Boy page today :)

I hope eveyone had a wonderful Easter holiday weekend. We were lucky to be able to take a little short trip to Georgia for a few days.  I'm happy to be home again but not looking forward to all the laundry :(

I'm here to share just a couple of layouts I did a few weeks ago.  The first one is a really cute picture of my hubby and son.  I caught this moment and I really love it because it wasn't staged and my husband didn't realize what our son was doing.

All the elements here are from Bo Bunny's Cambridge collection.  I traced a shaped paper to add to the background (brown sheet).  On the photo edges I added paint  to make them stand out a bit.  Lots of punches were used as well as some inks and twine.

This layout is a collection of different MFG's.  The papers are from Glitz and the flowers are Prima.  I added some pearlz to make the dots around the shaped paper and used punches as well.

Thanks for stopping by today :)

One Sheet Wonder!

 Hi Everyone!  Today I want to share with you a project I did using up some scraps.  All I used is ONE sheet of cardstock, some journaling tags and a few embellishments.

This is a little 3x3 album using one sheet of cardstock. I have made lots of these over the years making different types of covers and ways to hold them shut, etc.  I was surfing around and found a video of Tim Holtz making the same album (Which he calls the Z fold album) but using the tissue tape to cover the edges and the binding and making pockets in the album.

I looked for the video but wasn't able to find the one he did.  There are a ton of videos out there showing how to make this mini. Instead of using the tissue tape I used some tape from Pink Paislee. The papers and journaling tags are from PP too.

Thanks for looking today :)

Is it you?

Winner time.......The RAK winner from the Tax Day Blue's Blog Hop goes to:

DEBBIE!!!

Tax Days Blues Blog Hop

Welcome to the Tax Day Blues Blog Hop!!! Below is a list of the bloggers participating in the hop, in case you get lost along the way. I am your 10th stop on the hop, if you came from: Wendy you are on the right track!


1. Tuttle Time, Angie
2. Craft Monkey, Ellen
3. Tristan, Tristan’s Time4Craftin
4. Tammy, Nesting Pretty
5. Elaine, Expressions by Elaine
6. Angelia, Angies paper Crafts
7. Belinda, Bee’s Hive of Drama
8. Mary, Mare Bare Scraps
9. Wendy, Gilbys Crafter
10. Jackie, My Basket of Scraps (You are Here!)
11. Jill, The Scrapoholic
12. Leah, Leahs Card Designs
14. Mary J., Mary Jaminski
15. Tiffany, My Sweet Lemonade Dreams
16. Scraps 2 Treasure

Here are two BLUE creations for you!  The first is a $1 store frame with a simple tag and flowers added.  I used the Sizzix Big Die 3D flower for the 3 flowers.  I LOVE this die!!!

Next is a little altered tag for you.  I used masking, stamping, paint stamping, markers, rub-ons, doodling, ribbon and chipboard for this little mixed media tag. So quick and fun to make!

I will have a little RAK of PRIMA GOODNESS to go to one follower who answers this question......

What's your favorite color?

Off to your next stop on the hop: JILL

Thanks for stopping by today.

The 6 month layout!!!

Do you ever have a layout in your head that it takes you AGES to get onto page?  Well, this is one I have had in mind for 6 months or more.  I've had the photo sitting out and had the title and some of the design but I just never seemed to want to "get it together". 

"Stud Making Spuds"

One thing that was keeping me from doing it was in my mind I was going to sew the banner together.  That means taking out the sewing machine and putting it away.  Ugh, I hate that.  If I can't scrap it on my scrap table then I don't get motivated to do it. I finally figured out a different way to do the banner.

I used Tim Holtz tissue tape!  It's also under the title "stud" and under the flower.

I used some paint on the lettering and paint to stamp with cardboard.

I have a technique challenge going on over at Scrapbook Challenges this month.  The challenge is for you to use one of the two techniques I used here in this layout.  Submit one that has a banner created by you or use paint to stamp with.  Easy Peasy :)

Paper Issues Blog Hop Winner!!!!!

I have a winner for the Paper Issues Blog hop RAK! 

Smiles Sher, you won all the Sassy Goodies!

Playing along....

with the Paper Variety challenge for this week.  It's a Tic Tac Toe challenge.

I chose the bottom row, Make a layout, include a bird and use scallops.

I added rub-ons and glimmer mist to the green cardstock.

This layout below is from Paper Variety sketch challenge last week but I wasn't quick enough to submit it.

  I thought I would share it with all of you today.

Sketch Challenge

If you are looking for a quick, cute, easy sketch to work with I have just the one!  This weeks sketch over at Scrapbook Challenges is perfect for you.  And, to top it off our sponsor this month is Jenni Bowlin

Family Banner

Last week I recieved a full box of Crate Paper goodness so I have been creating.  I was in the mood to make a banner of some sort.  I had some Maya Road bottle caps and put my thinking cap on and came up with this:

Yes, our family started in 1988!

I used the "Portrait" collection from Crate Paper, some ribbon and LOTS AND LOTS OF POP DOTS!!

Hope it inspired you a bit today :)

1st Paper Issues Blog Hop

Welcome to Paper Issues 1st ever BLOG HOP!!!!

The challenge will run from March 19th to April 2nd

We are having a 3 part blog hop.  The design team is broken into three groups so you can follow along with all of us or just part.  There will be one random winner of a fabulous Paper Issues kit as well as other prizes. To win the main kit from PI you will need to head over to Paper Issues Blog.  Many of the design team member are offering up their own RAK's so make sure you check them all out! There are really some YUMMY GOODIES on these blogs, don't miss out!!! You should have arrived here from Sara.  If you didn't and want to hop along, you can start here with Michelle

Our theme for the HOP is "Favorite Things".  My favorite thing in the scrapbooking world right now is the Manufacturer CRATE PAPER and my absolute favorite thing to create (when I have the time) are MINI BOOKS.  So, I combined my two FAVORITES for you into one creation.

This is a mini I made using Maya Road kraft envelopes.  I cut each one to make a little pocket to have slide out cards for journaling or photos. 

You can see the pull out here.

This pull out comes from the side by pulling on the stories tab.

The SALE tag is another pull out.

Final pull out in the back.

All materials used here are from Crate Paper except the lettering (October Afternoon), the Ribbon and the envelopes from Maya Road

Ok, here's the goods up for grabs!  Want to win some Sassafrass Lass Goodies?  These are one of my favorite paper lines so I thought I would gather some up to offer to one of YOU.  Now, I do have a requirement to be entered to win these goodies from me, I want you in your comment to tell me YOUR favorite paper line. Goodness, you may even decide to become a follower (that's ok too).  I hope you come back from time to time to visit. 

Good Luck!

Now you will be off to :

JUDEAN to see her FAVORITE THINGS!