Sweet Toddler Days

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!

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

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

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

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!

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

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