So Stuffed

   Over the weekend, I finished scrapping my last batch of printed photos of the main 2017 events. The page I am about to share is for the Scrap Our A Stash Jan.15th-29th Blend-A-Sketch Challenge. 

   I scrapped some of the food photos of Thanksgiving. I blended the sketch by using 4 photos and the journaling area from the first sketch and the angle and title placement from the second sketch. 

 Supplies: cardstock (Bazzill Basics), pattern paper (Photo Play Paper and Fancy Pants Designs) die cuts (K&Co., Jilllibean Soup, Pretty Little Studio, My Mind's Eye, Scenic Route), stickers (Simple Stories and American Crafts), journaling spot (Making memories) , brad (My Mind's Eye), enamel embellishments (Crate Paper), rhinestones (?), embroidery floss (We R Memory Keepers), doily (DoodleBug Designs), typewriter (Typecast), stitching template (American Crafts) and washi tape (My Mind's Eye)

   I ended up using a really old journaling spot on this page, it was from Making Memories. I used a mix of stitching and Thickers for my title.

    I love the doilies peeking out from the edge and accented by the rhinestones and enamel shapes. 

    That tag is a free printable from Pretty Little Studio's collection Sweet Life. I printed it on parchment paper which gave it a softer tone. 

Crazy Fam - SBC #473

   I am happy to share with you today's Scrapbook Challenges sketch #473, this sketch is one I created. 

Here is my take on it.

Supplies: cardstock (The Paper Studio), pattern paper (Fancy Pants Designs, Die Cuts With a View, and Studio Calico), journaling card (Project Life), diecuts (Basic Grey), flair (Studio G), doily (doodlebug Designs), washi tape (Scotch Brand), border punch (EK Success), ink (Ranger) stickers (Studio Calico), die (Spellbinders), color pencils (Faber-Castell) and manual die cutter (Spellbinders).

Here are a few close-ups. I just recently received some watercolor pencils and I have to say I am in love with them. I used them one the arrow diecut. 

Which Bone? - SBC #458

   It is Monday, and that means it is time to do my layout reveal for the latest sketch from Scrapbook Challenges.
Sketch #458

   I scaled this sketch done to work on an 8x8 page. 

Supplies: cardstock (American Crafts, The Paper Studio and Die Cuts With a View), pattern paper (Die Cuts With a View and Crate Paper),  stickers (American Crafts, Elle's Studio, October Afternoon and Jillibean Soup), tag (Elle's Studio), washi tape (My Mind's Eye), doily (Doodlebug), sequins (Fancy Pants Designs), sewing machine and thread

   Since the photos on this page were taken on Independence Day I decided to keep the color scheme on this page red, white and blue even though the story has nothing to do with the holiday. 

Here is a little tip on those cute little label stickers from Jillibean Soup. Make sure your journaling is written on them before adhering to the page. I made the mistake of adding not enough labels to the page and I had to move them around to get the extra tag in the right spot. This error cause me to ruin some of the labels as I removed from the page and it also ripped some of the pattern paper. So user beware: the adhesive on those labels are sticky. 

You're Invited - CCB

   This week over at Canvas Corp. Brands blog the creative crew members are sharing easy to mass produce invitations. These cards are ones that you wouldn't mind creating 50.
   Mine you just need a few supplies. You could get 6-8 cards out of two sheets of pattern paper. In other words, cost is very reasonable.

Supplies from Canvas Corp Brands:

Greeting Cards Kraft with Canvas (4 count)

White and Kraft Lace

Poses and Reflections Gypsy Moments

Paper Tape: Postale (3 rolls)

Gypsy Moments Tags: To & From Assorted (10pcs)

Other:

Stamp ink (Memento)

Stamp (Studio G)

Doilies (Doodlebug Designs)

   Click on collage to get a closer look at my process. 

Step 1: Adhere pattern paper with liquid glue to card front.

Step 2: Adhere doily.

Step 3: Fussy cut out one of the vintage polaroids, apply the paper tape to the bottom and adhere to card.

Step 4: Stamp sentiment onto tag and adhere.

Step 5: To decorate the envelope just adhere the paper tape to the flap of the envelopes. 

Here is the finish product. Simple to create but they look stunning as if they did take a long time.

Thanks for dropping by and be sure to head over to the Canvas Corp Brands blog to see what the whole crew created for this challenge.  

Super Mom Card

Buster came home Monday at noon. He was still groggy from the anesthesia but never fell asleep until about nighttime. Me on the other hand had to take a nap in the afternoon. I was exhausted because I only had four hours of sleep and was worried about Buster. He is just has two vet visits this week to flush out the ears and then the stitches are being removed in 13 days. I am sure if Buster could count he would be doing a countdown so he wear the e-collar. 

Today, I am going to share a card I made for the current challenge for the monthly challenge my friend Kelly co-hosts.Also, I am entering it into the handwriting challenge on the Moxie Fab World's blog. The challenge is to use a quote. When I saw this quote on Pinterest  I knew I had to use it on my mom's Mother's Day card. Follow me in Pinterest to see my latest inspiration. 

                                             

Here is the card.

Supplies: cardstock: (The Paper Studio), pattern paper (Fancy Pants Designs and Crate Paper), twine (Timeless Twine), stickers (Jillibean Soup, American Crafts, Lily Bee Designs, Studio Calico and (?), sewing templates (American Crafts), doily (DoodleBug Designs), sequins (Hobby Lobby), and punches (EK Success)

I am sure my mom is going to get a little teary eye when she reads this. I am good with that as long it is not me doing the watery eye bit. Tears and my eyes don't mix. In other words if I do my eyes will be stinging for the rest of the day. 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope I got you thinking about your Mother's Day cards that need to be made.

Today is Your Day... Card

Here I am again with another card I made for my third week of participating in the Northridge Publishing' Create blog. This challenge was to do a shaped card so I went with a circle.  

Supplies: cardstock (The Paper Studio), pattern paper (American Crafts), doily (Doodlebug Designs), tags (Elle's Studio),  house die cut (Jillibean Soup)sequins (The Treehouse Company) and electronic die cutter and cartridge (Provo Craft)

  On this card I mixed some old with the new. My old item was the pattern paper from the Dear Lizzy Enchanted collection. I had this collection for awhile now and only have few pieces left so I am going to try to finish it off before my birthday. The new was the doily and tags that I just got last week from Craft Junction. 

This was a fast card to make only took about 10 minutes to put it together and 20 minutes to get the circle cut right. For some reason the Cricut blade kept cutting where it wasn't suppose to.
This is such a spring looking card perfect to brighten up anyone's day. Especially, when with this crazy weather we have been having lately. I heard another Polar Vertex is hitting again this week.

Holiday Gifts

Today is another great sketch reveal over at Scrapbook Challenges. If you like scrapping with more than two photos this is perfect for you. You can find the sketch here. 

Yeah, it is still winter and I am scrapping last Christmas photos. 

Supplies: cardstock (The Paper Studio), pattern paper (Heidi Swapp and American Crafts), sticker (Pebbles Inc.and  My Mind's Eye), mist (Heidi swapp), stamp (Deep Red Rubber), gelato (Faber-Castell), doily (Doodlebug Designs), twine (Timeless Twine), button (Teresa Collins), ink (Close to my Heart), stamps (EK Success), pens (American Crafts and Uniball), and ribbon

I stamped and misted some naked chipboard letters for the word "holiday". I applied red gelato on the corrugated kraft letters.   

 Don't you just love that little leaf with Santa. I also love the pen stitching along the the fussy cut circle.

Check out the full reveal here and be sure to play along for a chance at winning this month's prize from Freckled Fawn.

Seating For 4

It has been a couple of weeks since I posted a Scrapbook Challenges reveal. I took a couple weeks off and now I am back with sketch #380.

Supplies: cardstock (The Paper Studio),  pattern paper (Heidi Swapp and Crate Paper), stickers (American Crafts), punch ( We R Memory Keepers), sequins (Treehouse Company), brad (Bo Bunny), stamp (K&Co.), ink (Stampabilities), washi tape (American Crafts), and doily.

I took this photo right before we sat down to our Christmas dinner. I normally don't take this type of a photo without the main course on the table but I think if I did it that way it would have been too busy. I used the bokeh paper from Maggie Holmes' Signature collection seem fitting with the tree. That little banner was printed on the paper already but I didn't want the punched paper cover it up so I took a craft knife and cut part of the banner so the paper could slide behind it.
Be sure to stop by  Scrapbook Challenges to see the full reveal.

A Christmas Delight

Hello, everyone I hope everyone had a good New Year's day. The eve could have went better I had a killer neck pain that has finally gone today. Anyway here is this week's sketch reveal for Simple Sketches. 

For this page I ended up using some of goodies I bought on Black Friday in Studio Calico's grab kits / bags. I must say if you ever see these on their site be sure to grab a few. You get a lot of product for hardly any money.

Supplies: cardstock (The Paper Studio), patten paper (American Crafts), doily (Studio Calico and Hobby Lobby), sequins (The Tree Company), stickers (Studio Calico, October Afternoon, and American Crafts), gelato (Faber-Castell),  stamp (Glitz Design), ink (Close to my Heart), ribbon (The Paper Studio), star confetti (Studio Calico) 

For the pattern paper on this Christmas page I ended up using non-themed paper it was easy to do since they were Christmas colors. 

On a side note, I made a crafty New Year's resolution to use more ribbon. As you can see I used some at the bottom of the red paper. I hope I stick to it since I have a lot of ribbon to use. 

Be sure to stop by Simple Sketches to see this week's guest designer Christy Stickler. 

Timeless Twine Topper

 Since my birthday is approaching fast I have been in the mood of creating birthday theme items. Today I created a quick topper for a gift bag or present.I just dressed up a plain kraft gift bag with a big statement piece. 

For the streamers I added  Pumpkin Orange and Graphite Gray twine with crepe paper, ribbon and tulle.

I cut out " happy birthday" out with my electronic die cutting machine and filled in the negative space with Aqua Blue and Purple Passion twine. I love how this came out. 

Don't forget to mark your calendars for the fun hop on the 8th. We will be teaming up with Some Odd Girl. 

Have a great twine filled day.