And a Very Belated Happy Valentine's Day to You!

Oh my....I so meant to post yesterday to wish everyone a Happy Valentine's Day but the day got past me.  My Valentine was here with me and we were able to spend a nice day together doing a hike and going out for a nice meal.

A friend of mine got a Tiffany necklace.  I as jealous of that.  No jewels for me.  LOL! 

But I did make a few exploding box cards for my kids from a file by Lori Whitlock which I found in the Silhouette store.  I think they are so cute and were so much fun to make.  I think Lori does and amazing job on her files...they always go together perfectly!

Here is the first one:

I used BoBunny papers....love the frogs and ladybugs and other little critters!  Isn't it adorable?  Look at that folded envelope.  So sweet!

My friend and fellow creative person (she is über creative...amazing what she does!), Debbie, was here with me for a few days and she enjoyed making one, too.

Here are two other versions...the one Debbie did is on the right:

So much fun!  On to the Silhouette Store to see if they have one for St. Patrick's Day! ;)

Happy Crafting!

First Cards of the Year!

I finally made myself a bit of time to go in my craft room to work on a few cards last night.  I had such a good time and cranked out a half dozen in NO time at all.

I skipped over the December, 2014 Simon Says Stamp Card Kit which still sits in its box downstairs...love that kit but wanted to make some thank you cards and the January Card kit for 2015 has a very nice little thank you theme going.

Here is the kit:

Now, 100 lucky subscribers were randomly selected to receive this in lieu of the little stamps above:

Well, guess who was lucky enough to get this? Moi, of course!
So, I got to work making some fun and simple cards with this fun stamp set and the pretty Bo Bunny papers and dies included.
Here is the first one I made:

 Very simple with a little embossing of the "winter wishes" sentiment.  I also used a Paper Smooches shadow stamp at the bottom just to give the cups a little "grounding".

I stamped a simple thank you sentiment for the inside.

I am entering this in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge (Something New) HERE.  The Bo Bunny papers, dies and the new SSS stamp set were new to me!

Happy Crafting!

...Together

This is the second page of my Fun Together 2 page layout....the first page was posted yesterday and was titled Fun. And let me tell you...it sure was FUN putting these pages together with the very cute Bo Bunny Back to Basics line of papers and embellishments.
I love these photos of my grandkids.  They do squabble at times....she likes to take his toy and run off with it...he likes to knock over things she's doing but mostly they do quite well and the little guy is quite protective of his sister.  I wonder how baby #3 will fit into this equation?! :)
Here is the page:

 Aren't the colors just sooo fun?  And so happy?  I had the photo where the children are facing printed as a 5x7.  I do like to use enlargements in my layouts.  I just like to fill my scrapbooking pages with my photos and don't like them looking lost on a layout.  And when you have such cute subjects....a 4x6 just doesn't always do!

 I loved these layered chipboard accents.

And isn't this bird so cute?

And here are the two pages side by side:

(Ok, if you look closely you would think that the background papers are not the same size....and that is because I photographed them each on white poster board and then when I pulled the two photos  into Photoshop Elements I didn't crop them quite right.  I'm sure that none of you probably even noticed this but now you will! LOL!...anyway, they are truly 12x12 layouts with no white or black background.)

Fun Together....that's what they have!  (Most of the time, anyway!)

Happy Crafting!

Fun...

I've decided to take a break from Project Life and do some traditional scrapbooking that will go in my grandangel's albums.
The temperatures in the Atlanta area have been pretty low this winter but we had a day recently where it was warm enough to be outside. My daughter let the kids play outside and even picnic on the deck.
I did a two page layout but will post the second page to this tomorrow...gotta stretch out my posts a bit! :)
I used Bo Bunny Back to Basics papers and embellishments.

Such happy and fun papers.  Love them!
OK, so I was working away and accidentally laid down a photo with adhesive on it onto another photo.  When I tired to pry it up it TORE my picture!  What to do???

Of course I could have paid another $.19 but being the very frugal person I am...well, I decided to just go with it....I also was in an immediate gratification mood and wanted to be finished with this layout!  So I just placed a few cute little embellishments over the HOLE....Voila!  Instant Fix!

I can live with that!
I loved the embellishments that came with these papers....there were chipboard layered pieces and paper flower with dimension.....all was too cute in my opinion!
And this line of papers also had some perfectly sized journaling boxes.  Wonderful!

I have the companion side I'll share tomorrow...and thankfully it came through with out any "creative" embellishing!

Happy Crafting!