Garden Ghost

Supplies : Paper by Making Memories, Pebbles, and Scenic Route; Bazzil CS; Ribbon, buttons, brads, and white cardstock by CTMH; Glitter cardstock by Doodlebug; Flowers by Prima; Thickers and Remarks letter stickers by American Crafts; Embroidery Floss; Bloom Nestibilities

How fun that little paper pieced ghost was to make! He's glitter cardstock so that he shines like the glittered ghost on her shirt. I drew a simple ghost on the wrong side of the glitter paper and then cut him out. I even stitched around the outside of him to give him a bit more presence. The brads and stitching were added after he was stuck to the layout. The journaling talks about how Audrey has a black thumb like me, which is fitting for these pictures since she looks like a little grim gardener! Making the flowers was fun too, I freehandedly cut the leaves from the same paper I cut the flower middles from. I think that added so much pop to the rest of the layout and really helped balance out the dark shirt she's wearing in the pictures. It's funny the grouping of papers I put together. The Making Memories paper is from the Great Escape summer line, the Pebbles paper is from the Lil' Bud baby boy line, and the Scenic Route one I think came out last fall. Don't be afraid to mix up your papers, especially the ones that end up in your scrap stash, you never know how great they may coordinate! Anyway, have a happy Wednesday and thanks for visiting!

Gamer Girls

Supplies : Paper - Making Memories, Pebbles, Cosmo Cricket (layout), My Minds Eye, Making Memories, Scenic Route (lollipop flowers); In Bloom stamp set by Papertrey Ink; Buttons and Ink by CTMH; Chipboard Bracket by My Minds Eye; Thickers letter stickers by American Crafts; Embroidery Floss; Circle Nestibilities

More lollipop flowers! Are you all liking the different flowers styles I'm doing with my nesties? I'm loving how easy it is to use them to make my own cute embellishments. These ones I used the plain ol' circles to make some cute flowers then for the leaves I stamped the large and small leaf from the In Bloom stamp set from PTI then cut it out. I love these pictures! Our girls love gaming as much as Paul and I do and they often fight over who gets what controller. The pictures actually aren't the norm since Caitlyn usually gets the black and Audrey always wants the pink! I was so proud of using so much scrap paper on this one. The bright pink pebbles paper and the blue cosmo cricket paper were both big scraps that I didn't cut, I just laid them on the MM paper and went from there. The flowers are my favorite, also made with scraps :D, they just add so much fun to the page! Thanks for visiting and have a terrific Tuesday!

Got Stickers?

This week the Practical Scrappers DT challenge is to find ways to use up stickers. So stop on by the Practical Scrappers blog to check out all the inspirational pages created by the Team A design members! We have the option of submitting even during our off week and since I had a few stickers I wanted to get creative with, I made some fun layouts for this challenge as well.

Supplies : Paper - My Minds Eye (snowflake), Scenic Route (green stripe), Pebbles (swirl), and Doodlebug (glitter white); Candy Dots and Christmas Sentiment Stickers by Pebbles; Marvy Snowflake punches; Col White cardstock by CTMH

Create word art with your sentiment stickers! I got those great sentiment stickers for Sparkle's Christmas card challenge a couple weeks ago and wanted a way to use some of them up on a layout. Try replacing your title with a cluster of word art for a fun sticker focal point like I did here. Have smaller sentiment stickers? Use those to create word embellishments. Use them on the corners of pictures like you would with flowers and stack up a few for greater presence. Or get extra creative by cutting up and organizing word stickers for eclectic journaling!

Supplies : Paper - Collage Press (grid) and Pebbles; LinniBell (flower and leaves) and Little Miss (brackets) stickers by Pebbles; Thickers by American Crafts; cardstock by CTMH

Make a scene with your stickers! On this page I made a cute garden type scene with some flower stickers and the border that was attached to the floral paper, then added bracket stickers to bring attention to the title. These particular stickers have negative space in the petals and centers that make them look lost on the layout by themselves. To give them a more solid presence I added pattern paper to the back of the sticker, filling in those empty gaps. Combine your stickers with other elements to create a picture, like bug stickers on cut out grass or in a paper pieced jar. Try creating a zoo with your animal stickers or putting a sleepy animal on a paper cut moon for bedtime layouts. For a focal make a 'mini' scene with small stickers and place on the layout like a picture, complete with a mat for a frame!

Supplies : Paper - Pebbles (stripe) and Scenic Route; Stickers by Pebbles; Thickers by American Crafts; Buttons by Papertrey Ink; Embroidery floss

Embellish your stickers! Some stickers though cute can look pretty plain and boring by themselves on a page. Spice them up by adding buttons, brads, eyelets, rhinestones, etc. Add stitching to emphasize detail or to put some detail where there isn't any like I did on these sticker leaves. You could use brads and stitching to make a jack-o-lantern out of a plain pumpkin sticker or add metallic veins to a leaf with a glitter marker or thread. Try creating a border with your stickers - freestyle, on paper, or on ribbon! I hope some of these ideas inspired you on how you can use up the stickers in your stash. For more ideas visit the Practical Scrappers Blog and have a great Monday!

Season's Greetings

Supplies : Paper - My Minds Eye (bird and stripe); Basic Grey (blue); Pebbles (red stripe); Bird Element by My Minds Eye; Buttons and Sentiment (Faux Ribbon) by Papertrey Ink; Pop Dots

Here is the card I made for the week 36 challenge on Sparkle's Blog. She had us take whatever inspiration we wanted from her card again for the extra challenge and so I took the sketch she used for my inspiration. I used her card as my example instead of going to the site though. I went with the bird theme like I have a few times in the past for these challenges and I've almost used up all of these little cuties. This sketch was perfect for using up this circle element I had and the sentiment fit perfectly in the blank corner. Another quick card since it had minimal stamping! I have been doing a lot of sewing this week (4 more dolls and a monster for gifts and a commission) so I haven't papercrafted until today. It was so nice to take a break from fabric and go back to my favorite medium :D Don't forget to stop by Sparkle's Blog for the challenge and links to the other cards. Have a lovely Sunday!

Tis the Season

Supplies : Paper - Making Memories (green snow), Pebbles (brown swirl and red stripe), My Minds Eye (red snow); Sentiment sticker by Pebbles; Buttons by Papertrey Ink; Cardstock by CTMH; Embroidery Floss

It's late but here is my card for Sparkle's #35 Christmas Card Challenge. I loved the green, red, and brown that she used in her card and began with that for my inspiration. I also used 3 buttons on my card like she did and Riley's Christmas tree spurned the idea to make big paper pieced trees. I had a lot of fun with this card. It was quick and easy - no stamping at all! I'll be posting my card for this week's challenge in a little bit here. Enjoy and thanks for stopping by!

Be Mine

Supplies : Paper - Basic Grey Bittersweet, Crate Paper (circle), Making Memories; Valentines Stickers and Hearts by Pebbles; Cardstock by CTMH

Using Creative Scrappers Sketch #61 I made this quick 30 minute layout. I don't often scrapbook Paul or I unless we are with the girls and this was a fun layout for me to do since it was just of my hottie hubby. Plus it's his birthday today to it's fitting that the layout features him :D I kept it simple since the paper is my favorite part of this layout (other than the pictures of course!) Easy and quick. Too bad I don't scrap like this all the time, I'd totally be caught up! Have a fantastic weekend!