"Gus" Papercraft Star Sketch Challenge Layout

This layout was created for the sketch challenge this week at Papercraft Star. I altered their idea a little to add another picture and some journaling. Sorry for the poor quality of picture- I tried to sneak outside between rain showers to get some decent light- that was a bad idea (see a few of the rain drops that snuck onto my paper? grrr) Anyway, this was my first project using my Gypsy. I welded the title using Don Juan "Gus" is the original font and "Fetch" is the "Under Pressure" feature. The dragonflies were cut using Gypsy Wanderings and the Cattails and weeds were cut from Life's a Beach at 2.25" I shaded an oval from George (again at 2.25") to create the water underneath.  The paw print is cut from Mickey & Friends (but I can't recall the size). The ribbon is American Crafts and the paper behind the title is one I've had for a while (sorry)

Cherry On Top Award

Miss Angi at Cokie Pop Paper was so sweet to think of me when she was giving out the Cherry on Top blog award. Thank you Angi! She's got a lot of neat things on her blog (and she's a Stampin' Up rep too) Go check out her blog for some great inspiration!

The rules for this award are:
1. Thank the person who gave this award to you
2. Copy the award and put it on your blog.
3. List three things which you love about yourself.
4. Post a picture you love.
5. Tag five people you wish to pass this award on to. 

On to the 3 things I love about myself...

• I love how far my scrapbooking has come from where I started- I've learned lots of new techniques and have the "I'll try anything once attitude" I like my style right now :-)
• I love that I'm a giver- RAKs, at Christmas, to charity, what have you- I love giving to people and I like that about myself
• I love where I'm at in my life... I haven't done everything I want to do but I'm well on my way and I love who I've become as a result of the trials and tribulations I've faced.

 Post a picture you love-
This picture was taken with auto timer in my bedroom at my parents' house. I had just gotten home from a great first date (with the man who now happens to be my husband) It's not so much about the picture itself, but more about what I was experiencing and the time in my life... looking back now, I had no idea what that night was going to lead too... it led to my happily ever after (and I'm so glad I have a picture to remind me).

And now for who I'm giving the award to... I'll pick some of my new favorites.

1. Sammye Jo
2. Tiffany 
3. Tuki 
4. Beebee 
5. Titine 

There you have it :-) Thanks again Angi! 

Flip Flops and Flowers card

This card was made for a challenge at StampTV. (I can't find the link right now though, sorry!)  It was a sketch challenge. The stamp set is from Stampin' Up! - The Island Blossoms set. I inked the flower and leaf, then outlined them in stickles because they needed a little somethin' somethin'. The flip flops are buttons that I cut the loop off the back of and then used glue dots to adhere. The plaid paper (which I think would make the perfect pattern for flip-flop material by the way) is from the DCWV summer stack. Hope you enjoy!

Thanks a Melon Card- My Pink Stamper Color Challenge

Well it's been a few days but I have lots of things to upload. I plan to take some pictures tomorrow in some better light. For now though, I had to share this card that I just made tonight for My Pink Stamper's Color Challenge. I really liked the colors she picked so I decided to go with it! See others' creations using the Pink/Green/Orange/Brown color combination here. 
For this card, I used the watermelon from Stretch Your Imagination.  This was cut at 3 1/2" The paper I used were scraps from the last card I posted- the pink polka dot is Abbey Road and the Green is Die Cuts With a View from one of their paper stacks.  The Orange is cardstock from American Crafts. The brown polka dot ribbon is made by American Crafts. I didn't have any wide ribbon so I just put 2 thin ones side by side and covered it with the green ribbon so you don't see the seam. The green ribbon is made by RibbonFX (I got it at Hobby Lobby in the Fabric Dept). The sentiment is the "Simply Sweet" font from Doodlebug Designs in Bubblegum mini.  I cut the Scallop Square Frame from Mini Monograms to put the sentiment on.  This was cut at 2 1/2". I then cut the inside square again at 3" so I had something to mount the scallop and border to. 

Baby Shower thank you

These are the cards I made as "thank you's" for the baby shower that my husband's department at work threw for us.  The heart is a stamp by Hero Arts and the "thanks" stamp is from Inkadinkado- this one actually says "my way of saying thanks" but I cut it out to make it say just "thanks". Unfortunately, I've had the baby feet stamp for a while and it just has generic copyright stickers on it so I have no idea the brand. The pink polka dotted paper (which I LOVE!) is from the Abbey Road by My Mind's Eye, and the Green plaid paper is from a Die Cuts with a View Stack. I used the scallop border punch from Stampin' Up! to add a little extra to the edge of the pink polka dots. Then I just inked all the edges (minus the white paper) and threw it all together. Super simple- hope they like it!

"Hello There" card

My first attempt at sewing! It's fun, but I need to master the sewing in a straight line thing. The punch at the bottom is a Martha Stewart punch (forgive me I've forgotten the name). The Flowers were stamped with Stampin' Up's "Island Blossoms" set, I just stamped a couple of different images and layered them with pop dots. The "Hello There" is a sentiment from the "Cheap Talk" set.

Little Miracle Layout

This was my first layout ever to be created based on a sketch. The sketch was the first Challenge sketch on the Scrapmaster's Paradise forum. It just so happened that the pictures and papers I wanted to use matched up fairly closely to the colors she chose for the sketch design (not necessarily intentional but it works!)

The "little" is cut with the Cricut Cartridge Graphically Speaking, while "miracle" was cut with A Child's Year. The journaling block at the bottom was cut with the Storybook cartridge. This layout challenged me in more ways than just using a sketch- I had never used the A Child's Year cartridge or the Storybook cartridge before and wanted to challenge myself to find something to use from those as well.