HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY (sorry for the technical difficulties)y.

Ok, so yesterday I tried (in vain) to upload the pictures from my camera to my computer. I seriously tried like 5 times. I finally gave up.

This morning, I got up and charged my camera battery. Apparently, that did the trick.

So, here is another Scripts Kit project just in time for Valentines Day! I made a thank you card for my Dad for watching our dog a few weeks ago. He loves Starbucks so I got him a Starbucks gift card. I used the tea technique I wrote about last week on the white felt heart. Since the felt is partly acrylic (I think), the tea gave nice variations to the white so it wasn't solid ecru. I adhered the hear to one of the red tabbed pages from this month's kit and anchored it with a sticker, button and some embroidery thread.

I was lucky enough to find a free version of the fling font for my computer and that is what I used to write "thank you" on the paper. I then adhered the thank you to the heart with adhesive.

Since I used the tabbed page for my card, I had to make my own envelope. The brown Jenni Bowlin paper was PERFECT for this. I love Jenni Bowlin paper. It has a thinner weight than alot of other Patterned Papers. It really lends itself to altered items and folding, etc. I used one of the Sassafras stickers as a label and adhered the envelope all together.

Tea Technique

So, I was completely inspired by the tea bag in this month's "Can't Buy Me Love" kit. When I was little, my Mom and I used to make treasure maps (fun crafty idea for little kids). We'd draw all these pictures and paths. We wanted to make them look old, so we would get wet tea bags and rub them all over the paper to give it that aged, lost treasure map look. When I saw the tea bag in this month's kit, I immediately thought of using it to distress and age some of the kit elements.

I wet the tea bag and put it in a mug with the white shipping tag and one of the tiny doilies. I crumpled the doily and tag up and rubbed the tea bag all over them. Then, let them sit in the mug for several hours. When I thought they had achieved the right level of aging, I (carefully) took them out of the mug and laid them on a paper towel to dry completely. Once they were dry, I had some nice, aged elements for my layout.

This layout is all about the journaling. I layered a bunch of stickers and embellies over the envelope included in the kit. I journaled on some regular paper and then made a little enclosure for the journaling out of some of the Jenni Bowlin paper. Then I tied some embroidery floss around the journaling to seal it up.

A bug, A BUG!

Sabriel is obsessed with bugs. I suppose that her proximity to the ground & all the little creepy crawlies keeps her more observant about all those things. She loves to get down and watch them go about their business. She always makes sure to announce, "A bug- A BUG!" if she sees one, and we all must halt and wait for her to check 'em out.

(Made with the August Scripts kit & add on- check it out here!) I added in a cute Sassafrass feltie (the caterpiller) from my stash because it was just too perfect for this layout to pass up. :)

(P.S. I'm totally aware that I'm on a "circle kick" this month. All my layouts have been starting to have the same general design. What's up with that?! Time to pull out some sketches!)

Happy Hour

If you've been around me for any length of time, you've probably heard me sing the praises of Sonic, their ice, and "Happy Hour." Ha!

It doesn't hurt that there is one less than a mile from my house... the kiddos and I often roll up there for "Happy Hour" and get half price slushes. I knew I needed to make sure to record this tradition!
(Made with the August Scripts kit & add on kit- find it here! The only things I added were a piece of yellow cardstock and some red embroidery thread from my stash.)
I cut out some of the waves from one of the Fancy Pants journaling cards, and then created my own clouds from the backside of one of the pieces of Sassafrass patterned paper. The Jenni Bowlin chipboard sun shape got an extra boost of color & texture by layering it on top of the felt Creative Cafe die cut flower. I added some strips of paper and Sassafrass buttons to add even more texture!

Gajamas

The little guy has definitely hit the stage where he wants to be independent about his own style choices. One of his favorite things to do is picking out & laying out his clothes (sounds like someone else I know!). He was recently handed-down some pajamas (or, "gajamas," as he calls them), and man, he LOVES to wear them to bed. He even has names for the different ones- like, the Batmas p.j.s are "the scary gajamas." hehe
Made with the Scripts August kit and add on kit- find it here!

That blue & green border strip- actually packaging from the Making Memories cork alphas! Same goes for the journaling spot; that is from some of the Sassafrass buttons packaging.

In order to make my focal photo stand out a little more, I laid it on the edge of my table and sanded the photo to make a cool border around it.

Flip Flop

Ok. I got my July and my August Scripts kits at the same time and I mixed them up (accidentally). So, I'm not sure if most of the supplies for this kit came from the July kit or the August kit, but they all blend together quite nicely! This layout is about an old, old OLD pair of flip flops I have that I just CAN'T get rid of. I used some American Crafts Zing embossing powder to emboss the Jenni Bowlin sunburst chipboard and used the My Little Shoebox "b side" and Basic Grey stickers for the title. I love the KI Bloom softies flowers too! They added just the right touch. I used the tear off strip on the Sassafrass paper to make a half border for the pic of my beautiful shoes. I love that little extra piece.

Wayne's World - Party Time - Excellent!

I love all the bright colors in this month's kit.

This layout is just a fun one.  I had this picture of Cam, who makes this funny little smile where she looks like Garth from Wayne's World.  So, I just did a little layout about it.  I love layering with the Sassafrass Paper Whimsies!

Yes, I'm addicted to using the American Crafts Zing Embossing Powder.  It's so wrong.  This time, instead of embossing around the edges like I was inking the layout, I used a stamp.  I kind of let the stamp run off the side and used different color Zing to emboss.

Girly Hair

Emerson misunderstood me one day when I said something about her pretty, curly hair, and ever since then, she's called it "girly hair" instead of curly hair. :)

I love it!

I had to document this sweet phrase, and got creative with the Hambly transparency and the cool Fancy Pants paper in the main Scripts kit and the add on.

I carefully cut out the neato design on the Fancy Pants paper and set it aside to use for another layout. Then I placed that on top of the small circles Hambly transparency to create the base of my layout.
The gold rub on looked really cool on top of the transparency. I colored the raw chipboard thickers from the add on with colored pencils, then added a layer of Stickles on top.
More Stickles on the Sassafrass frame (cut out from the patterned paper), plus the tiny silver Jenni Bowlin rubons and Glitz butterfly add just the right girly touches!

Smirk

This silly, playful picture needed a playful layout to show it off.
I used an AccuCut die to cut the green paper, and painted around the edges of the cardstock.
I layered Sassafrass paper whimsies, a frame cut from the Sassafrass paper, Glitz stickers, and a few other elements on top!

Sometimes what you least expect....

This May Scripts kits may be one of my all time faves. I have a slight addiction to Sassafrass Paper Whimsies. However, the grungy blue, red, black paper was not my favorite. I just didn't care for it...at first. Then, when I sat down to scrap this old old OLD picture of Leah and me in front of the Legendary CBGB in NYC, I realized this was the PERFECT piece of paper for this layout. I also cut out some of the little frames from the Sassafras Paper to use along with the paper whimsies. Everything is from the May Scripts kit except the word "bowery" which is made of Heidi Swapp Rubons. More to come!

Boy/Girl

I have a question for all you married peeps out there. When you go out to dinner, do you sit next to your spouse or do you sit with peeps of your same gender? We always sit girls together and boys together. Just wondered if we were weird.

I loved the flowers on the Sassafrass Paper. I thought they were so mod. I am also loving the little felts from Jillibean soup. Hope you are having as much fun as I am with this months's Scripts Kit!!!

Fun with the March Scripts Kit

I am loving this month's kit!!! So perfect for me right now as I have sooo many pics to scrap from Cam's birthday party. The Bella Blvd cupcake paper is to die for. Not to mention Cosmo Cricket's Girl Friday line and Sassafrass Bungle Jungle (I have to say Cosmo and Sassafrass are bringing it these days). I can't wait to see what everyone does with this fun kit. Did you know it has the new Tag Book Mini Album from AccuCut in it? That alone is worth ordering it : )

2 more layouts from me!

Ok, so did I say how much I really liked this month's kit??? I think that was an understatement! I LOVE IT!

Two layouts that I really wanted to do.......well, the pics have been sitting here for a while! I love this October Afternoon paper, and the little frill from the Sassafrass paper! I love it! There is nothing overly special about it, but, I just like how this one makes me feel!

And this pic is from 2005! Yes, but I just did not know what I wanted to do with it! But, it seems like since it is a little older, it means even more to me! So, I had a great time, doing this more "feminine look" with such a masculine photo!