Color Pop!

This month for our assignment at Punky Sprouts, we used some black and white paper from The Robin's Nest and we all picked a different color as a pop of color.  I chose green for my color.  I used my new Lindy's Stamp Gang spray ink in Frankenlime Green and love the color!  I sprayed both a Lil' Lacy Blossom and a Lil' Stem.  The Lil' Stem I then twisted and coiled into a flower.  The Robin's Nest dew drops were the perfect center for the flower.  It seems that I am always in need of a thank you card, so I dug out some old stamps and found one that said thanks! :)  Be sure to look at the rest of the dt's color pops!

It's World Card Making Day!

Yep, for those of you who are not crafters, there REALLY is such a thing!  I have a soccer game to go to this morning and I am not sure if I'll get to make any cards today so I thought I'd show you some of my favorites that I have made in the past in honor of this "holiday"!

Last Day of Preschool

Today was Erin's last day of preschool...for this year.  She'll be at the same preschool next year but with a different teacher.  Her teacher this year was also Isaac's teacher for his 2 years of preschool so I think next year will be a bit strange (for me) at least at first! :)  Here is a picture of how happy she is to have the summer start!  (ok, not really, she just liked the bouncy house!)

I made a few thank you cards for the teacher and assistant.  I used some My Little Shoebox Farmer's Market that I had left from this album!  Such great paper and can be used for way more than "farm"!

Final Scrapdango Reveal

I am sad to say that this is my final reveal for Scrapdango.  I have been the dt coordinator there for about a year and a half and it has been wonderful!  But I felt it was time for a change both for me and them!  And while it is sad to be stepping down...I can't wait to play along with their challenges!  I loved them even before I was on the dt!  Here are my April creations with the Sugar kit!

It's been awhile since I did a layout of the dog!  This is using the April sketch at CocoaDaisy.

While I had the sewing machine out, I had some fun with different stitches!

A bookmark I made for myself!

A card a bit more on the masculine side even though I used the sugar kit!

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April Showers

They say that April showers bring May flowers...I certainly hope that is true as we have had plenty of April (and March, February and January!) showers here!  When I saw the My Mind's Eye card sketch challenge's theme this month was, you guessed it, April showers, I just had to play along!  Nothing like playing with some bright and cheery MME paper to chase the blues (and grays) away!  I used the papers from the Fine and Dandy line and made 2 other cards as well but will save those for another day!

Here's their sketch:

And my card:

 I cut out a sun and cloud from another section of the paper and popped it up right where it was on the piece I had on the card.  Love this effect.  The umbrella is traced and cut out from a MME diecut that was from another collection and didn't match!

 

I wanted to show my "new toy" that I got at CKC Portland last month.  Nothing expensive, in fact, super cheap!  I bought a Sakura clear glitter gel pen.  I used it here on random dots on the umbrella.  So easy to add a special little touch!

 

Jillibean Soup

Unfortunately, it is no April Fool's Day joke that I didn't make the Jillibean Soup design team.  I did however love all the projects that I made in the trying out process!  Thought I'd show you the ones that I hadn't already.  I look forward to trying again next year!

And, although I've shown this one before...I can't resist reposting it today for April Fool's Day! :)

March Scrapdango Reveal!

I got to work with the Sugar Kit this month and it is gorgeous!  This Twig line by Little Yellow Bicycle has great patterns!  You can see the kits here!

Speaking of Jillibean Soup...

they are having a design team call and I am throwing my hat in the ring!  This is the first manufacturer call that I have really gone all out...making new projects for it!  Usually I see it at the last minute and just use what I have.  But since Jillibean is a favorite and I follow their blog and on Facebook, I caught the call early!  I wanted to show some of the older Jillibean Soup layouts and projects I have done as well!  I'll show my new layouts when the call is over!

Another Punky Sprouts album.  You can see the whole thing on the Punky blog!

 

A card I made for the design team call...it was one of 3 I made and they only wanted 2...this one got cut!  Although I still like it! :)

 

My first layout about a TV show!  This was right after Lost ended and we had done a little party and I made a bunch of "Dharma Initiative" food as decorations!

 

A double page spread.  This is one of my favorite layouts for the story of it!  This is Isaac with Patty, our Camp Sherman cook!  He's a pretty smart kid but she has had him convinced...for the last 2 years!!!...that the seads he is mixing with water and putting by the fire really do cook into bread!  The resulting bread looks an awful lot like leftover hot dog buns, muffins and bagels! :)

 

A Christmas card made with not Christmas paper!  I love doing that!  And it also has Glimmer Mist...one of my favorite things to do!

 

 A super simple layout of some not great photos of Erin who had to get up on the table to clean because she couldn't reach the middle!  I know it's not a perfect layout or pictures but the story is precious!

 One of my favorite things to make with scraps...mini cards!  I love tucking them into gifts or Isaac's lunchbox! 

Old Good News and New Good News!

First the New good news...one of my cards was picked up for a special issue of Paper Crafts Magazine!  It is the Go-To Sketches issue that will be out in August!  I love sketches!  This was my very first time submitting to them and I got 2 done in time and they liked one of them!  I was thrilled to be watching them announce on Facebook that the emails were going out and then actually get one! :)  There were 2,750 submissions and only 288 cards were chosen.  134 designers are in the book and only 38 of us are "newbies"!

Now for the Old good news!  I had forgotten to post this earlier!  I had a card in the January Issue of Cards.  It was my 2nd time being in that magazine.  Since the month is well over, I can share that one!

Scrapdango January Reveal and a Blog Revamp!

I was a little tired of the blog header and design I had had for quite awhile.  So yesterday, I spent sometime playing around and this is what I came up with!  Let me know what you think!


Here are my layouts and projects from the January Spice Kit!  Loved this kit!

And a bookmark just to remind you that you have until Sunday the 23rd to get your layouts in for the Library Challenge at Scrapdango!

Layouts and Photos and Cards, oh my!

Thought since I haven't posted in a month an a half, that I should get on it! :)  I wanted to document some of the creative stuff I've done this past year so I am picking my favorite 10 layouts, cards and photos of 2010.  Here we go!

LAYOUTS:

CARDS

PHOTOS  (I know there's 11...I couldn't narrow it down!)

 Grandpa and Erin

 Isaac and Erin being silly in their Easter outfits.

 Tadd in Seattle for our 12th anniversary.

 Erin on a CA beach.

 The Redwoods

 A Southern Oregon sunset.

 Isaac and friends.

 Isaac learning the ropes.

 First day of school.

 Isaac's soccer team.

Christmas card picture.