Card Swaps with Friends

Recently,  I've had fun swapping cards with my local scrappy friends.  We take a cards sketch and each put our own spin on it. It's been a blast to see what each person comes up with.  Here are a couple of my most recent card swap designs:


, a photo by Tammy Ozuna on Flickr.

, a photo by Tammy Ozuna on Flickr.

First Design Team Project for Scrapbook Island

Last month I submitted work to be considered for the Scrapbook Island Design Team.  To my pleasant surprise, I was one of 9 who were chosen to join the team.  

Soon after the announcement, I met my team mates, the team coordinator and the store owner.  It's a wonderfully talented team a great group of women to work with.  I'm really looking forward to the next six months of design work with these ladies.

During that meeting we all received our first DT package and I was was once again pleasantly surprised to receive the Teresa Collins Christmas Home Collection to work with.  Instantly, I loved the quality of the paper, thick and textured as well as the patterns which can read as all-occasion as well as Christmas.

In the end I had a great time playing with the collection and created a mini-book and a few cards for good measure.  If you are local to the Bay Area, you will find the Teresa Collins Home Collection and this mini-book and cards on display at Scrapbook Island.

A complete supply list will be at the end of this post.

The Mini-book...

The Cards...

Supplies used include:  

• Complete Teresa Collins Christmas Home Collection
• Spellbinder Floral Doily Motifs
• Spellbinder Circle Dies
• My Favorite Things Die-namics Rolled Flower
• Sizzix TH Alterations Die Regal Crest
• Sizzix TH Alterations Die Tattered Flowers
• WRMK Corner Punch Scallop/Cloud
• WRMK Corner Rounder Punch
• 1" Circle Punch
• Martha Stewart Circle Cutter
• Martha Stewart Score Board
• Large silver brads
• White tulle
• Red, White & Black Bazzil Cardstock

Laura Denison Susan G. Komen Fundraiser

Laura Denison has launched her annual fundraiser for the Susan G. Komen Passionately Pink for the Cure Fund.  This is a great opportunity to donate to a very worthy cause and receive a beautiful handmade thank you gift that you choose by bidding on it.  All of the details can be found at the Pink Minis 2011 blog.

If you are interested, I donated a set of cards that can be found under Group C.  The cards look like this:

Unity Stamps KOM Sketch Challenge

I love playing with Unity Stamps so pulling this card together for this month's sketch challenge was pure fun. Here's both the sketch and my interpretation:

Unity KOM Sketch Challenge - Oct, a photo by Tammy Ozuna on Flickr.

OCT11KOMSC, a photo by Tammy Ozuna on Flickr.

Flip Book - Design Team Project for the Piece by Piece

Shop the Piece by Piece

My inspiration for the book was this video from NJGarden Girl.

Unity Stamps October 2011 Challenge

This is my entry for the Unity Stamps October 2011 Challenge.

Love this sentiment stamp from Unity coupled with the vibrant fall colors on this BoBunny Garden Girl papers.

, a photo by Tammy Ozuna on Flickr.

Authentique Sketch Challenge

It's always a plesure playing with all things Authentique! That's why dipping into a little paper play for their September Sketch Challenges was a no-brainer. I decided that Splendid was the order of the day and got to creating something splendid indeed.

Here's the card sketch:

And, this is what I created:

P9130091, a photo by Tammy Ozuna on Flickr.

P9130092, a photo by Tammy Ozuna on Flickr.


I used the following to create this card:

• Paper - Authentique, Splendid Collection: Richness, Foundations and Magnificence
• Sentiment - From the Richness paper
• Ribbon, etc. - WRMK Seweasy fancy floss (baker's twine neutral), Ribbon from stash
• Embellishments - Crown from an EK Success punch using Ten Second Studios metal paper
• Ink - ColorBox Chestnut Roan