Layouts to Share!

Good Morning! I thought I would share with you today a few layouts I just completed for the Sketch Support/Scrapbook Generations Creative Team Call.

The first layout is really special to me. As the journaling states, one day while Lily and I were mowing the lawn, we came across this Monarch Butterfly. It didn't move as we got closer to it, so we stopped and Lily picked it up. She brought it to the front of the house, where it stayed for several days. It didn't seem to be hurt as it as flying around a little. I told her that Great Grandma must have sent it to us, since she passed away less than 2 weeks prior. She agreed that Grandma must have, and she was so happy to be able to hold it.

Supply List: Patterned Paper: BasicGrey; Butterfly Punches: Martha Stewart Crafts; Chipboard Letters: American Crafts; Gems: Kaiser; Border Punch: EK Success; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L, Glue Dots; Sketch: Allison Davis for Sketch Support

I used two sketches to complete the layout below. I used the Add-On Sketch along with the One-Page Sketch. As soon as I saw this Camera Add-On Sketch, I immediately knew I wanted to make a layout about the pictures Lily takes when she gets a hold of my camera.

Supply List: Patterned Paper: My Minds Eye; Gems: Kaiser, Little Yellow Bicycle; Chipboard Letters: American Crafts; Chipboard Heart: Unknown; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L; Sketch: Allison Davis for Sketch Support

To see all of the sketches I used to create these layouts, along with many more, please visit Sketch Support.

Braiden's 6th Birthday!

Hello, sorry it's been so long since I've posted. I wanted to share some photo's from Braiden's 6th Birthday Party with you today. He wanted his party at our local bowling alley. This was his first "friends" party. I was a little nervous, I must say, but the party went really well. It ended up running a little late, but I guess we'll know better next time! Here's some pictures from his party...

Front Row: Lily, Sadie, Mason

Back Row: Jace, Mitchell, Braiden, Kaleb, Zachary, Braedy

Braiden's Friends from Kindergarten

Ok... When I bought Braiden's birthday present, I was sure we had wrapping paper at home. Well when I got home I discovered that we didn't, so I decided to cut apart some brown paper bags from the grocery store and wrap it with that. (My Grandma used to wrap presents with the funnies from the newspaper.) I let the kids draw pictures and put stickers on it, they loved it. In fact, Braiden didn't want to throw it away. 

And here's the card that I made Braiden:

 Supply List: Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: BasicGrey; Embroidery Floss: We R Memory Keepers; Buttons: BasicGrey; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L, Glue Dots; Border Punch: Fiskars; Sketch: Allison Davis for Sketch Support

Thanks for looking! I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Lunchbox Love Note Time!

Hello, I just finished up the last Lunchbox Love Notes for this week, so I thought I would post them tonight instead of in the morning. I haven't posted the notes from last week yet either, so I think I'll start with those first. Last weeks theme was "The sky's the Limit".

 Supply List: Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: BasicGrey, Scenic Route Paper Company; Gems: Mark Richards; Border Punch: Fiskars; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

This weeks theme is "Desserts". I think the pie card is my favorite one yet.

  

 Supply List: (for all cards above) Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: BasicGrey, Scenic Route Paper Company; Gems: Kaiser; Mark Richards; Pearls: Little Yellow Bicycle; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L; Zig Memory System

I hope everyone has a great weekend. Our plan is to go up north to take some fall pictures of the kids. Hopefully the weather cooperates with us.  

Thanks for looking!!!

Cards, Cards and More Cards

Hello and Happy Monday! I have lots of cards to share with you today. Over the past few days I've made 5 different cards, most of which are birthday cards. Saturday was World Card Making Day, so the timing worked out just perfect.

First up is a card I made for my sister-in-law Tricia's birthday. The butterfly punch I used is one of my new favorite scrapbooking tools. As you will see, I used it on almost every card.

Next up is a card I made for a friend of mine. I hand stitched around the edge, it takes a long time, but I just love how it looks when it's completed.

This card I made for my cousin Amy. We went to her birthday bash this past weekend. The party was also for my Aunt Sandy's birthday and Amy's husband Dave's birthday. Their cards are up next. :-) The party was lots of fun. It's always nice to see my family members.

And here is the card I made for my Aunt Sandy. Like I said... I really like that butterfly punch.

And lastly is Dave's Birthday Card. I would have used the butterfly punch on this one too, but I didn't think Dave would have liked it that much, so I decided to go with stars. :-)

Supply List: Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: Basic Grey; Punch: Martha Stewart Crafts; Gems: Mark Richards; Pearls: Kaiser; Thread: We R Memory Keepers; Buttons: Unknown; Rub-Ons: Pebbles Inc.; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L, Glue Dots

Happy Birthday to you!

Happy Birthday to you!

Happy Birthday Dear Tricia, Sandy, Amy and Dave!

Happy Birthday to you!!!

I hope everyone had a wonderful birthday! Thanks for looking!!!

More Lunchbox Love Notes!

It seems like it's been forever since I've posted any projects. I have a few weeks worth of Lunchbox Love Notes to share with you today. Last weeks theme was School Supplies and the week prior was Animals. Braiden requested a Zebra on one of his cards (that's the mascot at his school), but I can't get myself to cut out teensy little zebra stripes from patterned paper to make one. Maybe some day, I do have some zebra print patterend paper, I'll have to see if I can come up with something for him.

Supply List: Patterned Paper: Basic Grey, Scenic Route Paper Company; Gems: Mark Richards; Border Punch: Fiskars; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L, Pop Dots by EK Success

I made two cards today, I'll post them after this weekend, as the person getting them reads this blog and I don't want her to see them before I give them to her! :-) So check back on Monday for a few more cards, hopefully I will have completed a layout or two by then to post also. Thanks for looking, have a great week!

BasicGrey Projects

Well, I would like to share a few projects that I made for the BasicGrey Design Team Call. I'm totally bummed to say that I didn't make the team. :-( But, I am really proud of how all of these turned out. So here are the projects I made...

Supply List (for all): Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: BasicGrey; Flowers: Prima for Archivers; Punches: Martha Stewart Crafts; EK Success, Fiskars; Chipboard Letters: American Crafts; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L, Glue Dots

Thanks for looking and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Cards As Promised...

Good Morning! Well the kids are off to school, so I have a few hours until I have to pick up Lily. As promised yesterday, I have a few cards I would like to share with you today.

First up is a card I made for my niece Allison, she turned ONE on Friday.

Supply List: Card base: Yours Truly by Archivers; Patterned Paper: Basic Grey (Sweet Threads Collection); Rub-Ons: Pebbles Inc.; Punch: Fiskars; Gems: Mark Richards; Adhesive: Glue Dots, Pop Dots by EK Success; Sketch: Allison Davis for Sketch Support

The next card is an Anniversary Card. I hand cut the pear out of patterned paper from the Kioshi Collection by Basic Grey...

Supply List: Card Base: Diecuts with a View; Patterned Paper: Basic Grey (Kioshi Collection); Gems: Mark Richards; Border Punch: EK Success; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L; Sketch: Allison Davis for Sketch Support

Next up is a birthday card I made my nephew Grant, his birthday was last month, but I'm just getting around to blogging it now. :-)

Supply List: Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: American Crafts (Junior Collection); Punches: Marvy Uchida (circles and scalloped circle), Fiskars (Cupcake); Gems: Unknown; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L, Pop Dots by EK Success; Sketch: Allison Davis for Sketch Support

And finally the Lunchbox Love Notes that I made the kids last week. Last weeks theme was fruit. I used the same pear for these cards as I did the Anniversary Card above. I couldn't help it, I thought they were so cute. This weeks theme is going to be animals. I'll post this weeks cards on Friday.

Supply List: Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: Basic Grey (Oliver & Kioshi Collections); Gems: Mark Richards; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L, Pop Dots by EK Success

Anyway, that's it for today. Thanks for stopping by!!!

Lunchbox Love Notes

With school quickly approaching, I thought I would share the "Lunchbox Love Notes" with you that I've been making the kids. This summer I hung little buckets (from the Target dollar section) on the kids' bedroom doors and put the love notes in the buckets at night. But with Braiden off to kindergarten next week, I'll probably put his in his lunchbox instead. Here are the latest notes I made them...

Supply List: Patterned Paper, Element Stickers: Basic Grey (Max & Whiskers Collection); Border Punch: Fiskars; Rhinestones: Mark Richards; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

I usually make the cards similar, but slightly different, although sometimes they are the same. I make the cards 3x3, so it's nice to use up some of those extra scraps. The kids are so excited to wake up in the morning to get them. They've even started requesting them, they call it their mail. Braiden will say, "Mommy, can you make me some mail in the morning?" How can I resist that? So as soon as they go to bed, I go down to my desk and make them some "mail". I'm so glad the kids enjoy getting these little cards, as I'm sure someday they will be too embarrassed to get these love notes from me.

Thanks for looking! 

Play Ball

Good Morning! Just a quick post today, I wanted to share a layout that I've been working on for this new website I came across, it's called Sketchy Thursdays. Every Thursday they post a new sketch challenge to try. This is the layout I created based on their 8.25 Sketch Challenge...

Supply List: Patterned Paper, Letter Stickers: Basic Grey; Gems: Mark Richards (pink), Kaiser Crafts (yellow); Butterfly Punch: Martha Stewart Crafts; Circle Punch and Triangle Banner Punch (for sun): Marvy Uchida; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L; Sketch: Heidi Myers for Sketchy Thursdays

To see the sketch I used, click here. Thanks for looking!

Lily's First Field Trip

Good Morning! What a yucky rainy day. Hopefully when it stops raining it won't be as humid as it has been. I wanted to share a layout that I've been working on. It's been almost done for a while, I just needed to get 2 sheets of patterned paper to finish it. (I hate when that happens.) I used the same sketch as the previous layouts. Here it is again.

One-Page Sketch #11 by Allison Davis for Sketch Support

I stretched the sketch into a two-page layout. I used a layout by Allison Davis as a reference. You can see her version by clicking here. (Her layout is towards the bottom of the post.) And here's my layout...

Supply List: Patterned Paper, Element Stickers: Basic Grey (Sweet Threads Collection); Butterfly punch: Martha Stewart; Border Punch: Fiskars; Chipboard Letters, Foam Glitter Letters (pink): American Crafts; Foam Glitter Letters (blue): Creative Imaginations; Gems: Mark Richards, K & Company; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L, Pop Dots by EK Success; Sketch: By Allison Davis for Sketch Support

And here's a detailed look at the element stickers I layered with pop dots. And of course I had to use my go to butterfly punch from Martha Stewart Crafts. I seem to use it on all of Lily's layouts.

I really like how this one turned out. I have to do a layout for Braiden now, as he was on the same field trip. I just need to find the right patterned paper to use on his layout. When I get that one done, I'll post it. Thanks for stopping and taking a look!

A Productive Day

Today has been a very productive day for me. This morning I finished mowing the backyard while the kids played outside in the sandbox. And this afternoon while doing laundry, I finished two layouts. Pretty good, huh? 

I used this sketch for both layouts...

One-Page Sketch #11 by Allison Davis for Sketch Support 

Here is the first layout, the pictures are from a few years ago when Lily was playing outside.

Supply List: Patterned Paper, Element Stickers, Letter Stickers (yellow): Basic Grey (Origins Collection); Pearl: Little Yellow Bicycle; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L, Pop Dots by EK Success;  Border Punch: EK Success; Chipboard Letters: American Crafts; Sketch: One-Page Sketch #11 by Allison Davis for Sketch Support

 Here's a detailed view of the element stickers I layered with pop dots.

The next layout is also for Lily's book. Last year we went to the Minnesota Zoo to see the Baby Farm Animals exhibit. We were able to pet and feed the goats. The kids loved it. Sorry for the crocked picture, I can't seem to take a straight picture these days.

Supply List: Patterned Paper: Basic Grey (Sweet Threads Collection); Chipboard Letters: American Crafts; Punches: Martha Stewart (butterfly), Marvy Uchida (banner); Gems: Mark Richards; Embroidery Floss: We R Memory Keepers; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L, Glue Dots; Sketch: One-Page Sketch #11 by Allison Davis for Sketch Support

And a detailed view of the banner. I used the Marvy Uchida banner punch to make this banner.

 

Thanks for taking the time to look.

Finally Here Layout

So today while the kids were playing, I finished this layout of Braiden. I can't believe I haven't scrapped these newborn pics of him yet. But I'm really glad to have it done now. I really like how this layout turned out. I hand cut the stars out of a sheet of patterned paper from the Lime Twist Collection by My Minds Eye. This is the sketch I used...

Two-Page Sketch #11 by Allison Davis for Sketch Support

And here's the layout...

Supply List: Patterned Paper & Die Cut Paper: My Minds Eye; Chipboard Letters: American Crafts; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L, Pop Dots by EK Success; Sketch: Two-Page Sketch #11 by Allison Davis for Sketch Support

Thanks for looking!

Happy Monday!

Good morning and Happy Monday! I hope everyone is well after the extremely hot and humid weekend. It doesn't look like this week is going to be any better either. I have a few projects to share with you today.

Two-Page Sketch #12 from Sketch Support by Allison Davis

Here's the layout I made based on the above sketch:

Favorite Toy:

Supply List: Patterned Paper, Element Stickers, Journaling Spot: Echo Park; Chipboard Letters: Basic Grey (favorite), American Crafts (toy); Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L, Pop Dots by EK Success

I've had these pictures for quit some time. I remember how much Braiden loved playing with this ducky toy. My Aunt Geri gave it to him at his baby shower. I'm not sure what the fascination was, but he always gravitated toward that toy for a long time. 

The next project is a card that I made for my nephew Derek. He turned 3 on Saturday. Happy Birthday Derek! I also made the same card for my Brother-in-Law Jason, his birthday was on Tuesday. Happy Birthday Jason! I haven't given Jason is card yet, so hopefully he doesn't see this post. :-)

Card Sketch #4 from Sketch Support by Allison Davis

And my card based on the above sketch:

Happy Birthday:

Supply List: Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: Basic Grey; Gems: Kaiser;

Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Well that's it for now. I hope everyone stays cool this week. It's going to be a scorcher.

One More Layout

Well after I posted yesterday, I completed another layout. This layout is of Braiden when he has almost 10 months old. I've been holding on to these pictures for a long time, so I'm glad I was finally able to scrapbook them. In a way it's nice that I'm so far behind in scrapbooking, then I can look at those cute baby pictures again. Or at least that's what I'm going to tell myself to feel better about being behind. :-) Anyway, back to the layout...I love this paper line from Echo Park Paper Co. It's called Little Boy. Those airplanes are just so darn cute, aren't they? I also really love that cloud punch from Fiskars. They come in different sizes, I only have the smaller size right know, but I would love to get a bigger one so I can layer them together.

Supply List: Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: Echo Park, BoBunny; Letter Stickers & Element Stickers: Echo Park Paper Co; Buttons: Basic Grey; Thread: We R Memory Keepers; Cloud Punch: Fiskars; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L, Glue Dots; Sketch: Becky Fleck for Page Maps

Thank for looking! Hopefully I can post more soon!

More Banners!

Hello Again! Sorry it's been so long since I have posted anything. The truth is that I've been out of adhesive and didn't make it down the the scrapbook store until this past weekend. So finally this morning, I finished this layout of my family at the Crow-Hassan Park Reserve (the pictures are from last May). As a child my parents would always take my sister and me there, we would be all decked out with our binoculars to watch the birds and other wildlife. So I was so happy to be able to take my own kids. The park has changed a lot since I was a kid, but it was still nice to take them there anyway. And how could I resist using a sketch with banners. They are a little time consuming... but I just love, love, love them.

Here's a look at the sketch I used, it's One-Page Sketch #8 by Allison Davis at Sketch Support.

And here's a look at the layout...

Supply List: Patterned Paper: Basic Grey; Glitter Chipboard Letters: American Crafts; Gems: K & Company, Hero Arts, Kaiser; Butterfly Punch: Martha Stewart Crafts; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L, Glue Dots; Sketch: One-Page Sketch #8 by Allison Davis for Sketch Support

Thanks for looking!