Joni's Punctuation challenge!

Have you seen the newest challenge up at Frosted Designs?  Your host for this challenge is Joni and she has challenged us to use punctuation somewhere on our project!  I know I have a TON of &'s just lying around and not being put to good use....so when I saw this challenge I immediately thought of my newest &amp, a wood veneer one by Elle's Studio and I knew it was perfect for this challenge!  Here is my layout for this challenge:

Supplies Used:  Elle's Studio Everyday Moments Paper collection Pack, Elle's Studio Love You More Paper collection pack; Background paper by MME's Cut & Paste line;  Wood veneers by Elle's Studio Everyday Moments collection and Dear Lizzy Polka Dot Party collection; Elle's Studio Love You More cutouts; doilies by Martha Stewart; flower by Maya Road; Letter Stickers by Jillibean Soup.

For this fun layout using pictures of my SIL and youngest nephew when he was just a baby (he's four now!) I used Sketch 259 by Kristine Davidson of Creative Scrappers.  It was a fun sketch and one a bit out of my comfort zone but I had fun with layering all the embellishments and the Love You More line by Elle's Studio is perfect for this!  As added incentive ALL Elle's Studio in the Frosted Designs store is on sale through March 3rd at 30% off!!!!!!!!!  Also included are Studio Calico, the new 7 Dots AND Simple Stories!!!!  You better RUN to stock up ladies, this is a GREAT deal!  Don't forget to go check out what the other DT members did with this challenge, lots of great inspiration to be found HERE!  Hope your weekend is filled with scrappy goodness and sunshine! 

Elle's Studio goodness!

Happy weekend everyone!  It's my turn to host the blog over at Frosted Designs today. I thought I'd share a layout I made using some of my Elle's Studio goodies from the store!  I was going through a pile of old single photos that I hadn't yet scrapped as I find it extremely tough to scrapbook one photo.  When I stumbled upon this photo of my nephew at 3 years old I just knew I had to scrap it!  Here is my layout using a mix of Elle's Studio goodies available in the store:

Supplies Used: Patterned Paper:  Elle's Studio Cameron and Everyday Moments collection; wood: 
Elle's Studio wood Everyday Moments collection; Embellishments: Elle's Studio Everyday Moments
Bits N Pieces and Cameron Snippets; chipboard: (glasses) unknown; punches: Stampin Up stars
and Border Punch Fiskars Upper Crest; Letters:  American Craft Thickers

Are you like me and find it hard to scrap single photo layouts? I find it extremely helpful when doing one photo layouts to add large embellishment clusters as a place filler to your layout (kind of like an extra photo).  The Elle's Studio Bits and Pieces, wood veneers and Snippets are perfect for this:

 Don't have the "perfect" matching embellishment?  Use your punches, they are a great way to "make your own" embellishment from your patterned paper:

Don't you just love the beautiful colors found in these Elle's Studio lines?  I know you will find them as versatile as I have!  Check the great selection out at the Frosted Designs store.  Here are the products I used:

Everyday Moments - Paper Collection Pack Everyday Moments - Wood Veneers Everyday Moments - Bits & Pieces Cameron - Paper Collection Pack Cameron - Lil' Snippets - Labels

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Sketch N Scrap Card sketch #20

Hope everyone is having a crafty week so far!  I can't believe it is already time for our last sketch of the month over at Sketch N Scrap!  Here is our second card sketch but last sketch of the month by me:

And here is my card:

Supplies Used: Patterned Paper: Fancy Pants Park Bench collection; card stock: Stampin Up

Whisper White and Basic Black; sticker (sentiment) SRM stickers, doily My Mind's Eye; ink: Stampin

 Up Basic Black; embossing  folder: Sizzix;  jewels: Kaiser Crafts; flower cabochon: Skyline Paperie

I love how this card turned out!  I was able to use up some scrap papers from my stash as well as a few older stickers (doily & sentiment).  I was also able to use my fun NEW flower cabochon from my good friend Stephanie Ho at Skyline Paperie!  She sent me some wonderful goodies a few weeks ago and I was thrilled that she included some fun cabochon flowers!  The black, blue and yellow ones all matched this line by Fancy Pants perfectly, so look for them soon on more cards and layouts!  If you would like to order some for your own stash you can find them HERE.   I hope you will go check out what the other DT members have done with the sketch, some AWESOME inspiration over on the Sketch N Scrap blog!  Have a wonderful rest of the week and make sure and play along at Sketch N Scrap before the month is over, you will have a chance to win a a Crate Paper Love Notes collection!  So hurry get your scrap on! 

Chase away those winter blues!

Ok, it was in the low 70's here today so it was a bit hard to think of winter today, but they say a winter storm is blowing in with possible snow to fall here on Sunday, so I guess the winter blues haven't totally been chased away here!  Why not chase those winter blues away with an awesome crafty challenge? I have my first ever challenge up today at Frosted Designs, why not play along with us for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate to the Frosted Designs store?  Here is the challenge:

To play along create a layout or other crafty project inspired by this mood board.  Here is my layout, I was inspired by the blue hues and the overall frosty chill of the pictures!

Supplies Used:  Background Paper: Elle's Studio Love you More line; Patterned Paper:

Echo Park Photo Freedom Vol. 2; Elle's Studio Everyday Moments, and Fancy Pants Timbergrove;

stickers: Fancy Pants Timbergrove, Echo Park Photo Freedom Vol. 2;  Snowflakes: Fancy Pants Timbergrove button set;  Cut outs: Elle's Studio Everyday Moments Bits & Pieces; wood snowflakes:

Recollections; Enamel Dots: My Mind's Eye; Tag & Twine: Unknown

I love combining multiple lines on a layout! You can find all these lines in the Frosted Designs store! Make sure and go check out the Frosted Designs blog to see what other inspiration the design team came up with! I hope you will find time to play along with my challenge! 

Mix it up!

Good morning everyone!  I'm here today sharing my last layout for my stint as design team member for Lori Brown's CTMH team.  I had so much fun being part of this great team, but as they say all good things must come to an end.  This month I decided to mix it up a bit....after all it's a New Year, so for this layout I used a mix of papers from different lines.  Here is my layout:

Supplies Used: Cardstock: Basic Grey; Patterned Paper: CTMH Tommy, Surf's Up & Pro Player;

chipboard: Basic Grey Hey Boy; star: CTMH Pro Player; stamp: CTMH Pro Player 

scrapbooking kit; ink: Night of Navy by Stampin Up; quote tag: My Mind's Eye;

journaling tag: Chic Tags; punches: Stampin Up; letters: rub ons by Making Memories.

I was able to mix three wonderful lines from CTMH : Tommy and ProPlayer, which are two awesome masculine lines and the third line Surf's Up, which is retired.  I was also able to use up a few embellishments from my stash which I thought coordinated great with these lines, the quote from My Mind's Eye I had had in my stash for years, plus I used up some chipboard embellishments from Basic Grey as well as some really old rub on letters.  I do like the look of rub ons, but they are a bit hard to work with when you haven't had practice with them for a while.  This is one of my favorite pictures of my son at 4, I just love his smile in this picture and it is fun to see him in a suit and tie, since nowadays he would NEVER let himself be caught wearing a suit and tie!!!  How times change! lol!  If you are looking for some fun new products or any masculine papers I would highly recommend either of these lines (ProPlayer or Tommy).   If you are so inclined to do some shopping then don't forget to visit Lori's CTMH store and click on the link Lisa's My Creative Endeavors sent me!  Happy crafting!

Echo Park fun!

Happy Monday everyone! I am pleased to share my layout created for Frosted Designs with you today! I am using the wonderful Echo Park line Photo Freedom Volume 2 today.  You can find it at the Frosted Designs store HERE.  I love the versatility of this line, so great to use with all types of photo themes!  Here you can see I was trying to warm up by scrapping some summer photos!

Here is my layout:

Supplies Used: Cardstock: Bazill; Patterned Paper: Echo Park Photo Freedom

Volume 2; stickers: Echo Park Photo Freedom Vol 2; journaling card: Bella Blvd Snapshots

 collection; wood veneer: heart and arrow- Studio Calico; enamel dots- My Mind's Eye;

flair button- unknown source.

I used a left over journaling card from my Bella Blvd Snapshots collection for my hidden journaling on this layout. To learn more, visit the Frosted Designs blog to see how I did this.  I really enjoyed working with this fun line!  Here is a close up of my hidden journaling:

Thanks for stopping by my blog today! I hope everyone finds a little creative time for themselves today!  Please stop by the Frosted Designs blog to see more information about my layout and to check out all the great inspiration they have there!  Also, if you are in need of any scrappy supplies make sure and stop by the Frosted Designs store! They have awesome customer service as well as lightning fast shipping!  

New challenge at Sketch N Scrap!

We are starting a new challenge at Sketch N Scrap for 2014! This challenge is a usual sketch challenge but instead of an original sketch created by our sketch artists the sketch is inspired by a layout created by one of the design team members.  Here is our first Inspired By sketch by me:

 Here is the layout that inspired my sketch by Stephanie Ho:

And here is my layout based on the sketch:

Supplies Used: Patterned Papers: Basic Grey; Stickers: Basic Grey; felt: K & Co;

enamel dots: My Mind's Eye; letter stickers: Basic Grey; Cosmo Cricket; Heidi

Swapp; American Crafts Thickers; Paper Trunk

I hope you will be as inspired by Stephanie's layout as I was!  You have lots of time to play along with us at Sketch N Scrap! We are giving away an awesome prize package from Skyline Paperie to one lucky randomly drawn winner and each layout or card you create based on this or one of our other sketches gets you one entry into the drawing!  But you can't win if you don't play so check out the deets here and see the other wonderful layouts and cards created by our design team with this sketch HERE!