New Festive Friday Challenge

Yes - yet another scrapbook page from me.  Yeah, I know....doesn't she ever get tired of scrapbooking?  Well, as long as I have great subjects - probably not.  The Outlawz Festive Friday Challenge this week includes Congratulations, so I just had to scrapbook my grandson's Karate Belt test.  Not shown in this pic, but this layout will include a QR code to be able to see a video of his actual test - if you want to include videos in your projects, visit QR Monkey.  I have to admit - pretty darn simple and easy layout!

We Are 3 Vintage Bear Baby Card

The new Vintage Bear is just too cute. I used paper from the Little Garden collection for the background, and the pattern behind the die cut is from the Fruity collection. How cute is that?

The Baby sentiment is made from stickers from my stash.

                

Graduation Owl Card

Hello, Everyone!  I'm here with a card starring Graduation Owl (Kadoodle Bug) and Brick Fire Station (We Are 3).  I am really in love with the colors of this paper collection.

Congratulations to You!

Hi, Everyone!  Here today with a 3D trophy perfect for the winners in your life, staring Father's Day Loving Cup, which literally deserves its own awards! It's so beautiful no matter whatever papers you'd choose.  As for my Loving Cup, I wanted it to be a bright color.  It turned out so pretty, and I love, love, love it.

Layout from the Heart

Today I have a fun layout using digital papers from We Are 3 - Nature Blends and and Burlap Beach.  I'm really happy with this layout for my wedding album.  At our wedding, we surprised everyone with taking them on a train ride to the ceremony.  Since I was in hiding on the train, I couldn't watch everyone's faces as they learned they were taking this trip and boarding the train - so I treasure these pictures that show the excitement before the trip.  This was one of those layouts that the entire time I was making it, just not really sure where I was going - but when finished, it's now one of my favorite layouts.

                     

Happy 25th Anniversary!

My brother-in-law and his wife are celebrating 25 years.  Here is a simple layout for their scrapbook.  My husband's family will be so excited if I ever finish these scrapbooks!

It's a Burlap Wedding

Today I made a wedding card for my cousin's wedding next week.  I used digital papers from Doodle Pantry (Holy Land Flowers) and Free Digital Scrapbooking (Go Green).  I decided to add a burlap flower, as her wedding invitations were made from burlap.

Wedding Layout with Nature Blends

There is an amazing NEW paper collection in the store full of gorgeous watercolor papers! It is called We Are 3© Digital Paper – Nature Blends. There is a special 50% code for this new paper - all you have to do is join Miss Daisy Stamps Create & Share. So that makes 2 good reasons to join!! (WelcomePackage freebie and the 50% off coupon) Yay!!

A Day in my Life

It's been 12 years and my first attempt at a wedding album is at the bottom of a closet somewhere - but some challenges in the past week for some reason inspired me to give it a second try to create something to look at to remember that occasion.  For those of you in a crafty slump - these challenges can help you out.  For today's layout, I decided to use the sketch from Let's Get Sketchy (January, Week 3)...I turned their sketch upside down.  The hard part is already done for you!  Happy Crafting!

Baby Clothesline

Hello.  Today I have a card to share featuring a fabulous digital stamp from Ike's Art.  There's a new challenge at Get Creative Challenges - Anything Goes.  Be sure to join us.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you love this image as much as I do!

It's Your Day!

Kit and Clowder is one of my favorite Facebook groups for cardmaking.  The crafters posting are taking coloring classes - and their work is perfect cardmaking!  

Kit and Clowder is getting married - for their wedding, Alyce is offering a free coloring class - if you are a beginner colorer, you have to spend an hour playing!

Today I am sharing the card I made for Kit and Clowder - and the first rose I ever completed coloring!  Not too great - but the fact that I didn't give up half way is great!  But notice for the card, I resorted to Color Burst...heck with that shading!

Happy Blooms

I have such great cactus clipart from from Art Vintage 1800s!  These images add so much fun to make simple Southwest cards.

Cute Quail Cards

Hobby Lobby - Tucson

5555 East Broadway

Cute Quail Cards

Saturday - May 7, 2016

1 p.m.

Price - $18 (includes all supplies)

A Cute Quail from Doodle Pantry, combined with Paper Studio's Tattered and Worn paper pack, really make these cards hard to resist.

Note

Paper colors/patterns may vary from pictures shown depending on availability.

To register, call or text me at 520-576-8465.

What other types of papercrafting classes are you interested in?  Any techniques you'd like to learn?  Please leave a comment below with your ideas.

Hello, Mom and Dad

I'm a newcomer to Scrap Africa and wow!  This blog is so stunning with its beautiful inspiration - and I love the rustic colors.  Thanks, Scrap Africa - so happy to be entering my first challenge with you (#69)!

This page is one page out of four scrapbooks I am making for my husband's siblings of their childhood.  It's not my usual style to have the cutesie sentiments you see, but I found these among the boxes of photos and decided to include them as they were of some importance for my mother-in-law to keep them.

Digital Embellishment

With this post, you can see how easy it is to create a clean-and-simple card using a digital image.  Intended to be a congratulations card, the inside sentiment is "Holy Cow!"  The image is "I Love Moo" from Kadoodle Bug Designs.

Entering the following challenge:

• Addicted to Stamps and More - #181 Anything Goes
• Fan-Tastic Tuesday - #124 Anything Goes with a Twist - Cute

The Evidence is Clear . . . It's World Cardmaking Day

Today I'm sharing a fun card I made using Sherlock Mouse (2 Cute Ink) and Detective Disguise (Poppy Dreamz).  Today we are celebrating my neighbor's promotion to Detective - this card is for Dan.

I cutethe embellishments with my eClips and used them to top off some cardstock by Tim Holtz - I printed the sentiment using my Word.  This is a great way to get personalized sentiments - simply by creating the sentiment and printing on cardstock!  I backed the magnifying glass with a piece of acetate.  The detective hat was topped off with a pearl!

The inside uses three layers of flourish from SVG Attic's Freebie Flourish Frame.  The sentiment was again created with Word.  Sherlock Mouse finishes off the card - on a Wobblie, of course!  You can see my eClips was playing nice today - cutting the very thin mouse tail.

What do you think?  There are so many fun possibilities now with digital stamps and electronic tools.

Happy World Cardmaking Day!

They're Getting Married!

Tonight's project celebrates my cousin on her upcoming wedding with a Two-Bells card.  I made another "fun" card - but decided against it for one that showcases a bit more elegance and beauty in her colors.  (Actual card is more "pastel" than this picture depicts.)

For this lovely card, I used Blanc Boutique cardstock (Paper Studio) and Gradients (Craft Smith) - I, unfortunately, don't remember where the bells file came from as I downloaded it four years ago - so guess SVG Cuts since they were about the only site I used back then.  If anyone knows for sure where I got this, I'd appreciate hearing from you.

This card is being entered in the Can You Case It Challenge #79 - Designer's Choice.

Fancy Feline

I don't know about you, but I don't have many animal stamps sets - or even animal paper patterns.  So when it comes to a time like today - after making close to 70 pet cards, I often find myself in a bit of a bind to make them unique.  since I prefer to spend my crafting dollars on stamps that I can get lots of mialeage out of, I resorted once again to my digital images.  These cards use a couple of my favorite elements (as you know, if you've been following my blog) - the paw print (SVG Cuts) and Kitty Borders (Cuddly Cute Designs).

Anything Goes with a Bow

Happy Valentine's Day, Everyone!

I am delighted to bring you simple graduation cards - and along with Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - they have a twist - bows!

Get your bows out and join us at Suzy Bee's!

Embossed Wedding Card

Good Morning!

I have another entry for Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge for your today.

For this week, the twist is to add something with wings.  Perfect embellishment for a simple wedding card.  I added a glittered butterfly with a gem body.

Be sure to visit Suzy Bee's and enjoy all the beautiful cards "with wings."