Star Light Star Bright **Karen Taylor**

Greetings on this wonderful Monday morning !

Today I want to share some fun ornaments, or they could be toppers for gifts that you can create this season.

This would be perfect for a teacher, friend, secret Santa gift, neighbor or even to adorn your own tree.

This is also a great project for girl scouts or to do with your own children for gifts for grandma's and grandpa's to cherish!

I remember at night in the summer looking to the sky and making my wish on that first star....how special a simple symbol is to us...it brings us hope and faith.....and a childhood since of wonder.

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are?

Up above the world so high , like a diamond in the sky

When the blazing sun is gone, when he nothing shines upon,

Then you show your little light, twinkle, twinkle all the night.

Then the traveller in the dark, thanks you for your tiny spark,

He could not see which way to go, if you did not twinkle so.

In the dark blue sky you keep, and often through my curtains peep,

For you never shut your eye, 'till the sun is in the sky.

As your bright and tiny spark lights the traveller in the dark,

Though I know not what you are - twinkle, twinkle little star.

FOR MY STARS:

I started with Want2Scrap™ Nestabling and Nestaboard Stars Five, I used 2 packs of both and Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur™ and Stars Five Die template.

Using Christmas Paper by Donna Salazar I cut out a bunch of stars using the Grand Calibur.

I adhered paper to some of the stars and then inked the edges using Clearsnaps Mixed Media Inx by Donna Salazar.

I attached Nestabling to random stars.

Others I painted using Eco Green Paint

Inked the edges and added Clearsnap Fairy Dust Glitter by Donna Salazar. Sparkle stars...and some with bling.....things are looking SO pretty!

I then layered in random orders using plain die cut stars without Nestaboard and some with for added dimension.

Punched a hole in top and added ribbon and three jingle bells to each bows center.

I just love that each have a different look.....

depending on colors you use.....

the bling chosen.....

and how you stacked the paper stars with the Nestaboard stars....so different but all so beautiful!

I WILL be making more of these delightful stars to share with friends and loved ones during this holiday season. No matter your beliefs a star is always a symbol of hope and faith.

For my Project I used :
Want2Scrap:

Want2Scrap™ Nestabling and Nestaboard Stars Five


Cross Promotional Products:

Spellbinders Paper Arts: Grand Calibur and Stars Five Die Templates
Eco Green Crafts Paints

Other:

Paper, Clearsnap Mixed Media Inx and Fairy Dust glitter by Donna Salazar
Jingle bells, ribbon, vintage seam binding and wire

Until next time...BE CREATIVE!

Karen Taylor

http://www.creativeyearnigs.blogsspot.com

Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect."

~ Oren Arnold

Want2Scrap Kudos!

Good morning blogging friends! Today, we want to give some shout outs to our wonderful Design Team! Some of the DT members were recently published.

Kudos to Mimi Leinbach for getting published! Great job Mimi! Thank you from all of us at Want2Scrap!

Kudos to Dana Gustafson for getting published! Outstanding work Dana! Thank you from all of us at Want2Scrap!

Kudos to Karen Taylor for getting published! Fantastic job Karen! Thank you from all of us at Want2Scrap!

A HUGE Thank You to our entire Design Team for all you do!! You all are amazing and very talented ladies and a wonderful team to work with!!

Please be sure to visit each of the Design Team Members to see all of their beautiful design work and blogs filled with inspiration.

• Heidi Blankenship-Design Team Coordinator
• Dana Gustafson
• Elise Durenberger
• Karen Taylor
• Linda Duke
• Mimi Leinbach

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Hugs,

A Daughter's Memories - Anniversary Giveaway!!

Good morning blogging friends! Today, we have some exciting things to share with you!! Karen Taylor is our New Social Media Coordinator and we are celebrating her One Month Anniversary!! Karen has been doing a Fabulous Job with our Want2Scrap™ Facebook Page and we would like to celebrate with some Prize Giveaways!!

You will have a couple of chances to win.

Go to our Facebook Page and leave a little love for Karen to congratulate her on her One Month Anniversary and if there is anything you would like to see on our Facebook Page let her know. She is always looking for new and fun thing to share with everyone.

Be sure to share this with all of your friends!!

You will have until Sunday, October 30th at 10 pm (CST) to leave a comment on the Want2Scrap™ Facebook Page. We will pick a winner from the Facebook comments and announce it here on the Want2Scrap™ Blog Monday morning. The winner will receive our Bling Bundle #2 with a value over $62.00!!

For a second chance we are going to pick a winner from the Want2Scrap™ Facebook comments that are made in the first 24 hours. We will announce the winner here on the Want2Scrap Blog tomorrow, October 29th.
The winner will receive our Bling Bundle #3 with a value over $46.00!!

Good Luck and don't forget to tell all of your friends!!

Hugs,

Good morning!!!

Karen Taylor here today to share an altered book with lots Wan2Scrap™ goodness. I made this for my daughter, who like most mom's and daughters we have had our ups and downs in our relationship. Mother and daughter relationships are complex because the daughter looks to her mother as a role model of what a woman is. As she grows up and sees other woman who live their lives differently, she chooses between imitating her mother or other significant influences in her life. As an adolescent she may come to look down on her mother and think that other woman are much better.

Of course she is not a fully grown woman so she does not understand the challenges and choices that her mother faces. It is only when she herself becomes a woman that she can fully appreciate her mother.

But through it all one thing has remains strong and that is LOVE. I want my daughter to have lots of memories in the future and remember how important it is to share those memories with those we love.

This is a fairly large book so I can only share some. I hope you enjoy.

Memory Altered Book: LOVE LOVE LOVE

Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose.

Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us. ~Oscar Wilde

What we remember from childhood we remember forever - permanent ghosts, stamped, inked, imprinted, eternally seen. ~Cynthia Ozick

All Grown Up

© Wilda Parker

You are all grown up as anyone can see.
A beautiful lady standing in front of me.
Spreading your wings and leaving the nest,
to see what’s out there for you at best.
Learning what works for you,
depends mostly upon yourself.
Trust in what you feel is right.
Always remember throughout your life,
I'll be here whenever you need it.
You're still my little girl,
even though you're an adult now.
You always be young to me
All grown up in others eyes.
Still young as ever to me and will always be loved.

mother's love for her child is like
nothing else in the world. It knows no
law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes
down remorselessly all that stands in its path.

~ Agatha Christie

Wan2Scrap™ Supplies Used:

Nestaboard™ Sprightly Sprockets by Donna Salazar
72 Count Light Green Rhinestones
Baby Bling Red Rhinestones

Cross Promotional Products Used:

Spellbinders: Grand Calibur, S5-048 Sprightly Sprockets
By Donna Salazar,
S5-050 Rose Creations , S4-280 By Donna Salazar

Other Products:

Media Inx and Smooch Spritz for Clearsnap

Zutter Bind it all

Ribbon, Lace, Old Book and Kraft Paper.

I hope you have a fantastic weekend an until next time.... be creative!

Breast Cancer Awareness

Sisterhood

Good morning..Karen Taylor here today to with you a happy October to you.

I hope you are enjoying fall weather.
I know I am loving the cooler temperatures and the leaves changing color.

For my Want2Scrap™ project today I am celebrating sisterhood!

“A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost.” ~Marion C. Garretty

I started my layout with Simple Stories Elementary collection and cut Spellbinders™ Paper Arts: Stars Nestabilities® die templates using Grand Calibur™ die cut machine. I cut my background paper to 11 1/2 x 11/1/2, inked the edges and stapled to a 12 x 12 piece of kraft paper.

I then glued the die cut star to Nestaboard™ Stars Five,

Inked with ECO Green: Ink Walnut and embellished with Nestabling™ Star Five Silver and Bling: 72 Count - Silver Rhinestones - Self Adhesive and finished off the the layout with the layered and “blinged” stars.

I then die cut using Spellbinders™ Paper Arts: Grand Calibur™ die cut machine Donna's Alphas Spellbinders™ Shapeabilities® the word “SISTERS” . Inked them and embellished with Want2Scrap™: Bling: 72 Count - Silver Rhinestones - Self Adhesive.

In the cookies of life, sisters are the chocolate chips. ~Author Unknown

She is your mirror, shining back at you with a world of possibilities. She is your witness, who sees you at your worst and best, and loves you anyway. She is your partner in crime, your midnight companion, someone who knows when you are smiling, even in the dark. She is your teacher, your defense attorney, your personal press agent, even your shrink. Some days, she's the reason you wish you were an only child. ~Barbara Alpert

For my project I used:

Want2Scrap™: Nestaboard™ Stars Five, Nestabling™ Star Five Silver and Bling: 72 Count - Silver Rhinestones - Self Adhesive

Cross Promotional Products Used:

Spellbinders™ Paper Arts: Grand Calibur™, Stars Nestabilities® die templates SKU: S4-092, Donna's Alphas Spellbinders™ Shapeabilities® SKU: LF-003

ECO Green:Paint and Ink Walnut
Simple Stories Elementary collection

Other:
Mini Alpha’s from: Webster Pages, My Little Shoebox and Mrs Grossman

Ink blending tool: Clearsnap

Staples and stapler

Thank you for joining me on this post celebrating the wonderful and complex world of sisterhood. If you have a sister or your best friend “is” your sister…..we must celebrate the joy they bring to our life…..................................most of the time ; )

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Have a fantastic day and until next time……….Be Creative!

Karen Taylor

A sister is a gift to the heart, a friend to the spirit, a golden thread to the meaning of life. ~Isadora James

CPS Card Sketch #239

Want2Scrap™ is this weeks sponsor over at CPS Card Sketches. Check out this fun Sketch #239...



A couple of our design team members had fun playing with this sketch...

Karen Taylor

Heidi Blankenship

Be sure to hop on over to CPS Card Sketches and create with us! There is a fantastic prize up for grabs to Want2Scrap™ so it is definitely worth playing along!

Don't forget to check out the PINK Sale at Want2Scrap™ 50% Off on all Pink Items!! Plus 10% of sales from all things pink during the month of October will go to the Susan G Komen Foundation. Also check out the Bling Bundle Bonanza.

Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope you have a Great weekend!!

Hugs,

Blog Hop Winners!!

Both the E-Team and the Want2Scrap™ Design Team would like to say a HUGE Thank You to all of you who participated in the Blog Hop last week!! Thank you for so many wonderful comments!! How about all of that blingy goodness in the artwork!! Both DT's ROCKED the Blog Hop--it was filled with SO much inspiration!!!

We have the winners of the Blog Candy!! Each company picked 3 winners from the comments so we have a total of 6 gift vouchers to giveaway each with a $20.00 value!!

The Winners from the Want2Scrap™ Blogs

Mimi's Blog:

Cathy Y said...

Oh, your project is so pretty. I love the colors you chose!

Karen's Blog:

Cottagerca said...
Karen, love this layout! you are a gal that has caught my attention. I have all guys in my house, so always looking for new creative artistic designs. You nailed this one right out of the park.
ava

Heidi's Blog:

GLENDA BROOKS said... 11

Just gorgeous! Great layout and wonderful colors!

The Winners from the E-Team Blogs:

Broni's Blog:

Latrice's Blog:

Micki's Blog:

Congratulations to ALL of the Blog Hop Winner!!!

Thank you so much for stopping by the Want2Scrap Blog and
I hope you have a creative Day!!

Hugs,

October....Here We Come!

YES….it is almost here…

There is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on, and produce so pleasant an effect on the feelings, as now in October." - Nathaniel Hawthorne

In celebration of the upcoming month I have created a fun tutorial using great products.Want2Scrap™ products.

I started by using Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur™ and Classic Squares Large die templates that I inked the edges and create a grid pattern on my patterned paper background.

Then used Clearsnap Smooch Spritz by Donna Salazar I gave the paper a splattered aged look to add interest.

Next I added my photo that I matted with cardstock.

I then cut one edge off of one page of Want2Scrap™ Grand Album Labels One.

Using Beacon Liquid Laminate I adhere a paper doily to the chipboard and then Spritz with Smooch Spritz.. Tuck behind photo on left side and adhere.

I repeated the spritz on the Chipboard Embellishment Style B only I sponged a bit of brown ink in random places before spritzing. Adhere as shown to the upper left hand corner of the photo.

Using an empty spritz bottle I added a little of Beacon’s Liquid Laminate and a little of Clearsnap Spritz by Donna Salazar in Evergreen and spritzed the Nestaboard™ Fancy Tags Two and sprinkled with Clearsnap’s Fairy Dust glitter by Donna Salazar.

and added Nestabling™ Fancy Tags Two in White Pearls.

I embellished the chipboard with Want2Scrap™ WONDERFUL Bling!!

I added my final details…..

and now I get to enjoy this wonderful October memory….so many memories….we think we will not forget but we do. Write them down. You can use them on a layout or project but most of all you will have that wonderful book of memories to go back to and for a moment be transported back to that moment in time when that memory happened. The only thing more wonderful than a memory is creating new memories.

For my layout I used:

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Want2Scrap™ :

Nestabling™ Fancy Tags Two White Pearl

Nestaboard™ Fancy Tags Two

Chipboard Embellishments - Pack of 4- Style B

Grand Chipboard Album - Labels One

Cross Promotional Products Used:

Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur™ and S4-126 Classic Squares die templates

Beacon Adhesives™ 3-in-1 Advanced Craft Glue™ and Liquid Laminate

Other:

Clearsnap: Smooch Spritz and Fairy Dust Glitter by Donna Salazar

Patterned Paper: My Mind’s Eye and Basic Grey

Remember to cherish those you love. Remember to say thank you when someone does something kind for you. It is only two words and only takes seconds to say but the feeling it will give that person can only be matched by your appreciation for what they do for you.

I appreciate you. I am so thankful you came to see my creation. I am thankful to Want2Scrap™ for having such wonderful products and an amazing group to work with. This fall let’s really take a step towards sharing thankfulness and doing things to make people thankful.

I hope you are having a fantastic week and are enjoying fall where ever you are.

Until next time….Be Creative!