Beautiful – funky fold card

Oh I am busy busy today since I got home….I even had time to make a little card tonight, so I thought I would share J I used the funky fold technique by Cheryl, you can see it here. I used my Swirlydoos May kit and the gorgeous Glitz papers for this one. I have a wedding coming up and might give them this card.

Here is a side shot and you can see the folds.

And here is a close up of the flowers and the inside.

Ok so for sure that is it for today hehe….I also finished my SOUS layout and will post that tomorrow some time.  Thank you so much for stopping in for a peek. I hope that you all have a fantastic weekend, and happy Memorial Day to my US followers. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Make the Most **Swirlydoos**

Yippee it’s Friday…doing the happy dance here! Ok are you all ready to get  your Glitz on again..well good lets get at it then. I made this layout using May’s Swirlydoos sketch and kit. I am so in love with the Glitz papers and goodies in the kit and I can not wait to get more of them, and more of their other collections as well. I can feel a shopping trip coming on weeeeeeeee J Ok this layout was made for the sketch challenge at Swirlydoos. I did lots of distressing, inking, masking and clusters. The photo is my daughter in law and my grand daughter..such a sweet photo. Oooo I did faux stitching too. I usually do machine stitching but was at the point in the layout it had to be faux. And did I mention that this may look like a simple layout BUT it’s the space that is hard for me. Embrace the Space Shona…that is what I keep telling myself as I sit here and still want to load up this layout with embellishments.

Here in the title section you can see the distressing on the edges and masking under it. I love all my masks.

Here is the faux stitching…looks pretty good hey, lol.  Sorry but the “hey” is the Canadian coming outta me J  I also did some flower fussy cutting in this section and added some flowers and Dusty Attic ferns in the cluster.

Over in the bottom left corner there is lots of layers of DA and paper under the photo, as well as more flowers and masking.

Well that is it for today…I have my Round Robin layout ready to post maybe tomorrow, and my Sketchabilites one ready for Monday. I am off to play with the SOUS now. Thank you so much for stopping in for a peek. I hope that you all have a fantastic weekend, and happy Memorial Day to my US followers. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Lets Get Our Glitz On!!!!!!!

Happy Hump day…wow my days are kinda messed up this week with Monday being a vacation, yippee short work week. Well today we are getting our Glitz on with my Swrilydoos May kit…talk about GORGEOUS…wow. The Glitz papers and embellishments are just unreal beautiful, I am in love with these colors and need more of these papers now. I did lots of layers, distressing, inking, masking and used lots of Dusty Attic. The photo is my grandson Johnathan…talk about a cutie hey..just look at that face. He is breaking hearts already I tell ya! hehe

Here is a close up of the DA birdcage. I painted it white first then used mists and smooch paints on it. I added some ribbon and gems and a piece of Glitz paper behind the cage. The flowers are all from the kit and I added in some DA swirls with the flowers.

The butterflies are from a file at Swirlydoos, you just print them, cut them out, and add some gems and stickles to them. I used my cricut to cut out the bottom piece and did some masking on it with Distress inks and mists. And oh yes, my fav DA piece is tucked in there too. lol CHICKEN WIRE J

On the title section you can see all of the layers and distressing that I did on this layout.

Well that is it for today, I am off outside into my garden to work out there for the day. Thank you so much for stopping in for a peek. I hope that you all have a fantastic week. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

It’s a Guy Thing

Hello and welcome to my blog. It is Monday and I have a stat holiday today so yippee I got to finish up a layout that I started yesterday. I made this for the May sketch challenge at Dusty Attic…what a great sketch to work with. I used my Swirlydoos Timepiece collection kit and lots of DA. There is lots of distressing, some stamping and I even used Gabrielle’s Barb wire tutorial and drew on the barb wire. The photo is my two grandsons.

On the top you can see one of the DA cogs and the DA hinge. I covered them with magical micas, mists and then crackle accents.

On the bottom you can see some stamping that I did behind the chicken wire and more goodies. I even used a couple Tim Holtz acrylic frags.

I used the DA clock face with the photo and also used magical micas and mists on it. Here you can see the barb wire that I drew on.

Well that is it for today, I am off outside into my garden to work out there for the day. Thank you so much for stopping in for a peek. I hope that you all have a fantastic week. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Butterfly Lullaby

Hi everyone and welcome to my blog. Well it has been a pretty lazy long weekend so far and I am loving it. Had company last night and now I get to relax today and start some scrappy projects. I just got a Tattered Angels technique kit and I am looking forward to fooling around with the goodies in there. I finished up this layout today, and I used a sketch from Stuck on U Sketches. What an awesome sketch and so much fun to work on. I used papers from the BoBunny Gabrielle collection and did lots of distressing and lots of layers. The photo is my grandson Johnathan and I just love those chubby cheeks he has.

This is a close up of the flower cluster. I tucked in some Dusty Attic vines and chicken wire…I know I know…I love the chicken wire J ….you can also see the distressing and layers in this close up. It is kind of hard to see but across the while bottom I have done some masking.

This is a close up of the DA butterfly. I used smooch paint and glossy accents on it.

Just one more close up of the layers and goodies on this layout.

Well that is it for today, I think I will go and attempt to work on the DA sketch now, and maybe my new Tattered Angels goodies. Thank you so much for stopping in for a peek. I hope that you all have a fantastic weekend. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

2 Cute **TCR#59 and Prima BAP**

Hi everyone and welcome to my blog…yippee a 3 day weekend J I am so excited to have 3 days off, wow. I can get lots of yard work done and lots of scrapping too!!! Ok so I snuck off work early today, hehe…and finished up this layout. I made this layout using the TCR#59 palette and the Prima May BAP.  The photo is my my grand daughter Kylee when she was a baby. I did lots of distressing, inking, masking, stamping, used some gesso and added some Dusty Attic pieces to finish it off. The papers are mainly Prima Botanicals and Fairy Flora.

In this close up you can see all the layers that I used. You can see in the corner some stamping and DA chicken wire tucked in.

This is a close up of the flower cluster with some DA tucked in it and the masking in the back ground.

More layers and distressing and chicken wire behind the butterfly.

Some side shots to see the layers and dimension and you can see on the left side t he gesso that I did on one of the layers.

Well that is it for today, tomorrow I will work on my next reveal for Sketchabilitis and maybe clean  up my scrappy room ….YUCK lol. Thank you so much for stopping in for a peek. I hope that you all have a fantastic weekend. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Sweet, chic, and Glamorous ** My Mind's Eye**

Happy Hump Day!!!! Wow Wednesday already, where does the time go? So I was at work today and on a break I went onto the My Mind’s Eye blog to ckeck out the sketch for May’s Blog Challenge 23 and then I realised it ENDS tomorrow…eeeeeeek….so the planning starting in my head before I even got home, and this is what I came up with . The photo is my grand daughter Kylee, and I used pretty much all My Mind’s Eye papers and goodies, some old and some new.

On the top you can see all the distressing and inking that I did. I also did a lot of machine stitching on this layout. The newsprint layer, the bird paper and the title are also all from My Mind’s Eye. All of the flowers are from Petaloo.

On the bottom you can see that I did some masking and added more My Mind’s Eye goodies.

Just one more close up to show the layers I did on this layout.

Well that is it for today. I have lots of layouts started or in the works for this month, so keep checking back for new ones. Thank you so much for stopping in for a peek. I hope that you all have a fantastic week. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

The Best of Times **Sketchabilities**

Hello and welcome to my blog. It’s Sunday the 15^th and another reveal day at Sketchabilities. I think sketch #47 was so gorgeous and this is my take on it. I used Prima Botanical papers and added a few Dusty Attic  and other goodies. The photo is my son and daughter when they graduated…..love this photo of them together and all dressed up.

In this close up you can see the machine stitching and the distressed layers. The DA fence was first painted with white dabber paint then I stamped and inked on it before I added some glossy accents.

I also used a DA vine that is painted then inked and glossy accents on it. I wanted to keep this layout fairly simple so the focus is mainly on the photo of my kiddys J

Well that is it for today, my Swirlydoos kit should be in the mail hopefully on Monday. I have so many layouts planned out in my head already for that kit. Don’t forget to swing by Sketchabilities and play along with this gorgeous sketch, you might be picked to a Guest Designer next month. Thank you so much for stopping in for a peek. I hope that you all have a fantastic week. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J