Glow bowling

Hi all, I'd like to address something...I received two separate emails....I know people are trying to help and I love getting tips and to learn new tricks But I thought I would say this here....I know some of my pictures,well most of my pictures are poor quality,small or have color issues and I would like nothing more then to have better ones but if you have read anything on my blog you know that most of the pages are of my youngest daughter Stephanie and these are the only pictures we have....there won't be any others....but I really wanted to remember those memories from the pictures I do have! I will keep and use your tips on other projects!thanks....

Okay now that that's out of the way I just did this page of Stephanie out with friends glow bowling....I used the sketch from Scrapping Everyday Miracles for their December challenge...

Here's the sketch:

and here is what I made with it with the twist...I used a circle punch and a flower punch!

 I am also putting this in challenges with frosted designs for their 12 days of Christmas...day 12 you have to use 12 brads and as you can see I have 12 itty bitty brads! this page was done for a mini album so the page is 8x8..

and I'm linking up with Creative craft World for their Mini challenge layout done is....

Thanks for taking a peek :o)

String of hearts

Just a quickie for the Frosted designs 12 days of Christmas....day 11 "challenge you to use a banner with 11 flags on your project - or as a project!!  You can use one banner or more with a total of 11 flags.  Banner flags can be made out of any shape so be sure to have fun!!

this is what I came up with! a cute little thinking of you card with a string of hearts!

 thanks for taking a peek!

Oh Christmas Tree...

Normally I love the holidays but this year we decided to pass on all the decorations and such...It was just too much since I have tons of handmade ornaments that both girls have made...I couldn't bare to look at them even Sam thought this was a good idea...until I started looking through the many many blogs I follow. It seems with each passing day we get more into the spirit, we have made several cards for friends and families..a couple ornaments that we just hung up with out a tree...and now I saw these cute little trees someone made(mind you I was doing an image search and stumbled across these) and decided to try...Over at Frosted designs they are doing the twelve days of Christmas so far I've done them all except two one is the 6thday which you had to use 6 washi tapes well I don't own any washi tapes and have no way to get any orhter then order online and that's just not an option at the moment, I looked at Micheals the last time I was there but didn't see any at the time and that's over an hour away *sad face* so I had to skip that one...as far as I can tell you can leave out two of the 12....the second one I hadn't done yet was the 10th day which you had to use 10 buttons *big smile* stole some from Sams stash lol  I waited because Sam said she wanted to help but I guess I'm not very patient lol I made this while she was sleeping....easy peasy.....

A cute little Christmas tree! Don't laugh it was the only green paper I could find at the time. I think I will let Sam make two more and I can put them in my window shelf....

this was great because it was all stuff just laying around the house.there are 10 buttons(12 actually because they had to be even) there are 8 green and 4 red I just wrapped an old spool with cute music paper that you see in the background and I have a bag of skewers that have been in my kitchen junk drawer for ever....see told you it was easy! Go check out all of the other days over at Frosted Designs!

thanks for taking a peek!

Cute snowman

Another card for the frosted designs 12 days of Christmas...."On the 9th day of Christmas, I challenge you to use 9 pearls or sparkles."
Sorry for some reason the camera didn't really pick up the shiny pearls no matter what angle I used lol.... but I promise there are 9 of them!

thanks for taking a peek!
I linked up with Paper Issues too

Something Blue

For the 3rd day of Christmas over at Frosted designs....." On the 3rd day of Christmas my true love gave to me......3 mists/inks/paints"
so for my little project i made a cute card for my girl friend...she likes shiny things LOL

 I used 3 different pains to make the background plus I used ink on the butterfly then sprayed the whole background with glimmer mist...so I hope I covered everything!

I also added some perfect pearls to some parts of the butterfly...I really Love how this turned out!

thanks for taking a peek!

Lil Helpers

I dig out some really old pictures from December 1999...wow I feel old looking at these! anyway I followed this sketch from C'est Magnifique's Decembers sketch challenge....
Here is my take on their sketch! I entered this page on C'est Magnifique December challange
and I also entered at Frosted designs day eight of the 12 days of Christmas.....(On the 8th day of Christmas, my challenge is to use 8 brands/products in your projects)

 Here is some of what I used on this page!
Graphic 45 place in time paper
Bo Bunny powder mountain chipboard
Pinkpaislee artisan elements
Petaloo flowers
Ranger perfect pearls
Prima stamps
k&company Life's little occasions letters
folkart metallic ice blue paint
glitter
ribbon

 here is the actual sketch

 you really can't see the glitter in the picture but trust me it looks awesome...I outlined the swirly thingy and it looks beautiful!

thanks so much for having a peek!

Busy Bee..

I've been such a busy bee the last couple of days...nothing to exciting just crafty stuff. I wasn't really in the mood for the holidays,I didn't even decorate which for me is a big thing I normally decorate for every holiday doesn't matter big or small. things have happened in the last couple months that I am surprised I'm not a sniveling pile of goo.....anyway on to the good news, I follow a ton of blogs and love to read and see what other people create, as you know Christmas is right around the corner so most of the blogs are filled with cards and all sorts of wonderful decorations! Oh and lets not for get all the contests! I think I have become addicted to the contests....So I decided to try my hand at card making (even though I like scrapbooking) I found that I'm not very good at it lol but my friends and close family will really love them since they are made with LOVE!
so here is a card I made just for the sake of making one and I wanted to see if I could get the deer the way I wanted it...I got the image from Birds cards along with the sentiment,she has tons of files all sorts of goodies anyway I found the deer in her cut files well I don't have a machine for cutting or anything fancy so this is what I did with it!

I enetered this card in the 50 shades of grey challenge over at paper issues and I am also entering it in the 12 days of Christmas challenge over at Frosted Designs for their day five which you had to use "five gold things on your project!   (Both gold and yellow are acceptable for this challenge.)   You can use five different yellow/gold papers, or five gold brads, or five yellow buttons, and mix and match items" I used gold glitter and four gold brads *cheesy smile*

Now onto a special project that I am doing for my fabulous daughter Sam....as you know I started scrapbooking because I wanted to make a special memorial book for my youngest daughter Stephanie,well Sam has helped with that then she request that I make her a special book just for her cosplay pictures. For those who don't know what that means(Cosplay short for "costume play", is a type of performance art in which participants wear costumes and accessories to represent a specific character or idea. Cosplayers often interact to create a subculture centered on role play. A broader use of the term "cosplay" applies to any costumed role play in venues apart from the stage, regardless of the cultural context.) so I started making a mini album of sorts....I made the covers but never really stated any pages which is what she wanted...pages... so she picked out the first picture which happens to be a character I know Mama Toad (photo taken by Elleontheradio) from thumbelina and here is what I did with it! I entered this Lo in the December challenge over at paper stories ...see the sketch at the end of the post!

 Doesn't she look pretty all in green! Now the thing is when she creates a character she has to hand make everything so she made the dress and the wig....the list goes on and on.....

 I made a hidden tag for journalling so she can add what ever she wants later on.

Here is the sketch I used

just a different angle....so there you have it...thanks for taking the time to stop and check things out!

Let it snow...the 7th day of Christmas!

Over at Frosted Designs.........On the 7th day of Christmas

Frosted Designs asked of me - 7 sparkly snowflakes!

 

So I wasn't sure what to make a decorative tag....well maybe lol anyway this is what I came up with ....and I included the five sparkly snowflakes!

2 stamps

On the second day of Christmas at Frosted Design........"For the 2nd day of Christmas your challenge is to use 2 Stamps on your project.  Of course, you can do whatever project you wish - OTP, Cards, Layouts - it's up to you" so I went through my very small stash of stuff to see what I could find.....I have tons of papers but limited of other things....My daughter had bought me these cute little stamps (not even sure who makes them but she got them from her work) I found one that says thinking of you and thought well I can use that one....not very Christmasy but it will work...then I have a lil swirly that I love to use....there are my two!

so there you have it little ink little paper....and a lil reindeer..lol

Never have I ever

Made a card...lol  I really wasn't going to give out cards this year but then I saw my daughter trying to make one...hmmm...shes a sewer not so much a paper person and since I've been kind of obsessed with my scrapbook and I read a lot of blogs about paper crafts I stumbled upon Frosted Designs Blog and they have they are having the twelve days of Christmas blog challenge : "Twelve of our design team members will have a challenge for you throughout the month of December that will give you a chance to use specific items on your projects.

In true "12 Days" style, we will build on the # of items used each day.  The challenges will be posted various days between December 1 and December 19 and you will have until the end of December to play along.  We can't wait to see your projects and hope we are able to inspire you to be creative!"

so I thought it would motivate me to make a few things.....this is the day one....I have 7 to catch up with so please bare with me lol

Now for day 1:
Use 1 bird on your project

made this cute little card...which my daughter has alread called dibs on to send to one of her friends....so I guess it was worth it!