(almost) Walking! American Crafts Challenge

How adorable is Quinn walking with this little cart and her daddy! She really isn't walking yet but is completely confident when holding on to the cart! 


This layout is entered in an American Crafts challenge to use three patterned papers and at
My Little Sketch Blook for the
Sept 12 Sketch Challenge.

Sketch by Liz Qualman
Base paper is American Crafts/Backyard
All other patterned paper is American Crafts/Dear Lizzy Spring
Banner is American Crafts/Dear Lizzy adhesive backed fabric w/unknown ribbon
Green paper is sprayed with Glimmer Mist/Hula Hoop
Letters are American Crafts/Remarks and Thickers
Journaling spot is Making Memories
Distress Ink is Tim Holtz

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Punkin Pickin

Here is Quinn shopping for a pumpkin at Merrymead Farm in Lansdale.

This layout is entered in a Fancy Pants Designs facebook challenge.

Patterned Paper: Fancy Pants/Rusted Sun
Transparency: Fancy Pants
Letters: Fancy Pants; Cosmo Cricket
Journal spots: Prima; Pink Paislee
Flowers & Brads: Making Memories
Silver Dots: Recollections
Glitter Pen: Sakura
Distress Ink: Tim Holtz



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Awesome Challenge Blog!

I just found out about Papercraft Star and can't wait to play along with them! Here is what they have to say about their site:

"Papercraft Star is a challenge blog that presents paper crafters of all skill levels with new challenges each week. Upon entering your project in the challenge the public is provided with an opportunity to vote on all projects entered for that challenge. At the close of the challenge the top vote getter will receive a Papercraft Star button and often valuable sponsor prizes.
Once per month we will also randomly draw a Grand Prize winner from all the participants of the challenges during that month (the more times you enter the challenges during the month, the more chances you have to win!) The winner will receive fabulous prizes from our sponsors"

Autumn Card

Design Dollies Double!
Sketch is by Kristi Dalman
Card base is DCWV.
Patterned Paper and Elements are Basic Grey Indian Summer.

This card is entered in the Sketch challenge and the Elements Challenge at Design Dollies.



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Jake's First Camping Trip

Here are Jacob and his daddy on Jake's First Camping Trip!

This layout is entered in a sketch challenge at Ideas for Scrapbookers.

The sketch is by Heather Landry.
Patterned Paper: Fancy Pants/Rough & Tough.
Journaling Spots: Fancy Pants/Rough & Tough.
Letters: Pink Paislee & Cosmo Cricket.
Distress Ink: Tim Holtz
Die Cuts: Sizzlits
Glossy Accents (on title)








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Baby Doll

This Crate Paper "Paper Doll" collection is absolutely adorable!
Almost as adorable as my granddaughter Quinn at 10 months!

Sketch is by Emily Pitts for Crate Paper
(I turned it once clockwise)
Patterned Paper and Die Cuts are Crate Paper/Paper Doll collection
Brown Pearls are Recollections
Brown velvet flower is Offray
Distress ink is Tim Holtz
Paper Doily is Royal Lace


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Design Dollies tri-fecta!

I had my Fancy Pants Rusted Sun paper pack out to make the layout below about Joel and Sandy's tree (scroll down to see it - it's pretty awesome!) and then they were the perfect papers for the Design Dollies tri-fecta too! Woo-Hoo!  
(The card base is BoBunny double dot)

The tri-fecta includes this sketch,
The colors: blue, green, orange, red
and a birthday theme.

In honor of my daughter Sandy's 25th birthday today:

Seasons of Beauty

This beautiful tree was in Joel and Sandy's front yard. 
Unfortunately, they had to have it cut down this year. 
So this is a tribute to its beauty in all seasons. 

This sketch is by Julie Bonner and is for the 
week #37 challenge at The Scrap Room.
All paper is by Fancy Pants from a number of their lines. 
I cut the die cuts from the same paper as the photo is mounted on to create a monotone look and to keep the emphasis on the pictures.
I used Tim Holtz distress inks 
and pearls from Queen, Kaiser, and Basic Grey.
The title letters are Fancy Pants also (except the "of")
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Simply Delightful

"Simply Delightful" is the sentiment on this Fancy Pants strip and is perfect for this picture of my precious granddaughter Quinn at 9 months!

I'm doing a Design Dollies Double with this layout. It is for the sketch challenge and for the color challenge of "black/white/pink/green".

All of the paper is by Fancy Pants from their "Wishful Thinking" and "Little Sprout" lines.

The flower centers are Making Memories - they were black and white which was perfect for the color challenge but I just couldn't resist hitting them with some Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in "Hula Hoop"! The crystals are by Prima. The scallop punches are EK Success and the heart punch used to make the flowers is by Martha Stewart.


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So Proud and Happy

On May 7th of this year was my graduation ceremony from Lansdale School of Business. I went to school for two years and graduated Summa Cum Laude with my Associates Degree in Medical Assisting. I received the top student award in the Allied Medical field, and got a 94% on my National Registry Certification exam. I am proud of this achievement and the graduation ceremony was very exciting and a very happy day.

This layout is entered in the Design Dollies element challenge for this week. The challenge is to scrap a school related theme with you as the focus. 
The sketch is from The Scrap Room blog and my layout is entered in the week #35 challenge based on this sketch.

I used a page out of the Fancy Pants Memo Notebook  (the paper with the grid pattern and swirl). The rest of the paper and elements are Basic Grey with the exception of the following:
Flowers are Prima; Teal letters are Cosmo Cricket; Lace is Offray
Distress Inks are Tim Holtz; Butterfly punch is Martha Stewart.




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