A Tape Trend Trio

 Hello my name is Lalo and I'm a craft hoarder.

Yes it's true, I see pretty things people make with cool products then buy them all up only for it to sit on my craft desk getting all dusty.  

 But not today, I'm making a dent in my "bought but never used" pile by ripping open four packs of "printed paper tape"

 It took a challenge to get me on the "use it" wagon.  These three are for 

Embellish Magazine's Tape color trends challenge

Here's how the cards started.  Just tape on a piece of paper and I got all three cards from this one piece.

Card 1

The die-cut window card

 

 Card 2

Using the die-cut card

Card 3

A die-cut card

What to do with an old broken down dresser?

Leave it to LESSology to inspire us to pick up things on the side of the road and turn them into something pretty.  LESSology challenge #13: Chest of drawers.

Here's what I jumped out of my truck to throw into the back.

Yes I was driving home from picking up my kids from school and they were totally confused and laughing hard at me.  "Mom why are you picking up trash?"  Something I'm used to hearing!

Here it is...dresser drawers

The dresser and most of the drawers where REALLY trash but these two where in good shape.

Didn't know what I was going to do with them at first but here's how they ended up

Into a dressed up chalkboard display

The chalkboard

A holder for you chalk

Notice the swirly thingies?  Originally they were all brown glitter but I thought they didn't match so I painted the edges with white crackle paint...love that stuff!

The display

Wanted a way to display photos but not have it permanent, so I hung twine on tum-tacks and added little clothes pins to them. 

Here's a look at it filled with goodies

(If you have any questions or searching for a how-to don't hesitate to e-mail me) 

"It's a man's world"...

 Or is it?

It's my first time playing at

The Play Date Cafe

I saw the awesome card Alicia Thelin made on her blog with the challenge and I had to play along.   She's so inspiring!

and so is the challenge take a look

 Did you notice the snazzy ties on the card?

 When I saw that stamp over on the

Sweet Stamp Shop

I had to get it.  My middle boy who's five likes to wear suits to school and no he doesn't go to private school.  He even wears them to the skate park.  Needless to say he's the best looking skater around.

Check him out

Also entering this into the

Chevron "Color Trends Challenge"

 I'm not to sure about how this card turned out.

 I like it but there's something I'm just not too sure about

I don't know, what cha think...

 Made this card for 

Embellish Magazines

I'm so digging on my Hero Arts "zig zag" stamp

Chevrons are so in now and the DT over at Embellish Magazines is AMAZING!!!

SO full of inspiration all the time!

a CAS-ual friday sketch

 I'm feeling like my cards are in need of a manly touch

So I went for it today with this card...

 What's man doesn't love technology right!

Anyhoo the computer is another clay creation colored with Copics

(more about clay HERE)

And here's this weeks CAS-tastic  sketch from

CAS-ual Fridays

A card with a view...

 A view of what you ask?

Well it's your pick

The city or the country

Made this twin cards for this weeks

A Blog Named Hero

For the city peeps

For the country folks

I'm a city gal (born and raised) BUT dream about living in the country so I'm enjoying both views.

ric #10

HI and Happy Saturday

 I got some awesome inspiration to make a card and it came out wonderfully CAS

 It's a 

Runway Inspired Challenge

check it

Super fab right.  I would totally rock this and so would my daughter!

Recognize the flower?  It's the clay flower from my shabby chic card.  This time instead of perfect pearls I used Copic markers to color it in.  And the little gold flower gems are also clay.  They're colored with a gold paint pen.  

Find the tutorial HERE

"Island Girl" bombshell style

 I think all us gals have a little bombshell inside, and today I'm letting mines out.

And in my mind this is what my inner bombshell looks like...

 Used "Bombshell" April sketch challenge

and would believe I didn't use any pattern paper Just some really awesome "Hula Girl" set.

Spring mini organizer

 If you're getting older or have kids like me you know the need to write things down.

And being a paper crafter means I can't just carry around post-its right?

So I made a little mini organizer...ok I just wanted to play with my zutter :)

Take a look

All pattern paper and most accents are "My Little Yellow Bicycle" 

There are two sections in this mini.  A calender and post-its

 I used three pieces of chipboard In the same width.

Two pieces are the same length.  The other is longer as to make a spine and top cover.

To crease the chipboard I very lightly cut where I wanted the fold with a blade runner. Do not cut to hard or when you fold to make the crease the chipboard will brake off

A look at the outside spine

 Here's a look at the first page, the calender.

(I know we're almost five months in but hay what can I say)

 And the post-it page

Painting the town...

 I've been feeling nostalgic these days and today's post is no exception

 I'm tuning into that peace loving hippie in me and Market Street stamps "Hippie Chic" is the perfect creative stamp outlet.  Along with their

April Paint the Town Challenge

 So earthy and natural I had to use their "Cane" background with it too.

Anyhoo Take some time and get a good read of the saying it's a good one, and oh so true...

A fishy SPARKS card

Got a little mini fishy blue card...but it's a happy kind of blue!

This was made from the 

Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge 

It's an UBER fab quote

A must to check out here...