monogram madness...TSTR #147

Hi friends,
Over at The Shabby Tea Room blog I'm hosting our weekly challenge and invite you to join us for 'Monogram Madness'

I ask that you create a card/project using a monogram as a focal point. This week we got to play with "Black Button Alphabet" from our sponsor Janet's Digital Paper, and it was just perfect for my project.
I created a cute boat card just perfect for a baby boy and used the "B".  I changed the colour of the button in Photoshop to fit with my blue theme.

I hope you will join us for our challenge this week. You could win some great prizes from our sponsors Paper Sweeties: 1 stamp set and Janets Digital Paper:3 collages - 1st prize, 2 collages - 2nd prize, 1 collage - 3rd prize (will be given to TTTTT)
I'm off to visit the other talented ladies on the DT. Pop by and leave some love!
                        
                          Debbie- Deb's Simple Treasures

                          Lenet- To Scrap or Not to Scrap

                          Rebecca- Paper Primrose

                          Tracey- Trace Elementz

                          Starr- The Paper Chase

Happy New Year!!
~Becks

favourite Shabby Tea Room Project...TSTR #146

Happy Holidays everyone!

This week at The Shabby Tea Room the DT are sharing their favourite Shabby Tea Room Project from 2012 and we invite you to do the same! Play along with us and you could win 2 stamp sets from our sponsor Paper Sweeties!

My project is from week #133 and features Paper Sweeties set "You're a Superstar" This challenge was our "White Challenge" and was one of my most favourite challenges.
I hope you will join us this week amidst the holiday season and share YOUR favourite TSTR project. We'd love to see it. Join me in checking out the rest of the Shabby Girls to see what their favourite was this year:

                          Debbie- Deb's Simple Treasures

                          Lenet- To Scrap or Not to Scrap

                          Rebecca- Paper Primrose

                          Tracey- Trace Elementz

                          Starr- The Paper Chase

Have a  Happy Holiday season and see you in the New Year!
~Becks

It's time for another Shabby Tea Room Challenge! This week Debbie is our hostess and she asks that we create a HOLIDAY card or project using:

                                     *COLOURS: WHITE/CREAM, PINK, AQUA
                                     *GLITTER

This week we have 2 fab sponsors: Frost it Pink and Paper Sweeties! Play along with us and you could win a $50 gift certificate from Frost it Pink or  a stamp set from Paper Sweeties!

This week I made a treat bag to hold some holiday goodies. I used the Paper Sweeties "So Sweet of You" stamp set.  I used some more of my favourite tinsel glitter on top of my snow man..  I like the 'wintery feel' of these colours together. Can't wait to give my little treat bag to someone special:)

I hope you will join in our challenge this week and are enjoying the holiday season! I'm off to go visit my other Shabby Gal Pals and leave some love on their blogs. Be sure to stop by too!

                        Debbie- Deb's Simple Treasures

                         Lenet- To Scrap or Not to Scrap

                          Rebecca- Paper Primrose

                          Tracey- Trace Elementz

                          Starr- The Paper Chase
Cheers!
~Becks

shabby chic...TSTR #144

Hey there and welcome to another Shabby Tea Room Challenge! This week Tracey is our host and she asks that we create a card/project using:

                                
                                                 COLOURS: PINK, AQUA, SILVER
                                                 GLITTER!

Our sponsor this week is My Time Made Easy. Play along with us and you could win a template, digi images and  digi papers. I chose to use the Merriest Monograms Digital stamp this week for my project.

     My newest obsession is tinsel glitter.. Its dusted all over the snowflake to make it look all shimmery and yummy.. The MTME Merriest Monograms are just the sweetest sentiments to add here.
I'm off to visit the Shabby Girls to see what magic they have created! Join me won't you?
                         Debbie- Deb's Simple Treasures

                         Lenet- To Scrap or Not to Scrap

                          Rebecca- Paper Primrose

                          Tracey- Trace Elementz

                          Starr- The Paper Chase
Cheers!
~Becks

pine cone embellishments {a tutorial}

Happy Monday!

I'm here to share a step by step tutorial on how I made my  3-D embellishments seen here, on my last project. I've used the new Crafty Secrets Vintage Christmas Digital Stamp set.

First of all you need to re-size the pine cone to the size you prefer (mine are 1 inch tall) and print them out. I chose to colour mine by hand using water colour pencils but feel free to colour your pine cones however you want. For each single pine cone embellie you will need 2 pine cones.

Once you have coloured them its time to cut out. Depending on how many frilly layers you want. I went with the 7 lines on the cone.  I find it easier to lay them out as shown. It's a bit time consuming but worth it!

Now it's time for assembly! Starting at the bottom of your whole pine cone, apply a thin line of glue to the very top edge of your piece.I used a quick setting tacky glue for mine.  Set on top of matching part of the cone pressing down the top of the piece and lifting the bottom so it doesn't stick. After all we want the layers to stand up!  Repeat the process for each layer, making sure to lift the bottoms as you go along.

Once you are finished assembly, cover with a coat of spray adhesive and sprinkle with glitter. Be sure to tap off access glitter.

Onto the pine needles. I've used the Green Canvas paper from the Vintage Christmas Papers download and cut 1 inch thin strips. I then added some texture to the ends and cut them into smaller sections.

Be sure to fan out the needles a bit. Adhere to the back of the pine cones with double side tape. To make them even more 3 dimensional I added foam squares to the backs and adhered to some acetate.. All ready to go for when I need them!

Hope you've enjoyed this little tutorial and will try for yourselves! You can find all of the Crafty Secrets products in the online store here, and make sure to pop by the Crafty Secrets blog and join in on our December challenge for your chance to win a $50 gift certificate. Everyone who participates this week will also get a $5 gift certificate to use in the shop!
Happy Crafting!
~Becks

Crafty Christmas...Linky Party

Hi friends,
If you've popped over to the Crafty Secrets blog lately you will see the newly released Retro and Vintage Images and Ephemera as well as the Retro and Vintage papers, all available for purchase at the Crafty Vintage Girl store. Our linky party is now up and we encourage you to enter a project using Crafty Secret products!
I'm popping in today to show you what I've been playing with lately:)

For my card today I used the Green Canvas and red snowflake paper from the Vintage Papers collection as well as the Bingo cards from the Retro ephemera. I traced some mittens and cut them out, then inked the edges with cream ink.

See that pine cone embellishment? I made those by using the Vintage Christmas Digital Stamp set. The pine needles are cut from the same Green Canvas that is in the background!

Come and join the fun of our Linky party this week! The winner will win a $50 gift certificate as well as everyone who plays along will receive a $5 gift certificate to use in the Crafty Vintage Girl store!!
Be sure to pop by the rest of the DT to see what they've been crafting as well:

Vicki Chrisman (Team Leader)

Michele Kovack

Julie Campbell

Darlene Pavlick

Melissa Bove
Thanks for stopping by!
~Becks

sweet baubles...TSTR #143

Welcome to a brand new week and a brand new challenge at The Shabby Tea Room! This week Rebecca is our hostess and she asks that we use :
                                                 *COLOURS FROM THE PHOTO
                                                 * INCLUDE A BIRD

Our sponsors this week are Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps and Paper Sweeties! Play along and you could win 5 digital images or a stamp set from Paper Sweeties.

This week I used the 'Corner Holly'. I printed it multiple times, coloured and cut them out.Then I arranged them as a wreath. I added some tinsel glitter and adhered to my birdcage tag. Paper Sweeties "Banner Wishes" set came in handy for my 'to and from' tags.
The rest of the Shabby girls have more for you on their blogs. Be sure to check them out :
                         Debbie- Deb's Simple Treasures
 
                         Lenet- To Scrap or Not to Scrap

                          Rebecca- Paper Primrose

                          Tracey- Trace Elementz

                          Starr- The Paper Chase
Happy Crafting!
~Becks

just neutrals...TSTR #142

Welcome to another Shabby Tea Room Challenge.. This week Starr is our hostess and she asks that we use the
*NEUTRALS IN THE PHOTO
* RIBBON
*SENTIMENT

Easy peasy to do with our fab sponsor this week,  Paper Sweeties. I used the "So Sweet of You" stamp set. Love the pairing for font and handwriting! Play along with us this week and you could win 2 stamp sets!

I loved this challenge. Using neutrals is so therapeutic; and that inspiration photo is just stunning.

I hope you will join our challenge and check out the rest of our Shabby Team:

                          Debbie- Deb's Simple Treasures

                          Lenet- To Scrap or Not to Scrap
                          Rebecca- Paper Primrose
                          Tracey- Trace Elementz
                          Starr- The Paper Chase

See you in the Tea Room!
~Becks.

tic tac toe...TSTR #141

Hello Lovelies!

This week over at The Shabby Tea Room, I have the pleasure of being your host and I have a fun challenge for you all. This week I ask that you use
                               
              * A LINE FROM THE TIC-TAC-TOE BOARD(ACROSS, DOWN, DIAGONAL)
              * COLOURS FROM THE PHOTO.
              * MAKE SURE TO LIST WHICH LINE YOU USE IN YOUR POST.

I chose to use the middle line across: Embossing, gems/pearls and ribbon, and used the red, green and white from the photo to create my holiday card.

Bugaboo Stamps and Paper Sweeties are our two sponsors this week and I used Candy Cane (Bugaboo) and "You're a Superstar (Paper Sweeties) Play along and you could win 7 digital images from Bugaboo and one stamp set from Paper Sweeties.

For my 'ribbon' requirement I chose to add a woven wreath and decorate with half pearls.. I printed the candy canes as small as I could and then added them to the bottom of my wreath. I used an impression plate to add subtle dry embossing to my background. Don't you think that sentiment from Paper Sweeties just says it all? Holidays are happy days in my books.

 I'm curious to see what all the DT girls have come up with for this challenge. I hope you will play along with us this week! The Shabby Girls are:

                          Debbie- Deb's Simple Treasures

                          Lenet- To Scrap or Not to Scrap

                          Rebecca- Paper Primrose

                          Tracey- Trace Elementz

                          Starr- The Paper Chase
Happy Monday!
~Becks

sweet shabby Christmas...TSTR #140

It's time for another Shabby sweet challenge set for us by Lenet over at The Shabby Tea Room blog! This week we are to use:

 

                                            *COLOURS FROM THE PHOTO
                                            * MAKE IT SHIMMER

Our sponsors this week are Frost it Pink and Janet's Digital Papers (Etsy). We all got to work with Christmas Circles. Play along with us and our winner will receive a $50 gift certificate to Frost it Pink and our TTT will each win 3, 2 or 1 digital collage from Janet.

I chose to do my version of a CAS card.. I knew I wanted it to be glittery... Janet's circles were just the right size for the middle of my snowflake.. I was just taken with that gorgeous Santa image.. *swoon*

I'm going to stop by the rest of the team blogs to see what they all created this week. Won't you join me, and play along with our challenge this week.

                          Debbie- Deb's Simple Treasures

                          Lenet- To Scrap or Not to Scrap

                          Rebecca- Paper Primrose

                          Tracey- Trace Elementz

                          Starr- The Paper Chase
See you in the Tea Room!
~Becks

Crafty Secrets November Linky Party...

Hey there!

Today marks my first post as part of the Crafty Secrets DT! Over at Crafty Secrets blog we are having our November Linky Party Challenge.. Our theme is Christmas and I'm here to share my project with you!

I used papers from the Crafty Secrets Christmas CD5 to create my stocking and for the background.. Originally the paper for the background was blue, but I went into Photoshop and changed the hue to get it to just the right colour for me. What I love about the digital files is that you can change each of them to suit your needs! An endless amount of patterned papers:) After I got the right colour I simply printed and cut to size!

For my stocking I simply printed out an 8.5x11 sheet and traced a hand drawn stencil(thanks mama) and fussy cut it out. I hand stitched along the edges, then it was all about layering on the goodies! I used some old trim to add a cuff, heel and toe piece to my pretty paper stocking. LOVE the pattern paper!

 I used an embossing plate to add a little detail then added some stitching as well. The stocking rests on a crocheted star doily.

Whats a stocking without presents? I used some paper scraps I had lying around and tied with some twine and embossing thread..Made a sweet little candy cane out of a pipe cleaner to add to the red and white theme. The bow rests on one of my handmade snowflake doilies.

I hope you will join us for our Linky Party over at the Crafty Secrets blog! Just create something using Crafty Secrets products and you could win a $50 Gift Certificate for Crafty Secrets! We'd love to see what you've created:) I'm off to visit the rest of the team. Won't you join me?

Crafty Secrets Design Team:

Vicki Chrisman (Team Leader)

Michele Kovack

Julie Campbell

Darlene Pavlick

Happy Crafting!
~Becks

shabby autumn...TSTR #139

Hello Monday! Hello Shabby new challenge at The Shabby Tea Room. Debbie is our host this week and asks that we create a card/project and use:

                                            * COLOURS FROM THE PHOTO
                                            * INCLUDE A PUMPKIN
                                            * MAKE IT SHABBY!

Both of our fabby shabby sponsors are offering up great prizes this week: Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps is offering up 5 digi images and Paper Sweeties is offering 1 stamp set.. Such great prizes I hope you all play along!

I worked with the Ornate Frame (Robyn's) and Banner Wishes (Paper Sweeties) to create my Thanksgiving place settings for the table.I used the Ornate frame as a base and layered on top of it.

Banner Wishes is perfect to use for writing in people's names to find their special spot at the table..

I inked, painted and shabbied up a Crafty Secrets pumpkin to add to my felt leaves.. all ready for Thanksgiving!

Make sure to pop by the rest of the Shabby Girl's blogs to see what they created this week!

                          Debbie- Deb's Simple Treasures

                          Lenet- To Scrap or Not to Scrap

                          Rebecca- Paper Primrose

                          Tracey- Trace Elementz

                          Starr- The Paper Chase


Thanks for stopping by!
~Becks

hey pumpkin!...TSTR #138

Hey there Tea Room Fans!

Rebecca has set another wonderful, new challenge for us over at The Shabby Tea Room this week using this CUTE photo! She asks that we use:

                                            * COLOURS FROM THE PHOTO
                                            * A FLOWER

This week Debbie's Paper Sweeties is our sponsor this week and you could win 2 stamps sets! Ready to play? I used the Sweeties Sentiments stamp "So Sweet of You" I adore the font with the handwriting.

I loved the orange in the photo and the green of the grass.. and I've had this running theme of birds lately and have continued it here...

Love layering flowers together.. along with seam binding bows...

I'm off to peek at the rest of the DT. Hope you will too!

                          Debbie- Deb's Simple Treasures

                          Lenet- To Scrap or Not to Scrap

                          Rebecca- Paper Primrose

                          Tracey- Trace Elementz

                          Starr- The Paper Chase

See you in the Tea Room:)
~Becks

crafty secrets...

I can finally share some good news!

SO SO SO tickled to be joining such a fab DT over at Crafty Secrets. I was over the moon when Sandy asked me to be apart of her team and work with some amazing products. You can see the announcement HERE. :D

Happy Day!
~Becks

winter woes...

Dear Old Man Winter,

Your arrival this year was abrupt and too early. Rudely knocking all the leaves off the trees with your windy weather.  I could appreciate your light snow showers, if it weren't for the fact you stole my fall away from me.. Your cold temps have me shivering; wrapping up in more layers than usual. Unprepared for such a drastic change of weather, seemingly overnight.

I'm glad you brought with you Aurora: the bitter cold makes her brilliant greens seem even more bright as she dances in the night sky. It's more than likely due to the dark nights you bring with you this time of year. Her presence is the only positive aspect to your early arrival. I look forward to seeing her often, during what should be a transition period of fall to winter. You, not so much.

I'm escaping your cold grasp this week, fleeing to find Fall on the west coast. I know when I return you will be in full effect, in all your glory; here to stay until the spring. Perhaps by then I will be a little more prepared...

Until then Mr Winter, please take pity on us and treat us kindly, easing us into the season gradually..

Grumpily yours,
~Becks

vintage charm...TSTR #137

Hello friends, and welcome to another new challenge over at The Shabby Tea Room. This week Tracey is our host and she asks that we create a card or project using:
                                         
                                              * COLOURS FROM THE PHOTO
                                              * A CHARM
                                              *FLOWERS

I used Banner Wishes from our fabby shabby sponsor this week, Paper Sweeties. Play along with us and you could win 2 stamp sets! How fab!

I was drawn to the lovely cameo in the photo so I used that as my 'charm'. Debbie's stamps are just darling to work with and I knew exactly how I wanted to use them this week. Banner wishes has so many cute phrases to mix and match to create the perfect sentiment.

Won't you join me as I pop by the rest of the shabby team to see what they've created

                          Debbie- Deb's Simple Treasures

                          Lenet- To Scrap or Not to Scrap

                          Rebecca- Paper Primrose

                          Tracey- Trace Elementz

                          Starr- The Paper Chase
Cheers!
~Becks