Adventure

Hello crafty friends! Time for my latest Design Team assignment over at the Scrapy Land challenge blog. They do biweekly challenges, and the theme is always ANYTHING GOES using any brand of die that Scrapy Land sells. There are TWO WINNERS for each challenge. One will be a random winner and the other is chosen by the Design Team. Each winner will receive a generous $10 gift certificate to Scrapy Land.

I used a fun die from the  Lawn Fawn - Bunting Borders Dies set to create today's layout of my daughter heading off to Natures Classroom. I layered 3 strips of the bunting over the bottom of my photo, using a scrap pattern paper in my stash, and then addeda 4th bunting along the top of my layout. I love how this simple bunting dies are so versatile, they can go with any card or layout I create! 

 

I hope you'll stop by the Scrapy Land challange blog to see what the rest of the DT have come up with, and take part in the challenge too! You have until April 30th to upload your entry for a chance to win a $10 gift certificate. Thanks for stopping by! =) T

#MomLife

Hello crafty friends! Time for my 4th Design Team assignment over at the Scrapy Land challenge blog. They do biweekly challenges, and the theme is always ANYTHING GOES using any brand of die that Scrapy Land sells. There are TWO WINNERS for each challenge. One will be a random winner and the other is chosen by the Design Team. Each winner will receive a generous $10 gift certificate to Scrapy Land.

I used a fun die from the Lawn Fawn Selfie Frame set to create today's layout of me and my 2 kiddos from Mother's Day 2015. Not sure how I missed scrapping this layout, but I was grateful to see the pictures pop up in my social media memories. I layerd my photos over a couple strips of scrap pattern paper in my stash, and then added the frames on either side of the photo. I also did one of my "go-to" techniques anytime I add a frame or tag and wrapped a little twine around the frame for some added texture.

I hope you'll stop by the Scrapy Land challange blog to see what the rest of the DT have come up with, and take part in the challenge too! You have until April 30th to upload your entry for a chance to win a $10 gift certificate. Thanks for stopping by! =) T

Fresh Start

Hello SOS friends! Tiffany here with my take on the Saturday Morning Cartoons Sketch challenge for May at Scrap Our Stash.

So much fun to play with all the colors of the rainbow! I had picks of my daughter and her friend at our Town-Wide Cleanup wearing BRIGHT GREEN shirts, so they were perfect for this bright challenge! I went to my stash of nature-themed papers, and found this pretty tree paper that is probably supposed to be for xmas, but the girls are in the woods so why not! I roughly scibbled circles on 2 scraps of bright green and blue paper, and tucked them behind the photos. I had a gradiated rainbow scrap that I used behind my title and a thin strip on the top and bottom of the layout.
Thanks for stopping by, and remember you have You have until May 29th, 11:59 PM (PST) to upload your layout to Scrap Our Stash for a chance to win this month's prize! =) Tiffany

Hangin' With My Peeps

Hello crafty friends! Time for my 2nd Design Team assignment over at the Scrapy Land challenge blog. They do biweekly challenges, and the theme is always ANYTHING GOES using any brand of die that Scrapy Land sells. There are TWO WINNERS for each challenge. One will be a random winner and the other is chosen by the Design Team. Each winner will receive a generous $10 gift certificate to Scrapy Land.

I incorporated the  Scribble Circle die from Paper Rose into today's layout of my daughter shopping for Easter treats at our favorite local candy store. I love purchasing universal dies that I can incorporate into the backgrounds of all types of projects. Wouldn't this die be great as coffee stains on a Starbucks layout? Watch for that in a future layout! I cut 2 of the scribble circles out, tucked one behind the top right of my photo, and trimmed the 2nd in half. I tucked half behind the bottom of the photo, and the remaining piece along the bottom of the layout.  I also stamped a row of sweet little eggs from the Lawn Fawn Simply Celebrate Spring stamp set and added that to the bottom cluster.

I hope you'll stop by the Scrapy Land challenge blog to see what the rest of the DT have come up with, and take part in the challenge too! You have until April 30th to upload your entry for a chance to win a $10 gift certificate. Thanks for stopping by! =) T

Hello Patriots

Hello crafty friends! Time for my 2nd Design Team assignment over at the Scrapy Land challenge blog. They do biweekly challenges, and the theme is always ANYTHING GOES using any brand of die that Scrapy Land sells. There are TWO WINNERS for each challenge. One will be a random winner and the other is chosen by the Design Team. Each winner will receive a generous $10 gift certificate to Scrapy Land.

I incorporated 2 different dies to create today's layout of my 2 teenagers in Boston for the New England Patriot's Superbowl Parade. First, I started with the Little Hexagon Border Layer from Poppystamps.  I ran several scraps of black cardstock through my Big Shot, overlapping the hexagon die to give it a rough, messy look. For my title I used the Hollow Hello Die from Frantic Stamps paired with sticker letters. I love how thin the "Hello" is, and I even saved the letters cut from the center to use for another layout! 

I hope you'll stop by the Scrapy Land challange blog to see what the rest of the DT have come up with, and take part in the challenge too! You have until April 30th to upload your entry for a chance to win a $10 gift certificate. Thanks for stopping by! =) T

Dodgeball Champs

Hello crafty friends! There's a new Saturday Morning Cartoons Sketch challenge up on the Scrap Our Stash challenge blog. 

 I took inspiration from the Care Bear, Champ. When I was a kid, Champ was a tannish-orange bear, but they have since given him a makeover and he is blue! So I have both tannish-orange and blue colors in my layout. I went to my stash of sports-themed papers, and found a blue pattern that worked well as the jumbo circle in the sketch. I layered the circle over the orange strips of pattern paper in my stash, and tucked a few stars leftover from a previous project abover and below my photos. To incorporate Champ's Belly Badge, I printed a picture of the bear from Google Images, fussy cut the trophy, and popped it up on dimensionals on the left side. Looking forward to seeing your take on this Saturday Cartoon Sketch challenge. Thanks for stopping by! =) T

Challenges entered:

Scrap Our Stash- sketch + Care Bears

Craft Rocket- for men/boys

Love to Scrap- male call

Home Sweet Home

Hello crafty friends! I'm so excited to annouce that I have a new design team assignment, I'm now a member of the DT over at Scrapy Land Challenges! They do biweekly challenges, and the theme is always ANYTHING GOES using any brand of die that Scrapy Land sells. There are TWO WINNERS for each challenge. One will be a random winner and the other is chosen by the Design Team. Each winner will receive a generous $10 gift certificate to Scrapy Land.

For my first challenge, I decided to make a layout about our new puppy, Bellatrix. Since she was settling in to her new home with us, I used this adorable Little Town border die from Lawn Fawn and made 2 layers of bright pink homes from scrap paper and layered them at the bottom of my photos. I also added another scrap of those adorable little homes on the bottom right of the layout.

I hope you'll stop by the Scrapy Land challange blog to see what the rest of the DT have come up with, and take part in the challenge too! You have until April 30th to upload your entry for a chance to win a $10 gift certificate. Thanks for stopping by! =) T

Yay Last Day

Hello crafty friends! back again with a fun layout I made the other day.I was trying to finish up a few March challenges over at Paper Issues, and when I saw the challenge "Sassy Scallops" I just knew it was time to break out my new Rainbow Border Maker Cartridge I just got from my friend and Creative Memories consultant Karen! 

I pulled out my latest kit from The Wild Hare Kits and grabbed this fabulous rainbow striped paper from Heidi Swapp. I was hoping the stripes would be thick enough to punch into individual rainbow borders. I started punching and it was like this pattern paper was made for this punch!

 

So after punching apart the ENTIRE sheet, I had a pile of rainbows in ALL THE COLORS!! Played a bit with the placement, I really didn't need that many rainbows.... watch for them to pop up again in a future layout! So here's what I came up with:

 

Since I was only using 1 photo (my kiddos on the last day of 10th and 11th grade last June), the full 12" rainbows would have really overpowered the picture. I decided to place the pic on an angle and just used 5 border pieces trimmed down to 4" in length.  I really like how it frames the photo and draws you right in. I added 2 little strips of notebook-punched index cards to reinforce the "school" theme, sprinkled some star sequins, and of course did a tiny bit of messy mixed media. I just added a splash of light blue Shimmerz on either side of the photo. 

I really had NO IDEA what to do for a title...by the time your kids are finishing 10th and 11th grade, you have blown through every possible creative "last day of school" title! But I had this "yay" sticker in my stash, and so I know "Yay Last Day" is kind of silly, but it uses a sticker and I got to use my favorite new ABC stamps from Mama Elephant! Thanks for stopping by! =) T

Challenges Entered:

Paper Issues- scallops

Pile It On- rainbow

Southern Girls- someone special

Shine

Hello crafty friends! The second challenge for March is up at the Scrap Our Stash challenge blog, and it's my turn for show and tell!

and here's my take: 

 

I've had this fun photo of my niece at the beach last summer that I've been waiting to scrap, and the jumbo pic on the left side of the sketch worked perfectly for it. I layered the cloud pattern paper on top of the striped background, and ran strips of "best day ever" washi on the top and bottom of the clouds. Then I dug through my stash pulling anything summer-related and created a few clusters, scattering star sequins in each cluster as the final touch. Looking forward to seeing your take on this Pick Your Side Sketch challenge. =) T

 

Awesome

Hello crafty friends! Friday is my day off, and so I always treat myself to a little time in the craft room before I get started on any errands or work I need to do here at home. And because I love to get started with a sketch, I headed over to Paper Issues to see what they had for a sketch challenge this month:

This sketch looked like so much fun, and while I'd really love to use the hexagons, my heart was saying "Stars". So here's what I came up with:

These were pics of my son last week at his Indoor Track Awards Banquet, and since he was one of the State All Stars, I just had to include stars in my background! I've had this great piece of messy grid paper in my stash for YEARS and YEARS, and the blues and greens where just what I was looking for. I had a great star cut file, but rather than using as is, I fussy cat around each star so that I only had the outline, and it didn't cover too much of that great messy background. I added the black foam "awesome" for the title and also pulled out my Dymo label maker and punched out the "indoor track award winner" as a sub title. Strips of journaling layered over a silver doily for  little bling, and this fun layout was complete! Thanks for stopping by. =) T

Challenges entered:

Paper Issues- sketch

The Studio Challenges- fussy cutting

Pile It On- your favorite color

Love to Scrap- anything goes

Yay All Day

Hello crafty friends! Ever feel like you're in a scrappy slump? A scrapbook challenge is always just the thing I need to get those creative juices flowing! Last week, my friend and Creative Memories consultant, Karen, posted a sketch challenge on her Facebook page, and I just had to join in:

And here's my take: 

Because this sketch was a Creative Memories challenge, the requirement was to use only CM pattern papers and embellishments. I had just purchased this fun "Happy BirthYay" collection from Karen, and it's bright colors and celebratory accents were perfect for a page about my daughter getting her Learner's Permit. Since the 2 photos I had to use were horizontal, I flipped the sketch to get started. Then I cut 1 1/2" strips from a single sheet of double sided PP and tucked 4 behind my pics. I also used the Banner Border Maker Cartridge and punched a strip of banners from a bright green in the collection and I layered over the pink. After that it was just a matter of going through the embellishments and stickers and having fun making a couple clusters of cuteness! 

For the final touch I added a few Nuvo drops, ink splatters, and glitter over all the heart embellishments. Thanks for stopping by! =) T

Challenges for this layout:

Scrap Wicked New England VIPs- sketch

All Sorts Challenge Blog- for a child

Shopping Our Stash- friendship

Good Vibes Only

Hello craft friends! It's my turn over at the Scrap Our Stash challenge blog. This month we have 2 fun challenges to get your creative juices flowing, the first is the Saturday Morning Cartoon challenge:

and here's my take: 

I took inspiration from the colors in the Snoopy picture and grabbed green cardstock and a sheet of patterned paper with sweet yellow hearts for my backgrounds. I also found a scrap of strawberry paper in my stash, perfect for this layout! I cut the "good vibes only" ...title from an old cut apart page, and embellished with a bunch of green label stickers. I also added green Nuvo Drops, ink splatters, and twine for some extra color. I rarely use green, and was surprised at how much I found in my stash! Looking forward to seeing your take on this Saturday Cartoon Sketch challenge. =) T

Here we Go!

Hello crafty friends! It's time for a second challenge for February over at the Scrap Our Stash challenge blog, and it's my turn for show and tell!

 

and here's my take:

 

I had 2 photos of my kids playing soccer, so chose the left side of the sketch and added the "my happy place" card in place of a 3rd photo. I used several different striped pattern papers from my stash, punching circles from the paper to mimic the circle embellishments in the sketch. Looking forward to seeing your take on this Pick Your Side Sketch challenge. =) T

All Together

Hello crafty friends! We have 2 new challenges set for this month over at the Scrap our Stash challenge blog. Let's dive right into the first one, the Saturday Morning Cartoon challenge:

 

And here's what I came up with:

 

I took inspiration from the colors in the Popeye picture to make my mixed media backgroup in blues over a pale pink background. I layered my photos over strips of pattern paper in my stash, and cut out the bracket edge of a tag to tuck under the left photo. For the 3+hearts, I added 3 chipboard hearts and a punched heart in 4 places on the layout. Looking forward to seeing your take on this Saturday Cartoon Sketch challenge. =) T

 

Feeling Fruity

Hello crafty friends! Back again with another fun challenge over at Scrap Our Stash! It's a new year, and that means new challenges. This time we're choosing a side from this double page sketch:

The trick for this one is to create a layout inspired by one side of the sketch, and include flowers. Here's what I came up with:

I found 2 pics of my kiddos when they were little babes enjoying bananas (these 2 little monkeys are now 17 and 18), so I chose the left side of the sketch. I used 3 different pattern papers I've been hoarding and tucked lots of diecut flowers through the center of the layout. Looking forward to seeing your take on the challenge! =) T