Snippy Scrappers Zoom Crop

Well, I participated in another free Zoom scrapbook session with The Snippy Scrappers from Tucson/Sahuarita - Creative Memories Advisors.  I've enjoyed their layout ideas the past few (pandemic) months, but I couldn't let the day go by without sharing I think my favorite layout shared so far.  It's a simple layout - just the triangular border along the side - but it's just enough to give some color and leaves just enough room for some fun embellishments. 

They also shared another simple layout - on this one, I really like the folded corners for color - but especially like how I'm able to tuck my photos into the corners...thinking I won't even add any additional elements.

The "memories" title and the pool floats are from Miss Kate Cuttables - I popped these layers to jazz it up a bit.

Power Poppy Creative Confetti Challenge

I love floral images - both coloring them and paper piecing them.  While I love a beautiful bouquet or vase of flowers, I prefer sets with single flowers from various views and stages of growth - I love to layer and create my own dimensional arrangement.  These are very hard to find in digital format, however.  Here I colored and cut flowers from two sets - Pretty Petals (Miss Daisy) and Carnation Flower (Digital Pixel).

This card is inspired by this week's Creative Confetti Challenge - Tic Tac Toe.  I selected the bottom row - Emboss, Sparkle, and Twine.  I added a twine bow and some Stickles highlights to some of the flower centers - both for texture.  The top and bottom of the card front is embossed with a musical note folder - you can see this better in the close-up below.

The patterned paper comes from We Are 3's Fairy Holiday.  I added a sentiment from my We Are 3 stash.  So off you go to the Power Poppy blog to see what wonderful cards others are making. 

Happiness is Being with You

 

Here is this month's two-page layout sketch at Stick It Down.  Oooh, fun!  I grabbed one of my favorite paper collections and went to work. 

Couldn't resist flipping the sketch - both vertically and horizontally.  The paper is from the We Are 3's Little Star collection - including all the cut-out stars.  The title is popped up for some dimension.

Please be sure to visit Stick It Down to grab inspiration from the fab projects - and play along. 

Splitcoast Stampers Featured Stamper Challenge

I love the whole idea of quick and easy Christmas cards, don't you?  I was happy to find a simple card to case in this week's Featured Stamper at Splitcoast. The patterned borders is from the Homeland collection at We Are 3. 

Anything Lavinia Challenge

Here's a fun one for the Anything Lavinia challenge.  My inspiration was a card made by our team member, Julie Odil, where's there's just a lot of layers to make a shaped card.  I used the Pastel Fantasy paper collection - one of my faves!  Shaped cards are one of my faves and basically very easy.

I used Baubles 5 for the focal point.  I'm entering this in the Anything Lavinia challenge.

For My Sister

Today's cards feature lovely photos taken by my sister.  She lives on an island, and I've framed the photos with the shape of the island.  The fronts are embossed and popped.  I added a variety of sentiments in the package that she can pop on for various occasions - or go plain, as well.  

Fruit for Paper Ala Mode

Here I'm using the precolored Strawberry Cone - a simple card made interesting by just twisting the top layer a bit. The cone is backed by paper from the Fruity collection. 

                   

Anything Lavinia Card

I guess I'm still in a fantasy frame of mind.  I used an image from Baubles 5 and added Fairy Fir Trees and Dragonfly Keeper.  Fun!  The background of the Bauble is Spring Butterflies, and I used Just Autumn for the background.  I kinda love how this turned out.  I have found that fantasy cards are so fun to make.  For more fantasy inspiration, visit Anything Lavinia.  Hope you join us this week.

                     

Creative Confetti - Gift Bag Project

Happy Tuesday!  Time for another challenge at Power Poppy - this time Not a Card.  Check out the fabulous sample they shared.  Julie chose to make a Mask Reminder sign for her family - Mask Up, Buttercup!  I couldn't help to make a gift bag for some masks I personalized for my sister and brother-in-law.  I love a pretty gift bag!  As I was browsing through my files this morning, the Sweet Simple Things caught my eye - just had to use it!  For my background, I chose a wood texture from Design Bundles.

I used a pattern from Christmas Gift Bags (SVG Cuts) for the bag.  I added some blue trim from my stash for a little extra pop.   I wasn't quite sure whether I wanted to distress the wood.  No distress doesn't do it for me - but I generally am not happy with my distressed work, either....so I decided to take the safe route and not to distress.  I added some beads to the center for dimension.

Splitcoast Stampers Featured Stamper

Hello, Friends.  I've chosen a fabulous layered doily for this card.  I added a colored bouquet, and a quick sentiment.  Easy peasy, huh?

Anything Lavinia Baubles

For the current Anything Lavinia challenge, I chose Baubles from Sets 1 and 5.  I used a pattern from Spring Letters for the Bauble backgrounds.  Added some dotted paper from my stash and called it a day.  Come on over to Anything Lavinia to join in the challenge.  Loads of inspiration.

eClips Users Creative Fabrica Challenge

This is for the current challenge at the eClips Users Group - they want to see projects using something from Creative Fabrica.  While browsing the products at Simply Crafty, I thought I'd try the Glitter Glue Holder.  I made the holder out of Ink Flower from Creative Fabrica.

I just love this paper.  It is a bit busy for this project, though.

Snippy Scrappers Layout with We Are 3

For this layout, I chose to use Dragonflies in Flight.  I went with a layout inspired by a local group, Snippy Scrappers.  I added a sentiment from the Positive Thoughts Set. 

                   

We Are 3 Dragonflies in Flight

For this layout I've chosen the adorable Dragonflies in Flight.  The layout is inspired by a local group, Snippy Scrappers.  Different papers from the collection were cut in 1" strips and put together much like a jigsaw puzzle.  The flower is from Miss Kate Cuttables - the sentiment from my stash. 

Susan's Scrap Club Sketch

This month at Susan's Scrap Club, the sketches both have honeycombs.  I couldn't help to instead fussy cut the train design from the Trains collection - in different sizes.  Did a bait of manipulating with the images to get them the way I liked.

The precious digi on the bottom right comes from the Victorian Holidays set - some of the photo matting comes from the Best of Autumn collection.  Instead of journaling, I added a sentiment from the Itty Bitty -Sweet set.

                                             

Creative Confetti Inside Out

A neighbor family has moved - the teenager is a budding artist and created the sentiment on my card.  I am gifting her some Copics - can't wait for her to share her first Copic work with me!  She is an amazing young woman.  

It is Tuesday - so this is also inspired by the Creative Confetti challenge, of course - Inside Out.  The framed image is falling out of the frame.  I used a Beautiful Floral Bouquet from Charlene Tarbox.

The flowers are colored digitally.  I added some additional popped-up flowers to add some dimension - though difficult to see in this photo.

Featured Stamper 706

 It's another fun challenge at the Splitcoast Stampers Featured Stamper.  For this week's case, I used digital images from In Here Memories from Digi Crea.

The sentiment was computer generated.  There are always stunning creations from the Featured Stampers, so check them out some time.

Be in the Pink - Be Well

Happy Monday, Everyone!  Nearly a year ago I joined the pre-diabetic program at the Extension Office.  While I'm not pre-diabetic, I qualified just because I am old!  My personal goal was to keep my blood pressure down (something you have worry about when you get old) and get back into my fat clothes.  Yes, that sounds funny - but I was even outgrowing my fat clothes!!!!  The goal of the class was to exercise more....which was great before the pandemic because i had my gym and most importantly - my water aerobics.  So while I hit my first weight goal of losing 12 lbs. - which happened quickly!  Then my next weight goal was another 12 lbs.  Not so easy!!!!!!  First, I think it was our third class when it hit me that the more successful I was....the harder I had to work at it!  That just ain't happening!  I didn't retire to spend my days exercising and counting calories.  I've been pretty devoted to counting the calories - but haven't exercised in weeks (shhhh!  Don't tell my leader - i keep lying to her to get her off my back!)  Now I think God was just having fun with me....making me sweat 'til the end of the programs comes near....and I hit my second target and hit 26 lbs. lost.  As the program comes to the end, I made a little something for our leader's office.