JJ **Swirlydoos**

Wow Saturday already, where has this year gone so far? Eeeek, before you know it will be winter again lol. I made 2 layouts yesterday after work and this is one of them. I used goodies from my June Swirlydoos kit and the sketch from Stuck on U Sketches. I think I kinda slaughtered the sketch but this is my take on it. I am cant seem to do multiple photos so I usually just embellish more. The photo is my grandson Johanathan (JJ) on his first time on the slide this month..awwww…getting to be a big boy J I added a few butterflies that are just cut out from a file at Swirlydoos.

Here you can see the fussy cutting that I did on the plaid paper and the Dusty Attic swirl that I added. I also did lots of machine stitching on this layout. After that farce last week with the nightmare faux stitching I will stick to my machine now, hehe.

Here are a couple close-ups of the top title section. The wings are from Dusty Attic also. I soaked them in water, layered the chipboard then added some white paint and glimmer mist to it. I love the feathered look of them, very cool. The blue flowers I made myself. Maggi has a great easy tut on her blog that you can use…I changed it up some but basically they are the same.

Here is a close up of the bottom cluster and a good view of one of the butterflies. Just print them cut them out and add some slickles and gems to them.

Well that is it for today.  I hope tomorrow to post my Getting on the Glitz layout. I hope that you have a fantastic weekend.  Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Father's Day Card and ATC

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a little card that I made for a challenge at Scrapthat. I used My Mind's Eye products and the sketch from their blog. The little tag that says  “my forever family” is from the lyrics from a song by Byrd and Street Music.

I know there are a few flowers on it but hey dads like flowers too J I did some punching and used some distress inks and liquid pearls to finish it off.

Ok here is a little ATC card that I made for a challenge at Swirlydoos too. This is the first one that I have ever made. It is tiny, only 2 ½ by 3 ½ inches. I used a LaBlanche stamp, some distress inks to color it in and some glimmer glaze to make it shine.

Well that is it for today.  My son is here for the night and I have to go visit with him….haha..he has a playoff beard on too, that looks funny. I hope that you have a fantastic week.  Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Lil Jokers **Swirlydoos**

Woo Hoo Happy Hump Day!!!! Well I am like 4 layouts/cards ahead here and figured I better post a layout. I made this layout for a super hero challenge at Swirlydoos and I used the May kit with the gorgeous Glitz collection. Although I have inked and misted the paper so much can you even tell what collection it came from lol. The photo is 3 of my grand kids being goofy. My Lil Jokers. I did lots of layers and distressing, some masking and stamping and even a bit of Dusty Attic in there.

I love this fence mask that I used and the tree stamp. Makes this layout look kinda spooky and the feeling I was trying to catch by using Batman as a theme for the layout. I added some stickles to the tree stamping.

I tried to capture the colors of the theme in the flower cluster as well. I have tucked in a piece of Dusty Attic in there too.

In this close up you can see the distressing, inking and layers I used. I also tucked in a tag that I made under the photo. The fancy trim going across the page is from Dusty Attic as well. I used smooch and glossy accents on it then finished it off with some liquid pearls.

Well that is it for today. I will try to post a card tomorrow. I am so excited too, my June kit arrived from Swirlydoos and I can not wait to rip into that. I hope that you have a fantastic week.  Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Cute as a Bug **Prima BAP**

Well I just got back from the hot springs a few hours ago. It started off very bad as soon as I pulled into the driveway. First off a dead bird? Why ..I have no clue. So hubby got rid of that. Then I come into the house to my salt water fish tank has shut off for some reason, and my guess is 2 days ago. So all my poor fishies are gone L and I loved them all….awwww..so I had to do an emergency water change, which is not easy on a 100 gallon tank. I hope I saved all the corals. I will know in a couple of days. And oh  yes my house stinks from the tank at the moment too yuck! But then I went on the computer and good news, yippee…I won t he May challenge at Glitz and they are sending me one of their collections…I am just so thrilled about that.

Ok on with a layout that I completed just before I left for the weekend. I used the sketch from Prima for June and lots of Prima goodies and Dusty Attic goodies. The papers and layers are from the Botanical Collection and I used lots of Prima flowers and gems and stickers. The photo is my grand son on his 1^st birthday, I have scrapped this photo before but this one will be a gift.

Here you can see the flower cluster and the Dusty attic snowflakes that I added to the Prima flowers. I also tucked in a piece of DA chicken wire and used a DA fancy trim.

I used a DA scroll on the photo which has more snowflakes layered on it, that was an idea that I got from Gabrielle at Dusty Attic.

In this close up you can see all the layers of Prima papers and distressing and inking that I did. I actually did faux stitching on the outside as well but it looked so bad I covered it all with gesso. Lol

Well that is it for today…I am off to work some more on my fish talk.  I hope that you have a fantastic week.  Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Featured Artist at Dusty Attic

I am super excited to share this news.....I am the featured artist over at Dusty Attic. And I was so surpirsed to hear the news....yippeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!! They have such amazing products..  they Specialise in Laser Cut Chipboard Creations & Embellishments. Their embellishments are definately one of my favorite "must haves" to finish off a project. Some nites I just sit at my scrappy table and alter some Dusty Attic goodies for upcoming layouts. I find it so relaxing and I enjoy trying differnt techniques to alter their products.

Well that was my big news, and if you want to be inspired head on over there and check out their gallery, so much inspiration from their Design Team as well as their members....amazing projects.

Have a great weekend, I am off tomorrow to a Hot Springs for some camping and relaxation for a few days. Thanks for stopping by and sharing in my big news.

Stink Eye **Sketchabilities 48**

Wow Monday already, and it is reveal day over at Sketchabilities. Karan did a wonderful sketch for #48 and it was amazing to work with. I also used the color palette #60 from The Color Room for this layout. I used BasicGrey papers and lots of other goodies on here. There is lots of inking and masking, distressing and gorgeous flowers. The photo is my grand daughter giving “the eye” while trying on new clothes.

In this close up you can see the layers and distressed edges. I also used Prima packaging to frame the photo.

I used a Prima say it with gems and lace as the butterfly trail. The butterfly is from a file at Swirlydoos….just print it, cut it out and add stickles to it.

The bottom has masking underneath then some punch work on the upper layers. I tucked in a Dusty Attic snowflake in the flower cluster.

This was a fun layout to make and I hope that you pop on over to Sketchabilities and play along with this gorgeous sketch. Each reveal there has been a guest designer chosen from the entries design for an upcoming reveal…maybe it will be you, good luck. Well that is it for today…I now have the horrible chore of going to the dentist today..eeeeks, I am so not looking forward to this, I am actually having a molar pulled out and I am kinda nervous about it….wish me luck. I hope that you have a fantastic week.  Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Layout and a card **Swirlydoos**

Hi everyone, wow this weekend is going by way way too fast. I went away a couple of weeks ago and my girl friend looked after my love bird so I made this little card for her today to thank her, and the layout is for the Round Robin challenge at Swirlydoos. Almost everything on both projects is from Swirlydoos. The layout has lots of punching, I used some gesso with a mask and misting, and lots of layers of goodies on this. The photo is my grandson Johnathan when he was tiny.

I fussy cut from the Bo Bunny Gabrielle papers for this piece, and you can see the distressing on the outside of this layout here.

Below is a couple of close-ups of the chippy and the flower clusters with a butterfly and crystals. The butterfly is from a file at Swirlydoos, just print it and cut it out. I added some stickles to it.

Here are a couple of close up s of the masking that I did with gesso, distress inks and mists, and you can see all the layers framing the photo.

I used my May kit for the little thank you card and added in some Dusty Attic vine pieces and some seam binding for the bow. I like the saying inside I think it is funny and she will love it.

Well that is it for today…tomorrow is reveal day at Sketchabilities and I will have a new layout for that one. I hope that you have a fantastic weekend.  Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

US - SOUS

Hello and welcome to my blog today. Well I got to go shopping today, I even looked for more Glitz papers but NO, I could not find any grrrr. And I am just loving the papers too, good thing I have a few pieces to use up. I would hoard them but I am trying to not hoard scrappy goodies and use them up instead. This layout is using the Glitz Love Games collection papers and goodies. I did lots of distressing, inking, used lots of layers and Dusty Attic. I used a sketch from Stuck On You Sketches…it is just an amazing sketch to work with. This layout came together so fast. The photo is me and hubby.

I used lots of pop ups to try and make the layers stand out. I also did some masking on the red layer. You can see the DA leaves and chicken wire tucked in with the flower cluster.

In this corner is a DA scroll that is covered in smooch paints and I added some gems.

On the top corner is the DA butterfly that I soaked in water so that I could peel the chippy layers. This is also a good view of all the distressing.

This is a side shot so you can get an idea of the layers and depth on this layout.

Well that is it for today…I do have two more layouts completed and will post them soon. 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