Hi there! I made this trio of friendship cards with three, specific, online blogging friends in mind. Just wanted to make something cheerful to celebrate our friendships. It will be fun to send them snail mail for a change! :-)

Friends: This card is for a special blogging friend. We visit each other's blogs often and she always brightens my day!

You're Special: This card is for another blogging friend who has become very special to me!

You Made My Day: This card is for a third blogging friend. She really made my day the other day ... and I want to celebrate and recognize that!

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* Trio of Friendship Cards

* Friends card

* You're Special card

* You Made My Day card

Materials used:

* Basic Grey Two Scoops 6"x6" paper pad

* Bazzill Basics 8.5"x11" cardstock: Ocean Breeze

cardstock: aqua (slightly darker than Bazzill), dark turquoise, and white

* Clearsnap/ColorBox Cat's Eye pigment ink: Peacock

* EK Success 3D-Dots: 1/8" squares and 1/16" squares

* eyelets, silver

* Heidi Grace double-sided cardstock: Frost Blvd./Stitch Stripe (discontinued)

* Hero Arts CL130 Frames and Messages

* Hero Arts CL129 Anytime Messages ("you made my day" sentiment)

* Hero Arts CL151 Share Laughter ("friends" sentiment)

* Ranger Archival Ink (waterproof): jet black

* ribbon, white and pale green

Also for Deloris' NIFTS Challenge (Need Ideas For This Stamp).

Thanks for looking!

I'm really enjoying the sneak peeks! My card is based on Tuesday's blog post.

Sneak Peek #2 showed a card with a blue and brown color combo and a doll. And the last card used the new CG113 Write Your Own cling stamp that I just found at Archiver's. I also liked the shiny bling and colorful flowers and decided to include those, too.

This is also my first ever attempt with paper flowers. I mixed in some flower gems and other gems. The doll's outfit is Basic Grey patterned paper. And I covered her hair and shoes with Glossy Accents ... they really shine!

Thanks for looking! :-)

I really dislike having my picture taken but BasicGrey asked for one. So, here I am, holding a quilt so I had something to do with my hands, lol.

Used Aspen Frost paper and a Hero Arts backgroundstamp with snowflakes. I really like this dotted organza ribbon. It is like it has snowflakes on it! Love it.

blogged duringquiettime.blogspot.com/2011/10/rook-and-saffron-sam...

electronic cutting file (you are amazing) by Hero Arts;

patterned papers: Jillibean Soup + Basic Grey

stickers: Echo Park Paper

dies: Spellbinders Paper Arts

created my own embellishment (a pennant banner) by just die cutting some pennants from patterned paper, putting on some pearls (Hero Arts) and creating a banner with some bakers twine

more close ups and a complete list of supplies on my personal blog (see profile)

thanks for looking!

Dowager quilt pattern featuring Sweet Serenade by BasicGrey. blogged duringquiettime.blogspot.com/2013/05/sweet-serenade-quilt...

Designed by Debbie Budge using Abbie Road, Strips, Sentiments, Journey, Accents

I thought that my Oh What Fun! quilt pattern for BasicGrey could use a coordinating pillow! duringquiettime.blogspot.com/2013/05/oh-what-fun-pillow-t...

Mini Tumbler Quilt

Sewing with Pat Sloan everyday in July 2013

card using Lawn Fawn's "Winter Bunny" stamp and papers from My Mind's Eye. Colored with Copic Markers and Ranger Distress Inks.

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Blogged here: precociouspaper.blogspot.com/2013/01/smash-sunday-one-lit...

to be blogged here

My homework for OCC Summer Card Camp 2, W3D4 - inspired by Debby Hughes.

onlinecardclasses.com/summercardcamp2/?page_id=2

Thanks for looking.

Supplies: Hero Arts Friend Collage (AC022), Hero Arts Made With Love (CL491), Hero Arts Antique Flowers and Butterflies (657773), Hero Arts Frame Cuts Large Tag (DI058), Hero Arts Shadow Ink (Cup O'Joe, Tide Pool), Ranger Distress Ink (Vintage Photo), BasicGrey Carte Postale patterned paper, and a recycled flower from a girls hair clip (xhilaration at Target).

Used PTI cream cs for base, BasicGrey dp(Wisteria), HA stamp and pearls, Martha Stewart punch, Spellbinders scalloped die, weathered wood and walnut stain distress inks, ribbon from my stash.

Today's Scramble challenge was to create a card with a Hero Arts stamp, a die cut and an embellishment. (Oops, I just noticed that the word search paper has the word "valentine" highlighted, I'm going to have to fix this.) Thanks for looking.

Supplies: HA Happy Digital File, HA Pocket Watch set (CL639), BasicGrey Hopscotch patterned paper, Flowers (Hobby Lobby), Ranger Spun Sugar Distress Ink and HA Cup O' Joe Ink.

Quilt Market 2011

This line is AWESOME! I really love it and I am surprised how little we have heard about it. The grey text print has so many applications I can imagine it for. CAN.NOT.WAIT.

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LOAD Day 23

The half-size page prompt didn't fit into my plans today. However, I ordinarily scrap in a variety of sizes, so I'm okay skipping this one.

I totally lifted my page design from Scrappy Val and her page here: www.flickr.com/photos/scrappyval/6988292552/in/photostream/ and I channeled my inner LisaInRe for the twine at the top.

There's no real journaling. I kinda felt like the statements on the stamped background said it all. I'll put more details in my blog post...seen here: randomchaoslife.blogspot.com/2012/05/may-23.html

Supplies used:

Cardstock: Georgia Pacific [white]

Patterned Paper: Doodlebug

Cardstock & Acetate Embellishments: Basic Grey

Buttons: Doodlebug

Twine: My Mind's Eye

Thread: DMC

Corner Rounder: We R Memory Keepers

Stamps: Paper Smooches, Technique Tuesday

Ink: Versafine

Gems: Queen & Co.

Adhesive: Scotch, Tombow

Circle Punch: Marvy

Thanks for looking!

Scramble #112 - Theme: Vintage

My sample card using the current A Blog Named Hero Challenge sketch and Basic Grey Lucille PP.

ceciliacards.blogspot.com.au/2015/06/hero-arts-flickr-cha...

Home decor piece featuring printed chip, stamps, brads, and paper from the new Marrakesh collection by BasicGrey.

When is a window too small to be a window? When it is a tiny elephant!!!!

I just really liked the idea of doing a window in an unusual shape, so I stamped this line of elephants and cut out one with a craft knife to make a window.

The inside of the card is a sheet of patterned paper with glitter in the elephant shape. Inside it says "wishes to you for an enormously wonderful day"

Hero Arts clear design elephants, paper BasicGrey.

LOAD22 "Tabatha & Princess 12.31.2013" Pet Memorial Scrapbook Layout. Photos were taken on New Year's Eve and I was documenting the way Princess and Tabatha would cuddle up together, but the story is about how these photos were the last happy ones of Tabby since she passed away the very next day. Page looks happy and loving, but this was another sad story :( Supplies: cardstock (Wausau, BasicGrey), washi tape, ribbon. My pinspiration: www.pinterest.com/pin/106819822386016176/

arrived : Tuesday December 15, 2015

26 new colours of Basic Grey Grunge

I made this greeting card for Daya's (my friend) Birthday!

I also bought her a sweet pyjamas and I made her a Rearview Mirror Guitar Charm.

Materials:

* "Gorjuss girls" stamp

* "Faber Castell" - watercolor pencils

* "Basic Grey" - BitterSweet collection

* "Spellbinders" - Nestabilities Circle and Scalloped Circle

* "Fiskars " - Threading Waters Border Punch

* "Prima" flowers

* "American Crafts" ribbon

Hi there! I just got the Special Edition: A Great Big stamp set and just had to ink one of them up! I thought this cute doll fit the sentiment nicely ... and she has a lovely Sakura flower on her dress! :-)

I used 1/16" pop dots to adhere the scalloped circle with the sentiment. Then, I used 1/8" pop dots to adhere the doll to the card. That way, the doll is popped up the most. I also used an opaque white pen to highlight the center of the Sakura flower and the row of dots on the doll's dress.

Front of card

Detail view

Materials used:

* cardstock: white, gray, burnt orange, textured putty

* Basic Grey Offbeat Light Hearted 12" x 12" cardstock

* Clearsnap/Colorbox Cat's Eye pigment ink: Roussillon (rust) and Peacock (blue)

* Derwent watercolour pencil: 64-terra cotta

* EK Success 3D-Dots: 1/16" squares

* EK Success Cutter Bee scissors

* Hero Arts LL229 Special Edition: A Great Big

* Hero Arts CL297 Four Dolls

* Marvy Uchida Clever Lever Giga punch (purple): 3" scalloped circle

* Marvy Uchida Clever Lever Mega punch (pink): 2 1/2" circle

* Odorless mineral spirits (OMS) - Mona Lisa brand (Michael's)

* Plaid All Night Media Pop Dots (1/8" thick)

* Provo Craft Bitty Scrap Pad: Into the Woods (patterned yellow paper)

* Provo Craft Cuttlebug (used with Nesties)

* Prismacolor Premier colored pencils: PC942-yellow ochre and PC928-blush pink

* Ranger Archival Ink (waterproof): jet black

* Ranger Inkssentials Opaque White Pen

* Spellbinders Nestabilities Curved Rectangles and embossing pad

Thanks for looking! :-)

Layout 9 for 365 challenge

1. Flower Collage, 2. Spring Mini Received, 3. SNTM VQBee Block for Lisa - bird on branch, 4. Placemat Set, 5. Birds on a Wire Done, 6. Alter-A-Bag kit: bird applique , 7. "Flowers in the Forest", 8. Chickadee mug rug, 9. Scrap Attack - Progress, 10. Up Close and Personal :), 11. Detail 2, 12. Detail 2, 13. Detail 1, 14. Artsy-Fartsy Abstract, 15. Rook Sampler using Hello Luscious by BasicGrey, 16. Tufted Tweets Quilt, 17. detail :)), 18. Modern Bird Pillow, 19. Checkers and tags, 20. Drunkards Path for Amber aka One Shabby Chic - PTS 6, 21. Ferns and Tulips, 22. Untitled, 23. FTLOS sent, 24. purple bird patchwork large pouch, 25. Lily's George thingie block.

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I made this tag card for Jacqueline's Grid-Tag challenge. With the exception of the card base and the white inked background paper which I stamped the Have a Beautiful Birthday sentiment on, I made each of the three tags entirely with items from my stamping scrap pile. Jacqueline suggested using tags which are 4 cm by 8 cm, however the birthday sentiment is rather high, so my tags are only 7 1/2 cm long. All stamps and dies are Hero Arts. Thanks for this great challenge Jacqueline! And thanks for looking.

Supplies: F5578, K5767, CG244, CG124, CL434, CL649, 331480, 657773, 657782, CG303, Ranger Distress Ink (Vintage Photo), Hero Arts Sea Layering Papers PS623, Patterned Papers - Studio Calico Take Note and BasicGrey Fact.

Today's scramble challenge was to create a card with one or more stars in the design. Thanks for looking.

Supplies: Hero Arts Shoot for the Moon (CL773), Hero Arts OWH Year Round Sentiments (CL582), Hero Art - BasicGrey Lucille Paper pad (PS685), and a few Hero Arts Gems & Pearls.

Making ATC's has become officially my newest addiction. Thank God we do not pay taxes for it ;)

I reversed the tree of one Xmas set to get this dude and the branches in the side are also part of a large branch from another Xmas set.

Thanks for looking!

Supplies:

- White cardstock

- Stamps: Hero Arts S5208, CL357 (tree), CL238 (branch), CL266 (tiny speech bubble). Basic Grey sentiment.

- Ink: Distress Inks (Shabby Shutters, Aged Mahogany, Peeled Paint).

- Paper: Basic Grey

- Googly eyes

- Jute string

- Dew drops

- Dimensional foam adhesive

- Paper distresser

arrived : Tuesday December 15, 2015

26 new colours of Basic Grey Grunge

OCC HCW 2013 (Day 4) - A quick card inspired by one of the beautiful cards made by Shari Carroll today. I didn't have the same Christmas stamps as Shari, so I used the opportunity to make a Thanksgiving card.

I am also entering this card in the current Simon Wednesday Challenge - Thanksgiving. Thanks for looking.

Supplies: Hero Arts Scattering Leaves (CG625), Hero Arts Joyful Thanksgiving (LP319), BasicGrey Hipster patterned paper, Hero Arts Designer Twine (CH264) and Hero Arts Eggshell Layering paper (PS609).

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zodiac signs/group of fire (lion, sagittarius or arius) for mix-it-monthly.blogspot.de/

and much red paint + glitter.

used a red patterned design paper by basicgrey. hope that counts. only the dots are made with red paint.

CASE of Tammy Tutterow's card. (Online Card Classes Summer Card Camp 2)

(I've used my favorite stamp again - love that bird!)

Supplies: Hero Arts Wood Background (CG506), Hero Arts Wise Bird (H5719), Hero Arts It's Your Day (CL661), and BasicGrey Lucille patterned papers. Thanks for looking!

Can you see the tiny mouse from the clear design elephants set? He's going to have a stomach ache! The apples are stamped on the kraft, then stamped again on patterned paper and attached with foam for dimension. The holes are punched through all the layers of the card front.

Thanks to Eric Carle for writing one of THE best picture books ever (The Very Hungry Caterpillar.)

Hero Arts DA: four apples. Paper BasicGrey

Perhaps Hero Arts could make some sort of delicious day sentiment to save me from having to insert my own handwriting!!!! It kinda spoils it a bit.

Thanks for looking

www.jaybirdquilts.com/2012/05/ballerina.html

I made this greeting card for Daya's (my friend) Birthday!

I also bought her a sweet pyjamas and I made her a Rearview Mirror Guitar Charm.

Materials:

* "Gorjuss girls" stamp

* "Faber Castell" - watercolor pencils

* "Basic Grey" - BitterSweet collection

* "Spellbinders" - Nestabilities Circle and Scalloped Circle

* "Fiskars " - Threading Waters Border Punch

* "Prima" flowers

* "American Crafts" ribbon

For Laurel Flood 2014

Square One is a pattern in Camille's SIMPLIFY book.

Dowager quilt pattern featuring Sweet Serenade by BasicGrey. blogged duringquiettime.blogspot.com/2013/05/sweet-serenade-quilt...

www.jaybirdquilts.com/2012/05/ballerina.html

For Lisa's 90 minute scramble - Non traditional colours in a Christmas card

I used BG Aspen Frost and pj&j papers and Retro Sketch #35.

The inks - HA midtone Pool and Stone Wash

Blogged!

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Hello! One of my three brothers is having a birthday soon, so this week's challenge fit perfectly! I wanted to include a gift card, so I decided to make a pocket birthday card.

Front of card

Inside of card

Materials used:

* Basic Grey paper: Aged & Confused Sublime Collection (discontinued): Cinnamon (red card base) and Two Scoops 6"x 6" Paper Pad (yellow accents)

* cardstock: brown

* Hero Arts C4633 Fabulous Birthday

* Hero Arts D4644 Lots of Wonderful

* Provo Craft Cuttlebug and Tiny Mosaic Texture embossing folder

* Ranger Distress Inks: Faded Jeans (front) and Walnut Stain (inside)

* Ranger embossing powder: clear and seafoam white

* ribbon

* Stampendous M203 Swirl Tag

* Tsukineko VersaMark watermark ink

Thanks for looking!

This is the first card I've made with the uberfamous heart winged butterfly!!! This stamp combined with UTEE gives the most amazing results :)

Thanks for looking!

Supplies: Kraft and white cardstock; Stamps: Hero Arts F5158, CL106, CL129, Sassafras Las "Collaged Trim"; Ink: Colorbox Fiesta pigment queue, Distress Ink in Tattered Rose, Ranger Big'n Bossy embossing pad; PP: Basic Grey; Other: White gel pen, UTEE, pop dots.

arrived : November 17, 2011

limited number of fat quarter and half metre sets with our curated selection of 11 prints are available.

This card was made for Practical Scrappers DT January Card Sketch. I used Basic Grey papers cut with Stampin Up circle punches.

Hi this is for Judy's Scramble. I used some BG's Aspen Frost pp. I inked the edges with Peacock Feathers add some Kaisercraft gems. I e/p'ed the sentiment with Gold Tinsel. TFL

I bought a bundle of four Lost & Found stamp sets by My Mind's Eye. I like this lady on a tight rope... the banner is cool, too. The butterfly, postage and damask pattern are from the sets also. The tree is Penny Black and "you're amazing" from Innovative Stamp Creations. Still playing with Distress Stains. The patterned paper is from Basic Grey's Que Sera pack.

I signed up for the She Art class and it seems to be crossing into my Whimsy Winter Angel. I feel happy about this canvas because she reminds me of my beautiful Mom, who is an Angel now, too. So, I hope you like her. (Papers are Basic Grey, stamps by Inkadinkadoo and Hero Arts, rub-ons are Fancy Pants, tissue tape by Tim Holtz.)