Merry Christmas Card

Hi Everyone,

With the holidays being right around the corner, I thought I would share a holiday card with you. I started out as a designer creating cards and I love it, especially now that I have the KellyCraft Laser Square in my tool box!

I did not create this card to be an easy mass production card where you can sit down and create 30 of them in one night. This card will take you a little bit longer to create but it's well worth the time you spend making it. This is the type of card that your recipient is going to want to save and cherish for a very long time. This type of card is my very favorite to create and I hope you'll love it too!

Thank you for joining me. Until next time...

 

Crafty hugs,

 

Lisa

Stampin' Queen Creations

&

Bella Crafts LLC

"Merry Christmas" Card

 

 

Supplies

 

KellyCraft Get-it-Straight Laser Square

Green, Burgundy & Cream Cardstock

Holiday Themed Pattern Paper

Me & My Big Ideas Holiday Stickers

Prima Flowers

Cream & Burgundy Trims

Beacon Adhesives Zip Dry Paper Glue

Foam Tape

Prismacolor Color Pencils

Gamsol Mineral Spirits

Blending Stump

Clearsnap ColorBox Dye Inkpad- Red Devil

Clearsnap Smooch Top Coat- Moonlight

Marvy Uchida Snow Marker

Stampabilities Vintage Santa

Heat Tool

Scissor

Instructions

Using Red Devil inkpad, stamp santa on white cardstock,

trim with scissors

 

 

Color image with color pencils and blend colors with Gamsol

and blending stump. Apply Smooch to santa's beard. 

 

 

 Add Snow Marker

to hat and use heat tool to set. 

 

Tip: Did you know that you can use your

Get-it-Staight Laser Sqaure to score your cardstock?

 

Cut green cardstock 7"W x 11"H.

Use Get-it-Staight Laser Sqaure score at 5 1/2".

Fold card base at score line.

 

 

Cut cardstock- For card front cut burgundy cardstock

6 3/4"W x 5 1/4"H. Pattern paper 6 1/2"W x 5"H

For inside card cut burgundy cardstock 6 3/4"W x 5 1/4"H

Pattern paper 6 1/2"W x 5"H. For Santa cut burgundy

cardstock 3 1/4"W x 4 3/4"H. Green carstock

3"W x 4 1/2"H

 

 

Use Get-it-Straight Laser Square to layer all cardstock pieces

 

 

Fold card front in half

Cut burgundy cardstock 4 1/2"W x 3 1/2"H and green

cardstock 4 1/4"W x 3 1/4"H.

Use  Get-it-Straight Laser Square  to line up stickers



Adhere cardstock and pattern paper to inside of card

with Beacon Adhesives Zip Dry Paper Glue.

Use Get-it-Straight Laser Square to line up trims.

Adhere to inside card base.

 

 

Repeat last step to card front. Adhere santa image to

front of card.

 

 

Finsih card by applying the remainder of the

stickers with glue. For "Merry Christmas" piece,

adhere foam tape to back to give it some height.

 Use picture if needed for placement.

 



Animal Print Headband with Connie Crystal

Hi Everyone,

I absolutely love the versatility that I have with Connie Crystal products!  You can take these gorgeous crystals and beads and add them to just about anything you can think of to add that extra bling to your projects!

For this project, I decided to create a headband that will bring some animal charisma to your look with the leopard print ribbon and of course some Connie Crystal bling!  With the Fall season upon us and the luscious colors that come along with the season, this headband would be great in anyone's wardrobe.  And by adding some Velcro to the headband, you can easily switch the bow out with another embellishment for a whole different look.

Thank you for joining me.  Until next time...

 

Crafty hugs,

 

Lisa

Stampin' Queen Creations

&

Bella Crafts LLC

 

 

 

Animal Print Headband

 

Materials

 

Connie Crystal Sea Glass- Orange

Connie Crystal Mini Beads- Gold

Connie Crystal Tear Drop Crystal

Crimp Bead

Jump Ring

Headband- Orange

Animal Print Ribbon

Beacon Adhesives Quick Grip Permanent Adhesive

Jewelry Wire

Velcro Brand- Black Ovals

 

Instructions

 

Gather all of your supplies.

 

Cut jewelry wire 6" long.  String mini gold beads onto

the wire.  Add a jump ring to the tear drop crystal and

add to the beaded wire.

Pull beaded wire through the sea glass bead and secure

in place with a crimp bead.  Cut off excess wire.

Adhere the beaded wire to the bow with Quick Grip glue.

Attach a Velcro oval to the back of the bow and also to

the headband.  That's it you're done!

 

 



 

 

 

Autumn's All Around

Hi Everyone,

I completed this project for the KellyCraft Blog and I thought I would share it here with you!

I am back with another great project using the KellyCraft Get-it-Straight Laser Square. I know that I have said it before, but really, I love this product! This tool is what I call my all-in-one! I have been stamping for many years and I can't tell you how many times my project is almost finished and I stamp that last image only to have it not stamp completely on my paper. How frustrating! Well, with my Get-it-Straight Laser Square not only can I line my page elements up perfectly, I can also use it to re-stamp my incomplete images. I am so in love!

This project is a fairly simple to create and sunflowers for me, always remind me of Autumn. With the stamped sunflower and a few embellishments, you have a wonderful project that you can hang on the wall or sit it on your table. And for a beautiful table centerpiece, place your frame on a table next to a vase filled with sunflowers. Now that would be very, very pretty.

Thank you for joining me. Until next time...

 

Crafty hugs,

 

Lisa

Stampin' Queen Creations

&

Bella Crafts Quarterly

www.bellacraftsquarterly.com

 

Give The Queen A Call!!!

Supplies

KellyCraft Get-it-Straight Laser Square

8" Square Canvas

Pattern Paper

Cardstock- Tan, Rust, Brown & Yellow

Lace & Trim

Straw Ribbon

Brown Ribbon

K & Company Chipboard Stickers

Acetate Words

Beacon Adhesives Zip Dry Paper Glue

Glue Gun

Provocraft Cricut Personal Paper Cutter & Fancy Frames Cartridge

Micro Beads

Faber-Castell Chalk Pencils

Dove Blender Pen

Clearsnap ColorBox Archival Dye Inkpad- Mudslide

Foam Tape

Crafty Secrets Clear Art Stamps- Sunflower Set

Instructions

Using the Get-it-Straight Laser Square line the pattern paper

and adhere it to the canvas

Stamp the sunflower on tan cardstock three times

and the butterfly twice.

Color the stamped images with Faber-Castell chalk pencils

and blend the colors with a blender pen





Add Zip Dry Paper Glue to the center of the top sunflower

and cover with micro beads. Pour excess beads back

into the container

Using a Cricut Personal Cutting Machine with the Fancy Frames

cartridge, cut out three frames with yellow, brown & rust

cardstock. Adhere the frames together. Add foam tape to the

back of the frames



Cut out all three sunflowers. Add foam tape between each

sunflower and adhere to the frames. Cut out both butterflies

and adhere them together at the butterfly's bodies, leaving

the wings free

Using the Get-it-Straight Laser Square, line up all of

your elements and adhere to the canvas.

After you have added all of your elements, adhere trim

around outer edge of the canvas with a glue gun.

Add brown bow and you're done!

Creepy Halloween Card

Hi Everyone,

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays! I love all the decorations, food, and all of those little ghouls & goblins ringing the doorbell and screaming "Trick or Treat!" Since my kids are grown now I don't get to take them around the neighborhood with their treat bags, but with my first grandbaby due in December, I'm sure going to take her next year!!!

As I was thinking about my project for this post I was thinking about making a treat bag for my soon- to-be grandbaby but since I can't take her out until next year, I decided to make this fabulous grown up Halloween card. My Get-it-Straight Laser Square made this card a breeze to make. I loved be able to put ribbon on my card and have it straight. I have never been able to do that before!

So, let's get started and I will show you once again why you really need this great tool in your studios!!!

Thank you for joining me. Until next time...

 

Crafty hugs,

 

Lisa

Stampin' Queen Creations

&

Bella Crafts LLC

Supplies

Get-it-Straight Laser Square

Black Cardstock- 10"x10"

White Cardstock- Scraps

Green Glitter Paper- 2 3/4"H x 1 1/2"W,  3 1/4"H x 1 1/2"W, 3 3/4"H x 1 3/4"W & 6 1/2"H x 2"W

Pink Paislee Pattern Paper- 6"x6"

Pink Paislee Clear Stamp Set- Phantom                                                                       

Recollections Adhesive Rhinestones- Black

Recollections Glitter on a Roll Stickers

Recollections Glitter Ribbon

K & Company Halloween Stickers

Clearsnap Top Boss Watermark Inkpad

Black Tinsel Embossing Powder

Beacon Adhesives Zip Dry Paper Glue

Westcott Personal Paper Trimmer

Westcott 4"Titanium Scissors

Heat Tool

Instructions:

Gather your supplies

Fold black cardstock in half. Using Zip Dry Paper Glue adhere pattern paper to base card. 

 Line up ribbon on card with the Get-it-Straight Laser Square; and adhere to card.

Stamp images on white cardstock, emboss with black tinsel powder and heat set.

Cut images out and adhere them to the green glitter cardstock.

Layer stamped images on card base using the Get-it-Straight Laser Square.
Adhere the Fleur stickers along top and bottom on card.



 

Next, add black rhinestones and stickers. 





 That's it. You're done!!!

Created Easily with the Get-it-Straight Laser Square.

Halloween Tags with Connie Crystal

Hi Everyone,

For this project I will be highlighting two companies, Connie Crystal and Robin's Nest.  I wanted to show you that the beautiful bling from Connie Crystal can be used for more than just jewelry projects.

With Halloween right around the corner, I decided that I wanted to design some tags with these great Halloween themed pattern papers from Robin's Nest. They are easy to create and with Connie Crystal's bling added to them, they're just fabulous!!!

Thank you for joining me. Until next time...

 

Crafty hugs,

 

Lisa

Stampin' Queen Creations

&

 

Bella Crafts LLC

 



Halloween Tags

 

Materials

 

Connie Crystal Sea Beads- Black & Orange

Connie Crystal Micro Beads- Black & Green

Robin's Nest Halloween Themed Pattern Papers

ColorBox Archival Dye Inkpad- Wicked Black

Beacon Adhesives Zip Dry Paper Glue

Cardboard- Green & Orange

Various Fibers

Pinkpaislee Rubber Stamps

Fishing Line

Tim Holtz Paper Distresser

 

Instructions

Gather all f your supplies.  The tag sizes are as follows:

4 1/4"W x 7"H, 3 1/4"W x 6"H, 2 1/2"W x 4 1/4"H and

2"W x 3 3/4"H.  Cut 2 large tags from green cardstock,

cut 2 medium tags from pattern paper, cut 2 small tags

from black pattern paper and 2 extra small tags from

orange cardstock.

Stamp green tags and orange tags with wicked black

inkpad.

Ink edges of all tags and distress tags with tool.

Adhere all tags together with Zip Dry.

Add sea beads and micro beads to fishing line.  Attach

all the beads and fibers to each tag.

 

 

 



 

 



Adorable Headband & Bracelet

Hi Everyone,

Ever since my daughter gave birth to my beautiful grandbaby my creative spirit has been focused on everything baby!  I've created frames, clothing, etc. all relating to babies and children.  This project is a perfect example of my mind set. 

When I first saw these beautiful pink beads, my first creative thought was that these would make a great project for a baby or child.  I could just picture my little granddaughter wearing this headband and bracelet.  She would look so adorable!  I can't wait to give them to her!

Thank you for joining me. Until next time...

 

Crafty hugs,

 

Lisa

Stampin' Queen Creations

&

Bella Crafts LLC

 

© Lisa Rojas, Stampin’ Queen Creations

      www.stampinqueencreations.blogspot.com

For a complete material list and
instructions for this project please
visit Connie Crystal Blog at
www.sparklebycc.com

 

Happy Birthday Bella Crafts Quarterly!

Hi Everyone,

Bella Crafts Quarterly is celebrating it's very 1st birthday and you are all invited to help us celebrate!!!  I can't believe that it's already been a whole year since my business partners and designer friends, Ann Butler, Carol Heppner and Theresa Cifali and I began this fabulous adventure!

We are having a birthday party blog hop and we would love for you to join us.  All you need to do is click on the link and join in on all the fun.  We have 15 designers that have each created a project in honor of Bella's birthday.  And if that's not enough excitement for you, we also have an amazing GIVEAWAY  from Graphic 45!!!

Click Here to Enter!

http://bellacraftsquarterly.com/bella-crafts-birthday-celebration-giveaway

We want to thank all of the designers and manufacturers that have given us so much of their time and products.  Our birthday hats are off to all of you!  And now, without further delay...let the party begin! 

 

Here's my project

 

 

Materials
Cardstock- black, purple and orange
Rowlux Specialty Paper- green
Spellbinders Nestabilities Rounded Squares Die Cut
Spellbinders Grand Calibur Machine
ColorBox Surfacez Inkpad- black
Aleene's Tacky Line Roll
Tulip Fashion Glitter- black
Zutter Distrezz-it-All machine
Rubber Stamps

Instructions
1.  Cut black cardstock 4 3/4" x 7 1/2".  Cut Rowlux paper into tag shape 4 1/4" x 7".  Stamp spider webs on Rowlux paper with black inkpad.  Apply tacky tape around the edges and add glitter.
2.  Cut out rounded squares with die cuts and die cut machine in purple and orange cardstock.  Distress edges and stamp swirls and words.  Ink edges.
3.  Punch hole in top of tag and add fibers.  Adhere Rowlux paper to black cardstock with tacky tape.  Adhere stamped squares to front of card as shown.
 

Be sure to check out the rest of the blog hop with the links below:

 

Bella Crafts Quarterly Turns 1 Year Old!!!!

Hi Everyone,

I am so pleased to announce that our FREE online craft magazine, Bella Crafts Quarterly, is 1 year old!!!   We are so excited to be celebrating our birthday that we wanted to include all of you in our celebration!

We will be hosting a blog hop on October 16th.  We have 15 professional designers that will be creating very cool projects from our sponsoring companies.  We will also be hosting a contest with a fabulous gift package from Graphic 45!  Be sure to stay tuned for all of the upcoming details.

Thank you for joining me. Until next time...

 

Crafty hugs,

 

Lisa

Stampin' Queen Creations

&

Bella Crafts LLC

Happy Birthday Bella Cratfs Quarterly

Hi Everyone,


I am happy to announce that it was one year ago today that me and three of my creative friends  released the Premier Issue of Bella Crafts Quarterly.

 It was a Halloween Issue, which was FREE to download as all of our issues are.  If you have not checked it out yet no worries as each edition is always available on our web site.

We will be having a Birthday Celebration Blog Hop on October 16, 2013 with several of our creative friends so watch for details and be sure to join in to see what everyone is crafting!

Beautiful Beaded Bookmark

Hi Everyone,

Have you ever purchased something only to take it home, take it apart and remake it into something different?  I have, and this project is one of those times!

I first purchased this bookmark at the store one day when I was really in a hurry.  When I got home and took a closer look  at it I hated it! It had some ugly fish looking bead (at least I thought it was a fish!) on it with some other type of beads.  I thought to myself this will never do, I want something pretty to look at when I'm reading.

I solved my problem by taking it apart and adding these gorgeous sea beads from Connie Crystal.  I have been working a lot with these sea glass beads because I just can't get enough of them.

This is another very simple project, but again, creating something that is simple to make does not mean it can't be fabulous!

Thanks for joining me. Until next time...

 

Crafty hugs,

 

Lisa

Stampin' Queen Creations

&

Bella Crafts LLC

 

For complete instructions and material list, please visit

my post on the Connie Crystal Blog at

http://sparklebycc.com/book-mark-magic/

I am NOT a Morning Person!

Hi Everyone,

This post is from a recent blog hop that I did with the KellyCraft Team and Clearsnap.  Be sure to check out both websites for more ideas with these great new rubber stamps from KellyCraft and also more fabulous inkpads from Clearsnap!


One of the best things about being a Design Team member with KellyCraft, aside from working with the owners, Jimbo & Aaron, and having Ann as our Team Leader (they're all awesome!) is that we get to see the new products before they hit the market!

When I first saw the new line of "Jimbo Lojik" rubber stamps, I almost busted a gut laughing so hard at all the different sayings that the new line offers!  They are some of the funniest things that I've heard and they relate to everyone.

To prove my point, when KellyCraft offered this new line of rubber stamps at the CHA summer show in Vegas this past July, I had the pleasure of seeing first hand how people reacted to the stamps in our booth when they saw them.  Everyone, and I mean everyone, that picked up these stamps would read them and then laugh out loud!  I can't tell you how many people would say, "Hey, this sounds like our family" or something along those lines.  It was such a pleasure to stand in our booth and watch people get such a giggle out of these new stamps.  It made my whole show and I have never had more fun at work!!!

It is no secret that I am not a morning person and my KellyCraft family tease me about it all the time.  When I saw the set that I designed this card from, I asked Jimbo if he had made this stamp just for me.  He just smiled and said "Does it sound like anyone you know?" Yep, just like me.  I can't wait for all of you to buy these stamps, because I know you're going to say the exact same thing!



© Lisa Rojas, Stampin’ Queen Creations

      www.stampinqueencreations.blogspot.com

Card Finished Size- 7 1/2"W x 5 1/2"H

For a complete material list and instructions
please visit the KellyCraft Blog at
http://kellycraftblog.blogspot.com/

An Invitation to Love

Hi Everyone,

When my daughter got married 5 years ago I designed and created everything for her wedding from the invitations to the table decorations and everything in between!  It was such a huge labor of love, but I wouldn't have changed it for anything! It was a wonderful bonding experience for my daughter and me.  With that being said, I'm really happy I only have one daughter!

Now, my son is getting married in a few short weeks and this time around was completely different.  My future daughter-in-law and her mom have been doing a terrific job of putting the wedding together and my role has been limited to the invitations.

My daughter-in-law bought these invitations from the store and although I thought they were pretty, being the designer that I am, I just couldn't stop at pretty, I wanted fabulous!  And by adding some great bling with Connie Crystal products, fabulous is just what I achieved!

Just A Note~ Be sure to head over to our Connie Crystal Facebook Page and give us a "like".  We'll be doing a big give away when we reach 1,000 "likes" so you don't want to miss that!!!  https://www.facebook.com/ConnieCrystal

Thank you for joining me.  Until next time...

 

Crafty hugs,

 

Lisa

Stampin' Queen Creations

&

Bella Crafts LLC

© Lisa Rojas, Stampin’ Queen Creations

      www.stampinqueencreations.blogspot.com

 

For a complete material list and instructions

Please visit the Connie Crystal Blog at~

www.sparklebycc.com

 

Beautiful Hair Bow with Connie Crystal

Hi Everyone,

I have made no secret of the fact that I love bling!  For me, there is nothing better than taking a plain looking item and adding some bling!  And Connie Crystal has the best bling on the market!

For this project, I took a very plain looking hair bow, and with a needle and some thread, I transformed this hair bow into something you can wear on a wonderful night out with your special someone.

It's a very fast and easy project but the results are so pretty.  This project would be great for a little girl too.  With my son getting married in a month, I just found the solution for the flower girl's hair.  They're going to have their hair bows totally blinged out!!!

For full instructions and material list, please visit the Connie Crystal blog at
www.wegotcrystal.com

Thank you for joining me.  Until next time...

 

Crafty hugs,

 

Lisa

Stampin" Queen Creations

&

Bella Crafts LLC

 

 

© Lisa Rojas, Stampin’ Queen Creations

      www.stampinqueencreations.blogspot.com

Down by the Sea Bracelet

Hi Everyone,

Wow! Things sure have been a little crazy around here!  I got home from our beach vacation and then jumped right in with preparations for the CHA Summer Show is Las Vegas!  I'll share more with you on the show in another post coming soon.

For now, I want to let you know about my newest project with Connie Crystal.  Since I wanted to keep the wonderful feelings alive that I always get from being at the beach, I created this funky beach bracelet.  Please head over to Connie Crystal's blog www.sparklebycc.com for full instructions and material list so you can recreate this bracelet for yourself or make one for your friends.

Stay tuned for more projects from some of Connie Crystal's new products that she featured at the CHA show.  There really is some very beautiful items that I can't wait to create with!

Thank you for joining me.  Until next time...

 

Crafty hugs,

 

Lisa

Stampin' Queen Creations

&

Bella Crafts LLC

 

Connie Crystal- www.wegotcrystal.com  Retail site

www.conniecrystal.com   Wholesale site