Birthday Wishes

    At the moment I am in love with the slimline card trend. I don't know why but this is my third card this week that I created in that style. The card I am sharing with you tonight is based on the Sketch~N~Scrap WCMD #2 sketch. 

   Here is my take on the card. Sorry for the bad photos lighting in my studio is bad and I didn't want to go downstairs and set up the photo board. 

Supplies: cardstock (Paper Studio and Cardstock Warehouse), pattern paper (Heidi Swapp and Simple Stories), brad (Terresa Collins), ribbon (?), stickers (Heidi Swapp), manual dies (Crafter's Companion), and electronic die cutter (Silhouette America) 

The sentiment was die cut from wood paper. I love how it looks on the rose gold mirror paper by Cardstock Warehouse. 

   I love this bias ribbon that I had in my stash. It goes so well with the two collections that I used on this card. 

 

   The cut file that I used is free from Scrapbook & Cards Today. 

So Scary... Halloween

   It is snowy Feb. here in Michigan so I figure I needed to give this page a little TLC with a post. I am going to be sharing with you my take on Sketch~N~Scrap layout #194 sketch. 

   It might be hard to tell but I really did use this sketch for the bases of the layout.

Supplies: cardstock (Cardstock Warehouse), pattern paper (Echo Park Paper Co,), stickers (Echo Park Paper Co.), journaling cards (Becky Higgins), ink (Altnew and Close to My Heart), sequins (SpielgleMom Scraps), twine (Bella Creationz), doily (American Crafts), die-cut machine (Silhouette America) and washi tape (The Paper Studio and Scotch Brand Expressions)

   Here is a few closer looks. This is the first layout that I have ever did a large cut image. I am loving my new machine. 

   I had to get a photo of the outside since it was Halloween and it was SNOWING. 

    Like always I added journaling cards for layering and hiding mt journaling. 

Birthday Cards WCMD Recap 2

   Today, I am going to share with you a few of the birthday theme cards that I created on World Card Making Day.  The 3 that I will be sharing with you feature the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps. 

The first one is my type of card, a pop-up explosion box card. This one would be great for a kid's birthday. 

Supplies: cardstock (Bazzill Basics), pattern paper (Simple Stories and American Crafts), stickers (Pretty Little Studio), stamp (CAS-ual Fridays Stamps), ink (Tsukineko)

   The nest card would be a great birthday card for her. It is filled with layers.  I based the card on a sketch from Sketch~N~Scrap sketch 

 Supplies: cardstock (The Paper Studio), pattern paper (American Crafts), journaling spot (My Mind's Eye). stickers (American Crafts), embossing folder (Momenta), stamp (CAS-ual Fridays Stamp), ink (Tsukineko), sequins (SpiegelMom Scraps), twine (My Mind's Eye), embossing machine (Sizzix)

   The last card is a super simple card that I was in a hurry to do since my favorite show, Heartland, was about to come on. This was also based on a Sketch~N~Scrap sketch. 

Supplies: cardstock (American Crafts and The Paper Studio), washi tape (American Crafts), embossing folder (Momenta), stamp (CAS-ual Fridays Stamps), ink (Tsukineko)

   Thanks for stopping by and reading this long, picture heavy post. 

Wishing Birthday Fun

    July has been a busy month of prep work for Christmas in my shop. Even though I work most of the day sewing I still sneak some me paper crafting time at night. 

Today, I am going to share a page using a Sketch~N~Scrap sketch. 

   I loved all the layers from the sketch.

 Supplies: pattern paper (Studio Calico, KaiserCraft, My Mind's Eye and Colorbox), wood veneer (Jillibean Soup and Jenni Bowlin), washi tape (Scotch Brand), die cuts (Echo Park Paper Co.) and journaling card (Project Life)   

 I ended up fussy cutting the hexagon paper. I still love to do splatters.

Labor of Goodness

   This week I must have been in a scrappy mode since this is my third one that I made this week. The page I am about to share is of 2017 Labor Day. I don't think I have ever scrapped that holiday before. I used sketch #136 from Sketch~N~Scrap.

   This is my take on it. As you can see I changed it up a bit to fit my needs. 

                                    

Supplies: pattern paper (Studio Calico, Pink Paislee and Pretty Little Studio), journaling card (Becky Higgins), stickers (American Crafts and Beautiful Mess), chipboard (Crate Paper), typewriter (We R Memory Keepers) cut apart (Pretty Little Studio), wood veneer (American Crafts), trim (American Crafts) embroidery floss (We R Memory Keepers), punch board (We R Memory Keepers), stitching template (American Crafts), sewing machine and stapler. 

   Here is a closer look at the title work and some of the typewritten journaling. 

   I originally was going to type my journaling onto the page but the top frame got caught in the typewriter, which tore the frame so I used the fun pom-pom trim as a way to cover up the mess.  

Farewells

First off, don't lose your my site when Blogger closes follow me through Bloglovin'. I switch to it a month ago and I am loving it.  look for the link on my right sidebar.
This month has held a lot of goodbyes for me.
The first goodbye went to a online place I called home for over 3 years. It was a club that I got to get to know a lot ladies that I considered my friends. Club CK officially shut down on June 15th. To document my time there I created this page. This I am entering in Frosted Designs Girlfriends blog hop. 

Supplies: pattern paper (Bo Bunny), stickers: (Creating Keepsakes, Bo Bunny and Glitz Designs), Baker's cording (Crafty Steals Basics), gem (Zva Creative), die cuts (?), and button (Webster's Pages)  

The other goodbye's went to design teams. I am going to share my favorite project I created for each team.
The Robin's Nest

Polka Dot Pixies

Sketch~N~Scrap

Even with all these ends there has been new beginnings and opportunities, which I will be able to share with you a few months
I will post the winner to the product challenge Monday. 

Sailing Together Over at S~N~S

Today's sketch reveal at S~N~S is great for when you have one great picture that you want to focus on.

Here is my page of my parents before they had us kids.

Supplies: papers (Cosmo Cricket), washi tape (DoddleBug Designs), stickers (American Crafts and Studio Calico), twine (Timeless Twine), gems and brad (Eyelet Outlet), tags (Glitz Designs and Daisy D's), doily (Webster's Pages), spray mist (Ranger) and sewing machine.

Don't forget we are celebrating our birthday all month long. All the design team members are hosting different challenges during the month check out S~N~S for the details.