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Friday, June 7, 2013

Ruby Rock It Blog Hop

Hello

there to you our faithful

Ruby Rock-it Fans

Welcome to our June blog hop!

This month, we are featuring our very versatile Fundamentals cardmaking supplies, gorgeous vellum, and our bling! And after you hop along, make sure you find out the details on how you can have a chance to win this amazing PRIZE pack!

Come and hop along with us, leaving comments at each blog to enter to win an awesome Ruby Rock-it prize pack! You could win your very own collection of Ruby goodies! Here's the order of blogs in case you get lost along the way!

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This month Ruby Rock It is teaming up with Clearsnaps

and I am sharing two cards I created with Clearsnaps smooch and Fundamentals cardmaking supplies.

I created these cards with a Fathers Day theme in mind. My base is the Fundamentals Imprints white cardstock. I used Clearsnaps smooch in Pink Sprinkle and splattered it across the background.

I love layering and using products in different ways than what they were intended. I used the Bella Narratives in two different patterns and layered them on the card front. Love the black and white theme that was so easy to put together with the with these cardmaking products by RRBF.

My sentiment is from Heartfelt Creations. Under my stamping and die cut I trimmed up a sheet of vellum to fit just inside that Narratives die cut.

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My next project features the "B" side of the Bella Mini Theme Papers "Baby Boy and Graduation"

I love how versatile these papers are and how I was able to get a masculine adult style card out of a "baby boy" themed range.

Again I have used Clearsnaps smooch for my background misting and this time the color I chose was "Splash"

My sentiment is another stamp from Heartfelt Creations. I'm loving how the Bella Bling in red and little Card Accents are like candy on this card! I also snuck some vellum in. A strip of punched and misted vellum tucked into the other punched pieces on this card. It lends a special touch here.

Hope you give some of Ruby Rock It's cardmaking supplies a go!

Your next stop is Pamela Young

Supplies

Smooch "Splash"

Smooch "Pink Sprinkles"

Fundamentals Embossed Cards-Imprints

Vellum

Bella Narratives

Fundamentals Chipboard Accents

Bella Bling

Bella Cherish Papers- Love Story

Mini Theme- Baby Boy Picture Frame

Mini Theme- Graduation

Monday, June 3, 2013

Tresors deLuxe

Scraps of Elegance

I'm thrilled to share that I was invited to guest design this month for a new etsy shop called

Tresors de Luxe

A beautiful little shop filled with exquisite laces and hand made florals. My design team sista Lucy is the owner and I'm so honored she asked me to design for her. Right up my alley and perfect for a shabby chic lover. I was so excited when my package arrived I couldn't wait to get started! I put together a little pillow box for my first project. I'm in love with pillow boxes these days. I love the name "pillow box" too. :)

I cut the box out of cardstock and put it together first. It is a beautiful gift box and can hold a gift card, jewelry, treats etc. The edges of the box are all inked.

I punched the edges of some Prima paper that was in our May Scraps of Elegance kit "Yesterdays" and applied that over the box.

Over the paper I layered the beautiful cream shabby chic floral and lace from Tresor deLuxe.

Another view of this gorgeous lace. I closed the back with a pin and stamped sentiment from Heartfelt Creations. To insert your gift you just need to unpin and then undo the closure I created on the box back.

My next project is a shabby chic tag created with another Prima paper from the May Scraps of Elegance kit. This tag was beautifully enhanced with more shabby chic florals from Tresors de Luxe.

I used a crinkle seam binding and cotton thread and button at the top.

This is a close up of the beautiful floral spray. I've added a couple of Prima flowers from our SOE kit.

The back of the tag holds and envelope I created with my CottageCutz die - large confectionary bag

It holds a little notecard with more Tresors deLuxe lace tucked inside along with a little clothespin from there.

This tag is like candy. I loved creating it and working with these beautiful products. Don't forget to stop by the shop and take a peek.

Stay tuned for more projects later this month featuring Lucy's beautiful laces and handmade flowers.

Saturday, June 1, 2013

Scraps of Elegance June Design Team Reveal

The June Kit is here!

This month Gabielle Pollacco

is joining us a guest designer!

Be sure to go check out what the design team has done with this gorgeous kit!!!

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Gina's Designs

& Scraps of Darkness

Hi Everyone!

Today and I am sharing my mini album display case created for Gina's Designs.

I had such a great time with this project and I know you will too! This beautiful piece Gina designed houses four little mini albums. I used my beautiful Scraps of Darkness kit from April "Remember When" to embellish my case. These are the MamaRazzi papers in the kit.

Gina's

Miniature Bookplates Shapes gave the binders of my mini albums a special touch. I dabbed Tim Holtz distress paints on the chipboard bookplates in two different colors.

The top of my case was covered in flowers and butterflies! You can see the little feet I added to the case. These are wooden spools I covered in matching papers and the little button acts as a drawer pull.

I used Gina's Hinge Straps on the sides of the box. I covered them in modeling paste and then went over them with gesso. While the gesso was set I sprinkled on distress embossing powder and heat set it.