JULY CHALLENGE

Hi everyone!!! I have a super easy challenge to those who want to play along with us this month - - make a project (can be layout, card or altered project) with these must-have ingredients: RICRACS and BRADS!!!


To make my embellishments, I layered my cutout stamped image using the circle stamp from #UDD209. Girl friends Clear Stamp Set, my layered ricracs (#RIB403. Vogue Ribbon and #RIB401. Blossom Ribbon), cutout images from the Cupcake Collection (#UDD0134. Delicious and #UDD0132. Icing on Top papers), and brads (#BRD311. Blossom).


Hope you can play along with us!!! Just link your creations to this post so we can view your projects!!!


Have fun creating!!!

janis

APRIL PRODUCT SHOWCASE

Hello everyone!!! This is Janis blogging again for Upsy Daisy. The gals this month has spring in mind, so I thought of showcasing UDD's Luscious Leaves Clear Stamps.

These stamps can be used not only as leaves but also as flowers!!! Check out my first layout below:

UDD Products Used: Papers: #UD0164. Caresse, #UDD0168. Ella Bella, #UDD0170. Lily Lou, #UDD0172. Princess Abbie, #UDD0137. Scrumptious, #UDD0135. Sprinkles, #UDD0134. Delicious, #UDD0130. Stillness, #UDD0131. Harmony, #BLO011. Awakening, #BLO012. Freshly Picked, #WP014. Magnificent, Clear Stamps: #UDD0106. Floral Flourishes, #UDD0109. Luscious Leaves, #UDD0108. Lovely Lines, Brads: #EMB006. New Day.

Stamped my leaves (used 2 different ink colors) and topped with Stickles for added glitter!!!


I love how my flowers turned out!!! I just stamped and cut out the images and formed it in a circle flower. Easy peasy. ;o)


Here's my second layout: If you think that my flowers look familiar, it's because they're actually recycled out of the altered brad holders that you can see HERE.

UDD Products Used: Papers: #BLO011. Awakening, #BLO012. Freshly Picked, #BLO016. Spring is in the Air, #BLO015. Spring Breeze, #UDD0171. Miss Brin, #UDD173. Sophie Love, Stamps: #UDD0109. Luscious Leaves, Brads: #EMB007. Walk in the Park.

I think I have trained my kids not to cause major damage on the packaging of treat holders that I give them!!! LOL!!!


More leaves - - I say these clear stamps are must-haves!!!!


Have fun creating!!! Thanks for looking everyone!!!

janis

P.S. I rarely mix and match collections as most of the time, I want to showcase what can be done with that line - - but in these layouts, I had a blast mixing a lot of papers from different lines!!! This just shows how versatile UDD papers are!!!

FUSSY CUTTING WITH HOME SWEET HOME

Most of the times, the first things I look at the papers are the patterns that I can cut. I love it when I can cut a lot of shapes and layer them on top of each other to achieve beautiful clusters that would accentuate my photos.

It's love at first sight when I got hold of Home Sweet Home, I had a blast cutting the flowers and the birds found in Alma paper. I'm sharing with you two layouts today - - both having a lot of fussy cutting!!!

Here's my first layout: The big flower cut-outs are perfect for scrapping my 5x7 photo (it's my current fave size to scrap!!!!):

Supplies: Home Sweet Home papers (Alma, Maddison St., Midland Ave, Rockland Rd), Walk in the Park Fabric Brads.

The Walk in the Park fabric brads work perfectly as flower centers:


Random cut-outs adhered with pop dots for added dimension (itty bitty houses from Midland Ave. over Maddison St.'s!!):

Cute birdie sighting in Alma paper (pop dots really do the trick, don't you think?):


Here's my second layout: I love this saying from A. Danielson found in Maddison St. paper, but I couldn't think of a title that would go well with it (so forgive me for the very original "Remember" title!!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!). I cut the quote strip in three sections and incorporated it in the design of my layout:

Supplies: Home Sweet Home papers (Alma, Beach, Cedar Cres, Maddison St., Midland Ave, Rockland Rd), Walk in the Park Fabric Brads.

More cut-outs in this layout!!!



I hope I inspired you to take out your stash of Home Sweet Home papers and cut, cut, cut!!!! Have fun creating!!!

Until next time,

janis

OF BRADS AND BRAD HOLDERS

Hello everyone!!!! This is JANIS blogging once again for Upsy Daisy!!!! Today I'm going to showcase two projects which use Upsy Daisy Brads!!!

BOYS WILL BE BOYS

I got to play with Avalanche papers for the November Monthly Sketch which you can see here. While I "borrowed" #MT2-015. Tyler from the Man About Town II Collection (for the circle cut-outs), this is really an Avalanche number!

UDD Products Used:
Papers: Avalanche: #AVA011. Adrenaline, #AVA012. Extreme, #AVA013. Grind, #AVA014. Powder, #AVA015. Summit, #AVA016. Wipeout, Man About Town II: #MT2-015. Tyler, Brads: #BRD313. Vogue, #EMB007. Walk in the Park, Ribbons: #RIB403. Vogue Ribbon, Rub-Ons: #UDD194. Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Clear Stamps: #UDD208. Chic Bebe, #UDD210. My Guy, #UDD209. Girl friends.

Some close-ups for you: For my title, I used the "Boys will be boys" caption found in the #UDD194. Planes, Trains and Automobiles Rub-ons.

For this one, I rubbed my letters on my #AVA016. Wipeout paper first before I cut them out and adhered them on my square #BRD313. Vogue brads. I topped them with Ranger Industries' Glossy Accents for a glossy finish.


ALTERED BRAD HOLDERS

For my second project, I altered the Upsy Daisy brad holders as candy holders. My kids love these candy-coated chocolates, more so with this type of packaging!!! I used here papers from the See You Later Alligator Collection ( with the orange #UDD173. Sophie Love paper "borrowed" from the Circle of Friends Line).

UDD Products Used:
Papers: See You Later Alligator: #SYLA012. Alphabet Soup, #SYLA013. Everglades, #SYLA004. Expedition, #SYLA015. Gators, #SYLA016. Marsh, Circle of Friends: #UDD173. Sophie Love, Brads: #EMB007. Walk in the Park, Ribbons: #RIB403. Vogue Ribbon, Clear Stamps: #UDD208. Chic Bebe, Other: UDD Brad Holders.

Some close-ups for you:


Hope I inspired you to take out your UDD papers and play with them!!! Have fun creating!!!

janis

SHARING SOME AVALANCHE LAYOUTS

Hello everyone! I got to play with Upsy Daisy's Avalanche papers lately and was able to create two layouts. I thought that even though they are winter papers, they are very versatile enough to be used on boy pages!

My first layout is my entry to Journaling Junkie's Challenge 86: What Comforts You?. You can find the details of this layout on my blog HERE.

UDD Supplies Used: Papers: #AVA011. Adrenaline, #AVA012. Extreme, #AVA013. Grind, #AVA014. Powder, #AVA015. Summit, #AVA016. Wipeout, Fabric Brads: #EMB007. Walk in the Park, Stamps: #UDD209. Girl friends.

My second layout used the sketch for the month that you can find HERE. I also took inspiration on the strip that you can find on the #AVA013. Grind paper.

UDD Supplies Used: Papers: #AVA011. Adrenaline, #AVA012. Extreme, #AVA013. Grind, #AVA014. Powder, #AVA015. Summit, #AVA016. Wipeout, Fabric Brads: #EMB007. Walk in the Park.

I cut them out as strips and adhered them with pop dots for added dimension.

Hope you like what I shared with you today! Until next time!!!

Have fun creating,

janis

Boy layouts using See You Later Alligator

Hello. This is Janis blogging for Upsy Daisy once again. Today I'm gonna showcase See You Later... Alligator Line with two layouts that I have made of my son.

AWESOME

This layout is based on the monthly Upsy Daisy Sketch that you can see here:

UDD Products Used: #SYLA011. A is for Alligator, #SYLA012. Alphabet Soup, #SYLA013. Everglades, #SYLA004. Expedition, #SYLA015. Gators, #SYLA016. Marsh, #BRD312. See You Later Alligator, #EMB006. New Day.

Love these brads!!!! These are from the See You Later Alligator and New Day Collections.


FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS

Here's my second layout, I sooo love dear sonny's pictures here - - he looks soooo big here already!!!!

UDD Products Used: #SYLA011. A is for Alligator, #SYLA012. Alphabet Soup, #SYLA013. Everglades, #SYLA004. Expedition, #SYLA015. Gators, #SYLA016. Marsh, #BRD312. See You Later Alligator, #EMB006. New Day, #UDD208. Chic Bebe, #UDD0077. Sweet Slumber-Boy.

I also mixed in these rub-ons from Sweet Slumber Boy Collection. The captions are perfect to describe my dear sonny!!!

Got to use the stamp coming Chic Bebe Collection from to outline my circle journaling (the brads were from the See You Later Alligator and New Day Collections as the first layout).


Here's a message to all of you before I sign off:


Have fun creating,
janis

OF VOGUE AND BRADS

Hello everyone!!! This is Janis bringing you lots of blooming (literally!!! LOL!!!) ideas today. I finally got my package of new Upsy Daisy releases - - so I started creating as soon as I got hold of these yumminess!!!

The DT members were challenged to use Kim's sketch here using any of the three new lines with the Metallic Blossom Brads as the special ingredient. I looked at the papers and figured I'd go with Vogue in showcasing the brads. I soooooo love the floral designs on this line that I actually cut out almost all the flowers that I found on these Diva and Chic papers and used them on my two layouts!!!
Here's my first layout using Kim's May sketch (that's my dear sister on the photo!!!!) :
UDD Products Used: #VO011. Catwalk, #VO012. Chic, #VO013. Diva, #VO014. Fashionista, #VO015. Runway, #VO016. Strike a Pose, #BRD314.Metallic Blossom Brads.

Used this "Strike a Pose" caption as my title (I framed it using the filmstrip chipboard from Buzz and Bloom).
I teared the Runway patterned paper to reveal the beautiful design at the back!!!
Flowers galore!!! I layered the flower cut outs, curled the petals a bit and held them together with the Metallic Blossom Brads!!!

For my second layout, I changed the brads I used and went with Walk in the Park Fabric Brads. The photos show my dear daughter Nat with my niece Twinkle:
UDD Products Used: #VO011. Catwalk, #VO012. Chic, #VO013. Diva, #VO014. Fashionista, #VO015. Runway, #VO016.Strike a Pose, #EMB007. Walk in the Park, #UDD0106. Floral Flourishes. Sketch is from Pages in Time's May 20 Thursday Sketch of the Week.

Used this "Friends Forever" tag as my title...
Notice those stamped floral flourishes peeking out on my floral cluster? I also found the Floral Flourishes clear stamp on my package (I sooooo love this one!!!!!!!) so I figured I'd use it also on my layout. Initially I didn't know where I want them, so I just stamped on a clear transparency and cut them out. I found that this trick made it easier for me to know where to place them on my layout.
Hope I inspired you to play with your Upsy Daisy products with my layouts!!! I will be back blogging here in June 14 with another new line of Upsy Daisy goodness so stay tuned!!!!


Have fun creating,
Janis

A NEW DAY FOR MAN ABOUT TOWN

Hello there!!! This is Janis blogging today here at Upsy Daisy. Due to postal issues, I haven't gotten my stash of new lines yet so instead, I decided to do the March's Sketch Challenge using the A New Day line.

Here's my take:

A NEW DAY

UDD Products used: Papers: #ND011. Believe, #ND013. Faith, #ND014. Hope, #ND015. Inspire, #ND016. Promise, Brad: #EMB006. New Day.

I was able to make this flower by stacking different sizes of heart diecuts out of the Promise Paper . The layers are held together by one of the coordinating brads.


I did the same layering of heart diecuts here, except that I also used clear acetate material which were embossed with polka dot embossing folder and lightly painted with pearl acrylic paint.


I was not ready to put away my scraps yet so I played some more and created these cards:

UDD Products used: Papers: #ND011. Believe, #ND012. Dream, #ND013. Faith, #ND014. Hope, #ND015. Inspire, Brad: Upsy Daisy, Rub-ons: #UDD189. Oh Happy Day. Sketch by Ali Macdonald for Sketches: Creatively Yours.

UDD Products used: Papers: #ND011. Believe, #ND013. Faith, #ND014. Hope, #ND015. Inspire, Brad: #EMB006. New Day, Rub-ons: #UDD191. With Gratitude.

UDD Products used: Papers: #ND011. Believe, #ND012. Dream, #ND013. Faith, #ND014. Hope, #ND016. Promise, #ND015. Inspire, Brad: #EMB006. New Day, Rub-ons: #UDD0124. Inspire Dream. Sketch by Ann Seleshanko for Sketches: Creatively Yours.

While I'm at it, I figured I might as well share with you my creations last month using Man About Town II Line:

MAN ABOUT TOWN II

UDD Products used: Papers: #MT2-012. Deacon, #MT2-013. Martin, #MT2-014. Nolan, #MT2-016. William, Brads: Upsy Daisy, Rub-ons: #UDD187. Man About Town. UDD February Sketch.

UDD Products used: Papers: #MT2-011. Carter, #MT2-012. Deacon, #MT2-013. Martin, #MT2-014. Nolan, #MT2-015. Tyler, #MT2-016. William, Brads: #EMB004. Man About Town, Rub-ons: #UDD187. Man About Town. Sketch by Monika Martinson for Sketches: Creatively Yours.

UDD Products used: Papers: #MT2-011. Carter, #MT2-012. Deacon, #MT2-013. Martin, #MT2-014. Nolan, #MT2-015. Tyler, #MT2-016. William, Rub-ons: #UDD187. Man About Town. Sketch by Ann Seleshanko for Sketches: Creatively Yours.

UDD Products used: Papers: #MT2-011. Carter, #MT2-013. Martin, #MT2-014. Nolan, #MT2-015. Tyler, #MT2-016. William, Stamp: #UDD208. Chic Bebe.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope I inspired you to play with your Upsy Daisy papers!!! Until next time!!!

janis