Teeny Scraps of Us: july 4th

Friday, July 29, 2011

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

Sunday, June 13, 2010

CC&M's June Blog Hop!

Happy Flag Day to everyone!!
Becky here again (you'll find I do most of the posts with Kim & Mom over my shoulder! LOL!!),
Here we are for another fun BLOG HOP with Creative Cuts & More!!

Hopefully you've followed the links & came to us via Lisa Sommerville's beautiful site! Amazing work huh?! If you didn't arrive here from Lisa's blog, you don't want to miss what our designers have in store for you! The CC&M June Blog Hop starts at http://die-cut-diva.blogspot.com/. (My sis, Kim has a great Revolutionary War album at the beginning of the hop & there are some more photos at the end of this post! You don't want to miss it!)

If for some reason one of the links is broken along the Hop do not worry, HOP back over to Die Cut Diva where the complete list will be.

This month's theme? Patriotic & Picnics!
What better time to get ready for all those summer BBQ's & the Fireworks on July 4th than to make up a little card & favor ensemble?!?!

I think we tend to forget that a lot of these cards & favors are not meant to be kept forever & tend to only use our scrapbook supplies for them - they don't HAVE to be acid-free all the time!

But for the invitation, I punched 2 different sized stars w/my Fiskars punches out of some flag-decorated paper plates! (I would have asked for some CC&M stars CC&M card to work with, but I had no idea what I was doing when I placed my order for the Hop!) Then I sanded them a tad & adhered them to a piece of white cardstock that I had already stamped with the Tim Holtz "sun rays" stamp. You'll also notice that the edges look burned? Well, they are! I blasted back to my 4th grade history class where we burned the edges of paper to make scrolls with a match! What fun!! Attached all that to a square in Bazzill Blue Canvas Textured Cardstock, added the dymo label & VIOLA! A great little invite ready to send out! (Inside is another "torched" piece of paper with all the party details!)

The card was fun, but this is what I am most excited to show you...

This "Dinner Bell" Favor was made from the CC&M Bell Box in the Galvanized Silver Metallic paper! Isn't it awesome! (I'm very proud of it!)

Here's what I did to get the rusty look...

1. I mixed 3 colors of embossing powder - Zing's black & chestnut with Stamp-n-Stuffs copper (not much copper) & tested the look on some scraps until I achieved a "rusty metal" color.

2. I stamped embossing fluid just on the edges & corners of each side of the bell as well as the top,

3. I sprinkled the powders on & heated it all up.

4. Once it was cool, I sanded away some of the embossed areas & went over all of them with Tea Dye Distress Ink, but wiped some of it off with a paper towel (the ink will only stick to the paper, not the powder, so that it sinks into any areas missed with the powders from the beginning).

5. I assembled the box by simply folding it all together & gluing along the on edge.

6. I punched some more stars out of the dinner plates, sanded & glued them on.

7. I used my Crop-a-dile to attach the large eyelets in the top & tie some red, cream & blue ribbon from my stash through the holes.

That's it! That's how I achieved my "rusty" Dinner Bell look for the favor box full of YUMMY red, white & blue Jelly Bellies!!

Hope you all enjoyed my post!

Now, you can either scroll on down to see some close ups of Kim's amazing Revolutionary War album, or KEEP HOPPIN' on over to Noelle's blog to see what she has up her sleeve this month!

Thanks for Hoppin' By!

Here are the close-ups of Kim's SUPER creative uses for all her CC&M Dies (You can find all the links on the Die Cut Diva Blog)!!!