Playing With Paper!!

Cards for Father's Day!

I can't believe Father's Day is Sunday.  Time is just flying by...  I needed to create a card for my husband and my father-in-law so I sat down this afternoon.  This is my first card:

I am going to give my husband this one - super simple.  And I used scraps from Echo Park.  I really like is simplicity.

This card is for my Father in Law:

I used scraps for this one too.   But I found my inspiration here:

http://glimmercraft.blogspot.ca/2013/06/fms-89-sn-june-summer-challenges.html

I love Fresh Made Sketches blog - always so inspiring!!

 

Well, I was happily surprised!

In the next town over from mine, they just built an new Joann's.  There was a Joann's before but it was tiny and difficult to find things.  But the new store is amazing!  I prefer to shop in my small, local scrapbooking stores but sometimes it's nice to have a bigger store.  So, I was in Joann's not to long ago and came across some patterned paper that caught my eye.  The designer is Heidi Grace - do you remember her.  I bought paper from her many years ago and never actually used it.  But this paper was really pretty and this is what I used it on:

 I used a sketch from Pagemaps (June 2012).  Everything is from Heidi Grace except for the heart doily and the cardstock from Bazzill.  I love this layout!!  I love the colors and the patterned paper - it all works so well with my photos!

Have a great day!!  

Happiness in a card!

This card makes me happy!  I love the colors; love the simplicity of the card and I love that I used washi tape to create the design.  Talk about a simple card but with loads of impact.  I used my Sizzix to create the tag and the sentiment is from SU!.  

I can't take credit for the design - I found my inspiration on Pinterest again.  Here's what the original looked like:

 The corresponding blog is www.hearthugsandflowers.blogspot.com - beautiful work.  And this image can be found on Splitcoast Stampers - another awesome place for inspiration.

So, I'm wonderng...where do you find your inspiration??

Pinterest inspiration!

I love Pinterest - I can spend hours on it daily searching for inspiration.  It is just so much fun!!!  I saved this picture on my board and was thrilled to finally have an opportunity to create my own version:

I loved the simplicity of the design.  And I am in desperate need of birthday card so I couldn't wait to create my own cards.  This card is awesome for using scraps too.  Here's what I came up with:

For the card on the left, I used paper from Echo Park.  The card on the right I created with paper from Close to My Heart.  Super simple but cute don't you think?  And I have a pile of scrap paper sitting on my desk waiting to be turned into different versions of this card.  I love using my scraps to make something so pretty!!!

On a roll...

Oh how I missed spending time in my scrapbooking room.  We have been so busy the last few weeks and spending a ton of quality time together as a family, that yesterday we all needed a break from each other.  So I spent a few hours in my office.  I wanted to create a layout with pictures from my sons 9th birthday and this is what I came up with:

I needed some inspiration for this one and found it with Pagemaps - from January 2007!!!  An oldie but a goodie!!!  The patterned paper is from Bella Blvd (I found it at Paper Anthology).   I use my cricut to cut out the 9's (Cuttin' Up cartridge).  I love simplicity of this layout - it is a perfect fit for my style.

So, did you have any time to create this weekend???

Feeling inspired on a rainy Friday...

I haven't had an opportunity to scrapbook in seems like forever.  But with all the rain we are getting here in NJ, today seems like a perfect day to get some scrapbooking in!  I chose to work on some photos from New Year's Eve of this past year.  We celebrated with some of our neighbors - great time!

The patterened paper is by Bo Bunny (very passe for some folks but I still like it!).  I was inspired for this layout by a sketch I found in Layout Blueprints - page 3.  I had taken a lot of pictures and they wouldn't all fit on a regular 12x12 spread so I created a bit of a flip page to contain them all:

I love it when I get a lot of photos in one layout - I always feel so accomplished!!

Have you heard about...

Pick Your Plum?  Several weeks ago, I was at a crop & a friend mentioned Pick Your Plum.  Each morning, Pick Your Plum sends out an email with an item for sale at a huge discount.  My first order was of Washi Tape and last week I got these little beauties in the mail:

So excited!!!  All that twine for less than $30.00 (including shipping).  I always look forward to my email from Pick Your Plum-you never know what your gonna get.  I'm so glad I found out about it so I wanted to share it with you!!!

Scrappin' Good Time!

The last few weeks have been crazy around here!  No time to play in my scrapbooking room.  But yesterday I found a little time to myself and I couldn't wait to work on a layout!  I am currently scrapping Christmas - I took a ton of pictures!!  

On Christmas, we got a little bit of snow.  My nephews live in Florida and don't get a chance to play in the snow.  They were both so excited to get out in the white stuff!!  My youngest was more than willing to give the little boys a ride in the sled.  

I used patterned paper from Echo Park and the snowflakes are from K & Co.  The paper and stickers match perfectly - so perfect together.  And I got 9 pictures on my layout!!  Can't get much better than that!

Well this layout took forever!

I started working on this layout last Monday.  But life kept getting in my way.  Finally last night I was able to put the finishing touches on - wanna see?

The pictures are from last Christmas.  Our home has 2 decks - a big one & a little one.  I have always wanted to put a Christmas tree up on the little deck and this year my husband suprised me by putting one up.  And then on Christmas Eve (when we got home from church) our neighbors had left us presents under the tree!!  It was so great!

I used patterned paper and title stickers  from October Afternoon.  The gold tags are from SU! (they are super old).  Super simple layout - very merry and cheery though - don't you think?

Scrap-A-Doodle-Doo April challenge...

The above sketch is April's Scrap-a-Doodle-Doo sketch challenge - found on their blog.  I was a bit intimidated by the sketch at first but I decided to play along anyway.  This is my take:

The patterned paper is by Cosmo Cricket, flowers from Prima, title by Thickers and the little bling the center of the flowers if from Imaginisce.  I am really pleased with how my take on the sketch turned out.  So pleased in fact I created a second page to compliment the first:

I still need to journal on the second page but I think it turned out really nice.  What do you think?