Moxie Fab Gingham Challenge & Coconut Lime Cards

So I wanted to join in over at Moxie Fab to their "Gingham" Challenge. I am a country girl at heart you know, and gingham is definitely my style.  So I pulled out my favorite new Jillibean Soup papers, Coconut Lime Soup and started playing. The challenge was to use gingham in an innovative way so this is the card I entered into the challenge:

I used a punched out scrap and made it into a banner piece and then layered a contrast color under it.

 This is another of my favorites of the group, it reminds me of a summer farmer's market:

Materials Used: Jillibean Soup/Coconut Lime Soup paper, pods, stickers & Bite Size Bits; Jillibean Soup/Butterfly Sugar Pick; Want 2 Scrap/red gemstones; Jillibean Soup/Red Baker's Twine

I was also lucky enough to get to teach a Jillibean Soup Card Class in Lancaster, Ohio at the Grand Re-opening of Scrapbooks 2 Cherish this weekend. I really enjoyed it and got to meet some wonderful ladies there. One of the cards we did in class was by Summer Fullerton:

 and I decided to do a few variations of that card, it is very versatile. Here are my interpretation of Summer's original:

I am really loving the summery color combo of this line right now. Let me know what you think of these cards! Hope you have a berry sweet day!

Altered Frame Tutorial

Happy National Scrapbooking Day all! and Cinco De Mayo-  a match made in heaven I say. Mexican food + scrapping good times= A Wonderful Day!

Anyhow, I just wanted to share some sneak peeks of an article I did that is up over at Scrapjazz.com. It is an altered frame for my Mom for Mother's Day using Websters pages paper, Maya Road chipboard & trim and some vintage buttons. It started out as a $.25 frame I bought at a garage sale! In the article there is a step by step tutorial on how to do it, it really isn't hard- just takes a little time and patience. Here are some close-up sneak peeks:

Materials used available at the end of the article on Scrapjazz.com, see link below.

To see the whole project and tutorial go to the article here. Have a great weekend everyone!

Pinterest Inspired Card and Sunshine Article

Just wanted to share a quick post of a couple recent items. Last week one of my cards was shared on the Jillibean Soup blog. It was actually a thank you card I made for Jill. Here it is:

Materials used: Jillibean Soup/kraft card base, Apple Cheddar/Milk, Homemade 6 Bean/Red Beans, Black-eyed Peas & Navy Beans; Jillibean Soup/Wood flags-Thank you; Jillibean Soup-Wood Buttons/Wood Flower; green embroidery floss & chestnut cats eye/brown inked edges

The card was inspired by a card I spotted on Pinterest by Roree Rumph, you can see her original here:

 she also has a great tutorial here that explains how to make the flowers on your Cricut.

I also wanted to share one of my articles that just published over at Scrapjazz.com. It is a "You are My Sunshine" article featuring all sunshine projects. Including a layout, printers tray, and 3 cards. Here are some sneak peeks:

The layout features photos of my sunshine girl, my daughter!

 

 

Card features brand new Jillibean Soup/Coconut Lime Soup Collection

Be sure to checkout the article for yourself at this link. 

Also remember that Scrapjazz.com has $3.99 standard flat rate shipping right now.

Let me know what you think of the card and the article and have a great weekend!

Easter Greetings and Moxie Challenge

Happy Easter weekend all! Hope you are enjoying some down time with your families like we did today. I just wanted to share some Easter cards and a spring masking article over at Scrapjazz.com. So first of all a big Moxie Challenge is happening over at the Moxie Fab Blog it is to create "Do it Yourself" embellishments. So I submit my Easter cards made out of Jillibean Soup papers from the Homemade 6 Bean line and the Southern Chicken Dumpling line. I made my own crosses from the Apple Cheddar/Milk paper and the flowers were cut on my Cricut using the Kate's Alphabet cartridge. Then I added some egg shaped doilies I found at the dollar store and some ink, vintage buttons and rhinestones.

 

I also have an article up at Scrapjazz.com here, it is on Masking. Here is the layout I made using the 3 different ways to mask.

and here are some close-ups:

Check out the article if you get a chance, here is another link.

Happy Easter Everyone!

Latest Scraplift Layout

Every once in awhile I come across a layout that I just love, when this happens I tend to scraplift it and recreate it at least two different ways. So today I wanted to share one of those special scraplifts, I actually came across the layout on my newest indulgence, Pinterest. The original is by the very talented Stacey Michaud, here it is:

I told you, isn't it gorgeous!

So these are my interpretations of this layout the first is a double layout adaptation of Aspen's first Homecoming dance using Echo Park's Yours Truly collection and a little Jillibean Soup:

Here are a couple close ups, lots of layering, buttons and some stamping:

I loved this layout so much that I had to recreate a single layout too, for this one I chose my type of colors and style- using Studio Calico's Autumn Press line. I still have to locate the photos for this one, but here it is:

And a couple close-ups:

Well there you have it, never miss an opportunity to recreate some of your favorite layouts- the results may surprise you. Let me know which you like best!

Basic Grey Punched Background Challenge

So I was able to sneak in another Basic Grey challenge, I am pursuing a prize pack of one of the brand new paper collections.. can you tell? They are all very cool. You can see those here.
The link to this challenge is on their blog here. One of my favorite designers, Nicole Samuels is running this challenge and I was really inspired by her layout, here is hers:

Here is my take on the punched background challenge, a fun way to remember my favorite movies of all time:

Materials Used: Basic Grey/Life of the Party paper & stickers, e. Prima/brown gemstones

 Here's a couple close-ups

Would love to hear what you think, hope you are inspired too!

Basic Grey Sketch Challenge

So I had a little time today to join in a challenge over at the Basic Grey blog.
I really like their sketch, here it is:

I did a layout for my niece's first job using Basic Grey/Life of the Party collection:

Here is a close up too I added some fun vintage buttons, gemstones and pearls:

They have some fun challenges and giveaways over at the Basic Grey blog, so check it out here.