Scrap It Girl {Smile card & Challenge}

Hello! Time for another Scrap It Girl Challenge! This month we are challenging you to use- brads, bling & buttons. I do so enjoy using all sorts of embellishments! :) 

I created a card for this challenge...

I created a tri-fold card and used some Imaginisce jewels and some brads on the front. I used the Imaginisce jewels in the middle of the flowers. 

Then on the inside I added a cute little flower button and added a couple of flowers with some more Imaginisce jewels in the middle.

Head over to Scrap It Girl's site to see some more inspiration on this fun challenge from the other Design Team Memebers! Once there, join us with this fun challenge and link it up over at Scrap It Girl and show us what you've created! 

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Scrap It Girl {Selfie}

Good morning! and Happy March! He we are at the start of a new month, where does the time fly off to!? Well, with it being the beginning of the month it's time for Scrap It Girl's monthly challenge! This month we are focusing on SELFIES!! That's right, selfies! Now's the time to bust one of them out and print it! If you don't have one what a perfect excuse to take one! We always leave ourselves out of the scrapbooks, it's time to add a picture of you! Here's mine! 

I did this layout last year and submitted it to Scrap n' Art Magazine. It was chosen to be published so I didn't get much of an opportunity to share it until now. I love how perfect this layout came out. Taking selfie's is really not my thing but I need to remember that someday my daughters or even grandchildren might want to see who I was. ;)

I started out with some wooden doilies. The more I looked at them the more I decided they could pass for snowflakes and started inking them up. I added foam dots the backs and tied some twine to make them look like they were hanging.

Here's a closer look.

Then on this one I wanted it flush with the picture so I cut it in half using an exact-o knife.

Now it's your turn! You have until March 31st to link up your fun Selfie layout over at Scrap It Girl! You'll also want to go check out the awesome prize and what the rest of the design team has to share!

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Scrap It Girl {Recipe Challenge!}

Can you believe we are on to a new month already!? I sure can't! But it is! And that means it's time for a new challenge over at Scrap It Girl! Every month she has new, fun challenge with an awesome prize! This month's challenge is a recipe challenge, you need to use- arrows, numbers and the color blue. Here's a layout I put together using all those elements. 

Here's some close up of some of the fun details.

 

 Make sure to head over to Scrap It Girl and check out all the other design team members amazing projects, great inspiration! Thanks for stopping by! :)

Scrap It Girl {Mixed Media Thank You card & new challenge}

Happy November 1st! It's time for a Scrap It Girl monthly challenge! This one is fun one! For this challenge we challenge you to use mixed media such a paints, water colors or gelatos. Here's a card I made using gelatos & gessso.

I started out out with a 4.25" x 5.5" card base and smeared some gesso around on the card. I ran an orange gelato over SU! French Script and stamped it into the gesso. I love the effect, the script stands out a bit more because of the orange. After the gesso dried I spritzed it with some Heidi Swapp Gold Color Shine. For the leaf I applied two different colors directly on the stamp I used a dark red watercolor crayon on half of it and then a overlapped just a bit of a gold gelato. Then I used a brush dipped in some water to go over the crayon and gelato and tried to mix the colors a bit. Next I stamped it on some cream cardstock. I used the same SU! French Script stamp that I stamped on the gesso to stamp over the leaf. I really love how beautiful it came out.  The picture really doesn't do it justice. The gold on the leaf from the gelato and the gold from color shine really make this card sparkle.

Being honest, I was really nervous doing this challenge because, while I do own these different mediums I just haven't made the time to play with them much. So I really enjoy the extra challenge to get me using them more. :)

Now make sure to head over to Scrap It Girl and join us for the challenge! Remember you are welcome to link up to two projects and they must contain paints, water colors or gelatos. We LOVE to see everyone's fun projects. Make sure to challenge yourself to try new things! :) 

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Scrap It Girl {Happy Birthday Card}

Happy October 1st! I LOVE this month! First of the month means it's time for Scrap It Girl's new challenge. This month we are using embossing folders! I've made a fun birthday card to share with you. 

I used Cuttlebug's Spots & Dots embossing folder and only embossed the top 3/4 of the card then wrapped some ribbon along the bottom of the embossed area. I then did heat embossing on the cute presents and the words. It was a quick and simple card, but love how cute it turned out! Now make sure to head over to Scrap It Girls blog for some awesome inspiration from the design team and to get your entries in! There is an awesome prize package for the winner! You can enter up to 3 projects! 

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Scrap It Girl {Capture Life's Moments}

Happy Labor Day! Do you have some fun plans for today!? Well, if your fun plans include staying home to get your Craft on! I've got a fun challenge for you! Scrap It Girl's monthly challenge is up and running! The challenge for this month is Stencils or Masks. On my layout I used a cute little butterfly stencil I had from Paper Bakery Kits. 

I stenciled the butterflies directly onto my picture and the corner piece of blue paper using  Shimmerz Paints Texturz- Tidy Widy. I love the texture and bit of sparkle it has. 

Then to really draw attention to the beautiful butterfly in my picture I used a square punch and punched it out and created a frame to go around it and used 3D-Dots to really make it stand out.

I inked around the edges of my page with Tim Holtz Distress Ink- Pumice Stone and for the embellies I looked through a small box of buttons that I acquired from my husbands grandmother when she passed away. I love them! I also tied down a Tim Holtz word band with some linen thread.

My scrapbook layouts are usually of my daughters and our family but once in a great while it's fun to do a layout about what's around you. Thanks so much for stopping by and make sure to head over to Scrap It Girl's blog for the full details on the challenge and to see if YOU were the winner of last months challenge! :)

Scrap It Girl {Silly Girls}

Happy Friday! Anyone have some fun plans for this weekend? Around here it's rodeo weekend lots of fair burgers to eat and rides to ride! :) Well if you don't have some fun plans how about a crafting weekend? I have the perfect challenge for you! Scrap It Girl has a fun challenge going on for this month create something using arrows and/or numbers! Here is a layout I created using arrows. Love those cute things. :)

I found these cute pictures of my oldest with her friends. If you can't be "Silly Girls" with your friends then who can you  be silly with!? I used Echo Parks collection- Capture Life. LOVE IT! I won it a few months back and have been waiting to pull it out for the perfect pictures. Here's a few close ups. 

Now go over to Scrap It Girl and link up for a chance to win the awesome prize! Just remember to keep with the theme, you can enter up to 2 projects for the challenge and to add a link back to the Scrap It Girl blog with the challenge posted along with our project. Good luck & have fun with it! :) Thanks for stopping by! :)

Scrap It Girl {4th of July}

Happy 1st of July! New month means a new challenge over at Scrap It Girl and I've used some yummy Moxxie Child's Play goodies to make this fun 4th of July layout! Scrap It Girl's challenge this month is a color challenge! The colors are Navy, Cream, Red & Kraft. Perfect for the holiday!

 Break out the craft supplies and let your craftiness out! Don't forget to then go over to Scrap It Girl and link up for a chance to win the awesome prize! Just remember to keep with the color theme, you can enter up to 2 projects for the challenge and to add a link back to the Scrap It Girl blog with the challenge posted along with our project. Good luck & have fun with it! :) Check back later for more details on this awesome layout! Thanks for stopping by! 

Scrap It Girl {Thinking of You}

Hey! How are you doing? Getting lots of crafty stuff done? Or totally sunbathing and enjoying this gorgeous weather we've been having? Whatever it is I hope you are enjoying it 110%! ;)

Today is the first day of June! Where did May go!? Since it is the first day of June Scrap It Girl has a new challenge for you this month! This month the theme is Things with Wings. So for this challenge I made a card.

This is a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" card by cutting an 8 1/2" x 11" piece of cardstock in half and then folding it. I ran the lighter blue pieces of cardstock through my Cuttlebug using  Paper Studio- Tiny Polka embossing folder (seriously my favorite! More about that HERE). I rounded out the edges on the lighter blue and gray strips and lined them up with the edge of my card. Those gorgeous butterflies were cut on my Silhouette. On the white one I used some stickles. Here's a closer look of that one, the picture doesn't do it justice. It is so much prettier in person. It really sparkles. :) 

Now for the inside.... this is a pop up card I've done by overlaying some of the butterflies to create a cluster of them. What do you think? Pretty, right! Love how well this turned out.

Here's a close up of the butterflies, I covered the small white one is some stickles.

Now make sure to head over to Scrap It Girl and check out the other designers projects and join in the fun! The prize is AWESOME!!!! You never know if you'll win, if you never give it a try! Thanks for stopping by! :)

You Make My Heart So So So Very Happy

This month Scrap It Girl's challenge this month is Tag's or Bags! I thought that sounded so fun that I knew I wanted to incorporate both into my layout! I love this picture of my second daughter. She was only 2 years old and we had were having a blast playing in the leaves! That was 8 years ago! Where does the time go!? I love that I at least have these sweet pictures of my little girl. The best part is the cute little sweater she is wearing, that sweater was my sweater! I wore that sweater when my parents immigrated from Mexico to the United States when I was only 11 months old! 

Now onto the layout. I used Fancy Pants Happy Go Lucky collection that I just picked up at the Scrapbook Expo in UT (and loved every second of it!). I LOVE this line! It even a some decorative bags & tags with it that I was able to use. I love the tags! They are perfect to do a bit of journaling on and tell the story of my cute little sweater. ;) I went through and inked up the edges with Tim Holtz Distress Ink Vintage Photo. Here are a few close ups of some of the embellishments.

Now head on over to Scrap It Girl and join in the fun! She always has some great prizes and you've definitely want to see all the other fun stuff the rest of the design team has put together! I love the versatility in this fun group of ladies!

Scrap It Girl March Challenge: Birthday's!

Happy Birthday to everyone in March! Especially to two of my fellow DT members over at Scrap it Girl! Huge Birthday shout out to 

Kelly Starsky  & Heidi  Barclay!

This months challenge at Scrap It Girl is going to be Birthday's! So I went and found some cute pictures of my youngest's birthday last year. She is so into La-la Loopsy dolls right now so of course we HAD to have a La-la Loopsy cake! 

For this layout I went over to Nuts About Sketches and found a sketch that I loved and fit my two pictures perfectly! I used Sketch #242. I used a kit a I've had for quite awhile from KI Memories. I've used it on another birthday layout HERE. I'm really having a ton of fun with it! It has some fun shimmery papers in it and some really fun embellishments. I did the basic cutting but used my little circle cutter to get a the purple circle behind the title. Then my little "extra" that wasn't in the kit were these cute colored staples I've had for awhile and thought the colors were perfect for this layout! 

Thanks for stopping by! Come and join me over at SCRAP IT GIRL for this fun challenge and great prize and to see what the other design team members have created! Always a ton of fun and inspiration! :) Hope to see you there!

Scrap It Girl & Heart Challenge

I have some amazing news! I am happy to announce that I am now a new member of the Scrap It Girl design team! 

She has monthly challenges and Favorite Things Friday. So please come check her out and join us in all the fun! Speaking of which, this month's challenge is HEARTS. There is also an amazing prize for the winner!

Let me start you out with a little bit of inspiration of my own but make sure to head over to fill that bucket with all the amazing projects that are linking up!

I love these pictures of my 2nd daughter. She is such a doll! She was into the chocolate from the moment she could crawl and now she 9 years old. Where does the time go!? The saying "Love Me & Feed Me Chocolate" came from when you were about 4 years old and you and I were having a rough day and I asked you "Whatever will I do with you?" and you answered with your cute little voice, "LOVE Me & Feed Me Chocolate!"

On this layout I inked around the edges of my 12x12 sheet with some Tim Holtz Distress Ink- Vintage Photo. I then added a full 8 1/2 x11 sheet of vellum, I love the "softness" that vellum seems to add. The mats behind the pictures are from Spellbinders Nestabilities.

I punched out all the little hearts the run up the left side of the page with a small heart punch I have on hand.  Then used my Silhouette to cut out the amper sign and the word Chocolate. I had so much with this layout!

Thanks for stopping by! Make sure you swing over to Scrap It Girl and check it out and join in the fun challenge! :)