Stamps

How's everyone doing?  It's Friday!!!  Which honestly, means nothing to me at the moment as I'm on summer break! 

I've really enjoyed seeing all the upcoming releases from CHA this week.  I'm planning on working on some, if not all of the challenges, over at 2Peas this weekend.  Woot!

Meanwhile....onto today's layout...

So I have tried to include stamps more and more on my layouts. Especially since joining Studio Calico where they put such awesome stamps in the kits every month. On the layout I'm sharing today, I used a couple of those Studio Calico stamps.

Happy

Supplies: patterned paper - American Crafts, Cosmo Cricket, Echo Park, Studio Calico; journaling card - Lily Bee Design; tab - Smash (K & CO); stickers - Crate Paper, October Afternoon, American Crafts, Authentique; stamps - Studio Calico; ink - Jenni Bowlin; punch - Fiskars; other - ribbon

Thanks for reading!

A Baby and a Pair of Glasses

Hi all!  I'm back with another layout.  This one featuring my precious niece, Ellie.  :)

Glasses

Backstory:  My sister (Ellie's mom) wears glasses.  Somehow, Elle got a hold of them and was attempting to put them on.  She couldn't quite get it figured out.

Okay, so there's all kinds of stuff going on in this layout.  I created this little Chevron type design using an alternating mixture of washis and strips of patterned paper.  I did some machine stitching right through the center. 

Meanwhile, I found these little red epoxy stickers I'd had for years and years, so started out using them all over the page for a kind of confetti effect. Weeeelllllll....it looked like I had blood spatters all over the page, so that just wouldn't do! I went back and covered them up (at least partially) with some legitimate confetti. Much better!

Supplies:  patterned paper - Studio Calico, Crate Paper, Bella Boulevard, Lily Bee Designs; stickers - Crate Paper; letter stickers - American Crafts; buttons - Basic Grey; twine - Divine Twine; flag - Elle's Studio; punch - Jenni Bowlin (Fiskars); washi tape - Bazzill, Cosmo Cricket, Amy Tangerine (American Crafts); other - epoxy stickers, confetti

Thanks for reading!!

A Couple of Cards

Good day, friends!  I'm currently enjoying my 5 week, that's right, FIVE WEEK, vacation in Ireland with my darling Lisa.  I hope this post finds you all well and good!

Today I have a couple of quickie little cards I have made to share with you.  I generally do my card making for specific reasons (lately it's been because my sister has bossed me into making cards for all kinds of special occassions for her!)

I am also a very quick and simple card maker.  I rarely do anything too fancy!

This first one is a baby shower card.  I found the quote online and just fell in love with it.  I typed it up, printed it out and stuck it on this cute tag by Pebbles.

Supplies:  patterned paper - October Afternoon, Pebbles; tag - Pebbles; button - October Afternoon; twine - My Mind's Eye

Next up, a card I made for a wedding shower. I used all Basic Grey products from their Little Black Dress line.

Supplies:  patterned paper, sticker - Basic Grey; punches - American Crafts, Fiskars

Thanks for reading!

Hi all...I'm back today with another Walt Disney World layout!

Downtown Disney Snippets

These are just a few shots that we took at Downtown Disney on our big Horton Family Vacay back in 2008.



The flower-like embellies were made using two different punches - a large seal from Fiskars and the blue ribbon punch which is a Jenni Bowlin and Fiskars joint venture. :) I inked the edges to give them some extra definition.





Supplies: patterned paper - Cosmo Cricket, Jenni Bowlin, Authentique, My Mind's Eye; kraft tag - Martha Stewart; flag - October Afternoon; punches - Fiskars; glitter ribbon - American Crafts; letter stickers - American Crafts, October Afternoon; washi tape - Bazzill; other - ticket

Thanks again for reading!

SKETCH ADVENTURE SATURDAY/SUNDAY - 7

Ah, the weekend is drawing to a close, but I (and Lisa...or Lisa and I to be grammatically correct) have another sketch to share with you today!

I had a ton of fun working with this one, as it allowed me to include bunches of photos all on one page!




50s Prime Time Cafe

This was my second visit to this restaurant at WDW and in fact, I had another post a few months back with a layout of my family and I at this same joint!

Lis and I always have a great time together, so despite a few minor setbacks (Lisa not having proper drinking identification, Lisa starving to death for lack of a meal, Lisa going on dessert overload, Lisa footing the ASTRONOMICAL bill for this meal, and so on....) we still managed to have a lot of fun!




I used mostly older papers from Lily Bee & October Afternoon, as well as a very new one from American Crafts and a fairly recent piece from Crate Paper. I really didn't use any embellishments, because the pictures and journaling did the work. Just some letter stickers, a couple of punches, and some homemade confetti! But I really love the results!






Supplies: patterned paper - October Afternoon, Lily Bee, American Crafts, Crate Paper; letter stickers - American Crafts, October Afternoon; punch - XCut; tab punch - Jenni Bowlin (Fiskars); other - staples

This is the week of WDW layouts, peeps! I have a few more coming up in the next few days, so please stay tuned! And another sketch for you on Saturday. And if you're really, really lucky..maybe there will even be some Easter layouts next weekend too! ;)

Thanks again so much for reading and commenting! You guys are awesome!

SKETCH ADVENTURE SATURDAY Volume 5!

Hey kiddies! I'm back this gorgeous St. Patrick's Day Saturday with another Sketch Adventure Saturday!

My sketch today (as always digitized for us by the lovely Lisa Carroll) incorporates four mini photos and plenty of room for embellishments.



Here's Lisa's take on the sketch featuring the fabulously fiesty Pippa and Sasha (or Pasha for short):

Puppy Love



My take:

Sweet Little Explorer

I had fun layer all these papers and elements. These are a few of the pictures I took of my niece sitting like a big girl at a table in my grandparents' backyard. She was discovering dried leaves and other flora and fauna.






Supplies: patterned paper - Crate Paper, Echo Park; journaling card - October Afternoon; flowers - Amy Tangerine; stickers - October Afternoon, Crate Paper, Echo Park; washi - Bazzill; butterfly punch - Fiskars; letter stickers - American Crafts; chipboard - Dear Lizzy (American Crafts); ink - Jenni Bowlin Bubble Gum

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!