Birthday card

Hello and happy Monday!
I have a card to share with you that I created over the weekend using the March card sketch from Stick It Down. I used Echo Park Everyday Eclectic for this fun birthday card:

I fussy cut the balloons and popped them up with foam to give some dimension. I added some machine stitching to give the card some texture.

Here's the sketch:

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Lisbon

Happy Sunday friends! Hope you had a nice weekend!
I enjoyed some free scrappy time this weekend and played along with a sketch at Sketch-N-Scrap.
Sierra took these photos on her mini trip to Lisbon in January. She is studying abroad this semester in Germany and has been doing lots of traveling in her free time. So you will be seeing lots of travel pages from me, LOL!
I used old BoBunny papers for this layout:

I struggle with doing these no people layouts, so it's not my best work :)

Here's the sketch:

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

Vintage Layout

Hey friends!
I am sharing a vintage layout I created for Off The Rails using the moodboard this month.
I used a photo of my Mom, Grandma, Grandpa, an aunt and a great uncle from many years ago along with some stash:

These My Mind's Eye papers were perfect for a vintage layout. I added some flowers from my stash as well:

I fussy cut these words from the patterned papers and used them as embellishments:

I added some wood tokens and chipboard buttons from My Mind's Eye along with some Recollection butterflies. I added some MME twine to 2 of the buttons. I used some foam alphas for my title:

Here's the moodboard:

Vintage

I was inspired by the colors and the vintage feel.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Summer Lovin'

Hey all!
I don't know about you, but I am so ready for summer! I know, I have a few more months to go!
Here's a layout I created for CSI case file #276. I used Simple Stories for this page of Austin, Greg and my brother, Mark rinsing off in the lake after a day of mudding on the 4 wheeling trails :

I cut the sun on my Cameo. I added my journaling in one of the clouds:

I made the kites myself using a few different patterned papers and then machine stitched around them. I also added some machine stitching to the clouds:

I added some chipboard and stickers along with a punched border:

Here's the case file:

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

You're My Adventure

Hello crafty friends!
Today I am sharing a layout I posted for a stash challenge at Creative Inspiration. I dug deep in my stash and found this Indie Chic collection from My Mind's Eye:

I rarely use patterned paper for a background so I thought to use my stash, I would use a sheet. I added lots of layers under my photo including papers, a tag and die cuts:

I have a few strings of these premade banners from this collection and decided to add a few strands of this one to use it up:

I have lots of chipboard and embellies from this collection and decided to add as much as I could without going overboard:

Which collection do you have a lot of that is in your stash? Dig it out and use some of it up!

Grad

Hey there friends!
I am back to share a layout with you that I created for ScraPerfect and the cold case file this month at CSI. I used October Afternoon 5 & Dime and Thrift Shop along with the Best Glue Ever with the No Clog Writing Cap attached. This is a photo of my kids on Austin's high school graduation day:

When I create a layout, I save my glueing until the end. I design my project, lay it all out, photos and embellishments. Then I use the Best Glue Ever with the No Clog Writing Cap attached and carefully add dots of glue to hold my embellishments together. On this layout, I used the glue to hold my fussy cut flowers together. Them I remove all the embellies from my page and add my watercolors to the background. This way I can bring the cluster back onto my page and see if I need to add more to my background. If I need to add more, I can just remove it all in one piece. I did the same thing with the number border going down the right side of the layout. I hope that makes sense?

Here are some close ups:

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Off To Germany!

Hey Friends!
Sierra left on January 2nd to study abroad in Germany this semester. This photo is her leaving us at the airport. (Man, that was the hardest thing I ever had to do!) I dug out some old BoBunny stash (Detour), after all, using stash is my New Years resolution, and combined it with some Creative Embellishment chipboard to make it look new again!

 
I fussy cut the quote and arrow from the papers:
 
I added a coat of Gesso to the Airplane chipboard and then used a variety of mists to add some color:

 

I added a 5" d Globe under part of my photo. I colored the globe with a coat of Gesso and then added mists on top. I love how it came out! I added a few layers of paper and a fussy cut tag under my photo. I also fussy cut a few suitcases and added them to the top of my photo:

 

This was such a fun (and sad, I miss her so much!) layout to create. I love the end results!
 Thanks for stopping by and sharing your day with me!

Spread Your Wings

Hey there!
Today I am sharing my take on the new March challenge at Creative Embellishments.
I used Paper House and Crate Paper papers for this layout along with some Thickers puffy stickers and Tim Holtz stickers for this layout:

Here are a few close ups:

I misted my background and then used a mask and ink to add the harlequin pattern to the background. I also used black ink and the Distressed Text Stamp on my background.  I added some Petaloo flowers, butterflies and leaves from my stash:

For my title, I used the Spread Your Wings chipboard pieces and used a few different pink mists to color them. Here you can see one of the Tim Holtz stickers:

I used the Distressed Harlequin Pieces and added lots of ink to them. I added a Thicker puffy sticker:

To finish my layout off, I added a piece of chipboard Luggage and used the same inks as I did for the Harlequin Pieces. I also printed the quote on white cardstock, cut it apart and added some ink and mist to distress it:

I used ScraPerfect Best Glue Ever with the No Clog Writing Cap attached to adhere the chipboard and flowers to this page.

Here's the inspiration photo and the challenge:

Be inspired by 1 element from the photo and by this quote: "Every great adventure requires a first step".

As soon as I saw the quote for this challenge, I knew which photos I wanted to use. These photos were taken of Sierra in the airport in January. She was leaving to study abroad this semester in Germany. I was inspired by the black and white photo and used black and white photos on my page. I was also inspired by the harlequin pattern in the photo. 

I am excited to see your take on this challenge!

Celebrate

Hey!
I am back with another project to share today.
This one is for the March 1st challenge at CSI. I used the January 2019 Hip Kit Club kit for this layout of Austin's high school graduation:

I added mists and watercolor to my background and then fussy cut a bunch of frames from one of the papers in the kit:

I machine stitched around all the frames with white thread. The ones with the photos, I used gold thread. 

I added pops of red to mimic the inspiration photo. I added some die cuts and puffy stickers to the frames that didn't have photos:

Here's the case file:

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Guy Birthday Card

Hey there friends!
It's my day up on the Dies R Us blog today.
I don't know about you, but I always have a hard time making birthday cards for guys... Is it just me? Or do you too?
The BoBunny Take A Hike 6x6 Paper Pad is not only perfect for camping/outdoorsy layouts, it is perfect for creating guy birthday cards! Here's my card:

I used one of the papers for my base. I used the Tutti Designs Nesting Stitched Squares, the 3 biggest ones, to add a few layers for my sentiment to lay on. For the sentiment, I used the Card Deco Happy Birthday. I traced around it with a brown marker to make it pop. To put the card together, I used ScraPerfect's Best Glue Ever.  I finished the card off with a fussy cut badge and some twine:

Here are the items I used for my card:

Thanks for stopping and have a great day!

Lisa