Easter Eggs

Hey there scrappy friends!
When coloring Easter eggs with my kids last month, I bought an egg dye set that had foil and glue in it. After several attempts using the glue that came with the kit and no success with the foil sticking to the egg, I grabbed my bottle of the Best Glue Ever with the No Clog Writing Cap on it. I added some to the colored egg,

spread it around using my finger, let it dry until it was clear and tacky and then placed the foil on top and rubbed:

Here is the perfect result:

I tried it again on another egg and received the same beautiful result:

Doesn't the foil look pretty?!

Next year when coloring eggs, I will grab my Best Glue Ever and use ScraPerfect's Transfer Foils and skip the foil dye kit. I love the results the Best Glue Ever gave me. It has replaced a bunch of adhesives in my home and scrappy room!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Life Inspired

Hey there Scrappy Friends!
Today I am sharing a layout I created this morning about my Dad and a few aunts and uncles.
My Dad has alzheimers and is in a home. This photo was taken by aunt Carol when they went to visit him.
I used Pink Fresh Live More and a sketch from My Creative Scrapbook for this page:

For the border at the bottom, I added a strip of patterned paper along with some washi tape and machine stitched. Then I added some of the ephemera and tangled thread. 

Here I added a card stitched in place and a few arrows from the ephemera pack.

A few more cut apart cards, a tag and some more tangled thread.

Here is the sketch:

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

My Graduate

Hello!
It has almost been a year since Sierra graduated from high school. Where did that time go?! I haven't scrapped all the pics yet, so thought I would pull this one out and use it along with Creative Embellishments and Simple Stories You Are Here collection:




I added orange embossing powder, this was the first time I used it, to the "My Graduate" chippy and the circles and heat embossed it. The orange was too bright, so I toned it down a bit with a Sharpie paint pen.



 I added some of the Petaloo flowers from last months cross promo. I love them and need more colors, LOL!

 

I added another chipboard circle and colored this one with Gesso and Gelatos. I also added the wood veneer sun and cloud from the Rain or Shine set and colored it with Gelatos. Check out that "Shine" Flair Gold"! Love it! I added some tangled thread behind it:

 
I added a few different colored doilies, punched circle and the chipboard circles in a cluster at the top and bottom of my page:

 

Thanks for stopping by and sharing your day with me! Don't forget to check out the monthly challenge at Creative Embellishments and play along for a chance to win $50 in Creative Embellishment goodies!

Family Layout- 123 Challenge Blog

Hey there!

I have some exciting news to share with you....

I am guest designing for 123 Challenge Blog this month! I am so excited!

The challenge this month is:

• Use the color teal
• Use the word family
• Use a stencil

I used a family photo that was taken last October along with a few Creative Embellishment pieces, some flowers from my stash, The Best Glue Ever and lots of mists!

I created my background using a Prima Stencil and some light modeling paste. Then I added teal and green mists. Then I used the Fairy Dust Stencil and added some BoBunny Sugar Glitter Paste. Finally I stamped with black in and the Distressed Circle Stamp

I used lots of flowers, some I have had in my stash for at least 10 years! I also used a Creative Embellishments  tree colored with mist. I added a flair button from Creative Embellishments and a few leaves cut from a  Silhouette cut file:  

Here is a side view of the "Family" banner. I added mists to color it.

I added some sequins scattered throughout the page. 

I would love if you would stop over to the 123 Challenge Blog and leave me a comment! 

Enjoy your day!

Live For The Moment

Hey there!
This is my last post for the day- It's a busy May 1st for me.
I am sharing the layout I created for the May 1st sketch at Stuck?! Sketches. I love working with Laura's sketches! They are amazing!
I used Pink Fresh Dream On for this fun layout of Sierra:
As usual, I used watercolors for my background. I just love the softness it adds. I also added Heidi Swapp Color Shine spatters. I machine stitched the circles with navy thread:

I added some of the diecuts from the ephemera pack and popped a few up with foam tape.

I added a few strips of paper above and below the photo and used my sewing machine to add some zig zag stitching. I love that rainbow and popped it up with foam tape to add some dimension:

I just had to use that "Live For The Moment" diecut and decided to use it as my title. And check out that cute bird, love him!

Here is Laura's fabulous sketch:

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!

Creative Embellishments May Challenge

Hello and happy May Day!
It's the first of the month and that means a new challenge is up at Creative Embellishments! Here is my layout using Carta Bella from my stash:

This is the photo:

There are so many things in this challenge photo to take inspiration from. I took mine from the music note, the sun burst and hearts. To create my background, I added watercolors and then using the Grunge Star Stamp stamped randomly on my page using black ink. I used one of the Music Note Borders, cut it in half and placed one half on each side of my photo. I used the Basic Alphabet Set for the "In Concert" part of my title.  I scattered some of the Wood Veneer Heart Clusters around my layout. I colored all of the Creative Embellishment pieces with my new Nuvo Glitter Markers.

Here are a few close ups:

Have a wonderful day and I can't wait to see how the photo inspires you!

Motherly Love

Hello scrappy friends!
It's the first Monday of the month, that means a new challenge up at Cards In Envy. The challenge is to create a card that shows "Motherly Love". This could be a Mother's day card or a card for any occasion.
I used October Afternoon Woodland Park for this Mother's Day card for my mom:

Here's a close up:
I fussy cut the flowers from patterned papers, added a diecut butterfly, word stickers and some twine.

Check out what the rest of the design team did on the Cards In Envy blog.

Thanks for stopping by and stay scrappy!

Dream....

Hello!
I have one more project to share with you today...
This is a card I created using a sketch at Sketch-N-Scrap along with Pink Fresh Dream On:

Here is the fun sketch:

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

An Easter Layout

Hey there!
I am back to share an Easter layout I made this morning using a sketch at Sketch-N-Scrap. I used a variety of products on this layout of Sierra- Bella Blvd., Echo Park and KaiserCraft papers. I also used a cut file from Paper Issues and some stickers from Paper House.

I added some watercolors to my background along with a messy stitched circle. For my title, I used the cut file from PI and added a 3D sticker from Paper House.

I added some egg stickers from Paper House and the bunny is from the same PI cut file along with the egg border.

More egg stickers and cut files.

Here is the sketch:

I love how soft and pretty this layout came out!

Cherish: Creative Embellishments

Hey there Scrappy Friends!
It's my day up on the Creative Embellishment Blog!
I am sharing a sweet layout of our dog, Bender, who we had to put down in November. I love this photo my daughter took of him a few summers ago and decided to scrap it on a layout and frame it for her.

I used a Circle Doodle Frame, added Gesso and inks, and framed the photo. I inked a frond from the Frond Set 5 and added that to the top of my frame. I topped it off with a piece of Seagrass that I added modeling paste for texture. Once it was dry, I sprayed it with a few different green mists:

 

In the lower right hand corner, I added another piece from the Frond Set 5 and another piece of Seagrass. I also added some gauze, colored with mists and a butterfly:

 

For the title, I used the word "Cherish" from the Moments Word Set and colored it with inks. I also added the cute "Keep on Waggin'" flair from the Happy Tails Flair:

 

Finally I added some Gesso and inks to some of the Rings For So Many Things and placed them randomly on my page.

 
  Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!