sweet cheeks

I have to share this layout with you. It features my adorable granddaughter and uses a sketch from the Michaels Sketched Out 2 class (which I am teaching on Thursday night at the Willow Grove Michaels). If you know my style, then you know bright colors are not something I often play with but the reds and greens make D pop out of the page.

I used a kraft background here and Recollections prints from a print pack. There were polka dots, stripes, and gingham checks among the prints in bright, primary colors. The cherry stamp is an oldie but a goodie from Stampin Up! that I fussy cut as an embellishment. The buttons tied with black floss and tiny punched hearts add the finishing touches. I love how it turned out.

Rock on is another version of the same sketch. Here I used SEI papers and butterflies. The colors aren't coming out on here the way they do on the page, it definitely reads better in person. Want to check out the class? Email me for information.

dinara's first year

I love playing with these 7Gypsies solo printer's trays. They are fast, easy, use scraps!, and make great gifts. In fact, my friend Rhadjena has made several of these. I have wanted to use this photo of D sleeping in some sort of project and this just came together perfectly. I was challenged on the Memory Works forum to create "a gift from the heart" and I hope that when I give it to Rebekah & Denard they will love it as much as I do.

She looks like an angel sleeping with a little stuffed toy. The other photos I took during the year I provided day care for her. I miss seeing her every day. I used American Crafts paper scraps and Basic Grey paper scraps, ZVA bling, a border strip from Doodlebug, flowers from my stash and a Maya Road metal flower.

Here are two other examples of the fun you can have with these trays. The first, pix from D's 1 year photo shoot at Kiddie Kandids. The Aug tag is 7Gypsies, the 1 bingo chip from an old MemoryWorks Express (MWE) kit. The name banner and border strip are Simple Stories. Flowers and arrow from my stash. When I say products are from my stash, it is because I don't remember who manufactured them and the packaging is long gone.

John kayaking uses My Minds Eye paper scraps, a Sizzix die cut bird that I then layered with patterned papers, and a calendar card from Simple Stories.

Enjoy!

i'm smtten...

I was hunting around for a new card design idea and found a cascading card tutorial in the Papercraft Inspirations February issue. I gave it a try and made my initial card blank and then looked at it for a couple of days before I decided how I would decorate it. I pulled out my latest MemoryWorks Express kit, dived into the papers and chipboard sheet and even found a little acrylic stamp set and I knew I had a valentine in the making for my granddaughter Eden.


I used one piece of solid gray cardstock from the kit and then pulled out a couple of the double-sided papers to decorate the individual panels of the card. I stamped 'LOVE" on one of the papers and punched it with a scalloped oval punch and punched a couple of hearts from a pink scrap. I grabbed another one of the stamps and stamped it repeatedly to create the hugs and kisses hearts. Another punch--a deep scallop border created a fun front panel that I layered over with chipboard stickers from Crate Paper. Some pink rhinestones in the scallops finish off the card and for just a little more glitz I covered the hearts in the banner and on the oval sentiment with Stickles. I can't wait to send it off to my favorite 7yo valentine. The card fits into a standard 4 3/4" x 6" envelope. Just saying...

Enjoy!

crop time

I finally got around to scrapping crop night from Creating Keepsakes Convention last July. I had the privilege to crop with two great scrappers and friends. Although the room was too crowded, and we spend too long waiting in line, I had never attended the Saturday night open crop before and I am glad I tried a new experience.

The papers are from Authentique, Spendid line. I used the new WeR ribbon tool to sew in the zig-zag of green. It is just one of several options. The tool is very easy to use, you punch the holes and sew in the ribbon. Of course I added distress ink around all the papers and embellishments. The crochet flower and corrugated butterfly are from Kim Baum, one of my friends that I am cropping with here. All in all, it was a great scrappy escape with good friends, how does it get much better?

sweet dinara

When D came over one day with this lion hat, I was tickled. I had to snap a million photos and of course, scrap them. :) I utilized my MemoryWorks Express Kit from October since the papers fit the colors so well.
I worked in the My Mind's Eye Lost & Found design and "sweet" into the layout as part of the title/journaling. The layout is really quite simple, and loosely based on a card sketch.

Enjoy!

cards

I had the opportunity to share two cards with the wonderful ladies at Center in the Park (CIP) on Wednesday. Thank you Joan and Joan for inviting me this month. I had a great time, despite all the drama of the day. Flat tires, fussy granddaughter, rushing, rushing, rushing. These are the cards we made:


The flowers in the "thinking of you" card were made from hearts punched with a 1" heart punch from Marvy Uchida. They look great on a flourish as a stem.

The second card features first and second generation stamping, as well as flowers stamped and fussy cut.

Enjoy!

MemoryWorks Blog: Guest Designer Tuesday: Jenn's School Days!

MemoryWorks Blog: Guest Designer Tuesday: Jenn's School Days!: Wow! August has flown by so quickly. I have enjoyed sharing some of my scrappy projects with you. So here it is, my last entry for the mo...