Been a while

I cleaned my kids up and took them to the local city park here and took some pictures for my hubby for fathers day!!! Tried to do something in the cheep but still nice. Got some good shots wanted to share. Trying to get both of them to smile together was quite the challenge!!!

Also, Virtual Scrapbooking Weekend preview is tomorrow and the big party is June 28th and 29th!! Check out this thread on splitcoast for more info. http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=340880

It is a lot of fun, you get a lot of pages done, and get to chat with other scrapping ladies.

Until next time. . .

April

Poker and Silly Joey

Well I finally did a poker page. My family plays a lot of poker, every Friday at my house and at most family functions!! We love poker.

I printed the strips from MS Word, and then inked with red or black. The black strips are ribbon and paper. The swirls are from a new Doodling Template I got because I can't doodle!! So I cheat ;). I used SU! build a brads for the four suits. The title is foam letters, I forget by whom, and tag punch by SU! I sanded the photo and inked with black in in a messy way.

This is also for Sally's sketch #143, a rare one photo sketch. I love the sketch and hope to use it again.

I didn't like where this was going when I started it but it grew on me. I don't know if it is too bright? The challenge was to use ribbon for texture, well I did!!! A lot of it!! Used American Crafts patterned ribbon and SU! ribbon. I stamped the green and orange cs with Big and Little Pieces stamp set from SU! in versamark. I used brads from Making Memories, they sort of look like the pattern on the ribbon.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Until Next time

April

Fishin' Buddies & Joy

This is my dad and Lucas fishing in some lakes we have in our neighborhood. They are well stocked and the fish are very eager to bite which makes for fun fishing. I finally got to use some of my My Minds Eye- Bohemia paper and accessories (photo frame, buddies clear strip). The colors worked well for the photos. For some fun I added a fishing lure to the page, but increases the risk of injury :) I used the tearing edge on the white paper and then inked with close to coco.

This is also for Sally's sketch last Friday (SBSC142) you should stop by and see all the great sketch's she has: Sally's sketch gallery!!!



This page turned out really cute, love the color combo, I used the ribbon as the starting point. For the circles I used my circle cutter by EK Success (have I told you that I love it!!). For the card stock I used DCWV (green & light blue), SU! (brilliant blue), Paper Company (white) all textured (love textured cs!!) Brads and ribbon buckle by Queen & Co, can't remember who the tag is by, patterned ribbon from Michael's, white and green ribbon by SU!. I inked the edges of the photos with brilliant blue and glorious green by SU!. The little circle at the bottom with the date was used to cover up a mistake, I was trying to stamp the date under the picture but it didn't stamp all the way and looked bad, so stamped on the circle (to carry the circle theme) and covered the mistake. As they say, there are no mistakes in scrapbooking just embellishment opportunities.

This page was for the bonus sketch from Sally (SBSC142B) she spoils us!!

Stop by the Totally Random Blog to see all kinds of wonderful pages posted weekly for separate challenges that are posted on Wednesday's.

Until next time

April

Beautiful Boy & No! No! No!

This page is for the Totally Random Challenge #4 using song lyrics for a page. I chose Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) by John Lennon. I found a picture of my youngest boy, Joey, when he was only a few days old. To print the lyrics on the scalloped paper, I cut it to normal paper size and ran it through the printer, and then taped it back together. The patterned paper is from DCWV - spring slab, I rounded the corners, and chalked with Choco Chip (SU!). The patterned ribbon is from American Crafts, wide brown from SU!. Crochet flower from imaginisce (on clearance of course!), heart pins from Fancy Pants Designs.

I tried something different for the title. I used white rub-ons on white paper, then rubbed brown chalk over it to make them pop. It turned out OK I think, need to play around with it a little.

This page is for the Splitcoast Variety Challenge #28 - Chipboard stamping. These are pictures of my eldest, Lucas, who got a hold of some baby powder and made a huge mess with it!!! I don't know where I was, but I took pictures for evidence!!! I used Spring Break papers from SU!, photo corner punch, round tag punch and Not quite Navy paper all SU!. The strip of journaling in the middle says "Lucas + Baby Powder - Mom = A very Big Mess!!"

The chipboard has a variety of makers, I covered them with Not Quite Navy Craft Ink from SU! and then stamped with white craft ink using the Itty Bitty Backgrounds (SU!).
I hope to work on the sketches from Sally today, she included a bonus sketch this week. Check out the sketches here: SBSC142 and SBSC142B.

Thank for stopping by!!

April

Friday Challenges

This is for Sally's sketch last Friday here is the link for the sketch SBSC141. This is a really bright page, didn't plan that but that is how it happened. Finally used a bunch of buttons I have, and I have a lot!! Used the colors from the Celebration Collection from American Crafts, matched up with buttons from walmart, rub-on letters from scrapworks, the ribbon is also American Crafts. Journaling reads: While waiting for the cards game to start Dave and I took some silly pictures. When my son saw the pictures he asked "Is this what you do without us?" I said we were just playing around. April 29th, 2008

I stapled the ribbon on to the journaling strips to have some other splash of metal like the circle tag around the stamp.

This page is for the Variety challenge SBVC27 using thought bubbles. When I saw this challenge I knew exactly what pictures I wanted to use. Our cat has been having hygiene issues so I had to give him a bath, he hates it like most cats. I tried to snap some pictures while doing it because he looks sooooo skinny all wet, he has a lot of hair and is usually very fluffy and look a lot bigger than he is.
This is a close up of the buttons I did. I punched out some of the paw prints from the patterned paper and adhered to the bottom of clear buttons with vellum adhesive.
This is one of my thought bubbles. I used the thought bubbles from Microsoft word added my text and then printed and cut out. I also popped them up for effect.
Until next time . . .

April

Father

These are some pages I have been wanting to do for a long time!! I took these pictures in April 2002 of my Husband and oldest boy. The sketch is loosely based on a pagemaps/Becky Fleck sketch. I love this photo!!! I took it on a whim and it turned out great, a great memory!!


This is a close up of one of the stickers I have had for years and finally used, I added a chipboard letter 'F' painted with Making Memories paint and then I attached an American crafts metal word tile to it.
This is a close up of the left side of the page, I used my Dotted background SU! stamp and clear embossed it, gives it a cool look. I used the buttons as photo corners. Thanks for stopping by and until next time. . .

April

Some new pages. . .

Here is my crazy Dancing Machine!!

This is my page for Sally's Friday Sketch, I though I would have trouble with it but when I found these pictures, I had my page. Then I had a real hard time finding the right papers, I wanted fun and I think I got it :)
Here is beautiful Lily on her baptism. This is for Peggy's Variety challenge, Flowers for mom. I used flowers but not for mom. The edge of the photo is sanded for softness. I also dry brushed on Rose Red ink to the edges of the white paper for softness, looks good IRL. I finally got to use some felt flower ribbon I have had forever. Used some truly vintage buttons, from my mom's stash, and some fuzzy fiber.

Until the next Totally Random Challenge on Wednesday. . .

April