Birthday Dino

Hi friends! I hope you are having a wonderful Friday!

I just wanted to do a quick post for the Pumpkin Spice DT Call. The theme for the call is things that make you SMILE! You know what makes me smile? My boys. Did you guess right?! ;) You know my kids love right now? Dinosaurs! And what's cuter than this smiling dino? Not much I tell ya! This whole Mr Boy collection from Bella Blvd is pretty adorable. I added some other things that make me smile like Blueberry Divine Twine and a sentiment from Wilson's Designs.

Keep your fingers crossed for me, friends! Have a fabulous weekend!

Advent Calendar

Hi friends! I hope you are well. We are a bit under the weather again. Please think positive thoughts for us that we are well for Christmas! I'm hoping!

Here's a project I made for the Whisker Graphics Blog. It's an activity advent calendar. Each Chevron Little Bitty Bag holds a different activity that we will do with the kids each day. I made this by stapling some Holiday Divine Twine to an inexpensive cork board and then using small clothespins to hold the Bitty Bags. I put Thickers numbers on each one and used Thickers and some Bella Blvd paper to make the sign at the top.

Have a great weekend, friends!

Amber Ink Holiday Hop (Giveaway!)

Hi friends! You're in for a super fun treat! Today is the second annual Amber Ink Holiday Blog Hop! To start the hop, head over to the Amber Ink Blog. This year's blog hop theme is Elf on the Shelf! Woot woot! I love our Elf! A bunch of the Amber Ink alumni and some of us newbies are joining together to show you some fabulous projects! You'll want to leave comments on the whole hop! There will be a winner from each blog for some awesome Amber Ink Elf images and one GRAND PRIZE winner will get an Elf on the Shelf set from Amazon!

Here's the layout I made for this hop. Now, please don't have a heart attack! I KNOW! I'm making a layout with a digital element, that's so unlike me but it was SUPER fun! I used the Have a Sat: Color! DIY Printable. I choose the printable because it's SO easy, just print and you're ready to create. Now, I do love to color but sometimes it's nice to to just have something done FAST! This is a page for my December Daily album using Bella Blvd paper and Whisker Graphics Holiday Divine Twine.

I had the idea to make this elf printable into an embellishment card. I used Candy Cane Stickles for the edges of this card. I think it came out REALLY cute! And when Brady saw this, he said "Hey, it's Barry!" That's our elf's name. :)

Have a great day, everyone! And enjoy the hop!

There are elves and prizes behind every badge.

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Hey JESSIE! This One's For YOU!

Hi friends! I hope you are having a great day! I'm doing ok. I'm just about to head out to sushi with a friend so with any hope, my day will get better.

So, every now and then I do a tribute card. Most of the time, I do it for people's birthdays. Sometimes, I do it to inspire myself. This time, I do it because I LOVE Jessie Knight Rone and her red/white bows! Honestly, I tried to put more bows on this but my ribbon started to look funny. The sentiment says Wishing You the Happiest Holidays and is from Recollections. The penguin is from Paper Smooches and the paper is Bella Blvd.

Have a great day everyone!

Did I Share This?

My friend Diane and I were talking about ATC trays and whatnot today and I mentioned to her that I had recently made one. Well, I guess I didn't blog it because she had no idea what I was talking about. But it's not too late! ;)

I made this tray for the Unity Co-Brand challenge from last month. I decided to use Unity and Bella Blvd. I made this tray featuring the house we just moved into and some pictures of our family that were taken here. It's my first tray but I'm pretty happy with it.

Project Details:

Card Stock: white

Patterned Paper: Bella Blvd Honey, I'm Home

Stamps: Unity/Bella Blvd Honey, I'm Home

Misc: Copics, tags, buttons, flowers, string, twine, ribbon, Stickles, die cuts

Even MORE Bella Blvd

I went to my friend Diane's house the other day to craft. I can't seem to find her blog link to link you. Hmm... Anyhow, I sometimes have a hard time making things when I'm away fromhome. I don't know what I'm doing. I don't have all my stuff. It can be hard. But this time, I was able to pull together a couple simple Bella Blvd card (since I brought all my Bella paper with me.)

So, these cards use Bella Blvd's Man of the House. It's AWESOME for masculine cards! The prints are masculine but still really fun and fresh. Not just your boring manly stuff. For both cards I cut apart some of the Bella Bits and combined them with some fun papers from the line.

I don't bring lots of embellishments with me when I go craft. I either use whatever is offered as a free-for-all or I embellish when I get home. But since these are masculine cards (ish), I decided to leave off all the extras. I did, however, use Di's Cuttlebug for this second card.

How do you craft when you are out places? Are you able to get a lot done? If you feel like leaving a comment or some tips about it, I would really appreciate it!

Have a happy Sunday everyone!

Four More Sketch Cards

Alright friends, in a list ditch effort to try to make a bunch of Bella Blvd cards for their Facebook contest, I've made a couple more cards in the last few days. I'm able to do this because it's still technically our weekend. I craft FAR less on the "week days." I hope you all had a wonderful day!

My first card is a no stamping card. It's for this week's GetSketchy sketch. It uses Bella Blvd Plastino paper. The ribbon is May Arts, the stick pin is Dritz, and the sentiment is EAD Designs from their Sweet Birthday Treats Stickerz set.

My second card is for Mercy's sketch #84. This girl is SO talented! I need to do her sketches more! So, I didn't follow the sketch exactly, this card kind of took on a life of it's own. Again, this is Bella Blvd Plastino. The stamp is The Greeting Farm and the alphas are Cosmo Cricket.

This is for a challenge I missed and I am SOOO bummed! It's a new (to me) blog called A Craft Little Place. This was last week's sketch and they were giving $1 for each card made to a gal who had been in an accident. I LOVE that they did that, so that's why I played along but I didn't link fast enough. :( Again Bella Blvd Plastino and The Greeting Farm.

My last card is for Jen Del Muro's current SFYTT. This is a fun sketch. I didn't think I would like it, you know how I feel about lots of layers, but I think I made it work. Again the paper is Bella Blvd Plastino. The CB folder is Argyle, the stamp is CC Designs Swiss Pixie, the ribbon and rhinestones are from Michael's.

Have a great Wednesday everyone! Hugs!

Ippity Hop: More Bella Blvd

Happy Monday everyone! I hope you all had an excellent weekend! I tried, but I was still pretty sick. :( One day, I'll stop whining about this!

I have a couple cards to share with you today. The first is a card I made for the All Things Unity challenge. I used to be on this team and they have the BEST most fun challenges! You should go join in! the current challenge is a sketch and it's very fun! I used some Bella Blvd All Inclusive for this card, all the patterned paper if from that line. And the stamps are from Ippity's Fishy Philosophy set. I think this sentiment is just so cute! I love Finding Nemo! I popped the fishy up to give him some dimension. I'm also entering this one in the Moxie Fab World fun and cute challenge because seriously dots and fish? What's cuter?

The next card I made is with the current Card Positioning Systems sketch. It's super clean and simple and to tell you the truth, I had issues with it. I don't know why. But this is what I ended up with. I used Ippity's Now and Always kit for this one. I tried working in a sentiment but I just couldn't make it work. The paper is from Bella Blvd Plastino.

I tried to do a different effect on this stamped flower. I used my Creative Inspirations Paint for this. I applied the paint directly to the stamp. I think I'll do a tutorial on this later this week. The colors I used are Tutu Pink, Tickled Pink and Fuchsia.

Have a great day everyone! And don't forget to check the Ippity blog to see all the people participating in this week's hop!

Bella Blvd and Some Sketches

Ok, so I've been crafting really slowly through my 200 cards. Mostly I've been sick with this stupid virus that won't go away. Also, some of the cards I've made were for calls and I like for those to be perfect so I don't just slop them together. Finally, the point of the self challenge is NOT for me to bust through as many cards as I could as fast as I can. The point is to use the supplies I have and re-discover all the wonderful things that are already hiding in my scrap room.

But today, I decided to bust some cards out. What can I say? Some days, I feel like making a bunch. Plus, we didn't do much today so I had plenty of time. I did take a nap, I am trying to recover from this darn thing but I can't seem to kick it. Anyhow, today I pulled out some Bella Blvd paper that has gone long neglected and brought up a bunch of sketches. Here's a few of the cards I came up with.

This first card is for my friend Tenia's Jazzy Paper Designs Inspiration challenge. I want to say I've played along with this challenge before but I'm not sure. (Sorry, Tenia!) So, here's my take on her challenge this week, it's a sketch. All the paper is Bella Blvd Plastino, the ribbon is MFT, the stick pin is Dritz.

This card is using the Card Patterns sketch for this week. This uses Bella Blvd's All Inclusive line. The only things I added are the dew drops and the kraft card stock.

This last one is another one for the EBtKS challenge. I like the sketch, it's so easy to use! I added some pearls to the flip flops and that's about it.

Have a great night everyone!