Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Weekly Challenge | Favorite Things

It's time for a new challenge with Digital Delights by Louby Loo! This week at Delightful Challenges our challenge is Favorite Things! This card is loaded with my favorite things! Sweet Ollie Owl from Digital Delights, glitter, string, metal, Cheery Lynn Dies and KRAFT CARD STOCK! [yes I'm living dangerously with the Kraft card stock...none of us want the repeat intervention from a few years back! Ollie is perfect for...

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Tuesday Tutorial with Digital Delights | Creating a Countdown Spinner!

Hi everyone! Today on the Digital Delights blog I am sharing the Tuesday Tutorial introducing you to the brand new How Many Days to Christmas set!! In this tutorial I share with you how to add in your favorite character and create a fun count down spinner for your Holiday!  For this project Twitter at @leslierahye | Facebook at leslierahye.| YouTube at leslierahye |...

Have a Cool Yule with Cheery Lynn Designs

Today on the Cheery Lynn Blog I am sharing with you a festive Yule card created with several yummy dies from the October New release! I love the snowflake mesh and the fringe dies along with the Horizon Boutique Circle die! This card is folded off-center so as to accommodate the large 4¾" Horizon Boutique die. The snowflake mesh is actually on the "inside" of the card on the right side so as to "peek" out around the circle edge of the face of...

Sunday, November 24, 2013

The Key to My Heart

 Good afternoon everyone! I wanted to share with you some fun new products that I've been experimenting with this weekend! This is chipboard and embossing powders and glazes from Globecraft and Piccolo! I'm very excited about these embossing powders! They are blended with a variety of sizes so that you get spurts of color and chunkyness in your project depending on how much you heat them. For the chipboard hearts, I layered three coats of...

Friday, November 22, 2013

You are my Best Friend!

Hi everyone! I'm sharing a fun fat book page on the AlteredPages.com Art-Sociates Blog today featuring some new items in the store! I hope you enjoy! Materials : G45 Steampunk Spells Glitz Rhinestones Glitz Stickers Ephemera Treasures AP Rubber Stamps : Time on Your Side Set Dylusions Stencils AP Silly Sticks Mix'd Media Inx Truffles and Black Adhesive Cork Sheets Liquitex Modeling Paste Ranger Distress Glitter Clear Rock...

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Weekly Challenge | Tag You're It at Cheery Lynn

Happy Tuesday everyone! On the Cheery Lynn Blog today I am sharing with you a watercolored fall tag! I cut out all the elements of this tag on watercolor paper. I used both crayons and mica infused cake watercolors to create these fall leaves and back ground. Distress Ink rubbed onto the edges helped complete the leaves once they were formed with an emboss tool. The Thank and You were also painted with the mica cake watercolors and rubbed gently...

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Festive Upcycled Card with Cheery Lynn Designs

Happy Tuesday everyone! Over on the Cherry Lynn Designs blog I am sharing with you a festive card using project left overs. I like to create with white die cuts...many times misting, painting, or coloring with markers to to complete the look of my projects. The pieces I've chosen for this card include items for Halloween, a mixed media canvas project, an altered bottle project and some winter cards. Even if it is a partial piece, I keep the...

Monday, November 11, 2013

leslierahye's Thankful for those who have Served 2♥13

Good morning! Happy Veteran's Day! This is a day to remember our service men and woman--to thank them for the freedoms we have because of the service THEY gave. Thank you. Recently for a project at school my son was asked who in his family were veterans. I asked my mom's help in creating a list because I knew the two men pictured here were, and my uncle [most recently]. But there were many in our family that we were leaving out. A few hours...

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Weekly Post | All That Glitters and New Release

It's time for a new challenge with Digital Delights by Louby Loo! This week at Delightful Challenges our challenge is All That Glitters! What a fun challenge--I made the Team post today and as I was putting in everyone's card I thought aw, how pretty! So, Be sure you get to the blog to see the beautiful creations! I got to work with this fun new release image Christmas Joy Molly. She is perfect for blinging up and glittering!...

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

I Survived the 31 Days of Halloween 2013

SO something possessed me to take part in the Smeared and Smudged's Annual 31 Days of Halloween Hop 2013...Actually I L O V E D it and part of me IS sad to see Halloween projects going away for now as I can't seem to get anyone else to be on board with Cob Webs and Bats for all my cards! { I just LOVE those Cheery Lynn Designs Dies!!!} I will not lie...I'm EXHAUSTED and spent the next week sputtering like Goldie Hawn in Overboard! But if given...

Celebrate with Cheery Lynn Designs and A Crafty Moment

Happy Tuesday everyone! leslierahye here to share with you a fun celebration card! These happy little dancing mice are celebrating the Scottish New Year. They are of course another creation of by buddy Vince! The beautiful Doily Stacker Circle sets off this dancing duo. A couple white and teal flowers echo the colors of the mice and their clothes to complete the look. A Classic Circle is tucked between the Horizon Circle Boutique Stacker...