Another Mother's Day Card

Mother's Day is just a few days away....I sure hope all you mother's out there have a wonderful time and get to spend it with your the children who made you a mother!

Here is another card I made with scraps from a Close to My Heart kit I had.

 The sentiment is from Paper Smooches...the punched edge is Martha Stewart.  The crocheted flowers were given to me by my friend, Christine.  I think they might be from Close to My Heart. 
A few pearls finished the card.

Happy Crafting!

Mother's Day Card 2

I rarely post more than once a day...but here I go!
Here is another card I made with the paper scraps left over from a Project Life layout.  I used Close to My Heart papers and trim.  The little flowers were stamped with Stampin' Up's Itty Bitties stamps set and punched out with the coordinating punch.  I placed a small pearl on the center of each little flower.  I used some foam tape to give the little flowers a bit more dimension.

Simple....and I love the way it turned out....

 The sentiment is from the Simon Says Stamp May Card Kit.  It's such a pretty handwriting script, I think.

I'm entering this in the following challenges (Thanks, Melissa, for the head's up!)
 QKR Stampede Ch37 Mother's Day
 Corrosive Ch173 Mother's Day
 Love to Create Ch64 For Mom or Special Lady
 Pile It On #18 For a Mother





Happy Crafting!

Mother's Day Card

Mother's Day is coming up this weekend and I hope all the mother's out there have a wonderful day.

I still have not taken pictures of my Week 17 for Project Life but after I finished my pages the other day I decided to use up the leftover paper by making some cards.  I was on a roll.  Nothing difficult...but it was satisfying to use up some scraps!

Here is one I made.
Very simple to make....just some layering of papers, an embossed heart, and some rosette trim.  The sentiment came from Simon Says Stamp.

Again, I used the same sentiment from the May kit from Simon Says stamp.  I love that beautiful and fine script.

We have had unseasonably cool weather here in Georgia the last few days.  Today, the temperatures are supposed to climb to 70 (usually a bit warmer here this time of year!) and it's supposed to be sunny...but right now it is dark and cool...and makes me want to stay in and just paper craft! :)

Happy Crafting to you!

Project Life: Week 17 - Insert Page

Woohooo....Week 17 is finished! Done!
But I haven't taken photos of it yet so that it's debut will be in the next post.  For now you will have to just endure yet another Insert Page in one of Becky Higgins' 10x12 page protectors! ;)

My son and his girlfriend went to Tybee Island which is near Savannah, GA last weekend.  The owner of the company he works for has a house there... a might fine house, I might add....you can see it in the upper left photos:

They had a really great time...ran in a 5K, rode bikes, watched the sunset.  I think they loved their little getaway.  I loved that they both took the time to drop some photos in Dropbox for me.  I had the photos printed and ready for "production" before they even put their suitcases in the trunk of their car to head home!  I'm fast!

The title card was done on my Silhouette with some Close to My Heart papers.  I added some rub-ons (my friend, Cyndi calls them "rub-owns"...she is a native Atlantan...bless her heart...in a good way, of course.  I love her.) to the wheels as well as a couple of brads. Oh, and the card was cut out with a design from the Silhouette store...I just used the Blackjack font and welded it to the frame.

Continuing on my quest to use up the stuff I have in my stash (!) I came across these little clips that were leftover from another project which of course I have no clue remembering and they were perfect for this layout.  I'm glad I dug them out of the trash saved them.

Below is the reverse side:

That's my son on the left in the photo of the 3 men.

The card below was a Lori Whitlock design and I just added a bit of trim.  I didn't have room for much else! Haha!  I'm proud that I wrote more than one sentence....that's a challenge for me. 

Anyway, this will lie between the 2 page layout of Week 17 which is coming up  next.  Stay tuned!

Happy Crafting!

Happy National Scrapbooking Day!

(...although I'm with Becky Higgins on this one...why do they call it National Scrapbooking Day and not INTERNATIONAL Scrapbooking Day?)

Anyway....a quick photo of one of the main reasons I scrapbook:

Don't you just love it?!

Happy NSD!

Project Life: Week 16...Insert Page

To add to my Week 16 which I posted yesterday I did an 8x10 horizontal insert page a Becky Higgins page protector/insert/pocket page (or whatever you want to call it).  A wonderful insert page for those really special photos.

I have a really special photo here.  It is of our Jessie who is 88.  Here you have a photo of a Great grandmother, a granddaughter and two great grandchildren.  That is pretty special, isn't it?

The picture was taken before I put her age on the journaling block. 

We took several photos and by the end David decided to be a bit silly but this is so his personality so I decided to use this one.  And Taylor, who can be a bit shy, really wanted to sit in Jessie's lap so that was also very special. 

The little tab in the center of the photo near the top is pointing to a photo of my daughter which has been hanging on that wall since she was about 4 years old.  I love that photo of Amanda.

Here is the reverse side:

 

 "Take Note" was cut with my Silhouette Cameo and placed a coordinating button on top.

And again, I cut a butterfly with the Sizzix Embosslit from Stampin' Up.

And that's it for today, my friends!  I love the insert pages....they add a little interest to the two page layouts, I think.

Happy Crafting!

Project Life: Week 16

I had the best time doing my layouts for Week 16.  I found a packet in my stash of some very bright and cheerful Doodlebug papers with a packet of coordinating buttons.  Don't remember buying it...don't remember having it...but now that I have my new paper organizing system that Debbie set up for me...well, I'm finding stuff!

I did quick layouts the last couple of weeks with pre-made journaling cards.  This week I decided to make my own things with the few sheets of paper I had.  I did some stamping , some die cutting with both my Silhouette and Cuttlebug and added a little of this and a little of that! :)

Here is the left side:

The top right is a template from the Lily Pad shop and can be seen HERE.  I love these collage templates and they print out beautifully!
The little filler card below was made with Stampin' Up Embosslits. So cute....they cut and emboss at the same time.  I used some wire I bought a looooooong time ago to wind around the bodies and make little antennas.

I found some letter stickers from Paper Pizazz which are who knows how old but I loved using for my "Week 16".  They look like the label tapes that were so popular a while back.  Again...I used stuff in my stash.  Love that!  I added some Stickles to the butterfly and then put some big rickrack on the bottom of the card.  That was also from my vast stash of ribbons and trims!

The card below was cut with my Silhouette from a design by Michelle Currie that I purchased in the Silhouette Online Store.  Isn't that cut out chevron adorable? 

And I used some of those cute buttons from the Doodlebug pack I had and added a little embroidery floss.  Can't do naked buttons, of course!

Here is the right side layout:

Again, the bottom right photo is from a template from the Lily Pad store.

I stamped the camera with an Amy Tangerine stamp from the set "Aspire" and added some Glossy Accents.

And this little journaling card was cut out with  my Cameo, too, and is a design by Lori Whitlock.
The arrow stamp came from the same Amy Tangerine set.

It was all so much fun for me....I just had the best time and it was so satisfying to find things that I had that worked well for me.

I also did an insert page which I will post tomorrow...and then on to Week 17!

Happy Crafting!