Life is PixieLicious!

Work life overtook scrap-life for the past few months but I think I see light at the end of the tunnel!   Yay me!!!!  This adorable kit PixieLicious by Cosmo Cricket has been on the top of my MUST USE lists.  The colors in this kit from Lil' Lamb's Boutique are so pretty and the embellies are a-mazing!

The title strips in this kit make it soooooo easy to put pages together, I actually was able to make all three of these in one afternoon!  I tell you, the mojo was flowing!

For this last one, I wanted to see if I could make this paper less girly looking and use for one of my son's.  I suceeded by using a strip of aqua patterned paper form a My Mind's Eye stack I had laying around.

Halloween In Wonderland ~ Spellbinding!

Graphic 45 has cast a spell on me with this amazing line of magial papers! Tammy from Lil' Lamb's Boutique has bound the spell even further by putting together the Halloween in Wonderland~ Deluxe Scrapbook Kit! I actually had to call my daughter in to make me cut into the first sheet of paper. Seriously - I just wanted to save it all! But how could I, Right? So for my first projects from this enchanting kit I had to go with the Mad Hatter theme.

I used the Cricut Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge and my Gypsy to weld two "top hats" together to cut out the base of this card.  I also used an oval from George & Basic Shapes for the top of the hat.  The sheet of playing cards in this kit are so much fun and I used one to tuck in the ribbon (isn't it amazing ribbon?) hat band .

Here is a view from the side so you can see how it opens and all the dimension this fun card has.

Here's another one but on a 5.75 by 5.75 card. I love how the rabbit is looking at his watch on this playing card. It goes perfectly with the sentiment on the inside...

See what I mean. I have a stamp set that says this but the greeting looked so small on this big card. Instead, I made a rubon with my inkjet printer and a transparency sheet. Stay tuned for more projects with this amazing paper!

Basic Grey Capella - A bright Star!

I am a a huge fan of Wikipedia and it says that "Capella is the sixth brightest star in the night sky." Well I think that Capella is one of the brightest stars in the Basic Grey line. The Cappella~ Deluxe Scrapbook Kit~ KOTM from Lil' Lamb's Boutique is simply lovely. I love the muted and diverse colors in this kit and the embellishments? Forgetaboutit! Tammy sure puts together some beautiful kits!

To see more detail of this layout and creations by my fellow designers, visit the Blog at Lil' Lamb's Boutique.

Chicken Pops!

When my oldest got Chicken Pox, she got them pretty bad!  Whenever she saw this picture in the photo album she would say, "Baby got the Chicken Pops".  So there you go, the perfect title.

I used the Basic Grey ~ Capella Deluxe KOTM from Lil' Lambs Boutique.  I love the muted and diverse colors in this kit.  The title is cut from the Cricut Storybook Cartridge.

 

Don't you just love this adorable chicken cut at 6 inches from the Cricut Animal Kingdom cartridge?  I added a big distressed bow to dress her up a bit!

The photo mat is pop dotted on three sides so this journaling tag can slide right in.  Don't tell anyone, but it is actually some leftover packaging from some prima flowers I got at Lil' Lambs.  I finished off the other side with some matching bazzil and added the tab cut from the Cricut Fabulous Finds cartridge.  I am a frugal scrapper and if I think I might be able to use packaging on a page, I keep it!

Basic Grey ~ Green at Heart

Have you ever opened a pack of paper and an image immediately pops in to your head? This is exactly what happened when I received BasicGrey~ Green at Heart~ Deluxe Scrapbook Kit~ KOTM from Lil Lambs Boutique. The sherberty orange color just screamed popsicle to me! So this was my very first creation.

As my fellow designer Cheryl said, Basic Grey and JustRight stamps are a match made in heaven. I love the ability to mix and match the frames and verses with different color inks. Because the acrylic blocks are clear, they are also incredibly easy to line up. I used the just right stamps on all of my projects today. On this 5.75" x 5.75" card I used the Cricut Doodlecharms Cartridge to cut the popsicle at 3". Some checked ribbon, three crystals and a bit of stickles make this card pop!

The large sentiments in the JustRite ~ Cherish the Memories Nested Sentiments  make the perfect scrapbook titles. This page uses the beautiful ribbon and flowers included with this great kit. I am a fan of quick and easy scrapbook pages so I used my favorite EK punch "Threading Water" and a few buttons from my stash to finish off this page.

This A4 card is probably one of my favorites I've ever made. I cut the flower pot twice from the Cricut Walk In My Garden at two inches. Then I cut the "rim" of the pot off one, inked both pieces and pop dotted the rim to give it the illusion of a real pot. I cut three strips of card stock about 2 inches by 1/2 inches, and glued them all together to creat a "stiff stem" to hold the Prima Rose upright so when you open the card ...

and tuck it behind the pop dotted strip and sentiment, it sits up like a perfectly blooming rose!

For this last card I cut five flower shapes, starting at 3.5 inches and getting smaller by 1/2 inch, out of white cardstock. I saturated each one with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Chalk Board Banana Pudding. This stuff has a beautiful chalky finish with the finest glitter I have ever seen. The look is amazing. After I soaking them good, I crumpled them up and let them sit for about 10 minutes. I un-rumpled them, layered them and hit them with a heat gun to "set" the shape. A large brad holds it together.

Don't you just love the the beautiful colors in this kit.

Variation on a theme ~ B is for Boy

I have two boys, both as different as night and day.  When I make a super cute layout for one,  I always feel guilty relpicating it for the other. So I tried something different this time. I love the theme of  these layouts and just look how very different they look even though I used the same titles and cuts!

For this layout, I used K&Company’s, Donna Ingemanson - Rough and Tumble Stack. The title is cut from the Life is a Beach Cartridge. The snail and dog are from B is for Boy (I flipped both images for this one). I also ran the snail’s body through my Cuttlebug for some texture.

This layout uses Basic Greys Max & Whiskers line from Lil' Lamb’s Boutique. Same cuts as the previous layout (not flipped). I inked them to match the paper. I welded the title (love that Gypsy) using the All Mixed Up cartridge.

Sweet Love

Sometimes you run across a a set of papers that are so pretty that you really don't have to do much to them to pake a pretty layout.  That is just the cast with Little Yellow Bicycle Sweet Love Paper Kit from Lil' Lamb's Boutique.  These papers are shimmery, with just a touch of glitter.  So pretty!

Pink Paislee ~ So Pretty!

Like I said in the last post I just adore this KOTM from Lil' Lamb's Boutique and I am a little sad that all of my Pink Paislee ~ Queen Bee Delux kit is gone. :(    I was able to make another layout using the Cricut Create a Critter and the Keystone Font Cartridge.  The embelishments in this kit are amazing, especial the Prima Say it in Pearls and Roses! 

I just love the way this layout turned out.  Although the embellies are a bit feminine, the colors just felt masculine so it worked out perfect for my sweet little son! And the Create a Critter bee and hive are soooo cute!  I took all the left over bits and made this card.

I used the Preserves Cartridge for the Pear.  Isn't it just the cutest?  The sentiment is from the Clear Dollar set Tangy Trio.  I spritzed the Prima Leaf with Psst... Shimmer Spritz  Gold to add just a bit of glitz and finished it off with a cream colored sateen bow!

If you want to see the layout in closer detail simply visit the Blog at Lil' Lambs Boutique.

MPS NSD # 7 Hey Dad!

Karlee, over at My Pink Stamper Challenged us to make domething for Dad.  Thanks for that Challenge Karlee 'cause I got my dads and FIL cards done early.  Woo Hoo!  On the inside, I wrote " you're a classic".

Recipe:

Base 5.75 x 5.75 SU! Very Vanilla

Patterned Paper is Graphic 45 A Proper Gentleman (from Lil Lamb's Boutique)

Font is from Old West cut at 1 inch

Ribbon is from my LSS

Been Busy Scrappin'!

Although I haven't posted too much lately, I have been busy!  Here are a few layouts I have completed.  The first two were made using Cosmo Cricket Carden Variety 6x6 pad and the Cosmo Cricket Garden Variety Ready, Set, Chip Stickers from Lil' Lamb's Boutique.

The last layout was made using Websters Pages, Lullibuy Lane Line also from Lil' Lamb's Boutique. 

I made the flowers on this layout.  I cut flowers shapes (3 at 1.5 inches and 2 at 1 inch for each flower) from the bazzill bling cardstock. After punching a hole in the center of each flower, I sprayed each one with Tattered Angles Glimmer Mist until completely saturated and crumpled them up, tightly. I un-crumpled and layered five flowers (2 smaller on top) and secured with a brad. Then I foofed them till I liked the way they looked. I used a heat gun to "set" each flower and attached a Prima Grape leaf that I had misted with glimmer mist. Although they sound like a lot of work they are really super simply and add so much dimension to your page. Go ahead and give them a try.

Finally Scrapping Again!

Hey Everyone, It has been a while since my last post but I have been busy scrapping.  I am on the design team at Lil' Lambs Boutique an this past month I recieved a Prima Marketing ~Watercolor Rainbow ~Deluxe Scrapbook Kit to play with and it was absolutely heavenly!  I was able to make 3 beautiful layouts and 2 cards from this kit!

And finally the two cards

To see these pages in greater detail and  my fellow designers amazing work visit Lil' Lambs Boutique blog!If you haven't yet tried one of these fabulous kits that Tammy puts together, do yourself a favor and order a few.  All the hard work is already done and you are free to create!

Because...

Prima Marketing has some amazing products and Lil Lambs Boutique has a great selecion of Prima products including some amazing deluxe kits!  I got to play with the Prima Marketing ~Watercolor Rainbow ~Deluxe Scrapbook Kit and here is what I came up with for my first layout.

There are so many cool elements that I added to this layout, like floating the double matted photo in the recessed frame:

The stamped, inked & embossed "b" that I pop dotted in the title:

And the flowers I cut in multiple sizes from the Hello Kitty Greetings Cricut cartridge, embossed, inked and layered them and used the clay roses from the Prima Say It In Pearls and Roses ( I'm saving all the yummy pearls for another project)!

You just gotta pop over to The Blog at Little Lambs and check out the work of my fellow designers.  Their work is amazing and inspirational! Thanks for popping in, gotta run!  There is so many beautiful papers in this kit I just gotta go play!

Easter Fun!

Okay, I know this is a little irreverrent, but I couldn't help myself.  When I saw the new Cricut Easter 2010 cartridge, I knew I had to have it, even if I only used it to make this card! 

The base of the card is two eggs welded together, and cut out of my favorite paper ever, Bo Bunny Double Dot ( available from Lil Lambs Boutique).  When there is a rounded edge like this I actually weld a small rectangle between the two, so the edges of the shape don't get mis-shaped when folded. (clear as mudd right?).  The bunny with the bite out of his ear is so cute, but for the other rabbit I needed an ear with no bite.  To fix this I welded an oval from the George cart inside the the bunnys ear and it cut perfect!  then I just used my Cutterbee's to take a bite out of his bum!  LOL.  The balance of the cuts are just from scraps and a bit of yellow checked ribbon (from JoAnns) finishes off the card!  So much fun, right?

Valentine ~ Wood you be mine?

My dear hubby is not a real sentimental guy, but I know when he really likes a card I make for him, because he takes it to work and puts it on his bulletin board.  I hope this years card makes the board!

This card was made using  the George and Basic Shapes and Gypsy Font cartridges and lots and lots of welding!  I welded two hearts (from George cart) together to create the base of the card which I cut out of paper with a wood grain.  I inked the edeges with  Smooch Spritz Pearlized Spray (available from Lil' Lambs Boutique).  This spray is so yummy with is subtle pearly shimmer ~ you just gotta give it a try!

The heart lace was created by using that same heart shape (from the George cartridge) as a base.  I then layered and welded two small hearts together and welded them to the base, and each other, all the way around, turning each as I went.  I cut it out of Doodlebug Sugarcoated white paper.  A few stickeled hearts and a greeting and the front was done!

The greeting is the Gypsy font.  I like welding smaller size cuts together because it makes it so much easier to put together after it is cut! 

Random thoughts!

First off, it can quit snowing anytime ~ I am totally over it! All I can think of lately is basking in the sun with a good book (I'm dying to read World Without End, Ken Follet's follow up to Pillars of the Earth) and sipping an iced tea. I don't do the fake tan thing but am seriously considering it. I am tired of looking at my blindingly white, fish belly colored, skin! Ahhh the joys of living in the great white north.

I also can't stop thinking about strawberries. They are horrible this time of year and I just want to eat them till I burst! Prolly goes hand in hand with the need for sunshine thing!

I was really TO'd this morning because I was really in the zone on a layout I'm working on (yes it is chock full of strawberries) and I had to stop and go to work! Don't you just hate it when your job interferes with your scrapbooking!

On the topic of scrapbooking I gotta say that I am totally in love with Bo Bunnys Double Dot line. If you haven't picked any of this up yet, take a peek. The texture is delicious and comes in such yummy colors! I get mine from Lil Lambs Boutique. I don't have every color yet but I won't rest till I do!