Happy Mother's Day weekend!!

Hope all the moms out there have a well deserved fabulous Mother's Day! I will spend my weekend getting crafty and with the family of course :} I've got some more goodies to show ya so, sit back and relax and take it all in!

I've got some more exciting news to share with you! I'm gonna try out for another DT over at Colorful Creations on Ning! They are an awesome group of girls over there so go and check them out here. If your interested in the DT Call you will need to hurry up and get yours in because it ends this Saturday night May 9th at midnight! I've got my fingers crossed :} On to some crafty stuff!

Below is a layout I did for a challenge over at Simply Scrapping Crafts on Ning as well. You had to use multiple of the same photo so I used some smaller black & white of the larger photo in this layout. It's of my daughter Finley sitting pretty on our porch for our Christmas pictures. This isn't the actual picture we used for Christmas, but it was a good one of her. I used mostly K & Company Carolyn Gavin Specialty paper, KI Memories lace cardstock, Fancy Pants stamps (hearts) rub ons & chipboard, Prima flower, Quickutz Silhouette (title). Love the colors on this layout!

This is a card also for a challenge at Simply Scrapping Crafts on Ning. We had to use accordion folding somewhere on a card or layout. I chose to use it in a border & as leaves above the flower. I used Kaiser Craft papers lace flower, pearl brad, lace ribbon & rub ons, Bazzill cardstock, Quickutz Silhouette rose shape for the flower. I cut out the individual rose layers on the Silhouette in two different sizes and then distressed and inked the edges. Then, layered them in different directions and attached them in the center with the pearl brad. Easy peasy!! Totally dig the colors on this card!! Now, who to give it to? You know your getting it Lisa don't worry!!

This next one was so fun to do because it only took about 30 minutes to complete! That's right people.....30 minutes!! That is a record for me for sure!! For NSD over at Simply Scrapping Crafts the challenge was to create layouts or cards in 2 hours and get them posted before the next challenge went up. I only could do 2 of them and this is the first one. Here we were on our familymoon (honeymoon) in Turks & Caicos in the Caribbean. What a gorgeous place!! I chose black & white photos so they wouldn't compete too much with colored papers. The huge floral stamp is from Inque Boutique, as well as the bottom corner one. The paper is from a Scarlet Lime Kit. They are awesome kits and you can check them out here.

This layout was the second one I did in only about 30 minutes! Crazy I tell you! This is of my boy Cameron. I used some old school Chatterbox patterned paper, Bazzill Cardstock, Basic Grey chipboard, Fancy Pants chipboard star, American Crafts Alpha Letters, & Cosmo Cricket letter "C". I used the same Chatterbox patterned paper on both the star and letter "C". Very quick & easy! Love it!

This is one of my favorites for sure! This was done for another challenge during NSD weekend at Simply Scrapping Crafts. You had to use as many of 5 techniques as you could. I used all 5 which were rolled paper, starburst flower, distressing, stitching & a really cool flower border at the bottom there. The papers are from My Mind's Eye Penny Lane, flower & swirl stamp from Fancy Pants, border from We R Memory Keepers, title stamps from Unity Stamp Company, & Tim Holtz Distress Ink. Love these colors and this was so fun to do.

This was a really quick card I made again for a Simply Scrapping Crafts challenge. You had to use your favorites and the sentiment had to express love. Everything is my favorite in my craft room so this was a bit difficult to narrow down so, I just kinda closed my eyes and grabbed things that worked! The paper, ribbon & buttons are from a Scarlet Lime kit, butterfly stamp is from Unity Stamp Company, Jewels from K & Company, cardstock of course Bazzill. Great easy card with lots of color!
Well that about wraps it up for now! I hope to do some more yummy stuff this weekend and be able to share by early next week. Have a great Mother's day and we'll chat soon!!! TTFN!

I've been a busy bee!

Hope everyone had a great weekend! Mine was very tiring and busy as usual. My son Cameron had his first soccer game of the season today and he did great! It was nice to get out there and watch him play again. Today was my Hubby's birthday and he spent it working :{ I had lots of time in my craft room this weekend so that was nice for a change. I made a layout based off of a sketch from this really cool site called Let's Scrap over on Ning. It's a challenge site and they have lots of great inspiration to get your mojo flowing! They are having a DT Call over there until April 16th so I thought I would give it a whirl! You can find the sketch and information about the DT Call on the main page of the site.

Below is my take on the sketch. This is of my daughter Finley and when she got her face painted like a butterfly. The title is "Flutter Wonder" and that's the title Finley chose when she saw the layout. I thought it was a great choice! I used Basic Grey Kioshi paper, chipboard flowers from Making Memories, K & Company flower stickers, Inque Boutique butterfly stamp, cut all die cuts on my Quickutz Silhouette. I also used some 3mm Swarovski Crystals for the circle on the bottom left and on the butterfly. I think the papers really bring out her eyes :}

Below is the card I made for my awesome Hubby! Happy Birthday baby! This is for the April 2010 week #1 Card Challenge over at Simply Scrapping Crafts on Ning. It's hard to see, but I made it on a clear transparency background. I used American Crafts papers, Fancy Pants clear acrylic circle, star & sentiment spot, Unity Stamps, The Stamps Of Life by Stephanie Barnard & Inque Boutique, random buttons, stitching & ribbon. I used a piece of mercerized cotton to tie on the star. Hubby loved his card and then I promptly took it away to get pictures and upload it! LOL!

Well that's it for me for now! I'll be back as soon as I have some more yumminess for you! TTFN!