Layout #63 - September Project 12

A buck short and a day late, isn't that what they say? Project 12 was due yesterday, but ah well, I never win the monthly prize anyway. I'm only in it for myself - haha, do you say that when you set out to do something and you know you're not gonna win, just to make yourself feel better? I do all the time, and it works (a bit), but I can't help...

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Layout #62 - From Screen 2 Scrap

Whew, making it in just under the wire for this one for the From Screen 2 Scrap October challenge. The inspiration movie poster is from "Psycho", and for extra points we are to use a silhouette of a person (witch - check!), a house (4 and a half houses - check!) and a split title (check!). I started this layout at the Creative Accents crop a couple...

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Layout #61 - Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge and an Award!

Lots of krafty goodness on this layout! I don't think I've ever used so much kraft paper in my life, but I'm liking the tone-on-tone result. With those pops of colour, my girl's baby blues really shine! I'm sad to admit I don't know when these photos were taken, I think she was 4 years old by her hairdo, but she could have been 5. I should have...

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Layout #60 for Once Upon a Sketch

I hope you guys appreciate the agony I went through to bring you this layout! First I had this brainwave of an idea to use my new Spellbinders dies to make four mini photo frames. Sounds good in theory, but it involved cutting 16 pieces, then laying them out. Of course, they didn't want to lay flat, so I glued them down lightly (or so I thought)...

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Layout #59 - Sketches in Thyme and Scrapbooker's Anonymous

Here's a page I made a good start on at the crop, as well. I used this sketch from Sketches in Thyme and adapted it to my pictures: This grid was fun to make! I fussy cut the little owls (aren't they cute?) and a "9" from the scraps of these two great pieces of Jillibean Soup patterned paper to fill out the grid. I also hand cut my title piece...

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Layout #58

A quick share for you today. This is another page I made at the Creative Accents crop on Saturday. This one was a lot of fun because I decided to borrow the store's Big Shot to make the vine and title. The little flowers came in our goodie bag, and I thought they resembled strawberry flowers, so I placed them along the vine at various intervals...

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Layout #57 and Cards #17 & #18

I went to a crop yesterday put on by my (somewhat) local scrapbooking store, Creative Accents, and it was a big one!!! I was able to get a ton done, see all the Design Team members again (great gals, all of 'em!) and eat too much. On the way home in my husband's 23 year old truck with no radio, I was able to reflect on the last time I went to a full-day...

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Layout #56 - Another Sketchy Thursdays

I think I must be loving Sketchy Thursdays at the moment! Unfortunately, even though the sketch is great, I had a heck of a time figuring out this layout. I even cut up a piece of 12x12 Jillibean Soup I've been hoarding, then realized I didn't want to use it, GASP! Yep, I was a bit choked, but I think it all worked out in the end. This is the...

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Card #16 and Blog Candy Winner!

I promised to draw for the $25 Graphicat gift certificate on Saturday, but I kind of forgot it was Thanksgiving, so alas, I am late, but here it is: Winner, winner, chicken (or turkey) dinner!My lovely assistant Ailis picked BARBARA out of the hat. Congratulations, Barbara, I will contact you soon with details on how to claim your prize!So this past...

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Layout #55 - Sketchy Thursdays and Scrapbooker's Anonymous

This has to be a very quick post because Brenna's screaming at me, but I really want to get it in before the Sketchy Thursdays deadline in, like, 30 minutes. So, hope you like it! It chronicles my first solo camping trip with Ailis, and I loooooove this photo of us with our headlamps on! That mess all over Ailis's face is our attempt at s'mores...

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Layout #54 - CS 176 and Scrapbooker's Anonymous

Last Friday I opened my mailbox to another RAK, this time a pizza box jam packed with goodies from my friend Alison! What?! I know, I was in shock!!! I must be the luckiest girl in the world to have such nice bloggy friends! I wanted to get busy and play right away, so when I saw this sketch from Creative Scrappers:I grabbed these little prints...

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Card #15 - Kraftin' Kimmie and Sweet Sketch Wednesday

So while I had all my orange scraps out for this challenge:and all my card making stuff out for World Card Making Day, I decided to make another card. This one features Andrea Acorn from Kraftin' Kimmie, and I paper pieced her skirt for this week's Kraftin' Kimmie challenge. I also used this sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday:I love the mix of My...

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World Card Making Day Blog Hop

Welcome to my little ol' blog, and thanks for visiting on this momentous day, World Card Making Day! If you came here from Tina's blog, then you're good to go, but if you're lost or want to start from the beginning, head on back to Tara's blog, she has the whole line-up there.I'm so excited to be a part of this blog hop, one reason being that it's...

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