Favorite Songs

Hello again! I'm back to share the 2nd set of pages I created for my 'Book of Me' swap on the Two Peas in a Bucket message board. This set is titled 'Favorite Songs' and I had the hardest time finalizing the design. I didn't want to go overboard with images of music, so I tried to keep it simple. Here are my pages:

Supplies:

Cardstock: Bazzill, Recollections & DCWV

Patterned Paper: My Minds Eye (Ooh La La)

Embellishments: American Crafts-buttons; Stampendous- music note stamp; DMC- floss; stash- ribbon

Tools: EK Success- binder edge punch; Spellbinders Labels Four; Cricut Expression (Opposites Attract); Paper Studio- scallop circle punch

I found a paper flower tutorial on Dawn McVey's blog and thought it would make a nice finishing touch to my pages. I'm happy with them and I hope the ladies in my swap will like them!

I'm off to work now, but I'll be back a little later to share some information on a scrap-a-long that I'm participating in!

Thanks for stopping by :-)

Catching up and a layout

Hello Again! I just realized that it's been a couple weeks since I've blogged, my bad :-)

Me and the family have been enjoying some sporting events as well. We attended Speedweeks in Daytona a couple of weeks ago and went to the Magic vs. Cavaliers game on Sunday. It was RJ's 1st live NBA game and he had a ball! We decided to go at the last minute and had to purchase tickets from a 3rd-party site (read: at 3 times the value), but it was worth it. Both of my guys decided to test their vertical jump limit at one of the vendors outside of the arena. I was shocked at the results! See for yourself:

*Mr. R has some hops! I didn't think he could still jump like did, LOL!*

* I was just happy that RJ decided to try it. Normally, he's really shy.*

He really wanted to see LeBron dunk, but that didn't happen....AT ALL :-( It was a good game and my team won, so that's all that counts :-)

I have been somewhat productive on the crafty-side of things. I've finished 4 layouts, completed Valentine's Day projects and I'm putting the last touches on my 'Favorite Songs' pages for my 'Book of Me' swap. I need to get those shipped by Thursday so I'm hoping to finish them up tonight. Here is a quick page that I completed:

I've really been trying to use up my stash and stop hoarding supplies that are "too pretty". I took some online stamping classes facilitated by Jennifer McGuire on the Two Peas in a Bucket website a while back. She introduced me to crackle paint and I went CA-RA-ZEE! I brought every color I could get my hands on, but have rarely used them. For this page, my goal was to use some crackle paint and Cosmo Cricket paper that I've been hoarding.

Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill & Paper Studio
Embellishments: American Crafts Thickers; Making Memories- journaling spot & chipboard; Ranger- distress ink & crackle paint; Colorbok metal studs
Tools: EK Success- curved edge punch

OK, off to work for me. I'll be back tomorrow to share another layout.

Thanks for stopping by :-)

Make a Wish - PTI Birthday Bash Card 4

Hello again! I know that I *said* the last card was my final one, but I had 30 minutes this morning, so I made another card for day 2 of the Papertrey Ink 3rd Anniversary Celebration. The PTI stamp designers each created an image and you must use the image to create a birthday card. For my *final* card I used the image created by Beth Silaika. Here is my card:





Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill, Paper Studio & Recollections
Embellishments: Beth Silaika (PTI)- sentiment; ribbon from stash
Tools: Spellbinders- Labels Four; Quickutz- large dots embossing folder; Copic markers

Thanks for stopping by :-)

Birthday Wishes #2- PTI Birthday Bash Card 3

Hello again! I'm back with my final card for day 2 of the Papertrey Ink 3rd Anniversary Celebration. The PTI stamp designers each created an image and you must use the image to create a birthday card. For my 3rd card I used the image created by Heather Nichols and Mojo 124 sketch. Here is my card:





Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill, Paper Studio & Recollections
Embellishments: Heather Nichols (PTI)- cupcake image; Papertrey Ink- sentiment (Giga Guidelines); Prima- Say it in Crystals jewel flourish; ribbon from stash
Tools: Spellbinders- Labels Nine; EK Success- Curved Edge punch; Quickutz- medium dots embossing folder

Thanks for stopping by :-)

Birthday Wishes- PTI Birthday Bash Card 2

I'm back again with another card for day 2 of the Papertrey Ink 3rd Anniversary Celebration. The PTI stamp designers each created an image and you must use the image to create a birthday card. For my second card I used the image created by Alli Miles and Kazan's Sketch 45 at 2 Sketches 4 You. Here is my card:


Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill, Paper Studio & Recollections
Patterned Paper: Cosmo Cricket- Earth Love
Embellishments: Alli Miles (PTI)- bear; Papertrey Ink- sentiment (Mega Mixed Greetings); Target- jewel; twine from stash
Tools: Spellbinders- Circle & Scallop Circle dies; Copic markers

Thanks for stopping by :-)

Happy Birthday 2 U!- PTI Birthday Bash Card 1

I'm playing along with day 2 of the Papertrey Ink 3rd Anniversary Celebration. The PTI stamp designers each created an image and you must use the image to create a birthday card. For my first card I used the image created by Niki Estes, prompts for the Embellish Ribbon Color Challenge and the Card Patterns sketch 49. Here is my card:



Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill & Recollections
Embellishments: Niki Estes (PTI)- sentiment; Hero Arts- stamp (Dots & Flowers); American Crafts Thickers; Darice- jewels; white embossing powder; ribbon from stash
Tools: Spellbinders- Labels Eight; EK Success- Circle & Scallop Circle punches

Thanks for stopping by :-)

3 TGF Cards

Hello again! I’m back today to post the 3 cards I completed last week for the CHA Relay contest at The Greeting Farm. The premise of the contest was to use a free digi stamp to create a project, submit that project by the deadline on the following day and receive the next image in the contest. In the end, you would receive 5 free digi stamps plus a bonus if you completed all of the challenges for the 5 days. It was a lot a fun trying to hurry to get the cards completed and uploaded on time. I even took some Copics and a few printed images to work with me two days last week to get the coloring done on my lunch break. I was sad to see the contest end, but happy that it got me out of my comfort zone and got my creativity flowing! Here are my cards:





Supplies (Happy Birthday):
Cardstock: American Crafts
Patterned Paper: Basic Grey Lime Rickey
Embellishments: Recollections- pearl; The Greeting Farm- stamp (Mer Ian); American Crafts- rubon sentiment
Tools: Spellbinders- Circle and Labels Two dies; Quickutz- large dots embossing folder; Copic markers

Supplies (*untitled*, but doesn't she just scream 'Hey Sugah!'):
Cardstock: DCWV & Recollections
Patterned Paper: Basic Grey Eva
Embellishments: Spellbinders- Labels Nine; Prima flowers & jewels; DMC floss; Stickles; button from stash; The Greeting Farm- stamp (Charlotte)
Tools: EK Success Curved Edge punch; Copic markers

Supplies (baby card):
Cardstock: Bazzill & Paper Studio
Patterned Paper- Cosmo Cricket
Embellishments: Spellbinders Circle & Scallop Circle dies; The Greeting Farm- stamp (Toby Cub); Tea Dye Distress Ink
Tools: Copic markers

I've really been trying to use my Copic markers more, but I think I'd better take a class from a certified instructor if I want to learn to use them properly. I'll look into that this week ;-) Anyhoo, that's all I've got for today. I'm still working on the layout for my 'Favorite Song' page in the 'Book of Me' swap that I joined. Hopefully, I'll have progress to report on that front later this week!

Thanks for stopping by :-)