Baby Leah

My very dear friend had his first baby girl. I promised him that I would make something special for his little girl Leah. I used the K & Co mat pad to create the border around the page. I cut all the pieces free hand and pieced them together the best I could. I looked through all the cartridges I had to find cherries, but had no luck...sooo, I made my own from different cuts. The stems are actually the sides of a chipboard heart that I had as a scrap piece. The baby girl outfit is from NA. I used the Fiskars water thread punch for the scallops (thanks DSIL!!) For the name I used OA and liquis glassed the shadow part. I put the finished LO into a 12 X 12 framed shadow box.





This is how the finished LO looks inside the shadow box:

Lucky U

I made this card with so much LOVE! I made it for my little sister (even though she is 20) because she is going to study abroad in Seville, Spain for a month. I am soooo proud of her for making her dreams come true! The challenge for this week over on the BBTB was to use the word "Lucky" from Alphalicious. Be sure to check out all the amazing things the girls did over on the BBTB blog!

I wanted to use some fabric that I had gotten at J's so I cut a strip and stitched it onto the base of the card. I made a butterfly with WIMG, stickled it, liquid glassed the middle, and added some rhinestones. I used one of the scalloped accents from AE to give the butterfly an accent. The copper brad is from my LSS (I forgot who makes it) and the ribbon is from Sweet Sassy. I made the "U" out of fabric-covered chipboard using the Cuttlebug Red Tag. And my DSIL (thank you!) added the Swarovski crystals on the fabric piece!!! I used the recently discovered feature on my sewing machine to stitch around the front of the envelope, the word "sister" was done with AMU, and the accents are from AE.

Guess WHO loves you?

I have to say this is one of the cutest cuts I've used by far!! This week over at the BBTB, Regina asked us to use the OWL cut from Happily Ever After. I decided to make a card for my hubby to remind him how much I love him! The picture distorted the colors...but the card is black and white. I used the owl cut from Happily Ever After and the stamp cut from Base Camp. The words "guess" and "WHO" are from Microsoft Word. The ribbon is Offray and the safety pin and buttons are from my stash.

Engagement party at my house!!

For those of you who read my previous posts you know that I have been busy preparing for an engagement party that I hosted at my house for my cousin and her fiance. She has always wanted a beach wedding, but now that wedding plans are underway, she realized it was not going to be possible to have the wedding on the beach. So we decided to bring the beach to her for the party. And since I live close to the Florida Keys (less than 1 hour away) we drove down there and bought some real starfish and sand dollars to use as decorations! My cousin was thrilled to say the least and we all had a wonderful time! Here are some pictures of the decorations!

There's no party without you

I used the same sketch for this LO. I made it for the challenge at BBTB where we had to use the wreath from JOTS. The ladies over on the site made wonderful projects using this cut, go check it out BBTB !! I haven't done a x-mas theme in a while so I was really excited...especially since I had this really good pic of my grammy. I have to say that my creative talent (if that's what you call it!) came from her because she is always inventing cute crafty ideas. This present was for a secret santa gift exchange that we had. She even put lights on the package!!!!



Materials used:
Title: OA, PP, ZB, AE
Wreath: JOTS
Rhinestones: Misc.
PP: DCWV
Ribbon: Offray

Hello!! I was looking through a Scrapbook Trends magazine and found this really nice sketch to use so I gave it a try. Amazingly enough, this is the first time that I use the green/pink combination...and I LOVE it!!! I made the flowers with different with sizzix flower dies, WIMG cart, stickles, and rhinestones. (The picture in the LO actually looks alot better!)

Sonrisas Felices (Happy Smiles)

I was able to finish another LO for my grammy's album. With the move at work, a party at my house this weekend, and Mother's Day on Sunday, I haven't had much time to squeeze in scrapping!







Materials used-
PP: Basic Grey
Cardstock: The Paper Company
Clear flowers: Heidi Swapp
Ribbon: Offray
Pewter bracket: Stampin' Up
Title: Plantin Schoolbook
Liquid Pearl: Petal Pink
Rhinestones, pearls, hanging tag: Misc

Nuestra Familia (Our Family)

This is yet another LO I did for one of my grammy's albums. Mother's Day is right around the corner....I have to hurry!! Hope you enjoy!





Materials used:
PP- We R Memory Keepers- White Out Collection
Cardstock: DCWV
Ribbon: American Crafts
Star die cuts: Cuttlebug
Title: AMU
Scalloped edges: Accent Essentials
Journaling stamp: CTMH
Parenthesis: George