Kay's Scrappy Day

The Final Design Team Card

2011-06-18T17:31:00.000-07:00

Tiffany, from Scrap Tiffany has desided to close her challange blog because life, right now, is just too busy.

Our final goodby is a Sketch made by Sophie.

This is a sketch made for a layout so I had to trim it up a little so it would fit into a 5x7 card. My granddaughter, Trinity, will be turning 12 the end of this month so this card was made for her.

This whole card is made with scraps from my stash so I can't tell you the manufactures names.

I will miss making these cards for the Design Team and the challanges of the creations. I have enjoyed my time so much and wish everyone well. Thank you for following me on this journey. I will still be creating and posting so keep checking in.

Favorite Manufacturer

2011-06-02T13:08:00.000-07:00

I'm really late getting this card up on my blog and the last card never made it. Today at Blog Tiffinay we were to make a card or LO using our favorite manufacturer. Everyone that knows me very well knows that I don't really have favorites and I buy what is on sale most of the time. I like what works for me at the moment.

This card is mostly made using Colorbok papers and embellishments. I actually won all of this paper and embellishments, called the English Moss collection, off of a facebook contest. Maybe I should say that my favorite manufacturer is the one that wants to share their product with me for FREE!

Stop by Blog Tiffiny to see what others have chosen for their favorites.

"Friendship"

2011-05-01T20:00:00.000-07:00

This weeks card for Scrap Tiffany design team is all about "Friendship" This card is made with paper from K & Company. I won this paper pad and love all the beautiful florals it has in it. I folded the coner down and exposed paper that I embossed with my Cuttlebug. I found the lace at the Creating Keepsake convention that I attended in Portland, OR. I really wish I would have picked up a lot more because I really love it. The sentiment is a rub on and the heart charm was another purchase at the Creating Keepsake convention.

Using Stamps

2011-04-14T19:45:00.000-07:00

Yesterday my grandson, Jude, had his 7th birthday. We took him out to lunch and shopping. We wandered around Toys R Us for a while before he picked out two sets of Lego that he has had his eye on. This year we have started this new tradition of taking the grandkids out to lunch and shopping and we have had so much fun with them. We get one on one time with them and they get what they really want for a birthday present.

I picked up this set of cute little kids at an Angel Co. party and I colored him with Copic markers. He is holding a frog in his hands and I added a little Stickles to it to bring it out. I don't know where I got this frog stamp, I think it was a hand me down, but it fit the page so well. The frog is also colored with Copic markers and dotted with Stickles.

I want to thank everyone that visited all the blogs from the Scrap Tiffany design team blog hop. I loved reading all of the kind comments that you left!

ScrapTiffany Recycled Blog Hop

2011-04-12T21:52:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Kay's Scrappy Day blog. Scrap Tiffany is having a blog hop and the theme is Recycling! If you just arrived at my blog you will want to start at the beginning of the hop at Scrap Tiffany. I know you will not want to miss any of the great projects presented by the design team. If you arrived from Katie's blog, Scissors Spatulas and Sneakers, you are in the right place to follow along.

For my recycled project I started by going to our local Goodwill store. I was lucky enough to find two, plain brown, paper mache bunnies for 99 cents. I scooped them up and thought what a great Easter project. I stopped by the LSS and picked out two different patterned light weight paper because I thought it would work best for this project and also another bottle of Mod Podge.

I tore both pieces of paper into strips and then tore it again into smaller pieces. I laid down wax paper over my table and then pained the pieces with the Mod Podge and applied it to the paper mache bunnies. I alternated the paper around to give the bunny some dimention. After it dryed I used distress ink and the Tim Holtz blending tool and gave everything a little distressed look.

I wanted to embelish them a little so on one bunny I added a piece of lace and applied it too with Mod Podge. I used Rhinestones from my stash on both bunnies. I felt that they needed a little pastel color so found little pastel colored buttons and applied them and black buttons for eyes.

I let them play outside for a while when the sun was out before bringing them indoors for my center piece on my dining room table. The branches for my Easter egg tree are recycled too. Last year I noticed my neighbor had trimmed one of his trees and all these branches were piled in a small trailer. I just had to go over and ask if I could have a few. Of course, he thought I was crazy for wanting them. I think for next year they will get white spray paint put on them.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Your next stop is Jennifer. She is a great artist that will sure to wow you with her creation. Don't forget to congratulate her on her new baby girl born April 9th!

Scrap Tiffany - www.ScrapTiffany.com
Michelle - http://michelle-livingandscrappingmylife.blogspot.com/
Katie - http://scissorsspatulasandsneakers.blogspot.com/
Kay - http://kaysscrapyday.blogspot.com/ ********** YOU ARE HERE
Jennifer - http://www.jdcreated.blogspot.com
Norazah - http://letscraft.blogspot.com/
Jolanda - http://jolandascrapsels.blogspot.com/
Wendi - http://scrappydayinparadise.blogspot.com/
Bev - http://beeceecreativity.blogspot.com/
Krischelle - http://www.alteredpage.blogspot.com/
Sophie - http://lescrapdesoph.blogspot.com/
Gaby - http://www.gabycreates.com/
Dale - http://daleys-dailies.blogspot.com/
Danielle - http://scrappindanielle.blogspot.com/
Renee - http://charmsbuttonsbows.blogspot.com/
Becca - http://lovelifecrafts.blogspot.com/
Danielle 2 - http://ecoscrapbook.blogspot.com
ScrapTiffany – http://www.scraptiffany.com

2011-04-08T19:58:00.000-07:00

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It's Another Sketch!

2011-04-01T13:03:00.000-07:00

This is the sketch to follow for this weeks challange at Scrap Tiffany.

And this is the card that I created for this sketch.

Beautiful, Beauty, Beauties

2011-03-15T07:46:00.000-07:00

What does beauty mean to you? Beauty is the theme for today at Scrap Tiffany. I think of a butterfly when I think of beauty. The changes it goes through to become the beauty it will be. So colorful and graceful in it's mature body.

The butterfly is cut from the Tim Holtz Die, Fanciful Flight. I embossed the lacy out side layer to give it some more dimention. On the body I used black puff paint and added just a pinch of gold glitter. I tore the three sides of the front cover in all layers. The inside of the card was covered with the darker patterend paper so that it would show through when the card is closed which added to the lacy layers.

"A Beautiful Life" is a sticker that I put onto chipboard to give it more strength and dimention.

Visit Scrap Tiffany and see what the other design team members have created to express "Beauty" to them.

Sports.......that means baseball around here!

2011-02-28T18:38:00.000-08:00

I picked up this stamp set at an Angel Company home party. I have a grandson and a granddaughter that have played ball and another grandson that will start his first year of T-Ball this year. This set really caught my eye because it had both girls and boys. I colored the image with Copic markers with help from my grandson, Nolan, on what colors everything should be. I made the baseball by sewing the stitching on (not a very good baseball stitcher) and then gluing the cardstock circle onto chipboard. I then added Diamond Glaze on top and let it dry overnight.

I found this ribbon at JoAnn's the other day and it was just perfect for this card. I don't know any little boy or girl that after playing sports isn't a little dirty so I just had to add a little distressing ink to the image and also on the ribbon.

Join us at Scrap Tiffany and see what you can come up with using Sports for the theme. I've already seen some of the other design teams projects and they are great. Check them out at Scrap Tiffany.

What.....snow in Longview?

2011-02-24T18:15:00.000-08:00

We got a little bit of snow last night but it had all melted by noon. Then, around 2:30, more snow rolled in and kept coming down for around three hours. Kia is not a snow dog! He said it was way too cold outside for his little feet.

A little snow doean't keep the birds away. It may have piled up on the bottom but they kept the top foot rests cleared off.

Metal and Wire and All My Love

2011-02-14T23:55:00.000-08:00

I love adding the unexpected to a card and metal, wire and beads are things I always have on hand. I have a lot to celebrate this week and this card was made for my husband. He is my forever Valentine on the 14th. Our anniversary is Feb. 15th and we are celebrating 13 years together. To top it off, his birthday on Feb 17th. Yes, he planned the wedding date so it was easy for him to remember. Still, he can never remember how many years we have been married. He finally framed the marriage license and hung it in our bedroom so he can quickly check it out.

I have always loved red and black together for a guys Valentine. I used regular foil to frame the black card stock. I had the grungeboard hearts in my stash and and ran them both through my Cuttlebug and then used red distress ink on them. I then dipped the edges into black embossing powder to give them an edge that stands out a bit. I wrapped the hearts with wire adding beads and twisted the wire.

The bead letters make the sentiment for the card and the lower ones are framed in a metal frame held onto the card with heart brads. I got the little silver metal hearts with a bundh of eyelets and brads at a garage sale last summer. Even though it is a guys card I added lace to highlight the hearts so they stand out a little more.

Check out Scrap Tiffany for more inspiration when using Metal and Wire.

I love you, Jerry! You are the best and my Forever Valentine.

Caribbean Cruise

2011-02-12T14:25:00.000-08:00

Just returned last Sunday from a really great Caribbean Cruise. It was 81 degrees every morning and only rose up to around 85 so the weather was perfect. I totally froze on Monday all day. I think I finally have gotten used to the 40/50 degrees here now.

St. Thomas was great and got a new David Yurman bracelet. I really love his designs.

We went on a tour of the island of Antigua.

My mothers first cruise!!! I think she really liked it. She had a lot of fun with our waiter DeDe. He was so funny.

This week has been tough. My husband walks around the house looking for the buffet line and the Chocolate Melting Cake. I don't know how I'm going to go from 12,000 calories to the normal 1,200 that I should be eating. We are already looking into where we want to go next. This was our second cruise to the E. Caribbean and I would go back again anytime.

Following the Sketch

2011-01-14T23:45:00.000-08:00

Design team member, Bev, with Scrap Tiffany gave us this sketch to follow for the month. It is always a little challanging to use a scrapbook layout sketch and fit it all on to a card but I always love a challange.

And this is what I came up with using the above sketch

January 17th is my son, AJ's, 28th birthday. For the life of me I can't figure out how he could possibly be that old. This is his birthday card. As everyone that follows my blog has probably figured out by now I'm not good at listing all the different papers and punches that I use. I don't have a favorite manufacturer and I have never been a name dropper for anything. I like the paper that fits my fancy at the time. If I'm going to scraplift from someone else I'm not going to use the same paper they do anyway.

I hope AJ likes his card but he is a guy that will enjoy what is inside the card much more than the card itself.

Scraplift From A New Design Team Member

2010-12-31T23:55:00.000-08:00

This is the card I used for my scraplift. It was made by Brenda who is joining the Scrap Tiffany design team today. I really liked everything she had going on with this card and I could make it into a birthday card for my step-daughter, Sarah, who has a birthday on January 31st.

I had this really great snowflake paper in this yummy tan and white. I matched it with some cardstock in the same color and added a little Graphic 45 paper scallop. The large snowflake I picked up a while back in Big Lots because it just looked like a great embellishment for a snowy card. The other snowflakes I cut on my Cricut Expression. On the small snowflake I put on gems with my iRock and then added some matching glitter. For the embellishments in the upper right corner I dotted Stickles in brown and added the dew drops on top giving them a little glitter and brown color.

Thanks, Brenda, for a great card to scraplift!

Goodbye 2010

2010-12-26T17:57:00.000-08:00

This week we are saying goodbye to 2010 and ringing in 2011 at Scrap Tiffany. This card design was scraplifted, but for the life of me I can't find out who the original designer was. While I am blog hopping I like to save cards that catch my eye. I have a file set up for "Cute Card Ideas" and in the beginning I didn't save any information with the picture. I have changed that now and try to get the information saved so I can give credit to the original designer.

Along with the new year we are welcoming new additions to the Scrap Tiffany Design Team. The designers that are serving another term are:

Sheri

                                                                              Kristi
                                                                              Michelle
                                                                              Katie
                                                                              Kay
                                                                              Jennifer
                                                                              Abby
                                                                              Norazah
                                                                              Summer

The new additions to the Scrap Tiffany design team are listed below with links to their blogs. Visit all of the new designers and you will travel the world, France, Australia, Israel and all over the United States.

                                                                               Yolanda
                                                                               Rebecca
                                                                               Gaby
                                                                               Dale
                                                                               Brenda
                                                                               Christina
                                                                               Sophie
                                                                               Krischelle
                                                                               Yelena
                                                                               Alecia
                                                                               Bev
                                                                               Renee
                                                                               Danielle
                                                                               Wendi
                                                                                Kellie

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Boys, Boys, Boys, it's All About Boys!

2010-12-19T23:50:00.000-08:00

It's All About Boys at Scrap Tiffany this week. My grandson will be five on January 26th and he loves Buzz Lightyear. I think he will really be happy with his birthday card. I found the stickers at Michaels the other day.

Girl Power

2010-12-12T19:40:00.000-08:00

A fun card today celebrating "Girl Power". Since I waited until the last minute to make this card it is a simple card but it still took some time to make. I love the Zebra stripe paper and have used it mostly on girly cards. I'm not sure where I'll find more of it because this was the last of it.

I cut the lettering from Cricut's Lyrical Letters which is one of my newer cartridges. The exclimation mark is chipboard covered with the Zebra stripe paper. I've had this felt flower in my stash for a long time and it just seemed to fit the card.

Handmade Flowers

2010-12-05T23:35:00.000-08:00

Today at Scrap Tiffany we are making Handmade Flowers. This time of year I am very busy making scrapbooks for my children and their families. I use filler pages that are 8x8 and each family gets five pages which makes 10 scrapbook LO's. On this LO I have used tag holders cut from Cricuts Tags, Bags and Boxes cartridge and in each one holds the grandkids Christmas List handwritten by them. I decorated them with Distress Inks and added a lot of bling with my new I-Rock tool which I just love.

The large handmade flower was cut using the Sizzix die Flower #3. The top and middle were changed by cutting off one peddle and gluing it back together which giving it more dimention. The second flower was made by wetting down a chipboard flower that was flat. By wetting it down I was able to peel the layers apart giving it a lot of layering. I then used distress ink along with the Tim Holtz blending tool to give it some color and also leaving some of it naked.

The centers on both flowers are Apholstery Tacks that I picked up at the department store and cut the sharp back off and glued onto the flower.

All of the new design team members have been announced on the Scrap Tiffany Blog. There is some really talented ladies that will be joining us soon.

Sketch

2010-11-28T23:55:00.000-08:00

This LO is for Scrap Tiffany. This week we had to follow a sketch.

Recipes and Food

2010-11-22T10:39:00.000-08:00

Well it's the week of Thanksgiving and it seems that everyone is talking food. I've seen so many recipes for pumpkin this and pumpkin that and the conflict to put mini marshmellows on the sweet pototes or leave them off.

A family favorite in my family is Broccoli Salad. I've made this so many times and still always get requests to make it again. The difference from the deli bought salad and mine is that instead of using raisens I use dried cranberries. So today at Scrap Tiffany we needed to create around Recipes and Food.

Another Blog Hop!

2010-11-11T23:55:00.000-08:00

Today, Scrap Tiffany Blog is participating in another blog hop. Everyones project will be on the blogs listed below. It's called a Recipe Challenge, because each Challenge Blog is adding one ingredient to the mix.

Here is who's participating, and what they added to the "recipe."

1. Sassy Lil' Sketches---The Sketch

2. scrapFIT--We want you to use 3 of the same thing on your LO. (3 buttons, 3 ribbons, 3 brads)

3. Crop Suey---We want you to use ink, paint or mist or all 3.

4. scraptiffany---We want to see some LACE.

5. Cuttlebug Spot---We want to see some texture or embossing.

Here is my entry for this hop. You know you can always tell a scrapbooker from others. They are the ones that are taking pictures instead of grabbing their grandson up from drinking water from the dogs bowl. I quit, a long time ago, asking the question, "what are you going to do next"?

ScrapTiffany Holiday Blog Hop

2010-11-07T19:04:00.000-08:00

Welcome to my portion of the Scrap Tiffany Holiday Blog Hop. I am so glad that you have joined me along this journey. If by chance this is your first stop, hop back to Scrap Tiffany to start at the beginning. You don't want to miss any of the Scrap Tiffany Design Teams great holiday projects.

For my project I have chosen to make package tags. Tags are so much fun to make. You can add as much or as little as you like. They can be simple or more complex.

This first tag is my favorite! The tag is cut from Tags, Bags and Boxes Cricut Cartridge. I topped the tag with red and green papers and embellished the line between the papers with black lace and lime green pom poms. The snowman is cut from last years seasonal Cricut cartridge Snow Friends and I used white iridescent embossed paper to give them some sparkle. Some cute tiny buttons tied with black floss run along the side. I cut two little tags using a Martha Stewart punch and stamped them with To and From and they were tied on top with the tag ribbon.

The second tag was also cut from Tags, Bags and Boxes Cricut Cartridge. I ran it through my Cuttlebug with a Tim Holtz embossing folder. Then, using distress inks, gave it a little color. The dew drops were clear and I colored them red with a Copic marker. To and From was made with a label maker and done!

The third tag is cut on my own to show that you don't need anything special to make tags. I stamped a sentiment and once again used one of the snowmen. I found these cute little doilies the other day and it was perfect for this tag. I added some bling using my IRock tool. (love it!)

This last tag was cut out using the Cricut Cartridge Accent Essentials. I stamped the snowman (Stampn Up)and colored it with Copic markers and then cut it out. Tore off a piece of white cardstock and added glitter for the snow. Stapled the ribbon on and it is ready to be placed on a special package.

Thanks for visiting my blog and I hope you come back again.

Your next stop is KEELY

Sheri - http://auntierere.blogspot.com/

Abby - http://www.scrapbookaholicbyabby.com/

Becca - http://www.houseofhenrie.blogspot.com/

Jackie - http://www.mybasketofscraps.blogspot.com/

Jennifer - http://www.jdcreated.blogspot.com

Jessica - http://canyoupixelthis.com/

Katie - http://scissorsspatulasandsneakers.blogspot.com/

Kay - http://kaysscrapyday.blogspot.com/ - YOU ARE HERE

Keely - http://keelyy.blogspot.com/

Kristi - http://www.tidbitsoft.blogspot.com/

Kristina - http://kmhworld.blogspot.com/

Laurel - http://www.want2scrap.blogspot.com/

Michelle - http://michelle-livingandscrappingmylife.blogspot.com/

Norazah - http://letscraft.blogspot.com/

Rebecca - http://rebeccakeppel.blogspot.com/

Summer - http://summersaultdesigns.blogspot.com/

ScrapTiffany – http://www.scraptiffany.com

It's Almost Halloween

2010-10-24T23:58:00.000-07:00

It's almost Halloween! Halloween is such a fun holiday with all the excitement from the kids and so many things to use for decorating. This week at Scrap Tiffany Halloween is the focus. I made this card by cutting out the "BOO" with my cricut and embossing with cuttlebug. I then used distress inks to give it some color.

I like using googlie eyes and put them in the dark pumpkin patch.

Love To Create!

2010-10-18T14:15:00.000-07:00

Scrap Tiffany's design team this week made banners. I've wanted something to put up on my wall in my Scrappy Room for quite a while just never got arount to making anything. When this project came up I knew just what I wanted to make.

I wanted each letter to be different from the others and I think I really did that.

Scenery Photos - The Caribbean

2010-10-15T09:04:00.000-07:00

This week at Scrap Tiffany we all used scenery photos to make a layout. I had to really give this one a thought because I'm not one to take pictures of just scenery. I then remembered out great cruise to the Caribbean in 2008. I knew I had to have scenery pictures in there. Of course I had great expectations of making a book with all of these photos but it never got even started.

On our excursions in Tortola we went to see The Baths in Virgin Gorda. It was amazing! These huge bolders are sprinkled along the beach. There is a path through the bolders and we followed our guide, climbing up, over and around, from one beach to another.

We are returning to Tortola in January 2011 on another Caribbean cruise. This time we are taking an excursion on a boat that will go back to this same area so we can see it from the sea and snorkel around these great bolders.

I cut the letters out on my Cricut and applied glitter but not covering the whole letter. I really like how they turned out. Less Is Better!

Jeepers Creepers!

2010-09-26T20:19:00.000-07:00

I really hate spiders! This time of year really creeps me out. Seems like there are spiders everywhere and I hear everyone commenting on how big they are this year.

For Scrap Tiffany we were to use our scraps. I keep all my scraps in drawers according to color so they are easy to get to. I found a large (for a scrap) of black and used my new Cricut cartridge October 31st and cut out the spider. I plumped up it's body with puff paint and added yellow glitter and little red glitter eyes.

I took the stripe paper and soaked it in water and then distressed it and used some distress ink on it. I tore up a small piece of cardboard that was sitting in the corner of my room and also used distress ink on it. I found a scrap of tulle and tied it across the cardboard adding some stuffing from an old dog toy for webbing and then put that nasty spider on top.

I think it turned out pretty good for only using scraps.

We all have CARDSTOCK

2010-09-08T08:01:00.000-07:00

The challange this week was to only use cardstock. We all have some of this and use it to accent other paper on our page layouts and cards. I took nine different colors and ran the 1 1/2 inch squares through nine different embossing folders. I didn't think I had that many!

It's hard to see in the picture but I also popped up three of the squares to give some dimention to the card. It was my DIL's birthday on the 2nd so this birthday card went to Lindsey.

VINTAGE

2010-08-29T23:58:00.000-07:00

I love the look of vintage cards. Vintage allows you to go in so many different directions. One of many things that are on my wish list are more vintage stamps, I don't have any at this time.

I received the birdcage and bird die cut from a friend in a swap. The cage was red and just didn't give me the look I wanted so I covered it with crackle paint so that the red shows through. I took a grungeboard swirl and added rhinestones to it and placed in on top of a page out of an old book. The background of the card is distressed inks with a spritz of water giving it a weathered look.

The left side just didn't look right so I added tule and metal cornor brads.

"ORANGE" Design Team Card

2010-08-24T10:10:00.000-07:00

I have been a really bad blogger through this summer. I haven't entered any contests or anything. I made a board book for my daughter for her 30th birthday and I've kept up with all the birthdays in the family and of course, I've done my design team work. I just haven't been very good about sitting down and getting it onto my blog.

This card is for the design team at Scrap Tiffany. This week we were to work with the color orange. It's not one of Tiffany's favorite colors but it is mine. The image is from Stampin Up and colored with copic markers. I distressed the orange cardstock by wetting it and then rubbing my finger over it until it was torn and wrinkled. I think it give the cardstock a ruffled look.

Enjoy the day and I will try to do better about posting my cards. I'm now off to make next weeks DT card.

Black & White Photos

2010-07-26T07:02:00.000-07:00

Today I'm showing you a LO using Black and White photos that I did for the design team. I like to use a lot of color with B & W photos because I feel it makes the image pop! This picture is my grandson in his backyard on his swing. Even though it is B & W you can feel the sun.

I used my new frindge scissors, that I won on the Spotted Canary, on the bottom of the LO and cut the Caterpillar with my Cricut using A Walk In My Garden cartridge. The backing for the photo is a Tissue and applied with Mod Podge and used a little distress ink to give it a little color.

You can see more LO's using black & white photos at Scrap Tiffiny today and again more on Friday.

Congratulation on the New Job

2010-07-19T18:29:00.000-07:00

I made this card for my daughters brother-in-law that just got hired by a trucking firm. He is now a long haul trucker. The theme for Scrap Tiffiny Blog design team was to use Brad & Eyelets. So I combined these into one card.

I stamped the truck cab from a Stamp-in Up pickup stamp and cut the bed off. Used the cuttlebug to give the trailer some embossing and the wheels are buttons with shinny chrome brads.

Lili of the Valley Challenge Card

2010-07-14T18:33:00.000-07:00

I was in need of a Birthday card so went looking for a current challenge with a sketch. It is so much easier for me to get started if I have a sketch to go from. This sketch is a challenge with Lili of the Valley Blog.

Pirate Birthday Party! ! !

2010-07-14T17:53:00.000-07:00

It was Cooper's Pirate Birthday Party this past weekend. My daughter and I put together the invitations above using Paperdolls Cricut Cartridge.

I then used a grunge board cutout and used it as a mask on his birthday card. I sprayed over it with Glimmer Mist giving it an old look for the skeleton. I, once again, used a paperdoll cut out for the pirate and ship. I distressed the sails by wetting them down and rubbing them until the paper was ruffed up and applied some distress ink. Two buttons for the skeleton eyes and a few stickers finished it out.

On the day of the party I made Pirate cupcakes for the kids and a Pirate cake for everyone else.

It's too bad that the Birthday Pirate broke his leg the day before he turned two and was not able to play most of the games. He had a good time anyway and is now the proud owner of a black cast!

Join the Spotted Canary!

2010-07-05T13:49:00.000-07:00

Join the facebook page for the Spotted Canary and you will get a chance to win this prize! It is a great group with challanges and a lot of prizes to be won. This is where I won a ton of scrapbooking items from. Check it out on Facebook or on their web site: http://www.spottedcanary.com/

Blog Giveaway!

2010-07-01T17:12:00.000-07:00

I just ran across this giveaway from the blog, All Scrapbook Steals. Enter by checking out all their great deals and then leaving a comment about what is your favorite summer past time. Get a second entry by posting on your blog, Facebook or Twitter. Winner will be announced on July 11th.

I received a blog award!

2010-06-29T11:36:00.000-07:00

Patti, from the Yahoo Group, Crafty Card Creators, gave me this Trendy Blog Award! Thank you so very much! I now get to pass it on to five others.

Ugly Photos

2010-06-28T06:57:00.000-07:00

Gosh, I can't believe it's been so long since I have posted anything. I have been busy creating, but most of it is for the design team at Scrap Tiffany and I have to wait to post it. The other thing I have been working on, is my grandson's second birthday party. I will post what has been made for the "Pirate Party" when I gather everything together. Pirates are very fun!

For Scrap Tiffany this week I had to work with Ugly Photos. In this day and age we mostly just delete the ugly photos so this was a real challange. But, once again, grandson to the rescue! I went with Ugly Funny Faces. That made it so much easier. A little 4 year old can make some really funny faces.

Printers Tray - Yours, Mine and Ours - Family

2010-06-07T07:39:00.000-07:00

I am so excited about this post today. I have been looking for a printers tray for a while now and almost decided to buy a new one. Over Memorial Day weekend there is a HUGE flea market in Packwood, WA. Packwood is a very small town that is taken over by hundreds of vendors and they run up and down both sides of the Hwy. that goes through the middle of their town. So with my husband, chihuahua and lab in tow, we headed up there.

At one of the first vendors my eyes lit up and I grabbed this printers tray for $10! My husband was so glad that I found this so close to where we had parked the car because he really didn't want to pack it around all day. So, my purchase was made and he ran it quickly back to the car while my mind was a whirl with all the things I could put into this.

During the week I rummaged through things of my mothers, my husband and my little jewelery box from when I was a kid. Paper was cut to fill all of the compartments and then I worked to fill them. I took the baby spoon that fed both of my kids and all eight of my grandchildren. The baby shoes that my kids wore, a little train that I got as a child, my husbands baby pictures along with his parents and a watch that was his fathers that was passed down to my husband. Both of my step-daughters and their families. (okay, the missing spot is for Lauryn that I have to find a picture I like)

The little cat was from my grandmother and it was always in her front window. The picture is my parents and their first little dog. In the top right corner is the ration book, with stamps still in it, that was made out to my mother. Inside the coin purse I found tokens. Five of the small red ones added up to one cent. One the left is my fathers 4th grade report card. Not bad scores dad!

I have my daughters family next with her husband and their two sons. The palm tree is because they were married in Hawaii on the beach. The bracelet is my daughters when she was two. It has her name and contact information on it. Kind of a return to sender if lost.

Below that is a picture of my father when he was in the Navy and his dog tags. The middle picture is bath time in the tub when he was a kid. I included a little pocket knife of his also. The last picture is from my wedding to my husband. Alzheimers, had by then, taken so many of my fathers memories but he was there for me that day and I will never forget his smile. I miss you pops!

My son, AJ and his wife Lindsey and a picture of him as a kid on the Zoom Zoom. The little pinball games are ones that I saved as a child from Cracker Jacks from the days when they gave away really good stuff and one of my first Matchbox Cars. The arrow heads, Indian beads and old bottles were hand dug by my father when I was little and I remember going out with him.

It is very hard to see in the picture but the smallest compartment is filled with the beaded necklace that the hospital used to give the new babies when they were born. Yes, it's mine, with my last name WHEELER. My husbands and my compartment seems to have been cut off from the pictures but we are in there. My pin from when I raised five assistance dogs for CCI, the tie clip from when my husband was a reserve sheriff and dice and chips. Yes, he loves to gamble!

I am sure this will be a work in progress as our family changes and the grandchildren grow. I hope to always be adding little memories to our life.

Scrap Tiffany Blog Hop

2010-06-05T00:01:00.000-07:00

Welcome everyone to Kay's Scrappy Day Blog. If you arrived here from Jackie's blog you are in the right place. If you want to start at the beginning of our hop jump back to Scrap Tiffany.

We are all showing everyone on the hop what we can create with recycled items.

I looked around my house trying to decide what I wanted to recycle and it didn't take me long to see what was tossed into the recycling trash most often. I don't drink coffee, but do enjoy my caffeine, cold and over ice every morning. Yes, I'm one of those that has a Diet Coke every morning. My husband drinks the Sprite.

I cut the top and bottom off of the soda cans using a steak knife and then used scissors to cut the sides. The cans are very thin and really do cut easily. Do be very careful, they have very sharp edges and you can easily cut yourself.

The aluminum is curled so I ran it through my Cuttlebug with an embossing folder and it came out with a perfect emboss and nice and straight. For the next step I ran it through my Cuttlebug once again with a Sizzix die and cut flowers. (I used Flower Layers #3)

I put the flowers together, curled the ends a little and used a button for the center. I sliced very thin pieces from the aluminum and they curled on their own. I added them as an embellishment to my flower.

Don't forget those flip tops! I attached them with brads and ran the ribbon through them for a finished look.

I loved the blues and greens of the Sprite can but can't wait to try Orange Crush for the orange, Mt. Dew for the greens and all the other options out there on the market.

For the Diet Coke can I used the silver back side of it. I embossed it with the Cuttlebug and then used Alcohol Inks to color it. I lightly sanded the top to take the color off of the embossed area so it would give it that extra shine. Of course I didn't forget the flip top and ribbon. An ATC ready to go.

Thank you so very much for visiting my blog today. I'd love for you to become a follower if you would like to see what I come up with next. You are also invited to join me on June 30th at Scrap Tiffany Blog when I will hijack her blog with another example of what I and doing with recycled soda cans.

Your next stop on the hop is: LAUREL

Sheri - http://auntierere.blogspot.com/

Jessica - http://canyoupixelthis.com/
Ana - http://anazelia-myscrapbookaddiction.blogspot.com/
Vicki - http://vickisartisticlicense.blogspot.com/
Keely - http://keelyy.blogspot.com/
Dale - http://daleys-dailies.blogspot.com/
Stacy - http://scrapaliciousgirl.blogspot.com/
Rebecca - http://rebeccakeppel.blogspot.com/
Sandie - http://scrapthatthought.blogspot.com/
Bree - http://artsyfartsyscraproom.blogspot.com/
Lynn - http://kitschkangaroo.wordpress.com/
Tiffany – www.ScrapTiffany.com/Seldovia
Jackie - http://www.mybasketofscraps.blogspot.com/
Kay - http://kaysscrapyday.blogspot.com/ - YOU ARE HERE
Laurel - http://www.want2scrap.blogspot.com/
Kristi - http://www.tidbitsoft.blogspot.com/
Summer - http://summersaultdesigns.blogspot.com/
April - http://www.scrappingskylar.blogspot.com/
ScrapTiffany – http://www.scraptiffany.com

House Mouse says Goodbye

2010-05-26T17:34:00.001-07:00

House Mouse and Friends blog is having their first blog hop. They have added design team members and are showing their blogs. There is candy along the hop so check it out! This challange is Goodbye/Farewell.

I used a sketch for this card from Priscillastyles blog challange. They are also giving away a HUGE blog candy with over 600 entries. I'm #117 so I hope it's my lucky number.

Bildmalarna Image

2010-05-24T19:46:00.000-07:00

I just got this new Summer Bilmalarna stamp set and I love all the images that came with it. I used this card for my DT card for Scrap Tiffany. We had to make a card for a song. This image was perfect for this song! I'm going to also enter it into the challange at Bilmalarna Blog

2010-05-17T16:40:00.000-07:00

This is my latest card made for Scrap Tiffany design team. I just got my new nestie and fun with it. The design team assignment was to make a card that was Glitter & Bling.

Paper Take Weekly - Shiny, Sparkly & Special
Frosted Designs - Flower
Stamp Something - Celebrate Something

Design Team Card

2010-05-09T20:10:00.001-07:00

This week at Scrap Tiffany we were to scraplift a layout. I went onto Split Coast Stampers and looked through a lot of cards until I found just the right one.

This is the first time that I have dragged out my sewing machine and actually stitched on my card. I had just gotten the Die from Sizzix "Fanciful Flight" so got to try that out also.

My mother loved her Mother's Day card!

Scrappy Frogs - Mother's Day

Tilda with Lilacs

2010-05-04T17:22:00.000-07:00

Magnolia stamps are so much fun to color with Copic markers. You can change their outfits with the touch of a pen. Today I dressed her in Pink.

Die Cut Dreams - Tilda In Pink
Caardvarks - Monochromatic
Our Creative Corner - Sketch
Cute Card Thursday - Make Your Own - Flowers, Background
Crafty Angels - 1 Ribbon, 2 Papers, 3 Flowers
Incy Wincy Design - Anything Goes

There is a Mouse in the ..........

2010-05-04T16:56:00.000-07:00

I finally got the right Copic marker so that I could color this image of the House Mouse in the glass of lemonade. As usual I first chose a Sketch and then looked for other challanges that I could combine.

Sketch Saturday - Sketch
Lilli of the Valley - Summer
A Spoonfull of Sugar - Furry Friend

Please join me June 5th & 6th for a Blog Hop with Scrap Tiffany

2010-04-29T14:06:00.000-07:00

Design Team Card

2010-04-28T08:52:00.000-07:00

This week our challange at Scrap Tiffany was to use our favorite manufacturer. Well.......... how do you come up with just one? I figured that since I'm such a SALE shopper I would go with that being my favorite. Whatever I find on SALE!

Design Team Call

2010-04-28T08:42:00.000-07:00

The Next Scrap Tiffany Design Team Search is on!

It's coming up on that time of year again, time to find the next batch of amazing Scrappers and Card Makers to represent ScrapTiffany!

Does that sound like you? Here's all the info that you need, Good luck!

We are looking for a few good scrappers to be part of the next, ScrapTiffany Design Team! The ScrapTiffany Blog has Weekly Challenges that DT members participate in.

There are several positions up for grabs and I welcome applications from everyone, International scrappers too!

This will be a 6 month position, to start on July 1, and runs through December 31, 2010.

***All DT Submissions must be in by Midnight, (Pacific Standard Time) Sunday, June 13th, 2010. The Design Team will be notified via e-mail by June 18th.

If you've never been on a design team before, that's OK! Just take the plunge, dive right in and submit your application. I'm looking for Scrappers as well as Card Makers with a variety of interests, styles and personalities. It may be you!

E-mail the following information to Tiffany@ScrapTiffany.com with Design Team Call in the subject line.

1. Name, Address and Photo of yourself. I want to get to know each person as I am looking at their applications and galleries.
2. A little information about you, who you are, and how long you have been scrapping.
3. Are you a part of any online communities? (2peas, etc.) If so, please list those websites, as well as your username.
4. Do you have a Blog? If so, please give the address.
5. Do you currently Design for anyone? Who? Any past Design Teams?
6. Include Good Quality Photos of the following:
~4 Layouts
~1 Altered Project

***If you are a Card Maker, please submit 5 Cards.
*These projects do not need to be new, but they should show your current Style.

If you are selected to be a part of ScrapTiffany's Design Team, your responsibilities include:

~Joining in on the Weekly Challenges, One Layout, Altered Project or Card per week, due every Sunday afternoon.

~Actively promote ScrapTiffany on your blog and any other websites where rules allow.

~Participate in Monthly Blog activities, such as Tutorials, Blog Posts or Sketch ideas.

~Take well photographed pictures of your layouts, as well as closer images of details when possible.

~ As a ScrapTiffany Design team member you will receive 50% off any kits or products at ScrapTiffany.com

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I'm looking for all types of Scrapbooking Styles, so everyone is welcome to apply! Most of our Designers were First Time DT Members with ScrapTiffany, but have since joined one or more other Design Teams.

Good Luck!! E-mail me with any questions, Tiffany@ScrapTiffany.com

Floating Mouse

2010-04-27T16:29:00.000-07:00

Made a card today with my House Mouse stamp, colored with Copic markers, and worked it around several challenges. I love this stamp because the little guy looks so sweet and peaceful. I followed a sketch, used Aqua, stamped a quote for the card, popped it up for a 3d effect, made the water glossy with Diamond Glaze and added a cute little bow charm.

House Mouse Challenge - Flower Power
Pink Elephant - Aqua
Sketch Saturday - Sketch
Charismacardz - Quote
A Spoon Full of Sugar - 3D
Stamp Something Challenge - Charm
Scrappy Frog - Glossy
Pile It On - Make it Sweet
Corrosive Challenge - Charm

OCC Challange - Blooming Blossoms!

2010-04-24T11:43:00.000-07:00

I cut out the flowers on my Cricut and tossed the paper aside that I had made the cut out of. I then looked at it and had the thought to use the cut out along with this paper so I layered it on top of it and really liked how it turned out.

96th Birthday

2010-04-21T19:45:00.000-07:00

My mother came by looking for a card for a lady she knows that will be turning 96 years old this month. I told her that she deserved a special card. I checked around to some of the Wednesday challange blogs and found some that would work with the kind of card I wanted to make. I cut the numbers out on my Cricut and mounted them on an embossed Nestie. Distressing was ordered from one blog so I distressed the backing. The other challange wanted ruffles and so I ruffled up the brown ribbon. The last blog was looking for stitching and it is on the ribbon.

Crafty Creations - Distress
Little Red Wagon - Ruffles
Your Next Stamp Challenge - Stitching

Six Challenges and a Swap Card

2010-04-20T15:43:00.000-07:00

I used the sketch for my April card swap on the Yahoo Group, Crafty Card Creators. Two of the challenges called for Monochromatic so that is why everything is pink. The other challenges called for Touchy Feely, Tearing and to pick three items from a list. I chose embossing, tearing and sponging. The last challange was for Bows, Buttons and Bling.

Die Cut Dreams - Tearing
Caardvarks - Monochromatic
Charisma Cardz - Monochromatic
Cute Card Thursday - Touchy Feely
Scrappy Frogs - Pick 3
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle - Bows, Buttons & Bling

Design Team Card

2010-04-19T13:50:00.000-07:00

This Monday at Scrap Tiffany we had a sketch challange. I know that a lot of people like to put their own spin on a sketch but I find the challange is in following the sketch the best I can. This sketch was made more for a scrapbook layout but I got it all onto a 6x6 card.I used my Cricut to cut the baloons, party hat and the saying.

New Challange Blog

2010-04-17T13:33:00.000-07:00

Cas-Tastic Wednesday Challenge is a new blog and this is for their first challenge. Cas stands for Clean and Simple. Sometimes I think I put way too much thought into my cards and they take a while to make. I'm going to try this new blog site to learn more about the clean and simple look.

Todays' card background is made by spraying Glimmer Mist in a couple of different colors and then running it through my Cuttlebug for a nice embossed look. I used a sentiment that I found at a garage sale (love those for craft stuff)inside my new Nestie I just got.

Pile it on - Sentiment as focal point

Simple Doodles - Inspire Others

Pixie Dust Studio - Green

Sketch Challange

2010-04-15T15:59:00.000-07:00

This card started out to be entered into the CPS Card Sketch challenge. A really fun sketch to follow. I then chose the colors Pink, Purple and Sage to go along with the Critter Sketch Challenge. Sparkle was added to fit with the ABC Challenge.

New week for Challanges

2010-04-15T15:33:00.000-07:00

I got out my House Mouse for a little fun this week. Since this stamp reminds me the most of Spring in the N.W. it is going to fit into a few challange catagories. I colored her with my Copic markers and added my homemade flower soft to the leaves, grass and flower. A splash of stickles on the flowers and also the image flower. A little butterfly flutters close by.

House Mouse Monday Challange - 2 papers, 3 flowers, 1 ribbon
House Mouse and Friends - Spring
Cute Card Thursday - texture

Papertake Weekly - Cutie Pie

House Mouse Blog Candy!

2010-04-13T16:34:00.000-07:00

Handmade by Vivi is giving away three new House Mouse stamps.

121 MAKE A WISH 2
102 BRING ON THE RAIN
105 FLOWER BED

Follow the link to her blog to enter.

Kyla's Baby Shower Gift

2010-04-11T10:20:00.000-07:00

This special wall hanging was made for my niece's baby that is due in May. Her name will be Maddie Mae so that is why the large "M". I have gotten lucky and also found a challange this fits into at the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog where they wanted a baby shower project. Great timing!

Blog Candy Drawing April 11th

2010-04-10T08:48:00.000-07:00

Jacki Randolph at Paper Moments blog is giving away candy. Visit her blog and sign up. Drawing will be April 11th so hurry.

"Sparkles"

2010-04-07T15:24:00.000-07:00

I was looking at a technique on the Order of the Opus Gluei Blog and then desided to enter their challange to make it "SPARKLE" I used my Cuttlebug and embossed the card and then used the opposite side so that the glitter sat into the flowers.

2010-04-04T13:48:00.000-07:00

It's Easter Sunday and my family is all off at their other families this year so I am playing in my Scrapy Room. It seemed that everyone wanted Easter and Pastels this week.

The Craft Garden - Pastels
Fussy and Fancy Friday - Easter
Cute Card Thursday - Egg or Oval
Colour Creat Challenge - Pastels
Crafty Angels - Easter
Creative Craft - Easter
Crafty Creations - Anything
Cricutters Anonymous - Easter
Priscilla Styles - Sketch

Sketch and Paper Piecing Challange

2010-03-29T15:11:00.000-07:00

The Crafty Angels were looking for Paper Piecing and Get Sketchy Card Challange had a fun sketch. I cut the circles and the star on my Cricut and the little flowers I used my new Perfect Pearls on.

2010-03-29T14:53:00.000-07:00

This card was made for the blog Stamp, Scrap & Doodle I recieved this image in an image swap and colored her in with my Copic markers.

The colors were chosen by The Play Date Cafechallange blog.

2010-03-29T14:40:00.000-07:00

The sketch for this card is from the Critter Sketch Challange blog. It was a quick card and I used the colors White, Black and another color that I got from the Diecut Dreams Challange blog.

Sketch Card

2010-03-24T10:25:00.001-07:00

I found this sketch on the Rose Blossom Legacies Blogspot. I had just finished coloring this image from Stampendous and it all just fell together with a flower I made yesterday. The background paper was made by soaking up left over Glimmer Mist and adding some Distress Ink and then embossed with the Cuttlebug.

Also entered in:

Stamp, Scrap & Doodle - Tearing

Challange

2010-03-23T21:01:00.000-07:00

I was busy today making paper flowers. I tried different ones from different cartridges. This one is from A Walk in my Garden. This time of year it's all about the little potted plants that are just coming out.

Creative Cottage Challange - Flowers

Blog Candy offered at Epiphany Art Gallery

2010-03-23T10:19:00.000-07:00

Want a chance to win a set of Copic atyou Spica's?
Leave a comment and link back to this post on your blog. That's it to enter!If you want to up your chances of winning,become a follower and your name will be entered twice. Just leave another comment to let me know. Blog candy runs from now until April 20,2010.

Spring & Flowers

2010-03-17T17:46:00.000-07:00

I received this image in a recent image swap. I had a lot of fun coloring her with my Copic markers. I added some stickles on the top of the ice cream. I picked up the Paisley Cuttlebug embossing folder on sale yesterday at JoAnn's.

Cuttlebug ChallengesTheir challange is "Spring"3/25

The Creative Cottage Challange - Flowers

The Play Date Cafe & Magnolia Stamp Lovers

2010-03-16T16:16:00.000-07:00

I finally bought a block so that I could use my new Magnolia Stamp, "Tilda Picking Lilacs". I love lilacs and have 4 bushes in my back yard. The Play Date Cafe had a challange with colors and lilac, green and white fit well with this stamp. The Magnolia Stamp Lovers challange was to use die cuts. Tilda fit nicely in my large nestie.

Challange Card

2010-03-16T10:37:00.000-07:00

I'm having a lot of fun playing with my House Mouse stamps and my new Copic markers. I searched and found 4 Challanges that I could participate in with this one card. I'm working to clean out some of my older paper and scraps. (make room for new stuff!) I used two punches, 1st is rounded corners and the 2nd is the MS punch on the half circle. "Spring" fit for one other challanges and then a sketch. I added a little home made flower soft to the flower.

Die Cut Dreams - Two Punches
The Pink Elephant - Spring
House Mouse & Friends Monday - Sketch
House Mouse and Friends - Anything

Challange Card "Lucky"

2010-03-14T12:10:00.000-07:00

I am entering this card into the The Corrosive Challenge

Just Buggin has a theme of "GREEN"

Challange Card

2010-03-13T15:59:00.000-08:00

Paper Sundaes challange this week is to use the colors Crystal Blue, Hollyhock and Sweet Leaf. I found, in my stash, paper that had all three colors. It is a Basic Grey paper called Peppermint Stick. The Magnolia image is one that I just received in an image swap and colored it with my Copic markers. She needed something to sit on so I made a swing hanging from a tree branch which I let sweep off the card.

All of the above fit in with this weeks sketch from Sketch Saturday.

A new Challange Blog called The Creative Cottage was looking for something "NEW". This Magnolia image is new to me coming from an image swap I was part of. The tree branch at the top of the page is from a new Cricut cartridge I just picked up called Home Decor.3/17

Caardvarks Challange

2010-03-06T17:01:00.000-08:00

I made this card for the Caardvarks Challange from the inspiration of the above picture. I scored the card in 1/4" marks to imitate the bird cage. The butterflies are from a stamp that was given to me and had no markings on it. Felt that it really needed a little pop of color so added some puff paint on the wings of the butterflies and a teal ribbon running along the side.3/18

Susie's Sassy Designs and Sketch Saturday

2010-03-06T14:58:00.000-08:00

This card was designed with the colors "Lilac and Aqua" for the challange at Susie's Sassy Designs and a sketch from Sketch Saturday. The image is a clear stamp that I picked up on clearance from JoAnn's and the embossing is the Cuttlebug Script.3/11 - 3/13

Gingersnap Creations Blog Birthday Candy

2010-03-05T09:56:00.000-08:00

To celebrate their birthday, they are having a Birthday Blog Candy Bonanza at Gingersnap Creations! It's going to be a real hoot! 3/19

Papertake Weekly Challenge

2010-03-03T18:06:00.000-08:00

Button, Bows, Brads & Bling
Use all of them or as many as you wish.

Obsessed with Scrapbooking Giveaway!

2010-03-03T07:38:00.000-08:00

Here's the prize package - a large Happy Day paper pack with embellishment sheets, Happy Day borders, epoxy stickers and dimensional elements! Leave them a comment on their blog. Obsessed with Scrapbooking
Win Claire paper with some matching embellishments? Leave a comment!

Diecut Dreams Challenge Blog

2010-03-01T20:13:00.000-08:00

This card was made with a sketch theme from Karen at Die-cut Dreams Challenge Blog. It was a real challange with so many layers and I loved making it.

I've also entered into a Challange from Saturday Spotlight Last week they wanted "messy" cards and this week we were to "clean it up" with clean lines.

Challange Card

2010-02-28T13:12:00.000-08:00

This is a card that I am entering into four challanges and I will link them at the end of this post. The first is "card for mom". My mothers birthday is in May so this is for that special day. The second challange calls for "Glitter and Lace. I found this lace at a crafters supply sale this weekend and I outlined Mom with glitter and also dotted the embossing on the circle with green glitter. Topped it off with a little Glimmer Mist. It's always hard to get glitter to show up in a picture. Another challange is to use three different textures. I have embossed two of the items, used lace and made a paper flower. The 4th challenge is a sketch to copy.

I Heart to Stamp - Sketch
Allsorts Challange Blog - "Mom"
Drunken Stampers - Glitter & Lace 3/5
Crazy for Challenges - Three different Textures 3/6

2010-02-28T13:09:00.000-08:00

Prima has something really big coming your way March 1st. Blog candy and a big announcement.

Diary of an Ordinary Girl

2010-02-26T06:37:00.000-08:00

Karen, at Diary of an Ordinary Girl, is a DESIGNER FOR JUST BUGGIN - THE CRICUT CHALLENGE BLOG is part of a blog hop going on right now. Visit her blog for details on candy!

Challange Card

2010-02-23T14:49:00.000-08:00

This card was designed to fit many different challenges I've ran across this week. The sketch was from Friday Sketchers and I used a new technique on the rolled flower from a tutorial I was sent. Flowers were stamped using a SU set called "Sassy Stems". Stickled the flowers and filled the vase with Diamond Glaze. Used the Cuttlebug "Script" embossing folder for the background and stitched two together.

Friday Sketchers - Sketch
Stitching & Embossing - Cuttlebug Challanges
Spring - Inky Impressions
Stamp - Practical Stampers
Flowers - Flourishes and Jacksonbelle
ABC Design - Birthday
Stamp with Fun - Stamps

Critter Sketch Challenge #2, Stamp Something Spring and Just Buggin

2010-02-22T14:41:00.000-08:00

I am entering this card in two challanges. Spring is the key word!

This is a new challenge blog that will offer a wide range of challenges from sketch to theme to color, etc.

This card is for their second challange which is using a sketch. I once again, dug into my scrap drawers and came up with this color combination. The three stripes are embossed with the Cuttlebug. Added to the sketch was the requirement that at least two brads or eyelets were used on the project.

Saturday Spotlight - Mess Around and Tuesday Throwdown #16

2010-02-21T17:25:00.000-08:00

The challange today is to make your creation MESSY! Tear paper, distress with ink and make it messy. I took this sweet little House Mouse that I colored so carefully and tore and curled all the edges. Spritzed on some Glimmer Mist to age it a little more and tucked down the corner to display the sentiment "Believe".

If I cross my fingers and "Believe" maybe I could win a $15 gift Certificate to be used at the Whimsy Stamps store.

Scrap Tiffany Weekly Challange Blog

2010-02-21T15:44:00.000-08:00

I have been invited by Tiffany, from Scrap Tiffany Blog ,to join her design team. I am so honored! This is a weekly challange blog for scrapbook layouts, cards, altered project or something digital. Come and join us this Monday to see what I have come up with for my first project.

Tiffany also sells monthly precut class kits and layout kits. Check it out on her blog!

Unscripted Sketches #43

2010-02-20T15:26:00.000-08:00

This was a twofer challange. They gave you a sketch to follow and also added in a combination of four colors. I chose to use a paper flower, cut from my Cricut "Walk in My Garden" cartridge, to add the rosy pink. Added a little Glimmer Mist to give it some shine and an easy, thinking of you, sentiment.

Bildmalarna Blog - Bring on the Bling Challange

2010-02-20T13:45:00.001-08:00

I put this card together using paper from My Minds Eye Life Stories. I embossed the middle section with QuicKutz Flower Card added some Stickles and bling. Sentiment is from a new set I just picked up at a garage sale today, Stampin Up Happy Harmony set.

House Mouse and Friends - HAPPY / "Kewl" colours

2010-02-20T11:27:00.000-08:00

I think these two little guys look pretty fat and happy to me!

Challange #2 for the House Mouse and Friends Blog. The challange word is happy. Use a House Mouse, Happy Hoppers or Gruffies image and make sure they’re HAPPY!

Maddie Mae

2010-02-19T19:29:00.000-08:00

This is a card that I have made for my neice's baby shower that will be on March 28th. She is expecting a baby girl on May 24th, one day before her Great Grandmothers birthday. Think she will hold out for one more day???

The Color Throwdown #79/Simon Says What's Love Got to do With It

2010-02-10T16:08:00.000-08:00

This is a challange blog where they give you three colors and you design a card using the chosen colors. Here is a link to their blog -

Day 346 Tuesday's Trio: Scallops - Ribbon - Ink Distressing

2010-02-09T15:57:00.000-08:00

For this card I distressed a white heart with brown Distress Ink and a spritz of water. Crumpled it up and added Distress Red ink and spritzed with water. Finished the heart with Stickles around the edges. I cut a scalloped tag and shadow from Cricut Celebrations cartridge and hung it from red polkadot ribbon. Finished the edges with a Martha Stewart edge punch and some buttons.

The inspiration for this card was the blog 365cards.

Bildy Blog Challange

2010-02-09T15:40:00.000-08:00

This is a color Inspirtation challenge...use the picture on the left as inspiration for your card. You can use the colors, shapes, designs etc. This challange is put on by http://bildyblog.blogspot.com/. 2/18

I was lucky enough to be able to use some of my many scraps for this card. Highlighted with Stickles and filled the vase with Diamond Glaze.

Mojo Monday Challange

2010-02-09T08:09:00.000-08:00

Another card for the Mojo Monday Challange. They give you a sketch to work with and it is fun to see what everyone makes with the idea. This sketch is from Maria Gurnsey.

Mojo Monday 124 Contest

2010-02-04T18:08:00.000-08:00

This card was designed for the Mojo Monday 124 Contest. Winners will be announced on Wednesday, February 10.

Valentines with a Twist

2010-02-04T18:00:00.000-08:00

This card is for a Valentines with a twist on the Catch The Bug Challenge. Create a card, tag, layout or item that could be used for Valentine’s Day. The twist is to use non-traditional valentine colors, that means no pinks and no reds. I went with the color blue.

Give Away at http://scrappinstyle.blogspot.com/

2010-01-31T17:48:00.000-08:00

Amy is giving away the Love Struck seasonal Cricut cartridge! She is trying to meet her goal of 100 followers. Check it out!

Simon Says...What's Love Got to do With It

2010-01-27T10:49:00.000-08:00

Valentine for your someone special!

House Mouse Challange

2010-01-27T10:14:00.000-08:00

This card is for the House Mouse and Friends Blog Challange. You needed to use a House Mouse, Happy Hoppers or a Gruffies Stamp and the sketch on their blog.

They will choose a winner on February 14th! You can find a link to their blog below.

Creatalicious challenge #6 /January 24th Sketch Challange

2010-01-24T19:12:00.000-08:00

This card was made for the Yahoo Group Sketch Challenge.

I have also entered it into Creatalicious challenge #6. No stamped images, you can stamp sentiments and use punches, diecuts and stickers (anything as long as it is not a stamped image or a digi image)

January 24, 2010

2010-01-24T19:07:00.000-08:00

This week I am posting the ATC (Artist Trading Card) that I made to trade with another member of the crafty card creaters, the Yahoo Group that I belong to. Thank you for looking!