Back in the Saddle Again

I've had a wonderful day of crafting today.  I got a two-page layout done that finished off my book for 2011.  Yes, I am a year behind...but actually I have several years to do before 2004.  2004 was when I started doing a yearly book.  I am not very good at keeping up with a year because I'm just not a chronological scrapper.  Once in a while a year gets finished, and that's what I did today.  After I was finished with that, I moved on to the Mojo Monday sketch, and this is what I came up with:

I so seldom use Dakota, so it was great fun to work with the colors in the paper packet - Slate, Pacifica, and Barn Red.  A few embellishments along with the paper, and this card was done!

I hope you are enjoying this time between Christmas and New Year's.  Be sure to take some time for yourself to re-charge!

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Hip Hip Hooray!

I've had some Dakota scraps sitting on my desk, and I have been mulling over what to do with them.  I've the colors of the papers, but no ideas were coming to me.  Finally today, I sat down and put a card together - yippee!!

Along with Dakota paper, I used a couple of stamps from the Cricut Artiste collection.

I cut three of the medallions to stack them and the bottom one is stamped.  There really isn't much to this card, but it all came together quite nicely.

Come back tomorrow for the 1st Cut it Up Challenge!  I can't wait to show you what I've made!!

Dakota

Time to share some more new product!  Today, I am bringing you Dakota.  This is beautiful paper, and I wish that I would have had it when I scrapped my son's horse book.  It is perfect - and the colors combination is just fabulous.  It is dilled with Barn Red, Black, Pacifica, and our new Whisper.  Let me show you what I created with it!

The stamp set I used is a special stamp set that we received at the Dallas Convention.  I love it, and it goes perfectly with this paper.  I don't want you to think this all about horses, though, so let me show you a layout that was created by the Close To My Heart artists.

Woodgrain paper is so popular now, so to use it as the background is very trendy and fun!

Thanks so much for visiting, and I hope you are enjoying these sneak peeks into the Idea Book!