Supplies Used: Stampin' Up! Tie the Knot Scrapbooking Kit.
LOL! I messed up & originally posted a challenge card for Hanna Stamps. I thought I was so on top of things and the challenge is for next Friday ~ Oops! So some of you might have seen a peek at it before I pulled it (at least I think it's pulled ~we'll see when I publish this). 
I've been busy working on 6x6 mini scrapbook gift albums over the last few weeks. Stampin' Up! sells these wonderful kits with their gorgeous textured paper, 2-sided pattern paper, and heavy-weight stickers. And the great part is ~ you can get 2 complete 6x6 albums from each kit with a total of 12 different pages (4 of the 12 pages are shown). I also made a matching gift card so it's an easy gift to give the mom-to-be (or new mom) and she can just add her own pictures.
Just having a little more fun with my Lizzie Anne Design stamps. This is one of my new favorite color combinations ~ Guava, Brocade Blue, Celery & Saffron. It feels so fresh to me. 
It's that time of year to show my kids teachers and the office staff how much we appreciate everything they have done for our kids during the school year. I have many friends who are teachers or work in the schools and I know it can be a very thankless job some times. This year I decided to make a little summer fun for them. Included inside the cup is a gift certificate to Coldstone, a Take 5 candy bar, a few tubs of Crystal Light and some Life Saver candy.
I love this little fish! This is another image from the By the Sea set from Lizzie Anne Designs. Cute, cute, cute! 
My friend Bev Barton (also known as Bevie Pearl), loves to come up with little challenges. This weekend it was that we had to use Red and Flowers on the same card ~ here ya go Bevie!
Matt's friend across that street had a birthday a few days ago & tonight was the Monkey party. I found out she got an iPod from her parents so Matt & I decided she needed an iTunes gift card so she could load it up. But you just have to figure out a way to jazz up those boring gift cards. So while I was at Target yesterday, I found this cute cup and the decals for the gift bag and card. Volia ~ an easy but very cute gift!
Isn't she fun? We are ready for the pools to open around here, now we just need the tempratures to get back up so we can actually get in the water. At least we can tell that summer is almost here. It's so wonderful to see green grass and flowers. We have several bird feeders in the yard and today I noticed a gorgeous Blue Bird ~ it was the most brilliant blue (actually Tempting Turquoise) and some amazing Gold Finch. I love to watch them. 
I am loving how this card turned out using the new Le Jardin set by Lizzie Anne Designs. There are gorgeous detailed images in all sizes. It's very fun to play with. The layout for this card was inspired by the 2008 Hero Arts Catalog ~ love that thing! The designers in that catalog are amazing.
I saw this idea in the Hero Arts catalog and couldn't wait to try it with my Lizzie Anne stamps. I looked through all of my LAD sets and found six Thank You sentiments. I stamped them randomly on vanilla cardstock in Creamy Caramel ink ~ voila ~ I have the perfect pattern paper. 
As you can see by my blog roll on the right, I have many talented friends. I have had the honor of meeting most of these girls and talk with many of them on a daily basis (well not Becky or Nichole ~ but that would be fun). I feel so blessed to have such a wonderful group of friends ~ and their talent always blows me away.
Several weeks ago, I found this cool notebook at Target. It has 3 tabbed dividers with these fun curved pockets. I knew immediately that I wanted to use it for card, layout and project sketches.
You know I just love this color combo ~ red, orange, and hot pink! What great summer colors. I know some of my friends have trouble working with the bold bright colors, but I love them ~ especially this time of the year. 
WOW ~ I've been messed up on what day it is all week long! It's been a very busy week but it's Friday right? Well thank goodness! 
Hey look ~ these projects match my blog! These projects are posted today in honor of my friend Michelle's birthday. She love polka-dots! Happy Birthday sweet MY ~ I hope your day is FANTASTIC!
I have to say that I think this new Lizzie Anne Designs set called Born to Be Wild is ADORABLE!!! There are four sweet little animals with both the solid image and an outline. There are also some great sentiments and a palm leaf. 
I was playing with this paper last week and came up with this super simple card. I like this spring line by Making Memories ~ it comes with cute Easter things and spring flowers. I thought it would also make cute baby cards (which I'll have one to show soon). 
My friend asked me if I would make a sympathy card for her to give to someone. Her friend had just lost her beloved little dog and was so upset. I know all too well how much I miss my sweet babies that have passed. However, as much as it hurts to lose them, I would never trade the years and precious memories I have with each of the dogs and cats that I have owned throughout my life. 
Anybody up for a picnic? My husband issued a challenge to me ~ could I do anything with this old Clementine box? HA! Silly man ~ Of course I can! I made this a few months ago and submitted it to a few publications, but I think it was too late in the cycle for the summer issues ~ oh well. Even though most of the supplies are Stampin' Up!, I'm not gonna send it in to them because (1) I would have to mail it to them, (2) I won't get it back, and (3) I used a Cricut alphabet rather than stamps (and I am NOT revising it). Anyway, I was pleased with how it came out.
These are the photos I took a few weeks ago right in my own backyard & I couldn't wait to get them on a page. The other day my friend (who also lives here in my neighborhood) was looking at my pictures, and asked "Where do you live?". She had no idea where in my backyard I would have taken these pictures. I thought that comment was so funny. 
I finished this a few weeks ago as an assignment for Lizzie Anne Designs. It was a fun little box to put together & went fairly quickly too. Yes, I did manage to get my Mother's Day packages in the mail yesterday to my mother-in-law and my step-mother. My mom has been gone a few years now, so I feel blessed to have other special mothers in my life.
I really need to get packages in the mail today so they won't be late! That would be just like me, I have everything made for months and months and then I mess up and don't get them mailed on time! This spinner card has been made since February (or maybe even earlier) as a Lizzie Anne Designs assignment. It was a fun card to make, but it was not an easy 10-minute thing. I'll have another Mother's Day creation tomorrow.
Yup...I'm still at it & having a ball! Don't worry card makers, I'll get back to more of those soon ~ but for now, I'm having way too much fun.
I told you I've been scrapbooking! Here is another layout I made this week. It is a complete CASE of a layout I saw in the May/June issue Scrapbooks etc magazine. The layout in the magazine was done by Kelly Noel & it was just beautiful ~ I copied pretty much everything ~ even the paper. Why change perfection?
Supplies Used: Cardstock ~ Bazzill; Pattern Paper ~ Scenic Route; Cricut Cartridge ~ Jasmine; Ribbon ~ Stampin' Up!; Smile tile ~ KI Memories.
It's pages and memories like this that remind me why I love to scrapbook! Tim was out of town for his birthday last year so we tried very hard to make a day special when he got home. We told him we were going to have a party but he didn't know any of the details. We went to friends house for dinner, swimming a Cold Stone Ice Cream Cake, and PRESENTS. We surprised him with a Wii ~ he was so HAPPY! I love these pictures because the expression on his face shows how happy he was that night.
I had a wonderful time shopping at the local scrapbook store the other day with my girlfriend Paula. We found all kinds of great pattern paper (among other things). When I found these fun patterns, I knew I wanted to use them for the new Hanna summer sets. This set called Fun in the Sun, is now available over at Hanna Stamps.
Now that warm weather is approaching and those Red, White & Blue holidays (Memorial Day & the 4th of July) are approaching, it's time to get the BBQ our and invite some friends over. This is the new Patriotic set from Hanna Stamps that will be out this Friday, May 2nd (at midnight).
For the scallop top of this pocket I used the large scallop oval and for the curved edge, I used two of the ovals that nest.
Then for the pocket I used the long rectangles and put two pieces of cardstock together at an angle & cut them at the same time.