ScrapFIT Warm-Up #33

Gosh, has it been almost a week since I posted any projects?  Where has the time gone?  Time flies when you're busy, right?!  I'm so happy it's Saturday...everyone in my house slept in a little and it felt great!  I just realized I needed to share the latest ScrapFIT Warm-Up with you.  I've had such a hectic week that it just got by me.

This is Warm-Up #33, and it's about SMEARING & SMUDGING...two of my favorite things when it comes to getting messy on a layout :)  All you have to do is drip some paint onto your page and smear it or smudge it.  Do more than just drip it...spread it out.  The easiest way to do this is to use an old credit card and just drag it through the paint.  It spreads very nicely and you use up all the paint.  It also creates a unique shape.

Here's what I made.  I started with plain white cardstock and smeared & smudged paint colors that matched my daughter's shirt.  Then I used modeling paste & a circle mask to create some texture over the paint.

You should definitely play along with us this month!  It's a great excuse to try something messy :)  Plus, if you win, you'll be featured in our FITGirl Spotlight later this month.  Click HERE to check it out and enter your project!

You can also play along with our monthly Step Class...Ashley has a great challenge for you this month featuring layered banners!  

Have a GREAT day, and thanks for stopping by!

A Few My Scraps layouts + a new sketch blog!

Hey there, scrappy friends!  It's the start of a really long Sunday here because of the time change.  I love this day every year because time just seems to go very slowly, and every time I look at the clock, it's earlier than it feels.  I feel like I get so much more accomplished.  However, I'm not looking forward to it getting dark between 5:30 and 6:00 pm every night!

Anyway, I wanted to share a few pages that I created in the last week or so for various challenges at My Scraps and More. This one was up on the blog last weekend.  I created it for the Wednesday {word} challenge.  I couldn't decide between "lovely" or "sweet" so either one will work.  I used the gorgeous On Trend collection from Crate Paper...I'm so in love with these colors!

Also, did you know that My Scraps just started a new sketch blog?  Click HERE to check it out!  A new sketch goes up every Friday, and you can win prizes weekly as well as monthly.  Most of the sketches are created by the fabulous Kristine Davidson, the amazing Jenny Evans, and even our super-talented owner, Tammi!  You should check it out!  Here is the first page I made for Sketch #1.  I'm still enjoying the American Crafts Dear Lizzy line...

I really appreciate you stopping by this morning!  I hope you have a great day and an even greater week :)

ScrapFIT #79 & Challenge Me Happy #33

Happy November!  Wow...the year is almost over...holy cow!  I think I blinked and I missed it.  That doesn't stop the scrappy challenges from coming, though!  I have two new challenges to share today...and I'm putting them in the same post because they're both awesome :)

ScrapFIT #79 is soooo much fun, and it's probably one of my favorite workouts thus far.  It's all about Washi Tape!  Use it on your project.  That's all I used for mine....no patterned paper at all!  I LOVE how this turned out.  I added some stamping and journaling and a few buttons, and that's it. 

Check out this awesome FITKit that's up for grabs! That's right...this is what you could win if you play along with us!

Remember, if you don't want to wait and try and win this, you can go purchase one right now in the Paper Issues store.  Use the code FITKIT and get 20% off your total purchase!!  Woo hoo!!

You should hop on over the ScrapFIT blog and see the rest of the DT's awesome Washi tape creations...lots of fun inspiration & ideas :)

Next up is Challenge #33 at Challenge Me Happy.  This one is a color challenge.....check it out:

Here's what I came up with...lots of blues. This one was hard for me at first, but once I decided to use up some of my MME papers, it flowed pretty smoothly.

You're going to go bug-eyed when you see the prize for this challenge.... 3 meters of twine, of EVERY SINGLE color from The Twinery!!  That's an amazing prize!!

You should most definitely play along with us...that's a whole lot of twine!!  Click HERE to see the other DT members' pages...such pretty designs using the awesome color palette.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Have a wonderful day!

A layout for fun!

Happy Halloween, scrappy friends!  I don't remember the last time I was able to do a layout just for fun.  Not that doing DT projects isn't fun, because it IS!  I just mean I was able to play along with a challenge.  I noticed that Pamela Young has started having sketch challenges on her blog, and when I saw her super fun sketch, I wanted to join in.

I have had the AC Neapolitan collection for a while, and I've only used a little of it.  I have also been wanting to scrap these darling pictures of my little Paige in this cute summer dress.  The papers matched it perfectly :)  Here's what I came up with...

Check out this awesome sketch!

Thanks for checking out my page...I hope you have a very safe & fun Halloween!

My final Artful Delight reveal

Hey there, friends!  Today is a bittersweet day...it's my very last layout as an Artful Delight DT member.  I've had such an amazing six months there.  The kits are just wonderful, and they're always so full of product that I never seem to run out.  I definitely plan to continue to play along with the monthly sketches over there.  I will certainly miss the other DT members, Debbie and Leeanne.  Thank you so much for allowing me to be a part of your team!  I truly had a blast.

Here's my page...I used lots of Cosmo Cricket papers for this one.  I also added some texture to an otherwise boring piece of white cardstock.  I pulled out my hexagon mask and modeling paste...I tell you, that stuff is so easy to use!  And just look a the texture it creates!  Then I dabbed on some paint and then held my page up and sprayed it with a water bottle.  It mellows out the color and creates wonderful "drippage"....(haha...nice word, right?!)

Thank you so much for stopping by...I hope you have a great day!!

Some My Scraps layouts...

Hi!  I just realized I have several pages that I haven't shared on my blog yet.  There is always so much fun going on at My Scraps and More that I just forget to post them here.  I am having a fun & relaxing Sunday, so I have some time to upload them here.  I hope you're having a nice weekend, and I hope our scrappy friends in the path of Hurricane Sandy stay safe!

This page features the new Midway collection from October Afternoon.  I was always hesitant to use OA because the patterns have always intimidated me.  But once I saw this line, I decided to dive right in, and I'm so glad I did!  This line was perfect for this picture of me and Reese on the carousel at Legoland.  If you've got pictures from the fair, carnival or theme parks, this line is just the ticket :)

This page was made for a {play} challenge, which was to use stamping on your page.  The arrows & cris-crossed lines are stamped.

Do you recognize this very old & ancient paper line?  It's the Green Stack from DCWV.  Yes, I still have it on my shelf :)  This was made for a challenge to pull out one of the oldest paper stacks you have and use it!  We tend to get enamored with the new lines, and our old ones get pushed to the back.  I saw this line in a while new light once I left it sitting dormant for a few years.  I love the earthy colors & designs!

I made this page for the Trick or Treat Crop that ends today.  The challenge was to use a non-traditional color on a Halloween layout.  This Witch Hazel line from October Afternoon has some blue in it, and I really never think of blue as a spooky color.  I love how it coordinates with the the oranges, greens & black.

Lastly, this page was also part of the Trick or Treat Crop.  It was based on an awesome Kristine Davidson sketch and my favorite candy, M&Ms!  I knew that I wanted to have a lot of bright, multi-colored circles on my page, so I dug out the circle mask & modeling paste.  Then I watered down some paints and sprayed my paper with water.  They dripped beautifully :)  The hardest part was waiting for my paper to dry.

Well, that's enough for now...haha!  Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Don't forget, you can find all of these October Afternoon goodies in the My Scraps store HERE, along with tons of other brands!

 Hope you have a great Sunday :)

Miss Pickles :)

Hey there!  Another Tuesday is here, and that means another Artful Delight page.  This is my 4th layout using the October kit, and I've got one more coming next week.  That will be my final layout for the DT...sniff, sniff.  My term is coming to an end, and I'm going to miss it so much.  Okay, I'll deal with that sadness next week.  Onto my page!

I used a lot of the MME The Sweetest Thing papers for this one...and I just love those enamel dots!  They are included in the kit. I fussy cut those cute flowers from one of the Cosmo Cricket papers.  The "perfect" stamp is Prima...it's in the kit, too.  Those little wooden birds & clothespins are also in the kit.  That circle journaling spot is from an Echo Park sheet...I think I've used one of those spots on all of my pages this month.  It just keeps on going...

This is my youngest cutie pie, Paige.  I have no idea where the nickname "Miss Pickles" came from, but it's one of the many names we call her :)

Don't forget that today is the last day to upload a project for the October sketch challenge.  You could win yourself one of these kits!

Have a GREAT day, and thanks for visiting me :)