The Creative Scrappers E-book is HERE!!!

Hi Everyone,

I have some very exciting news! The very talented Kristine Davidson of Creative Scrappers has created over 100 sketches and coordinated with 50 designers to put them together a new e-book! Even more fun, I get to be a part!

The e-book is available on line now here, and it can be loaded onto your electronic devices... perfect for bringing to crops! A printed version will also be made available and can be pre-ordered soon.

Here's a peek at the layout I created for this awesome book:

Wait... still more good news... I have a copy of the e-book to give away to one lucky person. To enter, make sure you're a follower of my blog and leave a comment here by midnight, Saturday, February 11th. I will pick the winner's name on Sunday, February 12th.

Sketch #118 Reveal

Hi Everyone,

I'm back with the reveal of sketch 118 from Let's Capture These Sketches. We got to work with an awesome sketch by JJ Sobey... take a peek.

And here's my take on JJ's sketch. I used some Bella Blvd. Finally Fall to showcase some great apple picking pictures from October.

LOVE the word stickers that come with this collection, they're perfect to sprinkle around your layout, and the big brown Whimsy button matched the colors perfectly.

I wanted to include an apple tree so I combined the branch Die namic from MFT with an apple I created using some Twinery twine.

Make sure to take a look at the fabulous layouts the rest of the team created here.

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!

Color Challenge at RAH

Hi Everyone,

Right at Home Scrapbooking is having a color challenge this month using some of my favorite colors! Check out our inspiration:
I LOVE blue, green and brown together! Here's my take on the challenge, a very funny picture of my fluffy kitty Rosie reaching out to "bap" the camera.

As soon as I saw the challenge, I immediately though of the new Style Essentials Collections from Echo Park. They're so versatile, and you can use both sides of each paper, same colors, different patterns.

I created some twine hearts using some Caribbean, Honeydew and Cappuccino twine from The Twinery. And of course... my Whimsy kitty and buttons...LOVE that kitty!

For the title, I cut some letters using my Cricut and combined them with some little alphas from the EP Dots and Stripes Candy Shoppe line. I was very happy with the results! I'll be back next week with a fun Valentine's treat holder for Right at Home and also the reveal of sketch 118 from Let's Capture These Sketches!

1st Reveal at Let's Capture These Sketches

So excited, it my first reveal at Let's Capture These Sketches. We had a great sketch to work with this week designed by Natalie Roy, take a peek:

And here's my version...

These pictures are actually from Christmas. We were trying to get a picture of all the grandchildren to send to Nana down in Florida. Of course, my husband had to get into the action with his version of the "Tebow"... well at least he got them all smiling.

I used Echo Park's Yours Truly, perfect for Valentine's and love-themed layouts. The hearts along the border are painted.

And of course... some Charcoal Twine from The Twinery and a Whimsy button to top it all off! I'll be back next week with some more layouts... finally getting "back in the groove" after some time off! Make sure to stop by Let's Capture These Sketches to see the awesome layouts created by the other members of the team!

A Two-Pager

Wow, two posts in two days, I'm on a roll! Just thought I'd share a two page layout I did for the DT over at Right at Home Scrapbooking. Lisa gave me a great PageMaps Sketch and some Echo Park Happy Days to work with. I don't do a ton of 2 pagers, and was worried I wouldn't have enough pics, but I found some and they worked perfectly with the EP goodies.

These pictures are from the Taylor Swift Concert last June at Gillette Stadium. The girls had a great time tailgating, and the concert was awesome. She really puts on a great show! I was particularly impressed by how she kept right on going in the middle of a torrential downpour!

The EP Happy Days papers coordinated great with my theme, lots of music inspired embellies.

I even added one of my own, creating a music stanza and a G-Clef with some Twinery twine (of course!!)

I'll be back soon with some more layouts, including my first reveal for Let's Capture These Sketches.

I Design with Twine!

Boy, it's been forever since I've posted! I'm finally getting back to normal ... or my version of it! Well, to kick off 2012, I have some wonderful news...as they say, a picture's worth a thousand words, so here goes...


I'm so excited to announce that I'll be part of the 2012 Twinery Design team!! Today, on The Twinery blog the first group of designers have been announced, including:

Teri Anderson
Dorangela Bobet
Helen Bird
Lauren Brewer
Natalie Clause
Amy Crockett
Tifany DeGough
Carolyn King
Kathy Skou { Yippee!!!}
Kellie Winnell
Angelica Suarez - Senior Designer
Monika Wright - Senior Designer
Julie Ranae - Design Team Coordinator

Words cannot express how happy I am! I LOVE The Twinery's baker's twine... I use it all the time! Make sure to check their blog tomorrow to see the second half of this list...it's a fabulously talented group of ladies!