oh christmas tree

Hi all!!! :)

I have been busy, busy getting ready for Christmas, that I haven't gotten much scrapping done! But, I do have a layout for you today!!

I loved the Sketchy Thursday sketch this week, so I decided to play along! :) 

Here is my layout:

And here is the sketch(12.8):

And some detailed photos:

These photos are from this year. The boys did such an amazing job on the tree!! They were focused and had a lot of fun decorating it!! (There were a few hogging ornament issues, but we worked through them, lol)

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

 

 For this layout I used the current kit at Burlap and Buttercups! It is an amazing kit!! I loved working with it!! The only other thing I used was some Queen&Co Pearls in snowflake.

Thank you so much for stopping by!! Have a great day!! :)

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!

brothers

Hello all!!

I did a quick layout today for Sketchy Thursdays 10.27 sketch. (I LOVED this sketch!! :D)

Here is my take on the sketch:

Here is the sketch:

I am also entering this into The Paper Variety's current challenge: Smile! : Create a humorous layout, card or altered project. Something that brings a chuckle! This was a moment that we just happened to catch on camera and it ended up being one of our favorite photos!!

Here are some closeup photos:

For this layout, I used:

• DCWV cardstock
• Echo Park, For the Record: patterned paper, Element stickers and alpha stickers
• AC Thickers: Flat
• Buttons, Galore & More, button
• twine
• Prima pearls, black

Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a great evening!! :D

Monster bookmarks and Halloween goody bags

My oldest son, Daniel, and I decided to make some Halloween goody bags for his class. They ended up taking a lot longer than we expected, but the ended up turning out great!

I had found these really cool, fun bookmarks on pinterest...here, and am so glad we tried them! They turned out amazing!!

Here are the bookmarks:

And here are the finished goody bags:

Daniel and I had a lot of fun putting these together!! His class just loved them!! I am entering these into The Paper Variety's current challenge...create a cute or spooky Halloween project!!

For the bookmarks, I used:

• The Paper Studio cardstock
• The paper Studio pp
• scissors, glue and circle cutter

For the Goody bags, I used:

• The Paper Studio, patterned paper
• Stampabilities stamps

Thanks for stopping by!! 

Friends Forever card

Hi everyone!!

I decided to make a card for the My Mind's Eye blog card challenge this month. Here is my card:

And here is the sketch and challenge (27):

The rules: Use ANY My Mind’s Eye products (current or past) as long as your project has at least 80% My Mind’s Eye products.
The deadline: Add a link to your project to the bottom of this post using inlinkz by Sunday, September 25, 2011 (midnight, MST).  Please include your first and last name and project name when uploading.  (a photo of your layout or project will show directly in the post)
(For tips on how to best photograph your entry, click here)
The PRIZE: The winner will receive the collection of their choice and will be featured in a blog post and have bragging rights!

I am also gonna enter this into The Paper Variety this week for use of stickers.

For this layout I used:

• scrap cardstock
• MME Limetwist pp
• MME Where The Heart Is pp
• MME Antique dots pp
• MME Rock On, Glitter Stickers
• MME Limetwist, Fly A Kite "Genuine" Alphabet
• eyelets, rope and popdots

Thanks for stopping by, and have a fabulous day! We are off to my oldest's baseball game!! Go Daniel!

Much love,
Jenny♥

DAD

Good Thursday morning to all!! I am very excited about this layout!! I had a lot of fun putting it together!!

 

This is a layout I did using pictures of all my boys on Father's Day 2010. I am very lucky to have such amazing men in my life!! It was such a fun day! We took a little road trip, and had a blast with the family!

I am entering this layout into a few challenges. I decided to try out Sketchy Thursdays July GDT challenge:

For the challenge, you were to use the sketch above, and pull at least 2 forms of inspiration from the 3 summer pictures.

My first inspiration was the water beads on the cherries:

 

The paper I used is from MME Twinkle Twinkle Little Boy. This paper has little clear circle spots with glitter in them. It reminded me of the water droplets on the cherries. (I did my best to get a picture of them.)

My second form of inspiration came from the collage of fruit in the popsicles:

 

I used a bunch of scrap paper and made the picture backdrop into a collage of papers. I really like how it turned out. 

My next inspiration was from the wrappers the cucakes were in:

It looked like stitching to me, so I had to throw some hand stitches on my page! (I LOVE me some hand-stitching, lol)

And I think the colors I used really came from all the photos.

I am also going to enter this into The Paper Variety challenge 38:

 I loved this challenge!! Such a GREAT idea!! 

I am also going to throw this one into Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday challenge to use stitching on your layout. This will be my second entry for that. You would think that I would have more considering ALL my layouts lately have been with stitching, lol.

For this layout I used:

• MME Twinkle Twinkle Little Boys paper and Simply Delightful
• scrap paper
• The Paper Studio embellishments
• wood chip letters
• twine
• old stickers I had laying around
• Coloroasis personalities stickers
• Me & My BIG ideas: thread: Jumbo woven labels (quite a few years old)
• Crafters Square-superfine glitter (Dollar Tree)
• acrylic paint
• paperclips
• Crystal Stickers: Cabochons by Mark Richards

Thank you all for sticking this one out with me (it was kinda LONG, lol!) Hope everyone has a great rest-of-the-day!!

Much love,
Jenny ♥

You Are My Cherries On Top

Good morning all! I have a LO today that I did using the Sketchy Thursdays 6.2 sketch, and I also used The Paper Variety's current challenge.

 

Here is what I came up with:

 

And some close ups:

 

This one was a little harder for me to do, because I tried to make it look like more of a boy layout, but with some girlie paper. I think it turned out really cute!! I hope you all enjoy, and have a great Sunday! I am off to finish getting ready for my youngest son's 3rd Birthday party!! Yea!!

Much love,

Jenny ♥ 

Teacher (thank you) card

Hey all!! Hope everyone is having a fantastic day! I spent the morning making a card for my son's teacher. Today was their last day of school (yea!!), and I forgot to make a card this weekend. :(  So, I got to work this morning, and came up with this card. It was actually a lot of fun to make! It went really smoothly. I knew pretty much how I wanted to lay it out, and it came together nicely. His teacher loved it! She was soo amazing this year that we had to throw a GC from Hobby Lobby in the card, too. I wish we could do more, but you could tell her gratitude in her face. Makes me happy to know that it touched her. :)

Anyway, on to the card!!

 

 

 

 

 

For this card I used:

• Cricut Cartridges: Doodlecharms and Don Juan
• The Paper Studio paper, buttons and brads
• The Ribbon Boutique ribbon
• Tim Holtz idea-ology mini paper clips
• scrap cardstock

I ran across The Paper Variety, and decided to enter this in the current challenge:

I really hope you all like it, and it inspires you to take a little time to thank all the teachers out there you know!!

Much love,
Jenny ♥