Simply Sunday...By Leahandra



Happy Sundy everyone! Today's creations is brought to you by my 3 year old daughter, Leahandra. While in my craft room yesterday as I am rushing to meet CHA deadlines my little one said "Mommy I will help you with your project, how many do you have to do?" First thought.....come here give Mommy a hug...little cutie!Then found out she was so serious I had to give her something to do. So for today's Simply Sunday you have the creativity of my little artist......Leahandra!

Leahandra chose green color core card stock from Core'dinations, White cardstock (scraps from Mommy's trashcan) from Worldwin, Amber and Silver Rhinestones from Want2Scrap, assorted buttons from Buttons Galore and adhesive from 3L Adhesive E - Z Runner.

You can tell she watches her Mommy when she is creating just look at how well she tore the bottom of my book maker (not that I have alot of time to read)

Leahandra loves Bling! She found these spare parts of Nestabling that I used on a project and the next thing I knew she was pulling them off the clear plastic and sticking them on her project. See if my little 3 year old can work the Nestabling....anyone can!

Here is a close up of the back of her project....good thing Mommy has alot of buttons because she just couldn't decide what colors to use so she used them all.

I am so proud of my little artist because she wanted to help me with my deadlines...I told her she could do my Simply Sunday project...I hope you all don't mind....I just couldn't say no to her big blue eyes and willingness to help. Crafty Smiles Terre

PS. thank you for stopping by my blog.

Birthday Wishes

It's Friday and today is my Mom's Birthday, it has been almost a year since I saw my mom and many years since I spent a birthday with her so Mom this post's for you.......Happy Birthday, I love you! Creating this Birthday card for my mom was so easy using D-176 Leaf Swirl from The Rubber Cafe and J-1095 Fabulous Phrases from The Rubber Cafe.

I created my background using the Leaf Swirl and Garden Green ink, I used the fading stamping technique to get various shades of stamping.

I love making my own Vintage flowers out of old dictionaries, I die cut  using Spellbinders S4-249 Big Scalloped Circles Large, scrunched them up and spritzed them with Smooch, then I added Your So Fine Glitter Terriffically Teal, I also die cut the S4-235 Fancy Tags and stamp my sentiment.

I die cut the S4-328 Foliage die templates out of pattern paper and inked them with Chestnut Roan Fluid Chalk. To top my card off I added Want2Scrap's Swirls, Finesse White Pearls and Amber 72 count Rhinestone Bling to add that vintage pop. To adhere all of my pieces down, I used Beacon Adhesive Zip Dry as it dries fast and clear. Thank you for stopping by my blog post, have a wonderful weekend. Terre

Let Freedom Ring

Happy July 4th, Independence Day, those two words have a lot of meaning, God Bless Our Military! This weeks theme here at The Rubber Cafe is Patriotic Theme, so I created this USA Banner using corrugated cardboard, My Minds Eye American Made pattern paper, Outdoor Denim and Cranberry ink, red, white and blue buttons, assorted patriotic ribbon from Creative Impressions and the best part is the amazing Vintage Stamps from The Rubber Cafe.

S-113 Steampunk Charity Wings created by Candy Rosenberg for The Rubber Cafe

S-114 Vintage Treasures created by Candy Rosenberg for The Rubber Cafe I am sure when these stamps
where designed they didn't think about someone using them in a Patriotic Theme but this just show how
versatile these amazing stamps can really be, after all America was started somewhere and Vintage is a part
of American History and I have to say it is my favorite part of history.

I also used F-617 Freedom Ring from The Rubber Cafe.

To create my background for my banner I took the ink colors and just stamped the stamps randomly around on a white sheet of card stock, the I placed my S5-028 Nested Pennants from Spellbinders in the area I wanted to die cut using the Grand Calibur. I took the S5-029 Nested Lacey Pennants and die cut it out of pattern paper. I also die cut the S5-028 Nested Pennants out of the corrugated cardboard.

To add some sparkle to my project I had the perfect product, Nestabling Pennants Silver Rhinestones from Want2Scrap. I attached my project together using Beacon Adhesives Zip Dry. Thank you for stopping by my blog post today, enjoy your 4th of July holiday. Crafty Smiles.....Terre

Tulip Beads In A Bottle Blog Hop

                          Beads-in-bottle blog hop

Here is my creative project, I took a pink tote from the Dollar Spot at Target and created a flower and flourish pattern on the front and back of the tote, using the Black, Red and Turquoise tubes of Beads in a Bottle by Tulip, I created this cute little tote for my 3 year old daughter Leahandra.

Using these tubes of paint was fast and easy, can you tell this was my first time creating anything with this type of paint? I think it turned out pretty good, probably one of the fastest projects I have completed in a long time, not to mention the clean up was just as fast.

I took matching turquoise buttons and hand sewed them on the straps of the tote to give it that finished look. Hope you have enjoyed my project, make sure to read the entire post as there is a contest and a cool video too. Happy Crafting and follow the instructions to hop to the next blog to see more creativity. Terre

All we can say is WOW. So many great ideas and clever applications! Starting July 1st, you can check them out for yourselves. Simply click the hop forward or hop backwards button on the Designer Crafts Logo on my sidebar and it will take you to the next participating blogger. Have fun and get inspired.

CONTEST FOR BLOG READERS!: Do you think you have a great crafty idea? Work your magic! On Friday, July 1st, come back to this blog http://ilovetocreateblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/beads-in-bottle-blog-hop.html and we'll have a link party set up. Post a picture of a project you made that incorporates one or more of our Tulip products, and link to that completed project from your blog. We'll draw one names to win a Tulip Prize Pack (pictured below). No purchase necessary. Deadline: August 5th, 11:59 pm PT.

Here is our great YouTube video take a look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm5FZEHCeOs&feature=youtu.be

Nestabling™ Week with Scrap-Mart and Want2Scrap™

Hello and thank you for joining us for our very first Nestabling week!  Designers from both Scrap-Mart.com and Want2Scrap have teamed up to bring you a week long mini blog hop full of beautiful projects featuring Nestabling by Want2Scrap.  If you are just joining us, hop on over to the Scrap-Mart Blog and start there.  Before we get started with the projects, we’d like to send a special thanks to Want2Scrap for their generous donation of Nestabling for our designers to work with.

What a fun time this is going to be, week long mini blog hop involving Nestabling™? How could you not stop by each blog to see what they have created with this AMAZING Nestabling™!!! I must be in a holiday mood but in July? Go figure!!  I created this vintage Christmas Card address book using a lined journal I found on the Dollar Spot at Target, what a great gift idea and cheap too! I took pattern paper from My Minds Eye and covered the front and back, inside and out of the journal. Inked all the edges with Clearsnap Chestnut Roan Fluid Chalk Using my Grand Calibur™ from Spellbinders™, I die cut S5-019 Labels Eight out of pattern paper, sanded the edges adhered one to the center of the journal cover and the other one I cut in half. I took the Nestabling™ Labels Nine Silver Rhinestone, cut it half and placed it on the the Labels Eight halves. I cut a ribbon slits on both halves and attached burgundy silk ribbon from Creative Impressions.

Do you see how easy it is to use the NESTABLING without a die cut? I tied a bow out of the silk ribbon

and set it aside for later.  I die cut one piece from brown card stock, one pieces from pattern paper, making

a from from the pattern piece and the center piece from a Crafty Secrets Christmas Scrap all using S4-233

Labels Nine. I placed Nestabling™ Labels Nine Silver Rhinestone on the brown die cut and the pattern

paper piece and for the center I used the Nestabling™ Labels Nine Silver Rhinestone as a frame around the

Vintage Santa.

I added some paper flowers and die cut two leaves from the S4-328 Foliage die template, inked the edges

and adhered the leaves under the paper flowers using Beacon Adhesives Zip Dry.

I don't now about you but I love flourishes so I had to add some Swirls, Finesse Black Rhinestones from

Want2Scrap™ an to top off he cover of my Vintage Christmas Card address book I added a decorative

nob and to make the center pop, I added four 72 Count Black Rhinestones from Want2Scrap™.

I added letter tabs to the lined paper inside this Christmas Card address book using the same pattern paper

on the front. For the inside of the address book  I cut a picture of Santa from the pattern paper and added

the 72 Count Black Rhinestones around the inner edge of the cut out. I added a little sentiment from one of

my favorite Christmas Stories "Twas The Night" you know the rest.

Thank you for stopping by my blog on the very first day of this amazing Mini Blog Hop featuring you got

it!!!!! NESTABLING! See below for the remaining days and blogs to stop by, you won't want to miss all the

great creativity using this amazing product. REMEMBER......you don't have to have a DIE CUT to create

beautiful project with NESTABLING. Crafty Smiles......Terre

Sunday, June 26^th
Scrap-Mart Blog (Jenn)
Terre Fry    http://www.terresscraptherapy.blogspot.com/

Monday, June 27^th
Scrap-Mart Blog (Mindy)

Tuesday, June 28^th
Scrap-Mart Blog…Guest designer…Dana Gustafson   http://paperdaydream.blogspot.com/
Heidi Blakenshiphttp://embellished-dreams.blogspot.com/

Wednesday, June 29^th
Scrap-Mart Blog (Laurel)

Thursday, June 30^th
Scrap-Mart Blog (Katie)
Michele Ciolahttp://creative-mayhem.blogspot.com/

Friday, July 1^st
Scrap-Mart Blog (Karen)

Saturday, July 2^nd
Scrap-Mart Blog (Eva)
Elise Durenberger     http://www.mamacowcreations.blogspot.com/

What's Up Cupcake!

Wow where did this week go? This weeks challenge was to create a project with a Birthday Theme. I had these cute pictures of my Niece..."Little D"....one of these days I will have to remember how to spell her first name so I hope my sister isn't viewing this post...sorry!!!! With my stamps in one hand and my ink pad in the other I created this layout using The Rubber Cafe S-102 Hey Cupcake stamp set...love it! I used only four stamps out of this 20 piece stamp set...can you believe you get that many stamps in one set...wow! I added many elements to my layout, Echo Park Little Girl collection of pattern paper as my base, Best Creations Inc. Glitter Polka Dot Paper machine stitched to my base.

I die cut S4-246 Labels Eleven from Spellbinders™ using my Grand Calibur™ stamped the The Rubber Cafe S-102 Hey Cupcake sentiments to the die cut after I cut it in half. I added the Want2Scrap™ Nestabling™ Labels Eleven Green Rhinestones. I stamped the candle and colored it with Copic Marker, added Nestabling™ Labels Eleven Green Rhinestones and one of the Nestabling™  Heart Circles Hot Pink Rhinestones around my stamped candle to create a rhinestone frame.

I placed black chipboard letters and numbers from My Minds Eye on my layout and using the
Nestabling™  Heart Circles Hot Pink Rhinestones  created frames around the chipboard. Using the cute little cupcake stamp The Rubber Cafe S-102 Hey Cupcake, I created a border just under my photos. I colored the cupcakes with Copic Markers and mixed Beacon Adhesives Zip Dry and Your So Fine Diamond Glitter to create my frosting on my cupcakes...don't they look cute? I machine stitched pink crete paper and lime green and pink/white striped ribbon from Want2Scrap™, tied a bow and added stick pins to the bow.

I hope you have found some inspiration from my layout, have a wonderful weekend and I will see you right back here next week. Smiles & Hugs...Terre

Summer Blingin!

My little Beach Babe is just soaking up all that shine from the Bling! Did you know that you don't have to have a die template to use the amazing Nestabling™ from Want2Scrap™. Take a closer look at my 8 x 8 layout, half of my project has the Nestabling™ used on a die cut and the other half does not..


I used the Nestabling™ Classic Diamonds Silver Rhinestones bling and the Nestabling™ Fancy Tags Two Black Rhinestones. I used the Grand Calibur™ from Spellbinders™ to die cut the S4-288 Classic Diamonds
Nestabilities™, I then took the Nestabling™ Classic Diamonds Silver Rhinestones and simply peeled it off the package and placed it on my die cut. I then took the remaining pieces and cut them in half to place on either side of my photo. See this is where you don't need the die cut to use the Nestabling™.


My paper choice was On The Boardwalk by Graphic 45, the colors where just perfect for this little Beach Babe. I trimmed the Beach piece and distressed the edges, inked them with some Chestnut Roan Fluid Chalk and quickly placed the Nestabling™ Fancy Tags Two Black Rhinestones. I adhered all of my pieces to my layout using Beacon Adhesives Zip Dry. I distressed the outer edge of my layout and inked the edges with black distressing ink, added some chipboard letters from My Minds Eye and glittered the letters up to make it look like sand.. To tie my layout together, so to speak, I used this really cute burlap trimmings that Want2Scrap™ only carries at the consumer shows...sorry f you want some of that you'll just have to take a trip and see Michele in person, I am sure she could help you find it. I added some 72 count Black Rhinestones on top of the burlap trimming and there you have it......my little beach babe.....Summer Blingin with Want2Scrap™. Thank you for stopping by today and make sure you check out all the amazing products, I am sure you will find one or two you just can't live without.

Want2Scrap™Products:
Nestabling™ Classic Diamonds Silver Rhinestones
Nestabling™ Fancy Tags Two Black Rhinestones
72 count Black Rhinestones

Cross Promotional Products:

Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur™
Spellbinders™ S4-288 Classic Diamonds Nestabilities™
Beacon Adhesives Zip Dry
On The Boardwalk by Graphic 45

Other Products Used:

My Minds Eye Chipboard Letters
Clearsnaps Chestnut Roan Fluid Chalk
Black Distressing Ink