Sketchy Thursday Sketch Challenge...

I know, I know... this will BARELY be on time...but here it is! This week's Sketchy Thursday sketch inspired a scrapbook page for my little guy. I cut the silver gears for this page using Lindsay's Stamp Stuff Steampunk svg files, and the papers are from the Cosmo Cricket Cogsmo Line (finally got to use some of it, lol!). The photo of my son and hubby together is a tad blurry, but it was such a sweet memory, I wanted it to be the focal point of the page anyway.
Thanks for looking, and be sure to stop by Lindsay's blog for a freebie and links to the rest of the design team's blogs!

A Card for the Fourth of July..

When I saw this week's Cupcake Inspiration, I was inspired to create a card for this week's upcoming holiday (I would actually rather make cupcakes-but I am trying to fit into a bridesmaids' dress and a swimsuit by August, so I'll make a card). I used Lindsay's Stamp Stuff Patriotic Collection (digistamps and card printables), some lace and ribbons from my stash, Making Memories Upholstery Brads, and a little stickpin that I made for a swap. To make the stickpin, I took a pearl floral corsage pin, and added a little blue star shaped bead with tiny rhinestones embedded in it, and a tiny red glass bead, glued together with a tiny drop of Aleene's metal and jewelry adhesive.I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Card Patterns: sketch
ABC Designs blog: red, white, and blue
Cards Blog Challenge: 4th of July or BBQ Invitation
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge #38: Use a digital image
Cupcake Inspirations: photo
One Stitch At a Time: Stars and Stripes
Wee Memories: red, white, and blue

Thank you for taking the time to look at my creation, now, head over to Lindsay's blog for a freebie and links to the rest of the Lindsay's Stamp Stuff design team!

Quick post for today...

Lindsay's Stamp Stuff is retiring some stamps at MyGraphico-for only $1 per set-grab 'em while you can!

Twin Beauties *scroll down for Lindsay's Stamp Stuff post

I am determined to get some scrapping done this summer!!And all of those fantastic sketches that are available are really helping me get it done! And having great papers and flowers (and sweet pictures-more than anyone can count) really inspire me! This page is based on this week's sketch from Sketch Inspirations. I started with some yummy Prima patterned paper (I tell you , I hated covering any of it! I arranged my layering pieces, and chose a pale pink vellum for the largest piece, in order to cover as little as possible of the beautiful background paper (the back was beautiful too... I so hated that none of it was being used! Anyhooo...the pinky/red patterned paper is Basic Grey, the embossed green cardstock is Bazzill Swiss Dots, the circle is a cream shimmer paper, cut with my Cricut and Plantain Schoolbook, the Roly Poly circle from page 72, and the title lettering is American Crafts Thickers fabric letter stickers. The three larger flowers are all by Prima- the Blue hydrangea flower is one that I layered and added the gems to the center of, the pink one started out as plain white flowers (single layer) from Prima's "e" line, that I add Bed of Roses and Ruby Shimmerz to, then lightly inked with a hot pink Hampton Arts ink pad, and a Tim Holtz Tattered Rose ink pad. After all of that inky fun (hubby just laughed at me and asked what I was doing on his wood floor), I layered then all together with a pearl brad and a crumpled, inked and folded paper doily. BTW, I put a sheet of cardboard down on the floor before I sprayed ;-) . The tiny pink roses are some that I found while scavenging through my grandmother's sewing box, and the other tiny flowers and brads are from Making Memories

Challenges I am entering this layout into:

• Sketch Inspirations-sketch
• Alys Sunday Challenge- Flower Power
• Bunny Zoe's Crafts-Nice and Girly
• Crazy4Challenges- Paper Flowers
• Everybody Art Challenge- Green and Pink
• Scrap-Creations- Basic Grey/anything goes
• Little C's Challenge-photo inspiration (green and pink cake-looks soo yummy!)
• Paper Sundaes-pretty as a princess
• Practical Scrappers-flowers

Joy Rides! ( and a freebie for SCAL)

I made this layout for my little girls, using a fab sketch by Julie Bonner for the Magpie Club. Lindsay's Stamp Stuff has a new set of digistamps, On The Line, with some of the cutest little banners in it! I couldn't wait to do something with them, and the sketch fit them perfectly. I printed the digis on various colors and patterns of paper and vellum, and shaded them with my copics (just on the stitching and the ruffles).There was a good bit of "fussy cutting" required, but I made my hubby help ;-) .
I made the title in SCAL, which you can download HERE.
After I cut it out, I ran it through my Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots embossing folder, and inked it with white ink to make it stand out. I did stretch it to make a double page spread, 'cause I have soooo many photos to scrap!
The tag that I journaled on was a stamp (clear acrylic) from Autumn Leaves, The patterned papers are from GCD Studios, and the round "lollipop" flower/"ferris wheel" accents are "flowers" that I received from a swap that I was in on 2Peas.

Here are the challenges that I am entering this page into:
Magpie Club: sketch
Daisy Doodles: Summertime +digital image
Robyn's Fetish Challenge: Be creative (open)
Fresh Brewed Designs: Anything Goes
The Little Paper Shop: Bright and Colorful
One Stitch At a Time: Seeing double (2 of something on project- There are 2 pages, it is about TWINS, 2 "lollipop" flowers, the title has 2 words)
Quirky Crafts: Summer
Stamp Something: Summer somethings
Tellen's Place: Summer


Thanks for dropping by, now head on over to the rest of the dt's blogs, they are sure to inspire (and they may just have another freebie or two ;-) ) !

Lindsay Weirich (Owner & Stamp Designer)
Cheryl Gorka (DT Coordinator)
Cindi Hooks
Diane Bove
Jennifer Bliss
Karin Martin
Leanne Garner
Lisa Jurecek
Margie Visnick You are here!
Melissa Craig
Rebekah Doak
Rhonda Walker
Shannon Neparko
Tamara Bennett
Tracey Allen
Micki Harper

Sometimes guest
Erin Bailey

The last Father's Day card...

I have always struggled with guy cards/pages, so Father's Day is a toughie for me...but I got 'em all done! Here's a peek at the card I made for my hubby. I based the design off of this week's sketch at Card Positioning Systems. The embossing is the Cuttlebug Diamond Plate folder, the arrow is Tim Holtz Grungeboard, and I inked and distressed the card and arrow with Tim Holtz Distress Inks. Thanks for looking!

Sale at Lindsay's Stamp Stuff!

Everything at Lindsay's stamp Stuff is on sale (25% off) Saturday and Sunday in honor of Father's Day. Sale ends Sunday at Midnight.

Another Father's Day Card...

Sorry I'm a wee bit late with this post...

This is my second Father's Day card to date (2 down, 1 to go!). I started with this week's sketch from Sketch Saturday. I used Lindsay's Stamp Stuff Old Paper digital stamp set (I love the inky, aged look of this set!)

The rubber stamp sentiment that I used reads as follows: "Father-A father is someone who listens with his heart, speaks with his hugs, and teaches not by words but by example."

My card also fits these challenges:

Sketch Saturday-sketch

Caardvark's-embossing

Cards for men-Father's Day

Cards Blog-Father's Day

Cooking It Up With Katie-some green,some embossing, and ribbon

Crafty Cardmakers-Cards For Men

Cupcake Crafts-One For The The Boys

Daisy Doodle's Creative Challenges-Father's Day/manly

Double Dutch Challenges-Father's Day

Drunken Stampers-Father's Day

Stampin' When I Can-dry embossing

Flourishes-black,white, one other color

Incy Wincy Designs-One For The Guys

Magical Crafts-For A Man/Father's Day

Paper Cutz Challenge-Father's Day

Simple Doodles- Just For You, Dad

Stamptacular Sunday-A Tribute To All Fathers

Humble Pie Stamps-Father's Day

Thank you for stopping by my blog today,now, check out these other wonderful blogs for a freebie and lots of inspiration!

Lindsay Weirich (Owner & Stamp Designer)
Cheryl Gorka (DT Coordinator)
Cindi Hooks
Diane Bove
Jennifer Bliss
Karin Martin
Leanne Garner
Lisa Jurecek
Margie Visnick
Melissa Craig
Rebekah Doak
Rhonda Walker
Shannon Neparko
Tamara Bennett
Tracey Allen
Micki Harper

Duct Tape Diapers

Scrapbooking ( for me) is first and foremost about keeping and recording memories. This page is one that I have wanted to complete for quite a while (about 3 years). It is a memory that is very amusing to me now, although at the time, it was so frustrating and annoying! When the twins were 2, they refused to pee in the potty, and I had the hardest time keeping diapers on them. They would go hide, take their diapers off, and pee (I swear, it was just like puppies!). So, we had to wrap a strip of duct tape around their diapers so they couldn't take them off on their own. They still figured it out though- they helped each other- it was so funny when I caught one of them tearing and unwinding the duct tape from her sister's diaper. The girls still HATE clothes (I really thought that they would outgrow that by now, but no, as soon as they get home from school, they strip their clothes off). But at least they are potty trained now!
For this LO, I die cut a diaper with my Cricut and SCAL, and wrapped a strip of duct tape around the top of it and around the chipboard letters, the photo mat, and used tiny strips of it for photo corners. The journaling spot, strip, and buttons are all Jenni Bowlin, and the patterned paper is a piece of "denim" paper from my stash.
Challenges that I am entering are:
Allsorts Challenge: buttons or Lace
Sisterhood Of Crafters: children or babies
YNS Challenges: buttons
Crafty Creations: child's Play

Thanks for looking!

Easter 2009 layout...

For this layout, I started with Sketch #127 from Sketch Inspirations. I spritzed the white cardstock with Bed of Roses Shimmerz- I love the look of it, but it did run on me at the bottom a bit-guess i was a little heavy handed... the patterned paper and cardstock strips are all from my stash. The hearts are Tim Holtz Grungeboard that have been inked and "Shimmerzed" (is that a word?" I cut the loopy border with a free svg file from Heather M's blog, my cricut, and SCAL. I cut the circle @ 5 inches, Real Dial Size, Shift function on the Winter Woodland Cartridge. The journaling spot is from a pack I picked up last year at Target's dollar spot.

Coming Up...

I am so excited! I was contacted by a representative from CSN Stores to do a review on their products, so look for more details coming up soon! In the meantime, check out their extensive lines:Vanity, Shoes, Furniture, Cookware...over 200 stores in all!

Scrapbooking for Twins (and a Sale!)

When Becky Fleck announced this challenge on her blog, I decided to jump in and make a couple of pages to enter in to the contest. The first page was for my daughter, Natalie. I used this awesome digistamp from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff "It's A Girl Thing" set, printed twice, colored and layered it with pop dots for dimension. Go grab this adorable set now-Lindsay has her WHOLE STORE on sale for 40% off from tonight at midnight, through midnight on the 12th! It's a great opportunity to pick up some of her fabulous sets for a FABULOUS price! (Sorry to cyber-yell, I am just super excited about this sale!)For both pages, I used papers from The Paper Studio's Fairytale Princess Glitter Stack- I love it for pretty, girly pages!

The second page is for my other twin (or twinkie, as I call them ;-) ), Cecilia. I changed the elements up a bit, but did my best to make the page very similar. My favorite element on this page is the yummy felt ribbon with the tulips sewn on. She wanted the green butterflies, and even punched them out herself!

The challenges that I am entering these pages in are:

Pagemaps- sketch

Aimee's Challenges: something for the girls

Cupcake Crafts: Dazzle Us (Natalie's page has glitter on the trees, and I used a pink Martha Stewart Glitter pen on the butterfly's spots)

Cute Daisy May:ribbons or Bows (I used ribbon on both pages)

Pollycraft Challenges:Ribbons and Bling (Bling-y patterned paper, MS Glitter Pen, and ribbon)

Scrap It With A Song: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Both pages are my Girls having fun at the playground!)


Now, head on over to all of my fellow dt members' blogs for lots of inspiration and a freebie!

Lindsay Weirich (Owner and Stamp Designer)

Cheryl Gorka DT Coordinator

Shannon Neparko

Margie Visnick (you are here!)

Lisa Jurecek

Tracey Allen

Rhonda Gale

Leanne Garner

Tamara Bennett

Cindi Hooks

Micki Harper

Rebekah Doak

Karin Martin

Jennifer Bliss

Diane Bove

It's Your Day!

I made this card with my dad in mind. Father's Day is coming up quickly! I used the Funky Forest and All Around Phrases digistamp sets from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff, and a sketch from the Basic Grey challenge blog. I *finally* broke out that pack of Basic Grey Mellow that I have had on my shelf forever!I decided to play along with a few other challenges, as well:

Basic Grey Challenges: sketch+must use Basic Grey

Aud Sentiments: "It's Your Day"

Crafty Catz: "The boyz are back"-make a boy's or man's card

Creative Cottage Challenge: Happy Father's Day

DareU2Digistamp : Father's Day, must use a digital image

DigiDoodle Shop: Anything goes

Simon Says Challenge: Father's Day/male card

Now, take a few minutes to stop by the other designers' blogs for inspiration and a freebie!

Lindsay Weirich (Owner & Stamp Designer)
Cheryl Gorka (DT Coordinator)
Cindi Hooks
Diane Bove
Jennifer Bliss
Karin Martin
Leanne Garner
Lisa Jurecek
Margie Visnick (you are here)
Melissa Craig
Rebekah Doak
Rhonda Walker
Shannon Neparko
Tamara Bennett
Tracey Allen


Sitting out at the moment
Micki Harper

Sometimes guest
Erin Bailey