Tag ... You're it!

A slightly different type of post this week from me! I have been busy counting sleeps  until I go to Ranger U in SEVEN more sleeps and each day from 10 more sleeps I have been making a tag to mark the passing of another day! So I thought I would share all 10 with you over the next three Fridays. The tags are all manilla shipping tags ... the ones that Lord Tim of Holtz himself uses and they are all coloured using Ranger Distress Inks ... in case you have n't noticed these just happen to be my all time favourite inks ever ever ever!
If you feel like making a tag yourself ... well all of us girlies at Kreative Kaboodles would just love to see it ... so link us up and we will come visit you!
Have a wonderful weekend every body ... until next time! I say next time ... I won't actually be here ... I will be in New Jersey ... but hopefully my tags will still appear in my absence!

More June kit Fun

I am totoally loving the colors in this kit!!!!!! They are bright cheery and totally summer! and absolutely love the big brads!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope you are all having a great week! (by the way this pic shows one of my little secrets.... I always use the number candles on my kids birthdays because i know by the time I get to scrapping all my pics I will not remeber how old each kid was in each picture! )

June Kit and an old favorite

I am so in love with these papers by Quick Quotes. The colors are stunning; rich, warm summer shades that go with just about anything. They really compliment this photo of my girls standing in the sea, contemplating it. Do you remember your first look at the ocean? I don't know about you, but it never fails to take my breath away, no matter how many times I've seen it. I can only imagine what was going through their minds as they stared out into the vast blue. I don't often use only one photo on a layout, but this one really speaks to me and that's all it needs to stand alone. Here's a little detail, I used Stickles in Cinnamon for my faux stitching and the word "thoughts" is a Stampendous sticker from the Summer Words sticker sheet in the June kit. It really helped pull my title together which ended up perfect for the feel of this layout!

I absolutely could NOT narrow down this set of pics no matter how long I stared at them, so I ended up with a double layout. I am so glad I did it! It gave me plenty of room for the flower-type embellishments, which are meant to kind of mimic the bubbles (which are hard to see here) in the photos. This type of embellishment is not a new idea but having the color-core cardstock makes them so fun to make!

Here's a bit of a close-up.... if you've never made these before they are easy to do, you just have to be really mean to your cardstock! Once you've cut out various sized imperfect circles, just crumple, sand, and distress them, in that order. Add a generous amount of Stickles to the edges if you want, I used "Diamond", one of my personal favorites. You could use Glue Dots to assemble them but I used a simple button-stitch since the "buttons" were cut from another coordinating piece of patterned paper in the kit.

That's it from me for now, thanks for stopping by and having a look! Don't forget you can see these June Kit projects as well as many others from the Design Team at www.knkclub.com.

Let the Good Times Roll!

Hi everyone! Summertime is officially here, and we would all love to fit into an itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny bikini again. Here is a bikini that we can all enjoy and show off! I have used a flesh colored cardstock for the card base (you can use any skin tone you like), papers and brads from Kaisercraft, and ribbon from my stash! My teenaged boys giggled when I showed them the card, and hubby just smiled!







Right now, I am off in San Diego where my mom and I are surprising my soon-to-be daughter-in-law at her wedding shower. Mom and I are staying with Jenna's parents and I am doing some "it's almost wedding day" planning with Anne while mom gets to know Anne and Harvey.

If you would like me to send you a copy of the template I used to make this card, send me ane-mail (rosalyn_wolfe@yahoo.com) with bikini template in the subject line. I will send it to you when I return to Florida.

June kit =Summertime fun!

I just love the colors in the KNK June kit! so many options and so pretty. I made this layout. To cut the circles I used to different sized dinner plates. Love when I can use "tools" I have on hand! I then cut around the larger circle with deco scissors! Love my big scallopped deco scissors. I can't wait to share the rest of my creations with this kit!

Summer Explosion!

It had been ages since I had made an exploding box when I had the urge to make another one! The instructions, stamps and card stash for this one are all included as part of the Summer Sizzle kit! I left a few blank pages so they can be personalized with messages for the recipient when I decide what I am going to do with it!

It certainly has been a sizzling day in the UK today ... our hottest of the year so far! So what is the weather like where you are and how are you planning on spending your summer this year? Let us know ... we love to hear from you all! Have a good weekend!

Playing with the June KnK kit!

Happy Thursday!

Today I am sharing two more projects from the June kit at Kit 'n Kaboodles. The first one is two of my daughters as they got their first glimpse of the Grand Canyon. I felt that the quote was so appropriate. I used Smooch spray on the flower cut-out and the butterflies.



Although I am so NOT a cardmaker, the quotes 12x12 sheet makes card making much easier. I made this for a dear friend of mine.

I can't wait to share the rest of my projects...see you next week! Remember that you can purchase this kit at www.knkclub.com!