Showing posts with label Cosmo Cricket. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cosmo Cricket. Show all posts

Nov 10, 2010

On a Roll...and a WINNER!

With the help of the ScrapTiffany Holiday blog hop I am officially into the holiday creating mode. I usually have to be pulled kicking and screaming because there is so much to do I get overwhelmed. But,  *BREATHE*, one step at a time and it will all get done. Anyone want to repeat that mantra with me lol? Thank goodness for yoga tomorrow :)
Since I am no longer shunning the holiday papers I decided to keep going. For this layout, I used Cosmo Cricket's Mitten Weather papers and Elle's Studio journaling tags:
I think the chipboard shapes are my favorite :)
 I just got an Imaginisce I Rock and I went a little I Rock trigger happy here, but I used the small gems so it is still sort of subtle ;)
 The left side Elle's Studio card is actually a digital download that I printed out. This one is a journaling card (with a couple of I Rock gems lol).
 Cream stitching around the whole layout and the last few I Rock gems...
I can't wait to use my scraps to make a Christmas card or two, but I didnt have time today.
And finally, the winner of Monday's blog hop post... 

Blogger Missy said...




Love all the projects, I bet the elves helped you. ;-) My fav is the mini album, love it. TFS and inspiring!
Missy-- I will email you to get this envelope of goodies out to you ASAP! Thank you all for stopping by and leaving such sweet comments. I will be doing another giveaway soon. Have a great night!

Oct 22, 2010

Frazzled Friday

Aaack! I cant believe it has already been a FULL week since I posted!! Between Fall Break and Early Release days all this week I have had very limited "me" time :) And all that additional time has been spent crafting like a mad woman for the craft fair at Little Man's school tomorrow. I will share some of the things I have been working on for that, but first I want to share my ScrapTiffany layout for this week.

The ScrapTiffany challenge for the week is to use banners/pennants. I know--a no brainer right?? I've heard some people resistant to this trend, but for the most part they are pretty rampant right now. Personally I love them. Especially for titles and in layouts with kids--they are just so playful and fun. So here is my banners layout:

You can see my main banner is the title across the top of the page. I used small triangles cut apart from a canvas star (made by Canvas Corp) and wood tags. The wood tags were stamped with a wood grain stamp by Hero Arts. The banner was strung on Divine Twine--sigh--another LOVE of mine :)

then I cut a banner straight from a Cosmo Cricket patterned paper. I am on a buying hiatus until my LSS yard sale at the end of the month, BUT when I saw Cosmo Cricket's Togetherness line in person I had to have some. Clouds, banners, butterflies, kite strings--seriously this line might has well been made especially for me ;)
Do you love the wood grain background? It is a Core'dinations cardstock, that I picked up the same day as the Togetherness line and I MUST have more!!
Oh my gosh do you love the Togetherness strips? How about the "Let's Get Together. Yah Yah Yah."? Can I  tell you how many times I watched the Hailey Mills movie The Parent Trap (I refuse to see the remake!)?? About 1 billion times! Not sure what it was, but the songs were so fun and the movie made me laugh--over and over again!
OK, so that is banners. Wanna see a few of the things I have been making for the Craft Fair? I made a few Halloween Decorations:

I also made some altered onesies, card sets and wreathes. Yes, Mom I even made wreathes!! My Mom is an expert wreath maker--seriously hers are AMAZING. Mine are....adequate lol. I'll try and get some pictures taken today.
Oh, can I share some awesomely exciting good news!? I got a call yesterday that I will be designing for a local scrapbook store in my area called the Scrapbook Barn!!!
I am so super excited!! We have the first Design team meeting on Monday and I cant wait!

Ok, I guess that is enough for today, but dont forget to come back tomorrow for the Just Imagine Blog Hop!! Remember there will be prizes given away on EACH designer's blog AND a grand prize given away at the Just Imagine blog WOOO HOOO! See ya then!


May 24, 2010

Monday Music

The ScrapTiffany challenge for today is all about music--specifically a LO based on a song title. I chose Billy Joel's Piano Man.



Little Miss got a little piano for Christmas, but it turns out our little guy has lounge act aspirations as well lol! When they play together he sits at the piano and she stands next to it and sings into the microphone. Not quite the Von Trapp family, but hilariously entertaining. 

Anyway, head on over to ScrapTiffany to see the other song title inspired projects. And if you take the challenge, email it to Tiffany by friday.

In other news, this past weekend was the Serendipity Show Crop. Lots of fun challenges based on old TV shows and it seemed like everyone had a fun time and got lots done. My Three's Company Challenge was to use three: photos, patterned papers, words in a title, lines of journaling, chipboard pieces, brads, stickers and different trims. I used the Cosmo Cricket De Lovely line for my example:
 
I am in love with De Lovely. The bright colors just scream summer to me and the blue and yellow are my favorites ever.

I'll be back tomorrow with a link back to ScrapTiffany because it is my turn to showcase a Tuesday tutorial on the ScrapTiffany blog this week. Have a great night!

Nov 23, 2009

Mini Monday

This week's ScrapTiffany challenge is Favorite Recipes. I am no mini master like Tiffany, but I thought it would be fun to put together a mini recipe book with some of my favorite holiday recipes. My problem with mini albums is that I tend to agonize over them. The space is so small that I go back and forth 100 times about what to include or not include. I didnt have that kind of time so I kept the design super simple.









The other designers put together some very yummy and beautiful recipe layouts. Go on over to ScrapTiffany and check them out, And if you take the challenge be sure to email it to Tiffany and don't forget that this Wednesday is the deadline for the ScrapTiffany Design Team call.

I also wanted to share a layout I made for a recent My Mind's Eye sketch Challenge. I didnt win, but I still like the way the layout turned out:



Hope you're having a great start to your week!