Sending You Sunshine

Happy Wednesday!

{Supplies: American Crafts 'Limeade' cardstock, Dear Lizzy Neopolitan 'Heart Song' patterned paper, K & Company SMASH Secret Pocket, Dear Lizzy Neopolitan epoxy brads, flashcard cut from Echo Park This and That 'Teal Damask' patterned paper, 'sending you' sentiment from Impress Rubber Stamps 'Sending You Love' rubber stamp, Maya Road canvas butterfly and Mister Huey.}

Home Sweet Home

One of the things I'm most thankful about is the happy home I share with my fabulous husband and our big, hairy beastie, Miss Griffin. I created this mini album from the Hip 2B Square September Embellishment Kit in honor of our little home sweet home...

A bit of acrylic craft paint in bright, fun colors and some fun bits of patterned papers, chipboard, trims and miscellaneous embellishments was all it took to transform the naked chipboard album from Maya Road.

Now I just need to snap some photos of my favorite things around the house!

xoBC

Blog Interrupted...

That's so how I've been feeling.
Not that I need to tell you that! It's pretty darn obvious. Post on 9/16. Post on 10/31. Oh my! Time truly does go by too, too fast. So, yes, blog interrupted. It's called 'life'. As life gets crazy busy, something just has to give. Sadly, it was my blog for a bit. But I'm back! (Hey, three days in a row is quite a record here!) So now, it's catch up time!

Today I wanted to share a few layouts that I created with the fantastic Hip 2B Square August Kit. (Yes, I said August. Bear with me as I bring us all up to date!) This kit is full of happy & whimsy! Bright colors. Fun patterns. Fabulous embellishments. A bit of American Crafts Amy Tangerine (love it!), super cute Jillibean Soup and a dash of Echo Park and Maya Road.

On this layout I used a photo of a painting of my niece. Her teacher had created this, based off of a photograph of her as a gift to her parents. How cool is that?! It completely captures her essence. Love it so much.

I even included a bit of 'up-cycling' in this one...do you spy the button card from the Jillibean Soup buttons?

This next layout was based on this sketch from Lisa Day...

I adore the burlap 'ribbon' that was included in this kit! It adds fabulous texture to projects. And the Maya Road Canvas Buttons...more fabulous texture.

And one more layout...a silly one. Wish I still had those red sunglasses...

There's those Maya Road Canvas Buttons again...this time cut, misted, strung & stitched!

Thanks for stopping by today, friends! I have lots more to share...lots of projects have been in the works! And with any luck, I'll stay on track with this blogging thing!
xoBC

Lemonade Anyone?

It's a beautiful morning here...clear, blue skies and sparkling sunshine. A perfect August day. Can't get any better than that! Well, it could...if only it were a day with no 'to do' list and nothing but time to sit by the pool, with a stack of magazines and some icy pink lemonade. (If only we had a pool and I had no 'to do' list! A girl can dream...)

Speaking of lemonade though, here's a quick and easy little project I made with the June Hip Kit from Hip 2B Square...

It took no time at all to spruce up this cardboard drink carrier with some Basic Grey patterned paper from their Out of Print collection, the decorative edge from a piece of Sassafras Lass Paper Crush Pitter Patter paper, a pretty Sassafras Sunshine Foldie, the perfect 'Where's the Lemonade?' die cut from Jillibean's Watermelon Gazpacho collection (isn't 'gazpacho' a fun word to say?), a sweet little Maya Road gingham posie and some ribbon.

Wishing you very happy Tuesday...and a chance to sneak in something fun that is not on your 'to do' list!
xoBC

Hip Greetings

Hi friends! Happy Saturday!
Just popping in on this beautiful Saturday to share the cards I made with the June Hip Kit...

This may be my favorite color combo of the moment. Turquoise and Orange. Or if you're Martha Stewart...Sunken Pool and Valencia. And I love these little My Mind's Eye trinket charms that were included in the June Add-On kit...isn't that little bird sweet?

It's fun to mix and match the different blossom embellishments in this kit....a Jillibean Soup canvas blossom, a pretty gingham blossom from Maya Road and an adorable layered chipboard blossom from Pebbles. Together they make a perfect little bouquet for this thank you card.

One of the Add-On Kits for June is the Maya Road Blue Ribbon Sentiments clear stamp set. The 'thank you' on this card is one of the stamps from the set, which I stamped on a Jillibean Soup die cut.

These corrugated butterflies are fab and add such great texture to projects...especially with a button 'stitched' on and some paint splatters. The 'You are THE BEST' sentiment is one of the Maya Road stamps.

The banner on this next card was made using another stamp from the Maya Road set. Here's a peek at the full set of stamps.

Cute, eh? So I stamped the pennant stamps on a variety of the patterned paper from the kit, cut them out and stitched them down.

Added a sentiment, some of the fab Lily Bee Design's ABC Stickers and a few buttons...



Some bittersweet news to share too...Kimberly at Hip 2B Square announced this week that she will be closing her store. It is sad because we're losing a cute, cute local scrapbook store, but it is exciting too, as she'll be able to focus her time and energy on her fantastic Hip Kit club, an expanded online store,  a new and improved website with tutorials, challenges, a message board and so much more! So much exciting stuff to come! So if you are local, head out to Snoqualmie for some great deals (the entire store is 50% off) and to wish Kimberly well in this exciting transition! 

xoBC

Hip Kit Show & Tell

Hi friends!
TGIF! Are you as ready for the weekend as I am? I say bring it on.

To start off the weekend, wanted to share a few of my projects created with the yummy June Hip Kit. Kimberly designed another fabulous kit...she has got the knack for that! Get a load of this main kit...

And this Add-On Kit...

Fun, eh? Love all the pretty colors and all the super cute embellishments! Here are the layouts that my little hands created with this kit....

I used a bit of Studio Calico Mister Huey in Sunshine and October Afternoon SprINKler in Lemon Drop on the American Crafts Vanilla cardstock. I love the sunny, warm background it created!

This layout was based on this quote by Jane Howard...

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family.

Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.

So very true. And I adore the sweet mama, sister and brothers that I've been blessed with...

The Lily Bee Design ABC Stickers in this kit are fabulous! I love the size, I love the colors, I love the font. Will definitely be buying more of these for my stash!!

 

 The ink I used on this layout is Studio Calico's Mister Huey in white. Totally in love with this ink at the moment...so you'll most likely be seeing more of it on my projects!

Wishing you a fun & creative weekend.

xoBC 

Citrus Tree Studio March Kit

Saturday was reveal day over at Citrus Tree Studio and the March 'Treasures and Trinkets' kit is now available! This kit features patterned papers from Scribble Scrabble and is full of other goodies from Jillibean Soup, Maya Road, Bazzill Basics & Jenni Bowlin...just to name a few!
Here are some projects I created using this lovely kit...

The slide mounts are from my stash...a fun find when I was thrifting with two of my favorite gals at the Goodwill Outlet. I love the giant butterfly rub on from Jenni Bowlin that is in this kit! I cut it in half and used half on this layout and the other half on this card I shared on Monday's ode to yellow post, which was inspired by the Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger...

Another of my favorites from this kit are these Maya Road craft envelopes...

...and the fun 'Sugar Picks' from Jillibean Soup!

The add-on this month is a Maya Mist in metallic 'Antique Patina'. It's a beautiful, highly color saturated mist. It looks great misted on patterned paper and also covers naked chipboard really well.

I used the flap of one of the Maya Road envelopes to hold bits of journaling tags...

Isn't this corrugated bird shape from Jillibean super cute?

I folded one of the Bazzill mini paper flowers in half and stitched it on for a ruffly little wing...

I used the Maya Mist to color the leaves on this next card. The leaves are actually bits of one of the Jillibean corrugated flower shapes that I cut apart.

Thanks for stopping by friends...hope you've been inspired!

More details on the CTS March kit can be found here. And while you're there, take a minute to pop over to the CTS gallery to see what the other Designers created this month!

xoBC

P.S. Just found out that I'm a Moxie Fab Trigger Target today! YAY! And the new Trigger is gorgeous. Anyone want to play along??