So. Many. Layouts.

Hello everyone!  I have been pretty busy lately and my crafting has taken a back seat.  I do have a few digital scrapbooking layouts to share with you.  I absolutely love that I can scrapbook from my computer.  It is not near the mess as if I were to pull out my Silhouette.  Plus, if I don't like something all I have to do is hit delete. How easy is that?  All of my layouts were designed using photoshop elements. 

Slowly but surely I am going to catch up on all of my scrapbooking!  Hope you all had a wonderful weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Make a wish

Good morning everyone!  I am finally getting around to posting some of the cards I have made in the last few months.  This adorable shaker card was made for my sister's birthday.  I have containers of buttons that have been sitting in my craft stash.  I finally found a use for some of them.  I cut a circle with my silhouette out of Kraft and cut a ring to fit around it out of some patterned paper. I layered the card stock with acetate and some patterned paper with buttons and glitter in the middle.  The balloon die cuts came from My Creative Time and were cut with my Sizzix Big Kick.  I added some twine for the balloon strings and stitching.

Items Used

My Creative Time: Polka dot surprise and Stitched party dies

Twine

Pop dots

Acetate

Buttons

Sizzix big kick

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You & Me

Hello everyone!  I have a quick card to share with you this evening.  I made it earlier this month for my husband.  We celebrated 9 years of marriage!  Time flies, it is doesn't seem possible to have been married for 9 years already. :)  This card was super simple and easy to make.  I used dies from My Creative Time and everything was cut with my Sizzix Big Kick. I added some stitching around the edges and popped up the hearts. Easy peasy!

Items used: 

My Creative Time: And then some, Stitched heart layering dies 

and Vintage stitched label dies

Pop dots

Gelly roll pen

Sizzix big kick

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For your happily ever after

Hello!  I have a few cards I will post in the next few days that I made awhile back but haven't had the chance to share yet.  Lately I have been seeing some very cute shaker cards and they have inspired me to create some of my own. The card I am sharing with you today I made for a good friend of mine who recently got married.  It was super quick to make.  The adorable hearts were cut with my Vegabond from dies that came from My Creative Time.  As for the sentiment, it also is from one of Miss Emma's stamp sets and the sequins came from Neat and Tangled.

Items Used: My Creative Time: Stitched sweethearts dies and Fun gift pocket sentiments Acetate sheets: amazon.com Tim Holtz Vegabond White Gelly Roll pen Scotch foam mounting tape Echo Park Paper: Be mine Sequins: Neat and Tangled
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Peachy Keen Color Challenge

Hello everyone!  It has been forever since I have had any time to craft but recently I was able to sneak some time in.  Here is the color scheme given for the latest Peachy Keen Challenge:

For my card I wanted to do something quick and easy so I pulled out Miss Emma's Surprise Pop-out Card Die.  It is so fun to play with and makes really easy cards!  The adorable little bunny came from Peachy Keen and I colored it with Copics. All of the other dies I used also came from My Creative Time and were cut out with my Sizzix Vagabond.  I added some glossy accents and chalk to the bunny and put the whole thing together.  Easy, peasy!

Items used:

My Creative Time: Surprise Pop-out Card Die, Hello Chickie, Stitched Grass Die

Peachy Keen Stamps: March 2013 SOTM

Copic Markers

Sizzix Vagabond

Glossy Accents

Chalk

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful evening!

Happy Birthday!

Hello everyone!  This is the last project I have to share with you that I made this weekend.  My Aunt's birthday is this week and this is the card I made for her.  Everything I used for this was a My Creative Time product.  I cut all of the dies out with my Vegabond which I bought over Christmas on Amazon as a lightning deal.  I absolutely love how it cuts, so detailed and I don't have to run it through more than once.

Items Used:

My Creative Time: 4x4 Journal Die, Just My Type stamp set, Flower 

Petal Dies, Stitched Dolly Dies

White Gelly Roll Pen

Tim Holtz Vegabond

Random Ribbon

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Valentine's Day

 Hello and happy Monday!  I decided to do something a little different for Valentine's Day this year.  I bought Miss Emma's Build a Postcard set forever ago but had not yet had a chance to play with it.  So, instead of sending cards this year I made some postcards to send out.  This also gave me the perfect chance to play with the newest release from My Creative Time.  I absolutely LOVE all of her stuff!  Super easy to put together!  Here are the two different postcards I made:

Items Used:

My Creative Time: Fun Airplane Die, Plane and Simple Stamp Set, 4x4 Journal Die, Stitched Cartoon Clouds, 4x6 Journal Die

Items Used:

My Creative Time: 4x6 Journal Die and Puffy Hearts Just For You

This is the back:

Items Used:

My Creative Time: Build a Postcard set, Just My Type stamp set

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PKS Sketch

Hello everyone!  The ground here is covered in snow and ice so I took advantage of being inside and did some crafting this weekend!  I decided to play with some of the Peachy Keen add on sets from last months release.  They are absolutely adorable!  I love all the nursery rhyme sets!  This card was super easy to put together!  I colored the adorable images with my Copics and heat embossed the stars and sentiment.  Here is the sketch we were given:

Here is my take on the sketch:

Items Used:

Heat gun

Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Ink

Embossing Powder

Copic Markers

White Gelly Roll Pen

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful evening!

Halloween LO

Hello everyone!  One of my resolutions this year is to do more scrapbooking!  I am so far behind it is ridiculous.  Now that I have started digital scrapping I have cranked out more layouts than I have in a long time.  I am making progress!  Tonight I have two very simple LO's to share with you done with a project life template.  So easy to put together!  I designed everything in photoshop elements using Lori Whitlock's Life Templates and Sahlin Studio's Project Mouse: Halloween.  So easy!

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful night!

Happy New Year!

Hello everyone and happy 2014!  2013 was a crazy year for our family but despite every challenge there is a lot we have to be thankful for.  I am looking forward to the new year and everything it has in store!  I have a few digital layouts that I want to share with you today.  I designed these weeks ago but I had them printed and framed as Christmas gifts so I am just now getting them posted.  Everything was designed using photoshop elements 12 and I had 12x12 prints made at Mpix.  It was my first attempt doing something digital like this as a gift and I have to say they went over pretty well.  They made perfect gifts for our family!

Digital supplies from: Suzy Q Scraps: Ties that bind

Digital supplies from: Sweet Shoppe Designs: Sisterhood

Digital supplies from: Just the way you are

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Merry Christmas!

Hello everyone and Merry Christmas just a few days late.  I hope you all had a wonderful holiday.  I decided to enter my Christmas cards into the peachy keen photo challenge.  This is the picture that inspired the cards below.

These cards were super simple to make.  Everything was cut with my Cameo.  The banner and nesting shapes came from the Silhouette store and the adorable gingerbread people came from SVG cutting files.  I put everything together, added some stickles, doodling, heat embossed my sentiment and added an adorable PKS face.  Easy peasy!

Items Used: SVG Cutting files: Holiday Set 1 My Creative Time: Fun Variety on the Inside & Out Peachy Keen Stamps: Sweet & Innocent Assortment White embossing powder Heat gun Stickles Chalk
Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful night!

Baking weekend

Hello everyone!  I have another digital project to share with you.  I have been slowly teaching myself to use photoshop elements and I must say I have learned a lot over the last few weeks watching you tube and just trial and error.  Tonight I taught myself how to use brushes so I could add stitching!  It didn't turn out perfectly but not too bad for my first attempt.  

Onto my LO, a couple years ago the girls in my family had a baking weekend where we decided to bake all kinds of Christmas cookies.  It was so much fun and we had tons and tons of cookies.  I designed my LO in photoshop elements and used a digital kit from Amber Shaw called Gingerbread.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful night!

Digital Scrapping!

Hello everyone!  I have something a little different for you tonight.  I love taking pictures but I am awful when it comes to printing them and scrapping.  Recently I decided to try digital scrapbooking.  Since all of my pictures are on the computer anyway, I thought I would give it a shot.  So, I bit the bullet, bought PSE12, watched A LOT of you tube videos and decided to give it ago.  I have to say that I love it!  Plus, it is a lot neater than pulling all my paper out.  It is also nice to be able to hit delete when I don't like something.  Here is one of my first pages.  The picture was taken in 2011 on a family trip to Disney.  Along with my "paper" projects, I will also start sharing my digital scrapping projects.  Hopefully, I can get caught up on all my scrapbooking. :)

Items Used:

PSE12

Gingerscraps: Main Street Magic Bundle

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful evening!

Happy birthday Jordan!

Good morning everyone!  I have a super quick card to share with you.  Today is my son's birthday.  I am never a big fan of making cards for boys.  However, the boys in my house LOVE Starwars.  Jaded Blossom had a Starwars blog hop awhile back and I thought this was the perfect time to use the free files! The card base came from the Silhouette store.  Everything was cut with my Cameo, super quick and easy!

Items Used: My Creative Time: Some Days Simply Require Jaded Blossom: Starwars Blog Hop Files White Gelly Roll Pen Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

PKS Photo Inspiration

Hello everyone!  For the first time in awhile, I have some free time.  I love being able to sneak away on a Saturday afternoon and spend some time crafting!  Tonight I decided to make something for Peachy Keen's photo inspiration.  I absolutely love the colors!  Here is the picture for the challenge:

Here is my card.  The adorable image is a SVG from My Scrap Chick's harvest kids.  I cut it out with my Cameo.  The sentiment is from My Creative Time and was stamped on a Spellbinders which was cut out with my Sizzix Big Kick.  I added some doodling, glossy accents, chalk and of course a Peachy Keen face!  

Items Used:

My Creative Time: Piles of Smiles

Peachy Keen Stamps: Sweet and Innocent Face Assortment

My Scrap Chick: Harvest Kids

Glossy Accents

Sizzix Big Kick

Spellbinders

Chalk

White Gelly Roll

I am off to finish up some housework.  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend!

PKS Leaves Challenge

Hello everyone!  I got a chance to do some crafting today and decided to use some of my Peachy Keen stamps that have been sitting in my closet just waiting to be used.  I colored the entire card with Copics.  The leaves are dies from My Creative Time. I cut them out on white card stock and then colored them with Copics.  Some of the leaves are blended better than others but that's ok. :)  To finish the card up, I added some glossy accents to the puppy's eyes and paws.  I just love that little puppy, so cute!

Items Used: Peachy Keen Stamps: August 2013 and October 2013 My Creative Time: Piles of Smiles and Stitched Journal Die Copic Markers Sizzix Big Kick Glossy Accents White Gelly Roll Pen
Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

PKS Sketch

Hello everyone!  I made a quick card tonight for Peachy Keen's sketch challenge.  It was nice to take some time to create!  Everything was cut with my Cameo.  The stars came from the Silhouette store and the Superman is an SVG from Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons.  I stamped it with a cute peachy keen face, added some glossy accents and chalk and it was done!  Here is a picture of the sketch:

Here is my card:

Items Used: Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons: Superhero Trio Jaded Blossom: Superhero Peachy Keen Stamps: Sweet and Innocent Face Assortment Chalk Glossy Accents
Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful evening!

Happy Birthday Bryson!

Hello everyone!  It has been forever since I have had any time to do anything crafty.  Things have been a bit crazy around here.  Here is the shortened version, my husband has safely returned from his year long deployment.  I am finishing up my last clinical and studying for my boards.  Other than that, we are adjusting to having our family back under the same roof.  It is such a nice feeling!  
One of my good friend's son is turning one in about a week.  His birthday party is next weekend and the theme is down on the farm.  I thought this was a perfect time to pull out my Peachy Keen stamp of the month from May that I have not had time to play with.  Here is the photo in which I took the color inspiration from: 

I colored the adorable little cow with Copic markers and the balloon was cut out with my silhouette.  I added some twine for the balloon string, glossy accents to the eyes and chalk for the cheeks.  So easy!

Items used: Copic markers Peachy Keen Stamps: May 2013 Stamp of the Month My Creative Time: Celebrate Good Times Twine Glossy Accents Chalk
I must say it was nice to be creative again and take a break from everything else going on.  I am off to study for my boards again.  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!