Take Out Those Images #17.

Okay, seriously, how stinking cute is this Magnolia image?! And lookie, two on this card, because the background is a different image from my stash. These came from Debbie. I had such a blast coloring these. Hard to believe spring is on it's way, been cold here the last few days. Wet too!

I like cold, but sometimes, a touch warmer would be nice. As I'm typing this, my dog, Maxwell is dying for attention. Keeps hitting the keyboard, the computer, pawing at me...guess he missed his momma. Doesn't he understand how important blogging is?! I've started subbing at Trey's school, so poor Max has been chilling more with the cats than he's used too. This is my Mojo Monday card. Haven't played their challenge in awhile. I colored them with copics, topped off with stickles, and Martha S. punched butterflies. I used my PTI cloud dies, and used one to mask off and sponge the sky with Brocade blue, and pacific point SU ink. Thanks for stopping by. Other supplies: nesties, Martha border punch,

Flutter By Wednesday #148, Buttons and Bows!

Man, how cute is that image?! Tammi sent this to me, and I fell in love! Those little fairies from Bildmalarna are darling! I had fun coloring her, and so excited to have used another image from my stash!

Okay, on to the reason I made this card! Today's challenge is Buttons and Bows at Flutter By Wednesday, and ya gotta have both on your card. That and a fairy, butterfly or angel on your card as well. Very easy challenge though, right?! Once you get your card done, make sure you link it back up at the Flutter By Wednesday blog. While you're there, check out the other wonderful designers. Or click on their names to the right on my blog!

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Supplies: nesties, Martha punch, copics, stickles, Brenda Walton paper pack, PTI cardstock, SU ink,

Take Out Those Images #16.

Today's another image from Elisabeth Bell. This is from the Sweet Art Ebony Collection. This is Carefree. I can't remember who was kind enough to send me this image. I had a wonderful time coloring her! I followed the Friday Sketchers Sketch 147. I used Raspberry Fizz felt from PTI to cut out some flowers with dies from the Cuttle Bug. I wanted to try the rolled up roses that everyone keeps making, so I cut out the flower with the die, and than cut it to make it roll. Not too shabby, right? I don't like how the stickles dried on there. Looks clumpy. Oh, and that felt from PTI, really is a lot softer than other felts. I had some from Michaels I had gotten ages ago, and I could feel the difference.

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Supplies: Basic Grey Green At Heart, stickles, PTI felt, PTI cardstock, SU cardstock, copics, Martha punch, SU punch.

Take Out Those Images #15.

Oh, am I pleased with myself! I used 3 images from my stash! Pretty good! I hadn't scrapped Gabi's birthday yet, and thought the images from the So Special line where perfect additions to her scrapbook page. Tammi and Debbie sent me these images, thanks so much, ladies! I colored them with copics, and topped them with stickles. I tried to match their dress color to Gabi's shirt. My stack of papers from We R Memory Tiffany pack went just nicely with the colors in the photos, and my Magnolia images.

I used Celebrations cricut cartridge for the cupcakes, and banner. The banner didn't turn out quite how I wanted, I think I should have cut it out a little larger. It had a hard time cutting out the details on a few of the inside images. I welded the banners shapes together, and ran scrappers floss through it.

I used Sure Cuts A Lot for my sentiment. I cut it out and than switched to black out to created the background matting. I wish I could find an easier way glue those thin letters down. I always end up all sticky from glue pens. I dusted all my papers with Choco chip ink pad.

Hard to believe Miss Thing is eleven now! Time sure does fly. The sweets stickers all over the page were a find from Target clearance. They are pretty cool because they are 3-D and have glitter on them. Made them the right touch for her page. The metal charms were from Michaels on clearance. I tried to make the two candles together on the one cupcake look like the number 11.

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Other supplies: Jeanette Lyntons book, white sharpie paint pen, gloss effects,

Flutter By Wednesday #147, Anything Goes

Time for an anything goes challenge at Flutter By Wednesday. Today's card is a simple one for me. I used a sticker from K and Co that I found at Michaels. I loved the bright colors of the butterfly, and had to have these stickers. I used a sentiment from Jessica's Butterfly Wishes stamp set. My sweet southern friend, Debbie, sent it to me as a surprise. Which was so cool, because I had been eyeing it for the longest time, and hadn't purchased it. Thanks a ton, Debbie! I was trying to follow a sketch off My Favorite Things, but somehow, got lost with it, and ended up off task! My papers are from a retired pack from TAC. I'm down to scraps now. It's SU cardstock and ink, nesties, and stickles.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you all play along with us at Flutter By Wednesday. Just need to have an angel, butterfly or fairy on your card! Link up your card on the FBW blog, and while you're there take a peak at the fantastic work the design team has made!

Take Out Those Images #14.

Whew, been a busy few days for me. Baseball has started and Trey's on two teams. So, lots of practices, and sitting around. Lucky for me, I had colored this image a few weeks back and hadn't made it into a card yet. Saw the Mojo Monday sketch for the week, and had to play along. I flipped it left to right because of how my image laid. This sweet image came to me from Tammi. I had a blast coloring this cutie. Reminded me of Gabi, and had to go crazy on the pinks. Worked out well that I had papers to match! I thought the sentiment went perfectly with the bright fun colors in my image, and papers.

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Supplies: Stickes, nesties, PTI cardstocks and ribbon, gems, Verve stamp set, copics, paint pen.

Trimming The Tree.

Another scrapbook layout. This one is of the kids decorating the tree. Oddly, I don't have a lot of photos of them doing this holiday tradition. You'd think I'd photograph that every year. I used my Winter Folic cricut cartridge to cut out my people, and animals. The main sentiment is from the cartridge as well. This is one of my favorite winter cartridges. It has fun winter images like snow angels, reindeer, winter birds in trees, all kinds of sentiments with shadow backgrounds, winter animals, even a skiing rabbit! I cut all the people out at 2.5. The Christmas Spirit is cut out at 3.5 inches.

The snowflakes and other sentiments are stickers that I found on clearance. Using them from my stash. The sketch is from my favorite books. The paper pack is Secret Santa from K and Co. I love that it's double sided, because it allowed me to cut the clothing different for Mary and the Shepperd without having to use another sheet of paper. I love when Christmas papers have pink in them, because generally, Gabi's in pink, and so hard to have to match Trey. I'm so odd with having to have my paper match my clothing in scrapbook pages. Not sure a lot people are that way or if I'm overly compulsive about it!

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