CHA~Prima~What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas~not this time...lol

Well, I’ve always wanted to go to Vegas and thanks to Liza at Scrapbook Memories, I got to go to CHA, too!  I went with my daughter, Gabby and we had a blast.  It was so much fun to see Vegas with her and go to the last CHA summer (rumor has it).

This will be long so, so I will break it up in several posts.  First, the classes I got to attend.

First class was Tim’s Distress Holiday cards and my favorite of the 4 classes I got to attend.

I hope you all notice the G45 Ladies Dairy fabric I made for my head band and vest…teehee

The left card the tag pulls out and these were so much fun to make.  Mario’s son and his wife made this card for us:


I have to share with you guys, that was totally, inspired by my friend Toni Ann and her blog: carbonescorner.  She makes the most amazing steampunk charms and when I saw her mickey steampunk I just had to make one.  So, here is the one I gave Tim:

I had an old Mickey watch and took it apart to create this card.  I added real watch parts, 7 gypsies wings and added part of the wrist band.  And yes, Toni Ann I told Tim it was inspired by you.  Next was class with Dyan and her new stamping pad:

We create a mini book using all the techniques she showed in class.  Her new stamp pad can be used over and over again to change your colors, just simply wash it out and you have a new pad to start another color palette. 

Tomorrow, I will take you thru Laura Denison’s Class using G45 Steampunk Spells and D0nna Downey’s class using Faber-Castell mixed media Gelatos.  Until tomorrow~♥Hugz, Zandra♥
Ohh, you wanted to see products from CHA???????
Yes, of course you do…LOL  I will post Prima first as it is my favorite and June will kill me if I don’t…teeheetee

new masks

Flowers:  Loving the new chalk board flowers!  Chalkboard is everywhere at CHA, almost every company has a chalkboard line.  My favorite were Prima and Theresa Collins:

Chalkboard flowers!  Gotta have it…lol



I’m sure I didn’t photo everything, but it is a taste of what is to come and I was lucky enough to meet Frank:

Tomorrow, I will bring you :

such cool sizzix products!  can’t wait to get my hands on those.            ~♥Hugz, Zandra♥

Steampunk Spells Mini Cauldron Album

Just wanted to share with you the Mini I made this week:

Love how this came out!  Have a great weekend!  I’ll be heading to Vegas for CHA, so, be sure to check next weekend for sneek peeks.  ♥Hugz, Zandra♥

Beautiful Gift From Arte Dar & Stemapunk Cards

I wanted to share with you the beautiful gift I got from Arte Dar.  I had sent her some spoons after watching her Ustream channel on Saturday nights and made her the paper clay mermaid.  You can see it here.  This is what she sent me love the napkin wrapping:

It was the perfect gift for me!  I am kinda of serious and do forget to laugh everyday!  There is so much texture and I love how she paints her faces.  I hope to be as good as her one day.  So, it was a perfect fit for me and I placed it on my work area to remind to laugh everyday.   Her favorite number is 3, for me it is 3 and 17.  Thank you so much Dar!  And she made me a fabulous steampunk card:

After seeing her gorgeous card, it inspired me to create these:

These remind me of the Flamingo Girls in Spain.  My first hand at steampunk, which was also inspired by my friend Toni.  I added small watch parts too:

Thanks for looking and be sure to stop back Friday as I will be sharing my Stemapunk G45 Mini Album.  ♥Hugz, Zandra♥

Winner of my Blog Candy

So, let us  have a drum roll please…….
The winner of my blog candy is:

Shari congratulations!  Contact me:  scrapstobeauty@aol.com
Have a great weekend.  ♥Hugz, Zandra♥

G45 Bohemian Bazaar and BLOG Giveaway

I am entering this in the July challenge over at Graphic 45.  I love paper piecing and love how this turned out.  I used a stencil and some Viva Ferro Metal Effect Colour, made some of the flowers and especially, love how the teeny tiny flowers turned out…lol  they are challenging but love how cute they are.  I used some of the laces I got from Spain and fussy cut some of the collection.  

Here you can see where I added the Viva Ferro, it gives it just a little texture.

Here you can see the tiny flowers and big flower I made and how about those awesome high heels…LOL!  I know, I know, she doesn’t have a head but I’m inspired by Dylan’s stamps.  (Not really just didn’t want to make a face…teehee). 

Finally, the finished layout.  All the little girls and some of there Moms had dressed for the fiesta.  So, adorable.

Okay, don’t forget you have until Thursday night to enter my giveaway under this post.  Good Luck and I will post the winner Friday morning.  Have a great week.  ♥Hugz, Zandra♥

BLOG~Anniversary and Giveaway

Well, it is my 4 year Blog Anniversary.  Wow, I can’t believe 4 yrs have past already!  Gabby has graduated now from Boston University and that is what made me start my blog. You guys have filled my heart that was aching from that empty nest feeling. 
Don’t want to get to mushy…lol  So, I want to give you a chance at some of the lace I got in Spain and some other thing that I have bought two of…lol

To win all you have to do is follow me with Bloglovin and leave a comment.  I will pick a winner on Friday the 12th.  Thanks for all your sweet comment and your visits it really means a lot!  So, appreciate you guys!  Good Luck!  ♥Hugz, Zandra♥

Try It On Tuesday~Challenge Show Us Your Metal

This week on Try It On Tuesday is show us your metal.  I choose to do a canvas. 


I colored the metal and Kaiser craft wood gears with black soot distress paint.  Made a Top Hat from chipboard and covered with black canvas, use fiber paste to add the gear texture and used Arte Dar’s Glue technique for the stamped image.  You can see her technique on her Saturday show on Ustream.

Here is a closer look and you can really see the texture of the gears as well as the foil tape that I embossed and aren’t those little mustaches so cute! 
So, come see the other DT members creations on TIOT and come and play.  Have a great week.  ♥Hugz, Zandra♥