Love = Cooties

   Cooties. I know it is a strange blogging topic but that is what I am blogging about today. Today is another reveal over at Child's Play Challenges. The topic is the children's game '"Cooties". I never played the game but I remember the commercial for it from when I was little. This was a challenge for me since the only thing I could think of doing was a bug layout but really did it come down to scrapping a bug when I had hundreds of meaningful photos to scrap. I finally thought of love since that has been referred to cooties forever.

   Here is the inspiration piece 

  I decided to scrap this year's Valentine's cards. That just screams love thanks to Hallmark. :) .

Supplies: cardstock (The Paper Studio), pattern paper (Basic Grey, Carta Bella, Crate Paper and Studio Calico), trim (American Crafts),stickers (American Crafts and Simple Stories), pinwheel (Queen & Co.) tags (Chic Tags), enamel dots ( My Mind's Eye), ink (Close To My Heart)  stamps (Stampin' Up!), washi tape (Doodlebug Designs),  pen (American Crafts) and doily (Doodlebug Designs)

I have to tell you a little secret about this page. I forgot to cut the bottom strip off the background paper. I didn't know it was on it until I showed the completed page to my mom. I never saw a paper with the same pattern and colors on the cut off strip before. To fix the problem I trimmed the excess off the top. Now, I know look on the Basic Grey papers for that information strip before I start glueing. LOL 

Thanks for stopping by and be sue to link up you takes on the month's challenges over at Child's Play Challenges. 

SS #9 Reveal

    Happy Saturday everyone. Hope it is nice and sunny where you are at because it is not here. Here it is cold and rainy (it just cleared up, LOL) which I don't normally mind but today I have a pet costume contest to get to and other things to do and I am already dragging. Yes, I am typing this up with a Pumpkin Spice Latte from Biggby's in front of me but that might be a bad thing since coffee makes me sleepy most of the time. 

Here is the the Simple Sketches  #9 sketch reveal 

Here is what I came up with. 

Supplies: cardstock (The Paper Studio), pattern paper (Fancy Pants Designs), stickers (Fancy Pants Designs, American Crafts and Glitz Designs), flair (Studio G), doily, diy enamel dots, washi tape (Scotch and K & Co.) and mist (Studio Calico)

To tell the truth when I finished this page I didn't like it but since then I think this has to be my favorite one I did this month. Strange how that worked out. The page is of my mom when she is her late teens.
Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out Simple Sketches blog every Saturday for a new sketch.
God Bless,

Trick-or-Treat Bag

Today I have a post up on Timeless Twine blog with a cute Halloween bag that is perfect for a kid to hold their candy. 

I just took a plain gift bag and decorated with scraps and twine. 

Supplies: pattern paper and sticker (Authentique), mist (Heidi Swapp), twine (Timeless Twine), diecut (?), black ink (Stampabilities), doily and diy enamel dots. 

 To create the pom-pom I wrapped twine around 50 times two fingers. Tie center, snip ends and trim to size. To jazz up a flat sticker I outlined it in twine.

 I just couldn't resist adding some twine to the handle.

Here are the twines I used: black kraft, pumpkin orange and purple passion.

 

Hope you enjoyed this little project and that it inspires you to play with some twine today.
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Premade Halloween Layout

Linked up at Paper Issues. 

I can't believe it has been six months since I joined the Embellish Me Happy design team. This is my last EMH post as a member. 

For this month's theme is Halloween. For my family we keep it low key. I make a costume for Buster, my mom and myself. I make some candy and that is about it. Even though we don't go big I still want to capture those memories. I ended up creating a scrapbook page so I just have to add a photo at the end of the month. 

Supplies pattern paper (ScrapWorks, The Paper Studio and Authentique), sticker (Jolee's and Authentique, tags (Coreinations,? and 7 Gypsies), twine (Timeless Twine),mask (Studio Calico), mist (Studio Calico and Heidi Swapp),wood veneer (Feckle Fawn), paint (Clearsnap), Stickles, stamp (Jenni Bowlin Merchantile), gems (Eyelet Outlet), decoative tape (Target) and diy enamled dots  

I usually don't like my Halloween pages but the reason why was I never had a paper for this hoilday. I ended up buying a collection this summer and boy does that make a difference when you have ther right supplies.

Be sure to link up you Halloween theme projet here for a chance at our monthly prize. 

Double, Singles and a Card

A couple of weeks age I created this page of my mom's birthday from last year.
For this page I used Pamela Young's #237 sketch. I am entering this in About A Girl  bold challenge.

Supplies: cardstock (The Paper Studio) pattern paper (Die Cuts With a View, The Paper Studio and Crate Paper), mist (Heidi Swapp), mask (The Crafter's Workshop), washi tape (7 Gypsies and Echo Park), grommets (We R Memory Keepers) , brad (Crate Paper), stickers (American Crafts and ?) stamp (K & Company) ink (Stampabilities), journal card (Webster's Pages) border punch (EK Success) and modeling paste.  

This page is of a photo of me when I was a baby. I am entering this page in About a Girl doily challenge

 This is the last page I created that I can share at this moment.  This page was a tough one for me because I ran out of creative juices and the patterns and colors were not helping it at all. To make this page cohesive I added little embellishments which complemented everything.

Supplies: cardstock (The Paper Studio), pattern paper (Die Cuts With a View, Studio Calico, and Echo Park), twine (Timeless Twine), flair (Fancy Pants), rub-ons: (Doddle Bug Designs), gears (The Paper Studio), journal spot (The Robin's Nest), stickers (American Crafts and Simple Stories), and embossing powder.  

 Here is a card. I had the base of this done for a month but never finished it until this week. Thanks to a friend of mine who sent me the love tag I was able to complete this card in a matter of minutes.

Supplies: cardstock (Bazzill),  pattern paper (Crate Paper and Webster's Pages), electronic die cutter and cartridge (Provo Craft), mist (Heidi Swapp), stamp (Deep Red Stamps), dew drops (The Robin's Nest), ink (Close To My Heart), doily and tag. 

Thanks for stopping by. I hope these projects inspired you to do a creative project today. 

Rock Star @ S~N~S

Welcome to another great sketch from S~N~S. This is sketch #34

Supplies: cardstock ( Bazzil and the Paper Studio), pattern paper (October Afternoon and American Crafts), stickers (Fancy Pants and ?), negative die-cut (Fancy Pants) punch (EK Success), twine (timeless Twine), eyelets and mist (heidi Swapp).

As you can tell I changed the sketch up a bit to suit my larger size photos and since I didn't have much to journal about I moved that spot over.
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Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out S~N~S to see what the other designers did.

Mother's Day Card The Robin's Nest Style

Mother's day is just in a couple of days. Here is a little card inspiration for you that features this month's Flame Line special and a special partnering up with Love Bug Creations. 

 Chili Flame

Damask Black and White

Dinosaur Rub-On

Robins Egg Blue Classic Glitter Cardstock

Hearts-Glitter Chipboard

Gum Drops Tear Dew Drops

Brilliant Blue Mini Dew Drops

Christmas Tree Tear Dew Drops

Ivory Glitter Alphabet Stickers

Green Leaves Rumple Ribbon (Love bug Creations)

Purple Disc Rumple Ribbon (Love bug Creations)

Ocean View Rumple Ribbon (Love bug Creations)

Stamp

Inks

Spray mists

Doily

Electronic die-cutter on flower punches

Brads

 The thing that I like about The Robin's Nest papers that they can be easily altered with different color mediums which still allow the design still shows through.I applies inks and mists to the Damask paper.

The beautiful gold flourish paper is actually the Dino rub-on packaging. 

 Love the rumple ribbons. They are so easy to work with. 

Here is the seal. I just cut out a circle from the same color as the card base and added a punch flower from the flame line. 

Thanks for dropping by and I hope you enjoyed my mother's day card that features this month's special and this month's partner. 

Mini Post (1)

Today I will be doing two posts for mini cards that I made for the Moxie Fab World blog mini card challenge.
This is a cute birthday card that is perfect to attach to a gift. it is 2 1/2 inches

Supplies: papers (Cosmo Cricket and an index card), twine (Timeless Twine), gems (The Robin's Nest), stamps (Karen Foster and EK Success), mist (Heidi Swapp) washi tapes (Queen & Co. and Target), chipboard (Blue Fern Studios) markers (Bic and American Crafts) ink (A*Muse Studio), border punch (Fiskars) clothespin.