Sharing my homework...Wilna's Art And Design Class

This class was one of my favorite classes related to scrapbooking that I have ever taken! For any one that missed the original run of it on Big Picture Classes old website, she is now offering it in her shop, iheartstudio . I felt it was well worth the cost of admission, just for the cut files, much less the wonderful inspiration and instruction! Here are a few more of my pages inspired by the class, click on "Wilna's Art and Design" in my category tab to see more:

I fussy cut the "Primeval Whirl" title from an actual photo that I took of the sign. I painted the smear across the page with Gelatos, and the "Awesome" was a cut file from the class. I know that every time I use Gelatos, I think of Wilna, and her videos for 2Peas, because I never would have discovered them if not for that.

A couple of embellishment close ups:

The "windows were also a cut file offered up in the class, and I had such fun scrapping once forgotten photos from my honeymoon, and filling the grid up with little bits of loveliness from a past counterfeit kit, such as these fun stamped and painted mixed media embellishments:

I love the tiny textured treasures on this page. The stamped cork and canvas really adds a fun bit of texture to the page!

Scrapping up a Storm...

Thanks to Shimelle's sketches, my kits, and inspiration from 2 Peas. Here is one of my recent layouts, made with my January Scrap Your Stash kit:

 See It On 2Peas

A little look at the title and my "bubbles":

 

I used this sketch for inspiration:

 

And took a few of the 213 in 2013 prompts:

• Use vellum
• Use Candy Dots

I am also linking up to the Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes challenge for this week! Papers used: Bazzil Basics Swiss Dots cardstock, a scrap of light blue grid paper from DCWV's Mango Frost stack, Glitz Designs patterned paper, vellum and white shimmer circles were cut with my Cricut and punches from scraps, letter stickers are American Crafts Thickers and Jenni Bowlin Studios, Pebbles Candy Dots.

Inspired By Pagemaps

I guess it's no secret that I LOVE sketches!! They are such a time saver! And Becky Fleck's PageMaps have been a favorite of mine for a long time now.This layout was made using my March Counterfeit kit, "Country Sunshine", a pinwheel from my mid-march kit, "Catching Fireflies" and sketch that I found on her blog last month.
The sketch:

 My Layout:

The photo I used is my beautiful (almost) 13 year old daughter-gotta love that cheeseball grin!!  Supplies used:
sage green Bazzill Swiss Dots cs, Blush Blossom Stampin Up cs-distressed the edges w/ my TH distress tool, a strip of white rose embossed cs, a leftover piece of Echo Park grid patterned paper from February, MME Follow Your heart hexagons that I hand cut to make a banner, Sew Easy twine, Pebbles rose brad, Pink Paislee and Jillibean soup letter stickers, a journaling tag from the Scrapbook Circle printable in February's "Fifties Style Fun" kit, and a handmade pinwheel that I recieved from a swap.
Thanks for stopping by today-hope you are enjoying a beautiful first day of spring like me! Now, I have to get my butt off of the computer and get some more spring cleaning done!

Forging Into February...

I was so excited when we got the email about our kits this month (well, I always am, lol!)

This Month's Inspiration Kit...

The February 2012 Inspiration Kit is your choice of two kits released in January and February by Scrapbook Circle. The first choice is their Valentine's Themed Kit called "You and Me", the second choice is their December Kit called "Note to Self". Feel free to counterfeit one or both kits!

Here is the Scrapbook Circle "You and Me" kit:

And my kit, "Me +You" (I usually try to name my kits something a little different from the inspiration kit, but I had that awesome arrow digi that was begging to be printed and used!)

A closer look at my papers (I actually made some of these, see if you can pick out which ones they are!):

A collection of fun handmade borders and banners that I made for this kit:

My fun little digi arrow that I printed and cut out:

Some yummy bling that I can't wait to use:

Hexagon journaling spots from Creativity Prompt: (free printable)

Valentine's ribbons and vintage trim from my Grandma's sewing box:

A Fun collection of Valentine's and Love Stamps:

Since I didn't have the Kraft Glassine Papers, I made my own, with scraps of kraft cardstock that I misted with a homemade marshmallow shimmer mist, crumpled and smoothed out while wet-it gave me this lovely paper with texture and shimmer-the photo doesn't do it justice!:

I put together a Digi Counterfeit Kit, too, which I called "Love Letters":

And I had to "Counterfeit" the "Note to Self" kit, too, since I had a lot of the goodies in that kit!
Scrapbook Circle's "Note To Self":

My kit, "Fifties Style Fun":

 I love all of the Echo Park, Jenni Bowlin, and October Afernoon goodies in this kit! 

 A Closer look at my kit papers:

  My handmade felt flowers(I found a tutorial for making them here):

Some AWESOME Jenni Bowlin foam stamps:

   

Some digital journaling cards that I printed:

A couple of Index tabs that I punched from scrap paper:

 Thanks for looking at my kit, now hop along to the other designers to see the gorgeous kits that that they have put together to create with this month:

Guest Designer: Brenda Smithhttp://theimperfectscrapper.blogspot.com/

Crystal http://crystalscraftycreations.blogspot.com/

Glinda http://razzledscrapper.blogspot.com/

Helen http://craftimperfect.blogspot.com/

Jemma http://just-jimjams.blogspot.com/

Jen http://mypair-a-dice.blogspot.com/

Julie Ann http://julieannshahin2.blogspot.com/

Lisa http://lisahausmann.blogspot.com/

Margie http://scrappinmargie.blogspot.com/ *YOU ARE HERE*

Milissa http://millermall.blogspot.com/ (Go HERE next)

Rebecca http://howiburb.blogspot.com/

Susanne http://www.snapsandsnippets.blogspot.com/

Bethany http://inspiredscrapper-bethany.blogspot.com/

Meridy http://www.meridy77.blogspot.com/

Just a Quick post to share

One more of my January layouts:

 And a closer look at the embellishment cluster:

All of the supplies for this page came from my January kits and the Little Black Dress kit from Scraptastic Club.

Snow Angels

When I was little, one of my favorite things to do when it snowed was to make "Snow Angels" (and Snow Cream!yum!) My kiddos aren't too different-they love the same things! I took a card sketch from Simon Says Stamp, and loosely followed it to make this page:

Sketch:

My layout:

Supplies I used were all from my January kits:
Basic Grey Blitzen "Jack Frost", Bazzil Tawny cardstock, the blue and white "medallion" , I fussy cut from the GCD Studios Sofisticated Frost paper, large chipboard snowflake, white paper doily, Tim Holtz tissue tape, Jolee's letter stickers, and some ancient white letter stickers from my stash, and a Scenic Route journaling spot.

Time for some Scrappy Fun!

I finally got to play with some more of those awesome goodies from August's kit, and I participated in some of the fun challenges I have seen out and aound on the web! Here is the layout that I made, using this week's sketch from My Creative Sketches (a fantastic new sketch blog!). I was also inspired by The Paper Variety's Favorite Things Challenge, "Use Your Favorite Photo" (I love, love, love this photo of my son, it captures his personality so perfectly!).
The Sketch:

My layout, "Special Son":

 A Close Up of One of my Embellishent Clusters:

Suplies I used for this page:
Pink Paislee Butterfly Gardens "Dew Drops", a white paper Doily (Wiltons), punch out borders, journaling card, letters (brown), and word "Special" from the Colorbok Flea Market punch out pad, a Prima flower, a Spare Parts Antique Flower brad, a brown button and Bazzill brown corduroy button Flower from my September kit, and the remainder of a brown ZVA crystal flourish.

The journaling reads:
"Evan- I just love this photo that Nicole took of you the day before Mother's Day. You eyes are windows to your sweet spirit. Love you!   May 2011"

Thank you for visiting!

4 in a row?

Wow, I am on a roll, if I do say so myself, lol! I have another layout to share with you from my scrappy weekend! I enjoyed the "Turn It On Its Ear Challenge" from CKCB so much that I just could not stop, and I made another page for it!

Here Is the sketch I used from our fabulous sponsor at Sketch Support:

And here is my layout, "My Adorable Natalie":

A Close Up of my Embellishment Squares:

The journaling reads: "Natalie, you have always been my little poser-when you see a camera, you tilt your head and flash that smile! Love it!"

Supplies I used (all from my August CKCB kit, except for the teal and yellow cardstock scraps): Background paper is Crate Paper Portrait Collection, the word "Adorable" and the journaling spot are from the Colorbok Flea Market Punch out pad,Green letter stickers are from Echo Park's Walk In The Park collection, the smaller ribbon flowers and the tiny tan ribbon with white dots are from Offray, the larger flower is Prima, I used my small Martha Stewart Scalloped Circle punch, and  I inked the edges of everything with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Tumbled Glass and Martha Stewart Pigment ink in Stem Green.

Thanks for looking, let me know what you think, and drop back in tomorrow for another page from this past weekend's scrappy fun!

It's Time for the Master Forger's Blog Hop!

Can you believe that the Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog has been going strong for 6 months already? I am so glad that you are joining us for our blog hop this month, and if you make it all the way to the end of this post, I have a giveaway! Here is the challenge we were given for the blog hop:

Make a page or mini album all about You with at least one "I" statement on it.

My Layout:


I used both of my June kits for this one, along with a sketch from Sketch Inspirations (see side bar for link). The background paper is a sheet of Mango Frost DCWV, the light blue print is Making Memories, and I used the light aqua Bazzill Bling for the circle (cut out by my Cricut), most of the stickers are by Sticko from my Summer add-On, with the exception of the Thicker letters from my Main kit and the chipboard KI stick on label, on which I used one of the Hampton Arts stamps from my Summer kit for the word "Bliss"-since the chipboard was coated, I stamped it with black StaZon ink.I also used a yellow brad from my main kit, and a tag from my May kit leftovers. All in all, I am pretty happy with the way this layout turned out, and it brought back a lovely memory for me!
Here are close ups of the details:


Here is the list of Counterfeiters to Visit:

• Guest designer: Tricia http://scrapquilt.blogspot.com/ 
• Crystal http://crystalscraftycreations.blogspot.com/ 
• Jessica http://truelifeimascrapaddict.blogspot.com/ 
• Melissa S http://www.scrappyjedi.com/ 
• Sherri http://www.sherrithompson.blogspot.com/ 
• Kim S http://lovejoyscrap.blogspot.com/ 
• Shazi http://smdluxe.blogspot.com/ 
• Margie V http://scrappinmargie.blogspot.com/( you are here!) 
• Susanne B http://www.snapsandsnippets.blogspot.com/ (go here next) 
• Lisa T http://www.redmomscraps.blogspot.com/ 
• Gabrielle http://nomorelittlemonkeys.blogspot.com/ 
• Meridy http://meridy77.blogspot.com/

Now for the giveaway!
Here is the kit that I am giving away, which I have named "Summer Adventures":

I included in this kit:  yummy Basic Grey Lime Rickey and Marakech papers, Sassafrass Lass Bungle Jungle, a sheet of double sided Heidi Swapp travel paper, a sheet of striped DCWV from the Elementary School Stack, dark red paper from another stack, and Navy, Orange, Yellow, and Kraft cardstock (most is Coredinations Color Core). Embellies included are: Basic Grey letter stickers, a variety of buttons, mostly Jenni Bowlin and Basic Grey, several Prima flowers, spring green grosgrain ribbon, orange sheer ribbon, teal paper raffia, a couple of plastic red flowers by American Crafts, a couple of Tim Holtz journaling tickets, a couple of larger Colorbok Destinations journaling cards, a chipboard bookplate, a chipboard tag from We R Memory Keepers, a couple of chipboard flowers from KI Memories, 2 wooden heart shapes, a white corrugated circle, a red die cut tag, and a blue lollipop flower handmade for you by me! I think you could use this kit for all kinds of fun scrappy pages of your summer adventures!!
Here is what you have to do to enter:
Follow my blog and leave me a comment on this post! That is all you have to do! Of course, we would LOVE it if you visited all of the designers blogs on the list above, too!

Getting some more scrapping done...

Just a quick post to share some more layouts that I have made with my February Counterfeit kit!

Flower Girl: The photo of my beautiful daughter was taken by Churchill photography.

almost everything I used was from my kit: light purple cardstock and silvery patterned paper from SEI, along with pale pink cardstock, pale pink tiny flowers, Jenni Bowlin journaling cards, Making Memories letter stickers,pink tiny pearl strands,pink glitter puffy paint for the "bling" around the title circle. The one thing I added from my stash was the flower ribbon along the center of the layout. I had the Heidi Swapp felt butterflies from my kit along the center of the layout, but I couldn't get it to look the way I wanted, so I scrapped them and put the flower ribbon there. I like the way that looks alot better!

Bridesmaids: a layout with a photo from my sister's wedding this past summer (taken by Churchill Photography). All supplies were from my kit: lavender cardstock, white cardstock, I flicked droplets of my homemade glimmer paint across the layout, mounted the photo on a deep pink cardstock from SEI, added the ZVA bling flourish, the green Prima flower, and tiny white flowers, tying the ones by the title with a sheer lavendar ribbon from my Romance Add-On. The title is a combination of the Making Memories letter stickers and white glitter Thickers. I didn't get the best photos of this layout, but oh well...

Eleven: a layout about my oldest daughter's eleventh birthday, using only supplies from the kit: pink cardstock, Wild Pansy Glazed Bazzill, pink shabby seam binding, glitter white chipboard Thickers, pink primas that I dry brushed with my Homemade Glimmer paint, and one of my Homemade Page Pebbles, along with Prima Say It In Crystals.

Thanks for letting me share with you!

Airplane Fun

Since I made my counterfeit kit, I have gotten ALOT of scrapbooking done (for me)! I have gotten 3 pages done in the last 2 days-and a lot more quickly, too! And, I must admit that I am one of the messiest scrapbookers ever-I usually have to pull out everything I own to make sure that I don't forget something, or that I use all of the right products, etc.If I limit myself to using only the kit, this really helps with that! For the page I am sharing today, I made myself use only my kit, with the exception of the paper scraps that I used to cut out my airplane, the letter stickers, and the white brads. I used the current sketch from the Page Maps blog, the polka dot paper is the back of the Making Memories Battenberg sheet, mounted on the label shaped packaging from the Jenni Bowlin Chipboard buttons, which I also used on the layout, mounted with red baker's twine, along with red Glazed Bazzill, lined Sassafrass paper, a border sticker strip from the Creative Imaginations sheeta Jenni Bowlin journaling spot, and a couple of the Martha Stewart labels. And the best part-I got another great memory recorded!!The airplane cut out is an svg file from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff Up, Up, And Away clip art and svg file set.While you are in her shop, be sure to look around, she has lots of new files and freebies!
Thanks for stopping by my blog today, be sure to come back tomorrow to have a look at another layout that I made with my Counterfeit Kit!
Now hop on over to Lindsay and the other designers' blogs for tons more crafty inspiration!

Lindsay Weirich (Owner & Stamp Designer)
Cheryl Gorka (DT Coordinator)
Cindi Hooks
Diane Bove
Jennifer Bliss
Karin Martin
Laurel Seabrook
Leanne Garner
Margie Visnick(me)
Micki Harper
Rhonda Walker
Shannon Neparko
Tamara Bennett
Tracey Allen

Thanks, Mom!

I made this card for my mom-the sweetest person I know! Truly, she is a wonderful person who always puts others first, and makes me wish I could be so selfless! The card base is Bazzill bling cs, embossed on the front panel with the Cuttlebug textile folder. The patterned paper is Basic Grey Wisteria, and the digistamp I used was the Sketchy Cosmos stamp from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff Pretty Flowers set, cut out and embossed with Nestabilities.
I am entering it into the challenges at
I Love Digi (make a Thank You card)
Dare U 2 Digistamp(use Flowers)
Raise The Bar (Color Me Happy-use your favorite color-blue)


Thanks for stopping by, now head over to Lindsay and the other designers' blogs, for lots of inspiration and eye candy!

Lindsay's Stamp Stuff Thursday *Edited to add the scut file link

The big story today-Lindsay is having a HUGE sale at her store until December 23rd! Buy any 2 sets, get a 3rd set of your choice absolutely free! So buy 4 sets, get 2 free, and so on.This is a fantastic deal, grab it while it's here-the perfect time to get those sets you have been eyeing!

Now, on to my project for this week:

I made these cute little cocoa packets for my son's class. I cut the mugs with SCAL, tied a ribbon around it (but no bow, 'cause that would be too girly ;-) ), added a cocoa packet, and a candy cane, and I will also be adding chocolate dipped spoons to each packet. I printed out enough of the "Hot Cocoa" digistamps for each packet, then colored them and punched them out with a circle punch. I punched out larger scalloped circles of complimentary patterned paper, and attached to the top of my packets with Glue Dots for the perfect little embellishments. These digistamps come in the Warm Winter digistamp set, along with some of the cutest little snowmen and women ever- check it out!

Thanks for stopping by-now I am off to bed for a while, for all crafts and no sleep makes an impatient mommy! Check out Lindsay's blog, she has a freebie for you, and she will have links to the other designers blogs for you to check out their fantastic Lindsay's Stamp Stuff projects (Hey, you can get some great ideas of what to do with the great sets you pick up ON SALE!). I know that I am headed to their blogs myself this afternoon-these gals are uber talented!

*You can download the scut file (made in SCAL1) for cutting 2 mugs at a time HERE