Altered Wooden Letter & Frame

I made these two items for a friend's baby shower gift, and I wanted to share them with you. About a year ago, I decorated an R and a P for my daughters' bedroom doors. My friend is having a little girl, to be named Charlotte, so I thought I'd make her a C for her door :) Her nursery theme is ladybugs, so I knew the direction I wanted to go in. I used my Cricut to cut the ladybug & words, and I embossed the black paper with my Cuttlebug. I used several sized punches for the circles, and then added lots of buttons, rhinestones, ribbon, floss & flowers!




I also made her a picture frame. I painted it red and then added the black dots. Again, I used my Cricut to cut the cute little ladybug at the top, and then added buttons, floss, a ribbon border, rhinestones & some Puffies!

I also painted the wooden letters for her name. I stamped on the pink letters with a dot patterned stamp...love that effect!


Here are the R & P I made a few years ago...they look so cute on their bedroom doors!



I hope she liked these...I wanted to keep them for myself :) Thanks for stopping by! I'll have more to show you in a few days with the ScrapFIT reveal coming up!

I'm One & First Birthday

I really wanted to make some balloons to match the ones on Paige's outfit, and I think these turned out cute! I wanted this to be a soft, girly-type layout. Her outfit was a salmon color, which is hard to match up in scrappy colors. I played on the pinks, greens, & yellows, and I like the results!






This layout is the complete opposite...I wanted bold & bright! So I printed the photo in black & white, since that salmon color was haunting me. I just had to get her this outfit, but I didn't realize how hard it would be to scrap. Haha...you know you're a scrapper when you start to plan outfits according to colors appropriate for scrapbook pages!

I've had this really bright yellow birthday paper for a few years and I've never had the right photo to use with it. I wanted to use it, but not on the entire layout, so I made solid strips of matching colors. I added buttons with floss bows, and I couldn't be happier with it! I love how the colors just pop.



Thanks for stopping by and checking out my work! Have a great week!

Paper Thrills Reveal!

This week's challenge is up at Paper Thrills...it's a color palette challenge! When I first saw it, I didn't think I'd be able to make it work. But when I saw these cute pictures, I knew they'd be perfect!

Here is the palette:


And here is my layout. I decided to start with a plain white piece of cardstock and make my own background using mists. I've used this technique before...all you need is a plastic up with the bottom end cut out. Place the cup where you want it and spray the mist through the bottom end...the more you spray, the more it can drip once you hold the paper up. I saw this awesome technique done by Lesley Langdon on the Shimmerz Blog...and I LOVE doing it!


I wanted to loop some floss around...something I've never done but love the look of.


And I couldn't resist making this little piggy once I knew the title of this page!


Not the usual color scheme for me, but AGAIN...I LOVE how it came together! This is why I love challenges....it pushes me out of my comfort zone...and that is when I ususally LOVE my layouts!

Thanks for looking!

More BIRTHDAY pages

Yep, I'm still scrapping Paige's 1st birthday pictures :) Here are few more pages I've been working on...

I love this one! Paige's party was a Safari theme, so I made & printed her invitations with a few little animals on them. I knew I wanted to use my Create a Critter cartridge with this one, so I made all the little animals that were in her party decorations. I used some papers from a DCWV birthday party stack.


Funny story about this little turtle...I had all my animals cut and they were sitting on my scrappy desk. Well, when I wasn't looking, Paige comes along and grabs them and proceeds to chew on the turtle!! As you can see, he's been abused and decapitated!! I still used him, though, and I figured it gave him a special look since this page is for Paige and she "decorated" him herself...HAHA!


A close up of the cute little monkey!


I used papers from the same stack for this page. I made both of Paige's cakes...the Big 1 for everyone to eat and the monkey for her to smash up. She did NOT like the cake...poor thing cried! But it was fun making them :)

This big cupcake is a rub-on...from Fancy Pants, I think. I fussy cut the banner from some paper! Love banners!

I'm really in the mood for buttons lately...and floss bows!


Thanks for looking! Tomorrow I'll have another layout to share for the Paper Thrills reveal :)

I made the Sweet Peach Crop Shop Design Team!!!

I was beyond floored yesterday when I got the email from Corrie that I made the DT at Sweet Peach Crop Shop!!!! I almost knocked my computer desk over from all the jumping for joy! This is so exciting for me...I've never been on a kit club design team before!! I can't wait to get started...Corrie's sweet & juicy kits are amazing and I can't wait to play with them!! YEAH!!




What's even better is my awesome friend, Sara, from ScrapFIT also made the DT!!! So we'll be crafting with these kits together!! This is so exciting for both of us!!

Check out the rest of the awesome Design Team on the Sweet Peach Crop Shop blog!!

A layout & a card

I have another 1st birthday layout to share. I had so many pictures of Paige with different family members, and I wanted to put them all on one page...so I printed little 2x2 pictures. I had an old Sketchy Thursdays sketch saved and it was perfect for this! I created this also with "numbers" in mind. That is the latest Weekend Warm-Up at ScrapFIT for the next two weeks...create something that focuses on numbers.

Here is the sketch I used:

I hardly ever make elaborate cards for some reason. I have this image of the person who receives it just tossing it into a drawer or throwing it away...and I hate that idea of good scrappy materials going to waste! I made this one, though...and I love how it turned out. I think I'll keep it for myself until I decide to be brave enough to give it to someone...haha! I used the latest card sketch at Sassy Lil' Cards.

I have to say...I bought a few $1 wooden stamps from Michaels the other day, and I loved this You're a Superstar one. However, once I stamped it and actually looked at it, I noticed it is grammactically WRONG! Instead of "You're" it says "You r'e" which makes no sense! I had to correct it because it bugged me! If you look closely, you can tell where I doctored it up :)


Thanks for looking! Have a fantastic weekend :)

Sassy Lil' Sketches DT Call!

It is that time again!
We are looking for a few talented layout and card designers
for Sassy Lil' Sketches
and Sassy Lil' Card Sketches.


How to apply for our August '11 to January '12 Sassy Team
Please send an e-mail to sassylilsketches@gmail.com with the following information
by JULY 7th:
1) specify LAYOUT or CARD DT in e-mail subject line
2) your full name
3) your email address
4) your blog address (or online gallery if you do not have a blog)
5) a short bio
6) one layout or card (depending on which team in which you are applying) based
on any Sassy Lil' Sketch/Sassy Lil' Card Sketch on our blogs. Please include the date of the sketch you used.
7) one layout or card (depending on the team in which you are applying) that showcases your individual style.


We welcome international applicants.


Sassy Lil' Sketches expectations:
1) Layout Sassies: Create one layout a month based on aSassy Lil' Sketch.
Card Sassies: Create two cards a month based on
Sassy Lil' Card Sketches.
2) Share your monthly Sassy Lil' Sketch creation(s) on your blog and any online galleries which will allow you to do so.
3) Join our Sassy Lil' Sketches Forum. While active participation is not a requirement, it is encouraged. The forum is how we will communicate with our Sassy DT.


A note from us:
Our sketches are designed by Cherie to be shared with the scrappy world. We maintain the two sketch blogs for fun and inspiration. At this time there is no compensation for our Sassy DT members except the pure joy in inspiring others to create. We hope you will apply to be one of our Sassies!
Thank you,
Cherie and Katie