Beautiful You Layout

Hi again! I was so inspired by a layout that Heidi Swapp posted on Instagram and she has a contest there also...to use 5 numbers to describe someone you love! Fun right! Well it also got me

1. To create another layout

2. Use some Heidi Swapp products that i hoard

3. Add to the #NSD10k 10,000 layout goal

I rushed home from picking my kids up from a sleepover and having to go shoe shopping....again! Really? What do these kids eat that makes their feet grow so fast! LOL!

 I used quite a few different things on this layout to make it all come together....

Thanks Heidi for the inspiration as well as fabulous products to "Make Pretty Stuff" with!

I also wanted to "copy" Heidi's layout and use large numbers but didn't have any so I cut some using my Cricut and the Kate's ABC cartridge! I cut the numbers 3 times in white and then once with a pattern paper and adhered them together to give it a chipboard look! It was such an easy way to get the size, dimension and pattern that I needed! 

Products used: 

Heidi Swapp: Sugar chic paper pad (a lot of the little embellishments were cut from this pad), Icee rhyme lower case ghost letters, ghost shape flower, lg crimson flower.

MFT Happy Graduation Stamp (I masked off the rest if the sentiment and used "bright", Mama Elephant Everyday Greetings stamp set, SSS "you" die, SSS "happy birthday" die (used the happy)

So, I think that completes the supplies used.  I loved being able to use some of my stamps that I have been using to make cards with and incorporate them into my layout. Ok, so enough rambling from me! 

Thanks for stopping by!

I am entering this in the SSS Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge, the SSS Work it Wednesday Challenge and the Instagram #NSD10k contest!

Time To Snuggle

Good morning!

Here is a layout that I made for National Scrapbook Day (yesterday)!  There is a challenge going on at Big Picture Scrapbooking (BPS) for NSD called the NSD10k and are trying to reach 10,000 layouts posted on Instagram! Of course I wanted to be a part of that, so I created my first layout in probably over a a year...and boy did it feel good!  I will be Scrapbooking more again and possibly getting into Project Life scrap booking because I have a million dollars in supplies, just couldn't get myself to do it! So now I will!

I had fun creating this rather simple layout of my daughter and our puppy snuggled up on the couch together, so cute!

I started with a white 12x12 BG and added random strips of washi tape, some just ripped and some with fishtails. I did some stamping on one of the pictures to give it a poloroid look. I used some Heidi Swapp letters and misted them with Primrose Color Shine. I also did some die cutting: the little title letters are from MFT and I cut them in black. The hearts were cut from strips of washi tape that I adhered to white paper and cut using SSS lots of hearts dies. The little journaling thought bubble cloud is also a SSS die and I added lines for journaling and cut a black border around it.  I then added some splatters using Primrose and Teal Color Shine mists and just splattered it on randomly!

And that's all there is to it! I think it came out super cute and I had a great time creating it! Hopefully BPS will reach their goal of 10,000 layouts posted on Instagram by tomorrow!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

P.S. I am entering this in the SSS Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge!

Colorful hugs!

Happy St. Patrick's day!!  

I have my corned beef simmering...I look forward to cooking it every year and my son just loves it!  He's 12 and he still calls it the "stringy meat!" Lol!!

So here is the card I made today for day 7 in the C&S cards 3 class that I'm taking on line!  We are focusing on simple coloring techniques!  

I started with a woodgrain cardstock from SSS and die cut the hello using a SSS die and a heart also from SSS...can't get enough of their dies! I then colored on vellum with TH distress markers and glued it in place behind the die cut!  I added some LF sequins for bling! The inspiration for this card came from Kristina Werner! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Happy Heart

Another quick post tonight before bed!  I don't usually craft at night but I wanted to try a technique that I learned from the Stenciled card class that I'm taking. 

I made my own stencil by gluing two pieces of 4x6 card stock together using the large side of the tombo glue (let dry) and a beater....then randomly placed the heart die on the paper and used my cuttlebug to cut out a bunch of hearts to create a stencil! So much fun! 

I cut a strip of cardstock about 3 x 5.5 and started coloring in the hearts without outlining them and it just gave it a sketched look...the stencil worked perfectly! I used Crayola color pencils from my sons stash...they weren't just the basic colors. They worked fine for this I thought. 

I covered the card base with the black polka dot paper and adhered little strips of scrap paper notched to a banner along the left side just randomly. I tied bakers twine around white card strip and stamped the sentiment. The heart panel is adhered with foam dots!  

I am pleased with how the card turned out and had great fun making my own stencil!

Ok that's all for tonight...time for bed!!

I'll be back tomorrow with a few more card posts!

Supplies:

MFT "You Make My Day " stamp set

Colorbok "Hopscotch" papers

Crayola colored pencils

Red bakers twine

Foam adhesive

Memento tuxedo black ink

Neenah solar white card stock

SSS heart die

Tombo mono adhesive