Love Banner

Here is the Love Banner I made in honor of Valentine's Day. I think it turned out pretty cute :D

What cha think?

Just checking if you were paying attention....FISH LIPS!

Thanks for stopping by.

Have a fantastic day.

Hugs, Dawn

Autumn Banner

Just in time for Thanksgiving :) I love how it turned out. I think it has just the right amount of cute.

Thanks for looking and have a fantastic day!

Hugs, Dawn

Sketchy Thursdays Sketch Challenge

Sketchy Thursdays current Sketch Challenge is using this sketch:

Here is my layout using that sketch:

Here is a close up of the paint splatters I made by blowing air through a straw onto a brush filled with silver paint!! I love the look of it!


The prize is courtesy of Paper Issues, so submit your layout before 10 P.M. on Wed. Nov. 9, 2011 to be in the running :)
Thanks for stopping by to have a look and have a fantastic day!
Hugs, Dawn

I made another page today!

And here it is:


I used this layout by Theresa Collins as inspiration:
Be You. Layout

I used one of my all time favorite lines: Basic Grey's Urban Prairie.
Thanks for looking and have a great day. Hugs, Dawn

I SCRAPPED!!!

My friend Jeanne and I scrapbooked over Skype today!! This is the first actual scrapbook page I have done in quite some time. I want to send a special shout out to my girl Jeanne for helping get my scrap on :) YOU ROCK Girlfriend and your page is amazing! Here is mine:
(My dear daughters in July of last year)

Papers and embellishments are Fine and Dandy line from My Mind's Eye. I also added a Kaiser Kraft Flower, buttons, ribbon, rickrack and brad from my stash. Oh and I sewed in dark brown around the edges of the page :) Just because I love the look of it....even when it's crooked ;)
Thanks for looking. Hugs, Dawn

My "Spooky" Banner was featured!

It was featured on Paper Issues!! I'm so excited! Thanks for making my day Paper Issues!! Here's the link to the post :)
Spooky Banner

(Not so) Spooky Banner

I created this banner to hang in my house for Halloween this year. I love The Whooligans line by Bo-Bunny!! The little charcters are just too cute!! I mixed in some other Halloween papers from my stash as well as bling, wiggle eyes, flowers, and ribbon. Basically anything and everything that matched (ish) got layered on :) It was fun to put together as well. Thanks for looking and have a spook-tacular day!!

Hugs, Dawn

I taught a class....

.....and I liked it! No actually, I loved it! Here is the wall hanging I created:

(Took the photo from the store's website ;) ) It was my first time teaching and I was really nervous at first. The ladies that came to the class put me right at ease and we had alot of fun. Aside from rolling the petals on the green flower lol. We started late and finished late, but everyone was a good sport and we managed to get it all done :) . Yesterday was a good day.

I am finally uploading my latest layouts! I didn't finish all of these today. I did the "For Me" layout today though :). This first one here is my oldest son Chris and his girlfriend Kacey Before heading out to their Senior Prom. They make such a cute couple.

This is to show the detail of the ruffled paper

My youngest daughter riding her bike and posing for me :)

This one I did finish today and I love how it turned out. I sewed on it and hand stitched the swirls. I can't wait to show it to Kacey :)

This one cracks me up. My kids like to run through the ditch in front of our house and eventually "slide" in it. Look at the wave of water they created! LOL

I almost titled this one "Perfect 10". Something about her coming out of the water like this reminded me of Bo Derek in "10" . It just seemed weird to put that on a layout about my daughter, but I think it every time I see this page.

Sarah, how I love that you like to have your picture taken. I have lots of layouts of Sarah. If my other kids ever complain, I will simply remind them of when they ran from me, covered their faces or otherwise avoided my camera's lens. This time we were baking Banana Muffins. They were delicious.

No school year would be complete without a Back To School Layout. Imagine my surprise at finishing it mere days from taking the photos! lol.

That's all from me today. Tomorrow we are going to Grandpa's Birthday Party. He is 81 Years old!! I hope I get some awesome photos of everyone. Have a fun and safe Labor day everyone. Hugs to my peeps out there :)

PS- I know I used sketches on some these and I do believe they were from Susan Stringfellow at http://www.sketchsavvy.blogspot.com/ and a layout I loved by Jana Eubanks at www.frommyfeatherednest.blogspot.com

I created stuff!!

This first item was created by making several little boxes and then sticking them together. Then I decorated each box and popped the whole thing in a shadowbox frame. I saw this idea online at scrappystickyinkymess's blog and thought it was so cute, I had to have one of my own. Here's a link to the tutorial: Wall Art and here is her finished project (I love her's!!!). I put it in a frame because it hangs in my kitchen and I know it would get gunky if I it wasn't protected by a layer of glass lol.



This next one, I cut chipboard to 3"x5" (the M a little wider), and taped them together accordian style. I embellished it with paper, ribbon, flowers, stickles, brads and ink. I pop dotted each letter to give them a little dimension. I love how it turned out.

Thanks for stopping by! Hugs to my peeps :)

A Scrapping We Did Go.........

..........it was Kids Kamp at the scrap store, so I took my youngest daughter Sarah there to create this fun project. We still have to add photos, but other than that it is finished and she did a wonderful job on it. She's quite the little scrapper! Here are some photos of her at work :)


Let's do this thing!



Adding some patterned paper.



Adding brads to a circle.




Inking the edges!

I was just there to watch.

TADA!!! The finished work of art!! :D

Thanks for stopping by, I hope everyone is enjoying today :) Hugs to those of you who want one :)

I scrapped this today!

Some pictures of me and my daughter playing with shadows on the wall. We had a lot of fun!

I used Basic Grey papers on this layout. I love this line. It's called Green At Heart. I started with this sketch from sketchabilities, I deviated a little but the bones are from the sketch :) I heart sketches! Thanks for looking and have a great day :)

Bratz Layout :)

This is a page of my daughter Sarah, playing with her Bratz dolls. I can remember vividly doing the same thing at her age :) I used a sketch for this layout that I found over at Sketch Savvy, by Susan Stringfellow. I intend to use several other of her sketches too. They are FAB! If you are in need of inspiration head on over to her blog and you will be scrapping in no time! The samples are incredible as well. I used 2 page Sketch #6 for this layout. Thanks for looking and have a fantastic day :)




I need to work on my 2 page layout photo taking skills.

Serendipity Scrapbooks Crop

I joined the fun this weekend at http://www.serendipityscrapbooks.com/ . They are having a Project Runway Crop. The challenges are so fun!! THe people are so friendly, if you haven't checked them out yet, do. You won't regret it. Here are the pages I have finished so far:

Texture, texture, Texure Challenge (use only Black and White)

What's Your Style Challenge:

Punky Brewster Challenge:

Punk Fashion Challenge (photo inspiration):

I scrapped today!!

That's right folks, I scrapped again! Something is in the creative air around here. I scrapped this page with my bff Jeanne (over the phone, if you haven't tried it, do.), who found a challenge at http://www.serendipityscrapbooks.com/ . We were to use at least 15 circles, that were punched within another circle and create yet another circle from them. So that is what you see here. Fun, fun, fun. As always, Thanks for stopping by to see me!! I so enjoy our visits :D

Nope, I didn't fall off the face of the Earth!

I can see how you might have expected that I had since I haven't been around in weeks. What can I say? I was busy with Christmas, family and food. Oh so much food. Fortunately I got a WiiFit for Christmas and plan to use it to lose some major poundage. I've used it twice in 2 days, and felt so good afterward. So good in fact that I id something I haven't done in a really long time. Too long a time. Rather than tell you what it is, I will simply show you....





These are some random photos of my goofy kids, I couldn't help but scrap.
Thanks for stopping by to have a look. I missed you!!

All the papers are from my new My Mind's Eye stack, which I got at Hobby Lobby for 10 bucks! Gotta love a good sale.

If the shoe fits....Scrap it!

My BFF, Jeanne challenged me to do this week's sketch over at, "If the shoe fits....Scrap it!". So I did a layout today for the first time in months! A huge shout out to my girl Jeanne for getting my ass in gear :)
Here is the Sketch:

And here is my layout using it:



Check out Creative Chaos to see Jeanne's layout too, it's totally ADORABLE!!