Daddy's Little Man

Hi everyone!

I decided to play along with Creative Scrappers again and use their awesome sketch #183.

Here is my layout:

And here is the sketch:

And some detailed photos:

For this layout, I used:

• The Paper Studio cardstock
• Colorbok cardstock
• EchoPark Little Boy: pp, alpha stickers, journaling card
• Bella Blvd Mr Boy: alpha and border stickers, chit chat chipboard
• 3Bugs in a Rug Dawson: pp
• Queen & Co: pearls, silver
• SpareParts by TPS, epoxy brads
• buttons
• twine

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!

AAM Flashback Challenge #32 {My Five}

Hello all!!

One of my good online scrappy friends, Tracee, has recently been chosen to be on the new DT for the All About Me Challenge blog site. It is an amazing site trying to get back up and started again, and they are having a flashback challenge this month to get ready for the new launch.

The Flashback Challenge is to make a layout that showcase's your top 5, whatever they may be. I chose to go with my top 5 winter must-haves!

Here is my layout:

I used a sketch by my fellow DT member at Frosted Designs, Ashley Horton, sketch #5:

As you can see, I flipped the sketch. She has some amazing sketches, you should def go check her blog out!! :)


Here are some detailed photos:

I think those snowflakes turned out amazing, and will probably be putting them on every winter layout I do!! :D

If you haven't gone and checked out AAM, you should! I can't wait for it to start back up so I can play along!! :)

For this layout, I used:

• Colorbok cardstock (white)
• The Paper Studio cardstock (black)
• Bazzill bling cardstock (tan/gold)
• DCWV glitter cardstock (snowflakes)
• CratePaper, Portrait Collection, pp and border
• Spareparts by TPS, designer brads
• PEARLS by TPS
• American Crafts thickers, Sprinkles (vinyl) and Sunrise (chipboard)
• Bubble-A-Bilities(TPS), lt. blue punctuation
• Jenni Bowlin studio, black label sticker
• Colorbok Woodhaven, foil sticker, Ransom
• TPS glittered alphabet stickers, white snowflakes on title
• Momenta, family stickers, my favorite things sticker
• Sizzix Sizzlits, Snowflake set
• twine

Frosted Designs: Card Sketch #6 {its MY sketch!!!} :D

Hi and Hello!!! :D

Hope everyone is doing well! Today is Frosted Designs Card Sketch #6, which happens to be my sketch!! :D

Here is my card:

And here is my sketch:

 

And some detailed photos:

I used the new Echo Park Winter Park Collection for this card! Isn't the paper just amazing!?!?  For the sentiment, I used a very, very, very old Stampin Up stamp, and also stamped the background. It all came together really well, and I love the end result!

You should all go check out Frosted Designs Card Sketch #6 Challenge....there is an awesome prize!!! :D

I am entering this card into ScrapFIT Workout #55: Tis' The Season:

We know Christmas will be here before we know it so lets start spreading ideas for Christmas Cards and Tags!  Show us what your putting in the mail or attaching to a gift this year!

For this card, I used:

• Colorbok cardstock
• The Paper Studio cardstock
• Echo Park Winter Park 6x6 pad
• Prima pearls (black)
• KaiserCraft pearls (bliss)
• The Paper Studio pearls (white)
• Sizzix sizzlets snowflake set, snowflake #6
• ribbon from itsalwaysfabulous (etsy)
• Stampin Up Holiday Sampler (1999)
• Stampin Up ink pad, basic black and bliss blue

Thank you so much for stopping by!! Have an amazing day!!

Best Buds (MME Blog Challenge 29)

Hi everyone!

Hope you all are enjoying your weekend!

I have a layout today that I did for the My Mind's Eye Blog Challenge 29. I loved the sketch and decided to go for it!!

Here is my layout:

Here is the sketch:

And some detailed photos:

For this challenge, you were to use 80% MME, and "brown" on your layout. I think I achieved that, and I love my end result!!

For this layout, I used:

• MME, Antique Dots Collection
• MME, Breaking Free: Lighten-Up, Baby!; Cowabunga; Wild Ride
• The Paper Studio black cardstock for matting and kraft cardstock for matting
• scrap twine and embroidery floss

Thank you all for stopping by, and have an amazing rest of the week!!! :D

Attack of the little brother {Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday Challenge: Die Cuts}

Hi everyone!!

I have my layout for todays Fabulous Friday Challenge at Frosted Designs! This weeks challenge is to use Die Cuts on your layout, card or altered item! I know everyone has some die cuts laying around!! Put yourself a project together and get it entered....(your gonna definitely wanna check it out and see who our awesome sponsor is this week!!!)  ;D

Okay, on to my layout, or well, a 2-pager!! For these photos, a 2 pager was a must!

 

For this layout, I made my own sketches:

My boys have always wrestled around, and had fun. So, this was just another day of being silly! 

On this layout, the journaling spots are die cuts, as well as, the banner, tags, and the tickets.

Here are some detailed shots:

The journaling reads: Jacob has always loved to wrestle, even when he was a baby. On this particular day, he was attacking Daniel with kisses! The evidence is left on Daniel's cheek!

 

 

For this layout, I used a lot of the new Dawson line from Three Bugs in a Rug. Loved this line,  and plan to use up every bit of it!!

For this layout, I used:

• The Paper Studio: Kraft paper and cardstock(navy matting)
• Three Bugs in a Rug, Dawson:patterned paper, chit chat stickers, border stickers, Die Cut shapes
• American Craft Thickers, daiquiri
• Sassafras, cardstock stickers, burlap
• The Paper Studio, felt alphas
• buttons
• embroidery floss
• Queen&Co, pearls: Chocolate Delight
• The Paper Studio,brads and fabric brad

Thanks for stopping by and for any love you may leave!!

Have a fantastic day!! :D

your smile

Hello, Hello!!

I decided to tackle the DCWV November Stack-a-holic Template Challenge. For their challenges, you are to use one of their paper stacks, and make a layout out of it using a provided sketch.

I decided to use the Lemon Flower Stack for my layout.

The journaling reads: This is the day after your second tooth broke through. I love your little toothy smile! 1st tooth: 1-29-09   2nd tooth: 3-24-09

The sketch, by Susan Stringfellow:

Here are a couple of detailed shots:

I really loved the sketch, and the paper is just beautiful! I love every single paper in this stack!


For this layout, I used:

• Colorbok cardstock (white cardstock background)
• The Paper Studio cardstock (black matting)
• DCWV Lemon Flower Stack
• scrap ribbon
• twine
• AC Thickers, Delight
• embroidery floss
• buttons
• Prima pearls
• Cricut Cartridges: Doodlecharms, Lyrical Letters, Sentimentals

Thanks so much for stopping by and looking at my layout!! Have a great day!! :D

Senior pictures...

Hi all!

I have a little bit of a different type of post today. This past weekend, I went out and took my little brother's senior pictures. We had a lot of fun with it, and I wanted to share some of the photos with you today!

So, here ya go:

Thanks for checking them out, and have a great day!!

Wowzers!

Super-duper-uper excited this morning when I saw that my layout: my life, my love, my family was featured as an I Spy Echo Park Paper project on Echo Parks blog itself!! A-mazing!! I am so honored that they chose it!!! Thank you, thank you Echo Park!!!  :D

I also saw this morning that the above layout's counterpart, my boys, was chosen as a fave at Sketchy Thursdays! Yay!!

Off to a great start for the day!! :D

my boys

Hello everyone!!

I have a layout today that I did using Sketchy Thursdays current sketch, 11.3.  This is actually a page 2 to a previous layout I did...my life, my love, my family. I had quite a few photos from that particular weekend that I didn't have room to add to the first layout, so I decided to make it a double layout! :D

Here is what I came up with:

Here is the sketch:

Here are a couple detailed photos:

I am also entering this into The Paper Variety's current challenge:

For this layout, I used:

• Colorbok cardstock
• ThePaperStudio cardstock
• Echo Park, For The Record patterned paper, alpha stickers and element stickers
• American Crafts Thickers, Regards
• SpareParts by The Paper Studio - designer brads, brad assortment and oh boy epoxy brads
• KaiserCraft pearls, bliss
• The Ribbon Boutique ribbon
• embroidery floss
• buttons from stash

 Here they are side-by-side:

 

Thanks so much, and have a good day!

Featured at Two Peas!!

Looky-looky!! I was featured at TwoPeas today for my Merry Christmas card!! Yay!! Happy dance!! :D

Much love,

My Life, My Love, My Family

Hi everyone!! :D

I have today's Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday challenge layout for you!! Today's challenge is: FAMILY. Create a layout, card or project about family. Loved this challenge simply because I love scrapping about my hubby and 2 boys! You definitely should head over and check it out!! Great challenge and great prize!! :)

Here is the layout I created:

These photos were taken this past weekend at my mother-in-law's 50th birthday party. It was a lot of fun, and I was able to pull us away for a few photos ;P 

I used the current sketch at Creative Scrappers, sketch #180:

Here are some detailed photos:

I LOVE anything EchoPark, but really, really love For The Record!! I had bits and pieces of it, but finally purchased the Collection Pack, and am in full swing of using it!! I have also picked up Times and Seasons, so be on the look out for that, lol!

For this layout, I used:

• Colorbok Cardstock
• The Paper Studio Cardstock
• Echo Park, For The Record, patterned paper
• Echo Park, For The Record, Element Stickers and Alpha Stickers
• AC Thickers, chipboard, Regards
• KaiserCraft, pearls - Bliss
• SpareParts by TPS - designer brads and brad assortment
• The Ribbon Boutique, ribbon 
• embroidery floss (HL)
• buttons and ribbon flower from stash

Thank you all so much for stopping by, and have a great day!! :D