Grateful

Hey there Friends!
I am back  today to share a fun, landscaped layout I created using some chipboard pieces from Creative Embellishments. I started this page using the negative piece of a cut file:

 

I backed the cut file with a brown patterned paper from Simple Stories Happy trails. I used Lindy's and Mister Huey's mists to color the Tall Trees and placed them on my background:

 
I added watercolor to the background. I used my sewing machine to add in a few clouds. I added one of the Birds and used a Tim Holtz Distress Ink to color it:

 
I used the picnic table from the Camping Set and colored it with the Distress ink as well. I added the racoon and camper stickers from the Simple Stories collection:

 
I added a few layers of patterned paper under my photo, added some fussy cut flowers around it and layered in a few stickers. For the title, I used the word "Grateful" from the Thankful Word Set. I used mists to color it:

 
I just love how this layout came out! And I love all the fun chipboard pieces!
 Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Mustache

Hey there!
Today I am sharing a layout created for CSI using case file #307. I used October Afternoon stash, mostly Daily Flash, for this page of Austin:

I fussy cut my subtitle from one of the papers:

I also fussy cut the dog and mustaches. I added a few stickers from OA. I hand cut a tag and wrote my journaling on it. I used Thickers from my stash for my title:

I added the "holy cow" rub-on from my stash and added a few diecuts:

Here's the case file:

You can check out the full case file on CSI's facebook page.
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

If Snowflakes... card

Hi there!
Happy FriYAY!
Today I am sharing a cute card I created using a sketch from Sketch-N-Scrap:

I added some machine stitching, a small doily and a few foil snowflakes. 

Here's the sketch:

I love the colors on this card! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Snowflakes

Hey there friends!
Today I am sharing a layout I created playing along with a sketch at Sketch-N-Scrap using an old Hip Kit Club kit and some pics of our back yard from last month's snow:

For my title, I used a chipboard piece (snowflakes), a diecut (happy) that I fussy cut some of the white border off and some chipboard letters. I added a sticker from my stash along with some fussy cut snowflakes:

I fussy cut a few trees and added them to my page:

Here's the sketch:

Thanks for stopping and have a great day!

CSI Cold Case

Hey there friends!
I am sharing a layout created for CSI's January cold case challenge, #308. This challenge is all about using your stash!
I used old Dear Lizzy (the orange paper is Webster's Pages) for this fun page along with watercolors and mists:

I used a cut file from The Cut Shoppe and cut it on my Cameo using white cardstock. I backed them with a rainbow of patterned papers and added an acrylic heart from Elle's Studios overlapping it. I also added a few puffy stickers from Dear Lizzie:

I tucked in some pom-pom ribbon below my photo and in the crock of the middle hear. I added a few Heidi Swapp word phrases and my journaling. To create my title, I used old alpha stickers:

I fussy cut the mason jar and the "good times" card. I added an acrylic hash tag from  Heidi Swapp:

Here is the case file:

To more details, visit the CSI Facebook page.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Travel

Hello again!
Today I am sharing another travel page using Fancy Pants As You Wish , a sketch by Rochelle Spears and combined it with Stacy's bingo challenge. Here's what I came up with:

I hand cut a circle and then added hand stitching around it. I used a few strips of patterned papers and then added some machine stitching. I added a few diecuts:

I used a few different alphas from my stash and stitched through the larger one. I fussy cut the flowers and popped then up with foam to add some dimension. I used a few frames behind my photos:

Here is the sketch:

For Stacy's bingo challenge, I used cardstock, circle and a punch.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Wanderlust

Hey there!
I had lots of free scrappy time with being on Christmas break from Christmas until the New Year. I played along with the bingo challenge at Scrap Our Stash and combined it with the January sketch at Paper Issues. I used Fancy Pants As You Wish line for this travel page of my kids climbing the hill to the castle in Marburg, Germany:

I added watercolor to my background and then added a few patterned papers along with some stitching. I used a diecut for my title and added a few stickers, a bow and some sequins:

I added a few diecuts to the lower right side of my photo. I tucked in a bag with a tag in it under the photo for my journaling:

Behind the left photo, I added a frame. I used another bag behind the right one and then added a sticker. I added a twine bow to the diecut:

For my bingo, I used sequins, twine, free space, stars and sticker.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Happy New Year!

Hey there friends!
Hope you had a wonderful New Years!
I am back today to share a New Year's layout with you that I created for Creative Embellishments. I used a photo of Greg, Sierra and a few friends we celebrated with last year for this fun page:

 
I used texture paste through the Twinkle Star Stencil to create my background. Then I added a few different colors of Lindy's Magical Shakers with water. I love the bright colors! Once that was dry, I used one of the Halftone Circle Stamps with black ink. I used a variety of mists to color my title, Happy New Year:

 
I used the 2019 chipboard piece and cut it in half.I put half on the left side of the photo and half on the right. I colored it with mists as well:

 
I used the words "fresh" and "start" from the New Years Word Set and colored them with mists. I stamped the flowers, berries and leaves and fussy cut them:

 

 I added bling to the center of some of the flowers. Finally, I finished up the layout with some stickers, enamel dots and spatters of gold mist:

 

This was such a fun layout to create and I love how it turned out!
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a healthy and happy 2020!

Snow Storm

Hey there friends! Happy New Year!
It's the first of the month, that means a design team reveal for the challenge at Creative Embellishments. I am so excited to be staying on the design team for 2020! I love working with Nicolle and this talented team!
Now onto my layout:
 I was inspired by the snow and pine trees and came up with this winter page:

 On the background, I used the Fairy Dust Stencil and put light modeling paste through it. Once it was dry, I added watered down mist. I let it dry again and then added some machine stitching. I took 3 of the Large Snowflakes, added Gesso and let them dry. Then I heat embossed them in silver. I cut one in half and added the halves to the right side and bottom of my layout:

 The other two, I placed some tangled thread under. I added a Distressed Snowflakes Flair to the one to the right of my photo:

 I heat embossed the words from the Snow Pretty Word Set and added some above and below my photo:

 For my title, I used "Snow Storm" from the Blizzard Word Set. I heat embossed this as well:

To finish off the layout, I added some stickers. I added the modeling paste, stitching, paper tearing and distressing for lots of texture. I am looking forward to seeing your take on the challenge and may you have a healthy 2020!

Eighteen

Hello!
I have a layout to share with you today. This layout was created for CSI case file #306. I used October Afternoon Cakewalk for this layout about Austin's 18th birthday:

I created the cake from patterned papers and then added hand stitching around it:

I used multicolored alphas from the collection for my title and then machine stitched through it. I added a few die cuts. I used black scalloped washi tape for the plate:

I popped up my photos using craft foam. I added the candle stickers and a few more die cuts:

Here is the case file. Visit the CSI Facebook page to see the clues for it:

I had a blast creating this page!
Thanks for stopping by and happy new year!