Finally Finished

Off to CHA they go!! My labors of love... 23 projects in total, all created this month. I am officially creatively brain dead!! If you're heading to CHA, you can check out what's inside these boxes at Bella Blvd, Cheery Lynn Designs, Creative Imaginations, and Petaloo.

MIA

Man have I been swamped this month. CHA is just 2 short weeks away and I am up to my neck in projects. I love this time of year because I get to see a lot of the new stuff before it hits the stores, but man am I feeling the pressure...not to mention the fact that my mojo is trying to abandon me but I'm hanging on for dear life! I'm not attending CHA this time around, but I will have lots of projects in Creative Imaginations, Cheery Lynn Designs, Petaloo, Bella Blvd's booths. I can't wait to share with you what I've created!! Fun stuff!

Additionally, I will be teaching 2 mini albums classes for Croptopia Getaways in Whippany, NJ next month. You can get more detailed info here.

Today, I took a break from creating to try and regroup. I do, however have a few projects to share.

I recently ordered Echo Park's new Be Mine collection and all I can say is WOW!!! It's truly gorgeous! I created the following 2 cards with the collection.

Always In My Heart was created for gonescrapbooking/examiner.com


Be-Leave In Love (I know it's a little cheesy) was created for Cheery Lynn Designs using the new dimensional leaves. Click here to see what the rest of the design team created with the new dies.


Finally, I created this frame a while ago for Petaloo. I turned a $1 wooden frame into a beautiful gift for a friend, using Mulberry flowers, glittered dazzlers, bees, and glitter paper for the background.


Ok, well it's time for me to climb in the bed. I'm beat!! See ya next post. For all of my scrappy peeps in the NJ area who are attending the Croptopia Getaways crop...hope to see you there!!!

Love You Gift Set

Just sharing my latest Cheery Lynn Designs project, an altered truffle box with matching card.


I started by covering a chocolate truffles box with patterned paper, cardstock, Petaloo flowers, and some of my favorite Cheery Lynn Designs die cuts.

Here are a few close-ups of the truffle box:



Next, I created the card and used Love Expressions sentiment, which I cut after embossing and 1/2" School Days Font. I added ribbon, more Petaloo flowers, and stickles and there you have it...a quick and easy gift set.


Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today!

Cheery Lynn Designs Projects & Giveaway

I combined a host of Cheery Lynn Designs Dies to create this super girly layout featuring a mix of October Afternoon papers. I used the dies with a variety of different materials: patterned paper, thin chipboard, and glittered cardstock.


I used the Butterflies Bundle dies to die cut butterflies from Core'dinations Core Couture cardstock. I really like the embossed effect.


Here, I created a faux scalloped border by die cutting the smallest circle from the XL Nested Circles pack, cutting them in half, and adhering them to the bottom of the striped paper.

I cut the smallest Coved Rectangle from thin chipboard and embossed using the Dots/Lines Metal Embossing Plate before adhering to the layout.

The Buttons were cut from thin chipboard and patterned paper and layered for a dimensional effect.


I also cut a portion of the Picket Fence out using both thin chipboard and patterned paper. I adhered the 2 together and then attached to the layout using pop dots.

I created a "sun" using the largest XL Nested Scallop Circle die. I added pen work and then adhered behind the photo for that pop factor.

The Pennant banner was cut from cardstock. I trimmed the center from one of the extra flags and used it to hand cut triangles to layer on top of the banner.

I die cut my title using lower case letters from the School Days 1/2" Font Set and then adhered each one to a flower that was hand cut from patterned paper, and attached to the banner.


I'm so happy I finally have a little girl to scrap; thanks to my friend Dolores for allowing me to use pictures of her cutie pie daughter! You're definitely going to see more girly layouts here in 2011!!

I also created this card using Love Expression Collection, Heart 2 Heart, XL French Flair Nested Dies and Petaloo hydrangeas and rose blooms. I inked the Love Expression embossing plate before sending it through my Epic Six to add color to the debossed words and then layered the rest of the elements for dimension.


Cheery Lynn Designs has a Blog Candy Giveaway going on right now. Go to the blog to check it out.

Thanks for stopping by today!!!

Favorite Altered Projects of 2010

My 10 favorite altered projects of 2010; this is the last of my favorite projects posts. I hope you've enjoyed taking a trip down memory lane with me.


Joy Frame Set


Christmas House


Sending My Love Mailbox


St. Patrick's Day Set


A+ Teacher Gift Set


Boys Rule Wall Hanging

Halloween Treat Container

Scrap Room Decor


Flower Ornament


Christmas Gift Bag


I have a few special layouts featuring multiple photos, 2 pages, and hidden journaling coming to the blog later this month...so stay tuned!

Favorite Cards of 2010

I made more cards in 2010 that ever before and there's no slowing down now. Seems like the more I make, the more I fall in love with card making.

These are my 10 favorite cards from 2010:

Spider Halloween Card


Thanks Card
Joyeux Noel Card


Kraft Butterfly Card


Get Well Card


Pleated Flower Card


Be Happy Card


You Color My World Card


Thanks A Bunch Card


Perfect Pair Card

Favorite Layouts of 2010

It's officially 1/1/11 which makes this my 1st post of the new year!!! Hope you had a safe celebration! I stayed home with my boys, ordered some soul food and just chilled out...nice and simple. I'm looking forward to 2011. I chose WORK as my word for the year and I plan to do just that; continue to work on raising happy children, work on finding work, work on keeping myself healthy, work on getting my house in order, work on bringing you more scrapbooking videos, etc...

Over the next few days, I'm going to share some of my favorite projects from last year. I have such a hard time choosing my favorite layouts because I do so many (115 in 2010) and each has a special place in my heart. Having said that, here are 10 that I think represent my style pretty well.

"Ah Wah Woo" (translates to "I love you" the way Xander used to say it)


"I'm Growing" - I think it's essential to do layouts about me


"Favorite Foods" - About Xander's favorite foods


"Love Overflowing" - The title and photo says it all, no need for journaling. I love them..'nuff said!

"Life @ 35" - This will be fun to look back on later on.


"My Niece Jazz" - with 2 boys, I'll sneak a girlie page in there any way I can


"Star Pupil" - Donovan's kindergarten year

"Beautiful Sisters" - My mom and her sister

"Many Things To Smile About" - Just to remind myself of my blessings


"Cold Snowy Days" - Donovan's favorite time of year and also one of my favorite color combos


Thanks so much for stopping by and for all of your continued support. I hope 2011 holds many blessings for you and yours!

XOXO