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Mitch and Emily

Here's a sweet photo of Mitch and Emily. They were making Christmas cookies! She had just gotten off from work and was a little sleepy so she was resting her head on Mitch's arm when he leaned over to kiss her forehead! How very sweet! Anyway, I used two different collections of Pink Paislee on this. I also layered the photo with three mats which is rare for me! I rubbed some Distress ink on the photo as well as the mats. I also decided to add a corner punch to the photo to emphasize it a little bit. I sprayed a little bubblegum Tattered Angels on the background paper.  It is one of my favorite layouts that I've done in a while--mainly because of what it represents! The happiness of two of my favorite people!!!

I am entering this into Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday Challenge - Shape it Up! The three small die-cut hearts are my 3 alike shapes! I also used 3 different patterned papers to fit Simon Says Stamp's latest challenge.  Two are in felt.

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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.

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My Sister, My Friend

Here is my twin sister in various moods at the Heard Museum in Phoenix earlier this summer.  I was really excited this morning when I found this sketch by Sketchy Thursdays and the combined "friend" challenge at Scrapfit!!!! I'm crossing my fingers that I'll get lucky this week! I play these two challenges all of the time and haven't won a prize on either challenge--now, mind you, I have been very lucky all over blog-land winning prizes, and I am not complaining!  I just love the prizes being offered this time! :-)  My friend Stacy wanted tickets on a layout, too. They represent "ticket to fun" to me.  I've won many of Stacy's challenges, so I play for fun (though I still win a lot) there and hope more of you will play along so she can send prizes out to as many different people as possible!!! She's such a gracious and friendly host!  I did a little spritzing on the layout which is hard to see in the photo but looks pretty good in person!  I'd been hoarding the multi-colored clouds for a while as the company who makes them is no longer in business to my understanding.

Thanks so much for visiting! I won't be posting much in the next few days!!!!

Can't Scrapbook to Save My Life Weekend

So, I decided to make a mini book.  It is called an x-book!  It is an easy book that you make with just one sheet of 8 1/2" x 11" piece of paper and then decorate! The only thing hard about making this book was the Modge Podge.  It wasn't required, but I wanted to give the book some stability!  I had embossed a cool bird and flourish image with a Cuttlebug folder over the sun before attaching it to the cover.  I was also thrilled to be able to get 9 photos on the six "pages." The book is really tiny--about 4 1/4" by 2 1/4".  I decided to use some of the many photos from the Phoenix vacation to fit The Paper Variety's challenge this week!

Phoenix - Sisters and First Day of School for Mitch

This is my twin sister and me at the Phoenix Desert Botanical Gardens.  This was our FIRST trip that we have taken with just the two of us since we left home so many years ago that I don't even want to count!!!  I haven't played over at Artful Delight in a while, but I really loved this sketch and had some pictures that I thought would work really well with it!  I'm also entering this at Moxie Fab World's Fabulous Felt! challenge (one of the flowers) and Simon Says Stamp challenge to add bling (to the butterflies).

Oh, and here is a photo of the first day of the last year of high school for Mitch!

Thanks for visiting! Hope you are having a great weekend!

Panda at the San Diego Zoo

In keeping with the zoo theme, I decided to make a layout all about the Panda we saw at the San Diego Zoo.  I am entering this in a challenge over at the CK blog to layer at least 3 textures.  I layered the flower with some wedding/netting, felt, foam and a metal/epoxy brad which is layered over ribbon and paper!

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My Hilarious Nephew

No challenge! Just wanted to share this funny layout!  My nephew saw this elephant at the San Diego Zoo and immediately got a wild look in his eye and got on and rode it for a while.  I don't know what he was thinking!  Maybe he knew he was a little too big for it... maybe he wanted a laugh... I wish I knew. It was so funny. I knew I had a great scrapbook page in the making when I took the photos!

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.

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Let's Go

I made this for the Purple Pumpkin challenge! I used three of their buttons for this Let's Go layout! I also entered it at Sketches 4 All.

Snow days

I made another Echo Park layout! This time it is for The Last April Sketch hosted by Sweet Peach Crop Shop! I really liked Liz Chidester's sketch this time!  I was tickled to make my own felt/denim/button/twine embellies for this!!!  I also added liquid glass to the red/letter part of the banner. As usual, my layout looks better in person!!! But, I hope you enjoy it! I thought it turned out pretty well... :-)

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Hope you have a great weekend!!!

Blizzard Snow (Wo)Man - Frenchie

This is for this week's Sketchy Thursday challenge.

Supplies:

Cardstock:  DCWV

Patterned Paper, journal card and letter stickers:  Echo Park

Round journaling spot:  Jillibean

baker's twine:  The Twinery

Sticker:  SRM

felt corner

Mist:  Tattered Angels

flowers: Prima

Velvet Brads:  Making Memories

Corner Rounder:  Creative Memories

1999 in Panama City, Florida

I made this using a sketch from Just Us Girls. It seems to be designed for cards, but I love scrapbooking so much more!  It fit some challenges at Sketches 4 All also! Steve and I got married this year. We actually took this trip before we got married because we were unable to take a honeymoon! It's a long story...

Look at this Darling Owl!!!!

Katie from Tuscany Creative Etsy shop sent me this darling Mama Owl which I won on her giveaway over at One Happy Mama!  You can buy a Mama and two babies in colors of your choice!  Katie makes the cutest little felt animals and other creations which she sells at her etsy shop!.  She even has a little set of tools for little ones!  If you need a gift and want something unique and hand-made, shop at Tuscany Creative!

 She just listed this darling set of puppies!

UPDATED to add this note from Katie:  use code onehappymama to receive a 10% discount!

DISCLOSURE:  I was not asked to do this review and was not compensated for my opinion (which is my own)! I won the owl on a blog giveaway!

Holland, Michigan- Music Statues

I made this layout of Mitch and Steve in Holland, Michigan, while we were there on our summer vacation this year.  The statues were all over the town.  They are playing music here. Real music came from speakers on this one.  I made this from a sketch by Julie Bonner. The Sassasfras Las came from my friend Stacy HW.

"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!

Meijer Gardens Falls with Chihuly

I was pretty pleased with how this turned out! This was for Frosted Designs challenge to use felt. I used the Sketches in Thyme sketch Challenge 5 for this week! It's funny how often these two challenge sites go together so well! Thanks so much for giving me some fun inspiration to scrap my recent vacation pictures!!!!

Updated 7/15/2010:  I made Top 3 at Frosted Designs for this one! I was so happy to see that someone (besides me) enjoyed my work!

Cute little boy card - flying high

I'm entering this in the Moxie Fab challenge to use fabric! Felt is fabric, so... :-)

P.S. There is liquid glass on the plane! I tied the ribbon in a unique way--I thought it looked a little like a jet!

Lemon Yellow Sunny Card

Etsy Inspired Challenge #83 - The Mouse Market

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http://www.etsy.com/shop/mousemarket

I found this cool challenge where you take an image from an Etsy site and then make a card inspired by it! I love Etsy--my husband is an artisan that uses Etsy, too!  So, naturally I decided to play along.  I was inspired by the lemon creation you see above to create this sunny little card! My friend made me the sweet little white crochet flower so I was excited to use it in this card!! Thanks for looking--I hope you enjoy it!