Mornin' Sweetie!

 I made this card for a dear friend of mine. She is one of those people that HAS TO have her coffee as soon as she gets up in the morning, so the first time I saw this image I thought of her right away (:  She might end up seeing it before I give it to her but I decided to enter this weeks challenge over at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, so I need to post it now. The challenge at KKS is BINGO!! I used punches/dies, bling, and ribbon for my BINGO. I am also entering it in the Flowers challenge over at One Crazy Stamper.

 For this card I used BG Eva paper, Kraftin' Kimmie's Angie, MS and SU punches, Recollection flowers, CTMH bling and cs, spellbinders, and my copics.

Happy Easter!!!!

11/24 cards

Christmas Music - Scrap & Stamp Challenge

 Our challenge at Scrap & Stamp this week is to do a 2 page layout. That used to be the only way I scrapbooked (: I've evolved though and sometimes do only one page!!
 This is a layout of Kieran from a couple of Christmases ago, he hasn't changed a whole bunch since then! We had one of our family gatherings at my cousins house and his wife is an amazing musician!! She has a wonderful assortment of instruments but Kieran really took to the chimes. You can see him through the chimes in the last picture.
 I kept this layout pretty simple. I felt like it might need more but I liked the simplicity so I left it alone (other than adding the ribbon) Most of the products are CTMH. The title and flowers were Making Memories and I used a bit of Stickles on the tree. I used my new Page Maps book, my dear friend Jen gave me for my Birthday (:, for inspiration.

 I'm off at a weekend of scrapbooking this weekend so hopefully I'll have all kinds of new projects to share when I get back!!!

Have a fabulous weekend!!!

15/52 pages complete (I'm actually where I should be for once!!)

It's a party!

 I've been running a monthly group with some friends and we have been working on the CTMH Workshop on the Go (WOTG) kits. These layouts were done with the Fanfare kit. Kieran's birthday was 2 weeks ago so this kit was perfect to scrap his pictures with. Everything used in the layout is CTMH, except the scalloped circle punch is SU (I don't have the CTMH one yet ):

Here is a close up of the balloons. The strings are white so they're a bit hard to see.

Enjoy this fabulous Spring weather if you're getting it!!!! I can't wait for the rest of the snow to disappear!!

13/52 pages complete (:

How Big is Your Smile?

 Our challenge this week at Scrap & Stamp is to scrap a Silly Moment.
The pictures I used are of my older brother and his daughter. My brother thought it would be fun to measure her smile (: so out came the tape measure!! They had lots of fun and even measured a few other people's smiles while they were at it.
 Almost all of the products I used were CTMH. The paper and stickers are from an older paper pack called Notebook. I used Delightful Alphabet (again!! I realized after I was done I have used this set on quite a few of my recent LOs), and Picture Perfect stamp sets. The only things not CTMH were the little jewels at the bottom, I think they are MM, and the chipboard letters.

 My inspiration for this layout came from a LO in this month's Scrapbooks Etc (p71) by Michelle Lanning.

Have a great weekend!!!

11/52 pages complete

Hope for Japan

Give a little hope to Japan by purchasing an exclusive stamp set for just $5.

Our hearts go out to the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, and like so many of you, we’re eager to help. And helping has never been easier! 

During April, purchase the exclusive “Hope for Japan” A-size stamp set for the special price of only $5 (retail value $7.95 US / $8.75 CAN) and Close To My Heart will donate 100% of the profits to the American Red Cross efforts in Japan. This beautifully designed stamp set reminds us of how our hearts are hopeful for those who are in need. 

Dates: Offer valid March 24–April 30, 2011

I will be putting an order in on Saturday (April 2nd) if anyone is interested in adding this set to it.

Jenn (:

Fish or No Fish? This week's challenge at Scrap & Stamp (:

This week we have sketch challenge at Scrap & Stamp. I hope you will join us! Just remember to use a stamp somewhere on your layout and make sure you link up your page for a chance to win!

Last weekend I went fishing with my family. By the time we were all organized and drove the hour or so out to Manitoulin Island, it was after lunch. Needless to say we didn't catch any fish (we should have been there early in the morning if we wanted to do that!) but we all had a great time (: Here is what I came up with using the sketch as my inspiration (:

 For this layout I used Echo Park's Everybody Loves Christmas paper pack and stickers. The snowflakes were made using an EK Success punch. All other products were CTMH, Free Spirit, All You Need, State of Mind, and Delightful Alphabet stamp sets, cs, buttons, waxy flax, and paint.

Have a wonderful weekend!!

10/52 pages complete

Sticky Feet

 These pages are the second layout I made using the Miracle WOTG from CTMH. I changed it up a little bit with the pics and stamps I used but it's pretty close to the one in the guide.

 These are pics of Kieran doing sticky feet (: Whenever we would go up to the park at camp he would pull his socks off, or ditch his shoes, and use his "sticky feet" to climb the pole. He was pretty quick for such a little guy!! The big kids couldn't believe it when they saw him go up!! They of course, had to try it for themselves, and to be honest I didn't think the pole was going to survive (:

 I used the little footprints from the Do Nothing stamp, and the title was stamped using the Hodge Podge Alphabet, and the lines were stamped with Journalling Jots. I think everything else, except the buttons and ink, was in the kit. Everything on this layout was CTMH.

9/52 pages complete