Another Back To School Card for Sassy

I still can't believe it is September, it is moving so quickly.  Today is my first reveal of the month for Sassy Lil Sketches.  I hope you think about doing the sketch since you have until October 5th to get it done and win some Authentique paper.  Cool prize.

Here is the sketch:




and here is what I came up with my theme of making some Back To School Cards using Fancy Pants paper and chipboard.

Hope to see you come over and try this sketch.

My simple Happy Birthday card

I forgot to show you this card I made last weekend.  I saw a similar one during the summer and thought I would give it a try and I absolutely love how it came out.  This reminds me of a monochromatic card with one of my top companies and it is very simplistic (is that a word).

Here it is:

 The next shot is a picture up close that shows that is the only place on the card that says Happy Birthday and I used the corrugated frame to highlight it.  I added the Butterflies from Jillibean Soup and accessorized it for accent.

Hope you are inspired to do something that you have been anxious to try.

Some things I did this weekend

Today I needed to have some down time so I created 2 cards and 1 layout and it has helped from a heck tick week.
I followed no sketches only the ideas in my mind of things I wanted to try out and now think will use more.
Here is my layout:

Below are the special touches I did to add to the layout.  I made flowers out of old patterns, added some bling, added a journal card in a craft bag and then put some lace trim on the bottom of that.  The paper is from the Urban Garden Collection.  This is my son's Grandmother who is very special to us and I just love this picture of her.

Now here is a card I tried:

I had this chipboard and decided to wrap some twine around it to make a flower.  I have seen this months ago and wanted to try it and you know how I always need birthday cards.

My last card is made using of my favorite paper scraps from other things I have done.  I absolutely love this paper from My Mind's Eye -- Stella Rose and am hoping I never run out of it, but I know it will happen soon.

That's all for this weekend, and hope you enjoy this. 

I am a Guest Designer for SKETCHES IN THYME this month

As you read from my title I am the Guest Designer for the month of September at Sketches in Thyme.  I love their sketches and they inspire me to become creative and add my little spin.  I like the fact you have all month to complete the layouts.  Usually week 1 & 2 are sketches and the last week is do whatever sketch you like from whatever blog you saw it at.
 I had a lot of fun with this since I have so many sketches that I have been saving to do.  I found one that fit the picture I wanted to use perfectly.
I am trying to scrap some old pictures this year since I found a whole crate of them that have been untouched.  The boys like to see themselves scrapped and remember back when.

Here is the sketch this week:



and here is what I did:

Come over and play and you can win a package of paper from one of my favorites -- Nikki Sivils.

Sketch Contest for Jillibean Soup

I did this layout of me at Disneyland on my Birthday.  So I would remember several years from now I turned the mouse ears into my age and the sketch came from Jillibean Soup.  I used their products in doing the layout.
Here is the layout:



and here is what I did.  Thanks Jillibean for the inspiration.

A Cupcake Reveal for Sassy Lil Sketches

Hello Everyone,

Today is the Reveal for Sassy Lil Sketches.  This has to be one of my very favorites!  I had fun playing with it and used my favorite paper of Girl's Paperie, which I pull out for that "special" card.

Here is the sketch:

The sketch is very versatile, but it was screaming cupcake to me.  So I started playing and came up with my creation.  I hope you enjoy it, I know the person that got it LOVES it.

Paper is Girl's Paperie, pearls, white and red polka dot ribbon and the cupcake wrapper was scored and folded to resemble a cupcake wrapper and I used an assortment of little flowers using pop dots to adhere them.

Some Challenges I did this weekend

 Hi,
I had a fabulous weekend of being able to scrap 2 days and accomplish so much, including DT Work and Challenges.
The challenges are the Pagemaps Blog (for the sketch) and CropStop Blog (for the pearls). 















and I loved the sketch and it inspired me to use a Taylor Expression Key Ingredient Kit using the paper from My Minds Eye -- Stella Rose Gertie.  The Sentiment is from Recollections and the pearls are by Kaiser Scrapbook.  I t just all came together with all the yummy colors and sketch.
Here it is: