Weather Rabbit

Like always, BasicGrey is putting out so many FABULOUS collections. But the HEY collections (Hey You, Hey Boy, and Hey Girl) are definitely a recent favorite of mine. The page below features mostly papers and embellishments from the Hey Boy collection.

SUPPLIES:

BasicGrey: Hey Boy Mixed Brads, Hey Boy Layered Stickers, Hey Boy 12 x 12 Paper Pad, Hey Boy Wooden Buttons, Hey You Canvas Alpha Letters, Hello Labels, Hey You Printed Chipboard Alpha Letters

My son was so proud of his “weather rabbit” at school (decorated in honor of his dad’s job, Broadcast Meteorologist) and was nice enough to pose by it in the lunchroom for me. I used my Silhouette Cameo to create the sunburst background, clouds, umbrella and bunny. You just gotta love a sweet little bunny holding an umbrella!

Thanks for stopping by!

Last Day of School

I’m back to share another page with the June 2013 Scraptastic Club Carry On Kit and Add-On. This time I concentrated on the more subtle colors of cream, blue, yellow, and black in the kit and LOVE the results.

This page came together on a whim just by layering together all the scraps I had left over after creating my other pages. I love when that happens!

Later this week I’ll be back to share another page using this fun color scheme. Thanks for coming by!

You Arrrrgh the Best

Hello crafty people! I’m back today to share with you the first page I created with the June 2013 Scraptastic Club Carry On Kit and Add-On. The colors of this kit were perfect for the pirate page I wanted to create of my daughter’s Pirate Preschool Graduation Program from a few years ago. I used my Cameo to cut out the characters and title. This artwork is by Lettering Delights from the “Be My Matey” set.

The “Shine Bright” phrase is one of the exclusive die cut phrases from the kit.

I snipped the 12″ red scallop border sticker into pieces and hid the ends behind the photos and other elements to make the border appear as though it spans both pages.

Love how the Ormolu flair looks on the top of this page. And isn’t that pirate girl the cutest?!

Thanks for stopping by to see my work today! I hope to see you again soon!

Father’s Day Projects

Hi Friends! Sorry, I’ve disappeared on you the last week or so. I decided to take a blogging break to enjoy the last busy week of school and the first busy week of summer … which means I haven’t been doing much scrapping. I’m sure all of you have been doing the same thing! Yay for Summer!

I do have a few Father’s Day projects that I thought I would share with you today. The first one is a gift set that I put together for BasicGrey using my Silhouette Cameo machine.

For this project I used a mixture of the BasicGrey Hey! Collections. My husband really doesn’t like when we make a fuss over him on holidays/birthdays … if he had it his way, we would all just go about like it was a normal day. And if we do give him any gifts, he prefers the practical and useful kind. Boring, right?! Well, just because he likes practical gifts, doesn’t mean that I’m going to wrap it up in a practical way. Hehe! My kids and I still shower him with all kinds of fanfare and this trophy gift bucket will be the perfect way for us to display our affection for him. It’s roomy enough to hold several small gifts and notes, and after he goes through them, it will look great sitting up on the mantel for the remainder of Father’s Day.

I created the base of the trophy with light yellow cardstock using my Cameo and an SVG cut file by SVG Attic (“Day at the Races” set). For the top layer, I used a yellow pattern from the Hey You 12 x 12 Paper Pad. Next, I decorated the front of the trophy with an award created with my die cut machine using more papers from the Hey You collection. I placed a wooden button from the Hey Boy collection with the number one on it in the center of the award. You could even make the award removable so that he has to wear it pinned to his shirt during his Father’s Day dinner!

For the card I used more of the Hey You papers to cut out a hot air balloon image. I used the Hey Boy Printed Chipboard Alpha letters to spell “Dad” across the top and added a couple of clear blue buttons from the Hey Boy Buttons and Brads as an accent.

SUPPLIES:

BasicGrey Hey You 12 x 12 Paper Pad, BasicGrey Hey Boy Printed Chipboard Alpha Letters, BasicGrey Hey Boy Buttons and Brads, Hey Boy Wooden Buttons

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This second project is a layout that I have up on the My Mind’s Eye blog today using the Kate & Co. Oxford Lane Collection.

SUPPLIES:

Kate & Co.-Oxford Lane: Bold Paper, Triples Paper, Fresh Paper, Enjoy Paper, 6 x 6 Paper Pad,  12 x 12 Sticker Accessories, 12 x 12 Chipboard Accessories, Decorative  Brads, Decorative Tape, Layered Stickers, Stamps

Other: White Cardstock, Teal Spray Ink,  Navy Stamping Ink, Acrylic Block, Black Distress Ink, Scissors, Trimmer, Adhesive, Foam Squares

My husband’s favorite color happens to be white, and so I decided to begin this page with a crisp white background spritzed with a few droplets of teal spray ink. I love how the colors and patterns of this collection look against that white background.  I added horizontal bands of patterned paper across the top and bottom of the page to “frame” it a bit and then added some extra bits to the top for some fun. I used the decorative tape along with a layered sticker, enamel brad and a stamped flower.

I adhered the #1 Sticker to a circle punched from a smaller scale patterned paper from the 6 x 6 paper pad and then fussy-cut a few flower sprays as accents. I also stamped a few more flower shapes around this cluster.

The journaling is contained on the “Fun” chipboard journal block and accented with more stamping and fussy-cut flowers. It’s been awhile since I’ve done any fussy-cutting and I love the detail and texture it adds to a page.

I hope you are having a great summer so far. We are knee deep in swimming lessons, scout camps, popsicles, friends around the firepit, and more. I love making summertime memories! I’ll be back soon with more shares!

Giveaway WINNER

Happy Friday, crafty friends! I’m back to announce the WINNER of the Ruby Rock It Carnival King Giveaway! Thank you to everyone for participating and for always leaving such kind comments for me. They always make my day!

The WINNER of the Carnival King Collection is …

CAROL POWERS

CONGRATULATIONS, Carol! I will be contacting you on the email you left with your comment to gather your shipping information.

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This week at Scraptastic Club I played along with the monthly Sketchy Thursday Challenge on the blog. My fellow design team member, Susan Stringfellow, creates the most amazing sketches and I’m always excited to try my hand at them. Here is her sketch and my resulting page using the May 2013 After the Storm Kit and Add-On.

I cut out a template using my Silhouette Cameo machine using artwork from the Silhouette Online Store. Next, I traced the different “sunrays” on the different patterns and then pieced them together in a haphazard way.

I combined the exclusive flair from the kit with a corrugated shape from the kit to create the sun. I also added a few “twinkle” stickers accented with the candy buttons from the kit. The label stickers are also from the kit. I used a stamp from Scraptastic Club’s Mr. Brightside stampset on the top one. The mini paperclips are from my stash.

So are you going to do any scrapping this weekend? My June Scraptastic Club kit just arrived (full reveal on the Scraptastic Club site tomorrow) … and I’m thinking I’m going to spend some one-on-one time with it. LOVE it!

Have a great weekend!

Guest Blogging at Ruby Rock-It and a GIVEAWAY!

Happy Wednesday! Today I am the Guest Blogger over on the Ruby Rock-It Blog. When they contacted me and asked me if I would like to create some projects with their Carnival Queen collection I was completely delighted! I have had my eye on this collection ever since I saw sneak peek pictures upon it’s announcement. I just love the happy colors and fun circus-inspired icons and phrases. I started playing and came up with three layouts to share with you today.

This first page features my tired kids after their school’s Field Day last year. It is a day full of splashing, treats, and fun with their friends, which I think the carvinal accents were PERFECT for! I layered together several strips of patterned paper and border elements along the top and bottom of the page and then added some rhinestones from my stash for a bit of sparkle. (The photo looks a little on the purple/blue side, but I promise it’s not like that in real life.   )

This page is all about my teen. She served on student government last year and for the last school dance she wanted to get people really excited to come. My husband and her came up with the idea to make interactive posters with the “Party Rock” Anthem hamster song. LOL! Each poster had a different interactive element that you would lift and then music would start playing. They used the musical elements found in greeting cards to make this happen. It was so funny! I thought the junior high kids would tear them apart, but they actually left them intact and got a big kick out of them.

I used the plaid, stripes and star elements from this collection for a funky feel. I love the gold foil on some of the paper elements!

For even more texture I added aqua microbeads to my title letters and a punched heart placed in the center of the camera die cut.

This last page is a page redo of a picture of my kids meeting Rapunzel and Flynn Rider at Disneyland last year. I just didn’t like the colors I had used on my previous page. I have been waiting for a collection that would inspire me to play with that photo again (it’s a bit dark and has TONS of color … so it’s a difficult one) and the Carnival Queen collection was it! The colors coordinate wonderfully with Rapunzel’s artwork in the background. I used some of the 4″ x 6″ cards for my title and journaling spot, and then layered together the flower die cuts with the dimensional accordion medallions for the flower centers for a girly feel. Finally, a pre-stitched garland adorns the bottom of my design.

Ruby Rock-It has been so wonderful to work with and they have generously offered a GIVEAWAY of the Carnival King collection for one of my blog readers! Please leave a comment on this blog post by midnight, Thursday, May 30th, 2013. I will randomly select a name and announce that winner here on my blog on Friday, May 31st. Good luck!

A Heartwarming Memorial Day

Each year we get together as a family and take flowers to the gravesites of our loved ones that have gone on before us. We talk about our family history, patriotism, and the gratitude we feel for our servicemen and women protecting our freedom. I am so grateful to be an American, and grateful for the sacrifices that our servicemen and women and their families make to protect our rights.

Last year, while we were visiting the cemetery I mentally took a step back. I looked out across the cemetery at ALL of the cars and families there visiting. It was heartwarming to see so many people there, gathered together with their extended families remembering their loved ones. Some families were on blankets telling stories about their family members and discussing their pioneer history and I just felt an overwhelming sense of gratitude to live in a town where people stop and take the time to REMEMBER. To appreciate. To pay tribute.

I created this layout of our photos from last year’s Memorial Day along with my feelings. I used the May 2013 Scraptastic “After the Storm” kit and Add-On. I love that Jessica includes two of a few of the cardstocks so that you are able to create a double-pager if you would like. I think sometimes we forget that we don’t need two of every patterned paper to create a double pager … you just have to get a little creative with your cuts.

For example, I knew that I could cut sections out of the multi-floral paper to use on both sides of the page because the pattern isn’t directional. Meaning, I can use it both horizontally and vertically and the pattern appears the same. I cut other patterns into blocks, grouping photos together on each of them, and pieced everything together. Keeping the margins the same across both pages keeps the continuity. I also stretched a band of striped paper across both pages to “connect” them together.

I handcut additional yellow butterflies from the patterned paper and popped them up with foam squares. The enamel dots added to the butterfly centers and arrows add another layer of dimension.

I had fun adding little pops of washi tape here-and-there.

Thanks for stopping by today! See you again soon!

Guest Blogging at PaperHaus Magazine

Hi Friends! I’m guest blogging over at The PaperHaus Magazine today! For my project, I decided to do an overhaul of one of my pages. I realize that when a casual viewer looks at the first page it doesn’t look like it needed redoing at all, but to me, the selections I made with the papers, embellishments, etc. just weren’t representative of the memory I was trying to scrap … our favorite ride at Disneyland, Pirates of the Caribbean. On this particular trip, it also rained the entire time. It wasn’t a miserable situation, but it was definitely mellow. So I decided to remake this page with those thoughts in mind.

To read more about my thoughts creating this page, be sure to check out my post on The PaperHaus Magazine blog.

Have a great weekend!

Scrapping a Spectrum of Emotions

Hi Friends! Awhile ago I was contacted by Christina Collins asking me to be a guest blogger on her blog, Don’t Worry, Be Scrappy. Christina has a wonderful blog full of her inspiring crafty creations and I was happy to be a part of it. I hope you will hop on over and check her out when you get a chance.

Here is the page I created for my post. I used the May 2013 Scraptastic Club “After the Storm” kit along with the Add-On Kit.

If you’d like to read more about the page, I hope you’ll stop by and check at my post on Christina’s blog HERE.

See you again soon!

Inspired by May Flowers

Hi Friends! Today I am up on the My Mind’s Eye Blog with a page inspired by the beautiful flowers popping up everywhere in the world around us right now. I chose to work with the Find Your Wings and Fly ”Up and Away” collection, and I’ve gotta say … I am IN LOVE with the fresh combinations of colors, patterns, and shapes in this collection. Have you checked it out yet?! You’ve GOT to! It’s such a delicious collection. When I first get a peek at Rhonna Farrer’s collections, I must admit that I’m a bit intimidated. I’m always worried that they are too hip-romantic for my style. But then I start working with them … and it’s infatuation. What can I say … I’m infatuated with EVERYTHING My Mind’s Eye makes.

SUPPLIES:

Find Your Wings and Fly “Up and Away” Collection: Be Awesome paper, Rainbow Harlequin paper, Krafty Floral paper, Mixed Media paper, Big Top paper, 12 x 12 Sticker Accessories, 12 x 12 Chipboard Accessories, Decorative Brads, Decorative Tape, Enamel Dots, Stamps

Other: Brown distressing ink, Black stamp ink, Acrylic block, Vellum, Computer and printer, Olive spray ink, Tab punch, Scissors, Trimmer, Adhesive

My jumping off point for this page was the Krafty Floral paper. *da-thump, da-thump* … because it makes my heart go pitter-patter. I mean, LOOK at those florals … go ahead … take a peek at them close up. See the patterns over the top? Yes, that keeps those flowers from feeling too gramma-ee. I placed a band of that paper across the bottom of my page, and then selected the aqua and lime green patterns to go with it.

Next, I arranged my photos in a band across the center of my page. As you can see, one of the photos is more of a headshot of my daughter and the other two are full body shots. I decided that I wanted to call more attention to the headshot photo by categorizing them and separating them from each other. In the space in between, I placed the large floral chipboard piece.

Next, I placed the banner chipboard “title” across the top of the photos and embellished it with all kinds of goodies in different shapes.

My journaling was printed on white cardstock. It felt a little too bright, so I toned it down with a spritz of olive green shimmer spray. I added a stamped phrase underneath the headshot photo and then accented the journal block with a hot air balloon stamped on vellum, small heart sticker, and enamel dots.

Thanks for taking a peek at my page today! I hope you have a great week!