Scrap our Anniversary

Today I have a layout inspired by a sketch my friend Tammy created.

4 Season Trees at Miss Kate Cuttables

Today I made a card just to make a card. I found the coordinating papers in my stash.  The tree is Miss Kate Cuttables. 

4 Season Tr

A Magical Christmas

These gorgeous snowflakes are from Tutti Designs - one of our sponsors for this month's Kerst Christmas Challenge...Ornamental Snowflakes.  I wanted to pop them on some Christmas package toppers for packages containing specialty coffee packs - hence the background paper from our other sponsor, We Are 3 - Coffee Lovers. LOL!  I added a cup of coffee from Miss Kate Cuttables.

Hello

OMG!  I missed the last Ecal challenge or two! Not sure what I was so involved with that I would space out on Ecal Challenges.  Do you believe it's Spring already?  Be still my heart.  So here's my first tag for the Spring Tag Challenge using a tag from Miss Kate Cuttables.  I colored Primrose Kitten digitally and added a sentiment from my stash.   

It's Job-Hunting Time!

Love all the yellows, golds, and browns I'm using in this scrapbook album, but it's a bit hard on my yellow ink cartridges.

The background uses a Textile Background from Design Bundles.  The "title" is word art from Miss Kate Cuttables.  I will personally say I was glad to see that Last Day of School.  LOL!

Baby, It's Cold Outside

Here's what I can up with for today's tag for the Ecal Users Group Christmas Tag Challenge.  I really love Miss Kate Cuttables titles and decided to use one of them with a simple Print 2 Cut for today's tag.  Fabulously easy!  I just left the colors the same as Miss Kate had in the png file, print, and cut. 

Joy

I used Sledging Pup from our Kerst Challenge sponsor, All Dressed Up, a starry background (star is the theme), and a Joy sentiment.  Everything is digital - easy peasy!  The papers are from We Are 3 - Moon Desert (retired) and Just a Song.  I also have a touch of Real Wood Textures in there from Design Bundles.

Blossom Challenge with Power Poppy

OMG!  I've been so busy, I feared I missed the Blossom Challenge.  I've just been spaced out on STILL trying to get my house back in order after painting - but did get a little back into the swing of things this weekend.  So here's a quickie using Teacake with Strawberries (Power Poppy).  I colored Teacake digitally and added a digital sentiment from Miss Kate Cuttables. 

The Blossom Challenge is Gold, Silver, and Shimmer.  I used digital Silver Foil papers for the background and the cake stand...and added a bit of shimmer with sequins.

Not a Square at Kerst Christmas

Here's another for the Kerst Christmas Challenge - this one for the theme "Not Square."  The lovely digital stamp is from our sponsor, Sheepski Designs, called "Christmas Candle."  How could I resist the Mason Jar shape?  I had a heck of a time making a decision about shape and finally found a Mason Jar from Creative Fabrica - a fun shape in my digital stash that suited the theme perfectly.  For the lid, I used my first Tim Holtz 3D embossing folder with a funky basket weave pattern - I obviously did not use the folder correctly....but I still like the funky effect and feel it rounded off the design.

I colored the candle digitally and faded the subtle background using my Eclips.  The holly are from my stash.  The sentiment is Miss Kate Cuttables.

It's Beer Time!

What's with the heat?  Well, I won this adorable beer glass box file from Simply Crafty - perfect for a hot day and also perfect for celebrating our neighbor's 40th birthday.  It does look pretty refreshing, don't you think?  The "foam" is embossed with a folder called "Cracked" from Tim Holtz, I think. 

The sentiment is computer generated.

This Challenge is not Square!

It's a new month and a new challenge at Kerst Christmas Challenges - beginning the 1st of each month.  Our theme this time is "not square." 

It took me forever to finally decide on the shape, but I was excited to find the fun Polar Bear Snowglobe at Miss Kate Cuttables.  I replaced the polar bear with Romeo from our sponsor, Sheepski Designs.

The snowman is colored digitally.

The corner flowers include poinsettias from my stash.  They are accented with a beautiful gold holly sticker also from stash. 

I hope you'll check out the fabulous inspiration from the Kerst team designers and come join our October Challenge.

New Make with Typewriter Embossing Folder

I'm actually several weeks early for our friend Ron's B-day...that's because I received some fun embossing folders for my birthday and had to try one out!   

I hope to come up with some better ideas for this folder, but we'll see how that goes.  This may be the closest embossing foler that brings me back to my roots - that of a typing teacher.  

Just a Little Late for Last Christmas

Yes, don't faint!  I am catching up on some pages from LAST YEAR.  I'm actually getting back in the groove after having my craft room painted.  On this layout, I was able to use a lot of images I had stashed away with my Frozen papers.  I just started playing - like putting together a puzzle.  There is a lot going on here, for sure.  But I love the look.   

Virtual Crop at Creative Memories

This past weekend I tried to join the gals at the Creative Memories Virtual Crop for the sketch challenges.  I suppose I could have made better plans for the weekend so I would have more time to crop - but life did get in the way.  LOL!  I did complete two layouts - for this layout I used Mosaic Backgrounds and Enchanted... from We Are 3.

Sketch Inspired for Creative Memories

Still sharing the fun I had last week at the Creative Memories Virtual Crop....finished all the layouts in time, but just now finding time to post.  The first is a layout of a visit to the Titan Missile Museum using papers from the Enchanted and Touch of Teal collections.  I added white embossed cacti and popped them up on the layout.  The title is computer generated. 

The next is a quickie for a single-page layout.  I used some very old Martha Stewart border punches.  I added a title from Miss Kate Cuttables and called it done.  This was an extremely simple layout.

That's all for now!

Baby, It's Cold Outside

Kept with a cool blue/white color scheme for this Christmas card, and added an appropriate winter sentiment.  The "cold" sentiment is from Miss Kate Cuttables.

Wild Bunch

All the Wild Bunch items here are from Miss Kate Cuttables, one of my "go to" places for fabulous freebies.  I was able to create the mini-slimline box card pattern - making a few alterations to my regular box card svgs in my stash.  

February Challenge for Paper Ala Mode

We're celebrating my preferred way of papercrafting at Paper Ala Mode with the theme Let's Get Digital!  This is one challenge you don't want to miss, because it's a great way to see traditional papercrafting using digital tools. Woohoo!  An easy way to join in is using a digital image.  My project features Everyday Overlays, a special digi technique.

These overlays are available for $3.50 at Kate Hadfield Designs.  Visit the Paper Ala Mode challenge to find out more about digital papercrafting and see examples of both digi and hybrid papercrafting.

The overlays have transparent backgrounds and can be printed over any paper.  For this card, I recolored the overlay using a gold foil paper effect, then printed over a red background.  I added a heart also using the gold foil effect to enhance the background.  Could this be more adorable?

The heart is from Miss Kate Cuttables' Assorted Hearts.  The sentiment came from my stash.  We invite you to join us with a digital-themed project of your own.  Be sure to enter our challenge with a digital-themed project.

The Paper Ala Mode team has a fabulous collection of digital projects that you won't want to miss, so be sure to visit the Paper Ala Mode challenge for amazing inspiration.  Thank you so much for your continuing support of Paper Ala Mode challenges.  We can't wait to see what you create.

Christmas Inspiration with Watercolor Samples

I don't know about you, but I struggle when my hubby requests a card for one of his friends.  I no longer ask what he wants - he would like a book written on the front of each card.  This last-minute card request features one of the fab digi papers that comes in the Watercolor Samples collection - I used that for the background.  The card is for an Amateur Radio Operator - so I printed a communications tower - of course, being circled by Santa on Christmas Eve.   

I Love Textured Scenes at We Are 3

Have to say, Textured Scenes is one of my favorite collections - so I've chosen it for the papers for my oldest grandson's scrapbook.  This layout is made using the fabulous Textured Scene by We Are 3.  I used some Christmas elements from my stash with computer-generated word art from Miss Kate Cuttables.