Cards with LBD

It’s a bit past Valentines day, but not too late to share a card I made with the last (Feb) Little Black Dress Kit!

Thanks for taking a peek!

~Alyssa~

Congrats!

It’s a boy!    Not in this house, but I have several pregnant friends, so I just need one of them to have a boy so I can send out this little baby boy card I made recently.  I used several products from the Curtsey Boutique.

You can see the products I used, find links to the ETSY Shop and more by clicking HERE.

~Alyssa~

Hello, Beautiful!

Happy World Cardmaking Day!  I have a card to share today that I created using the October Little Black Dress Kit “Just for Today.”

You can see the entire kit and get yours HERE.

Have fun today!

~Alyssa~

Princess Quarters

I am soooooo sorry for the long silence!  My entire family has been hit with a virus, and we’re all coughing the days away.  This is now day 8 of the “plague,” and all I can do it hope it get’s better soon.  I’m working on projects when I can, and it’s nearly time for the reveal of the September kit for Little Black Dress.  So, I’m popping in to share another project from the August kit, “Lucky Penny”.  (You’re going to love the September kit, for realz… it has washi!  Shh…).

This sign is for a little girls bedroom door.  My daughter loves things like this, and I know other girls do as well.  There was some lovely Echo Park in this kit, which is featured here, along with some cute vellum from American Crafts. 

And, while I’m at it, here’s the card I made for August as well.  Yes, that’s some Sassafras!  I was thrilled to see it, since it’s not in stores anymore.  Anything for some more Sass.

Thanks for coming by!  I promise to kick this cough in the behind and get back to regularly posting SOON! 

You can check out all the details of this kit HERE.

~Alyssa~

It’s A Card Drive and Much More

Do you enjoy making cards? Every Tuesday in April the teachers at Miss Art's Papercrafting School will be teaming up to bring you a card tutorial, designed to spark your creativity, teach you new techniques, and meet the specifications for Operation Write Home cards.

Each Tuesday, visit the Miss Art's blog to view the tutorial. Then join designers Karen Hanson, Alyssa McGrew, Tina McDonald, and Jodi Baune in creating cards to donate to Operation Write Home. Cards will be collected at the Miss Art's office, then forwarded as a group to the Operation Write Home distribution center. Every card we receive will become an entry to win the Esther's Innovations kit from Miss Art's! You can send as many cards as you like, earning as many entries as you like, but only cards following the OWH guidelines will be eligible. Cards must be received by May 25th, 2012 to be eligible for the drawing. International entries and cards are welcome. Cards created should be shipped to:

Miss Art's Papercrafting School

Attn: Alyssa McGrew

125 Sherry Ln

Attica, IN 47918

USA

For more information about the specific requirements for donated cards, please view the OWH requirements page.

This is the card Karen Hanson is demonstrating today:

To see this fabulous tutorial, click HERE.

Love you!

I have a card up on the Pretty Little Studio Blog today!  you can find out what inspired my design, and see what the rest of the team created in this post.

~Alyssa~

My Top 10 “Others”

Time for the Top 10 other-then-a-layout projects from 2011.  Let’s see what we have:










Have a wonderful day!
~Alyssa~

Cards! (Imagine that…)

Hi there!  just a few more cards made with the July kit (Eleanor’s Garden) from Miss Art’s to share today.  You can get this kit FREE right now by buying Amelia’s Solo also and using coupon code FREE kit! 

I made these quite a while ago, and am finally getting around to sharing.  I have 3 layouts on my counter that need to be photographed- maybe I can do a little better with those and show them to you before 2 months pass? 

Thanks for coming by!

~Alyssa~

Seeing Grace

Today i woke up to water spilled all over my desk and my nearly completed layout.  Several sheets of precious paper and a sheet of chipboard were ruined, along with several photos (thank goodness for digital images I can reprint!).  Given that A) my day started on this sour note and B) I no longer have that layout to share with you, I decided to instead focus on the lovely day we had yesterday.

So, yesterday we took a break from the typical Monday routine to go visit a precious little one.  Grace is our newest cousin, and adored by all (how could she not be??).  I grabbed these photos during our all-to-brief visit:

In other news, I pretty much wrapped up the July Miss Art's kit (called Eleanor's Garden) by making another layout and 5 (!!) cards last week.  Some of the projects are being submitted for publication, so I can't show them here, but these two I decided to post.  This kit is small, but packs a huge punch for just $16.99!

Thanks for coming by!

~Alyssa~

I made some cards...

Anyone else loving this new mask from Pink Paislee? 

It's part of their mistables line, and I used it as it was intended on this card, along with new Echo Park Victoria Gardens:

 Other products on this next card include Mistables ribbon, OA letters, some Shimmerz Pearlz, and Crate Paper embellies.  On this second card, I flipped the still-wet mask over and used it as a stamp:

You can get eveything you need for these two cards and a whole lot more at Your Scrapbook Stash.   Use coupon code 15AUG2011 to save 15%!

Thanks for coming by!  I'll have a new sketch for you on Friday.
~Alyssa~