Chalkboard Stand

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My girls love it when their sister Natalie bakes them yummy treats. I thought it would be fun for Natalie to have a chalkboard where she can write what she's going to bake for everyone and display it on the kitchen counter. This was another project I wanted to make when I designed the AccuCut Locker Album die. I think it so fun to see restaurants write their " today's special" on the chalkboard and now you can create your own for your kitchen. The Chalkboard Stack from DCWV was perfect for this project. I instantly fell in love with this paper stack when I first seen it. The new BazzillBasicsPaper's Vintage Marketplace is so pretty and went perfect too. I just love how ThePiecebyPiece trims coordinate so well with this collection. My girls can't wait for Natalie to write down her first treat she's going to bake for them.

Just Saying Hi

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Here's a picture stand I created for my two older girls to display on their desk. Ariana and Natalie just love to text their cousin and friends on their phone. I love the ALM I Need Some Face Time stamp set from My Favorite Things. This was definitely a stamp I just had to have. For the base of my stand, I adhered a 6x6 Kraft card stock that I scored at 2" and 4". Then, I adhered the 6x6 Kraft card stock to the card. I thought rather than giving this to my girls as a card, they can have this as a display. The paper collection I used is the Portobello Road by My Minds Eye. I really love the shades of blue in this collection. Its not often that I work with blues, but I have to get the collection if the shade of blue is pretty. I colored the stamped image using my Copic markers and also paper pieced her top and shoes. I thought since one of the design papers had words on it that it would be perfect to paper piece for the center of the phone . I love that it looks like a text message. Of course, you can't have a phone without some BLING. I added these adorable star blings from Recollections and placed them around the outer part of the phone and just adore how it turned out. I placed the image on the a Spellbinders Labels Twenty-Three die cut. I then fussy cut the banner with the birds from one of the design papers and placed it across the picture. The Eiffel tower die cut is from the Antique Paperie by Colorbok. That collection is perfect with the Portobello Road. I placed the Eiffel tower beside one of my favorite Beige Sheer Flower from Bev and added a ribbon buckle with a 10mm baby blue flat back pearl. I layered ThePiecebyPiece gorgeous Sheer Floral Squares in Aqua which I cut a small strip and then layered the Sheer Pleated Ribbon in White on top. I stamped the sentiment "Just Saying Hi" from the stamp set and love how this turned out.

Altered Valentine Tin

If there's one thing my girls use a lot of besides shampoo, it would definitely be bobby pins. I was excited to use my new Recollections My Favorite Things paper stack and Spellbinders Heart Circles Nestabilities. I thought it would be cute to create a Valentines altered tin using non traditional colors and loved how it turned out. Bev at The Piece by Piece always carry the most unique trims which went perfect with this project. Instead of just placing the bobby pins in the tin, I thought it would be fun to make heart shaped pouch to place the bobby pin in or just clip them on the design paper. My daughter loved it a lot and I really enjoyed making this for her. Hopefully I'll see less bobby pins everywhere. heehee

The Piece By Piece Trims
Glam 6x6 4 Squares
Fancy Black Trim with Gold Details
Purple Fabric Flowers
Venice Black Lace - temporarily out of Stock
Plum Beaded Trim - temporarily out of Stock
Beige Flower Lace - temporarily out of Stock

TPBP Follow The Yellow Brick Road Mini Album

Growing up watching the Wizard of Oz with my cousins were one of my favorite things to do. My cousin Stephanie introduced me to the Wizard of Oz and we would just hang out at her house and watch it over and over again. If I remember, we had also seen a school play and I feel in love with the movie even more. I was really happy to see Graphic 45 create a collection in honor of the Wizard of Oz and it was really fun to create this mini. When I think if the movie, the first think that comes to mind is the yellow brick road and just had to create that at my mini book. Of course, this is the first time I ever had to adhere the same color cardstock to all the pages. I really loved how it turned out and the papers had so many images to cut. The Piece By Piece has so many beautiful trims that went great with this collection.
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TPBP Candy Box and July Dress Form Challenge

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Here's a favor I created using Bev's gorgeous trims available at the TPBP Etsy with my Sizzix Bigz Pro Candy-Shaped Box die. These make great favors to give to your friends. Below are the products I incorporated on my project.

Muslin Bag
White and Tan Fabric Flowers
Venice Lace with Interlocking Velvet Ribbon (Brown)
Pop Ur Collar 6x6 square
White Lace
Dress Form
Spice 6x6 4 Squares
Orange Beautiful Flower Trim with Bead and Sequins

Be sure to stop by TPBP's Blog for more details. Here's a sneak peak of the awesome prize you will receive. Have fun creating and can't wait to see your dress forms.

TPBP June Flower Challenge

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Are you ready for a fun challenge? The Piece By Piece is hosting a June Flower challenge on their blog. Come join us a share all the wonderful and unique flowers that you can create. Below are details on the contest. Please sure to stop by TPBP blog.

The details are as follows:

Who can play?: The challenge is open to you, your friends and your mother! Seriously, this challenge is open to everyone!
When is the play time?: You get the entire month of June to play and submit your June Flowers Challenge entry. June 30, 11:59 PDT is the official deadline. Winners will be selected and announced during the first week of July.
Where do I play?: Submit your challenge entry by using the Mr. Linky in this post.
Playground rules:

Your submission will be judged on its level of uniqueness and creativity, so break out your mad flower making skills.
You must use trim, lace or fabric (at least one) in each flower, after that you decide the additional ingredients to make your flowers pop,
You can use the flowers in any type of project, or just submit the flowers on their own.
The Piece by Piece Design Team will select two winner and the winners will be announced during the first week of July, The winners will receive an awesome prize below from Bev at The Piece by Piece.
Have fun playing. We look forward to seeing how you use your creativity on this challenge.



2 Winners will receive the Prizes Below!


Prima Swirls
Prima Flowers
Annalee papers and notecards
6 6x6 chipboards
Burgundy A-2 envelopes
Amazing Trims from Beverly's own private collection
Some Trims found in her shop
Fabric Flowers

TPBP Dream Big Layout

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Here's a layout I created for ThePieceByPiece. I just love all the new gorgeous trim that are now available at AccuCut and love how it turned out. I wanted to give my layout some dimension therefore I adhered the design paper to some of the puzzle pieces to medium weight chipboard and added dimensional adhesive to the bottom. I just love the new Creative Imaginations Devotion collection. All the papers are simply beautiful. Beverly's trims were just perfect for this project.