My Favorite Things Sketch 273 Challenge

Here is a card I did for the My Favorite Things sketch 273 challenge.

Title:  Happy Birthday

My Favorite Things Color Challenge #42

Here is my entry for this week's color challenge at My Favorite Things

TITLE:  Love You Like a Sister

I used Papertrey Ink stamps and some patterned papers and cardstock from my stash, along with Copic markers.

Basicgrey SKETCH CHALLENGE: Cousins Make Life Sweeter

I always have great intentions on getting these completed and submitted on time but often they never make it online by the deadline.  I still love following sketches though so I was excited to jump into the Basicgrey sketch challenge this week.  The Clippings paper was perfect for this week's sketch!

Title:  Cousins Make Life Sweeter

Supplies:
paper (BasicGrey Clippings)
alpha stickers (BasicGrey Ambrosia and Marrakech)
kit (Studio Calico-Central High) (tags, badge, ribbon)
marker (Zig)

MOXIE FAB - Use Your Punch in an Interesting Way Challenge

I created two cards for the Moxie Fab card challenge utilizing punches. 

"You're Special" utilized a cupcake punch and a circle punch.  The little cupcake bottoms were run through a paper crimper to mimic a real paper cup liner.

The second card "Birthday Wishes" uses a circle punch through some bold stripe patterned paper that was backed with solid cardstock.

Mix It Up #23 - Time Well Spent

I created this for the latest mixer challenge at Mix It Up. We had to use a minimum of four photos, four manufacturers, handwritten journaling and flowers.

Title: Time Well Spent

Supplies:
Cardstock (Bazzill)
Patterned Paper (Cosmo Cricket, We R Memory Keepers)
Die Cut Tags (We R Memory Keepers)
Flowers (Making Memories)
Stickers (Deja Views)
Rub On (Scenic Route)
Marker (Zig)
Adhesive (Ad Tech, Stampin Up)
Other: buttons

Journaling:
You spent the afternoon with Erin and Sara at the Henry Vilas Zoo, walking down State Street and stopping for ice cream.

MIX IT UP #22 - The Graduate

I created this for the Mix It Up blog challenge #22. The five stars are made of stickers, chipboard, sequins, acrylic and rub ons.

Supplies:
Patterned Paper (Little Yellow Bicycle, Far Flung Crafts)
Stickers (Making Memories, Scenic Route)
Badges (American Crafts)
Sequins
Felt, Rub Ons (Creative Imaginations)
Chipboard (Fancy Pants)
Paint (Ranger)
Acrylic (Heidi Swapp)
Adhesive (Ad Tech)

Journaling:
A year of school and working full time, you made a big life change! I'm so proud of you!

One Little Word - TWO

One Little Word is TWO this month so the challenge this time was to scrap the word TWO.

Title: 2 Cool for Words

Supplies:
Cardstock (Bazzill, Prism)
Patterned Paper, Die Cut Labels (Sassafras Lass)
Die Cut Frame (Provo Craft)
Stamp (Hero Arts)
Ink (Tsukineko)
Foam "2" (Heidi Swapp)
Alpha Stickers (BasicGrey, Making Memories)
Adhesive (Ad Tech)
Other: misc. book paper, buttons

Journaling:
Oh how awesome you look on your skateboard! You are a risk taker showing me your tricks. It is hard to watch sometimes but I love watching how excited you get!

MIX IT UP CHALLENGE #14

This week's challenge was to use postal elements in our scrapbook page. I used Technique Tuesday's Technique Tiles for mine.

Title: Chasing Bubbles

Supplies:
Patterned Paper, Die Cuts (My Minds Eye)
Technique Tiles (Technique Tuesday)
Crackle Paint, Distress Ink (Ranger)
Stickers (BasicGrey)
Rub On (Hambly)
Adhesive (Stampin Up, Ad Tech)
Marker (Zig)

Journaling:
We went to Grandma & Grandpa W's for Easter dinner. Grandma Kathy surprised you with bubbles. You and Katie couldn't wait to get outside and play with them.

MIX IT UP CHALLENGE #12

I created this page for Mixer #12 challenge to use this color scheme in a layout.

Title: Ride On

Supplies:
Cardstock (Prism)
Patterned Paper (American Crafts, Hambly)
Stickers (Doodlebug, Sassafras Lass, Stampin Up, Font Works)
Ink (Stampin Up)
Stamp (ScarletLime.com)
Chipboard (Heidi Swapp, Scenic Route)
Paint (Heidi Swapp)
Rub On (Hambly)

Journaling:
It was the middle of August and we were celebrating Cole's birthday. You two went off riding inthe electric Jeep.It was so nice to see you enjoying time together.

DSI: Suspect Celine Navarro

I created this for the Divine Scrapbooking Investigation challenge blog. They examined a layout created by Celine Navarro and went over the strong design characteristics. Our assignment was to take those lessons and apply them to our own scrapbook page.

Title: Lil' Baby Hands

Supplies:
Patterned Paper (My Mind's Eye, Theresa Collins)
Felt-alpha, foam shapes-hands (American Crafts)
Crackle Paint (Ranger)
Mask (Tattered Angels)
Metallic Rub Ons (Craf-T)
Punch (Stampin Up-scallop circle)
Journaling Page (Making Memories)
Die Cut (Cosmo Cricket)
Adhesive (Ad Tech)

Design Elements
1. Used a black and white photo.
2. I used red as my group of 5 accent.
3. Page has dimension--not flat.
4. Title on the side.
5. Used a bold, dark patterned paper.

Thanks for taking a peek!! BTW, this is a pic of my best friend's newborn son.

MIX IT UP CHALLENGE #9

I created this for the Mix It Up Blog Challenge #9. The challenge was to "go green" and use a recycled item on our scrapbook page. I used a negative chipboard frame for my layout. I sprayed the chipboard with Tattered Angels Patina spray, layered the patterned papers, cardstock, photo and sparkly ribbon under the frame openings. I created my title using rub ons, and added tons of old chipboard, flowers and rhinestones. I placed a full sheet of cardstock in the back to give everything a gluing surface and to add stability. It didn't scan the greatest because of the many chipboard layers.

Title: Beautiful Sunset

Supplies:
Cardstock
Chipboard Frame Negative (Fancy Pants)
Patterned Paper (Sassafras Lass & other misc. scraps)
Glimmer Mist (Tattered Angels-Patina)
Rub Ons (Making Memories-alpha, Daisy D's-grunge border)
Chipboard (Lil Davis-flowers and swirls, American Crafts-ladybug, Scenic Route-"wonder")
Felt (American Crafts-"&")
Flowers (Prima)
Rhinestones (Me & My Big Ideas and Misc. from my stash)
Ribbon
Journaling Card (October Afternoon)
Border Punch (Fiskars)
Adhesive (Ad Tech, Stampin Up)

Thanks for looking!!

Mix It Up Challenge Blog - Mixer #6

I created this for the Mix It Up challenge blog, Mixer #6 -

Title: With a Passion

Supplies:
Patterned Paper (Making Memories, Crate)
Rub Ons (Making Memories)
Stickers (Adorn It, 7Gypsides, Scenic Route)
Buttons (Scarlet Lime Kit)
Ink (Stampin Up)
Adhesive (Ad Tech)

Journaling
(on photo) Did I ever tell you?
That I love you with a passion?

USE YOUR STASH CHALLENGE - Brads

I love brads and I still use them frequently but they aren't often a focus of my LO's but rather a tiny little accent. That's fine, but when you are looking at using your stash I thought this was a great way to do it. What can you do with your brads?

Title: King of Cute

Supplies:
Patterned Paper (Making Memories) & I believe the yellow is American Crafts?
Scalloped Edge (Bazzill)
Die Cut Alpha (Tinkering Ink, BasicGrey)
Brads (Queen & Co., Stampin Up)
Crown (Heidi Swapp)
Alcohol Ink (Ranger)
Sheer Ticket (Maya Road)
Marker (DecoArt)
Rub On (Making Memories)
Adhesive (Ad Tech)

Journaling:
Wearing a costume at dad's birthday party....CUTE!

THURSDAY THOUGHTS - Rejection With a Side of Whiplash

I'm feeling sorry for myself today. It isn't any one thing, but just the way I'm feeling. This would be a great time to turn my emotions into writing my novel but I haven't been able to harness that yet. In the meantime, I'm working on snapping myself out of it.

My body hurts. We are dealing with treacherous ice conditions here and I fell on it Tuesday. It must have looked quite hilarious as both feet flew out in front of me and I fell flat on my back and head with my glasses flying off. I've never fallen so quickly or without a chance to try to prevent falling. It just happened. I think I fell perfectly as no one area got the brunt of it, but I've been hurting all over since then. I have a bruise on my butt and the front and side of my neck hurts really bad. I think I got some whiplash. You don't realize how much you use your neck until something like this happens. Each day I'm feeling a bit better and hoping the blow to my head didn't make my brain damage worse than it already was. (kidding)

The announcement for Create My Keepsake's design team was announced yesterday and I was not chosen. (Boo hooo!) I'm disappointed, naturally, but it's still a great place to be and I'm looking forward to seeing what the design team comes up with to inspire me! I'm not quite sure what I'll do at this point as far as looking into some other DT's. There are some possibilities I'm interested in but need to decide if it's what I want since CMK is where I really want to design. There is a great sense of freedom not carrying any design obligations but it also one of my greatest sources of inspiration and determination. I work best with goals and a schedule and I think I need to maintain that somehow.

Lastly, each year Ali Edwards challenges us to choose one word to represent your life in the coming year. I had not planned to choose one this year but one kept sneaking into my thoughts over the weekend and I think it totally fits where my heart is right now. My word is: SIMPLIFY. It is a paring down of material goods, as well as getting my home to a place where I love every little bit of it and truly focusing on the things that are important to me. I've been working toward this goal at an inspiring pace so far...I'll just keep going...one step at a time. I'm blessed to have you by my side.

Mix It Up Challenge Blog

Here's a little LO I did for the Mix It Up challenge blog. They are just starting. Who couldn't use a little jump start now and then? I will try to follow along with the challenges. Wanna join me?

One Little Word - LISTEN

Here's my take on this week's One Little Word Challenge - LISTEN.


The scan doesn't do the colors in this justice. The blues are deep and luscious and the pic has a violet tone to it.

Supplies:
Patterned Paper, Fiber (Scarlet Lime Kit)
Acrylic Paint (Ranger)
Rub Ons (Pink Paislee)
Chipboard (American Crafts)
Stickers (BasicGrey)
Marker (Zig Writer)
Adhesive (Ad Tech Glue Runner)

Journaling:
LISTEN...
to my faith.
to my creative vision.
to my happy colors.
to my designer's eye.
to my undying enthusiasm and drive to better myself.
to the encouraging words of my friends and family.
for the simple pleasures in life.
to my every day.
to my heart.

Color Story Challenge #9

I created this for Color Story Challenge 9.
Supplies:
Cardstock (Prism)
Patterned Paper (BasicGrey, Crate Paper)
Stickers (BasicGrey, Jenni Bowlin, 7Gypsies, Creative Imaginations)
Glimmer Mist (Tattered Angels in Patina)
Fabric Brad (Mens Closet) in Scarlet Lime Kit
Flower (Prima)
Ribbon (alexx Kesh) in Scarlet Lime Kit
Marker (Zig)
Adhesive (Ad Tech Glue Runner)
Other: Butterfly Applique in Scarlet Lime Kit

Journaling:
Tickles from Daddy are a recent occurrence around here. You are ticklish on your neck and knees but your giggle is what gets me. I can't help but laugh too. 2/07

One Little Word - LOVE

Here's my take on this week's One Little Word.

Journaling:
You may not realize how alike you and your dad are but I see a lot of him in you. You both like to act silly and dress up. Hello...this is Daddy's Pirate costume! You both have some of the biggest brown eyes and longest eyelashes I've ever seen. You both have a very kind and generous heart. You hurt easily. You aren't afraid to try new things. You are quiet in new situations but WATCH OUT once you're warmed up. :)

There are many things about you both that I am thankful for. I know that I am blessed to have you in my life. It's eternal love.

Supplies:
Cardstock (Prism)
Die Cuts (Tinkering Ink, BasicGrey)
Epoxy Stickers (Around the Block)
Stickers (Heidi Swapp)
Ink (ColorBox, Ranger)
Buttons (Buttons Galore)
Stamps (7Gypsies, EK Success)
Marker (Sharpie)
Adhesive (Ad Tech Glue Runner, Glue Dots)

One Little Word - CHOOSE

Here's my submission for this week's One Little Word - CHOOSE.


Supplies:
Funky Nature Freebie (Tara Dunstan)
Curled Edges Freebie (Jess Gordon)
Inspired Freebie (Ami Collotello for Pixel Gypsy Designs)

Quote reads:
"Destiny is not a matter of chance; but a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, It is a thing to be achieved."

-- William Jennings Bryan

Color Story Challenge #7

Ahh...it always feels good to get a few challenges done each month. Here's my colorstory challenge #7 inspiration:
Title: Beautiful Roses

Design Notes: I used lots and lots of paper distressing and inked all of the edges. The green paper strip was folded and adhered randomly.

Supplies:
Cardstock (Prism)
Patterned Paper (KI Memories, Fancy Pants)
Rub Ons (Stampin Up)
Ink (Versa Color)
Chipboard (Heidi Swapp, Cherry Arte)
Stickers (American Crafts, Making Memories, K&Company)
Punch (EK Success)
Adhesive (Ad Tech Glue Runner)
Paper Distresser (Making Memories)
Brads (BasicGrey)

Journaling:
There's nothing more beautiful than a perfectly shaped rose bud.