Card Lift Challenge

by Melanie Blackburn on February 16, 2009

Hello everyone!!!  Today I challenge you to lift this greeting that I’ve created. You can lift the exact design or inspire yourself by the colors or embelishements. Of course, it would be fun if you used Daisy Bucket products. ;) Make sure to link your card by leaving a comment, I would love to see your creations.

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Happy lifting!!!

Mélanie – Design Team Member

valentine’s day projects…

by tami sanders on February 14, 2009

daisy bucket has wonderful Valentine’s lines! last year it was Love You, and this year they have Loves Me Loves Me Not! the color combinations are so fresh and fun! and they aren’t just for Valentine’s day or love themed layouts or projects either, they are perfect for Spring and Girly projects too!

Here’s a project i did using the Love You line and cork coasters from the dollar store…

i just covered the coasters using printed papers, then added flowers, rhinestones, quotes and stamped accents. i put the coasters together using book rings, then hung them from a purse handle…

and here are some cards i made using the new LOVES ME LOVES ME NOT line…

 

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  i used the new CARD ELEMENTS as a base for this one…

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and — if valentine’s day wasn’t all that “lovely”, Daisy Bucket even has BREAK UP PAPER! i think this particular paper is VERY clever! one side is covered in “love” words and phrases, while the other side features quite the opposite! i couldn’t resist making a cars using it – complete with the “text” phrase – CUL8R (see you later!)…

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hope you had a GREAT Valentine’s Day and ate LOTS of chocolate!
—tami * design team member

Sweet Choco Treats

by pialopez on February 14, 2009

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!

Here’s something I made for Ethan’s teachers and classmates. It’s pretty simple and doesn’t require so much techniques. I just bought chocolate bars in 2 two sizes. I then removed the chocolate wrapper and used it as a pattern. I used mostly scraps in this project.

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Ethan loved the idea of distributing the chocolates to his classmates and teachers. He got overly excited that he just gave the chocolates away, not knowing if it really belongs to them (he can’t read the names yet ; )!

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Here are chocolates for the girls.

I used Loves Me-Loves Me Not papers and stamps for this project. I can’t get enough of the stamps from Daisy Bucket, they’re petite and works well as journaling tags, gift tags or as embellishments. I’ve never been really a stamp person (the cleaning part is what I’m avoiding actually!) but Daisy Bucket has changed the way I look at stamps!

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Here are the chocolates for the boys. I used a patterned paper with the blue color. Daisy Bucket’s Love You collection is perfect for the job!

I hope you enjoy your Valentine’s day, whether you spent it on a dinner date with your boyfriend or husband or a date with the kids too! Have fun!

Mixing Paper Collections

by Melanie Blackburn on February 12, 2009
I created this layout and combined two of my favorite Daisy Bucket paper Collections, Merry Wishes and Loves Me-Loves Me Not. Both lines work very well together. The green paper is from the Merry Wishes collection and the remaining paper is from the Loves Me Collection. Even though the Loves Me Collection is mostly love oriented I was still able to use it to create this layout of my girls and how my oldest shares her passion for books with her younger sister. Mixing paper Collections is a great way to maximize the use of your pattern paper. We would love to see how you mix the Daisy Bucket Collections, make sure to leave a comment with a link to your work.

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Happy creating!

Melanie

I fell in love …

by pialopez on February 11, 2009

… with the new Daisy Bucket Loves Me- Loves Me Not line! I love the combination of fuschia pink, orange, brown with a dash of apple green. I didn’t know these colors will match perfectly! Nothing goes into waste too since the new DBD papers including the bottom strip could also be used. I actually love those strips of papers that I remember cutting them first : )

I was inspired by Pieces of my Heart paper so I tried color blocking (this is one technique I’m not at all comfortable with because I’m bad in making exact measurements LOL!). But I love how these layouts turned out. I think I just need to practice some more.

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The doodles on the photo were inspired by another paper, Scattered Love. The three photos are 4″ x 6″ in sizes and need no cropping.

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Thanks for looking!

Evidence of True Love

by Melanie Blackburn on February 10, 2009
I recently created this layout for a stamping challenge, I used stamps as embellishments on my layout. I used the Daisy Bucket #5126 stamp for the date label and the #5225 stamp for the heart and butterflies. To create the butterflies I embossed the stamp pattern with colored embossing powder,  I then used a butterfly punch. Afterwards I inked the butterflies with the desired color and adhered them to my layout. I think these add a unique element to my layout. To create this layout I also used the Loves Me-Loves Me Not Collection and the Family #9001 Rub-Ons.
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I would love to see what you create with your Daisy Bucket stamps, make to sure to leave a comment with a link to your creation.

Happy Scrapping!

Melanie – Design Team Member

have a visit to santa you haven’t scrapped yet???

by tami sanders on February 9, 2009

although Christmas was over a month ago, the memories and the photos linger on!

if you are like me, you MIGHT just be a little behind on your scrap’n. so here’s a layout just in case you are in need of a little Christmas inspiration in mid february !

i did this layout of my youngest, chris visiting with santa…

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 this is the FIRST year i don’t have a pic of BOTH of my boys on santa’s knees. my oldest, drew, who just turned 12, decided he was TOO old for a visit to santa. WAAAAHHHH!

it’s hard when they grow up! at least they will stay little “forever” in the photos!

i used Daisy Bucket’s MERRY WISHES line for this layout…

The background papers are HOLIDAY LANE, SEASON’S GREETINGS, and ALL THE TRIMMINGS.

i cut out the ornaments from VERY MERRY printed paper, and “hung” them from narrow strips of Chocolate Paper Ribbon. I used the swirl border stamp from the BORDERS stamp to stamp the mat around my photo. I cut my border stamps apart, i liked being able to use them one at a time, of course, you can stack them back together and use them all at once too! 

The large circle with the title was cut from HOLLY JOLLY. I stamped the “happy happy joy joy” portion of the title using the HAPPY HAPPY stamp then used chipboard and grungeboard for the rest of my title. a few scattered ”BLINGS” added the finishing touches!

— tami

love is in the air…

by tami sanders on February 9, 2009

it’s february… can you FEEL the love??? i am feeling the love from DAISY BUCKET! they have some GREAT new products!

i combined 2 of their newest to create this project… i used their new Valentine line called LOVES ME LOVES ME NOT and their new CHIPBOARD BANNERS. the banners come in 2 sizes, 5 X 10 – which is what i used in my decor piece, and a JUMBO, GI-NORMOUS… 12 X 23! the banners come in 2 diffent styles too - and i used ‘em both!

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i just covered the chipboard using an assortment of the printed papers, then added some ribbon trim, some painted chipboard elements and words, and tossed in some stickles for good measure.

then, i punched holes and tied the banners together with ribbons. for a finishing touch, i hung 2 paper covered chipboard hearts from some felt ribbon at the bottom.

— tami – design team member