Easter Card #4

I made this Easter card with lots of texture (embossing) so that it meets the Simon Says Stamp Touchy Feely challenge!

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Birthday Card for a Dear Friend

Ha ha! I bet you were expecting another Easter card!  I made this for a dear friend's birthday. We have been friends for over 30 years now. It is hard to believe that much time has flown by.   I am entering this in the Simon Says Anything Goes challenge this week.

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Easter #3

I've been in the mood for cards!!!  Isn't this little bunny adorable in my Easter card #3 of 12... I am entering this in the Simon Says Anything Goes challenge this week.

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Happy Birthday Darling Niece

I made this  birthday card for my niece who has an April birthday. I am entering it in the Simon Says Happy Birthday challenge!

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!!!

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Easter Eggs

Well, seeing how I have posted for so many days in a row, it seems I am back to scrapbooking in full force!!!  I love this layout and love this collection from Webster's Pages so much.  It is called Girl Land, but you can see that it CAN be adapted to a boys' layout quite easily!!!!  I made it for the Page Maps Challenge and sketch found when you click the link. To me, the prize Webster's Pages is providing is the best of the best:  the new Plum Seeds line. I'd be so happy to win it!!!! Anyway, I digress.  I adapted my layout to 12 x 12.  I thought it would be fun to dig out an old Sizzix bunny die for this cute layout and stamped the chipboard that they are sitting on with a Webster's stamp that matches the collection.  I also gave each bunny a blingy-heart to hold!!!  

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1965 Twins - Grandmother "Lovey" is Feeding Us

This is my grandmother "Lovey" feeding my twin sister and me when we were babies!!!

I made this for Scrapfit's Workout #42 - Back In The Day and Sweet Peach Crop shop's Baby pictures challenge.

challenge using The Scrappiest's Sketch 115! It was my friend Stacy's idea to use: bling, vellum, Stickles and stamps!

Supplies:

Paper:  Crate Paper, Sweet Branch

Stickles:  Copper

Jewels:  Reflections

Vellum

Stamp:  CTMH

My Niece's Prom

I love this Crate Paper collection even though it's an older one--Sweet Branch! I thought the colors were perfect with my niece's dress and her friend's tie!  I got the paper and ribbon from my friend Stacy! Thanks again, Stacy! The only other thing I added were some jewels to the butterfly and big flower!  I used a sketch from The Sweet Peach Crop Shop!

Some Spring Cards

I'm entering this into Simon Says Stamp and Show Some Distressing! I didn't add ink to any of the edges except that of the image--just roughed up the edges and sanded that hot pink scalloped piece!

I made these cards from sketches for two different challenges that my friend Stacy HW is hosting on Sketches 4 All.  You can find them here and here!  I'm sure she would love it if you would play along!

Journal I Made at My Local Library

The Journal -- Finished

Metals: Dragonfly with purple square

Heart and Live, Laugh, Love with clear and green bead

Before I added the stuff around the edge and the Tattered Angels (probably a better photo, but I like the Finished Product much better!

I made this journal at the library.  It is my favorite craft I've done at the library.  When I brought it home, I hadn't sprayed it with Tattered Angels or added the little paper to cover the wrinkles on the edge! I'm even happier now!  The cover is muslin to which we added fabric crayons rubbed over stamps and an acrylic paint wash.  We then hand-sewed in the 4 signatures (5 sheets of paper each).  It was so much fun that I might have to try it again.  The purple circle is polymer clay with an impression of a dragonfly in it! Can you tell that I'm proud of my first attempt at making a book!

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Valentine's Card for You Know Who

Shh. Don't tell. This is my Sweetheart's Valentine's card.  I made it for The Paper Variety's cupcake challenge using the sketch from Card Positioning Systems and the colors from The Color Throwdown!  I thought they all went well together, and I was having a hard time deciding what to do for "You Know Who."  Anyway, I used some embossing folders and my Cricut so this went together really quickly!

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Meet Frenchie - Our Blizzard Snow(wo)man

I have been waiting for some great pictures to use this beautiful Bo Bunny paper!!!  The blizzard we had last week gave me quite a few photos!  This is Frenchie, our Blizzard snow(wo)man!  She has sedum flowers for her hair!!!  There is a story behind the leather mittens in the bottom left.  The boys got new wallets for Christmas--so I saved the old ones to make mitten die cuts with my Sizzix.  I embossed the blue mittens so they would feel special, too!  I also embossed the mats under the photos!  The little white flowers sparkle in real life!  I am going to enter this into Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Anything but a card challenge.

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San Francisco - Cliff House 2009

I still haven't finished scrapbooking all of our San Francisco 2009 trip! Steve was lucky enough to get to attend a work conference there, and it coincided with our 10 year anniversary! What a great place to celebrate!!! We ate a delicious "early bird" dinner at the Cliff House. It was divine!  I used Sketchy Thursday's sketch to create this three-picture Harmonie layout! I just love this Canadian based scrapbook paper company!  I did a little fussy cutting of the flowers! Can you see that I used some of my hand-made shimmer mist on this layout?  I used some Martha Stewart and Fiskars punched butterfly masks up in the left corner!  I also added some jewels in the corners and in the centers of the flowers!  I also used some distress ink around the background and on the edges of the photos!  We have such great memories of our San Francisco trip! I hope you enjoy looking at this!

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January 2010 - Shoveling Snow

I made this layout based on an Artful Delight sketch.  I'm also entering it in the Simon Says Anything Goes challenge.  It was the boys (my husband Steve and son Mitch) shoveling snow last January.  I tell you, she sold out of her beautiful December kit! It was really pretty. You might want to check out her January kit as soon as it goes live! If it's half as pretty as the December kit and you are a kit buyer, you'll love it!  I've used Harmonie here with some punched snowflakes and the letters are from My Mind's Eye.  Thanks for looking!

Merry Christmas!

Pocket Treat Holders

Joni had a challenge to make these cute little pocket treat holders just in time for Halloween! So, I combined this with Design Dollies (top photo) color challenge this week to make these little pockets for special trick-or-treaters! I made it out of Nikki Sivils.  As you can see, it was hard to stop! I made 4 Halloween treats and one Christmas treat holder (Cosmo Cricket Togetherness).  I used a crimper on the flap on this one.  I'll probably end up making more, but I wanted to go ahead and make a blog entry about it!

Halloween Treat Bag

I made this little Halloween treat bag for The Paper Variety's challenge this week to "grab some of your favorite candies for inspiration and show us your 'sweet' ideas".  It is so easy. Take a sealed business sized envelope, cut off around 3 inches from the top. Then, from the large piece cut off about 1/2".  Stamp both pieces all over.  Then, crimp the long side. Place a regular sized candy bar and/or whatever you can fit in it. Place the 3" top over that, and there you have it! Easy peasy!

Halloween 1997

I made this using Sketch Inspiration's Sketch #146 for Scrapfit's Workout #30 challenge to use lime green, orange, purple and black.  I used cardstock in the squares. I decided to emboss all of the squares with different Cuttlebug folders.  The green paper under the photo is some very textured I bought from Sizzix many years ago.  The pp and tags are MME (from Stacy HW/Val).  That fun orange and white-polka dotted button was given to me by Kristy from Buttons and Bows.

*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.

Another Prom 2010 Layout

After a break, it looks like XOXO is back.  Hey, wouldn't you like to scrap-lift this layout to win a prize? Go to The XOXO challenge site for details. My term was up in August, but since the site was static for a few months, the challenge was postponed until now!

Halloween 1996

This is a layout for ScrapFit's challenge to use a halloween song title.  I chose The Monster Mash!