You Hold the Key to My Heart

>> Saturday, March 31, 2012

Thanks to an awesome Groupon deal that I snagged last fall, we were able to have family photos taken by a very talented professional photographer.  I was absolutely thrilled will how the photos turned out, and was even more thrilled when I realized that I could totally *justify* buying the October Afternoon Farmhouse collection to match all of the beautiful fall colors in the photos. 

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OPT Inspiration : Welcome Baby!


This is my final March post for the Scrappin Patch blog. After this I will be taking a few weeks off while I wait for my next DT kit to arrive. I'm so excited to see all the goodies from the store that will be on thier way. I have loved all the product I've been privilaged to work with. Its fun having someone else put together and kit for you because often there are products you wouldn't pick out yourself, but once they arrive, it can be very inspiring!


This fun little project is a baby card for my sister-in-laws little boy. The papers I had were very grown up, but I decided to use them here anyways. Paired with the giraffe I think its just right.

Till next time,






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CAS-ual Fridays : So Sweet!

>> Friday, March 30, 2012

CAS-ual Friday's challenge is to use a song as inspiration in creating your clean and simple card. Since I was listening to "Favourite Things" from The Sound of Music, the first thing that popped into my head was "girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes" and these are the cards I created based on that.






I created the dresses using an origami tutorial that I had seen earlier with scraps of what I think is Fine and Dandy Paper from My Minds Eye. The sentiment is also a MME stamp and all fibers are from my assorted thrift store stash.

Thanks for looking!

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Bright Eyed

>> Sunday, March 25, 2012

I don't have much to say about this layout so I'll keep this post short.

Love these photos... love these papers...
 

...love this little man!


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OTP Inspiration : Happy 49th!



Birthday cards are always fun to make and one of the greatest reasons that I started making cards in the first place because it enabled me to create something that was geared specifically for that person. What better way to let someone know they are special, than with a one of a kind birthday card created just for them? The birthday in this case is my special Dad who turns 49 this year. Being recently married, this will be the first one of his birthdays that I won't be around for (for the past 25 years anyways ... ) It was a little odd writing this card and sending it in the mail already, but not being there for birthdays is certainly a new experience that I am going to have to get used too.


Most of the materials for this card came out of my DT kit from Scrappin Patch. I am thoroughly enjoying this kit that Adrienne sent from New Zealand for me. So many fun patterns and textures to be working with. Again, I used the Glitz stickers to embellish various portions of the card and admit I raided my (huge) stash of alphas for the various fonts used. I noticed when I made this card that my Chatterbox Alpha rub ons are running out! I have used them so much I'm almost all used up. I've browsed around the Scrappin Patch online store though and have some replacements picked out! There are so many fun goodies in the store, have you looked recently? The girls are always updating with new stock.

I wish I knew exactly what the supplies I was using were, but the supply list never made it into my kit, so if you know what the papers are, be sure to let me know and I'll update the supply list. The April newsletter is almost ready to be released as well, if you haven't already signed up for it, you really need to get on the list. The DT girls have been given a bit of a sneak and its not an issue you want to miss. There is all sorts of great inspiration coming to an inbox near you!

Until next time, 



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My Minds Eye Blog Challenge 33: Card

>> Tuesday, March 20, 2012

One more project to share with you. I have looked at the My Minds Eye blog so many times and told myself that this month I am going to enter thier challenge. But up until the morning, I never actually got around to it! I'm really not sure why, the prize each month is worth even the feeblest attempt. The winner of thier monthly challenge gets to choose one complete MME collection! That would be fantastic. Of all the manufacturers and products out there I love the MME lines and if I buy new product, its almost always MME. So you can imagine that I have more than enough to meet the 80% requirement, but not nearly enough that choosing an entire collection isn't appealing ...


 From all my product, I choose to work primarily with the Orange from MME Lush collection. What a gorgeous set! With the exception of the Alphas, and two of the ribbons, all product on the card is from the LUSH collection. This card is also entered in the "Favourite Colour" challenge from Do You Stack Up. Its been a while since I played along there!

SUPPLIES
My Minds Eye LUSH Collection
Paper, brads, rhinestones, journaling tag
Misc Ribbon and alphas

Have a wonderful afternoon!

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Thank You! {Case Study}

I was browsing the web this morning and found my way over at CASEStudy challenge site and decided to give their most recent challenge a go! Here is the CASEStudy by the talented Laura Bassen



and this is what I was inspired to create.



 SUPPLIES
My Little Shoebox Paper
Making Memories Brads
DMCFloss
My Minds Eye Rhinestones

 I originally started with a completely different idea, but as I was going through my paper collection, I came across this adorable paper by My Little Shoebox and knew it would work far better than my original idea!I cut out the houses and adhered them to the card using 3d tape. Very simple, and not my typical style, but I'm happy with how it turned out.

Have a great day!

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