Seeing Stars

Hello, friends! I am back today with another card for the Winnie &Walter Birthday Bash Challenges. This time I was inspired by Laura's gorgeous inspiration collage!

When I saw those stars I knew INSTANTLY what tool I wanted to pull out! I recently got this cool Scotch Stars Patterned Adhesive Roller  in a box of goodies I was sent and it was just too cool, so I had to use it! The adhesive it puts down is actually in star shapes! I rolled that onto my background and then sprinkled embossing powder over it to create a cool heat embossed background.

I die cut the happy from The Big, The Bold, and the Happy Cutaways set several times and layered them for a nice thick accent over the embossed background and then stamped the words beneath it mimicking the type set in the inspiration photo. I kinda love it. After rounding the corners, I brushed a gold wink of stella just around the edges to make the panel pop just a bit.

This was a fun one for me. the inspiration photo did exactly what was intended. It inspired! 

Have a Happy!

Live, Laugh, Love, and Rock On!

Have you heard of Waffle Flower Crafts? If not, you are in for a TREAT! Waffle Flower Crafts is a brand new stamp and die company and the designs are nothing if they are not unique! They are so much fun and so different and just plain, 'ole fabulous!

Waffle Flower Crafts was kind enough to send me their Rock My World stamp set to give it a try! I already own the super adorable Bowtiful set, because, well, quite frankly, it's fabulous. For reals, though. I will be honest, I was a bit skeptical about a stamp set based on rocks. Yup. Rocks. BUT... once I started playing, I am LOVING this set so much!!! I created this fun card for today and I have another one coming tomorrow, as well!



I love how easy it is to mix and match the shapes in this stamp set! I pulled in some neon with my greys to really make it pop! SO much fun! That washi tape is a Scotch brand tape I picked up at Target. I always love those random finds!



This set has some super cute flowers in it, too! It also has GREAT sentiments that can be used for both guys and girls! LOVE that!

AND... Waffle Flower Crafts is currently in the middle of their second release and there are even MORE awesome designs coming out!!!  WHAT?! Yup. Totes. LOVING IT! Be sure to check out their dies, too! I think you will LOVE THEM! I have my eye on the new tag dies! They are fabulous!

Have a Happy!

Supplies:

Stamps: Waffle Flower Crafts Rock On

Ink: (neon pink, soft granite) Hero Arts; (slate) Simon Says Stamp

Tape: (scotch)

I'm HOOKED on 3M Hooks! {A Fun Contest, Too!}

Recently I was offered the opportunity to try out a few of 3M Command Brand's latest products. I was excited at the opportunity, as we already use 3M Command products in our home and I LOVE how well they work! They sent me a box with several different products in them and I want to share how I used some of those in my studio... and in my home!

First of all, you have seen my cards. While yes, I have a Clean and Simple style, that somehow does not lend to being clean WHILE I work. HA! Nope. Not even a little bit. Due to my amazing ability to make a mess, I often wear an apron while I am creating. I have several that I keep hung in my studio on a couple of awesome 3M Command hooks. They easily hold 3 or so aprons each and they look great, too! I love that I don't have to worry about them falling off the wall, but when we move (we are apartment people...I always have to keep the next move in mind) they will come off cleanly without a trace of damage to the wall. LOVE THAT! For reals, though.


As you can see, I also keep my photo box backdrops hanging on one and somehow my CK Convention thingy (yup...totally the technical term) landed there, too. They can totally handle the weight and I LOVE THAT!!!!


The next place you will find 3M Command hooks in my studio I am super excited about! I just recently put these up with the new hooks that came in the package and I couldn't be happier with this fun way to display my cards! I tied some twine to each hook and now I can easily switch out which cards hang and always have some of my recent favorites on display! I so love that! I think it might be fun to do this with the Clear Window Hooks, too (so they are more subtle) and cover an entire wall with cards displayed this way. You could also totally use this method for photos by simply mounting photos on folded card fronts! LOVE. IT.


Isn't that just fun? I totally have the wall vision now. I'm going to have to do it. Oooooh, how I love a great idea!!!!


Okay, so... this last one isn't in my studio, but I HAD to share it because it makes me way happier than any little plastic hook ever should, but, alas, this girl LOVES a quality solution to a problem! The shower. Yup. 3M totally has a new line of bath products and that means that they have developed hooks that can handle the wetness and humidity of the bathroom...even IN the shower itself!


YAY!!! Prior to this we were using a suction cup style thing to hold up shower essentials. I hated that thing, but it was what was available. Why did I hate it? Oh, you know... because it would randomly come CRASHING DOWN FROM THE WALL somewhere between 2 and 3am. I have no idea why it never fell during an actual shower or even when nobody was home... but it was REALLY good at scaring the crud out of us in the middle of the night. HA! The 3M command hooks can not ONLY be trusted to stay put and not come crashing down, but they look WAY nicer than that did, too. I also feel like they are a cleaner way to store my essentials in the shower. I love that they have brought out this line. Genius, I tell you! GENIUS!


Aren't they just great?! I certainly think so! I also want to share a SUPER FUN contest they Command is currently running! This is perfect for any DIY kind of folks and the prize is totally awesome! It's the Scotch Brand Most Gifted Wrapper Contest! Yup! They are looking for people who can wrap with the best of 'em!

Entering is as easy as creating a 3-minute video with your best gift wrapping tips. You could be chosen as a finalist and flown to New York City for an all-expenses paid trip to compete for $10,000 on December 6! And, if you submit one of the first 50 valid entries, you will automatically win a package of new colored and patterned Scotch Expressions Tapes, which are perfect for papercrafting and personalization.

Enter, get more information and catch a glimpse of the 2012 contest here: http://www.MostGiftedWrapper.com/CFE

TOTALLY awesome, right? Totally.

Be sure to check out Command Brand Products from 3M (and the Scotch stuff, too... hello... WASHI TAPE!)! Here's where you can find them:

Command Brand Website
On Facebook
On Twitter

Have a Happy!


*I was provided with products to review for this post, however, I was not compensated in any other manner.  All ideas, opinions, and statements are my own.