Paper Lovin' Gals #10 - Sweets and Treats

Aren't these the yummiest treats ever??!! I cannot wait till the Christmas cookies are baking and I get to munch all day!

Photo Inspiration #10 from Paper Lovin' Gals looked so good! I love that little penguin!

I love this color scheme too. It seems like aqua and deep red are becoming more popular and I can see why.

Here is my take on the photo. I stuck with the color scheme and added some fun penguins and snowmen. I even brought out the score board and made a base for the penguin and snowman with some scraps of paper to match the cupcake holders.

I love that I kept all the photo cards from last year and can put them to use instead of them sitting in a box forever. These are photos from 4 different happy families! I can't wait till they see how I preserved their cards!

Stop by and see what other yummy surprises the Paper Lovin' Gal's Design Team came up with!

I'm sure you will find lots more inspiration!

Have a great day!!

Best way to distract from a cold...

Work on some Christmas pages!!

I used a Christmas photo card from last year for the sketch at Sketchy Thursdays.

Lots of buttons and a silver doily for Frosted Designs sketch a long Tuesdays.
I used a border punch on some strips to put together my Christmas tree. I used eyelets for the ornaments. I used sketch #113 from Let's Capture These Sketches.
And some fun photos from the Tow Trucks for Tots parade. Love this annual parade!! This is sketch #250 from Sketch Inspiration. :)
These were all made using the 12 Days of Christmas challenges at My Scraps and More. I finally finished all the chalenges!! Now I can take more cold meds and take a nap.

Enjoy your day!!

A layout just for fun!

If you know me, you know how addicted to sketches I am. So this was way out of the box for me.

The outer piece is from a Colorbok Chipboard set that I painted a light pink. The bottom of the page was covered in some white mulberry paper and them some white glitter was added to the whole strip.

I was lucky enough to win a Sew Easy tool from We R Memory Keepers, so I thought I would take a little more time to play with it. This design reminded me so much of snowflakes, I decided to sew a few onto my page. I still need a little more practice with the tool, but it still turned out pretty good for a first -timer. :)

Pink Paislee offered some free downloads this week, so I took advantage of a few of them. I had them printed out and fussy cut them all. It took a little longer than the sewing did...lol. But they were really cute and I wanted to work them into a page somehow. This title was mounted on mulberry paper and then I sprinkled some white glitter on it.
More Pink Paislee pieces! Aren't these snow-people adorable?!! I used a few pop dots on them too.
So there! It is possible for me to create a page without the guidance of a sketch! LOL!

Have a great Sunday!!

Lasting Memories #68 - Winter and Snowflakes

I think the only real thing I like about the snow is all the fun pictures I get of the kids playing outside. lol.

They have a blast and I remember when I did too....before I had to shovel, snowblow, drive in it, .....ick.

But it is really pretty after the fresh snowfall. I usually run right out to the nature center and take lots of pictures of the snow covered evergreens. Hopefully, ( and I say this while rolling my eyes), I will be able to get more nice pictures and not have the big hassle. Last year we had a huge blizzard and I was snowed in for two days.

So this week, Lasting Memories wants to see your snowflakes and Winter Wonderland projects. You really have to see the Design Team projects! When I think snow, I think lots of white. These girls used so many different colors and ideas! I feel like a whole new world of ideas has opened up for me! Gotta think outside the box....

Even though I had plenty of snow pics of my kids, I wanted to work on sketch #110 from Let's Capture These Sketches. It was really hard to find smaller pictures, but luckily, I saved all my photo cards from the family from last Christmas. These are my cousins kids on vacation at the beach. What a fun and "warming" Christmas card! For the background I used older Heidi Grace flocked snowflake paper. I added a few foam snowflakes and some bling to the centers. The larger snowflakes were made with my border punch and rolled up with foam flakes in the center. The tag is a chipboard piece from Heidi Grace and I saved the bottom part of the card with the kids names and date on it.

Be sure to stop by Lasting Memories and show us what colors and designs you come up with for snowflakes

Oh wait...one more thing...we have a giveaway!! Michele is sponsoring us this week!!!! Two 6 x 6 "Mini Decks" of Fun Wintery and Christmasy (Is that a word? YES!!) patterened paper from Cosmo Cricket and My Minds Eye.

So be sure to stop by and see our Design Team projects and don't forget to play along!

Super Saturday! More pages!

I was lucky again and had lots of time to play. I am so happy to be working on Christmas pages! It really gets me in the spirit!

I had to post these now, because today is decorating day. Our tree has been up for 2 weeks with no decorations. So today we are doing the inside of the house and tomorrow will be the outside. Thankfully, it will be close to 20 degrees warmer too!

I"m still working with this fun collection from We R Memory Keepers. I did some fussy cutting on some patterned scraps and cut out some holly leaves. Then I creased them so they popped off the page. This sketch is #112 from Let's Capture These Sketches. :)

Show Us Your Stuff was another fun sketch! I used up some Echo Park papers from the Merry Christmas collection. The reindeer stickers are from Jolee's. And I made a cute little shaker box with a little bit of reindeer food. The poem is something we use every year when we put this together. The kids have a blast spreading this out every Christmas Eve and my yard sparkles for days!
I love this fun collection from Jillibean! The added pinks and the little penguins are so cute! I used sketch #3 from My Creative Sketches. I am sllooowwwly getting into hand stitching on my pages. It's getting easier. And I used the same embroidery floss to add little bows to the little gift packages also. :)
I played along with challenge #8 from My Scraps and More which was to use 8 snowflakes. I used just a few more than that...lol. This is my adorable little snowman from last year. I sure hope we get to make a bigger one this year! These are all glitter foam snowflakes from Michael's. This bigger one is a wooden accent piece. And I love the felt trim! So pretty and later on I am going to experiment with inking or misting it. :)

Creative Scrappers #185 was such a pretty sketch with the flowers, but I wanted to stick with a winter theme. :)
And finally, a sketch from Stuck?! Sketches. I played with my border punch and lots of misting and inking. And i used a new gold ink pad on the Thickers letters. :)
Off to decorate the Christmas tree! Have a great weekend!!!

FA-lalalala...Lots of layouts!

Yay for more time off! I am so glad to be able to stay home, not drive in the snow and get some pages done!

My Scraps and More is having a 12 days of Christmas challenge. Everyday a new challenge is posted counting down the 12 days of Christmas. We are up to day 9 and it's getting harder and harder!

I found this awesome stack of paper and embellishments from We R Memory Keepers! I am having so much fun with it!

Challenge #6: Use 6 different patterned papers. The photo was triple matted and the title box was double matted. The background paper makes 6! I had this fun garland from a gift from last year and knew I kept it for a reason. :)

I used the December sketch from Artful Delight.

Challenge #3: Use 3 different ribbons or trims. I used 2 different ribbons and this fun dingle ball trim. For some extra touches, I added some random eyelets and snaps to the trims. This was from Frosted Designs Sketch Along Tuesdays #29.
Challenge #4: Use 4 different colors. I went with this fun set from My Mind's Eye. Pink, Blue, Green and Red! THey are so fun and bright together. This is also the December sketch from My Scraps and More.
Challenge #5: Use 5 circles to represent 5 golden rings. I cut out a few circles from a sheet of patterned paper. Some of them are popped up with foam dots. This is the newest sketch from Stuck On U Sketches.

I'm hoping to get a few more pages done today! Have a great Friday!!

Paper Lovin' Gals - Home for the Holidays

Wow...was it ever nice to have an hour or two to myself finally! It's always so tough dealing with the holidays as it is, and then when everyone gets sick, it just makes it even harder to deal with. My little guy is still a little icky, my hubby has a terrible cold, my oldest had the stomach flu....so far, knock on wood (knocks on own head), I've been hanging in there. Unfortunately, that means the burden of everything has fallen on my shoulders. It's not too bad, I like being in charge and taking care of everyone, but once in a while,...I just want a time out!

So that's what happened Tuesday night. I was finally able to get a page done! WOOHOO!!

Challenge #9 from Paper Lovin' Gals was a GORGEOUS photo inspiration of a wintery barn. LOVE IT!! I was so determined to get this one done.

I chose a beautiful sketch from Stuck on U Sketches to work on a Wintery/ Christmas page.

I had to handcut the shaped piece and then I used some silver ink on the edges. The background paper was sprinkled with a little bit of Sparkle mist and then the edges were inked in gold. I added more border punches to my Christmas list this year. I have 3 and this is my favorite. After I punched the border, I scored it and folded it in a bit to give the photo mat dimension. This was also inked in silver. Silver and gold...silver and gold...sorry...lol.

Aren't these poinsetta stickers pretty?? And the pine cones?? Guess what?? I found those in the Christmas decoration section at Walmart! Each set was only $1.50! Wait till you see the borders I bought! Beautiful!

The Happy H0lidays sentiment was from Echo Park. I added a few pop dots to the center circle.

Be sure to stop by The Paper Lovin' Gals to see the beautiful projects from our Design Team! You will surely be inspired!