Celebrate!

It is Monday indeed and time for this week's

If you are hopping with us, you will have come by way of

Judith's blog Jay Gee's Nook

If not, it's only a few steps back to join us from the start at the

EAD Designs blog

Last week, the sad announcement was made that EAD

would be closing their 'web' doors this month.

I will miss my Monday visits via our blog hop  : (

This is such a fun, geometric Stickerz set from EAD called

'Your Birthday'

I love the idea of bold, black graphics with red, don't you ?

I kept this really clean and SIMPLE for sure, as I used

Bazzill's swiss dot cardstock, so no embossing for me !

I embellished with the additional gems and that's it !

I also used this set on my Halloween card a couple

weeks ago and thought I would share it here, just in

case you missed it.  I love the 'bubbles' !

You can read all about it HERE

Here is the terrific set I used

 

It's time to send you on your way to

Liz's blog Liz's Paper Loft

I hope you enjoyed your visit and I hope

you'll stop by again soon

Project Recipe:

Cardstock: Gina K Designs & Bazzill

Embellishments: Your Birthday Stickerz by EAD Designs

gems by Recollections

 

 

Hocus Pocus!

For some very *JUICY* news
scroll on down !

Happy Monday!

It's time for our usual get-together with the designers of

If you've come by way of

Judith's blog Jay Gee's Nook

then you are in the perfect spot.

If not, we'd love to have you go back to the

EAD Designs blog

and get started there.

I haven't made many Halloween cards yet and it's one of my

favorite things to make during the season.

I love the colors and the fun themes and for this card, I mixed

two sets of 'Stickerz' from EAD . . .

'Hocus Pocus' and 'Your Birthday'

The only additions to the card is everyone's favorite

 'Drippy Goo' punch from Martha Stewart and a

few tiny rhinestones.

Here are the sets I used . . . 

It's time to send you on your way to

Liz's blog Liz's Paper Loft

Hope you enjoyed your visit.

It was lovely to see you.

Make sure you leave a little love before you move on

and you could be this week's winner !

Project Recipe:

Embellishments: Hocus Pocus & Your Birthday Stickerz by EAD Designs

gems from Recollections

Tools: Drippy Goo border punch by Martha Stewart

Fall ...

Welcome back to The Open Window.

I hope you had a lovely weekend.  The temps took a real 'dip'

the past few days and inspired me to create using a lot

of fall themes, beginning with today's project for

I hope you will hop with us today because there is always

a terrific prize at the end.

If you made your way here by way of our

September Guest Designer

Wendi's blog

If not, just a couple stops back is the

EAD Designs blog

where you can get started !

This week, I enjoyed playing with the 'Fall Harvest' Stickerz from EAD.

I pulled out some beautiful paper from last season from 

Little Yellow Bicycle called 'Hello Fall' and layered

all of my elements on top.

I twisted three different baker's twines from The Twinery

in Mandarin, Honeydew and Cappuccino and tied my

tag with a 'rag' knot.

Here is the set I used

and don't forget . . . 

So great to have you come by today.

I hope you will be inspired to create for the autumn season.

It's time to send you on your way to

Liz's blog Liz's Paper Loft

Project Recipe:

Patterned Paper: Hello Fall by Little Yellow Bicycle

Embellishments: Fall Harvest by EAD Designs
baker's twine in Mandarin, Honeydew & Cappuccino

from The Twinery, gem flourish from Want2Scrap

It's Tea Time with EAD Designs

It's always time for tea in my home !

Welcome in to The Open Window for another great blog hop with

Mondays are always very inspirational because the girls

over at EAD have so much to share.  

If you've come by way of

Judith's blog Jay Gee's Nook

then you are in the perfect spot.

If not, why not start back at the

EAD Designs blog

because there is always a terrific prize to be won.

There are only 10 blogs total

so it's easy-peasy !

'Tea Time' Stickerz are my theme today and they were so

much fun.  I started by placing the border stickers on my

American Crafts ribbon.  They stick really well to texture.

From there, I knew I wanted to simply place random images

on my panel.  I embellished my tiny flowers with gems

from KandCompany.

The patterned paper is from My Mind's Eye and was a great match.

I've been using lots of 'stuff' from my personal stash

purchased from StopandScrap.com

It's time to get you on your way over to

Liz's blog Liz's Paper Loft

She is the final stop on the hop and I know

she has created something great to share !

Happy Monday and thanks for stopping by . . . 

Make sure to leave a quick note so you can be

in the running for that great prize from EAD !

Project Recipe:

Cardstock: Pure Luxury from Gina K Designs

Patterned Paper: Lime Twist by My Mind's Eye

from StopandScrap.com

Embellishments: Tea Time Stickerz by EAD Designs

gems from K&Company, brads from Recollections

ribbon from American Crafts

Farewell to London

Happy Monday

It's time for another fabulous day with the designers from

If you've made your way to my blog from

Judith's blog Jay Gee's Nook

then we've got you well on your way!

If not, just a quick pop back to the 

EAD Designs blog

will get you started and of course you know

there's a prize at the end, so make sure to leave

a little love as you go : )

If you were living in my house for the past couple of

weeks, it would have been filled with the sounds of the

Olympics coming from London.

Although not my husband's home city

{he is from Manchester}

he has been a proud man for sure !

This card is my small tribute to the past couple of weeks . . .

I love this set of Stickerz called 'London Town' and thought it was

fitting for the festivities of the last two weeks.

These designs are all outlined in black and could easily be

colored in with your Copics or any alcohol-based marker.

I chose to keep it quite simple using bling from Want2Scrap

to light up the 'London Eye'

Here's the set in all it's glory . . . 

and of course . . . 

I hope you enjoyed my little creation and now it's

time to get you on your way over to

Lauren's blog Lauren's Creative

Thanks for 'popping in' and I'll see you again soon !

Project Recipe:

Cardstock: Pure Luxury by Gina K Designs

Embellishments: London Town Stickerz by EAD Designs

gems by Want2Scrap

Think BIG!

Happy Monday!

With an ice cream cone like this, how can it not be ? !

If you just happened to stop by, welcome to the

If you've come by way of

Judith's blog Jay Gee's Nook

then you are on the right trail.

Otherwise, pop back to the

EAD Designs blog

and get started there because we always have

a fun prize up for grabs!

Ice cream cones are sure trendy right now, aren't they ?

Of course, they are the perfect summer treat and these are called

'Sweet Birthday Treats' from EAD's Stickerz line.

I'm a huge fan of BasicGrey & thought the combination of papers

from their Serendipity & Shine On collections

were a perfect match to create my card's 'wallpaper'.

I made an oval frame from Bazzill Swiss Dot cardstock

and my Spellbinders dies.

Tiny brads, a little lime green seam binding from Ribbon Carousel

and Mandarin & Honeydew baker's twine from The Twinery 

are the perfect embellishments to finish it off.

Here is the set I used this week . . .

and remember . . . 

It is time to send you on your way to our July Guest Designer

Kate's Blog Scrappers Creative Corner

We've really enjoyed having Kate with us & we know you did too !

Thanks for stopping by . . . Have a GREAT day !

Project Recipe:

Cardstock: Gina K Designs, Bazzill & American Crafts

Patterned Paper: Serendipity & Shine On by BasicGrey

Embellishments: Sweet Birthday Treats Stickerz by EAD Designs

baker's twine in Mandarin & Honeydew by The Twinery

mini brads from American Crafts

seam binding from RibbonCarousel.com

Tools: Classic Oval Dies from Spellbinders, Big Shot

Summer Fun with EAD Designs

Welcome to a new week here at The Open Window.

I love kicking off Mondays with the

because there is always so much fun inspiration

from the designers on this team.

I am the third stop on today's hop and hopefully

you've arrived here by way of

Judith's blog Jay Gee's Nook

If not, I would love for you to join us from the start at the

EAD Designs Blog

because you just might be this week's winner!

We are smack-dab in the middle of summer here in

Northern Illinois on week #3 of 90+ degree days

and today's forecast is for 100.

Speaking of summer . . . doesn't this scene just SCREAM good times ? !

I combined two sets of 'Stickerz' by EAD

'Pocketful of Sunshine' & 'Cute Transportation'

along with the sentiment by The Craft's Meow.

I remember the days of riding a bike like this when I was

in grade school and sometimes I wish I could go back to

those days of 'breezing' around the neighborhood with

very few cares in the world  : )

 

To create a little 'shine', I added Stickles in Stardust

to the sunshine & clouds.

Here are the sweet sets I used today:

and the GREAT NEWS is . . . 

So head on over to the EAD Store and take a look around.

These sets are only $2.50 each and with free shipping,

I'd run . . . not walk  ; )

I've made it really easy for you too with a direct link

right to the Stickerz ! ! !

OK . . . it's time to get you on your way to

the next stop on the hop, our July Guest Designer

Kate's blog Scrapper Creative Corner

Thanks for stopping by on a busy Monday !

I'm SO glad you did !

Project Recipe:

Embellishments: Pocketful of Sunshine & Cute Transportation Stickerz 

by EAD Designs
pearls by Recollections, Stardust Stickles by Ranger

Stamps:  Summer Fun by The Craft's Meow

Inks: Slate & Burano by A Muse Studio

Patterned Paper:  Tea for Two by Cosmo Cricket

Triple Scoop Anyone?

Happy Monday to you!

It's time for this week's blog hop with

If you are visiting from the hop, you will have come from

Judith's blog Jay Gee's Nook

If you just happened to stop by, then I invite you back to the

EAD Designs Blog

leave comments along the way and YOU could win!

We are really excited to welcome

Kate Cordero 

as our July Guest Designer too !

It's going to be a FABulous month ! ! !

It's summertime and I crave ice cream ! ! !

How about you ?

I created this 'sweet' card using 

'Strawberry-licious' & 'Random Words' 

Stickerz from EAD.

I was so glad to have the patterned paper from Bella Blvd.

It was a perfect match for the theme.

I thought I would 'glaze' that strawberry on top with a

little Stickles in Stardust.

Here are the fabby sets I used today :

I am the very last stop on the hop.

I hope you enjoyed your visit and look forward

to seeing you again soon !

Oh . . . by the way . . . ice cream triple scoop . . .

I say 'Go For It' !

Project Recipe:

Patterned Paper: Sunshine Happiness from Bella Blvd

Embellishments: Strawberry-licious & Random Words Stickerz 

by EAD Designs

baker's twine in Shore by The Twinery

Stickles in Stardust by Ranger

Rhinestones & pearls by Little Yellow Bicycle & Recollections

Tools: Apron Lace border punch by Fiskars

 

 

Seize the Day !

Happy Monday to one and all ! ! !

It is time for another T-rrific blog hop with my pals over at

If you are hopping already, you should have come from

Judith's blog Jay Gee's Nook

If you're just stopping by, I'd love to invite you back to the

EAD Designs Blog

There's always a fun prize for a lucky visitor who leave

a little love on each of the participating blogs.

There are only eleven blogs

and you have all week long . . . EASY !

This week, I decided to mix a couple of sets from the

EAD Stickerz line with this fun set of stamps from Paper Smooches.

The chair & Objet d'art are from 'Vintage Furniture' & the sentiment

is from 'Random Words' by EAD.

The shelf & rug are from the 'Vogue Abode' set by Paper Smooches.

I took my inspiration from the current challenge over at

Here are the sets I used today . . .

and remember . . . 

I can't keep you here any longer.

It's time to send you on your way to my creative teammate

Lauren at Lauren's Creative

Don't forget to leave a little love & YOU just might win !

Project Recipe:

Embellishments: Vintage Furniture & Random Words by EAD Designs
gems by White Blossom

Stamps: Vogue Abode by Paper Smooches