Guest Designer At Scrap-lifting!

Hello friends! I was very flattered and honoured to be asked to be a guest designer over at Scrap-lifting as I was chosen as "Top 3 Layouts" for a recent challenge.

I was asked to scrap lift the amazingly talented Lisa Nazario Gregory.  She is one of my "scrappy idols" and I have the pleasure of calling her my online scrappy friend.  She doesn't know that I was scrap lifting her and I was was pleasantly surprised when I was given the task.  Lisa is also known for her beautiful creations over at Bo Bunny and I thought I would create a layout with Bo Bunny's Primrose Collection.  I love the soft green and pink and brown colour palette to this collection and thought it would be perfect papers to scrapbook my daughter and mother.

 My daughter and my mom are very close and to this day my daughter calls my mom "Bama".  That was a name given to my mom instead of grandma because my son and daughter couldn't pronounce grandma when they were learning to talk so the name "Bama" stuck for all these years.

Here are some closeups of my layout

To see the layout of Lisa's that I scrap lifted, check it out on the Scrap-Lifting blog here.

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great day!

Supplies

Chipboard Flourish - Creative Embellishments
Cut Files (Lace Background, Flourish, Leaves & Title) - Silhoutte America
Distress Ink - Tim Holtz (Tattered Rose, Tumbled Glass)
Distress Paint - Tim Holtz (Bundled Sage)
Flowers - Jolees, Maya Road, Petaloo
Lace - Prima Marketing
Mist - Heidi Swapp Color Shine (Seafoam)
Patterned Paper - Bo Bunny (Primrose Collection)
Pearls - Queen & Co.
Punch - Kreaxions
Sewing Machine Stitching
Silhouette Cameo

Stuck?! Sketches June 1 Sketch And Reveal

If you are hopping along with the May Blog Hop at Practical Scrappers, please go here.

Hello scrappy friends!  Today is the June 1 design team sketch reveal at Stuck?! Sketches.  Laura Whitaker does it again and I loved working with this sketch.

For my layout,  I used the Homespun Collection by Simple Stories for all the papers and the cute frame transparencies that are placed over the photos.  I also used my Silhouette Cameo to cut the title as well as the heart view master card die cut.  I also used some Heidi Swapp Colour Shine Mists for splatters on my page.  The little hearts on the page were fussy cut and finally I added some embellishments from Maya Road as well as some enamel dots from My Mind's Eye. To make the papers pop more I matted some of them on some black card stock.  

Photos are courtesy of Rockwood Photography

I hope you are inspired to play along with us at Stuck?! Sketches.  There are some cool prizes and the deadline is June 29, 2014 at midnight to link up for this sketch.  Check out all the details and what the other team members created here.

Have a lovely day!

Creative Scrappers Sketch #268

Hello everyone!  Today I wanted to share a layout I created for a challenge at Creative Scrappers.

I love Creative Scrappers sketches and I really love Sketch #268 and had to play along.  Circles are one of my favorite things to create with on a layout.  For this layout I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut out 9 circles in the white card stock and also cut out another sheet of card stock of the flower circles.  I used the Doodlebug Designs Springtime Collection of patterned papers and stickers and made each circle its own little "layout".

Here is the sketch #268 created by Jenny Evans

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have time to be creative.  

True Love Layout

Happy Sunday! Today I am sharing a Valentine's Day layout of my hubby and I on our fourteenth wedding anniversary.

This was for design team work at Just Imagine Crafts with the amazing Kreaxions 4 In 1 Punch #905.  I used it with Insert C for the hearts and chevron background paper corners and with the Insert A around the edges of the chevron background for some added texture and interest.  I also added a doily stencil with some modelling paste and some wood and wire embellishments as well as My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Record It Heirloom Collection.

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful day!

Supplies

Chipboard Letters - American Crafts
Distress Ink - Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Worn Lipstick)
Mist - Heidi Swapp Colorshine Mist (Black Velvet)
Patterned Paper - My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Heirloom Collection
Punch - Kreaxions 4 in 1 Punch #905
Ribbon - Kaisercraft
Stencil - The Crafter's Workshop (Mini Grandma's Doily)
Wire Embellishment - Maya Road
Wood Embellishments - Prima

Altered Letter For Susan K. Weckesser

Hello there friends!  I hope you are having an amazing day!  Today I am excited to share with you my Altered Letter that I created using Susan K. Weckesser's awesome patterned papers from her "Live In Color" Collection. It was so much fun to create and very freeing.  It was a great time to use up some of my stash.  Recently, I got a wonderful birthday gift from my husband.  He bought me some new furniture for my studio and I wanted something to personalize it with and thought an altered letter would be great sitting on the shelf.

I used lots of Prima Pearls and Prima Flowers as well as some lace from Kaisercraft and a wire embellishment from Maya Road.  There is also a little birdhouse from Prima and some flower ribbon that I picked up from a scrapbook crop.  A lot of the flowers were white so I sprayed them with some Heidi Swapp Colorshine Mists in Blush and Peach.  There is also some cheesecloth tucked in between the flowers for some more texture.

I hope you are inspired to try an altered letter of your own.  Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful day doing what you love.

Practical Scrappers Halloween Layout

I hope you are having a good week.  Happy Friday!  Today I am sharing a Halloween layout that I created of these adorable kiddos for Practical Scrappers.  I used some papers from the Bella Blvd. Trick Or Treat Collection and lots of embellishments from my stash.  I love the cute owl paper in this collection.

Too Cute To Spook
Adhesive - 3L, Scotch
Diecut Leaf - Silhouette America
Embellishment (cork arrow) - Fancy Pants Designs
Embossing Powder - Stampendous
Flair Button - The Paper Bakery
Journal Tags - Maya Road
Letter Stickers - Bella Blvd., October Afternoon
Patterned Papers - Bella Blvd. (Trick Or Treat, Daily Chevies)
Rotating Stamp - American Crafts
Wood Embellishments - Studio Calico
Machine Stitching
Photo Courtesy Of Rockwood Photography

I machine stitched through some of the letter stickers in the title.

For the twine heart, I placed a bead of glue in the shape of a heart and adhered the twine with a little wood embellishment in the middle.

I found this great little twine that had the halloween colors and wrapped twine around the cork arrow.

Flair buttons are so popular right now and I love using them on many of my layouts. The leaf was cut with my Cameo and then heat embossed with gold embossing powder.

These cuties are my daughter's niece and nephew and I smile when I see them.
There are lots more layouts and cards at Practical Scrappers to check out and don't forget that Paper Issues is having a giveaway on their blog.  You can check it out here.   Have a great day!

Practical Scrappers August Sketch

Hello scrappy friends!  Today I have an awesome sketch to share with you created by Liz Chidester for  the August Sketch at Practical Scrappers.  I love sketches and this one was perfect for scrapping that special photo of my parents for their 55th wedding anniversary.  Wow!  What a milestone!  I chose some papers and some die cuts  from the new We R Memories Country Livin' Collection and also some stamps, mist, sequins, and tons of different embellishments to finish the layout.  Here are a few photos:

Here is the lovely sketch:

Practical Scrappers August Challenge

I hope you have enjoyed your visit today and have some time out of your busy day to create.  Thanks for stopping by!