My first Disney layout!! {TPV Guest Designer Post!}

I'm so happy to announce that I am the Guest Designer at The Paper Variety this week!!  I found out when I was on the bus from the Magic Kingdom to our hotel at like 1 a.m. our first night there LOL! Riding the bus was my time to check in and see what was going on since we didn't have a good signal at the hotel.

When I got home and saw my assignment, I may have squealed a bit.  The sketch from Guest Aphra Boyler this week was PERFECT for my first Disney page. I think this is the fastest I have ever started scrapping a vacation.  I have had most of my supplies since we booked our trip back in March :) You can click {HERE} to see Aphra's sketch on the TPV blog as well as all the fantastic DT samples!

Here is my layout~

I saw the Four Parks - One World a lot while were were there. I think I even bought a deck of cards with it (I really need to unpack!!)  The picture of the castle isn't the best we have but it's the only one I could find that would fit with the rest.  All supplies are from the Queen & Company Disney line except for the Thickers and the tiny type letters.

If you play along with TPV this week, you can win this cool prize!

I am also linking my layout to the Disney/Pixar link up party at Crafty Chics!

TFL!

Thinking of You {FBW #173}

It's the last Wednesday of September and it's our last open challenge for Danni's birthday month at Flutter By Wednesdays.  Just remember to include a butterfly, fairy or angel on your creation! 

This week we have two fabulous sponsors for you too - The Greeting Farm and Paper Makeup Stamps! Two of my fave stamp companies!! Click {HERE} to upload your creation and to see the great prizes you can win! 

I am still not quite back in the swing of crafting yet so I went with a very simple card using all scraps & supplies that have been laying on my desk.  My poor markers have been neglected for weeks now. Hopefully I haven't forgotten how to use them LOL

Supplies Used~

• Crate Paper Random 6x6 pad
• Martha Stewart butterfly punches
• Cosmo Cricket Tiny Type letters
• Queen & Co pearls
• Fiskars Apron Lace border punch

Other Challenges Entered~

• One Stitch at a Time #81 - Use Your Favorites (these punches are my fave to use on cards!)
• The Corrosive Challenge #133 - Punches and/or Dies

Thanks for fluttering by! Check back in a few hours to see my Guest Designer post for The Paper Variety!

Birthday Sundaes #28 - Buttons!

Good morning!

Today's Birthday Sundaes Challenge should be an easy one for everyone! Just create a new birthday card and add some BUTTONS!  Don't forget birthday wording on your card front.

I will hopefully have a card to share later in the week but no promises. I didn't get a chance to get everything done before we left for vacation and am not up to crafting just yet. Soon though, I hope!

You can enter your card {HERE} and check out the fab DT samples while you are there!

I'm back!!!

I know most of you didn't even know I was gone LOL!   

Mike and I left last Sunday for Walt Disney World to celebrate our belated honeymoon and 1st wedding anniversary. We stayed on WDW property at the Caribbean Beach Resort and really enjoyed our entire 6 days there, even though I caught a cold and haven't been feeling well since Wednesday.  I have tons of pictures to share but I need the energy to really sift through them all to organize and edit them. 

Here's one pic from our character breakfast at the Animal Kingdom, this was our 2nd day there :)  

I hope to get back on track with visiting and commenting soon! Thank you for all the comments on my projects this week :) 

Scrappin' Saturday - Cousins

Happy Scrappin' Saturday!

This week I am featuring a double layout from the crop I attended a few weeks ago. I did use a sketch, however I can't find my notes at the moment.

{click picture for larger view}

I had lots of pictures from the photo session of my sister's dog and mine meeting for the first time to take Christmas photos.  This double pager allowed me to include quite a few pics - although I think I might still have just a few more to scrap!

I just love this Basic Grey Jovial line! Everything is BG except the red cardstock which is Bazzill Classic Red and the ribbon is from May Arts. 

Thanks for looking!

Cooking It Up with Katie #76

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Hello again!

I'm back with my Cooking It Up with Katie card and sadly my last challenge with the team. I thought I could take on the additional commitment but it has proven to be too much to keep up with.  I will still be playing along when I can though since I love the challenges.

The recipe this week is:

• oval
• orange
• inside out (decorate the inside of your card!)

I used the very cool Papertrey Ink - Inside & Out birthday stamp set and Echo Park Apothecary Emporium paper to create a fun 'halloween-ish' birthday card. Can you tell I just love this May Arts ribbon - I bought a yard of it at the LSS and still have just a tad bit leftover. Must get more!

Here's the inside~

Click {HERE} to play along for your chance to win a prize from Meljens Designs!

Flutter By Wednesdays #172

Happy Wednesday!!

As a reminder, the challenges are open for the month of September at Flutter By Wednesdays. Just remember to include a butterfly, fairy or angel on your creation. Since Danni is celebrating her birthday month, she'd love to see some of her favorite things included on your entry - pink, sparkle, bright colors, butterflies and fairies :)  You can enter your creation {HERE}.

This week's sponsor is the fabulous Susana at Susana's Custom Art and Card Design. Susana has fantastic exclusive lines of stamps and lots of the newest, yummiest paper on the market. Go check her out!

For my card, I used the bright Basic Grey Indie Bloom paper and butterflies and a Sketchbook Saturday sketch from a few weeks ago. The butterflies were cut from the Cricut Paper Lace cartridge.

Thank you for fluttering by today!

Handmade with {Heart}

I need to start scrapping again, I'm almost out of pages to share!

This is another page for the Christmas 2010 album, I need to start getting more pages done. Christmas is just about 3 months away! EEK!

I made an assortment of altered gifts and gift card holders last year and wanted to be able to save them :)  The font was made from Thickers, some really old stickers and the heart was cut from the Cricut - George & Basic Shapes cartridge.  The paper and embellishments are from the Basic Grey Jovial line.

TFL!

Belated Birthday Card Challenge for Birthday Sundaes!

Good morning!

Today's Birthday Sundaes Challenge should be helpful for lots of people :o)  We are challenging you to create a belated birthday card, don't forget that the birthday wording should be visible on the front of your card. The Design Team really came up with some fun ideas. Click {HERE} to see the samples and enter your card!  Did you see our Guest Designer Sabrina's Spotlight? If not, click {HERE} to check it out!

Here is my take on the challenge~

I found the sentiment in a Fiskars Make a Wish Quotes set that I picked up quite a few months ago at Joann's. I think this is only the second time I've touched this set!  The fabulous paper is new Crate Paper Random that I got from SCACD last week, love the mix of patterns in this pad!  I dug the primas out of my stash and blinged them up. The border punch is also by Fiskars and called Apron Lace.

I used last week's SCS sketch as a jumping point - a great sketch to use something other than an image. I have really been enjoying making cards without coloring, although I'm not sure I make them any faster LOL!!  I spend lots of time looking through all my pretties to decide what to use.

TFL!

Scrappin' Saturday - Hometown Holiday

 Good morning!

It's time for another installment of Scrappin' Saturday!  This is another layout that I made at the crop last week.

Things I love about this layout:

#1 it's my own design :)
#2 the blingy cluster on the flower - I've seen it done on a few blogs and had to try it myself
#3 the gold lettering - even though it's hard to see on the busy background, it adds a festive touch.

Thanks for looking!

PCC #109 - Caution: Ghost Crossing!

TGIF!

Are you ready for another PaperCutz Challenge? We've got a fun one for you this week! We'd like to see a card, layout or project using a Cricut cut, hand stamped or digital stamped GHOST and the following colors - WHITE, BLACK, PURPLE AND ORANGE ONLY.  Click {HERE} to enter your creation and check out all the DT samples.

I dug out an old CTMH stamp set for my card this week - it's called Kittens in Costume. The paper is new though, it's from the Echo Park Apothecary Emporium paper pad. The sentiment is from the My Craft Spot Happy Hauntings set.  I realized after I took the picture that I didn't put any embellishments on it lol...oh well, it will be easy to mail!

TFL!

It's Your Day

I needed some time to unwind a bit last night, so after cleaning my desk off I checked out a few challenges and made a quick fun card :)  I was inspired by the birthday challenges at Crafting For All Seasons and Top Tip Tuesday, and the Stickers challenge at The Paper Variety.

I just LOVE this paper! It's from the Authentique Splendid 6x6 pad that I got at Susana's Custom Art and Card Design. Susana is always getting in the latest and greatest papers. If you are a 6x6 pad addict like me (I got 2 more in the mail today!), you should check out her shop!

The stickers and metal embellies are from my ancient stash!

Now do I keep this card for my birthday stash or let my mom have it for hers? he he he 

Cooking It Up with Katie #75

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Are you ready to Cook It up with Katie? Let's get to it!

This week's recipe is to include the following:

• something girly
• a bit of green 
• and a group of something (at least 3 or more of one thing)

Our sponsor this week is Sassy Studio Designs, check out the Cooking It Up with Katie blog to enter your creation and see what you can win if you play along with us this week! 

Here is my card for this week's challenge~

The pretty flower embellishment is from Precocious Paper. It's something I've been hoarding for months LOL!  The sentiment is from My Pink Stamper's Spectacular Sayings set.  I used last week's Skipping Stones sketch for the layout, you can find the sketch {here}.

Have a great day!

Flutter By Wednesdays #171

Happy Wednesday!

It's time to FLUTTER! As a reminder all of the challenges this month are open, just remember to include a butterfly, fairy or angel.  We're also celebrating Danni's birthday month and she would love to see some of her favorites included on your project - pink, sparkle, bright colors, butterflies and fairies:)

This week we are joined by Guest Designer, Amy Young, and we have two very cool sponsors - Whimsy and Stars Studio/Mabelle Ro and Tiddly Inks! Please click {HERE} to enter your creation!

Here is my creation~

I used the fabulous Basic Grey Indie Bloom papes - love the bright colors!  I stamped my image in Memento Dandelion ink, it's a great Hampton Art stamp that I picked up at Hobby Lobby a few months ago. The happy birthday is from a Papertrey Ink set.

I also used this week's sketch from The Sweet Stop~

Thanks for fluttering by today!  I'll be back in a few hours with my Cooking It Up with Katie challenge post.

PMS Digi Makeover Challenge #2

Here's another card I made last night, this time for the PMS Digi Makeover Challenge #2.  I didn't want to miss this one since I missed the first one last week.

This week's challenge is a sketch and of course a digi image!

I saw Katie's card and was inspired to make my own fall card :) 

I used the Crisp and clear, Fall is here Wordart....and this is silly but I am so impressed with myself! I used the PNG version in Microsoft Word and was able to change the color from black to orange. I have never tried to alter a digi before and it was so easy to do!

Thanks for looking!!

InLinkz.com

TPV Stamp Challenge

The Paper Variety is celebrating their 1 year challenge blogaversary! They had 5 fun challenges and unfortunately I didn't have time to enter all of them.  I *had* to make some time tonight to join in their stamp challenge which is sponsored by MFT Stamps ~ one of my favorite companies!

I also used this week's Techno Stamper Sketch Challenge. I love when I can participate in MJ's challenges!

I'm trying out the new handy dandy linky tool to show off what I used on my card! The only thing not linked are the leaf buttons - those are from deep within my stash!

InLinkz.com

TPV Celebration Day 2 - Fave Paper Craft Company

One of the pages I created on Saturday is for The Paper Variety's Favorite Paper Crafts Company challenge.  I used last week's Sketch Inspiration challenge as well but I missed the deadline for that, oops!

Basic Grey is my all time favorite paper craft company and for this challenge, I chose the Jovial line to create with.

My dog and my sister's dog posing for Christmas pictures :) 

Everything on this page is from the Jovial line except for my pictures LOL! 

TFL!

Criss Cross Birthday Card for Birthday Sundaes

It's almost tomorrow and I'm finally getting time to blog! It's been a very busy weekend and I haven't been on the computer much at all (which is a good thing sometimes!)  I went to an all day crop yesterday and didn't get home until 1am today!  I got lots done that will be posted here over the next few weeks. I'm actually ahead on my DT work, yay me!

This week's Birthday Sundaes challenge is to create a Criss Cross Birthday Card! There are some easy directions from Splitcoast Stampers that you can find {HERE}. Don't forget to include birthday wording on your card front!  You can upload your card {HERE} and check out this week's Guest Designer, Ashley! Her spotlight is posted {HERE}.

Here's a look at the inside panel~

Supplies Used~

• Papertrey Ink - Inside & Out: Birthday
• Basic Grey Indie Bloom 6x6 pad
• Papertrey Ink Vintage Cream, Kraft & Black cardstock
• May Arts pleated ribbon
• Petaloo flower
• Stampin Up corner rounder
• Recollections pearls

TFL!

Going to the Pumpkin Patch with PaperCutz!

TGIF!

It's time for this week's PaperCutz Challenge!  We are "Going to the Pumpkin Patch"!  Make a card, LO or craft project for Fall using Cricut cut, hand stamped, or digital stamped pumpkins, and any colors you’d like!  You can enter your creation {HERE} and while you are there check out the samples from the DT AND see who is joining our team next week!  I am happy to see a few names on the list that I know. Welcome ladies! 


I decided to make a tag this week using my all time favorite fall stamp - Pumpkin Patch Riley. Tags are something that do not come easily to me but I keep 'pinning' tags on Pinterest so I thought it was time I made one. 

Supplies Used~

• Riley & Company - Pumpkin Patch Riley
• My Favorite Things - Dienamics Tag You're It and Stamp Set
• CC Designs - Amy R Autumn Sentiments
• Papertrey Ink Ripe Avocado cardstock
• Imaginisce - Apple Cider paper
• Memento Ink - Tuxedo Black & Rich Cocoa
• bling & ribbon from a TE Key Ingredient Kit (Oct. 2010)
• Copics
• pop dots (used to pop Riley up)

TFL!

Cupcake Ruby for FBW

Here is my promised card for Flutter By Wednesdays! As a reminder, our challenge is open this week but you must remember to include a butterfly, fairy or angel on your creation. Also, we are celebrating Danni's birthday month with a giveaway from some of her favorite sponsors each week.  Danni would also love to see some of her favorite things incorporated on your creations - think pink, sparkle, bright colors and of course butterflies & fairies! Click {HERE} to enter your creation!

I used Cupcake Ruby from our sponsor, Sparkle Creations.  I've had her for quite some time but this is the first time she's seen ink!

I incorporated one of Danni's favorite techniques - paper piecing. Every cupcake needs a fun liner, right? :)

The layout is from last week's SCS card sketch~

Supplies Used:

• Sparkle Creations Cupcake Ruby
• Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps - Birthday Greetings
• My Minds Eye Vanity Fair paper
• Papertrey Ink Stampers Select white cardstock
• Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
• Copics
• Once Upon a Princess Cuttlebug folder
• Martha Stewart butterfly punch
• Basic Grey Bling It

TFL!

PMS Release Day Blog Hop!

*Please scroll down for my Cooking It Up with Katie & Flutter By Wednesdays posts, or use the Quick Click links at the top*

If you came here from Jami's blog, you're on the right track. If you just happened to pop over (waving hi!), please join us for the PMS blog hop starting at the PMS blog.

Happy Release Day! Have you enjoyed the PMS sneak peeks? Are your shopping lists made?  Tonight starting at 9pm EST, join us for the September Release Party in the PMS Forum.

My card today features one of the new Color Kids - High Five. She is such a cutie and she comes with this fun sentiment!

Before you hop to the next stop on the hop - grab the letter below. Once you finish the hop, you'll have the code to save 15% off the new releases!

{Source}

Your next stop is Jenn!  

Happy Hopping!

Sketch Used - TE145

Supplies Used-

• Paper Makeup Stamps - Color Kids: High Five
• My Minds Eye -Vanity Fair
• Copic Xpress Blend It paper
• Memento Tuxedo Black ink
• Colorbox Aquamarine chalk ink
• Nestabilities Labels 8
• Kimbee's Designs crinkle ribbon

Flutter By Wednesdays #170

I'm popping in to share the challenge for this week's Flutter By Wednesdays.

We are kicking off Danni's birthday month with an awesome sponsor!

While our challenge is open, Danni would love to see you use some of her favorite things - pink, sparkle, bright colors, butterflies, fairies. As a reminder, any creation MUST have a butterfly, fairy or angel on it in order to enter.

I'll be posting my creation tomorrow, in the meantime please visit my fellow DT members to see what they've created. Links are on my sidebar!

Cooking It Up with Katie #74

It's the middle of the week already!

It's time for Cooking It Up with Katie!  This week our sponsor is Gingerloft Digi Images. Click {HERE} to play along with us and to check out what the other chefs made :)

We'd like to see you use this recipe on your creation:

• Use some Purple
• Tie a Bow
• Finish it off with a sentiment

Here's what I created:

I used last week's sketch from The Paper Players, worked perfectly for my Riley image. I love the 'spooky' feel to my card.  The BG Eerie is some of my favorite Halloween paper EVER and I will be so sad when I use it all up! Good thing I bought an extra 6x6 pad lol! I tried to stamp the sentiment in Brilliance white ink and that didn't work out too well so I stamped over it in black and I love how some of the white shows up on the edges, I think it adds to the spookiness, he he.

Supplies Used:

• Riley & Company - Witch on Broom
• My Craft Spot - Happy Haunting 
• Basic Grey Eerie 
• Papertrey Ink Stampers Select White & Plum Pudding cardstocks
• Memento Tuxedo Black ink
• Marvy circle & scallop circle punches
• The Twinery Charcoal twine

Paper Makeup Stamps - Sneak Peek Day #2

I am SOOOO glad today is finally here!! I've been keeping a secret :) :) :)

I'm a Guest Designer for Paper Makeup Stamps!!!!!!!  I have been a fan since the very beginning and am so excited to have this opportunity!

Today is the second day of sneak peeks. You can see the stamps previewed yesterday in {THIS POST}.

I have the pleasure of peeking Baby Boris today, isn't he a cutie?!  I saw a cute tote on Katie's blog the other day so I decided to get the template so I can create a little giftie with Boris.

I added a little tag and used the Little Moments stamp set. 

Be sure to check out the PMS blog to see who else is peeking images today! There will be more peeks in the upcoming days and the release party is on the 7th at 9pm EST at the PMS Forum.  You know you want to join us! Bring a friend too as the more friends you bring, the more chances you have to win!

Supply List~

• Paper Makeup Stamps Baby Boris stamp
• MTME Tricky Treat Tote template
• Papertrey Ink Summer Sunrise cardstock
• Crate Paper Sweet Branch designer paper
• Memento Tuxedo Black ink
• Chestnut Roan chalk ink
• Marvy scallop circle punches
• Nestabilities Labels Eight
• The Twinery twine 
• Copics - E41, G12, R20
• Crystal stickles on the dp 

Birthday Sundaes Challenge #25

Good morning and Happy Birthday to some wonderful people - Danni, Jo & Jen!  I hope you all have a fabulous day!!

It's time for this week's Birthday Sundaes challenge!

This week we'd like you to create a birthday card, no extra prompts.  Don't forget to add birthday wording to your card front! You can enter your card {HERE} and for more inspiration, please check out the DT samples while you are there.  Cindy from the first term is our Guest Designer this week, if you missed her spotlight, please click {HERE}.

The fabulous Whimsie Doodles is our sponsor and the winner will receive a $10 gift certificate to their online store.  The design team was generously provided with some adorable images to use.

I picked Balloon Leah - she's too cute!

Love how her dress turned out!! I also couldn't resist paper piecing her balloon :)

Supply List~

• Whimsie Doodles image - Balloon Leah
• Verve Big Wish stamp set
• Copic Xpress Blend It cardstock
• Basic Grey Hello Luscious
• Copics (E21, E00, E000, R20, BG32, BG11, BG10, E55, E53, E29, E27, E25, W00, W1)
• Kimbee's Designs crinkle ribbon

I'll be back in a few hours with a surprise post! Be sure to come back and check it out!

Scrappin' Saturdays

I have been wanting to get myself on a schedule of sorts for scrapping.  I always make time for cards but never enough time for scrapping my memories. I hope to start sharing at least one page every Saturday from now on - and I have roped Danni into doing it with me :) And she is inspiring me to use my Cricut more as she is trying to use hers more too!

Today's page is another for the sunflower maze that Mike and I visited about 3 years ago.  My friend Jen and I were going to go last weekend but Irene messed those plans up.  I was so looking forward to seeing it as it was in the shape of a butterfly and I think we all know I love butterflies!

I started with Sunday's Studio Calico sketch, in place of the smaller pictures I decided to take two pictures and turn them into mosaics.

Here is my take on the sketch~

I love how the title turned out!  First I cut the title in the orange and then I cut the shadow in brown.  When I was re-cutting the shadow (first time I ran out of paper!), I discovered the word petals by itself on another screen so I cut that in the patterned paper. I think that may be the first time I've ever cut multiple layers for a title and I love how it turned out!

Supply List~

• Crate Paper Lemon Grass - Lime, Straw, Poppyseed papers
• Crate Paper Lemon Grass glitter borders
• Cricut Country Life Cartridge for the title
• Bling from stash

TFL!