St. Patrick's Day Card for my Mom

I'm entering this in Simon Says Bit of Green challenge. I made it for my momma!

Life is Better When YOU are Laughing--My Darling Niece Julie!

I am entering it into Simon Says Stamp blog anything-goes Wednesday challenge--my fourth for the challenge (I usually can't get it together enough for that many entries--maybe it will finally be my lucky week). A few years ago while we were celebrating Thanksgiving with my family, several of us decided to play disc golf. It was fun seeing Julie get the giggles as she played for the first time (I think). I thought all of her fun poses and faces would make a great layout! I am totally into the latest craze of Polaroid frames! And, I was lucky enough to win the Jillibean collection a while back. The flowers are CTMH; the button, October Afternoon; the twine,The Twinery; the jewels, Pebbles. The green frame on the left was made with an American Crafts die that I also won!!!

Thanks for looking!

St. Lucia

I made this for the Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Challenge. I also made it using the sketch at Pamela's World of Scrap.... (Actually, I already made a layout for this month's sketch so I used an older sketch so that I could enter twice.)

Dream Big Sweet Boy

I made this from Diana's gorgeous sketch.  I'm also entering it at Simon Says Anything Goes...  I thought it was somewhat fitting that I worked on some baby pictures of our son who just turned 18!!!

Crafter's Companion Sparkle Challenge

This is for the Crafter's Companion sparkle challenge.  

This is one my sister made:

Shabby Bicycle

Here is a shabby bicycle card that I made for Simon Says Stamp Challenge - anything goes! I "taught" this card to my stamp club as it was my month. The patterned paper is sparkly and is from SEI. I cut the flowers from my sizzix, using an old pair of jeans from my husband and some felt.  I sprayed the felt with some Mr. Huey Mist to match the card better. The stamp is CTMH, and I colored it with my water color pencils.

Thanks for visiting! I really appreciate it!

And now, a Card (My third post of the day) I think it is a record!

UPDATE:  9/30/2011 This card was selected to be showcased on Create (Northridge Publishing) blog!

I made this Fall card using a prompt at Artful Delight to celebrate Leanne's birthday!  My tic-tac-toe winning combination was from top left to bottom right diagonally. I also used three Fiskars border punches on it!  The button is from Studio Calico! I thought it turned out really pretty for how simple it is! I'm also entering this for Really Reasonable Ribbon's autumn challenge--it has a little twine on it!!! :-)

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Check out my earlier posts from today:

http://kmassman-scrapbooks-cards.blogspot.com/2011/09/1997-halloween.html

http://kmassman-scrapbooks-cards.blogspot.com/2011/09/our-home-in-blizzard-of-2006.html

Happy Birthday in Denim and Stars

Here's a card I did for The Paper Variety's Star Studded Challenge!!  I made it out of felt, denim, a button and twine.  The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. Simple, but still cute, I thought... I'm also entering it at a new place (to me):  Scrappy Frogs Challenge.

Thanks for visiting! Have a great day!

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A little friendship card

We cleaned the house (or at least part of it this weekend)! It REALLY, REALLY needed it! My cleaning mojo killed my crafty mojo, but I wanted to at least participate in one challenge this weekend. So, I made this card!  The quote says "Friends fill your life with joy, your soul with sunshine, and your heart with love."  You know, all of the textures and varied patterns kind of represent a good friendship-you get the whole mix!!! I added staples because sometimes your friends help staple you together during the hard times!  It is for the Paper Variety's Friendship Challenge!

Ugly Page

I am most unhappy with this page. Yet, it is finished.  I used colors from the Design Dollies and only used scraps, including making the medallion with scraps,  and used mixed alphabet title for Scrapfit's latest challenge.  My friend Stacy's idea was to doodle about yourself on a page. I loved the idea, but I just envisioned this a lot better in my mind. I do like the medallion though and the Sassafras and Core'dination papers.  I also kind of like using up some of those pesky letters that hang around...I think I woke up on the wrong side of the bed today, too!

*These are a Few of My Favorite Pets* :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

I made this for *These are a Few of My Favorite Pets* :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):) using a Crate Paper sketch! It is mostly Mia. I used Helmar zap dots to add a little dimension to the cirlces.  The pearls and tiny letters are Kaisercraft.

Jolly by Golly - Cosmo Cricket Card

Cosmo Cricket is having a challenge. I created this cute little card for it!  The Pink Stamper has also issued a winter challenge, and I thought this would work well for it also! And, yes the coffee mugs are on a slant and so are the birds. I thought it made it more fun. I fussy cut the little birds because I wanted to have them walk down the dark pink part of the cute patterned paper! Anyway, I made the little spiral flower and added a pink button, a little ink and Rock Candy stickles on it. The BRRR sticker is SRM stickers!  Thanks for looking!

Julie- Prom 2010

I added a bird for the Paper Variety challenge.  I used mist for Let's Scrap. I sprayed it on the tiny yellow flower in addition to the papers. I stamped a flowery image by spraying the stamp and then stamping in a couple of spots.  I also painted the letters with a Shimmerz paint pot. This is my beautiful niece in her senior year. She was dressed for 2010 Prom...

"Climbing a Tree" - Mitch at One

SUPPLIES:

My Little Shoebox: Imagine a Tree:  Diecuts, Happy Trees, Furry Friends, Fresh Air and Get the Camera!

American Crafts: Felt Tree

Baker's twine

TPC Studio Rub-on -- carefree

Making memories:  flowers

Fiskars punch: butterflies

hand-made shimmery mist

Scrapfit's birthday recipe:

1. green cardstock background!

2.  My Little Shoebox, Imagine a Tree bright colorful patterned paper!

3.  Brown/white ribbon!

4.  1 photo, 1 button (on felt tree); 1 brad (on tree); 1 rubon (carefree); 1 embossed item (title)!

5.  yellow, green, pink hand-made shimmery mist--like confetti falling!

Frosted Designs recipe:

Here is a list of the ingredients I used (all but 2):

1. Punch or punches (butterflies)

2. Felt (tree)

3. Ribbon (brown and white)

4. Pink, blue or purple (pink)

5. Flowers (below and right of photo)

6. Banner (top left)

8. Buttons (one)

9. Butterflies (3 top, right)

Paris - Vintage

Here's a closeup of the felt (fabric) and the crackle-painted chipboard:

Here's my first entry to More Paper Than Shoes.  It's also going into a vintage challenge at Sketches4All. Here is the challenge:
Theme: "Vintage Paris"
Supplies: fabric, a piece of metal, acrylic paint
Surface: ANY
Technique: Crackle
I've got all of the requirements! I thought my card turned out pretty well for someone who isn't that good at vintage!

Grand Haven, Michigan

Well, after trying several pictures and several papers/embellishments etc., I finally found what I wanted to do for this great sketch by Liz Qualman for Sweet Peach Crop Shop's monthly challenge.  They would prefer that we use their kits, but I didn't have one.  The sketch was just too good to pass up!  AND, it was after I received Scrapbooking from the Inside Out's Courage kit that I found the exact papers I wanted to use!! No, my layout is not about courage, but I was able to find some great scrapbooking inspiration when I opened the kit (which is therapy to me)!!!

Here is the sketch: