Sketchy Thursdays May GDT Challenge

Sketchy Thursdays has a May GDT Challenge due this Friday (4/23). The sketch is so cute, I knew I had to do something with it. The sketch was easy, it was the celebration aspect that threw me. We don't do a *ton* of celebrating around here (aside from the boy's birthday, which we just did this past weekend), so I decided to take a little different angle on that part of the challenge. Of course, the green was easy since I love it so much.

I did get a little more time to myself today, so I did get a little embellishing and 'extras' put on this page. I chose a yellow background b/c we don't often get to actually use yellow and have it look right - but this matches the slide perfectly! And the background doesn't look like green, but it really is.

Supplies:
Bazzill Cardstock
Helmar Adhesive Runner & 450 Quick Dry
Green Smooch Spritz (on yellow cardstock & chipboard plate)
American Crafts Felt
Rose Moka & Making Memories Alpha Stickers
Buttons, Chipboard & Paper Scrap from my stash
Gold Glimmer Mist (on corrugated star)




For the smooch spritz effect I simply did a couple full sprays on my paper, followed by a couple half sprays. The half sprays leave the big, heavy globs of color and the full sprays produce the nice even 'masked' look. The faux stitching is simple - draw your line and poke holes with your paper piercer (excellent release for frustration from cranky, sickly toddlers)!

Helmar & Paper Popsicles

So we celebrated Grayson's 2nd birthday with our families this past weekend and I took a ton of pictures (of course). Jeff was on vacation last week and we had a great trip to the NC Zoo. Monday morning came, jeff went back to work and grayson woke up with some sort of snot & cough infestation. And today I'm feeling kinda icky. Man, do I ever hate allergies!

That being said, I haven't had much time to scrap any extra stuff the past few days. I did manage to accomplish this very simple layout for the Helmar & Paper Popsicles Spring challenge. Yes its simple, but its all I've gotten done in the past few days. So I thought I would share...





I used my Helmar Adhesive Runner, Liquid Scrap Dots & 450 Quick Dry. This is a cardstock only page, using 1 sheet of 12x12 bazzill for the background and a larger piece of gray cardstock from my scraps to mat the pictures and do my journaling. The letters are Marcella from K&Co that I've had for years. I love it when I can use up some older supplies!!

Sketchy Thursdays (on Tuesday) and Lawn Fawn

Lawn Fawn sponsored a second chance challenge over at Sketchy Thursdays and the sketch was so cute, I couldn't resist! There is still time to get your entry in for the awesome Lawn Fawn stamps, but you gotta hurry. Check out the details here.

So sorry for the bad picture, I just couldn't get it right... but irregardless, here you go!

Supplies:
Helmar 450 liquid adhesive
Buttons: London Tierney (Etsy) and misc.
Cardstock: Stampin' Up
Patterned Paper: scraps from stash (prima I believe)
AC Thickers
Offray Ribbon
MM Alpha Stickers

Scrap That Baby!

Have you seen the Scrap That Baby challenge blog?

My friend Sarah has this new challenge blog - scrap that baby! It focuses on scrapping baby pictures (you don't have to be a mom, you can adapt the challenges to fit your topics). Sarah is totally fun & totally cute and has lots of great ideas to share with the world! So be sure to check out the challenge blog. She has an awesome team beside her helping to inspire us too!

So the challenge for this round is "the day that you were born"...
I already have this page created, so I thought I would share it with you guys.
Reflecting on this picture (almost 2 years later), he looks so little, and he was not a little baby!


Go check out the Scrap That Baby! challenge blog - you'll be happy you did!

RSC Projects & Passing the luck to...

Since I don't really have anything new to share, I thought I would share some projects from the Feb/March issue of Ready-Set-Create. If you don't subscribe, you really should. Each issue is slam packed full of inspiration, tips and information on some of the coolest stuff out there!

Now, I am officially passing my good luck on to...

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Reel Girl!!

Thanks to everybody who entered! I hope you enjoy your goodies, send me your address and I will get them in the mail soon. :)

We have a busy rest of the week coming up, so I don't know how much I'll be blogging. We are headed to the NC Zoo in the next couple days, I am having dinner with some friends on Friday to celebrate a birthday and we are celebrating grayson turning 2 soon. So I should have tons of fun pictures to scrap in the near future.

Scrappy Saturday

I've had this Donna Salazar Trunk in the Attic paper sitting on my table for a couple weeks now (I won in a facebook fan giveaway). I wanted to use it with some vintage pictures from my mother, but my printer is not cooperating today - so, I went with something I already had printed. This is a picture of my dog Gypsie, who I rescued when I was around 16. She has since left us, but she still has my heart... and her colors were perfect for this paper line.

Anyway - another cool thing about this layout is the little wood circles. I picked those up at walmart yesterday (right next to the cork). I really like them, they are gonna be showing up on lots of my projects in the future! Be sure to check out the close-up pics for better views of them.

Supplies:

Donna Salazar, Trunk in the Attic Papers

Two Chicks Designs - Chick'n Feathers, Chick'n Feed & Chick'n Noodles

Helmar Adhesive Runner & 450 Adhesive

Wooden Circles

Dirty Scraps *drama*

Here is my newest Dirty Scraps Page...

I love my parents, I really do, but I have come to realize that everything is a chore with them. We can never get out of their house in a reasonable amount of time, my father is always calling for the littlest of details. Totally opposite ends of the spectrums, each equally as annoying as the other. I hate it... I can't understand why they do it, but they do and I just cope.

So I figured this page was completely fitting of the drama challenge over at Dirty Scraps. Everything was from my scraps stash with the exception of the fancy pants background paper! Woot! And I am slowly working my way to the bottom of my little prima bottles... yippee! Those bottles sure do seem to go a long way.


Supplies:
Fancy Pants Patterned Paper
Maya Road Sheer
Prima Flowers, Pearls & Gems
American Crafts Puffy Thickers
Making Memories Alpha Stickers
Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive
Misc. Buttons
Scraps from Stash

Stop on over to the Dirty Scraps challenge blog and check out the current challenge - scrap about your drama!

Cute (quick & easy) Cork Board!

I got this idea from a friend of mine who has a larger scale of this in her kitchen. I absolutely love it and even better, it takes very little time and effort!!

So I've been collecting wine corks for awhile wanting to do something cool with them, but apparently I don't drink enough wine cause I didn't have a very good collection. Anyway - while I was at walmart today, I spotted bags of corks. Seriously? Could I complete my project? I immediately knew what I would be doing this evening! So I snagged all they had, along with a couple other cool things I found (note to self: check that aisle more often) and headed home.


Grab your supplies:
Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive
Corks
Ribbon & Embellishments (if desired)
Xacto Knife (possibly)

Now, let the fun begin...

1. Position corks to achieve your desired shape. You can do more than just a square - think of items in your house that you could use as a template (clock, cups, plates, etc). You may need to trim a few pieces to get everything to line up properly. The xacto cuts through cork like butter, especially with a fresh blade - so be careful!

2. Glue pieces together and allow to completely dry.

3. Embellish as desired! I used items from Two Chicks Designs - Chick'n Noodles, Chick'n Feed & Chick'n Feathers.

Here is my finished project. Super easy, and had I not stopped to eat dinner, I would have been done in less than an hour. Now I have a cute little hanging cork board for my scrap area to post little reminders to myself!

This has more possibilities than just your basic cork board. Here are some other ideas spinning in my head:

a shaped board for a child's room

recipe board for your kitchen

table top (you'll never have another watermark)

basket

coasters

picture frame

trivet

I would love to see if you create something along these lines - so definitely come back and share!!

Two Chicks Chick'n Scratches!

Two Chicks Designs has brought back the chick'n scratches (sketch)!! They are listed on the facebook fan page. Be sure to check it out, it's a great sketch and there's even a great prize!!

Here's my rendering of it.. I took the two pager and transformed it into one (my pics are 2 x 3"). I used the april kit from Scrapbook Chicks (except the large alphabet stickers, those are momenta), which worked perfectly for these spring pictures! This kit is awesome, from the fun papers to the super cool corrugated alpha - there's not a thing in it you won't love.

Be sure to check out the Chick'n Coop Blog for all kinds of awesome inspiration using the monthly kits!

I'm also super happy to say that I used helmar adhesive (my new runner & the 450 quick dry) to create this page!

happy mail days (and a RAK)

I have been having lots of good scrappy luck lately, which in turn means lots of happy mail days for me! I won a set of Copic Sketch Markers. I've also got this awesome Trunk in the Attic paper from Donna Salazar sitting here that I want to use. Seriously, if you haven't seen it (or her) - check out the page! She is totally awesome and has some fabulous tutorials. Then I got some great new helmar adhesive for referring people to their facebook fan page. I can't wait to try it out! And to top it off, I got some totally fun Pink Paislee in a RAK on Melonie's Blog! Can you believe what luck I've had lately? I sure can't! Now, I better get my rear end in gear and show you guys how I put all this stuff to use!

Now for my bad news... apparently the Basic Grey magnetic cutting mat is not self healing. :( My rotary cutter finally did it in. It's sad, b/c I absolutely loved using it for cutting fabric... with the ruler holding it down. Guess i'm gonna be buying the super big fiskars mat from my local walmart.

And because I'm a firm believer in paying it forward, so I've decided to do a RAK of my own. Just leave a comment on this thread between now and Sunday (4/11) and I will spread the luck by choosing one person to receive a RAK of some rub-ons and a small page kit that I put together (sorry, no pic of the page kit)!

Two Chicks April Kit

Just wanted to share some projects done with the April kit from Two Chicks Designs...

While you are at the store picking up a kit (cause I know you will seriously want this, it's so much fun)... check out their awesome chick'n goodies. They totally rock!! For those of you who don't know about Two Chicks, they are a wholesaler of embellishments and fun t-shirts ... cause who wants to be drab when you can spruce it up a bit? (okay, maybe *I* shouldn't ask that question as I sit here in my hershey kiss pj pants). But, regardless of how I look - you want to look cute and what better way than to wear a t-shirt emphasizing your favorite passtime?

So, on to the April kit... it's super cute with all kinds of fun stuff in there! And here are some of the projects I've done with it (and I still have a ton left to use, so be on the lookout for more).