Freebies at ScrapNFonts!

Six freebies at ScrapNFonts!  If you are not familiar with SNF, they sell the cutest fonts and doodlebats (fonts with shapes), and brushes for photoshop!  I have used their fonts in many projects I have made!

1. Have a Good Day Card. Fits #10 envelope
2. Free font: LD Bold Blake
3. Free doodlebat: DB Little What-Nots
4. 6 adorable Good Day Mini Cards
5. Free Photoshop Brush Set: Build a Flower
6. Have a Good Day Cupcake Wraps

Make sure to snag the 6 freebies before they are gone!  Ends Saturday, July 21st!  Make sure to like the SNF Facebook page and tell them thank you!

The freebies are located at the blog linked below.

http://snfontaholic.blogspot.com/2012/07/6000-fans-6-fun-freebiesone-week-only.html

Mel

Big Sales on Your Favorite Products! Don't Miss Out!

CHA (Craft & Hobby Association Conference) is happening now, which means many of your favorite brands and online stores are offering sales on the older collections to make room for the new releases!  This is the best time of the year to snag the goodies you have been eyeing. 

Here are some sales you may want to check out!

Unity Stamps - Buy One Get One on their Itty Bitty Stamps!  Up to 10 free stamps!  Also, you will get a 35% off coupon to use on a future purchase in July!  You will be able to use the coupon for the new products coming out after CHA!  Hurry this sale ends Sunday, July 15th at Midnight!.  http://www.unitystampco.com/shop/32-buy-one-get-one-free-itty-bitty-stamps.aspx

Scrapbooks.com - Check out their clearance!  They are making room for new products.  Some great products at great deals!  http://store.scrapbook.com/clearance.php

Two Peas in a Bucket - http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/shop/on-sale/

Sizzix - Huge Outlet & Warehouse Clearance Sales!  Many, many awesome dies up for grabs!  Hurry ends July 15th!  http://www.sizzix.com/shop/clearance

If you know of others I may have missed, please let me know.  I am sure there will be more sales coming soon! 
Mel

A New Blog Name - More Papercrafting Fun Ahead!

Hi everyone,

I have changed my blog name from "In Love with a Bug" to "The Paper Retreat" and my blog address has been updated to www.thepaperretreat.blogspot.com.  With this new blog name, I am going to make a few changes to what I blog about.  Not only will I share my projects (which I hope you like!), I will share projects that inspire me, new products I recommend, sales you shouldn't miss, and other papercrafting news!  I want this blog to be for you too - so having info you like should be a win win for all!  Don't worry, all of my old blog posts are still available on this re-named blog!  Thanks for taking this journey with me!

New Facebook page coming soon!!!!

Hugs,
Mel

My First Place Cards!!!

I was asked by a friend to make place cards for a wedding rehearsal dinner.  I was a little nervous because I have never made place cards before and I needed to make 30 of them.  Even though I was nervous about the project, they were fun to make and the best part is that my friend loved them.  That is why I love crafting - it is the heartfelt feelings exchanged when you make something for someone and they really appreciate it!!!!

The wedding has a vintage/rustic them with Mason jars and twine, so I wanted to make the place cards complimentary to this theme.  The wedding colors are brown with a pop of yellow, so I wanted to bring the pop of yellow to life in the place cards.  The flowers are handmade by me and because my handwritting is never straight when I write, I chose to print the names using a script font.

The flowers were made using a 5 petal flower punch. I took 3 of the flowers punched, got them wet and crumpled them up, let them dry, then glued them together. They are fun to make!

I hope all of you, my followers/readers, enjoy this project like my friend did!  :)
Mel

60 Years! Congrats Grandma and Grandpa!

My grandparents recently celebrated their 60 wedding anniversary!  What an amazing accomplishment and they are so cute together.  They are young love birds at heart! 

This is the card I made for them.  I added lots of streaks with ink to give it an antique look and added a flower for a pop of color. 

Tip:  Use fabric from an old shirt/sweater to make flowers.  I used a sweater that I couldn't wear anymore - it had a nice hole in it!, for the pink flowers on this card and it turned out great!!!  Great way to re-use something you already have and weren't using! 

The stamped sentiment is from Papertrey Ink and the gems are from Creative Charms.

 

Mel

Wonderful You, Mom!

Happy Mother's Day!!!!  I hope all of you mothers out there are having a wonderful day!  It is absolutely beautiful outside here in Minnesota and I am looking forward to spending some time with my mother and grandmother today. 

I made this beautiful card for my mom.  I used all punches and dies to make this card, I find that I can put a card together faster when I don't have to turn on my electronic die-cutter and just use my BigKick instead.

I used gem stickers from Creative Charms (I LOVE Creative Charms!!! BTW - They have great sales and an inventory clearance going on!!!  Stock up while you can!).  The flower punches are from Martha Stewart and everything else is from Stampin' Up!.  Have a wonderful Mother's Day and don't forget to celebrate 'Wonderful You!'

Mel

Love You Just The Way You Are!

It's the day before Valentine's day and I am finally getting around to making a couple special valentines.  It took me an hour to make these two fun cards - not too bad for me!  I am in love with both of these little cuties featured on my cards - a sock monkey and a hoppy frog, both of which came from THE Lettering Delights!

The sock monkey craze is nuts!!!  I have a co-worker that is obsessed with sock monkeys, so I made this card for her!  I don't know if I could make a card that would be more perfect for her!  If you want to pick up the SVG of this Sock Monkey, grab the Cutie Patootie SVG set at Lettering Delights.  The stamped sentiment and heart punches are from Stampin' Up!

For the froggy card below, I had to add the wobbly eyes - you can see a side view of them below - they bounce up and down!  Fun, right!  BTW - I got the wobbly eyes at Archivers, they are by TPC Studio.

The froggy is from the Frogs and Kisses SVG set at Lettering Delights!  This SVG set is 50% off thru tomorrow!  Pick it up if you don't already have it.!  The sentiment and heart punches are from Stampin' Up!

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful Valentine's Day!
Mel