The Perfect Tree / My Creative Scrapbook

Merry Christmas, everyone!  It's Christmas Eve...can you believe it?  Today I'm sharing a festive page that I created using the December Main Kit from My Creative Scrapbook.  It's full of Simple Stories papers, chipboard and stickers.  I simply added some layers behind my two photos and added a few embellishments around the cluster.  My background was pretty easy to make....a template, some modeling paste, some green Color Shine, and a distress ink dabber.  I wanted multiple shades of green since my photos have a few different shades in them, as well as the papers.

Isn't this chipboard light strand so adorable?  It's like a little banner...I love it.  I also added some pop dots behind the little Christmas tree.

The modeling paste creates an amazing texture.

I like the look of white on white...especially for holiday pages because it reminds me of snow.  Not that we ever get any, but still....haha.  This is Florida and yesterday it was 88 degrees!

I love this little wooden tree!  I dabbed some green distress ink on it and then inked the edges with some brown.  Easy alterations!

You can go HERE to see the kit in its entirety and check out all the other kits available.  The design team gallery is right HERE....if you'd like to pull some more inspiration.

I hope you have a joyous Christmas!  Thank you so much for stopping by today :)

Creative Scrappers #258

Hey, friends!  Are you excited that it's reveal day over at Creative Scrappers?  I am...it seems like it has been forever, even though it's only been two weeks!  Here's Sketch #258....isn't awesome?

I stuck to the sketch pretty closely.  I love the grid design and just decided to jazz up a few of the embellishment squares.  I used papers from the No Limits collection from Heidi Swapp.  I love that's not a girly line at all.  Even though I mostly scrap my two daughters, they aren't what I would call the "princess type," so sometimes I like to create a rougher-type page to showcase their comings and goings.  We were about to go for a 4-wheeler ride here...and that's always a dirty situation :)

I'm really loving adding thread to my pages these days...I think I've said this already a few times.  I just like the messiness of it.

Lots of elements going on here...a big button, cord in place of one of the squares behind my journaling spot and an epoxy arrow sticker from Heidi.

Something was missing here, so I just cut a random star from vellum and added a sticker to it.  Vellum is awesome...it adds something without being overpowering.

Be sure to check out all the amazing pages from the Design Team HERE.  So much fun inspiration!

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Thanks so much for stopping by today....have a great Sunday!

Me & You & some Crate Paper

Happy Saturday, everyone!  Have you ever started creating a page and you thought that it was turning out to be a mess?  And then once you finished it, you just loved everything about it?  This page I'm sharing today is a good example of that.  

I created this for today's Saturday Steal Challenge over on the My Scraps and More boards.  I chose a layout by member momtobecca and came up with this.  I used the Flea Market line from Crate Paper, and it is GORGEOUS!  There are so many colors and patterns, and I had black and white photos.  I wasn't sure which papers to use and how I wanted to coordinate them....I was just frustrated at first.  But then it just sort of started coming together.  I think my favorite part is all the shiny gold!  It's hard to see it in photos, but there are gold frames, gold chipboard, gold in the top banner piece, gold in the button under the photos, and I even painted some shiny gold onto my modeling paste in the background!

One of my new favorite things is to add thread to my pages.  I have so much colored floss, and I just simply pull each thread apart and make a pile of it.  I just like the look of it.  I also love layers and textures :)

I cut my title on my Cameo and added some paint to it.  I also outlined part of it with a black pen.

Shiny gold paint!  I picked up a cheap bottle of it at Michael's....it's Martha Stewart and it was on sale!  It paints right on so easily.

This collection has some fabulous ephemera...like this pre-stitched banner piece!  Just adhere it...as is....no muss, no fuss!

I sure hope you hop on over to our boards and join in with our daily challenges.  Lots of fun, lots of inspiration, lots of prizes!

Have a great day!  Thanks so much for stopping by :)

Merry & Bright *My Creative Scrapbook*

Happy Tuesday, friends!  Today I'm sharing my third page created from the December Main Kit from My Creative Scrapbook.  This one is made up of mostly embellishments and strips of patterned paper from Simple Stories.  Some of the embellishments have touches of wintry blue in them, so I decided to pull from those and add blue to my background.  I pulled out my watercolors and used a few shades of blue and even some grey.  I really like how it turned out!

This twine from October Afternoon is so fun...I really like that is goes pretty much anywhere.  I love to make loops and circles with it :)

I added pop dots to this little Christmas tree, and isn't that blue snowflake flair button adorable?

I traced over these chipboard letters, and I love that it's kinda messy and not perfect.

Cute little chipboard snowflakes!  Even though we live in Florida, I still like to live up north vicariously through my scrapbook pages...haha!

Be sure to check out all the available kits from MCS right HERE.

Thanks for giving me a visit today....enjoy your day!

Case File 102 layout for CSI

Hey there, friends!  I'm jumping on the blog today to share the layout I created for Case File 102 at CSI this week.  I'm guest designing there this month!  It's a lot of fun to go through these Case Files and create a page using bits and pieces from the Evidence column :)

Here's the Case File:

I followed the sketch that Debbi provided also.  I love the citrus color scheme here.  I pulled out some random papers I had in my stash.  For the Evidence, I used leaves, birds, gold accents, doodling and circles.  I haven't used actual glitter in forever!  It was fun to add it to my big circles.

I added in lots of stamping, washi tape and water colors.  The rest is just bits and pieces of things I have laying around my scrap room....cord, buttons, wood pieces....even those little canvas dots were left over from a pack of Prima resist borders.

Who doesn't love glitter?!  It's messy, but that's the best part :)

Cord is another favorite of mine.  I picked up that little heart stamp on clearance at  Michael's several months ago...$1.49!

I cut my title on my Cameo and brushed it with some chalk so it wasn't so white.

Come check out what the DT members created from this Case File...so many different interpretations!  I'm so happy to be here this month...thanks again for having me, Debbi!

Have a great day, and thanks for visiting my blog :)

Color Inspiration at My Mind's Eye

It's Friday....yay!  I'm so excited to share the December Color Inspiration Challenge over at My Mind's Eye!  I'm up on the blog with a project today.  Check out this beautiful inspiration image...

As soon as I saw it, I knew I had to dig into the Lost & Found Record It Antique collection.  The colors are perfect for this challenge.  I also pulled in a few pieces from a few other lines as well.  I started with some stamps from the Cut & Paste line, a Crafter's Workshop template and some modeling paste.

This photo pretty much sums up how goofy my husband and I are...always being silly :)  Sometimes those cheesy camera phone photos are the most scrap-worthy ones!  I like the pop of blue in it. 

 

I've been wanting to use this big chipboard "Bliss" piece...isn't that glitter AWESOME?  I totally love being covered in it!  It reminded me of that shimmery table cloth in the Inspiration photo.

This layered sticker reminded me of the woman's dress in the inspiration photo.  And I love the saying, "This is how we roll."  Haha!  I love the mixture of the paste and stamps, too.

You should come join us in this challenge!  You can upload your projects HERE on the MME blog.

Thanks for stopping by...enjoy your Friday!

Supplies: Lost and Found Record It!- Antique:Decorative Tapes, Paper – “Timely,” Layered Stickers, Ephemera Pack, Sticker Accessory Sheet, Decorative Brads, Chipboard Elements, Word & Alpha Stickers; Chalk Studio:Chipboard Elements, “Chalk Talk” & “Pictured” Paper;Cut & Paste- Adorbs: “Loved” Decorative Stamps;Find Your Wings & Fly -Sky’s the Limit: Layered Ephemera Paper; Decorative Tapes :Pink & Charcoal;Collectable:Decorative Stamps;Misc: cardstock, floss, Heidi Swapp Color Shine – Tinsel, Liquitex Gesso, Golden Modeling Paste, Crafter’s Workshop template, black pen.

Fall in Georgia

Hey there, friends!  Happy Thursday :)  Today I'm sharing a page I created a few weeks ago for My Scraps and More.  This was for a Saturday Steal Challenge, where I chose a member's page to lift.  I chose one by member Colette.  She used a gorgeous panoramic photo, which inspired me to use this one.

I was SO excited to scrap this beautiful picture.  I live in Florida and we NEVER have beautiful Fall leaves.  One of my good friends moved to Georgia this past summer, and I was able to go up and visit her last month.  We missed the peak leaf change by about a week, but it was still unbelievable to me!  I took so many pictures...it's just so different from where I live!

I cut all the leaves on my Cameo and then painted them.  I used these cute little wooden leaves from the Crate Paper Acorn Avenue line.

I love how these leaves turned out :)

Another close-up...

I love tearing paper...I love that it never looks perfect.  I love buttons, too....

I recommend scrapping a panoramic photo...this was something different for me, but it was fun!  Give it a try...challenge yourself!

Thanks for stopping by!