Clear Skies Ahead~Creative Scrappers

Good afternoon! Hope you are enjoying your weekend, I know I have! I was able to scrap some this morning, after a very busy week. I made the left page of this lo on Thursday for the Creative Scrappers #100 sketch lo, and then modeled the right side after the sketch to complete the 2 pager. Supplies are from Making Memories "Flutter line" and K & Co "Wild Raspberry" line.

The rainbow and clouds are both cut from the Cricut cartridge "Once Upon a Princess". The umbrella is from the Spring Slice cartridge.

I'll be sharing a few more from this morning in my next post. Thanks for stopping by!

Imaginisce Sketch Challenge for April

This is a lo I made following a sketch from the Imaginisce Blog for the month of April. The very talented Aphra created the sketch, and the requirements are that you base your layout on the sketch and use at least 75% Imaginisce products. All paper is from the Twitterpated collection, which matched very well to these photos from Vancouver. I used my Cricut and the cartridge "Give a Hoot" to cut the owl and fawn. This cartridge is sooooo perfect for my Vancouver/Alaska album!

Here are some close-ups of the owl and fawn:

Have a super evening!

Home Grown

Hi! Christine's bridal shower was yesterday, and it was a success! She was surprised and wasn't expecting it! Today our family went over to help sort out the gifts, and then tonight I was able to get some scrappy time in (which hasn't happened in almost 2 weeks!).

I made this lo tonight using Scrap for a Cure's March Kit called "Strawberry Fields". My lo follows a sketch from their website which was designed for this month. These are pictures of my Mom and I next to a large wine barrel at Four Sister's Winery, which we visited this past fall for some wine tasting.

I cut the grapes from a Sizzix Sizzlit die cut (which was meant to be a cherry, but with purple paper I transformed it). I also cut the watering can from the Circut with the "Walk in my Garden" cartridge. Both are on a pretty glimmer misted (or Shimmerz) doily which was included in the kit already glammed up! Here are some close-ups of each:

I'll be back later in the week to share the rest of the shower gifts that I made for Christine. Have a great start of your week tomorrow!

Chocolate Eskimo Kisses!

Hi all! I spent some time scrapping today, and decided to start working on my Christmas photos from our girl's trip to Hershey Park in December. It was such a magical weekend, with the pretty lights and snowy days, and fun times with the girls! I made these 2 los using dp by Basic Grey's Eskimo Kisses line, as well as the coordinating chipboard.

For this first lo, I cut the word "Hershey" from the Cricut using the cartridge Winter Woodland. For the flowers, I cut two different sized circles, crumpled them, and then added a brad.

For the second lo, I added some October Afternoon stickers, and cut the word Joy out of the Cricut using the Winter Woodland cartridge. I then embossed the pink word with the Swiss Dots embossing folder, although it doesn't show up well here.

One last thing...does anyone else have issues with the BG chipboard? It never sticks, and I always have to add extra glossy accents to get it to stick to the page. Anyone else have this problem, or even a different solution?

Have a great evening, I have a "date" with the little boy I babysit. We're grabbing some pizza before settling in for a movie night...lol!

St. Patty's Day & BG Origins!

Just a quick post tonight...I just got home from a combo of tutoring and babysitting for the night, and I thought I'd share a lo I made this weekend. I used some pp and accents from Basic Grey's new "Origins" line to make this St. Patrick's day lo. The title and shamrock accent were both cut from the Cricut cartridge "Designer Calendar". The lo is based on an older 52 Sketches 52 Weeks sketch (actually kinda loosely based, lol).

Here is a close up of the Cricut action:

Have a super evening!

Christmas Traditions

I made this lo today with more photos printed from my printer (lol!). I used some bits and pieces from my December Magpie Kit, as well as some older pp (Christmas Slab...yea that is old!). I cut the giant snowflake from the Cricut using the cartridge "When it's cold outside" from some Bazzil Swiss Dot cardstock. I set the cut at "Fit to Page," and it cut it at 9 3/4" which was large enough to create a giant snowflake accent! I love the big pop that it makes against that red and white stripped background! I also used some glittery Making Memories alphabet letters.

I journaled about our Christmas Eve tradition, which is to spend the evening at our Grandmother and Grandfather's house. Santa usually drives by on the fire truck, but we missed him this year! We all posed next to her tree, and we told her that she needs to get a larger one to accommodate my 6'5" brothers!

Thanks for stopping by!

Busy Weekend!

Had a busy scrapping weekend that is! I completed a bunch of LO's this weekend, and even broke in my new printer! I got a 12 x 12 Epson printer, which prints beautiful photos! I was practically jumping up and down for glee when I saw the photos come out of my printer! LOL! This is the LO I made with my freshly printed photos (okay, how gorgeous is the quality of the photos?!):

The LO features Basic Grey's Eskimo Kisses paper line. I used my Cricut machine to cut the title from the "Winter Woodland" cartridge, and the snowman from the mini "Snow Friends" cartridge. I used my Cuttlebug to add the Swiss Dot details on the letters and snowgirl. I saw this adorable idea to use the snowman as a letter on Color Combos Galore, and knew I had to recreate it! There is some machine stitching along the bottom and top of the photos holding down the snowflakes.

Here is a close-up:

I'll be back later to share some more! Off to enjoy the Golden Globes!

I-Top, Do You?

LOL, I finally used my I-top maker tonight! This awesome tool let's you custom make your own brads. I made the 3 brads that are in the middle of each flower cluster, using paper that matched my LO. Very cool effect! My I-top was a gift from my brother and his fiance for Christmas this year. This is a LO for fun...I feel like everything I've done in the past couple months has been for a sketch challenge, but this one was all me! These are photos from the Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West from this summer. I used patterned paper by October Afternoon called "Cherry Hill" along with my Cricut machine to cut out the flowers. I then bedazzled my layout with MAMBI's circle rhinestone accents. The journaling features the drinks that each of us had.

Here are some close-ups of the I-top in action!

Thanks for stopping by!

Christmas Tags

I made these tags tonight using my Cricut and the Very Merry Tags cartridge (which was a limited edition mini-cartridge this winter). I used some glitter paper, cardstock, and rhinestones to put these together. They are attached to some cookie tins, which are gifts for some co-workers. Merry Christmas Week!

Surf's Up in December!

I've been working on photos from my trip to Florida last summer. Tonight, I was browsing a bunch of Cricut blogs and it got my Cricut fingers itchy! I decided to pull out "Life's a Beach" and work on those Florida photos! For this lo, I cut the bikini, swim trunks, and title "Surf's Up" from "Life's a Beach," and the circles from "Plantin Schoolbook". The dp is by K & Co, and is called "Citronella." The colors and designs are beautiful and are perfect for these summery water photos. The scallop is from a chipboard pack which had a bunch of different sized frames. I covered it with "Broken China" distress crackle paint. The fishies are a Martha Stewart punch, which I punched out of the glitter paper.

Wow, I just realized that I meant to add some journaling on the orange circle! I'll have to go back and add it in...lol!

Here is a close-up of the title and those swim trunks:

Thanks for stopping by!