Some Vancouver LOs!!

Good evening! I spent a lot of the weekend scrapping, yay! On Saturday I went to an all day crop and only finished about 6 los, but I was okay with that because I really liked them! Yesterday, after I unpacked everything, I made a few more los. This first one is using this week's sketch challenge on Let's Scrap:

I used some new dp and accents by My Mind's Eye called "Little Boy Blue". Those cute vintage animal flash cards are from an Etsy site called "Pretty Little Studio".

Next up is a lo using this week's sketch from Inspired Sketches. I used dp and chipboard from Cosmo Cricket's "Nutmeg" line. I cut the bear from the Cricut cartridge "Give a Hoot". These are photos from the top of Grouse Mountain where they have a bear habitat. The bears come in and out of their homes, and here we were lucky enough to get up close and personal with them!

Here is a close-up of the little cutie!

Last, is a baby lo about a beluga! LOL, I felt kinda funny pulling out soft pink colors and baby papers for this animal lo, but it worked! A few months before we visited the Vancouver Aquarium, a beluga gave birth to this little baby. We got to go into a special habitat where the baby and mother spend their time bonding together over the first few months of the baby's life. No flash photography was allowed, and you had to be extremely quite to not disturb mother and baby.

I used dp by Jenni Bowlin, and Making Memories (Vintage Findings). I pleated the lace and sewed it down to the paper to create the border. The heart and "Beluga" letters were cut from the Cricut, and the pink "baby" letters are Doodlebug stickers. The journaling block is a new Tim Holtz die cut from the Big Shot.

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Secret Garden

Here is another lo I made today using the Studio Calico February kit. These are some more pictures from the Vancouver gardens. This lo follows this week's sketch challenge on Let's Scrap as well. It's kind of hard to see, but between all the little photos I added stitching to make a grid-like pattern.

I used an adorable new Martha Stewart spring border punch with these little chickies for my accent here:

And here is a close-up of the fun tag, which I also punched with the Martha Stewart border punch:

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Some Fall Memories...

I made these los tonight, using some sketches. This first lo is for Sketch Inspiration #108. I pulled out all the Halloween supplies I could find (and boy were there a lot!) and put them together to make this! I told my Mom that we have more Halloween scrapping goodies than photos from the holiday!

This second is a 2 page lo, with some photos from an afternoon spent at a winery where we sampled a bunch of different wines. I used pp by Basic Grey's "Nook and Pantry".

I made these pretty flowers from a Sizzix daisy die cut. I cut the 3 sizes out from chipboard, then covered them with Crackle Paint, and then adhered them together and added a cute button!

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All Girl

Good evening! I thought I'd share this lo I made this past weekend, featuring a photo of my 2 cousins from a few years ago. For my grandparents 50th wedding anniversary 2 years ago, we took professional family portraits. This is a photo from that shoot. I used a Let's Scrap sketch from last week as my inspiration. The dp is from Basic Grey's Wisteria paper pack. I used my Cricut and the cartridge "A Child's Year" to cut out the shadow girls and the title scalloped oval word "girl". I added some white pen detail to the mats of these images.

Thanks for stopping by tonight! I'm hoping I'll have time to get some new scrapping done tomorrow!

Oh, and I finally ordered my Alaska pictures! With all 5 cameras from the trip, there was over 3000 photos. My Mom narrowed it down to about 800 (yeah, I let my Mom do the dirty work...lol). So you'll be seeing some of those photos on lo's soon! Yay!

Have a great Wednesday!

School's In!

It was back to work for me this week. I started school on Wednesday with a brand new batch of 1st graders. I have to admit, I was pretty beat yesterday and today, but after my 30 minute power nap when I got home this afternoon, I was ready to scrap tonight! Lol.

I made 2 los for some challenges on Let's Scrap. First is for their current sketch challenge. I used paper by Cosmo Cricket, called "Earth Love". I combined their rub-ons, chipboard and stickers to make a complete page. The photos are from my trip to Key Largo earlier this summer when we took a glass bottom boat tour. This was some of the wildlife we saw looking out on the boat.

My second lo was for this week's challenge which was to use a song title on your lo. I've been thinking about making this lo for a long time, and it finally came together tonight. I used Kenny Chesney's song "Key Lime Pie" to go along with some pictures of me eating key lime pie on my birthday in Key Largo. I used paper by Fancy Pants called "Summer Soiree", along with SU! Tart and Tangy stamp set. The flowers are prima, and I put a jelly sticker by KI Memories inside the middle (a gift from Joan...thanks!!). The letter stickers are Thickers.

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Tea With Flopsey

Here is a card I made today for the MFT My Favorite Challenge on Splitcoast (whew, what a mouthful!) The challenge was to use a set you've never used before. Sadly I've had this Flopsey for a few months and had never used him! I followed the sketch challenge on Let's Scrap this week for my layout.

I used mostly Basic Grey June Bug dp, but also some more solid images from other packs. For the fun border, I used a Fiskars border punch. The ribbon is from SU!, one of the new in-colors (Crushed Curry). For the Flopsey image, I paper pieced Flopsey, and the tree. For the tree, I cut out a scalloped oval from my nestabilities, stamped part of the tree on it, and layered it on top of the blue paper.

I also decorated the inside of the card to finish the sentiment that was on the front (A cup of tea, a shady tree...Wish you could keep me company).

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Let's Dine-In!

Good afternoon! This is a layout I made following the Let's Scrap 114 sketch challenge. I used some Jenni Bowlin papers, which were in a 4" x 4" size, along with Cosmo Cricket, and My Mind's Eye papers. The chipboard embellishments and stickers are from the Cosmo Cricket's Early Bird line. Letter stickers, tickets, pearls, and journaling tag are from the Jenni Bowlin collection.

These are pictures from the Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater in Hollywood Studios at Disney. The only time we could get a reservation was for 10:30 at night, in order to all sit in the same car. We planned the day so that we went right here after the Fantasmic show. This was probably one of the best nights of our trip. I had some interesting difficulties with my milkshake, which led to some pretty funny moments!

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Happy Birthday, Grace!

I made this card for my cousin Grace who will be turning 10 in August. I have to mail her gift to her because she lives so far away. Being the girly girl she is, I thought it was time to get her into Vera Bradley, so I got her a Cupcakes Pink lunchbox, and my Mom got her a matching purse and change purse. I wish I could be there to see her open it!

I made this card using the card sketch from Let's Scrap for this week. I stamped this Sophie image from Paper Pretties, paper pieced her dress and colored her with Copics. The dp is by Basic Grey (Gypsy). The sentiment is from a new SU! set, and the felt flower is also from SU!.

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Summer Means...

a County Fair! These are some pictures from last year's Sussex County Fair. I made this layout for this week's challenge on Let's Scrap which was to use fruit papers, pictures, or embellishments, and the word "summer" in your title or journaling. I used this adorable paper line from Nikki Sivils Scrapbooking called "My Sweet Cherry Pie". This is a new company to the scrapping world, but the papers and stamps are adorable! The paper line has a coordinating stamp set which I used to stamp the tree, cherries, horseshoe, and words "lucky me".

Have a great rest of your weekend!