Scrapbook Steals Mid Week Mojo - Turquoise #1

Another last minute (and therefore, terrible cell phone picture) from me. Here is my entry for the Turquoise round on scrapbook steals:

This was the sketch:

I only have about 15 minutes to get this in so I'm posting and I'll do my best to take a new pic and give details tomorrow! Edit: Now, the new and better picture is up. I used cardstock from my stash. The pattern paper is Recollections from Michaels. I used the American Alpha cartridge on my Cricut E2 for the circle (cut in half) and my new Petite Pennant punch from Stampin Up. Everything else was cut by hand.

New Blog design!

Isn't it gorgeous?!?! Chris at Get Inspired with Chatterscene is AMAZING!!! I've known Chris 5-6 years now and when it was time to make my blog pretty, I just handed it over to her. She knows me so well and chose a perfect design for me! I love everything about it and can't thank her enough!

Brand New

Here is a quick layout I did for Chris's Elements Challenge at Get Inspired With ChatterScene. I apologize for the terrible pictures. They were taken on my cell phone and I'll redo them tomorrow!

Paper is DCWV, the mini stickers are Kaiser Craft and I'll have to look up the circle alpha because I can't find the packaging!

And a close up of part of the title so you can actually see the mini stickers!

Finally, can anyone tell me if my pictures are normal or huge? No matter what size I choose, they show up huge for me! Thanks! (Edit: I haven't taken better pics but I did resize these! They should be much better now.)

March DCVW Stack A Holic Template challenge

I stayed up and worked on a layout last night to enter in DCWV's Stack A Holic Template Challenge.

Here is the sketch:

And here is my layout:

I used the Flower Shower stack on this layout. I'll be adding my journalling later.

Just Elements Challenge

My friend Chris at Get Inspired with Chatterscene is having a Just Elements Challenge! The goal is to create something with NO die cutting machines! This is great because I have tons of stamps, stickers and ribbons waiting to be used!

Here is a card I made last night for this challenge:

The flower paper is from the DCWV Flower Shower stack. The green paper is from a package I got at Sam's Club a few years ago. The stamps are a CTMH set called Speckled Eggs. I hand-wrote the word Happy. I stamped with pigment ink and used an iridescent glittery embossing powder. Love this stuff. I bought it on clearance at Joann's about a year ago and will be very sad when its gone. Guess I need to start looking for a replacement. The ribbon is an ivory/cream color I got at Michael's (that stuff they put 3 or 4 for $1 all the time!).

Here is a close up of the stamping so you can see the shimmer and rainbow effect this powder gives.

I loved this challenge! Don't get me wrong, I love my machines but sometimes its nice to ignore them! Challenge ends at Midnight on March 25.

Scrapbook Steals MidWeek Mojo

This is my layout for the Amethyst #4 sketch. Here is the sketch:

Here is my layout:

Papers are from DCWV Flower Shower stack and DCWV/Recollections Bold Basics stacks. I will add my journalling later. This is a picture of my DD on the day she turned 4 months. It was a crazy day. She had a well check and shots, a friend had back surgery and my son who was almost 3 at the time swallowed a marble and it lodged behind his enormous tonsils and he was turning blue as I was in a panic trying to remove it. I think I want to leave this page with just her 4 month stats instead of the crazy drama but I need to look those up first.

Scrapbook Steals MidWeek Mojo

Here is the Amethyst #3 sketch on Scrapbook Steals:

Here is my layout:

I was trying to focus on just the colors of the chicken toy. Wish I had used some pattern paper in there. This layout just doesn't seem right for my daughter! Great for one of my boys but not my little girl! Was also hoping to get the #2 sketch completed this week but that didn't happen either. Hopefully next week I'll be able to do #2 and #4!