Breakfast @ Tiffany's!

Birthday Boys

2012-03-21T17:03:00.001-04:00

Hello Wednesday- time for a new challenge at Child's Play Challenges. This week we're playing with an all-time favorite, Play-Doh! Here's the LO I created inspired by the squishy stuff:

I used the colors from the packaging as the inspiration on my layout, and I pulled the cloud shape from the logo to create my background. Hop on over to Child's Play to see what the rest of the Design Team has come up with and join in the challenge! =) T

Challenges:
-Childs Play play doh
-Frosted Designs sketch

One of a Kind and Berry Sweet

2012-03-21T08:27:00.000-04:00

oops- just realized that I neglected to post 2 of my layouts from last week...which is SO me, I always seem to be playing catch-up with at least one aspect of my life!! First up, I have my layout for "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" challenge going on right now at Child's Play Challenges, and *SHOCKER* it's a 2-pager!! My scrapbooking life rarely calls for 2-page layouts anymore, but with 6 photos it just had to be done!

As you can see, this was a super-simple, made-in-minutes layout! Handcut 3 circles from gingham paper; drew my title with a black sharpie and filled in with white ink. My one little fun tip on this page- I snapped an upclose pic of the strawberries when we were done picking (before we started devouring them!) to use in place of pattern paper as borders along the sides of the photos. It's great to have that picture of the gorgeous ripe berries the kiddos worked so hard to pick!

Next up is my layout for the sketch challenge currently going on at Sketches in Thyme:

My son has really been into his t-shirts lately, so I wanted to do a layout that captured him in a couple of his favorites. These types of layouts are my favorite to do lately, maybe because my kiddos seem to be growing up soooo quickly and I'm trying to remember every little moment! But I really like to create these layouts as little paper time-capsules that we can go back to years from now and say, "Remember when you LOVED your waffles T-shirt?".

Thanks for stopping by! =) T

Smile!

2012-03-20T08:20:00.004-04:00

Hello Tuesday...time for me to post at The Crafting Family! Here's my contribution for this week:

and here's the cute sketch I used from Artful Delight:

Sort of switched up a bit, but I hope you can still see the sketch in my LO. I used 2 pics instead of 2, because I seem to be out of 1-photo layout options at the moment. Time to print more photos!! Thanks for stopping by, and happy spring!! =) T

Challenges:

-Crafting Family weekly post

-Artful Delight sketch

-Everybody Art Challenge friendship
-Allsorts Challenge Blog 3 in a row
-CASE Study inspiration photo

It's a Wonderful Night for a Moondance

2012-03-19T17:46:00.002-04:00

Just LOVE incorporating songs into my layouts, so it's perfect that I get to create layouts for Scrap It With a Song every week! This week the song is "Moondance" by Van Morrison, and there are just so many fabulous lines you could use in a layout. I went with the "wonderful night" part as my title and used this pic of my daughter, niece and some of their friends at a school dance:

I hope you'll stop on by Scrap It with a Song and see what the rest of the DT came up with- so many great ways you can take this song!! Be sure to play along and link up your take on the challenge too! =) T

Challenges:

-Scrap It With a Song Moondance

-Tuesday Throwdown clip it up

-Use It Tuesday green

-Color Q color scheme

-Lets get Sketchy sketch

I'm a Guest Designer at The Paper Variety!!

2012-03-16T08:30:00.001-04:00

So excited to be a Guest Designer this week at The Paper Variety, and such a great challenge this week too!! And they've teamed up with ScrapFIT to offer you 2 challenges in one! The Paper Variety has created a sketch challenge and ScrapFIT has offered up a jounaling challenge. Put them together and you will get an awesome layout and a chance to WIN a prize from both places!

First up is The Paper Variety's sketch ...

and then combine with ScrapFIT's Workout #64 journaling challenge- "Its Easy as 1, 2, 3..." Just list out your journaling numerically on your layout! Be sure to incorporate this journaling workout with the TPV sketch above so you can enter your layout at both places!

Here's what I came up with:

For this layout I decided to use a pic of my daughter and her baby cousin, who happened to be the 11th cousin she now has, hence my title "Cousin #11"! For my numbered list I wrote out the names of all the cousins in order of appearance in our family!

Hop on over to The Paper Variety and see all the fabulous takes on this two-for-one challenge and link up for your chance to win a fabulous prize! =) T

Hello Sunshine!

2012-03-15T09:03:00.002-04:00

Time for me to share this week's layout for The Crafting Family. I also used last week's sketch I designed for Sketches In Thyme to create this quick layout:

and here's the sketch:

As you can see, I didn't follow the sketch exactly...but that's what sketches are for. getting you inspired, but you don't have to follow every little teeny tiny bit! Thanks for stopping by today, =) T

"Hello Sunshine" challenges:

-Crafting Family weekly post

-Sketches in Thyme sketch

-Clear it Out use some thing not in your craft room- tickets from party supplies

-The Paper Girls use a stamp to create background

Leap Frog!

2012-03-07T09:07:00.000-05:00

Tuesday is my day to post at Crafting Family, and I have a frog-tastic page for you today! I've been a fan off all-things frog since I was a toddler and picked out my first frog T-shirt at a beach souvenir shop. Since last week was leap day, and we're now in a leap year, I decided to scrap this crazy pic of me and my new Kermit hat (thanks to my kiddos for this fabulous Xmas gift!). =) T

I am also linking this up with the latest Linking Party over at Paper Issues- this time around it's all about the green, so I think this fits perfectly! =) T

Challenges:

-Crafting Family weekly post

-Paper Issues Go Green or Go Home

-Paper Thrills leap

Sweet Little Amelia

2012-03-05T08:53:00.000-05:00

Oops- forgot to share my LO I created for The Crafting Family last week! Sidewalk chalk is a big favorite here at my house, especially since I always seem to have a houseful of kiddos here, it's a great toy for all ages!! Here's a simple LO of my neice having a blast doing sidewalk chalk on a sunny afternoon last fall:

Since I just loved the pic so much, I kept the layout pretty simple, a bit of black spray ink to the pink background, layered the pic over a scrap of dotted paper, and then added a cluster of little embellies. I was clever enough to write her name on the driveway, so I decided that a title wasn't even needed for this one! Sometimes simple is best! =) T

Are You PINterested?

2012-03-03T08:49:00.001-05:00

There's a new challenge up at True XOXO Scrapbooking, this time we're getting inspired by Pinterest!! I decided to create a LO that showcases a few of the projects I've created since getting hooked on this online bulliten board. While it does suck a lot of time out of my daily life, I've been really inspred by so many talented people out there, and have created scrapbook pages,. greeting cards, holiday decor, recipes and even a Halloween costume!

I even have a Pinterest board dedicated to all my my finished projects and the original pins that inspired them called "Less Pinning, More Doing". You can check it out here. So, are you hooked on Pinterest too? Why not scrap about it and then share it with us at True XOXO, we'd love to see what you create! =) T

Cherish

2012-02-29T09:32:00.001-05:00

It's time for a classic game challenge at my blog, Childs Play Challenges. So pleased with the fun variety of layouts that the Design Team came up with, here's my contribution:

I didn't have any domino pictures, (which is odd because that is a family favorite here in my house), so I decided to pull the colors from the inspiration pic, which were green, black and white. I also incorporated a few other challenges, which I just love to do- gives me great direction and makes putting together a layout such an easy task! To get started in used this fabulous SKETCH from Frosted Designs. I used DOTS and STRIPES for the challenge at Divas by Design and punched out a bunch of BUTTERFLIES for Flutterby Wednesday. I am also linking this us at WHATEVER YOU WANT WEDNESDAYS linking party at Free Pretty Things.

I hope you'll pop on over to my little baby, Child's Play Challenges, and play along with us. See you there! =) T

Futures at Fenway

2012-02-21T11:02:00.001-05:00

This week's sketch at Sketches in Thyme is a 2-page layout, which is something outside the comfort zone for a lot of us, but so much fun to work with!! Here's the very quick and simple layout I put together:

and here's the sketch:

I hope you'll give this great 2-pager a try, and be sure to lik it up with us at Sketches in Thyme!! =) T

Simply Breathtaking

2012-02-16T15:41:00.000-05:00

It's playlist time at Scrap It With a Song, this week the song is "Take my Breath Away" by Berlin...from the fabulous movie Top Gun! Oh I remember gushing over that movie with a friend in 8th grade, I was in love with the Iceman!! Anyway...here's my layout inspired by the song title, not at all inspired by the Iceman!

My journaling reads, "Never been a big fan of fall, but out here in my little Ashby oasis I can't help but notice the colors of fall are simply breathtaking".

This was another "made in minutes" layout, 15 to be precise! Inked the edges of two 3x3 scraps of PP and tucked behind my photo mat. Added a little felt bird and a journal jotter with the date. Ran a scrap of ribbon across, stamped the title, hand-wrote the journaling, and this simple little layout was complete!

if you have something that takes your breath away, why not scrapm about it and then share it with us at Scrap It With a Song, we'd love to see it! =) T

Love You 2

2012-02-15T09:21:00.000-05:00

Time for a new challenge over at Child's Play Challenges, this week we're asking you to create a layout inspired by the story book, Guess How Much I Love You. Such a sweet story of the love between a mom and her baby, and since I celebrated Valentines with my 2 kiddos last night, I decided to use that for my LO:

Yup, it's another one oif my super-simple, made-in-minutes layouts. No fancy-schmancy techniques here- just a little misting of the background, two squares of scrap pattern paper, handwritten title and a strip of pom-pom fringe. This layout was made in just 10 minutes- that is a serious record for me!! But it was a sweet photo of my 2 kiddos, so I wanted to keep everything simple and the focus on the pic.

If you'd like to play along with us at Child's Play Challenges (and I hope you do), please stop on by and see the rest of the DTs projects and link up your own take too! Our favorite will be chosen to be a guest designer with us in March! =) T

Summertime Treats

2012-02-14T21:03:00.001-05:00

Oh how we love the ice cream truck!! This week's layout for the Crafting Family was one of those "made in minutes" layouts that I love!!

First, I started with a fabulous sketch from Page Maps- that's a sure way to save time if you're needing it!!! Cut my photos and pattern papers into 3x3s and placed them in a simple grid formation- this is a fabulous way to use those scraps!! Layered over graph paper (my go-to scrap item, it goes with everything!) and blue cardstock (misted with a bit of ink of course!!). Added a fun felt pennant from Martha Stewart (oh that Martha!!) and a couple other do-dads I had hanging around the craft room. Stamped and handwrote a quick title...and the simple and sweet layout was complete!! =)T

"Summertime Treats" challenges:

-Crafting Family

-Less Pinning, More Doing scraplift

-Page Maps sketch

-Hiding In My Craft Room scraps

Fresh Beats

2012-02-09T11:13:00.000-05:00

There's a new sketch up at Twisted Sketches, and this week the twist is "Fresh". Here's my take on the challenge:

We're big music lovers in this house, and Santa was generous with the music this year- together we received 12 new albums on xmas day!! So before all the CDs went onto our respective ipods, I stacked them up and snapped a pic to capture this musical moment!!

Hop on over to Twisted Sketches to see the other FRESH takes on this week's sketch!! =) T

a Puppy lives Here

2012-02-01T08:20:00.001-05:00

This month's challenge at The Craft Garden is a beautiful pic in honor of this year being a leap year:

I decided to use pastel colors and included stamped balloons all over the background. I used 2 photos for the PAIRS challenge at ABC Challenges, and a lovely striped chipboard heart for LOVE IS IN THE AIR at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges:

How does the picture inspire you? Link up your take by Feb 29th, we'd love to see what you come up with!! =) T

Challenges:

-The Craft Garden photo inspiration

-ABC Challenge in pairs

-Pennys Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog love is in the air

-Passionately Artistic linking party

Finding the Perfect Christmas Tree

2012-01-31T21:39:00.000-05:00

Since today is Tuesday, it's my day to post at Crafting Family. And since I am STILL playing catch-up with Christmas (it's the holiday that just keeps on giving the whole year through) I have this layout to share with you today:

I used some fun PP from Pink Paislee to create my whimsical hand-drawn tree. A few vintage trims and some adorable stickers I found in the holiday clearance section at Walmart! I added some misting and a hand-drawn title and my simple little xmas tree layout was complete. Oh, I am also linking this on my Pinterest Board, "Less Pinning, More Doing" as the whole idea for the layout was inspired by a layout I found here. =) T

Umbrella (ella, ella) Layout for Twisted Sketches

2012-01-30T12:36:00.001-05:00

Oh why oh why am I always behind?? Better late than never, here's my LO for last week's sketch up at Twisted Sketches. Always a blast to play with Anam's sketches, I hope you'll have a chanceto play along! The twist this week "Fabric" so I added a strip of gingham under my photo and through my little cluster at the top. =) T

Soccerween

2012-01-24T17:59:00.001-05:00

Oops- time to update you on my weekly post with The Crafting Family, last week the DT was using a sketch, one of my very own sketches I designed for them. Here's my LO:

and here's the sketch:

My daughter's soccer team was in a Halloween Soccer tournament...thus the title, "Soccerween". Was a fun sketch to play with, would love to have you give it a try and see what you come up with! =) T

We Feel Fine + a DT Call!!

2012-01-20T08:16:00.000-05:00

There's a new song on the playlist at Scrap It With a Song, "It's the End of the World a We Know It" by REM. I am a huge REM fan, and love this song, but was stumped on how to use it. And then it came to me...

I used the "I feel fine" lyric (and just changed it to "we") to go with these crazy pics of my 2 kiddos and 2 nieces looking in funky mirrors at the Boston Museum of Science. Was so glad I snapped these photos- they all look like aliens!

If you'd like to play along with us this week, we're having a DT call over at Scrap It With a Song too- just put "DT" after your name when you link up your project to be entered. Can't wait to see how you're inspired to create with this song! =)T

Challenges:

-Scrap It With a Song It's the End of the World a We Know It

-Our Colorful Creations sketch

-Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges ribbon and buttons

Weekly PINspiration!

2012-01-19T14:40:00.001-05:00

So are you as addicted to PINTEREST as I am? I've spent countless hours pinning amazing ideas, yummy recipes and all those "OMG why didn't I think of that???" things....and as I was browsing through my pin boards I noticed that I actually HAVE created quite a bit over the past year that was Pinterest-Inspired. And this got me thinking...this sounds like a perfect new challenge for myself.

I'm calling it "Less Pinning, More Doing" (yes, this is from a pin I found!) and the idea is I will vow to bake, scrapbook, paint or read something once a week based off a pin on one of my boards, and then blog about it and of course pin it on my "Less Pinning, More Doing" board for reference. The first few will be sort of "cheating", as I'm just going to play catch-up and post all the previously-created projects...but then the real work will begin! You can go here to check out my new board, and while you're there, why not follow along with the rest of my boards?

Here's my very first project I have to share with you, a little Christmas sign I made, inspired by a sign I found here.

I'm linking up here:

You've Got Character

2012-01-19T13:10:00.003-05:00

Time for me to play a little catch-up! Have 2 pages to share with you today, both based off sketches I designed at Sketches in Thyme! First up is the LO I made based of last week's sketch; my 2 kiddos having their characatures done at Fenway Park last summer:

and next up is the LO I created for today's post at Sketches in Thyme; my daughter and her Girl Scout troop at a weekend event last summer:

wow- guess I'm in an orange/blue/yellow mood this week huh? Besides using the Sketches in Thyme sketch, I have a few other challenges incorporated. I used 7 PHOTOS for the challenge at The Studio Challenges. I used OLD pattern paper, an OLD rub-on title, an OLD scallop stamp along with NEW CS and NEW smootch spritz for the "something old, something new" challenge at Scrap Your Crap. The LO is of an camping weekend for the SUMMER IN JANUARY challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks.

Thanks for stopping by, hop on over to Sketches in Thyme and check out the challenges, you have till Jan 31st to play along! =) T

All We Need is Love at Paper Issues!

2012-01-15T20:15:00.001-05:00

There's a new theme up and running at Paper Issues, Love is all we need. Love is all we need!! It's one of our most favorite times of year...Valentine's Day! We are celebrating for a full month! Link up your paper crafted projects, new or not-so-new. Leave some blog love, mingle and make new friends. You have until February 14 to link up! Here's what I've created just for this lovely linking party:

Used some super yummy papers from Crate Paper's "Paper Heart" collection, you can check it out at the Paper Issues shop! The circle is cut from the red heart paper, the green stripe is the flip side of this fun patter. I punched 3/4" circles from the blue heart paper, cut the circles in half and adhered around the edge of the circle to give it a scalloped look. Hop on over to Paper Issues and check out some more fabulous Love-themed layouts that will really get you in the mood....to craft! The link up your projects, we'd love to see what you're working on!! =) T

New Dawn, New Day, New Life

2012-01-14T17:03:00.002-05:00

Time for a new challenge at Scrap It With a Song. This week the song choice is up to you, just choose any song that reminds you of the new year! I chose "Feeling Good" by Muse, and used the lyrics, "It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life" for my title:

Sort of fit perfectly with this photo of my nephew as a brand new little baby. He's 4 now, came across this photo recently and just HAD to scrap it! I hope you'll go on over to Scrap It With a Song and see the rest of the DTs New Years inspirations, and share your creation with us too! =) T

Challenges:

-Scrap It With a Song any new year song

-Once Upon a Sketch sketch + new years

-Scrap our Stash new

2012-01-13T17:56:00.000-05:00

Time for a new sketch at Twisted Sketches, and you'll have to go on over there to check out Twisted Sketch #134, but I'll give you a peek at how I put the sketch to good use:

The picture really didn't come out great, the colors are so much lovelier in real life, but I guess you'll have to take my word for it! My one fun little trick to share with you about this LO is in the title. I cut the word "New" from the Cricut 5 times, and ran one of each letter through my Big Shot polka dot embossing folder. Brushed the dots with white ink; stacked and adhered them all together. Fun way to dress up simple cardstock letters. =) T

Challenges:

-Twisted Sketches- sketch

-Lollipop Ladies- mint candies

-Scrap Our Stash new

Ringing in the New Year

2012-01-11T10:24:00.001-05:00

A new year brings a new scrapbooking goal for me. In 2011 my goal was to create 211 layouts, and I'm pleased to report that I made it! Just barely, I created LO #211 on 12/31!! So for 2012 my goal is to create 212 layouts, and today I'm sharing my first of the new year. This one was made for my DT spot at Eyelets etc using all of their products including papers from Sweetwater, a lovely yellow Bloomlet, yellow and white twine, a gold and green button from the Button Soup collection and of course eyelets!

So far I'm at 7 out of 212- let's see how the new year goes!! =) T

S-T-R-E-T-C-H-I-N-G My Supplies

2012-01-10T10:41:00.000-05:00

Our daily posts are starting back up again this week at The Crafting Family; here's what I've come up with for today:

I am a huge fan of makig my the most of my supplies and my scrapbooking dollar, so I have a few tricks to share with you today. To create this layout I used a fabulous little 6x6 piece of double-sided pattern paper from a great pack by My Minds Eye (just one piece!), along with 1 sheet of yellow Bazzill CS, a scrap of brown ribbon and a few little embellies. Such a simple layout to put together, and very little supplies involved!

My 6x1" strips of PP are cut in 1/2 and tucked behind the photos to give the illusion that they stretch across the entire page. I cut my title letters on the Cricut with the remaining 3x6" piece. I also cut the same letters 4x each out of white CS and stacked them all to give to illusion of chipboard letters. Simple right? Thanks for stopping by! =) T

Challenges:

-The Crafting Family weekly post

-the Scrap Room sketch

-Bird is The Word wonder

-Scrap the Boys summer pastime

-Scrapbookers Anonymous misting

My Feb 12th Bday Girls

2012-01-06T11:09:00.000-05:00

There's a new sketch up at Sketches in Thyme (another one of my designs, yahoo!) and here's my take on it:

Such a simple little LO- my daughter and sister last year on their shared birthday. Here's what my journaling says, "How nice of Auntie Sarah to share her birthday with you Eliza! 2 blondies, 2 lefties, 2 February 12th bdays!" I hope you'llhop on over to Sketches in Thyme to check out my sketch, the rest of the takes from the DT and link up your own take too!! =) T

Challenges:

-Sketches in Thyme sketch

-City Crafter Challenge Blog save the date

-Stamping Boutique the number 12

-Paper Issues we've got your number

-Critter Sketch Challenge celebration

Look Who's a New True XOXO Girl!!

2012-01-02T16:00:00.003-05:00

So excited to be a new DT member at True XOXO!! They always have such super cool challenges over there, and this month is a great ONE to start with! The challenge is 1! Uno. Un. Eins. ONE! And here's my interpretation:

I used one of each: chipboard number 1, sheet from an old address book, photo, pattern paper (Close to my Heart), crocheted flower (Stampin Up), metal clip, ribbon, scallop punch, embossed scallop stamp (powder-Ranger, stamp- Stampin Up). Hmm...think that about covers it! So much fun to do the "Uno" challenge!! I hope you'll pop on over to the True XOXO blog and see the rest of the fabulous DT layouts. The link up your own "Uno" layout by the end of the month. Can't wait to see what you come up with!! =) T

Challenges:
-True XOXO One
-Crafting When We Can friendship

January Challenge at The Craft Garden

2012-01-02T13:00:00.005-05:00

A new year, a new month, and a new challenge at The Craft Garden. This month is all about monochrome projects, and Kerry has made some lovely book print flowers for this month's winner.

As you can see, I chose to pull the color green from the photo to use as my main color. I used green ink to stamp my background cardstock, layered scraps of green patterns and ribbons (great way to use up that stash), used green chipboard letters for the title and accented with a felt flower from Precocious Paper.

I hope you'll give the monochrome look a try, and be sure and link up your project with us at The Craft Garden by January 31st! =) T

Challenges:

-The Craft Garden monochorome

-Sir Stampalot monochorome

-Just us Girls felt

-If The Shoe Fits use your stash

-Paper Issues we've got your number

My Last DT Project at 2 Sisters

2012-01-02T09:12:00.003-05:00

The end of 2011 also brings the end of my year-long term as a Design Team member at 2 Sisters Challenge Blog, and what a great year it's been! The theme this week is winter, and we had some fun images to use from our sponsor, The Stamping Boutique. Here's my project:

This was my first DT using digital images, and it has really opened my eyes to the great options and flexibility that can be gained by going digital. I even decided to give digital designing a try myself. You can check our my Breakfast at Tiffany's Digis for purchase here.

Now it's your turn. Show us what you can create using our winter theme. You have until 11:59am Friday, January 6, 2012 to link up your project at 2 Sisters! =) T

Challenges:
-2 Sisters winter
-CR84FN blue, orange, yellow
-Craft Your Days Away snowmen

My Top 10 Craft Creations for 2011

2011-12-31T09:04:00.003-05:00

My fellow designer at Paper Issues has a super-fun linky party going on right now, everyone can share their top 10 projects of the year with Kellie on Give a Girl a Blog. So....here's a go at my top 10 crafty creations for 2011:

"Lucky" DT Submission for Lasting Memories

"Black Cats and Pumpkins" DT submission for Twisted Sketches

"Your Favorite Game" DT submission for Punky Scraps

"Bright Eyes" DT Submission for Scrap It With A Song

"12 Step Program" DT Submission for Scrap It With a Song

"Love Love Love" DT Submission for Lasting Memories

"Love the Way You Play" DT Submission for Sketches in Thyme

"Tiny Little Cubby" DT Submission for Paper Issues

"One Time at Band Camp" DT Submission for The Craft Garden

"Together" for The Crafting Family

Wow- that was hard to choose favorites, I didn't want any of my pages to feel bad! 2011 has been such a fun year of crafting for me, and I want to thank everyone out there in blog land, my fellow design team members, and of course the DT owners who have given me the opportunity to design for them. I am having such a blast creating, capturing memories, and reaching my goal of 211 layouts in 2011! Now it's on to create 212 layouts for 2012, are ya with me? Scrappy New Year! =) T

Linking Up To:

With an "i" for Paper

We've Got Your Number at Paper Issues!

2011-12-28T18:42:00.001-05:00

There's a new theme up at Paper Issues- perfect for this time of year of list-making and organizing, "We've Got Your Number". For this theme I linked up a layout from 2010 that I created for Punky Scraps:

Do you ever have those days when it feels like you never leave the kitchen? Well, I do, ALL.THE.TIME. I snapped a pic of me in front of the microwave and made a *slightly* exaggerated timeline of my daily kitchen "duties".

So, what's your number? We would love to see what numerical projects you've been working on so go on over to Paper Issues and link up!!! =) T

Snowflakes are falling at 2 Sisters!

2011-12-27T09:00:00.001-05:00

Merry Christmas to all of you out in blogland! Theres a new challenge going on at 2 Sisters and the theme is snowflakes. Surpisingly, we don't have much of the white stuff here in Massachusetts yet (which is just fine with me), but the mountains are making snow, so my family was off for their first day of snowboarding and skiing last Friday. I created this layout to capture the moment using the snowman image from Kenny K Downloads:

Now it is your turn. Link up your snowflake projects at 2 Sisters, you have until 11:59am EST on Friday December 30th to enter your cards or projects for a chance to win the sponsor prize from Kenny K Downloads.

Challenges:

-2 Sisters snowflakes

-Scrap Whispers sketch

-Desert Island Craft Challenge buttons, brads, stripes, round corners

-Digital Tuesday winter wonderland

Here Comes Santa Claus!

2011-12-19T21:27:00.005-05:00

Right now there is some fabulous Christmas Carol inspiration going on over at Scrap It With a Song. The challenge over there right now is going on through December 31st; just create a layout, card or other paper project inspired by a Christmas carol of your choice. Here's my contribution:

Remember, you have until December 31st to join us & play along with our Christmas Carol challenge and be entered in the AMAZING December prize draw!! I am also linking this up at the Holiday Madness linking party at Paper Issues. TON of great holiday ideas over there, go check it out!! =) T

Challenges:

-Scrap It With a Song christmas carol

-Dream Valley Challenges christmas

-Truly Madly Crafty christmas images and colors

-Scraptastic Club border punch

-Paper Issues holiday madness

Kids Christmas Challenge at 2 Sisters

2011-12-17T18:54:00.000-05:00

Time for a new challenge at 2 Sisters Challenge Blog! This week we're looking for your projects created with kids in mind; cards, gift bags, etc.... as long as it is something that you have created for a child. I made this scrapbook layout to add to our Christmas album:

Don't you love those cute little gingerbread images? Those are from this week's sponsor, Robyns Fetish. I've also used the sketch from Once Upon a Sketch, and the fabulous color scheme is courtesy of Color Throwdown. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and don't forget to check out my new challenge blog in the works, Child's Play Challenges!! =) T

A Few Challenges to Post About

2011-12-16T08:53:00.000-05:00

Good morning blog land! Have a few challenges to post about today. First up, I wanted to share the news about my latest creation, a new challeneg blog called Child's Play Challenges. This blog will feature challenges inspired by classic toys, favorite story books and great kids TV shows and movies. Challenges will begin in February, but I'd love for you to stop on over there and say hello, become a new follower and maybe even give my Design Team Call a whirl!!

Next up, I have the layout I created for this week's challenge at Sketches in Thyme to share with you.

Just a picture of my 2 kiddos being goofballs- I think they were trying to hide miss E in the stuffed animals, but she's just too cute to blend in! For this layout I combined the SKETCH at Sketches in Thyme, the ANYTHING BUT CHRISTMAS challenge at Corrosive Challenge Blog and the COLOR SCHEME at Sketchy Colors.

And lastly I have my layout for this week's sketch at Twisted Sketches:

For this layout I started with Twisted Sketch #132 and added glittered foam letters for my title for the GLITTER twist. My title, "time for a snow day" incorporates the TIME challenge at Bird is the Word and the WINTER WONDERLAND theme at Lasting Memories.

Thanks for stopping by! =) T

A New Challenge Blog and a DT Call!!

2011-12-15T07:49:00.001-05:00

There's a new kid on the block, Child's Play Challenges. I've been spending a lot of time in toy stores lately doing my Christmas shopping, and after all of the blocks I've played with, the games I've looked at and the books I've sorted through, an idea came to me... why not create a challenge blog using toys and games as inspiration? Most of us scrapbookers feature children in our layouts, whether it's our own children doing yet another adorable thing or even digging up old childhood photos from the attic. We celebrate children and childhood all the time in our layouts, and through this new challenge blog, I'll hopefully offer up some inspiration to keep those pages coming!!

To get started, I am looking for a few talented and creative scrapbookers out there to join me in this adventure at Child's Play Challenges. If you'd like to play along with fun challenges, partipate in the blog and motivate others to take part in the fun, this might be the place for you! Your term would run February-August 2012, and you would be asked to complete 1 layout per month. If you would like to be considered, here's what you need to do:

1-Create a new layout just for the call at Child's Play Challenges based on the toy below.

2-Post about the DT call on your blog, along with your take on the challenge.

3-Leave a comment at Child's Play Challenges telling us that you would like to be considered for the DT, along with a link to your blog post, and be sure to include your email address!

4-Become a new follower and spread the word about this playful new challenge blog!

The deadline for this call is January 27th, and the new Design Team will be announced on February 1st! Can't wait to see what you come up with!! =) Tiffany

Christmas Challenge at 2 Sisters

2011-12-10T08:23:00.000-05:00

It's time for another challenge at 2 Sisters. This week is an easy one, the theme is Christmas!! Us DT girls were invited to use some cute images from Patties Creations. Here's the card I made using an adorable pair of reindeer:

So get crafting on those Christmas projects, and link up with us over at 2 Sisters. You have until the 16th to link up for your chance to win a prize from Pattie's Creations! =) T

Challenges:

-2 Sisters Christmas

-Simply Create Too embossing

-Forever Friends Christmas + animal

I Heard The Bells on Christmas Day

2011-12-06T15:10:00.000-05:00

Time for a new song at Scrap It With a Song, "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day"! This week I am still chipping away at all those Christmas pics from last year (and maybe previous years too- yikes!). I made a list of all the "typical" holiday events I like to scrapbook- Christmas Cards, School Concert, Visit with Santa, Christmas Crafts, Cookies for Santa, Christmas Eve, Christmas Morning...no wonder I'm always behind!! well, here's another to add to the album:

I decided to use the line "the old familiar carols play" as my title. These were pics from last year's school concert- my son was not to pleased with squeezing between his sister and cousin for the photo! =) T

Challenges:
-Scrap It With a Song "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day"
-The Scrappiest sketch
-Lasting Memories sentiment
-Incy Wincy Designs non traditional Christmas colors
-Paper Issues Holiday Madness linking party

Red, Green and Metal at Black with Two

2011-12-06T10:20:00.002-05:00

There's a new challenge for the month up at Black with Two. This month's assignment is DOMINANT BLACK ....with Red, Green and a hint of gold or silver or both if you feel creative. Here's what I came up with:

I used red pattern paper, cardstock and a chipboard flower for the red; a jumbo felt circle and a cardstock tag for my green, and added silver brads for the silver element. I also incorporated the word "Trust" in my title and used the sketch from the current challenge at Bird is the Word. =) T

Challenges:

-Black with Two red, green + silver

-Bird is the Word sketch + "trust"

-All Sorts going around in circles

-Make It Monday anything goes

December Challenge at The Craft Garden!

2011-12-01T14:37:00.000-05:00

Wow- December already!! Time for a new challenge at The Craft Garden, this month's challenge is super fun, a recipe challenge! It works like this- each design team member has chosen an ingredient in the recipe and you have to use 4 of those items in your creation. Your choices are:

Kerry - turquoise (for one of December's birthstones)
Carly - Snowflakes
Melly - Kraft
Tiffany- Office Supply
Kevin - Ribbon
Jay - Buttons
Cathy - charm
Helen - Purple
Kylie - Paint

Here's what I came up with using Turquoise (cardstock), Office Supply (tickets), Ribbon, Buttons & Purple (my ribbon and buttons):

I hope you'll get in on the action at The Craft Garden and give our recipe a try, would love to see what you come up with! =) T

Challenges:

-The Craft Garden recipe

-Show Us Your Stuff quote

-Purple Pumpkin sketch

Guess Who's a Guest Designer at Scrap Our Stash???

2011-12-01T08:00:00.005-05:00

yup, little old me!! I'm thrilled for the chance to be a guest designer over at Scrap Our Stash this month, the challenge blog that encourages you to use that stash. Whether it be cartloads of cardstock, a bonanza of buttons, or ridiculous ribbons, we all have plenty!! As part of my introduction over there, I turned to my stash of ribbons and buttons to create this layout- gasp, a 2-pager!!

Sorry for the flash reflected off the photo, that's what happend when you try and take a pic in bad lighting late at night! For this layout I used 6 scraps of green ribbon, and 6 green buttons. All the greens are a bit different, but I think it adds to the whimsy of the page not being so matchy-matchy.

I hope you'll have a chance to stop on over at Scrap Our Stash, say hello and maybe dig into your own stash for a bit of creating! I'm also linking this up at Paper Issues "Holiday Madness" Linking party- if you're looking for creative holiday crafting ideas, this is the place to go! =) T

Time to Get Twisted!

2011-11-30T22:39:00.001-05:00

It's time for a new sketch over at Twisted Sketches. You'll have to go over there to see the sketch for yourself, but I can give you a bit of a peek by showing you the layout I created:

Since the twist this week is flowers, I added a great chipboard flower embellie that I've had in the stash for a while. I've also included a few items as part of the "Get Picky" challenge at Punky Scraps (no pattern paper, book page, tape and masking). Now hop on over to Twisted Sketches and check out the sketch, as well as the great takes from the rest of the DT! =) T

Xmas Treats for Crafting Family

2011-11-29T22:21:00.002-05:00

While I did enjoy my Thanksgiving vacation to Tennessee, I missed my craft room terribly! I've been back in there non-stop since my return, and have the first of many projects to share with you!

Today's LO is one I made for Crafting Family- Tuesday is my day to post. I've created this LO with the help of a few challenges- the color scheme is from Lasting Memories, Karen has posted a fabulous quilt with vibrant pinks, purples and reds as inspiration. I also used a great sketch from The Scrappiest and will be linking this up at the Holiday Madness linking party at Paper Issues! =) T

A Few Projects to Share

2011-11-27T12:45:00.000-05:00

Hello and happy Sunday! We just returned to Massachusetts after a week's vacation in Tennessee with family. Had a fabulous time and now begins the post-vaca catch-up. Unpacking, laundry, groceries and of course blogging! Have a two projects that were posted on DTs last week that I'd like to share with you:

First up is a fall card I created for ~Lets Blog

And I also have a card for the "Let it Sparkle" challenge at 2 Sisters:

Thanks for stopping by. After the un-packing I'm off to the craft room for some much-needed creative time. Hope you get some of that today too! =) T

Three for Thursday

2011-11-16T23:24:00.000-05:00

Have a few projects to share with you today! First up is a layout I created for Crafting Family for last week's post featuring my crazy cat and her odd places to choose to nap:

Next up I have this week's layout for Crafting Family. I had 6 photos of my 2 kiddos and 4 nieces painting in the craft room, and decided to print them all wallet-size in order to fit them on one page.

And my third project to share with you is this week's layout for Twisted Sketches. This week the twist is "white", so I followed the sketch with a jumbo white circle, did my title on white CS, added a chipboard flourish and made a fun scalloped border in white for my photo.

Thanks for visiting! =)T

Goodbye to Triplicate Trials Tuesday!

2011-11-15T09:48:00.000-05:00

It's the farewell post over at Triplicate Trials Tuesday, Rochelle has decided it's time to close up shop and move on to other crafty endeavors. I am sad to see this triple-threat challenge go, and want to give Rochelle a big thanks for all she did in creating the challenge blog and giving me the chance to be one of her Triple T designers! I even had the opportunity to create 3 of the challenges, which was so much fun!

There are two last-hurrah challenges up today, and I created a layout for this beauty:

Here's what I came up with:

Stop by and bid a fond farewell to the rest of the Triple-T girls, I know they'll be glad you did! =)T

"What's Cookin" Challenges:

-Triplicate Trials Tuesday colors, theme and sketch

-The ABC Challenge D is for Dazzle

Fabulous Fall

2011-11-14T18:17:00.002-05:00

There's a new theme up at Paper Issues, "Thankful for Fall". A few weeks ago we had an absolutely gorgeous warm fall day, and my niece and I spent the afernoon raking leaves. Well, I was raking, she was jumping! Snapped a few great pictures and created a "Fabulous Fall" layout to remember the day:

This was one of those ridiculously quick pages to put together, don't you love those? Started with this gorgous pattern paper from Close to my Heart- I trimmed a 3" strip from the center and flipped it over and taped it in place to reveal the orange pattern on the reverse. I added a 1/2" strip of blue that was also trimmed from the same piece of paper- it's the flip side of the barcode, cool huh? The I just lined up my photos along the blue stip, leaving my focal photo slightly larger and matting it in a scrap of pale orange to help the photo stand out. Added 3 brads, a tab for the date, stamped "Fabulous" and covered it with glitter, and wrote in "fall". Simple layout done in under 20 minutes!

Are you working on any "Thankful for Fall" projects? Link it up over at Paper Issues, anything goes as long as you use paper!! =) T

"Fabulous Fall" Challenges:

-Paper Issues Thankful for Fall

-Make It Monday anything goes

-Just Some Lines orange and light blue

-Crafty Purple Frog orange

-ScrapFIT stamping

Anything Goes at 2 Sisters

2011-11-12T07:32:00.003-05:00

The challenge this week at 2 Sisters Challenge Blog is "Anything Goes" and the DT was able to use some sweet images from Patty's Creations. I used a cute little polar bear image to create my project:

I'm sorry about his eyes looking a little creepy here, I promise you it's just the picture! In real life he is sweet, but the way the camera picked up the glitter and embossing made his eyes look funny... I hope you'll visit the rest of the DT over at 2 Sisters, and be sure to link up your "anything goes" project too! =) T

Challenges:

-2 Sisters anything goes

-Papercraft Star numbers

-ScrapFIT tags

-Shopping Our Stash chipboard

-Pink Elephant gift tags

-Crafty Catz use a digital image

Catch-Up Time

2011-11-11T15:06:00.002-05:00

Hello and happy Friday! Time for me to play catch up again, and share all my most recent DT entries! First up I have this month's layout for the challenge at Black With Two. This month Eve has asked us to use Black+lime+cream. I love these challenges because it gets me to scrap out of my comfort zone. I would never think to use this color scheme, but it really works and I love what I came up with. Also, I incorporated sketch #125 from Twisted Sketches, and used a fabulous posie from Precocious Papers.

Next up....there's a new song up at Scrap It With a Song, Adele's "Rolling in the Deep". I had a few pics of my kiddos at a local pool this summer, and decided to go with "off the deep end" as my title:

And finally I have this week's LO and sketch over at Sketches in Thyme. I am the proud designer of this week's sketch and think it's a pretty good one to work with.

I hope you'll have a chance to check out these fabulous challenge blogs and see all the great work from the Design Teams. Link up your own takes too, I'd love to see what you come up with!! =) T

Time to Get Twisted

2011-11-07T21:44:00.000-05:00

If you love a good sketch, you just have to give Twisted Sketches a try!! Anam designs fabulous sketches each week, paired with a cool twist. Here's my LO for last week's assignment; the twist was "feathers", so I tucked a little orange feather from the kiddos' art supplies behind my little journal spot. =) T

A Nap Time Triple T Project

2011-11-03T09:25:00.000-04:00

There's a new challenge up at Triplicate Trials Tuesday, it's a triple challenge of color scheme, sketch and theme, "Time of your Life":

Here's my contribution:

I flipped the sketch to make it work with the cardstock I was using. It had this great printed background that would have been covered up if I put the pics on the right. I used "nap time" as my title to incorporate the "Time of your Life" theme, and added an embossed clock as a fun time accent. I hope you'll have a chance to see the rest of the great DT inspiration, and link up your own take at Triplicate Trials Tuesday! =) T

It's a Snowy November 1st Here!

2011-11-01T12:41:00.001-04:00

Hello crafty friends! Hope this November 1st finds you warm and toasty in your little part of the world. Here in New England we celebrated Halloween in our snow boots with a foot of snow, and my kiddos are already on snow day #2 from school! In the spirit of the *LOVELY* weather here, I have a few snowy projects to share with you today:

First up I have my weekly LO for The Crafting Family using some lovely papers and chipboard letters from Pink Paislee. I'm also combining this with the new link theme over at Paper Issues, Snow Day!

Over at The Craft Garden, this month's challenge is Christmas, but you can't use red or green. I made a batch of snowman gift tags for the challenge:

Hope it's warm where you are today! =) T

Happy Halloween Weekend!!

2011-10-29T09:09:00.006-04:00

Oooh- it's only 2 days away, my favorite day of the entire year...Halloween!! I have been crafting like crazy this season, cards, layouts, and lots of home dec items. Have 2 projects to share with you today, first up is my trick-or-treat banner hanging on my mantle.

I rolled a vintage ruler stamping wheel in rust ink across 5x7 pieces of canvas, handpainted my fun letters in black and then added glitter for a bit of sparkle. What do you think? I'm adding this not-so-spooky banner to my etsy shop if you'd like one of your own!

Next up is a quick litte witch card for my Design Team post at 2 Sisters. The challenge this week is to create a project with Black, Orange, Purple and Lime Green. We used sweet little halloween images from The Crafting Boutique, here's my card:

Challenges:

-2 Sisters black, orange, purple and lime green

-Crafty Catz halloween

-Daring Cardmakers use felt

-Lily Pad texture

-Totally Papercrafts glitter

-Paper Play witches

Hope you have a fabulously spooooky weekend! =) T

Linking these spoooky projects here:

A New Song is up at Scrap It With a Song

2011-10-27T14:29:00.002-04:00

This week the song challenge at Scrap It With a Song is "Fearless" by Taylor Swift. My daughter and I went to see Miss Swift last June, it was her xmas gift, and man can she put on a great show!! So I decided to pull out those pics for this challenge.

Instead of using lyrics from the song "Fearless", I kind of cheated and pulled lyrics from another TS song, "the Best Day" which really fit the mood of the day my daughter and I had together. If you're not familiar with the song, you can read the lyrics here. It is such a sweet mother/daighter song, and brought tears to my eyes the first time I heard it! To make my LO, I did a little misting, layered a couple pattern papers with some fun trims, embossed my stamp designs on chipboard and added a handwritten title. Be sure and stop on by Scrap It with a Song for more Design Team inspiration, and linkup your own "Fearless" design!! =) T

Challenges:

-Scrap It With a Song inspired by Taylor Swift

-Scrap Our Stash use a quote

-Inspire Me Fridays link party

-Pile It On be happy

And Three For Wednesday Too!!

2011-10-26T09:24:00.002-04:00

I've been a busy busy scrapper lately, have 3 more projects to share with you today! First up is this week's challenge at 2 Sisters, create a project with the "Pumpkin Patch" theme. Here's the LO I created:

"Pumpkin Patch" Challenges:

-2 Sisters pumpkin patch

-The Studio Challenges DIY background

-Corrosive Challenge Blog flying things- i used bats!

-Paper Issues Halloween Linking Party

Next I have this week's post for The Crafting Family. I used papers from The Crafting Family, and then incorporated with a few other challenges to create my LO:

Challenges:

-The Crafting Family pattern papers

-Punky Scraps black mist, doodling, metal, handwriting

-Bird is the Word "together"

-Sarah Hurley misting

And finally I have last week's post for The Crafting Family, which incorporates more of the great PP I received, along with a bit of graph paper and my two "go-to" punches, the spiral edge and the jumbo scallop:

Thanks for stopping by!! =) T

Three-for-Tuesday!

2011-10-25T10:05:00.002-04:00

Hello and happy Tuesday! 3 more projects to share with you today! First up I have a LO I created showing off my love of all things Beatles. I have a huge collection of memorabelia on display throughout our home, but for some reason the thought never crossed my mind to scrapbook about it. And then Mindy posted the cover art from the album Abbey Road as inspiration for an assignment at Scrap It With a Song! I pulled out papers from The Crafting Family and here's what I created:

next up is my project for the DT at Triplicate Trials Tuesday. The latest challenge is combining hot pink, black and yellow; a cute sketch with circles and a banner; and the modern, chic theme. Here's the card I created using those prompts:

And finally I have my latest LO for Twisted Sketches. Anam has another fabulous sketch to use, plus the twist of "Spell". I was all caught up on Halloween projects *gasp* so i decided to incorporate "Spell" in my title, "A is for Anna":

I'm a Guest Designer at Birthday Sundaes!!

2011-10-24T22:12:00.003-04:00

So excited to be a guest designer this week at Birthday Sundaes- this is such a fun challenge blog, there's always someone celebrating a birthday right? The challenge for you this week is a color challenge- create a birthday card using the following colors: purple, green, white, black. Your card must be made up primarily the colors listed (neutrals allowed if needed) and include birthday wording on the card front. Since my family is filled with October birthdays, I decided to create this batty birthday card:

Please pop on over to Birthday Sundaes to see what the fabulous Design Team created, there are some super-cool purple, green, black and white cards!! =) T

Challenges:

-Birthday Sundaes purple, green, black & white

-Delicious Doodles Halloween, no orange

-Crafty Calendar spooky birthday

-Paper Issues Halloween Linking Party

Another batch of projects to share!

2011-10-19T08:40:00.002-04:00

Ugghh- still playing catch up, here are a few more layouts I have to share with you:

There's always a fabulous sketch up at Twisted Sketches, and I have a LO to share with you from their sketch #122. It was a sketch +a "twist" to include twine, so I simply looped a bit of twine along the page behind a couple of my butterfly embellishments.

The girls at ~Lets Blog are celebrating Sweetest Day, so I made a quick little card for my sweet. I wrote the word "sweet" on a simple cardstock tag, and highlighted the word, as well as the edges of the tag, with a grey marker.

And finally, there's always a great challenge up at Triplicate Trials Tuesdays, here's the LO I created for the challenge #10. The colors to use were Navy and Khaki, the theme was fashion, and there was a fun sketch to play with too.

Pie Eating Contest!

2011-10-17T18:34:00.002-04:00

The challenge this week at 2 Sisters is a sketch+Halloween. Having just been to our town's pumpkin fest the week before, I had the perfect photo to scrap:

and here's the sketch:

Yup, that's my son with a big old mess of pumpkin pie on his face! He didn't win the contest, but he sure did have fun trying!! The digital pumpkin stamp is from Robyn's Fetish and the fabulous posie is from Precocious Paper. Want to give this sketch a try? Be sure and link up with us over at 2 Sisters! =) T

Challenges:

-2 Sisters sketch+Halloween

-Paper Issues Halloween Linking Party

-Pile It On fall is fun

-Fresh Brewed Designs pumpkins

-Divas By Design buttons

A Few October DT Projects

2011-10-17T14:48:00.000-04:00

I have been totally slacking with my blog the past 2 weeks, so I'm going to play a little catch-up and post a bunch of projects!

Have you seen the October challenge at Black with Two? It's such a pretty color combo, Black with light pink and aqua. You have 2 more weeks to get your entries in, so get scrapping. Here's my contribution:

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month, and in honor of that, the DT members at ~Lets Blog were asked to create some pink projects. Here's the "Think Pink" card I made:

Each of the DT Members over at Crafting Family have a day that is their day to post, and my day is Tuesday. Here's the LO I posted 2 weeks ago:

Ok, i still have a ton more- I guess I've just been too busy creating to post, which isn't a bad thing! Thanks for stopping by!! =) T

You Me & a 900 Pound Pumpkin

2011-10-08T21:59:00.004-04:00

Our library holds a fabulous "Pumpkin Fest" each October, the perfect way to celebrate Fall in my little small town. Games, pumpkin dcorating contests and local farmers sharing their amazingly huge pumpkins! Got a great pic of my 2 kiddos perched on said pumpkin last weekend- weighing in at 905 lbs, this as one HUGE pumpkin!! Since the assignment this week for the DT at 2 Sisters was to create a Halloween project using digi images from Whimsie Doodles- I decided to create this fun LO:

Cute, huh? I absolutely LOVE those owls from Whimsie Doodles! Few fun things to note on this LO: I inked through a scrap of punchinella for the dotted area in the top left. In the bottom right I added a piece of black mesh that was packaging from a toy- thought it had a fun "Halloween" feel to it, and it added a nice texture!

Don't forget to visit the 2 Sisters Challenge Blog to see the rest fo the wonderful DT Halloween creations, and link up your own takes too! =) T

Challenges:

-2 Sisters halloween, digi images

-Bird is The Word "you and me" and sketch

-Frosted Designs recipe challenge (I used yellow, chipboard, ink and buttons)

-Pile It On do it for fun

-Be Different, Act Normal linking party

Reembering an Old Friend

2011-10-05T11:27:00.000-04:00

I have created many LOs in my "Book of Me" that have helped get me though a tough time. I love how theraputic scrapbooking can be, and so when a dear friend from high school passed away a few weeks ago, it was off to the craft room for some art therapy:

I created this Lo for the latest challenge up at Scrap It With a Song, using the song "Heaven" by Bryan Adams. The first line in the song, "Thinkin about our younger years" was the perfect title to go with a couple pics from my high school days. =) T

Halloween Linky Party at Paper Issues

2011-10-01T12:53:00.000-04:00

It's time for a new link party over at Paper Issues, and the theme this time is "Halloween"...haven't made any new spooky projects lately, but I do have a few "Oldies but Goodies" to share with you:

First up is my "Silly Mummy" layout I made for a challenge at Punky Scraps a while back; a scrap of fabric, some lovely crocheted flowers and a bit of mist made for a very punky LO!

Next I have a paper mache Witch Hat I made for a swap, lots of torn scraps of fun papers decoupaged on the hat base, some fancy boa trim along the brim of the hat, and a fabulous wooden star wand poking out of the top...

Be sure to check out the fabulous Halloween projects posted by the Paper Issues DT , and link up your own spooky creations too! =) T

World Card Making Day!

2011-10-01T08:22:00.002-04:00

Today is World Card Making Day, how are you celebrating? I am enjoying this special day by participating in the Blog Hop over at Operation Write Home. OWH is a fabulous organization that gathers cards to send to our troops- and then those troops get to send lovely hand-made greetings home to their loved ones!

I'm going to be making up a big old batch of cards to send in, so I created a simple design that is easy to mass-produce:

I created the "let it snow" sentiment on the computer and sized it so it would fit perfectly in my 1.5" circle punch. I also punched out 1.5" circles out of 3 different shades of blue, and layered little punched snowflakes on each. After arranging on my olive base, I added little white pindots with a white gel pen around the edge, and my simple card is complete!

I hope you'll have a chance to see all the great cards being created today through the OWH Blog Hop, and maybe jump in and make a batch yourself! As thanks for stopping by, I have a little gifty of goodies from my etsy shop. Just be a follower and leave a comment, and I'll choose one lucky person at random on Monday! =) T

Sweet Toddler Days

2011-09-28T11:40:00.000-04:00

Tuesday is my day to post at The Crafting Family, and I wanted to share this week's layout with you!

Found these cute little pics of my daughter, she's now 9, and these little popsicle picture were from when she was just a teesnsie-weensie 3 year old! Can't believe I missed these, so I just had to scrap them! For this layout I used a sheet of double-sided PP from Fancy Pants, and because I loved BOTH sides of the paper, I cut it into three equal strips, flipped the middle one to reveal the opposite pattern. A quick little trick to get the most out of your PPs! =) T

A Few Projects at -Lets Blog!

2011-09-28T11:24:00.000-04:00

Things have been full steam ahead over at -Lets Blog, there have been a ton of projects posted by the Design team this week, all to get you inspired when playing with your fun eyelets! Here's a few of my projects that have been featured:

My fall card for the Halloween/Fall post:

"What's Your Number Cucumber" for the "Ask a Stupid Question Day" challenge:

My layout for the "School Days" post:

Plaid and Gingham at 2 Sisters

2011-09-24T21:48:00.000-04:00

It's time to go plaid at 2 Sisters! We were given some sweet digital images to use from Crafty Sentiments; here's the card I created using the "Amy Just Relax" image:

I used a sweet scrap of pink and green plaid as the start of my project, and layered that with a scrap of a pink PP, my image and my "hello friend" sentiment.each layer was inked with black ink for a little added dimension, and then I ran a strip of pom pom fringe across the bottom, and added 3 little pink buttons. If you're in the mood to go plaid (or gingham) this week, remember to link up your project at 2 Sisters by September 30th! =) T

Challenges:

-2 Sisters gingham or plaid

-Pink Elephant pink and green color scheme

-CASE Study cased the card

-Shopping Our Stash no coloring

Playing Catch-Up

2011-09-23T23:14:00.000-04:00

I'm behind on posting a few of this week's projects, so I'm including a couple in this post! First up is this week's contribution as a DT member at The Crafting Family. It's another back-to-school layout, still playing catch-up on all my back-to-school pages, but since this is the August 2011 layout, I might finally be on track!

"1st Day" Challenges:

-The Crafting Family products

-Corrosive Challenge Blog punches

Next up is my LO for Twisted Sketches. Another fabulous sketch as always, and you'll have to go over there to see it. This week the twist is buttons, and here's what I came up with:

"Sweet Friends" Challenges:

-Twisted Sketches sketch+buttons

-ScrapFIT buttons

-Just Us Girls aqua, pumpkin and kiwi

-All Sorts recycle

-Heart Songs orange+buttons

-The Studio Challenges make a list

It's All About the Sentiment at 2 Sisters

2011-09-21T09:10:00.002-04:00

This week's challenge at 2 Sisters is to make a card without any images, just focus on the sentiment. Here's the sunshine and cloud card I created:

To create this card, I started with 3 concentric circles in orange, yellow and pale yellow. I cut away at the edge of the orange circle to create the look of rays, and then inked up all the edges before layering together. I then hand cut a cloud shape and trimmed the sunshine circles to the same shape as the cloud. I layered all the pieces on black, cut around the edges and added my handwritten "You Are My Sunshine" title. A quick and simple card to brighten up any one's day! =) T

Challenges:

-2 Sisters lets get sentimental

-Challenge Up Your Life paper piecing

-Wee Memories no pattern paper

A New Challenge at the Triple T blog!

2011-09-20T14:57:00.000-04:00

It's Tuesday, time for a new challenge at Triplicate Trials Tuesday! This time around we;re challenged to incorporate the colors purple, silver and misty blue; a fun sketch with a banner across the top, and the theme of Magic, Fiction and Fairy Tales. Here's what i came up with:

I didn't have any magical-themed pics to scrap right now, but I did have this cute pic of my kiddos playing at the waters edge while on a hike last fall. I decided to use the title "The Magic of Nature"- because it really is so magical to see how entranced my children are with hikes, exploring and everything about the great outdoors. I had a very pale purple that I used as a photo mat, journal strips and the pennants for my banner. But before creating those elements, I misted the paper with silver Smooch Spray to give it a metallic look.

Be sure and visit the Triple T blog to see all the rest of the fabulous takes, and join in the challenge too! =) T

"Happy Punch Day" challenge

2011-09-20T14:47:00.000-04:00

Did you know that today was "National Punch Day"??? Nope, I didn't either, but those creative DT coordinators did at ~Lets Blog, and challenged the DT members to create a project in honor of this *special* occasion! Here's the card that I created:

Want to celebrate National Puch Day for yourself? Create a project using 20+ eyelets and be sure to share it at ~Lets Blog! =) T

Guest Designing at Desert Island Craft Challenge!

2011-09-19T21:27:00.003-04:00

The lovely and talented designers at Desert Island Craft Challenge have given me the chance to be a guest designer this month. What's especially cool about being the GD is that not only do I get a chance to play along with them, but I get to come up with the itinerary that they use for the challenge. Now if you're not familiar with their fun challenge, they post a new Desert Island Itinerary every 2 weeks which includes 10 items/techniques/colors, and you have to use at least 3 in your project. For my itinerary, I decided to create a "Back to School" shopping list:

Lined Paper
Books
Chalk
Pencils
Tape
Ruler
Name Tag
Lunch Money
Plaid School Uniform
Apple for the Teacher

And here's the layout I created, can you find the 5 items I used from the itinerary?

Did you find Lined Paper (my title and journal strips), Chalk (chalk ink around the edges), Tape (masking tape border), Plaid (bottom strip of pattern paper) and of course the Apple? I had a ton of fun working on this challenge, and even pulled out a 2-page layout, which are hard to come by in my craft room! Please visit the Desert Island Craft Challenge blog to check out the rest of the takes on my itinerary, and link up your own take too! =) T

Challenges:

-Desert Island Craft Challenge itinerary

-Kraft Journal kraft+fall

-Got Sketch sketch #123

-Pile It On colors of fall

My Sketch at The Crafting Family!

2011-09-19T09:40:00.000-04:00

I was given the chance to create this month's sketch for the Crafting Family DT to play with!! Here's the sketch I designed:

And here's my take on it:

Fun little tip to share with you about this layout...I used a piece of pattern paper- but it was double-sided and I liked BOTH SIDES! My solution to this is to cut the paper in half, flip over one piece and piece together with some good old scotch tape. I covered the seam with a pretty piece of scalloped CS and I was ready to go. This is my quick little trick for getting the most out of that double-sided PP! Be sure and visit the rest of the Crafting Family DT to see the rest of the fun takes on the sketch, and link up your own take too! =) T

Challenges:

-Crafting Family sketch

-Bird is the Word share

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!!

2011-09-19T09:14:00.001-04:00

Wow- I just finished up 2 fabulous blog hops I was part of and now I get to choose two lucky commenters to get a little bit of goodies from My Etsy Shop! First off, I'd like to thank the wonderful talented paper crafters at Triplicate Trials Tuesday and Paper Issues for organizing such wonderful hops. It's always so much fun to gop from blog to blog oohing and awwing over the talent that is out there in blogland!! Secondly I'd like to thank my many frequent visitors and my new ones too- so glad to have you all here checking out the fruits of my craft room! And now on to the winners.....

Congrats to Tenia Wilson and Peggie! Send me an email at frogscrapgirl@yahoo.com with your info and I'll get some lovely little fabric butterflies in the mail for you!! Oh and don't forget, you can link up your tree hugger projects over at Paper Issues, we'd love to see what you come up with using this fun theme!! Thanks so much for hopping with me! =) T

Woo Hoo- It's a Paper Issues Blog Hop!!!

2011-09-16T09:00:00.004-04:00

Soooo excited to be a part of the fabulous Paper Issues Blog Hop!! There are some AMAZING projects out there on the hop, in 3 different categories: Scrapbook/Art Journal, Altered Projects and Cards, all with the "Tree Hugger" theme. If you've been hopping along on the scrapbooking hop, you should have arrived here from Joan Liddle's fabulous blog. If you just happen to come by here by chance, you can start the from the very beginning at Paper Issues! Since I'm on the Scrapbook/Art Journal hop I have a sweet little layout to share with you:

Aren't my little tree huggers the cutest? This pic was taken while on vacation in South Carolina a few years ago, we took a hike in a great state park and my two little goofballs were having a blast hanging from all these low branches! I was inspired by the fabulous sketch at Once Upon a Sketch as well as the prompt to include journaling on the photo. I also incorporated the bright color scheme challenge at Color Q, I just love the grey/teal/poppy/celery combo! I'm so glad you made it me, the final stop on the Scrapbooking portion of the blog hop. As a thanks, I'll be giving away a few of my fabric butterflies from my Etsy shop. To be entered, please leave a comment here. You don't have to be a follower but I would love it if you were!! I will choose one lucky commenter at random on Monday September 19th! And the more blogs you hop around to and comment, the more prizes you could win!! Thanks for hopping by! =) T

PS: The Paper Issues Etsy store has a discount code for ya! Now you can snatch up all the lovely new paper goodies you've been dying to get! Enter the code HOP25 for a 25% discount!

Paper Issues Scrapbook Blog Hop line up:
Crystal Beshear
Michelle Hernandez
Joanna Bandelin
Jodi Baune
Holly Humbert
Monika Wright
Jennie McGarvey
Melissa Priest
Joan Liddle
Tiffany Call ***you are here***

Tuesday's Post at Crafting Family

2011-09-14T14:54:00.000-04:00

It's Tuesday, and that means it's my turn to post at The Crafting Family!

For this week's project, I started with some great Pink Paislee pattern paper. I incorporated a title block from Fancy Pants, dressed up with a spiral punch and some adorable mini paper clips. Since I was following the SKETCH at Sketchy Thursdays that called for 3 photos, I decided to repeat the same photo 3 times, just for a little something interesting, and also be cause I have a TON of these wallet-sized family portrait pics from 2003!! For the CHIPBOARD challenge at Heart Songs, I used a jumbo chipboard bird I had in my stash, one page of a Crayola chipboard board book I found in the kids craft section at Michaels for just $1!! I dressed it up with a calendar stamp to mimic the days of the week listed on the pattern paper. 3 of my ribbons are fastened with miscellaneous brads, while the 4th ribbon is fastened with a row of criss-crossed staples.

Be sure and stop on by The Crafting Family when you have a chance, there's a new DT project posted each day!! =) T

Celebrating Grandparent's Day at ~Lets Blog!

2011-09-13T00:09:00.000-04:00

I'm one of the new Design Team members at ~Lets Blog and I was so excited when I received my package of goodies just a few days ago- its' jam-packed with Eye-Lets, Bloom-Lets, buttons, fibers, pattern papers and cardstock! Want to do a little shopping? You can visit the Eye-lets Etc store here!

In honor of Grandparents Day, we were all asked to create special grandparent-themed projects. Here's the layout I created in in memory of my grandfather:

Please be sure to visit the ~Lets Blog site to see many more fabulous Grandparents day projects! =) T

Supplies:

ELE Exclusive Bazzill Cardstock Teal, Beige and Blue

Pattern Paper: Postcard Collage
Eye-Lets: Big and Small Round
Blue Button
Twine
Bloom-Lets
Ink

Time To Get Twisted!

2011-09-08T22:40:00.003-04:00

Looking for the Triple T blog hop? Go here!

There's a new sketch posted at Twisted Sketches, and you'll have to take a hop over there to see how fabulous it is, but here's the LO I created with it:

For this LO, I used the SKETCH plus the twist of GREEN for Twisted Sketches. The photo is of my daughter doing homework for the first time in our new home 3 years ago for the SCHOOL theme at The Studio Challenges. To make the white layered scallops, I punched 3 1" strip sof white CS with my scallop punch inked each strip and then layered for this textured border. I added a small piece of a vintage ruler with NUMBERS for the challenge at Crop Suey. Lastly, I have several elements from the itinerary at Desert Island Craft Challenge including the color GREEN, the crocheted FLOWERS and TEXT PRINT. Can you see the text print? If you look closely, each polka dot is actually a dot of text, such fun paper!!

No be sure and go visit Twisted Sketches to see the latest sketch, the fabulous LOs the rest of the Design Team created, and link up your own take! =) T

My Newest Role- Design Team Member at Crafting Family

2011-09-07T08:06:00.000-04:00

Looking for the Triplicate Trials Blog Hop? Go here!

So excited to start a new role as a Design Team member at Crafting Family. I will be posting a new project each week, here's my first contribution:

For this simple LO I used a great title block from Fancy Pants layered with a polka dot PP from Fancy Pants as well. Thanks Christine for sending me those great papers from your Crafting Family Store to use. You'll be seeing lots more projects using those supplies in the coming weeks! =) T

Triplicate Trials Tuesday Blog Hop!!

2011-09-06T00:00:00.002-04:00

Hooray! Today's the start of the Triplicate Trials Tuesday Challenge Blog Hop running through September 18th!! If you've just stumbled across my little blog today, welcome! You can go to Triplicate Trials Tuesday to start the hop and play along with all the Triple T-ers. There are some amazing projects out there, all starting with this wonderful prompt:

It's three challenges for the price of one! Colors, a sketch and a theme. I've created 2 fun projects for you using this prompt, 1st up is my "Peace, Love and Bonfires" layout:

And then after creating this fun LO, I used the scraps to make a fun "Peace, Love and Cupcakes" birthday card:

Ok now it's time for you to keep on hopping! You're next stop is the fabulous Marie Otake and you will love what she has come up with! Oh, and did I mention there were prizes?? Comment on all participating blogs AND create a project to win our GRAND PRIZE of TWO WILSON DESIGNS STAMP SETS of your choice! There will be ONE lucky grand prize winner. As an added bonus some of the Triple T Team will be offering blog candy on their blogs, and I just happen to be one of those. just leave me a comment telling me you're hopping and you are in! I will draw one name at random to win a fun little package of goodies like these from my Etsy Shop. Thanks for stopping by! =) T

Blog Hop Line Up

Triplicate Trials Tuesday ***start here***

Tiffany Call ***you are here***

Marie Otake
Alberta Futch
Natasha
Caryn Kidwell
Kate Blue
Debby McGrath
Lisa Foust
Rochelle Washington
Kelly Braund
Janice Coble
Tenia Nelson

Friendship Challenge at 2 Sisters

2011-09-05T10:27:00.000-04:00

Hello friends! This week's challenge at 2 Sisters is friendship and we were given images to use from Stitchy Bears. I combined this with the photo inspiration at Lollipop Ladies and the "Here Come the Girls" challenge at Ellephantastic Challenges to create this sweet little card:

Don't forget to stop on by tomorrow for the Triple T blog hop! =) T

Coming Soon....Triple T Blog Hop!

2011-09-04T10:06:00.001-04:00

WHERE: Triplicate Trials Tuesday Challenge Blog

WHAT: BLOG HOP!!!

WHO: Design Team Members and Triple T-ers (you know...Triplicate Trials Tuesday Fans)!

WHEN: September 6th - September 18th

PRIZES: Comment on all participating blogs AND create a project to win our GRAND PRIZE of TWO WILSON DESIGNS STAMP SETS of your choice! There will be ONE lucky grand prize winner. As an added bonus some of the Triple T Team will be offering blog candy on their blogs! Yaaay!

Hope I'll see you hoppin on over here on Sept 6th, we have some great projects to show you!! =) T

Line-up:
Tiffany Call
Marie Otake
Alberta Futch
Natasha
Caryn Kidwell
Kate Blue
Debby McGrath
Lisa Foust
Rochelle Washington
Kelly Braund
Janice Coble
Tenia Nelson

September's Challenge at The Craft Garden

2011-09-01T09:42:00.002-04:00

It's September 1st, time for a new challenge at The Craft Garden! We had a fun photo to use as our inspiration this month:

and some goreous flowers to include in our project too, thanks Kerry!

Put those two elements together, and here's what I came up with:

This was a layout that wasn't really in "the plan"- yes, I'm a planner. I have a binder that organizes all my scrapping projects, and this one was not in the works. Leftovers from a wedding LO, these adorable pics just didn't fit. And so they sat and sat (the pics are from 2002) until I recently came across them and squealed at my 2 little ones, I just HAD to scrap them!! See, I used to always scrap everything "event related", and missed out on the opportunities like this- to look at the photos and find other meanings. Not just pics of my kids at the wedding, but the fact that my son can find an adventure ANYWHERE- even at a wedding with no other playmates, he's racing through a field of sunflowers. And my daughter can nap ANYWHERE- even at a wedding filled with a ton of people and loud music!

I hope you'll be inspired by this month's prompt and link up your project at The Craft Garden, would love to see what you create!

=) T

Challenges:

-The Craft Garden photo inspiration

-Craft Us Crazy fall colors

I'm a new Design Team Member at Black with Two!

2011-08-31T08:31:00.000-04:00

So excited to announce that I'm a new DT member at the Black with Two challenge blog!! This is a color-based challenge blog, and Eve posts a new "Black with Two" challenge each month. This time around the challenge is to create a LO using DOMINANT BLACK CARDSTOCK WITH YELLOW AND BLUE, and you have the entire month to get your entry in! Here's my "Sunny Days" layout, my first go as a new DT member, hope to see you over there! =) T

The Learning Curve

2011-08-29T08:57:00.001-04:00

Time for a new theme at Paper Issues, this time we're looking for links to your "Learning Curve" projects. I've linked up a bunch of my older posts over there (old or new, you can link it all!!) but here's something new that I created:

Oh my sweet little girl on her first day of preschool- and now she's getting ready to head off to 4th grade- YIKES!! This one is going in my school album- I organize my scrapbooks by year, but I have separate albums for Christmas, School and I'm thinking of maybe doing a Halloween scrapbook too. It's always fun to pull out the "School Days" album every September and leave out for friends and family to flip through. Crazy to see how the kiddos have changed when you see all their "1st Day of School" pages together in succession like that! =) T

Challenges:
-Paper Issues learning curve
-Lollipop Crafts recycle it, I used my losing tickets from a fair
-Pile It On girls just wanna have fun
-Crafting for All Seasons bingo, i used buttons, diecuts and tags
-Allsorts Challenge back to school

Inspired By Nature

2011-08-28T09:58:00.001-04:00

It's time for my final challenge as a design team member at Lasting Memories. I have been on the DT for 2 terms, and have enjoyed every minute of it, and now it's time to move on over and make room for new inspiration. You can be sure that I'll still be popping on over to take part in the challenges, Karen always has great ideas to get your mojo going!

This week at Lasting Memories the challenge is "Who Inspires You". In scrapbooking (and in all of life) I am inspired every day by my children. I am inspired to look at life through their playful eyes. I am inspired to always be the best mother I can for them. And I am of course inspired to capture as much as I can through my camera and record their memories in our scrapbooks.

This is an annual ritual my daughter loves- to search through the milkweed plants for a lovely plump caterpillar and watch it transform into a butterfly. Last year she even recorder her findings in a notebook- so sweet to read her daily entries in her "Monarch Journal".

To see what inspires the rest of the DT, please visit Lasting Memories, and don't forget to share your own take on "Who Inspires You"! And thank you Karen, for the opportunity to be part of your Design Team, I have had a great time!! =) T

Challenges:

-Lasting Memories who inspires you

-Sisterhood of Crafters flowers

-The Scrappiest sketch

Boys and Their Toys

2011-08-27T09:55:00.000-04:00

This week's challenge at 2 Sisters is Boys and Their Toys. I used a cute little scooter stamp I had from Stampin Up to create my card:

To create the look of the scooter "zooming" along, I inked the stamp once, and then stamped repeatedly starting on the right and overlappig each impresion to the left. I also inked and stamped it once on red CS and adhered it with dimensionals. Used my spiral punch to create the notebook edge, wrapped a bit of twine around and my cute and simple card was complete! =) T

Challenges:

-2 Sisters boys and their toys

-DYSU just for boys or men

-Our Craft Lounge dots

-Polka Doodles polka dots

-Sew Many Challenges use an edge punch

Open Challenge at Sketches in Thyme

2011-08-25T12:52:00.000-04:00

It's that time again, time for an Open Challenge at Sketches in Thyme. Here's the layout I created for the challenge:

I decided to use the sketch from Once Upon a Sketch, always love their sketches and their xtra journaling challenge that's included with it.

For this sketch you had to include 2 lines from a favorite song. I chose the line "hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away" from a Pearl Jam song. It fits well with the mood and the personal nature of this layout I created. For my color scheme, I incorporated the challenge from Black with Two and used only black and green.

I hope you'll have a chance to use a favorite sketch and link it up with us at Sketches in Thyme, we'd love to see what you create! =) T

Safety Goggles and Monkey Slippers

2011-08-24T18:45:00.000-04:00

Time for a fabulous new sketch at Twisted Sketches and this time the twist is METAL any how, any way! Here's what I created:

I had these 2 cute little pics of my nephews leftover from my Super Bowl Sunday layout, they just didn't fit on that page, but they were too cute not to scrap! I decided to flip the sketch a bit to make it work for my pics- you'll have to go on over to Twisted Sketches to see what I mean! For my METAL I used silver embossing powder on the title, added silver brads, silver photo corners and see those little silver stars? I punched those out of the top of a yogurt container, reduce, reuse, recycle right?

If you're feeling in the mood for a little heavy metal, go link up your take at Twisted Sketches. I can't wait to see your LO!! =) T

Challenges:

-Twisted Sketches sketch+metal 

-Crafty Calendar Challenge hot colors

It's All Fun and Games

2011-08-23T12:25:00.002-04:00

Tuesday is here and it's time for another Triplicate Trials Tuesday challenge! This time around it's another 3-parter designed by yours truly! We have colors (red, crumb cake and eggplant), a cute sketch and a "fun and games" theme to get you started:

and here's what I came up with:

Pretty quick and easy LO to put together- it's easy when the colors theme and sketch are all there for you, but still so fascinating to see all the different takes! Hop on over to Triplicate Trials Tuesday to see what the rest of the DT has going on, and join in the fun too! =) T

Challenges:

-Triplicate Trials Tuesday fun+games; red, crumb cake+eggplant; sketch

-ScrapFIT scallops

-Scrapbookers Paradise punches

What's Your Secret?

2011-08-21T15:49:00.000-04:00

There's a new challenge at Lasting Memories, "What's Your Secret". Do you hide your journaling, maybe hide one photo under another or sneak a little journal tag under that fold? Here's the layout I created:

and here's my secret...

Hidden journaling! This is a great technique when you have a lot to say (as I did in this LO) but not the space to put it! There are lots of tricky and sneaky ways to hide your journaling, I went the simple route- just folded a piece of CS in half, adhered the pics on the outside, journaling on the inside!

I hope you'll have a chance to see all the rest of the secretive projects from the rest of the DT at Lasting Memories, and then link up your own project, we can't wait to see what kinds of secrets you have up your sleeve! =) T

Challenges:

-Lasting Memories what's your secret

-Scrappin' Chicks banner

A Note to School

2011-08-20T07:25:00.002-04:00

Happy Saturday everyone! Time for another challenge at 2 Sisters, this week's theme is "Back to School". Our sponsor this week is Robin's Fetish, and we were able to use some adorable Back to School digital stamps from the company. Here's what I came up with using the backpack stamp.

I decided to print my backpack as a 1/2 sheet of 8 1/2x11 paper including all the pertinent "note to school" info. I printed one sheet, colored them with watercolor pencils and then had color copies made of my creation. Then I cut them all, stacked them and attached together with a ribbon to create a fun little notepad. Perfect for the busy school mornings- just check off the approproate box, wirite in a few details and your note is complete- and so cute too!

I hope you'll hop on over to 2 Sisters and see what the rest of the DT has come up with, and be sure to link up your own Back to School creations- we'd love to see your projects! =) T

Challenges:
-2 Sisters back to school
-Delightful Challenges back to school +primary colors

-Cupcake Inspiration cupcake

Teachers Open Our Eyes to the World

2011-08-18T10:32:00.002-04:00

It's Thursday....sketch day at Sketches in Thyme! Here's what I came up with for this week:

My little trick for this layout? The PP I used is double sided, light blue on one side, crazy pattern on the other. I used my Creative Memories to cut out a circle just where I wanted it, then flipped the circle over and used good old Scotch tape on the back to keep it in place. A cool way to use both sides of the double sided PP on one layout! I also stitched Xs all around the circle- just for fun, but it does strengthen it a bit too. See the strip of notebook edge on the top? That's just a sheet ripped out of my handy-dandy journaling notebook. I used the edge along the top, and the rest of the sheet was used for my journal strips and title.

I hope you'll go visit the rest of the Sketches in Thyme DT and see how they put the sketch to good use, oh and don't forget about my blog candy giveaway here. =) T

Challenges:
-Sketches in Thyme sketch

-Paper Variety threads

-Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge back to school
-Desert Island Crafts Challenge stitching, stickers, office stationery

-Flutterby Wednesday punches+butterfly
-Fab'n'Funky stitch in time
-For Fun Challenges scrapbook page

Ooops- I missed last week's sketch!

2011-08-16T23:03:00.001-04:00

Just realized I forgot to post last week's sketch at Sketches in Thyme, and how could I possibly forget, it's MY sketch!?!?

Had a ton of fun putting this one together using nothing but scraps! See that orange strip with the punched circles? I just felt like it needed a little something more, and that scrap was sitting on the top of the recycle bin just begging to be used! So...even though I'm a week late in my post, you have till the end of August to link up your take on the sketch, so hop on over to Sketches in Thyme! =) T

Time for Fun, Fun, Fun at Scrap It With a Song!!!

2011-08-16T08:53:00.000-04:00

There's a new song to inspire you to get crafting this week at Scrap It With a Song, this time it's "Fun Fun Fun" by the Beach Boys!! Here's my contribution:

I decided to use the line, "Cruising just as fast as she can now" and just changed the "she" to "they" for my title! Had these great pics of the kiddos on the Goat Karts (yes, I said Goat) at Davis Farmland- one of our must-go places on our list of summer fun. If you're ever in the area, you have to go!!

I hope you'll join us and get in on the Fun Fun Fun!! Hop on over to Scrap It With a Song to see the rest of the DTs projects, and link up your own take by next Monday at midnight!! =) T

P.S. I have a bit of blog candy to give away when I reach 200 followers, go here to enter!

Challenges:

-Scrap It With a Song fun fun fun

-Really Reasonable Ribbon keep it clean

-Paper Issues lets ride

-Unstampabelles wheels

-Challenge Up Your Life no pattern paper

-Creative Craft Challenges anything but a card

Ready for Some Candy???

2011-08-15T18:48:00.001-04:00

Been a while since I've done a weekly "Blog Candy" post with some favorites I've stumbled across. Here are some delicious selections for you this week, click on each link to view some fabulously creative bloggers and find out more about how you can get in on the blog candy action!! Good luck my friends! =) T

Wow- look at this amazing stash from The Crafter's Cafe!

Sherrie is celebrating her 6 month blogoversary by giving away this great Cricut cardtridge!

Stamp-Happy Tammy has exciting news to share, and some yummy candy too!

Tatertots and Jello has a fabulous giveaway from everyday lettering:

And last but not least, I have a bit of blog candy I'm giving away when I reach 200 followers, and I'm soooo close! Go here for more info to enter to win a package of my fun Paper Posies. =) T

Try Something New at Lasting Memories

2011-08-15T13:13:00.002-04:00

This week at Lasting Memories the challenge is to leave that comfort zone and try something new. Maybe try a new technique or give a new product a try. I decided to get out one of my empty misters and fill it with bleach to see what the result would be. Here's how it came out:

Kinda cool huh? Now let me tell you that not all cardstock is created equal. Apparently not all CS will react to bleach in the same way. I first started with a sheet of chocolate brown super heavy CS from Club Scrap and there was no reaction; once it dried it was as if the bleach was never there. For my LO I used a sheet of navy CS from Stampin Up, which happened to react really well, a little spray bleach went a long way! I love how the navy bleached to a kraft color, can't wait to try this with other colors and see what happens.

Oh, and see that sweet little fabric butterfly? You can get some of your own from my Etsy shop- I have a few different colors to offer...like these in turquoise and red:

Pull out your bleach and give it a try, or come up with your own "something new" to work with. Be sure to share with us at Lasting Memories so we can see what you come up with! I also have blog candy I'm giving away when I reach 200 followers, find out more about that here. =) T

Challenges:

-Lasting Memories try something new

-Creative Stamp Friends create your own background

-Alphabet Challenge navy+another color

-Off the Wall Craftiness inspiration photo:

-Flutterby Wednesdays things with wings

Let's Ride

2011-08-14T16:17:00.002-04:00

There's a new theme to link up to at Paper Issues, we want to see your "Let's Ride" projects! Here's a layout I made of my daughter last spring, FINALLY making the leap from training wheels to a two-wheeler!!

Now it's your turn! Link up your "Lets Ride" projects at Paper Issues; cards, layouts, altered items...anything! If you used paper, you are in. You can link as many projects as you want. You have until August 27 to link up! Oh, and don't forget I have a bit of blog candy to give away when I reach 200 followers...go here to find out more! =) T