Weekend recap

This past Sunday was my birthday. This year I decided that I do want to celebrate and make this day special. My friend Maya joined me on Covered Bridge Studio Tour. We spent few hours visiting local artists and cute antique shops. Few pictures from the weekend - all taken with my Samsung Nexus.

Fall in Thiensville. I drive past this beauty every day and just can't get enough of it.

We stopped by the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts. Here is my friend Maya sitting under gorgeous Native American quilt.

And here is me, attempting to take a self portrait outside the museum despite the drizzling rain.

 

We stopped for refuel at Anvil Pub and Grille in a picturesque Cedar Creek Settlement. After that we visited few more shops and studios in Cedarburg.

A cup of latte was a perfect finish to our tour. But the day didn't end there. Later I had a date with Ofir. We ended up going to a restaurant in a local mall. We had a nice time and I found a drink that I liked - Diva Martini.

I can not leave you without a layout. This one goes 19 years back. That dreamy girl is me. Hard to believe. I think inside I still feel the same as 20 years ago but than I look in the mirror... let's save it for another post. I used a sketch from Scrap 365 blog. The background paper is from Wayfarer collection by Bazzill. Almost everything else is Sassafras Lass. I threw in one paper from DCWV but it is hiding behind the pictures and the blue square.

Supplies: patterned paper (Bazzill Basics, Sassafras Lass, DCVW), stickers, diecuts, letter stickers (Sassafras Lass), Sepia accents (Ranger), corner punch (Fiskars)

 

 

The dots and the banner "rope" are made with Sepia Accents by Ranger. 

P.S. Silhouette Cameo is on it's way to my house!! (Thank you, girlfriend! Yes, you know who you are) I am super excited and I can't wait to start playing. Any tips?? Where to start? What accessories do I need? I know nothing!

French toast - sketchabilities sketch #76

I saw this sketch on Aliza's blog and decided to play along. Echo Park Birthday Boy mini collection with few pieces from Bella Blvd and Creative Memories.

Supplies: patterned paper (Echo Park, Bella Bvd., Creative Memories), letter stickers (Bella Blvd.), tab sticker (Crate Paper), doily die (My Favorite Things), label die (Lifestyle Crafts), circle punch (Fiskars), raindots (Cloud 9)

P.S. Aliza has an awesome giveaway on her blog for a spot in Tracy Clark's self paced workshop Picture Color, over at Big Picture Classes.

10 things

Every month on the tenth my google reader fills up with 10 Things posts. I joined once or twice but such thing requires too much pre-planning from my side. Being a helpless precrastinator I usually give up and just enjoy reading what 10 things other have to share.

But this morning I realized that I do have something to share - 10 cards that I made in the last few days. So here they are:

Card One

I made this card last week for the sketch challenge at my LSS My Paper Playground. Not so local, it's about 40 minutes drive, but I visit them when I take Lila to her ice skating practice on Saturdays. I used the leftovers from the Jenni Bowling September kit. The flowers are made with Lifestyle Crafts dies and colored with Faber-Castell gelatos.

Supplies:  patterned paper (My Mind's Eye), letter stickers (Lily Bee), doily die (My Favorite Things), punch (Fiskars), gelatos (Faber-Castell), tag (Anna Griffin), enamel dots (My Mind's Eye), smooch spritz (Clearsnap) 

Only one of the gelato colors was metallic so I misted the flowers with clear smooch spritz to give them more shine.

Card Two

This and all next cards were made for the challenges from the Fiskateers message board. I was inspired by Fiskateer Shanon to make this card with three matted panels. I decided to leave it without a sentiment and just added a vintage button with some twine.

Supplies: patterned paper (Sassafras Lass), button (vintage), twine (unknown)

Card Three

Simple Halloween card. The embellishments are by K&Company. I like how the pumpkins sit in the grass. I think it was the quickest card I ever made.

Supplies: patterned paper (My Mind's Eye), embellishments (K&Company), border punch (Fiskars)

Card Four

I had this card base with green mat for few months. I planned to use it for another card but it didn't work out. The butterflies were sitting in my "don't know where to put it" bowl. I think Ella wanted to use them on her birthday invitations back in July but changed her mind. I adhered the butterflies to the card and added three groups of Doodlebug jewels and a sentiment sticker. Done!

Supplies: cardstock (Martha Stewart), border punch (Fiskars), butterfly die (Lifestyle Crafts), jewels (Doodlebug), sentiment sticker (Doodlebug)

Card Five

I had so much fun with this one!  The challenge was to make a shaped card and I decided to make a jar. I used the jar printable from here and printed it on a vellum. I than adhered it to the folded card base adding few drops of glue just under the lid and cut along the edge of the shape. I added few Hello Kitty stickers between the card base and the vellum and sealed the open edges of the jar. I used the Scrap Happy Glue for the vellum. It dries completely clear and you can not see it when it dry! It looks like Hello Kitty is sitting in a frosted jar :)

Supplies: stickers (Sanrio), letter stickers (Lily Bee), twine, vellum

I added Lily Bee letter stickers inside the card and a birthday cake sticker.

Card Six

Another fun card! I took a piece of vellum and covered it with torn pieces of washi tape.  I than used the flower dies to cut three flowers. I kept the rest super simple to make sure the flowers are getting the full attention they deserve.

Supplies: journaling card (Jenni Bowlin), corner punch (Fisakrs), dies (Lifestyle Crafts), washi tape (Love My Tapes, Bazzill Basics), stamp (American Crafts), jewels (K&Company)

Cards Seven, Eight, Nine and Ten

The last challenge I was able to complete asked to create a set of four thank you cards using the same supplies. I used few Sassafras Lass paper scraps that I had with the matching diecut flowers. All cards use American Crafts cardstock, rounded corners, Fiskars stamp and smooch ink for faux stitching. The design was inspired by this card from my Pinterest board.

Supplies: cardstock (American Crafts), patterned paper (Sassafras Lass), diecut flowers (Sassafras Lass), corner punch (Fiskars), stamp (Fiskars), smooch ink (Clearsnap), pearls (Want2Scrap)

 

 

 

Here you go - 10 cards! You can see what 10 things other bloggers shared and share your own on Shimelle's blog here.

Take Twelve layouts - August and September

Two more layouts to add to my Take Twelve album. The August layout is about our camping trip. (I know it is not really camping since we slept in a cabin with showers and kitchen but it is as close to any camping experience as I will get). The journaling is from this blog post.

Supplies: cardstock (American Crafts), dies (Lifestyle Crafts), patterned paper, stickers (Simple Stories)

 

September layout follows a day in the life of a toddler. The journaling is from this blog post.

Supplies: cardstock (American Crafts), dies (Lifestyle Crafts), patterned paper, stickers (Bella Blvd.)

 

Take Twelve 2012:

January

February

March

April

May

June 

And here is something fun to share - Kimberly from Scrap It Girl is having a great giveaway on her blog. And while you are there, check the current challenge. Super easy this month, you just need some buttons. And who doesn't have buttons??

Run

Another Jenni Bowlin layout. The silhouette card, green cardstock and the frame stamp are from the  September kit. Everything else are random Jenni Bowlin products from my stash including the bird punch that Jenni Bowlin designed for Fiskars.

Supplies: cardstock (Core'dinatiosns), journaling cards and labels (Jenni Bowlin), stamp (Jenni Bowlin), border stickers (Jenni Bowlin), milk caps (Jenni Bowlin), punch (Fiskars), glimmer mist (Tattered Angels)

 

Authentique September card sketch - card two

Supplies: patterned paper, tag (Authentique), border punch (Fiskars)

I made another card using the same Authentique sketch. It is a great way to use those precisions scraps that you just can't throw away. Or is it just me? This time I used the Uncommon collection. Unlike the first card that I made, I kept the original orientation and sentiment placement and only added the scallop border. The sentiment is from the diecut sheet. I cut out the triangles on the sides and matted the sentiment with a slightly bigger shape cut out from the patterned paper. Super simple and super quick.

Do you ever use the same sketch more than once?

6th grade

This layout was inspired by the challenge from the new (to me) Israeli scrapbooking blog Yotzot MeHakavim. In Hebrew it means "stepping outside the lines". The challenge was to use cosmetic product on the layout. It was one of the most unusual scrapbooking challenges I ever participated in.

Supplies: patterned paper, stickers, letter stickers (Studio Calico), chipboard number (Basic Grey), glimmer mist (Tattered Angles), heart punch (Fiskars), eyeshadow, vintage button

I made this layout with Ella's first day of school picture. The fancy faded out picture border  was done in Picasa. I love the new photo editing options they added in the last version! I used a sketch by Kristine Davidson for My Scraps & More. All papers and stickers are Studio Calico.

So what cosmetic product did I use? The green eyeshadow from the ALMAY Intense i-Color trio set came in handy for coloring this big chipboard number. I also gave it a coat of  Meadow Green glimmer mist to add a little shine. Who knew? I will never look at my cosmetic product the same way.

The cute little button is one of my rummage sales find. It was a perfect shade of green.

I am glad to add this layout to Ella's album. I really love how it turned out.

Scrap It Girl - October challenge

New month and new challenge at Scrap It Girl! This month's theme is buttons - you need to use at least 12 buttons in your project. I have to admit that I am not a huge fan of buttons. Sure I used then here or there but they are not on my list of favorite scrapbooking supplies. Remember those big bags of Foof-a-la buttons? I bought a bag of pink buttons years ago and I still have more than plenty left.

This layout started with pink buttons. I made the button flower first, actually I made several but only one made it's way on the layout. After that I went though my 2001 storage album and found a picture to scrap. Looking at the picture I decided that it will work great with the leftovers from the Jenni Bowlin September kit. So the layout was born.

Supplies: cardstock (Bazzill Basics), patterned paper (My Mind's Eye, Jillibean Soup), stamp (Jenni Bowlin), buttons (Autumn Leaves), liquid adhesive (Close To My Heart), twine (Making Memories), word stickers (My Mind's Eye), cupcake sticker (Heidi Grace), fabric paper (unknown), smooch ink (Clearsnap), border punch (Fiskars), markers (Faber-Castell)

I stamped an exclusive stamp from the kit on Jillibean Soup paper and on white watercolor paper with Faber Castell big brush markers. The peach colored twine is from Making Memories.

 

The small buttons in the button flower are covered with Liquid Glass from CTMH. It gives them a dimensional look and helps to hold them together. The cute baby image is cut out of the fabric paper that I had forever in my stash. I even can't remember the manufacturer. I added a little smooch ink to the tiny flowers on the fabric.

No it's your turn. It should be easy! You can submit two projects for this challenge. Don't forget to link back to the Scrap It Girl site! If you need a little extra help to get motivated you can check this awesome prize that Dawn from Scrap It Girl Design Team put together:

I know it would motivate me ;-)