Hello again!

To say it has been awhile is an understatement! It has been an incredibly crazy busy year and I just haven’t made enough time to craft!  Yesterday I attended an all day crop for Crops of Luv and that definitely got my mojo flowing.  I finally finished layouts for the group and started one of my own which I finished this morning. So without further ado ....

I used one of the Citrus Twist kits from last year for the paper and letter stickers.  The sketch I used came from Scrapbook Challenges. I wish I could have entered it into their challenge but it is not a very well organized site and when I clicked on the link for what I thought were the current challenges it took me to February’s challenges but didn’t tell me it was Feb. Oh well. I’m going to submit it to Laurie’s Hiding in my Craft Room for the Freestyle challenge. No matter though because just getting scrappin’ again was reward in and of itself.

**During our Friday at home date night we watched Joss Whedon’s version of Much Ado About Nothing. When one of the characters said the line I used in the layout as my quote I knew it would be perfect!

Thanks for dropping by! Hopefully I’ll be able to create more soon!

Friends with Flair Friday!

Every Friday Unity Stamp Co. hosts Friends with Flair - your chance to link up to your great creations made with Unity Stamps.  Seeing as I love a good sketch I headed to Scrapbook Challenges. Scrapbook Challenges has lots of them!  I picked Sketch 372 to work on the other day and really love how it turned out.  I used Unity Stamp Co. stamps from the Love Beyond Measure set to make my background paper. I really love how it turned out!

HIMCR #97 - Super Scraps Saturday!

Its one of my favorite challenges at Hiding in my Craft Room! I dug deep into my scraps for this one.  Do you remember Junkitz?  Yeah, I told you I dug deep!  I used a sketch from Scrapbook Challenges again this week.  I love their sketches!

I cut rectangles with my Cricut and then snipped the corners to create the chevron pattern.  I also used the Cricut to cut the mustache and title.  I love how easy this came together!

Be sure to head over to Hiding in My Craft Room to link us up with your creations!

We are Eternal

I wanted to participate in Mandi's Get Messy Challenge over at Scrapbook Challenges.  This really is a challenge for me because I feel like I can never execute an attractive looking 'messy' layout. I pulled out an old Heidi Swapp mask that I have had forever and mixed up some mist with my mister, Close to my Heart Create a Shade paint to give it a pearlescent look and some Making Memories paint in Poppy.  I like how it came out!

Using a sketch from Page Maps I was able to bring together this layout.  I found the letters in a bin I hadn't looked in for awhile - they are Basic Grey Obscure and they matched perfectly! It was kismet!  The stickers are Cosmo Cricket and the shapes were all cut from my Cricut - the Artiste cartridge and the Simply Sweet cartridge. I added a little grey washi tape and some itty bitty bling from Close to My Heart and voila!

Chalkboard Technique - Challenge at Scrapbook Challenges

As part of their fun blog challenge hop they challenged us to create a chalkboard effect.  I LOVE this technique! It looks so cool!  I used black paint and painted a rectangle on my cardstock.  Then I cut out a cute frame from the Art Philosphy cartridge on my Cricut to dress it up.  Using a white craft ink pad from Stampin' Up and some Close to My Heart and Unity Stamp Co. stamps I added my words.  I just love it!  Head over to Scrapbook Challenges to see more inspiration and play along!

A Blog Hop at Scrapbook Challenges

Head over! Scrapbook Challenges is having a super fun blog hop and challenge complete with a totally awesome sketch! Here is my take on the sketch.  I am loving the challenges.  They are giving me just the boost of creative inspiration I need right now!

TPE #45 - Lift It!

I love the challenges at The Pink Elephant and I tend to forget to upload them after I do them so this week I'm getting it done right away so I don't forget! This week the challenge was to lift it - use another layout as inspiration.  I went to the gallery at Scrapbook Challenges and found this amazing layout by Mette.  I loved the placement and the clusters of fun ephemera so I just had to lift it.

These pictures were taken during our family photo shoot in Nov. 2012.  My kids are such goofballs and I love it.  I've been wanting to scrap them for a little while now but didn't have the right inspiration - until today! I pulled out some stamps from Unity Stamp Co - the background, flourish, the 'you color my world' phrase and the little ruler in the right corner.  The Eiffel tower stamp came from a little store called Typo (have you been there yet? oh I love it!) The other things are bits and pieces I had laying around my scrap area.  I added a little washi tape too.  I cut the word 'agents' from my Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge (seriously you must get this - I use it constantly!). The smaller letters are Bazzill stickers.

Thanks for looking! Be sure to head over to the gallery at Scrapbook Challenges to check out Mette's amazing layout and leave her some love!