Guest Designer with My Scraps and More Sketches

Hello and welcome to my blog this week. Today I am happy to announce that I'm am a guest designer for "My Scraps and More Sketches" this week. Thank you for this wonderful opportunity!!

Here is the sketch:

My husband and 4 year old son.

I have to admit that I struggled a little bit with this layout. Finding the right pics and the right paper didn't come easily this time around. This layout sat on my desk for a week (a rare thing for me these days) before I was able to finish it. All because I struggled.

Well, I hope you are inspired anyway! Thanks for stopping by today.

Supplies:
EP: Reflections
Bazzill's stenciling dots
brad
my very bad sewing machine
Creative Embellishments (wooden feather)

SOUS DIE CUT CHALLENGE: WORD ART

Trouble with A Capital T

Welcome back!! Today I have a fun boy LO to share with you as part of SOUS die cut challenge this Friday.  The challenge is a die cut in the form of "word art". For me, I chose to make a title from Miss Kate Cuttables.

In this photo my son is 2 1/2 years old. Don't you think that title is perfect with his overly mischievous grin? This is one of those photos that I printed years ago and am just now getting around to scrapping. Again, thank you SOUS for getting me to think outside the box!

I loosely followed this sketch from Pinterest.

Thanks for stopping by today. Now go see what the rest of our wonderful team has put together for today's challenge.

Title from Miss Kate Cuttables

Our sponsor this month is Creative Embellishments. Play along with any of our DT projects this month for a chance to win this fabulous prize.

Supplies:
Bo Bunny's "Bug Me!"and "Grease Monkey"
EP: Scraps from "This and That"
Wood Embellishments by Creative Embellishments (Gear)
Stitching
October Afternoon Buttons
Twine
Gear Stenciling Mat
TH Walnut Stain Distress Ink

Disney's Animal Kingdom

… and a Stuck on U Sketch.

Hello and welcome to my blog! This Friday over at SOUS is a new sketch reveal. I LOVED it. I hope you'll join us this week and showcase your interpretation of the awesome sketch by Leah Schaeffer.

This sketch gave me an opportunity to scrap about part of my family's Disney trip in 2010. I personally find scrapping about trips overwhelming. So.many.photos!

This particular LO features our last full day in Florida in which we went to Disney's Animal Kingdom. Even at the end of September it was so hot!! But it was not crowded which was definitely a bonus.

"We went to Disney World right before Joscelin's 4th birthday. Everyday we went somewhere exciting, and everyday we had one tired little boy. It was a wonderful week and looking forward to going back."

I'm thoroughly enjoying my tiny flag punches.

Our sponsor this month is Creative Embellishments. Play along with any of our projects this month for a chance to win this fabulous prize.

Supplies:
BoBunny's Ad Lib Collection
Various embellishments
--Circle Felt Flower
--Index Card Tag
--Tickets
--wooden car
--Twine
--Flag punches
--Chicken wire doodling template
--Grunge cloth tag
Dymo Labeler (title)
Thickers

SOUS: Die Cut Challenge - House

New house. New yard. New day.

Hello and welcome to this week's die cut challenge with Stuck on U Sketches.  This week's die cut is to make a "house".

This challenge had me digging up photos I took a couple years ago right after we moved into our new home. This is also the time period in which I was just starting my photography journey. I laugh and cringe at the same time looking at these photos. Gotta start somewhere, right?

I chose to follow this sketch from Pinterest and I'm pretty sure I've used it before. Love all that negative space! The patterned papers are an old favorite too, Bo Bunny's Ad Lib Collection!

Thanks for stopping by today!! Now head on over to SOUS and join us for this week's challenge.

Photos are from April, 2012

The house is from Silhouette Studio. Love the simplicity of it.

This month's sponsor for SOUS is Creative Embellishments. Play along with any of our challenges this month and you will be entered for a drawing to win this fabulous prize!!

Supplies:

Bo Bunny's Ad Lib Collection and stickers

Wooden Embellishment: Bicycle

Thickers

Tiny Alphabet Stickers

Buttons from stash

Who's ready for summer?!

Hello! Are you ready for warmer days yet? We have gotten a taste of it here for a few days while it was in the 50's.

Today I would like to share with you a layout about a lazy summer day. This photo has so many special meanings for me personally. You see, it represents our exchange student's second day with us. Actually, it is not even 24 hours later than when we picked him up from the airport.

My 6 year old (soon to be seven) had no problem immediately making Tobias a part of the family. I think it is easier for children to be accepting of whatever life gives them. To quote Joscelin (my son), "I just knew he was my brother."

I also love taking action shots of water!

I followed #69 sketch by My Scraps & More Sketches. The PP are mainly from EP's "A Perfect Summer" and "About a Boy".

Today was good, Today was FUN, Tomorrow is another one.
Dr. Seuss

Supplies:
EP: A Perfect Summer and About a Boy paper lines
Title: Silhouette Studio
October Afternoon Buttons
Wooden Embellishments by Creative Embellishments (ship's wheel)

SOUS DIE CUT CHALLENGE: UMBRELLA

Hello and welcome to this week's die cut challenge at Stuck on U Sketches. This week's challenge is to use a die cut umbrella.

I was almost happy with how this card turned out. I really should have used patterned paper instead of just solid card stock. I did try to give it a little bit of dimension with the embossing and rhinestones.

I was inspired by this card on Pinterest. I loved it's simplicity and this card did come together incredibly fast.

Next time, I'll try it with patterned paper instead.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Die Cuts are from the Silhouette Online Store

for my Teacher

This week we celebrated 'Teacher Appreciation Week' at my son's school. Each day the students and their families could participate in something special for the teachers and staff. 

Day 1: Bring a fruit to help fill up a basket

Day 2: Provide a breakfast dish

etc, etc.

Day 5: Write a thank you note

Well . . . I made cards instead!! I was very pleased with how these turned out. So much that I actually did not want to give these up! 

What can I say? I love large eyes and cute bears.

The design and sketch of the card was inspired by this card on Pinterest.

The bears and apples are svg files from Scrapping Bug Designs "Bushel of Blessings."

Thanks for stopping by today!

PP: MME Quilting Bee 6x6

PP: MME Rosy 6x6

Enjoy Your Day

Hello there! Today I have a birthday card to share with you. I actually found this card on Pinterest and really loved it! So yeah, I pretty much duplicated it to fit my needs.

I used Simple Stories: Summer Fresh 6x6 paper.

Thanks for stopping by today!

SOUS DIE CUT CHALLENGE: SOMETHING SWEET

"BERRY SWEET"

Spring of 2012 was my family's first time picking strawberries and it was a PERFECT day! The great thing about being on SOUS DT is that I am going back to all those photos that I keeping meaning to scrapbook.

This week's challenge is to use a die cut that represents something "sweet". Very ripe, freshly picked strawberries fits that criteria! I'm sure my son ate more than he picked!

I followed this sketch from Pinterest.

Well, I hope you enjoyed my LO this week. So hop on over to SOUS's blog and see what else our talented ladies have come up with.

OH - and I challenge you to come up with your own version of "something sweet".

Thanks for stopping by today.

1. Juicy Berries 2. Beautiful Sky 3. Warm Weather
4. Sticky Hands 5. a Perfect Day

Supplies:
PP: Teresa Collins "he said, she said" and "memories"
Silhouette Studio - Title and strawberries
brads
wooden sticks

Happy Birthday Cards

Hello! Today I'm here to share with you some birthday cards I made for three girls in our foreign exchange student group. We are celebrating actual birthdays and "half-way" birthdays for the some of the teens. My teen gets a birthday cake (made by me) instead! I didn't think he would want a girly card.

I was greatly inspired by this card here. I was going to make cards with cute die cut bears on them but one of the young ladies was so enamored with my hand made flowers I decided to go a different route.

I did an "assembly" line thing and made three identical cards with different patterned paper. I really attacked my leftover paper stash for all the flags and triangles on these cards.

For the first time in AGES I used ribbon. Aren't you proud?!

MME: The Sweetest Thing*Tangerine 6x6

MME: Reunion 6x6 

MME: Follow Your Heart*Be Amazing 6x6

Yes, the flowers are handmade.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Let Him Sleep

Happy Friday Everyone! I would like to share with you today my latest scrapbook page of my son. I am loving the fact that I can combine my three favorite hobbies in one place. 

Die Cutting - the title

Scrapbooking - the layout

Photography - the photo

The photo was actually taken "by accident". My son was resting on a chair in the lobby of French Lick Hotel in French Lick, IN. He is not actually sleeping but I came across this title a few weeks ago and just KNEW I wanted to use it on a LO. Looking back on my other LO's, you know that I rarely make or use long titles on my pages.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Paper are from BoBunny Etc. line

Vivian R. Lake Photography

Supplies:

Silhouette Cameo and SCAL3 for title

BoBunny PP - ETC line

wooden feather embellishment

black buttons

stitching

brads

SOUS: Something you wear

Go.See.Do

Hello there! Here we are again with this week's DC reveal featuring "something you wear" over at SOUS.

For my project I chose a cowboy hat (to go with the photo) from the Silhouette Studio store. The title is from the store also.

This project I also used the last of my EP "This & That" paper. I really loved that line and may have to go and get me more if I can find it.

I followed this sketch for this layout.

The photo is my son playing in his cowboy hat one beautiful evening last May. Hint: I was practicing my photography at this time too.

Be sure and stop by the SOUS blog for more inspiration by our talented group of ladies!!

"May you always have a reason to have
such a wonderful smile."

Vivian R. Lake Photography

Supplies:
EP: This and That PP
Kraft Paper
Cowboy hat svg file
Title - svg file
Camera Doodling Template
October Afternoon embellishments
Button

SOUS DIE CUT CHALLENGE: SNOWMAN

FAVORITE WINTER MEMORIES

Hello there! Welcome to this week's challenge at SOUS. This week we are to use a die cut of a snowman on any project we desire.

I stumbled across Scrapping Bug Designs and fell in LOVE with the style of die cuts she makes. I made the snowman and bear a couple weeks before I knew what project I was doing!!

Then I had to go shopping for the perfect paper to go with the photo! Poor me, right? I ended up using a mixture of Bo Bunny's Woodland Winter of this year and last year's Powder Mountain line.

I followed this sketch by Sketchy Thursdays.

Thanks for stopping by today!

This was Joscelin's first snow in January 2008. What this
photo means to me is hard to describe. It is one of my favorites.

Die cut files from Scrapping Bug Designs.

Supplies:
Bo Bunny Powder Mountain PP and Woodland Winter PP
Stitching
Snowflake embellishments from stash
Snowman brad
Pearls
Scrapping Bug Designs svg files