Showing posts with label Jessica. Show all posts

Fabulous Friday Challenge!

Friday, February 4, 2011

Welcome back to another Fabulous Friday Challenge! This week it's all about Valentine's day so we are asking you to use PINK, RED & WHITE only!! That's right... we only want to see those three colors!

We are excited to introduce this week's guest Designer.... Laurel Seabrook!!

I am very honored to be asked to be a Guest Designer on Frosted Designs, I love the challenges and play whenever I can. I love anything to do with papercrafting from Scrapbooking, to card making and anything in between. I am currently on a few design teams and have had the honor to be published in such magazines as CARDS, Scrapbook Trends and Paper Crafts. I thouroughly enjoy every moment that I can sneak away into my scrap space and have some me time.


Here is the beautiful card Laurel created for this week's challenge...

Be sure to stop by Laurel's Blog to see all the other wonderful things she has made! You can find it HERE!

 
Here is what the rest of the design team did with this week's Red, Pink & White challenge....


Cassie
 


Diana

Jessica

Debbie

Would you like to know what you are playing for this week?

One Stop Card Craft's is this week's sponsor!

At One Stop Card Crafts we have a big range of ever changing discount making and card making craft supplies. We are always adding to our range of craft supplies which are ideal for making handmade greeting cards, do-it-yourself invitations scrapbook pages, altered items and much more. Our card making craft supplies include free UK delivery, our popular discount scheme and quick service means our customers keep coming back for more.

Our prices are very competitive and this makes us an ideal place to buy your card making supplies online. Some of our new products include Petaloo flower layers, Ranger Glitter Glue and Martha Stewart Punches.

And the prize? A gift voucher to One Stop Card Crafts! You can find their store by clicking HERE!


Be sure to link up your project for a chance to win!

8 Comments »
Labels: , , , ,

Fabulous Friday Challenge!

Friday, January 21, 2011

We hope you are ready for a challenge this week because boy do we have one for you!! This week we would like for you to use a transparency, vellum or acrylic on your card, layout or project! There are some really beautiful products out there... we have all seen them... but how many of us are brave enough to use them?!

We have a guest designer this week that did not have any problems at all taking on this challenge!! Please welcome Helen!

Hello! I'm Helen! I am married to a wonderful man who supports my addiction, and never asks why I need more stuff!



I have two boys, ages 20 and 16, and they keep me hopping! Oh, and a little pooch who is my princess!


I have been scrapbooking for about 7 years now, and find that I am very linear, like clean lines, and have to challenge myself more to not do the same old, same old. I was thrilled when Barb asked me to be a guest designer here at Frosted Designs! I just happened upon this site a bit ago, and love all the inspiration I get!! Barb and the design team sure pushed me out of my box for this weeks' challenge!!! One layout is very linear, the other I tried to shabby it up!!! Thanks for taking a peek!!



Thanks for joining us this week Helen! You can find Helen's blog HERE! Be sure to stop by and share some love with her!! Now take a look at what the rest of the Design Team did with this challenge....

Barb

Barb used digi's from this weeks sponsor...Stitchy Bear Stamps!

This week, Stitchy Bear Stamps is sponsoring our challenge!

"Hi my name is Stitchy and I am Co-Owner of Stitchy Bear Stamps...we started this store April 1st, No Fooling haha..I live in upstate New York with my husband and two TEENAGE adults haha, I do say that loosely as they think they run the show here, NOT...


I been creating stamps for a little less than a year now and I am totally addicted to the craft..I started about 4 years ago making digital scraps and I knew there was much more out there, so a friend of mine introduced me to digital stamps...and the rest they say is history...I look forward to seeing all the beautiful creations come through...good luck everyone..stitchy xoxox"

And here is the prize you are playing for.....


 We can't wait to see what you do with our challenge this week! Be sure to stop back tomorrow to check out the amazing projects the Stitchy Bear Stamps Design Team did with this challenge!


8 Comments »
Labels: , , , , ,

Show Me Sunday - A Tutorial by Jessica!

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Hi all! Jessica here with you today from chilly Western Colorado! I've got two major scrappy addictions - ribbon and flowers. Today's tutorial combines the best of both worlds as I show you how to repurpose your ribbon scraps into these fun flowers shown here:
Here's what you'll need:
Ribbons in various lengths & textures - approximately 12" - 36" per flower
Low Temp Glue Gun
Bling, Brads & Buttons
Circle Punch
Scrap Cardstock
*************************

I'm really into big flowers lately (hence the headband my daughter is wearing!), so we'll start with that one:
You'll need about 36" of 2" double faced satin and a candle for this one. Add some tulle circles if desired.


Start by trimming out petal shapes from the ribbon. Don't worry - they don't need to be perfect!



**Please note: all ribbons have a different rate of flammability. Some melt - like the double faced satin - but some burn. Please be careful & perform the next step with water or a fire distinguisher nearby!**
Carefully melt the edges of your petals over a lit candle.


Hot glue them to a punched out cardstock circle, then flip over and add the tulle.

For the centers, I layered some buttons and bling:


***********************************
Next, we'll move on to the ribbon rosette:


You'll need approximately 12" of 1-1/2" ribbon for this one. Trim one end into an arrow, then glue the point to the center of a cardstock circle.


Begin twisting the ribbon around and gluing the twist onto the cardstock circle every 1/4 turn. By tucking the ribbon around, you'll hide the glue and mess that might appear on the sides of the flower.


Once you're done with rolling the rosette, you'll tuck the end of the ribbon on the bottom side of the flower, then hot glue to secure.


Here's what it's going to look like from the front. Add bling or buttons for the flower centers:



*********************************
Finally, we've got these polyester pinwheel flowers:


I started with six - 3" circles cut from polyester ribbon.

You'll start by folding those into uneven quarters. Hot glue the sandwhiched, middle part of the petal to hold it together.

From there, start layering the petals starting from the center, adding one atop the last one until your bloom is complete.



For the center of this one, you'll need a button and a fancy brad. Open the brad so the prongs align with the holes, then slip it through the button.
Need bigger button holes? Try using percision files to get the holes down to the appropriate size.
Once you've added the brad, open the prongs and "burp" the brad, allowing it to lie flat.


**********************************
I hope you enjoyed my little tutorials. Not only do these flowers make great embellishments for your paper projects, but they're great as jewelry & accessories too! I can't wait to see what you guys come up with.
Thanks for visiting Frosted Designs -
Jessica

10 Comments »
Labels: , ,

Fabulous Friday Challenge!

Friday, January 7, 2011

Welcome to our first official challenge of the new year! We have a challenge that everyone can do! We are asking you to use 3 or more photos, pictures, stamps or digis on your card, layout or project!

One Stop Card Craft's is this week's sponsor!

At One Stop Card Crafts we have a big range of ever changing discount making and card making craft supplies. We are always adding to our range of craft supplies which are ideal for making handmade greeting cards, do-it-yourself invitations scrapbook pages, altered items and much more. Our card making craft supplies include free UK delivery, our popular discount scheme and quick service means our customers keep coming back for more.

Our prices are very competitive and this makes us an ideal place to buy your card making supplies online. Some of our new products include Petaloo flower layers, Ranger Glitter Glue and Martha Stewart Punches.

And the prize? A gift voucher to One Stop Card Crafts! You can find their store by clicking HERE!


We are so excited to have a new guest designer to share with you! Please welcome Melissa!

My husband and I have been married for 8 years and I am a stay at home mom to my three kiddos: a 5 year old son and 3 year old identical twin girls. I am currently attending school to get an associate's degree in Graphic Design and work part time from home doing marketing mailings. I spend my spare moments scrapbooking, making cards, doing cross stitch, reading and trying out new crafts every chance I get. I feel out of sorts if I don't have an in progress project to work on. Which is probably why I love scrapbooking so much....there is always more pictures to scrap!

And here is the beautiful layout that Melissa created to share with us...
Thank you Melissa for joining our team this week! Please take the time to visit Melissa and leave her a little blog love!! You can find her blog HERE!


Here is what our design team did with this challenge...
.
Libeeti
Libeeti used two separate photos of each of her boys, and one photo with both of them, to create this fun "beach boys" layout. She used #40 sketch from Scrap A Little (Jan sketch). The cs and the cream strip are DCWV and the matting is K&Co., the other strips are die cut and scraps. She also used seashell as embellishments and a ribbon flower made according to the tutorial also from Scrap A little.

Cassie
Cassie created this layout with 6 photos by using 1 main photo and 5 smaller accent photos.
DianaDiana thought these papers and stickers from October Afternoon Seaside were perfect for her Plymouth Harbor photos.

Jessica
For the center flower embellishment, Jessica used a circle punch to emphasize one of her favorite attractions at the B&B - the chickens that were running everywhere. She adhered it to the center of the flower, then added a 3D glaze and chunky glitter to finish it off.


Barb
Barb took advantage of this week's challenge to get caught up on some scrapbooking from a few years ago. She was also able to use up some supplies that have been in her scrapbooking room for years!


Now, we would love to see what you can do with 3 or more photos/pictures! Be sure to link up your project for a chance to win this week's prize!

6 Comments »
Labels: , , , , , ,

Fabulous Friday Challenge!

Friday, December 24, 2010

Happy Christmas Eve everyone! Everyone at Frosted Designs would like to wish you and your families a blessed Christmas!

Even though it is Christmas eve, we still have a new challenge for you! This week we are asking you to make a card, layout or project that has been inspired by a Christmas song! (If you don't celebrate Christmas, you can pick a song that celebrates a different holiday!)

By playing along with us, you have a chance to win this fabulous scrapbook kit! Our very own Debbie personally picked and donated all the papers and embellishments for this kit! Look at all the goodies that are included....

Included in this fabulous kit is:
3 Sassafras double sided papers
6 Cosmic Cricket double sided papers
6 Studio Calico double sided papers
Cosmo Cricket Chipboard Pack
Studio Calico Alphabet Sticker Sheet
Jillibean Soup Corrugated Kraft Alphas
Sassafrass Cardstock Sticker Sheet (12x12)
Studio Calico Sticky Fabric Strips
Studio Calico Die Cut Stickers
Cosmo Cricket Cardstock Stickers
8 Chipboard buttons
Felt Star
Journaling Tags
Wooden Car Embellishment
Tickets
Ribbon
Tags

This is your last week to be entered for this prize! Be sure to link up your projects for a chance to win!

We are very excited to share something new with you... A guest designer!! We are so fortunate to have so many wonderful people who share their talents with us by submitting projects. So... each week we are going to pick a guest designers from the wonderful people who participate here at Frosted Designs! We couldn't be more excited to introduce our very first guest designer... Dawn! You can find Dawn's blog by clicking HERE!

We asked Dawn to tell us a little bit about herself....
I am mom to three amazing children, all of them now grown. My honey Don and I, have a fur baby we call Pippie. My blog is a mixture of cards, scrapbooks and fun, friendship and paper crafts, where everyone is at the same level no matter how experienced.



I am thrilled to be asked to be a guest here at Frosted Designs- especially among such a talented group of ladies I so admire.


Look at this fabulous LO she created for this weeks Christmas Song Challenge!


Dawn actually created a second page to this LO... and you can find it on her blog! Be sure to stop by and leave her some blog love!

Now... let's see what our design team did for you this week!

Cassie used the song Winter Wonderland as inspiration for this holiday card.


Jessica let this popular Christmas song become the title of this adorable layout featuring this sweet photo of her daughter!

Kim
For this layout, Kim chose to use the holiday song, Walking in a Winter Wonderland for her title. These are last year's Bo Bunny Gift of Love papers. Her song was inspired by the photo of her niece "Walking in a Winter Wonderland"

We would like to wish everyone a blessed Christmas! Hopefully after all the food is cooked, presents are opened and games are played.... you take some time for yourself and spend time in your craft rooms! And then... be sure to share your creations with us!


7 Comments »
Labels: , , ,
« Previous Entries