Thankful 4 Family Time

I am sooo thankful for family time. We are a pretty close family, and really do everything together, we support each other at sporting events, out to eat, play, and just run errands together. That's kinda just the way we are. So I LOVED the theme topic from My Scraps & More for 11/21 to create a page about being thankful for Family Time. These photos were taken in October from a recent family outing to Disneyland. We had a BLAST!!! Even though I was pretty pregnant at the time, you still gotta love and enjoy going to Disneyland.
I used Crate's Portrait line... I still LOVE it, and it goes with everything!! it really does.
I also used the Sketches In Thyme #61 double pager sketch!!! yeah a two pager, I haven't done one in awhile, but it was perfect for these photos.

Here's the left side close up page:
And the right side close up:
Hope you have a happy day.....

Back 2 School

I always love to get lots of pictures of the kids on their first day back to school. They are starting to say I may take too many, but that's ok. I love how excited their faces are and also their excitement for a new outfit, backpack, and shoes. The 11/25 My Scraps & More thankful challenge was Thankful for Education and to use the word "school" on your layout, and use some school photos.
I also used the Creative Scrappers #184 sketch for this page
and played along with ScrapFITS's WWU #19- use stitching on your page. I'm always use for an excuse to break out my sewing machine.

I added lotst of mist, distressing, and wooden buttons:
I added zig zag stitching around the circle, and then straight line stitching around the grid/ruler paper....

Thankful For Summer

Thankful for Summer!!!! Yes, I am one of those people that just LOVES summer and can never get enough of it.. Give me long days, a feeling of carefree-ness and freedom, warm sun on my face, and playing outside. I am totally there... Lisa's challenge for My Scraps & More was to create a page about your favorite season, and mine... summer.. I used Echo Park's Summer Days line for this page, full of color and happiness!! I also used the 11.17 sketchy thursday sketch to play along with.
I added lots of pop dots to the clouds to make them jump off the page.

2 Beach Pages

Finally got back on the scrappin bandwagon after a week's break, it just got too crazy with the holidays and not enough hours in the day for extra scrappin. So I'm trying to get done what I can before my lil bean is born. I used the 11/29 sketch from My Scraps & More that was posted today for the Thankful challenge- thankful for sketches. I finally got some newer pics printed and had to dive right into them. I used some Crate Neighborhood for this page.

Got my sewing machine threaded again, and used it on the page:
I just love the photos of the kids playing in the sand/water:
Beach Girl... Sydney is totally my lil beach girl, so using the Roxy Girl ticket was the perfect addition on this page. For this page I lifted my scrappy buddy Lisa M's page for the My Scraps & More thankful challenge- to pick a page in the gallery and lift it. I used some Crate Emma's Shoppe line for this page.
upclose of some misting and embellies:
Hope ya have a good one...

Card W/ Matching Envie- GDT at Pixie Dust Paperie

Nothing says I'm thinking of you like a homemade card in the mail. I don't think I've sent a store bought card or purchased one in years!!!! I just LOVE to receive homemade cards also, because I know all the energy that goes into creating one. It's just sealed with that extra bit of love.

Here's a close up of my card:
And close up of the matching envie:
And here you go... a perfect set to send to that special someone...
I think by making the matching envelope, it kinda goes that extra mile in creating a full set and says " I am realllly thinking about you".

I used the Pixie November Kit "Pink Rose Cottage"

Get yours HERE!!!

Day 272: Super Sketchy Sunday

WOW!!!! can you believe it, another week has gone by already??? Talk about super fast!!! Pam has a cool new sketch up and posted for Day 272 at Cards Challenge blog to play along with.

Here's my take on it, with some Cosmo Cricket:
upclose with a lil bling, butterflies, and a fussy cut out Friends sentiment:
I even added a lil twine on the tag, and the stitching is actually faux!!! I was too lazy to re thread the bobbin!! lol...
Hope you have a SUPER crafty week!!!

Read My Story Bookmark- GDT at Pixie Dust Paperie

My daughter has been asking me to make her a bookmark for her reading books, since she lost her's the other day, and this was the perfect kit to create one for her. I used the Echo Park Wild Rose solid paper for the base of my card and made it 3X7, a perfect size for her reading books. I then added the GCD Vintage Jane paper.

Next I cut out some of the Teresa Collins Posh flowers and sewed onto them to give them an extra pop.
I used several Echo Park element stickers to find off embellishing the bookmark. The EP Victoria Gardens stickers has the perfect sentiment for the bookmark "The Story", so I just used the alphas to add "Read" and finish it off.
I can't tell you how excited she was to receive it and has already put it to use!!!

At The Pixie Shop

I created the above bookmark using Pixie November Kit

"Pink Rose Cottage"

get yours HERE!!!

Altered Mini Box- GDT for Pixie Dust Paperie

I've had this cute lil notebook foreeeeever in my stash and have been meaning to alter it for the longest time. Sydney seems to keep lil notes all over her desk, and I'm tired of cleaning them up all the time, so I decided to alter this for her, and have a cute place for her to keep her notes.

I used mainly Echo Park's Victoria Garden's line for this creation.
Adding a pretty Maya Road flower, some Echo Park elements stickers, and some of the gorgeous trim from the kit.
I also punched some scallops in the patterned paper to girl it up a bit:
Fussy cut a flower to really add some girlie touches to it, and the lovely ribbon:

All supplies from this altered Notebox are from the Pixie November Kit

Pink Rose Cottage

get yours at The Pixie Shop!!!

Pixie Dust Paperie: Pixie Challenge

Over at the Pixie Dust Paperie, they have a great November challenge to play along with and a great prize up for grabs!!!

November Inspiration Challenge

Be inspired by this photo and create any project, e.g. cards, layout, altered project etc.

When

Challenge starts November 20, 2011 at 12 AM (EST) and ends December 5, 2011 at 10 PM (EST)

Prize

One winner will win a $15 gift certificate to The Pixie Shop

Challenge ends December 5, 2011 at 10 PM (EST)

Winner will be announced on December 6, 2011

Here is what I created with the inspiration photo:

I LOVED the colors, and use those for my base of the card. Then added the Prima white window from inspiration from the photo also...
Hope you play along too... that photo is stunning!!! and lots of fun ways to pull inspiration from it too....

Day 265 Super Sketchy Sunday

Pam wow-ed us with another amazing sketch to get the week going at 365 Cards Challenge Blog... Day 265 has a new Super Sketchy Sunday sketch to play along with!!!

Here's my take on the sketch, I used some older Cosmo Cricket for this card. I still LOVE this line...
I made this card for my hubby for our anniversary.. I couldn't resist adding this cute lil birdie too:
I also added a banner, some distressing and a bit of bling too:
Hope you play along!!!

Faith Layout- GDT Pixie Dust Paperie

This kit is perfect for some super girlie pages and projects.. I saw those big roses from the Teresa Collins Posh line and instantly thought about cutting them out and popping them onto a project...

To add some texture on the flowers, I added some sewing machine stitching. I cut out all the flowers from the Teresa Collins "Posh" paper.
To make the page super girlie, I punched a scallop border, distressed the pink Echo Park print paper, added some pop dots on the flowers, and then some machine stitching on the page too:
I just LOVE the quote from the Echo Park Sticker Elements: "Today I wish you a day of ordinary miracles"
Hope you all have a great weekend!!!!

Thankful for Family.

If there is anything that I am thankful for.... it's my family. I don't know what I'd do without them, I would be sooo lost. They make my heart beat, they make my soul move, and they make me smile and happy. Sure, everything isn't perfect all the time, but that would be crazy and impossible. I LOVE that we are a close family, we really do everything together all the time. I feel like a piece of me is missing, if one of us aren't there.
I used the theme Thankful for Family for the My Scraps & More thankful challenges. I used also the My Scraps & More sketch # 14 for this page. I used some older Crate Portrait Collection for this page. I still can NOT get enough of how gorgeous the line is...
The challenge was to also use at least 2 journaling spots on the page:
Hope you family bring you as much joy, as mine does to me.

Thankful For Silliness.

If it's one thing our family does pretty well, it's being silly.. we LOVE to laugh at our house, have a good time, and not take things too seriously. We enjoy having fun at our house. And the kids LOVE to make silly faces in front of the camera too. They LIVE for those silly pictures.
I used the Thankful for Silliness theme from My Scraps & More Thankful challenges.
I used the sketch from Sketches in Thyme # 60 that was posted today, it was perfect for the photos.
I also played along with Scrap Your Crap's # 59 Mist challenge. I used THREE different mists on my page: Coffee, Aqua, and Green.
I just love to see the kids being so raw when they are totally laughing up a storm.

Washi Tape Card

Paige posted a super fun card challenge at the Create blog: use Washi tape on a card. I have some, but I know I sooo want to get some more, I LOVE how fun the tape is and added to any project. I created this card and used some older Crate for it. This is what I came up with. I thought I would make it kinda a thankful theme too, esp since Thanksgiving is right around the corner!!!
Also the challenge at The Paper Variety is to: use the word "thanks" or "thankful" on your paper project.
Hope you have a great day and full of thankfulness.