About a Boy April 15th Challenge and 2 Broke Girls Layout Challenge

Wow, I feel like I've been living in my craft room this week. It's such a guilty pleasure. The current challenge over at About a Boy is The Artist. It was a lot of fun to look through Matthew's art work and now share it with others. My layout was created by the 2 Broke Girls sketch #3 challenge.

All the paper used was from Jo Ann's except for the brown card stock. I used the Cuttle Bug to emboss the green paper with dots. The orange strip is from a tape set purchased in the Crayola isle at Target. I used CTMH chocolate ink to distress the paper and I stamped Matthew's finger prints. 

Black Tie Fridays Challenge 26 Under the Sea

Hello fellow scrappers,

It's time for another challenge over at Black Tie Fridays. Come challenge yourself to go under the sea.

When I thought of under the sea I was stumped. I do not have any stamps, cartridges or embossing folders to tie into this theme. It seems like once I stop trying to to think about it ideas will come to me. I thought of the book Rainbow Fish that I have checked out a few times at the library for my son. The pictures of the fish are vibrant and foiled.

I used a metallic paper pack from Jo Ann's and a Fiskars textured template to create "scales". I used a sheet from the Poteeka Souffle pack from Jo Ann's to mimic "seaweed" and then added black ribbon to the bottom.

About A Boy Chevrons Layout 2

It's another rainy day here in Missouri and what better way to spend it than in the craft room. I finished the accompaniment layout to my first submission for the About a Boy Chevron challenge. Now to work on their April 15th challenge. 

I used a baby blue paper from Jo Ann's buy by the sheet section. The green patterned paper is from a boy themed paper pack. The chocolate and cream colored paper is a Close to My Heart product. The first layout says "There's this boy" and he has definitely stolen my heart. 

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Dynamic Duos #48

I'm excited about the Dynamic Duos challenge this week. The colors they have chosen are Bashful Blue and Pumpkin Pie. What a great combination!

For the base of the card I used a neutral brown Close to My Heart. Using Fiskars texture templates and the Cuttle Bug I was able to create a waffle pattern. I created the pin wheel using an expression on my Cricut and stamped my sentiment with Close to My Heart stamps and ink. The brads were originally white, but I inked them with Close to My Heart Autumn Harvest.


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About a Boy Chevron Challenge

It's been awhile since I actually created a page rather than a card. I must say I really miss looking at photos and creating layouts that capture the moment. Thanks to About a Boy I was able to find a challenge that gives me reason to get those photos out and go down memory lane. 

There current challenge for April 1st is chevron. I struggled with this a bit. I couldn't find any paper at the stores I liked and creating my own just didn't cut it. Once I stopped trying to work harder it fell into place. 

The green patterned paper I used was from a baby themed paper pack from Jo Ann's. The chevron button in the middle of the photo is also from Jo Ann's. All other product used was from Close to My Heart.

I hope you like it as much as I do and if you'd like to see more of my work or those of my team, come visit us on our blog Black Tie Fridays.

Black Tie Fridays Challenge #25

Good morning,

It's that time again for a new challenge over at Black Tie Fridays . The theme is April Showers bring May flowers. Come on over and check out what the other members of Black Tie Fridays created. In the meantime, here is the card I was  inspired to make.

I finally purchased a Cuttle Bug and used it to emboss my background paper. I then used my Cricut to cut out the doily and flower. I used shear ribbon on the side and will work my way around to adding a bow. I feel it still needs a little something.

I used Close to My Heart paper for this card, but the ribbon I purchased years ago at Jo Ann's.

Runway Inspired Challenge #33

This card was created for the Runway Inspired challenge #33

I really like the model's top and the detail that it has. The paper used for this challenge is Close to My Heart. Using my Cuttle Bug, I embossed the yellow paper and then sprayed it with shimmer mist to tie back to the little pears of white on the models top.

Drawing inspiration from the background, I used a Close to My Heart stamp set for the border and the sentiment. I colored in the flowers using pencil and then blended with a water pen.

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