A Bit East-coast

gift card & soft colored tags...

--------------------------------------------------Whisker Graphics project.

I made this card with a mini gift bag attached to it-at least this way the card & the gift are aklways together! No one has to ask who's gift is this at a party.

Whisker products-divine twine, bitty cheveron bag, and birdi sticker; other-MS punch

--------------------------------------------------***MM Slice Fabrique project...

This card was made for a MM Slice Fabrique Facebook post on Monday. The flower is fabric cut with Slice-the black flower was not. The tag was punched on the end with a new EK success punch. Stickers are MM Paper Reverie and some black lace, voila!

-------------------------------------------------***More stamped tags...this time I pulled out some colored inks for my tags. I used soft light colors...

 

 

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Denise Rutkiewicz Morgan said:

Love the fashion choices. I have a Q for you, how is Amira's Coach back pack holding up? My daughter had the first style of the sequin purse that came out a year or so ago. It started to fall apart at the seams. Coach replaced it with the new style sequin in gun metal. It seems to be holding up so far, but she does have quite the Coach collection so she doesn't have to carry the sequins bag daily she does mix it up. Glad to see so many posts this week too ;) Oh and did you feel the earthquake? I'm on the CT-MA border so I didn't feel a thing here.

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Hey Denise...I grabbed her bag at the outlet last Dec and so far it still looks great. Amira is not a gentle creature! She stuffed it with tons of hard covered texted books last year. When she came home she would just throw it done on the floor, like a normal teen. 

OMG, the quake!!! I had just finished 30 mins on the treadmill, and I sat at my desk drinking a smoothie while looking on Pinterest- lol. I started to feel the HOUSE sway & then stuff on my desk shaking. It took me a minute to jump up and call the girls. Kiela came screaming. That minute seemed forever-it just left us a bit shaken.

 

 

Jamia Bankhead said:

The girls are quite the FASHIONISTAS and I luv it and I am sure to do to. Just think of all the fun shopping trips to come for many many years. I have two sons and its completely different. One like to shop and one doesnt but that means different stores and different dept in the dept stores.

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Oh, Jamia...Kiela would probably be my shopping buddy. She loves putting together outfits with just the right jewelry. Mira could care less most of the time. Kiela asks to go to the mall for clothes, and Amira would go to hit the bookstore!

Heaven said:

Love her style, great choices. Great to see a recent picture of Mira, she's turning into a beautiful young lady =)

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Heaven, I had to show you she is still around!! She usually takes off when I have a camera in my hand!

 

shadow box...

I did this shadow box project for a MM blog assignment & as a gift for Caitlyne who is expecting very soon. The sweet booties were brought to her from Guatemala by the babies great grandmother and were so beautiful. I asked her if I could use them for this project and then she could have it for the babies room. 

I used MM Flutter pp & brads, straight pins, and Slice Paper Reverie card for the butterflies & letter E. There are straight pins keeping everything attached to the shadow box backing-no glue is needed!! I picked up the shadow box from Michael's for less than $10. 

 

Also, something big is going on...take a look at Kelly Purkey's blog.

 

Comment by:
Marianne Larsen

4 days ago

Keisha I'm completely in love with your style, it's absolutely gorgeous.I was wondering what kind of stamps you have used on your layout?

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Hello Marianne,

Thank you so much! I haven't used any stamps on the last few layouts. On the March 1 post-I did use Stampin Up Define Your life on a few of the journaling spots. Mostly I did a bit of misting with masks & cutouts for most of my recent layouts. Is there a certain layout you were wondering about?

Happy Valentine's Day...

 I spent Sunday making this as LaVaughn painted the kitchen cabinets. I had such a hard time getting just the right photos of this banner, some were taken during the day & during the night. I used more of the MM Je t'Adore line and my Slice with the Paper Reverie card for the sweet butterflies.

products: MM hearts, gold glittered diecuts, gold foil love diecut, rose brad, love story sticker, diecut label, butterflies & green leaves-Slice Paper Reverie card.

a sweet bracelet & a winner...

Kiela made her Je t'Adore charm bracelet so she could wear it to school today for the class Valentine party. And she said she needed to polish her nails pink(and blue too)!! She loved how her bracelet jingled as she moved!! Happy weekend.

 

and...

CONGRATS to....

Lauren Hagerman said...

I would LOVE to get my hands on some of those hot little tart tins... I've got a project brewing...

Would love to see what you've made with the new stuff!

Tuesday, February 08, 2011 at 04:20 PM

the jbs Blog Hop winner!!

please email me klcards20031@yahoo.com

just a little more love...

 

Played a bit more with MM Je t'Adore line...

layout products: lg heart, med heart, love sticker, diecut label; the background cardstock was misted with old masks.

card supplies: gold foil diecuts, stickers, cards, dotted paper card, glittered heart, labels; MS heart border punch

 

For the wing card I used my Slice with the Just Chillin card to make the wings.




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some pretty & easy Valentine cards...

 

Last night I made these super easy & quick cards with the new MM Je t'Adore line-they have a book of slightly pre-made cards. I just pulled out a few of my punches, tags and rhinestones to dressed them up a bit more!

supplies: MM cards, stickers, gold foil diecuts; Martha Stewar punches-heart border, flowers, circle, keyhole heart

 

 

 

Heaven said:

Wow Keisha, this is simply gorgeous. I don't know how you keep doing it! I'm glad you embossed on vellum because it reminds me to ask you how do you heat emboss on vellum without causing the vellum to curl?? I know I'm not doing it right cause mine always wrinkles and curls lol. Can you share your secret? lol :)

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LOL, Heaven...I wish there was a trick other then me playing with it until it laid as I wanted them to!!

studio calico jan kit-who's who...

Studio Calico Jan kit-who's who

 I keep popping back & forth from kits & other new stuff. I've been working on this for the past 2 days. I was inspired by the Pink Paisley paper and used some clear embossing powder on the vellum butterflies & the tags with my stamping.

 

 

Burnbright said:

I was really loving the hearts, flash cards, and sewing patterns yesterday. They took me back home to my childhood where we made all our valentines and sewed most of our clothes!

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Proteusa Dravulia said:

So amazing! And so pretty too :) Just love your pages they are always amazing!!

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Thanks for all the great comments...it was hard to do a new post after that one. The colors from the projects made me think of spring, as I see SNOW outside my window!!

Jamia Bankhead said:

My, My, My thats some pretty GORGEOUS stuff!! My favorite is the first one with those FABULOUS butterflys on it along with that vintagey looking floral paper. You Rock girl! Was at CHA this weekend and so was Akeila, saw her cuteness on a layout!

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Jamia...thanks!! I hope to make it to CHA one day soon-I bet it was fun!!

nicolebee said:

Question: What settings do you use when you take photos of your layouts? They are always so true to color and clear. I know that you have ample natural light.

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Nicole, it changes depending on the light I am getting. That day was cloudy so I added my speedlite to help.

 

JBS Mercantile Feb kit & Amira is 14 today...

 JBS Mercantile Feb kit page tip: I love to mist now-I try to add it on every page!! My big tip is to use...

 
I bought this for stamping. But then I thought it would also be perfect for cutting shapes with my Slice AND I couldn't just throw away the used sheets. I use the cut-outs & the used sheets for misting. I cut a few circles out in various sizes to use over & over again...plus butterflies shapes! I have a box of misting shapes & letters !! This pack I grabbed at Michael's and it's $10 w/o a coupon.
 
 My how time flies and little girls grow-up into teenage gals!! My sweet Amira is 14yrs old today-lucky for her it's a snow day today. It's hard to believe that she used to be this little and now she is a bit taller than me.
 
 
 

something pretty...

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 I did this page today using more of the new Making Memories Je t'Adore line-I love the metallic dot pp TONS!! Glad to see the new FB fans, welcome!!  Hope you all have a great weekend!

products: diecut label, letter A sticker, 3 diecut hearts, lt pink dot pp, metallic dk pink dot pp, glittered rose

 

 

Elliesworld said:

You actually leave that room? I would live in there and wouldn't want to EVER leave.. WOW.. and WOW... Now to clean my drool.. Did I say WOW...

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http://twitter.com/starofmay -Kristina...lol, that's funny!!

Ellie & Kristina, it is hard to leave. But I am excited to wake up and get back in that room every morning!! I am trying to make it more on the chic/glamorous side and I have purged a bit to help keep things simple. I have so many ideas I hope to add to my space soon. Thanks!

 

 

 

Heaven said:

Keisha I meant to ask, could you post a picture of your keeposake boxes? I tried Googling them but somehow I don't think the ones I found are the ones you're referring to lol Thanks! :)

H, just a simple white storage box from Ikea is what I use. I know Michael's sells tons of keepsake boxes with different patterns(they are just not my style, lol). I put them in a protective sleeve and pop them in the box! I'll have to snap a photo one day-I don't keep them in my scraproom.

 

 

 

 

Caroline Ben said:

hello I am always amazed to find your pages, they are sublime! I have a small question about your photos, it is the device that you use and the purpose they are always bright! thank you again

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Thanks, Caroline...There is a Amazon widget on the right that has the camera & stuff I use. We also get great natural light throughout the house-which helps tons.

 

i love a good mail day...

 For the past two days it has been a good mail day. Boxes of new stuff from Making Memories, Jenni Bowlin and Studio Calico!! It was hard to pick which goodies to play with first. I went with the fab new Valentine line Je t'Adore from Making Memories-it stole my heart! This is the page I was able to do with it today...

products: lt pink ledger pp, lg diecut hearts, sm heart, banners, metallic heart, rose brad
 
 
 
 

 

Heaven said:

Stunning as always! How do you keep the flower embellishments from getting squashed in an album? Your dog looks so much like ours, only ours is a yellow lab. We to have to send him to bed when company comes over because even though he's almost 6 years old, he's still very high strung, and quite excitable. Do you use a crate when you're not home? :)

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Hey Heaven...For bulky items I don't want to be smashed I place them in keepsake boxes! And yes, Lulu is crated when we are not home. We are working to be able to let her loose while we are gone. At this moment she just is not ready for that. We tried last week and she set off the alarm, lol!

 

 

 

 

sarah said:

oooh, bad lulu, our 5yr old staffy {juke} is gd, but then along cam ernie {we got another puppy staffy} & he's ripped up the bed, juke thought he would join in too, s now they only have blanket's...? Love your page & how your using up pp at the moment x

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Sarah, I am guessing that gd is for Great Dane...and that is a lot to handle (even in puppy stage)! I used to long for one-until I saw one drooling!! Lulu has two beds and she had better not chew the one that is left.

 

 

 

 

Jill Taylor said:

(Hope you appreciate that remodeler--not all of us are that fortunate :) Another fabulous, as always, layout. Is that an older kit stamp from SC? Only been following them for a bit, but I don't remember that one. Love it!

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Jill, we are totally thankful for all that we are able to do. I am VERY thankful LaVaughn is so handy-saves us so much money!! And it makes him proud to say he did this or that! Yes, that stamp is an older stamp from SC-not sure if it was apart of a kit or sold separately.