Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Weekly Challenge | Red & White

It's time for a new challenge with Digital Delights by Louby Loo! This week at Delightful Challenges our challenge is a Red & White project. This week I created a gate fold Valentine card with Barnaby and Beatrice Bee from the January Release. They are so cute! I just love these sweet bees! I hope you enjoy my project! Thank you for looking!

For this card

Digital Stamps : Beatrice, Barnaby, Love me Accessories & Love is in the Air Sentiments
Digital Papers Love me Digital Paper Set
Markers : BIC Mark Its
Accessories Ribbon, silk flowers, buttons, glitter, Sakura Crystal Lacquer

In honor of this super cute release, this weeks challenge we would love to see 
Red & White
You are not required to use a Digital Delights Image to join in on the fun
but if you do you can enter TWICE. 

To enter twice when using a Digital Delight image your 
1st entry use your card link
 2nd entry use your blog address and add 2nd entry after your name
**Please be sure to follow the challenge theme or it will be removed

We have a wonderful Sponsor this week

This week's prize

Sock Monkey Hat Love

One of the projects I made for Christmas this year was sock monkey hats for my kids. Will wanted a traditional colored monkey hat and Fancy Pants wanted ...well...something a little more Fancy! Both kids loved their hats! 

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Tuesday Tutorial | Pop up Surprise Card



Hi everyone it is time for Tuesday Tutorial over at the Digital Delights Blog .
Today sharing with you a fun birthday card with a pop-up sentiment! I love these super simple cards and I hope you do too!!


For this card

Birthday cake Josh

Birthday sentiment set

It's a party paper pack


Check out the how-to video on our Tutorial Blog or here

Thank you for joining me!

Saturday, January 26, 2013

leslierahye's National Hobby Month Blog Hop

Good Morning everyone! Welcome to leslierahye's National Hobby Month Blog Hop. A few friends and family have gathered together to share with you our favorite hobbies in celebration of National Hobby Month! I hope you enjoy everyone's hop! I know I'm excited to learn a bit about my hoppers!

Now you get to know a little bit more about me! Many of you already know I'm a lover of all things paper craft and upcycled craft and most things fiber craft including felting, crochet, sewing and quilting [although all my "quilted" projects have been small in scale]. I also love photography, jewelry making gardening, beading, reading and cooking, cake decorating and social media--yes I am a nerd. I recently heard a podcast with crafters talking about "losing their craft motivation" and one of the crafters on the panel I could completely relate to. She said that she never lost her motivation because she had so many things she wanted to do that if she found herself lacking inspiration in one area she could pick up in another. That is exactly how things are for me. If I find my self at a loss for card making, I  can always tangle or felt or crochet. There are so many things I want to do or try and there are just not enough hours in the day for me to try everything I want!

Each year I make Hobby Resolutions as part of my Mind/Body/Spirit Resolutions to myself--yes, I'm that person. For me, writing down a plan to stick to is uber important. It keeps me focused on what I think matters most. For me, hobbies help in the three-pronged resolution. This year my goals include participating in the Bead Journal Project...below you see my January piece *almost* finished. I simply have to add the trim around the outside.


At the beginning of my year I adopted "One Little Word" [ala Ali Edwards] for my guiding mantra...this year it is "bloom". As soon as I started living "bloom" my life took bloom! It's amazing!

Also this year I'm making another attempt at the Calendar Art Journal Project...I can safely report that so far so good here. I've even gone so far as to pre paint backgrounds for the next two months and am almost done with January! 


At least twice a month I share my love for all sorts of crafts with you all on leslierahye's crafty gig--my live stream on the ustream channel...replays can be found on my youtube channel. I hope you take time to check those out if you have not before.

Currently I'm reading through cook books I've found for free online in hopes of finding some yummy dishes to share with friends and family...my hobbies all seem to mesh and I'm good with that. They keep me fresh, alive and full-filled. I love that I share many of these with my children and I hope you enjoy their stops along the way today [my son's will be up a little later in the day]. I would love for you to share in the comments below your hobbies as well! I always love to hear what people choose to do!

It is my dream to do my hobbies for a living...I believe I'm on the path to do that now! I can't wait to see where it takes me!


Friday, January 25, 2013

Blast From the Past|Socrates' Cat Tag

Happy Friday everyone! Today I am participating with the design team for Viva Las VegaStamps! in a blog hop featuring Past Best Sellers that have gathered a bit of dust. Our team leader has sent us wood-mounted images from the store to use in our creations. I got this funny stamp called Cat Snarling and added some of my new purchases to enhance my design! I hope you enjoy my tag!


for this tag you will need
copper jump rings
inks
manila tags
tissue paper
hemp string & ribbon




Snarling Cat was stamped and masked so that the writing background would not flow through him.

writing and washi tape stampes were stamped in color on tissue paper . Miracle tape was added to the back. They were folded over hemp string to create banners.

washi tape and writing were stamped on the tissue paper along with the  quote! 

two large and one small jump ring were joined to add the dangling quote  to the main tag. 

Be sure to stop along each blog and leave a comment for a chance to be entered to win a VLVS prize! Good Luck and continue on to our next hop stop!

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Weekly Challenge | Thinking of You

It's time for a new challenge with Digital Delights by Louby Loo! This week at Delightful Challenges our challenge is a thinking of you project. This week I colored Monkey Love from the new release and used "Sending all my Love" from the Love Me Sentiment Set. I also played with some of the new washi tape pieces that I made for yesterday's Bonus Tutorial to make a banner. I hope you enjoy my project! Thank you for looking!



For this card
Markers : Derwent Inktense Pencils
Accessories : hemp cord, Washi tape, bling

In honor of this super cute release, this weeks challenge we would love to see 
Thinking of You
You are not required to use a Digital Delights Image to join in on the fun
but if you do you can enter TWICE. 

To enter twice when using a Digital Delight image your 
1st entry use your card link
 2nd entry use your blog address and add 2nd entry after your name
**Please be sure to follow the challenge theme or it will be removed

We have a wonderful Sponsor this week

$20.00 store gift certificate

Bonus Tutorial | Homemade Washi Tape



Happy Wednesday everyone! I am sharing a special BONUS tutorial on the Digital Delights Blog today on how to make your own washi tape with Wendy's amazing Digital Paper Packs! Check out how simple it really is!


for this tutorial:
Love me Digital Paper Pack

Friday, January 18, 2013

Loving my Gelli Plate with AlteredPages.com


Exploring my Gelli Plate with a fun Packing Tape & Gilding technique on the AlteredPages blog today! I love the embellishment and gifty ideas that come with this technique! Hop on over to the blog to see the steps I took to create these great projects!


Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Weekly Challenge | Tag You're It!

 It's time for a new challenge with Digital Delights by Louby Loo! This week at Delightful Challenges our challenge is to Make or Add a tag to your project. This week I worked with a critter that Wendy says started this whole business--Ridley. He is hiding among the flowers on my tag. I colored him with the Distress Markers and added a background wash of blue with my Derwent Pencils. A bit of sewing, some ribbon, some glitter and Robin's Nest Dew Drops finished off the look. I hope you enjoy my project! Thank you for looking!


For this cards
Digital Stamps : Peek a Boo Valentine Ridley
Markers : Ranger Distress Markers & Derwent Inktense Pencils
Accessories Manila Tag, prisma glitter, red thread, ribbon and ink

In honor of this super cute release, this weeks challenge we would love to see 
Make/Add a Tag
You are not required to use a Digital Delights Image to join in on the fun
but if you do you can enter TWICE. 

To enter twice when using a Digital Delight image your 
1st entry use your card link
 2nd entry use your blog address and add 2nd entry after your name
**Please be sure to follow the challenge theme or it will be removed

We have a wonderful Sponsor this week

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Delightfully Fun!

 I've been having fun with Digital Delights images and paper lately and I can't seem to get enough of the Love Me Release...It's just so ME. I hope you enjoy a few cards I've made lately using the festive paper, cute new stamps and the homemade Washi Tape that I've made! Check out the Digital Delights Blog and Tutorial Blog for all the details! Thank you for looking!!



For this card

Monkey love

Love you this much monkey

Love me Digital Paper Pack

Love me accessories set

Love is in the air sentiment set

Diddibot set (colored) - Click Image to Close

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Art Journal Challenge | January 2♥13

once more with gusto! I will be attempting the 365 Art Journal Calendar AGAIN :) I'm trying a different approach this time...Perhaps it will prove more fruitful for me....Check on me at the end of the month to see how I did!

Weekly Challenge | New Release & Add Hearts



 It's time for a new release and a new challenge with Digital Delights by Louby Loo! This week at Delightful Challenges our challenge is to Add Hearts to your project. I love all the elements in this new release and am very excited to try out making Homemade Washi Tape with the digital papers!! I created the base page and the focal heart image in GIMP, "watercolored" with my Derwent Inktense--I love the intensity of these pencils--and glittered up the hearts and "lace" to complete the project...Homemade Washi Tape completed the look.  I hope you enjoy my project! Thank you for looking!

For these cards

Digital Paper : Love Me Digital Paper
Markers : BIC Mark-its & Derwent Inktense Pencils
Accessories  foam tape, prisma glitter, homemade washi tape, card stock


Today we have a fantastic new Valentine release!
 
In honor of this super cute release, this weeks challenge we would love to see 
A Sketch Challenge Release
You are not required to use a Digital Delights Image to join in on the fun
but if you do you can enter TWICE. 

To enter twice when using a Digital Delight image your 
1st entry use your card link
 2nd entry use your blog address and add 2nd entry after your name
**Please be sure to follow the challenge theme or it will be removed

We have a wonderful Sponsor this week

$15 store certificate!

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Dreaming Big with Viva Las VegaStamps!



 Happy Wednesday!! Leslie-Rahye here with my first post in the new year for Viva Las VegaStamps! I hope everyone is having a fantastic New Year. As you know already, I have adopted the word B L O O M as my focus word for the new year and so far it is manifesting itself in ways I never dreamed possible. In just a short week and a half so many fantastic opportunities have presented themselves making me want to DREAM BIG! I celebrated my happiness on the Viva Las VegaStamps! Blog with this 4×4" art tile using stamps from the latest stamp release! I hope you enjoy my tile...hop on over to the blog for how I created this fun cracked background.



Friday, January 4, 2013

Tangled Tiles for the New Year



On the Altered Pages Blog today! Hop over there to discover how I created my word tiles!!