Turtle Soup Design Team Sketch Reveal

Hello there!  It's time for another Turtle Soup Forum Design Team Sketch Reveal!  Be sure to check out the other projects by the Design Team members at the Turtle Soup Forum!

So here's Bev Code's amazing sketch for this reveal...

And here's my version of the sketch -

I had great fun with this sketch.  I used my new Silhouette Cameo to create the film strip and the title letters.  The photos are of my wonderful husband Steve when he was 1 to 2 years old...  Fun sketch, fun way to play with my new machine and a great layout using lots of old pictures!

If you enjoyed this sketch and layout, be sure to check out the Turtle Soup Forum because we have SOOOOO much FUN there!  There's daily challenges for cards, layouts, ATCs and any other project you want to create!  Anything goes!  There's new challenges from the 1st through the 15th and then there's a monthly mini crop with a theme where all the challenges are posted the first day and you have 10 days to post your creations!  It's a great group of scrappers from all walks of life, ages and levels of technical ability.  So if you're not a member, come join us!  If you're new, make a note that I sent you so they know you're not a spammer and will approve you quickly! 

Here's a few more projects I created for the Turtle Soup Forum challenges -

This page was created for another sketch.  I used more old pictures of my husband Steve at Christmastime. 

Here's a layout I created for a challenge to use NO cardstock!  It's a single piece of paper with one strip of paper for journaling, and a few embellishments.  The picture is of my mother-in-law in the early 1930s.

Finally here's a page I created for a challenge to use washi tape.  All of the strips on this page are washi tapes!  It's about my husband and I last Christmas on our way out the door to go to a Christmas party.  It also covers a challenge for the Memorable Seasons Forum to use a Selfie picture...

I hope you've enjoyed these pages!  Be sure to check out more challenges on your favorite forums!  Happy Scrapping!

It's the Kreaxions Design Team Spring Themed Reveal Day!!!

It's time for the Kreaxions Design Team to reveal their projects for the Spring Theme!!!  Be sure to check out all the other member's projects by going to the Just Imagine/Kreaxions Blog!  Meanwhile, here's my project for the reveal...

These are pictures of my Mom’s last garden. I used Kreaxions Punch #915 with no template for the top and bottom borders, as well as the border at the top and bottom of the mushroom picture. I also used Kreaxions Punch #604 Butterfly Punch for the little butterflies around the page. The large butterfly at the top is my journaling block. It and the lacy butterfly die are from the Just Imagine/Kreaxions store.

Materials – Sketch – Close To My Heart (CTMH); Cardstock – Bazzill; Patterned Papers – Bo Bunny, CTMH; Bling – Queen & Co.; Stickles – Ranger; Title Cut with Silhouette Cameo; Pen – Super Gel

Kreaxions Design Team Reveal - Layered Flower Card

Hello there! I'm here today with a card that celebrates the beginning of Spring!
I used Kreaxions Punch #917 for the borders and used all the cut-aways all over the page. The hearts on the flowers are from the punched borders and the bottom border is the cut-away from the top border. I used my brand new Silhouette Cameo to cut the layered flowers and added hearts to them as well, attaching them all together with a brad. Then I outlined everything with a pen. Other Materials – All papers My Mind’s Eye except flowers (Bazzill); Pen – Sharpie

And speaking of the Silhouette Cameo  if you're looking for an electronic cutter, THIS is the one to purchase!!!  I've had a Cricut for YEARS.  I was at the Craft and Hobby Association when they introduced what's now called the "Baby Cricut" and ordered one almost immediately.  Then a few years ago I upgraded and got a Cricut Expression.  I enjoyed it and used it occasionally.  But recently I heard a LOT about the Silhouette Cameo.  I got some birthday money and had a little extra and started researching to see if I should keep my Expression and buy a program or whatever to upgrade it or if I should order the Cameo.  I asked around on the forums I belong to and the resounding answer everywhere I turned was "Get the Cameo!!!"  So that's what I did...  OMG I LOVE IT!!!!  The learning curve was almost instantaneous, it's SO much easier to download any kind of file and use it to cut, and then send it from the computer to the machine and it's DONE!  :)  Anyway, between my Kreaxions punches and my Silhouette Cameo I'm in heaven!!!

I hope you've enjoyed this card today!  You can use any Kreaxions punch to create borders and you could use any kind of die cut or sticker or any embellishment to create your own card like this!  Happy Punching and Happy Cutting!  Oh and if you're reading this post PLEASE leave me a comment to know you've stopped by!  Thank you!  Happy Spring!

One Sketch, Four Looks!!!

Hello there!  I'm featured today on the Turtle Soup Magazine Blog with my very first post there!  I know a lot of times people look at sketches and say "That won't work with my pictures."  So that's my theme for the blog post today.  If you have that problem, check out my post!  Here's the link - Turtle Soup Magazine Blog.  I'll give you a hint...  I started with this sketch -

And I ended with this layout...

 

Find out how and see all the other layouts I created by going to the Turtle Soup Magazine Blog!  Be sure to leave a comment there and here!  

Happy Scrapping!

Mother's Day and Birthday Cards

Hello! There's still time to make Mother's Day Cards!  And today just happens to be my only Granddaughter's 14th birthday too!  So I'm sharing two cards today!
The first is a Mother's Day card. I used Kreaxions Punch #307 to create the borders on this card.  Before I adhered the punched piece to the front of the card, I colored the punched out parts and the edges with a gold pen.  Then I added a flower that I just ran a pen over and added a big rhinestone to, wrote my sentiment and outlined it with 2 different pens and added the pearls.  Sounds hard but it was SUPER easy!

Other Materials – Card Base – Unknown; Patterned Papers – Carta Bella; Pens – Infinity, Omni Gel; Pearls, Rhinestones – The Paper Studio
My other card today is the birthday card I made for my Granddaughter. I used Kreaxions Punch #307, the Kreaxions Circle Cutter and Stencil B to create the doily to which I added a flower and a big rhinestone for the center.  Before I adhered the doily to the front of the card, I colored the punched out parts and the edges with a gold pen.  Once I adhered the card I went around the outer edges of the whole edge with a regular tip gold pen.  I wrote the sentiment (which could easily be Happy Mother's Day, Thank You, Get Well, etc).  The top and bottom banners are cut-away pieces from the Mother’s Day card.

Other Materials – Card Base – Unknown; Patterned Papers – Carta Bella; Pens – Infinity, Omni Gel; Pearls, Rhinestones – The Paper Studio

I hope you've enjoyed these cards today!  Please be sure to hug your Moms a little harder if they're still with you.  Two and one half years ago the night before Mother's Day my Mom got very, very ill and was rushed to the hospital.  That's when we found out she had the cancer and 4 months later she was gone...  I miss her SOOOOOOOO MUCH!  Especially on days like Mother's Day.  I hope you have a Happy Mother's Day and Happy Punching!