Paper Issues: Up A Tree

Hi Everyone!  I'm up on the Paper Issues blog today with a fun layout I created using the Woodland Forest Collection from Pebbles.  I played along with the current challenge "Unbe-leafable Great Outdoors" and I used the September Sketch!  Take a peek...

 

I just love the little critters on the Accent Stickers!  I also can't resist the phrase stickers!  Here are some close-ups.

 

 

 

Have you played along with our September Challenges?  There are so many, you're sure to find one that interests you!  Just check out the September Challenges Album in the Paper Issues Friends and Fans Facebook Group.  You could win a Gift Card to the Paper Issues Store just for playing along! Need some supplies?  Use code KATHYS in the Paper Issues Store for a 20% discount!

That's it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek!

 

 

Paper Issues: July Off the Page Challenge

 

 It's time for the July Off the Page Challenge over in the Paper Issues Friends and Fans Facebook Group!  This month's challenge is all about summer and summer celebrations! We are looking for all of your paper projects with a summer theme... 4th of July, Canada Day, patriotic & military welcome home/send off parties, pool party, picnic, beach theme...  Invitations, cards, favors, banners, gifts, décor... any paper project that isn't a traditional layout will work!   For my project, I used the 3D USA Décor Blocks from the Lori Whitlock SVG Shop.  

 

 

I thought these were so cute, and although they were done for the 4th of July, I can see them sitting on my shelf all year long!  I used some Pebbles America the Beautiful papers which are available in the Paper Issues Store!

 

Be sure to play along with this challenge by posting your project in the July Challenges Album in the  Paper Issues Friends and Fans Facebook Group in the comments under this project.  Each project posted will give you an entry to win a $10 Gift Card to the Paper Issues Store!  You have until August 1st to enter!  I can't wait to see what you create!
 

Paper Issues: Hip 2B Square Issue!

Hi Everyone!  Today, we have a new Issue up at Paper Issues...It's Hip to be Square, sponsored by A Flair for Buttons!  We're looking for all things square...pictures, embellies, you get the point!  Here's my layout that I created using tons of goodies from the February Swag Bag and some fun A Flair for Buttons Flair!

 

And now, a couple of things for you! First,  I created this square cut file for this issue and it's up in the Paper Issues Store free files section for you to download!  Second... A Flair for Buttons would like to give you 10% your order for the month of February.  Just use code IHAVEISSUES15 when you check out from their store!

 

Make sure to check out the other "It's Hip to be Square" creations from the PI Design Team!!  Link up your projects to this issue, you could win this fun A Flair for Buttons flair assortment!! 

 

That's it for me today, thanks for stopping by!

Right at Home Scrapbooking: It's a Plan Class Layout 3

Hi Everyone... I have the final layout from my March It's a Plan Class at Right at Home Scrapbooking.  The class was this past Saturday...we had a great time.  One of my students was there even though her daughter was getting married that night!!  I was flattered!  Here's the last layout from the class using Pebbles From Me to You.

 

 

Such a silly picture...my daughter and her friend enjoying some smoothies after a long day of dress shopping for their Ring Dance. (Semi formal where they get their class rings).  Thankfully it was a successful trip for them both!

 

 

I finally got to play with my new Amy Tangerine Plus One Dies.  That little camera is too cute!  That's it for today...just a quick post!  I'll be back on Thursday with a layout for Doodlebug Design featuring the new Springtime Collection!  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!

 

Right at Home Scrapbooking: March It's a Plan Class

Hi Everyone...wanted to give you a peek at one of the three layouts for my March It's a Plan class at Right at Home Scrapbooking.  This month, we'll be playing with some From Me to You by Pebbles.  Take a peek...

 

I'm on a roll with layouts featuring moi...a goal for this year...be in the picture!  Just a couple of selfies wearing our new glasses.  I'm officially old, went from no glasses to progressive lenses...sigh...

 

 

I used some of the stamps from the new MFT Friend Request Stamp set, along with some Dienamics.

 

I used my Cameo to create the speech bubble title.

 

Finally...a hidden tag for some journaling!  If you're local and would like to join us, this month's class will be held on Saturday, March 22nd at 10:00am.  Call the store to reserve your spot.  Thanks for stopping by!

Pumpkins!

Just a quick post to show you the project I'll be teaching at Right at Home Scrapbooking this week.  It's a fun Pin-spired fall centerpiece using some wooden blocks, paper and paint!

 

I used some of the awesome orange patterned papers from Pebbles Thirty-One Collection.  They were perfect for pumpkins!  The leaves were cut using a Silhouette file and some paper from LYB.  They even smell wonderful as they are made from cedar! (beautifully cut by Lisa from Right at Home...that girl can rock a table saw!)  That's it for today...I'll be back tomorrow with a project for The Twinery's In The Round Challenge!

Family Ties Class Part 2

This is the second layout I created for the Family Ties Class at Right at Home Scrapbooking.  We had a lot of fun yesterday...thanks ladies for making the afternoon so nice!

Love this picture of my daughter and my nephew...so cute!  I found the background heart overlay on Kelly Shults' blog Envisages...she was kind enough to let folks download the file she created.  I chose to back some of the hears with the papers from Pebbles' Family Ties Collection.

 

The speech bubble and the arrow are from Silhouette.

That's it for today...off to grocery shop with the masses.  Hopefully it will be a little less crowded due to the vacation week!  Be back soon and thanks for stopping by!

Family Ties Class at Right at Home

I'm teaching a fun class today at Right at Home Scrapbooking.  We'll be playing with Pebbles Family Ties Collection, perfect for spring!  Here's one of the layouts:

 

I love these pictures, they're from a crop last fall.  I was playing with a great iPhone App called Pocketbooth.  It takes a "photo booth" type strip of pictures. 

 

I had fun with my Silhouette again, cutting lots of little details.  I love arrows.  I think they are my new "go-to" embellishment!  I also created the file for the title...getting much easier to do!  The stamp mats for the pictures were created using MFT's Stamp Stax Die namics.

I'll be back tomorrow with the other layout I created for the class.  Thanks for stopping by!

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!

Creative Scrappers Sketch #248

Hi Everyone,
I'm back today with a really fun sketch by Nicole Nowosad for Creative Scrappers.  Here's the sketch:

 

Don't you just love the speech bubbles?  They're one of my favorite trends these days!  Here's my take on the sketch:

This picture just cracks me up.  It's of my two troublemakers...Daisy and Rosie... acting as siblings do.  This is actually the calm before the storm, seconds after this was taken, they were chasing each other around the house fighting.  I used Pebbles Seen and Noted again...I can't get enough of the fun colors and patterns!

I cut the speech bubbles from one of the patterned papers in the collection and stamped them with some very old, but wonderful Making Memories stamps.  They're magnetic and you can spell out what you want. 

I also added some fun Evalicious goodies...the Photo Love tag and the Keep Calm and Enjoy the Catnip badge.  Perfect for my layout!  And...to complete the look some Paw Print Washi from Queen and Co.!

Make sure to stop by Creative Scrappers to see what the rest of the DT has created, you'll be so happy you did!  And if you'd like to play along, link up your layouts and you could win a great prize from Scrapbook and Cards Today!

Creative Scrappers Sketch 244

Happy Sunday to everyone...I'm back today with Creative Scrappers sketch #244.  It's a great sketch by Heather Leopard...full of fun details.  Here's the sketch:

And here's my take on the sketch.  I stayed pretty true to the sketch...I loved it just the way it was!  The picture is one I took with InstaGram back in October of my silly Daisy peeking out of a box. (We call them cat-traps around here...)

I used Pebbles, Inc.'s Seen and Noted collection.  I LOVE the bright colors and fun patterns.  They went perfectly with my picture.  The pockets and cards in the collection made it easy to create a hidden journaling pocket.  I just added some Bella Blvd Decorative tape and Evalicious's Look Here stamp. And of course, one of my Studio Calico Kitty paper clips!

Evalicious also has really cute kitty badges...so of course I needed to add one.

 I also played with some Mister Huey sprays to add some "splops" to my background and I pulled out my kitty paw print stamp...I've had this forever, but it's just so cute!

Yes, I know that this layout solidifies my reputation as a Crazy Cat Lady...It's just something that everyone is   going to have to learn to live with! To win a prize package from Creative Scrapper's January sponsor My Creative Scrapbook Kits, complete at least one layout from Creative Scrappers Sketches # 241, 242, 243, 244, or 245 and upload it to the Creative Scrappers Blog using the inLinkz button.  The deadline to submit a layout is February 1st!

Hi Everyone,

I'm back with a layout I created for Right at Home Scrapbooking. The assignment was to take a 8.5 x 11 PageMaps sketch (seen here) and stretch it to a 12 x 12. Here's my take using Pebbles, Inc. With Love collection.

I LOVE this picture of Caroline. I bought her a tiara as a joke at Christmas and she obviously loved it! The quote comes from a pencil we found while shopping one day... it's become a standard around here!

The theme for this month at RAH is flowers, so I created these rosettes using MFT's 1/4" Rosette Die namic. The crown border is also a Die namic I topped off with some bling.

I'll be back later this morning with some fun news (can't announce until 8:00am EST!)

My First Twinery Post

So excited that today is my first official post for The Twinery. Here's a sneak peek at what I've created:

Make sure to stop by The Twinery Blog today to get the full story!

Whoo Loves You

OK, a bit "punny", but I couldn't resist. I was asked by Lisa over at Right at Home Scrapbooking to create a Valentine's themed treat bag for one of my DT projects this month. I knew I wanted to do something with owls... so I searched Pinterest (love it, but huge time black hole) for owls and found my inspiration for this:

Isn't he cute??? And of course I had to take his picture in a tree... This was really an easy project to create. I started with a pillow box that I cut using an SVG file from Lettering Delights. The body feathers are just punched circles, as are the eyes. The feet and beak are punched hearts and the wings are oval shapes. All the papers are from the Pebbles With Love line... I just love the colors!
For the tag, I used my Cricut to cut out the words on a tag shape, then layered it onto another slightly larger tag. And of course, a little Twinery Maraschino twine to complete the look!

The best part... when you open up the pillow box, it's full of CHOCOLATE! That's it for now, I'll be back Friday with my latest from Let's Capture These Sketches!