Captain Chanel

Jerry and I spent a really nice day out on the lake last week, and Chanel came along with us.  She loves being in the boat so much!  I used Adornit papers and CTMH cardstock for this layout:

Items used:  Adornit paper - Happy Stripe, Flying Bugs, and Destination Collection; CTMH Star Spangled Blue and Clover Meadow CS; Slice Spring design card; Random ricrac (I glittered this to help the water glisten in the layout); CTMH buttons, brads and letters; Quick Quotes

A Couple Fun Gift Boxes

I found patterns this afternoon for a couple really cute gift boxes, and I thought I'd show you what I came up with.  I also want to share the websites for the pattern, so that you can create your own boxes.

The first is a mini pizza box (ends up being a 4" box), and it comes from Paper Trufflez.  I used a piece of Jillibean Soup paper, a Prima flower, May Arts organdy, and a couple of flowers made from a nestabilities set.  I painted the die-cut flowers with sandal and gold Ranger paint dabbers.  This is a great box for earrings, a bracelet, a gift card, or even Dove chocolates.

This second box is a fun shape - and so easy!  It is a downloadable pattern from Paper Crafts.  I used Adornit paper, CTMH ribbon and sparkles, and a Creative Imaginations felt butterfly.

I could have done much more with these gift boxes, but I left them generic so that I can use them as I need them.  Then I'll add tags with sentiments.  Let me know if oyu create these as I'd love to see what you did!

Backyard Girl

Over at a blog for Adorn It, the gals are having a challenge using three elements:

1. You must have something scalloped
2. You must have a picture of yourself in the layout, and
3. You must use little letter

I haven't seen much Adorn It at all, so you can imagine how happy I was to see it come in at Archiver's!  I grabbed three sheets of paper, and this is the layout I came up with:

Items used are Adorn It Bee Happy and Bug Buddies paper, some gems, and a little random ribbon.  The flower is a gerbera daisy from my "big vase of random flowers for crafting" (yes, that is what I call it) and I made the center paper flower with scraps of Adorn It paper. 

These are the cutest lines!  Cute little bumblebees, flowers, and lots of other flying bugs that are really cute.  If you have a bug-lovin' kid like I did, this is a great line to look for!