Right at Home Scrapbooking: Fabulous

Hi Everyone...I have a fun layout today I created using the May Mood Board from Right at Home Scrapbooking...take a peek at the board:

 

And here's my layout... some fun "strike a pose" pics of my daughter and her good friend before their sophomore semi formal ring dance.

 

 

I used some My Mind's Eye Cut and Paste papers for my layout...the colors were perfect!  My triangle background was inspired by a PL card created by Nicole from Right at Home.  I cut them using the Jumbo Banner Day Stax from MFT, and stitched them down for some texture.

 

I added some cut tags cut with my Silhouette.  The Totes Adorbs stamps are from Paper Smooches Slang Gang stamps.

 I love this new lace tape from Maya Road...so pretty!  That's it for me today, I'll be back with a layout for the It's a Plan Class at Right at Home and a fun card I created for Paper Issues.  Thanks for stopping by!

Right at Home Scrapbooking: Another It's a Plan Layout

I have another layout to share from my It's a Plan class at Right at Home Scrapbooking.  For the month of March we'll be creating 3 layouts using the fun From Me to You collection from Pebbles.  Here's the second layout:

 

These pictures are from last year...a friend and I took our girls to go see Emblem 3 at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston.  I hadn't been there in about 25 years...it really hadn't changed much!  It was a night full of screaming teenaged girls!

 

I had a lot of fun with speech bubbles on this one and some fun stamps by Paper Smooches.  This month's It's a Plan Class will be held tomorrow (Saturday, March 22nd) at 10:00am.  If you're local and interested call Right at Home to reserve your spot.  That's it for today, I'll be back soon with some more projects.  Thanks for stopping by!

 

A New "Issue" !

There's a new Issue up at Paper Issues Today!! The theme is "Endless Summer".  Basically it's an anything goes Issue as long as it's summer related!  We just can't seem to let go, even though we're well into the start of school.  Denial, Denial, Denial!!!!  Anyway, I decided to create a layout featuring this hysterical picture of my daughter and her friend, diligently doing their required summer reading on our flight to Florida this past August.

I just love the "annoyed teenager" look I'm getting from my daughter.  Classic.  For this layout I used a sketch I found on Pinterest from Citrus Twist Kits...a great source of sketches and ideas!  The papers, stickers and flair are from the Fancy Pants Memories Captured collection...such a fun all-purpose line full of great colors and patterns.  I also got to use my new Heidi Swapp Black Velvet Color Shine Spray!  Love the deep color!

 



I used some corrugated Thickers for my title and did some stitching through them....I liked how it coordinated with the black corrugated mat of my photo.

 

The thought bubble die is from the Lawn Fawn "A Birdie Told Me" set and the Really? stamp is from the Paper Smooches Slang Gang set. 

 

We'd LOVE for you to play along with our "Issue"  Link up your Endless Summer project here and you could win a $20 gift certificate to the Paper Issues Store. 

 

If you just can't wait to see if you've won, use Code KATHYS in the store and receive 20% off!

Thanks for stopping by...can't wait to see what you link up!!

Some Fun, New Echo Park

Hi Everyone... I was very excited to get to play with Echo Park's new Here and Now collection for the Layout Workshop over at Right at Home Scrapbooking this month.  This is one fun collection, full of bright colors and fun patterns.  It coordinates perfectly with these silly "selfies" of my daughter and her friend.

 

I absolutely LOVE the chalkboard background paper.  It really makes the colors pop off the page.  I created the bulls-eye shapes by editing the Concentric Circles file from the Silhouette Store.   

 

 

These adorable little glasses are a new die from The Cat's Pajamas.  As soon as I saw it, I had to have it. 

 

The same goes for these stamps.  They are from the Paper Smooches Slang Gang collection.  They were just to cute to pass up and they're perfect for Teen/Kid scrapping.

I also used the fun "chalk" technique that was up on the Echo Park Blog recently to add my arrows.  I love how it looks!  That's it for today.  I'll be back soon with some projects for The Twinery.  Thanks for stopping by and as always I appreciate your comments!

Rainbow Pancakes

I'm back again with some more new baker's twine from The Twinery.  Today the design team is focusing on the fabulous Black Shine Twine.  It's a natural base twine with a bit of shine in the black threads.  It was the perfect color combination for this silly layout of my daughter and her friend with their colorful pancake creations...

 

I used some Pebbles Basics for my layout.  I love all of the colors and fun patterns in this collection!  I see lots of projects using this line in my future!  The arrows and target outline is a file I downloaded from Kinsey Wilson and it was cut using my Silhouette,

 

 

The Black Shine twine coordinated perfectly with my background papers!  I also love how the black makes the colors of the papers (and pancakes) pop even more! 

 

I played with my new "A Birdie Told Me" dies from Lawn Fawn.  (Speech bubbles are a new favorite!)  I made them stand out a bit more by outlining them with some Stone, Blossom Iridescent and Lilac Twine.  The sentiments are from Paper Smooches.

 

 

It was a fun layout to create for some fun pictures!  And yes, they did eat those pancakes....(it was only a little food coloring...)  Thanks for stopping by, and I appreciate your comments!   Make sure to stop by The Twinery Blog to see the fun creations the design team has put together!

The Twinery and CASual Fridays

  This week The Twinery is sponsoring the challenge over at CAS-ual Fridays.

What is CAS-ual Fridays?  It's a challenge site for cardmakers.  CAS stands for

CAS

Clean. And. Simple.

uncluttered
lots of open *white* space,
one clear focal point

This week's challenge is called

'Round & Round'

Create anything using two circles

Here's my creation:

I used some fun papers from the Lily Bee Buttercup collection and tons of MFT Die namics including the Sun (circle #1), Flat Cloud, Mini Pennants and Circle Stax (circle #2) for the balloon. I added a little Charcoal Twinery Twine to "tie" it all together. (sorry, couldn't resist....) The sentiment is from Paper Smooches.

Make sure to check out the CAS-ual Fridays blog to see what their designers have created with our twine and if you play along, you could win a fun prize pack from The Twinery.

Thank You!

I have not fallen off the face of the earth...although it may seem that way!  It's been a rough couple of months around here and I'm afraid my creative activities have had to be tabled for a bit, but I thought it would be appropriate to post this card that I made recently....

This is a thank you to many folks.  First, thank you to my husband and daughter who have done absolutely EVERYTHING around here for the last two weeks while I deal with a bad back.  Thank you to my mom who came up to help out.  Thank you to my good friends:  Anita who has driven my daughter to events, sat with me, made me yummy cupcakes and taken me to PT.  Thank you to Barbara who made dinner the other night...and thank you to my scrappy friends who have forgiven my missed projects and cancelled classes.   And thank you to all my neighbors who have checked in to make sure we're doing OK.

I'm hoping to get back soon to my creative endeavors...the projects are all patiently awaiting me on my dining room table.  Just wanted everyone to know that they are appreciated!!!