Another Scrapbook Page!

A few weeks ago Sherry, Michelle and I went to "Crop & Create Moncton" where we got to scrapbook all weekend and take some classes. There were also a couple of challenges that we could enter to win some yummy prizes. Below is one of the scrapbook pages that I created for one of my challenges.

There is a lot of hidden journaling on this page as well as some tidbids of information scattered through out the page itself. I added a little pink tee-shirt that says "Top of the Crop"...I've had it for years but just never knew where to use it and thought this was the perfect spot! It has a little wire hanger on it and it looks like it is hanging from the string of pink twine going across the page.
The "ME" is grunge board that is inked. On the "M" I cut out a little section to create a spot to let the little birdy sit. The stitching all around is completely done by markers. I don't have the patience to actually sew on a page!
Oh and the B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L patterned paper is from Bo-Bunny at Shabby Shutters! Go get yourself some today! The whole line of paper is gorgeous!
...Happy Crafting!

I finally created another scrapbook page!

Well, its been a long long time since I actually created a scrapbook page. I had a goal last year...yes, LAST year that I was going to create a scrapbook page every week for the entire year and that way there I would have 52 pages at the end of the year. Yah, right.....that didn't happen....I created the first week of 2011 and then it stopped. ...along with a lot of my creativity!
This scrapbook page is my first one that I put together in over a year. The photo is my Mama as a young girl. How cute was she? My new favorite "thing" is butterflies so I put some 3-D butterflies along with some grunge board colored in Distress Inks and Perfect Pearls Mist. A little twine and a bright yellow "Mom" embellishment finished the page off.
It is certainly a different style from what I was creating before...but sometimes change is a good thing, right?

Last nights creation

I don't even know where the inspiration for this card came from! I find it is a mish-mash of lots of little elements and part of me likes it and part of me doesn't.
The card base is a basic piece of purple cardstock. Patterned paper is something I hauled out of my scraps of paper. The purple piece of paper underneath the bear is actually an alcohol inked piece of glossy cardstock that ended up in the trash pile because I had 'screwed up' the stamped image on it. Nobody would ever know the wiser that there is a stamped image under the bear...(except I did tell you, so now you DO know!)
The little bear is a stamp that I purchased some time ago but I think he is just adorable. I stamped him out on some 'simply smooth' white cardstock (perfect card stock for using Copics on!). I colored the little bugger with my Copic Markers and then put a little 'flock' on his belly. I just wanted to make him look soft and cuddly.
I used my trusty little exacto knife and slit above the heart and then inserted a special little message.

A FREE HUG COUPON! How cute is that? This was another stamp I found in my stash and cut it out and adhered it to another piece of card stock to make it a little more sturdier.
The sentiment is a simple "I miss you" using the "V" cut out on the end to give it a little more 'wow'.

I am loving these new twine packs I got the other night at SHABBY SHUTTERS while teaching my class and so therefore had to add the twine to this card as well.

Naturally, I had to add my doodles to the end of the card...just to give it that Darly touch!

There you have it. Not sure how I feel about it but I figure if I look at it long enough I will learn to like it and then you never know...it just may go in the mailbox towards you!

Happy Crafting where ever you are!