In Like A Lion...

Out like a lamb? I wonder if the old adage will hold true for us, as march has definitely come in like a lion, with the snow and ice last week, and the rain that is pouring down outside now!  Although I do think it is hard to get motivated to exercise or clean when the weather is bad outside, I do feel motivated to scrap! I started in to my March Counterfeit kit, and here is my first page:

I was inspired by this sketch from Stuck Sketches (I just rotated it to suit me):

It is not a page that requires a title or journaling, just pretty pictures from the beach that I wanted to include in my album. I used some of the cork pieces, some die cuts, some off cuts from the 6x6 pad, wood veneer that I colored by scribbling on them with the orange Gelato, then blended it/rubbed it in with my finger, a handful of the sequins, one of the doilies, and one of the flair badges.

A closer look at the details:

What are you working on today?

Supplies used:

Challenged by 2Peas...

I have been a member at 2Peas In a Bucket for forever, so I had a blast getting caught up in all of the excitement of CHA last week! I participated in most of the chats (even won a prize, yahoo!), watched all of the new release videos, and even got the chance to participate in a few of the challenges! I did a CHA Favorites and Trends board for the Pinterest challenge,and I made a few layouts for some of the scrappy challenges(using my CKC kit for July, of course!).
First, I combined challenges #1 (Color Combo with Marcy):

And Challenge #8, "Combine 3 Trends". The trends I incorporated were chevrons, woodgrain, and twine.
Here is my layout, "Cool Treats":

Close-ups of the embellies:

I used sketch #218 from Creative Scrappers for this page:

(Loved this sketch, so much fun! Come to think of it, I incorporated another trend, banners, as well!)

The next page I made was for Challenge #2, Make a Fall Themed Project:

I used this sketch from Boys Rule Scrapbook Kits:

And, here is my layout, "Thanksgiving Together":

 A Closer look at the stamping and handcut embellies:

Thanks for stopping in with me this morning, I have to run now since I have a new scrappy project in the works! Let me know what you think! Did you enjoy all the hustle and bustle from CHA last week, or was it too much for you?



Travel Inspired layout

For today's post, I am sharing a page that I made for a couple of challenges: the "Travel Inspired" challenge over at the Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog, and the DCWV Stack-A-Holic challenge for June:

Here is my layout:

 I did have to grab a couple of papers that weren't in my June kit, but I grabbed them from the same stack as a Couple of papers that were already in my kit, Safari Chic.
This makes page #8 from my Inspired by Shimelle/Counterfeit kit for June!

Finally Getting some Scrappy Time in!

I played along with a few sketch challenges that end tomorrow. The first one that I finished:

 This page was made up mainly from my April Counterfeit Kit, and a few pieces I scavenged from old kits. It was based on Sketch 143 from Got Sketch.
The second pagew I made was based on this week's challenge and sketch from The Paper Variety.

 The Sketch I used:

The papers and embellishments I used were pulled from my May Counterfeit kits.

12 Tags of Christmas ...Day 2

Tim had another gorgeous tag today, of course! Here is Tim's tag:

 And here is mine:

Looking at them side by side, I realize that I forgot to distress/ink the bottom border...oh well! I still like the way my tag came out! I started with just a scrap of kraft cardstock (plain old kraft). I stamped the sheet music with a Unity Stamps Music Of My Heart stamp and black Staz-On ink. I then stamped the "Merry Christmas" with a Martha Stewart stamp and Versamark watermark ink, and heat embossed with UTEE. I used a homemade white shimmery water color paint and a foam brush over the whole tag, then allowed it to dry as Tim suggested. I then dripped homemade white shimmer spritz on the tag and dried with my heat gun. I inked the edges of the tag with Martha Stewart Sea Lavendar pigment ink, distressed the edges with my Cutterbee scissors, and then inked the edges of the tag with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink. I used a border punch from Fiskars and a scrap of cardstock for the bottom border, and painted with my gold paint dabber. I added brushed silver brads that I "distressed" with an ice pick along the bottom. For the reindeer, I die cut a reindeer from cardstock with my Cricut and SCAL, and then I glued a scrap of canvas to it, and used it as a template to cut it out  by hand with my Cutterbee scissors, then distressed it with my fingernail and Tea Dye and Frayed Burlap Distress Inks. I made the little wreath for his neck with a bit of tinsel and a Making Memories metal star, and added a die cut piece of holly  (leftover from yesterday), that I painted with Rock Candy Crackle Paint, brushed the edges with Peeled Paint Distress Stain, and finished off with red rhinestones. The "Memories" plaque is an ancient metal word from DCWV, which I attached with distressed brads.
Now, gotta get to work on my other December projects!

It's A Blog Hop...AND a Pretty Paper Party!

It's time for the Master Forger's Blog Hop-and here is the challenge we were given this month:

BLOG HOP CHALLENGE: Alter some stickers and use them in an unexpected way on your project. Let's see if we can even recognize them as stickers any more!

I have several pages to share, some using stickers and some not, since I won an entrance to Shimelle's Pretty Paper Party, I have been combining as many challenges as possible, using up lots of pretty papers from my paper scraps and Counterfeit kit, and more importantly, getting lots of scrapping done!!

The first day's prompt was to mix and match strips of patterned paper (which is easy if you just happen ;-) to have a piece of border strips paper in your kit). I also used one of Shimelle's sketches for Day 1.

My Layout,"Just Breathe":

 My "Sticker in Disguise":

I mounted it on a chipboard flower and added some bling to the center-love making it dimensional!

Supplies I used for this layout:
A piece of GCD Studios pink cardstock from a previous CKCB kit, Echo Park Life Is Good Border Strips, a salmon pink handmade ribbon flower, Echo Park Life Is Good Element and Alpha stickers, a pink rhinestone from my kit, and a journaling spot from my stash.

The prompt for Day 2 was to use a patterned background-again, I followed a sketch from Shimelle:

I am not so sure I love the way this page turned out, but I ripped it apart twice and changed it around, so I finally decided I was done, and it was time to move on to the next page. It kind of feels off balance, so I may add a little something to the right side, but for now, I am walking away! The way I disguised the stickers here: I layered them on cardstock and with other stickers.
Supplies Used:
Making Memories Spellbound "Glitter Crow", American Crafts Halloween Stickers, Basic Grey Eerie Pops Stickers, Making Memories Spook Alley rub-on house, a stamp from my Halloween kit, and some orange bling from my stash

I skipped Day 3's Prompt, since it was all about making a kit up from your stash, and I kind of already do that ;-)

Day 4's prompt was to use dots and/or stripes-and possibly mix in another pattern such as a floral.

Here's my page:

I used a sketch loosely for this one.Supplies used:
American Crafts Play "Paper Dolls", The Girls Paperie Paper Girl "Die Cut Wallpaper", a piece of pink scalloped felt ribbon, pink Primas and bling, a handmade pink flower from my stash, and Echo Park Element and Alpha stickers, and an American Crafts Remarks journaling spot.

One of the prompts from Day 5 was to make it messy or distressed, and I used Shimelle's sketch for the day.

My Layout:

And a closer look at my "disguised stickers" here:

On the star sticker, I just added bling to the center, and for the Thickers-I "disguised" a P, and turned it into an R with a little creative cutting.
Supplies I used for this page:
patterned papers from the DCWV All About Boys stack, pieces of red and light blue cardstock from my scrap stash, American Crafts Thickers (from 3 different sets-the black glitter chipboard letters were in my Halloween kit this month, the other 2 were in past kits), Sapphire Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels that I dripped/flicked on the page, red rhinestones from my stash, and the red stars are from Jenni Bowlin.
Thanks for hopping by, be sure to visit our sponsor for this month, Momenta , and be sure to "like" them on FB for a chance to win an AWESOME prize pack!
Here is the blog hop order:

• http://kensingtondesign.blogspot.com/
• http://razzledscrapper.blogspot.com/
• http://craftimperfect.blogspot.com/

• http://just-jimjams.blogspot.com/
• http://mypair-a-dice.blogspot.com/
• http://truelifeimascrapaddict.blogspot.com/
• http://julieannshahin2.blogspot.com/
• http://lovejoyscrap.blogspot.com/
• http://lisahausmann.blogspot.com/
• http://scrappinmargie.blogspot.com/ (you are here)
• http://millermall.blogspot.com/ (go here next)
• http://howiburb.blogspot.com/
• http://www.snapsandsnippets.blogspot.com/

Stop by tomorrow-I still have more pages to share before I do a wrap up for October!

Halloween and Fall fun...

A couple of layouts to share with you today as promised:

For the first one, I used a sketch from Sketch Inspiration:

My Layout, "2 Ninjas Costume Party":

Supplies used for this page:(from my October Main Counterfeit Kit and Halloween kit)
Silver glitter Polka Dot paper from DCWV's Lemon Flower Stack, orange K&Co Halloween Whimsy paper, which I fussy cut the orange spider web from, black glitter chipboard "2" AC Thickers, "Ninjas" chipboard letters from Target $1 spot pack, "Costume party" from Target $1 spot sticker word pack, Skeleton 3-d Sticker from Basic Grey Eerie pack, spider rub-on from a Target $1 spot halloween rub-on pack (rockin' the dollar spot, huh ;-)? ). And 2 Studio Calico label stamps for the journaling that I won in a blog hop giveaway from Jennie McGarvey!

The second layout I am sharing today was based on a sketch from Pretty Little Studios:

And here is my layout, "Hey Pumpkin":

Sorry about the crooked photo,I couldn't get it straight no matter how I tried!

Supplies I used were all from my Counterfeit Kit Halloween kit: Basic Grey Eerie "Screech", Little Yellow Bicycle Frightful "Large Stripes", We R Memory Keepers Black Out flocked web lace (I added some of my black rhinestones), black "wrought iron" gate die cut with rhinestone, Cosmo Cricket "Hey Pumpkin" label sticker, and 2 Basic Grey Eerie brads. I edged around the striped paper and the whole page with my silver paint dabber.

Sketchy Fun

As you may or may not have noticed, I love sketches!! It takes alot of the "work" and thinking out of scrapping for me, and just allows me to focus on the pictures, the memories,and having fun!  Here are a few more layouts that I made this week using sketches:

Sketch 173 for Creative Scrappers:

My Layout, "Take Time To Smell The Daisies":



Supplies Used (mostly from September Counterfeit Kit):
DCWV yellow grid print from Lemon Flower Stack, scrap of kraft cardstock, Fancy Pants Its The Little Things Border Strips, Sassafrass Lass star sticker,American Crafts Thickers, Cosmo Cricker Tiny Type Letter Stickers

Sketch from Stuck Sketches:

My Layout, "Treasures Of The Heart":

 Close Up Of My Embellishment Cluster:

Supplies Used:
Fores green cardstock, hand punched peach paper lace, Colorbok rose print paper, brown crochet lace ribon, peachy pink Prima flowers, Bazzill button blooms, Martha Stewart butterfly punch, die cut kraft swirl, K&Co rub on

Journaling reads:
"It's hard to believe it's been two years that she's been gone now- and I still miss just calling her with a question, or seeing the way her face lit up when she saw her "Precious", Evan. Photos-September 2010, journaled September 2011."

Sketch from Sassy Lil' Sketches:

My Layout, "Signs Of Spring"

Close Up of the flower cluster:

Supplies Used:
Pink Paislee Vintage Moon patterned cardstock, yellow polka dot leftover scrap from DCWV Lemon Flower Stack, scrap of Teresa Collins black damask, Lily Bee stickers and banner, "Registered" label from Counterfeit Digi Kit (Echo Park For The Record), American Crafts Thickers, Cosmo Cricket Tiny Type, yellow Primas

A Sketch And Inspiration from Stuck On You Sketches (use die cut flowers-the 2 bigger flowers were die cut, the smaller ones were Primas that I layered):

 My Layout, "Blue Eyed Beauty"

Die Cut Flowers:

 Primas:

Supplies Used:
Teresa Collins black and cream damask print, Lily Bee This & That "Milk Bottle"-reverse side, cream shimmer cardstock, American Crafts Thickers, cream Primas, Making Memories rhinestone brad, Echo Park little letter stickers, patterned paper flower, black felt and tulle glittered flower, a tag for journaling tucked away behind the photo, tied with black and white baker's twine, and fastened with a Making Memories vintage brad.

If you made it this far, I commend you!!  Thanks for visiting me today!

Remember This...

One of the layouts that I made the other day is based on this FANTASTIC sketch by Becky Fleck, for this month's Express The Moments Contest:

My Layout:

A Close Up Peek at The Embellies:

Supplies I used:
Cream DCWV cardstock, Basic Grey Origins Patterned papers, kraft cardstock, my coffee filter flower (faux "Bella Bloom"), a decorated fall doily that I recieved in a swap, part of a Colorbok bling circle, American Crafts clear/brown journaling sticker attached to cream cardstock, black AC Thickers, Cosmo Cricket cream and black Tiny Type alpha stickers, tiny green Making Memories painted brads. I cut the title block and mat out with my Cricut and Once Upon A Princess cartridge.

The journaling reads:
"Moments like these are what makes life special! Thank you for this precious memory of my two handsome men! I love to see the love and trust as Evan holds Eric's hand.  St Louis 7/21/2007"

Petal Pick-Up Layout

I was inspired by this awesome sketch from Artful Delight:

Here is my layout:

A Close up Of My Embellishment Cluster:

Supplies I used:

Black And Yellow floral print from DCWV's Lemon Flower Stack (this paper is so gorgeous in person, it has the loveliest glossy/debossed texture), yellow polka dot print from the DCWV Lemon Flower Stack also, black sequined sheer ribbon, Making Memories cream with tiny black polka dot vinyl, Making Memories tiny alphas, silver American Crafts Thickers, yellow Primas, black and white twine-most supplies are taken from my September "Gran's Kitchen"  kit that I put together (you can see it here).

The journaling reads:

"Two of the prettiest flower girls around-picking up the petals from a dropped basket. 8/7/2010"

Thanks for dropping by today-come back tomorrow for another crafty share!