Monochromatic Monday 3-14-2011

Hello, all! And welcome to another Monochromatic Monday. Today I have a layout I made to go with the Monochrome Challenge's Week 2 - Bright Yellow with the twist of lots of flowers. While I was looking for photos to go with this color, I came upon these and the yellow in the cake stuck with me. This is my eldest daughter on her 17th birthday and I thought how cheery the color and occasion were. I also created this one to enter in the Scraplift 101 Challenge - lift of Daddy Time by Akentuckygal.

17th layout. Yellow is a difficult color for me but I really loved how these yellows came together. The ribbon was something I found in my stash and thought would be perfect for this. I used Yellow Stickles, some Prima flowers, my Cricut Expression, and some vinyl Thickers.

Steampunk Sunday

Hello, all! Sorry that I didn't post this yesterday on Saturday Steampunk but I have finals these next few days and have been swamped. Well, when I was looking through some steampunk images on the Internet, I came upon this awesome leprechaun image ala steampunk. Isn't he so cool? And I decided to create a St. Patrick's Day card with it. The image was created by Von Caberte and I think one of my favorite St. Patrick's Day images ever!

Feeling Lucky? card - front. Here is the front of my St. Patrick's Day steampunk card. I think this leprechaun is so amazing! I used a page of Reminisce Celtic Crossings paper, a border punch, black cardstock, and Tim Holtz gears.

Feeling Lucky? card - back. For the sentiment side, I used my Cricut Expression for the letters, the same sheet of Reminisce Celtic Crossings paper and black cardstock, a clover stamp, and Forest Moss Distress Ink.

Whatever Wednesday 3-9-2011

Hello, all! Today for Whatever Wednesday I completed a layout based on the Thursday sketch over at the Pages in Time Blog. It is a very simpel sketch and I really wanted some eye-catching paper for it. So I chose to break out my brand new pack of Immortal Love paper! Here is the sketch, followed by my take on it.

Pages in Time Blog Thursday Sketch for 3-3-2011.

Forever layout. For this sketch I wanted to use some dramatic paper and I chose to use this sheet from the Immortal Love collection by DCWV. This is one instance where I chose the photo after I chose the paper. This photo is of my BFF and her husband (and also my friend). They are one of the strongest couples I know of and I admire them greatly.  

Tea Time Tuesday

Hello, all! So I was wondering what to make for today's Tea Time and I was looking through my ever-growing paper stash and came upon some papers and stickers I bought quite a while back. I got the bright idea to make an Easter card from one of the stickers. I may be alone in this but I associate the White Rabbit with the Easter Bunny! I know I'm a little obsessed. Lol!

Time for Easter card. I used Bazzill Swiss Dot cardstock in blue, pink and white cardstock, and pink striped paper. I punched the paper with a lacey border punch; die cut some shapes for the sentiment base and title letters; added ribbon and bow, some mini roses, and a ton of stickles in Waterfall, Distress Worn Lipstick, and Stardust.

Monochromatic Monday, (Paper) Trailmaker's Challenge & A New GDT Spot!

Hello, all! I a lot to share with you all today! Let's get started with out first Monochromatic Monday of the month. Over at scrapbook.com, the Monochromatic Challenge hosted by GentlewoodFarms, the first week is to use Bright Fuchsia Pink with the twist of Swirls, Flourishes, Curves, or Windy Waves!  This color is hard to take in such amounts! Lol! But I managed to use it in this layout:

Cute layout. This is my youngest daughter at age 5. She was so adorable at that age, now she is beginning to become a grown up and I miss these days when she was so carefree and cute. I used a Tattered Angels Glimmer Screen as a mask for the flourished and added ribbon trim, half a flower, buttons, foam flowers, a sticker title, a butterfly, and loads of Stickles in Magenta, Cotton Candy, and Stardust.

The second piece of news is the challenge over at the (Paper) Trailmaker's challenge of 3! I hope you'll go over and check it out! There is a gift certificate up for the winner! Here is the challenge:

We will be celebrating the 3rd month!!! To celebrate our 3rd month of the year, our first challenge this month will be all about 3's!! The challenge will be an anything goes except you must include these 3 things:

1. If you submit a layout - you must use 3 photos. If you submit a card - make 3 different ones. If you do an altered project - it must be 3-D!!!

2. Use 3 different papers. (can be cardstock, patterned paper, or a combination)

3. Use the number 3 somewhere on your project. Can be in the title - the journaling- anywhere and in any way - it can be the number itself or it can be spelled out.

Whatever you can imagine and create we want to see!!!

This month we will have a drawing at the end of the month for a $15 Gift Certificate to our Store - The Paper Trail. For each activity you participate in this month, your name will go in the hat and we will choose one lucky winner to receive the Gift Certificate. Also, remember, if you would like to be in the running for a Guest Designer spot for May - participate in BOTH challenges and post a comment stating that you are trying for the Guest DT member spot!

You will have until Sat. March 19th to submit your "3" Challenge to Mr. Linky.

The third piece of news I wanted to share with you all is that I was chosen to be a Guest Designer for Flamingo Scraps! I am so excited to participate at their blog and hope you will check out my work over there when my designing time comes!

Saturday Steampunk 3-5-2011

Hello, all! Here we are on another Steampunk Saturday. I gave you a peek at this page a couple of weeks ago; only that small glimpse because it had been a submission for the SNR staffer call but now that I know I was not chosen for a position at SNR, I am able to share it with you. I was a bit disappointed about not getting selected but there will be many other calls in the future and part of the fun is trying out! So here is my page in its entirety!

Queen of Randomness layout. I scrapped one of my favorite current photos of myself and used the lovely Graphic 45 Steampunk Debutante papers! I also used some awesome Dusty Attic chipboard clocks, feathers, Prima flowers, 7 Gypsies gears, and my Dymo!

Whatever Wednesday 3-2-2011

Hello, all! I recently was inspired by the Twisted Sketches sketch #089 and the twist "pins." I know that many would think of adding decorative hat pins but I immediately thought safety pins and that made me think about how I used to wear saftey pins on my clothes! lol! I had a punky goth phase a while back (a long while back!).

Twisted Sketch #089. The twist was "pins."

Endless Love layout. When I saw that the twist was pins, I automatically thought of safety pins and when they were a regular accessory for my clothes. I found these two pictures of me in my punkier days and I saw that they were of me and my two best friends; my husband and my BFF. I went with a punky theme and used Endless Love for the (Paper) Trailmakers Endless Love challenge. I thought it was perfect because I have an endless love for the both of them. I used my Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher to make a criss cross pattern around the die cut along with faux stitches drawn with an poaque pen. I set eyelets at the bottom of the larger picture so I could lace some ribbon through and hang some safety pins from it. I used tulle, a screw brad, and TH gear to make a flower and 

Endless Love Close Up 1. I used my Cricut to cut out some of the title and the "love" part is from the Immortal Love chipboard collection. I also used Cherry Ice Smooch to splatter some red in the background.

Endless Love Close Up 2. Here is a close up of the stitched, safety pins, and staples.