Something Old...Something New...

Well even though my page is about a flower girl it isn't about that kind of flower girl. You maybe be wondering where the something old and something new come in? Well I am still working on scrapping my stash and I used one of my favorite older paper lines Mayberry. Practical Scrappers are all about scrapping your stash so I was so happy to be able to use something old for my very first assignment which was stamping on layouts or cards. Make sure you stop over and see what everyone else came up with.

I love these photo's of my youngest on my back deck. I have been stuck on these photo's for a while because they are some of my favorites I wanted to scrap them in a way that they really stood out. As I was getting ready for my assignment I flipped though a few idea books and then I flipped though my sketches. I cam across this great sketch from one of my favorite sources - Valerie Salmon over at Got Sketch. 

I decided to stamp on pattern paper. This is a technique that I love but I often forget about. It is fun it is simple and it is adorable. 

Here you can see them close up. You can also see these cute felt letters that I love so much. 

I also stamped some words and cut them apart. This is a great way to add journalling exactly where you need to without worrying about it being the wrong size.

Here is a last look.

Supplies*

Cardstock - Olive, Cocoa

Pattern Paper - Mayberry

Stamps - Card Word Puzzle

Ink - Cocoa

Embellishments - Evergreen Cork Shapes, Pearls, Keepsake Felt Alphabet

Other - Martha Steward Punch, Paper Snips, Glue Dots

*all supplies CTMH unless otherwise noted

Call me Mayberry

I have been playing with one of my favorite paper packs. Mayberry. When this came out even though I loved it so I never bought it. I am always trying to use my stash but at this point in time I was also on a in a no buy zone. Haha! This happens a lot with a family...school, sports, ever growing bodies. Anyway I was able to pick it up with one of CTMH's great specials.

Here is my card I used Card Word Puzzle & Card Chatter-Birthday

Just a simple fun birthday card using Mojo Mondays latest sketch 248 

I popped up both the flower and the butterfly. I love to make the butterflies look like they are in motion on my cards or pages. To do that just bend them in the middle and put a little pop tape under the outer wings.

The inside of the card was kept super simple. 

I also wanted to mention that CTMH is having a fabulous special this month to help you get some of that old paper that maybe you didn't buy for one reason or another. Place an online order of $75 or more in July and we’ll send you a popular paper packet and coordinating accessory—a Perfect Pair—for free! Different Perfect Pairs are available on different dates throughout the month so you’ll want to place more than one qualifying order to snatch several Perfect Pairs.

ORDER DATES	PERFECT PAIR	RETAIL VALUE
July 1–5	Mischief Paper Packet (X7144B) and Midnight Felt Shapes (Z1462)	$15.90
July 6–10	Dreamin’ Paper Packet (X7142B) and Harvest Charms (Z1633)	$14.90
July 11–15	Fanfare Paper Packet (X7138B) and Fanfare Level 2 Assortment (Z1400)	$17.90
July 16–20	Lucky Paper Packet (X7137B) and Lucky My Stickease® Assortment (X7137C)	$17.90
July 21–25	Mayberry Paper Packet (X7136B) and Mayberry My Stickease® Assortment (X7136C)	$17.90
July 26–29	Sophia Paper Packet (X7131B) and Sophia My Stickease® Assortment (X7131C)	$17.90
July 30–31	Believe Paper Packet (X7145B) and Holiday Pockets (Z1486) OR Wonderland Paper Packet (X7146B) and Wonderland My Stickease® Assortment (X7146C)	$14.90

*Taxes and additional shipping/handling may apply. Offer good during above-specified dates, while supplies last.

My Girl...My Lift

Last night my daughter drew a gorgeous tree on a t-shirt for a friend. She is always doing stuff like this but this tree blew me away it was beautiful and trees are hard to draw. So I said "you should go into that" we have been trying to come up with some ideas regarding her college year because she is a senior next year and she wants to start looking at schools. She replied back "yeah but, I am not creative. If you tell me what do draw I can do it..." I just stood there with my mouth open and she said "what?" I explained to her that I had said that exact...and I mean exact same thing so many times in my life.  Anyway that is one of the reasons that I love papercrafts I can have my creative outlet and make beautiful things but I am given the inspiration to do it from other scrappers, magazines, companies, sketches, print ads and even clothing. 

A friend of mine told me about a blog that has message boards that runs challenges and crops. I was/am super excited because the first crop they are running in the month of March is a Lift it crop...hello...talk about my name written all over it!!! I am totally giddy about the whole thing a crop where I have to lift stuff. LOL it was custom made for me I tell you! So today I have my first lift of the crop. It doesn't start until March but this is a pre-crop...the original page was done by Audrey Kit and I kept her layout pretty much the same and just swapped out the photo's and papers. 

I approached this lift a little different than I have in the past and it was kind of a cool approach. I looked at her page and did a sketch of it and then I wrote down next to that the things I saw on her page because I wasn't sure what I wanted to lift. Here is what I wrote down; flags, bakers twine, stitching, buttons, stickers, bling, distressing, layering, calenders, patterns.  

The original had a cute calender page in the background and so I decided to make my own background paper with this banner set. I stamped off and then did a zig-zag pattern. I love how it turned out. Next I did something I have not done in YEARS I tore paper and then distressed the edges. How fun...I guess everything that is old turns new again in everything in life not just fashion.

I also added some flags. I keep seeing these little things all over. I made this one with a hat pin and the inside of a cute ticket stamp with a cute saying. I turned it into a flag instead. I also added some bling to the insides of the flowers and the hat pin. 

Here are the layers. The journaling on this page is just a cute quote about flowers. I rounded all these corners and distressed them as well. 

One more group of embellishments and you can see how the banners look. I like how they are not over powering the page but you can subtly see them in the background.

I didn't end up doing any stitching on my page nor did I get the bakers twine on. Actually I just remembered as I was writing this blog that I was going to add a few buttons with the twine yesterday but got distracted by my daughter and completely forgot. 

I guess I will leave it off - I think it looks ok without it. 

Supplies: all Close to my Heart unless otherwise noted

Cardstock - Cocoa, Colonial White

Pattern Paper - Mayberry

Ink - Desert Sand, Cocoa, Olive 

Stamps - Party Pennants, You & Me

Embelishments - Mayberry My Stickease, Pretty Pins, Sparkles

Other - pop dots, sponge distressign tool

Stop and smell the flowers

I saw a scrapbook challenge over at Heart 2 Heart. I always forget they have them but have you seen them? They are awesome. I am trying to take some time for myself, to do things that I enjoy...sort of stopping to smell the flowers. Anyway I have been stopping and enjoying life. The start of the year was pretty crazy at our house and one thing that it made me do is to take a step back and just breathe.

I took these photo's last spring of my daughter and to look at them just makes me smile. When I saw the sketch challenge with the large photo I knew right away that I wanted to use these photos. I shifted around the title and the embellishments a little but overall I stayed pretty true to the sketch.

I popped up some of the letters in the title. 

and the heart in the tree. I also did a little freehand journaling to my little one just telling her to always take time to appreciate the little things in life and the beauty all around her.

Supplies:
Cardstock: Hollyhock, Colonial White, Cocoa (CTMH)
Pattern Paper: Mayberry - Level 1 kit (CTMH)