My Funny Valentines

Happy Valentine's Day!! I want to share a layout I made last week with you today, and this is definitely the perfect time for it. ;) Last month, May Arts posted about a challenge called Sweet Nothings on their blog. The way it works is that whoever wanted to participate in the challenge could go to their website, pick out some ribbon to be sent to them, and then promise to create a Valentine's project by today, using some of the ribbon they received on it. Of course I wanted to join so I went to their site and chose an amazing brown color of their Ric Rac, and sent in my email. After I received the ribbon in the mail, I couldn't wait to get started!

At first I thought I would make a mini album because I had this chipboard heart and I really liked it. I went to work on it, covering it with paper and attaching the ribbon and some flowers. Once it was done though, I thought it was way to pretty to get lost as the cover of a mini, so I decided to use it on a layout instead. I am SO glad I did because I loooooove this page so much!!






Supplies: BoBunny Paper - Love Bandit; BoBunny Double Dot Cardstock - Flamingo Dot; Technique Tuesday/Ali Edwards Stamp Set - Loving Words; Craft Smart Ink - Chocolate Brown; Adirondack Paint Dabber - Espresso; i-rock; i-rock Pink Gems; Doodlebug Loopy Lou Cardstock Alphabet Stickers - Bon Bon; May Arts Ric Rac Ribbon; Bazzill Flower; Recollections Flower; Papertrey Ink Button; Tim Holtz Edge Distresser; Making Memories Sanding Block

Isn't that just so pretty?? This is one of my most favorite pictures because it has my amazing family in it and they all just look so happy! They are definitely my Valentines and I couldn't ask for anything more. ;)

Thank you SO much to May Arts for letting me be a part of their fun challenge! Their ribbon is amazing, both in looks and quality, and alot of fun to work with too. :) If you'd like to see all of the challenge entries, be sure to stop by the May Arts blog today and check them out!

Cardabilities Reveal #25

Good morning everyone. :) Today's the reveal of sketch #25 over at Cardabilities! When I saw this sketch, I really liked it and instantly knew what I wanted to do with it...






Supplies: Basic Grey 6x6 Paper Pad - Olivia; Verve Stamp; Colorbox Chalk Ink - Chestnut Roan; Craft Smart Ink - Chocolate Brown; Cuttlebug; Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Polka Dots; Tim Holtz Alterations Die - Ornamental; Recollections Flower; Making Memories Button; Recollections Pearls

Simple but sweet right? I know exactly who this card will be going to and I know she'll love it. ;) I'm sure there's someone out there that you could use this sketch to make a great card for too! If you do happen to make one, please feel free to link it up over at the Cardabilities blog so that we can all check it out and leave you some love. Also, be sure to look at all of the other DT cards while you're there!

Thanks for stopping by today...I appreciate it!

The Paper Variety Challenge #19!

Good morning friends! It's time for another challenge at The Paper Variety. :) This week we have a really cute one for you and it's photo inspiration! As soon as I saw this picture, I instantly knew what I wanted to do...








Supplies: My Mind's Eye Paper - Alphabet Soup (Girl); Craft smart Ink - Chocolate Brown; Cuttlebug; Cuttlebug 2-Step Heart #2 Die; Fiskars Scallop Border Punch; Tim Holtz Grungeboard; i-rock; i-rock Clear Gems; Doodlebug Loopy Lou Cardstock Alphabet Stickers - Bon Bon
*Inspired by Helen Croft's Sketch #30

It's perfect!! This is one of my all-time favorite pictures because it's the very first time my oldest daughter Emily held her brand new baby sister, Madison. She was SO happy and I feel like you can definitely see it on her face! Love it. :)

So what do you think?? Are you feeling inspired by the photo? I hope so! If you use it to create a project, please link it up at TPV's blog by next Tuesday for a chance to win this awesome prize, sponsored by Apron Strings...



Very exciting right?? I can't wait to see what you create! Also, be sure to check out all of the other DT projects...they're all amazing!! Have a fabulous day. :)

Jeremiah 29:11 (Artful Delight)

Hi there!! I have a card to share with you this morning that I created using the Artful Delight February kit and the sketch for our February sketch challenge...






Supplies Used From The February Artful Delight Kit: Graphic 45 Once Upon A Springtime Papers - Fairy Folk & Flight Of Fancy; Prima Flowers - Butterflies Vlinder
Other Supplies Used: Cuttlebug; Papertrey Ink Butterfly Die; Verve Stamp; Colorbox Chalk Ink - Chestnut Roan; Craft Smart Ink - Chocolate Brown; Vellum; Basic Grey Brads

The sketch is another great one created by my fellow DT member, Debbie Burns, who is just awesome at creating sketches! As soon as I saw the one for this month, this card popped into my head and I really like how it turned out. :)

Do you feel inspired by the sketch too? If so, you can create a project of your own using it and try to win March's kit for FREE! How great would that be?? You can post your project here. Oh and as a bonus, the winner also gets to be the guest DT for March, so go for it!

Just a note: I receive the Artful Delight monthly kit for free because I'm a DT member, but please be assured that my opinions are my own! Anything I say about these kits is how I truly feel. ;)

Soulmates

The scrapping group that I'm a part of, Scrappin-n-Chattin, just had our monthly 24 hour challenge (to see how it works, visit this post). It's SO fun! I recently got some of the Thrift Shop collection by October Afternoon and I was so excited to get to use it for this!! I did my layout about my sweet hubby and it's definitely one of my most recent favs...

Supplies: October Afternoon Paper - Thrift Shop; Ali Edwards Stamp Sets - Favorite Memories, Loving Words & Adored By Ali (Studio AE); Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Scattered Straw; Craft Smart Ink - Chocolate Brown; Cuttle Bug; Cuttlebug 2-Step Heart Dies; Fiskars Scallop Border Punch; Marvy Circle Punch; Doodlebug Cardstock Loopy Lou Alphabet Stickers - Bon Bon; Recollections Pearls

*Inspired by the 1/9/11 Sketch at the Studio Calico blog

I seem to scrap mostly about my beautiful girls, which of course I love, but I realized lately that I don't scrap enough pages about us. I seriously need to change that because our relationship is amazing! This layout is a great start because I really focused on the journaling and made it a priority. I definitely see many more pages like this one in my future. :)

Cardabilities Reveal #24

It's time to share another Cardabilities reveal with you! Today we have sketch #24, which is really great and versatile. I can definitely see plenty of uses for this one...

Supplies: Basic Grey 6x6 Paper Pad - Origins; Ali Edwards/Technique Tuesday Stamp Set - Simply You; Colorbox Chalk Ink - Blackbird; Colorbox Chalk Ink - Chestnut Roan; Craft Smart Ink - Chocolate Brown; Fiskars Scallop Border Punch; Tim Holtz Edge Distresser; Prima Flower; Making Memories Button; Twine; Recollections Pearls

Make sure you stop by the blog today and check out all of the DT cards...it's so awesome how everyone made the sketch their own. :) Have a fabulous Sunday!!

Love (and a blog hop!!)

Updated 1/30/11 - Wow, I am so amazed by the number of people who visited my blog for Yolie's blog hop!! Thank you all SO much for your super sweet comments about my layout and to those who decided to become followers! I really appreciate it and hope you enjoy my blog. :)

Now for the winner of the super cute stamp set! I went to random.org and the lucky lady is...

Trisha, who said...
"Your layout is so precious, but your baby girl is more precious. Thanks for sharing this beautiful layout with us and the chance to win. I am a new follower."

Congrats Trisha!!! I'll be emailing you for your address shortly. :) Enjoy your stamps!

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Hello there!! I have a new layout to share with you today and it's part of a blog hop! Yolie contacted me a few weeks ago asking me if I'd like to be a part of her blog hop and of course I said yes! I'm honored that she likes my work enough to include me. :) Thanks again Yolie...you're awesome!

The theme of the hop is "Celebrating Our Milestones" and since I consider having my first child to be a huge milestone in my life, I chose to do my layout about that. I used one of my all-time favorite pictures of my oldest daughter Emily from when she was only 2 hours old (seriously though, how CUTE is she??) and I just love the way it turned out...

Supplies: My Mind's Eye Paper - Alphabet Soup (Girl); Bazzill Cardstock - Piglet; Craft smart Ink - Chocolate Brown; Doodlebug Cardstock Alphabet Stickers - Jack & Jill Collection (Bon Bon); Heidi Swapp Ghost Heart; Adirondack Paint Dabber - Espresso; Twine; DMC Floss; Recollections Pearls; Making Memories Sanding Block

Isn't that SO sweet?? I found an awesome quote online that I felt really went along with the feelings I was having that day and it turned out to be perfect. By keeping the page simple and sweet, I feel like the focus is on the picture, which is exactly how it should be right? ;)

So there you go! I hope you've been enjoying the blog hop so far. You should have reached my blog from Celeste, so if you didn't, please start from the beginning at Yolie's blog. There are prizes along the way and it will be tons of fun!!

As a thank you for stopping by, I have a prize up for grabs, which is this great "Time Flies" stamp set by Kelly Panacci...

For your chance to win, just leave a comment saying hi!