Creative Charms Blog Hop!

Welcome to my little section of the Creative Charms blog hop!

You should have come here via Amber’s blog. (I don't want you to miss any of the words in the secret phrase!)

The layout I wanted to share today is one that posed some challenges during the design process but I am pleased with the result!

This is the scrapbooking group that I am so happy to be part of. They are five wonderful ladies and we have so much fun together! We are at our favorite getaway scrapbooking weekend, Crop Around the Clock (CATC) (croparoundtheclock.ning.com). This fantastic crop, held at the Four Points Sheraton in Greensburg, PA is sponsored every spring and fall by my favorite local scrapbook store, Art-Tech Supplies (arttechsupplies.ning.com), also in Greensburg, PA.

We decorate our space and dress to coordinate with our decorations! This particular day at CATC we were Scrappin’ Disney Divas with castle and all!

Our decorated table:

My layout:

I used my Gypsy/Expression combo (love them both) to create the pink overlay by welding together shapes and letters from several different cartridges. Since it is a Diva layout I just had to use some Creative Charms Gradient Gem Stickers - PINK and Vintage Jewels - CLEAR to bling it up!!!

I am doing a giveaway of some fun and fabulous Creative Charms goodies!! All you have to do to enter is become a follower of my blog and leave a comment on this post. The winner will be announced on Monday, May 2^nd so be sure to check back!

Please hop by all of the designers’ blogs (the list is posted on the Creative Charms blog if you lose your way) to discover all of the words in the secret phrase. All you have to do is gather all of the words in the order of the hop and email the secret phrase to Midori to be entered to win the Grand Prize - it is both May’s Kit AND Deal of the month! Wow!!! (details on the Creative Charms blog)

Oh yeah, the word that I am to share with you is:

Jan's Blog is your next stop on the hop....

Thanks so much for stopping by and please stop back soon!

What are you waiting for? Keep on hopping! :o)

My Sweetie Pie and My Hearts Desire!

Hi! Sandra here to talk about the January Kit of the Month - My Heart's Desire. I love this kit and I was thrilled when it arrived in the mail! I laid it all out on my scrappin' table and the wheels started turning...

Here are two quick cards that I made using a few of goodies from the kit.

For the card on the left I used the teardrop shaped Vintage Jewels - PINK and Vintage Jewels - RED & WHITE (I just used the clear) to create three hearts at the bottom of the card and of course I had to use some Gradient Gem Stickers - BLACK & WHITE (again, the clear - NOT INCLUDED IN THE KIT).


For the card on the right I used the Red & White Fancy Polka Dot Ribbon near the bottom of the card and one Red & White Fancy Polka Dot Brad. I placed a round sparkly sticker (from my stash) on top of the big brad.


I also created a 2 page layout featuring my Sweetie Pie! The pics are from Valentine's Day 2010 and I just loved my little guy's excitement and expressions in the pics. He is so much fun!!!

I love the Vintage Poppies with Pearl Brads - RED (and all of the other great colors too) but I did not think that flowers went with a layout of my son so I looked at the flowers and I saw hearts. Each petal of the Velvet Poppy looked like a heart to me so I just took out the pearl center and cut each petal apart. I actually cut only the large poppies from two packs of the Vintage Poppies with Pearl Brads - RED. (Only on pack is included in the kit. You could use the small poppies too from the kit and then you would only need on pack.) I used the once poppy petals, now hearts, along with the Velvet Ric Rac - RED from the kit to create the border that spans the bottom of the entire layout and three of the petal hearts at the top of the right hand page. I also used the three puffy hearts from the kit just above the title - these hearts have white polka dots on the other side but I chose to use the plain red side.




If you did not get this kit yet, you will want to get it as soon as possible at www.creativecharms.com! I still have a lot of goodies left from this kit to create more fun stuff!

Thanks for looking and make it a great day! :o)