Let's Make Some Cards!

Join me on Thursday, April 16th at the Scrapbook Garden for this fun class featuring greeting cards for several occasions including Hello, Birthday, Thank You, and Easter! The class will be from 6-8 pm and, as always, will include snacks and raffles while we play! Hope to see you there!

Besides your basic tool kit, make sure to bring the following supplies:

• Favorite Liquid Glue
• Chestnut Roan Chalk Ink
• Creamy Brown Chalk Ink
• Scissors
• Corner Rounder
• Black Detail Pen
• White Gel Pen
• Glue Dots
• Quickie Glue Pen
• Clear Star Pen (Stardust)
• Foam Squares or Pop Dots

Kazan's Sketch #23

2S4Y makes card making so fun and easy...I never get bored with it. And so does this new "Alyssa" patterned paper collection from BoBunny...isn't it fabulous? Something about pastel colors paired with black just looks so stunning, I never get tired of it. Here's my entry for this week's sketch:

I hand cut some of the flowers from the patterned paper, and added them onto the original flowers with little foam squares for some dimension. I added the teeniest bit of stickles onto the little dots around the flourishes for an understated touch of shimmer. The journaling spot is a CTMH stamp, cut out and mounted on black cardstock, then stamped with a Heidi Grace "thank you" sentiment.

As always, thanks for stopping by and taking a peek! :)

Laugh Everyday Card

I got a couple of samples of the super cute Cosmo Cricket "Girl Friday" paper while I was at CHA, and I finally busted out last night for this card based on Laura's Sketch #21 at 2Sketches4You:

The color combos is *so* up my alley with pink and green and soft blues...it's gonna be perfect for Easter! And lucky you...I hear it's coming to a SD4U kit very soon!

Also, it was a loooong time coming, but I finally updated my slide show at the left! Check it out if you get a chance :)

Gettin a little scrappy!

I've been dying to use the "Night Light" Collection by October Afternoon. I got it from my Secret Santa (Thanks, LY!!) for Christmas, but I got so busy in January and February that I never got a chance to play with it. So the other day I was over at Julie's site, 52 Sketches 52 Weeks, and was immediately inspired by this week's sketch, and finally grabbed my OA collection to make this cute layout of Clayton:

He's sportin' his dope new baseball cap, and these pictures just make me want to say..."Yo baby, wassup?".

I also played around with this week's Inspired Blueprints Sketch (#11) and came up with this layout of my homegirls and I:

I just love this quote I got from a Mini Book the girls and I made at our scrap retreat (Thanks again, LY...you're just so darned inspirational girl!).

I got NO cards, can you believe it?

I'm looking forward to the April Kit from SD4U...I heard there's Basic Grey and Bella Blvd involved...can you say "sweet"!!? In the meantime, there's lots of Birthday activity going on over on the message board! A challenge every other day until the 24th or so, plus games and prizes....fun stuff! Pop on over and take on a challenge or two, if you're not doing anything :)

Finally!! I can reveal my projects with the SD4U's "Minestrone Soup" kit...I've been dying to share them because I just know you are all going to ADORE this kit as much as I did!

First up is a lyout featuring my daughter and her boyfriend:


Absolutely everything on this layout was in my kit...I love how everything goes together so perfectly with no effort at all. The #1 reason I love kits!

Then there's this little wall hanging I made with the Maya Road butterfly coaster album in the kit. As soon as I spied it in there, I knew I wanted to do something special with it:

So I ran the Coredinations cardstock in the kit through two different cuttlebug embossing folders, and lightly inked over the raised areas with french blue and alabaster chalk inks. The letters were plain white chipboard (from Creative Cafe) and I painted them green, stamped a flourish on them with white staz-on, and then spread glossy accents on top. I'm really happy with how this came out! It's hanging in my scraproom, and it makes me smile!

A Mini Book featuring my handsome hubby and I, just because!

I used one of those cute litte BoBunny books I'd been holding onto for a bit. The whole book was inspired by another cute mini book I made while at Lytle Scrapper's Scrap Retreat a couple of weeks ago!

And another layout, this time featuring that cute nephew of mine:

These pictures of Clayton sucking on a graham cracker (because he has NO teeth) just cracked me up when I first saw them, and I immediately knew a layout was in order! I based the layout on sketch #10 at Inspired Blueprints...love that site!

And lastly, a card of course! Because I simply don't think it's possible for me to play with a kit without making one:

I used my Clear Stardust pen on the butterfly here, and I can't believe what a statement it makes! Goes great with the Martha Stewart brown glitter I used for the flourish and sentiment!

So that's it! Thanks for taking a peek, I hope these inspire you just a little. And if you're on the fence about this kit, JUMP down and get yours before they're gone...You will NOT regret it!!

xoxo

SD4U March Kits

Have been revealed! These will both go on sale on March 1st, and I don't expect they'll be there long! Both kits contain brand NEW lines fresh from their debut at the Winter CHA show, and they were both definately worth waiting for!

The first features NEW Jillibean Soup papers, Fancy Pants rubons, a Maya Road butterfly coaster book, My Little Shoebox funky chipboard letters, lots of exclusive journalling tags and oodles of buttons, bling, and ribbon:

Minestrone Soup

This month's other kit features a beautiful, NEW Dream Street paper line, a Kaiser Craft wooden frame with paint, A naked alphabet for you to alter to your heart's content, Stickles, bling, and gobs of buttons and ribbon:

Secret Garden

This month, I'll be designing with the Minestrone Soup kit, and it's spread out right now all over my scrap table! The papers' bold patterns and bright colors have me soooo inspired to get creative. Here's a teeny-weeny peek of what I've been working on so far:

So, you've gotta have one of these awesome kits, right? Pop on over to Scrapbook Deals 4U on March 1 and be sure to get BOTH, before they sell out!

xoxo

Another Card Quickie

It seems that's all I'm cranking out lately...cards. But I love them. They're perfect when I have a quick burst of creative energy, but don't have all day to work on a layout. And with the 2S4Y card sketch site, getting started is easy. I just pull out the scrap folder...

This is my take on Kazan's Sketch #20. The paper, layered flowers and layered butterfly are from the Narratives line by Creative Imaginations...which I love. The colors have me wishing for spring on a chilly winter day. The little glitter alphabets are from Making Memories, and the chipboard swirl is from Rusty Pickle, covered with more Narratives.

Thanks for taking a peek!