Bambo Baby

 

 

 

 

Sorry it's been so quiet around here.  Been a bit swamped, we had some relatives in town over the weekend, a bunch of family/friend activities, and I've been working on DT projects and cards for the PC call.  BUT, I've been itching to do some layouts, so here's my take at the current Pretty Little Studio sketch.  I'm also going to link it up at ScrapFIT since I've got stars in my layout.

This is kind of a companion layout to the one I did for last week's sketch.  I just love the look Carina has....that 'why am I here and what is going on' look.

The pretty houndstooth paper is from Pretty Little Studio's Sand Castle collection.  I used the full size sheet, for the grid, and you guessed it...Slate cardstock.  Pretty Little Studio collections always have some sheets that have the prints on a smaller scale, in quadrants on a full size sheet, so I used the mini pink houndstooth quadrant to cover a Jenni Bowlin star.



One of my goals for this year is to do a better job of incorporating stamping on my layouts.  The stamp set I used is an older CTMH one that came with the Elemental workshop on the go.  The little 'circles' at the top were stamped using that set.  Those are actually half circles.  I stamped them and then used a circle punch to cut them out.  The little plaid stars are also from that stamp set.



Lots of machine stitching on this one too.

Hope that you had a great start to the week!

Supplies Used
Paper/Cardstock:  Pretty Little Studio - Sand Castle collection; CTMH - White Daisy, Slate, and Whisper cardstock.
Stamps:  CTMH - Elemental Workshop on the GO stamp set
Ink:  CTMH - Slate and Tulip ink
Other:  Pretty Little Studio - White Train Tickets Tags; Jenni Bowlin Studio - Chipboard Star; Pu;nky Sprouts - Lil Lacy Blossoms; Elle's Studio - Lil Snippets Tiny Labels; American Crafts - Amy Tangerine White Journal Foam Letter Stickers and Black 01 Precision Pen; CTMH - Bonding Memories Adhesive, Finishing Files; Xyron - 5" Creative Station; Uniball - White Signo Gel Pen; Tombow - Mono Adhesive

Warm Wishes

I made this card for two challenges....only one of which is still active....I must seriously learn to read dates more carefully!

Even though the PageMaps sketch has closed, ScrapFIT Workout #79, Tape it Up, is still active.

I'm not so sure about this card....its one of those where I kept thinking I needed something else, and now I'm not sure if I went a little too far with it.



The stamps are Paper Smooches:  Cyber Cafe and Hot Concoctions, and the papers are AC HollyDay.

Hope you had a good start to your week.  Tomorrow is my Friday since the girls are off Wednesday.

Supplies Used
Paper/Cardstock:  American Crafts - Hollyday; CTMH - White Daisy cardstock and bulk card base
Stamps:  Paper Smooches - Hot Concoctions, Cyber Cafe
Ink:  CTMH - Black, Topiary
Other:  CMTH - Blending Pen, Craft Knife; Freckled Fawn - Mod and Green Stripe; Kuretake - Glue Pen; Tombow - Mono Adhesive

FIVE!

This layout is so pink, but I kind of love it.  I fear I've been officially pinkified by my daughters.

This one is for the Elle's Studio's October Challenge (to use a 4x6 journaling tag for the journaling) and ScrapFit's High Flying Flag workout.

The photos are Ellie's five year photos from JCPenney.  I wanted to document my feelings about where she is at five, as well as recount her recent parent teacher conference, which went really well.  It was so nice to hear from her teacher that she is sweet, kind, a great example, never a problem, etc.  One of the things I worried about when she started public school (and still do) is that she'll change, become a mean girl, become calloused, but it was wonderful to hear that she is still her, and she is doing so well at school.

I again reached for GCD Studio's Sweet Tooth collection, I find myself gravitating towards it so often these days, it's just perfect for girls stuff, and I have a lot of girl photos.

That border in the center of the page is the Elle's Studio doily stamp, and the bottom border is fussy cut from one of the Sweet Tooth papers. 



The title is also Sweet Tooth, cut using the Cricut Artiste cartridge.

I created two washi tape and toothpick flags (one from Target and the other was some blog candy I received that is available at several online washi stores) to go with the Elle's Studio pennant flag.  I also created the little heart over the i with a doubled up piece of washi that was cut freehand.



Hope that you are all doing OK.  We survived the storm with very little trouble.  Monday was just rainy most of the day, didn't get really windy until around dinnertime.  Ellie and I both managed to wear our pajamas ALL DAY....Carina would have too if she wasn't such a huge mess when she eats.   Ellie calls the two of us the  'sweeties', and Andrew and Carina are the 'salties' based on our favorite types of treats.  So periodically she'd look at me and say "The Sweeties are still wearing pajamas!"    Anyway, we did lose power around 9 in the evening, so we just headed to bed early.  Thankfully, my parents never lost power, so we spent most of Tuesday at their place.  Our power came back on around 5, so we were able to come home and sleep in our own beds last night.  Could have been so much worse, and we feel very fortunate as the next neighborhood over is still without power.

Hope you have a great and sugar filled Halloween!

Supplies Used
Paper/Cardstock:  GCD Studios - Sweet Tooth papers; CTMH - White Daisy cardstock
Stamps:  Elle's Studio Doily stamp
Ink:  Hero Arts - Bubble Gum
Other:  Elle's Studio - Spooky Tales Large Journaling Tags, True Love Pennants, The Sweet Life Tidbits; Toothpicks; Target Washi Tape; Misc Washi Tape; Tombow - Mono Adhesive; Xyron 5" Creative Station

4 Generations

I've been making so many cards lately because of WCMD, I needed to take a break and do some scrapping.

This layout is for Elle's Studio's current sketch. 

This photo is a really special one - from my grandmother's visit this past June.  My grandmother is an amazing lady, she's dealt with ovarian cancer, knee surgery, and this summer was the first time in a LONG time she was able to come out to the East Coast.  She'd never met either of the girls, and it was great to introduce them. 

I'm using CTMH's Avonlea papers.  Aren't they pretty?  They're perfect for a heritage style layout.  I did some fussy cutting from one of the sheets of paper to get some of the embellishments (flower and doily type emblem), the Cricut Artiste cartridge for the letters and numbers, and the sewimg machine to add some texture/structure. 







Hope that your day is going well....I ended up having to come home early.  Something I ate last night did NOT agree with me.  The good news is that I was able to catch up on the DVR and do some fussy cutting at the same time....feeling loads better now!

I'm going to link this up over at ScrapFit for their paper piecing challenge too.

Have a great evening, I'll have some more of my WCMD cards to share tomorrow.

Supplies Used
Paper/Cardstock:  CTMH - Avonlea Level 2 Paper packet; Michael's - open stock vellum
Other:  Elle's Studio - Lil' Snippets, This Week - Gray; CTMH - Cricut Artiste Cartridge; Xyron - 1" Sticker Maker, 5" Creative Station; Tombow - Mono Adhesive; Pigma - Black Micron Pen; Sewing Machine

The Car Cart

I had so much fun with this layout. This is actually the first layout I've ever done with an iphone picture - time that I joined the real world, right?

I'm using this week's Elle's Studio sketch. I really liked the layout of it, and have adapted it a little to suit my needs, but not too much.

The little file folder elements were cut with the Cricut Artiste cartridge and the tags with the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge. I thought about putting the journaling on a tag, but decided I wanted to have it out in the open.

I also used a bunch of Posy Trendy Twine - I love that you can get it with a cream color as I think the white would have been too white for this layout. It's on the tags, the washi tape banner and also accents the top and bottom of the page.



There I actually stitched across the page twice, and then added the twine in between.



I'm also going to link this up with ScrapFIT's Warm-Up #31 which is to use patterned paper as the background.

Supplies Used
Paper/Cardstock: MME - Love Me "Doilies" paper; CTMH - Colonial White and Bamboo cardstock; Creative Memories - rose cardstock, it's a retired color and I'm not sure what the official name is.
Ink: Jenni Bowlin - Quick Dry Fluid Chalk Ink Vintage Pink
Other: Elle's Studio - Vintage Label Cutouts, The Sweet Life Cutouts, Pink Pennants; CTMH - Cricut Artiste and Art Philosophy cartridges; Trendy Twine - Posy Twine; Helmar - Quick Dry 450 Adhesive; Tombow - Mono Adhesive; Creative Memories - Photo Splits; Amy Tangerine - Muse Thickers and Mixtape; Pigma - Micron pen; Target - Washi Tape; Misc Washi tape (thin starburst pattern)

My Funny Valentine Layout for ScrapFIT #70

This layout was so much fun to do. First, I just LOVE the photos, they are of Carina from this past Valentine's Day. Second, I got to play with some of my new stuff: the Keepsake Alphabet stamp set and Sweet Tooth papers from GCD Studio.

The ScrapFIT challenge is to use polaroids in your layout. I don't have any actual polaroids, and I wanted to do something a little different, so I cut three polaroid frames using my paper trimmer, but used them on regular 4x6 photos (I did trim those down a little bit, but only about 1/2" in any one direction).

I used three of the GCD patterns, that fun background print, a light taupe colored print, and a bolder print which I cut the decorative flower elements from.



I also have to say that I'm kind of in love with this new alpha set. I was a little concerned that it would be hard to line up the letters/connect them to look like cursive, but it totally wasn't. I am that girl that ends up having to stamp the same thing multiple times because I mess it up, and I did not have to do it for these words! The font is so forgiving, it really makes you look like a professional.



For the journaling I created a 'faux polaroid' element. I used that light taupe pattern for the frame and then put the journaling on the inside. I think it's a fun way to tie things together.

Hope that you had a wonderful week and are staying cool....it's been pretty sweltering here lately!

Supplies Used
Paper/Cardstock: GCD - Sweet Tooth papers; CTMH - White Daisy cardstock
Stamps: Keepsake Alphabet
Ink: Black
Other: Black Pigma Micron pen; CTMH - Cutting knife, Bonding Memories Adhesive; Tombow Adhesive; 3L Dodz small adhesives