Dad

Hey there friends!
I lost my Dad back in December and finally decided to scrap a photo of him. I used a sketch from Sketches In Thyme along with Simple Stories Heart collection for this memorial page:

One of my sisters had his obituary laminated and gave us each a copy at Christmas. I added this to the right of the photo. I layered a few embellies here:

I made a banner from 3 triangle stickers and added some machine stitching. I popped up a few stickers around my title, dad:

A few more stickers:

I wanted to keep this layout fairly simple so as not to distract from the photo.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

You Are My Sunshine

Hey there scrappy friends!
Today I am sharing a layout I created using case file #279 at CSI. I used Simple Stories Good Day Sunshine and ! Heart Summer for this page:

I added a few strips of paper down the left side of my layout and machine stitched. I hand cut a poccket and machine stitched around that. I cut the sun on my Cameo using a Silhouette cut file. I added the wood veneer "sunshine" from my stash along with some stickers and a chipboard heart:

I created another "pocket" by fussy cutting a 3x 4 card from one of the papers and then used an exacto knife to cut and lift the "you are my sunshine!" up. I added a few more stickers and a wood veneer sun. I used alphas from the collection and added some machine stitching:

I added a few stickers, chipboard and another wood veneer sun here:

Here's the case file:

I was inspired by the colors, words and the sun in the pocket. 

I used dots, stripes,scallops, hearts, sun and pockets for my evidence. I used the inspiration word "sunshine" for my testimony.

I hope you will take this challenge and play along with us!

Cake

Hey there friends!
It has been kind of a scrappy weekend for me, love those!
I played along with a sketch from Let's Get Sketchy and combined it with the April challenge at Scrap The Boys and came up with this page:

I cut the star with my Cameo and backed it with a paper from American Crafts. Then I hand stitched around it with brown embroidery floss.I used the 6x6 Simple Stories Snap Life paper pad and some Snap embellies. For my title, I used some old pink Thickers.I added a few brown brads from my stash:

I added a few layers of patterned paper behind my photo and then popped it up with some craft foam. I fussy cut the arrow and pink heart from the papers:

Here's the sketch:

Here's the challenge at Scrap the Boys:

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

Falala

Hello and happy Sunday!
Today I am sharing a Christmas card, yes, a Christmas card! I create Christmas cards all year long so that I am not stressed out about my cards over the holidays. This card was created using the card sketch that was posted at Creative Inspiration this morning. I used PinkFresh December Days for this card:

Head on over and check the sketch out and play along with us!

Handmade Embellies

Hey there friends!
I am up on the ScraPerfect Blog sharing a fun way to use up your scraps and stash!
This month, the design team challenged each other to make our own embellishments. At first, I was like WHAT?!! So, I checked out Pinterest... Once I got going on them, I loved the challenge! Plus it's a great way to use stash and scraps! I used My Mind's Eye Lost & Found and Simple Stories stickers. Here's what I came up with:

I started by grabbing some papers, punches and buttons. I punched some circles and butterflies:

I designed how I wanted them:

I added a drop of the Best Glue Ever with the No Clog Writing Cap attached to the top circle and placed it on the bottom circle:

I added some machine stitching:

I added my sentiment stickers to cardstock and fussy cut around them so that they weren't sticky. Now that I think of it, the Perfect Crafting Pouch would have been perfect for this:

I added a drop of the Best Glue Ever to my buttons, sentiments and the butterfly centers:

I used the Embellie Gellie to place my buttons and sequins. This tool is perfect for placing small things:

Here's are individual close ups of my embellies:

I love how these came out and will be making more of them!

Stay tuned next month for my post when I use these on a layout.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Life Was Meant For...

Hello!
Hope you are having a fabulous weekend!
Today I am sharing a layout created for Creative Inspiration using the new layout sketch that was posted this morning.
I used PhotoPlay Campfire for this camping layout:

I fussy cut my title from one of the papers from the collection. I added a few stickers, popping some up with foam:

I wrote my journaling on a fussy cut note paper, popped it up with foam and added a piece of patterned paper under it

I used watercolors for my background and added a few Robin's Nest rub-on snowflakes. (Yes, it snowed on us while camping! At one point, it was a complete whiteout! Plus our camper pipes were frozen the next morning!) I hand stitched a circle using embroidery floss:

Stop on over to the CI board and check out the layout and the card sketch that was posted today!

She Has Fire....

Hey there!
It's my day up on the Creative Embellishment blog today.
I am sharing a layout of Sierra and used a photo of her in Germany. I used Dear Lizzie Lovely Day and the Best Glue Ever for this layout:




 I created my background using mists and the packaging technique. I used the She Has Fire.. chipboard piece as my title and  colored it with mists and Gelatos. I added a few layers of patterned paper behind my photo and popped it up with craft foam:

 
I used a 5"d Globe and sprayed it with a black mist and layered it under my photo part way. I added a few embellishments to the lower right corner of my photo:

 

To finish off my page, I added some fussy cut flowers and the acetate balloon cluster:

 

 I love how the chipboard draws the eyes to the photo and I love how this page came out! Thanks for stopping by and hope you will play along with the CE monthly challenge!

Whisker Graphics- Wish

Hey there friends!
Happy April Fool's Day!
Today I am sharing my last project for Whisker Graphics. I created this layout of Austin using Divine Twine, Fancy Pants Good Fellows 6x6 paper pad and some chipboard stars from Creative Embellishments.

I made a quilted star from patterned paper and stitched it together using a zigzag stitch my sewing machine. Then I divided a strand of the Orange Divine Twine in two and hand stitched around the star:

I added a few layers of patterned paper behind my photo along with the chipboard stars colored with a black Sharpie. I added a flair button, some sticker phrases and a wood veneer from my stash:

I added some stars cut from white cardstock and traced around them with a black Sharpie. I finished off the layout with some star puffy stickers, an arrow that I added watercolor to and the wood "noted" piece:

I love hand stitching on my pages, it adds so much texture and I think the orange twine really makes this layout "pop"!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Lisa

Blizzard

Hello again!
Here is my second post of the day. This one is for the April challenge reveal at Creative Embellishments. I got really messy with this page, LOL!

I created my messy background with mists and the Grunge Snowflake Stamp.

I used 2 of the Creepy Trees and added a coat of white Gesso, glass beads, lots of mists and BoBunny Glitter glue to them. 

I added 3 Distressed Snowflake Flair and for the twist to add wood, I added 3 Chevron Wood Veneer:

I used the Blizzard Word Set for my title. I added mists and Stickles to them:

Here's the inspiration photo:

I was inspired by the colors blue and green and the tree in the photo. I would love to see your take on this challenge!

Travel

Hey Scrappy Peeps!
I have a busy day on my blog today- 3 posts!
First up is a layout I created for CSI's case file #278. I used a Silhouette cut file and backed it with papers from Basic Grey Prism collection for this layout of Sierra in Portugal:

The "Fun Times" pennant, triangles and scalloped pink border are stickers from the Prism collection. The circle arrow is a Simple Stories sticker:

Here I added more stickers- the photo corner, "Awesome", triangle, tab and teal date tab are from Prism. The arrow is from Simple Stories and the fan is fussy cut from an Echo park This & That paper:

The "stamp", "Live It Up" sticker and sunglasses are from Simple Stories. The "enjoy life" and "lovely" stickers are from Prism and the globe is from Echo Park:

Here is the case file:

I was inspired by the colors. For evidence, I used solid cardstock, globe, plane, triangles and sunglasses. I was inspired by the word "Travel" and used that for my testimony. 

As always, there are some awesome prizes up for grabs! Hope you will play along with us this month!