Happy Mother's Day!

Hey everyone! I just wanted to wish a very happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there! I hope you will get to spend the day exactly how you'd like to!

I thought I'd share the card I made this year.


Hopefully this bright happy card will bring a smile to my Mom and Mother-in-law :)
(card design inspired by Jane Jones)

Back to Scrappin'!

Well I have finally beaten that nasty "lack of time-energy-creative mojo bug" that has been upon me for weeks and weeks! I did some scrappin' today! It was just one layout, but I am happy.


This is a photo of my super fun friends Penny and Valorie (in the center), our fabulous hairdresser Tanya (left) and me this past friday evening. We had so much fun at the beauty salon!


This layout is my entry for a "Lift the DT" challenge at My Creative Scrapbook. I chose to lift Liz Qualman's "My Own Happily Ever After". I really love these kinds of challenges!

Finally Got a Little Crafting Done!

Hi everyone! I can't believe that a whole month has gone by since I've been able to do any scrapping!! There is just so much going on here lately and my crafting has taken a back seat to it all.

A friend of mine has asked me to make her about a dozen cards for a variety of occasions. Here are a couple of the birthday cards that I made for her today!


The design for these cards was inspired by the amazing Jane Jones. I absolutely love her work!

Well that's all for now! Thanks for stopping by :)

At Last

I finally got this photo from our wedding day scrapped! "At Last" by Etta James was the song we chose for our first dance.

This is a round layout. That white behind it is just the table.


I hand-cut the big scalloped circle by first tracing a diecut scalloped circle onto the patterned paper that I wanted to use. Then I cut a big circle as well as several strips of coordinating paper. After trimming the strips to fit into the shape of the circle, I inked all of the edges with distress ink and then glued all of the papers down.


All of the flowers are accented with diamond Stickles although it's hard to see that in these pictures. I really like using crystal brads as flower centers. I added some crystal flourishes for some more bling.


This was for a sketch challenge hosted by Liz Qualman. Here is her sketch:


Thanks for stopping by!

Scrappy Sunday!

I'm so happy that I had time to do some more scrapping today! I neglected my housework but hey priorities are priorities!! :D

So I finally got this honeymoon pic scrapped. Looking at the finished layout REALLY makes me wish we were back in beautiful Jamaica!!! Or, at the very least, NOT in the middle of the cold, ugly winter!


For this one I hand-cut the scallops and inked the edges of everything with distress ink. The flowers are accented with Stickles and attached to the page with crystal brads and buttons. Then I stitched around the edge of the blue paper to tie it all together.


I submitted this layout for a guest designer contest as well as for a sketch challenge. The sketch was designed by Liz Qualman:


Time to figure out what to cook for dinner. Thanks for stopping by!