OWH - Sketch #222

Here is this week's card for Operation Write Home's sketch #222. The hexagons were left over from another project and were cut using a Silhouette.

Weekly Challenge :: Starting Point

This week's challenge from Relly was to make the most of a light background. I choose one of the new Paw Parade digital papers from Stampin' Up! and paired it with some travel themed papers and paint. The sentiment is from Ali Edwards and the page was created using MDS software.

SBC - Sketch #389

Happy Easter! Here is this week's layout for Scrapbook Challenges sketch #389. Although it's not quite Easter themed there are bunnies in the photo. LOL!

Weekly Challenge :: Journal About Places

For those of you that are fans of Shimelle you know that she is out on maternity leave and will be having guest posts on her website. The first guest post was from Relly and includes a scrapbook challenge titled "Journal About Places." Hope you enjoy my digital page showcasing a few photos taken last fall in Kyoto, Japan.

OWH - Sketch #220

Happy Sunday! Here is this week's card for Operation Write Home's sketch #220. I used a butterfly that I had created a while back using the acetate and tissue technique.

SBC - Sketch #388

Here is my layout for Scrapbook Challenges sketch #388. As you can see I am still making my way through all of our Japan photos from last fall; not a bad problem to have when scrapbooking. 

Happy 90th Birthday Patrick!

Today is Patrick's 90th birthday and I wanted to post some photos of the box card that I made for him.   Aside from being an amazing card, it lays flat for mailing in an A2 envelope. The template for the card was courtesy of Lori Whitlock using a template I downloaded through Silhouette's website. If you're interested in making the card on your own I am linking to Lori's blog and her YouTube video. You can also google for additional instructions and templates.

SBC - Sketch #387

Last Wednesday was Day 1 of Rob Thomas' solo acoustic tour. This is the fourth time we've seen him in concert; second time solo. So talented! Several of the photos are from Pechanga's Facebook page and I used Turbo Collage to merge the photos into one 4x6. I used sketch #387 from scrapbook challenges.

OWH - Sketch #219

Hope you're having a great weekend. Here is this week's card for Operation Write Home's sketch #219. I had cut out this bunny using my Silhouette while I was working on my Tim Holtz tag and I really had no idea how I was going to use it until this morning. This card is for my nephew and my niece will get a pink version of the same.

Tim Holtz - 12 Tags of 2014 (Apr)

Here is this month's tag for Tim's 12 Tags of 2014. I used my Silhouette to cut the hexagon lattice as well as the mums. All the of the cardstock, ribbon and ink are from Stampin' Up!

Lollipop Covers

Is it officially Spring yet? These adorable lollipop covers are really simple to make and would be great for any occasion. The toughest part is finding the right lollipop. If you need directions just google "lollipop covers" and you'll find a lot of great videos and blogs.

SBC - Sketch #386

Here is my page for Scrapbook Challenges sketch #386. The papers are from Stampin' Up! and I used MDS software to put everything together. This picture was taken in Japan from our room at the Biwako Hotel.

OWH - Sketch #218

Here is this week's card for Operation Write Home's sketch #218 (not #118). Instead of using the center layer as shown in the sketch, I cut strips of green cardstock and adhered them to the vanilla background. All of the cardstock and the faux brads are from Stampin' Up!

Card Swap - March

This month's card swap, as well as the remaining card swaps for the year, will not have a specific technique or theme. Just an FYI if you'd been following along with last year's monthly techniques and swaps.

For this card I actually had over a dozen of these cool sun guys stamped and colored and I thought the image would look great over some heavily embossed and coordinating paper. I finished the card by using my air spritzer (again) to add a touch of gold ink before I adhered the sentiment which I thought went well with the clocks in the background. Hope you like it.

OWH - Sketch #217

Happy Spring! Here is this week's card for Operation Write Home's sketch #217. The focal point for my card is a tag that I recycled from my husband's jeans. I distressed the tag and used the banner to cover up the name of the jeans. In looking at the other cards that have been posted ... I hope I have gone too far out of the box.

OWH - Sketch #216

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Here is this week's card for Operation Write Home's sketch #216. I used a digital frame cluster from suzyqscraps as the focal point for my card; the circle in the background being a replacement for the oval in the sketch.

OWH - Sketch #215

Here is this week's card for Operation Write Home's sketch #215. Most of the elements on this card have been recycled from other cards that I've been sprucing up for donation to OWH. I'm up to 50 cards so far. Hope you have a great Sunday.

SBC - Sketch #383

Here is this week's page for Sketch #383 from Scrapbook Challenges. The photo is from Christmas but seemed to work perfectly in a circular shape. The papers and the burlap are from Stampin' Up!

OWH - Sketch #214

For this week's sketch ... I went way outside of the box to create this card. Instead of using multiple strips of paper I used a striped embossing folder on white cardstock. I originally placed the bow over the patterned paper and had planned to leave the top of the card plain but it looked unfinished. So, I broke out my stencils and the air spritzer and went to town. I moved the bow up to cover the gap between the stenciled image and the patterned paper and finished it off with a sentiment that seemed to go well with the card.

SBC - Sketch #382

Here is this week's page for Scrapbook Challenges sketch #382. Kobi is our rescue dog from Labrador Rescuers. She was found wandering the streets of San Bernardino and looked absolutely horrible but as you can see she cleans up nicely and has turned out to be a wonderful girl. I used Stampin' Up's MDS software to create the page. The title was a freebie from Salt Town Studio.

Tim Holtz - 12 Tags of 2014 (Mar)

Here in California we are getting our first major storm of 2014. So Tim's tag for March was perfect timing (i.e., we can't wait for Spring). I used Stampin Up's "Botanical Gazette" paper with the bird as the base for my tag and added feathers from the "Fine Feathers" set (both retired). I applied several colors of SU markers to the bird image and used the SU air spritzer with Tim's burlap stencil for the pattern at the top of the tag. The yarn and the ribbon are SU as well.

OWH - Sketch #213

Here is this week's card for Operation Write Home's Sketch #213. The background cardstock is from Graphic 45 and the stamp is from Stampin' Up's Pinch Proof set.

OWH - Sketch #212

Here is this week's card for Operation Write Home's sketch #212. The leprechaun is from Stampin' Up's "Pinch Proof" set. The gold ink was applied using an air spritzer.

 

SBC - Sketch #380

Happy President's Day Weekend! Here is this week's page for Sketch #380 from Scrapbook Challenges. Since we haven't had snow here in California since mid December I decided to live vicariously through my nephew as he took the official snow measurement in Virginia. A whopping 16 inches and counting.

OWH - Sketch #211

Here is this week's card for Operation Write Home's sketch #211.  I distressed the cardstock with ink and water and used my air spritzer to add brown and chalk splatter.