Frosted Designs - Up, Up & Away!

Happy Friday everyone! We have a new challenge for you at Frosted Designs that is sure to get you inspired for spring.... Up, Up & Away! We are challenging you to create a card, layout or off the page project that includes something you would see in the sky.... a bird, hot air balloon, airplane, clouds, etc. Here is the card that I created...

I loved the soft colors with the pop of red!

Now, it is your turn! We would love to see what you create! Be sure to link up your project for a chance to win a gift certificate to Creative Chaos! AND you need to check out all the inspiration the Design Team is providing this week.... check in for 4 straight days!

Quick Quotes - Altered Inspirational Board

Hi! It's Barb and I am here to host the blog today! I have to tell you, the March Club Q kits are packed full of amazing Dusty Road products and that is great news because this is one of my favorite lines! It so versatile! For today's project, I started with the Inspirational Board and altered it into a photo frame!

I removed some of the dividers between the boxes to create larger openings for my photos. You can see how I did it in the video below!

The sticker and die cut chipboard came as part of the kit. I used PowderPuff Chalking Ink in Java to color the chipboard frame and the birds.

Here is another close up of some of the die-cuts you will find in the kit.

The large flower was made by using Kiwi Lane Designs Floral 2 template. The circle center was fussy cut from a piece of the Dusty Road paper. I used PowderPuff Chalking Ink in Plum Crazy around the edges of the flower.

This kit also comes with this beautiful ribbon!

I was also able to make this card with some of the goodies in the kit! The fun border in the middle was made with Kiwi Lane Designs Paisley Place Mini Borders (3A & 3B).

Quick Quotes Supplies Used:
March Club Q Kit
PowderPuff Chalking Ink: Java, Plum Crazy, Tahiti

Other Supplies Used:
Kiwi Lane Designs: Floral 2
Kiwi Lane Designs: Paisley Place Mini Borders (3A & 3B)
Kraft Cardstock

Quick Quotes - Vacation!

Hi! It's Barb and I thrilled to be hosting the blog today! Quick Quotes has so many great new products they are releasing and I am excited to share some of them with you today! Check out this vacation layout I created using their new "Be Bold" line! Aren't the bright colors fabulous?!

The reds, yellows, blues and greens are so bright and bold... perfect for this photo!

 The Vacation Vellum is from the new Quick Quotes Bundles: Holidays.

 The journal card is also from the Quick Quotes Bundles: Holidays package.

I used PowderPuff Chalking Ink in Midnight Confessions and Coal Miner to color the chipboard accents. The surfboards were fussy cut from a piece of Be Bold Patterned Paper.

There are 6 Quick Quotes Bundles and each one offers wonderful quotes, sentiments and poems that are perfect for your cards, layouts and off the page projects! Here is a video showcasing 3 of the Bundles....

Quick Quotes Products Used:

Patterned Paper: Be Bold 100, 200, 300. 400

PowderPuff Chalking Ink: Midnight Confessions, Coal Miner

Quick Quotes Bundles: Holidays

Chipboard Die Cuts

Other Supplies Used:

Letter Stickers: Crate Paper

Brads: 7 Gypsies

Craftwork Cards CANDi - Shopping Cabo Style!

Happy Monday everyone! I hope your week is off to a great start! I wanted to share a layout I created using some new CANDi!

I was going through some of my vacation photos and came across these. My daughter and her cousin were having a good time shopping in Cabo! I loved the bright colors in the photos and these Echo Park papers were perfect! 

I used the new Flower Power Mia CANDi along with a black pen to create a corner border around one of the photos.

I also used Rainforest and Gingham Aurora CANDi for the centers of these accordian flowers! I love that CANDi comes in so many bright colors and fun patterns! And best of all, they are very light weight! 

I also had a lot of fun mixing up the colors and fonts in the title!

Thanks for taking time to check out my project! Enjoy your week!

Barb :)

For other idea on how to use CANDi on your projects, be sure to check out the CANDi blog HERE!

Frosted Designs - NYC

This is an exciting week for us at Frosted Designs.... we are introducing our new Design Team! We now have 25 designers from around the world that are going to be sharing their talents, ideas and tips with you each week! Be sure to visit Frosted Designs and welcome the new team! We will be doing introductions for 4 straight days! 

Our challenge this week is.... Chevrons! They are a hot trend that we see popping up in several different paper lines so we wanted to give you some ideas on how to put them to use! Here is my layout... 

I had this fun picture on my daughter, Kristin, during a trip to NYC. I love using these Pink Paislee papers for teenage layouts. The chevron pattern is pretty big so I broke it up with a band of polka-dotted patterned paper across the middle of the page. 

I had fun layering up the embellishments. There is a journal spot where my daughter can add some notes about her trip.

Thank you for stopping by today! Please be sure to stop by the Frosted Designs Blog to see what the rest of the team did with Chevrons!

Quick Quotes - Wedding Albums

Quick Quotes will soon be releasing their Wedding Collection and I must say.... it is gorgeous! The papers are so elegant and the albums are stunning! I would love to share some layouts I created from 2 of the Wedding Albums.

The first layout was made using the Wedding Kit Album...

The Wedding Kit contains everything you need to complete an entire wedding album very quickly. Included in the kit are predesigned wedding pages, pre-cut photo mats, stickers, journal cards, ribbon and step-by-step instructions. For this layout, I took the predesigned page that looked like this.... 

I liked the base of the page but wanted to add a few embellishments to add a little extra flair.

I added pre-made flowers and flourishes along with some ribbon and lace. The silver heart die-cut is from a different Quick Quotes kit that I had with my supplies. 

Also included in the kit are several word quotes and phrases. I used one of them on this layout. I also added in some papers from their Simple Elegance line. I was pleased at how quickly I could create a beautiful, elegant page in such a short time.

Another album being released is the Wedding Album. This album comes with 24 predesigned pages. You could easily add your wedding pictures and have a complete album in a matter of minutes. I wanted to show how you can take this black and white album and add in your wedding colors to make a customized album. Here is the pre-designed layout I started with....

And after adding some colored patterned paper and a few embellishments, I have this layout....

As you can see, both albums allow you the flexibility to customize the pages to meet your needs. Here is a video I have included that show the albums in more detail and show how I created this layout....

The Wedding Collection will be arriving in stores by mid March.

Craftwork Cards CANDi - Pretty as a Picture!

Do you ever get a photo that you just can't wait to put into a layout?! Well, that is how I felt about these photos of my daughter....

These papers by BoBunny were perfect! And I used plenty of CANDi to embellish the layout! 

 I fussy cut one of them to create this layered flower. I used pop dots between the layers for added dimension and then topped it off with some 

Gingham Celestial CANDi!

 I am in love with this new Pretty Little Prints Rose Bouquet

CANDi that I used under the title to embellish the scalloped flowers!

And I used even more CANDi to create a circle behind the photos!

I used PageMaps sketch for this layout:

As you can see, I took some liberties with this one!

Here is the CANDi I used in this layout: 

Have a creative week!

barb  :)

Frosted Designs - Be Bold!

Happy Friday everyone! Are you as ready for the weekend as I am?! Hopefully you will have some creative time so you can join in on this week's challenge at Frosted Designs... Be Bold! We want to see you use bold patterns and bold colors! Here is a card I created for this challenge... 

I used some BoBunny papers to create this fun card along with Quick Quotes PowderPuff Chalking Inks and vellum quote! 

Now it is time for you to see what you can do with our Be Bold Challenge! You can find the details HERE along with some spectacular inspiration from our Design Team! And now that our challenges are biweekly, you have 2 full weeks to play along!  

Have a great weekend! 

barb  :)

Quick Quotes - Happy Valentine's Day!

Good morning and Happy Valentine's Day! We have been busy over at Quick Quotes and all of their new products will be arriving soon! (They will be in stores mid March.) And, I must say, the new lines are amazing! I created this gift set for my husband using their new Dusty Road line....

I loved that I could take this line and make a masculine gift set from it.

There is a little funny story with this card. I was in a hotel when I was making this and did not bring the kraft cardstock I needed so I used the sleeve from my coffee cup instead! I think with the Mocha Mama Chalking Ink, it turned out pretty nice! :)

Quick quotes is coming out with more embellishments and the sticker is from the coordinating sticker sheet. 

And then I was able to make this heart shaped gift box. I can't tell you what I put inside but I know my husband will love it! 

I hope you have a wonderful Valentine's Day! 

barb :)

Frosted Designs New Design Team!

I am soooooo excited to share that Frosted Designs has announced their new Design Team! And holy cow! It is cram packed with extraordinary talent!! You can find the official announcement HERE! Look at this line up...

Returning to the team:

Barb Craft  (Leader) - Arizona

Debbie Burns (CoLeader) - Maryland

Amanda Sousa (Sponsorship Coordinator) - Australia

Anita Scroggins - Texas 

Brenda Becknell - Ohio

Channa Suitella - Greece

Joni Parker - Arizona

Lori Apgar - Nebraska

Lydia Wiley - Illinois

Monique Follett - Australia

Sassy - Minnesota

New to our team: 

Brenshevia Baker - Tennessee
Cathi O'Neill - Ireland
Deena Otway - Australia

Elizabeth Currie-Matsko - Kansas

Felicity Wilson - Australia 
Jeaunes Viljeon - South Africa
Katie Hilyer -Alabama
Lydia Walker - North Wales, UK
Manda Moore - Australia
Narelle Fasulo - Australia
Sandee Setliff - North Carolina
Sandra Ghidara - Italy
Tamra Pope - Florida
Traci Penrod - Georgia

*If you click on the designer's name, you can go to their blog to check out how amazing they are! You can even leave them a nice congrats message!*

They are going to have plenty of inspiration to share with you in the months to come! You will see their first projects in March!

Craftwork Cards - Valentine's Bouquet

Happy Monday everyone! Today is a busy day on my blog! Please scroll down to see today's post for Quick Quotes. They are releasing a new Wedding Collection and you are going to want to check it out! 

It is hard to believe that it is already February and that Valentine's Day is right around the corner. That is what inspired this fun Valentine's Project!

I used an old botttle that some flowers had come in and wrapped it with some Echo Park papers. I filled the bottle with Conversation Heart Candies and added some Heart Suckers for flowers.

I used some CANDi to embellished the punched border at the top.

I also made a matching tag. I loved the way the CANDi made a nice border at the bottom 

and I LOVE the hearts pattern!

I added a some green ribbon to each of the Heart Suckers to make it look like they had leaves.

 I used Love Parade CANDi on this project! 

These are the perfect embellishments for your Valentine's projects! 

barb  :)

Quick Quotes - Wedding Collection

Happy Monday everyone! Quick Quotes is releasing several new lines and I am thrilled to be sharing one of those with you! They have created the Wedding Collection and it is gorgeous!! Let me start by showing you a layout....

This layout was created with the Simple Elegance line. These papers are double-sided and the patterns are perfect for weddings, anniversaries, proms and so much more!

I wanted to add a touch of color to the black and white theme and my PowderPuff Chalking Inks in Maraschino Cherry was the perfect choice! I lightly inked the edges of the white flowers to give them a small splash of pink! I also used it around the edges of the die cut hearts and tag.

Another new product that I am excited about is the Quick Quotes Bundles! I used a vellum quote from the Inspire collection. These bundles are packed with quotes and phrases on both heavyweight paper stock and vellum. They also include several colors and fonts so they are sure to work with any project you are working on! The vellum clock was cut from one of the Quick Quotes Vellum Silhouettes.

Now, as I started to say at the beginning, Quick Quotes is releasing the new Wedding Collection. This collection includes 2 types of Guest Books, 3 different Photo albums that range from quick and easy to a custom album kit, and they also have Thank You Cards! The new Simple Elegance line of papers works beautifully with all of it! I have put together a video to show you all these great new products!

Keep your eye out for the Wedding Collection! I will be arriving in stores in mid February!

Quick Quotes Products Used:
Patterned Paper: Simple Elegance 100, 200, 300, 400
PowderPuff Chalking Inks: Maraschino Cherry
Vellum Quote: Quick Quotes Bundle - Inspire
Vellum Clock: Vellum Silhouettes - Clock

Other Products Used: 
Punch: Martha Stewart
CANDi: Craftwork Cards
Flowers: Prima, Petaloo
Other: Doily, beads, ribbon