Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Washi Tape CAS Card

There was one more card that I meant to post yesterday and that is one I created with just washi tape.  So simple yet very cool!  It was perfect for those "OMG - I need a card quick" moments.  No scissors, no glue, no thought - ha ha!  The washi tape is a set from Target and the stamp is a dollar bin item from Micheal's.

In addition to a washi tape challenge at A Cherry On Top, I am also using this for Scrapbook Steals Mojo Monday # 13 - White + 1 color.




Monday, February 25, 2013

Home is Where Chaos Lives

So the idea for this layout began with Scrapping Everyday Miracles challenging its followers to scrap about where you feel most at home plus the Southern Girls Challenge site who challenged us to use banners..  It was then further inspired by a challenge at Scrapbook.com about pets and love (as well as a lift of someone's previous layout).  And all three were perfect since I feel most at home with my daughter and our dogs on a well-loved comfy sofa (since replaced since the original photo was taken due to a bit TOO much love from the dogs!).

In this layout, I wanted to convey a number of ideas - the happiness I have with my three favorite girls, the unending and unconditional love our black dog has for us (and us for her).  She is constantly licking and jumping all over us.  If we are gone from the room for more than 20 minutes, her reaction upon us coming back is as if we had left her for 20 days!  It conveys the envious love our bigger dog has, wishing she was a bit more nimble to get in on the jumping and licking.  And of course, it shows the general chaos that is ever-present in our home, along with the occassional impatience my daughter has for said chaos.

So for me, Home is Love, Home is Chaos, Love is my daughter and dogs (hubby, too).  And all manage to co-exist all under one roof.




This is the layout I was asked to lift:


Birthday Card

Last post on cards for the day.  I told you earlier I had a lot to catch up on!


This one was made for a friend of my daughter's so I wanted to keep it a little simple but a little fun for a newly crowned teenager.  Papers are from Echo Park (Hello Summer) metal sentiment tag is years and years old from Jo Ann's; embossing folder is from Darice (Honeycomb); flower is Micheal's; and big brad is from Bazzil.  I have entered this card into the MFT sketch challenge as well as Card Makin' Mamas Birthday challenge.





Thank You to Cheryl, Spectrum Noir, and Humphrey

Two fellow design team members at Sketches 4 All have been trying to get me to get out of my comfort zone and into the alcohol marker coloring craze.  I went ahead and got a pack of Spectrum Noir (which expanded very quickly to several sets) and created one card using the pens as background coloring (click here to see) but still no coloring of stamped images.  No to let me off the hook, Cheryl sent me a super fun image from Crafter's Companion (Humphrey line) and so I pulled out my markers and created a thank you card for her.  THANK YOU, Cheryl!  I am still figuring out the shading and such as I have zero drawing or art background but I'm learning.  I added a few buttons, ribbon, and embossing to round it off.

And where did I get some of my other inspirations for the card from  Check these out:.

Lucky Day

Created this St Patrick's Day card using my Silhouette Cameo and Make the Cut software.  First, I found a shamrock SVG file from Paper Yoga.  I duplicated the shamrock and cut them out of white cardstock for the main part of the card, popping it up with pop dots from the subtle green pattern paper and darker green mat.  I then took two of the shamrocks that were left and used Creative Inspiration paint in gold to sit atop the sentiment.

I am going to use this for the following challegnes:

Masculine Birthday Card

I know....I know.  It's been ages since I've posted anything.  I have been busy, though so like last time, there will be a bit of a catch up tonight.  I shall begin with a birthday card I made for my brother.  Very monochromatic with just brown and craft but lots of texture with eyelets, twine, burlap, copper brads, and heat embossing for the sentiment.  I am using this card for the following challenges:



Friday, February 8, 2013

The Boys

With my daughter playing soccer for nearly 9 years, I have tons of soccer photos.  But how many layouts can you do of soccer games?  This past weekend we were in a tournament so I decided to take a different approach with the camera and this time, focus on "The Boys".  These are the fathers my husband and I spend most of the game with.  Since the tournament was not going well at all, the conversation seemed to be limited to complaints about the ref, complaints about the girls making silly mistakes, and complaints about the coaching.  No Saturday would be complete without my husband starting the day with his infamous "Oh Referee" as only he can do with his British accent!

Sketch is from Paper Secrets - love their sketches and their store!  Paper is from a Planes & Trains page kit; alphas are Recollections; speech bubble is from CTMH that I painted navy; chevrons and soccer ball cut on my Silhouette; I created the banners with Silhouette's print and cut feature; journal tag is done with a Verve stamp and EK success edge punch.  Also submitting this to ACOT's Use Your Stash challenge calling for 2 solid papers, 4 patterned papers, two different alphas, and 2 embellishments.

 

 





Wednesday, February 6, 2013

White Fluffy Stuff

Dallas has funny weather in the winter - it can be 60 degrees one day and 40 the next.  Snow happens but is very rare.  Christmas Day 2012 was one of those rare days - first Christmas snowfall in 83+ years!  My big dog was in doggy heaven!

Sketch was from Sketch N Scrap #26.  Papers are from Teresa Colline Everyday Moments and Authentique Genuine and letters are really old Thickers including Daiquri and Pajamas (which were perfect since they are fluffy like snow!)




Monday, February 4, 2013

Radiant Smiles

I took this photo of my daughter last July 4 - while her smile is a tad forced, it's still a smile which is a lot to get out of the now teenager!  She hates having her photo taken and hates even more the fact that she knows it will end up in my scrapbook and on my blog!  So to me, ANY smile from her is radiant!

The overall design of the layout was inspired by an ad challenge at A Cherry on Top - I translated the diminishing potato chip bags into strips of paper and used misting and a hand-made mask for the "beams of light" coming from the photo.  I don;t typically mix my alphas in my titles but I love how it came out and love how it helps use up those half-consumed alpha packets!  You'll probably see more mixed-alpha titles from me in the coming weeks :-)


Ingredients:
  • Papers are all Fancy Pants Good Life collection (love love love the red, yellow, and black in that collection) except the polka dot which is just Hobby Lobby
  • Mist:  Dylusions and Ditto using mask I created on my Silhouette
  • Alphas:  Thickers (Vera, Hardcover, and Doll) 
  • Embellishments:
    • Fancy Pants Good Life dimensional stickers
    • Chipboard heart from Close to my Heart covered in red paper and Glossy Accents
    • Tag printed and cut on Silhouette Cameo; background of tag is a chipboard tag from Close to My Heart painted with red acrylic paint



Saturday, February 2, 2013

Live for Today

When creating layouts, people typically chose the photo first and then build around it.  Since I hate to be "normal", I quite often chose the paper first and then decide what works best with it.  And such was the case with this layout.  I had a very old set of Valentine papers that I pulled out last week with the plans to make a card but couldn't find the mojo and so the papers sat on my desk.  But then along came Rochelle Spears' color challenge along with the monthly sketch over at Grand Diva's Creative Corner and I was set!  So out came my un-scrapped photos  to find an appropriate photo.  While the quality of the one photo wasn't great (even after Photoshop), I liked the green in my daughter's shirt and the rest just fell into place (for once), including the title which was inspired by Kerys' Scrappin' Happy WordArt challenge.  I'm probably most pleased that everything came from deep in my stash from cardstock to the the year-old flowers and the even older Thickers.


Title - Thickers (Vera and Daiquiri)
Flowers - K&Company
Date alphas - Lilly Bee Designs