The Rainbow Connection

I have been so busy lately I haven't had much time for crafting. I made myself sit down last night and do one of the challenges from Skrapnchat . I did the Rainbow's End March Challenge. The challenge was to use every color of the rainbow in your layout or use pictures of rainbows. Pictures of rainbows much easier for me than trying to use every color and still make it look good. I still have about 7 hours left in March may try and get another layout down tonight. Not sure which one there are several to choose from. We'll see how much I can get down with Kit lending a paw.

These are 2 pics I took on Grouse Mountain in 2005, The Rainbow Connection is one of my favorite songs, it just seemed to work together. I used my Cricut Alpahlicious Cartridge to cut out the letters for the title. The large flower and leaf are from a Basic Grey paper and the smaller flowers and leaves are punched from the same BG paper and card stock. I wanted the focus on the Pictures so I didn't go over board on the embellishments.

Thief!

Our March page challenge at Scrap Arts was to make a baby page. It had to have the following elements. One baby photo, 2 patterned paper, hand stitching, buttons, ribbon & journalling. I gave up trying to do a page for me and made a page with a baby picture of Kit. The journalling reads "The moment I saw Kit at the pet store she stole my heart. I knew instantly she'd be mine." Kit July 2004 9wks old. The patterned paper is from My Mind's Eye Bloom & Grow "Grow" line called Fresh Flowers . The flowers are popped up with 3d dots and the orange leaf has been stitched with orange embroidery floss.

Signs of Spring...

Where does the time go? Seems like yesterday was Christmas and now we're into March. There are some definite signs of spring out there. Warmer days, birds chirping, flowers blooming, and Kit shedding like crazy!! Well I do have a few stamps that I like to use around this time of year that remind me of spring and the warmer weather. This one is a rubber stamp by Inkadinkado. For this card I stamped the image with Momento Black Ink and then I used my Aqua Brush and Stampin Up Inks to paint in the colors. The greeting was done with Cinnamon Versa Color Ink and then I embossed it with Clear fine detail embossing powder.

More Valentine's Cards

I know Valentine's was a couple of weeks ago. I however, forgot to post these two Valentine cards on my blog. The first one is a new style for me and I love it. Lots of layers and different techniques. It is a tent fold card. I stamp is from the Autumn Leaves collection by Rhonna Farrer I use this set a lot. I embossed it with clear fine detail embossing powder. I did some ink distressing around the edges and the edges of the piece I embossed with my cuttlebug folder. The pp is from the basic grey Bittersweet line. I used my new fiskars "Elegance" edge punch on the pp. I just bought this edge punch a couple of weeks ago. I did not own one prior to this. I love it so much I went out and bought another edge punch last week. The next card is quite similar to style to the one I taught in my class. Same techniques but the layout is a bit different and I changed the stamp.

A New Challenge

We decided to start a new monthly scrapbook page challenge at Scrap Arts . We are making all the designers do this as well. The way it works is, we post the challenge at the beginning of the month. You have until the end of the month to bring it into the store and we display it for the following month. Plus anyone who brings in a page will be entered into a draw for a prize.

This Month's Challenge

1 Photo

A 3-D Element

At least 1 Bling OR Pearl embellishment (can't use both)

Stamping OR Rub-Ons (can't use both)

We just got a whole bunch of new patterned paper and goodies in at the Scrap Arts. I love the new Basic Grey Marrakech line so I used it for my lay out. The pages will be on display at the store for the month of March.

The Kitten and the Paper Trimmer

I'm not exactly sure if she likes the paper trimmer or she is jealous of the paper trimmer. Every time I try to use the paper trimmer she jumps up on it. I think she is trying to get my attention LOL. The other night while I was prepping the paper for a class I was teaching & she kept jumping on my desk and laying down on the Paper Trimmer. I couldn't resist taking a picture. As you can see she made herself comfortable. She did get tired of the game eventually and I managed to get the class stuff prepared.

Happy Valentine's Day

Wishing everyone out there a Very Happy Valentine's Day. This is the card I made for a couple of contests. It is all done with inks and stamps. The base is black card stock so I made an insert for it to match the outside. Started with white card stock and used Colorbox Scarlet & Black Ink as well as Brilliance Galaxy Gold. The stamps are Basic Grey Flourish Corners & Autumn Leaves Rhonna Farrer Love with a Flourish. The oval is popped up with 3D dots and decorated with a couple of black bling.

Same Kit, Different Day!

Kit up to no good again, here she is attacking more paper, It is a wonder I have any paper left. Oh well, she's just so cute when she does it. I go get the camera and take a picture then tell her she's bad. No wonder she doesn't think she's doing anything wrong. Not the best way to discipline a cat LOL. She never really gets in trouble for anything she does actually, we spoil her all the time.

A Couple of Days Off

I finally had a couple of days off where nothing major needed to be done. I kept working on organizing my craft room (what a process, not sure I'll ever finish). I got a couple of new storage units and put them together.

I was having a slight case of crafters block. So I took out some pics of old cards I had done and reworked them a bit to make some new ones. Here are the ones I made.

The pink is for Valentine's Day. Basic Grey Flourished Edges stamps and the Love stamp is from an Autumn Leaves Love with a Flourish Set. (I just love the flourishes) I used Versa Magic Pink Petunia and Pixie Dust Inks. The love Stamp is embossed with clear fine detail embossing powder.
This Yellow "A little Note" card was made using up some of the scraps I had of this paper. I inked the torn edges with some light and dark yellow inks. Layered 2 different flowers, I punched out of the tulip paper, it is a double sided paper blue and white on back. Just flipped the small flowers over for blue color contrast. I stamped the " A Little Note" with Color box Cyan ink on a small piece of vellum and embellished with bling.
This card is a great Birthday card for a little boy. The patterned paper is by Tim Holtz, I believe it is called Transportation. I cut out the larger vehicles from the paper and cover with versa mark ink and them emboss the whole thing using clear fine detail embossing powder. I then use pop dots to put it on.

Busy Week

I've had a very busy week this last week and the only project I had a chance to do was the challenge over at skrapnchat. I did however get lots of goodies purchase at Scrap Arts . Lots of new papers came in this week and all kinds of other goodies. Got the new deep cut blade for my cricut and I can't wait to try that. I have to work the rest of the weekend but Monday I get the day off. I know I will spend most of that in my craft room. So I should have lots more to post on Tuesday & Wednesday. I also have two more dates for my Everyday Card Class in March.
Sunday March 1st
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Sunday March 15th
2:00pm - 4:00pm

Here is a picture with all the samples together. Not the greatest picture but there are better ones on older posts.

Another Challenge

I did another Scrapbook Page challenge from Skrapnchat this week. The challenge was 1 picture, two word title, scalloped edge (hard to see but up the right side of picture mat), journalling & and something from your stash of goodies that you had forgotten you had. Mine is the silver butterfly bead. The picture is one I took last spring. The stamps are Basic Grey Flourished Edges. I printed the Title out on my printer.

Kit Pages

I made this LO last summer. I've been so busy making cards and mini albums, It has been 6 months between pages. Anyway I really like this 2 page LO, thought I'd share it. It's about what a little Monkey Kit can be.

Kitten helping me again....

I had so much fun creating the Scrapbook page last week. I have been sorting through lots of pictures and deciding what LO's to do next. I started on last night at midnight. I had all the pictures on the page and I got up for one minute to cut something on the cricut, turned back to my desk to find kitten had decided to help me. This is how she keeps the pictures in place on the page since she can't use glue. :)