It's a Girl

Here is the companion to the previous boy card. The credits are the very same.

I just think that these turned out so cute. I know everyone who bought them just loved them. I hope you have enjoyed the week. I will most likely not post until Monday, but you never know. :)

Yes, I still DigiScrap

I am still scrapping digitally. I never really stopped; I just took a slow down sabbatical. I am actually designing again, just not full time nor at any store. I am making things for myself. ;) I will share from time to time. I am also on Andrea Gold's CT. That has been fun. I enjoy the creating process again. I am also at DigiScrapShak as a LifeGuard. That has been tons of fun. It is definately a new community for me. Although I don't think I have found a "digiscrap home", I have enjoyed the stay.

Here is one of my more recent layouts:


I love the blended picture in the background layouts that I have seen lately. This is my very first attempt. I have to say I am not 100% there yet, but with practice I'll get it right.

Credits: Paper - E. Fern; Photo Corner and Swirl - Gina Cabrerra; Flower - Michelle Coleman; Buttons - Rhonna Penner, Andrea Gold, and Doreen Stolz; Alpha - Shabby Princess; Bracket Stamps - Amy Teets; Fonts - Honey Script and Roxburry XT2

It's a Boy

Okay, I have 2 friends and we have all had kids pretty much about the same time. Literally just weeks and in one case a few months apart. They are BOTH pregnant again. No, not me this time. :) In light of thinking about the new upcoming joys in life, here is a baby boy card. Although, they both have 2 girls. I will post the girl look alike tomorrow.


Credits: Paper - Paper Studio; Ribbon - WalMart; Stamps - Studio G; Other items used - Scalloped Circle Punch, Colored Pencils, Walnut Stampabilities Ink, White Jouraling Gel Pen, and Fiskars Shape Cutter.

Original Wedding Swirl Card

This is the card that inspired the previously posted purple wedding card. I had made a reference to it, so I thought I would post it.

Contents: White Cardstock; Swirl Stamps - Autumn Leaves; Flower Stamps - Technique Tuesday; Blue Middles are pen doodles; Baby Blue Sheer Ribbon - unknown; Now and Forever Stamp - Michael's $1; inspiration - inspired from another card (when I run across it again, I will post here.)

Thanks for looking!

Wedding Wonder

I was making some wedding cards with fun swirls on them. This card hit me in pieces. It was a total blast designing it.


What I did: I cuttlebugged the white background then chalked it with purple then disstressed the edges with violet dust ink; I punched out the purple circle scallop and doodled on it in white; I hand drew a dress from and cut from white cardstock; I tied a bow around the waist with Hobby Lobby ribbon; I glittered the bottom of the wedding dress; I attached a sheer dot lavendar ribbon from Wal-Mart; I stamped white flowers ($1 Michael's stamp) and attached with purple brads from JoAnn's; I stamped the "Now and Forever" ($1 Michael's stamp) and chalked the edges; it was attached with pop dots

Lively is Ready to Roll

Finally, I have finished getting it all together! I made a small kit for a color challenge and thought I would share it. I really loved the colors and if time permitted I was going to add some more elements to it. Obviously, time got away from me, but I'll still share anyway. :)

I didn't make a preview, but here is a layout that I did with the kit:


All of the papers are used in this layout. You can get it here! Just remember to not share links. Please send them to my blog to download. I will keep it up until the end of August. Enjoy!

Father's Day Card

I know this is a tad late, but you can tell from my gap in posts that I have been busy. Here is a Father's Day card that I made. I made several and forgot to share. I will try to put up another tomorrow. Enjoy!

I love how this came out. Contents: Paper - unknown; ribbon - Hobby Lobby, Eyelets - from Gina K.;Alpha stamps - My Sentiments Exactly (upper case) and Stampabilities (lower case)

More Happy Birthday Cards

We traveled this weekend, so these are some cards I did a few weeks back that I never took the chance to share. Also, attention Digital Scrapbookers, I made a little mini kit for a color challenge at godigitalscrapbooking.com. I am going to get it ready and share it with everyone. Yeah!

Credits: Paper - MME; Prima Flower; Queen and Co. Brad;
Ribbon - Basic Grey; Stamp - Michael's $1 stamp colored with pencils
















Credits: Paper - Basic Grey; Prima Flowers; Stamp - unknown

I had an awesome experience . . .

... purchasing from Gina K. Designs. I cannot say enough about the service. I was fortunate to catch the scallops in stock. I goofed up my order and ended up making duplicates. I was shocked that Gina called me to help me straighten it all out. That impressed me so much. It is always exciting when you do business with someone whose heart is really in what they do. So, a big thanks to Gina K. You can read her blog here. I read it pretty much daily. You should also check out her awesome stamp collections. I will be making an order soon! You can shop at her store, here. Look for the "Shop Here" button. You won't be dissappionted!

I thought I would share a couple of birthday cards that I made recently.



Credits: Paper - MME; Stamps - Michael's $1 stamps

I colored the images with water color pencils.










Credits: Paper - MME; Stamps - Michael's $1 Stamps

I colored the same as above.


This card is my favorite of the two. I love the blend of colors.







Thanks for looking!!

Making More Cards

I am back to making cards. Well, I have several to make in the next day or two. Keep watching. I will try to post as many as I can.

I needed to make some more masculine cards. I love this congratulations card came out. It is so elegant, well to me anyway.

Credits: Paper - MME; Brads - Queen and Co; Ribbon - American Crafts; Stamp - JoAnn's

From the Rising of the Sun...to the Going Down of the Same

This is another page of favorites. This page features what I like about sunrises and sunsets. I really enjoyed making this page.












Contents: Smooth Cardstock; Prima Flowers; Vellum Printed with Abermale and Mahogany fonts, Cuttlebug Alpha - Fancy Pants; Stamps - Autumn Leaves

The photo is one we took from our back fence.

I hope you enjoy!

Expecting . . .

. . . no, not me! But I did make a fun pregnancy card I wanted to share with you.

Credits: Papers by MME; Prima Flowers; Queen and Co Brads; Michael's $1 stamps













I have been so spurratic in posting. It seems just as everything dies down and I get back to posting that things pick up again. We have more orders to fullfill soon, so I will be crafting in the background once more. However, I will try to update my blog regularly. (notice I didn't say daily)

Next Page Complete

I finished up page 11. This is the second page of a two page spread continued from yesterday. I thought I would get it posted so that they would stay together. See May 14th post for credits.

Year-by-Year

I am really trying to catch up on my kids year-by-year books. The idea is that for every year of their life, I would create a professionally printed and bound book highlighting their year. These books are only 20 pages long but trust me more work than meets the eye. I try to hit highlights only and use less than 50 pictures for an entire year. Also, because these are meant to be coherant books and not just scrap books, I keep theme and colors consistent throughout. I haven't worked on these since before my daughter was born. So, hopefully, you will get to see several pages coming through soon. :) That would mean that I am making progress.

I finished page 10 this morning. Page 11 is predominately done but needs some touch ups. The papers are from the P4D BCA 2.0 release about 2 years ago. I will have to do some digging to remember the exact artists. The alpha is from that kit too by Meredith Fenwick. The flowers are from the Digital Diva Design May 2007 monthly mega kit - "May Morning" (I changed the colors). The ribbon is mine.

Note: This would be Oct 2005. (Yes, I know a tad behind)

Graduation - Quick and Easy

We are going to a graduation for the daughter of some dear friends. I, of couse, procrastinated until the last minute and needed a card. I didn't want just any old card. This is for a very special girl. So, I at least wanted something fresh. While I was running errands this morning, I ran into Michael's to see if any new $1 stamps were in (they were not of course). They had the most adorable "Me & My Big Ideas" stamp clearanced for only $3. You can see the sweet graduate on the card. As soon as the kids hit their beds for the afternoon, I quickly put this together.


I hope you enjoy this!

Credits: Embossed the black textured CS with my Cuttlebug, the Congratulations is a $1 wooden Michael's stamp, the graduate is Me & My Big Ideas, I colored the graduate with water color pencils and blended.







I about went crazy when I realized I didn't have a single envelope anywhere!!! So, I quickly pulled out something I bought on clearance ages ago. It is a Fiskars envelope template that you use with the Shape Cutter. I was stunned and amazed . . . that was THE BEST envelope template I have ever used. I wanted to show you how crisp and precise the envelope turned out.

Isn't that amazing!!! Well, I thought so at least. I highly recommend using it!

Wedding Cards

I needed to get some wedding cards made. So, here is a sample of just one of the eight designs. I hope you enjoy.

Credits: Wedding Dress - I made; Embossing - Cuttlebug; I was given the "Bride & Groom" stamp and immediately unmounted it without a thought so I have no idea; Swirl Stamps - Autumn Leaves

Thanks for looking!

More Favorites - Favorite Things

I made this page of some of my favorites that weren't necessarily objects. Again this is an 8x8 two page spread. If you look closely at the layout, you will see how my brown papers turn at the brad to reveal my journaling. I would have to say that this is one of my favorite pages that I have ever made. I really liked how the colors turned out. I am totally addicted to paper scrapping all over again. :)

Credits: Multiple Colors of Generic and Textured CS; Patterned Paper - MME; Grossgrain Ribbon; Brown Flowers - Bazil; Small Blue Flowers - Prima; White "Travel" Letters - Paper Studio; Brads - Paper Studio; Stamps - Autumn Leaves (swirls), Paper Studio (family), Studio G (happiness line) and My Sentiments Exactly (Favorite Things Title)


Here is a close up of the hidden journaling:
















Thanks for looking - I hope you enjoy!!!

Extreme Blog Makeover

I haven't been happy with the look of my blog since I began it almost a year ago. I guess it is just one of those things that I could never get quite right. I would spend countless hours tweaking, designing, thinking, moving . . . to no avail. I finally took an approach that I use when I craft. So, I am not 100% happy about it, I am about 90% pleased overall. I realized that I needed to use colors that make me happy and a style that appeals to me instead of trying to "be" a certain type of blog. I think this convey's who I am about more so than any other style I have used thus far.

I can't help but feel that I need to post a picture each time I post. So, here is the first page in my daughter's year one book. Each year of my children's lives, I create a book showcasing that year featuring only them (well mostly). I have it professionally printed and bound into a book. It is a fun project that I try to keep up with. I am WAY behind at the moment. So, expect that I will be working on their books.

Credits: All the papers are mine. The swirl overlay is from Shabby Princess. The font is Albermarle.

Yes, here she is only a few hours old. I think this is the most precious picture I have of her.

My Favorites - Paper Scrapbook Page

I have been working real hard - on the side - to make a "book" of my favorites. It has been so fun to actually paper scrap again. Here is one of the two page spreads. It is made at 8x8. You have to look hard to see the hidden white tags behind each photo with the journaling behind the object.

Enjoy!

Credits: Pattern Paper - MME; Ribbons - Basic Grey; Stamps - Paper Studio; Flowers - MM; other misc items

Okay - I actually Paper Scrapbooked

It has been a really long time since I brought out my paper scrapbooking things. Not that they are all that different from my card making things. :) It was so much fun! I am in a circle journal swap that I somewhat regret doing. I just didn't realize how slow paper scrapping went because I haven't done it in so long. So, I had to get back into the swing of things. I had the inspiration to keep going after my CJ's. I made a two page baby boy spread. I really enjoyed these pages. I hope you enjoy them too.

I used CS for the frame and mats. The background is MME. The stamps are Technique Tuesday and Autumn Leaves. The flowers are Bazil and Prima. The titles are "Red Tag Sale" from my Cuttlebug.

I used my swirls all over this one. I love how it turned out. I hope that you can tell that the large "thing" on the left is a big frame for 2-4x6 photos. The left page has room for 2-3x3 photos, 1-3x5, and 1-6x4 photo. The photos can slide under the baby blue ribbon on all the mats.

I hope that everyone has a great week!!