Heartfelt Creations and Robin's Nest

Thanks to everyone who has come to be part of the Ruby Rock-It blog hop. If you haven't seen that post yet, you can check it out here.

Meanwhile over at Heartfelt Creations this week, we have combined with The Robin's Nest. I've used some of their rubons along with some dew drops to create this card, along with some Sunny Day papers and Majestic Roses flowers. 

As always, I highly recommend checking out what everyone else has made this week too. Head over to the Heartfelt Creations blog to see. 

A new Ruby Rock-It blog post for the new year.

Hello Ruby Rock-it Fans!  This month, we are featuring our beautiful, vintage inspired set of NEW MINI RANGES!  

We have SO many categories...Mother, Father, Christening, Family, Baby Boy, Baby Girl, 21st Birthday and Military!  Each range comes with 3 double sided patterned papers, a fun 3d sticker set, and fun die cut pack!

Today I have focused on babies, using both the Baby boy and Baby girl range. Both are very sweet, and I adore the new paper flowers to go with them. These are two different babies of course, but they look so similar. It's nice to go back and scrap some older photos sometimes. 

If you were lucky enough to attend CHA in Anaheim a few weeks ago, you may have seen this one in the booth.

Here's the order of our hop, in case you get lost along the way...

          RRBF Blog

>>> You are here>>>Alicia Barry

Beckie Dreyer

Carrie Walz

Erin Yamabe

June Goh

Liana Suwandi

Linda Kretz

Pattie Beltran

MAKE SURE YOU LEAVE A COMMENT ON EACH DESIGNER’S BLOG AND THEN ON THE RUBY ROCK-IT BLOG ONCE YOU’RE DONE HOPPING ALONG RUBY ROCK-IT TRAIL!

Our prize includes our winner's choice of two of our Mini Range papers and embellishments!

 Comments will close on Sunday, February 9th at 11:59pm PST.  We will announce our winner the week of February 10th!

Time to head to see what Beckie Dreyer has been up to this month.

Some sharing from Down Under Direct

Today I am sharing some of the work that has been up on the Down Under Direct blog lately. There are lots of great ideas there for using your Spellbinders dies. In this one, I have used a large decorative label as a photo matt. I love all the delicate details. I've also used some Aster flower toppers, and some sprigs made from a die d-lite.

 
This next one uses lots of flowers made from the new(ish) die d'lite blooms. I LOVE these. Again I have used a large die as a photo matt. This is the 5x7 detailed scallops, and one of my favourite dies.

And a pretty little card to share, again using a die as a frame...see a pattern here?

The flowers are die d'lites as is the leaf sprig.

 

Floral pretties

So obviously anyone who knows me, knows how much I like working with florals, so I was super excited about Heartfelt Creations releasing a new flower die and stamp set for January.  The collection is called Majestic Morning and is so pretty with bright colours and sweet flowers. Last week I made this three dimensional card. I used a co-ordinating background stamp first, then layered the flowers over the top for perfect placement. I love that the stamped images for the flower dies add a nice edge detail.

For the blog this week I altered a little mini lantern that I found in a $2 shop. It was already painted white, so that made this a pretty easy little project. I again used one of the co-ordinating stamps as a platform for my large flower cluster, which gave some nice little leaf details (see close up). As is often the case for me, I also added some larger leaf dies to bulk up the clusters. 

This project made a nice little gift idea with some chocolates inside. I really like how this one turned out :)

As always the other designers have some really pretty projects to show with this collection too, check out the blog here.

Majestic Morning reveal

During the past week, Heartfelt Creations have released their new January line called Magestic Morning at CHA. This is such a pretty line, and the die for this collection is a new floral (my favourite). Not only that, but the petals are all joined in one single die, which makes stamping and die cutting so much easier. 

Here's a layout I have had on the Heartfelt Creations blog using this line, which I am also proud to say was on display in the booth at CHA.

See, there it is on the wall (Thanks for the pic Angelica).


I also made a card that was on the blog this week.

I'll have a few more projects from this collection ready to share over the next few weeks too. 

A little 2013 review

I've seen a few people posting about some of their favourite projects from last year, and thought I might follow suit.

This first one was my entry for the Spellbinder DT. I didn't make it on the team, but I still really love this project. I've used Prima papers, chipboard, and lots and lots and lots of die cuts. All the flowers are handmade.

This one was for Ruby Rock-It (partner swap with Scrap FX). Love how this turned out, and love looking at it in my scrap room.

 This one was made with lots of Manor House Creations flowers. How pretty are those flowers and the delicate frames. The papers are Prima (not sure what company the chipboard is). The chipboard is all glittered.

This next one was for Down Under Direct. The flowers are all handmade. The papers are Bazzill.

 This one was one of my magazine covers for the year. It's still very exciting to see my work on the front cover. The photo was from our trip to Mexico last year. I played with embossing powders on the chipboard to make it look like water drops.

 And one more from Manor House Creations. Such a lovely company to design for and such beautiful flowers, makes it easy to make pretty pages.

Now onto 2014!

Another busy month gone by.

A bit slack with the posts again, but I do have lots of Heartfelt Creations work to share.

 This one went up on the blog today. I adore all the flowers that can be created with the Heartfelt dies. Once they were made, the rest of the card came together really quickly and easily.

 Here's one from last week, with lots of layers and naturally more pretty flowers.

I've been working on lots of projects for CHA. The ranges are so pretty. Be sure to check out the website for a sneak peek of the new range and a chance to win the whole lot. 

Lastly, these are some cute little gift lolly bags I made in the lead up to Christmas for Ruby Rock-It. 

A Ruby Rock-It Christmas Blog Hop

Welcome to another Ruby Rock-It Blog hop. This is the last one for the year and is full of lovely Christmas projects from the design team. I have quite a lot of photos to share today. Stick with me to the bottom of the post for details on how you could win the range I have used here.

Today I have a little card gift set to share. I have used Ruby Rock-it's Joyeux Noel range for this one. It is such a pretty collection to work with. I have also used a few different Spellbinders dies - one of our preferred partner companies, and some inks from another partnering company Tsukineko.

First I made the box using my Crafter's Companion. I used a Spellbinder die to cut the decorative window in the lid, and lined the inside with Joyeux Noel paper. The flowers are created from the Silhouette die cuts set.

I used teal ink and a sponge to ink the edges of the box, and then I sprayed the finished box with a little Sheer Shimmer Spritz in gold.

I created a matching set of cards to go with the box. Each one uses a different Spellbinder die as a frame. The papers, die cuts, ribbons and chipboard pieces are all from the Joyeux Noel collection.

Here's a little rundown of what I have used:

Joyeux Noel Layered accents:

http://www.rubyrock-it.com/product/9312271027527

Joyeux Noel Paper pack:

http://www.rubyrock-it.com/product/9312271027459

Joyeux Noel Die cut silhouettes

http://www.rubyrock-it.com/product/9312271027466

Joyeux Noel Border stickers:

http://www.rubyrock-it.com/product/9312271027473

Joyeux Noel Trim:

http://www.rubyrock-it.com/product/9312271027497

Spellbinder dies:

S5-160 Opulent Ovals

S5-090 Romantic rectangles

S5-191 Decorative labels twenty-eight

S6-005 5x7 Elegant labels Four

S5-158 Timeless Rectangles

Tsukineko Inks:

Teal Zeal Memento dye ink

Sheer Shimmer Spritz: Gold

Now to be in the running to win just about everything I have used, plus more, all you need to do is follow these simple rules:

MAKE SURE YOU LEAVE A COMMENT ON EACH DESIGNER’S BLOG AND THEN ON THE RUBY ROCK-IT BLOG ONCE YOU’RE DONE HOPPING ALONG RUBY ROCK-IT TRAIL! 

RUBY ROCK-IT BLOG HOP RULES-LEAVE A COMMENT ON EACH DESIGNER’S BLOG AND THEN ON THE RUBY ROCK-IT'S BLOG TO BE ENTERED TO WIN THE Ruby Rock-it PRIZE PACK. COMMENTS MUST BE POSTED BY WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11TH AT 11:59PM PST

TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE RANDOM DRAWING. WE WILL ANNOUNCE THE WINNER ON OUR RUBY ROCK-IT BLOG THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 15!

The designers participating today are:

RRBF Blog

>>>>> You are here: Alicia Barry<<<<<

>>> Go here next! Beckie Dreyer

Carrie Walz

Cindy Stevens

Erin Yamabe

June Goh

Liana Suwandi

Linda Kretz

Pattie Beltran

Ro Philippsen

Thanks for visiting. Be sure to become a follower if you are not already. 

My big, little boy.

Just a quick update with a layout that is up on the Heartfelt Creations blog this week, featuring my beautiful (not so little) boy. I always like to take special portraits of them on their birthdays, and this is from his 9th birthday a few months back.

Again, I have used the brand new Floral Keys collection, which lend themselves perfectly to boy pages. I have used stamps and die cuts from the Posy Path collection. It is rare for me to use flowers on a boy page, but the grunginess of the papers seems to make it OK here.

Make sure you come back on the 7th for a Ruby Rock-It blog hop.

Some Heartfelt Creations sharing

Today I have some of my Heartfelt Creations work to share with you. I can't share all of it, because my computer is broken, and can;t get to all of my files, but I do have some cards to share. Heartfelt Creations releases a new collection almost every month and the new Floral Key collection was released last week.

Here's a little intro about the collection and a chance to win it. (sorry about the tight deadline...my fault entirely).

We are pleased to present the Floral Key Collection.This collection contains a neutral color palette with card panels, papers, stamps and dies that will enable you to create quick cards while achieving the "wow" factor. The Floral Key Collection is a set of key and lock stamps and dies with a paper pack that contains a variety of card fronts, 6" x 6" pieces and 12" x 12" layouts with borders and frames. It's a creative, fun exploration of the vintage spirit. The Floral Key Collection will unlock your imagination to creating incredibly beautiful, "fine art" cards. Take advantage of extra savings when shopping with Heartfelt Creations on Black Friday.

Leave a comment on the Heartfelt Creations blog by December 3rd to be eligible to win the entire Floral Key Collection valued at $200. The winner will be announced on December 4th on the Heartfelt Creations blog.

So here is a card I have made using this collection. It took me a little while to get into it, but I love the end result, and hey look- no flowers (well except the pretty stamped ones). that is unheard of for me. 

You can see lots of other examples from the Design Team using this collection here.

Make sure you check out he blog on Wednesday for more projects using this collection, including a boy layout from me.