Scrapbook Challenges Seasons of Change Blog Hop

Hi All!  Finally, a new post and a new scrapbook page!  I'm on break from school and have been diving into my creative space.  It's awesome and I feel so rejuvenated!  To get my creative juices flowing I decided to participate in a blog hop/challenge at a site I regularly visit, but rarely have time to participate in:  Scrapbook Challenges.  It was the perfect way for me to get started, and I really like the layout I ended up with.

The original sketch:

My take on it:

You can start the blog hop at:  Brynn Marie's Blog.

To see what other people have created with the sketch, you can go to the Hop On Board.

This was a very fast layout for me and was the perfect way to get my creative juices flowing.  I can't wait to do more challenges (I have several on my list already....).  Let me know what you think!

Products Used: Reminisce Snowflake glitter paper; Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist; Archiver's White Cardstock; All other items are Momenta.

My very first Guest Design!

Hi all!  Head on over to Frosted Designs to check out my very first guest design.  I've been working on a bunch of stuff lately and hope to get pictures of other layouts and projects posted soon!

If you are here from Frosted Designs, thank you SO much for stopping by!  My blog has been quiet lately because of school, but I've got a bunch of projects in the works and will be posted soon.  I would love it if you became a follower to view more of my work!

Thanks again for the visit and I was SO honored to be asked to guest design at Frosted Designs.

New Christmas Decor

About a month ago I decided to create some things for my house for Christmas.  With the craft show, school and work, I was only able to get this one thing done so far....although I do have an idea for a card display for all the wonderful Christmas Cards we get.  For now this will hang on our wall with the photo updated every year.

These are available for custom order, in a wide variety of colors, styles and themes.

Supplies:
12x12 Canvas
Miscellaneous Christmas Paper: My Little Yellow Bicycle, Jilly Bean Soup, Imaginisce
Chipboard Words: My Little Yellow Bicycle
Flowers: Color Me Crazy
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Scarlet and Gum Drop
Jewels: Imaginisce and iRock Heat Setting Tool
Modge Podge

Happy B-Day!

I've been away for quite awhile!  I started school in January for Graphic Design and took a ton of credits the first quarter.  I won't be making that mistake again!  I missed my scrapping time and haven't gotten to make as much for my shop as I would like to.

On a positive note:  I'm BACK!  During my hiatus I had a couple of custom orders and one of them was for a set of matching birthday cards.  Below are samples of the cards.

Quick tip for the buttons.  I have a MILLION buttons, but mostly in pastels and greens and reds.  The colors I had didn't work for these cards and I didn't want to go out and buy more.  So I picked out a button that was the right style and size, covered one side of it liberally with VersaMark and dipped it into my American Crafts Zing Embossing Powder.  I picked it up with a tweezers and heat embossed it.  That quickly and easily I changed the colors of my buttons!  I love that I can now customize all of my buttons to whatever project I'm working on.  Be careful though, if you heat it too long, your button may warp.

In order to get a full bow on top, rather than the cut out like it is on the cartridge, I went into Design Studio and hid the lines so they would not cut.  I like this look a lot better and I think it adds a lot more contrast.

Both cards were made using the Lyrical Letters Cricut Cartridge and BoBunny Love Bandit Collection, plain white cardstock and miscellaneous buttons.  The second card uses Archiver's pink cardstock.

Custom Journal - Follow Your Heart

Another custom journal ordered as a Christmas gift.  Again, the cover and wire are by Zutter and the interior pages are plain printer paper.  All cover items, except for the flower are by My Little Yellow Bicycle and the flower is by American Crafts.

I really like how this one turned out, happy and cheerful!

Custom Journal - Life is Good

This is another journal from the custom order for 6 journals.  I, once again, used the Zutter Bind-It-All bracket cover in white with white binding wires.  The paper inside is plain printer paper cut to size.  Cover paper is Bo Bunny, "Life is Good" is from Me and My Big Ideas, I think.  Clear frame around "Life is Good" and the dotted flower are from Making Memories.  Ribbon is by American Crafts.  Jewels by Kaiser Craft.  I used Pearl Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels on the white flower.  All other items are big unknowns as to the manufacturers.

Custom Journal: Flower Power

This is a custom journal I made as a gift to a college student.  I used Zutter Bind-It-All bracket covers and wire in silver.  The paper on the inside is plain printer paper cut to size.  The patterned paper and ribbon are  We R Memory Keepers.  Unsure of the flowers and buttons.  The white flower is decorated with Stickles.

This picture does a better representation of the colors and sparkle.