A Handmade Christmas

I have adjusted the balance on these photos...but it is still a little yellow...sorry... Anyway, my mom asked for a special card box to hold all of the cards that I have given her over the years. I knew that a Close to My Heart Memory keeper box would be perfect because it is completely customizable.



SEI paper Bissette and K & Co. chipboard butterflies




She is always the easiest person on my list. I alsmo made her a snapfish photo album with pictures of the baby...she is going to love it!!

TWO 2-page layouts using sketches!

My favorite magazine is Creating Keepsakes. I started reading the magazine over five years ago. I love all the editors and the layouts are fantastic. I love following the magazine online too!

For this week's 'Weekly Warm-Up' the blog is featuring a Becky Higgins sketch. It happens to be one of my favorites from the summer magazine. I am not usually a huge fan of sketches, but this one was super fun! Here is the sketch:


I came up with TWO versions of this sketch. One is using pictures from my niece's 1st birthday and the other is from a recent camping trip.


Party Layout:
CTMH Desert Sand Cardstock
CTMH Heartfelt Die Cuts
My Mind's Eye Patterned paper (the plaid is my absolute favorite paper this summer!)
K&Co. Rubons, Gittered Die Cuts, Flocked stickers, Adhesive Chipboard
Jolee's Boutique Cupcake
Other: gel pen--white


Summer Adventure Layout:
Hambly Woodgrain Overlay
7gypsies Mountain vacation Stickers
Cosmo Cricket Mr. Happy Camper Paper
Creative Memories Transparent stickers
CTMH HeartFelt Die Cuts
CTMH Chipboard and Stickease
CTMH Cardstock Desert Sand
other--brads

If ya'll have an tips on photographing 2-page layouts, I would love to hear them! Cards are way easier!! Anyway, I hope the quality is decent and feel free to click on the image to see it larger and with more details!

A cutie-pie layout!

Whew! Only 4 more days of summer school!!! We went camping over the weekend and the first thing I did (after a nap!) on Sunday afternoon was make some cards for next month's card swap! They turned out wonderful, but I will be posting them once it gets a little closer to the swap night. Today was one of those days...all I could think about was how much I wanted to come home and make a card! I made a bunch tonight!!

For now, I would like to share with you a great little layout I created for a challenge over @ The Creative Type. This week's challenge is to use a t-shirt as inspiration. I found this super cute shirt and it was a perfect way to combine some of my favorite pictures of my niece Taryn and some fun new glittery stuff that I have been itching to use somewhere.

Here is the shirt...It doesn't have any text, but the colors and butterfly were perfect for my pictures.

Here is my layout. I was excited to finally used this fun glittery butterfly lace paper from K. I. Memories.



The chipboard letters seemed to perfectly complement the key lime cardstock from CTMH.


Products Used:
My Mind's Eye Party Streamers paper
K&Co. Glitter sticker strips and die cuts from Berry Sweet Line and Chipboard Alphabet
Paper Studio Doodle Flowers
CTMH Cardstock
C.S. K.I. Memories Glitter Lace