50

Hey!
Today Cards In Envy has a new challenge up- create a birthday card, EASY PEASY!
This year a few of my friends are turning 50, so I decided to create a "50" card to have on hand for this challenge. I used JilliBean Spotted Owl Soup, which has been in my stash forever and came up with this:

I added some distressing and of coarse some stitching.

I would love to have you play along! Please check out the rules for playing.

Hope you have a wonderful day!

March Project 12

Happy Sunday scrappy friends!
Today I posted my Project 12 March sketch over at Turtle Soup.
I used an American Crafts paper pad I have had in my stash for a few years and came up with this:

Here is the right side:

Left side:

and a few close ups:

I cut my sun out using a Silhouette cut file and my Cameo and stitched. My title, "March" was also cut on my Cameo. The 2016 are chipboard numbers I believe are from Bella Blvd

I also cute these cute doilies on my Cameo:

I fussy cute the flower bunches and popped them up with foam tape:

I added some stitching to the pennants:

Here is my sketch:

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Mini Crop

Are you looking for some fun stash challenges to play along with? If so, I would love for you to join in on the April Mini Crop going on at the Turtle Soup.
My challenge for this crop is to dig out your rub-ons and use at least 3 of them on your project.
I used 17 on this Christmas layout of Austin and his aunt:

 

I used Basic Grey Juniper Berry papers.

All of these rub-ons have been in my stash for years and it felt so good to use them!

Here are some close ups:

 

So dig out those rub-ons, create a project and share with us at Turtle Soup!

Paper House Productions

Hey there!
It's my day up on the Paper House Blog today!

Today I am sharing a layout I created using the Discover collection. This line is perfect for all your travel pages! 

I used a photo of Sierra and Greg when they flew to Philadelphia for a family wedding in August last year. They are actually at the wedding dinner in this photo.

Here are a few close ups: I fussy cut the "Memories of a Life Time" card and added that next to my black and white photo to make it pop a bit. I added the passport sticker and the "Pack Your Bags" sticker, I popped up with pop dots to give some dimension:

 

 I fussy cut the "Our Getaway" card, wrote my journaling on it and slid it under my photo. I added the
travel and arrow sticker:

   

 The airplane is also a sticker, looks like it was printed on the paper. Love it!

 

 I added the branding strip (the small strip of paper that was on the bottom of the background paper) and zigzag stitched it in place. Then I popped that cute burlap sticker up with pop dots. After I finished, I realized the photo area looked like a suitcase, LOL! It was perfect for this page!

 

This layout is fairly simple, but yet the photo shines! That's what scrapping is all about to me!

I would love if you stopped over at the Paper House Blog and left me some love.

Happy Saturday!

Hello!
Hope you are having a fantastic weekend so far!
I am sharing a layout I created for Joan's Saturday All Sorts challenge over at Turtle Soup last week.
Here challenge was to use letter stickers that were mostly used up.
I added a bunch of odd letter Thickers to this layout and covered them in Gesso. My original idea was to add watercolor over it, but once I laid everything else out, I liked it as it was so I just added some paint spatters.

I added paint to a few of the numbers and then used a brown marker:

I used a few old school lines for this page. I am trying to use some of my stash.

Here's a close up of the letters:

I really enjoyed this challenge and will be doing it again soon. Lord knows I have way too many old alphas in my stash!

A Winter Layout: Shoveling

Hey there!
I am sharing my full layout today using some of the Robin's Nest Winter collection.
There is a funny story behind this photo of my kids. My kids are at the age, where they don't like their photo taken. This is not good, since I am a scrapbooker.

We were out shoveling snow and I asked if I could take a few pics of them. My son- he is the worst when it comes to pictures, said he would let me take a few if I put my face in snow. This was after we had a snowball fight and I lost! LOL! Needless to say, I got a cold face and the photos I wanted!

 

Here are some close ups:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sticking my face in the snow was worth every second after seeing this photo and the beautiful layout I created with it. Some day, I will be able to tell my grandkids that their dad was a bully! LOL!

 

I hope you have a wonderful day!

 

 

Sneak Peek

Hello!
Here is a sneak peek of the layout I have up over on the Robin's Nest blog today:

 

Hope you will check it out and hear the funny story behind the photo.

 

Thanks for sharing your day with me!

A Fun Layout

Hello!
I had a bit of time on my hands and took a little break to play with the April 1st sketch at Stuck?! I combined their sketch with the book cover challenge over at Scrap Our Stash and came up with this layout of Sierra dressed up for school spirit day the week of Homecoming:

I used watercolors along with the plastic package technique to create my background.

I used the colors from the book cover and also added a fussy cut cloud along with some of the Simple Stories stickers:

My title also came from the sticker sheet:

The tree is a sticker as well, i just added some foam tape to pop it up. I also added a few stamped clouds:

Some more stickers:

Thanks for stopping by and have a great rest of the week!

Turtle Soup Reveal

Hey there!
There was a new sketch revealed yesterday at Turtle Soup and I just wanted to share my layout here.
I used Lawn Fawn papers and Chic Tags & Creative  Embellishments embellies  for this page of Sierra and a friend selling sweet corn for their class a few years ago:

I love the colors of these papers- they were perfect for this fun summer photo!

I started out with a white cardstock background and added some watercolor to it. Then I used my Cameo to cut the sun and added October Afternoon mist to color it. I stitched it in place.

I added a stitched title and fun acetate pieces, stickers and wood veneer.

I also added some tangled thread and black mist spatters.

I love the cute birds on the wire  on this background paper. 

You can check out the sketch over on the forum.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Make A Wish

Happy Monday!
There is a new card challenge up over at Cards In Envy today. The challenge is to create a flat card and use flowers or a fantasy character on it.
I used Pink Paislee Memorandum and Fancy Pants Be Loved (pink) along with a fairy and sentiment stamp from Recollections and came up with this card:

I colored the fairy with watercolor pencils and then added Stickles. Once dry, I fussy cut it out and popped it up with foam dots. 

Stop on over and see what the rest of the DT did with this challenge and to link your card up!