Halloween Card and Shadowboxes

Wow! Where does the time go? Hard to believe it is already October. I've been working on some Halloween projects and thought I would share them. First up is a Halloween card. The digital image is from Whimsie Doodles and can be found here along with lots of other adorable stamps. I colored her in using Prismacolor colored pencils and just love how her hair turned out.

Next up, I made a Halloween shadowbox for my youngest son's teacher. The shadowboxes were originally from Dollar Tree but I found mine at a Goodwill for .49 cents. I liked the one I made for her so much that I decided to make one for myself as well. The top picture is for the teacher and the bottom one is mine.

Thanks for stopping by! I'm going to attempt to do a better job posting on here. :D

Teenager Layout

Here is a layout of my two oldest kids..Caitlyn and Colton.




Materials Used:
DCWV Rockstar Stack
K & Co Border Strips
Handmade Lollipop Flower
Studio G stamp
Bling

Silly Little Monkey Layout

Sorry it has taken me so long to post Carson's layout. I've been dealing with a headache and neck pain for the last week and finally went in to see the Dr. She in turn sent me to my dentist because it turns out that I have been clenching my teeth which is the cause of the headaches and neck pains. So long story short, I now have to wear a mouth guard at night to hopefully cure me of my teeth clenching. So on to the layout.

Here is my little monkey boy Carson.




For the monkey stamps, I colored them using copic markers and then added glossy accents on top.



List of materials:
Patterned Paper and Cardstock- Recollections
Monkey Stamps- The Paper Studio
Title Stickers- The Paper Studio
Border strips- K&Company
Glossy Accents
Copic Markers

Two More 12x12 Layouts

This past weekend I finished two more layouts. These are of my two oldest boys, Colton and Chandler.
Boy layouts for me are so hard to do because I have to be really creative without using flowers or too much glitter. Being a girly girl this is not always easy. I am so thankful that I had at least one girl out of the bunch to indulge my love of all things sparkly.

So here are the layouts. First up is Chandler.





Here is a list of materials:

Paper- K&Company Sea Glass Paper Pad
Decorative Scissors in Zig Zag
Silver eyelets- Making Memories
Distress Ink- Tea Dye
Chipboard
Font-Cricut Classic Font Cartridge
Twine
Crackle Accents
Acetate Quote Sheet



This next layout is of my son Colton.




Colton's favorite color combo is red, white and blue. He plans on joining the Marine Corp after graduation, just like his Dad did. He has always been so patriotic. I always think of him when I see anything flag or military related.

Here is the list of materials for this layout:

Paper- Hot off the Press
Die Cut Border- K&Company
USA Letters- K&Company
Blue Glitter Stars- K&Company
Chipboard Alphas- K&Company
Eyelets- Making Memories


Thanks for stopping by!

Getting Back to Basics

Happy Friday Everyone!!

So I have decided that I am going to start focusing more on making 12x12 layouts rather than mini albums or cards because it is what brought me to scrapbooking in the first place. I have dozens of albums, some started some not, and they are just sitting in my closet collecting dust. To go along with that are dozens of boxes filled with pictures that are not being enjoyed, which to me is the main reason for having pictures to begin with. Of course, I will still make mini albums and cards but for now will concentrate mainly on 12x12's.

That being said, yesterday I worked on a layout of my daughter. The pictures were taken the summer before her senior year. She is now a freshman in college so that is how far behind I have gotten.

I had forgotten how much I enjoyed making layouts. With the mini's I had to stick to one theme and one subject but with the layouts I can switch between all my kids and have different themes. It's actually pretty refreshing only having to do one page and then moving on to the next.

Anyway, here is the layout I made with a list of materials used. I will be posting lots more layouts in the future.











List of Materials:
Patterned Paper- K&Company Classic K Bailey Paper Stack
Pearls- Say it with Bling, Want 2 Scrap
Flowers- Recollections
Charm- Making Memories Vintage Findings
Lace- Stash
Glimmer Mist- Scarlet
Homemade Glimmer Mist- Pink
Font- Cricut Classic Font

Thanks for visiting and have a fabulous weekend!!

~Paula

New Cricut Carts I Must Have

I received an email from Memory Miser today and there are two new Cricut carts that are definitely going to the top of my wish list.

The first one is the Elegant Edges.








I was going to start buying the nestabilities dies but with this cartridge I don't think I will need to. Just look at all those designs.


The second cart which this is the first time I've seen it, but it may have already been out for awhile, is Baby Steps.








Aren't those little babies sooo cute??!! I can see lots of cards being made. I'll just need more friends to have more babies. LOL.

I may have to wait awhile until they come down in price though. I just can't seem to justify spending over $50 on a cart regardless of how adorable they are. Although I do have an Anniversary and Birthday coming up. :)

Weekend Project- Easel Card

Hey everyone! So here is my first project of the weekend. This was my first attempt at an easel card and I think it turned out rather well.








Here is the list of materials that I used:

One piece of Cardstock cut at 4 1/4" x 8 1/2" and scored at 4 1/4" and 6 3/8".
One 4 1/4" square piece of cardstock
One 4" square of patterned paper
Stamped Image- Fluer Anya, The Greeting Farm
Flourish- Sizzix Flower and Vines #2
Tea Rose- Prima
Tiny Roses- Recollections
Stamped Circle Image- Studio G
Glossy Accents
Clear Rhinestones
Ribbon
Glimmer Mist- Lily Pad
Thread
Sentiment- Computer font
Colored Pencils
Pop Dots



Thanks for stopping by!

Baby Boy Card

I spent my entire weekend crafting and only ventured out to one craft store. Yes ONE! It was to Joann's and are you ready for this.. I spent less than.....$10!! ?????? Crazy right??? Impossible you say. Well not so crazy or impossible when you are on a time limit. I had to rush in really quick because we had to go pick up our son from work so I didn't have the proper amount of time to loiter about the store. I secretly think hubby had that planned out.So I ran in and picked up a paper stack that I needed and a couple stamps that caught my eye and got out of Dodge. Actually I am trying to be really good and save my money because at the end of the month the Scrapbook Expo is coming to town. Plus my Joann's is looking pretty sparse. I really hope they will be restocking new stuff soon. It's rather depressing walking in there only to see the same old stuff. Anyway back to my weekend. So it continued to rain all weekend which is another reason I didn't go out. I hate rain. I know it's good for plants and trees and all that but I just find it annoying. Especially when it's torrential rain that gets you soaked to the skin in 0.2 seconds flat which is what we had. So I stayed holed up in my craft room and did a little organizing and a couple projects.

Let me tell you I am on a card making streak....well if you count two as a streak that is. My cousin had her baby boy over the weekend so I made her a card.



I loooove the little baby in the buggy!! He's just so adorably cute. So here is the list of materials I used.

White textured cardstock- Bazzill
Blue Polka Dot cardstock- Nana's Kids DCWV
White Scalloped Circle- Sizzix, embossed with Swiss Dots folder
Baby in Buggy- Cricut Simply Charmed Cart
Tag- Recollections
Stickles- light blue
Baby Boy letters- Cricut Storybook Cart
Trim
Buttons

Have a great Monday!!

Punk Princess Birthday Card

It's a rainy day here today. The perfect weather for staying indoors and crafting. Today I made a birthday card using a digi stamp that I purchased off of Etsy. The seller is hannahlynnart and I just love all her designs. Click on the link to go to her shop. :)

I bought the birthday girl digi and she is soooo cute. I love her punk princess look. Here is the card and a list of materials.



Materials used:
DCWV- Rockstar Stack
Bazzill cardstock
Sizzix- Flower Layer #3
Digi Image- Hannahlynnart Etsy Shop- colored using colored pencils
Pink Lace
Black Rhinestone strip
Stickles-Frost

It's hard to see in the picture but I used the stickles on the frilly parts of her dress and also on her birthday hat.

This picture shows it a little better.

My Very First ATC

Well I finally got over my fear and I joined my first ATC swap over at A Lil Scrap of Heaven .

The theme was Easter/Spring and you had to use glitter or stickles or glitter glue on it as well. This is what I came up with.



To make my card, I cut out a piece of thin chipboard to the standard measurement of an ATC which is 2.5 x 3.5. Then attached a piece of patterned paper from K&Co. Then I outlined the entire card in frost stickles. Next I ran off the image of the girl that I found online. Cut her out as well as the Easter Wishes sentiment and inked the edges using tea dye distress ink. I also used the tea dye color around the edge of the card. I then attached the ribbon and Recollections flowers with hot glue and then applied frost stickles to both.
Last step was to attach a glitter ribbon and butterfly charm.

Not to bad for my very first time, don't you think?

Princess Mini Album

This is a Princess mini album that I made for my niece.

Welcome To My Blog

Hey everyone! I decided to start this blog to share things that I create. I love to scrapbook and make mini albums. I also have two shops on Etsy. One is for my felt dessert play food and the other is bakery inspired miniature food jewelry. I will be posting pictures and information for all three of these on here. Hopefully I can keep this updated as much as possible. Thanks for stopping by!