Prom

This is my nephew and his very pretty girlfriend at their prom.  I grabbed the photos off of Facebook, but I still think I was able to capture the beautiful yellow of that dress.

As beautiful as the dress is, I had to do some searching to find some paper that would match.  I finally decided on some of Authentique's Blissful.  I cut the flowers from a piece of the paper, and I used black cardstock, licorice gems, and dimensional elements from CTMH to compliment the Blissful.  Leaving the dimensional elements white was the perfect pop to match Trevor's white suit.

ScrapFIT Workout #63

I am so excited to bring you the new ScrapFIT Workout!  Some of you may remember Diana from Sketchy Thursdays.  Do you miss those sketches as much as I do?  I am so happy to tell you that Diana is ScrapFIT's Creative Trainer, and you will be finding her sketches on ScrapFIT!  So without further ado, her is the sketch for this week along with my interpretation.

Journaling on this layout means meant as much to me as the wonderful picture taken of Shane on Christmas day.  Shane has so many aspirations and dreams and sometimes life just doesn't go fast enough for 22 year-olds.  That's what this layout is all about.  The journaling reads, "Sometimes it takes a little while to get where you are going.  There are a lot of twists and turns in the road, but hang on because the road does straighten in a lot of wonderful places.  When we do reach those places, we have grown so much from all those curves and detours we encountered that our destination is even sweeter.  Oh the places you'll go!!"

I hope you'll visit ScrapFit to see all the wonderful inspiration from other design team members.  Paper Quirks is our sponsor and prize for this challenge.

Items used to create this layout can be found on my website:
X7154B Cruisin' Paper Packet
X7154C Cruisin' Silver Foil Images
Z1701 Grey Wool Baker's Twine
Z1682 Notable Alphabet Dimensional Elements
Z1335 Licorice Gems

Gifties

I am at my weekend scrapbook retreat now, so I can show you these little gifties that I made for my sisters and nieces.  I am also entering this into The Cricut Creative Cutter Room challenge for Valentine's Day.  Have you visited there yet?  It's a great way to showcase your skills using your Cricut!

I found these petri dishes at Target in the dollar section.  They were two in a package for $1.00, so I bought loads of them (surely you understand!).  I used Roxie paper, and I cut circles and flowers with the AP cartridge.  Oh so easy and fun!  I never get tired of rolling flowers.  I filled them with Dove chocolate and thought the girls could use them on their craft desks.  The letters are the Eclectic Dimensional Elements Alphabets, and I sponged them with black.  The are pre-embossed (cool!), so the prints resist the ink.

Back to my weekend!

Let it Snow

I came to my craft room this morning with the desire to just sit down and create.  I really wanted to sit down and play with my papers and ink.  I found a sketch that I liked from Sketchbook Saturday 

and combined it with the "Let it Snow" challenge at the Kraft Journal.

I so love combining these blues with kraft paper.  It's just so soft and reminds me of a gentle snowfall.  I painted the snowflake with pearl paint and then poured prisma glitter on it.  After all the glittering I've been doing this month, I think my carpeting is will shimmer for a long time!  I sponged all the edges with white pigment ink.

Items used on this card that can be found on my website:

• Z1375 Kraft Cardstock
• X7146B Wonderland Paper
• Z2163 White Daisy Pigment Ink
• Z1225 Flurry Dimensional Elements
• Z1385 Blue Designer Ribbon
• Z1327 Blue Sparkles
• Z1039 Create a Shade Pearl Paint
• Z134 Prisma Glitter

Heart 2 Heart Challenge

This week at Heart 2 Heart, it's all about numbers.  You can create any type of project you want as long as it has one number on the front.  Easy, right?

For my project I used the following items available on my website:

• X7141B Elemental Level 2 Paper Packet
• Z1686 Cricut Art Philosophy Collection
• Z1450 Color Ready Cork Alphabets
• You & Me Stamp Set (no longer available)
• Z2137 Olive Ink
• Z2167 Creme Brulee Ink

Stop by Heart 2 Heart to see all the wonderful inspiration from the Design Team!

Let Freedom Ring

On this day of memorial in America, I wanted to make something special to post.  I made this card to send as an Any Hero letter to one of our soldiers through Operation Write Home. 

I used the following items on this card:

• Fanfare Level 2
• Elemental Level 2
• Dimensional Elements Stars
• American Celebration stamp - July Stamp of the Month (If you like this set and were not able to purchase it, please contact me anyway.  Sometimes I am able to find one.  This is such a perfect set for  Operation Write Home.)