Mickey Mouse Birthday & Nautical Name Banner

Happy Monday! I can't believe its almost the end of March already, I feel like time is flying by. I have lots of orders coming in so that is keeping me busy and I'm super excited about starting my design team projects.

This is a banner set I made for one of my favorite little men in my life ;) My friend was having a Mickey Mouse/nautical theme birthday party, but wanted Gavin's banner to be able to go in his room afterwards! So we kept the color scheme the same and added some little accents to make it more mickey theme or nautical theme!

CS: Prism & Bazzill. Circut. Ribbon: May Arts. 

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Ahoy mates!  

Anchors away! 

CS: Prism & Bazzill. Cricut. Ribbon: May Arts.

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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.

Scrap Time

I had this clock kit for a while, I purchased it at a scrapbook expo. I finally got to crack it open, I switched out the papers and embellishment, because I wanted to keep it in the scrapbook room and needed it to coordinate with our color scheme, which is pink, black and white. I can't wait to hang it up in the room. The original quote was "time flies when your having fun", well my type of fun is scrapping so I changed the words. And you know what time does fly when you scrap :)

The clock is just a general clock with a plastic clear cover. The patterned paper/cardstock is from Bazzill/Heidi Swapp, it was from event and I was at the Bazzill store and they had some extra packets. Seriously some rockin paper. I love cardstock paper with patterened, I recently explored the Bazzill website and saw the CHA catalog awesome, they came out with patterned paper, I so need it! The chipboard numbers are just covered in glitter and from Junkitz. The bird sticker is also from Heidi Swapp, I put it on top of patterened paper and cut it out.

HINT: When you do this make sure you test some of your embellishments with the clock lid on before you glue and the clock hands ;)

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 :)

Dog Days of Winter

Hello Hello
I know I've been MIA, but I'm excited for the new year and its starting out great :) I had a super duper vacation and ready for work and school to start up again, sorta (:

Here is one of recent creations, I used the January Sketch from My Sketch World. I have to say this sketch rocks, I am definitely going to use it again!!!!!

The patterned background paper is from Die Cut with a View, the colors were perfect and I had lots of other goodies in my pet draw that matched so I was excited to be using my goodies :) I think we all know who the cardstock is from, my favorite PRISM! The solid rick rack and twill ribbon is just from my ribbon jars, the paw print ribbon is from Boxer (I just went to there website and saw they are closing so sad, they had some awesome goodies!) The chipboard sticker is from Bazzill an the chipboard icons are from Ki Memories. This layout was super fun to make and hope you can use it to inspire you :)

Cake and Candles

Have I said that I absolutely love love love it over at My Sketch World! They had a OHSC, I always love a good challenge but I am such a slow poke when it comes to making cards. I am a big fan of cardstock and with cards I always go to two items: Cardstock and Stamps. So I didn't make the official cut with completely all the cards, hehe. There were some awesome sketches and everyone rocked it!

The cardstock is a mix of Bazzill and Prism, I am trying to finish up using the big scrap collection we have here. The circle backround stamp is from Stampin' Up (love them). The cake and candle stamps are Hero Arts. My favorite punch the scallop with the holes :) is from Fiskars. I hand drew the pink felt swirl and cut it out! I've been keeping this little stack of felt scraps next to me so I can use them on my projects, its a great way to incorporate stuff you normally wouldn't on your projects!

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.

Bye Bye ....

So when I get in a rut, I have this jar in my scrapbook room that has lots of little ideas on strips of paper. Yesterday I was in a rut so I got the jar and pulled out a couple of ideas for me to play with on my page.

Here are the ideas I got: Corner Rounder (I did some of the paper and the entire page), Tear Paper (this was fun an oldie but goodie technique), Chalk (I had to do some digging for that), Patterened Paper (easy enough I have tons of that) and Brads (I used ribbon slotted brads).

Patterened Paper: October Afternoon. Ribbon & Cb Shape: Unknown. Brads: Bazzill. Mist: Tattered Angels. Journaling Spot: Heidi Swapp. Chalk, Pen, ABC, Corner Rounder: Ek Success.

I had lots of fun making this layout, even though I got stuck in the beginning. Its all about me and starting the process of getting my braces, so bye bye went the wisdom teeth. Hope everyone had an awesome weekend! xoxo - Kat