What a Week!

I'm back to show the last of my LCOM Layouts using Bella Blvd.'s Tail Waggers and Cat Naps, but first, I had to share what an amazing week I've had! I usually don't enter a lot of layout contests, I kind of go in spurts, if I have something that fits the contest requirements, I'll enter it. This past week, I was surprised to be recognized three times!! First, Echo Park picked one of my layouts to display on their weekly blog post, I Spy Echo Park. Right after that, I got an e-mail from Becky Fleck letting me know that I won the MLS LO Contest on the Page- Maps blog with one of my Tail Wagger Layouts! Finally, yesterday I was roaming blogs and saw that one of my EP Summer Days layouts was chosen as a winner on Echo Park's Facebook Fan Friday Post! I guess when it rains, it pours!

Anyway, back to my final Tail Wagger's LO. This is a picture of my very unstable kitty, Daisy. It's a typical pose for her, she's a bit crazy!

I had a lot of fun with this LO... To add a little "something" to the top corner, I cut a bread tag using MFT's new Die namic.




I stitched a bit crazy... tried to make it look like yarn, not sure if I succeeded, but it added to the crazy feel.

The chipboard pieces from the Tail Waggers' line were fun to work with, and I had to add a couple of Whimsy Buttons!


I finished it off with some twine and rolled flowers made using MFT's Rolled Flower Die namic.

That's it for now, I'll be back next week with a patriotic LO using Bo Bunny's new Liberty Line.

Pay Purr View

I'm back with another Tail Waggers and Cat Naps Layout I did for the Marketing Team over at LCOM.

My two kitties love an open window or door... it gives them a glimpse of all the critters outside! They'll spend hours looking out, talking and twitching!

The clouds and sun are chipboard minis from Maya Road that I painted. I misted the edge of the clouds with Shimmerz Spritz. The little bird is a pin from My Little Bit of Whimsy.

I made the yellow flower using Maya road Pleated Ribbon Trim and a Gluber. The gingham flowers are Maya, and the cute little bumble bee is a Whimsy.

I added some twirly hand stitching and a banner made using MFT's Fishtail Banner Die namic. It was a fun layout to play with!

I'll be back Friday with some more Echo Park Summer Day.

An Ad-Lib Mini

Hi Everyone..I'm back with another project for Let's Capture Our Memories using Bo Bunny's Ad Lib line. I decided to to a mini album to document an award my daughter received for Youth Art Month. She designed a flag that was chosen to represent the State of Massachusetts at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. It was really exciting, we took a trip down to D.C. for the festivities and got to meet with Congressman McGovern and Senator Brown from Massachusetts!
I scanned her design and used it for the cover art of a Prima Canvas album which I painted and added the ribbon trim.

There were so many brochures, invitations and letters of congratulations that I decided to make envelopes and put them into the clear inserts that came with the album.

It really was a fun album to put together! Stop by LCOM to check out all of the Bo Bunny Ad-Lib goodies!

Ad Lib at LCOM

Hi... just wanted to share a layout I did for the Let's Capture Our Memories Marketing Team this month. I was very excited to get to work with Bo Bunny's Ad Lib. The colors in this line are fantastic!! It's definitely one of my all time favorites!! I had a lot of fun with this layout... last year we took our daughter to her first concert... Taylor Swift. She had such a great experience. I chose to make the journalling a major part of my layout because the story was so fun! I also wanted to include the ticket stubs as well. Since there was a lot going on with the journalling, I kept the rest simple with a cute little border using MFT's Banner Die-namic and some of the fun rub-ons from the Ad-lib line.

That's all for now... stop by LCOM to check out the entire Bo Bunny Ad Lib line!

It's About Time!

After two years of talking about it, I finally got my act together and joined the blogging world! I know that many of my good friends are saying, "It's about time, we're tired of hearing you talk about it!" Well, now they don't have to listen to me complain anymore!

I got to show off my new blog design (created by the VERY talented Kristine Davidson) this weekend at the Right at Home Scrapbooking Winter Crop. What a fun weekend we had. I took my daughter Caroline and we spent the weekend scrapping and laughing with a wonderful group of ladies! I wasn't terribly productive, but I did get a couple of projects started. One thing I started was a mini binder to hold all of the MFT Die-namics I've been accumulating. I was getting tired of losing them, looking for them, finding them and losing them again, so I figured it was time to find a better solution. Here's what I came up with.

The album is a 6x6 Bo Bunny Binder and I've decorated it with the new Basic Grey line Hopscotch. LOVE the Hopscotch paper... it's so cute! The chipboard pieces and felt flowers are awesome! To hold the Die-namics I found some 6x6 tie envelopes from a company called PaperPresentation. I replaced the chipboard pages of the album with these envelopes and decorated them with the die cuts they contain. I'm not completely done (I still have a few more Die-namics ) but I'm well on my way!

It really was a fun project to create! We might even be making it into a class at Right at Home! I'll post details when it's scheduled!

That's it for now... I'll be back soon with some more creations from my scrap weekend!