Citrus Tree Studio presents...

...not one, but two fabulous kits for November! I had the pleasure of playing with Kit #2 which features 7Gypsies "Mykonos" 8x8 Paper Pack with a touch of Pink Paislee and Kaisercraft mixed in. In addition to the fun kit, I got to play with the Fall/Winter 2011 Product Spotlight...this fantastic 'Beyond the Page Small Photo Display' from Kaisercraft.

From naked to altered...

I painted the photo display with KAISERcolour acrylic paint in 'Olive', distressed the edges just a teensy bit and then added my papers and embellishments. All papers are from the CTS November Kit #2. The vintage-looking gold foil bird (I think it might be Making Memories??), 'happy' flash card and the red/white gingham fabric (bows on the garland) are all from my stash.

This was so much fun to put together...and there are so many different things you could do with it! I think it would make a fantastic gift! You can see more details about the November kits and Product Spotlight here. Plus check out how the fabulous Melonie altered the photo display last month with the adorable 'Hayrides and Halloween' kit here. It's super cute!

Happy Monday friends!

xoBC

NOVEMBER!

How can it be time to flip the calendar over to November?!? October had to be the shortest month ever! Well, I better start snapping some fall photos before the season is over! Here's a little mini album that I created with the cute Bazzill Basics mini album and various American Crafts papers from the from the Citrus Tree Studio 'Hayrides and Halloween' kit. 

I kept this really simple, so I can document my fall favorites & add to it as we experience the season. I included one blank page for a photo and on the facing page I machine stitched a journaling block.

There's lots of room for adding little embellishments as I go. On this next journaling block, I stitched down some of the scalloped mistable trim from Pink Paislee, after I sprayed it with some October Afternoon Sprinklers in 'Comet Tail'.

There are so many fall projects I want to work on...and now my list is expanding with Christmas projects to work on too! Tis the Season already, eh?
Wishing you a happy & creative November!
xoBC

Happy Halloween, Friends!

Wishing you a boo-tiful day, full of LOTS of treats and not so many tricks!

(This layout was created with the super fun 'Hayrides and Halloween' kit from Citrus Tree Studio.)

xoBC

My Color Challenge

Hi friends!
Today the Citrus Tree Studio Design Team is kicking off another round of challenges. For March, I have a color challenge to share...and it is not green!
My color palette was inspired by these photos I saw on Pam Garrison's blog...

Which also reminded me of this fabulous picture from greenweddingshoes.com...

How fun is that?! I want to be invited to that party!
Based on this pretty color palette, I created some cards.
The first card features Basic Grey's 'Boy Band' patterned paper from their Hopscotch collection, 'Love Notes' from the Sassafras Paper Crush collection and a Cosmo Cricket chipboard button.


The next card features My Mind's Eye 'Mabel' paper from their Stella and Rose collection, and bits of paper from Crate Paper...'Playdate' from the new Toy Box collection and 'Quilts' from the new Emma's Shoppe collection (bits I was lucky to get at CHA...I ADORE these new collections!!). The round doily sticker is from a Studio Calico kit (designed by Crate Paper for SC) and the pretty butterfly is a vintage piece from an old Jenni Bowlin kit.



And the third card features a mix of pretty papers from the My Mind's Eye Fine and Dandy collection, a die cut from their Lost and Found collection, some pink tulle I purchased at Impress and a vintage button.

I hope you play along with my color challenge this month! You can get all the details about the prize that's up for grabs from Citrus Tree Studio here....plus there's a new sketch challenge and a new technique challenge (which involves canvas, YAY!) posted, so go check it out & join in on the fun!

Happy Crafting,
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??

A Bit of Sunshine

Hi friends!
How many of you are addicted to Pinterest? I totally am! If you haven't been introduced to Pinterest yet, it's a fabulous place...a place to catalog pictures of things you love, things that inspire you, things that you just can't live without. Here are a few things I've 'pinned' on my boards this week...

From blogs.dexknows.com via Pinterest...

From calivintage.tumblr.com via Pinterest...

From frommoomtomoon.blogspot.com via Pinterest...

From inspirebride.net via Pinterest...

From bellemaison23.com via Pinterest...



From poppytalk.blogspot.com via Pinterest...

From style-files.com via Pinterest...

From freshlyblended.blogspot.com via Pinterest...

From shelterpop.com via Pinterest...

Do you see a trend here?!? I seem to be attracted to everything yellow these days! I think I'm lacking Vitamin D and trying desperately to get my sunshine fix. :)

With my recent love of yellow, you can bet I was tickled to see the Tuesday Trigger over at Moxie Fab World! Here's their Tuesday Trigger from this week...

and here's the card I was inspired to create...which I created with the fabulous Citrus Tree Studio March kit.

Hope you're having a creative & sunny Saturday!
xoBC

February Challenge

OK...obviously when I said 'as the week goes on' in my last post, I didn't expect the ENTIRE week to fly by without posting a single CHA recap post. Oh my. Naughty blogger. Sooo...I will get some of my favorite photos from CHA posted throughout the weekend.

In the meantime...new challenges were posted on the Citrus Tree Studio message board yesterday. For my challenge I want people to 'think outside the box' and create a layout (or card or home decor project or...) that is NOT square. Here's the layout I was inspired to create...

(Isn't that girl adorable? She is one of my sweet nieces.)

In the CTS February 'Woven Hearts' kit, there was this fabulous die cut paper from Pink Paislee's Sweetness collection. I wove the two sheets together to create the pretty ruffly edge on my project. The piece of 'Sweet' paper makes a little pocket to tuck a love note into.

To get all the details on this month's challenges from the Design Team and the super cute My Little Yellow Bicycle mini album (from their new Twig collection!) you could score, go check out the Citrus Tree Studio message board here.
Happy crafting friends!
xoBC

Citrus Tree Studio February Kit

Happy Monday! Hope everyone had a fantastic weekend.
Saturday was reveal day over at Citrus Tree Studio...and not one, but two fantastic kits were released. I worked with the 'Woven Hearts' kit this month - chock full of pretty papers & embellishments from the Pink Paislee 'Sweetness' Collection, plus a bit of Teresa Collins, American Crafts, My Minds Eye, and Maya Road goodness. This is a really beautiful and versatile kit...

The kit includes this cool polka dot transparency from Teresa Collins & the super cute Maya Road Doilie Transparencies. Love them! I also got to play with the Add-On Kit for this month, which includes some really cool, pretty blue Martha Stewart Micro Beads. I used the Martha Stewart Glitter Glue on some Pink Paislee chipboard letters I had & covered them with the micro beads for some fun texture on this 'Snow Bunnies' layout.

I created a little envelope for the front of this next card...and a gift card fits perfectly inside! This would make a perfect Valentine, thank you or just because card for someone special...

Also included in the 'Woven Hearts' kit is this sweet little 'Faux Bois Heart' mini-album from Pink Paislee.

I kept this mini simple...covering each page with patterned papers from the kit & adding a little stitching here and there. Then I embellished one of each facing page with an 'I Love You' sentiment. I'll be adding a photo to the opposite page & then journaling about each of the many reasons I love my sweet Valentine. Hopefully I'll have it finished & ready to wrap up on February 14th!

There is lots of new inspiration in the CTS gallery using these new kits...pop on over here & check it out!
And thanks so much for popping in here for a visit too!
xoBC