My First Boy Pages!

Trysten is now one week old and he already has his first pages done! This is the first month of his baby calendar - I have to wait until I get the rest of my Stardust paper (I only have the bulk paper so far) and a full calendar (I only have this partial one left from when I did my friend's baby calendar) so I can finish the rest, but I'm really excited! I'm probably just going to copy what I did with hers, just to make it easier, but hey, there's nothing wrong with that, right!

I used some Stardust papers, and the white frame and letter 'T'came from the Dazzling Die-Cuts. I also used some DE stars (covered with Honey Textured CS and stamped with the background stamp from Rustic Flowers), some Moonstruck Waxy Flax, the Building Block Alphabet for his name and Classic Caps for the month. So how am I doing with the whole boy scrapping thing so far ;-) It's a whole new world to me but so far a lot of fun! Thanks for looking!

Squeaky Birthday Wishes

Here is the card I did for this month's Originals Challenge - I also used MCC #31 but I forgot to add the Juniper ;-P but at least I used the minimum of 3 colors - Honey, Cocoa, and Olive. I used one of the fun stamped images that Laurel sent me - what a fun little mouse - I cut waxy flax for his whiskers and added Window Charms on the stars. This card was for my nephew who had a birthday last week - I hope it's masculine enough for a 15 year old!

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Tooth Fairy Layout

Here is the layout that I did for this month's Cherish Challenge - it was a super fast and easy layout. I was lucky, too - when Kaylee lost her tooth and asked for some paper to write her note to the Tooth Fairy, I just grabbed this scrap of paper and luckily it was 6x6 so it fit perfectly on my layout in a 6x6 page protector - it will go on top of the 12x12 page protector over the layout so you can easily access the hidden journaling.

Products Used - All CTMH: Best Friends Forever paper pack & Stickease, Silver Accessories, Liquid Glass (over the flower buckles), Dutch Blue Textured CS, and the Font CD for the title and journaling.

My First Canvas

This was a gift I made for my MIL for her b-day last month. It is a 10x10 canvas - I sponged Blush ink directly on the canvas and added the Cocoa textured CS for a border and then added the title and pictures. I used the Friendship Alphabet set (I just cannot get enough of that set, I LOVE it!) clear embossed on Cocoa textured CS and then cut out for the title, along with the pink dot paper from the Notebook pack, and Chocolate Rub-Ons.

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MCC #35

Now that I know Lynn received this card, I can post it without spoiling anything ;-) This was a card I created for MCC #35 and sent to Lynn for her birthday last week. I used the colors that Marjorie chose, but added Chocolate. I created the cupcake by running the wrapper piece (that was cut from some paper from Life Delights) through my paper crimper. Then I used the retired I Scream to stamp on the back of the Smokey Plum CS to create the bottom of the cupcake - this way I was able to make the cupcake the size I wanted. Then I dry embossed the outline of the cupcake top and sanded and cut out. I used Liquid Glass over the entire top to make the sprinkles stick. The sprinkles were punched out of Creme Brulee CS. I think it turned out fun and so different from something I would usually do - I hope it turned out okay, especially since it went to a fabulous stamper/card maker!

Turn that frown upside-down!

These pictures of Brianna just crack me up and I couldn't wait to scrap them. They were taken on our last camping trip this year, in Star Valley. These pics also worked great with one of Marjorie's old color challenges, so I used MCC #30.

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Brianna was so mad, and I don't remember why, but as soon as I started taking pics of that grumpy face, she turned it around really quick and got right in the camera with a big ol' goofy face. The big pic on the right page is blurry and her face is so nice and dirty in these pics, but they totally show off her fun personality.

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I used a PageMaps sketch from September 2007 and made a circle with Red Sparkles and a hand drawn arrow. I also used paper from the Game On pack, along with some Black Textured CS (I used the back for the gray arrow). I was going to emboss the words 'turn that' but I couldn't find my black embossing powder - I still plan on making those words darker, though, they seem really faded to me. Oh, and I used my Threading Water Fiskars punch for the scalloped edge, and Spot On Background stamp set on the Dimensional Elements.

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Wedding Card

I had a dear friend come over to make cards last weekend - she asked me to help her make a wedding card for her friend who is getting married next month. The closest colors to their wedding colors were Vineyard Berry, Chocolate, and Colonial White. We totally cased this card from the Originals book in the wedding section, we just changed the papers and stamps used. She was really happy with it and so was I - I haven't made too many wedding cards lately and I don't have any wedding stamps, but the Friendship Word Puzzle worked!

Just Because

I just had so much fun with Hannah's star card, that I had to make another one. I created this one for CTMH's Make It From Your Heart Rub-Ons contest and wasn't going to post it yet, but it fit Laurel's Blog Candy Challenge perfectly, so here it is! Her challenge was to make a Just Because card using pink and ribbon. I used Baby Pink textured CS, Chocolate CS, Shining Star stamp set (dry embossed instead of heat embossed this time), Say It In Style stamp set, and Chocolate rub-ons to create this card. It was really hard to get a good picture of this one since it's such a light pink and I did some dry embossing, but I hope you can see the detail - I may post more pics later! I used the light side of the textured CS for the inside of the card. You have until tomorrow to enter Laurel's Blog Candy Challenge, so good luck!

Oops...Blog Candy Winner!

Sorry, I had this post started and a winner picked last week, I just forgot to move it past the draft mode ;-P I had Brianna draw out a winner for my blog candy - congrats to...Yvonne! I love her fun costume she told about in her comment...

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"One year I made two heads out of nylons (using buttons for eyes and I put winter hats on the heads). I put my son in a sweet top and sewed a head on each sholder of the sweet top. He was the 3-headed monster! It was cute!"

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Here is what she won...

...some fun accessories - Hugz and Big Eyelets and a seasonal coaster frame that I made - this one just includes Fall and Winter, maybe by my 200th post for another blog candy I'll do Spring and Summer that time ;-)

I was only planning on doing a Fall side, but couldn't stop - if I would have known I was going to keep going, I wouldn't have used the Joy rub-on for the fall side - I guess I was in a joyful mood!

Thanks for stopping by!

Family

I ran across these old pictures the other day and knew they would be perfect with one of Marjorie's Color Challenges, and it's finally one of the more current ones, so I got to play a little today. This layout is for MCC #29 - my SIL, Sandy came over today with her box of new stuff from the new CTMH catty. I don't have a scrapping budget as of lately so I don't get any new stuff for a while, so it was fun to see the awesome new products and play with some of it, too!

I'm pretty sure I got the date pretty close - all I know is that these pics were taken at least after August 1990 and before March 1991 and for some reason, I just have it stuck in my head that it was around Christmas. I'm close, anyway! I forgot to add my pull-out tag with names, I will have to include that soon! If anyone can see the pic decently, can anyone guess which is me?

Products Used - all CTMH unless stated otherwise: NEW Chocolate Alphabet Large, Chocolate Textured CS, Honey, Barn Red, and Olive CS, The Works Alphabet, Christmas Greetings stamp set, sanding block, edge distresser, Scallop Circle template (from OT)

Sisters

Here is a quick page that I did today for the latest PageMaps Blog Challenge and MCC #27 - I thought the bright colors were perfect for these B&W pics that I found. The Blog Challenge was named a Vacation Challenge, so I don't know if mine counts since it's not about vacation, but I found these pictures before I found any compatible vacation pics, and I had to scrap them right away! Plus, all my vacation pics need at least a 2-page layout ;-)

I recently saw the lacing on a layout on Melissa's blog and had to try it right away - it added a fun touch, love those sassy strands!

Oh, and this includes another sneak peak at an upcoming Stamp of the Month, the journaling piece on the right came from Annotations, which is October's SOTM. I didn't think the detail stood out enough with the light Kiwi ink, so I used my piercing tool to pierce the design - I LOVE the results!

Products Used - all CTMH (except the Fiskars Threading Water Punch - LOVE that thing!): Watermelon Textured CS, Sanding Block, Kiwi and Sunny Yellow CS, Hodge Podge Alphabet, Annotations, Checklist, Bubblegum Sassy Strands, Piercing Tool,

Fair Entries

Here are the projects the girls and I are entering in our county fair this week - wish us luck! Oh, and just so you know, my girls did their projects all on their own. I was very impressed with how well they did by themselves, especially their bead projects. They came up with the pattern all on their own and had fun stringing the beads, I only helped them tie off their bracelets - they can't wait to wear them once the fair is over!

Kaylee's card...

Kaylee's bead project...

Kaylee's painting...

Brianna's bead project...

Brianna's crayon art...

And here are mine...

Stamping - Any other project...

Scrapbook Page...

Card...

Stamping Card (used stamp kissing)...

Invitation...

Altered Book...

Any other card...

Quick summer-themed projects

I haven't had much time to create lately, so I'm really going through withdrawals ;-P But here are some quick projects I have done lately - both done in less than 30 minutes!

Here is a thank you card/book I made for one of the families we were camping with last weekend - to say thanks for the boat rides. The girls made their own contribution to the book and there are 10 pics inside. I finished it up with my BIA - I love that blue little tool - perfect for making custom books!

And here are the super quick invites I did for Brianna's b-day party. I just printed them up on my computer and did a quick stamp job - love that fun little Splash stamp set. Sorry for the bad pic - it turned out with a really blue hue - it's really on white paper - I used a blue strip to cover the party details, though. And yes, it says no gifts, please - my girls have SO many toys, they don't need more, or maybe I'm just a really mean mom ;-)

Inspiration Challenge - Week #11

So I couldn't decide on an inspiration challenge for this week, until I received this catalog in the mail yesterday - it was just so fun and simple, and inspired me immediately.

I hope you'll joing me in this week's challenge - use it to inspire you to create anything! You can use the colors, theme, layout, whatever you pull from the picture to inspire you! Please leave me a link to your creations so I can post them in a link here so we can all see how you were inspired.

I've loved this PageMaps sketch since it came out earlier this month and I was just waiting for the right picture to use with it. Well, the sun from the catalog inspired me and reminded me of this sketch and I instantly thought of the song, "You are my Sunshine" - so I found this leftover picture that I really wanted to scrap but didn't have room for on the original layout, so here is what I did with it. I used Marjorie's Color Challenge #18 but I added Sunny Yellow and Crystal Blue to go with Brianna's swimsuit and the sun idea. I have since added liquid glass and prisma glitter on her name and the word 'sunshine' to make them stand out more. I used WordArt to print the song lyrics to go with the circle - I think it turned out fun!

Products Used - all CTMH: Pink Carnation B&T paper (retired); Pink Carnation, Crystal Blue, Baby Pink, and Sunny Yellow Sassy Strands; Free Spirit stamp set (I heat embossed the swirls for the sun rays), Sunny Yellow Embossing Powder, Delightful Alphabet; Baby Pink, Pink Carnation, Key Lime, Sunny Yellow, and Crystal Blue CS

Thanks for looking!

Another Hot Springs/Inspiration Layout

I completed another page to go with my Hot Springs layout...

Here they are together...

And I'm enjoying using these photo storage pages finally - it's a nice easy way to scrap events with lots of pics - these pictures will go between the above pages (sorry for the glare)...

My Inspiration Layout...

Now here is my layout for my Inspiration Challenge - Week #10

I didn't really stray from the original design - I just loved it how it was! It reminded me of splashes so I knew it would be perfect with this picture. I also used Marjorie's Color Challenge #17, as it was similar to the original design, except I changed the Holiday Red to Dutch Blue. I had fully intended on using the red as Kaylee's swimsuit is red, but you can't really see it in this pic, and I added the blue to go with Brianna's floaties - isn't that just like me to always change the color challenge combos ;-)


I free-handed the first splash and from there just used the same template to make them bigger or smaller. I used a plate to create the circle element. It was really pretty simple once I cut out the splashes! I plan on doing a companion page, or possibly a couple more, as I have a lot of pics from that day - but here is the first one for now - thanks for looking!




Products Used - all CTMH: Bubblegum textured CS, Dutch Blue textured CS, Sunflower textured CS, Orange CS, White Brads (Bigger, Regular, and Bitty), Hodgepodge Alphabet stamp set, Calendar stamp set

Bed Head

Okay, so this is the layout that was inspired by my Scentsy Warmer - I really liked the dots on it and it reminded me of the paper piercing that I've tried once before. My original plan was to pierce the small dots and punch out the big dots on the Vineyard Berry strips, so you could see the Hollyhock through the holes, but luckily I tried it on a scrap first and it looked better with just the stamped background - no holes - which is a good thing because that would have taken FOREVER! But I still kept with the original inspiration of the dots using the stamp set and the fun brads. I used Marjorie's Color Challenge #14 for this layout.

All products used are from CTMH. I used Hollyhock and Vineyard Berry CS, and Topiary and Breeze Textured CS - I used the back of the textured CS for the lighter shades - I just love that feature! I also used the Spot On Background stamp set (my favorite stamp set from the new Summer Idea Book) - I used it to create the pattern on the Vineyard Berry CS, and to 'stamp kiss' the letters for the title. Other products used: White Bigger Brads, White Regular Brads, White Bitty Brads, Rustic Alphabet, and Extreme Caps.