Getting Sketchy...

Those that know me know I am not a fan of sketches.For some reason the stifle my creativity rather than spark it. I only do sketches when I HAVE to for challenges, contests or design team assignments..... unless of course they are my own sketches.

When I saw I was assigned a sketch this week I braced myself for it. I was so worried it would be impossible to translate to 8.5x11 or have 6000 photos on it... but what I got is this completely CUTE sketch by Delfina

Here is my example....

Supplies used  MME Boo to You pattern paper & die cuts, black and white cardstock, Maya Road chipboard flourishes, American Crafts chipboard thickers, Cosmo Cricket tina alphas, We R Memory Keepers stitched flowers, American Crafts house plastic flowers, colored jewels, Ultra Fine black Sharpie marker, White Sharpie poster paint pen  from the thoughts2paper store


Do you dig this sketch too? If you do you MUST check out the Thoughts2Paper blog! You could be the winner of a 12x12 kit featuring the gorgeous My Minds Eye Meadowlark Dawn.

Happy Scrapping!

Christmas tags!

Hey hey! Im here recovering from the Thoughts2Paper Christmas blog hop hangover to show you a few ways to use your Christmasy scraps to make darling gift tags for your holiday packages.

I used my scraps and a few scalloped circle punches to create these super simple gift tags. Simply add a ribbon and tie them to the package. I doodled around the edges with a black sharpie and the flourish is stamped in black staz-on ink





Supplies used: SEI Glitzmas papers, SEI Glitzmas acrylic Stamp set from the thoughts2paper store
Other Supplies: Coredinations vintage cardstock, Marvy Uchida Mega and Giga scalloped circle punches, prima essentials flowers, making memories metal circles, Cosmo Cricket tiny alphas, Black Staz-on ink, Black Sharpie

Another option is to forget punching the hole and tape them onto your package! A home made tag makes your package way more personal than a cheesy store pack of stickers!

Christmas in August blog hop!

Thoughts2Paper is having a BLOG HOP... and this hop is all about Christmas! It's coming faster than you think! Have you started thinking about shopping yet?

In hopping through you should have came from Karen's blog.....If you came here and didnt know we were hopping you can go start at the Thoughts2paper blog OR you can make your way back here. Just make sure you comment on every blog for your chance at the $40 gift certificate!

AND...... In honor of the hop Liz is generously offering up a 40% discount on all purchases until August 28th!!

Use the code:  CHAROOM
 
There are lots of good things happening at T2P at the moment. A new message board full of fun and challenges is in the works and here is a sketch contest on the BLOG right now and the prize is a PINK ATG gun! You must check it out!

Here are a few Christmasy projects to cool down your August

A Christmasy layout featuring my lil Santa baby Aubrey. She looked so sweet in her little santa hat Christmas morning. She was around 6 weeks old at the time. My mom snapped this picture as she slept in her car seat under the Christmas tree.

Supplies from the thoughts2paper store: Martha Stewart punch around the page in double loops, SEI Glitzmas papers, American Crafts felt thickers, christmas shaped buttons, zva creative jewels
Other supplies: Prima flowers, Maya road chipboard flourishes, American Crafts flair, Teresa Collins journal block.

And a little Christmas gift bag and tag.

I left the panel on the tag and the bag blank to fill in the giftees name when I get ready to use it. Here are a few closeups of the tag and the home made flower

Supplies from the thoughts2paper store: SEI Glitzmas papers, black pigment ink
Other supplies: Marvy scalloped mega and giga circle punches, fiskars large circle punch, martha stewart butterfly punch, Core'dinations vintage cardstock, a red bag

And since we are in a Christmasy mood here is a recipe for some of my famous Christmas candy

S'MORE POPS ANYONE?

50 large marshmallows
1lb of milk chocolate (if using chocolate chips you will need to add a little shortening to thin/smooth it out. I used candy melt)
1 cup of graham cracker crumbs (give or take I didnt really measure)
50 lollipop sticks
* A thick piece of styrofoam (optional but will make your life easier and your suckers prettier)

1. Insert stick into marshmallow about 3/4 of the way in
2. In a glass cup (I use my pyrex measuring cup) melt chocolate in the microwave, stirring every 30 seconds until creamy smooth
3. Dip marshmallow in chocolate
4. Sprinkle all over with graham cracker crumbs
5. Insert sticks into styrofoam block (if no styrofoam place on wax paper)
6. Repeat
7. Put s'mores in the fridge for 10 minutes to allow chocolate to set


I made over 100 of these and packaged them prettily with some cellophane bags and ribbons to give as Christmas gifts. Of  course that only left me with a few to photograph so these are the ones the chocolate didnt totally coat, but they were still delicious.
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As a SPECIAL BONUS if you leave me a comment AND follow this blog (or already do) you'll be entered to win this christmasy prize pack


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The next stop on your hop is..... Michelle !!

Happy Scrappin!
Sarah

Wanna win an pink ATG gun?

Anyone wanna win a pink ATG gun like this one?

Participate in the sketch challenge at Thoughts2Paper and you could be scrapping with this!!  Create a layout based on sketch 8 for your chance to win. You have until September 5th. Get scrappin!

Life Stories

Happy Sunday! This week Ive been playing with the wonderful Life Stories line from My Minds Eye found in the Thoughts2Paper Store. This line is full of journaling papers, distressed patterns and fabulous kraftiness. In a way the prints remind me of vintage wallpaper and the journaling papers cover a wide variety of topics. It comes in 2 collections... one full of magentas and orangey reds, the other soft blues and olivey greens.

This layout of my darling daughter Aubrey features collection 2:

I curled and inked the edges of the flower diecut and added jewels to give it dimension

Supply list: My Mind's Eye Life stories papers, My Mind's Eye Life stories diecuts, American crafts cardstock, Zva creative magenta jewels, pink trim and cream lace all from the thoughts2paper store.
Other supplies: Prima Say it in crystals black, Rusty Pickle black buttons, Chestnut cats eye ink , pink staples, black sharpie
Check out this must have line in the thoughts2paper store and get scrappin'!

Baby Cards

This week I am once again playing with the completely cute American Crafts Baby kit found in the thoughts2paper store. This time I focused on making a few baby cards. It seems like new babies are popping up all around me lately and I like to keep a couple on hand for baby showers and new arrivals.

First I made a couple of mini cards out of my page scraps. Mini cards are perfect for tucking into a small gift or you can even punch a hole in the top and tie them to a gift bag. I make the cards 3.5"x3.5" since I always have papers that size after cutting down my paper for layouts to 8.5x11

Supplies: cardstock, patterned paper and stickers from American Crafts baby kit, American Crafts Dear Lizzy Warble stamp set, American Crafts Baby stamp set from the thoughts2paper store. Also used: Marvy Uchida scalloped circles punches 3" and 2.5". Sharpie ultra fine black marker

Then I made a full sized cards using the same supplies. I punched along the bottom with the Martha Stewart punch around the page set in double loops.

Supplies: cardstock, patterned paper and stickers from American Crafts Baby kit, Jenni Bowlin baby girl bingo cards, pink cord trim, American Crafts Dear Lizzy Warble stamps, Martha Stewart double loops punch from thoughts2paper store. Other supplies used: American crafts vinyl thickers, cosmo cricket tiny alphas, prima flower

I have made 3 layouts and 3 cards out of this kit so far and there is still plenty left to work with! Its a bargain! Check it out at thoughts2paper!

Peek-a-boo

For a recent design team project I got to work with the super cute Peek-a-boo line from Kaisercraft now available at the thoughts2paper store. The cool thing about this line is that it is gender neutral. That pretty much makes it perfect for projects created before that precious lil baby gets here. Here are a few projects I created with this line.

Here is a layout of my sweet nephew Wyatt crashed out in my stroller.

Supplies used: Kaisercraft Peek-a-boo papers, Bazzil cardstock from the thoughts2paper store Other supplies: Basic Grey Obscure buttons, American Crafts foam thickers, ribbon(from my stash)

It also works well for a non-baby project. Here is a layout I created of my husband and I at the fair.

Supplies: Kaiser crafts peek-a-boo patterned papers, American Crafts Dear Lizzy Warble stamps, Krafts carsstock, cream lace, pop dots and misc buttons from the thoughts2paper store. Also used: American Crafts vinyl thickers, cosmo cricket tiny alphas, staz-on ink, hambly green graph transparency, sharpie ultra fine marker.

I also made this baby card using my scraps!

Supplies used: Kaisercraft Peek-a-boo papers, Bazzil cardstock from the thoughts2paper store Other supplies: Basic Grey Obscure buttons, American Crafts foam thickers, ribbon(from my stash), Marvy Uchida scallop circle punches 3" and 2.5", Fiskars large circle punch.

I hope you check out this line! It was so much fun to work with.

Playing with American Crafts Baby

Today is the day my first post goes up on the thoughts2paper blog! I am so excited that Liz asked me to be a part of the team. Her store carries all kinds of delicious scrappy goodies! You really must check it out!

I squealed with delight when I opened my box to discover this darling baby kit from American Crafts. I have wanted the kit ever since it went up as a prize on Scrap That Baby.

The kit contains 8 12x12 papers, 2 12x12 sheets of cardstock, a sheet of cute stickers, THICKERS, 6 cardstock photo mounts, 3 pieces of flair, and 3 pretty ribbons. The kit is currently available in the Thoughts2Paper store.

Here are 2 layouts I created with the kit:

I love Sunshine

Other supplies used include: Helmar 450 quick dry adhesive, Sassafras Lass flowers, Cosmo Cricket tiny alphas, 8x8 notched die cut, cardstock circle diecut, stazon ink(black), sharpie marker (black) and Dear Lizzy Acrylic Warble Stamps from the store

 
Green Green Grass

Other Supplies used include: American Crafts Dear Lizzy Warble Stamps, Fancy Pants Roadshow trims, prima essentials flowers, Maya Road chipboard flourish, sharpie markers black and lime green Most items available from the store