For today I thought I’d share some “3’s” about me:
*Three words that describe me – kind-hearted, crafty, busy
*Three scrapbooking products I can’t live without – patterned paper, ink, journaling pen
*Three things in my fridge – cantaloupe, Tillamook cheese, Yoohoo
*Three favorites right now – Jillibean Soup, Pink Paislee, Cosmo Cricket
*Three things I am not – the life of the party, organized enough, athletic
*Three guilty pleasures – chocolate, brownie sundaes, nacho cheese Doritos
*Three favorite TV shows – Gilmore Girls re-runs, Top Chef, Grey’s Anatomy
*Three things I need to do today – laundry, laundry and more laundry

After the winter we had this year the springy florals and happy colors of this kit were a welcome sight. I love how beautifully the Pink Paislee, Jillibean Soup and Basic Grey collections work together and LOVE that Michelle always packs her kits with so many fun embellishments, and of course I adore those Jillibean Soup corrugated alphas. There is no end of ways to alter those up- painting, inking, misting, outlining, etc.

One of my favorite parts of the Color Me Daisy kits is the fabric that Michelle so carefully chooses to coordinate with the papers. Here’s a card I created using a couple strips of the fabric.

Here is another of my “Spring Fever” projects and as you can see, this kit was perfect for scrapping about my three little girls.

Thanks, again, Michelle, for the opportunity to design for you again.  Happy scrapping, everyone!

More coming soon! Have a great weekend.

Project sneak peeks coming soon….

So, my challenge to you is a simple one, just make a card for someone you love.

I used our beautiful February kit to make this card. Let’s see what you can do with yours! Or, if you don’t have the kit, use whatever you have on hand and post them in the gallery here: http://colormedaisy.com/gallery/

Happy Valentine’s Day. Please check the forum this week for some other fun challenges during our Organize Your Heart Crop.

We love what we do and have enjoyed providing our kits each month to our valuable customers. To find some balance we have decided to make some changes to our kit offerings after this February kit. We are still working on the details but we can share the following with you:

-       We plan to release a limited quantity of kits up to 6 times each year with a single purchase option, as a result we will no longer offer monthly subscriptions.

-       Kits prices are estimated to range from $30-$40, plus shipping.

-       We have plans to offer you more ideas with your kit purchase

-       Our kits will still feature the latest and greatest from the hottest manufacturers with a mix of papers, embellishments, and extras to keep your creativity blooming.

-       To be notified first of our kit offerings please go to our home page and subscribe to our newsletter. We will continue to advertise when we release kits, but newsletter subscribers will be the first to hear of our kit offerings.

Subscriptions will be cancelled after the February kits have been shipped.  Prepaid subscribers will be contacted to make arrangements for refund options.  If you have any questions that we have not addressed here, please contact us at info@colormedaisy.com.

We thank all of our wonderful customers for your patronage, and hope you will continue to choose Color Me Daisy when we launch our new kit format in April.

Ok, enough talk, how about some visual stimulation?

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and if you want to see more sneaks check out this thread on the forum.

Easy solution!

Gather your supplies:

Shapes to make templates of
hole punch (I used my crop-a-dile)
pen
template plastic (I got mine in the quilting section of Joann’s. You can also find it here)
Binding ring

Trace your shapes onto the template plastic (I just used a regular old pen!)

Then cut your shapes out, punch a hole, and put them on the binding ring for easy access and storage!

And that’s it!  Easy peasy templates that will last!

Since you’re here I’m going to assume you know how great the Color Me Daisy kits are (and they ARE great.)  I tend to use and use and use a kit until I’ve only got little tiny pieces left…and then I use them!

I did this LO of my youngest in a onesie I “decorated” for her using scrapbooking products using just little tiny bits and pieces leftover from the Homemade Treats kit.

I punched some hearts out of some of the scraps and used some of them as masks and some as embellishments.

This stamp is from a $ bin at Michael’s.  It says “adore” on it but I just used some of the MLS alphas that are one of the add ons this month to finish up my title and cover up the word on the stamp.

One of the WRMK’s Twirl papers had “strips” on it with cute sayings.  This one said “aren’t you just the Sweetest Thing” so I just cut it apart, inked the edges and matted the words I wanted to use with some more scraps from my kit and used them to add a bit of visual interest to this corner of my LO.

and the whole thing…

I used my SU Eyelet boarder punch to make the “ruffles” next to the photo and then added some doodling and embroidery to finish it off.

(glitter Thickers are from my stash)

Check back tomorrow for some sneaks of the February kit…I’m TOTALLY in love with it!!!!

For this challenge you can smash your own buttons, or come up with another fun, different use for buttons. Just be sure to load it up to the gallery and link it up here.