Fabulous Friday Challenge: LOVE

Well, I have drawn yet another winner for the Frosted Designs Winterland Blog Hop...and the winner is...............

Debbi Tehrani

Congratulations Debbi!! Email me your information and I will get your prize pack to you!!! (Email info in the tabs section)

Okay, we have a fabulous challenge for you this week!! Seeing as its Valentine's Day next week, our challenge is to add the word "LOVE" to your layout/card/project!! Our sponsor this week is the fabulous Boys Rule Scrapbook Kit Club!!!  ( I may be a little bias, but they are one AMAZING kit club!! :D )

For the challenge, I decided to make my boys their Valentine's cards. I have used the current kit from Boys Rule, as well as the current card sketch for Frosted Designs (another one of my sketches!!!)  :)

Here are my cards:

and here is the kit, as well as the sketch:

Frosted Designs is also having their Love is in the Air Blog Hop right now!! Head over to the FD's main page for the hop list, so you can be in the running for some fab prizes!! :D

Thanks so much for stopping by and be on the lookout for CSI Casefile 6 later tonight!! :D

Frosted Designs Blog Hop!! :) {and Fab Friday layout}

Hi everyone and welcome to

Frosted Designs Winter Wonderland Blog Hop!!

 (You should have made your way here from Amanda's blog, and you will be visiting Ashley's blog next!)

First off, I'm going to show you my layout for the Fab Friday Challenge, then we will get into the Blog Hop fun!! :)

We have a great challenge for you this week! We are asking you to use vellum, acrylic or transparencies on your layout/card/project!

Here is my layout:

*I used Creative Scrappers sketch 191:

And some detailed photos:

If you haven't noticed before, or are new to my blog, there are a few things that I love and go on almost all my layouts: Thickers, banners and twine/embroidery floss! I have included all 3 on the above layout! :)

I have put together a RAK of my 3 favorite things for one of you to win!! 

(American Craft Thickers, Jenni Bowlin chipboard banners & The Twinery mini sampler: Denim, Stone and Buttercream)

All you have to do is leave me a comment telling me what your 3 favorite things to add to a layout/card or project are!! You don't have to be a follower, but would love it if you were! It is open internationally, so everyone please join in on the fun!! How about an extra entry??? Well, play along!! If you come back here and link me (this post) to your layout/card/project for this weeks Fabulous Friday Challenge, you will get an extra entry towards the prize!!! :D
You have until noon, Thursday Jan. 26 to enter! (That is also when the Fabulous Friday Challenge ends) I will post the winner of my RAK(chosen by Random.org) the following day with my next Fabulous Friday Challenge post!!

 Okay, Blog Hop Fun!!!

I hope you all are having a blast going to all the blogs and seeing all the amazing work this fantastic DT has to offer!! At each blog, there should be a word for you to write down and add to a phrase. After you have the whole phrase (one word from each blog), you need to email it to Diana for a chance to win the Frosted Designs big prize!! :)

Your word from me is: (actually 2 words)

and nights

Add that to your list and remember to get a word from each blog!! You will email the entire phrase to:

 danica4us@yahoo.com

by midnight Sunday, Jan. 22

Want another chance to win the Frosted Designs big prize?? Link up your layout/card/project for the Fab Friday Challenge by midnight Sunday, Jan. 22 onto the FD Fab Friday blog post, and you will be entered twice for the prize!! Remember, the blog hop only runs thru this weekend!!! 

*(note that the blog hop runs Jan. 20 - Jan. 22, and that the Fabulous Friday challenge runs normal until Thursday)* 

Here is a list of all the blogs in the hop and in the order you need to visit them!

Diana

Andrea

Amanda

                         Jenny - you are here! :)

Ashley

Marina M.

Lori

Joni

Martina

Fern

Debbi B.

Eli

Ali

Thank you all so much for stopping by and hope you all have tons of fun in the hop!! :)

And remember to leave a comment telling me your 3 favorite things to add to layout/card or project for a chance to win my 3 favorite things!! 




(For this layout, I have used: vellum; Colorbok, TPS and DCWV cardstock; Echo Park For the Record and Winter Park pp; October Afternoon 5 & Dime pp; 3Bugs in a Rug Dawson pp; AC Thickers Sunny; Echo Park Little Boy alpha stickers sheet; Echo Park Winter Park element stickers sheet; Bella Blvd Mr. Boy alpha and bits sheet; Jenni Bowlin chipboard elements, banners; The Twinery denim twine; TPS buttons and pearls; Queen&Co pearls; Sizzix Sizzlits Snowflake set)

  

Frosted Designs DT call!!

Frosted Designs has posted a DT call on their blog here! It is an absolutely fabulous team to be apart of, and they want you!!! :)

Here is a bit from the call:

We are looking for papercrafters of all kinds! If you can make scrapbook layouts, cards, altered art items, home decor items or like mixed media.... we want you!! One of the best things about Frosted Designs (in my opinion) is that we celebrate all kinds of crafters! We are not just a scrapbooking blog or a card blog. We want to let everyone share their skills and with 3 challenges going on all the time, there is something for everyone! We would like to fill some positions on all three of our teams. Let me tell you more about each one....

Fabulous Friday Teams: We have two teams of ladies that make up our Fabulous Friday teams. The focus of this team is to use up supplies you already have laying around the house that may have been neglected and forgotten about. For this team, you should be willing to do any of the following: scrapbook layouts, cards, altered art, home decor and mixed media items!

Sketch Along Tuesday Layout Team: This team makes scrapbook layouts that are inspired by the sketches we give them.

Sketch Along Tuesday Card Team: This team makes cards that are inspired by the sketches we give them.

No matter which team you prefer, the requirments for all of our designers remain the same....

1. Be willing to commit to a six month term. Your term would start the beginning of March and go until the end of August.

2. Create a project every other week for your assigned team.

3. Share a step by step tutorial 2 times during your 6 month term. (This can be with photos or video)

4. You will be required to comment on some of the projects that are entered into our challenge each week.

5. Keep an active blog that is updated frequently.

6. Post our challenge and your project on your blog on reveal day and link back to the Frosted Designs blog. 

To read the full DT call head over to their blog!! You don't want to pass up on such a great opportunity!!

I am so thankful/grateful to Barb for putting faith in me these past 6 months!! So a big THANK YOU to her and the rest of Frosted Designs for an amazing term!!! :)  

Also, a quick reminder that we have a blog hop coming up this weekend!!!! I am so excited, and I think you will be too!!! :D

4 Years Down, A lifetime To Go!

So we have made it to the 4 year mark!! Yay!! (Well, this summer we did, but I am finally scrapping the photo!! hehe) Our 4 year wedding anniversary was in June, and my oldest was a sweetheart and snapped a photo for us! I decided to go with The Color Room's current color scheme and make a layout...

Here it is:

Here are is The Color Rooms current challenge(#79):

And here is the sketch I used (Frosted Designs Sketch Along Tuesday sketch #25):

Here are some closeups:

  

 

 

Don't you just LOVE those super-duper awesome flowers??? I found those on Pinterest....here.  I thought they were the cutest thing ever and had to put some on a page!!

For this layout, I used:

• Bazzill Bling cardstock
• The Paper Studio Kraft cardstock and regular cardstock
• MME pp
• Colorbok pp
• MME Breaking Free cardstock frame
• wedding ribbon
• Prima Say it in Crystals black swirls
• Authentique Diction
• Colorbok Woodhaven, foil stickers, Ransom
• Making Memories mini shimmer alphas
• Affinity by the Paper Studio chipboard stickers, Cream Chip Glitter Alphas
• Buttons, Galore & More buttons
• butterflies from a friend...

Okay everyone, thanks for stopping by and have an amazing day/night/morning/afternoon!!! :D

Much love,
Jenny♥

{25 yrs ago}

Hello and Hi!! I have a layout today that I did for CCG this week. They had a beautiful color combo that I just really had to play along with. This is the first time I have scrapped only about myself, and, to be truthful...it was a little weird!! lol. I am not a center-of-attention type of person at all, so it was different, but I LOVE my page, and am really excited to share it with you!!

Here is my layout:

Here is this weeks color combo at CCG (208):

I used the current sketch at Sketch Along Tuesdays over at Frosted Designs.  Here is the sketch:

It is an amazing sketch! I really had a lot of fun with it!! You should head over there and check it out, they have an amazing sponsor...(Artful Delight!!!)

Here are some detailed photos for you:

For this layout, I used:

• Colorbok cardstock
• Bazzill Bling cardstock
• Inspirations pp (really old stuff, lol)
• GEMSTONES by ThePaperStudio, pearls
• flowers from a friend
• Treasured Trims, wired Pearl trim
• Doilies won from a Rak from Susan Stringfellow
• American Traditional Designs, ribbon
• AC Thickers, daiquiri, white foam
• atd Momenta alpha stickers
• Cricut Cartridge, Heritage
• Stampin Up ink pads, Basic Black and Bliss Blue

Thank you all for stopping by, and I hope you have a fabulous day!!

Much love,
Jenny♥

My Favorite Outfit {CCG 204}

Hi Everyone!! If you didn't see my exciting news, check it out here!!

Okay, on to my layout!! I just absolutely loved the color challenge this week at CCG!! I had a lot of fun putting this layout together!!

 

Here is this weeks challenge:

 

I used the current sketch at Sketches In Thyme(sketch #53):

And here are some detailed shots:

I hand stitched the ribbon onto the layout, folding it in every inch or so to give it a layered-type look. I used my Cticut and cut out the title word FAVORITE, and used a white gel pen to outline the letters.

Found this cute as a button sticker in my stash and it was just perfect! I adhered it to the creamy yellow pp to give it a nice border/background. I wrapped the photo in ribbon twice, and then wrapped the sticker once, tied it off, and added the flower and button.

Its hard to tell from the photo, but the layout does have quite a bit of dimension. I used a bunch of my pop up adhesives throughout the layout. Some of the squares from the grid strip are popped up, the title words FAVORITE and OUTFIT are popped up, and the cute as a button sticker is popped up.

Here is a close up of the ribbon and stitching. I wanted you to see the blue ribbon I used. I just love the look of it against the brown ribbon.

I am also entering this into ScrapFIT's current Weekend Warmup (#11): Flowers. I am also adding it to Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday Challenge: Animals.

For this layout, I used:

• Cardstock from HobbyLobby
• ColorBok patterned paper
• MME pp
• TPS pp
• Making Memories- puffy alphas
• Crate Paper Phrases, Toy Box Collection- journal sticker
• K&Co, Wild Saffron Die-Cut Cardstock- journal tag
• Me&MyBigIdeas, Cute As A Button- sticker
• Stickopotamus, alpha stickers
• Tim Holtz- mini paper clips
• Buttons Galore and More- buttons
• Spare Parts by TPS- brads
• Pentel Sunburst Gel pen, white
• Glue Dots, pop up adhesives
• ribbon and flower from a friend
• twine
• Cricut cartridge- Lyrical Letters

Thank you all for stopping by, and I hope you have an amazing day!!

Much Love,
Jenny♥

Exciting News!!

I am so excited to announce that I have been selected to be on the next term of the Fabulous Friday Design Team at Frosted Designs!!! It was the first blog I ever found, and now I am on the DT!! How cool is that!?! I want to say "Thank You" to Barb and everyone else over there, and I cannot wait to get started!!

Look at my cool new blinkie!! 

Thank you to everyone for their support in my first few months of scrapbooking, and for your continued support on the next leg of my scrapping adventure!!

Much love,
Jenny♥

backyard photo op

Happy Sunday everybody!!

I have a layout today that I did for ColorCombosGalore. This weeks colors are just great!! I found the perfect pictures of my boys to use for it! Here is my layout:

Here is CCG challenge #202:

 

Here are some close ups:

I used the current sketch at PageMaps:

 

And I also used the current challenge over at The Paper Variety:

Just create a paper project using 3 criteria either vertically, horizontally, or diagonally :)

I chose the top row of use faus, hand, or machine stitching, making a multi photo layout, and to use journaling strips.

I had a hard time getting this layout to photography correctly. It is photographing too yellow, but I did the best I could!! *(I have updated the top picture. It shows much better.)* I took the background paper and white/gray washed it to make it the correct color. I hand drew the knots on the letters and then white/gray washed them as well. I hand stitched the two layers on with black thread, and also hand stitched the buttons on with the same black thread and the twine.

My journaling reads: "We took these pictures for an American Eagle/77Kids photo contest. You were supposed to photograph your kids wearing their 77Kids clothes. Well, we took the photos, but forgot to enter them! Oh well, at least the boys had fun taking the pictures, and we got some great shots out of it!

I am also going to enter this into the current Fabulous Friday challenge at Frosted Designs: use circles on your project!

For this layout, I used:

• TPS black cardstock
• TPS paper - "Old White Fence" (background)
• Colorbok paper (red)
• MME Simply Delightful paper (darker green)
• MME Where The Heart Is paper (light green polka dot)
• EchoPark - For The Record - alpha stickers
• Making Memories - puffy alphas (red and  green)
• Colorbok - Woodhaven - foil stickers (green border)
• K&Co Wild Saffron DieCut cardstock, journaling tag
• AR Creations - baker's twine (annie42.etsy.com)
• TPS SpareParts eyelets and brads
• TPS Bag O Buttons 
• buttons from stash
• Treehouse Studio wood letters (Hobby Lobby)
• acrylic paint
• Cricut cartridges: Doodlecharms and Sentimentals

Thanks for stopping by!

Much Love,
Jenny♥

first ice cream cone {CCG challenge 201}

Hi ladies! Hope everyone is doing fantastic! I have a layout of my youngest from a few years ago. Got the cutest photos of him eating his very first ice cream cone! These photos just went perfectly with the current challenge over at ColorComboGalore. If you haven't been there, you should!! They have amazing challenges, and everyone is super nice!! Okay, on to the layout!!

 

Here is the challenge 201 from CCG:

I also used the current sketch at Sketchy Thursdays (7.21):

Here are some detail shots:

 

I only used a small amount of the pink, again, trying to not make it too girly. I painted the chipboard white, then lightly edged them with the aqua color. I hand stitched the fabric as a small border to the photos. Used my fiskars border punch on the pink, and my cricut to cut the tag at the bottom. Stamped my leaf on vellum and cut out the image. I didnt want the leaves to be too overwhelming, seeing as they didn't fit the topic. Added my embellishments, and was done! 

I am also entering this into Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday challenge: Buttons!!

For this layout, I used:

• Colorbok cardstock(white)
• DCWV SafariKids cardstock(pink)
• MME Twinkle Twinkle Little Boy paper (teal/brown polka dots)
• MME Where The Heart Is (brown patterned paper)
• Vellum (unknown)
• Stampabilites-Dye Ink Pad (brown)
• Stampin Up(2003) leaf stamp
• Sassafras-In a stitch blossoms
• Colorbok-woodhaven- foil stickers
• Bubble-A-Bilities by They Paper Studio ( {})
• Colorbok- chipboard letters
• Acrylic paint
• SpareParts by The Paper Studio - brad
• Tim Holtz- memo pin
• String
• Crate Paper-Border(white)
• Scrap fabric
• Bag O Buttons by The Paper Studio (pink buttons)
• Fskars border punch
• Cricut Cartridges: Doodlecharms(circles) and Lyrical Letters ("first" and tab)
• stickers (unknown) - "cone"
• GlueDots pop up adhesives

Hope you enjoy and have a great day!!

Much love,
Jenny ♥