McKee Garden - 2/21

Monday was scrap lift day over at My Scraps & More. The page Tammi had picked out, I had already done. It was part of a kit that I got at an MME crop last summer. So I decided to do it again. This is a great page though so I decided to use it again to play along with the challenge. I also used the recipe challenge from Bev for this page as well.

Cardstock

3 pattern papers

3 different shapes

2 clusters

doodling

Lily and I saw this gorgeous glass turtle outside of the McKee Botanical Garden. I couldn't resist taking a pic with it! I love turtles! 

Here is the lift page:

My page from crop:

My lift:

Close-up:

I tried something different! I used my white gel pen to doodle on these Prima flowers.

I love the effect it gave the flowers.

Made the rosette from burlap ribbon.

Butterfly stamp I fussy cut and wrapped twine around.

Originally a doodle, but didn't like it.

added twine overlapping to cover doodle.

Looks so much better!

Hope y'all are inspired!!!

Blow Bubbles - 2/20

I played along for a little bit over at My Scraps & More Love is in the Air Crop. I was only able to get 2 challenges done, but still enjoyed scrapping again. It's been a while since I actually scrapped for fun. I kinda lost my mojo for a few months. I am back and ready to scrap! I used the sketch from the pre-crop challenge. It was an interesting one.

I used the pics from Bev and Lily swimming in the pool. Bev was teaching Lily how to blow in the water. It was so cute watching her. While we were visiting, Bev gave me a Kreaxions punch. I only had one, so this now makes 2! My collection is building! lol.

The Sketch:

My Page:

Materials:

Authentique Loyal Papers

Fantastic Thickers

Kreaxions punch #905

Stickles

Close-up:

Here is a close-up of the punch. I also added stickles to the heart. Needed bling somewhere! lol.

Go check out these great punches!!!

Our Bowling Idol! - 2/19

It's another week at Let's Get Sketchy!!! Which means it's time for another awesome sketch! I enjoyed playing with this one, but I couldn't wrap my head around parts of it. I know my page needs something else, but not sure what I want to do with it.

So back in Sept, we drove over to Florida for the Pro-Am event. Lizzie got to bowl with 6 different PBA bowlers! It was a great event. We also got to meet my favorite pro bowler.... Walter Ray Williams, Jr! I have been watching him for years. The girls had so much fun watching these guys bowl. The pros were having fun with the kids too.

The Sketch:

My Page:

Hope y'all come play along with us!!!

Pool Fun - 2/16

This past weekend was so much fun! We went on vacation to visit friends and family during Mardi Gras break. I couldn't wait to start scrapping all the awesome pics we took while down there. My Scraps and More was hosting a Love is in the Air Crop while I was away, but the deadline isn't until tomorrow! Which still leaves me time to play along with some of the challenges. I'm hoping to get most of them done this weekend. My friend Lisa hosted one of the challenges "A box of Chocolates." The challenge was to use a heart and brown paint/ink. This was a fun task and I could use any pic!

I ended up using some of my new Distress Crackle paint on a stamp for the background. Turned out kinda neat, but was a pain to get off my rubber stamp. lol. I also misted my chipboard heart with brown smooch spritz.

My Page:

Materials:

Authentique Loyal papers

Momenta alphas

Dew drops

Trendy Twine

Distress crackle paint

Alcohol inks to dye white Prima flowers

Close-ups:

Used lettuce, butterscotch, bottle alcohol inks to dye flower.

Added gold smooch on tips.

Used lettuce alcohol ink to dye chipboard, then added gold smooch and pearls to butterfly.

Outlined my title with a brown pen for extra flare.

Distress crackle paint stamped on background.

Smooch Spritz on chipboard heart.

Gold smooch and latte alcohol ink to dye flower.

Trendy Twine wrapped around photo.

Hope y'all enjoy this adorable summery page!

Lazy Day - 2/14

Happy Valentine's Day y'all!!!!! I hope that everyone has an enjoyable day with your loved ones (furry or not). Well I've been working on some pages since got back from vacation. We went to see a good friend and my uncle during the break. The girls definitely enjoyed all the water (beach & pool) in sunny south Florida! We ended up coming home to a dreary rainy last few days. Hopefully it will clear up soon so we can enjoy the sunny weather again! Since we enjoyed the beach so much, I've been working on beachy pages. Here is one from last spring break along with the Let's Get Sketchy sketch for this week! It's not my week for the DT, but I still wanted to play along with this great sketch!

The Sketch:

My Page:

Materials:

LYB Boardwalk paper & accents

Trendy Twine

Close-ups:

Happy Valentine's Day!

Beach Bound - 2/6

It's new month! Which means a new chance to win the fabulous prize over at Let's Get Sketchy! There are 4 challenges which means 4 chances to win the drawing! This weeks sketch is an awesome one! I had a lot of fun working with this one.... not to mention the messy hands and table I ended up with! I don't mind my table being messy at all...It gives it character! It has stickles, mist, alcohol inks, chalk, distress ink, and no telling what else is stained on it. But it's mine! Do any of y'all add character to your scrappy desks?

The Sketch:

My Page:

I actually turned the photo to make it work.

Materials:

LYB Boardwalk

Life's a Beach cricut cart

Prima flowers

Trendy Twine

Adirondak inks

stickles, smooch, Glossy Accents

Close-ups:

Dyed flowers with alcohol ink and blending solution

Added stickles, smooch, and glossy accents as well.

Keep an eye out for a tutorial coming in the next few months! 

Trunk or Treat - 2/4

Well as y'all may have noticed.... I haven't posted in a while. I have actually been sick the last week. It is also Mardi Gras season down here!!! Boom-Boom!! The girls love going to the parades every night and weekend for 2 weeks. It will soon be coming to an end this weekend :( Well to help get me back into the flow of things... I decided to take on what I thought was an easy challenge. I was playing over at Paper Secrets and loved the sketch they had up from PageMaps. The twist is to use chevrons on your page. The only thing was I had a hard time figuring out how I wanted my embellies to look. lol. So here is the sketch.....

Sketch:

My Page:

Materials:

EP Apothecary Emporium paper

Paper Studios paper & bling

Trendy Twine black& orange

Umwowstudio embellish kit

MS spiderweb punch

Close-ups:

Thanks for stopping by! Hope y'all have a wonderful Mardi Gras!