rock star or beetlejuice, you decide

image taken from web

Beetlejuice, beetlejuice, oh no don't say it!  Beetlejuice!  was my inspiration behind this page with the wild picture and the black and white stripes.

I used stampin ups chevron embossing folder that I inked and then embossed , with the diamond paper on the right I stamped it then embossed with dots folder.  The patterned paper I can't remember who it's by, I know the frames are a different company than the black with dew drops as well as the black and white striped.  I used a star punch, ticket punch (which I love) tag dies, scalloped and circle punch.  I love how I only used black and white and red, wasn't sure I could do it.  I used stamps from stampin up, martha stewart, 7 gypsies and technique tuesday.  There is actually a tiny mirror in the upper left of the page there are two more on the bottom right but the way the pic was taken you can;'t even tell.


Our Creative Corner anything goes
2 Sisters - bingo bash  embossing, patterned paper, punches die cuts
Simon Says - inspired by, my inspiration is Beetlejuice
TTCRD- anything goes
Penny's Paper Crafty - die cuts or punches
Charisma - black and white plus 1
Clear it out - anything goes + use 2 or more patterned papers
Scrapfriends - sketch

Muse

It's a sketch challenge, the first one for Scrap It Girl.  I love sketches it really gives me a jumping off point and speeds up the process.

the quote says "The eyes are the window to the soul"

 

When I seen this sketch I immediately knew the photos I wanted to use and the colors. This is my daughter, my muse, (sometimes, other times, well let's not go there, tehe), for ability to have fun, relax, enjoy life and don't be so serious! She reminds me of this all the time in ways she isn't even aware of. I love these bold photos and these colors. This was an awesome sketch to work with thanks Kelly Starsky, it made things so much easier. I have been working on making my own flowers, the larger ones here were made with Stampin Ups build a blossom punch.

Some supplies I used on this layout; recollections border decoration,
stampin up build a blossom punch, digi paper from digitial crea and summertime designs, th muse tag, misc buttons, ek border punch, prima bling and the background paper I kid you not is paris hilton, dont laugh this is awesome paper, in fact I loved it so much I ended up buying another pad.

So how about joining in the challenge at Scrap It Girl this month, just follow this sketch 

and go here to enter. Go here to read all the rules, don't worry there's only a few.

and you will have a chance to win this prize

    

  look there's a hexagon punch, how cool is that!

 I also thought I would enter this in the following challenges

Allsorts - anything but a card
Totally Paper Crafts - flowers and lace
Our Creative Corner - anything goes
Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes
Southern Girls - sentiment or qoute

be a dreamer

We should all dream of something :)

challenges entered:

Scrapbook Challenges - Use your stash, mine is the paper, the string, the stickers

and

I followed the sketch at Scrapfriends
 

love always

It's time for another challenge over at Scrap It Girl.  This month it's Angels or Arrows, easy right?  You can enter up to two times any project and you have all month.  You can find the rules here.  Come on and play along there's a prize to be won.  While your over there check out Kim's post on her wooden mini album, super cute!

For the Angel or Arrow challenge for April I made a layout, I tried a new technique that I like to call paper draping which is super easy, there's a tutorial below.

Just a few notes about my page,  I used candle wick to make the tassel, a couple of tim holtz dies, a paper doily I picked up at cvs I think I got about 25 for a buck, woohoo!  I used some stampin up stamps. I love the tulle rosette with the button I made.  Of course I used the paper draping technique, also some border punches and of course my angel images. 

 

 Scrap It Girl

Prize Package

Items in prize package;Tim holtz-grungeboard, Creative imaginations –  epoxy stickers, Inkadinkado - stamp set, Pack of brads, Pack of 40 rosettes, Pack of 50 pearl stickers, K & co pack of butterfly accents, Fiskars circle border punch, Maya road canvas pieces, Tpc studios mirror accents, Tim holtz trimmings, Recollections paper tape, Tpc studios fabric buttons, 1 yard each pink and green ribbon and lace

My Paper Draping Tutorial

I would also like to enter this in the following challenges

Frosted Designs - Scallops, I have scallop circle punches and scallop border punch and the doily has a scalloped edge
Brown Sugar - Flowers
Simon Says - Anything goes
Allsorts - Vintage
Creative Corner - Anything goes
Hotshot Craft - Anything but a card
Desert Islands Crafts - my pics from the list are buttons, something homeade(I made hat pin and tulle rosette), I used two or more dies and I also have a sentiment.
Deep Ocean - photo inspiration




Thank you all for looking.

no words necessary

I didn't put any words on this page because there is to much to say, this is a pic of my gramma with 2 of my 3 kids, the last pic of her that I know of before she passed.  Even though there is a lot to say, for me there are no words necessary.

     Natalie and Amy are having a die challenge, the winner gets a stamp and die set. For my dies I used six different dies, four tim holtz dies, one for the birdcage stand, the birdcage, and two different flourish swirly ones, a leaf die and a die for the picture frame.
   Simon Says is offering a $50 gift voucher to the winner of the shabby chic challenge, they are always so generous, think what you could do with $50.
   It's anything goes over at Flutter By Wednesday use any winged creature, I have two butterflies on my page.  
   There's a new sponsor over at One Stop Craft Challenges, it's Dr. Digi's and the challenge is anything goes. 
    Fashionable Stamping is having a swirly challenge and they have moved to a .com., so be sure to bookmark the new addy.  Now I know my swirlies are not obvious but they are there, there is a swirly above and below the picture they blend in but if you look close you can see them, there is a swirly hanging up the birdcage and the birdcage stand is a little swirly and yes I stamped the small butterfly and circle flourish around it.  There is also the blue swirly on the side of the pic.  
    There's also a new sponsor at Craft Us Crazy, it's SK Digi's, the challenge is anything but a card.  
    I have followed the sketch below from C'est Magnifique,  they have beautiful kits over there.

 

Thank you all for looking and leaving comments :)

Smile

This boy turns 18 in a couple of days, boy how time flies.  He always has the most wonderful smile, now you know how far behind I am on my scrapbooking!

I have used some misc paper on this one, along with washi tape, dies , punches, buttons.  Underneath the picture it says smile but it didn't photo well.

I am entering this in the following challenges:  Craft Us Crazy , it's an anything goes challenge with a fab sponsor.  It's to die for over at 4 Crafty Chicks, break out the dies (  I used an arrow die and tags die).  Oh and I love Lori's color combo on her card.  I decided to do this page in pastel colors with only a pop of red and the challenge at 2 Sisters is pastels, I think this qaulifies.  It's to die for as well over at Stamptacular Sunday, don't forget to stamp though (my stamping is the brackets around the newborn pic, the ducky on the tab, the grid on the arrow and the onesie on the tag).  Last but not least I have started watching whats going on over at Sketchbook 365 and followed this sketch for the challenge.



Thank you all for looking.

Be Yourself

Whether you wear pink hats and tutu's or have tattoos and piercings.  

Be Yourself.

Here is my project for March's challenge at Scrap It Girl.  This month is a recipe challenge, The challenge is simple.. 1 stamped image, 2 punches, 3 patterned papers.

I used one  Tim Holtz stamp that I stamped on my cardstock then stamped several times on other cardstock in different colors and cut out the hat, wings and words and adhered them to the stamped image on the cardstock.  I drew a box for my stamped image to sit upon. I used two punches both scalloped circles different sizes though, to make the flower.  I used three different scraps of paper to hand cut the flags/banner, which is the same paper I used to make the flower.  I inked the edges of the the cardstock and added some brads at the bottom to balance things out.  I really wanted to stick to only using the recipe but the brads really balanced things out.

You can enter this challenge at Scrap It Girl , you have all month to enter, that gives you plenty of time to make something fabulous!  You can enter up to two times and make anything you want.  You can check out all the rules here to make sure you qualify, it's really easy.
While your over there check out the gallery, tons of inspiration, I love the boxes.

This month is being hosted by April and this is what she is offering to the lucky winner.



It includes a 6x6 My Mind’s Eye paper pad, a Fiskars stamp set, an Inkadinkadoo stamp set, American Crafts This To That foam squares, American Crafts ribbon, a Craft Smart ink pad, a baggie of Studio Calico chipboard butterflies, K&Company paper ribbon and some Recollections flowers. Perfect for Spring! :)

You can check out her blog here. 

I also thought I'd enter these challenges as well: Craft Us Crazy is having an anything goes challenge with a great Saturated Canary prize.  Krista's images are so adorable.  Over at Moving along With The Times they are getting ready for Mother's Day so the theme is make a card/creation with or for a female.  It's anything goes over at Simon Says Stamp, my favorite kind of challenge.  At the very inspiring Fashionable Stamping blog the challenge is to use red, brown and black.  I am very pleased I was able to accomplish this I would have never picked this color combo, the design team over there had no trouble at all , gorgeous creations.  Put on your wings and fly on over to City Crafter and join in on the wings challenge.

That's all for now, thanks for coming by!