The Color Room

Have you seen the new challenge site, The Color Room?? It just launched last week and OH MY, the inspiration is incredible. So many of my favorite scrappers all under one roof!

This week's challenge was to use pink, aqua and yellow. Here's my page.



I had so much fun making this girly page of my friend Dorothea and me at the beach last week. This page is also posted on the Tattered Angels blog today. TA and Prima have paired up this month. What a match!



I misted some of the flowers, stamped with a large Glimmer Screen and added lots of misted Glimmer Chips. Plus, I was able to use lots of yummy Prima flowers!



All of the details are on the TA Blog. You can also see a couple of other projects I did. Here's a peek at another...



Be sure to stop by again tomorrow. We are having another Zva Blog hop and there will be prizes!

Have a great day!

Paper Crafts May/June

I just received my May/June Paper Crafts issue yesterday and wanted to share a fun project I did. I used this adorable apron from Anthropology as my inspiration.


(You can click on the photo to see it up close.)

I love the colors and the fun design. As soon as I saw it, I thought of Papertrey's Giga Guidlines.
So, I used that set and stamped with New Leaf, Spring Rain and Lemon Tart inks. The sentiment is stamped with Mega Mixed Messages.




To create the ruffle along the bottom, I fan-folded a piece of New Leaf cardstock. I used Scor-tape to hold it in place. To tie things all together, I colored the trim and pearls with a Copic marker. I love using them to make my embellishments match.

That's it for today. Thanks for stopping by!

Where Has My Vacation Gone?

I've got the Sunday blues. After being in vacation mode for the last 11 days, I have to get back into 'the grind' tomorrow. Time to start packing lunches, doing homework, going to the office, running around after school...sigh. Our time off has been such bliss...

Anyway, I have a couple of things to share with you today. This first layout highlights photos that crack me up. We went camping at the aquarium not too long ago and Ryan loved hanging out on this shark. I used Webster's new Seaside Serenade line along with Tattered Angels' frames, fish Glimmer Glass and chipboard letters.





Speaking of Tattered Angels...
There are a couple of exciting things I wanted to tell you about. First is that they are offering a gorgeous new limited edition color.



The sales will benefit Autism Speaks. Click HERE to find out more about it.

Also, registration is now going on for Mistified, day long, technique filled workshops that are being held in Australia!!!



Do you know how badly I'd love to go to these?? Click HERE for more info.

My final project for today uses some fun Technique Tuesday stamps.



I paired them with some Jenni Bowlin Homespun papers. I used the Borderlines - Vintage Lace stamps to create the border and the flower on here.



To make the flower, I cut the lace out and fan folded it. Then I adhered the ends and added the button center. I finished the card off with a sentiment stamped with the Simply Stated set. Isn't that frame fun?

Well, that's it for today. Off to enjoy my last day of 'rest'!!
Thanks for stopping by. ;)

Embrace the White

I just got back from the most amazing day at the beach! I decided on the spur of the moment to head down and it was heavenly - just like being there in the middle of summer. We got pizza at Grottos, ice cream, played arcade games and basked in the sun. Ryan even went in the water, though it was FRIGID..... Ahhhh, can't wait until summmer.

I had the chance to play along with the Shabby Tea Room's challenge this week, Embrace the white. We had to use white and one other soft color. Here's the card I came up with.



I used Papertrey's Polka Dot Basics and Blooming Button Bits stamps. I stamped and embossed the polka dots onto Sweet Blush cardstock and stamped the sentiment with Smokey Shadow ink. I added Melissa Frances resin, a Hambly transparency, May Arts and Maya Road trim and a prima flower. The tissue paper flower was made using a tutorial that Betsy Veldman did not too long ago.



It looks so soft and pretty close up. I have a hard time photographing anything white, and even with photo shop, there's still more grey in the photo than I like.

Also, today is my day at the Noel Mignon blog! Hop on over. I shared a little technique that involves Glimmer Mist, a Glimmer Screen and a white crayon. ;)

So, that's it for today. Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!

Go To Gals and Friends Blog Hop

Hi! I'm so excited to be participating in today's blog hop. I was so excited when my sweet friend Jessica Witty asked me to participate. (Have I told you how much I love this girl? We just laugh and laugh when we're together...)

Anyway, as you know, Paper Crafts is celebrating the release of Go To Sketches this week.



All of the Go to Gals picked 5 friends to create a card for the Blog Hop. We all made something based on this sketch. (Which, by the way was created by none other than the talented Jessica!)



Anyway, here is my take.





I pulled the colors from the gorgeous Studio Calico paper. I've been waiting to use this sheet and thought this would be the perfect card for it. Spring Rain, Spring Moss, Lemon Tart and Vintage Cream just scream spring to me.

I used Papertrey Ink's Blooming Button Bits, and Background Basics Tin Types. I stamped with Spring Rain and Smoky Shadow inks and used some Lemon Tart buttons along with some Spring Moss satin dot ribbon. The yellow panel was cut with the Fillable Frames #1 die.

Paper Crafts will be choosing random commenters from the blogs to receive a complimentary issue of Go To Sketches. :)

You can hop on over to Jessica's other friends to see what they did with the sketch:

Charlene Austin

Maille Belles

Julie Ebersole

Bev Gerard

And be sure to check out the rest of the Go To Gals and their friends for even more inspiration!!!

Teri Anderson

Maren Benedict

Kim Hughes

Kim Kesti

Betsy Veldman

That's it! Have fun on the Blog Hop and thanks for stopping by!

Happy Easter!

I'm posting this a day early since things are going to be really hectic around here today and tomorrow! I have everyone coming for dinner tomorrow afternoon and have to get it all ready today. ;) As I mentioned in the previous post, tomorrow is my birthday, so I plan on eating and having fun - not doing a whole lot of work. So prep ahead of time is going to be the key!

I have this layout to share with you. My absolute favorite day of the year at church is Easter morning. The church is beautiful to begin with, but on Easter it is filled with flowers. I've never seen decorations so beautiful! Each year is something new and it's just breathtaking. Truly, the pictures don't even do it justice.



I used all Prima on here. And I used the March Build A Page sketch. I really wanted to focus on the soft pastels in the pictures.



So, to all of my friends who celebrate, hope you have a Blessed Easter!
Thanks for stopping by. :)

Noel Mignon Guest DT!

It's April!! Woo Hoo!! April is my favorite month, and that's no April Fools joke. Why? My birthday is the 4th and the best gift I ever got was born on the 9th. ;) As you can imagine, my birthday has now been eclipsed. LOL. But, that's ok. His birthday is a big deal around here. We made cupcakes for school today and we're going to have lunch with him as he hands them out. (They do the cupcake thing in the lunchroom.)We have to do it today since Spring Break starts tomorrow and his actual birthday is next Friday. So, technically, he'll be having a week long celebration.

Speaking of celebrations, I'm excited to announce that I will be working with the talented team at Noel Mignon this month! Noel's kits are just PACKED with goodies. I've been working with the Sonoma County kit. (I think there are a couple left...)
My projects will be up at the Noel Mignon Blog every Thursday in April. Here's a peek at my first project. I'd love for you to hop over to see it. I did a layout about Easter Egg coloring and gave some photography tips for capturing this fun event. (I think we're doing our's tomorrow. ;) )



Can't believe Easter is right around the corner. Here's a card I did for Emma's this week.





Isn't that image the cutest thing ever??? It's Crafty Secrets. I used some American Crafts paper, a Creative Imaginations journaling die cut, Prima flower and Zva pearls.

Finally, I leave you with a photo of my new baby. She arrived yesterday and has already churned out 32 cupcakes and a one pound turkey meatloaf. I'm in LOVE!



She's a Gloss Cinnamon Artisan Kitchenaid and she's my birthday present from my mom!! I'm so excited.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.