IAR "End of the Year" Blog Hop

Welcome to the I Am Roses “End of the Year” Blog Hop!
If you are following along the hop line, you should be coming from Kate's blog. If not, and you've just joined us, please feel free to check out the rest of the line up listed at the end of this post, and remember to leave comments on each stop to increase your chance of winning a great prize! 

For this hop I created some paper ornaments which are great to add to your Christmas tree, and/or  to add to presents as an extra embellishment.  It's a little something special that is handmade and is very simple to do. 

I used several different I Am Roses products to create each of the ones below, and they are:

-Turquoise Blue Small Paper Flower (R19-266)

- Red Small Gardenia Flower (GB3-79)

-White Mulberry Paper Flowers (R8-15)

- Small Crochet White Flower (JC3-79)

- Maple Leaves ( (L21-836) 

- Foam head white Stamen ( ST1-151) 

I used Tim Holt's Rosette Alteration die (the original version), as the base of the ornament, and decorated with flowers, leaves, stamens and some ribbon. The handmade products by I Am Roses make them look so pretty, and make the process of making these super fast, so you could easily make a whole bunch of them rather quickly, and decorate your whole tree without having to buy a single ornament! By using different designer paper, ribbons, and colored flowers, you could create a variety of different ornaments, with any theme in mind. The possibilities are endless!

 

Here’s the how to, for your chance to win:

• Hop along to each of the Designers’ blogs and be sure to comment on their individual "End of the Year” Blog Post
• There are 2 HIDDEN BLOG CANDY PRIZES up for grabs in TWO of our hoppers’ blogs!
• Be sure to Subscribe/Follow the I Am Roses Challenge Blog (http://iamroses-challenge.blogspot.com/).
• Commenting along the way highly increases your chance of winning the prize package.
• Comments will be CLOSED on 11:59pm PST on SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21st
• We will be randomly selecting 2 winners from the comments on two of the blogs and will announce the winners on the I Am Roses Challenge Blog. 

In case you get lost along the way, here is a list of the I Am Roses Design Team hopping today:

Jo: http://www.paperdrama.blogspot.com/

Tamara: http://handmadebytamara.blogspot.com/

Ivett: http://ivettcarrillo.blogspot.com/

Marisa: http://maribellscrapsportugal.blogspot.com/

Aliscia: http://iscraphappy1.blogspot.com/

Kate: http://scrapyardthe.wordpress.com/

Sharon: http://smscrapperdesigns.blogspot.com/

Good Luck!

"Very Merry" Gift Tag

Hello friends!
Today I want to share a gift card I created using some I Am Roses products, as well as some Stamping up, Sizzix and more!
It's fun to make tags for your gift giving, and that's what I did for this post. I made a super cute tag (if I do say so myself!) that can be easily duplicated and mass produced!

I used beautiful Cherry Blossoms from I am Roses, as well as some white stamens from the site. They sure add some more pizzaz to that American Crafts Wood Veneer Reindeer, which I embossed all over using Lindy's Stamp Gang's Twilight Bronze Slate embossing powder. I just love the color and texture he ended up being! He is truly handsome, don't you think? Haha!

I added some texture using a doily in the background, yet I kept it all crispy white to make it a little more "elegant-cute", instead of "kiddy-cute", know what I mean? Some Martha Stewart punches (holly leaf and branch punch) were used, as well as Stampin' up embossing folder (Striking Stripes), some ribbon, and the "Short and Sweet "stamp set by Stampin' up.

Love how it came out. Do you?
Make sure you join the I am Roses Challenge this month for your chance to win some awesome goodies!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Thanksgiving is just around the corner!!!

Hello friends!

Today I wanted to share with you a fun tutorial, on how to create cute place card holders, as well as treat holders for your Thanksgiving table. The adults and the kids will love getting these at their place in the table. It looks like it's complicated to make, but it's really not!

Used some I Am Roses Flowers ( G1-426) (L21) (L20), as well as some Stampin up Sweet Treat cups, paper from the Ambrosia Collection by Basic Grey, some googly eyes, and some lightweight chipboard.

These are super cute and easy to mass produce, so no matter if you have 4,6,12 or even 24 people coming over for dinner on Thanksgiving Day, you'll have no trouble getting these done. Hope you enjoy the tutorial below!

Altered Paper Bag Tutorial

Hi there, and happy fall!

October is here and fall is in full swing, and you know what that means, Thanksgiving and Christmas is just around the corner!

Today I wanted to share with you an altered paper bag I created for the I Am Roses challenge for this month on the I Am Roses Challenge blog. This month's theme is to use black and orange and the challenge is to use/create/incorporate a bag.

I altered a kraft lunch bag using one of my Gorjuss Girl stamped images, and my daughter loves it!

I used Teresa Collin's Haunted Hallow's paper, Lil Inker Designs Small Bow Die, Simon Says Stamp "Expressions for you" Set (die and stamps), as well as I Am Roses daisies in black (D1-505), and also a few rose buds in both black and white (T30-274) (T30-151). In addition i added a doily, and some black tule to the back of the bag as my base for everything. Please enjoy the video below so you can see how this came together. To not miss any of my other tutorials, please subscribe to my YouTube Channel here. Thanks for stopping by!

A Fall Hello

Hello friends!

Seems like life has taken over my world, because again I have succumbed to posting fewer times than I would genuinely want to post in a month, ugh! Totally annoying because of course I'm so super hyped about getting a rhythm and then life happens and I'm stuck like chuck lol!

Well, I'm not going to let that pull me down, and we'll just go ahead with the next little project I have to share with you.

Made a fall themed card, as everyone seems to be longing so much for that time of the year which is quickly approaching, and I just had to join in the fun!

Like with most of my projects, I've made a quick video so you can see the process of me making this card. It has a funky background that shimmers in the light thanks to my trusty Lindy's Stamp Gang products. The I Am Roses items I used are the perfect shade for the spray combo I used. This card will be going in a special someone's package I'm taking to the post office hopefully today (or Monday hehe!).

You can enjoy on the video on my channel HERE, and here are the products used:

- I Am Roses SP1 Flower Spray

- I AM Roses  K1-805 Skeleton Leaves

- The Crafter's workshop  Mini Woodgrain Stencil

- Simon Says Stamp Small Hello Die

- Lindy's Stamp Gang Sprays in: Down The Rabbit Hole, Cowabunga Copper, Pineapple Paradise, Ponderosa Pines Olive, My Mojito Green

- Cheese Cloth

- Seam Binding

- Yellow Sequin

- Light Molding Paste by Golden

A Combo Made in Heaven!

Hello friends, and happy September! I'm super excited that September is here, as it is my favorite time of the year because this month is my birthday month yippie!!!

Today I wanted to share with you a project I made for the Lindy's Stamp Gang September Color Challenge, as well as the I Am Roses September Challenge. This month I combined both challenges and created the piece below:

The I Am Rose Challenge this month is Steampunk Themed, and I needed to incorporate butterflies somehow. The Lindy's Color Challenge Palette for this month is the following one:

I thought both challenges were a match made in heaven, and went for it. The Steampunk style is not necessarily my forte, but I liked how this turned out. I made a video tutorial on this piece, which up can find HERE for your enjoyment. I leave you with some close ups of my piece, and at the end a list of the items that I used:

Please go check out both challenges, and enter. Both promise great prizes! Check out Lindy's Challenge HERE, and I Am Roses Challenge HERE.

Thanks for stopping by!

Products Used:

- Lindy's Stamp Gang September Limited Edition MEGA set

- Tim Holtz Gadget Gears and heart Wing's Bigz Dies

- I Am Roses R19-826 Mulbery Small Flowers

- I Am Roses R21-826 Mixed Brown and Turquoise Paper Flowers

- I Am Roses White Small Paper Roses R19-15

- Tim Holtz Texture Fade in Gears

- Sizzix Embossing Folder in Cracked Surface

- Tim Holtz Stencil "Dot Fade"

- Golden Light Modeling Paste

- Lindy's Stamp Gang Flat Magicals in Tres Chic

- Tim Holtz Metal Gears

- Martha Stewart Buttlerfly Trio Punch

- Metal Clock from Michael's 

- Technique tuesday Sentiment Stamp "Chronology" Stamp set

Keeping it Simple: A Birthday Card

Hi there!
It's been quite a while since I shared a project for my Super Simple Series, so today I'm sharing with you a birthday card I made, which would be super easy to mass produce because of it's simplicity.
I used I Am Roses Flowers for a decorative touch and I think it turned out pretty cute, don't ya think?

You can make your card any shape you want, but in this case, mine is a present. Just right for a birthday card, right? If you have a die cutting machine (manual or electric) you have tons of choices on which shapes to use. You can even try and cut some free-hand yourself (remember when you made heart shaped cards in school?) Shape cards are really fun, specially when you are able to fit them right onto a regular sized envelope. This particular one was a die cut by American Crafts which I thought was so adorable, and I could replicate easily in any size that I want.

From the card picture itself you can't see an unconventional way I used just part of an I Am Roses product, but I did. You'd have to watch the video HERE to figure out what that is!

Here's what I used:

- TU1- 00 Mixed Pink Tulips Paper Craft Flowers (hint: this is what I used differently on this card)

- R2- 15 Mini White Paper Flowers

- S10- 623 Small Pink Yellow White Paper Flowers

Altered Round Box and Video Tutorial

It's August everyone! Can you believe it! Unreal how the summer has flown by! Today I wanted to share with you a metal round box I altered for a friend, as part of the I Am Rose's August Challenge.

This month's challenge is to make something for a friend, and altering this small box was the perfect thing using a variety of I Am Roses Flowers.

         

As you can see below, I did not alter the inside of the container, but you sure could if you wanted to. It's perfect to hold a little gift, a piece of jewelry, or some candy or any other small treat. The variety of flowers and colors look great with the paper collection I used.

Here is all that I used to make it:
- Metal round box (from my stash, but you can find them at Michaels, Joann's or Hobby Lobby).
- Kaiser Craft Hummingbird paper Collection (also used Sticker and die cuts from the collection.
- Mint Green Puffy Semi Rosebud from iamroses.com 
- Mixed Rainbow Pastel Lily Paper Flowers from iamroses.com
- Mixed Lily paper Flowers from iamsroses.com
- Tulips in varied pinks from iamroses.com
- White Fern Leaves from iamroses.com
- White Rosebud from iamroses.com 

You can watch a quick tutorial below. Thanks for stopping by!

A Sympathy Card

Good morning friends!

Today I come to you with a  card I created using I Am Roses flowers.

It's a simple card which just pops with color. I love a lot of color, yet I wanted to make this a simple, but sweet card, and I think the I am Roses flowers I used, did just that. I used the small mixed pink  yellow white flowers (S10-623), as well as the white small fern leaves (B15-151).

The rest of the embellishments where from my stash, the paper collection is by Echo Park (Capture Life by Alison Kreft), and the sentiment came from an old Stampin up set called " Kindred Spirits"

Hope you enjoyed today's project, and have a nice weekend!

Repurpose Challenge: July 2014

Hello everyone!
So super excited to share with you today my repurposed project made for the I Am Roses July 2014 Challenge. The challenge for this month is to recycle or repurpose something, and I had this strange plastic sleeve from a cosmetic product I purchased, that was calling my name. I could not bring myself to throw it out, as I thought it as perfectly good acrylic that could not go to waste. It really looked like nothing much, but I just couldn't part with it, so......I repurposed it, and made a little treat holder with it!

I used Big Pressie Tia from Some Odd girl, colored her up with my Copics, used some My Creative Time Dies, I Am Roses flowers,  as well as some ribbon for the transformation. You could say that I also repurposed the turquoise ribbon too. Originally they were strips from an opened package I  received, which I ended up saving, because the color was so pretty. It came to good use!

You can easily add anything you want in this little treat box, candy, jewelry, a gift card....the possibilities are endless here. It was simple to create, and fun, this particular one, perfect for a birthday celebration.

I hope you are inspired this month to repurpose something, and submit it into the I Am Roses Challenge. There's a nice prize for the winner. Make sure you follow the rules to be eligible to win, and check below for the list of products I used on this project. Thanks for stopping by!

Products used:

Big Pressie Tia by Some Odd Girl

Pastel Rainbow Short Sprayer Flower Spray by I Am Roses.com

1'' Yellow Cherry Blossom by IAm Roses.com

Small Yellow Flower by I Am Roses.com

Small Mixed Pink Gardenia Curly Petals by I Am Roses.com (inside the treat box)

Dear Lizzy Day Dreamer Paper Collection

EK Success Small Dotted Scallop Punch (discontinued product)

Copic Colors: E000, E21,E11, R01, R20, BV00, E15, E25, E29,Y02, Y06, Y08, Y19, 0, B52, B41, B45, RV21, RV34, RV34, RV69

We Are memory Keepers Small gold Eyelets

My Creative Time Stitched Party Die

Thank You Canvas Bag Tutorial

Happy Friday everyone!

Today I wanted to share with you a tutorial on how I altered this cute canvas bag using I Am Roses Products. I initially got the plain bag at Target for just $1 . I got a few as I thought they had lots of potential for little gifts and even party favors!

Please watch the quick tutorial video on everything I did to get this plain little bag, colorful and full of dimension by clicking HERE. For your convenience, I have added names and the direct links to what I used, below this next picture. Hope you enjoy!

Products I used:
Canvas Bag (purchased at Target)
Lindy's Stamp Gang Flat Fabio in the color Pop Rock Purple
Heidi Swapp multiple dot Stencil (found at Michael's)
I Am Roses Big Taupe Crochet Flowers
I Am Roses Small Green Leaves
I Am Roses Pink and Yellow Mulberry Roses
I Am Roses Mixed Pastel Lilies
I Am Roses  White Mulberry Paper Flowers (I colored it green)
I Am Roses Small White Butterfly (I colored it green)
White card stock
Copi Sepia Multiliner
Chestnut Roan Colorbox Chalk Ink
Heidy Swapp Thank You Stamp (found at Michael's)

So much fun! 12 by 12 Layout

Hello everyone!
I am very excited to share with you my first scrapbooking layout in quite a while. Seems like forever really, but I'm just happy I got it done! To be honest, I've been overwhelmed with stuff lately, and haven't had much time to dedicate to crafting (seems like that's becoming the story of my life in the last eight months or so, but really, I just wish I could craft 24/7 that's all LOL).
Anyways, I had a blast creating this layout as an inspiration piece for the June Lindy's Stamp Gang Color Challenge, using the latex release, the Under the Boardwalk Flat Fabio Collection.
Super fun, creamy bright pastel colors with no shimmer that just make me happy!
Here's what I created:
I used three out of the five newly released products,  Orange Creamsicle, Raspberry Lemonade and Tilt a Wheel Teal,  some I Am Roses flowers (Daisy P700-15, Tiny White T2-15), Dear Lizzy's Day Dreamer Paper Collection, as well as a Day Dreamer wood veneer, some light modeling paste, a Prima stencil by Finnabair and the background paper is by Echo Park--the This and That Collection.

I hope you liked it, and can join in Lindy's June Color Challenge. I get excited seeing all the entries every month!

I've been framed!

Hello there again!

So excited to share with you a frame I altered for the I Am Roses June Challenge. Have you checked it out yet? If not, head on over there and share your creation for a chance to win some awesome mulberry flowers!!! Click HERE for all the info on how to join in.

I altered this frame I bought at Michael's a while back, to give to a family member. It's a picture of my daughter and I, and it's just the right size I wanted.

I used the following I Am Roses products to alter it, as well as a few sequin pieces: 

-Mint Green Puffy Rosebuds T25-166

-Orange Small Roses R2-595

-Orange Lily LY1-426

- White Mulberry Flower R5-15

Super fun and simple project that would make a great party favor or small gift for a loved one. Hope you liked it!

Give Flight To Your Dreams- No Bulk Tag Tutorial

Hello everyone!
I'm here today to share with you a tag tutorial, where I incorporated some I Am Roses flowers. A lot of people comment on how bulky flowers can be on your projects, but what I'm trying to show you today is, how with the variety of styles and sizes that I Am Roses carries, you can definitely make projects with tons of dimension, some dimension, or little dimension----you can achieve a variety of looks. Not everything needs to look super 3-D just because you use mulberry flowers, and the tag I share with you today, yes, has some dimension, but not nearly as much as the last tag I shared with you a few days back, for example (se previous post for picture). Both tags were created with I Am Roses flowers, but both tags have completely different looks, style, and dimension. The only thing that are the same are the colors I used, and the fact that the flowers are I Am Roses flowers.

Today's tag has texture, and dimension, without having too much bulk, which some people want to stay away from. You definitely can do that with some I Am Roses flowers, and here's my tutorial to show you just that.

If you compare this finished project, with the tag on my previous post, you can definitely see the difference in effects when using the different sizes, and styles of I Am Roses flowers. You can achieve a super 3D project with lots of dimension, but you are also able to achieve subtle, delicate looks on your projects as well. It's all in what size and type of flower you choose to use on your project, and the website provides tons of options.

I hope you enjoyed today's tutorial and appreciated the perspective of the post. Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today, and please see below all the products used:

-White Mini Rose Buds T1-151
-White Mulberry Paper Flowers R8-15
- Lalaland Crafts Hot Air Ballon Die
-Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink in Creamy Brown
-Spellbinders Ribbon Banner Dies
-Just Rite Clear Stamps "Botanical Butterflies"
-Cheese Cloth
-Lindy's Stamp Gang Flat Fabios from the Tres Chic Collection
-Lil Inker Designs Cloud Die
-Impression Obsession Grass die DIE-060-I
- The Crafter's Workshop Mini Retrobursts Stencil
- Viva Modelling Cream in the color Pearl Champagne

Tag Tutorial, May 2014

Hi everyone!
It's hard to believe, but we are already in May! Time flies when you are having fun, indeed! Seems like the year is flying by, and sooner than we know it, it will be Christmas again! I know my daughter is going to be really happy about that, ha!
When getting items together to create, I always enjoy using I Am Roses products and Lindy's Stamp Gang products together, and what perfect time to do that, than at the beginning of this month, when  new challenges start on each company's blog. Wooohooo! To me, they are a match made in heaven, as the I Am Roses take color beautifully, and with the Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays and paints, I can make those products any color I want easily!

This month's challenge, over at the I Am Roses Challenge blog is to make a tag. Over at the Lindy's Stamp Gang blog, the challenge is to use the following color palette:

I really had fun with this one, as Lindy's Stamp Gang just released today a new Flat Fabio Collection,  called "Tres Chic" which I used, and I picked up several different white flowers from the I Am Roses repertoire, and colored them up super fast, and created this super dimensional tag:

I made a start to finish tutorial on the makings of this tag, and was quite pleased with the result. The colors from the new Flat Fabio collection are super creamy, pastel colors, perfect to use on Spring and Summer projects, don't you think?

Please head on overt to the I Am Roses Challenge Blog, as well as the Lindy's Stamp Gang Blog, for more details on each of the challenges. They both have super prizes for the winners, so that's definitely a plus!

Here are the products I used to make this tag:

R5-15 White Mulberry paper Flowers
GB4-15 Big White Gardenias
G2-153 Pale Yellow Curly Paper Flowers 
R40-15 White Paper Roses
BF1-151 Small White Butterflies
ZQ-L0-0 Green Leaves
Snow Tex
Mini Bricks Stencil by The Crafter's Workshop
Lindy's Stamp Gang Flat Fabios in the colors: Merci Beucoup Mint, Cafe Au Lait, Bonjour Butter, Chateu Rose.
Hero Arts "Old Letter Writing" -Stamp S4878
Pale Yellow Martha Stewart Seam Binding
Prima Glass Bauble (2008)
Pearl Sprays
Diecut Swirls by Nicole Lombardo on Etsy
We r Memory Keeper Corner Chomper

Here's the start to finish tutorial for you. I hope you enjoy!

I'm rusty....You are blessed

Hello everyone!
Today I'm excited to share with you a Copic colored card and tutorial using I Am Roses Flowers. It has been quite a while since I've used my Copic markers. Ever since I started the process of selling our house and then the move, I have not touched them pretty much. Sad story, but true! Over six months (8months to be exact really) has been quite a long time, and I was craving to color.
As many of you know, I have been working, slowly but surely on my new studio/office, and I've finally managed to get my Copics organized in a place that is convenient for me, so I decided to finally use them, and color Some Odd Girl's "Thank You Mae" stamp. As time has gone by, I've come to love more and more her images, and have been itching to color a few. I'm a little rusty on my coloring, but I had fun!

I used several I Am Roses flowers, and Simon Says Stamps Dies (which are new to my collection, and I love them!), as well as one of Simon Says Stamps' stamp set. Please see the list and links of the products that I used at the end of this post (Copic color combos will also be listed). I've also made a start to finish video tutorial which pretty much gives all detail on the process of making this card, and what I used, and you can watch that by clicking HERE.

Without further a due, this is the card I created:
Here are all the things I used:

• Paper collection---- Echo Park's 'Here and Now"
• I Am Roses Flowers---- Mixed Soft Tone Daisy: D1-426 and Pale Pink Puffy Semi Rose Buds T25-2
• Some Odd Girl Stamp----"Thank you Mae"
• Simon Says Stamp ----"You" steel die, "Pointed Feathers" steel die, "You" 3x4 Clear Stamp Set
• Copic Combos----Skin: E000, E04, E11, E21 Cheeks: R20 Hair and Eyes: E31, E35, E37 Dress: Y15, Y18, Y35, Y26 and BG53, BG57, BG75

Thank you so much for stopping by the blog today. Leave a comment, follow me using the button on the right of this post, and subscribe to You Tube Channel for more video tutorials. I really appreciate all of you. Have a great weekend!

Easter Canvas Panel Tutorial: IAR April 2014 Challenge

Happy April everyone!

I'm very happy to announce that I've been asked to join the talented group of ladies on the Iamroses.com Design Team! Super exciting news, as the ladies are a great bunch, and the I am Roses products are fabulous to work with.

For today I wanted to share with you my inspiration piece for the I Am Roses April Challenge. 

Contest Details/Rules:

• Contest runs April 1st - 26th (Ends 11:55pm PST)
• Theme: EASTER
• Challenge: Incorporate an EGG or EGG SHAPE
• Minimum (2) I Am Roses Products
• One project submission per participant
• One winner will be chosen
• Participants need to upload their project to their blog or forum, Label it “Apr. IAR Challenge”
• Participants need to add a direct link to their project using the InLinkz tool provided at the I Am Roses blog HERE. (*if you are unable to use the tool, leave a comment to the challenge blog post, and leave a direct link to your project)
• Must Subscribe/or be a Follower of the IAR Challenge Blog
• Winner will be announced alongside the next NEW monthly challenge on the 1st.

I created a layout using a canvas panel, a lot of wood veneer (which if you follow me on my Instagram, you know I'm addicted to!), Lindy's Stamp Gang products, and a variety of I am Roses flowers.

The Iam Roses Flowers I used are linked below, and are the following:

Off White Cherry Blossoms

Pink 2 Tone Flowers

White Mulberry Paper Flowers

White Mini Rosebuds

The Lindy's Stamp Gang products I used are also linked below, and are the following:

Ocean Blue Breeze Flat Fabio

Frozen Jack Frost Starburst

Glory of the Seas Gold Starburst

Hibiscus Rose Flat Fabio

Magic Moon Pearls Embossing Powder

I have made a Start to finish video tutorial on this project on my You Tube Channel. You can check it out by clicking HERE. Hope you enjoy!