Sugar Creek Hollow : Alumni Week

Hello Friends and Happy Saturday!!

It is Alumni Week at Sugar Creek Hollow!!

Some of the Past Designers from Sugar Creek Hollow have come back to provide inspiration for this weeks challenge"  "We are Family."   The current Design Team has the week off....to spend some time with our families :0).

 All you need to do is create something that reminds you of "Family" and create it in a Shabby Chic or Vintage Style!!

So please stop by Sugar Creek Hollow and see the Fabulous creations that the Alumni have to share!!

Please stop back by tomorrow, for I will be participating in a Blog Hop with a few of my friends.  Each of us in the Hop will have a giveaway, and I know you won't want to miss that!!

Hugs!!

Thank you for visiting!!

Heather

Sugar Creek Hollow Week 23 Vintage Travel

Hello Friends and Happy Saturday!!

This week at Sugar Creek Hollow it is all about Vintage Travel, so find some vintage bikes, balloons, boats or cars etc, create something in the vintage or shabby chic style and link up with us for a chance to win.   I had a fun time this week creating a "Halloween Vintage Hot Air Balloon" collage.  I used it to create a "Hot Air  Balloon Ticket" to Halloweenville.

Here is the collage I created using some images I found online.

I added three skeletons to the Halloween Hot Air Balloon Basket,  Used a Score sheet from Gecko Galz for my background.  I added some eyes to the pumpkin balloon.  Here is my Card with ticket below!!  I decided to add some black behind my collage for this piece.

It was hard for me to not cover the whole card with embellishments, but since I did a lot of digital work, I wanted it to be seen :0).  I used some brown blingy bling mesh, ivory leaves, black pearl drop trim and orange mulberry roses from Pro 31 Designs!  The Green and Orange seam binding are from Really Reasonable ribbon.

Close up of the pumpkin on black.

Here are some more close ups.  Love how the orange mulberry roses look with the ivory leaves and black pearl drops!!

I used Rnager's Distress ink in Vintage photo on the edges of my pieces.  I used pop dots to elevate the black pumpkin hot air balloon piece so that I could slide the ticket in behind it.

Here is a picture of the ticket.  I started out with a vintage ticket, that I added some more text to in Inkscape.

I also added the hot air balloon in the corners.  I inked the edges of this with Vintage Photo by Ranger as well.

Make sure you visit the rest of the Design Teams blogs to see their creations!!  Then come by Sugar Creek Hollow and Link up!!

Hope you have a fabulous week!!

Thank you for visiting!!

Hugs!!

Heather

Sugar Creek Hollow Week 22: Something Old & Something New

Happy Saturday Friends!!

This week at Sugar Creek Hollow we would like to see you use something Old (something you forgot about it in your stash) with something New.  I know that won't be hard for anyone that I know....LOL.  Once you have found your something old and something new, create something in the Vintage or Shabby Chic style and come link up with us at Sugar Creek Hollow.

This worked out wonderfully for me, because I was really wanting to create a journal with a calendar for myself this week...LOL.  I have a pile of notebooks I bought back in 2010 when I first got into scrapbooking.  I just happen to run across them the other day!  Plus my BOLB (best online buddy) Carol just did one not to long ago.  Here is my new Journal/Daily planner/ what ever I need to jot down book...lol.

"Important Dates in my Extraordinary Life"

My NEW items are two images from the new August Digital Ephemera set Edwardian Beauties from Gecko Galz.  The Frame is from the Frames Collection digital collage sheet from Gecko Galz..

You will see that I used these same images to create new "Winner badges for Gecko Galz" in my upper right blog column.

I used GIMP, Inkscape, Sign cut and my Black Cat Cougar and the "print and cut feature" to print and cut out all of my die cuts!  I distressed all my edges with a craft knife, then used Ranger's Vintage Photo distress ink.  I found some pink fabric rosette trim that I had forgot about and added two of the rosettes to my piece.    The tiny pink roses are also from my stash.I have used my favorite champagne flatback pearls, brown blingy bling mesh, small ivory mulberry roses, ivory pearl sprays, ivory drop pearl trim, ivory leaf trim and gorgeous pink cameo from Pro 31 Designs!

The seam binding came from Really Reasonable Ribbon.  I used it to create a bow on both sides.  One to hold my pen (which I used my perfect medium pen here as an example), the other will tie my journal shut when not in use :0).  I am working on a calendar (sheet for each month) to slip in behind the frame.  I am very please with how it turned out!!

As always (at least the last month) I will be sharing with 

Make it Monday

I will even join some other challenges this week

Reasonable ribbon:  Bling and Ribbon

Diva's By Design: Flowers

Die Cuttin Divas:  Anything Goes

I can't wait to see what you create for our challenge this week at 

Sugar Creek Hollow!!

Thank you for visiting!!

Hugs!!

Heather