A Fantabulous Day!!!

Last month I attended Heather's C.T.M.H. Splendor Workshop on the Go. We made 4 super cute layouts (two 2 page layouts) and when I got home I made another TWO LAYOUTS with supplies left over!!! So I decided to make a fun card with my Cricut.



I cut the bear at 3" from Create a Critter along with her sweet little dress. I stamped her face and then added detail with my gel pen & chalk. She had to have a little blush! I "bling'd" up her dress with some self-adhesive jewels and added a flower for her head. I LOVE LOVE LOVE how she turned out.

Supplies Used:
Create a Critter Cricut Cartridge
All Shades of Brown Cardstock Open Stock Hobby Lobby
All other papers from Splendor Workshop on the Go Kit - Close to My Heart (C.T.M.H.)
Peachy Keen Stamps Critter Faces Stamp Set
Pebbles Inc. Shimmer Pearlescent Chalks
Gelly Roll White Gel Pen
Orange Flower C.T.M.H.
"have a fantabulous day" stamp by Stamping Bella
Memento Rich Cocoa Ink Pad
Brilliance Moonlight White Ink Pad
Jewels from Dollar Mart (local Dollar Store)

Needless to say, but if you don't have Create a Critter - GET IT! Have a great day & try to CREATE SOMETHING!!!

Cherry-O Layouts

Well, it is Saturday and I meant to have these uploaded already, but life happened. So here they are! The two 2-page layouts we made with the Cherry-O Workshop on the Go.


Yes, we are big dorks - we gave our dog a 1st birthday party. All my dogs had first birthday parties. And each year since they still get a new toy and a special treat of some time (a cupcake usually) on their special day. Marlie's first birthday was a little more special because I made her little cake - peanut butter and dog bones, with a doggie chew stick as her "candle". And I also made her hat! How cute is she???? I cut the title with my Expression with the All Mixed Up Cartridge, welded with my gypsy.


These are some of my favorite pictures of my Daddy. He passed away in 1994, so I treasure what I have all the more. Him sticking his tongue out is classic daddy, if you knew him, you know this! Him teaching me to ride my bike, and lovin' on me after I got a HUGE shiner when I feel on our front sidewalk. I was DADDY'S GIRL! Ask anyone???

All supplies are CTMH Cherry-O Workshop on the Go; except green, blue and pink ribbons are Offray, (ps - the heart cut out was done with my Cricut and Love Struck Cartridge.)

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Cherry-O Cards

These are cards made from my monthly CTMH workshop that I attend. We made two 2 page layouts at the workshop, and then I made 6 cards when I got home just with my scraps. I still have enough scraps to make another 2 page spread! Today I want to share the cards with you. I stamped a couple of images from the Cherry-O kit, but didn't stamp enough to make all 6 cards, so I got a stamp from Unity's KOM-JUNE09 Perfect in Every Way, and the sentiment that went along with it to finish up my cards. I made two of each of the designs below:

"Thanks" stamp is by Hero Arts, Cherry is Unity Kit mentioned above, all other supplies are CTMH Cherry-O Workshop on the Go.


All supplies are CTMH Cherry-O Workshop on the Go.


Pink Velvet Brad by Making Memories, Cherry & Sentiment Stamp are from Unity Kit mentioned above, all other supplies are CTMH Cherry-O WOrkshop on the Go.

Tomorrow or Friday I will share the two 2 page layouts we created with this kit. I need to finished up my journaling and add titles with my Cricut. Have a wonderful day, it is supposed to rain here today - YUCK! BUT that is ok because I can CREATE SOMETHING! =0)

National Scrapbook Day!

Today is National Scrapbook Day! =0) It is pouring down rain here, and so it is a great day to SCRAPBOOK!!!

In honor of today I wanted to share a 2 layouts I did recently.




Supplies:
Close to My Heart Level 2 Paper Packet Tinkerin'
Close to My Heart Level 2 My Stickease
Close to My Heart Badge Buttons
Close to My Heart Craft Buttons (red - not sure of exact color name)

This was a layout from our summer vacation to Gatlinburg & Pigeon Forge last summer. We took one whole day and Keith & I took our nephew, Michael, to Dollywood. The boys did most of the rides, but I did brave a few, even went on two that got us soaked!!! But it was SO much fun!!!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you are in the middle of/getting ready for/coming home from your National Scrapbook Day Celebration. Make sure you GO CREATE something today!!!!

It's a Boy!

Today's card was made for a family friend that is having a baby, actually he was born this morning! YAY! So I thought it only fitting tonight to post this card! I gave her a hand-crocheted baby blanket made by my Mother-in-law and this card to go with it. The baby's room is done in blues & browns so I thought it would make a great little piece of art to hang in his room as well! :o)



I stamped the Elephant off three times onto patterned paper, and then once onto my white cardstock. I cut out the entire elephant and placed him onto the white Cardstock (I realized I wouldn't have HAD to stamp him on the white first, but it helped me with placement), Then I cut out the ears & Trunk and pop-dotted them on, then finally I just cut out the ears, and then pop-dotted them on. It gave the elephant some REALLY nice dimension! And for a final touch I added some stickles to his little toenails, since the patterned paper had some glossy areas the sparkly toenails really stood out an looked cute!

Supplies:
Stamp: Unity Stamp Company Set Wild & Crazy Bunch
Papers: Twinkle,Twinkle Little Boy by My Mind's Eye, Cardstock from Hobby Lobby
Buttons: Walmart bag of buttons (one even said baby gap on it! HOW CUTE!!!!!)
Other: Memento Rich Cocoa Ink, CTMH Waxy Flax in the buttons


Thanks for stopping by and please say a prayer for baby Kaiden and his mommy! Now go CREATE SOMETHING!

Rub-Ons GONE WILD

I had this sheet of patterned paper. I honestly don't even know where it came from. It was the sweetest shade of pink with these cute little retro dots on it. I have wanted to use this "dag-gone" (don't ya love my word there) piece of paper forever now, and finally this sweet picture of our Marlie & Keith was perfect for it. But WHAT on earth was I going to match to it? I found some great colors of cardstock, but they were SO BRIGHT, but nothing else matched. So here it is - RUB-ONs GONE WILD!!!!! Totally fitting for April Fool's Day.


I had this stash of DCWV Rub-ons I had bought from QVC last year, and some Love, Elsie rub-ons I got at Hobby Lobby (I think). And I decided to just do it. And so I began to layer. The white DCWV went on first, and then I sprinkled the colored Love, Elsie rub-ons around. The piece of Chipboard was sort of hanging out, and it got "rub'd on" to!
Supplies:
DCWV Blue Cardstock
CTMH Pink Cardstock
Patterned Paper - UNKNOWN
DCWV Whimsical Rub-ons
Love, Elsie Rub-ons
Chipboard is Autumn Leaves

Thanks for stopping by!!! NOW GO CREATE SOMETHING!!!

WORLD RECORD BLOG HOP!

View the Inspirational Blog Hop by starting at Unity Stamp Co. Blog
with Angela. If you just stopped by my blog today, click on the Unity link above and hop your way through all the blogs.

Angela asked us to post our favorite quote today. This one has always been my favorite.
"We do not remember days, we remember moments." ~Cesare Pavese
I think this quote is so true, it is all those little things we have great memories of, not entire days. And thank God for those moments.


This first card was made for the Hip Hop Thursday No Sour Grapes Challenge
Supplies Used:
Unity Stamp Co. Ginormous Sweet Cupcakes Stamp Kit
CTMH Black Core Cardstock, DCWV Rockstar Patterned Papers, DCWV Glitter Paper
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink & Brilliance Moonlight White Ink



This project was made for the Unity Thinks Spring! Hip Hop Challenge.
Supplies Used:
Unity Stamp Co. November 2008 Kit of the Month - Pinwheel
Love Elsie Patterned Paper, Brown DCWV Cardstock, Georgia Pacific White Cardstock Memento Rich Cocoa Ink


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Your next stop on the WORLD RECORD INSPIRATIONAL BLOG HOP is SummerThyme Studios. Have a super day and don't forget to check out all the awesome specials Unity Stamp Co. is having by clicking on the blinkie below!!! GO CREATE SOMETHING!!!

Daydream CTMH Layout Workshop

Supplies Used:
CTMH Daydream Paper & My Stickease
CTMH My Acrylix Cupcake Sprinkles Set
CTMH Dimensional Paint
CTMH Pretty Pins
CTMH Ric-Rac

We painted the dimensional paint on the cupcakes to give them texture. And we also added the dimensional paint around the My Stickease Scalloped Stickers, and around the stitching we stamped around the edge of the page.

These pictures were of Missie Moo & Marlie on Halloween 2006. So stinkin' cute!!!

GO CREATE SOMETHING!!!

Card from Close To My Heart Party Last Night...

Supplies Used:
Treasure Life My Acrylix Stamp Set September 2008 Stamp of the Month CTMH
All inks were CTMH
Rubber Speedball Bryaer
Punched Post-It for Moon.
White & Black Cardstock CTMH

We got our brayers last month at the Layout Workshop, and I am loving learning to do new things with it. I had a brayer when I was a CTMH consultant 5 years ago, but I don't know that I ever used it for anything! LOL!

Thanks for dropping by!
Now go Create Something!!!

PS - Stop by on Saturday for the UNITY STAMP CO. WORLD RECORD BLOG HOP!!!!

Close to My Heart Layout Workshop - Emporium Papers

These pages were made at a CTMH Layout Workshop held by Heather Hicks. I LOVE these papers, and they made the perfect backdrop for pictures of my puppers. I did the titles after I arrived home because I did not have time to use Heather's Stamps to do them. But it worked out because I had some awesome American Crafts' Stickers that matched perfectly.

This first layout is Mazie's "Gotcha Day" - which is the day we GOT HER. (Thanks Kim for teaching me about that on our Lethal White Group!!!)We are not really sure of Mazie's age. We know her birthday, but we THINK she is only a year old; so I think we will probably just celebrate GOTCHA DAY from now on. We celebrated her birthday this year, as her first, but I think GOTCHA DAY is more appropriate for this baby, since she lived in such awful conditions before we got her. And now she is a princess who sleeps in the bed with Momma & Daddy every night. Mazie is a double-merle/Lethal White Australian Shepherd, and if you want to learn more about what this means, and why she is deaf and has those beautiful eyes (that make it hard to see) please email me!!!


These are pictures of Missie Moo & Marlie in 2007 on both their birthdays. They each got presents on both days; which were a toy and a bone. Happy girls to get toys and treats! My Missie Moo (the border collie) will be 7 this year - wow time flies. I cannot believe we have had her for 7 years this summer! We will be married 9 years in August - so she has been with us almost our entire marriage. And my silly Marlie girl - she is just the life of the party; and those of you that have met her know this!!!


Supplies:
Papers - CTMH Emporium
Stamps - CTMH (Sorry not sure of the name of the sets we used)
Inks - CTMH
Brads - CTMH
Sticker Letters - American Crafts
Stickers - CTMH Stickease, Dome Stickers
Tools - scalloped scissors to make "tabs" on photos, Coluzzle to make circles, Brayer to make scallops on first layouts with ink.

Heather taught us to use the brayer to make "scalloped" paper with the brayer and ink pad - LOVE THIS TECHNIQUE! You TURN the paper, not the brayer and it works great! I had on boo-boo - but I am going to journal the story of going to pick up our Mazie girl there, so it will be ok.

Thanks for dropping by!

Now Go CREATE SOMETHING!!!

Prayer Journal

I have always loved to write in a journal, for personal feelings, to vent, etc. But after talking to my best girlfriend, Hootie, she used a journal for her prayers each night. And I LOVED IT! I decided I needed one of my very own. Then for Valentine's Day Keith gave me a blank pink journal (bought on clearance - That's MY BOY!) and I knew it would be perfect.




Supplies Used:
Paper (all from my scraps) - The Paper Studio, Close to My Heart
Stickers - Girl of God Stickers by Creative Imaginations, 2009 by American Crafts
Stamps - Verve (Pray without ceasing...), Letters by Hero Arts
Ribbon - Butterflies Hobby Lobby
Rub-on - $ spot at JoAnn's
Butterfly Punch - Martha Stewart
Inks - Staz-On Timber Brown, Chocolate Chalk Ink Cat Eye

This was a lot of fun to make, and I got to use it for the first time last night! It is going to live on my nightstand so that I have it at the ready every night at bedtime.

Thank you for stopping by!

Now GO CREATE SOMETHING!!!

Layout Class

Two weeks ago tonight, I took a layout class with some new scrapbooking friends. It is so much fun because all we did was bring the pictures, and she had all the supplies. We just had to have our adhesive, and basic tool kit.

These first 4 layouts were not intended to be Christmas, but I thought that I could make the pink and brown colors work since a lot of my Christmas decor is in Pink & Red.




Supplies Used:
Papers: All by Close to My Heart, except for Pink Brocade paper on some chipboard is by The Paper Studio
Embellishments: CTMH Chipboard, K & Co. Binder Clip, Making Memories all Solid Color Clips & Metal Markers, CTMH Stickers, Heidi Grace Ribbon, Heidi Swapp Rub-on Letters.
Stamps: Unity Stamp Company (Good Times, Bliss, Indulge, Love Almighty God); others are alphabets from Michael's $1 Bin.


These next two layouts were done using the same papers, but the OPPOSITE side of them. I decided to use the Blues for Keith's birthday pages. The story of where we went and why we went there is on my personal blog. :o)Some of the close-up pictures show where we used a piercing tool and a stamped image to create a very cool star background.





AllSupplies on these pages by Close to My Heart!

Thanks for looking! Hope you enjoy'd them. Now GO CREATE SOMETHING!!!