milestone birthday...

I think milestone birthdays should be celebrated in style and of course, should have cards that are worthy of such milestones.  I saw this card style on Pinterest and immediately fell in love with it.  The card was created by Marlene Ashby and she has a tutorial that you can find here.  The cardstock and ribbon are from my stash.  The butterlies and bling are from the dollar store (the middle one is actually metal).  The roses are a combination of Prima and Recollections.  I made the tissue flower in the bottom left.  I printed the doily on my computer and went over the "70" with glossy accents to make it stand out.  The birthday sentiment is from Close to My Heart and I embossed it with silver.  happy scrapping...

wedding scraps...

When I pulled out my scraps this past weekend, these particular scraps just felt like wedding material and the sentiment literally popped into my head.  It is hard to see but the two larger pieces are both popped up from the 5.5" x 8.25' card base (sized for envelopes that I have).  The flowers actually had orange gems in the middle which didn't quite go and so I carefully removed them and added the pale green pearls instead. Never be afraid to alter  your embellishments to fit your project.  I also didn't have enough of the pattern paper for the inside but I quite like how it turned out just by adding a little bit of blue card stock with the lace on another piece of white card stock.  I apologize for not remembering where online I found the verse but have had it for quite some time.  I did try to google it without any success.    happy scrapping...

 

a surprise birthday

My sister came to visit for Easter and I took the opportunity to surprise my brother-in-law with an early birthday celebration.  Masculine cards can be difficult to create as  you don't want to pretty them up with flowers and bling but you still want them to be showstoppers.  I scraplifted the design from Tara Orr who is on the design team for Graphic 45.  The papers are from my scrap stash (one of my resolutions this year was to go to my scraps first) and the stamp is from Close to My Heart.  The glitter ribbon is also from my stash and the butterfly is an acrylic die cut from K & Company.    happy scrapping

welcome home...

I love the colours in this card that was made with some older CTMH papers and a stamp by Karen Ellis of The Art House Studio which I paper pieced.  Of course I had to add some butterflies!  happy scrapping...

alive and well and happy to be back!!!

wow, it has been a very long time...  not that I haven't been scrapping just not blogging...  I have been wanting to get back to my blog for quite some time but just wasn't sure how to go about it (sounds silly I know... but there you have it).  Back in January I signed up for Ali Edward's One Little Word class (my word is BE) at Big Picture Classes and March's prompt is to "take action" - this is my action!!   so here I am happy to be sharing once again!  For anyone that is looking for motivation/direction/assistance in creating change in their life, I highly recommend this process.  Whether it is coincidence, mind over matter, or that I was just ready, since I chose my word and put my intentions out there - things are happening!  Here is my layout introducing my word and my intentions for the year...  The idea was to use an 8.5" x 11" album and divided page protectors which I don't have; instead I will stick with doing 12" x 12" layouts.  The papers are all pulled from my stash and the monthly intentions were found on Pinterest.     scrap happy and just be...


BE - One Little Word 2013

Blog Candy Winner and then some...

omg.... thought this had posted a couple of weeks ago!! 

I was delighted to find I had a parcel to pick up from the post office and even more delighted to find a box of ribbon from Elizabeth of 217 Creations!!!  I couldn't believe my eyes when I opened the box... it was stuffed and I do mean literally stuffed with ribbon from her stash which I was lucky enough to have won from commenting on her blog!!!  I do encourage you to visit Elizabeth if you have not already - she does some really awesome creating and has video tutorials as well as gypsy files...   thanks very much Elizabeth!   scrap happy...

not sure how she managed to get it all in that tiny box...

all laid out - it's at least 3 - 4 layers deep...

Round Five - Thanks Very Much!!

Well, I went over to Practical Scrappers yesterday morning and to my dismay, I did not make it through to the top five...  :(  I do want to thank everyone who voted for me over the last month as I really do appreciate it very much - it has been a fun experience!  Here is the card I submitted for the next challenge which was to use rainbows and dry embossing (raised imprints on the cardstock).  I found this beautiful starburst rainbow image online and unfortunately forgot to save the site I got it from (it is a wallpaper image).  The French Ladies I found at *The Graphics Fairy* Vintage Images.  If you love this kind of ephemera, you have to check her blog out!  I printed the rainbow paper and ran it through my Epic 6 with the "Happy Birthday" embossing folder.  The metallic purple cardstock is from a DCWV stack.  The ribbon was given to me from my friend Anne (incidentally, she was awesome in rounding up votes for me) and I have been hoarding it but this seemed the perfect place to use it!  The bling is from the dollar store.  I may sound like a broken record, but the picture does not do this card justice!  scrap happy!

 

Round Four and still going!!

I cannot believe I forgot to post this!!  I was at Scrapfest with my friends when it was posted and was so tired that I didn't get it posted on Sunday and now it's almost Thursday!!  Wow, time flies doesn't it!  Anyways, thanks yet again to all of my wonderful friends for voting for me over at Practical Scrappers in their Huge Cardmaking Contest - this week they will be whittling it down from ten to five cards with 4 being chosen by popularity and the 5th being their choice.  I really hope I make it through as I love the card I made for the next round...  For this card we had to use chevrons and do some stitching.  I was able to use up more scraps and although you cannot tell from the picture, the flower has 3 layers from each of the 3 different papers I used.  It's a little different than I normally do but I like it because it is still clean and simple.  The label is from the new Art Philosophy cart and the stamp is CTMH.  scrap happy!

Round 3!!!

A huge thank you to everyone out there who is taking time to vote for me over at Practical Scrappers in their Huge Card Making Contest - I have made it to Round 3!!!!!   The challenge for this round was to create a card using either a flag or banner and the word "happy".  Now last time I didn't follow the directions so well (forgot about the twine) so I thought I made sure to pay close attention this time to what was required.  But then I got so excited about the idea I had for the banner and added the sentiment Merry Christmas instead!  Of course I did figure it out before submitting and once again fixed my error...  and am thinking I need to post the instructions on the wall in large print!!  Anyhow, I used my most favourite Bo Bunny papers and cut the banner using Wrap it Up and Lyrical Letters.  I fussy cut some of the trees and used Bo Bunny rub ons for the others.  The bling is from my stash as well as the green wire I used for the banner.  So now you have to go over to Practical Scrappers and vote once again all week for me!!  scrap happy...

wedding mini

Kathryn from Life on the Scrap Beach has a very easy to follow tutorial for a paper bag mini album online here - so easy that this was my first attempt and while there are a few mistakes, no one else seemed to notice...  I used predominantly papers from K & Company and similar papers from Recollections.  The flowers are mostly of my own making although the white roses are from Kaisercraft and the butterflies are from Michaels - the white ones from the wedding section and the others from Recollections.  The paper lunch bags are just from the dollar store; however, in future I would pay a little more for a higher quality bag.  The ribbons and other bling are from my stash that I have picked up here and there along the way.  I hope you enjoy as much as I enjoyed making and giving.  scrap happy!!

cover with mat for a picture

pocket on left with photo mats and journaling tag

flower on left is a pull tab for removable photo mat

photo mats lift up to show more mats underneath

when lifted, additional photo mats and journaling tags

album is tied together with six different ribbons in two holes

the blue is to coordinate with the bride's wedding colours

the journaling tags are inked and gold embossed

three dimensional white butterflies are inked in blue as well

back cover and you can see the ribbon ties to the right

Huge Card Making Contest - Round Two!

Thanks to all of my friends out there (old and new) who took the time to vote for me and help me make it through to Round Two of Practical Scrappers Huge Card Making Contest!  It is pretty exciting as this is the first time one of my cards was chosen for a contest.  In Round Two the theme is fall and we have to use twine on the card.  Did I mention I was pretty excited...  well I made a beautiful card and added some beautiful ribbon to it - then I went back and re-read the instructions (thankfully) and of course I was supposed to have used twine... lol   So I re-created the card using twine in place of the ribbon although I think I still like the ribbon better...  Hopefully everyone will like this card as well and vote all this week to put me through to Round Three... scrap happy!

Inside of the card

and here is the one I made using ribbon...

McQueen Birthday for Little Man

I made up this card for my grandson's birthday (yesterday) as he had seen me do one similar for my brother in law and was not happy that it wasn't for him.  I smudged it up a little so he could handle it without getting yelled at for getting it dirty... lol.  It sure takes a long time to put together all of the layers for this even though it's the second one I have done.  I used the Disney Cars cartridge and am submitting this in the Cricut blog contest for World Card Making Day...  scrap happy!

happy world card making day!!!

What a way to start off World Card Making Day - I was chosen one of 40 finalists over at Practical Scrappers for their Huge Card Making Day Contest!!!  The challenge for the first round was to create a card with pink on it.  I submitted the wedding card I did up for a friend which I have re-posted here and originally here. Now it is up to the readers as to who continues so you have to go to their blog and vote for me!!  You will find my card in the fourth group.  Even if I don't go on to the next round, I am very happy to have been chosen!  scrap happy...

more in the series...

Did you know that my favourite colour is purple (hahaha)...  I thought I would post a few more cards that I had made over the weekend.  They are all similar as I continue to use up scraps from my stash and as I haven't made much of a dent, I think I could be doing this for a long, long time  lol !  enjoy and scrap happy...

thinking of you...

I saw some very special people this weekend and just thinking about seeing them had me creating this card...  I found the perfect poem online to put on the inside of the card and am sorry that I only remembered to take a picture of the front of the card.  I love how it sparkles yet isn't gaudy looking.  Cardstock is from CTMH and the pattern paper is from DCWV Pocket Full of Posies.  Flowers are from Prima (large); Reflections (small) and the middle one is mine... the butterfly on the left is a Sandylion sticker and the one on the right is from Michael's wedding section.  Ribbon is from the dollar store and I think I need to go back and get some more of it because it is really nice to work with.  I am really happy with how it turned out.   scrap happy!