Scrap Queen

I found a site recently that had some great sketches, yes I love sketches ;). I may have just refound them and I'm not remembering but nevertheless, Creative Scrappers  had a great sketch that I decided to use for my back to school pics of the kids. The Sketch: My Take: To Create this layout: When I was Kid Cricut Cartridge: title Recollections: Washi tape Colorbox: Fiesta paper stack Project Life: Desktop Chipboard stickers Making Memories: Hullabaloo brackets Thank you so much for stopping by! Blessings,

I didn't get to take too many pics of our surprise trip to the Silver Mountain Resort, because we were there mostly for the water park, but I did get this adorable one of them hugging on the bench before checking into our room. It went perfect with the sketch that Stuck?!  had up for this month on their challenge blog. The Sketch: My Take: To Create this layout: Cricut Cartridges: Winter Woodland - title Mother's Day Bouquet - large flower behind pic Tags, Bags, Boxes, and More 2 - tag behind pic DCWV: The Kidlet Stack October Afternoon - diecuts twine Thank you so much for stopping by! Blessings,

It's been an absolute crazy month for me, but I was able to get some layouts completed.  S ketch n Scrap  had a great sketch over at there blog this month.  It was perfect to use with the pictures I took of the last swim before school started up again.  The Sketch: My Take: To create this layout: Miss Kate's Cuttables svg: title DCWV: Sweet Tangerine paper stack Simple Stories: Summer Vibes Washi tape Make Memories: Hullaboo diecuts Simple Stories: So Rad - vellum overlay twine Thank you so much for stopping by! Blessings,

It's time for another fabulous challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog ! Challenge #295-Sequins Make a project that has sequins! This Weeks Sponsor Winner will receive a $25 gift code! To qualify for the prize,  be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut  on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used.  If you use a Cricut Explore machine, at least one cut must be from the Cricut catalog of images. If it isn't a card, you will get two entries into the drawing! I've been seeing lots of these shaker cards being made and posted online lately and when it came up that we were to use sequins in this weeks challenge I decided it was time that I tried making one. My mother's birthday is on Valentines Day so I decided to make her a birthday/valentines day card.  To create this card: My Mind's Eye: Filled With Love paper stack Sweetheart Cricut Cartridge - Love Stamp Robin...

My daughter goes to a sewing camp at our church every summer. This particular year she made a quilt and pillow case. The picture of her holding her quilt was so adorable I had to scrap it. The sketch on the Stick It Down  blog was perfect for it! The Sketch: My Take: To Create this layout: Colorbok: Hopscotch paper pad Mambi Chips: chipboard stickers Cricut Cartridges Used: (Flowers come from the following) Forever Young Florals Embellished Cindy Loo Bits and Pieces - banner Thank you so much for stopping by! Blessings,

It's the not the best photo that I have of me and my family, however, it was such a cute one of all of use that I had to use it. It seemed perfect for the challenge on GrandDiva's Creative Corner  blog and I paired it with the sketch challenge on Rochelle Spears blog .  The Challenge: The Sketch: My Take: The title of the song worked perfectly for my photo so I just used it for my title. For the layout I used: Hampton Art: Ditto layered felt buttons Colorbok: Hopscotch Paper pad Plantin Schoolbook Cricut Cartridge - title Bits and Pieces Cricut Cartridge - banners and the base heart shape Recollections - washi take border (behind the felt buttons holding the banners together) Thank you so much for stopping by, Blessings, 

I love all the photos I take of the cousins together. They are so close, get along fantastically, and just love each other. I had some great photos of when we all met up at this fantastic restaurant that my aunt and uncle own, Chaps . The Scrap Room Blog had the perfect sketch for these photos! And the Scrap Our Stash had a great tic tac toe challenge that I used as well! The Sketch: Tic Tac Toe challenge: My Take; For the Tic Tac Toe: I used the diagonal line. The color red - my background base paper Hearts - Mambi Chips chipboard  heart stickers and Recollections heart washi tape Mixed Alpha Title - Simple Stories - alpha stickers Fancy Pants - Hopscotch chipboard alpha stickers Basic Grey - Hey You chipboard letters For the remainder of the layout I used: Simple Stories Year-O-Graphy paper stack From My Kitchen Cricut Cartridge - tab Basic Grey: Hey You chipboard stickers Mambi Chips embellishment chipboard stick...

My daughter was invited to one of her good friend's birthday parties. The party was held at a local stable and the kids got the opportunity to learn about horses, as well as ride them. It was such a fun experience and what a great idea for a birthday party.  Even More Scrapping had a great sketch for a challenge this week that was perfect for the amount of photos that I wanted to scrap! The Sketch: My Take: To Create this Layout: Cricut Cartridges:  Once Upon a Princess - Lucky Girl title Noah's ABC's - Horse and Neigh titles DCWV: The Whimsical World paper stack stickers from my stash Thanks so much for stopping by! Blessings,

We went to the beach and the kids found this small frog. At first they were too scared to touch it but soon they were holding it and hunting for more.  I thought this layout sketch from Let's Get Sketchy would be great for these two pictures. The Sketch: My Take: To create this layout: Noah's ABC's Cricut Cartridge - Title and frog Recollections - washi tape DCWV: The Dots, Stripes, and Plaids paper stack Mambi Chips - chipboard stars, glitter frame, and This Happened sticker

This week over at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog  the theme is Valentines Day! Challenge #294-Valentines Day Make a project about Valentines Day. This Weeks Sponsor A Valentine Bundle! To qualify for the prize,  be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut  on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used.  If you use a Cricut Explore machine, at least one cut must be from the Cricut catalog of images. If it isn't a card, you will get two entries into the drawing! As you may have read in my last blog post, I recently discovered  Pocket Letters , which was created by  Jeanette Lane . I have participated in a number of Pocket Letter swaps now and I'm hooked. They are so much fun to create and then receiving one that someone else made is like Christmas morning! Below, I'm going to share with you a Valentines Day themed pocket letter (one of a few of this themed pocket letters I have created this month...

Cut It Up   is having a "Hot Drink" challenge, and who am I to say no to a hot drink?! Especially if it involves coffee (my other obsession)! I love to make card packs and this seemed like the perfect excuse to make a set of cards revolving around Coffee! Die Cuttin Divas   and Pause, Dream and Enjoy has an Anything Goes challenge, that I'll enter these cards into as well. Check out the set and then scroll down for a closer look at the cards! Make using: Wild Card Cricut Cartridge - the 2 base paper shapes Bits and Pieces Cricut Cartridge - coffee cup Love You a Latte  Love You a Latte - coffee grinder Designers Calendar - title Summer Celebrations Cricut Cartridge - coffee cup (2 welded together to create a card)) Love You a Latte Wild Card Cricut Cartridge - scalloped base Thanks so much for stopping by! Blessings,

I've been slowly making my way through 2015 and this will cap off the month of June. Let's Scrap , as usual, has a great sketch on their challenge that worked perfectly with the pictures I wanted to scrap.  I used the left side of the sketch below to inspire my layout.  Their sketch: My Take: To Create this layout I used: DCWV: The Sweet Stack Miss Kate's Cuttables SVG - Happy Birthday title Fancy Pants: True Friend photo frame Mambi Chips chipboard and vellum stickers twine and bling Thank you so much for stopping by! Blessings,