(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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Oh Boy!

I just loved this sketch by Kristine Davidson of Creative Scrappers and had to get in on the last day of this month's contest!
Paper is Crate Paper "Baby Bee"
Brads are unknown
Distress ink is Tim Holtz "Broken China" & "Vintage Photo"
Heart punches are Martha Stewart
Border punch is EK Success
Letters are Sizzlits "Monkey Tails"

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ready? - go ! (Quinn on the move!)

Quinn does not like to crawl in the grass but found a way to get around!

Pictures taken 8.26.10 @ 9 months old.

Another awesome sketch by Liz Qualman
at My Little Sketch Blook!
I entered this layout for prompt 11 at Scrap That Baby. The prompt is to do a layout of a baby on the move!
The paper is by Pinecone Press Designs, letters are American Crafts Thickers painted with Color Box Cats Eye Ink, balance of product is unknown (from my stash!)

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This Boy

This week I was one of the guest designers for Liz Qualman at My Little Sketch Blook. I really enjoy using her sketches and am honored to have been able to guest design for her.

The paper I used is from the Fancy Pants
"Like Father Like Son" line.
I made the monkey to match the one
on Jake's outfit and hat.
Liz's sketch had two photo's on it but this one of Jake is just so adorable, it had to take center stage!
Other than that, I stayed pretty true to the sketch.


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girls playing

I am so happy that Lizzie (dog) is so gentle with Quinn (baby). She does not try to grab the ball from her, but waits patiently for it to go astray! I just love the "expressions" Lizzie makes with her ears! These are two of my favorite girls and it makes me happy to see them playing together!

This sketch is by Kristy Dalman for Design Dollies.

Paper I used is: My Minds Eye "Everyday Tango"; Pink Paislee "Like Father Like Son/Little Tyke", "Bayberry Cottage/Trellis", "365 Degrees/Flip Notes". Distress Ink is Tim Holtz "Faded Jeans". Litter Stickers are Cosmo Cricket Tiny Type and American Crafts Remarks. Pink Rhinestones are by Paper Studio and Pink Brads are by Paper Wishes.

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Star Spangled Sweeties

Yes, you've seen these photos before, but I want to make a layout for each of the kids' albums with this awesome picture of the Grands!

This layout is based on this sketch by Delfina at Thoughts2Paper and is entered in the Prompt # 13 challenge at Scrap That Baby which is to scrap a baby with a grandparent.
I used: Fancy Pants "KraftKuts/Ledger"; Pink Paislee "Reindeer Games" shaped paper; Basic Grey "Boxer" star elements, "Boxer" blue letters, "Eva" maroon letters; Tim Holtz Distress Ink "Vintage Photo", "Faded Jeans"; Sakura"Gelly Roll" glitter pen.

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Birthday Card

I used this sketch for a birthday card challenge at Sketches4all
and I used the color scheme of Blue/Green/Cream at Design Dollies
The paper is My Minds Eye.

Guest Design spot

On Sunday August 29th I will have a guest design spot at
My Little Sketch Blook. Liz Qualman is an amazing sketch artist
and you will definitely want to check out her blog, see my design,
make a layout, and enter her monthly contest.

Brand New Friends - update - woo hoo! Winner of the August 18 Sketch Challenge at BoBunny!

This layout is about a wonderful little boy named Andrii who spent four weeks with my brother's family this summer. He lives in an orphanage in the Ukraine and came here through a mission group. He is such a sweet boy and we all fell in love with him. My brother and his wife hope to be able to keep contact with him and to help him, and maybe even bring him here again, when he is released from the orphanage at age 16. 

I entered the layout in a sketch challenge at BoBunny.
Sketch is by Rita Shimniok.
I used BoBunny's "Flower Child" line.
Floss is DMC #743; Brads are Paper Wishes;
letters are Cosmo Cricket tiny type
and BoBunny "Calypso"

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Design Dollies sketch

I just loved this weeks sketch on Design Dollies. It is by Kristy Dalman.
I used Patterned paper by Basic Grey from the Boxer line and the Granola line as well as from Crate Paper's zoom line. All of the elements are Basic Grey Boxer.

Design Dollies double

This week Design Dollies has an element challenge of "wave"
and a color challenge.

This Fancy Pants paper and transparency and the pictures of Zachary were perfect! I could have been more true to the color challenge by matting my photos in orange but I liked the red better with his towel and suit!