Paper Thrills Challenge #11

The next challenge at Paper Thrills is up...and it's a cute sketch! Here is what I made for the DT. Be sure to head on over and check out the other layouts!

I started off by misting a large circle and then stitching another one around it. I loved the salmon color of Paige's outfit, so I used some papers from and old DCWV stack...Whimsy. I always used to think I had to use birthday papers for birthday photos...that is so not the case!


I embossed a few chipboard flowers with my Cuttlebug and then inked them.


Thanks for stopping by!

This face & Almost 1

Here are few "Paige" pages I'd like to share today. I used a new stack of papers from DCWV...The Playground Stack...for "This Face." All the papers are paper bag colored with muted colors...love them! The really make the photos stand out. I used a scalloped border punch, and even broke out my old deco scissors! You never know what you may pull out of your stash...haha!

These pictures are of my silly Paige last year. We always used this hook-on chair at restaurants, and she was being so funny here! I think she looks like she's had too much to drink...haha!


I don't sew by machine...AT ALL...but I wanted that "look" of machine stitching. I got creative and drew circles, and then just punched holes around them using a thumb tack. Up close you can tell, but when looking at it in an album, it looks real!


Talk about different styles of scrapping! If you browse through my pages, they are all so different...this one here doesn't even resemble my usual style. These are some of Paige's 11-month photos, and I wanted a soft & sweet page without a lot of crazy misting and randomness. I had seen this pleated paper idea before and wanted to give it a try. I love how it turned out!



Thanks for looking! I've got a few DT reveals coming up, so I've been working on those layouts. See you soon and happy scrappin'!

I won the Page Maps Contest!!

I was half asleep just a few minutes ago, checking my scrappy blogs, and I noticed that the winner had been chosen for the Page Maps contest. I literally said out loud, "Well, don't get your hopes up...you know you didn't win." And then I clicked on the page and saw my Mama's Little Flasher layout!!! I WON!!! I can't believe it!! I get a $35 to A Cherry on Top...my FAVORITE online scrappy store!! WOO HOO!!! That totally just made my day!!

Go HERE to see the post!! Yay, me!! Thank you, Becky Fleck, for creating such awesome sketches & having these contests!

Cabin Fever

These are some pictures of Reese last January...it was a freezing cold day and she wanted to go outside and play so bad! She was running rampant all through the house, finding random things to do. She had a serious case of Cabin Fever!

I went mist crazy with this one! I am not usually one to use random papers, but I liked the different colors of all of these, sort of coming together unexpectedly (if that makes sense!). I liked the random arrows...they fit perfectly, since she was all over the place on this day! The crossword puzzle papers reminded me of being stuck inside, sitting, with nothing else to do.



I doodled a lot in different places, and I used a few rub-ons that I found in the dollar section at Michaels! I've discovered some really cheap scrappy treasures in that area :)


Thanks for looking! I'm working on a few DT projects that I can share later :) Have a great weekend!

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What are you waiting for?

A few layouts to share :)

Here are a few "just because" layouts. These are pictures from December 2009...I completely overlooked them while I was scrapping that month. I think I was saving them for last because I loved them so much!

This one came pretty fast for me. I used the Lime Rickey papers from Basic Grey. Once I had my papers picked out, the rest just fell into place.


Paper flowers are so fun to make! Who would've thought scrunched up paper could make such a cool embellishment?


Here is another page of Paige and me. These papers are from an old summer stack from DCWV. I love the navy blue mixed with yellow & pink. I have always called Paige "Pippy" or "Pip" so that is where the title comes from :)


Thanks for looking!

Page Maps Contest

I saw this lovely sketch over at Page Maps, and saw the prize for this contest is a $35 gift certificate to A Cherry on Top! That is my favorite online scrappy store...although I haven't ordered anything from there in ages! Scrapping on a budget doesn't allow for many online shopping excursions these days. So I figured I'd have a go and possibly have the chance to win!

Here is the sketch:


Here is what I made...my little Flasher...haha! I used papers & embellishments from Echo Park's Springtime line.




Thanks for looking!