The Twinery - May Flowers Challenge

Hi Everyone...today is my day over at The Twinery to showcase my project for the May Flowers Challenge.

I had a lot of fun with my project.  I created a frame and easel (made entirely of paper) from a Lori Whitlock Silhouette file and some adorable Fern and Forest Girl from Little Yellow Bicycle.

I used my Hana Ami Flower Loom and some Sorbet, Blossom, Ocean and Honeydew Twinery Twine to create some twine flowers. 

 I mixed them in with some of the LYB Fern and Forest Girl embellishments, including that CUTE little Clear-cut shapes fairy!!!!

The colors of the frame were perfect for this picture of me, my mom and my daughter from a few years ago.

We would love for you to play along with our challenge.  There's still time left to link up your project for a chance to win a $25 gift card from scrapbookpal.com!  You can find all of the details here.  Thanks for stopping by and as always I appreciate your comments!

I have Issues!

I can think of at least 5 friends who will have a snarky comment to my title...sorry to disappoint, but I mean Paper Issues!  Today is my intro post over on the PI blog.  Words can't express how excited I am to be part of such a fun and talented group!  As part of our post we were asked to give 5 random facts about ourselves.  I never scrap about me, so I thought it would be fun to make a layout featuring these facts.  Take a peek...

I had a lot of fun putting this layout together...I used Allison Kreft's new Composition and Color collection for Webster's Pages as my back drop and then sprinkled in lots of fun embellies.

Fact 1 - I am a crazy cat lady.  I know this will NOT be a surprise to most.  I decorated my photo with the cute kitty clip from Studio Calico, some fun Queen and Co. washi and of course the perfect flair from PandaEight.

Fact 2 - I'm secretly jealous of my daughter's ability to take awesome selfies...true story.  My selfies are very scary.  I decorated this photo with some painted corrugated words from Jillibean and some wood veneers from Studio Calico.

Fact 3 - I am addicted to coffee.  So true. I used a cute little coffee .studio file cut with my Cameo.

Fact 4 - My husband and I are huge Jimmy Buffett Fans and go see him every year...grass skirts and all.  I highly recommend this activity.  The tailgating is phenomenal and the people watching is pure amusement.  The stamps I used have been in my stash for years...and I love the little Instagram frame from Studio Calico!

 

Finally...Fact 5 - I have been friends with my husband since we were 15.  I do want to point out that we did not start dating until we were seniors in college.  I do know where all the skeletons are buried.  This pic is from our recent trip to Key West to celebrate our 20th anniversary.   I embellished it with more words from Jillibean and a SC wood hash tag.

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Happiness with Pink Paislee

Hi Everyone...just a quick post to share this month's Layout Workshop project for Right at Home Scrapbooking.  I got to play with some fun Pink Paislee Secret Crush.  LOVE this collection, the colors, the patterns, everything!  I also used some of the special cutting files you can download from Pink Paislee...they coordinate perfectly with their collections.

This picture is from our recent trip to Key West to celebrate our 20th Anniversary.  We had such a fun time.  It was hard to leave!  I used the Pink Paislee Photo Frames Cut Files to create this cute layered frame for my Instagram photo.

I also used the Circle n Hearts cut file for my background.

If you're local ( MA & RI ) and would like to join our Layout Workshop contact Right at Home to sign up.

Pink Paislee is also sponsoring the current issue over at Paper Issues.  Make sure to drop by and link up your Pink Paislee/Mother's day projects for a fun prize package!

Thanks for stopping by and I appreciate any comments!

Mother's Day at The Twinery

Hi Everyone, I'm here today with a project I created for The Twinery's Mother's Day Celebration Week.  All this week The Twinery's designers have been showcasing some beautiful Mom-inspired projects, make sure to check them all out!

 

I created a cute little box with a set of monogrammed notecards for my mom...all embellished with some Twinery twine of course!!!  I used the new So Noted collection from Carta Bella...LOVE the soft colors and patterns...so pretty!

The box was created using the Lori Whitlock A2 Vertical Card Holder and my Silhouette. I decided to make each note card unique.  The first is just her initial tied with some Cappuccino twine...simple but pretty!

Then next two cards were created by using the positive and negative images of my mom's name. 

 

On each of these cards, I added a strip of score tape to hold the wrapped twine in place.

 For the last card, I cut the "J" from the patterned paper and outlined the negative image with some Blossom Twine.  I love how elegant it looks!

All of the cards will fit nicely into the monogrammed box!  The flower on the box is also a Lori Whitlock SVG.  Just a little something to show mom how much she is appreciated!  Thanks for stopping by today and remember, the Twinery has a special promotion going on this week to honor mom!

Thanks for stopping by and as always I appreciate your comments!

MFT & Friends - May

Happy National Scrapbooking Day!!!  I'll be spending the day with some fun ladies cropping the day away...or at least a little during all the chatting.  I wanted to share the layout I created for this month's MFT & Friends Workshop at Right at Home Scrapbooking.  I got to play with the fun Darling Dear from Studio Calico and tons of MFT Die namics!

I recently got a huge craft desk for my craft room...5'square!  My daughter and her friend decided it was also the modern day equivalent of the couch cushion and blanket fort.  They hung out under the desk for hours.

I was excited to use the new Reel Life Die namic.. it's just so cute and trendy!!  I also used the Story Starters Die namic and the Right this way stamp set.

The Cute Cameras Die namics are my FAVORITE...just so cute!  That's it for today...thanks so much for stopping by and I hope that you're doing something creative today!

The Twinery and Imaginisce Blog Hop

It's the last day of the fabulous blog hop between

 

Hopping today for The Twinery are:

Jamie Cripps
Kathy Skou (you are here)
Monika Wright

 

I was very excited to get a fun box full of Imaginisce Childhood Memories.  As soon as I saw the Wonder paper with the fabulous bubble wands, I knew what picture I was going to scrap.  I love this picture of my daughter from 2000.  She could sit and blow bubbles for hours!

I used the bubble wand stamps from the collection to create a fun embellishment.  I colored and cut out the images.  I covered the wands with some glossy accents to make them look more like actual wands.  I tied them together with some fun Caribbean Twinery Twine.

I had a little fun creating some "bubbles" on my layout.  First I cut some bubbles from the blue Play all Day paper, outlined them with more Caribbean Twine and filled them with Glossy Accents to make them shine like real bubbles. 

I couldn't bring myself to throw out the cut bubbles, so I decided to just make more shiny bubbles and add them over the chevrons on the b-side of the Snapshots paper.

Make sure to check out all of the fun creations The Twinery and Imaginisce Teams created. You can get the full list of participants over at The Twinery Blog. Make sure you stop by both The Twinery's and Imaginisces' blogs and leave a comment.  You could win one of these prizes:

3 Spools of Twinery Twine... a $48 value!

 

An Imaginisce Prize Pack worth $48!

 Last day to leave comments will be Saturday, April 27th at 12pm est.  Both prizes will be announced on Monday, April 29th.  Thanks for stopping by!

One Fine Day & Some Happy News

Hi Everyone...just a quick post to show you a layout I created using my take-home kit from the Layout Workshop at Right at Home Scrapbooking.  I got to play with some Crate Paper Acorn Avenue.  Here's what I came up with:

I just love these pictures from back in 2005.  The one on the left was our Christmas card pic that year.  We got a Mr. Huey's Mint Julep mist in our kit, and I used in a few ways...first I splattered some on my background.  I also used it to color some Studio Calico wood veneer arrows and also to color my LYB burlap letters in my title.

 

 

The  little clips from Studio Calico are a favorite and used one of my birdies to hold my picture perfect label.  That stamp sentiment is from Lawn Fawn.  I found these Prima flowers when I was purging the craft room.  I have NO idea when I got them, but I thought the colors were perfect for my layout.

 

That's it for today... Now for my happy news.  I'm excited to finally be able to announce that I'll be part of the Paper Issues Design Team!!!

 

 

Such a fun group of ladies, and there are a lot of fun Issues planned!  If you're not familiar with Paper Issues, be sure to stop by the blog to check things out!  I'll be back on Friday as part of the Blog hop with The Twinery and Imaginisce!  Thanks for stopping by!