BoBunny Layout and Card

Its Wonderful Wednesday and summer is in full swing here; playing outside in the sprinklers, tank tops and afternoon showers.

I absolutely adore the local scrapbook store, The Creative Nook, and being on the design team is so much fun! Everyone is great, I get to see the new goodies come in and I always enjoy when I go visit. Here is a recent layout and card I made to be displayed in the store. Its been a while since I have created a layout and I love it! I need to spend some time just printing pictures so I can scrap more :)

Every time I create something and there is extra's I put them in a drawer which I call a "treasure box". I have had the sizzix flip card die for some time and wanted to try it out!  So with die in hand and the goodies from my treasure box I created the card below!

PP: BoBunny (Pop Quiz). Chipboard Element: Accucut (Heart). Pen & Chipboard ABC: American Crafts. 

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CS: Prism. PP: BoBunny (Pop Quiz). Ink: Ranger (Tim Holtz Vintage Photo). Die Cuts: Provo Craft (Butterfly & Scalloped Circle). Embossing Folder: Provo Craft (Butterfly Dots). Stamps: Hero Arts (Birthday Pendent). 

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Happy Birthday Design Team Cards

Hello Everyone! Well Its been interesting here, I got bitten by a tick and now I am a "Lymie". So I am on my medication and taking it easy. But I wanted to share some of my recent design team creations for The Creative Nook. As soon as I got this Happy Birthday Die from Elizabeth Craft Designs, I knew what I wanted to make! The cards came out really cute and I have to say the candle design is my favorite!!!

White CS: Michaels. Ribbon: May Arts. Die Cut: Elizabeth. CS: Prism.

White CS: Michaels. Die Cut: Elizabeth (Happy Birthday) & Quickutz (Flame). CS: Prism. Pen: American Crafts. Markers: Copic. Punch: Fiskars.

Happy Pinwheel

Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a great weekend. Today I am up with a new card! I've had this idea of making a card with clouds but I couldn't find the right elements and then I remembered I have this adorable pinwheel die cut from Quickutz and Tada!!! Thanks for checking out my blog! Happy Art Making!!

CS: Michaels & Prism. PP: My Minds Eye. Pen: American Crafts. Brad: Inque Boutique. Scissors: Martha Stewart. Stamp: Lawn Fawn. Ink: Tim Holtz/Ranger. Die Cut: Quickutz. Other: Toothpick.

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USMC Cards

It's been busy here, our new little furbaby gets most of my time and love! He is growing up so fast! I have always had a passion for paper crafts and I love making gifts and sharing my passion. I have recently had alot of people asking me to make them cards, banners and tags. So I have decided to make a small business out of my love for crafts! I am so excited to get things started and everyone has been so supportive and thrilled with my new goal! Here is my first custom order, two marine cards for a marine retiring and his wife. I had lots of fun getting back into the art room and making the cards.

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CS: Prism. Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug. Brads: Inque Boutique. Chipboard Star: Jenni Bowlin.

CS: Prism. Patterned CS: Bazzill. Chipboard Stars: Junkitz. Ribbon: American Crafts. Decorative Scissors: Fiskars.

You Make It Challenge

Oppies this saved as a draft instead of posting ... im so sorry :P 

YAY its February already! I can't believe how fast the year is going by already. Well this month besides the fabulous sketch-a-thon that is going on at My Sketch World, I get to host a challenge (yay again).  So my challenge is called "you make it". Have you ever had a moment where you are at a scrappy store and you see something really cute and go "ohh I can make that", well now is your chance! 

Click here ---> YOU MAKE IT CHALLENGE 

Ok the details ... scallop paper is from Bazzill (medium square green tea). scrunched fabric, is actually book binding tape from Making Memories, its an oldie but goodie! They also make the pins that are the flag post and some of the brads. Some of the knick knacks on the edge of the frame are just from my treasure chest in my art room, including the real lacoste shirt label :) The little green luggage is from Junkitz. The little glitter letters are from Creative Imaginations. The big foam letters are from American Crafts, who doesn't love thickers! Bo Bunny found its way to the page too, its the photo mat (:

Flags/Pendants ... so I'm thinking of posting a video and a template so you all can make your own ... what do you think? HINT: if your going to scraplift this page, I cut a line closer to the bottom and put the flagpole (pins) in there, so they are actually behind the layout, I also tucked in the patterened paper, this is a good trip so you don't have to worry about hiding or covering up the ends of the flagpoles :)

November Sketch

As soon as I saw this sketch, I feel in love with it. I am excited to say I am coming up to the end of scrapbooking the year 2008, can you believe it? So go check out the sketch and see if it can help get your creative juices flowing (it sure did for me)!!! They rock over at My Sketch World :)

This layout is of my little fluffy cupcake, she passed away last year and its still been tough, but here she is Christmas tree shopping :-) She even had her pearls on too! The paper is from SEI, most of it was just from my holiday scraps. Inque Boutique made the stamp, still miss them, love the rubber cling stamps, they are awesome! The lights are from Jolee's, I have to admit they have really changed since I first started scrapbooking and I love it. Of course the letters are from American Crafts, the green ones are HERE. Ohh I almost forgot about the border punch, its from Martha Stewart, its one thats half punch and half emboss, I sanded the edges so you can see the flakes on the punch more.

October Sketch

Holy cow the time always seems to fly by even faster towards the end of the year. Well with a new month upon us its time for a new sketch at My Sketch World! You can check out the October Sketch and all the great pages the design team has come up with. Below is my take on the sketch (:

I created a criss cross weave pattern with the paper and then placed it on the page at an angle. I also flipped the sketch and instead of 1 large picture I used 2 smaller pictures :) The journaling is behind the title which is on a envelope! The paper, tags and border is from Crate Paper, this collection is my favorite, I just love the color tones in it. Of course the title is from American Crafts, I'm a thicker addict!

Layout Challenge

I am so excited to be hosting a Layout Challenge at My Sketch World (yay)!!!!!!!!!

My challenge is called "LLL" ... ohhh ahhh!

You need to try and use these 3 L things on your layout, so who's up for the challenge and ready to get some scrapping done :)

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LACE, LETTERS AND LOVE!!!

Here is my example:

I used LACE cardstock, chipoard LETTERS and this page is about my goddaughters birth so its filled with LOVE!

These are some close up's :-)

Cardstock is of course my favorite Prism! The lace cardstock is from Ki Memories, I love love this stuff it just rocks!!! The flower ribbon is from American Crafts, I love the white because if you want to you can dye it to match whatever project your working on. Chipboard letters are from Maya Road and sprayed with Glimmer Mist. The banner paper is from Basic Grey and stamps Hero Arts, the best banner set you can buy! Making Memories makes the small abc stickers, they are my go to letters (: The butterfly transparency is from My Minds Eye. Another favorite of mine is the flat scallop cards from Paper Source, whenever I'm near one I always have to go in and grab at least one stack of these :-)

Go check My Sketch World for more information :-)

September begins ....

Whoa, I can't believe September is here already! Things are in full swing here: school, work and my start as a Layout Designer with My Sketch World. I am so excited to be a part of this sweet sketch site. You can check out the September Sketch ! Below is my take on the sketch, I flipped it to the side :)

The shape paper is from Bazzill and the cardstock is from Prism ( I really miss them!). I love American Crafts and there thickers, I used them for the title. The paint splats are from Sizzix, its one of the original dies (yes I have alot of stuff), I cut chipboard and cardstock with it to give the shapes some more dimension. I traced and cut out the journal shape from another journal card :). This layout is when I painted the "potty", it was pink all over but I thought it needed a change so I painted the walls brown, so the potty would have a color combo of pink and brown (my fav!).

Some people have asked me where do I get the color combo's for the layouts, well I have this handy dandy book! Its the best ever!!!! Its called the Color Scheme Bible. It has all these colors you can just flip through it and tada! First I look at the colors in the picture and see what I think will look best with it, flip through the color bible to find the colors! :) Its super easy and so helpful. Here is a picture of the book below! I orginialy purchased it from Barnes and Noble, but I'm sure you can find it at any bookstore.

Hot Wheels

I've had these pictures, well forever! When I was younger I took lots of pictures of cars, there was all sorts of random pictures, I even had car logo epoxy stickers all ready to go for the mini album. I was able to get to them recently, yay! Then I found the perfect mini album, a car shaped chipboard album, I was so excited and ready to go. I used K & Company paper and lots of random :) embellishments from Junkitz to Making Memories. The car die cut is from Quickutz which I cut with the Doodlebug fuzzy paper, my favorite! My other favorite is the thickers from American Crafts, the new fabric ones are awesome. Hope you enjoy :)

I'm Back & Thank You Cards

So as you can see its been a while since I've been able to post, I have still been scrapping some. I will be updating a lot, as I am on summer break now. I think I've finally adjusted to school, work and other activities :-)



Here is a quick peeky at the cards I've been working on. Creative Escape is working with Stephen to help collect 180,000 cards to give out to the troops! I have always been a big supporter for supporting the troops, even before I decided to become an Army Doctor. You can click the icon below to find out how you can help :-) The cards are all different (I think I've made at least 20 so far) some of the goodies are from: Baby Chick with Sparkler Stamp: Stampendous. All American Die Cut: Slice. Patterned Papers: Bo Bunny & Unknown. Glitter Pen: American Crafts. (If you don't have these glitter pens, I highly recommend getting them, there awesome!)

American Crafts CHA W 11

ohhhh more drooling .... American Crafts is definitly getting some love from me. Another kickin collection here, peachy keen. Love the tons and those flower brads, I need them :-).