It's been a year!

.... since I started scrapping first week in May! I can't believe time has flown by! I still remember a small table in my bedroom with stickers, paper, markers and pictures! As I started doing this I bought ribbon... and well the rest is history! I didn't know what it was all about.. journaling, alpha's, etc. Can't believe it's been a year! I have been slow from November to now since I got pregnany, but hope to pick it back up once the nursery is complete! Here is some of the progress! 

 My first page..

Here I bought some flowers...

Here I added ribbon and flowers..

My first card!

One of my first cards..

Progress..alpha, and mre embelly use..

My first mini album...

Card for one of my first card swaps!

Card for my first DT challenge!

More alhpa usage.. experimenting with my cuttlebug

Progress...

As you can see I like flowers...

The first page redone!

My first usage of buttons!
A card from November..

Two Easter Cards for February Challenges!

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Almost time for our babymoon!

We are departing soon on our 16 day Babymoon! Here are the places on the list!
Sacramento, CA

Napa Valley, CA

San Francisco, CA

Yosemite, CA

Las Vegas, NV

Sedona, AZ

Grand Canyon, AZ

Bryce Canyon National Park, UT

MOAB, UT (Arches and Canyonlands NP)

Salt Lake City, UT

Rapid City, SD

back home...

We are flying into Sacramento, driving from there until Salt Lake City where we drop off the car and take a short plane ride to Rapid City. In Rapid City we mainly want to check out Mt. Rushmore, which is on hubby's bucket list, so is the Salt Lake...Our longest stretch of driving is from Yosemite to LAS, that's a little over 8 hours.. and since we want to stop at the lowest spot in the US we will even take longer! In Vegas we will go see "O" and of course I got my way of staying at Bellagio.. I don't think anything will beat Mandalay's Pool, but it's probably going to be too cold to swim anyways...

Hope it all works out great! I will need quite some potty breaks..I will be wearing a maternity belt to help my back, and also some compression socks for the flight to CA and also the LONG car rides... I did get me a pair of sneakers and some cute socks!

Am very excited and can't wait! Tons of scrapping material!!

Inspiration for Nursery and Fabric Choices

We have finally decided on a color scheme for the nursery! And yes, after all the NO PINK I ended up with pink... The walls will be pink and lime greenish... I want to try harlequins on the wall where the crib is going. The bathroom will be painted green to match the room also. I am having the crib bedding custom made. Mom and my mother-in-law will be helping me with the window treatments and the pillows! Here are some samples of the fabrics I will be using. The bumper will have a clean cord, with ISABELLA embossed, a few colors, the sheets are pink, and the skirt is going to be tailored, with a band and the ball trim!

Here are some pics of the crib beddings previously produced, and also the inspiration room I found on HGTV's website "Rate my Space"

I want a similar type swag behind the crib, but more poofy... underneath it I will have her name in big letters!

Saw this at the fabric store and really liked it.. but I also like a long one.. so we'll see..

Or something like this two toned curtains..

 Something like this, but probably all one height and not with the two colors... depends what will look nice..

Thanks for checking it out!

New Card Challenge at Challenge Masters!

April's challenge is now up at Challenge Masters! Don't forget to check it out! Click HERE! The challenge this month is to create a card with the following criteria:

- Mother's Day/Woman's Day

- Use picture as inspiration and color scheme

- At least two Layers
- Use at least 1 flower
- Incorporate a Swirl(s)
- Use Glitter/Stickles 

You get entered in a separate RAK for the Cards section only! So don't forget to check it out!

Here is the inspiration photo!

Here is my card!

I used Bazzill CS, Celebrate it Ribbon, Cuttlebug Swirls, Prima Flowers, and Stamendous Stamps and Heat Embossing Powder (Zing) and heating gun for the sentiment, and stickles for the swirls!

Baby Shower Invites

On Sunday I finally sat down for a little over 5 hours with a friend to work on these baby shower invites! My mother-in-law doesn't want me to help her, but I asked her if I could do the invites!! I made 40.. This week I am finishing them up by adding the "for, date, rsvp" cutout, and also stickling the "baby shower" text on the front, also some swirls..

I used AC card stock, some bazzill and some DCWV paper. I used the dots and swirls cuttlebug folder to emboss the pink cs. I inked the edges of the cards. I used Cricut's New Arrival to cut out the feet in the circle, and the baby shower text, and the inside text. I had this lace laying around in my wedding material craft box, and it was just perfect for these cards!! I added the pink button as a special touch.

I will post updated pics of the finished product as soon as I have them. I finished 11 last night, so have 29 more to go.. I try to do a little every night, since sitting down like that kills my back!

Cricut Expressions Giveway!

There is a great Cricut giveway going on! Check it out here!  This would be a great mothers day gift for my mom, since I got her hooked on scrapping last July! Here is my coordinating project! I used the cuttlebug on almost every page of the mini album... also used it for the gift bag (swirls) and the birthday card (white swirls)...

Caardvarks- Lacy Days Challenge!

I just finished a card for Caardvark's Lacy Days Challenge! I had to also use a stamp.. I used "You are in my thoughts and prayers", Versa Mark Pad, Zing Powder, Prima Flower, Lace, Martha Stewart Punch, Bling It-Bling, Bazzil CS, Stickles-Cinnamon and the swirls Cuttblebug Embossing folder. Thanks for stopping by!

CTS- Color Challenge!

I wanted to get one more layout done before the deadline and I did! I went to Archiver's to get some RECENT pictures printed...  so I am ready for the new challenges this month! 

Here it is! Plain and simple.. Bazzill Plain CS, Little Yellow Bicycle and Celebrate it Ribbon, MS Punch, AC Dear Lizzy Felt Bling..and a journaling spot..

Scraplift Layout

I scraplifted a layout and came up with this from the Challenge Masters website! I was a little sluggish..I used Bo Bunny Paper, MS punch, AC and misc. buttons and bling, Prima flowers, Mulberry Thickers, Cuttlebug butterfly die cut and embossing, MM chipboard, doiley, pink inking to make doiley pink, journaling...the colors didn't show up good in the pics.. it's actually Fuchia! 

Another DT Term at Ch{all}enge Masters!

I am happy to announce one more term as the Cards Group Leader at Challenge Masters!!! This runs from April-September 2010! Don't forget to join me! There is still time for the March Cards Challenge due March 31st at midnight!! I also give out a separate RAK for Cards only so don't miss out!!

Kristen's Tearing Challenge at CTS!

I made this layout last week, but didn't get to take a picture of it until this week...I used some Vintage Paper.. Prima Flowers (3 types), to my Love Card, and some glimmer mist... The challenge was Paper Tearing!

Patti's March Designers Choice Challenge at CTS!

I had a lot of fun working on this challenge I haven't used Glitter in a LONG TIME! I used Martha Stewart Glitter (two colors) and used Glossy Accents on them. I cut out my alpha with the Storybook Cricut Cartridge, and also the swirls, used it on Bo Bunny Paper and Bazzil CS... I kept it simple, used some embellies, and also 2 white rub ons on the paper...

CTS March Go Green Crop!!

I had lots of fun today working on these challenges...

 Patti's Recycled Chalenge- Using Recycled Materials, I used a polka dotted backing from K & Company, also Prima Flower backing, American Crafts Backing for Ribbon..K & Company pp..

 Kristen's Cardstock- Lucky

- St. Patti's Day Challenge.. I used to use the word LUCKY...and used Card stock..

Patti's Altered Challenge- Using an old tin-container.

Nicole's Toilet Paper Roll-Altered Challenge

 I used a TP toll to make a paint brush holder...

Shelly's Word Challenge- I used Love, we could choose between Love, Faith, Hope and Luck..

Shelly's Monochromatic Challenge- Using Green

DT Call at Ch{all}enge Masters!

Ch{all}enge Masters is looking for new group leaders! We are filling all our groups:
Altered  - Ad/Art -  Blade Masters - Blog - Book of Me - Calendar - Cards - Color
Go Green - Hybrid/Digital - Journalling - Kitchen Keepsakes - Photography - Recipe -Scraplift - 

Sketches - Stamping - Technique

We are looking for individuals that are passionate about scrapping and paper crafts, love to have fun with fellow crafters, and want to share their passion of their hobby (obsession) with others!

Group Leader Requirements:
*Post 1 new challenge on assigned date each month along with a project sample to your challenge group.  The DT term will be April through September...6 months.
*Make sure you leave a comment in the gallery on each of your category's submissions.
*Be as active as possible on the forums and in your group. We focus on having fun while providing inspiration for our members.
*Check the Design Team group daily for posts containing important information or requiring your response.
*If you have stuff going on in your life, you're going on vacation or whatever & you can't be around...no problem, just contact a member from the site's ADMIN and let us know.
*Since there is no compensation for your design duties, you are eligible to participate in all of our challenges to win the prize each month!!! Please play along as much as you'd like!

To apply, please:

1.  Send a link to your blog and/or main gallery to: challengemasters@gmail.com . Please send a .jpg of 1 {only 1 please!} layout/project that best represents your style.

2.  Please provide your full name & email address.

3.  List current design team/site commitments.

4.  And a brief statement as to why you'd like to be on the team.

Submissions will be accepted until Saturday March 26th. Don't forget to let us know which positions you would like to fill.

The new team will be announced on March 28th!

We look forward to receiving your application! This is going to be fun!

Caarvark Photo Inspiration Challenge

This post is for my mom Carmelita. 

The butterflies are adhesive chipboard from K&Company. The branch was cut out with the Cricut in 3 colors to add color to the leaves and flowers. I used Ribbon, Stickles and some bling. Bazzil CS,and Reminisce PP and Fiskars border punch. The butterfly is from felt.
 

Thanks for stopping by!

Misc. Challenge Masters March Challenges...

I had a busy Sunday! I worked on some CM challenges today including Kitchen Keepsakes (Create a recipe holder), Technique (Using Punch Art) which I used a round and round scalloped punch to make two flowers, and also Altered which included alerting a plain candle, which I made two!

For the Kitchen Keepsakes I used plain be Creative Imaginations Clothes Pin, I painted it with Green Acrylic Dabbing Paint and used a paint brush for the seems, Ribbon and Buttons!

For the technique challenge I used K and Company Poppy Seed Floral Line Art Collection, and made flowers with the scalloped and round hand punches, stickles, cuttlebug for thanks..

For Altered I had two plain candles sitting in my scraproom READY for us! I used brown polka dotted ribbon, American Crafts Felt Pieces and Prima Flowers to embellish the lid! 

Can you tell I had fun today??

Caardvark Bird Cage Inspiration Challenge

The current challenge at Caardvark was lots of! We had to take a picture from Pottery Barn, and create a card with it!  I could not find a bird cage, so I ended up buying a stamp, and finally learned how to Heat Emboss!! I used K and Company Poppy Seed Floral Line Art Collection, with Poppy Seeds adhesive chip boards, Bazzil CS, Zing Embossing Powder and AC heating gun, Pebbles ribbon and inking!

 Thanks for stopping by!

Here is a bonus card I made:

Cuttlebug Challenge #73-Cracked Glass Effect!

After months of not participating I finally got some mojo back to start participating more! The challenge over at Cuttlebug Blogspot this week was to create a card with the cracked glass effect!

I had a lot of fun with this! I used K & Company Poppy Seed Floral Line Art, Hero Cage Stamp with Heat Embossing (White Opaque), Bazzill CS, Marta Stewart Scalloped Punch, Cuttlebug to cut out my two butterflies and emboss them, bling to decorate the butteflies, stickles, and pebbles ribbon.

Thanks for stopping by!

March Cards Challenge- Challenge Masters is up!

I just posted the March Cards challenge! Click HERE for challenge!

My challenge for you this month is to create a card with the following criteria:- Easter/Happy Spring/Spring Theme
- Two Patterned Papers
- Two Types Ribbons
- Inking
- And a button... or more... 

Hope you join me!!!!

TPC Studio-Sunny Bunny Collection PP, rubons. MM Chipboard, MS Punch, Bazzill CS, Misc. Ribbon and Buttons.

American Crafts- Dear Lizzy Collection- PP, Ribbons, Chick, and Rubons.

CTS Spring Card Swap!

I had a lot of fun working on some cards for the Spring Card Swap at Citrus Tree Studio! I used Bazzill CS, TPC Studio Sunny Bunny Collection on pp, embellished chicks and rub ons, used various ribbon, and button with inking around the edges. MS Punch and several MM and AM borders. The cuttlebug was used to cut out Thanks and Hi. Hopefully this will get me back in a scrapping mode!

Thanks for stopping by!