Handmade card: thank you Tasha

The most amazing gift is the gift of life. In this case my brother's girlfriend is carrying my new niece until May. Creating this card was so much fun!

Handmade envelope: Auntie Marie's b-day

 Yoshi's Auntie Marie is a very special lady, so that required a very special envelope. The closure was made up of some of my favorite brads (wood flower and corduroy). The patterned paper may look like the previous ones, but I chose this one because of the doilies embellishing the edges.

 

I echoed the wildflowers from the card and added a little gingham ribbon to a Jenni Bowlin milk cap chipboard button. Heidi Swapp's mistable letter and label matched the look perfectly. Where there are flowers here in Texas you will undoubtedly find butterflies, so Martha Stewart's butterfly punch came in handy.

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Embellishment: Heartstrings

For the card to follow I had to incorporate the recipient's love for everything knitting. As I do not knit I had to think a little outside of the box. I had to look at re-purposing some of the supplies I had.

The only thing I purchased was a skein of yarn, and I don't even know if that is what you call those things. I had a hard time knowing what was for crochet and what was for knitting.

I painted a chipboard heart (Maya Road) with brilliant red acrylic paint. Added a little texture with a foam brush. My thought was to embody the paraphrased quote "best friends are tied together with heartstrings. The closest thing I could think of to resemble knitting needles was some headpins I had in my stash. TA-DAH!

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Scrapbook: Once upon a time...

This is some more of the inspiration I had referenced before regarding my cousin's wedding photos.

Sneak Peek: Fairy Tale

To most people the phrase "Once upon a time" brings to mind a fairy tale, and that was my idea as the theme for the scrapbook page to follow tomorrow.

Card: Welcome, little one!

Inspired by the intro to the Partridge family.....

Card: Happy Birthday

My first birthday card of 2009!

Cardstock: Green JoAnn Craft Essentials, White

Patterned paper: Stampin Up Raspberry designer series

Embellishments: Chip Chatter white (colored with SU inks), dymo caption maker, Morex tiny check ribbon

Punch: Stampin Up spiral punch

Mini Album: Busted thief

When my sister emailed me this photo of her impish chinese pug, Yoshi, stealing my mom's cell phone I knew I had to create a unique page. I didn't want to make a full 12x12 layout since I am putting this in an 8x8 album. The layout is actually 6x8. It's my first time working with this format but I really liked it.
Cardstock: Stampin Up Kraft
Patterned Paper: Stampin Up DS Bella Rose, blue tiled scrap , Imaginisce Halloween
Embellishments: KI Memories pop culture chipboard, Dymo caption maker, Signo white gel pen
Ribbon: SU Tangerine grosgrain
Ink: Versamagic gingerbread/jumbo java

Card: Wonderfully Witchy!

Cardstock: Stampin Up Kraft, White
Patterned paper: Imaginisce Halloween
Punch: Stampin Up curly label punch
Embellishments: Imaginisce Halloween chipboard shapes, toppers and stickers

Altered project: Snowman

In this project I was asked to add a snowman image of my choice. The brad I used allows it to be interactive.
Inks: Tim Holtz Distress (broken china, tea dye)
Embellishments: Scrapworks Magpie collection chipboard, K&Co Jewel brad

Card: Handle with care

When I saw this stamp I knew I wanted to use it on a romantic card. It features two types of embossing (regular on the stamp & UTEE on the chipboard square).

Cardstock: Stampin Up Kraft, Kiwi Kiss

Patterned Paper: Doodlebug flocked paper

Stamps: Handle with care

Ink: StazOn

Embellishments: Chipboard square, UTEE, K&Co glitter heart, Marah Johnson sticker

Scrapbook: Wassup!?

These photos are courtesy of my cousin Anthony Isambert. His beautiful doggie, Mikey, is in the photos with former NY Giant DB Michael Strahan. I could not resist creating this page using the old Budweiser catch phrase (Wassup!?).

Cardstock: Stampin Up Kiwi Kiss
Patterned Paper: KI Memories Pop Culture
Letters: Maya Road chipboard, Chip Chatter, Tim Holtz Grungeboard
Embellishments: Prima Say It in Crystals, Buttons, Metal frame, blue brads, metallic blue dots
Rubons: Luxe Designs border

Altered project: Canvas Motivational Plaque

This little plaque was a request from my brother after he saw my last canvas project. He wanted something he could look at that would motivate him on some of his difficult days. I picked a few quotes and he chose his top 3 quotes. Of course being a mega sports fan one of those quotes had to be by Vince Lombardi. The medium used is a transparency attached with 1/8" tacky tape to a 5x7 canvas panel. I added some Crop-A-Dile eyelets and threaded some ribbon to make it easier to tack to his cubicle wall. The swirly embellishment is a American Crafts Thickers chipboard shape sticker. It was a quick project!

Challenge: Pagemaps layout

This was a layout challenge requiring the use of a PageMaps pattern. I used one of the June Pagemaps for 8.5x11 and modified it for 12x12 paper. I used Bo Bunny chipboard elements in brown and red, American Crafts Thickers foam letters (Rootbeer Float), Flavia fresco patterned paper, Creative Memories brown paper strip, Stampin'Up white rubons border (Eastern Elegance), and Walmart adhesive rhinestones. My journaling was printed because I wanted it to be a specific size to fit in the space i had.

Scrapbook Central Crop

I created this HOPEful layout while at the Scrapbook Central crop yesterday. For an inside peek of what a real crop looks like check out Melina's Vlog.
We had an awesome time catching up with all the girls there and seeing what everyone was working on. Thanks Michelle, Andrea, Tawni and the rest of the crew @ Scrapbook Central.
I used the Tim Holtz distress crackle paint on the chipboard heart (since I could not find grungeboard). I love how easy the crackle paint is to use. I recommend it to anyone who wants to add that little something to their embellishments.

Joy is...

Last night I created a layout inspired by Melina's Tree Hugger/Celebrate Everyday layout. As soon as I get my digital camera back I will add it to my blog. Working with Jenni Bowlin's paper and chipboard frames was awesome. I look forward to getting all your input.