Star of the Party (Treasured Hunt Page)

Yesterday was the deadline for Round 3 of the Treasured Hunt at Treasured Scrapbooking. We had to focus on one technique, so I chose painting. I used orange & green shimmerz as well as regular acrylic craft paint on the chipboard, picture and cardstock.

I like how the layout turned out, but looking at it now I wish I had added a few more details to it.

Journaling:
You are such a happy little guy, you definitely make people happy and so far have proved to be the star of the party.

Supplies:

Cardstock - DCWV

Paper Stars & Bling Flourish - Prima

Shimmerz Paint

Misc. Chipboard

Adornit & Momenta Alpha Stickers

Crafter's Warehouse Stencil

Acrylic Craft Paint

Treasured Scrapbooking Treasured Hunt {Round 2}

I was lucky enough to make it to Round 2 of the Treasured Hunt! The challenge this round was lots of fun. You needed to use a book title, use a particular phrase in your journaling, have at least 3 layers of paper somewhere and use something school related.

Here is my lengthy journaling...

I was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease somewhere around the age of 20. When the diagnosis finally came in I was convinced I would spend the rest of my life alone. I mean, after all, who would want to love someone with a bag on their side? Luckily, with the help of medication, I have been able to hold off that procedure. I am now a wife and a mother, which is something I was convinced I would never get to do. These two things have been the far most rewarding events in my life thus far, and I am thankful for every minute I get to spend in those roles.

For me, significance has come mostly from being a mom. It has been one of those things that I didn’t know what was missing from life until it was given to me. As a mom, the things I’ve learned about myself never cease to amaze me. The moments when my son says ‘bless you’ after a sneeze, ‘thanks’ when you hand him something or ‘sorry’ when something doesn’t go the right way make it easier to handle the harder moments (like when he is pounding his head on the floor because I told him no).

I can’t say that I am the best of the best at being either a wife or a mother, but I can say that I try to give it my all. Yes because of my disease there are days that we can’t go do something – but hopefully, through time, my son will learn that having a disease does not mean a person cannot continue to live life to the fullest.

Supplies: SEI Bridgeport Bordeaux, Love Elsie Toby Culture, KI Memories Pop Culture Feather Boa, AC Thickers & MiniMarks, Kaiser Pearls, Martha Stewart Glitter, Flowers, Leaves & Butterflies - Prima (I believe), Brad, Hat Pin & Ribbon - Unknown

For my school related item - I made the compass point out of paper and I also have a paper clip near the title.

Treasured Scrapbooking Treasured Hunt!

I couldn't decide if I wanted to participate in the Treasured Hunt over at Treasured Scrapbooking. Well, I decided to bite the bullet and just go for it...

The requirements for Round 1 are patterned paper from 3 manufacturers (fancy pants, scenic route & fiskars), 1 sheet cardstock (bazzill), 5 and only 5 buttons, something handmade (quilted stars), at least 5 words in your title and 2 pictures taken by you.

The title thing stumped me for a bit, as sometimes I don't even use a title. But I finished it today and am pretty happy with how it turned out. :)

The quilted stars were really easy and I'll be doing a tutorial post on them in the next day or so.

And if you like a good challenge - you can still play along with the Treasured Hunt just for fun, even though the deadline for the actual contest has passed.

Treasured Scrapbooking More July GDT Projects

I had so much fun working with the July kit from Treasured Scrapbooking. It really is an awesome kit, I love the natural colors and the embellies are perfect. So I wanted to share the rest of my July GDT reveal with everyone.

This is one of my favorite pictures of Jeff & Grayson. They enjoy every minute of each other, it is so much fun to watch them. And I love the quote... so I had to use it on the page. I know it doesn't exactly match the picture, but it speaks to me as much as the picture does. So that's why I opted for it.

A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty.

~Author Unknown

And this last is an altered frame. I picked up these frames at Target years ago on clearance for $1. I have a few of them, so I figured it was a good time to use one!

TS Newsletter Projects (working with sketches)

As a GDT at Treasured Scrapbooking this month I had the pleasure of helping write an article for the newsletter. It's a fab newsletter and filled with inspiration, ideas, tips and just great scrappy knowledge. If you haven't signed up, you should - you can do it on the very bottom of the home page.

Anyway, I decided to do an article about working with sketches and the various ways you can take a sketch and make it your own. I grabbed 3 sketches from the Design Team Sketches folder in the gallery (another great place to visit for inspiration). So I wanted to share what I did.

Here's the first one, a digital page using Momenta freebies. Created from Elizabeth's January sketch.


This next one was inspired by Laurajean's September 09 sketch. It's another digital layout, one with elements I created on the fly to match my photo.


This last one is from Julie's October 09 sketch. It pretty much stayed true to form, but I used ribbons instead of journaling strips. It's a paper layout, if you can't tell. ;)

So head on over to TS and sign up for the newsletter. Check out the sketch gallery for ideas next time you are looking for somewhere to start!

Treasured Scrapbooking July GDT Reveal #1

Happy July 15th! I'm revealing one of my projects using the July Treasured Scrapbooking kit today. More coming in the days ahead, but today is just one. The July Kit (Voyage of Wonder) is awesome. I love the colors (teal & orange are fun together) and the amount you get is fabulous. Not to mention there are some fun bling & shimmery pieces in there!

Grungy pages seem to be my current mood, so I distressed the paper and pictures here. Of course it's a picture of Grayson (you didn't expect different, did you?) and I'm really happy with how the page turned out.




Hope you enjoyed the page, and be sure to stop by Treasured Scrapbooking to pick up the July Kit and my challenge (there's a RAK involved).

Treasured Scrapbooking - July GDT Challenge

I was excited to be asked for a GDT spot at Treasured Scrapbooking this month. The July kit is absolutely fabulous and I'll be sharing my reveals in a few days. In the meantime I wanted to share my challenge & challenge page with you!

Since it's a month for fireworks & sparklers - I challenge everybody to create a page or card with sparkle & shimmer! So head on over and check out the challenge.

Treasured Scrapbooking - Kit Deal!

Only at Treasured Scrapbooking - if you sign up for a six month subscription of the card kit or regularly monthly page kit, you will receive a seventh month for free! And, as a bonus, if you sign up with a credit card as your payment option, you will receive an additional $1 off each month for the main kit and $.50 off for the card kit!

And, don't forget to mention that I sent ya and I can get a $10 gift certificate! :)

So head on over to Treasured Scrapbooking and check it out - the kits are great! The card kit even comes with instructions on how to make fabulous cards!

First Professional Haircut!

So this makes me realize that the boy is growing up. He did so well though, he didn't fight (unfortunately he does fight me and that's why I quit cutting it). But I'm glad that he isn't shaggy anymore!

I decided to double up on my challenges. I did Tricia's primary color challenge at Citrus Tree Studio and Ginger's 5th Month challenge at Treasured Scrapbooking. I pulled out the eyelets for my 5 of something - cause you know, I've got LOTS of those sitting around! And Of course this page has been 450'd! I used the Helmar 450 & Zapdots on the embelly cluster. I also used my Sakura pens to do the doodling on the pictures and my doodle flourishes (along with help from a Crafter's Workshop template). The background paper is some really old Bo Bunny & the cardstock is all Bazzill!


Now, I'm off to dive into a HUGE box of momenta supplies that arrived yesterday! Hopefully I'll have something to share tomorrow!

Mother's Day

Since my recliner broke, I was forced to move back to my craft table (probably a good thing since all I've been doing the past 2 days is watching sappy tv and crying). Of course, I can't sit there and NOT do something, so I pulled out my challenge cards and decided to go with Eva's challenge at Treasured Scrapbooking.

It was to use scallops, flowers & birds together on a project. So here's my page, a picture of grayson & I from Mother's Day this past weekend. Not the best picture, but the best one we could get with a 2 year old that didn't want to be still!

I used a soft vintage action to tone down the orange of grayson's shirt. Went with a peach-ish background (I believe DCWV), Bazzill Cardstock, AC Thickers and used the date spot to cut the shape for another flower and twisted ribbon in the center. The other flower was created by simply punching a circle and layering a doodlebug sticker in the center. I used the helmar 450 on the flowers & the gemstone glue to adhere the crystals to the scallops. Added some ribbon for the flower stems, a KaiserCraft pearl for the birds eye and this is what I got...