my first guest design spot!!

I am so excited!!!  Today is the launch of my good friend Anne's new challenge blog -  Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge and it gets better...  I am a guest designer - how cool is that!!  I started my layout as per the sketch and instructions (make a layout that tells us about your dream! In your layout incorporate any two of cloud, rainbow, kite, or symbols of your dream – you can use a photo or drawing that is representative of your dream) using paper from Webster's Pages but then got so caught up in the "dream" that I forgot altogether about the sketch and kept right on scrapping...  in the end, it all worked out (I think).  I hope you also enjoy my version...  Please do check out all of the other fabulous layouts at her blog and perhaps you will be inspired to add your own "dream"...   While I haven't used it in this layout, I came across a tutorial for dyeing seam binding in any colour you want on a blog that I love and follow - Creations with Christina - what a really neat and thrifty idea...  scrap happy!

another birthday card

At PaperSecrets I belong to a birthday club where we send out birthday cards to other members.  This is the card I did up for the July birthdays.  I tried to keep it flat for mailing purposes which was harder than I thought it would be.  I am also still trying to go to my scraps before cutting new paper which was a little bit of a challenge as well.  The cardstock and the stamps are from CTMH.  The papers are from stacks purchased at Costco.  The ribbon is from the dollar store.  The ink is TH distress ink in my favourite colour of vintage photo.  I used the divine swirls embossing folder (another favourite).  Last but not least, the label is cut from the Elegant Edges cricut cart (yes, another favourite and bday present to myself... )       happy scrapping!

spoiler alert - seester don't look...

I finally finished my sister's (affectionately known as seester) birthday card but it is too fat to send via mail so she now has to wait until September to get it - sorry :(    I had this idea in my head for quite awhile and it came out not far from what I wanted although, in hindsight, I wish I had embossed the dress form stand.  The papers are from DCWV Mademoiselle stack - I really love the richness of this paper.  I used French Manor Cricut cart for the dress form and the sewing machine.  The mirror (or picture frame) is cut from Lacey Labels. The flowers are Prima (large roses), Reflections (small roses) and the accordion flower is mine!  Ribbon and bling are from Dollarama (gotta love that store).  I would have used Glossy Accents on the sewing machine and bits of the inside of the mirror (or picture frame) but I couldn't get the bottle open no matter how hard I tried!!  It is hard to tell but I did use the CTMH equivalent, Liquid Glass that I forgot I had until I went looking... oops....  happy scrapping!

 

for a little girl! (finally...)

My daughter-in-law asked me to do up this card for her neice's second birthday - finally, an opportunity to create something girly!!!!  Cardstock is DCWV and paper is K and Company.  The bling is mostly from the dollar store...  happy scrapping!!

wedding card

I mentioned in an earlier post that my friend was getting married and I have created this card for her.  My intention was to send it to Newfoundland but I didn't quite get it done in time so it will have to wait until she gets back.  I love the look of large cards and love the way this one turned out... I think my style is an ecclectic clean and simple... I used DCWV shimmer card stock for the base as well as CTMH white cardstock; sentiment is from Hero Arts; flowers from Stampendous and the pearls and ribbon were from Dollarama.  happy scrapping!!

Mini for Retirement

Doesn't time fly....  I can't believe it has been a couple of weeks since my last post... I found the inspiration for this mini at ScrapookPal's blog and had to try it. It had never occurred to me to use my cricut to cut out envelopes for a mini.  This is for a friend that recently retired after 35 years.  The pages each have a different theme and are meant to be a little thought provoking - Celebrate, Treasure, Create, Happiness, Dreams and Delight.  All of the papers are from a Martha Stewart collection which makes it easier to pull everything together. The flowers on the cover and the green flower were made by me... all other embellishments (love the butterflies) are just from my stash.  I did use some Clear Creations from Making Memories which I had bought on clearance and am now glad that I did.  I also used magnetic snaps from Basic Grey to close each envelope - they are so strong that they also keep the pages together.  The pictures show, in order top to bottom, - the album, fronts, backs, inside tags and tags from the outside.  I really love the challenge of doing up a mini and am hoping the process gets easier with practice.  happy scrapping!