G if for... Glitz, Graphic 45, Glitter, and Girly Girl

Hi everyone!  Once again it's time for our A to Z  challenge over at Scrapbookers Anonymous!!!  This month the letter is G so I dug into my stash of patterned paper and combined Glitz Afternoon Muse, and Graphic 45 Once Upon a Springtime.  I then loaded it up with embellishments and ended up with this...

doily flower, Designs By Diana Etsy Shop

banner Glitz, Afternoon Muse Peeka a Boo

heart trincket, Making Memories

yellow flower flair, American Crafts

butterfly, Prima,

alphas, American Crafts thickers but copic-ed different colors

wood frame, Studio Calico copic-ed and stickled

wood doily, found this in an old kit and copic-ed it

stamp, Kitty Kat Marci by La-La Land

I stamped and fussy cut that little girl image.  Isn't she cute?  The stamp is by La La Land Crafts and and it's the Kitty Kat Marci stamp.  The fussy cutting seemed to take FOREVER.  Forever actually did equal 2 hours since the kids were still awake  and I was plagued with interruptions. But I love how she turned out, actually I love how this entire layout turned out.

Stop out at Scrapbookers Anonymous to see what the rest of the DT did with the G challenge!

Thanks for looking!

Multiple Sources of Inspiration

Did everyone have a good weekend?  I did!  It was productive and busy yet still fun.  The DH and I actually got out for dinner and a movie without the kids.  I got some painting done (wall painting not artsy painting). The kids each had a friend over.  I participated in a bowling tournament for work and did not get the lowest score (woohoo!).  Took Marin to dance class.  Went to a parenting small group at church.  Started reorganizing some scrap stash.  (BTW, I have a recommendation; if you want to try to show some self restraint when all the new lines from CHA are at your LSS, reorganize your scrap stash.  Then you'll see all those once new lines that you had to have that you've barely touched.)  And one night this weekend I just lounged on the couch and watched Black Swan, which I've been wanting to see for ages.  But I didn't blog one bit so I hope to stop by and see you soon :).

I do however have one layout to share with you.  This layout has 3 sources of inspiration.  The first one being a scraplifting challenge at Cocoa Daisy last month that used the circles. The challenge of course involved using the Cocoa Daisy kit but I'm in the process of scavenging old kits.  If I've already created a few layouts or cards with it and haven't done anything with that kit in awhile I'm making one more creation with the bits of it and separating everything out and putting it in with the rest of my stash.  The second and third sources of inspiration are Scrap Fit and Yvonne at Do More with Less.  The work out #61 Scrap Fit is to start with a white card stock base.  Well this worked out great as I wanted to try Yvonne's tutorial to use molding paste.  The Scrap Fit Work Out #61 can be found here and Yvonne's tutorial can be found here.

BTW, using the molding paste was SUPER EASY.  I used the light molding paste by Golden that can be found at Michael's.  The stencil is one of the Balzer designs at Crafters Workshop.  The bits and scraps of paper are scavenged from a couple of kits as I said, as are the bingo pieces and the chip board frame.  And the picture is of Gavin sitting at the counter while playing chess with his dad.  Gavin is only 6 so he's just learning chess, but he's a thinker hence the DH wanted to teach him.  I cannot play chess.  I can move the pieces but that's the extent of it.  But I choose not to think outside of the office if I can help it.  Thinking a minimum of 8 hours a day 5 days a week is enough for me.

Okay enough rambling already!  Thanks for looking!!!

Scrapbookers Anonymous February Challenge

February!  The month of cold miserable weather (at least here) and Valentines day (yeah).  Instead of going with a horrible weather theme we decided on Valentines Day so for our February challenge at Scrapbookers Anonymous we're asking you to use hearts and stitching.  A minimum of 3 hearts to be more specific.

I know pink zebra stripe and a unicorn!... probably not for everyone.  But when I saw this paper at the LSS I knew I needed it and was going to use it as a base.  I'm a fan of busy bases for some reason. :) The big photo is of Marin playing movie theater.  The little pictures which may be hard to see are baby dolls that have been put down for naps, which I find placed around the house at random.

(blue heart pp - Prima, black and white flower pp - Imaginesce, lavendar pp - Die Cuts With a View,little flowers- Prima, unicorn - Reminisce, castle rub-on Maya Road, felt hearts - cut from Sizzix)

Stop by Scrapbookers Anonymous to see what the rest of the DT created!

A whole LOT to post!

Hi everyone!  First of all, if you're following along on the the Pass the Page Blog Hop go HERE.  And wow, I actually have a lot of projects to post so I'm just going to jump in...

First off, here's a layout I created for Bird is the Word and Let's Capture These Sketches.  The word at Bird is the Word is "remember" and it's sketch #116 at Let's Capture These Sketches.

The picture is of Gavin back in 2008.  I came across this and thought, how could I have not scrapboooked this  immediately?! Well it's because Gavin's baby sister arrived that year and I was into more girly layouts at the time :)  Now I'm pretty good about mixing it up between boy and girl layouts. Everything on here is from January's Cocoa Daisy kit.

Next up is a card... yes a card that took me longer to make than the layout above AND I enjoyed every minute of making the dang thing!  I think I have to stop saying I'm not a card maker.  This card is based on January's card sketch at My Sketch World and it's also for City Crafters Challenge Blog challenge to make it pretty on the inside and the out.  Here's the outside...

And here's the inside...

Don't you LOVE the stamped image on the front of the card?  I just found this stamp at the LSS, it's by La-La Land Crafts.  I actually bought 2 of their stamps and after visiting their web site I  think I'm going to need many more.

Okay up next are actually more cards.  I said in a previous post that I had a 6 card goal for this year (sounds ridiculous to some of you I know, but I typically don't like making cards but I like having handmade cards on hand) anyway I've already met that goal. Woohoo!  For whatever reason I've felt like making cards lately.  So here are the 4 Valentines Day cards I made out of Jillibean Soups Hearty Barley line.

Very clean and simple.  I think I've finally learned that I enjoy card making much more if I keep them simple and I also seem to like the final product much more as well.

And lastly I made a Valentines Day wreath out of my husbands old white t-shirts!  I knew I wanted to use fabric strips around the wreath but I don't have a lot of fabric laying around and didn't want to go buy any so I improvised.

I cut the shirts into strips, misted them, tied them around a foam wreath, wrapped it with twine and different ribbons, hot glued a bunch of little  hearts on it (hard to see in the pictures I took)  added a $1 frame from Michael's, a beautiful flower from THIS Etsy shop and some black tulle for the bow.

Like I said, lots to share. :)

Don't forget about the challenges going on at Scrapbookers Anonymous this month.  We have a masking challenge and a challenge to use items that start with the letter F.  You have until 9pm January 31st to submit projects for either challenge.

Happy scrappin'!!!

Pass the Page Blog Hop

Hi eveyone!  Welcome to Julie's Pass the Page Blog Hop.  I recently participated in Julie J's Pass the Page.  Basically she created a layout, sent it to someone, that someone created a layout based on Julie's page then sent on her own layout and this went on and on and on, get the picture.  Each person had one week to create their layout.  And now there's a fabulous blog hop at the end.  If you go to Julie's page and leave a comment you have a chance to win a fab little gift!


So you should be here from Candace's blog, and she created this great  layout...

From this I was  inspired especially be the paint and flags and wanted to use multiple photos like Candace did.  Here is what I created...

Loads and loads of Pink Paislee's Soriee line here.  I basically took the busiest piece in the line, added a wide strip of white paint down the middle which I then proceeded to cover up with pictures, fussy cut flowers, flags, etc.  Oh and that's braided twine on there!  Cool huh?!  The pictures are from Marin's 3rd birthday party where her friend Maddy was doing her hair.  Yeah there's a lot to look at here but I love it!  Bright and busy and makes me happy!  So now hop on over to Lizzie's blog as she is showcasing Helen's creation which was based on my layout.  I'm excited to see this myself as no one has seen what any of the layouts that were created after their own... so I need to get hopping myself!  You should too!!!


In case you get lost along the way, here is a list of all the stops, or if you want to start from the beginning go to Julie's blog!!!

Julie: jsquaredscrapspot.wordpress.com

Candace:  wannabescrapbookaddict.blogspot.com

Lea:  finallyscrappin.blogspot.com 

Lizzie (who is hosting Helen's page):  http://lizziemade.blogspot.com

Sian:  http://fromhighinthesky.blogspot.com 

Clair:  http://obstinatepursuit.blogspot.com

Helen:  http://craftimperfect.blogspot.com 

Alison:  http://alisonslife-in-the-slow-lane.blogspot.com 

Ginger:  http://gingerslifeofspice.blogspot.com 

Jemma:  http://www.Just-Jimjams.blogspot.com

Lisa-Jane:  http://comeinsidemycrazyhead.blogspot.com 

Deb Clark:  http://debisjoy.blogspot.com

Alexa:  http://simplyalexa.typepad.com 

F is for.... and Sketchy Thursdays

Hi everyone, I have two layouts to post for you today.  The first one is for the mid month A to Z challenge at Scrapbookers Anonymous.  Our letter for this month is "F" and we're asking you to create something that starts with the letter F.  This could be a manufacturer, an embellishment, a technique, we like to leave it wide open for interpretation.  Here's what I made...

I used one of my favorite Fancy Pants lines of all time called Sweet Spring.  It's an older line but I hold tight to every little scrap of it that I have. The other F's are frame, felt flowers, fibers and fairy princess.

When I read that this weeks sketch was going to be the final for Sketchy Thursdays I had to play along.  Sketchy Thursdays if the first challenge blog with which I played and believe they're why I stuck with blogging in the first place.  Here's my take...

I stuck to the sketch pretty closely.  Lots of Echo Park For the Record on here, but also some Maya and Pink Paislee.  It's a picture of my kids showing each other love.  Well Marin was trying to hug Gavin and he was pushing her away.  I love this picture because it's so ...real :)

Why not stop on over at Scrapbookers Anonymous to play along with our challenges this month then go to Sketchy Thursdays and give them a great send off!!!  Thanks for looking!

Hillarious!

Okay, I'm actually going to post something not scrapbook related at all, which I don't think I've ever done.  But I know most of you who are moms are going to love it!  My friend just forwarded me the link to this blog called Momastery.  I can't believe I haven't stumbled across this before, but I'm so glad I found it now!  I read it and laughed until there were tears in my eyes, this is someone I can relate to.  Hope you like it!