Hiking!

Here is a quick layout of my nephews (Steve's youngest brother's kids).  They were hiking with their parents.  The monthly sketch over at Artful Deligh seemed to go along with the photos. I used a crimper on the leaves and then inked them with Tim Holtz distress ink.

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Baby Card with Graphic 45

I was super thrilled to see that I had won an 8 x 8 paper pack from Graphic 45 recently!! Thanks for sending it out!  Once Upon a Springtime is my favorite collection of theirs!!!! I was also excited to see the Simon Says - Look What The Stork Brought ! challenge!  The flower is Prima. I made a banner from a Studio Calico stamp and cut some of the excess off of some Kaisercraft letters. I also added a little pink semi-circle at the top of the banner.  I'm actually proud of this card. I usually don't like making cards and am horrible at it!!  I also entered this card at Sketches 4 All...

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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Canvas Flower

Here is a canvas flower I made with my Sizzix.  I added some ink and Rock Candy Stickles on the large flower and some chalk ink on the smaller flower.  Then, I attached it with an American Crafts brad. I thought it turned out pretty cute for my first one!

Vintage Tag

Well, I got out my needle and thread on this. My mother-in-law gave me the beautiful pearl beads! I don't know who the girls are--thought they were beautiful. They remind me of my mom when she was younger (at least from the pictures I've seen)! The gorgeous flower is Prima. Paper and ribbon are from Cosmo Cricket! I was pretty happy with this! I distressed the edges with Antique Linen Distress Ink.  I did the tag for Sketches4All/you!

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2010 Memphis-Animals at the Zoo

I created this for Sketches in Thyme Challenge 3.  It also fit Scrapfit's challenge to include your peeps.

I tried an inverted scallop border that I saw Gerry give a tutorial on here.

I usually have to have people in my sketch, but I thought these pictures of the animals turned out so well that I went ahead and printed them!  You should have seen the animals with those eggs that the zoo crew had painted for Easter.  The "deer" were quite afraid of them and approached them very cautiously.  After the deer figured out that they were "safe," the ostrich came over and gave them a sniff. It was hilarious to watch.

UPDATED:  7/1  I made top 3 for this layout at Sketches in Thyme. I was thrilled!

Father's Day Card - Texture and Distressing!

This card is a little out of character for me.  I really didn't like the paper under the squares but I have now made two projects out of it and found that by stretching my imagination, I could make something a little artsy out of it! The card has some distressing and a lot of texture! I got the sketch from CPS Challenge #168.  I am also going to submit it to a Father's Day challenge on Ideas for Scrapbookers. If you haven't checked out that blog, you should really think about it. It is just filled with ideas!


Supplies:
card base: DCWV
patterned paper:  Glitz Designs
squares are from scraps but are embossed with either a Cuttlebug or Sizzix folder
stamps:  CTMH
ink:  Aged Mahogany Distress Ink from Tim Holtz
tulle
other:  sandpaper, staples

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