Joy Card And Merry Christmas Card

Hello friends! For the past week, Just Nick Digital Cut Files has been showcasing cards on their blog.  I thought I would get a head start on my Christmas cards so I decided to create two cards using some of Just Nick's fabulous cut files. As you can see, they aren't just for layouts, they can make some great cards too.

For the Joy Card, I cut out the word "joy" from the Holiday Sentiments cut files with my Silhouette Cameo on black card stock and heat embossed it with black embossing powder. I added some ribbon, machine stitching, red enamel dots, and a red flair button from A Flair For Buttons. The "joy to the world" black text circle was fussy cut from some patterned paper (Bella Blvd. Christmas Illustrated Faith Collection) and also heat embossed with clear embossing powder.  

For the Merry Christmas Card, I cut out the Merry Merry Background 2 cut file on white card stock with my Silhouette Cameo and cut it down to fit the width of the card and centered it on the front of the card and glued it to the background paper. The Christmas tree was also cut out of the black and white tree patterned paper with my Silhouette Cameo from the Tree Trio cut files. Enamel dots and a green felt bow complete the card.

I hope you are inspired to try some cards today.  Have a great day!

Cut Files

Holiday Sentiments

Tree Trio

Merry Merry Background 2

Father Layout

Hello friends! Today I am sharing a layout of my husband and son on the A Flair For Buttons blog.
I love this photo of my husband and son when my son was a newborn.

For this layout I used 3 flair buttons from 3 different sets of flair.  

I created the cut file and cut it on my Silhouette Cameo and backed the negative space alphas with a navy piece of card stock and also added the red and white star paper behind some of the words that said "father".  To give it more dimension and shadow, I added small adhesive squares to the backside of the cut out negative alphas.

I used the Faded Denim and Aged Mahogany Distress Inks by Ranger and my water brush to create a watercolor effect on the white card stock.

to make the flair buttons stand out more, I added some navy sewing thread around the flair.  I like the texture it gives the layout.

For the title "father" I used a Ranger Distress Pen in Pumice Stone to outline the letters and make them stand out more.  

This layout was inspired by Ashley Horton's Texture Techniques class.

These are the sets of flair that I used on my layout:

My Life Flair Set 2  

All Boy Flair 2

Gobble Gobble Flair

Be sure and check out all the flair in the A Flair For Buttons shop.  There are so many to choose from.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed your visit.  Happy creating!

Soccer Layout For Paper House Productions

Hello friends! Today I am excited to finally share my first design team layout at Paper House Productions for the 2016 term.

I thought I would begin with a layout of my youngest son, Clayton.  He loves soccer and I wanted to document him playing on his first soccer team at the age of 5.

Here are some more closeups:

I included some instructions to create my layout above.

Instructions:

1. Begin with a 12X12 sheet of white textured cardstock for the background.
2. Fussy cut three (3) soccer balls from the soccer ball paper.
3. Cut two  (2) green strips with white stars.
4. Cut two (2) strips of soccer words.
5. Cut the green with white star strips to the left and right edge of the white cardstock and adhere.
6. Cut the  two soccer word strips to the top and bottom edge of the white cardstock and adhere.
7. Arrange the three (3) fussy cut soccer balls , as shown on the photo, and adhere.
8. On the backside of the soccer ball paper there is a soccer field.  Cut two pieces of the green paper.
9. Mat the photo  (I used a 5 X 7 photo) with the black and white polka dot paper.
10. Place the green paper behind the photo as shown.
11. Cut out the blue “Keep Calm And Take The Shot” journal card and place over the green paper  and tuck it in slightly underneath the photo.
12. Add the stickers as shown.
13. Add dimensional foam squares to the the top and bottom soccer ball stickers, the “Kick Pass Score” sticker, the soccer cleats sticker, the colored arrow sticker, the “champ” sticker, the top and bottom round star stickers, and the “Love This Game Sticker”.
14. Add a dimensional foam square to the back of the left paper soccer ball.
15. Journal with a black acid free pen on the “On The Field” Sticker.
16. Add sticker ticket and blue mini alpha stickers to spell out the name of the player.
17. Adhere some black, grey, dark grey, and yellow enamel dots as shown. 

Supplies Used:

Soccer Balls 12" Double Sided Scrapbook Paper

Soccer Cardstock Stickers

Soccer Tags 12" Double Sided Scrapbook Paper

Star Player 12" Double Sided Scrapbook Paper

Check out all the wonderful high quality products at Paper House Productions here.

Thanks for stopping by!  Happy creating!

Scrapping Our Stash January 2016 Blog Hop

Hello friends! So glad you could join me and some of my scrappy friends for the monthly Scrapping Our Stash Blog Hop.  Below is a list and links to all the ladies participating in the hop. Be sure and visit everyone on the list.  Some will be offering giveaways.  Happy hopping!

Lee-Anne  http://lee-annelovethejourney.blogspot.com (That's me)

Alison  http://alisondaydesigns.com/

Juliana http://www.17turtles.com/ 

Majken http://chocoscrapaholic.blogspot.com/

Suzanna http://lifestrivialities.typepad.com

Becki http://beckiadams.blogspot.com/

Christine http://scrappingwithchristine.blogspot.com

Susie http://mytime2play.blogspot.com/

Sandy http://itsafamilyaffairwithscrappynana.blogspot.ca/

Wendihttp://scrappydayinparadise.blogspot.com/

For this blog hop we are using our stash of scrapbooking products that came out before the last CHA (Craft And Hobby Association Trade Show).  I thought I would use some of my Bella Blvd. stash of papers (Lucky Starz Collection) and several Bella Blvd. embellishments as well as some flair buttons from A Flair For Buttons.  

 My son Clayton was two years old when we adopted our cat Asia.  She was also two years old and had been in a no kill shelter.

The poor kitty had been in a cage for 5 months and our family chose her to come home with us.  Clayton and Asia had a special bond since Clayton's siblings were grown up and married it was like his little sister.

Thanks for hopping by! Now it's on to Alison's blog.  I'm sure she has an awesome project to share.

You Had Me At Meow Layout

Hello friends! Today I'm up on the A Flair For Buttons Blog sharing a layout I created of my cat Sheldon.

Simple Stories has these cute Cat Sn@p! 3X4 Cards and Cat Sn@p Insta Squares & Pieces that have been sitting in my stash and although I didn't buy any patterned paper to use for these, I thought I would create my own by painting with paint dabbers in four bright colors to coordinate with these.

I then began layering papers and die cuts and popping up the photos and some of the die cuts with dimensional squares.

I added three flair buttons from A Flair For Buttons Got Cat Flair to my layout.  I love using flair on my layouts and couldn't wait to play with these.

 I also added some sequins and enamel dots and hand stitched some x's randomly on the page.  I am really loving these colors lately and have been doing a lot of hand stitching on my pages these days since I have a huge bag full of DMC embroidery floss from my old cross stitching days.

I also added some label stickers and mini alpha stickers to add words to my page.

Here are the flair buttons that I used on my layout.  Aren't they cute?

Got Cat Flair by A Flair For Buttons

I was also inspired by the June Sketch over at Paper Issues.

Be sure and check out The Get Cat Flair and hundreds more amazing and fun flair buttons in the 

A Flair For Buttons Store.

Thanks for stopping by my blog! Have a wonderful day!

Practical Scrappers April Sketch

Happy day!  Today at Practical Scrappers there is a new sketch for April and I immediately thought of something with a Spring or Easter theme.

I cut five strips of green card stock with my Silhouette Cameo to look like grass and layered it on the bottom of the layout.  I then cut some eggs and placed them randomly in the layers of grass.

 For the top right hand corner I used a doily and layered some die cuts, stickers and enamel dots.

I matted the photos in yellow paper and layered some die cuts and enamel dots.

Here is the sketch

I hope you are inspired to create.  Thanks for stopping by and check out what some of the other design team members created with the sketch here.  It's always interesting how it is interpreted differently by each person.

Never Grow Up Layout

Hello friends!  I hope you are having a good Monday.  Today I wanted to share a layout I created from a wonderful sketch designed by Kristine Davidson for the Creative Scrappers Sketch #261.

I was really inspired by this sketch and I wanted to scrap these photos of my husband and son having fun at the beach on our summer vacation a few years back.

I stayed true to the sketch.  I used some patterned papers from the Rough & Tumble Collection by Carta Bella.  They have such beautiful quality papers.   I love everything nautical and the cute little sailboat paper from this collection was perfect.  I also die cut some sailboat cards, some star shapes and the title with my Silhouette Cameo. Here are some more closeups.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have an amazing day!

Supplies

Circle Cutter - Kreaxions

Diecuts - Silhouette America

Enamel Dots - My Mind's Eye (Mistletoe Magic)

Flair Button - The Paper Bakery (Sail Away Set)

Mists - Heidi Swapp Colorshine Mists (Mustard, Navy, Sweet Cherry)

Patterned Papers - Carta Bella Rough & Tumble Collection

Twine - Michaels

Wood Embellishments - Studio Calico

Scrap Our Stash September 1 Challenge

Hello friends!  Happy Friday!

Today I am sharing my layout for Scrap Our Stash's September 1 Challenge.  The theme is travel and the challenge is to use at least one travel embellishment (eg. plane, bus, car, boat, train, bike) as well as one travel sign.  Here is what I came up with:

"Traveling Dude"
Adhesive - Beacon, Scotch
Alphabet Stickers - American Crafts, Simple Stories
Brad - October Afternoon
Diecuts - Silhouette America
Enamel Dots - Teresa Collins
Flair Buttons - Evalicious, Paper Bakery
Mist - Heidi Swapp
Modeling Paste - Liquitex
Patterned Papers - Simple Stories (Say Cheese Collection)
Pen - Marvy Uchida
Revolving Phrase Stamp - American Crafts
Stencil - Crafter's Workshop
Twine - Unknown
Vellum - Recollections
Wood Embellishments - Studio Calico

 I used some modeling paste and a swiss dot stencil on the background paper as well as some mist splatters for texture.  I also diecut some overlays and diecuts with my Cameo as well as added some wood embellishments, flair buttons and enamel dots for added interest.

Thanks for stopping by today and don't forget to link up your creations for this challenge at Scrap Our Stash.  You have until the end of September to link up to be eligible for an awesome prize of Bo Bunny's Detour Collection.  Have a great day!