Pennant trees....

More from my new (new to me!) Pennant Builder punch...

A mixture of stamped, punched and embossed trees...

Garden Green, Pear Pizzaz, Whisper White, Real Red

Cheers to You birthday

My friend, Krista, needed a birthday card for her sister and wanted it girly with cocktails...

So here's what I came up with...each of the drinks has Crystal Effects on them to make it look like water...

Pennant Punch

I used the Pennant Punch to add some adorable flags to this layout...I ran the smaller triangles through the Swiss dot embossing folder to add some dimension to the flags, then popped them up with dimensionals...easy...

More flags, more fun....

I used the Tasteful Trims die to add some accents to this page...and also recreated the Six Flags logo with some card stock...everytime we go somewhere where I know I'm going to take photos to scrapbook, I always pick up an extra brochure to cut up and put on the page...free embellishments!

Look what I got!

My friend, Mary, sent me this beautiful Valentine's card!  Isn't it terrific?!

Crooked U

Can you believe I took this photo and then saw that the 'u' in Columbus was crooked?!


I like the idea of combining different alphabet sets...the stars on the flags are punched from glitter paper...

See....

...I told ya so...


Same layout...different day...

Stuck

Sometimes I get stuck on a layout (case in point) and I do it page after page without even realizing....until I take photos of the pages and compare them....I probably won't bore you with the other pages because they are basically the same but with different colors and embellishments....


Here's a Halloween page....I like to keep my photos the focus of the page instead of the embellishments...

It's raining owls!

I took this photo on the first day of school but when I went to scrapbook it, I didn't think it warranted being put on a page with apples or pencils...so I pulled the color scheme out of my daughter's umbrella and and added some owls...


I love how it came out!

Happy Valentine's Day, hubby!

Here's the card I made for my wonderful hubby...the stamp is a non-SU! stamp I picked up in the $1 bins at Michael's...but everything else is SU!

The sentiments are from the retired rub-ons set (Chit Chat)...notice the wood grain background...perfect!

Happy Valentine's Day (part 2)

Well, Valentine's Day was a super success at my house this morning!  Who would have known that the kids would be ecstatic about getting their own individualized cards?  I got lots of hugs and kisses!

The ladybug card was for Rose (and said 'You're as cute as a bug' inside)...I used my newest Cuttlebug folder (with ladybugs and hearts)....

The second card was for TJ...'You're cute as a cupcake'...the pedestal footing is just a scrap of paper with the top of the hear punch cut out to make the 2 scallops (picture the hart upside down)...


...now what to make for St. Patrick's Day???!!!!

Happy Valentine's Day! (part 1)

I realized last week that I never really make my kids any cards...can you believe it?  So I decided to make them some Valentine cards....these 2 are for Maggie and Timmy....Maggie is a super fan of s'mores and when I found this chocolate and marshmallow punch art, well, what could be more perfect?....the inside reads "I love you s'more each day"  Timmy is the ultimate boy, so what's better than a space ship with the inside reading "You're out of this world"?  Look for the other 2 cards for my other 2 children tomorrow....

Giddy up!

Simple layout and simple embellishments...I always journal on the computer, then print it out...then trim and layer...I often change the color of the typing to match the page...


I like to mix current photos with photos from the past...here is my 6 year old, Timmy, with a photo of his father when he was 4....both wearing the same jacket!

As promised!

Here's one of my favorite scrapbook pages!  I used the scenic shots that my oldest took as the background paper...then just matted 3 of the photos and added a little title (in the Modern Label punch under the 3rd photo) and done!

I'm back...a little...

....My last child (who I thought was staying healthy) ended up having strep this week...and the others are still recovering..as well as me....but I did have the opportunity (since I've been stuck in the house!) to do a little scrapbooking....I will post some of the photos soon...


Here is something I made a few weeks ago using the jumbo stocking die....I need to retry the slipper part (as I free handed it) and change up the ribbon (maybe some satin ribbon?)...but you get the general idea....

Sick, sick, sick...and then one more......

I haven't posted in a while since 3 of the four kids have been sick (of course not at the same time) and then they were kind enough share it with me....and I have seem to be hit the hardest....I have not even looked into the craft room in a week anddon't plan on it for a few more days...hopefully I'll be back soon....