Let's Capture our Memories

Let's Capture our Memories is using the amazing sketch below today by Jocelyne and

I created my page above celebrating a Crop with great friends.

Supply List:

Paper and accents: Momenta PA 2382

Pearls: Prima

Other: buttons, twine, washi tape, paint splatter

In this close up it details some homemade flowers adding twine and 

a fun cluster by adding pearls and buttons.

The photo is  double looped and tied.

Be sure to check the blog for what the other DT have to share with you.

First Ever MINI CROP at the Turtle Soup

We are starting our very First MINI CROP at the 

Turtle Soup.

Turtle Soup is excited to have their first monthly Mini Crop which will go live Friday July 19th and run the full following week until Saturday July 27th 11:59pm EST. Lots of challenges, a few games and a random Draw prize if you play along. You get a ballot for every challenge you play along with and only one entry per challenge and no multi tasking please. Can't wait for you to join us....

We plan to theme these to make them fun, inspirational and can't wait to

see what you create and share with us.

My American Connection with Kreaxions and Bo Bunny

hi.. today at Just Imagine Crafts I am sharing my Grandson's other half.. our American family and we love when they come and visit. Well when he was born it was a celebration of the first Grandson so Grandparenents and Uncle came from the stated to spend time with GS. This page will hold memories for him forever.

I used Bo Bunny Blast Off Collection and then made a banner which I random punched with Kreaxions #306 unside down so I could see where I was punching. I then cut a border piece with no inserts. The small star looking accents were also applied to the page.

On the right side I Punched the top and bottom corner with Kreaxions #906 with insert A and weaved the ribbon through and to the back to adhere it.

Here is some close ups to detail the punches used.

 Notice the fun pieces, the corner stitching.

This up close photo shows the weaved ribbon corner.

Thanks for stopping by.. I was glad to share with you today.. be sure to check daily to see what the DT has to share with you.

Practical Scrappers and Special Feature today is " SPORTS "

Hi ... At Practical Scrappers today I am sharing some  ideas on creating SPORTS pages. 

When you do so many for so many different sports it becomes more difficult to come up with papers, accents and overall ideas to start your pages. There also is limited amounts of paper and accents out there for purchase. I have 4 grand kids that all play more than 2 sports so I hope some of the tricks I share will help you with your sports pages too.

The page above started with official background papers .. one side had a soccer ball and net and the other is just green grass. I then used cricut to cut lots of sports titles and #.

Black n white with grey is always an universal colour to base your page regardless

 of the team colours and the sport.

This page is hockey oriented but I didn't use sport paper but a fun 

guy coloured plaid and accent colours.

Kraft base with all sports is always and option.

With it you can add many other colour combos that match the team colours.

This page has fun  accents like punchinella, rubons and some pennants.

Sport pages can also have grungy looking masking using paint or gesso.

Another idea for colours is to go rustic and use deep colours.

Pop the photos then with mats that give then depth and colour.

There are many collections out there that are more patriotic than sports but when using only

specific pieces of a collection they make a perfect sports page. The one above is 

Bo Bunny Liberty Collection. I used card stock base and only used a portion of the sunburst and the

banner is the outside only of the large scalloped paper.

Sports page are also great when using circles, stars, chevrons and arrows to mention a few.

Here is another sports page using a fussy Carta Bella Beautiful Moments Collection. 

I fussy cut the banner and left the bird on it. Prints and tickets accents along 

with some brads were a great base for the photos.

This page is using the grey, white and black combo... except I added the print patterned paper on

half only and used washi tape to separate the sections. The punched border gives 

added texture and colour  along with some brads .. ...

 and this page actually has some soccer stickers and title.

This whole page is really rather plain overall... but the photos pop.

On this page I actually found some sports paper but still went with the many

layers for colour and depth. The large title and added # and again

I backed the page with some textured gesso, some punchinella and 

added brads and small accents. Corrugated accents are another 

great sports accent. I had some that are arrows, stars and pennants to chose from.

Now here is a mixed combo .. some green grass for sports but an plain complimentary 

page.  Through the centre I used a black n white polka dot that looks great.

To pop some photos use the matting and colour. 

This page I did use some themed stickers that are for specific sports.

And  last but not least.. here is an all cardstock background which holds its own

with some fun design and colours. The photo frames are a great touch.

Sure hope you enjoyed all the suggestions and that you are inspired to try some of 

the fun and easy things  to create all those sports pages.

Practical Scrappers and Old Stash

Practical Scrapper's is sharing product today that is at least a year old.

I rummaged through my stash and here is my project.

Practical Scrappers and Pinterest Inspiration

Practical Scrappers is sharing pinterest generated crafts today..  here is the one I  chose to share.
The photo above is my inspiration. It is inspired from Origami Folds Pinterest link: http://pinterest.com/pin/147985537728369035/  and here is my sample:

Lots of the team have many more pinterest inspirations to share..
be sure to check them out.

Let's Get Sketchy

Today I worked on my Grand Sons Grade 5 Graduation page and used the fab sketch below from Ashley Horton at Let's Get Sketchy. I used Echo Park School Days Mini Kit and I used the stitch stickers from SRM.

The kit contained some really fun accents to make up this page... great stickers, borders,

fun tags and I cut the journal strips apart from on the paper sheet.

I even used the photo of the school banner to title my page.

Be sure to stop on over at Let's Get Sketchy and see what the rest of the DT has to reveal.

Turtle Soup and Treat Box Tutorial

TREAT BOX TUTORIAL

AND HERE IS MY FINISHED PROJECT

I used one of my favourite things of late... SRM Stickers. Can't believe how many are available and how easy they fit onto and become part of so many things that I create.

 You have all month to complete your project... so hope you'll stop over at the Turtle Soup and play along and share with us.

Cookin' Up Creations .. the month of sketches

 What a great month of sketches at Cookin' Up Creations. Today with it being Friday Focus I used the sketch below and we are focusing on SHAPES. So many to choose from and this sketch was perfect for that. I used many shapes on my page: rectangular, circles and custom shapes like chevrons, arrows, stars and shield.

 So if you 'd like to play along.. come join us at Cookin' Up Creations and play along.

 Would love to see what you create and share.

Happy Birthday using Kreaxions, SRM and Momenta

Hi... today at Just Imagine Crafts today I am celebrating with a birthday card.. with lots and lots of ring circles which are so easy when you use the Kreaxions Circle Cutter.

In the close ups you can see the stitching added to the circular rings, the great copic coloured image, the twine accent and the layered sentiment using SRM Stickers.

The paper collection is Momenta #17374... and what a cute button centre.

The upper edge alos has SRM Sticker accent loops.

Thanks for stopping by today.. and hope you have a great day.