Birthday layouts...

This past week my parents were in town visiting me. While they were here, we celebrated 2 birthdays: my Dad's, which was July 20th, and mine, which was last Wednesday. I decided to make a layout for each us that showed us blowing out our candles, and put the pages side-by-side in an album.

For the first layout, I dug into my scraps bin to play along with Amy Heller's summer scraps challenge:

For the layout about my Dad, I used the "Boogie Board" add-on kit from the August Studio Calico kit:

(My Dad loves making silly faces, which is why he looks a little funny in both of his pictures...haha!)

Thanks for stopping by! Happy Sunday!

Layout 1: Cardstock: Recollections; Patterned Paper: Bella Blvd; Alphas: American Crafts; Sequins: Doodlebug Designs; Journaling Spot: Jillibean Soup

Layout 2: Patterned Paper: Cosmo Cricket, My Mind's Eye; Twine: My Mind's Eye; Alphas: Sassafras, October Afternoon; Stickers: My Mind's Eye; Paint: Apple Barrel

Boarding Pass...

As soon as I saw October Afternoon's new "Boarding Pass" collection, I knew I had to get my hands on it. I don't travel a whole, whole lot, but I certainly would like to! I instantly fell in love with the colors and patterns in this collection. I seriously bought almost every product from this line that I could! And I knew that buying this fun stuff would give me the kick in the butt that I needed to scrap more of my "older" photos (i.e., from the last few years).
Here is my first "Boarding Pass" layout...Chicago pictures!!
Thanks for popping in...enjoy your weekend!
Layout: Cardstock: Bazzill; Twine: My Mind's Eye; Everything else: October Afternoon

Scraplifting...

Hi, everyone! I hope you are having a nice week.

I recently found a really fun layout in the Creating Keepsakes special "Summer Fun & Travel" issue that I just had to scraplift. It was done by Roree Rumph and can be found on page 75 of the issue. I dug into my Studio Calico scraps to play along with Amy Heller's scraps challenge:
I love the end result! It's nice to get back to my "griddy" roots!

I hope you enjoy the rest of the work week...and, as always, thanks for popping by!

Layout: Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: Studio Calico; Twine: We R Memory Keepers; Alphas: American Crafts; Stickers: Girls' Paperie; Bling: Prima

Just C & S Sketch Time!

Good morning, all! I have a super quick layout to share with you, using the newest sketch at Just C & S:
Sorry I've been MIA recently. I have guests and will until next weekend, but I'll try to pop in a few times, if I can.

Happy Monday!

Layout: All items: Studio Calico Mind the Gap kit (will give a better prodcut list later)

DT News

Hello, everyone!! Happy, happy AUGUST!

I have a bit of fun information to pass to all of you. If you have ever wanted to be on a totally fun design team that challenges you creatively, you're in luck! Just C & S is having a design team call! I had the best time on this team and some of my all-time favorite layouts were created from Maureen's prompts. Check out all the Design Team call details here.

In other news, I am one of the newest designers at The Creative Type. So excited!! So as one DT journey ends, another begins!

Summer ScrapStreet

Hi, everyone! I wanted to pop in real fast and share with you the layouts that were published in the Summer ScrapStreet issue. The first 2 layouts were published in the "Scraps" article. The "Traveling in Style" layout can be found here and "My Guy, Up Close and Personal" can be found here.
This next layout was in the "The Summer of Dad's and Grads" article found here. For a complete list of supplies used (including Toni's awesome blooms), click on the individual article links.

Have a lovely night!

Using up more of my scrap stash...

Happy Monday morning! I hope everyone had a nice weekend.

I was able to get a bit of scrapping done last night. In keeping with Amy Heller's summer challenge to use up that scrap stash, I dug deep into my own scrap bin. Here are the results:
I'm not a huge journaler, but I decided to try my hand at it on this one. I just copied the list of Random Facts about me that was posted on the Punky Scraps blog a few weeks ago.

I was excited to make this next layout because my Chicago photos have been laying around forever. I found this awesome layout and decided to do a scraplift of it. My layout didn't turn out nearly as cool looking as the inspiration piece, but at least the photos are getting scrapped, right?

Have a nice work week!

Layout 1: Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: Making Memories; Journaling spots: Jillibean Soup; Punch: Martha Stewart; Bling: Prima; Fabric brads: Basic Grey; Sticker: Little Yellow Bicycle

Layout 2: Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper, Die Cut: Basic Grey; Alphabet Stickers: American Crafts; Tickets: Kaiser Craft; Brads: Making Memories, Creative Impressions; Flags: Making Memories; Paper Borders: Doodlebug Designs; Paint: Apple Barrel

Sassafras Challenges

Hi, everyone! This past week Sassafras posted 4 challenges on their blog in celebration of CHA. I participated in 2. The first one was a color challenge. And I scraplifted an awesome layout (by Melissa Mann) I found on the web and pinned here (God Bless, Pinterest!). I really loved the 3 boxes, so that is the element that I took from the layout. Here is what I created:
The second challenge I played along with asked us to use our alphabet stickers in a way other than a title, so I created this little layout that took me less than 10 minutes to create:

No supply list today. Everything in both layouts is Sassafras, except the tag in the top layout (and I'm not sure where that came from) and the white alphabet stickers in the second layout, which are from American Crafts.

Have a lovely weekend!

Punky Scraps Challenge 23

Hi, everyone! I hope your Friday is going well...don't you just adore Fridays?

Since it's Friday, that means there is a new challenge posted at Punky Scraps. Today's challenge is a recipe challenge. We had to use a picture without people (I'm assuming feet don't count...haha), 3 circles, the colors red & turquoise, stitching and staples. Here is my super, super messy layout:

I can't really decide if I like it or not. I don't think it's very pretty...which isn't necessarily a bad thing...I just don't know how I feel about it!

As always, thanks for stopping by. If you have time, bounce on over to Punky Scraps to see what the other wonderful ladies created!

Layout: Patterned Paper: October Afternoon; Alphabet stickers: American Crafts; "Friday script": KI Memories; Banner: Sassafras; Filter Paper: Fancy Pants; Paint: Apple Barrel

Happy Birthday, Dad!

Yes, today is my WONDERFUL Dad's birthday. I am such a Daddy's girl and I truly believe that I have the best Dad in the world. He enjoys life so much, can make me laugh until I cry and gives really good advice when I need it. Also, he is a huge supporter of my scrappy addiction. He is always checking my wishlist on Scrapbook.com and sends me fun boxes full of stuff for every occasion.

Here is a recent layout I made using one of the Sunday Sketches posted at Studio Calico (and some of the supplies my Dad bought me for Christmas):
Happy Birthday, Dad. I love you!

Layout: Cardstock: Recollections; Patterned Paper: Making Memories; Calendar card: Jenni Bowlin Studios; Alphabet stickers: American Crafts, Lily Bee Designs; Brads: Creative Impressions, Queen & Company, Making Memories; Mist: Tattered Angels

July Sassafras Challenge

Hi, everyone! I hope your weekend went well. I got some "scrappy time" in and decided to play along with this month's Sassafras challenge. The challenge is to mix lines. Here is what I came up with: In this layout I used "Vintage Yummy" for the background, then "Sweetly Smitten," "Count Me In," and "Sassafras for Studio Calico" for the backing on the picture. I also used Sassafras brads all over the layout. I had a fun time making this layout and am pretty satisfied with the results. I was also inspired by this awesome layout by Felicitas Klink. Fun, fun, FUN!

I also dug through my scraps for this one. I have soooo many scraps laying around and Amy Heller has inspired me to use them up. She has a summer challenge going on right now, encouraging scrappers to use those items that have been laying around forever (like those Sassafras brads...I think they are at least a year and half old).

Layout: Patterned Paper: Sassafras; Alphabet Stickers: Sassafras, Basic Grey; Brads: Sassafras, Doodlebug Designs; punch: EK Success; Sewing tool: We R Memory Keepers

Layouts to Share...

Happy weekend, all!

I have a few layouts to share with you this morning. The first layout was created with the newest sketch at Creative Scrappers:

This next layout is for the current challenge at Butterfly Crafts. The challenge was an inspiration challenge:

Thanks for popping by. And don't forget to head over to Butterfly Crafts to see what the other ladies created!

Layout 1: Calendar paper: KI Memories; Patterned Paper, Die Cuts: Tapestry; ALphabet Stickers: Doodlebug Design, October Afternoon; Twine: Jillibean Soup

Layout 2: Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: Making Memories; Journaling Spot: Jillibean Soup; Alphabet Stickers: Lily Bee Designs, Glitz; Tulle flower: Bazzill; Fan flower: American Crafts; Scroll cut-out: Bazzill; Mist: Tattered Angels

Punky Scraps Challenge 22

Good morning, all! There is a new challenge posted at Punky Scraps this morning. It's a sketch challenge. Here is what I created:
We literally did make hundreds of cookies that day for Eric's Marines...but it was fun :)

Head on over to Punky Scraps to see the sketch and see what the other fabulous Punky Rebels created.

Layout: Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: Bella Blvd; Journaling Spots: Jillibean Soup; Little Yellow Bicycle; Transparency: Little Yellow Bicycle; Alphabet sitckers: Sassafras; Mist: Tattered Angels; Pen: Sharpie

Punky Scraps Challenge 21

Good morning, everyone! Happy Friday! I have a quick layout to share with you. It's for the current challenge at Punky Scraps. The challenge? Create a layout using tissue paper:
I had fun with this one. It felt good to get back to a "grungy" look.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your weekend!

Layout: Cardstock: Bazzill; Alphabet Stickers: American Crafts (sparkly black), Unknown (black numbers); Chipboard Alphabet: Girls Paperie; Border Strips: Bazzill, Doodlebug Design; Eyelet: Doodlebug Design; Die Cuts: Basic Grey; Paint: Apple Barrel; Miscellaneous: Tissue Paper, Ribbon

A VERY old layout to share...

...in the spirit of the day, I figured I'd share a layout that I made when I first started scrapping. The sentiment remains the same: my hero :o)
Eric has been in the Marine Corps a little over 5 years and has already deployed 3 times...which is nothing compared to some of the guys he's worked with, but it still seems like a lot of times to little 'ol me! As I mentioned in a previous post, I'm pretty patriotic and it's because of the men and women like Eric that I am that way. I appreciate the sacrifice so much. Their sacrifice makes me appreciate the beautiful country that I am blessed to live in. He hates it when I talk about how amazing he is, but I just want him to know that he is appreciated. :o)

Hope your day was wonderful!

Layout: Cardstock: DCWV; Patterned Paper: October Afternoon, K & Company; Flowers: Prima; Alphabet: Doodlebug Design; Brads: Making Memories, Target, Queen and Company; Bingo Card: Jenni Bowlin Studios; Stick Pins: Fancy Pants; Ribbon: Target; Pen: Soufle

Happy Fourth of July!

First of all, I have to wish my USA friends a happy Fourth! I hope everyone enjoys their BBQ-filled, fun-filled day! This is one of my favorite holidays...I consider myself to be a fairly patriotic person, so today is right up my alley.
My long weekend has also allowed me to "scrap for fun." I've been having fun looking through some of my older photos recently and decided I should scrap a few:

Who knew he could get cuter every year? ;-)
Layout: Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: Bella Blvd; Alphabet stickers: Jillibean Soup; Lily Bee Designs; Corrugated Alphas: Jillibean Soup; Kraft cards, Chipboard Hearts: Maya Road; Glimmer Mist: Tattered Angels; Pen: Sharpie

July already?!?

Can you believe that it's July already?? Where is the time going?? I'm not sure I like it moving this fast...

Oh well... :) I do have a quick layout to share..it's not really my style and it's certainly not my favorite work. That Jenni Bowlin stamp is so awesome that I really need to find a good way to use it and make it shine on a page...so standby, you may be seeing a lot of butterflies in the near future.

Thanks for stopping by...I hope all my USA friends have a very happy and safe Fourth of July weekend.

layout: Cardstock: Recollections; Paper Flowers, Alphabet Sitckers: Girls Paperie; Stamp: Jenni Bowlin Studios; Paint: Apple Barrel; Metal Embellishments: SEI; Bling: Prima; Miscellaneous: Embroidery floss, sticker

I ♥ New Orleans

Hey, everyone! There is a new challenge posted at Just C & S today. The prompt is to scrap your zip code. I decided to scrap my zip code from college...the good 'ol 70118 that is New Orleans, Louisiana! It was so much fun digging through my old photos from college, although I certainly did have a lot of different hair colors throughout those 4 years...
Thanks for popping by!

Layout: Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: October Afternoon; Stickers: October Afternoon, KI Memories; Alphabet Stickers: Basic Grey; Punch: Martha Stewart

Butterfly Crafts Sketch Challenge

Hi, everyone!! Sorry I've been MIA recently. I was traveling all last week for work...and I got sick. Somehow I managed to get an ear infection in both ears! Only me :)

I do have a quick layout to share, though. It's for the current sketch challenge over at Butterfly Crafts:

Thanks for stopping by. I don't know about all of you, but I'm looking forward to my 3-day weekend to get some extra crafty time in!

Layout: Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: Sassafras; Border Strips: Doodlebug Design, Sassafras; Alphabet Stickers: Doodlebug Designs; Butterflies: Jenni Bowlin Studios; Chiboard: Maya Road; Miscellaneous: stick pins, ink pen

Color my World...

Good, morning! Happy Thursday! I have a quick layout to share with you today. I did it for the rainbow challenge that is currently posted at Just C & S:

Thanks for popping in! I will do a longer post later, just been very busy with work recently!

Layout: Cardstock: Recollections, DCWV; Patterned Paper: Cosmo Cricket, Sassafras, Studio Calico; Border punches: Martha Stewart, EK Success; Alphabet Stickers: Glitz, Basic Grey; Sticker: Littly Yellow Bicycle

Sassafras June Challenge

Hi, everyone!! Today I threw together a quick layout for the Sassafras June sketch challenge...it's a little busy...I went a bit overboard with the stickers...but they were all so much fun that I couldn't resist!
Thanks for stopping by...I hope you have a nice Sunday!

Layout: Cardstock: DCWV; Patterned Paper, Stickers, Alphabet Stickers, Journaling Card: Sassafras; Bling: Prima; Miscellaneous: Tags, Ribbon, Stamp, Ink

Punky Scraps Challenge 20

Hey, everyone! There is a new challenge posted at Punky Scraps today. We had to create a layout using 5 photos, 4 alphas, 3 patterned papers, 2 mists/paints, 1 stamp and the color blue. A lot of requirements, but a whole lot of fun. Here is what I came up with:
Thanks for popping by and if you have time, stop by the Punky Scraps blog to see what the other lovely ladies created! I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Layout: Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: Me & My Big Ideas, Sassafras; Tag: Jillibean Soup; Alphabet Stickers: American Crafts, Doodlebug Design, October Afternoon, Sassafras; Bling: Prima; Metal Accents: SEI; Plastic Accent: Doodlebug Design; Mist: Tattered Angels; Paint: Apple Barrel

June Crate Color Challenge

Hi, everyone! It's an icky weekend here, so I used it as the perfect opportunity to do some "scrapping for fun." I decided to play along with Crate Paper's current color challenge. The colors are pink, red and yellow...WONDERFUL colors, so I couldn't pass it up. Here's what I made:

Also, because of all the die cuts I used, this layout is perfect for The Studio Challenges layout challenge this week (use die cuts!).

Thanks for dropping by! I hope you have a wonderful rest of your weekend!!

Layout: Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper, Die Cuts, Element Stickers: Crate Paper; Alphabet Stickers: Lily Bee; Glimmer Mist: Tattered Angels; Bling: Prima

Punky Scraps Challenge

Hey, everyone! It's Fridaaaay...which means Punky Scraps has a new challenge posted. Today's challenge is a picture inspiration challenge. Here is what I made:

Head on over to Punky Scraps to see the inspiration adn to see what the other awesome ladies created!

Layout: Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper, stickers, alphabet stickers: Bo Bunny; Rub on: Glitz; Glimmer Mist: Tattered Angels

Punky Scraps Blog Hop

Hi, everyone! If you are arriving to my blog for the very first time, WELCOME! If you're a regular visitor, you're in luck because you've popped in on the Punky Scraps blog hop. The hop is lasting from now through the 12th of June...so that gives you a whole week to hop along and try to win some prizes. To be eligible to win a prize, you just need to leave a comment at every stop along the way and play along with the current sketch challenge.

The Punky Scraps girls are also sharing their layout for the sketch challenge on each of their blogs. The layout is based on this sketch:Here is what I did:
Ok, now onto your next and final stop, Punky Scraps creator, Natalie! And, if you need a full list of blogs to visit, head to the Punky Scraps homepage!

Layout: Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper, stickers: Bo Bunny; Sequins, alphabet blocks: Doodlebug Designs; Metal accents: SEI; Glimmer Mist: Tattered Angels; Cards: October Afternoon, Jenni Bowlin Studios; Rub ons: 7Gypsies

May ScrapStreet Layouts

Hey, everyone! I had 2 layouts published in the May issue of ScrapStreet Magazine. The first was in an article called "Go Graphic." Here is the layout:

The other layout was featured in the Easy Street article and focused on "Mom" layouts. Here is that layout:

And finally the winner of the giveaway is Laurie! Laurie, please email your mailing address to me at kraftykat9@gmail.com.

Thanks for stopping by today!

For a full list of products used in these layouts, please click on the article links.

Memorial Day and a GIVEAWAY!

Good morning, all!If you live in the United States, then you probably have a nice day off from work. I always take a moment to think on this day. I think about all the men and women who have sacrificed their lives to protect our country. I am so thankful for these people. I know that their job is not easy and I can only imagine what it must be like to be deployed away from your family and friends, fighting in a foreign country. I've been on the other side of the deployment and consider myself extremely lucky that I've never lost someone close.

Photo credit here.On a lighter note, I got the cleaning bug yesterday. It was kind of nice going through a lot of my stuff. I have a lot of "older" scrapping supplies that I adore, but that I never used (I've mentioned I'm a hoarder of good supplies), so my goal is to use more of those supplies. That being said, I also have tons of stuff I want to get rid of. So, if you're interested, please leave a comment on this post telling me what your favorite "old" supply is. I'll announce a winner on Thursday. I do apologize, but right now this giveaway is only open to readers in the U.S. unless you are willing to pay for shipping.

A Very MeSsY Layout

Good morning, all! I have a quick layout to share with you. I did it for the grid challenge over at Studio Calico. The layout came out REALLY messy in the end. I couldn't get my stitching straight, so I decided that the messy approach was best...I actually like how it turned out, though: And there really is an "r" in the "Nerd" label, but for some reason my scanner doesn't like that color...

Hope you have a wonderful weekend...and a nice long one if you're in the U.S.!

Layout: Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: Making Memories, Studio Calico, Sassafras; Alphabet Stickers: Doodlebug Design; Chipboard Hearts: Maya Road; Tag: Jillibean Soup; Punch: Martha Stewart; Mist: Tattered Angels; Tools: Ae Are Memoy Keepers Sew Easy Zig Zag, Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher; Miscellaneous: Emroidery floss, pen

Crate Paper Sketch Challenge - May

HI, everyone! I am popping in super, super quick to share a layout that I made for Crate Paper's May sketch challenge. I broke out some leftovers from the Brook collection to knock this out:

Thanks for stopping in! Enjoy your week!

Layout: cardstock: Bazzill, DCWV; Patterned Paper, Element Stickers: Crate Paper; Alphabet Stickers: Martha Stewart, American Crafts; Sequins: Doodlebug Designs

CS #156

Ever feel in the mood to be super colorful?? When I saw the Creative Scrappers sketch from last week, I just knew that I wanted to make a rainbow layout. Here's what I created:

I don't think I've made something this colorful since I made this layout last year.

Thanks for stopping by...enjoy the rest of your Sunday!

Layout: Cardstock: KI Memories; Patterned Paper: Crate Paper, Cosmo Cricket; Border strips: Bazzill, Doodlebug Design; Doilie stickers: Basic Grey; Alphabet stickers: Basic Grey, Queen & Company

Punky Scraps Challenge 17

Hey, everyone! Can you believe how much I have posted on my blog this week? I am on a roll!! Haha...

I have another layout to share today. It was made for the current challenge at Punky Scraps. We were asked to make a layout inspired by the word "laugh." I was very literal:
Thanks for dropping by. I hope you have a WONDERFUL weekend!

Layout: Patterned Paper: Sassafras; Border strips: Bazzill Basics; Cloth letters: Prima; Alphabet stickers: Carolee's Creations, Glitz Designs, My Little Shoebox, Queen and Company; cloth flower: Recollections; paint: Apple Barrel

Sassafras May Challenge

Hey, everyone! I have a super quick layout to share. I did this for the May Sassafras Sketch Challenge. I really love that they do these...so fun!Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy the rest of the work week!!

Layout: Patterned Paper, Journaling Cards, Chipboard Letters, Border Strips: Sassafras; Glimmer Mist: Tattered Angels; alpahbet stickers: Queen and Company; paper frill: Doodlebug Design; Miscellaneous: pen

More layouts to share...

Good morning, everyone! I have 2 more layouts to share this morning. The first one is for Sketch #30 at Just C & S. Here is what I created:

The second layout is for the current challenge at Butterfly Crafts. We were given an ad and told to create a layout inspired by that ad.

Bounce on over to Just C & S to see the sketch and to Butterfly Crafts to participate in this month's challenge.

Layout 1: Cardsotck: DCWV; Patterned Paper: American Crafts; Journaling Spots: Jillibean Soup; Alphas: Sassafras; Tiny attacher, Staples: Tim Holtz; Miscellaneous: Ink, Embroidery Floss
Layout 2: Cardstock: DCWV, Reflections; Alpahas: American Crafts, Basic Grey; Sticker: October Afternoon; Journaling Spots: Jillibean Soup; Circle Punch: EK Success; Miscellaneous: paint

May House of Art Kit

Hey, all! I'm so excited to tell you that the May House of Art kit has been released...this one was so much fun to play with. There are a ton of fun, vintage embellies in the kit. Everything goes together so well that I sat down and did all these projects in a day:

This month's kit also comes with a customizable box. Here is what I did with mine: Head on over to House of Art to grab your kit!

May House of Art Sneaks...

So, tomorrow is the 15th...and the 15th means House of Art kit reveal! Here are some sneaks to hold you over until tomorrow's full reveal...

Layouts to Share!

Hey, all! It's FRIDAY! Yay!! :)

I have 2 layouts to share with you today. The first one is for the current challenge at Just C & S. You have to use a piece of memorabilia in your layout. For my layout, I used a Universal Studios ticket (the big blue one, not the yellow one).
The second layout is for the current sketch challenge at Punky Scraps:

Head on over to Just C & S and Punky Scraps to participate in the fun!