Blog Hop Sketchy Thursdays

I have been waiting for the 209 pictures I ordered from snap fish to get here so I could make this layout. When I saw the sketch I knew I wanted to use the photos with the Cars characters. I also knew I wanted to use bright primary colors. There isn't very much bling on it but I had a hard time making it. My 2 and 3 year old boys kept wanting to "watch and help" me. In others words touch and tear everything. It was cute that they got so excited over the pics.


The printed paper is from the All About Boys pack by DCWV

I used the Cars cart for all the cuts

This also works for the Cupcake Craft challenge childhood memories

Blog Hop scrap that poetry

I thought that Scrap that Poetry site's project was going to be harder then it was. Once I picked out the phrase in the poem I wanted to use it ended up being pretty easy.

I used plantin school for the numbers

Designers calendar for the months

Winter Woodland for the phrase.

The worded paper is from my minds eye simply delightful

The ribbon is from Big Lots after Christmas bin and I think I paid about $0.35 for it.

The buttons are from a Hobby Lobby mixed bag

The rest of the papers are random papers that I had in my paper drawers

I am pretty pleased with how this turned out. Our friend asked me today to make him a layout page of Allen. I think I am going to give this one to him.

This also qualifies for The sisterhood of Crafters all about family/faith-remembrance

UPDATE: This layout made the top 3 at the sisterhood of crafters

I WON!!!

I cant belive I won this wonderful blog candy from Crafty Granny Designs!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

Blog Hop Cuttlebug Spot

I decided to enter 2 different projects for the blog hop when it came to the cuttlebug spot and practical scrappers. They are both wanting bling. I decided to enter the blinged out birthday card I made for my niece.

Blog Hop Practical Scrappers

Practical Scrappers challenge for the blog hop say..."Show us your projects that feature glitter, bling, jewels, pearls...all that fun girly stuff!"

Well....since I only have boys and no girls I did my nieces 6th birthday. I put glitter stickers and rhinestone stickers all over it.

This also qualifies for the color challenge on Design Dollies pink, yellow, black

Blog Hop Pile it On

Pile it on's challenge for the blog hop is Say it with Words (NO IMAGE, ONLY quote, sentiment or embellishments as focal point).

Here is Pile It On's concept: "Each Sunday we will give you a challenge. We would like you to incorporate our challenge with at least one other CURRENT challenge (at the time of posting) to "qualify" to be one of our Three Top Scoops or should there be a prize offered that week."

My layout currently qualifies for:
Pile It On no image
Sundays with Crissy make it a combo
If the Shoe Fits color challenge

Never Enough

I have been looking at the colors on the design dollies challenge for a few days now. I love the colors I just didn't know what I wanted to do with them. Today creative scrappers announced the sketch for this weeks challenge and I decided to go with it.

The colors for DDs were dark green, rusty orange and yellow. I know it is hard to tell from the pics but the back paper is rusy orange and I actually backed the photos with a yellow and then put them on a kraft color paper.

I hand made the grape bunch. I used story book for the leaf. Did you know there are no grapes cuts on any of the cricut carts? At least not on the ones on Design Studio right now. Go figure.

It also ended up qualifying for the color challenge at if the shoe fits also.

I am loving doing the challenges. I am using papers and techniques that I never thought I would ever use.