Happy Birthday

I made another card using a full scene stamp from The Paper Nest Dolls (for another one, see my blog post from yesterday). I love how the background scene complements the image, and I don't need to worry about masking, etc. It's so fun to make a whole little world of it. The paper is by Echo Park (Scoot), and I colored the stamp with Copics.

I Love You With All Of Me

I made a card using a sweet stamp from The Paper Nest Dolls. The stamp includes the gorgeous background, so no need for masking, etc. I colored it with Copics, and the paper is My Mind's Eye, and the flowers are Prima.

Le Jardin

I got some more gorgeous pics of my daughter from another recent trip to the park. Here she is, looking all thoughtful and contemplative. I used the gorgeous new "French Country" collection by Graphic 45. The beautiful die is Nautical Wheeler Doily from Cheery Lynn Designs, and I'm entering this in their "Lots of Layers" challenge for this week.

Choo Choo!

I wanted to scrap some pics of DS when he was younger - I had printed these a while ago and was just waiting for the right paper to come along. Well, "scoot" by Echo Park is definitely the right paper. I also used some brads by Recollections and Bo Bunny, and some puffy embellies with washi tape. The letters are Thickers (of course :)

4 YOU

I made this little card using some MME paper and a darling stamp from The Paper Nest Dolls, colored with Copics.

Birthday mini album!

For DS's 4th birthday, we went to Great Wolf Lodge in the Pocono's again. It's basically an indoor water park, with a lodge-themed hotel. So fun for the kids. Last month, I won Bo Bunny's card challenge, so they sent me their awesome new birthday-themed line, "Surprise". The colors and various elements were perfect for this mini album. The mini itself is Kaisercraft MDF Wood.

The cover. I cut the "4" out of one of the sheets of paper, backed it on more paper, and then covered it with glossy accents to make an embellishments out of it. I also popped it up with foam adhesive:


A close-up of the cover. I put an October Afternoon metal flair in the star, and then covered around it with glossy accents... I love how it came out:


This mini was so perfect with all the star and arrow-shaped pages:


LOL..."The Claw"! I always think of Toy Story now, when I hear that:


Dexter was such a pro at this lily-pad jumping by the end... he was totally fearless (and it's not an easy challenge, trust me!):




I made a pocket to store their "Paw Passes", and here is a close-up of one of the passes pulled out:


The kids got to go play bowling, and they also got these books made for each. They got their pictures taken in various poses, and then they were inserted into the story and the story illustrations as one of the characters... how cool is that?!


The stuffed animals the kids got to make (they were soooo excited!):


And the back:

Island of the Blue Dolphins

I had some time to scrap today, and I wanted to scrap another pic of Morgan from our recent trip to the park. I used the gorgeous "Prairie Chic" collection by Bo Bunny. I also used some of my Flourish With a Bling flourishes and gems and pearls.

The two dies I used are from Cheery Lynn Designs: Nautical Wheeler Doily and Dancing Doily Lace Border. I'm entering this layout in the Cheery Lynn Designs "Bling It Up" Challenge #78. I used a ton of bling here :)

I am also entering it in the Bo Bunny layout challenge for May - to use a book title as your LO title. I used:



And here's my layout, "Island of the Blue Dolphins". I did machine stitching around the photo and around the edge of the blue paper, and then added gesso to the pink and blue flourishes, as well as to the doily.











My daughter also made a couple cards using my Cheery Lynn dies, and I wanted to share them. This first one is using Bo Bunny paper and "Nautical Wheeler" doily by Cheery Lynn, as well as a Paper Nest Dolls stamp. This one is for her music teacher, and since he's a guy, she wanted it to be more manly:



Her second card is for her friend's birthday, also using a Paper Nest Dolls stamp, and the "French Pastry" doily by Cheery Lynn:

My Kind of Wonderful

Bo Bunny has a card challenge for April up, and it's to use stamps. I wanted to participate so I used my gorgeous new "Prairie Chic" collection, and I used some of my beloved Bo Bunny stamps. I had several sets of their older stamps from a few years ago (remember those that came in the CD cases??). On this card, I used the distressed background stamp set (to create the dots on the bottom), and the flourishes stamp set (for the top left), and I paired them with white gesso. I also added the gesso all around the edges, and added some dimensional adhesive to create lots of layers. I love how it came out!

Cute as a Button

Sharing another card, using an adorable Paper Nest Dolls stamp, colored with Copics, and the gorgeous new "Needle and Thread" line from Kaisercraft. The flowers are by Petaloo.



And the inside (more of the beautiful paper):

You Are The Best

Sharing another sweet little card, using an adorable image from The Paper Nest Dolls. I colored her with Copics, and the paper is from a couple different collections by MME.

Have a Wonderful Day

I made a card to go along with the printer's tray I shared yesterday. Again, I used the gorgeous Kaisercraft "Needle and Thread" collection, and the antique gold flourish is by Flourish With A Bling.







And inside:

WINNER!!!

And the Flourish with a Bling blog hop winner for my RAK is...

...

Maureen, the Nanny Bee!!

Congrats! Please email me your addy at ileneemail@yahoo.com

Thanks everyone for hopping along, I hope you all had fun with us :)

The Joys of Life

I just love this new collection from Kaisercraft, "Needle and Thread". It's so gorgeous and has such rich, vintage colors. I scrapped another pic of my daughter at the park, from March 30th. Here is another one of her, feeding the ducks. I also used a couple elements from some older Kaisercraft collections.

Unforgettable

A big post for today, sharing lots of images of my newest project - a printer's tray I made as a gift for my mom (that's her in the pic...she was so beautiful!). I'm entering it in the Cheery Lynn "Mother's Day" challenge. I used the new Kaisercraft "Needle and Thread" collection. I also used a couple Cheery Lynn Dies: Dancing Doily Lace Border and the Nautical Wheeler Doily.