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!!!

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

Ice Cream Tutorial

Hello everyone and happy Monday. Today I would like to share with you how I made my easy peezy but cute Ice cream embellishment that I used in this page....


this was the page I made using Kim's October sketch. Make sure you check it out here and if so incline play along. We always look forward to seeing what people do with Kim's great sketches.

Ok so onto the tutorial. Here's what you'll need...
Papers
1" circle punch
bone folder or popsicle stick
sand block/paper
paper trimmer












*I adhered my ice cream with pop up adhesive so that it'll add dimension to the page.
*Papers are from the Circle of friends line and brads are from the "New Day" collection.

and I can't leave without sharing another easy peezy project that is Halloween inspired.

Halloween cupcake toppers

I used some dingbats to create my "spooky and silly" faces. I printed them off and colored them in with color pencils.


I then used some papers from the Enchanted line for the backs of each topper. I love the dark purple hues of that line. I think it totally coordinates with any Halloween project. After that, I added some orange glitter and ribbon, then placed them all on a popsicle stick and added to my cupcakes. Now how easy can that get?!

So there you have it. Hope you were inspired to make something fun today.

Till next time,
Grace

Past and Present...

For this week's layout, I really wanted to do a past/present layout and realized I had these two beautiful photos of my daughter, one taken at age three and one taken this year at (almost) age 8. They are both face shots of her with her dance costume and makeup on, which made them "match" visually.

The soft look of Upsy Daisy Designs "Blossom" paper line was perfect for this layout, but I also mixed in some from the "Enchanted" line (the background) and the "Cupcake" line (the pink). Some of the larger pink and brown circles are from the "Circle of Friends" Upsy Daisy Designs line. It was fun to see how well these papers looked together .... and also realize how much just my daughter's face has "matured" in 5 short years!

I also used Upsy Daisy Designs rub on letters (in brown) for most of the title and some rub on flowers that were also included on the "Basic Brown Alpha" rub ons.  The stamp you see under the title "Dance" is an Upsy Daisy Designs clear stamp (love those!!) from a pack called "Floral Flourishes."  I used my sewing machine for the light brown zig-zag edge on the left of the pink paper.  I like it when layouts look pretty and simple (or classic) but they also have some little unique touches to make them more interesting than at first glance.

Hope you like it!

Monthly Sketch - April 2010

We hope that you all enjoyed our first monthly sketch in March and decide to play along with us again this month.

Without further ado, let me show you the sketch for April:

You can flip it, use it to create cards, projects or layouts in any size. For ease I create all sketches in a 12 x 12 format but that does not mean you have to scrap in 12 x 12. Just look at my example - I decided to go 6 x 12 this time, with my favourite of the new releases ALLIGATOR

**click on the image to enlarge**

UPSY DAISY DESIGNS products used:

Papers: #SYLA012. Alphabet Soup; #SYLA004. Expedition; #SYLA013. Everglades; #VO012. Chic
Rub Ons: #UDD124. Classy Brown - Alpha (8x8); #UDD0123. Basic Brown Alpha
Stamps: #UDD208. Chic Bebe


Now have a look at what DT member Julia created from the sketch - it is ingenious how she layered all the elements. Please take a look at JULIA'S BLOG for some more detailed shots, I will certainly have to try this technique myself! Julia used the wonderful papers from the VOGUE collection, by the way.

A perfect example to show that the older paperlines from Upsy Daisy Designs are still very hip and fashionable is this vibrant layout from DT Member JANIS. The CIRCLE OF FRIENDS line is one of my all time favourites - the colours and the designs make me happy :) - just between you and I = you can get these papers in the SALE right now for only $0.59!!!!

Another layout using the VOGUE line can be seen here from DT Member SANDI - how fabulous is the combination of the BRADS together with the die cut sentiments and flowers...scrummy!

Would you like to play along with us and create a layout based on the above sketch? Use your favourite UDD products and link us to your creation within the comments section of this post no later than 25 April 2010, so we can leave you some love...and give a shout out to our fave layout! It could be YOUR time to be in the spotlight as I will be choosing my personal favourite from all your submission to be featured here, on the Daisy Diaries!

What is life about? Sharing!!!

What is life about if not sharing with the special close ones and sharing to help the ones in need? As so, when my box full of beautiful Upsy Daisy goodies arrived at my home I already started thinking I should work out a way of sharing and why not to say, also, a way to start working out Upsy Daisy Trade Mark in Brazil. At that same day, I planned a special class at the store I teach twice a month and announced to the regular basis students. At classes, we worked with sketches, no ready to glance project, so that every work would be kind of different. We mainly used A Walk in the Park and Man About Town Collections. Each student took home a Layout and a card, as well as left at the store a second card made specially for a Social Project that I am working on. I am the one wearing grey and the other one is Daniela, one of my students. On our hands you can see Daniela's and Claire's works. Well, you will here from me every day of this week, so, for today, this is it! :D Scrap Hugs and Kisses , Julia Saddi

Kit Hot Chocolate and Spirit by Julia Saddi: http://www.paperdesignbyjuliabsb.blogspot.com/

Kit A New Day by Liara Micheloni:  http://www.scrapbyliara.blogspot.com/

Kit Vroom by JuGG: http://www.scrapstuffed.blogspot.com/

Kit Circle of Friends by Márcia Valêsca: http://www.marciavalesca.blogspot.com/

Kit Cupcake by Thaísa Salge:  http://www.scrapespaco.blogspot.com/

pink can be masculine, too

hello everyone! i just wanted to talk about how versatile the circle of friends line is for both masculine and feminine projects. here i did a layout about my husband with our kids. i love how it turned out. the pink and oranges are just the right colors accents that my photo needed.



i would love to see how you would use a feminine line on a masculine project.

Rub ons, brads ... and Dad ...

Hey girls :)))

this month, we would like, first, to show you all the fantastic things you can make with rub ons and brads from your favorite company UDD !

let's see some details ...
you can use your alphabet rub ons to make embellishments like this clouds:


don't hesitate to cut your rub ons for a different used ... look at this flowers...
i used the stamp from #UDD209. Girl friends for making the stem of the flowers; then i cut the circles rub ons on #UDD186. It's A Girl Thing for making the flowers with brads ( #EMB003. Its a Girl Thing) in the center:



make your own and personal tag! i first used the rub ons " tag happy birthday" from #UDD189. Oh Happy Day without the words and added some little flowers and words perfect for the theme of my layout:

have you seen this Jewel brads (#EMB002. Bebe-Girl) ? don't you love it !?? i love it ! and i thought it would make an amazing pink sun ! i used a circle rub ons on a little scrap of white paper too...



i hope this will give you the taste to try !!

Then, it's father's day soon ! have you prepared something special for this ?
I made a page to celebrate my daughter's daddy, who is the daddy number one, the perfect dad !
I wanted to show him how much i love the daddy he is for my daughters, the daddy i was dreaming for ... and look ! it's a boy page (ok my daugthers are on the photo too lol !) with pink papers !





Papers :
#UDD180. Fairy Tale from Unwritten
#UDD173. Sophie Love
#UDD0171. Miss Brin
#UDD0169. Katydid
#UDD0172. Princess Abbie from Circle of Friends
Rub ons:
#UDD185. Baby Love
#UDD188. Unwritten
#UDD186. It's A Girl Thing
Brads:
#EMB005. Unwritten
#EMB003. Its a Girl Thing

that's all for today !!
thank you so much for looking !!!
we'd love to see your layouts using UDD products !
Michele

Fun Mini!

To make this mini album you'll first need to cut the back pocket off of an old pair of jeans.

Measure the size of your pocket and cut some papers to fit inside.

Fold paper in half and stitch in place...

making sure that your stitching goes through the pocket as well!

This makes a perfect summer album :)

Cards for all occasions!

I've got some new cards to share with you today using several of the new lines. The versatility of the bebe line is perfect for making both boy and girl baby cards while Circle of Friends is great for honoring that special friend in your life. I've been using the Unwritten line for both wedding and sympathy cards. This line is classic and elegant and works well for celebrating a marriage and mourning the loss of a loved one.

TIP: I used a fine-tip scissors to cut the cluster of flowers from the patterned paper on the "Happily Ever After" card.

Happy card-making! :)
Jill

What makes you smile?

For me...it's all the YUMMY New goodness that UDD has designed! Not only is it GORGEOUS...but the quality is the BEST TOO!

Here are a couple creations I've done using a couple of the new lines.

LOVE:

...and up close:

And My littlest LOVE:

...and up close. :)

I can not wait to see what everyone who gets their hands on these new lines creations! :)
Be sure to post a link here to share you creations too...we would LOVE to see them ALL!
xoxo
Lots of loves and blessings,