Layouts I made for my future sister in-law

I made my future sis-in-law, Courtney, an album for Christmas. These are a few of my favorite pages.

Practical Scrappers Glitter Challenge

This was my entry this week for Practical Scrappers - it wasn't hard to accomplish a layout with glitter or bling on it - it was more a matter of choosing which one to submit since I had done a lot recently with bling. I chose this one because I thought the way I used the glitter was unique. I used a Crafter's workshop to make the heart border. Stickles worked perfectly to fill in the little holes!

Nativity Glass Block

I made the nativity scene from the Paper Dolls Cartridge, the star is from the Joys of the Season Cartrdige and the font is Plantin. I ran all of them thru my Xyron and they attached easily to the glass. The star was placed inside the block for a different effect. I also got some fake snow and put a little in at the bottom of the block (it looks like I put a lot in at the angle of the pic but it's actually just a little). I tried twinkle lights - but they just didn't work for what I was going for -but I've seen them look just beautiful in other glass blocks.

Christmas Paper Wreath

I've been wanting to make a wreath like this for awhile - my 5 year old son and I tackled it on Thanksgiving. I purchased a styrofoam wreath (mine is about 18 inches). I then cut about 15 sheets of patterned paper into 1 X 5 inch strips - you get about 14 from a sheet. Mine are not even all Christmas papers - just some greens and reds that worked well mixed in. Don't go too crazy trying to match perfectly - trust me mine don't and they still blend together well! My son stapled the ends together to make a loop. Then I hot glued them onto the wreath working around one row at a time. In all it took about 2 hours!

Christmas Tree Card

More stickles - yup I'm totally addicted!

Deck the Halls

Another workshop card - I love the Stickles on this one and I really love the bow stamp for the ornmanets - a very delicate addition!

O Holy Night

A simple Christmas card we made at my card workshop. We used stickles on the star - I love stickles!

Christmas in July

Another layout using items from The Robin's Nest - I love their glittery products! The journaling stamp is from Close to My Heart - I'm lovin that set for a quick but nice looking journaling area!

Joy

This layout employs my technique - start it - get frustrated - walk away (in this case for days) - come back and finish and be quite satisfied :). I loved getting to use "dew drops" on the tree and love how they turned out for the garland! The paper and dew drops came from The Robins Nest. The frame is Close to My Heart. Their dimensional elements are rapidly becoming a "must have" on most of my layouts!

California layout - Glitz design sketch

This is another one for the Practical Scrappers online crop. It was a sketch from one of our sponsors - Glitz Design - not a big sketch girl - but I loved that this one used 8 pictures!!!

Online Crop Submission

Practical Scrappers is having an online crop this weekend hosted by Kerri. I have never done one before. Being the site owner I'm not out to win anything - but did want to contribute to the fun as I could. This layout is for the Black Friday or Bling challenge...I used stickles like crazy on this thing - all over the flourish, the journaling spot, and the flowers! The Cute title also has glitter in it. The pictures are of Lucy last fall and this fall - it's shocking how much she's grown up when you look at it this way!

Kids Workshop Cards

I led a card workshop for kids the other day - It was nice to have to think simply and just enjoy stamping a little bit. They were for kids that take piano lessons - so I included a music one.

Practical Scrappers - White Core Cardstock

The challenge this week at Practical Scrappers is to use white core or color core cardstock. I went with white core for my first project. I love this layout because I used tulle for the first time and homemade dew drops for the first time. There's something thrilling about using a new embelli for the first time!

Santa XPress

Pictures from last Christmas that I finally got inspired to scrap. I love the black background with the starry look. I used the Boutique Alphabet set from CTMH for my title.

Ribbon Project that didn't make the cut :)

I loved this idea...weaving ribbon using lots of it. But I am just not over the moon about this layout. And that's okay - we can not be thrilled about everything we do! I did use up lots of ribbon, tried a new inking approach, and got to use my Mom's lyrical letters cartridge!

1. Where is your cell phone? purse

2. Your hair? long right now and I am contemplating a cut

3. Your mother? visiting us yay!

4. Your father? hard worker

5. Your favorite food? ice cream

6. Your dream last night? nothing I can remember

7. Your favorite drink? Dr. Pepper

8. Your dream/goal? In high school I said I wanted to be a wife, mom, and servant of God. All of those dreams have come true!

9. What room are you in? I'm in my car

10. Your hobby? scrapbooking

11. Your fear? another miscarriage

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? hopefully still in the same house in Illinois happily raising my children

13. Where were you last night? helping at a church fundraiser

14. Something that you aren't? perfect

15. Muffins? pumpkin

16. Wish list item? a nice trip to celebrate our 10th anniversary and a new couch

17. Where did you grow up? California

18. Last thing you did? work on practical scrappers

19. What are you wearing? jeans & a sweater

20. Your TV? on too much :)

21. Your Pets? two dogs Leah (beagle) & Mickey (brittany)

22. Friends? precious

23. Your life? too busy but full of blessings

24. Your mood? content

25. Missing Someone? today's not a good day to ask :(

26. vehicle? Montana

27. Something your not wearing? earrings

28. Your favorite store? Archivers...even though it can be way too expensive it is inspiring

29. Your favorite color? red

30. When was the last time you laughed? at Lucy this morning

31. Last time you cried? Yesterday

32. Your best friend? Ben, Wendy, mom

33. One place that I go to over and over? Casey's to get a fountain drink

34. Facebook? love it

35. Favorite place to eat? I love a lot of places - let's say Ted Drewes for ice cream!

Practical Scrappers Ribbon

I made this layout with an idea in my mind and it went a whole different direction. The stickers are from Hobby Lobby and Michaels. I cuttlebugged the squares in the background. The ribbons are all from Hobby Lobby too. I love this fall picture of me and kiddos...how about that for scrapping a pic that isn't even two weeks old!?!

And the leaves came down

I love leaves and trees and autumn. I love doing autumn layouts. This was a blast! I also got to use my new EK Success border punch - love it too :)

First two Punch Projects

The challenge this week at Practical Scrappers is to use punches. Since I get to see all the work early I always have the chance to see what's been done and what hasn't (as far as types of things used and ideas). I usually try to create my projects with that in mind. This layout was actually done about a year ago - but I added to it. I don't usually alter layouts - I like to see my progression. But I really loved how I used that fancy square punch on this one. So I decided to use it but bring it up to my new standards :) Between the punch and pleating it turned out very formal - but I love it!

I had this candy corn in my stash forever...and I am so glad I didn't use it for something else. I just like looking at this cute little card. I used a corner punch for the slit look in the corners.

Boo

I made this card to fit the Practical Scrappers Challenge of Office Supplies. I love those googly eyes! It also fills the Pile it on Challenge for Halloween.