Doodlebug Circle Birthday Layout

Let your creativity flow! This week at Lasting Memories it can be anything but snow! There was a layout similar to this on the Doodlebug  Ice Cream and Cake Collection Kit-so I did my own take on it.

Supplies:

Cardstock and Paper: Doodlebug Ice Cream and Cake, Bazzill
Flowers: Creative Charms
Stickers: Doodlebug  Ice cream and Cake
Twine: Doodlebug
Adhesive: Ek Success Foam Tape, Xyron
Gems: Doodlebug Ice Cream and Cake

This week we're being sponsored by Cedar Chest Designs. ) One lucky winner will win a $10 gift certificate to her store.

Have a wonderful week!

Lasting Memories Challenge #115-Stamp Those Layouts

Missed me?? I was lost in Technology World, trying to convince Comcast that to wait more than a week for service was unreasonable. (The joys of being in an area that only has one service provider. No competition means poor customer service.) But the tech person shared a secret I am going to share with you. Apparently the router and modem will sometimes get out of sync causing a disruption in service-and why they could not have told me this over the phone is beyond me. So the trick is to turn off both the router and modem. Wait 30 secs and turn on the modem, let the lights come back on. (The wireless will not come on at this point.) Then plug the router in. Within a  minute or so your Internet should come back. So I am back!!!

This week the challenge at Lasting Memories is to Stamp on your layout. I had planned to do this elaborate stamped layout, but life got in the way. But I just got Kristen Werner's new On Edge Stamp Set and Small Folder Banners Die Set and I was aching to trying them out. So I used them to put the finishing touches on this layout.

The actual layout is not on a diagonal. Not sure what happened here. Sorry:(

Supplies:
Cardstock and Paper: Bella Blvd Birthday Girl
Die: Simon Says Stamp Small Folded Banners Holiday Kit
Stamp: Simon Says Stamp On the Edge
Ink: Hero Arts Neon Pink
Adhesives: Glue Glider Pro, Micro Glue Dots
Ribbon: May Arts
Stickers: Bella Blvd Birthday Girl

Looking forward to seeing your stamping creations! Be sure to check out A2Z Scrapbooking Supplies-there's a ton of sales going on over there. And there are some awesome Christmas stamping supplies!


And Happy Thanksgiving to all of my American Friends!

Female Birthday Card-Bella Blvd

I have a paper addiction. I have told myself I can not buy any more paper until I make a dent in the present supply. In an effort to make the dent I am working on using up collection kits.  So when I saw the Operation Write Home Sketch this week I knew this sketch would be perfect for Bella Blvd Birthday Girl Collection Kit.

Supplies:
Cardstock and Paper: Bella Blvd Birthday Girl collection and scraps
Dies: MFT Fish Tail Stax
Foam Tape: Ek Success (used for sentiment

Operation Write Home Sketch Challenge 142

Have a scrappy day!

Lasting Memories Challenge-Out of the Hat

Welcome to a new "Falltastic Week!" Time for a new challenge at Lasting Memories and this week is a really fun one! 

We're asking you to 

"Grab 4 items Out Of The Hat" 

to use on your layouts!! HUGE thank you to our very own Denise for creating this cool photo idea for you! See all those ideas popping out of the hat? Just choose 4, or hey, REALLY challenge yourself and choose more, and add to your layout! We are super excited to see what you do with this one!

I am still working on my friend's Christmas Gift, so here is my interpretation

My four things; Diecuts (Hippo and Present), Ribbon, Words (Journal and Hippo) and Brads (On Hippo and Journal Tag)

Supplies:

Bella Bvld Birthday Girl Collection Kit

Brads: Stash

Twine: Doodlebug

Glitter Glue: Ranger Stickles Magenta

Present Magnet and Rubber Embellishment: Stash

Challenges:

Lasting Memories-"Out of the Hat"

My Scraps and More- Sketch

Grab 4 items from the hat and join the fun! Challenge closes next Saturday at 6pm EST! Looking forward to seeing what you can pull out of the hat!

Have a Scrappy week!

Celebrate Birthday Card

Well sad to say the Kickstart Online Card Class is finished, but you can still take it online as an independent student:) My card today was inspired by one of Jennifer McGuire's cards for the class.

Supplies:
Cardstock: Hero Arts Snow Folded Card
Canvas:Ranger Sticky Back Canvas (I REALLY like working on canvas)
Ink: Peacock Distress Ink, Hero Arts Night Chalk Ink
Embossing Powder: Hero Arts White
Dies: Memory Box Darla Butterfly, Simon Says Folded Banner
Adhesives: Glue Glider Pro, Glue Dots
Stamp: Hero Arts Basic Grey Flower Melody

Challenges:
Pile It On: Use Fabric or Silk (I used sticky back canvas)
2 Sisters Challenge Blog- Use your Favorite Stamps/ Use Glitter (The butterfly body is glittered. I am in love with the Hero Arts Basic Grey Flower Melody Background Stamp
Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday Challenge- Emboss (background of Card is Embossed


Have a wonderful day!

Lasting Memories Challenge Ribbons/Lace with Pink

Thanks so much joining us at Lasting Memories last week. It never ceases to amaze me how much talent there is out there! It's time to play with ribbons/lace with a touch of pink at Lasting Memories.

I apologize for the poor photo quality, the weather was not cooperating.

Supplies:
 Cardstock and Paper: Bella Blvd Birthday Girl (oh how I love this collection), Bazzill
Ribbon: Micheals
Alphabet Stickers: Doodlebug Teeny Tiny
Dies; Spellbinders Cupcakes, Cheery Lynn Sophia's Heart (I cut the center out-because I wanted more of a lace look. This die is difficult to use and I do not recommend it for beginners.
Beads: Micheals
Paint for cupcake frosting: Tulip Slick White (drop the bead "sprinkles"  in while the paint is still wet)

WANT TO BE A GUEST DESIGNER WITH LASTING MEMORIES FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER?? Don't forget to put "GDT" after your name when linking up.We would love to have you!!

Challenges:
Creative Scrappers 224

Looking forward to seeing your ribbons/lace with pink layouts!

Digitally Sweet Challenge 3-Use a Sketch

Hard to believe another a week has passed by. And I have "discovered" another digital software Craft Artist 2 Professional And honestly either I am getting the hang of digital scrapbooking or this software is easier to use. The kits are a little more "pricey" but the ease of use makes up for it.

This week the Digitally Sweet Challenge is a sketch designed by our own Ali:) Isn't it an awesome sketch?  I may have to borrow it sometime for a traditional scrapbook page too:)

So here is my layout using Craft Artist 2 Professional  and the Daisy Trails digi kits Good Times and Happy Birthday. I am still working on my friend's Christmas present. I promise I will soon be working on her grandson's pictures too:)

Just a friendly reminder Digitally Sweet is strictly a digital challenge. That means no traditional paper is involved. No digital hybrids are allowed and hybrids will be disqualified as far as Top 3 or for prizes.

Be sure to drop by the Digitally Sweet Challenge Blog to check out our top 3 winners this week!

Be sure to stop by on Sunday for the next Lasting Memories Challenge and hopefully on Saturday I will have some things ready from the Online classes I am currently taking. One of them has a strong organizational  component to it so I have been busy reorganizing my desk and tools:) Hope to share more soon. Wish I  would have remembered to take some before shots:(

Lasting Memories Challenge-Sketch with flowers

Welcome back to Lasting Memories Challenge:) This week we are using a sketch with flowers at Lasting Memories. I am continuing to work on Christmas presents, so my layout is for a friend's album celebrating her grandkids' birthday party at Chuckie Cheese's.

 Supplies:
Cardstock and Paper: Doodlebug Cake and Ice Cream Collection
Stickers: Doodlebug Cake and Ice Cream Collection
Flowers: The Girl's Paperie and Petaloo
Leaves: Stash

Sketch:

Looking forward to seeing your flower layouts at Lasting Memories! This week the sketch is mandatory too.

Lasting Memories #101 Celebration

Happy Birthday Karen! Karen is the owner of  Lasting Memories challenge! She also has a breath taking photography blog, so please stop by there and wish her a Happy Birthday! 

This week at Lasting Memories we want to see your Special Celebrations! My layout is actually for a friend, so that's why there is no journal writing on it.

Supplies:
Cardstock and Paper: Doodlebug Cake & Ice Cream Kit
Washi Tape:Freckled Fawn Scattered Dots. Target
Metal Balloon Brads: Doodlebug, I added the Doodlebug Twine
Chipboard: Present Banner and punctuation-Stash
Metal Star Pins: Webster Pages
Flowers: Creative Charms
Jewels: Doodle Bug
Stickers: Doodlebug
Doily: Stash

Challenges:
Granddiva's Creative Corner

Rochelle Spears August Challenge;
 Use at least 3 of the following in a Layered Embellishment

• Tape (any kind - wash, cotton, etc) I used EK Success Foam tape
• Doily
• Twine
• Chipboard Base of the present banner is chipboard
• Stickers I used a present sticker and added the bling
• Buttons 
• Metal

Scapfit : Doodling( white dots on purple- top and bottom of page)

 Hooked on Craft: Celebrations

Can't wait to see your Celebration Layouts!

Have a week filled with celebrations of life!

Operation Write Home Memorial Day Weekend Blog Hop

Welcome to Operation Write Home's Memorial Day Blog Hop! I am so excited to participating for my second year in a row! I am keeping this short, so that you can hop to several more blogs:)

To start at the beginning of the blog go click here.

My card for today is:

Tip: I used Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink to make it look like Chocolate Cake Batter around the edges. ( My recipe cards are always a mess, lol.)

The Inside of the card:

The cake is a honeycomb popup:) It meets OWH requirements when it is folded down:)

Supplies:
Stamp: InkyAntics Honey Pop Baking Kitty
Paper: Hero Arts Kraft Folded Card, The Girl's Paperie Paper Girl,Inky Antics  Brown Honey Comb Paper Pad
Colored Pencils: Prismacolor:943,942,918,928,945,940,9389,944
Adhesive: Glue Stick, Scotch ATG
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versa Mark, Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink




Based on Sketch:

Blog Candy: a2z Scrapbooking with over 300 products including Hero Arts OWH Stamps is giving away a $15 gift certificate to be used on it's Etsy shop.

You can get one entry for posting the giveaway on your blog, one for Facebook, one for being a follower and another for leaving a comment. Leave a comment for each thing you do:) That's a possibility of 4 entries! Winner will be drawn June 1 using random organizer:) Good Luck!

Please click here for the next blog on the hop!

Thank you to all of our Heroes and their families! You are very appreciated!

Lasting Memories Challenge # 77- "Let's Celebrate"

This week at Lasting Memories our theme is Let’s Celebrate!”- We want to see a special celebration layout – birthday, anniversary, milestone, graduation…possibilities are endless!

One of my crafting goals this year is to get my scrapping done that tells my story. So this week as part of the celebration I decided to do a layout of my 6th birthday party. I don't really remember this party, although I do remember the house. We lived behind both sets of my grandparents until I was in first grade. And I would love to pop in to see them. I had my Grandpa O convinced that my mother was not feeding me. In reality Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup tasted better at their house, because I always got a bottle of Coke to go with it! I never got pop at home, LOL.

Supplies:

Paper and Cardstock: Stash, The Girl's Paperie Paper Girl
Cricut Cartridges:Sweet Treats
Copic: 110, G46
Ink: Colorbox Charcoal Chalk Ink
Punch: Martha Stewart Cherish Hearts Edge Punch 
Embellishments: The Girl's Paperie 
Twine: Stash
Dies: Spellbinders Labels 9, Whimsy Stamps Banner Pennant Die Set

Our Prize Sponsor this week is ArtChix Studio

The prize is these custom made personalized wood tags :

 Tell the world that YOU made this! Get your name engraved on these adorable little wood tags! Then tie them onto everything you make! You can also have them custom made for an artsy friend... what a cool, unique gift!

Challenges:
Lasting Memories Let's Celebrate Challenge  
Allsorts Challenge   It's Your Choice
 
Hiding in My Craft Room Bring on Some Spring  Not only is this layout done in Spring Colors, but I also have a Spring Birthday May 20th!
Pagemaps  Sketch

Have a wonderful week filled with scrappy moments! Can't wait to see your creations at Lasting Memories.

Female Birthday Card

My best friend's birthday is Sept. 11. And she went into premature labor that day resulting in her son being born on the 13th. So needless to say her birthday always has  a "gloom" over it. So I really wanted a card that was pretty and upbeat for her birthday.

I was so excited when I saw the border on Echo Park's Country Drive. Part of the boarder said "Let's get together" and the other "Happy Birthday." This was perfect to use with my best friend, because we have a tradition of taking each other out to dinner or lunch on our birthday's instead of doing presents.

Tip: I use a paintbrush and a light coating of corn starch to take the stickiness off  from the lace where the glue is exposed.

Supplies:
Paper and Cardstock: Echo Park Country Drive, Pink Polka Dot Scrap, Core'dinations
Flowers and leaves: Prima Marketing, stash
Ink: Tim Holtz Victorian Velvet Distress Ink
Ribbon: Offray Classical Lace, Michael's Dashes, Dots & Checks (SKU 387853)
Embellishments: Kaisercraft Pearls
Die: Quick Kutz Scalloped Border
Adhesives: Scotch  Pink ATG, Therm-o-web Sticky Lines, Mini Glue Dots, Scotch Foam Tape

Challenge: PageMaps

Thinking of all of you on the East Coast!

Playing Dress Up Card

Madison at Funky Cards sponsors a monthly program called I Feel the Love. Each month she selects a different family that is dealing with a major health issue. This month: Kate McRae and her family will be the recipients of our handcrafted cards. Kate had a massive tumor on the left temporal lobe of her brain and has cancer. 

Will- Brother, Aaron-Dad, Holly-Mom, Kate, Olivia, Sister

 

This card is for Kate. More are to follow for the rest of the family:)

 

 

Supplies:

Paper: Imaginisce, Bazzill
Card and Envelope: Hero Arts
Stamped Image: PaperCraft Inspirations Magazine Freebie
Embellishments: Creative Charms Butterfly, K & Company Flower Die Cut
Die: Spellbinders Petite Scalloped Circle
Ranger Stickles: Diamond

Remember to appreciate the special moments:)

Girl Birthday Cake Card

  Have you ever had one of those days where you wonder if there is a brain in your child?  I had one of those days today. Between trying to get me to believe that "Clean the bathroom," does not include the toilet and giving me 30 minutes notice that he needs a birthday card for a party I think I could have cheerfully locked myself in the bathroom and taken a bath for hours! However, only because I know what a wonderful friend the girl has been to Scott, I put on my creative thinking cap for a fast card.

Scott is so lucky that Scrapbook Steals had a Girls Paperie Set at an awesome price and that it arrived a couple of weeks ago. With having boys my female papers are pretty limited. If you haven't signed up for Scrapbook Steals go get on their email list now. They have 2 daily specials one at 9 am and another at 9 pm MST.  I've bought stuff that was as much as 75% off! And it has arrived quickly and well packed. Shipping is also very reasonable.

So onto the project at hand. Here's the 30 minutes to design and create card:

Supplies:

Cardstock: Core'dinations So Mod Pretty - in -Pinks (I cut a 5x7 card using the pinking blade for my Kaisercraft Trimmer, White Cake is DCWV White Glitter Cardstock

Paper: The Girls Paperie Newsprint Stripe (Oh how I love this paper!) I cut this with a straight blade 4.5 x 6.5. The pink iridescent paper I bought years ago at Michael's on clearance (cake trim), Gold Glitter paper scrap, Light Blue paper scrap

Die: Sizzix Birthday Cake #2 (Currently on sale for $2.99 (retail $14.99) at the Sizzix Outlet  )PS: Check out the new Sizzix Blog.

Embellishments: Blue ribbon (Michael's), Creative Charms Butterfly, Petaloo Flora Doodles 


Be sure to mark July 25th on your calendar. We will be having a Christmas in July Bog Hop!  And I have blog candy for it:)

Well I have a layout that demands to be finished for tomorrow, so I'd better get back to my real agenda.

Wishing all of you a quiet evening with no last minute needs being sprung on you! LOL