My Little Green Blog http://www.tarasrokadesigns.com/blog Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:54:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 MyLittleGreenBloghttp://feedburner.google.com Vintage Holiday Memories http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyLittleGreenBlog/~3/tgZ3FFrDNs8/ http://www.tarasrokadesigns.com/blog/2009/11/03/vintage-holiday-memories/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:51:47 +0000 Tara Sroka http://www.tarasrokadesigns.com/blog/?p=1128 us-MU-blog
I have been a HUGE fan of Michelle Underwood’s work since I started scrapbooking and now I’m so thrilled to be apart of Michelle Underwood’s Creative Team. Michelle has a new kit called Vintage Holiday Memories on sale today and here is my first “official” layout featuring John & I from pumpkin picking with the family last weekend. I thought I would try something different here and I really like the way it came together.

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Be sure to stop by Two Peas in A Bucket to pick up this fabulous kit!
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My niece and nephew are too cute in their Halloween costumes. This layout makes me smile. Hope you are having a great Halloween!
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Seven years ago yesterday John and I had our first date at our friends Jenna & Dave’s wedding. Figured it would be a good subject for a layout. Awww! Here we are shakin’ our groove thang and lookin good!
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I need your help blog world. I have been wanting to display our wedding cake topper (thanks to the wonderful Colette Peterson) but haven’t figured out a creative way to do so. For the past 4 years it’s been stored in a take out container, sad I know. LOL! But I really would like to display it somewhere because it really makes me smile since it’s so damn cute! It’s somewhat heavy since it’s made of clay but it has a stick in it that juts out at the bottom which could help it sit in something. My original thought was to place it in a container of some sort and place cool stones all around it to make it stay. Wasn’t too sure about that though and plus I want it to be covered so dust doesn’t get in it. So I’m really not sure how to go about doing this and thought I would seek help. Anyone have any thoughts?? Any ideas are appreciate!

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]]> http://www.tarasrokadesigns.com/blog/2009/10/10/mini-book-project/feed/ 1 http://www.tarasrokadesigns.com/blog/2009/10/10/mini-book-project/ <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyLittleGreenBlog/~3/zQxxkJdMaGo/</link> <comments>http://www.tarasrokadesigns.com/blog/2009/10/06/1100/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:09:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Tara Sroka</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Cards]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Stamping]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tarasrokadesigns.com/blog/?p=1100</guid> <description><![CDATA[ A few weeks ago I saw on Jennifer McGuire’s blog a technique that seemed pretty cool so I wanted to give it a try. I played around the other day with this card and gave her trick a whirl. I cuttlebugged the notecards with the Swiss Dots embossing folder, followed by some sanding. This revealed the [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1102" title="holiday-happiness-LR" src="http://www.tarasrokadesigns.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/holiday-happiness-LR.jpg" alt="holiday-happiness-LR" width="418" height="342" /><br /> A few weeks ago I saw on <a href="http://jennifermcguireink.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/09/happy-sunday.html">Jennifer McGuire’s</a> blog a technique that seemed pretty cool so I wanted to give it a try. I played around the other day with this card and gave her trick a whirl. I cuttlebugged the notecards with the<a href="http://store.simplyscrap.com/37-1604.html"> Swiss Dots embossing folder</a>, followed by some sanding. This revealed the white core of the note cards, which I then added dots of color with my makers.  For the final touch I then die cut the paper with the <a href="http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=113463">Stampin’ Up Top Note die</a> for the cool shape. Love how it all came out to make a more vibrant and textured background paper.</p> <p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-507" title="tara-siggy.jpg" src="http://www.tarasrokadesigns.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/tara-siggy.jpg" alt="tara-siggy.jpg" width="53" height="36" /></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.tarasrokadesigns.com/blog/2009/10/06/1100/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> <feedburner:origLink>http://www.tarasrokadesigns.com/blog/2009/10/06/1100/</feedburner:origLink></item> <item> <title>Favorite Stamp http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyLittleGreenBlog/~3/DSm_jbxG1L4/ http://www.tarasrokadesigns.com/blog/2009/10/05/favorite-stamp/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:54:24 +0000 Tara Sroka http://www.tarasrokadesigns.com/blog/?p=1094 Picture 1
I’m in love with this stamp, Kissing Couple from Amuse Stamps. I used it a few weeks ago at a crop and fall in love with it. You can use it for lots of different cards and I think it’s darling. Here’s my latest and greatest creation with it.

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I started out playing around with the ink background making it look like clouds and voila – came out pretty good! Oh so romantic!
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]]> http://www.tarasrokadesigns.com/blog/2009/10/05/favorite-stamp/feed/ 1 http://www.tarasrokadesigns.com/blog/2009/10/05/favorite-stamp/ Happy World Card Making Day!! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyLittleGreenBlog/~3/X1k9P56NDx0/ http://www.tarasrokadesigns.com/blog/2009/10/03/happy-world-card-making-day/#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:48:50 +0000 Tara Sroka http://www.tarasrokadesigns.com/blog/?p=1083 worldcardmakingdayHappy World Card Making Day!! This holiday is special for card makers around the world to celebrate the creativity of handmade cards and the personal connection that they create between friends and family! Since taking a break from my blog I’ve gotten into card making and rubber stamping. It has been a great way to get back into crafts and using my hands which I missed when I was working on the computer designing. Here’s a few new cards I made the last few days.

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The designers at Pink Ink Studios are excited about fall and the winter holidays fast approaching. The store is buzzing with lots of new holiday products and there are more in the works. Come check out Pink Ink Studios this month.

PRODUCT FOCUS
Our October Product Focus is on Holiday Cards/Christmas. Be sure to get 10% off these products and watch for articles all month featuring them.

PRODUCT SALE!
All products in the Cards>Christmas category of our store are 10% off the list price for the entire month of October. Sale prices will be displayed once you add the item to your shopping cart. :)

CONTEST
Get in on this month’s photo contest! It’s “THINK PINK” time and we want you to do just that. We have three prizes to give away. Contest ends October 25, 2009. Visit the Pink Ink Blog to learn more about how you can enter to win.

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I’m finally getting back to my blog after a long hiatus. I know it’s been quite awhile but some time off was needed to reevaluate some things. Feeling refreshed, rejuvenated and ready for Fall!! And with the start of October kicks off Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Last year I had the great opportunity to collaborate with some fine digital scrapbook designers to create the Save the Tatas Breast Cancer Charity Kit. All of the proceeds went to the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk and I’m THRILLED to announce that this year the kit will be available again.

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This kit is the same as last year but it’s still a gem of a kit to have! So if you didn’t purchase it last year you can get the kit from my store. The download instructions and links are in the Word document upon downloading your purchase since this is a HUGE kit. So make sure to read the instructions to get the kit.

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And last but not least to celebrate the kick off to Breast Cancer Awareness Month I’ve put together a fun little freebie for you all. Hope you enjoy some pink sequins and hopefully we can end this deadly disease by spreading awareness.

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