Love - Queen & Co.

Good morning!

I am here today with a fun layout using the Bug Jar and Love Jar kits from Queen & Co.  They were made to coordinate perfectly with each other.  The Love Jar Kit provides the jar and the Bug Jar Kit provides new jar covers, Toppings, and embellishments to match.

I played with the title of my layout and used a full jar of goodness as the 'O' in Love.  

Then I stamped and die cut flies, die cut vellum and layered those together to soften the look of the black bugs.  

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I wanted to emphasis flowers on the side of the photo to offset the heaviness of the Jar in the title.  I clumped several different styles together to match the color of my boy Milford and his eyes.  

Thank you for stopping by today.  I encourage you to use your shaker kits on a layout page.

Mary-Ann Maldonado

Supplies used:
Bug Jar Kit
Love Jar Shaker Kit
Little Letters - Green
Bouquet:  Pastel and Bright
Pom Pom Flowers:  Yellow, White and Green
Glitter Flower: Yellow
Toppings:  Pops, Iridescent Bubbles and Butterflies (Included in kit)

Shaker Cards - Queen and Company

Good morning Q&C fans!
I have two new shaker cards for ya!  I gotta tell you it is really fun to be given a die set and told go to town!  There is so much versatilely to these sets.  No rules, just plain creativity.  I was assigned the Circle Shaped Shaker Set.  The set includes dies and the coordinating Foam Shapes.  9 foam shapes to be exact and 3 different size circle dies.  The Stamp Set that is included has several different themes.  Making playing with this set, super easy and fun. 

I decided to create a card based in the stamp sentiment: Something for the happy couple.  I looked through my older die/stamp stash for something I could make two of, representing the happy couple.  I found this fun Flamingo that came with a palm tree.   

After layering the papers and creating the shaker, I filled it with coordinating Jewel and Pop Toppings, Iridescent Toppings and Pearlies.  Adding a few stationary Metallic Bubbles in gold.

Supplies used:
Heart Throb Kit
Picture Perfect 6x6 pad
Metallic Bubbles - Gold
Circle Shaped Shaker
Toppings: Pops, Iridescent Bubbles, Pearlies and Jewels.

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For my second card, I wanted to incorporate the Sunburst Die with the Circle Shaped Shaker.  I first blended my base paper with a few colors representing the sun.  After cutting out the Sunburst Die, I layered the Circle die on the Sunburst and re-cut with my Big Shot.  Leaving a Circle background, showing the pretty blended colors.  

I filled the Circle with various Confetti Toppings and Iridescent Bubbles.  Tied a yellow Sparkle String bow and that was all!

Supplies used:
Circle Shaped Shaker
Sparkle String - Yellow
Sunburst Die
Toppings: Confetti, Iridescent Bubbles, Tiny Bubbles

Thank you for popping in today.  I hope you are inspired to use other dies along with your newer ones.  It is a fun technique.

Mary-Ann Maldonado

It's Your Day - Queen & Co

Morning!

Today I am on the Queen and Company Blog creation cards.  YUP!  Cards.  

I used the Shaped Shaker Balloon set with the new matching Clear Stamps- Balloon!  

They even have new Toppings that you will not want to miss.  

Sweet as Candy - Queen and Company

My favorite girl surrounded by candy is just right. 

I used the papers in the Candy Land Kit from Queen and Company to help draw out the colors in the photo.  Flo can not leave her basket alone.  She can't just pull out the one toy she wants.  She empties the entire bucket for the one toy on the bottom.  

Look how adorable the candy jars and candy are from the newest Shaker Kit from Q&C.  

Cutie Fruity - Queen & Co.

Hoping you will join me on the Queen and Company Blog today.  I have a multi-shaker layout and it is tons of fun.  I tell you what I used and a tip I learned along the way.  I used almost every fruit in the Fruit Basket Shaker Kit and its full of fun juicy and fruity goodies.  

This little boy is my Godson Logan.  He is as crazy as he looks, and tons of fun.  

Thanks for stopping in.

Apple - Queen and Company

The new Fruit Basket Shaker Kit is available and you can go HERE to grab it!  

It is full of juicy possibilities and for cards or layouts.  

I have created a fun layout using the apples from the kit for my apple picking pictures.

There are more details on the Queen website HERE.  

How I created the 3-D apples and the Shaker apple pieces.

Summer - Queen and Company

Well, this is different for me.  I decided on the rainbow paper first.  Then, the Windows Shaker Card Kit.  I wanted to do more than the norm for my blog post on the Queen and Company blog today, so I added 3, THREE different die cuts, with two being shaker cards.  ON a layout!  What!

So, right now, it is all about summer and our pool.  We had friends over recently and I printed and trimmed my fave photos to fit within the Windows Shaker.  But my fave, the color bling that matches the rainbow paper.  I love it!  It was fun to find just the right colors to match. 

Head to the Queen and Company store to get yourself some fun embellishments and shakers.  

Tell them I sent ya!

Sister - Queen and Company

Join me on the Queen and Company blog today.  The team has been sharing different floral projects for the entire month of May.  Here is my second layout featuring flowers.  On the Q&C blog, I link to all of the products that I used. 

My sister and her husband, took my family to a concert last year on the Bangor Waterfront.  It was Bub's first concert and we had a blast.  

Stop over to the Q&C blog for more details.

Best Crew Ever and Whale Watching - Queen & Co.

I hope you will join me on the Queen and Company blog today.  I am sharing two different layouts with their Foam Front Shaker sets.  Although these Foam Fronts were designed for cards, they can be used on Layout's as well.  

I loved the idea of our Whale Watching trip from 2012.  It was our last excursion of the weekend before school started.  I used watercolor paper and some paint to get the whole splashing water effect.    For all the fun items I used, head over to the Q&C blog.  

For my second layout, I used a bunch of leftover Crate Paper to show that you can also use patterned papers with the Foam Fronts.  Here I used the Solo Heart Foam Front.  

We were in Texas when I took this photo of my favorite boys. 

 I love Bub's shirt!  He wasn't grumpy, the sun was in his eyes.  

Thanks for stopping by.  Head to the Q&C blog to see the rest!