New York State of Mind - A Mini-Album

Hi all!

Here's a little linky to the post of Kim's fun NY mini she created using die cuts from Creative Cuts & More...

This is our last post as Design Team members for CC&M (run by a delightful local Denver woman, Terry Bracciodieta who cuts any of the dies on her site in a large variety of papers, chipboard & acetate for you, including cards & albums!)

It's a great company & we have enjoyed designing with her & the team! I hope that you will stop by the site & browse through her selection!!

CC&M/SOUS Summer Blog Hop

Hello & welcome to our Summer Mini Album blog hop, sponsored by Creative Cuts & More!
The hop will run from Friday, July 29th (7am EST) until Sunday July 31st (Midnight, EST)

 This hop is being hosted by Stuck on U Sketches & Creative Cuts & More (their blog is Die Cut Diva) Our hop today consists of Design Team members from both companies & is sure to please!! (The complete line-up is at the end of the post so that you can right to the good stuff here!)

I hope you arrived from Kayla DuPont's blog! Doesn't she do some beautiful work?! If you didn't arrive from Kayla DuPont's blog please head on over to Stuck On U Sketches  & start from the top!  You won't want to miss any of the albums we've created today.

Today's hop is all about SUMMER and Creative Cuts and More! CC&M has a TON of albums to choose from - check it out HERE!!!   They're just perfect for all of your summer memories & more!! CC&M is offering a 20% discount this week.  Just use discount code SOUS20 during check out to save 20% off your entire order!!

Creative Cuts & More is also giving away this AWESOME kit:  
Sea Life Album Kit

Sample of what you can create w/this kit!!

 So be sure to check out the rules for your chances to win at the END of this post!!

Now, let's get started! When you think of summer, don't you always think of the 4th of July?? It's kinda hard not to if you're from the States!! All the BBQ parties & fireworks!! Always a wonderful memory!!

Kim used the Filagree Rectangle Window 8x8 album (with the vertical window & top opening) for her project today...in Bazzill's "Dragon Fly" Criss Cross cardstock.

She filled in the window with that adorable vintage image for the cover. Each 8x8 cardstock page is glued back to back with Red Tacky Tape (also available at CC&M!) to give the album a sturdy feel. But you can also order the Album Kit with thin chipboard to adhere the pages to!

Inside cover & back of window opening

Wonderful collage!!

file folder open from page above

More great collaging!

gotta love the vintage feel!

That's it! Didn't she do an awesome job!! 'Coarse, it helps that she used my daughter as her subject (HAA!!!)! No, really, my sister is one talented chick & can make any CC&M mini-album ROCK!!

So, now it's Kristine Reynolds' turn to show you what great creation she's come up with! Click  HERE to keep hopping but don't forget to read the RULES on how to win the Sea Life Kit below first!!

Wanna Win the Sea Life Mini Album Kit?

Here are the rules:

1. Become a follower of each blog
2. Leave a comment on each blog
And finally
3. Leave a comment at Die Cut Diva,  letting Terry know you stopped at all the blogs
Die Cut Diva will pick ONE lucky winner to win this awesome Kit!!

The winner will be announced on both the Stuck on U Sketches & Die Cut Diva's blogs on AUGUST 5th! So be sure to stop by & see if you are the lucky winner!!
Thanks for stopping by today!!

HOP LINEUP:
Start: SOUS
Annette Gearside
Beatriz Guzman
Becky Voth (this post's sister!)
Bonnie Friesen
Danielle Ryerson
Dawn Gallop
Dawn Lotharius
Fern Riley
Kayla DuPont
Kim Langhorst (This blog)
Kristine Reynolds
Leah Schaeffer
Melisa Waldorf
Nanne Harry
Noelle Reese
Nora Anne Robinson
Sandi Clarkson
Stine Ursin
Taylor Usry
Wanda Boardley
End: Die Cut Diva

designer: kim langhorst

The Black Swan

Here's another decorated bottle that I put up on Etsy this week using the 11 1/2" Scalloped Circle (by AccuCut Craft) for my design project for Creative Cuts & More...To see the whole posting, go to the Die Cut Diva's blog.

For the Birds - a Shabby Chic Mini-Album

Hi all!

Becky here today,  bloggin' Kim's Creative Cuts & More March Hop project! If you've joined us from Kristine Reynolds' blog, then you're on the right track! If not, you'll want to start over at the Die Cut Diva blog & hop back to us so you don't miss out on any of the inspiration we have for you today!!

Let's get started...For those of you who don't know, the MINI-ALBUM is our FORTE'!! (The Scrap-a-Teeny Girls, I mean!) We love to work with all things "TEENY", so this month's ALBUM theme was right up our alley!! And since Kim & I are working as a team these days for CC&M, we decided to split the Mix and Match album in half to show the different things you can do with these albums!

Sure, you could EASILY use all the pages for ONE theme, but why not split it up & make 2 or 3 little books?! OR, you could even include one or two of these pages in another album to add a little fun & interest! OR, I think it would make a really fun & creative banner too! Just think "outside the album" & the possibilities are endless!

For Kim's half of the Mix & Match's 6 pages (if you order the SET, you get 24 pages - paper cut to fit & cover the 12 chipboard pages! It's really awesome!) & began work on a fabulous shabby chic bird album. (She's become known in some circles as the "crazy bird lady" because she's begun collecting everything bird - including scrap supplies!) I knew from the beginning, this album would be gorgeous because my sister is one talented lady, but began to think of it as "doomed"!!! Keep reading to see why...

close ups of the cover

The cover of her Bird album turned out beautifully, don't'cha think? Then on page 2, her design ended upside down when you flip the album page up because she wasn't really thinking of how she was flipping the book as she worked (each page should be right side up when you flip through it!)! LOL! We've all "been there, done that!!"

Page 2 & close ups

It's still another awesome page!

Page 3 & close ups

This page is my favorite!!

I love the little picket fence with the little lady birds!

Then, she had just finished this next page...

Page 4 & close ups

When her son accidentally spilled water all over the completed pages & the one she was working on next! ACK! We scrambled to grab all the pages, & luckily, they were just a little warped & salvageable! So, we wrapped them in paper towels & I took them home to photograph...

Tula when she's not being naughty

Then, something even worse happened! My dog, Tula 

decided that this album MUST be something to eat! She dragged it out of my studio while I was out (before I had photographed it) & proceeded to chew it up! So, this is the last page (only 4 to show you because of all the chaos!) with a little corner missing...

Luckily, you all can't see the water-warpedness, or the teeth marks & thanks to how I photographed it, you wouldn't even have known that my sister attached the 2nd page upside down! God bless her! She's one creative lady & a wonderful sister, but this was not her lucky project! Hope you enjoyed it & found some inspiration for your own mini-albums from Creative Cuts & More!!

Now it's time to hop over to my blog to see what I did with the other half of the Mix & Match album from Creative Cuts & More!

File Folder Mini-Album - Tags

If you are joining us from the Die Cut Diva blog, then you have already seen the majority of this project & will find more images of the simple tags I added to the file folder pockets below. 

But if you are just visiting us today & you want to see more of this fun little album, please click here first to be re-directed to the Die Cut Diva blog post.

Here are the Tag Sets...Really quite simple with room for fun photos & journaling on the back (blank):

Set 1

We are always calling Maggie "Smarty Pants!"

I figured I would find a photo of both Nick & I to put on this one.

Set 2

I have any number of silly pix to go here!

Set 3

I can't wait to go through the THOUSANDS of pix I have of our daughter & add them to these tags!!

Thanks for lookin' & hope to see you soon!

CC&M February Blog Hop - Movement Cards

Hello everyone & welcome to the February Creative Cuts & More Blog Hop!!!

We are all super excited to share our ideas using the amazing MOVEMENT CARD dies available through CC&M!

Hopefully you are joining me from Chris Dickinson's blog (doesn't she do BEAUTIFUL work?!), but if not, you will want to begin at the beginning - the Die Cut Diva blog - so that you don't miss any of the ideas our talented design team has to present to you today!!!

Now, let's get, well, MOVING!!

It's Becky here this month & I picked two of these great Movement cards to work with...the Standing Pop-up Card & the Twist A2 Card (Which is an exclusive card to CC&M!).  (You can check out all the other options here.) 

I ordered the Standing Pop-up Card in a shades of greens thinking I would do a St. Patrick's Day card, but then changed my mind & decided to do a Birthday card for my MIL (her b-day was yesterday! Happy B-day!) using a fun vintage-style image of birds/flowers from my stash...

I LOVE how this card will fit in the envelope all folded up so that the recipient doesn't even know what they've got until the pull the tag up!!

Give the tag a gentle little tug & viola!

A sweet little standing card to enjoy on your special day!

For the fun Twist card, I went along with my original St. Patrick's Day theme...

It comes out of the envelope like this...The recipient grabs the corners & gently pulls...

And as the card spins around...

The back of the card is revealed!

I used a vintage image on the front, smudged some Walnut Distress Ink all over the card & then on the back, I dry embossed swiss dots onto a white Small Filagree Square & roughly embossed it with green powder & used my Dymo labels for the sentiment!

That's it for me today!

Now it's time to hop on over to Noelle's blog for some more fun Movement Cards!

Don't forget to check out Creative Cuts & More for a ton of other card options as well as themed dies, boxes, adhesive & more!