Damask Diva's October Blog Hop

Hi everyone! Hillary here! Hope y'all are enjoying the Damask Diva's

October Blog Hop featuring the Laughing Lola paper pack!

If you came from Amanda's page, you are in the right place! 

If you have jumped here and just discovered our blog hop,

 feel free to check the list at Damask Divas blog to find the 

complete list of blog hop participants.

The card I have created uses a bit of all but one of the B&T

papers from the Lola paper pack. I also added some

Lagoon and Gypsy cardstock for some added color!

I used the white seam binding and dyed it using gypsy ink and 

a bit of my round sponge. I finished this card off using

the Heartfelt Bday Wish stamp I inked in lagoon and gypsy

 and popped up on pop dots.

Click HERE to shop for these items at my store!

The next blog on the hop list is Lilian, go check out her Lola creation!

 Hope you have a great time on our hop and checking out all the creations using Laughing Lola!

 If you get lost, just hop on over to Damask Divas Blog for the full list.

Mojo Monday is Happy Happy Happy!

Happy Sunday morning y'all! I'm about to

get ready to head to church on this crisp, cool morning but

I thought I'd share another Duck Dynasty inspired

card right quick. For this one I followed this week's sketch

from Mojo Monday.

Supplies:

I'd Rather Be Hunting pack from Paper Studio

Paper Stio deer sticker
Verve stamp, CTMH cocoa ink

We are all Happy, Happy, Happy!

Good evening my crafty friends! Hope y'all are

having a fabulous weekend so far! I have a quick card to show

y'all this evening. I used this week's sketch from Freshly Made Sketches.

I got the idea for my card from this card from Pink_lady 

at Splitcoaststampers. I loved the way she used the Happy

stamped and thought Duh! why didn't I think of that...

I just recently got into Duck dynasty and I can't figure out

why I hadn't watched it before... Well maybe it's because I don't

have cable... lol But it's a great show if you haven't seen it, very

family friendly and funny. Faith filled too, it's great! If you ain't

from the South tho, it might not be as funny, but I appreciate the humor

and the redneck speech lol... My husband likes to make fun of me

cause I say stuff like 'I ain't got no...' or 'Them ain't no good'

I promise I am a smart and very intellectual person but the country just 

kinda slips out sometimes...I think I've lived in Oklahoma long

 enough to be considered an real Okie...

Supplies:

Paper Studio I'd Rather Be Hunting pack

Paper Studio stickers

Verve stamp, CTMH cocoa ink

CTMH ProPlayer simple birthday

Good morning friends! It's almost the weekend!

Have any great plans? I think I will craft and go with

my sisters thrift store shopping to try and find 

some items for our halloween costumes!

Here today I have just a simple Birthday card suitable

for a guy of any age. I used the CTMH ProPlayer paper pack, 

a stamp from the Tech Speak stamp set, and the 

Heartfelt Bday Wish mini stamp. My card base for this

card is a 5.25 x 5.25 square. The ink colors I

used were ruby and pacifica.

Click HERE to shop for your supplies!

CTMH Laughing Lola and Viva la Verve

Good morning friends! Hope y'all are having a great day!

I am having a better day today than yesterday that's for sure!

My hair dryer broke and someone slashed a 9 inch cut

into my convertible top so they could unlock my car

and go through my glovebox... Hope they had fun, not sure why 

anyone would do that for my tiny two seater with a glovebox

the size of my fist... nothing in there but a tiny hairbrush, bottle

of hair spray and my insurance info... Now it's going to cost $1k

plus to replace since you can't 'fix' a hole in rag top. Oh well,

insurance will mostly likely help a bit. Can't get it looked at

for 2 weeks so I have to figure out a patch job until then because 

it's going to rain this weekend... 

Anyways... enough of my whining, I have for y'all this morning

a card using Laughing Lola paper pack as well as some

gypsy and lagoon cardstock. I used the sketch from Viva la Verve

week 4 for this card. The inks I used are black, lagoon, and gypsy.

 I also used the stamp set from the Laughing LolaWOTG kit

for the flowers which I stamped in black on

colored cardstock then cut out. I used a bit of the black hemp

that comes with the kit for the ribbon and bow and a purple

button from my stash.

Original sketch:

CTMH ProPlayer and Viva la Verve

Good morning friends! I'm back from my anniversary

trip to San Antonio with my hubby! We had a fabulous time!

Didn't want to come come but I am glad to be back 

crafting at my desk! I have another CTMH card for y'all

today using the ProPlayer paper pack and following

the week three sketch from Viva la Verve.

I am digging this paper pack! I am having so much fun

making birthday and thank you cards for guys using

this pack along with the Tech Speak stamp set!

I also used the Heartfelt Bday Wish stamp on this one. I inked

this stamp in slate for the birthday and in ruby for the happy.

The other ink colors I used are pacifica and black.

Click HERE to shop for your supplies!

Supply list: CTMH unless otherwise noted

Paper: ProPlayer paper pack

Stamps: Heartfelt Bday Wish, Tech Speak

Inks: black, slate, ruby, pacifica

Misc: EK success border punch, Nesties sm and lg circle dies

original sketch:

Twist of Faith #56

Good morning Twist of Faith friends!

It's sad to say that this is my last week on the 

Design Team for Twist of Faith... It has sure been a

fun almost 7 months on this fabulous design team! You'll still
see me around tho... I plan on joining in on challenges when I can.

This weeks sponsor is:
Bugaboo Stamps


This weeks challenge - Get Sketchy!
I designed this sketch :-) I love banners so I apologize
if you don't, you can always change the sketch a bit
to your liking as long as we can tell you used the sketch.



My take:

Supplies:

Paper Studio paper

Bugaboo digi stamp

CTMH sentiment from Always Grateful set

CTMH ink in Cocoa, Red barn, Goldrush, and Olive

Sketch N Scrap card #10

Good morning Sketch N Scrap fans! Hope everyone

is gearing up to have a fabulous weekend! 

I'm hoping some of that cool fall weather is going to 

start heading my way! Although I am actually in San Antonio

this weekend with my hubby celebrating our anniversary!

So I won't be doing any crafting this weekend but I

sure hope y'all will and join us for a fabulous sketch!

Sketch #10 due Sept. 30th:

My take:

Supplies:

Echo Park and Paper Studio paper

Verve stamp, Studio G ink

Nesties circle and lacey circle dies

Paper Studio paper flowers

CTMH ProPlayer and Viva la Verve

Good morning friends! Hope y'all are having a great week

so far! I work week ends today and doesn't start back

up until Tuesday! WooHoo! The hubs and I are going

to San Antonio for our anniversary! Or as my hubs

says it's our quarterly trip to Texas... So in case you were wondering 

where Okies go for vacation, there it is, Texas!

I have a card to share with y'all this morning. I used week 2

sketch from Viva la Verve. For this card I used paper

from the CTMH ProPlayer paper pack. I just love this

paper pack! So great for boys and men! Or maybe it's

since my hubby has his own computer business I find it perfect!

I also used the stamp set Tech Speak and I stamped the images

on my ruby and pacifica cardstock with their coordinating inks 

to give it a little something extra! I stamped the next level stamp in 

slate on white daisy cardstock and cut it out. It can be cut out perfectly if 

you have the Cricut Artiste cartridge!Then after I cut my circles 

 I stamped Heartfelt Birthday Wish in pacifica and ruby inks.

Click Here to shop for your supplies!

original sketch:

{PIN}spirational Challenges #75

Good Morning {PIN}spirationl Challenges fans!

I am sad to say that this is my last week on the {PIN}

design team... It has been a fun 6 months being on this team!

I will still try and participate in the challenges as often

as I am able to. Life just gets busy sometimes...

This week's {PIN}:

This week's sponsors:

QKR Stampede

and

Spyder's Corner

My creation using a Sypder's Corner digi:

Supplies:

Paper Studio paper

Spyder's corner digi, CTMH Always Grateful

CTMH ink in Goldrush, Redbarn and Olive

MFT ink in Kraft

Paper doily (I sponged it in Olive ink)

Twist of Faith #55

Good Morning Twist of Faith friends!

It's sad that I have to say after next week is my last

week on the Design Team for Twist of Faith...

It has been a wonderful opportunity! I've loved every

bit of it but I've been a little too busy lately and 

have some things coming up this fall/winter so

I felt I needed to step down from a few of the 

DT's that I am on...

Anyways... I'm sure y'all want to know about this week's

challenge and it is:

Buttons!

(also an verse or uplifting sentiment)

Our sponsor:

Robin's Fetish

My creation using Bella da Snowlady:

Supplies:

Robins Fetish digi

CTMH inks in Olive, goldrush and red barn

MFT ink in kraft

Paper Studio paper pack

Hero arts sentiment

misc. Christmas buttons

Twisted Tuesday #59

Good Morning Twisted Tuesday friends!

We had some wonderful entries for last week's

Primary colors and buttons challenge! Can't

wait to see what y'all come up with this week!

Spatter and Chatter!

This week's challenge:

Paint it, spritz it, mist it whatever just show us some splatter!

The twist:

Use atleast two words

My creation:

Supplies:

Paper Studio paper

Verve stamps, Studio G ink

red, blue and white craft paint

red stick-on gems

CTMH ProPlayer and Mojo Monday #310

Good Sunday morning friends! Hope y'all have had a 

fabulous weekend so far! I thought I'd pop in

right quick before getting ready for church to show my

first card I've made using CTMH ProPlayer paper pack.

I followed this week's sketch from Mojo Monday.

Besides the ProPlayer paper I also used a lot of stamps

from the Tech Speak stamp set along with one

of the borders from the One-way Borders set.

I adore both of these stamp sets! It's so hard sometimes

to find good paper and stamps geared towards guys...

My husband thought this paper and stamps were

pretty cool. The CTMH inks I used were

black, pacifica, and ruby.

original sketch:

New fun project: Memo notebook covers!

I was searching Pinterest the other day looking for some cool ways 

to cover journals. Then I came across this little project on

book-like covers for jr. legal pads by a fellow Close To My Heart consultant. 

When I realized how inexpensive the project would be I decided to give it a go!

First one:

Second one:

Annette's directions can be found here:

http://annettescreativejourney.blogspot.com/2013/06/convention-goodies-memo-notebooks.html

I will note that she tells you to embellish at the end but if you are going to 

put some paper strips on the front like I did or ribbon like she did,

you need to do that BEFORE you put the paper lining

on the inside so you can cover up the ends of the paper or ribbon.

Also I mod-podged my entire book! The only thing that isn't

mod-podged is the little triangle pocket. I will also note if you 

are going to mod-podge that you mod-podge the entire piece of

paper on the matboard covers. She just glues the covers down. I did

that on my first book and after I went over it with mod-podge at

the end the cover started to bubble up because it wasn't

stuck down at all...

Supplies:

Matboard - I got an 11x14 Value Pack of 35 at HobLob for $6

Sticky-back canvas 5 pack- Ranger brand, $9 also HobLob by scrapbook stuff

Mod podge matte finish - any craft store $5ish

Paper I used was Fancy Pants

'Notes' stamped with the Alpha set in CTMH's September special

flowers from $1 bin at Michaels

leaves are from a Sizzix leaves die set

Cutting sizes:

Matboard: 2 pieces 5.5 x 8.5 each

Cover paper: 2 pieces 6 x 10 each

Inside lining paper: 8.25 x 11.25

pocket paper: 5 x 5 diagonal 

notepad top piece: 2 x 5

Twist of Faith #54

Good evening Twist of Faith friends! We sure had

some lovely entries for last week's Anniversary challenge!

Can't wait to see what y'all come up with this week!

This week's challenge:

Monochromatic - Hues of one color

and of course a scripture or positive sentiment

This week's sponsor:

Melonheadz

My creation using warm mitten:

Supplies:

Melonheadz digi, Hero Arts sentiment

Paper Studio and Recollections paper

colored pencils

CTMH Huntington and Viva la Verve Sept. week 1

Good Lord's Day my friends! Thought I'd pop in and show

off a card I made the other day before I head to church!

I used the Sept week 1 sketch from Viva la Verve for this card.

I used paper from the Huntington Paper Pack as well

as some added goldrush and olive cardstock. I stamped my images

from Count Your Blessings on colonial white cardstock with Versamark

 and heat embossed them with a brown embossing powder and then I 

colored them with redbarn, olive, and goldrush inks. I also

took a paper doily and sponged redbarn ink onto it.

I then used the always grateful stamp from the Always Grateful

set and stamped it in redbarn. 

Shop for these supplies here!

original sketch:

My new Intro to Close To My Heart video!

Good evening friends! This is my first-ever YouTube video! It's just a simple introduction to Close To My Heart, a little about the coordinating products they offer... I mainly did this video to learn how to use video editing software lol... Now that I think I have it down, I'm going to start some tutorials and stamping technique videos soon!!

CTMH Huntington and Count Your Blessing #2

Good morning everyone! Hope y'alls weekends are 

off to a good start! It sure is getting toasty here in central OK

considering it's September... Oh well guess that's what happens

when you have a mild July/August...

Well I have another card for y'all this morning using 

Close To My Heart products. 

The card base is 4.5 x 6.25 cut from a sheet

of Colonial White cardstock. I then cut a smaller

rectangle from Barn Red cardstock as a mat for a rectangle piece

of Huntington B&T both come in the Huntington paper pack.

I stamped my image from Count Your Blessings in Versamark

then embossed it in a brown embossing powder. (from Hobby Lobby)

I then used CTMH inks in Goldrush, Olive, Barn Red and Gypsy as

well as MFT ink in Kraft to 'paint' my image using water brushes (HL)

I also distressed the edges of my image panel and sponged

on in in Barn Red. The Blessed is stamped in MFT Kraft.

I then cut a strip of Barn Red and B&T papers and colored

some White seam binding with my Olive ink and sponge, and 

cut a strip of Bronze shimmer trim to make the 

strip down the side of the image. The double bow I

made using a Bow-Easy.

Be on the lookout for a YouTube video I will we putting

up soon showing how I paint my images

using CTMH inks!

Shop with me here!

Supplies List: from CTMH unless otherwise notes

Paper: Huntington Paper Pack, Colonial White ct

Stamps: Count Your Blessings

Ink: Olive, Gypsy, Red Barn, Goldrush, MFT Kraft

Misc: Bronze shim trim, seam binding, sponge, edge distresser

CTMH Huntington paper and Count Your Blessing stamps

Good morning everyone! Hope y'alls week is going well!

It's already all most Friday! Whoop whoop! I should

be getting a new box of CTMH goodies tomorrow!

Until then I decided to pull out the Huntington paper pack

and make a few cards! For this first card I used the

card on page 44 of the new Idea Book as my inspiration.

I made a 4.5 x 6.25 card base out of Barn Red cardstock

that comes with the Huntington Paper Pack. I then cut a smaller

rectangle out of Goldrush cardstock. I inked the edges of both

the Red Barn and Goldrush with their matching inks.

I stamped the cornstalk and small pumpkin from 

Count Your Blessings in Versamark and embossed it in a 

brown embossing powder I got from Hobby Lobby. I cut

out the pumpkin and distressed and inked the edges of the cornstalk

image in Barn Red ink. I then used my Red Barn, Goldrush and Olive inks

 along with some water brushes (also from HL) to paint my stamped images.

 I will be doing a YouTube tutorial this weekend about painting

with ink pads so be watching for that!

For the stitched part, on a piece of white computer paper

I drew the image I wanted then using my needle I poked holes

along the image about ever 1/8th of an inch. I then used a 

small piece of tape to tape my template to my B&T piece

and then poked through the holes in my computer paper onto

my B&T paper. I used some embroidering floss I had that was close to

the Goldrush color and then just stitched the image!

I stamped the Blessed in Barn Red and also used

a strip of Bronze Shimmer Trim to finish off the outside of this card!

The inside stamp is from the set Always Grateful.

Shop with me here!

Supplies list:

Stamps used: C1555 Count Your Blessings, C1559 Always grateful

Inks used: Red Barn, Olive, Goldrush, Versamark

Paper used: Huntington Paper Pack, Goldrush cardstock

Misc: Bronze Shimmer Trim, burnt orange em. floss,

Bark embossing powder, edge distresser 

Sketch N Scrap card #9

Good Thursday morning Sketch N Scrap friends!

The weekend is almost upon us! Hope y'all

had a fabulous week! We have another great sketch

for you over at Sketch N Scrap!

Can't wait to see y'alls creations for this wonderful sketch!

Sept. 5th sketch: due Sept 30th

My take on the sketch:

Supplies:

fancy Pants paper

Verve stamp, Studio G grey ink

edge distresser, black seam binding

button, b&w bakers twine

Twisted Tuesday #58

Sorry I'm a day late getting my post up!

I hope all of y'all have seen the wonderful cards the 

DT over at Twisted Tuesday has made up

for the new challenge! Also if you haven't noticed, we now

have thumbnails of everyone's cards who enter! love it! 

This week's challenge:

Use primary colors

This week's twist:

also use buttons

Sponsor for the month:

Remember to use both the challenge and the twist!

Entries are due Sunday Sept. 15th.

My creation:

{PIN}spirational Challenge #73

Good morning {PIN}spirational Fans!

Hope y'all had a fabulous weekend! We have

another great {PIN}spirational pin for y'all this week!

This week's {PIN}spiration:

Too cute!

This week's sponsors:

Lacy Sunshine

and

2 Cute Ink

Here is my creation using a 2 Cute Ink digi

Supplies:

Paper Studio and Recollections paper

MFT stamp, CTMH cocoa ink

Colored Pencils

Twist of Faith #53

Good morning Twist of Faith friends!

Hope y'all had a wonderful long weekend! I sure

did! Not sure it was long enough tho...

Anyways, This week at Twist of Faith we have another

great challenge for y'all!

This week's challenge:

Anniversary

This week's sponsor:

Digi Darla

My creation using Happy Couple:

Supplies:

Digi Darla stamp

Verve stamp

Fancy Pants paper

Colored pencils