Bahamas Zoo - a double page layout

Hi all! After participating in  the current Jingle Belles and Shopping Our Stash combined challenge ( click here to see my card), I decided to pull out some of my older papers and get scrapping. I still have lots of pics from our family vacation to the Bahamas a few years ago, so I decided to use those,too! Here's what I came up with.....

I have a board dedicated to multiple photo /2 page layouts on my Pinterest site, which is where I found the inspiration for this layout. I grabbed a few sheets of this really bright American Crafts dp called Abode. The fun colors reminded of the vibrant colors of the Bahamas. The tags, pocket and journaling block are all from Simple Stories. The buttons are from my stash and the good times and arrow and chevron stamps are from CTMH set called Take Note. The cardstock is from my dwindling Stampin' Up! 12X12 cardstock. It's been over two years since I was a SU demo and I still have a substantial amount of 8.5X11 and 12X12 cardstock left!!

I love getting my layouts completed this quickly!!!

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!!

 

 

 

 



Peace wishes .... a July Christmas card

Hi all! I hope you're enjoying a beautiful summer day .... we've had a lovely summer so far, which means I spend more time at the beach than I do in my craftroom these days! That's okay , 'cause I know our warm weather is short lived here so I'm gonna take advantage of it as much as possible. I did  find some time to browse around  some of my favorite challenge sites and was super pleased to see two of them team up for a great challenge!! Jingle Belles and Shopping Our Stash have an awesome challenge for us .....


"Isn't that a fantastic idea? Yep, we think so, too! So in honor of this special event, we've got a special "two-fer" challenge for you. Here's what to do:

1. Make a holiday card that uses something from your stash 

which is at least a year old.

2. Post the card on your blog or gallery, and be sure 

to tell us what your older stash item is.

3. Link your card at the bottom of this ♥JINGLE BELLES♥ post 

and also at this Shopping Our Stash post.

4. Check back at both blogs on July 17th to see if you've won 

one of the lovely prizes! (More on that in a minute!)"  - from JB blog

 

And they have a prize to be won- wot-woot!!! So be sure to check out both blogs .Here's my card:

 

 

 

 

So this card has nothing new on it.... the papers( Basic Grey Nordic collection) , stamps ( Deep Red Poinsettia Bloom),rhinestones ( Prima), Thickers ( American Crafts) and doily are all from my stash of at least a year old!!! The only thing that isn't old is the Gelatos(blue) that I used to shade in my poinsettia, but even the embossing powder is old ( probably at least 4 years old!!!!). What a fun challenge and I'm super happy to be using items from my stash.... gotta make room for new stuff,right???

 

So that's my JB and SOS card... hope you enjoyed! Thanks for stopping by!!

 

 

So Sweet Box card

Hi all! I made this cute little box card a few weeks ago and I wanted to share it with you today. Box cards are everywhere these days , you can so many great tutorials on how to make your , but I found an even easier and totally foolproof method- I purchased the svg file from SVG Cuts. I posted a video from YouTube ( click here) on the whole assembly process from SVG Cuts.

Here's one of my box cards.........

 

 

 

When you buy the files from SVG Cuts you get several different kinds of box cards plus blank box bases for you to let your creativity flow. I love the summery feel of this strawberry basket card and it was so simple to create. I just imported it to my Silhouette machine and then let it do all the hard work!!! I used CTMH cardstock,some Crate Papers, twine,rhinestones and a button from my stash  as well as a Quickcutz embossing folder for the strawberries . The sentiment is actually part of a small cupcake stamp that I've had forever. The files come with coordinating envelope files that fit these box cards perfectly.

I hoped you've enjoyed my version of the boxcard.... thanks for stopping by today!!

 



Box Card SVG Kit - Assembly Tutorial

Today is a good day ....... for Mojo monday

Hi all! I'm back to share a card I made for this week's Mojo Monday challenge - here's the sketch:

 

 

 

I played around with a few products from October Afternoon 's 9 to 5 collection with a little Fancy Pants thrown in. Take a look.........

 

 

 

I love the cool retro office look of the 9to5 collection. All the papers and the journaling card and twine are from October Afternoon , the clip and button are from Fancy Pants. I used my Crafters Workshop stencil Coffee Splotches to age my papers with stains. There is minimal stamping on the front of this card...a sentiment from CTMH set called All the Details and a tab from True To Life.  This was a pretty simple and fun card to make and it's versatile for different occasions. Gotta love that!!!

 

Anyway... that's my  Mojo card- hope you liked! Thanks for dropping by!!!



a few more layouts.......



Hi all! I just have a few more layouts to share with you. My scrapping mojo has been limited with the beautiful weather we've had this past week , but since today we are recovering from a summer storm brought on by hurricane Arthur, I decided to take advantage and post a few pages.

 

This one was made using papers from one of my favorite companies, Graphic 45. The collection is called Botanical Tea and I just love the vintage feel , which went nicely with some paper birds and flowers I had left over from K& Co. I used a stamp from CTMH that suits this page perfectly- hanging out with good friends!

 

The next layout I made for a  challenge from Frosted Designs. They provided a great sketch to play with:

 

 

 

You have to use a diecut in your layout... so I made mine with my Silhouette machine of course!

 

The triangles were cut out of the white cardstock and then I added some cute Crate papers behind each one. My Crafters Workshop stencils were used for

 the splatters and ring marks.I sprayed some and inked others.... so simple!!! The bits and pieces of life tag is from Simple Stories and the word Delight and butterflies are from Heidi Swapp epoxy collection. The banners are from Fancy Pants Designs.

Thanks for stopping by .... have a great day!

 

Mojo Monday card.... at the very last minute!!!

Good Sunday afternoon bloggers! As you can probably tell from my post title , I'm posting my Mojo card with little time to spare!!! I actually started my card a few days ago but then life got in the way ( yup, it seems to be doing that lots lately) and so I only just finished it and getting it here. Check  out Mojo Monday for details and lots of great inspiration.

Here's this week's sketch:

 

 

And here's my card......

 

 

I used Authentique papers for everything but the base which was CTMH Juniper cardstock.

The sentiment is a CTMH set called Card Chatter-Sympathy. I like the sentiments of this set and I think they can be used for more than sympathy- the inside of this card reads:" Just a little prayer that God will keep you in His care". I used Memento Rich Cocoa ink for the sentiement inside and out and Prima fluid chaulk inks for some edges.

I made a doily from a cutfile purchased online and cut with my Silhouette and while I was at it , I cut a circle ,too. Nice and easy! The chicken wire details were made with a Crafters Workshop stencil and crackle paste from Golden. I distressed everything with my new favorite tool, the Prima distressing tool. If you don't have this handy-dandy tool in your stash , get one!! It's so versatile- this lil' gem has a sanding surface , a distressing tool, a bone folder and a metal brush ( yup, metal) for really cool effects on your photos or papers. Best investment I've made in a long time!!

 

Well that's my card.. hope you enjoyed it! Thanks for stopping by today!