Blog Hop Monday with E.A.D Designs!

It's time for another fun E.A.D Designs Blog Hop! Hopefully you have made your way here from Joanna's wonderful blog, if not, please start over at the E.A.D Designs' Blog.

Have you seen the new Polaroid Frames Rub-ons yet? I think they are too cute.  I had to use the clothes line of photos right away!

Here is what I came up with! Isn't it fun?!  The paper and pink glitter stickers are all Sassafras and the little squirrel is from Lawn Fawn.

Now keeping hopping along to see what the creative Lauren has in store for you today.

on a side note....

HAPPY 5th BIRTHDAY to my daughter AURORA!! 

XOXOXOXOXOX

EAD BLOG HOP - Lost in OZ

Monday means it's E.A.D Designs Blog hop Time! I'm first on the hop today and thought I would share a card that was more like a labor of love.  These adorable OZ characters can be custom ordered thru the E.A.D Designs' Design Center. I decided to make their individual personalities shine by paper piecing them (hence the labor of love).  It was time consuming but worth it.  I also added some hand stitching to the "yellow brick road".

I added the perfect sentiment from the Believe in Make-Believe Stickerz

Here is a close look at my paper pieced friends. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Now keeping hopping along to see what the creative Lauren has in store for you today.

ALSO...

Go leave a comment over on the E.A.D Designs Blog to be entered for a chance to win the "Hoo Loves Earth Day" stickerz below! 

E.A.D Designs March Blog Hop - Going Irish!

It's time for another fun E.A.D Designs Blog Hop! Hopefully you have made your way here from Joanna's wonderful blog, if not, please start over at the E.A.D Designs' Blog.  There is also a GIVEAWAY at the beginning off the hop! So you are going to want to make sure you check it out! 

Today we are Going Irish with projects for St. Patrick's Day!  If you watched last weeks episode of She's Crafty  you would have seen my Easter organza bag.  I have decided this is my new quick and easy way to make gift bags for all holidays!  Here I just added some gold St Patrick's Day Rub-ons to a black organza bag. Just needs to be filled with some green candy or gold coins! 

Next I made a card for my Mother in Law's birthday (happens to be on March 17th) so it fits with this months theme! I combined three different sets of stickerz on this card, Irish Sweets, Your B-Day, and Birthday Sentiments. The Irish Sweets sheet had the perfect size and number of green cupcakes to represent my little family so I couldn't pass that up! 

Thanks for being green with me today (I know it's not easy HAR HAR HAR).  Now hop along and see what the talented Lauren has in store for you today!

EXCITING NEWS!

Paper Smooches Stamps and E.A.D Designs have joined forces! 

E.A.D Designs will be offering a new design created by Kim Hughes each month to correspond with the Paper Smooches Stamp releases on the same day. This month's release are the fabulous sentiment sheets seen below.  They come in vinyl rub-ons or stickerz and can be found in the E.A.D Designs Store.

Here are two cards I created using the Stickerz Sentiments

 A close look at the sentiment

This card I used the stickerz sentiment with some PLUM (new color!) Say What Rub-ons.

These stickerz and rub-ons make it so easy to whip up a quick thank you note for a friend! Be sure to check out the new Paper Smooches Stamp release today too! 

It is also time for a new E.A.D Designs Month Steal! Available for one month only!

E.A.D Designs Blog Hop - Lovin, Touchin, Squeezin

It's time for another fantastic E.A.D Designs Blog Hop! Hopefully you have made your way here from Joanna's wonderful blog, if not, please start over at the E.A.D Designs' Blog.  It's a new month which means a new fantastic guest designer (WELCOME COURT..she has a giveaway going on!) and a themed hop... Lovin, Touchin, Squeezin. 

 OK, I'm going to give you fair warning.  My cards get a smidge risque today (they had to fit in with the theme). ;)  So if you think you might have a problem viewing them, I would stop at card one. ;) 

 MUAH! I just stamped a bunch of lips on kraft paper in various colors and then added the Scandalous sentiment from the Blahdeda stickerz over some red washi tape (to make it stand out a bit).

For the next two cards I had some custom images made by E.A.D Designs. Maybe it was all the Victoria Secret emails I was getting for Valentine's Day or maybe because we all want to feel a little sexy sometimes. I paired up my custom lady rub-ons with more washi tape and some x's and o's in pink from the Alphabet Rub-ons to make this sexy card.

So I just noticed I used washi tape again...I think I have a problem! LOL This time I used it to accentuate  the sentiment and also to "paper piece" the undies and high heels. The foxy sentiment is from the Blahdeda stickerz too.

I'm last on today's hop.  Hope you enjoyed it! 

Torendi Second Tuesday Blog Hop!

Are you enjoying the hop so far?  I hope so!  If you didn't find your way here from the amazingly talented Amy's Blog, please go and start at the Torendi Blog! I wouldn't want you to miss any of the Torendi goodness!  

Ok, so I have a small obsession...and no...it's not Scrabble Tiles THIS TIME! 

It's finding fun things for my Torendi Kawaii Rub-ons to say! I just find it so amusing! LOL

Thankfully Emily at E.A.D Designs takes custom orders, so I pulled a few strings (hehe) and had some fun sentiments stickerz made !

First up I combined the kawaii girl and sentiment with some plum washi tape and the Thicker that are featured in the Torendi "Bright" kit. (This kit is HALF OFF!!) Of course this card is for my hot hubby! 

Then I thought this sentiment was way too funny and had to use it right away.  Of course it is referring to the flowers. *wink wink* The paper on this card is from the new Pink Paislee "Sweetness" line, even though it's super girlie, I LOVE IT! 

Unfortunately you have reached the end of the hop!  I hope you are going to find some inspiration from our hop and play along with the new Torendi Challenge!  Find all the info on the Torendi blog today!

E.A.D Designs Blog Hop - Inspired by Teri Anderson!

Hooray! It's a Go to Gal inspired hop!

If you are just getting started, go back to the E.A.D Designs blog so you don't miss anything but hopefully you made your way here from Amy's fun blog! Today we pulled our inspiration from the fabulously talented Teri Anderson!   

Here is Teri's cute Holiday card!

And here is my take on it!  I used the same basic layout as she did. The sentiment is from the "Christmas Sentiments 1" rub-ons and the reindeer is from the Merry n Bright Stickerz. The paper is the   "Old School" Pink Paislee Line available at  Torendi! 

Here is a close look at the adorable reindeer I popped off the card.

Be sure you leave comments on all the blogs today! You will be entered to win this month's Monthly Steal!! 

Have a great Monday!

Alice Art!

*Please scroll down for the Lawn Fawn Cards for Kids Blog Hop*

If you are an Alice in Wonderland Fan you won't want to miss my video today over on the E.A.D Designs Blog.

I used these new stamps from Torendi

Here is a sneak peek!

"I Heart Kawaii" cards

I made both of these cards using the "I Heart Kawaii" Torendi Rub-ons (HALF OFF) and some of my other favorite supplies!

This was a little card I made for Tiff's b-day.  

Kawaii Japanese Girl, fun E.A.D Designs Sentiment and Washi Tape! 

You can't go wrong!

Getting ready for halloween with the spooky (?) tree from the "I Heart Kawaii" rub-ons.

Other supplies:

Studio Calico Kit

My Cute Stamps - Ooga Booga

It's almost FRIDAY!! :D 

Torendi Challenge!

Did you know Torendi is hosting a challenge?! You still have until Sunday night to play along! Find all the details HERE! Although I can't win (hehehe), I decided to play along and join the fun!  I used this photo as my inspiration.

And this is what I came up with! 

First I used pink ink to color the background of my card, then I doodled in the white cherry blossoms to match the inspiration photo.  I paper pieced the cute panda from the Torendi "A Kawaii Day" rub-ons and finished it off with E.A.D Designs "Text Talk Stickerz".

I hope you find time to play along with Torendi! (note: you don't need to use Torendi products to play along)

E.A.D Designs Blog Hop!

Hi Everyone! Did you have a good 4th of July? I hope most of you are enjoying an extra day off today!

 So the E.A.D Designs blog hops have been switched around a bit.  They will now be EVERY MONDAY! WOOHOO! The first Monday of the month the hop will be themed, this week is red, white and blue.  All other Mondays will just be chalked full of random E.A.D Designs goodness. OH, I almost forgot there will now be a monthly Guest Designer on the blog hops too, fun fun fun! Also, the new color challenge will start on the second Thursday of each month.  Ok I think I covered it all, on to my red, white and blue project! 

Last time I bought some tiny tomatoes, I kept the plastic container they came in.  I decided to use that container as a cute thank you gift holder.  I was thinking of filling it with cherries or maybe some form of cherry candy for a cheerful neighbor or dear friend. I used three different rub-on sets for this project, "Life is Sweet" (in cherry), "Brackets" (in white), and "Sentiments" (in black). All the paper is from the Sassafras Cherry Delicious line.

After I made the gift holder, I decided to make a card to go with it using the same "Life is Sweet" rub-ons.

Here they are together!!

NEXT ON THE HOP IS RAE!! 

(If you get lost, please start from the beginning...HERE)

OH ALICE!

I actually say this A LOT in my house, but that's because I have a 2 year old named Alice! LOL  Today I am talking about the challenge blog, Oh, Alice!  I have been meaning to play along with this challenge ever since they started, but sadly I never found the time, until today! This week the Oh, Alice blog is being sponsored by E.A.D Designs and the E.A.D Designs team got to play along with the Oh, Alice "Twisted Thirteen" FUN!  Please check out their blog for all the fun details of this weeks challenge, but here is my card! 

Of course I had to use the new E.A.D Designs "Alice in Wonderland" Stickerz for this challenge but I also used the large mushrooms from the "Mushroom" vinyl rub-ons.  I love how the size of the mushrooms helped imply that Alice was small!  I also layered them behind the patterned paper (from Sassafras) to help add to that look.  The sentiment I placed on a cloud I cut out from the BAM POP! Volume 2 paper pack found at Torendi.   If you are looking for more Alice fun, check out my altered tin HERE! Be sure to play along with the Oh, Alice challenge this week for a chance to win an E.A.D Designs Gift Certificate! 

Going Kawaii in Paris????

I made a card using the Torendi "Paris in Bloom" kit and some Torendi Kawaii rub-ons.  It has a completely different feel from the layout I did on this post.  It just goes to show how versatile the Torendi products can be! Don't know what YATTA means, check out my post explaining the Japanese rub-ons, HERE!

I love vinyl rub-ons cause you can paper piece with them! I found the cute heart and daisy designs on the Cherry Delicious paper and thought they would make cute flowers.  I used the flag banners in the kit to make the grass, stems and of course the banner.  Torendi also carries the Nerdy Bird Flag Banners in fun bright colors!

SHUT UP!

This is such a fun sentiment to play with! Normally it's something you are telling your little ones not to say, but used in a different context , it is a sign of excitement! 

I played along with these weeks sketch over at 2 Sketches 4 you and came up with the card below.

I used the new E.A.D Designs Yippee Sentiments, Funky Frames Stickerz, Torendi "I Heart Kawaii" Rub-ons (made by E.A.D Designs) and some Japanese Washi Tape! (you can find more Washi tape at Torendi now!!)

Here is a closer look, I love how you can see the grid design thru the stickerz. 

The purple and white background paper is from a box of Japanese candy my Brother and Sister In-law brought over.  I immediately said SAVE THE PAPER! ;) 

Have a great weekend. We are taking the girls camping, in combination with a mini/micro car show! What are you up to?

(Scroll down to the next post to see the E.A.D Designs Weekly Steal!)

Wanna see....

what I made with this....

and this?

Check out the Torendi blog today!

*pppssstttt there is also a GIVEAWAY!!*

Thank you!

The holidays have come and gone and just when you thought you were done making all those Christmas cards, it's time to start in on the THANK YOU cards! I made this adorable Japanese themed thank you card with the Torendi Kawaii Rub-ons. The girl is from Deliciously Kawaii and "Arigatou" is from Kawaii Phrases. The paper and flowers are from the Sassafras Lass Monstrosity line.

Thank you to all of my wonderful blog readers and I hope 2010 brings lots of happiness your way!