Monday, January 31, 2011

January Creations



Lots of fun layouts.. everything from scrappy friends, family at the
beach in Florida and the Gkids.
used some fun techniques, some
burlap and string, pop ups, misting, fussy bling with ribbon
and punches.


My Sketch World Challenges..
this one was to use a recycled item... the label from
clothing when the girls were here and the digi is Pattie's Creations.


Robyn Fetish digis on the 3 cards above.. see more cards using them

Delightful Inspiration

This cute card used 3 of

Designed 2 Delight digis one of them being the newest one.

The background was glimmer misted, lots of fun circles added,

inked distressed edges and a touch of bling.

Meljen's Design Challenge #43


Meljen's Design Challenge #43 HEARTS


I layered lots of hearts, doodled the edges, inked the tattered edge, added


a sentiment and a chipboard with tied ribbon.


Most importantly I used 3 of Meljen's Digis which made for


a cute valentines card.


Creative Scrappers #141

This is the first time I used a Sketch from

Creative Scrapper Sketch #141

I misted the background with meshed circle to

pull the paper circles into it.

The border punched with Kreaxions #917 and used the

Kreaxions circle cutter.

I love epoxy words... they look so cool.

Fussy cut circles with scissors, added tied ribbons

and a bit of Micron Pen doodling.


Saturday, January 29, 2011

Scrapbooking Journey


Family memories when we were all together.
Three generations to share with grandkids.

My grandparents.

A visit to meet many relatives we had never even meet before.

More Texas Relatives... it was amazing to get to meet them all.

Mom's brother and SIL's out west. Haven't seen them for many years.

I just won a Dunkin' Donuts voucher from

Fancy with Nancy's blog.

She told of her scrapbooking journey and wanted to know about yours.

I shared my blog site with her because it is my scrapping journey, a story full of

family memories and lots of layouts to share all this with friends and family.

I leave a legacy of our family in the pages and

I share them with family to pass on to their family (i hope)

in years to come.

The layouts above just show a few examples of what will be passed on... it is amazing to tell
the story on Layouts to save your ancestry... and I am loving doing it.

Friday, January 28, 2011

My Sketch World Challenge

Ann's Challenge at My Sketch World this month
was to pleat paper. It is a fabulous accents on any page.
I added some ribbon through the centre of it.
"Walking with my Shadow"
it turned out adorable, fun and with bright colours
it's screams summer.

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Terrifically Thrilling Thursday

Today was so beautiful and sunny it inspired this fun bright colourful layout.
Lots of fun bright flowers and butterflies.
On the upper edge of circle which of course was cut with Kreaxions circle cutter.. I punched
the outer edge with Kreaxions #917 with insert A.
On the bottom border I punched with
Kreaxions #903 with insert A. I then used #604 for the butterflies.
Fussy cut flowers popped up, cute buttons, some Prima pearls, stitching and pierced embroidered stitching were the added accents.
For any of you that love all the punch work on my layouts and cards
be sure to check out the DT CALL. It is an amazing place
to design for and the product is fabulous.
This layout was also used on My Sketch World for
Malin's Summer and butterfly challenge.

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Designed 2 Delight

Designed 2 Delight @ Delightful Inspirations has a fabulous digi this week.
This adorable card and the cutest bear with gift. Lots of layers, border,
brads and the banner with hugz on it.

Meljen's Design Challenge #42


Meljen's Design Challenge #42.. Pink and Red

Three of the greatest digi images all on the same card and all in pink n red.

Border Punches with Martha Stewart, lots of layers, pink ric rak, ribbon, brads and

just a touch of doodling.

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Pattie's Creations Digital Challenge #11


The Challenge #11 this week at Pattie's Creations is to use

Colour PLUS.. black n white plus ONE colour.

I love the red addition to this digi and the

overall card. I used a Martha Punch, lots of layers, ribbon and brads

to make this Dear Friend Card

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Multi Tasking and a Video Tutorial


Always You and Me
This cute card is used for a few challenges.
Pattie's Creations #10 - digital image anything goes
Pile It On - anything goes
Tip Top Tuesday - anything goes + sentiment
Glitterbabes - anything goes with sparkle
2 Sisters - #22 flowers
Copic Creations - #42 anything new
OOH La La Creations - #71bling it on

Supplies list
Cardstock: Bazzill
Patterned Paper: Me and My Big Ideas
Digital Image: Pattie's Creations
Markers: Copic Markers
Rubons: Colorbox
Bling: Prima
Stickles: Ranger
Other: ribbon, brads, gems
Flowers: homemade with my Video Tutorial called
Heart Shaped Petal Flowers.. see below.




Delightful Inspirations


Delightful Inspirations..

Designed 2 Delight Digi of the month is this cute cupcake.

I thought it would be fun to print multiplies of the

digi as the background .. glimmer misted it and then

popped up the copic coloured cupcake with some ribbon accent,

a clear sticker sentiment and some cute hearts.

My Sketch World One Hour Sketch Challenge and Terrifically Thrilling Thursday

HI, so I was the host of the one hour sketch challenge at My Sketch World.
This is the first time I was the host and not one of the participates who
gets to create a layout using Lucy's Sketch.
With adrenaline rushing, nervous excitement you rush to
creates and share with the others what you did in an hour.

As host I thought I'd add a twist to the challenge.
I found this amazing photo which they were encouraged to
use as colour inspiration.


Below is my sample of the finished layout using the sketch by Lucy
and the colour inspiration of the photo.
I used border punches by Kreaxions #305 and #917 with insert
Used lots of fun fussy cutting to make the flower accents aroung the circle.
Prima bling pearls were a perfect soft touch and a few gem stone, sticker title
and touch of doodling.. and of course the beautiful photos of my girls made it perfect.
I used this adorable layout as my Terrifically Thrilling Thursday

My Sketch World January 15th Sketch Reveals

My Sketch World with Lucy has amazing sketches to share with us monthly.
Add some amazing challenges from the DT and you have
a home away from home full of fun, inspiration and support.
This Layout used the sketch above. I had some fun with
funky corners, added some embroidery, rubons, tag with ribbon and 2 photos the same just one
black n white and one coloured.
With this fabulous Card Sketch by Lucy
I made 2 cards.

I used the Martha Stewart border punch and added some lace.
The sentiment is a clear transparency and I added a few brads.

This card much the same however I made the
crochet flower and added a brad centre.
Do give Lucy's sketch a look see and try a few of them.
You will fall in love with them like so many of us have.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

My Sketch World Sketch-A-Thon Crop

Congrats Lucy.

It all sounds so amazing and fun. Be sure to mark your calendars
and be there to play along.