Rockstar Baby

I created this for my 52 week page tonight using this week's Let's Get Sketchy sketch.

This is the very first page I have created of my nephew! It's about time right? LOL!  He is a little over 3 months old now and he keeps getting cuter by the day :)

Here is the sketch~

TFL!

Supplies~
Paper: DCWV Rockstar stack, PTI silver cardstock
Other: star brads from stash, MFT Star die-namics, thickers

Paper Makeup Stamps MakeOver Challenge

Good morning!

Did you attend the PMS Release Party in the forum last night? We had a great time chit chatting about some of the new fall shows, playing games and talking about and showing off PMS stamps!

The MakeOver Challenge for this release is to create a Thank You card, easy peasy! Use a Paper Makeup image/sentiment and you'll be entered for a chance to win more PMS rubber or digis. Click {HERE} to link up your entry!

Here is my sample for the challenge~

I used the Baby Jamie Fairy Silhouette and the Thankful Essentials sentiment set, both released in September. I hadn't had a chance to ink them up yet and I've had this card layout in my head for awhile. Glad to finally put it to ink and paper!  I think this would be a great card to mass produce and give to an expectant mom for her thank you card needs.  The only change I want to make is to create a flat bow for easier (and cheaper!) mailing.  Anybody have any tips/tutorials they'd like to share?

I am also entering my card in these fun challenges:
Pile It On #45 - Thanksgiving or Give Thanks
The Crazy Challenge #92 - Something with Wings
Dutch Dare Challenge #137 - Give Thanks
Fussy & Fancy Friday Challenge - Be thankful and feature a sentiment

Supplies~
Paper Makeup Stamps Baby Jamie Fairy Silhouette & Thankful Essentials set
Papertrey Ink Lemon Tart & Stampers Select White cardstock
Stampin' Up So Saffron & Wild Wasabi inks
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Papertrey Ink Fresh Snow satin ribbon

PCC #114 - "In the Pink"

The weekend is over and this is all I have to show for my crafty efforts! I have not been feeling very creative at all and today was the first day I stepped foot in my room since last Monday. I did spend some time cleaning in there earlier today so now I can at least walk in without making piles fall over LOL!

This is my DT card for Friday's PaperCutz Challenge "In the Pink".  We were challenged to create a card, layout or project for Breast Cancer Awareness using pink and any other colors we'd like. Click {HERE} to enter your creation and to check out what the rest of the DT created!

Last weekend I came across some special digis that MelJen's Designs released and had to buy the Pink Ribbon Teddy for my card.

I used this week's Cards & Things sketch and scaled it down for an A2 card for easier mailing.

Supply List:
Stamps: Pink Ribbon Teddy by MelJen's Designs, 
Cardstock: DCWV, Papertrey Ink Stampers Select White
Designer Paper: Basic Grey Sweet Threads
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Copics: E25, E27, E29, RV32, RV34
Other: ribbons, flowers, brads, gems - all from my stash

TFL!

Birthday Sundaes Challenge #31

Good morning! 

I'm here with another fun challenge for Birthday Sundaes!  This week the challenge is to create a tall (or long) birthday card.  Click {HERE} to enter your card and to check out the wonderful samples from our Design Team and Guest Designer!

We are being sponsored by:

The winner will get to pick 3 digital images of their choice from the Sweet 'n Sassy shop!

SNSS also provided the Design Team with images to use - thank you SNSS!

I used Fall Arrangement which I've had in my digi collection since sometime last year and this is the first time that I remember using it.  I am so pleased with how the image looks, I haven't been coloring much but taking my time really helped me get back on track. I was inspired by the tiny flowers on the image to use this patterned paper from an old DCWV fall stack.  The layout was inspired by a CPS sketch from a few weeks ago. 

I am also entering my card into Challenge #11 - Fall Flowers/Pumpkins at Crafting for All Seasons.

Card Supplies~
Papertrey Ink cardstock - Plum Pudding, Summer Sunrise, Kraft
Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps - Fall Arrangement digital image
sentiment from Hero Arts
Copics
DCWV patterned paper
Fiskars threading water border punch
leaves from stash
mini pop dots

Birthday Sundaes Challenge #15

Happy Sunday!

Usually I schedule my posts but this time you are getting me live.  I got home a little while ago from a fantastic all day crop at the LSS. I met up with a great bunch of ladies from a yahoo group that I belong too.  I got 8 pages and 1 card done (that you will see on Tuesday!)  And I shopped for lots of new pretties - reinkers to attempt distress coloring on my images, Bo Bunny's Barefoot & Bliss Collection and Echo Park Paper's Country Drive Collection. Hoping to get in some playing time while I am on vacation this week!

Anywho, the reason for this post is it's time for another Birthday Sundaes Challenge! We'd like to see your birthday cards with Stars AND Stripes on them, as well as a birthday greeting/ sentiment/wording on your card front.  Click HERE to enter your creations and to see the rest of the Design Team's take on this challenge.  

I was inspired by this sketch from Eat, Sleep, Stamp for my card. 

I decided to use 3 stars instead of one since there are so many cool patterned stars in the Papertrey Ink's Star Prints stamp set.  The sentiment is from a Verve stamp set.

I think looks like it would be a fun card for a teen girl, still girly but not too cutesy.

Supply List~
Stamps: Star Prints by Papertrey Ink, sentiment from a Verve stamp set
Paper: PTI Raspberry Fizz, misc. orange cardstock, DCWV scraps
Ink: Memento (note - let the images dry before cutting them out lol!)
Other: Recollections star bling, mini pop dots

TFL!

Shopping Our Stash Challenge #3

Good morning!

I'm so excited to share my Guest Designer project for Shopping Our Stash with you!

The challenge for this week is: UFO Sightings from Area 51 (better known as Unfinished Objects in your craft room).  I'm sure at least one or two of you can find something you started and never finished right?  I know I have several...I loved them unfinished so much that I even moved them that way when I moved 2 years ago and they were at least a year old at that point!

Here is what I chose to finish up for this challenge:

I am not quite sure what I originally intended for these pieces...I think I was working with a sketch from the old SCS Bella forum for these fun witches from Stamping Bella named Witchybella. I improvised and came up with these...

It was fun to mix newer products into these old pieces. I embossed the black background with a Tim Holtz Alterations folder. I used copics to color in the images and put Smooch on the tights/shoes. The tombstone brads are from my stash as well. I am now way ahead for Halloween, wow! LOL!

I sure hope you will join us with your UFO projects this week at Shopping Our Stash! You can see lots of wonderful samples on the SOS blog.

My Swatch Book

I have been playing with paper today, lots and lots of paper!

One of the things on my list of projects was a swatch ring to put samples of all my PTI and SU cardstock on since I don't know the names and it would be nice to play along with some color challenges and know what to use lol.  This is also leading to organizing all of this cardstock as where it was before wasn't as accessible.  I got some more 3 drawer units to put this cardstock in and hope to be able to use it more now that I can get at it.

Instead of a swatch ring, I decided to end up making a swatch book as I wanted to protect the samples so they don't get ruined.  I cut up some heavier cardboard for the covers and am using cereal boxes for the inside. Yay for finally using stuff I've been saving up!

Here is what I've done so far - the book cover and the PTI samples.

Next up I need to make the SU sample pages - I think that will take me even longer than these pages did since I have sample packs of all 4 color collections, the in colors and a bunch of the older colors.  It will be so nice when it's all done!

The paper I used for the cover is the DCWV Garden Party. Of course I had to use pink & brown to match my scraproom. The butterfly die is from PTI.

Thanks for looking!

May LOAD Days 17-20

I've been scrapping so late every night that I haven't had time to type up the blog posts for these! Less than 2 weeks to go now, I'm so happy that I've made it this far!

This is Day 17...used one of the sketches from the 28 Sketches Class.

Paper from a K&Co paper pad and embellishments all from my stash!

This picture is from when Mike and I were dating a few years ago. :)

This is Day 18...some pictures from a fall drive in CT. I have no idea where we were. I need to show Mike because he will remember!  Paper is from a DCWV stack, it was perfect since it already had a title on it. I added some Cosmo Cricket stickers for the date and a few Basic Grey Pyrus embellishments. 

This is Day 19...pictures from the 2008 Big E. Love seeing the different butter sculptures when I go. The title is the name of the sculpture. Thank goodness for Google!  I didn't know what to title the page and Google came to the rescue. I was also able to find the artist's name which was nice to add. 

This is Day 20. I used SBSC283 for the layout, it worked out great for my pictures! I had them sitting out on my desk all week and didn't know what to do with them. As soon as I saw the sketch on Friday, everything came together! I love when that happens! More paper and embellies from my stash!

I'll be back with Day 21 shortly. It's for a challenge so I want to post it separately or else it would get lost here!

May LOAD - Day 16

I made a quick page last night using yesterday's sketch for the 28 Sketches class. I think it took me longer to decide what pics to scrap than to make the actual layout. Sorry for the poor lighting but it was late when I took the picture and getting a good pic is not easy!

My friend's dogs Taylor & Emmitt :)

Have a great day!

LOAD Days 12-14

{Please scroll down one post for my Birthday Sundaes challenge card}

I've still been keeping up with the May LOAD challenge - woohoo me!  With Blogger down I wasn't able to post Thursday's page and then I busy, busy with no time for posting until today!

This is Day 12's page. I was inspired by The Paper Variety's movie inspiration challenge for this layout. I originally planned to scrap some stars from the Hollywood Walk of Fame but then I came across this picture of me & Woody from The Big E and I thought it was perfect :)  I used last week's Sketchy Thursday layout.

I used some old DCWV patterned paper and some even older cardstock lol. The title is Thickers. 

Here is Day 13's page.  Again lots of old stash used up!  The photo is of my friend's pets. I helped her take her Christmas card picture that year (2007). This is one of the outtakes :) 

This page is from Day 14.  Another page full of old stash, even a swap item! I have tons of those to use up.  The photo is of the doggies in the above picture. I came across this picture the other day and was surprised to pull the page together so quickly yesterday morning. Having some of my paper organized by theme is making scrapping really easy and now I am motivated to finally get the paper closet finished! I hope to have some time next weekend to work on it. 

Now to figure out today's page!

TFL!

Day 9 for LOAD & May with May

Today's page cover LOAD Day 9 and May with May Day 9. I found this sweet picture of my niece last night and kept it out to work with this week. I let the background paper do the work for me and kept the layout simple. 

The paper is from some old DCWV stack and I used my CM heart punch for the corner accents. 

TFL!

Cupcake Birthday

As promised, here is the card that I wanted to share using another of Pattie's Creations Digital Images.  I am very proud of how it turned out as I colored it with some of the skills I learned in Suzanne's class. The layout was inspired by THIS card sketch.  I gave this to my niece who celebrated her 1st birthday on Saturday :)

Have a great day!! Tonight I'm looking forward to getting creative after reading today's LOAD and May with May prompts!

My Last DT post for Lasting Memories

{Please scroll down to see my Birthday Sundaes challenge post}

Happy Easter!  I hope everyone has a wonderful day!

Today I bring you my last post as a Design Team Member for Lasting Memories. I have truly enjoyed my 2nd time around as a designer but have decided not to renew as to give someone new the same chance I was given two terms ago by Karen.

This week we have a sketch challenge for you. I decided to use the pictures that I didn't get a chance to scrap for our Easter challenge last week.

I used some very old stash on this page! The background paper is from an old DCWV spring stack.  They don't appear to be making the huge seasonal stacks anymore...which is probably a good thing LOL! The title and ribbon are printed right on the paper, so cool! The tiny borders around the small pictures are from an old sticker sheet by K&Company and the bunny & eggs are stickers from Doodlebug Designs. I drew in some grass with my copics.

Here is the sketch~

It's also your last week to enter to become a new DT member for Lasting Memories, complete all four challenges for this month and put DT next to your name when you enter. Click HERE to check out all the details and to enter your layouts!

TFL!

It's Springtime at Lasting Memories!

Please click HERE for my Birthday Sundaes post or scroll down!

Today's Lasting Memories challenge is to create a spring themed layout. So many possibilities with this challenge and you'll definitely want to play along for a chance to win an awesome prize!  We are being sponsored by Artful Delight, a fantastic monthly kit company. Karen also has a surprise announcement! You can check out all the details on the Lasting Memories blog. 

Here is my take on the challenge. I created a blank layout for the flowers that haven't yet bloomed in our side yard. I've been impatiently waiting for weeks now LOL!  I used some new products - the My Mind's Eye Mabel line which is just so pretty! I love the colors :) 

To play along with Lasting Memories, please click HERE. To see more spring samples, check out the DT's blogs - links on my left sidebar!

Birthday Sundaes #3 - Anything Goes Birthday and a sponsor!

Good morning!

Today's Birthday Sundaes is a special one to me as I have my first sponsored challenge!  Today's challenge is Anything Goes Birthday (including birthday wording/sentiment!) and the sponsor is:

Designed2Delight's owner, Faith, generously supplied the design team with images to work with and 2 awesome prizes for the participants. Please check out the Birthday Sundaes post for all the details.

For my card, I used the Mice Wishes digital image. It's so cute AND versatile! I did have a girly card in mind and then came across these papers in my scraps and my card took off from there! I really love how it turned out! I've seen several card makers layering their dp and cardstock lately so I decided to give it a try, it really makes each dp stand out which I like! 

To play along please click HERE and to see more wonderful samples, please visit my design team. Links are on the left sidebar!

Flutter By Wednesday #147

Halfway to the weekend, yay! Although it's going to be coooooooold here, not spring like at all!!!

Today's FBW challenge is an open one - just remember to include a butterfly, fairy or angel! Link your creation up HERE and check out all the DT inspiration - links on my sidebar.

I always find these open weeks difficult - so many stamps, so little time! I finally settled on using my Simply Special stamp from Paper Pretties. I won it in Danni's FBW Birthday Blowout candy back in September and it hadn't seen ink yet.

I love how this turned out!  The layout is from this week's Paper Craft Planet sketch.  I did change it from a square to standard size card since the paper I used was 4.5x6.5 versus 6x6.

Have a great day!

Paper Cutz #81 - St. Patrick's Day

{2nd post of the day - please scroll down for my Lasting Memories challenge!}

I'm a few days late with the Paper Cutz challenge...finally managed to get a card done today. The first attempt ended up in the trash last week. The challenge is St. Patrick's Day (as if you couldn't tell by my post title lol!) Not completely thrilled with this card, I think if I was to re-do this card I would use a white base and layer the green embossed background on top.

I did create this card with 100% stash, I'm quite proud of that. Little by little, I'll get this stuff used up!

I used Cardabilities #26 for the layout of the card.

I also incorporated these challenges~
The Corrosive Challenge #106 - Going Green!
Do You Stack Up #9 - Just Green It!
Friday Mashup #34 - Thinkin' Green
Clear It Out Challenge #1 - Anything Goes

TFL!

Card Details ~ Clover Riley (Riley & Company), DCWV patterned paper, Georgia Pacific cardstock, copics (N2, N7, G28, E27), Gold smooch, prima flowers, brads & ribbon from stash, mini pop dots, swiss dots cuttlebug folder

Your Choice @ PaperCutz this week!

Easy challenge this week at Paper Cutz!

YOUR CHOICE - make a card, layout or craft project with any theme/colors you'd like!

I created a congratulations card for one of my co-workers that had a baby boy a few weeks ago. I used my favorite baby set from Stampin' Up - Cuddles & Tickles. I picked it up at a scrapbook store tag sale a few years ago and always turn to it when I need to make baby cards!

I used this FTL sketch for a starting point~


To play along, please upload your creation HERE and for more inspiration, please check out my fellow dt members' blogs located on my left sidebar!

TFL!

Angel Anya for FBW #138

Today's Flutter By Wednesday challenge is an open one! Just remember to include a butterfly, fairy or angel on your creation. You can enter it HERE and for some inspiration please visit my fellow DT members, links on my left sidebar!

I've been making lists of all my stamps (scary!!!) and came across Angel Anya who hadn't seen ink yet (she was so sad too!). I pulled out my DCWV Linen Closet stack once again, it's perfect for this lovely Anya. I paper pieced her dress with one of the tiny scraps I've been saving (see you really can use those for something!)

I used SC315 for the layout, so many possibilities with this one. Will definitely save it for future use!

Card Supplies~
Stamps: Angel Anya ~ The Greeting Farm, Everyday Sayings ~ Hero Arts
Paper: DCWV Linen Closet stack, Georgia Pacific cardstock
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Colorbox Chalk Creamy Brown
Copics: E00, E35, E37, E39, BG13
Other: gold & diamond stickles, fiskars apron lace border punch

I'll be back later this morning with the Taylored Expressions Blast from the Past blog hop!

Paper Cutz Challenge #74

TGIF!

Today's Paper Cutz challenge is to create a card, layout or craft project using a tag or tags with any colors/theme you'd like.

I made this calendar tag for a swap last month, I am so pleased with how it came out. Tags are not easy for me LOL!

You have until next Thursday night to enter your creation HERE! Be sure to check out the tag inspiration from the team, links on my left sidebar!

Supply List~

Stamps: Raindrops and Rainbows ~ Paper Makeup Stamps

Paper: DCWV Spring Stack

Ink: Memento

Other: misc. ribbon from stash