Family Time at Venice

Here's another layout that I completed this weekend at the CHA crop. I also thought that it went perfectly with Christa's challenge over at the TSF Online Crop, to dig into old summer stash. These papers are from MME's "Good Day Sunshine" line from last year. I also added chipboard from Studio G and Jenni Bowlin plus stickers from October Afternoon.

I love the far away photo of my inlaws at the beach and my DH looking at them. Priceless! They love the beach so much.

Thanks for looking!

Family

I had great fun at the CHA crop at TSF on Saturday and got a few layouts done. I also decided to participate in the TSF online crop to Chase Away the Winter Blues! Jayne has challenged us to use a stamp or postcard on a layout. So I dug out my stamp-shaped Cuttlebug die that had been gathering dust. I thought it would be cool to highlight the title with those shapes. I used MME's Wonderful Winter line.

This was my parents' first time at our place in Florida. They were very happy to escape winter last Christmas!

I also added a banner across the bottom and popped up some of the Christmas trees and snowmen. A neat contrast to the tropical photos!


Thanks Jayne for a fun challenge!

Forever With You

I had been meaning to post this Valentine's day card I made for my husband. And it just happens to go perfectly with the LRW theme this week~ Regan is asking us to use chipboard!

I painted and then two-step crackled a Maya Road chipboard key. Kinda cool. I die cut and then stamped my sentiment on some cork~ also kind of cool. I thought the cork and key were nice and "masculine." I got to use my new houndstooth Cuttlebug embossing folder and I even dusted off my sewing machine. The pp and little epoxy "with you" sticker are from Little Yellow Bicycle from deep in my wagon.

Thanks ladies for another great challenge!

C4C 124 Stripes and Polka Dots

Today I'd love to share this layout featuring a photo of Christmas Day 2010. I love the contrast between the MME "Wonderful Winter" papers and the tropical locale! The mini alpha stickers are Lily Bee and the rub on is from Making Memories. The heart bling brads are We R Memory Keepers and the ric rac is from my stash. I was inspired by a Studio Calico sketch.

Here's a detail shot. You can see I got to use my new Christmas tree Cuttlebug embossing folder too!

One of my new years resolutions is to play along more often with some of my favourite challenge blogs. Over at Crazy 4 Challenges, they are playing with stripes and polka dots this week! This goes perfectly.

Thanks for looking!

Anniversary Cards

And this is my final installment of this We R Memory Keepers "Love Struck" DT kit. I loved the little sentiment tags printed on one of the pages so thought it would be fun to make a few anniversary cards.

I painted and crackled the chipboard key. It is a bit hard to tell in the photo. And I added a heart doilie (love those!) and a mini clothespin with a little pink felt heart.

For this one I covered the large chipboard heart with pp, added the doilie, button and button twine, and another mini clothes pin with the blue felt flower.

Thank you for checking out my DT reveal. This was such a fun line to work with. And thank you especially to Joanne and Carolyn for this lovely DT kit and for the opportunity to be on the TSF Design Team.

Adore Banner

Here is the banner I made with my We R Memory Keepers "Love Struck" DT kit. I have been pretty crazy about banners lately and these colours were just so cheerful, I thought it would make a great addition to my craft room. I crimped the banner bases for some added texture. The letters are Basic Grey chipboard that I coloured with paints and Tattered Angels mists.

And here are some detail shots so you can see each letter.









Thanks for looking! I can't wait to hang this colourful banner on my craft room wall!
Stay tuned for the last installment of this DT reveal...I made a couple of anniversary cards.

Our Story

And here is the fourth layout I did with my We R Memory Keepers "Love Struck" DT kit. These are more photos of the various wineries we visited in the Barossa Valley in South Australia.

There were so many patterns to use here, so I decided to make a bit of a quilt block look and stitched around each one with wool for interest.

I also fussy cut some of the heart/branches and popped them up.



I am in love with my Dienamics dies right now, especially the butterflies and clouds. So I cut out some clouds out of the patterned paper as well as a butterfly out of some fabric. The Dienamics cut fabric so nicely with a shim or two of cs!


Thanks again for looking! Stay tuned for a banner tomorrow!!