I Miss You Card

Hey there!
I am sharing a card I created for a sketch challenge over at Sketch-N-Scrap today.
I used Pebbles From Me To You for this card to send to my daughter who is away at college:

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

A Birthday card

Hey there!
I am here today to share a quick and easy way to add ribbon to your card.
I used PhotoPlay for this birthday card:

I created my "pleat" using a tutorial on YouTube:

Then added a little bit of The Best Glue Ever to hold it together:

I added a bit more to the back to adhere it to my base:

Finally I added a  few thin lines with the Fine Tip Writing Cap. I always have this on my bottle, it saves me from adding too much glue:

I let it dry to a clear state,

Then placed the ribbon on and smoothed it using my finger. Letting the glue dry to the clear state (tacky), ensures that I don't have the glue soak into my ribbon.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

New Kitchen

Hey there scrappy friends,
I am sharing a layout I created using sketch #294 at Sketches In Thyme.
We remodeled our kitchen back in 2015 and I am finally scrapping one of the "after" pics I took.
I used some October Afternoon from my stash and came up with this page:

I used an hexagon cutfile from the Silhouette store and duplicated it numerous times and made few different sizes and then cut them using my Cameo. I backed them with a few different patterned papers. Finally I stitched around them and then added some watercolors:

I fussy cut the teapot, whisk and spoon and added them down on the bottom border. The alphas are October Afternoon and I added some stitching through them:

Here I added a few stickers, a diecut and a fussy cut spoon:

Here is the sketch:

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Congrats

Hello!
I played along with a card sketch over at Sketch-N-Scrap. I used Maggie Holmes Bloom and Creative Embellishments small sentiments (Congrats) and came up with this:

 I used a Gold Nuvo marker to color the chipboard piece. I love how it turned out!

Here's the sketch I used:

Enjoy your day!

Learn

Hello again!
Today I am sharing a layout I created for the September 1st challenge at CSI.
I used Pink Fresh on this page. I added washi tape to the corners and added some watercolors to my background:

I used lots of the embellies from a few of the Pink Fresh collections. I also added some enamel dots and triangles:

I added some stitching to give a little texture:

I fussy cut those cute houses from one of the papers and popped one up with foam tape:

Here is the case file:

Thanks for dropping by and have a great day!

Senior Prom

Hey There!
What a crazy month it has been! Being back to work and with the athletic booster club, my life has been so busy! I am waiting for a scrappy weekend, lol! But that maybe awhile yet. So I will just continue scrapping when I have a few spare minutes.
I managed to get a few layouts done over Labor Day weekend and am just now sharing them.
I played with the Creative Embellishment September challenge and sketch #134 over at Sketch-N-Scrap. I used Paper House papers for this layout:

I used the circle stamp from Creative Embellishments and stamped with black Stazon ink. Then I added some watercolors. I used a brown Sharpie to color the tree and then added a flair from Creative Embellishments:

I used a few more pieces from Creative Embellishments colored with Sharpies. I punched some circles and added some stitching:

I also added a star shaped confetti. I used papers from the Noir Collection and One Big Happy Family:

Here is the Creative Embellishment photo inspiration:

I was inspired by the orange and black.

Here's the sketch I used:

Thanks for stopping by and I will be sharing another layout tomorrow.

Simple, Plain Card

Hello!
There's an easy challenge up today over at Cards In Envy. The challenge is to create a simple, plain card.

I created a really simple and fast card by using a Simple Stories 3x4 card, a piece of cardstock and added some stitching:

Now, isn't that simple?! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

You are My Home

Hey there!
Today I have a tutorial up over on the ScraPerfect blog.
I used the Foil Transfer Sheets, ScraPerfect's Best Glue Ever and the Perfect Crafting Pouch  along with Fancy Pants Family & Co for this selfie of the 4 of us at Christmas:

I added foil to my diecut X's and O's. I love how they turned out! I added a chipboard sticker, a diecut and a phrase sticker:

I added a few layers behind my photo and popped it up with foam:

I added a few diecuts, some tangled thread and a few other embellies:

More yummy embellies, mostly from the Family & Co collection:

Here's a side view of the foiling:

I hope you will go check out my tutorial over on the ScraPerfect blog!

Enjoy the rest of your day!

Stuck?! Sketches Blog Hop

Hello friends!
We have something special going on for the September 15th challenge over at Stuck?! Sketches!  Along with the reveal of a new sketch challenge, and 2 amazing sponsors, we have loads of bonus inspiration for you, in the form of a blog hop.

The Stuck?! Sketches design team is teaming up with My Creative Scrapbook to bring you a super fun blog hop, to share loads of inspiration from both design teams and to give you an extra chance to win their prize!  The My Creative Scrapbook design team members will be using a variety of their fabulous September kits to showcase our sketch. Each of the blog hop commenters will earn a ballot and have the opportunity to win one of My Creative Scrapbook's gorgeous September main kits (shown below)!  Read on to find out how you can earn a second ballot to win this prize!

As usual, we have a second sponsor! Thank you also to the amazing, supportive and long-time friend to Stuck?! Sketches, Creative Embellishments  who are also sponsoring this challenge with a $25.00 gift certificate to their online shop for our second randomly chosen winner!

Creative Embellishments is a new family owned company that was created by Michael and Nicolle Kramer. We are a husband and wife team who design and manufacture unique, high quality chipboard, wood and rubber stamp products. It is our mission is to offer fun and inspiring products to bring out your inner creativity that you can add to any project. In the near future we will be expanding into other mediums such as rubber/acrylic stamps and acrylic embellishments.

ALSO, We want to show you how much we appreciate that you play along with us and share your designs and talent with us so we will be choosing one scrapbooker from this challenge to guest with us for our November 15th challenge!

Of course, we still need to share our sketch with you, check it out:

And now here is your hop order:

 Stuck?! Sketches

Lee-Anne Thornton

Ashley Smith

Wendy McKee

 Debbi Tehrani

Yvette Weber 

 Helen Wallace

 Tracy McLennon

Janice Daquila-Pardo

Angel LeBouef 

Kelly Barron

Jenifer Evans

 Lisa Moen (YOU ARE HERE)

Aimee Kid

Monique Liedtke (belongs to both teams!)

Shona Keehn

Natsuko Suzuki

Sandra Brimelow 

Marielle LaForge-LeBlanc

Laura Whitaker (belongs to both teams!)

Maja Nowak

My Creative Scrapbook

You can also earn a second chance to win the My Creative Scrapbook September main kit by playing along with our September 15th sketch challenge and linking up your entry as usual!  As always all winners will be chosen randomly, though we will be doing a random manual draw for the My Creative Scrapbook prize, and our usual random.org draw for the Creative Embellishments prize.

I used Fancy Pants Office Suite for this layout of Greg, Sierra and I:

I added a gold sun diecut, a few tabs, a fussy cut flower and some tangled thread above and to the right of my photo:

Here I added some fussy cut flowers, more diecuts, a sticker and phrase stickers from Tim Holtz:

These alphas are so big that I was afraid to use them, but I think they look okay. I added a cluster of embellies to the right of the title:

I also added a cluster of embellies to the left of the title:

Here is the sketch:

I hope you will check out what the rest of the DT did with this sketch and play along with us!

Now you are off to Aimee's blog to see fabulous creation!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Art Class

Hello and happy Friday!
Are you looking for some challenges to play along with?
Creative Inspiration is having their monthly mini crop and it starts today!
We are going back to school! My subject that I created a challenge for was my fav in high school- art class! My challenge is to use some paint, any kind, on your project.
I used Dear Lizzy Lovely Day, Creative Embellishments chipboard and wood veneer and watercolors to create this page:

I did fussy cut a frame from Simple Stories and added a diecut, chipboard and puffy sticker:

I added a punched border and some stitching here along with a Creative Embellishment wood veneer. I love that"less worry, more love" diecut. I added a star chipboard piece in the middle:

I love this star frame from Creative Embellishments. I backed it with patterned paper using ScraPerfect's Best Glue Ever. I fussy cut the camera from one of the papers. I cut my sun on my Cameo and stitched it:

Another diecut, chipboard and puffy sticker:

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!