Happy Birthday Catherine **Birds of a Feather & Off the Rails**

For Catherine's actual day of her birthday (not her party) we went to a indoor play area since August is hot in Texas!!  Cat was looking up at me and I had just read an email from her Grandma begging for a picture of the birthday girl, so I asked Cat to smile and "click" grandma got her photo.  

I used the wonderful September Birds of a Feather Kit to create this layout.  It is filled with wonderful papers, wood, lots of glitter, gold, and flowers!!  Just perfect for a little girl layout.

I just love the flower clusters here, and I paired them up with some of the wonderful wood items and papers in the kit.

Head on over to Off the Rails to play along in their October Challenge!!

This kit is so bright and cheery it just went perfectly with this picture of my little girl, so happy!!

Supplies Used
Cardstock - Bazzill - Sept Birds of a Feather Kit
Patterned Paper - Teresa Collins - Sept Birds of a Feather Kit
Wood - Teressa Collins - Sept Birds of a Feather Kit
Glitter Paste - Bo Bunny - Sept Birds of a Feather Kit
Stickers - Heidi Swapp - Sept Birds of a Feather Kit
Cork - Studio Calico - Sept Birds of a Feather Kit
Flowers - Prima - Sept Birds of a Feather Kit
Glitter Paper - Pebbles - Sept Birds of a Feather Kit
Wood - Prima
Ink - Prima
Flowers - Prima
Doily - Prima
Twine - May Arts
Mist - Heidi Swapp
Chipboard Stickers - American Crafts
Stickers/Die Cuts - Paper House Productions
Phrase Stickers - Fancy pants
Alpha Stickers - American Crafts & Momenta
Adhesive - Scotch & Beacon

Spooktactular **The Robin's Nest**

In 2012 my son Brandon was 2 and he fell in love with this spider costume.  We showed him a ton of costumes, they either scared him or he seemed completely uninterested, and the spider was the only one that he did not try and tear off, so the spider it is!!  He was so cute, my little fuzzy purple spider!!

I used the wonderful paper, Dew Drops, Rub-Ons, and glitter cardstock from The Robin's Nest to create this layout.  Please head on over to The Robin's Nest Blog to see more details!!

Supplies Used
Cardstock - The Robin's Nest
Patterned Paper - The Robin's Nest
Glitter Chipboard - The Robin's Nest
Dew Drops - The Robin's Nest
Rub-on - The Robin's Nest

Foil Paper - DCWV
Alpha Stickers - Momenta
Stickers - Paper House Productions
Spiders -Jolee's
Circle Cutter - Kreaxions - Just Imagine
Ink - Prima
Adhesive - Beacon & Scotch

Enjoy!!

u "anchor" me **ScrapPlezier**

This is a card for my husband, an anniversary card.  It says u “anchor” me which is just another way to say I love you.  

I made this a masculine card, grungy, with mists, twine, staples, and washi tape …. and no frills or glitter, my husband hates glitter!!  I used the wonderful items from ScrapPlezier to create this card; the papers, gems, gold paper, anchor die cut, stickers, washi tape, and twine.  Such wonderful items, please go check out this store!!  

 

They also host a ton of great challenge and prizes!!

Supplies used

Cardstock - Bazzill

Patterned paper - Kaisercraft - Prairie Lane Collection

Gold Paper - ScrapPlezier - CreaMotion

Washi Tape - ScrapPlezier

Rhinestones - Kaisercraft

Anchor - ScrapPlezier

Twine - American Crafts

Stickers - Kaisercraft

Alpha Stickers - Kaisercraft

Ink - Prima

Mist - Heidi Swapp

Staples

Adhesive - Tombow

Enjoy!!

"Pretty" Box **Birds of a Feather Kit**

My daughter Catherine "Cat" love to look at the scrap space and say "pretty" (she is just 2) and always tried to steal my stickers, papers, or anything "pretty".  So I decided to make her a little box to hold some of her precious items in it for her room.  When I gave it to her she had this look on her face like she got the best prize in the world, and of course she called it "pretty".

I used the wonderful September kit from Birds of a Feather Kits.   It is jam packed with the latest and greatest items on the market today!!  Here I used some of the wonderful papers, wood, and the super fun glitter paste!!

September Birds of a Feather Kit

I just got a new phone and with it came this lovely box - wood grain look and really sturdy.  What a waste not to use it!!   The first step before adding on my paper and embellishments was to ink the edges of the entire box to cover up and tears, scratches, and it soften the look of the final project.

I covered the entire box with Modge Podge to seal it all up and them covered it again with the Glitter paste to make it sparkle!!

Supplies Used
Cardstock - Bazzill - Sept Birds of a Feather Kit
Patterned Paper - Teresa Collins - Sept Birds of a Feather Kit
Wood - Teressa Collins - Sept Birds of a Feather Kit
Glitter Paste - Bo Bunny - Sept Birds of a Feather Kit
Ink - Prima
Flowers Prima
Die Cuts - Spellbinders
Stickers - Paper House Productions
Chipboard Alpha - Other
Medium - Plaid
Adhesive - Scotch & Beacon
Box

 Enjoy!!

 

Mushroom Cards **Birds of a Feather Kit** with Tutorial

I made this cute little fox card yesterday for my eldest son's teacher, but the problem is I wanted to make more than 1 card since all my kids teachers deserve a card to say thanks, but I did not have the supplies to create 4 exact card.  Here I will show you how to create "replica" cards from inspiration or to make more of the same card you just made with what you have on hand!!

Here is the original Fox card I made from the September Birds of a Feather Kit.  I did delete the twine, staples, and glitter for my duplicate cards to speed up the time it took to complete the cards.

Problem 1 - I only had 1 fox - so I found some other wood I had in my stash - how cute are these little mushrooms?  The rest of the card is the same, yeah another card done!!

Problem 2 - I ran out of the white and black paper in the strips on the right side, but I did find some extra leaf paper so i just revered the white paper layer to the orange side so it would not be white on white, and substitute 2 done, and another card made!!

Problem 3 - Ran out of blue cardstock, so I found a complementary color that worked well with these colors and card 3 done!!

Yeah, 4 cards made for my kids teachers just to say thanks!!  Don't forget to thank your teachers, or anyone else that you feels needs a pat on the back for doing a great job!!

Supplies Used
Cardstock - Bazzill - Sept Birds of a Feather Kit
Patterned Paper - Teresa Collins - Sept Birds of a Feather Kit
Fox Wood - Teressa Collins - Sept Birds of a Feather Kit
Glitter Paste - Bo Bunny - Sept Birds of a Feather Kit
Stamp - Stampin' up
Ink - Prima
Twine - May Arts
Staples
Mushroom Wood - Prima
Adhesive - Scotch & Beacon

Enjoy!!

Foxy Card **Birds of a Feather Kit**

My kids teachers have all been so wonderful that I wanted to send out a little thank you to each of them, so I created this little fox thank you card to give to my eldest son's teacher.

I just love this little fox, he is just too cute!!  I used the wonderful September kit from Birds of a Feather Kits filled with so many cute little bits!!  Come back Tuesday Sept 23rd to see how I create 3 other cards super fast like this, but with a twist!!

September Birds of a Feather Kit

Supplies used
Cardstock - Bazzill - Sept Birds of a Feather Kit
Patterned Paper - Teresa Collins - Sept Birds of a Feather Kit
Wood - Teressa Collins - Sept Birds of a Feather Kit
Glitter Paste - Bo Bunny - Sept Birds of a Feather Kit
Stamp - Stampin' up
Ink - Prima
Twine - May Arts
Staples
Adhesive - Scotch & Beacon

Enjoy!!

Grandpa **Evolution Scrap & Paper House**

The picture is of my father on our trip this past summer to Colorado on a hike we went on one day.  He leaned up on a tree and started to smile as he was talking to some other hikers we met on the trial.  This picture came as a quick snapshot without him knowing I was taking it.  It is just so calm and peaceful, it captured the day perfectly.

I made this layout with lots of layers of papers, stickers, chipboard, fibers, metals, and more.  I played with shapes of tags, die cuts, and rectangles and off set them from each other to give this layout lots of dimension and interest.  I kept the feel the of colors with the picture; calm, serene, and outdoorsy. 

Here you can see some of the beautiful Paper House products I used on this layout - Generations paper pad, Colorado 12x12 paper, Grandpa Stickers, and the Nature Canvas Stickers.

 

Also please stop by a brand new challenge blog from Russia called Evolution Scrap.  They have some wonderful challenges and prizes to be had!!

 

Supplies Used
Cardstock - Bazzill
Graphic Paper - Paper House
Pattern Paper - Pion Design
Stickers - Paper House
Canvas - Paper House
Twine/Burlap - May Arts
Chipboard - Cosmo Cricket
Metal - Prima
Ink - Prima
Tags - Other
Adhesive - Scotch & Beacon

Enjoy!!

Pink card **ScrapPlezier & Susan K. Weckesser**

I love to have cards on hand for any occasion, leave the front blank and you can write what you wish inside to have the cards fit for what you need.  for this card I can see myself using it for a teenage/tween girl birthday, think of you, thank you, or Valentines Day.

I used some of the wonderful Banner stamp from Susan K Weckesser to create the background to this card.  I then added in some May Arts Twine, Core'dinations cardstock, and Prima Flowers.

I created this card with supplies mostly from ScrapPlezier Store - the Kaisercraft Patterned paper, flowers, rhinestones, felt, and twine all came from the store!!  Head on over today to get some great supplies!!

Supplies Used
Cardstock - Core'dinations
Patterned Paper - Kaisercraft
Flowers - Prima
Stamps - Susan K. Weckesser
Ink - Imagine Crafts & Prima
Twine - May Arts
Gems - Kaisercraft
Staples - Other
Mists - Heidi Swapp & Tattered Angles
Felt - Kaisercraft
Adhesive - Crop and Glue & Scotch & Beacon

Enjoy!!

Fall Moments **The Robin's Nest**

A friend took this picture when Catherine was 7 weeks old.  On a whim since it was the fall season she brought this cute little basket and hat, it was just magical.  She looked so cute, staring right at the camera with this adorable expression.  It is priceless!!

I used the lovely fall collection of papers from the The Robin's Nest to create this layout.  For info and close up pictures about this layout please take a look at The Robin's Nest Blog.

It has not started to feel like fall yet here in Texas, but playing with all these fall colors and embellishments makes me wish for those crisp autumn days!!

Supplies Used

Cardstock - The Robin's Nest

Patterned paper - The Robin's Nest

Rub-On - The Robin's Nest

Glitter Chipboard - The Robin's Nest

Dew Drops - The Robin's Nest

Chipboard - Bo Bunny & Memory Maze & Want2Scrap

Stickers - Paper House Productions

Flowers - Prima

Paint - Martha Stewart & Tattered Angels

Glitter - Art Glitter

Ink - Prima

Trims - May Arts Ribbons

Stamp - Heartfelt Creations

Pen - Sakura

Adhesive - Scotch & Beacon

Enjoy!!

Army Baby **Paper House**

When Catherine was 2 weeks old Daddy was deployed to Afghanistan for a year.  He had to leave his precious baby girl at 2 weeks old to serve his country.  I will never know how hard it was on him, but I know it was.  Here is Catherine at 7 weeks posing as a cute little army baby.

I used some of the wonderful Army and Military stickers and papers from Paper House Productions to create this layout.I took a twist with them and went the direction of a vintage military blending the Military Papers with the Paper House Generations Paper Pack.

Above and below are some close up pictures of some the the stickers from Paper House Productions.

Supplies Used
Cardstock - DCWV
Patterned Paper - Paper House & Prima
Stickers - Paper House
Twine - May Arts
Metal - Prima & Momenta
Flowers - Prima
Pen - Faber-Castel
Ink & Paint - Prima & Ranger
Adhesive - Scotch

 Enjoy!!

best day ever **ScrapPlezier**

Here is my sweet little girl at 18 months.  So inquisitive and full of life, checking out everything, following her brothers around, full of hugs and cuddles and just starting to talk.  Her favorite toys are her babies, she loves to play "mommy".

I used some of the wonderful items from the ScrapPlezier store to create this layout.  The flowers, twine, papers, mini alphas, washi tape, cardstock, gems, pearls, adhesive, and diecut papers are all from the store!!  So many beautiful items to look at!!

Above you see see a close up of the washi tape, flowers, twine, gems, and pearls mostly from Kasiercraft from the ScrapPleizer Store.  Below you can see some of the beautiful diecut image I inked in brown to match the layout.  You can also see a hint of a Kaisercraft wood piece here, and you can buy cut wood from the store too!!

Please head over to ScrapPleizer for all your scrappy needs!!

Supplies Used

Cardstock - Kaisercraft

Patterned Paper - Kaisercraft

Flowers - Kaisercraft

Stickers - Paper House Productions

Gems & pearls - Kaisercraft

Wood - Kaisercraft & Fancy Pants

Diecut - ScrapPleizer

Mini Alpha  - Kaisercraft

Washi Tape - ScrapPleizer

Ink - Prima

Punch - Martha Stewart

Pen - Sakura

Adhesive - Scotch & Beacon

 

Enjoy!!