Best Fishes

Here is a card I made for the color challenge on Mommy Scraps. I took her theme and "awesome" birthday sentiment and made one of my own. In addition, I had inspiration from Jeanne's front flip card she made using the D'Vine Swirl cuttlebug and fish theme. This one is a little different than the usual card I make. It took me a little out of my comfort zone, which (I guess) is a good thing.

I mainly used the following CTMH colors: breeze, ocean, orange, citrus leaf. I sponged the bottom part of the card in cocoa, chocolate and desert sand to make the bottom of the ocean or aquarium (whichever you prefer). I used the June stamp of the month, With Love, for the ocean plants, etc. I love how other CTMH consultants use this flower set for other themes. In addition, I sponged the breeze cardstock with breeze and ocean ink for the water. After using the cuttlebug folder, I highlighted some of the waves with my white gel pen. I hope you like this one!

I finished this card with eyelets and orange sassy strands. Wow! I hardly ever use eyelets any more. I had the perfect color to go with the ocean cardstock in my never-ending stash. LOL! AND I got to use my crop-a-dile. YAY!


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Thanks from Edison School

Does this look familiar? I took the More To Adore card here and expanded it for the inside cover of the thank you scrapbook for Tate's school. The inside cover is 9 1/2 x 11, so I had some extra space that I didn't have on the card. I added the dimensional element "U" and stamped THANKS on it from the SANS small caps stamp set. I added some waxy flax with beads and a flower bling.

For the Big Pinks I stamped "You Make Me Happy" from the Make My Day stamp set and punched it out with a circle punch and added the circle window charms over the top. I really like how this turned out. I don't use Make My Day that often, but every time I do, I love it!



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Thank You Scrapbook Page

My oldest son's school received a grant from the Sherwood Foundation to update the school library, so the PTA wanted to thank them by making a scrapbook of thanks from the children. I was asked to put together this scrapbook, which wasn't hard. I just designed the front cover, the inside cover and then Tate's teacher asked me to design their 1st grade page. Here is the page I did for them:


I stamped Rustic Flowers three times so I would have 21 petals. There are 21 kids in Tate's class, so this flower worked perfectly. I cut that out and took it to school to have each child print their name on a petal. Once I got that home, I designed a page around those flowers.

Recipe: 8 1/2 x 11

Stamp sets: Homestead Alphabet, Rustic Flowers, SANS Small Caps, Romantic Backgrounds

Paper: Paper Garden Level 2, Buttercup cs, Sweet Leaf cs, Blush cs, White Daisy cs

Ink: Sweet Leaf, Buttercup, Garden Green, Blush

Accessories: Ribbon Slides Dimensional Elements, Blush Polka Dot Ribbon, Swiss Dots Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Buttercup bigger brad, Sweet Leaf bigger brad, Baby Pink bigger brad

It turned out just how I had it in my head while designing it. I hope they like it. I will show you the front cover and inside cover soon!

SC169 - You Rock

I participated in the SplitcoastStampers sketch challenge again this week. Here is the sketch:


Here is my card:

I hope you can tell by all the shadows on the card how I used pop dots behind the two blue stars and the arrow. When I saw this stamp set, Star Struck, the first thing that popped in my mind was "You Rock". The sweet leaf star is stamped, but the blue ones are punched out of the Good Times pattern paper and adhered to cardstock to make them sturdy, so I could use pop dots. I just love this new paper pack by CTMH too. Boy, I have been in the masculine card mood lately! Hope you like!

My friend, Jeanne, found the person who created the No Waste Criss Cross card, so I might make that one next week. Thanks, Jeanne!

AND I have been tagged by Inky Fingers and will work on that for tomorrow, hopefully!

All the stamp sets are listed in the labels under this post.

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Back To School

I took the usual first day of school pictures today and got them on a layout. Yes, I did! Don't think for a minute I am caught up with my scrapbooks. NO WAY! I don't have preschool or kindergarten school pictures scrapped yet. I should have done them first; however, I was downloading the pictures from today. I thought why not just get them on a layout too! I created this two-page layout when I went to my sister's a couple of weeks ago.

The first day of school went better than I expected, but Tate did cry at breakfast and he said he cried a little when he got in his classroom. Hopefully, that is the end of it. I feel bad for him, since he dislikes change so much. If you click on the first page of the layout below you will see Tate is smiling before school, but when he is standing by his teacher he is not happy. Eventually, he will love going to school just like he did last year. In addition, notice Tanner had to put his backpack on and stand by Tate even though he doesn't start until Monday.

I tell ya...the Cherish and Imagine books from CTMH are my favorite. I use them to create pages and then when I have pictures...viola! I am done with a layout. I used to always scrap chronologically, but I am not so hung up on that anymore. Eventually, I will get to all my pictures....eventually! I am not so stressed to get my pictures done, since I changed my scrapping method. I choose which ones fit the layout the best.

Supplies used: Paper - School Zone paper pack, School Zone My Stickease, Sunflower cardstock, Outdoor Denim cardstock, Cranberry cardstock; Ink - Cranberry; Stamp sets - School Zone, Essential Alphabet, Sans Small Caps, The Works Alphabet; Tools - Empressor Guide and Empressor Tool.

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BOYS RULE

I had fun creating this page and searching for pictures to add to the layout. I wanted to get action shots of my boys, especially Tate since it goes in his scrapbook. This first page has him playing with a car track with his idol, Jacob. Jacob is my sister's 16 year old son. At the time the picture was taken Jacob was 14 and Tate was four. Jacob can't live a minute without my boys hanging on him and saying his name. He is a wonderful big cousin to look up to. He plays so nicely with my boys and they love him!

Tate is jumping on a trampoline with another cousin, Ben. He is my oldest brother's son. Tate and Ben are six months apart in age, so they love playing with each other.

I used Lazy Days of Summer paper pack and My Stickease on this two-page layout. I wanted to accent the layout with red to give it a little *POW*. I like how it turned out.

Tate is acting like Spiderman jumping off a chair in the family room wearing his Spiderman boxers. On the top little picture, Tate is relaxing in the baby pool we used to have with Tanner. You can see the layout better when you click on the images.

I used Rustic Alphabet for the title. I think that one is my favorite "E" sized alphabet that CTMH carries. In the little jar I used the stamp set BUGS to stamp the little lighting bugs and colored them in with markers. For the tabs, I used my tab punch I bought at Hobby Lobby.

I forgot to give you Jeanne's blog site Creative Bliss, when I wrote about her making my blog banner. She is so awesome! Check out her site! I have tagged her before, but you still need to visit to see what she has been up to lately. Jeanne is getting into digital scrapbooking and is very good at it.

Friday morning I am off to meet my sister for lunch (Happy Joe's) and scrapbook shopping in Des Moines, Iowa! Happy Joe's is a pizza and ice cream parlor that makes the best taco pizza. Well, I think so, because I grew up eating this wonderful pizza pie. After shopping, we are going to a weekend crop. Yippee! How can it get any better than that?

Have a great weekend!

Peeking Witches

This card is my second take on "Witcha Doin'". My sister and I saw a card on a blog a couple of months ago with chickens peeking in from different angles and the statement was "Chicken In". We thought is was so cute, and since then I have chickens on my stamp wish list. I really like all the cards I see with chickens and the sayings that go with them. They make me smile every time. That is the inspiration I had for this card. I was flipping through my stamp sets looking for the other witch I used and saw this set and *POW* I had to make this card too.

You know me by now...I have to use my scraps, so I used the same papers and added the pattern paper on top with the stars and spiders. I really like this paper pack I got more than a year ago. I am so far behind on my scrapbooking that I will have to buy new Halloween paper when I get to those pictures.

The traffic jam cuttlebug embossing folder is new to my collection. I just bought it with my Michael's 40% off coupon. I didn't think I was going to buy this one, but I am glad I did. It is just quirky enough to fit into some of the designs I make.

I used BOO blocks (retired) and SAN small caps again. Man, those letters are so tiny I almost lost a couple on the floor after I cleaned them. I hope you enjoyed my witch cards. I have been downloading files to my computer, so when I am in Okoboji I can still keep in touch. A girl has to have her computer and Internet. It is my link to my world!

Have a good one!

Witcha Doin'

I made this card for my sister, Connie. We call each other every day and ask, "What ya doing?", but it sounds like "Witcha Doin'". I thought of this card, because of all the cute cards I see on blogs that play on words. I don't have many of those stamp sets and now have them on my wish list. Connie and I talk about these cards all the time and I told her I would make one, so here it is. I am pretty proud of this one, because I showed my husband and he was surprised I thought of it on my own. He thinks I cardlift everything I guess. When he makes a comment besides that is nice, I know I have done something better than usual. I keep showing him my creations and he keeps saying, "That's nice". I guess it is the same thing when he shows me a guitar or amp and I say, "That's nice"....LOL!

By the way, I will be heading to Okoboji this weekend, because my hubby is in a band and they play up there. We are not taking the kids, so it will be a mini-vacation for us. I am going to try to have something for you each day. I will have to look through my archives and come up with something, since I don't have time to create more than one project a day lately. I think I will choose some past layouts that are my favorites, since I am supposed to be scrapping more.

Now, back to the card. I used the some of the same paper I used on the BOO card I posted earlier this week. In addition, I used Halloween Night (retired) and SANS small caps stamp sets. I kept struggling with what to do with the ribbon on this card. I had three different ribbons tied around the bottom and just didn't like it. Then, POW, I thought of putting the ribbon on like tags. I see this on other people's artwork and love it, so why not do it myself. I like how that turned out. The ribbon is from Hobby Lobby. I got a ribbon box and all different types of ribbon for 1/2 price. This is awesome for a ribbon nut like me. I had to put the saying "Witcha Doin'" together using SANS Small Caps. Boy, are those little letters. I would love to find this saying on a stamp set already, but I worked around that. I guess that is what is nice about letter stamp sets. You can say anything you want. It just takes more time to create.

So I will surprise my sister with this card some time and I am making another one with the same saying. You should see that tomorrow, if I get time to stamp.


AND I'M ROCKIN' AGAIN!




I got tagged again by Jill Hilliard as a Rockin' Girl Blogger. I found a different image this time. I like blog tagging, because I have found some great blogs to subscribe to and get even more inspiration from every day. You need to check out Jill's blog. It is great! I love the Bella with the guitar. Of course, I would since I am surrounded by guitars at home. I am going to tag five new blogs I have subscribed to lately. Here they are:

Kat (Doodles and Dragonflies)
Linda (Stamping in the Moonlight)
Colleen (Distinctive Touches)
Michelle (Twisted Chick Creations)
Pink Lemonade

All of these are great Rockin' Blogs to check out full of creativity and inspiration!

Happy Stamping!