Canvas Art (Artful Delight)

Good morning! I am so excited to share today's project with you!! I sat down with my June kit from Artful Delight this week and created both of these...

Supplies Used From The Artful Delight June Kit: Fancy Pants It's The Little Things Paper - Feathered, Humming Bird & Spring Fever
Other Supplies Used: Artists Loft Canvas Panel; Bazzill Dotted Swiss Cardstock - Black Cow; Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Black Soot; Adirondack Paint Dabber - Pitch Black; Pearl Glimmer Mist; EK Success Scallop Circle Punch; Fiskars Circle Punch; Fiskars Butterfly Punch; Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch; I-Rock; I-Rock Clear Gems

Aren't they just gorgeous?? A few weeks ago, I read a post on Lori Mancini's blog where she was talking about a quote she was inspired by on Pinterest. She used the quote on an absolutely beautiful butterfly project she created and I totally fell in love with it when I saw it. I've wanted to create a project of my own inspired by hers ever since then and I'm so glad I finally had the chance to! It was so much fun. :) You should definitely check out Lori's project to see what I'm talking about...you'll be amazed!

Ok, I know it's the end of the month, but there are still a few June kits left, so if you missed your chance at getting one before, now's the time. I promise you...it's fabulous!

Scripture Card Set (Artful Delight)

I have a set of Scripture cards to share with you today that I made using the June kit from Artful Delight. This idea of going simple has really worked for me lately when it comes to cards and I'm loving it!






Supplies Used From The Artful Delight June Kit: Crate Paper Portrait Paper - Something Blue
Other Supplies USed: Colorbox Chalk Ink - Chestnut Roan; Craft Smart Ink - Chocolate Brown; Unity Background Stamp - Distressed Dots; Verve Stamps; EK Success Dotted Scallop Border Punch; Martha Stewart Butterfly Punches; Recollections Pearls

Quick and easy to make and still very lovely, don't you think? I'm sure I'll be making many more sets in the weeks to come...and hopefully some layouts too! Make sure you head over to Artful Delight and get yourself a kit while you still can...you'll be glad you did, I promise. ;) Have a great day!!

My sweet Granny... (Artful Delight)

Hello there! This morning I have a layout to share with you that I made using the June kit from Artful Delight. My mom's birthday is coming up in July and I wanted to make her something special for it. I took out this picture of her and my sweet Granny, who passed away 3 years ago, on a trip they took together to Arizona, and knew it would be just right...

Supplies Used From The Artful Delight June Kit - Lily Bee This & That Paper - Teacup & Brooch; Lily Bee This & That Sticker Sheet (Banner); Prima Mini Roses - Sunrise
Other Supplies Used: Bazzill Dotted Swiss Cardstock - Black Cow; Colorbox Chalk Ink - Blackbird; Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Black Soot; Ali Edwards Stamp Set - Loving Words; Fiskars Butterfly Punch; Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch; I-Rock; I-Rock Black Gems

I found a great shadow box frame at Michaels to put it in and I can't wait to give it to her. I'm sure it will make her a little sad at first, but I know she'll treasure it and love it also. :)

So have you gotten your hands on a June kit yet?? If you haven't, you should grab one up while you can...it's amazing!

Oh, and let me share something cool with you. The first embellishment I added to my layout was the flower cluster in the corner. After that, I punched the yellow butterflies to match the yellow of the flowers but I also wanted something green to match the leaves. Well, I don’t have anything the right color in my stash, but realized I had something perfect to use, which was the packaging from the flowers! It’s the exact shade of green that the leaves are and worked great for the smaller butterflies. Pretty neat huh? Just doing my part to recycle, I guess, lol!! ;) Have a great day...

The Paper Variety Challenge #39!

Edited on 6/24 to say: My layout was featured on the Ideas For Scrapbookers blog today!!! I am so excited and honored that they liked it enough to show it off. :) Very cool!

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Good morning friends! Today I have a new challenge from The Paper Variety to share with you. This one will be super simple to do and alot of FUN too!








Supplies: October Afternoon Paper - Fly A Kite & Thrift Shop; Colorbox Chalk Ink - Chestnut Roan; Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Scattered Straw; Verve Stamp; Fiskars Scallop Sentiment Border Punch; Fiskars Triangle Punch; Fiskars Butterfly Punch; Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch; Basic Grey Buttons; Tim Holtz Edge Distresser
*Inspired by the 6/11/11 Sketch/Template at Ideas For Scrapbookers

How great is that?? This time of year, it's so fun to pull out those Summer pics and get scrapping. For me, as soon as I saw that the challenge for this week was to make a Summer themed project, I rememberd this picture my hubby took of me at the beach that I've been wanting to scrap and pulled it out. The page just came together so easily after that! That's two layouts this week, so I'm happy to say that I think my layout mojo has definitely returned. I know I missed it like crazy and I hope it's here to stay. ;)

So what Summer project do you have in mind that you've been wanting to do? This is your perfect chance to get it done! If you create your project and link it up at the TPV blog by next Tuesday at noon EST, you'll have a chance to win this fabulous prize, sponsored by Inspired To Scrap...

Your choice of ANY available past kit PLUS free class!




What an awesome prize!! I can't wait to see what you all create. :) By the way, I'm sad to say that this is my last DT project for TPV. It's been an AMAZING year being a part of this group of ladies and I will really miss them all. I hope to still play along in some challenges though and I'm excited to see what the new team will do. I hope that many of you sent in your applications and just in case you forgot, you still have until 6/24 to get them in. TPV is a great place to be a part of the team so you should definitely go for it!

Loving Life!

Hello there friends. ;) Today I have a LAYOUT to share with you! It's been such a long time since I was able to sit down and create one and it felt soooooo good. This is the first layout of many to come from the work trip my hubby and I took to the Bahamas back in April. I'm SO happy to finally have some of those pictures scrapped!! We took over 400 between the two of us so I've got a ways to go, lol...






Supplies: BoBunny Paper - Paradise; Colorbox Chalk Ink - Chestnut Roan; Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Scattered Straw; Ali Edwards Stamp Set - Loving Words; Fiskars Triangle Punch; Tim Holtz Edge Distresser
*Inspired by this sketch on the BoBunny blog

BoBunny is having a sketch challenge right now and when I saw it, the ideas started flowing. Now, if you look at the sketch and then look at my page, it may seem really different. I think that taking sketches too literally has been a big part of my problem lately though. I'm a sketch girl through and through. It's tough for me to sit down with nothing in front of me and create, so I always look through my favorite sketches first to see if something comes to me. Once I start creating with one, I always feel like I have to try and make my page look just like the sketch. I realize now that it's just not that way though. Sketches are meant to be a help...a starting point to get the creativity flowing...and I can use them however I want to. There are NO rules!! So, with this one, I looked at the general shape of things and where a few things were placed and just went with it. And guess what? It worked brilliantly! I adore my page and had alot of fun making it. Since I think those things are more important than anything else, I'm one happy chick...

Thanks so much for stopping by today. ;) I'll be back tomorrow morning with a new TPV challenge to share along with my project, which is another layout, yay!

Card Set (Artful Delight)

Good morning!! Today I have a card set to share with you that I made using the June kit from Artful Delight...





Supplies Used From The Artful Delight June Kit: Crate Paper Portrait Paper - Honeymoon; Bazzill Cardstock - Coral
Other Supplies Used: Colorbox Chalk Ink - Chestnut Roan; Craft Smart Ink - Chocolate Brown; Hero Arts Background Stamp - Friend Definition; Ali Edwards Stamp Sets - Simply You, Loving Words & Sentimentally Ali; Fiskars Scallop Sentiment Border Punch; Martha Stewart Butterfly Punches; Recollections Pearls

Aren't those pretty?? I am so in love with all of the bright colors to choose from in the kit this month. :)

I've had a really bad creative block lately and one piece of advice that I received from my good friend Mel was to try and go simple and see if that helped any. Well, this was my first attempt at simple and I loooooove it!! This set of 8 cards only took me about an hour to make, and seriously, sometimes I can spend an hour on one card...yes, ONE. So making all of these in that amount of time, and loving how they turned out has really helped me. I think I may even feel a layout coming on soon...finally!

So if any of you out there might be going through the same thing I've been going through, try going simple and see if it works for you. You never know what might happen! Picking up a June kit from Artul Delight might help too. ;)

Some more minis! (Artful Delight)

Helllllllo there!! I have some more mini albums (the teeny tiny ones!) to share with you today that I made using the fabulous June kit from Artful Delight...





Supplies Used From The Artful Delight June Kit: Fancy Pants It's The Little Things Paper - Honeysuckle; Crate Paper Portrait Paper - Bouquet; Bazzill Cardstock - Blush Red Medium
Other Supplies Used: Colorbox Chalk Ink - Chestnut Roan; Craft Smart Ink - Chocolate Brown; Ali Edwards Stamp Sets - Favorite Memories & Sentimentally Ali; EK Success Dotted Scallop Border Punch; Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch; Papertrey Ink Buttons; Crop-A-Dile; We R Memory Keepers Eyelets; Elle's Studio Binder Rings

Aren't they just adorable? They are so easy and quick to make that I can't seem to stop, lol! Plus, my layout mojo seems to have gone on vacation and I have no idea when it plans on returning, ugh. If anyone out there sees it, please tell it to come home as soon as possible, ok??

Make sure you grab up a June kit from Artful Delight for yourself if you haven't already...you'll love it for sure!
Thanks so much for stopping by today. :)