Cinema Saturday's Audrey award -Thanks ladies!! I won for my Elizabeth -The Golden Age crown card.
As part of this honor, I will be guest designing on Cinema Saturday this coming Saturday for the next film reveal. I am soooo excited!! I can't tell you the movie, but you will HAVE to come guess at the sneak peeks on Friday, then check out the big reveal on Saturday, and I highly encourage you to play along -it's a lot of fun.

So, I made a little "treat" for this week's film (which/witch? I haven't seen yet, but plan on doing so soon):

This was a card I had designed for the Stamping Cruise, and I added a little frayed ribbon to it.

I used: Halloween Frights set, Frightful Fence Jumbo wheel, Treat cups, Pumpkin Pie & Basic Black c/s and inks, More Mustard ink, Lovely Lilac & Kraft c/s, Old Olive 1/4" grosgrain ribbon.

Yum, Yum, Yum!!

Okay, have I ever mentioned how much I love chocolate? For those of you who have known me awhile, that's kind of a "DUH!". Seriously, I can consume a ton of chocolate...I dread the day the doctor tells me I am allergic and should no longer eat it. I'd find a loophole though...gotta have my chocolate. I'm not a coffee girl, I don't smoke, but must have chocolate (I'm having some now in fact, and had some earlier too!).

Our neighborhood has been blessed with a FABULOUS chocolate shop, that also serves coffee/tea, and yummy pastries. I went this morning with some girlfriends and the baby while the bigger kids were in school. This is how bad I've got it: I had a yummy apple turnover, but they were out of my favorite chocolate: Australian Salt Caramels. They were actually making them as we were visiting, but wouldn't be done for another half-hour. So, I went and picked my son up from his half-day class, came straight back and bought some fresh-made salt caramels. Oh heavenly!! I've had salt caramels before, but nothing like how Sweet Decadence makes them -YUM!!! If you are local and haven't tried these before, I totally recommend you pop in. The gals are wonderful and happy to guide your taste-buds.

I felt the need to make them a card today, but forgot to take a pic of it before it was delivered on the 2nd trip of the day, so I made another very similar to the first:

I hope you can see the chunky clear glitter that I used as my sea salt on the "salt caramels". It looks super-cute in person, if I do say so myself! :)

I used:

Things I Love set, Chocolate Chip, Dusty Durango ink & markers, Dusty Durango polka-dot ribbon, Chocolate Chip and Confetti White cardstock, Tombo Multi glue, Chunky Clear glitter.

Have a sweet day!!

Shore do love you!!

This week's Cinema Saturday film is Finding Nemo and it's a color challenge! I've been wanting to do a color challenge, but I never seem to get around to doing any other challenges yet, except the Cinema Saturdays, so I'm super excited!

This film has a special place in my heart -it was the first film we ever took our oldest to see. She was almost 2 and I was pregnant with our second, so you can imagine the tears during the film -lol! Me during the first 5-10 minutes and her with the sharks. We watched this again yesterday all 3 kids, my mom and myself. My now 8 year old daughter still curls up on my lap and hides her face when Bruce shows up (personally, I love Bruce!). The "party balloons" still make my son jump, and the baby loves all the color. My most favorite line in the entire movie, and it always brings a bit of tear, and tugs at my heart strings is when Dory says to Marlin, before he leaves: "...I look at you and I'm home". For me, this is my husband. I hope everyone has someone they could say this line to... So, I made a card for him. However, it is more cutesy than sappy. As a family, we also just love the "hey, hey" crabs. They just crack us up, so I had to incorporate them into the card somehow. This is what I came up with:

I used: Crab & Co. set (retired), Pacific Point (retired), Bermuda Bay, Dusty Durango, & Whisper White cardstocks and inks. Blender pens, Stampin' Dimensionals, Tombo Multi glue, 5mm google eyes, Dusty Durango Marker, Spritzing tool.

Look for some more fun here later this week, and I promise, once I get them photographed, I'll post the cruise projects we did a couple weeks back.

Hope you had a great weekend!

~Nancy