Sneak Peek at Bridal Shower Invite

Hello Fellow Crafters, Bloggers, and Unknowns!  ;)

I'm really excited to share a sneak peek at a Bridal Shower Invite I'm working on.  My cousin is getting married and my family will be hosting her Bridal Shower.  Of course, pre-made invites are not allowed at this event; un-heard of!  LOL!  My brother and I have put our heads together and come up with this layout.  I think it's great and captures the theme well!

The invite is a 5X6.5 card front.  I used 2 Cricut cartridges; Lacy Labels and Sweethearts.  The bride is cut out on velvet paper.  Pearl, gem stone, and floral embellishments were used.  The frame around the bride is glitter paper.

Now it's time to work on the back of the invite.  Guess we should include the when and where?!

Thanks for visiting!

Time to... "Escape"

Good Evening Fellow Crafters (and to those who happened to stumble on my blog in a random google search).  ;)

A couple weeks ago, I needed a card for a teacher friend and didn't have any pre-made; so I was flipping through my Cricut Magazines for inspiration and found one.  I ended up using "Kate's ABC" cartridge; and what I thought was going to be a quick card, I realized this isn't going to be one.  LOL!

Here is the finished product...

Inspiration came from Cricut Magazine special edition "Cards" pg.15

Supplies: Cardstock-Stampin' Up; Patterned Paper- DCWV Travel; Stickles; Sharpie pen; Pearl Embellishment-Stampin' Up Pretties Kit, Letter Stickers-Unknown; White Gel Pen

I distress the "sky" paper.  Not too bad; if I say so myself.  ;)

That's all I have to share for now.  So until next time...

Laters!

Patriotic Wreath

Good evening fellow crafters and/or random person (who happened to stumble upon my blog)!   ;)

When looking at a calendar and taking note of the holidays and special occasions, there are several holidays that focus on appreciation for America and those who have served in our military.  When I was making my wreath, I wanted to be able to use it more than once a year; so when deciding on the images I kept that thought in mind.  Here is my finished project...

Materials used: 12 inch wire wreath - Michael's; Tulle - local Sew Store; Cricut - markers & cartridges "Stand and Salute" & "Independence Day"; Cardstock - Stampin' Up, Creative Imaginations, Recollections; Red/White Twine - The Twinery; Ribbon and Fibers - Michael's; Glitter (lots of it) - Martha Stewart.  :)

Dog Tags read: "Support Our Troops" and "Let Freedom Ring"

Give a shout out to my brother who helped me out with how to "bling" the Eagle.  ;)

Well...that's it for now; so until next time...

Three cheers for the red, white, and blue!

CHEERS!

June Crafts

Happy Fabulous Friday!

I love me my Fridays!  ;)

So...this past month I worked on 2 crafts one for my brother's b'day and another for my father for Father's Day.

First up is my brother's b'day and here is the card I made him for this year.

Inspiration came from a Cricut Magazine issue Feb 2012.

Supplies: Recollections brown, white and black cardstock; Stampin Up shades of green cardstock, sentiment stamp, balloon; Cricut Cartridge Pagoda;  The Twinery red/white twine; blue rhinestones; Martha Stewart red glitter; adhesives

And three days later was Father's Day and here is out my mind created this year for my dad...

A beach/surf shack!!  :)  I've seen wood birdhouses at Michael's store for a while now and one particular style reminded me of a beach hut.  So...for the past 4 years I have hand crafted a Father's Day gift for my dad and thought this would be a great gift for his office.

Supplies: Cricut cartridge Life's A Beach; Michael's Store birdhouse and sea shells; acrylic paints shades of brown and green; real sand; cardstock from various companies; Recollections metallic gold pen, Local Sew Store green trim; Stampin Up hemp twine; adhesives.

I LOVE THIS TIKI FACE!

That was it for the month of June.  Currently I'm working on a 4th of July wreath.  Stay tuned for that.

Have a crackle bang boom Independence day!  ;)~

I'm Back and Sharing!

Good Day Fellow Crafters!

It has been almost a year since I posted and shared on my blog.   Well, I am back and blowing the dust off this page and giving it a new look with some of the projects I've been working on.

Mother's Day Gift 2012

I found the inspiration for this project in the March 2012 Cricut Magazine (on the cover as well as page 106) by Roree Rumph (blog: www.roreerumph.blogspot.com).

Supplies: Wood box, Paint, Floral wire, Floral foam: Michael's Craft Store; Patterned paper: Stampin' Up!; Buttons: Scrapbuck; Sentiment sticker: K&C Company (I THINK); Cricut Cartridge FOREVER YOUNG; Adhesives  
 

I am also re-vamping my facebook page as well.  Please stop on by and give a "LIKE"; www.facebook.com/creationsbyzajc  :D

Wanna Smore with Sebastian?

Happy Thursday All!

I'm getting ready to head to Chicago for my family reunion; but first I wanted to share this last project I was able to squeeze in.  

I was crafting with a friend and she had The Disney Princesses cartridges.  As I was going through them, I saw the image of Sebastian (from The Little Mermaid) and thought he was the perfect fit to my beach layout.  He adds a lot more "life" to my page.  :)  

The layout size is 8.5 X 11.
Enough room for a wallet size picture.

I used Stickles to embellish the fire, top of the palm tree, marshmallows and Sebastian's face. 

I used a brown Sharpie pen to add a shadow effect on the title.
Also, I put Sebastian on an Action Wobble.

He know's how to shake it.  LOL!  :)

TA-DA!!!  ;)

Until next time... keep you craft groove going!  :)

Dress Form Stand

I found this dress form stands at a local craft store; Wooten's Scrapbook Co.  I kept coming back to them and visioning what/how I would decorate them.  One of the sales girls made a few suggestions and I'm out the door with two of them!  :)  Overall, I'm proud of my finished project; since this was my first try at decorating one of these. 

This is what I started with.

And... this is what I finished with.  :)

My plan of attack when I started, was to start with the skirt and work down the base/stand.

I found wonderful stack of paper by DCWV "The Lace and Linen Collection."

The flower on the base were from Prima and I used pink and silver Stickles in the center of flowers.

Now, I will ask for opinions on this: what are your thoughts of covering the base/stand with flower like I did?

I said it above and have to say it again; check out DCWV "The Lace and Linen Collection."  Beautiful papers!!  :)

I cut strips of paper for skirt by 8.5 X 1.5

Then I would tear the excess off.  I used modge podge gloss.  This was my first time using modge podge and after seeing the finished skirt now realized what gloss glue does.  ;)

Unfortunately, I forgot what cartridge I used to cut the hearts; however the size of hearts are 3/4".

I used chantilly lace and threaded pink grosgrain ribbon to make the scarf.

The large flower came from Prima Flowers.

Well...hope you enjoyed my first decorated dress form stand.  I have one more to do; but mulling around with a theme and to what theme.  Suggestions?  :)

Birthday Card

Provo Craft has come out with a magazine dedicated to the Cricut/Imagine machines; called "Cricut Magazine."  Every so many months they come out with special issues; "Cricut Birthdays" and "Cricut Cards."  These magazines has opened my creative mind to new ideas and inspiration.  I was inspired to make this card after seeing it in the "Cricut Cards" issue; by Stephanie Ackerman.  When you can; go check out her work!  :)

Here is my creation:

Cricut cart used was  Life's A Beach (both out/inside); also Stickles were uses to embellish the flower and mermaid's top. The half perl in mermaid's hand is from Stampin Up's Pretties Kit.

I used Stickles to also embellish the sea shell board.

I will post two more projects tomorrow.  At the moment need to get back to getting ready for my "day" job.  Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Tammy

New Name To Blog!

Good Morning Everyone!


Hope all is well with you. 


Just a small note to check in and let everyone know...I'm still around; just been busy with my "day" job and with things at home; which is why I haven't been able to post new items that I've worked on. 


What you might have noticed is the new name to my blog!  I've been mulling this around for a while and finally decided to change my "company"/blog name. The original one was WAY too long and just didn't feel like me; so I'm keeping it simple...Creations By Zajc! Of course, I'm not able to change my User Name ID (direct address) on facebook (www.facebook.com/PositivelyMagnificientScrapper); other than that...it's now Creations By Zajc! :)


I'm hoping by this weekend I will be able to share what I've worked on.  :)


Until then...stay cool!  ;)


Tammy

Supporting Others

Hey...

This is just a quick note to pass along some info about a pretty spectacular give-away happening.  I mentioned it a couple times before, about supporting others and here I am practicing what I preach.  :)

Terri over at Two Pink Peas is having a give away in honor of her Dad and Father's Day.  There are a couple requirements to be eligible for the give-away...but it's all simple things.  Here's the direct link: http://twopinkpeas.blogspot.com/2011/06/two-pink-peas-huge-blog-candy-giveaway.html

Good Luck!  :)

Tammy

Inking It Up Crazy Birthday Bash

Hello...Hello...Hello!

Welcome to Kassidy's Month Long Birthday Bash!

Kassidy over at Inking It Up is celebrating her birthday for the month of June.  She has invited several guest to help design projects using her favorite items and themes.  At the end of the post, head on over to her blog for a chance to enter for giveaways.  :)

My theme for Kassidy's Birthday Bash is patriotic.  I've been wanting to create something using my Grandfather's Army photos from when he was in the Service during WWII.

My Grandfather: Edward Surufka.

The bottom left photo (2 men): my Grandfather's friend Slick-o and my Grandfather.

The bottom right photo (3 men): fellow Soldiers and my Grandfather.

I used a sponge to ink the saluting Soldier.

THANK YOU PAPA!

XOXO

Recipe for "American Heros":

Cardstock - Bazzill Basics Paper

Designer Paper - Creative Imaginations

Stickers - Creative Imaginations "Patriotic"

Cartridges - Stand & Salute, Hannah Montana Font (A and H), Plantin School Book

Ink - Stampin Up "Chocolate Chip"

Markers - Sharpie Ultra Fine Point

Alright...head back on over to Kassidy's blog and enter in her giveaways; some pretty awesome items she has.  :)

PS: Happy Birthday Kassidy!!  :)

Blog Award

It's Monday afternoon and I have the next 6 days off from work.  What shall I do with myself?!  LOL!  Yes... Crafting is on that list.  Been doing that the last two days.  I stayed up till 2-3am working on projects.  Crazy?!  Perhaps; but I'm not complaining.  :)

I would like to extend a huge Thank You to my friend Patty over at Creative Diva for her continued support for my blog and projects.  She passed on this blog award to me, "The Irresistibly Sweet Blog."  If you haven't already, please stop by and check out Patty's blog: http://creativedive98.blogspot.com .  We all need to support each other with our talents.  :)

Thank you Patty!

There are 3 requirements for accepting this blog award:

1.  Send a thank you to the the person who nominated you and include their blog link.

2.  Recipient of this award needs to share 7 random facts about self.

3.  Pass award to at least 8 other blogs.

7 RANDOM FACTS about me:

Warning: these are really random.  Trying not to repeat self from previous fact sharing posts.  ;)

1.  I enjoy "live" music/shows.  Recently saw Broadway show "Burn The Floor" and went to my first U2 concert = FABULOUS!  

2.  A hazard to being a Nanny...getting hooked and enjoy watching certain cartoons (Phineas & Ferb, Olivia).

3.  I have a "small" shoe addiction.

4.  I would like to be able to volunteer/run an animal/dog sanctuary.  

5.  A guilty indulgence of mine: watching Bravo Channel and "The Real Housewives" shows.

6. I secret dream I have is to be able to take off to another country; like "Under The Tuscan Sun" and/or "Eat, Pray, Love."  :D

7.  ??  ;)

8 blogs that I am passing this award onto:

1.  Gloria: girliascards.blogspot.com

2.  Justina: justmycrafts.blogspot.com

3.  Julie: livelaughlove2scrap.blogspot.com

4.  Amy: www.lovetocrop.com

5.  Meesh: http://meeshscrafts.blogspot.com/

6.  Samantha: samanthajdesigns.blogspot.com

7.  Rae: wahoocrafts.blogspot.com

8.  Raechel: raechelscards.blogspot.com  

Thank you for taking the time to read my little space on the internet.   

Father's Day Gift

Happy Father's Day To All Dads (and anyone else who fills that role).  :)

Here is my Father's Day gift to my Dad...this year.

I took the glass out of the frame so I was able to pop the images.

Cricut carts: Summer in Paris and Black Letter 

I used Stampin Up paper and Stickels on top of the hat.

I created a photo mat to fit a 4X6 photo of my Dad's choosing to place in the frame.

This one took my Dad by surprised because, there was a tear.  

Hope everyone had a peaceful and relaxing weekend.  :)