Scrapbooking in Triplicate With a Bunch of Stickers (No Spend 5/50)

Today's page focuses on Shimelle's challenge to scrapbook in groups of three. This was actually a fairly easy one for me, because I tend to use groups of three on my scrapbook pages naturally. I used three embellishment clusters and three groupings of Heidi Swapp Color Shine mist splatters on this page, along with Shimelle's Sketch twenty-two.

My Page:

Shimelle's Sketch:

This also fits Shimelle's Sticker Sneeze challenge, so I am linking up to that, too.
One more page in the books, and I am that much closer to my goal of fifty pages! A tenth of the way there!

I used: papers by Elle's Studio, Studio Calico, My Mind's Eye, and an ancient one from the Paper Studio (polka dots), lots of stickers from the Echo Park Sticker sheet that was in my kit, Heidi Swapp Primrose Color Shine mist, Martha Stewart gems, and Jenni Bowlin washi, and my black/white diagonal pinstripe washi, and a few bits from the Jillibean Soup Pea Pod Parts.

CKCB Challenge #1

For our first challenge over at the Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog this month, we were told:

Quilt Challenge: Let quilts inspire your next project! Warm, cozy and every pattern/color you can think of! Have fun with this one!
 

 When I saw the current "Designer Drafts" sketch challenge over at the Paper Smooches Sparks challenge blog, it reminded me of quilting, so I decided to combine the two. 

 The sketch:

 

My card, using a free digistamp from Paper Smooches:

Supplies used:
I printed the doily paper from my Everyday Eclectic digital kit on a transparency and stitched it to a white cardstock base, for the triangles on the left side of the card, I punched squares from scraps of hot pink and aqua cs, and cut them in half, added a double bow made from some sheer pink ribbon from Offray , a Paper Smooches digistamp that I printed on white cs and colored with my Copics, then die cut with my Cuttlebug and the scalloped circle Spellbinders die, mounted on a hot pink scalloped circle.
I am also sharing another card that I made from my October CKCB kit. I made this card for a challenge over at the Ellen Hutson Classroom blog, but since my internet was down, am too late to enter in the drawing. I used this sketch:

 

And I made this card:

Supplies used: Everyday Eclectic digital paper, light aqua cs scrap, printed Everyday Eclectic digital border strip (the green, printed on sticker paper). Colorbok white glitter chipboard, October Afternoon rub-on, green glitter brads, orange washi tape from Target, Martha Stewart aqua baker's twine, and Tim Holtz Distress stain (on the outer glittered frame). Happy Birthday was stamped over the rub-on rose with Staz-On.

October Counterfeit Kit

It's that time again! Time for the Master Forger's blog hop to reveal our kits! This month, we were inspired by the stunning September kit from Gossamer Blue Kit Club:

My itchy fingers really wanted to just buy it, but I have so much stash, I decided to see what I could pull together from that. Here is the kit I came up with:

 I have papers from My Minds Eye, Basic Grey, Echo Park, and Nikki Sivils. Embellishments
are from October Afternoon, American Crafts Thickers, Making Memories, Pretty Little Studio, Elle's Studio, and Prima (and of course  I had to put some washi tape in there!).
My Add-On Kit:

 

 More Thickers, October Afternoon, some vintage mailing labels for journaling, and some stamps.
I had my kit all together, and then Jessica Sprague put some of the Everyday Eclectic digitals on sale this past Wednesday, so I decided it was fate and added them into my kit:

I LOVE this collection, so I am sure I will get a lot of use out of the digi kit-my favorite part of digital scrapbook elements is the ability to print them over and over!

I already made one page with my kit, inspired by this week's Glitter Girl episode:

See It On 2Peas

I used Tea Dye and Frayed Burlap Distress inks to really "muddy it up", and the background pp is the B-side of the Basic Grey blue floral print from my kit. I die cut the cameras and "Memories" word jumble with my Cricut, using the Graphically Speaking and Cricut Sampler Cartridges. I used the Martha Stewart Drippy Goo border punch, lots of digital papers and embellishments from my digital kits, a Tin Pin from the OA set, backed with a small scalloped circle punch by Martha Stewart, and the journaling spot is a piece of patterned cardstock from the 5&Dime pad that I trimmed down.
Close-ups of the page details:

Thanks for dropping by my blog today, now be sure to drop by the rest of the Master Forgers' blogs today for lots more kit inspiration!
*Edited to add: I posted this early on accident, the other girls won't be up until midnight tonight or tomorrow morning
Here is the list:

Guest Designer: Katie Scott http://kissandtellscrapbooking.typepad.com/

Crystal http://crystalscraftycreations.blogspot.com/

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

Lisa http://lisahausmann.blogspot.com/

Libeeti http://creationswithlove-li-bee-ti.blogspot.com

Margie http://scrappinmargie.blogspot.com/ *You are here*

Milissa http://millermall.blogspot.com/

Rebecca http://howiburb.blogspot.com/

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

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

Backyard Camp-Out

Today I am sharing a page that I made with my June Counterfeit kit (also for the Inspired by Shimelle challenge). I based this page on sketch 14 from "Let's Get Sketchy":

 Here is my page:

 It was an awesome sketch for using up some scraps from my kit! Supplies I used: Graphic 45 A Proper Gentleman "The Sophisticate", The Paper Studio "Cork Board", scraps from most of all of my other papers, Target Kids Made Modern Paper Tape, Jenni Bowlin journaling spot and star strip sticker, "Family" and "Date" from Echo Park Times And Seasons digi kit (my surprise item in my June kit), Scrabble letter stickers, chipboard Thickers, I punched a light blue and a dark brown starburst that I inked up with my "messy item"- ink, and a cream patterned starburst (from my Basic Grey Wisteria "Finch" sheet)-I used my Studio G camping stamps on the cream starburst and another scrap of the Wisteria paper, which I "fussy-cut", and a asterisk from the Thickers sheet.
A Closer look at the cute little stamped images:

Thanks for looking-I'll be back tomorrow with another layout to share!

A Rainbow of Color...

The Sketch I Used:

My Layout:

See it on Two Peas In A Bucket

I was also inspired by the Rainbow Challenge at the Counterfeit kit challenge blog (although I didn't quite finish it in time to share with the other Master Forgers' layouts).

I used supplies from my Mid March Counterfeit kit-the Jillibean Soup patterned paper for the background, and Making Memories metal flowers, aqua glitter glue and Petaloo flowers from my March main kit (they were all cream colored, but I sprayed them with various mists to make them a rainbow of colors), and added in an assortment of leftover flowers. I made the "ruffles" with white cardstock, a Martha Stewart lace border punch, and some chalk ink.



Time to Start Sharing!

February has been such a busy month for me! But I do want to share what I have been working on!
I made this layout for the sketch challenge at Creative Craft World:

The sketch:

Supplies I used were all from my February kits:  patterned paper from Making Memories and Cosmo Cricket, paper doily from Wilton's that I inked, journaling card from Cosmo Cricket, October Afternoon Little Flyers and Chipboard Journaling spot to be filled out, Martha Stewart heart doily stickers, and corrugated letters that I made with my Cricut, Plantain Schoolbook cart, and crimped with my Fiskars crimper, then brushed with bit of white paint.

Next to share: My projects for the Counterfeit Kit Club Doily Challenge!

We were told:

Challenge #2: Doiley Challenge! Glue it, punch it, stamp it, but use it on a project! Let's see how many uses we can find for doileys!

Here are my layouts for the challenge:

paper layout:

For this layout, I combined the doily challenge with the February Sketch Challenge at Sketches 4 All: (with a love or Valentine theme)

Isn't it a beautiful sketch?You still have a few days (till midnight on the 29th of February) to submit an entry for a chance at an RAK!



Supplies used: Basic Grey and Chatterbox{this came from my ancient stash but I still love it} patterned paper, Making Memories rub ons, Wilton's paper doily, Cosmo Cricket word and border  stickers, printed chevron digi paper was die cut into hearts using my cricut and Plantain Schoolbook cart, pink scalloped felt border (I also die cut this for my February kit with my cricut),Martha Stewart pink heart doily sticker, Lush stick on rhinestones by My Mind's Eye, Heidi Grace clear heart attached with Glossy Accents, stamped "Love" ticket was die cut with SCAL, and flowers are from Petaloo and my stash.

Here is my digi page for this challenge:

I used my February Counterfeit Digi kit for this one! Most of the papers are from Design House Digital, by Agnes Biro.I used the typewriter key alphas from my January digi kit for the title.
 My hubs hates this photo of himself because of the scruffy beard, but the emotion behind it is so precious to me!!
More sharing to come!

Love Notes

Well, I know Valentine's Day is past, but I still have lots of Valentine's day layouts and projects with my Counterfeit kit that I haven't shared yet, and that doesn't even count the pictures I haven't printed yet from this year!So, I guess you get to share the love with me for a little while longer ;-) Today's layout is one that I did for the Counterfeit Kit challenge blog. They challenged us:
LOVE LETTER CHALLENGE: Include a "love" letter on your layout to let that person know how much they mean to you.
Here is my layout:

I used the February 1st sketch from Stuck Sketches:

I chose to write a "Love Note" to my son-I worry sometimes that I don't tell him often enough how much I love and appreciate him, so I jumped at the chance and I am so glad I did!!

Supplies used: patterned papers from Teresa Collins, Making Memories, and Basic Grey, with stickers/embellishments from Cosmo Cricket, Martha Stewart, Echo Park, Pink Paislee, and Heidi Grace. The corrugated letters are cut from kraft paper with my Cricut and Plantain Schoolbook cart, and run through my Fiskars crimper.

The beautiful photograph was taken by a photographer friend of mine, Nicole McCoy.Love how it shows his soul in his eyes! And I have always loved his eyes!

12 Tags Of Christmas...Day 8

Hi, everyone out there in blogger land! I am sorry I am running behind with these tags, life got in the way! I am pretty sick right now, with sinuses and achey all over. I did myself together for a bit to make these tags though, and it was a good distraction! Anyway, here is Tim's Day 8 tag:

And here is my tag:

I must say, at first I paniced a bit when I saw Tim's tag, because it is so far outside of my normal style, and I really didn't have much of the stuff he used. Then I pulled myself together and made some substitutions! I stamped a Martha Stewart Christmas tree stamp (that I loved  when I bought it 2 years ago, but hadn't used yet!) with white Imprintz pigment ink and heat embossed with white Zing powder, then used a makeup sponge to blend Barn Door and Tumbled Glass Distress Inks, and Deep Green Colorbox Chalk ink. I then distressed the edge of the tag with my scissors, blended a little Frayed Burlap on to the outer areas of the tag, and edged the tag direct to paper with my Walnut Stain Distress ink. I cut out the roman clock with Grungepaper and an svg file on my Cricut, then I cut the Gears and fancy clock hand out with the Steampunk SVG file set I have had for a while from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff, some from metallic cardstock, and some from Grungepaper, and sanded and distressed with Frayed Burlap ink, glued together with Glossy Accents, and attached in the center with a brad, and made a little green satin bow. I didn't have a pointing finger stamp, so I printed this image from the Graphics Fairy  directly onto my ticket (printed on white paper first, so I could see where it was going to print, then taped it to my paper and printed again). The ticket on top is a stamp from Inkadinkado, with a holly stamped in the center from We R Memory Keepers, and I colored some plain white pearls with a red Copic marker for the berries. Instead of the steampunk guys on the bottom, I stamped the "Joy" sentiment onto a scrap of my Grungepaper with Graphite Brilliance ink, and heat embossed it with black embossing powder from Ranger. I adhered the clock with Glossy Accents, then the pointing finger ticket, stapled a piece of film strip ribbon on, glued on my stamped ticket, then hot glued on the "Joy" and the gear wreath. And finished it off with a piece of my hand made shabby seam binding!
Thanks for allowing me to share with you, I will post my day 9 tag in a while!

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!

St. Jude's Children's Blog Hop With Nikki Sivils

Welcome to the Sketches 4 All St. Jude Childrens Christmas Card Blog Hop with Sponsor Nikki Sivils!
Nikki Sivils sponsored the products: The Gingerbread Land Collection for the DT to create the cards we will be donating to the: St. Jude Childrens Cancer Research Hospital!
These children are receiving treatment for various cancers!!
We are excited to add some Christmas joy and smiles to the St. Jude Children Research Hospital!
To learn more about SJCCH here is the link! http://www.stjude.org
Please come and enjoy the DT inspirations of the cards we will be donating to SJCCH!!
Please leave a comment on each DT blogs and your name will be entered in the drawing for the Nikki Sivils You're A Hoot 12 x12 paper kit!!

If you came from Cheryl's blog, you are on the right track! If you are just finding out about the hop via my blog, you can start the hop at Fia's blog!

We were challenged to make a card for a girl and a boy to be sent to St.Jude's, which was a lot of fun to do! It's a lot of fun to make cards for kids and think about what they would like to see! Here are my contributions:

Boy card:

This card was inspired by a card I saw on Kristina Werner's Holiday Card series this year. The supplies I used were papers all from Nikki Sivils Gingerbread land collection (there were sheets of 4 6x6 papers in the pack that are perfect for cards!), a punchout from the Nikki Sivils Gingerbread Land collection (the tree), that I wrapped with denim twine from the Twinery, and embellished with red rhinestones and a yellow flower rhinestone for the "star", and stamped the sentiment from a set of Martha Stewart Christmas stamps I bought a few years ago.

Girl card:

Supplies used: more of the awesome mini papers from the Gingerbread Land Nikki Sivils collection, punch out gingerbread people and Merry Christmas from the same collection, Pollycraft pearl puffy paint, Diamond Stickles, tiny green brads from Making Memories, Glossy Accents on the gingerpeople's buttons, and some forest green twine I got from ebay.

If you make a card for the children at St Jude's, and let us know over at Sketches 4 All, you will be entered in Fia's separate Nikki Sivils RAK. The address to send them to is:

St. Jude Children Research Hospital

595 N. Parkway Memphis TN. 38105
Attn: Vilma Carnahan

Thanks for stopping by my blog today-be sure to leave a comment for your chance to win this awesome collection:

Now, hop along to Kathleen's blog for more inspiration and chances to win!! *link fixed!

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!

Week 1 Online Card Class Color Combo (Monday's challenge)

I have not really been making many cards for the past few months (just really focusing on scrapbooking instead). Since scrapbooking is my first crafty love, I was ok with that, but there is just one problem!! My card stash has been dwindling. And I really do love to make cards, so I was ecstatic when I won a spot in Jennifer McGuire and Kristina Werner's Online Summer Card Camp through Betsy Veldman's blog-all of these ladies are so super talented and inspiring! I am so excited to try new techniques, color combos, and more, and fill my card stash back up, hopefully with some beautiful cards!!
Here is the Color Combo we were given for this week:

Here is my card for the challenge:

The inside is stamped with the sentiment, "Have a Fabulous Birthday". This color combo is not at all what I would have normally used, but I love how it turned out! Most of the supplies used came from the kit I put together for myself for June (see details HERE ). I started with a white card base, added a scrap of blue patterned paperstock from Making Memories, a leftover scrap of DCWV Mango Frost glitter paper, along with purple and hot pink cardstock strips which I punched with my Martha Stewart scalloped border punch, and layered (kind of reminds me of ruffles). Then I tied a piece of hand-dyed shabby seam binding (purple) around the top of the colored papers, and made a double bow, stamped and fussy cut some stems  and leaves with the Basic Grey stamp set from my June kit and Martha Stewart pigment ink, added tiny pearls to the flower centers, and then I took a hot pink Prima rose and added it to the top of the bow and leaves. And just like that, I have used up some scraps and made a birthday card(which I never have enough of) for my stash!

What do you think? you like it? Leave me a comment, and before you leave my blog, check out my giveaway HERE.Thanks for visiting with me today!

Welcome, Little One!

Today, the card I am sharing is for someone special! We are throwing a "card shower" for a member of our Lindsay's Stamp Stuff Design Team. Tamara is having her sweet baby boy today! Welcome to the world, baby boy Bennett!(I think his name will be Brett). We are all so excited for you, Tamara, and we all wish you love and luck!
I used a digistamp from the Lindsay's Stamp Stuff Babies And Bows Collection, and the Shabby Houndstooth digipaper, and I used a sketch from Sketch Saturday. The buttons are from Jenni Bowlin Studios, the star is foam, and it's from American Crafts, I used a Martha Stewart scallop punch, and the Cuttlebug Houndstooth Embossing Folder.
The challenges that I am entering this card into are:

Bee-crafty- Anything goes with a Digi
Ce's Challenges-Anything Goes
Corrosive Challenges- Masculine card
Annabelle Stamps- Say it with a bow
A Crafty Little Place- Anything goes
Cupcake Crafts-Let's get digital
Daisy Doodles Creative Challenges-Anything goes
Lexi's Creations- Emboss it
Sketch Saturday-sketch
Stampin For The Weekend-Anything goes
My Sheri Crafts- Baby week
Challenge Up Your Life- Celebrations

Thank you for stopping by our baby shower! Now check out the other DT members' cards or projects for Tamara!

Here are the girls participating:

http://shestamps.blogspot.com/
http://www.desertdesignsstudios.com/blog/
http://zippycrafts.blogspot.com/
http://myfenceposts2.blogspot.com/
http://stampitscrapitshareit.blogspot.com/
http://createdbyleanne.blogspot.com/
http://cindi-hookedoncrafts.blogspot.com/
http://artfulxpressions.net/
http://karin-withaniforpaper.blogspot.com/
http://blissfulplace.blogspot.com/
http://rhondagale.blogspot.com/
http://1cardcreator.blogspot.com/
http://want2scrap.blogspot.com/

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

10 Candles...A Layout A Year Late

I made this layout on Saturday, my little girl's eleventh birthday-kind of funny, 'cause this layout was about her tenth birthday, lol! Anyway, I started with a sketch from Sketch Inspiration, and used some fabulous Basic Grey Green At Heart, and a big flower from Prima. I love how the paper matches my girlie's bathing suit, and doesn't that flower (with the glittered green butterfly) just top this page off perfectly? Some products are just too pretty to sit in my scrapbook closet!

Brrr.....

I made this little Christmas card to enter into a couple of challenges.Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog says..."Let It Snow". I used the sketch from this week's Sketch and Stash challenge, the ribbon and rhinestone snowflake are both from my stash and the challenge at Dare U 2 Digistamp was to use red, green, and a neutral color (and a digital image, of course!). This digistamp is from Dustin Pike, and the red card background is a digital printable from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff, the Winter Printable Set. And, don't forget, Lindsay is having a buy 2 get one free sale on her sets until December 23rd! Thanks for looking-comments are always appreciated!