Birthday Sundaes #11

It's Birthday Sundaes Challenge Day!

Today's challenge is to create a Masculine Birthday Card (and don't forget some sort of birthday greeting/wording on your card front!)

I decided to take this week off since the card mojo just isn't there right now. Please check out the Birthday Sundaes blog to check out all the wonderful DT samples HERE.

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!

My first digital scrapbook pages!

My friend Marilyn switched to digital scrapbooking a few months ago and highly recommended the My Memories Suite software to me as I've been wanting to dabble in digi scrapping for awhile.  I finally have a computer that can handle the software so I bought it a few weeks ago and started to play around with it last night.

Here is what I made using the Home Cooked kit:

I really had fun creating these pages and the software was quite easy to figure out after a few pointers from the awesome MMS girls on their MMS facebook page.  While digi scrapping will never replace paper scrapping for me, it is nice to try something else out and it frees me from having to print every single picture that I take or receive. These are pictures of my young nieces from their older sister's facebook page.

TFL!

PaperCutz Challenge #93 & LOAD Update

I'm sorry for not getting this posted earlier!

Today's PaperCutz Challenge is to create a card, layout or project using a banner with any theme/colors you'd like.  Unfortunately I was battling headaches most of the week and have not gotten into my room in the last several days.  Please click HERE to enter your creation and check out all the wonderful design team samples while you are there!

To those that were following my LOAD adventure, I still haven't posted Day 22's page and after that I had to stop due to the darn headaches. I'm so sad that I couldn't finish out the month when I was doing so well.  Thanks to everyone that was checking out my pages. I so appreciate all the nice comments that were left on my posts.

Today has been a headache free day, yay!  Both my mom and I were off work today so we spent some quality time together which was nice.

Flutter By Wednesdays #156 - Clean & Simple

Today's Flutter By Wednesdays challenge is to create a Clean & Simple Card, don't forget your butterfly, fairy or angel! Click HERE to link up your creation.

I had fun putting this card together to share with you all.

Hopefully it still looks like a CAS card...I couldn't stay away from the patterned paper LOL!  I used my Crate Paper Emma's Shoppe for the first time along with some trim that I got when I went to Hobby Lobby on Saturday.  The butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch and the sentiment is from the Verve Kind Wishes stamp set.

I used this week's FTL sketch.

Be sure to check out my teammates who I am sure will rock this challenge! Links are on my left sidebar and on the FBW page.

May LOAD - Day 21

Here is last night's page. I so love how it came out!

I've had these pictures pulled out to scrap for a week or so. I came across Sketch #6 that I saved from Artful Delight for their 14 Days of Sketches and I stopped hoarding my May kit long enough to scrap these pics.  I really love the bright colors & fun patterns from the Echo Park Summer Days collection. 

 I love scrapping pictures of my nieces! They are such fun and cute subjects :) 

TFL!