Monday, March 31, 2014

Mojo Monday Card challenge

I needed a card for the next QOTM package I am sending out and this sketch seemed just right!
I used lawn fawn pp and CTMH stamps and bling.  you can find the mojo monday blog here: http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/
Thanks for looking.
comments are always appreciated. Hope you will visit again.
barbara

Vintage

I had not done anything really vintage/shabby chic in a while and was aching to do so. Here it is:
I used style board from Maggie Holmes. Some distress stain from Tim Holtz. Kaiserkraft rub on, Heidi Swapp words, Adorn it wooden pieces. Webster's Pages doily. Mother Nature-harmony pp from my frosted designs kit. And some Teresa Collins washi tape. Hope this inspires you to do something vintage too.
Thanks for looking. Comments are always appreciated.
Barbara

Scrap our Stash Challenge #14- use the number 1

You can find scrap our stash here: http://scrapourstash.blogspot.com/
This LO is using the number one, as in #1 Grandson learning to play soccer, with the dog who is not the least bit interested! LOL!
Hope you enjoy it.
comments are welcome as always.
Hope you will stop by again.
Barbara

For Challenge #12 Game Pieces at Scrap our Stash

You can find Scrap our stash here: http://scrapourstash.blogspot.com/
This challenge was to use game pieces. My paw-paw loved to play cards almost more than anything. We indulged him often, because we loved playing with him too. Even his wife joined in sometimes.
Thanks for looking.
Barbara

Sunday, March 30, 2014

Anything goes challenge at Scrapbook Blessings Club

This is the card I made for the Anything Goes Challenge at Scrapbook Blessings Club for this week. It is the 5th Sunday so we use past challenges from the last three months. I used Funky, fun, fabulous card folds. And I made a center step card. You can find the directions for the basic center step card here:http://scrapbookblessings.blogspot.com/2013/10/center-step-card.html

The digi stamp I used is from Dasiy a Day digital stamps. Hope you enjoy it and you find some inspiration to do a different card fold yourself.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a Scrapbook Blessings kind of day!
Till next time
Barbara

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Scrap Our Stash Triangles Challenge

This is the LO I did for the Scrap our Stash : http://scrapourstash.blogspot.com/ challange using triangles and/or hats. Hope you like it. DD loved playing in her boxes almost as much as she played with her toys!

Thanks for looking. Till next time, hope you have a blessed day.
Barbara

Friday, March 21, 2014

Layout for Scrap our Stash Challenge- Balloons

Hello everyone. This Layout is my entry for Scrap our stash balloon challenge. You can find their blog here:
http://scrapourstash.blogspot.com/

The photo is from when we were in Mexico for a land excursion from a cruise we took from Galveston TX.
Thanks for looking. And comments are always appreciated.

Thursday, March 20, 2014

This is my entry for the Scrap Our Stash challenge : Confetti   which you can find here:  http://scrapourstash.blogspot.com/
Thanks for looking!
Barbara

Scrap our Stash Challenge-icing

Here is my entry for the Icing challenge at the scrap a thon at Scrap our Stash which you can find here:  http://scrapourstash.blogspot.com/   I am enjoying this challenge. Thanks for all the great ideas.
Thanks for looking. 
Barbara

Sunday, March 16, 2014

DT card for Scrapbook Blessings Club

The card challenge today is called "Say It With Words". You are to use a sentiment on the front of your card. For my card I fussy cut the hot air balloon and mounted it with foam tape. I stamped the sentiment on a piece of cardstock 4.5 inches by 1.5 inches. Then I inked the edges. I also used a border to put on both sides of the sentiment to further call attention to it. The PP and stamps are CTMH. Here it is:
Thanks for looking. Have a blessed day.
Barbara

Saturday, March 15, 2014

Challenge Game at Scrapbook Blessings Club today

We are doing a challenge game over at Scrapbook Blessings Club FB page today. Come on over and join us. It is raining cats and dogs here. what a good time to scrap! Here are a couple of things I have finished already.


Thanks for looking. Hope it inspired you in some way.

For a challenge at Frosted Designs

At frosted designs this week their challenge is a sketch challenge  and to also use buttons and bling. You can find them here: http://www.frosteddesigns.blogspot.com/
And here is my entry. My DD has always loved books, so here she is booking it and blinging it!
I used corragated white cardstock with mist and distress stain. I used white glitter paper and colored in some of the hexagon shapes with alcohol inks. There are buttons, and bling and butterflies. Hope you like it.

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Scrap our Stash Challenge Mist

This LO of DD was made for the SOS challenge to use mist which you can find here: http://scrapourstash.blogspot.com/. I used Lindy's Stamp Gang mist and the pp and stamps are CTMH.
Thanks for looking. 
Till next time
Barbara

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Frosted Designs Kit Challenge

I have two entries so far for this challenge. The first one I used a one word title, a black background and a chipboard shape. This is my DH birthday from last year.
For the second one I used a one word title, flowers and a wooden shape. I also used the blue paint to paint the flowers. And I used CTMH alcohol markers to color the butterflies and daisy.
Thanks for looking. You can find Frosted Designs here: http://www.frosteddesigns.blogspot.com/.

Be sure to check out the current challenge at the Scrapbook Blessings Club to use punches on your creations. You can find them here: http://www.scrapbookblessings.blogspot.com/

Thanks Barbara

Scrap your stash challenge- Banners

Here is my entry into the challenge to use banners over at Scrap your Stash which you can find here: http://scrapourstash.blogspot.com/
This is a photo from when we went to Holland. I had wanted to go to Holland since I was in the second grade. It was a dream come true.
Thanks for looking.

Scrap our Stash Birthday Scrap A Thon- Challenge Bows

This is my Lo for the Scrap your stash challenge which can be found here http://scrapourstash.blogspot.com/
I made this with the paper line called Stella from CTMH. This is a photo of my little family.
Thanks for stopping by. And be sure to check out the Challenge at the Scrapbook Blessings Club blog here:http://scrapbookblessings.blogspot.com/ where I am on the Design Team. You can win great prizes too.

Monday, March 10, 2014

Scrap Our Stash Birthday Challenge #3 Anything that Sparkles

I did this LO for the Scrap our Stash birthday challenge #3- Anything that sparkles. You can find them here:
http://scrapourstash.blogspot.com/

I used copper mist on this LO for my something that sparkles.

Friday, March 07, 2014

Cake 2 challenge at Scrap our Stash and sketch challenge at Swirlydoos

I did  this LO for a challenge at Scrap our Stash which you can find here: http://scrapourstash.blogspot.com/
and for the sketch challenge at Swirlydoos which you can find here :http://swirlydoos.com/news.php .
Thanks for looking. Comments are always appreciated.

Border Layers with Graphic 45 Botanical Tea

This is a LO of my friend Jenise using Graphic 45's new line called Botanical Tea. Beautiful colors from them as usual. I cut some templates for border layers with my cricut and traced them on the back of the PP and cut them out. Easy as pie. I got the idea for the border layers from Kiwi Designs that sells templates to make these kinds of LO's. You could even do the layers without templates, just cut. Hope this inspires you to try your own border layers.
Thanks for looking. comments are always appreciated. 

Layout for Scrapbook Joey Challenge

This is the Layout I did for the recipe challenge over at Scrapbook Joey. This company is in the process of producing a scrapbooking game. The recipe challenge called for hexagons, chevrons, one enlarged photo, ribbon, and something more than a year old from your stash. The number card is many years old, probably at least 7. This is my DS at just a few months old. Isn't he adorable?
You can find the challenge here: https://www.facebook.com/ScrapbookJoey
Thanks for looking. Go visit Scrapbook Joey to see what all the excitement is about!

Thursday, March 06, 2014

My first DT blog post at Scrapbook Blessings Club

Today is my first DT project blog post at Scrapbook Blessings Club. You can view it here: http://scrapbookblessings.blogspot.com/.
Here a a few photos from the completed pages of the mini album.








You can see step by step instructions and tips for using acrylic on the Scrapbook Blessings Club blog today. Please go by and leave a comment and let me know what you think!

Scrap Our Stash Birthday Challenge

This challenge is about birthday cake. When you have a birthday cake often you have layers. So the challenge here is to use at least three layers of paper on your project. I do this often anyway. I love the look of many layers. The link to the challenge is here: http://scrapourstash.blogspot.com/.
This is me getting ready for work years ago when I was able to work. Thanks for looking.

Tuesday, March 04, 2014

Punctuation Challenge at Frosted Designs

This LO is for the punctuation challenge at Frosted Designs which you can find here: http://frosteddesigns.blogspot.com/2014/02/fridays-challenge-punctuation-or.html
What a fun challenge! Check it out and enter your own LO for a chance to win a great prize.
I used Botanical Tea from Graphic 45 PP along with punctuation marks from Studio Calico, and American Crafts Thickers. Hope you like it!

Sunday, March 02, 2014

For my first design team contribution at Scrapbook Blessings Club I made this card using punches.
You can find the challenge here on the SBC blog: http://scrapbookblessings.blogspot.com/.
I started with pink cardstock measuring 7 inches by 10 inches to make the card 5 inches by 7 inches. I cut a piece of PP from CTMH Chantilly collection to 5 inches by 7 inches and glued it to the inside of the card on the right side so it would show through where I punched the corners of the card front. To punch the two right corners I opened both wings of the Martha Stewart corner punch and punched both corners. To punch the two left corners open just one of the wings, open up the card, line up one edge of the card front on the wing and then line up the fold line on your card with the little silver mark on the side of the punch opposite the side where you have the wing open. Repeat for the bottom left corner by using the opposite wing. Then you can see the PP that is on the inside of the card through the punched corners. I put a rhinestone on the PP so it would show through part of the punched out area.
Then I prepared my border strips. I measured the silver picture of what the punched edge is supposed to look like and doubled that measurement. Then I cut my border strip to that size. I punched both sides of the border strip being careful to match up the pattern on both sides. You will get results like the borders above and below the stamped image. It is a digital stamp from our challenge prize provider this week at the SBC blog. I printed it on glossy photo paper and colored with CTMH alcohol markers.  Then punch out a butterfly from the same PP as you use for the inside of the card. Attach all your pieces to the card front and embellish as desired. I cut a 3 inch by 4 inch piece of plain pink cardstock for the inner right side of the card for my sentiment and message to be written on. I hope you learned something new today and will join in the challenge and enter your creation for a chance to win!!!
Thanks for stopping by. Hope you have a Scrapbook Blessings kind of day.
See you next time.