CHA Summer 2011 - Day 1

Hi friends. Greetings from Chicago!
Today was Day 1 of the CHA Summer 2011 show...and my oh my, so much to see! Here are some of my favorite things from today...

Lovely felted acorns & dress form at the HandBEHG Felts booth...

Fabulous Tim Holtz Halloween and Christmas displays in the Ranger booth...

 

Vintage style goodness in the Jenni Bowlin booth...

There were four fabulous new collections in the Fancy Pants booth. Here's a peek of two of them...

Crate Paper {LOVE}...

Fresh and fun Amy Tangerine for American Crafts...

And...And...And...

October Afternoon...My Mind's Eye...Pink Paislee...Doodlebug...

Oh my! I could go on and on and it's only Day 1. I think it is time for some shut eye. Can't wait to share more of my little adventure with you tomorrow.

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??

Citrus Tree Studio 'Flea Market Finds' January Kit

Hi my friends! It's reveal day over at Citrus Tree Studio....and the January 'Flea Market Finds' kit will be available today! This is one fabulous kit...not only does it have a great name, it's chock FULL of Crate Paper goodness! This kit features papers and embellishments from Crate Paper's Restoration collection and has a smidge of Pink Paislee, Jenni Bowlin & Basic Grey goodness thrown in too. I had so much fun creating with this kit...

Our niece, Ashley, is a very talented girl - she was born to twirl on her toes! This past Christmas season she danced in Ballet Northwest's Nutcracker...and wore the most adorable pancake tutu. She was beautiful! The kit includes this darling dress form chipboard from Pink Paislee's Parisian Anthology collection. I sanded & scruffed it up a bit, then embellished it with a crepe paper & tulle skirt, a metal rose brad from American Crafts and a bit of bakers twine. I love how girly & fun it is! I also adore the doily print paper from Crate Paper. Yum!

In June, we celebrated my mama's birthday at The Melting Pot restaurant. It was such a fun celebration...for such an amazing woman.

 I love how the embellishments from this kit look when they're clustered & layered together. A bit eclectic - right up my alley!

And no, I'm not sick of banners yet...ones to hang in my house, ones on layouts, ones on cards...love them all. Add a little glitter...even better!

 

And one last layout to share. This one features our handsome, sweet and very bright nephew, Alex. Yes, he's a senior in high school and is still extremely sweet! He's just an all around great kid. He indeed makes us so very proud. Can't believe he's old enough to be applying to college though...oh my, where does the time go?!?

I'll be back tomorrow to share the cards that I created with this kit. Until then, you can find more details & see the amazing projects created by the other CTS Designers here and here.

I'm glad you stopped by & wish you a very creative day...

xoBC

August Hip Kit

Hi friends!
If you haven't seen the August Hip Kit over at Hip 2B Square...go take a look here! The main kit & add ons are fabulous!
Here are a few of the layouts I made with the Main Kit & Add-On Kits...

I absolutely love, love, love the Sassafras flowers & Jenni Bowlin butterflies from the main kit!

Go here to check out all the fantastic projects from the Hip 2-B Square Design Team using the August kit. Totally inspiring!

xoBC

a Mini for Monday...

Hi friends!
Here to share a mini album that I'm getting ready to send off to my dear, dear friend Joanna...

Her sweet baby girls were born in April...and isn't this Rub On perfect with the two little duckings?! I used products from October Afternoon's 'Ducks in a Row' line. Love. It. The green Houndstooth & the cute little yellow ducklings are just adorable!

I love Rub Ons...but can't stand stubborn Rub Ons. You know what I mean? The ones that won't come off the backing, no matter how hard you press on it or how many times you rub over it!?! October Afternoon makes great Rub Ons...they go on nice & smooth, just like butter. And, they're so very cute, to boot! I used Rub Ons to spell out the girls' names too, but those are from Jenni Bowlin. Her company makes great Rub Ons too! (OK...how many times can one say 'Rub Ons' in one post!? Apparently a lot.)

                     

                       

I'm off to the Post Office now! Thanks for visiting & have a very happy day...

xoBC