Ready, Set, Graphic 45

This month, Graphic 45 and Tattered Angels are doing a blog relay. This layout is one of my contributions. A while back, Pearl encouraged me to participate in the Scrappiest sketch challenges, so I did, and this was based on a Scrappiest sketch.

The glimmer mist I received from the product swap were very very light in color, so I just sprayed some on cream cardstock and waited for it to dry. Once dried, I used my Purple Cows laminator to flatten the paper, and then I stamped the TA butterfly onto the glimmer misted paper. I did two butterflies to layer them, it looks okay. It probably (or definitely) doesn't go with the ice-cream thing, but I work with what I was given, lol. Did anyone notice the new Martha Stewart combination punch in action here? I really can't get enough of her punches!

I hope your weekend is merry and bright! Speaking of that, if you are here for the Adornit blog hop, please scroll down! Cheers!

Adornit Blog Hop

I am excited to participate in another round of Adornit Blog Hop!! It was so much fun when I participated in the hop in July. The project I created back then will be published in Creating Keepsakes magazine's January 2010 issue!

Enough about the last time, this time, you can get started at the beginning for the entire blog hop.

I made a very simple card for the Merry blog hop. I don't send out Christmas cards/letters but I do give out the occasional card to neighbors and friends. So I hope this one will bring some holiday cheer to someone! Other than the Prism Papers cardstock, everything I used on the card is Adornit product.

I felt that a simple card is probably a bit too light of participation, so I am including a layout from last month when I guest-blogged for Georgana and Adornit. I think it can qualify as both merry and bright, lol. Gosh, who else love these non-parallel stripes and those precious dots!?

Well, that's about it from me, I hope you enjoyed my projects. Next up, please visit Janelle Jones and her lovely blog and project!

To School!

As soon as I received the Report Card line by October Afternoon, I had to sit down and scrap these photos of DD off to school for "real." I used a Becky Fleck sketch, exclusive to BPM's guest designer's search. I do *heart* sketches!! I don't have much else to say except that I love this layout so I'm very excited to share it!!

My NFL Story

If push comes to shove and I must identify the reason why I scrapbook, I will tell you it's because I love to write and I think I'm relatively good at writing.

But scrapbooking for me must start with photos. Basically I mean if I have a story to tell but no photos to go with the story, that story doesn't get told on a scrapbook page.

So here's something about me: I love the NFL. The first time I watched a football game on TV, I was a college freshman. I asked, "How many quarters are there in a football game?" Before the echo stopped, I had an answer for my own question, lol.

As much as I loved watching NFL games, I had never been to one until Aubree took me to a pre-season game in August in Philly! So I finally have a picture that can be used with the story, and therefore a scrapbook page is born!

This layout is created based on sketch 77 provided by Creative Scrappers.

We March on with Nutmeg

Does it seem like I've done nothing with anything else except Nutmeg recently? LOL, that's not entirely true, but here's yet another nutmeg layout. I was trying for a much more different look than how it turned out. I misted again, but you can hardly tell, it looks more like olive colored cardstock in the end! I hand-stitched and I really enjoy that activity, but it is uber time consuming. In the process, I lost the needle for 24 hours, and we turned the couches upside down in the living room looking for it!! In the end, it was on my messy scrap table, ugh!

Who else loves Cosmo Cricket's ready-chips? Handmade embellishments are indeed precious and enviable, but I sure love the convenience of the ready-chips!!!

Happy Sunday everyone. I am looking forward to scrapping finally after a break of several days.

Nutmeg Cards

Here are some cards for next year's United Way auction at work! I might even give out my good stash for next year's auction, lol, listen to me! Again I'm using the WIP kit and the lovely Cosmo Cricket's Nutmeg line. I ordered a few more sheets and hope to use them this weekend!

This one I used a Tim Holtz mask and my new Maya Mist!! I love it!! The "ready-set" is a part of the "ready-set-chip" packaging of Cosmo Cricket's chipboard elements.

Here I misted the flower with the Maya mist.

I broke out the white Hambly tree grain rubon for this one. HEART Hambly!! My stash of screenprints and rubons will rival any of their DT member's stash, lol!!

Thank you folks for checking in with me all the time. I really appreciate you for visiting!

Into the Heart of Fall

November, the month of turkey and sweet potatoes eating has arrived. New scrappy pages can be shown! This month I have the pleasure of guest designing for WIP! Here is my favorite page from the bunch about my favorite summer dress of Second Child. I really love this layout, more than anything, it's because I really love these photos! I am grateful for this crazy obsessive scrapbooking hobby as it makes me take pictures nonstop! Sometimes I get a few that I really cherish like these...

Also, this month at the Prism blog, we will be displaying projects that "give thanks." My little card kicked off today. Stop by to take a look, thank you and good night/day!