The Magic Of Winter

Good Sunday to you ladies..

Trying to come up with ideas for xmas cards, I thought about tink and dressing her up in xmas clothing...and well, instead of making cards, I thought to make a layout..

The photos are of my DD Amber and DS Aaron at the Artic Circle back in 1999 when my In-laws were here visiting for the holidays.  The kids got to go sleding with raindeer and afterwards we went and visited Santa at the Santa Park. They had such a blast.. The bottom photo is of the landscape in city of Rovaniemi, Finland in December..

 Here are the details of making this layout and some close ups..

 

 

Supplies Used:

Cricut cartridge:  Tinkerbell and Friends

( Tink and stars)

Cricut cartridge: Winter Woodland

(trees, deer, sled, snow flakes, birds,  poinsettias and scalloped squares)

Cricut Cartridge:  George and Basic Shapes

(photo mats)

Cricut cartridge:  Paper Doll Dress Up

(piles of snow)

Stickles:

baby blue: wings

turquoise: Sled

Magenta: birds, title, deer and top of sled

Icicle: tops of snow piles and stars

Holly: bottom of sled

Lavendar: trees

Embossing Powder:

Winter Wonderland: snow flakes

White: snow piles

Blushing pink: snow flake

Blue Tinsel: snow flake

Pink ribbon and cotton balls (2)

pop dots

zig two way glue pen

Inks:

Versa Color: sky blue, petal pink and purple

Chalks:

Purple, blue, green, yellow, tan and pink

Designed using the Cricut Design Studio software

Thank you all so much for looking

Hugs

Cake&Coffee has its Perks..

Hi everyone...

Its Friday again and its reveal time at SOUS..

This weeks we had a sketch by Aymee Gandy aka Southernbellscrapper.. I thought it was a brilliant sketch and so glad we were able to use it..

The challenge information is located on our challenge blog Stuck On U Sketches.. Hope you get a chance of checking out the other designers this week and joining in on the fun..

I made this layout for my best friend Kati.. She is into the coffee theme and I wanted to make a layout for her to hang up in her room..

The photo was taken in the summer of 08 while we were visiting family and friends down in Florida.. She is celebrating her birthday  with her twin brother Jari..

I don't know why the color of the photo itself is so red, its not like that at all..sorry about that though..

Here are some close ups and all of the details to the making of this layout..

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies Used:

Cricut cartridges:  From My Kitchen

Plate, coffee pot, cake and slice, title "Cake Coffee" and recipe cards

Cricut cartridges: Plantin Schoolbook

Title "Has Its" and the symbol "&"

Cricut cartridges: Joys of the Season

Coffee cups and steam

Papers:  by Rayer

Cardstock: light green, brown, black, white and light blue

Pearlized cardstock: Green, brown and light blue

Tim Holtz distress ink: denim, black and gree

pop dots

spray adhesive

Thank you all so much for looking..

Hugs

Sky is the Limit

Its Reveal time at SOUS again.. I hope you all get a chance of joining in on this weeks sketch.. I absolutely loved using this sketch and I will most definitely be using it again, soon... It was so much fun adding the different cuts together in the heart shaped around the photos...

This layout is of my hubby and our boys flying a kite in the spring of 1997.. We had just moved to Finland and this was one of the first outings we did as a family.. I love the nature here in Finland, its so clean and refreshing..

If you scroll down, you can see some close ups and all of the details in the making of this layout..

I heat embossed the clouds with white embossing powder, they look really cool..

 

 

 

Here is the sketch that I used for this layout..You can find all challenge details on SOUS blog by clicking HERE

Supplies Used:

CRICUT CARTRIDGES:

Pooh and Friends: Kite, dragonflies and trees

 Dreams Come True: Clouds

Mickey and Friends: Bows

Opposites Attract: "is the Limit"

Winter Woodland: word "SKY"

Cricut Design Studio for stretching, welding and designing of layout

Papers:  Heidi Grace Designs : Baby boy

Cardstock: blue, pearl accented yellow, brown, dark blue, green and white

Stickles: Green (holly), Yellow, blue and brown

pop dots and zig two way glue pen

black marker for hand doodling

Embossing Powder: White

Heat Gun

Thank you all so much for looking

Hugs

Blog award from Sandy Windsor.

Sandy passed me this wonderful award that really touched my heart....I have made so many friends through scrapping and blogging....The reason for this award speaks to my heart and I am so blessed to have Sandy share it with me.

This award is given to blogs that are exceedingly charming. These bloggers are not interested in increasing their own status, but rather aim to find friends, be friends and share their creativity with others. The hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are born!

Now I have the pleasure of passing to 5 others....

To all of you...you have touched my heart ....I appreciate you....you all scrap so much for the love inside and it is clear you want generations to know and love your family the way you do...

Kaye:

You are always the first to leave a comment on a post of mine and you always find the nicest things to say.. its a gift..

Dawn:

You have the coolest blog and the coolest things you come up with.. I'm always amazed when I visit your blog.. I love your taste in colors and styles and I know we share the same love of rock music..

Wanda:

First of all, you look way to young to be a gramma..LOL  I love looking at your Disney layouts and cards.. They are always amazingly done with lots of beautiful detail and made with so much love for you family..

Brenda:

You are one of the sweetest ladies I have met since I started blogging.. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of the love and hugs that leave on my blog all the time.. 

Sandy:

Thank you for sharing this wonderful adventure of scrapbooking and blogging with me.. You have a heart the size of the moon and are loved by so many of us ladies on the MB and beyond..

These are the 5 ladies that always take the time to say "HI".. I have the highest amount of respect for that.. I hope you take this blog award with lots of love from me to you.. pass it along to someone that you think has filled your life with love and happiness..

Hugs

Family together

TGIF ladies.. LOL

Its reveal time again at SOUS and here is my take on the sketch.. I had a lot of fun putting together this layout with all of the christmas cuts.. It was hard to choose from amongst the many on the various cartridges...

I don't unfortunately have close ups since I accidentally deleted them, AGAIN...LOL

Here's the list of supplies:

Cricut cartridge: Stretch your imagination (X mas tree)

Cricut cartridge: Home Accent essentials (FAMILY cut)

Cricut cartridge: Joys of the Season: (candy canes, candy, gift boxes)

Cricut cartridge: A Childs Year: (teddy bear)

Cricut cartridge: Winter Woodland (house)

Papers: Sweet Dreams stack by My Minds Eye

Cardstock: black, red, green, yellow, light blue, brown and white

Stickles: Christmas red (teddy bow and candy canes)

Pop Dots

Zig two way glue pen

Snow flake stamp

light blue stamping ink by Versa Color

Thank you ladies so much for looking..

Big Hugs

Adore (SOUS)

Its reveal time at SOUS again and this is my take on this weeks sketch..

It was quick and very simple.. I love the end result.

this is a photo of my daughter and I.. It was taken back in 1993 when I first got pregnant with my eldest son, Aaron.. Gosh! I'm so young in this photo..LOL

Okey dokey then.. below I have some close ups and details of the layout..

Supplies Used:

Cricut Cartridge: Graphically speaking (flowers)

Cricut cartridge: Home Decor (flourishes and Title)

Cricut cartridge: Stretch your imagination (Leaves)

Papers : Ancestry

cardstock: brown, olive green, cream and white

yellow buttons

popdots

 Pink flowers by: Prima

Thank you ladies so much for looking..

I hope you get the chance of joining in this week and checking out the rest of the design team.. Their layouts are stunning as as usual..

Hugs

Blog Award

The rules are this: I need to pass this award on to five people, post on their blog to let them know I left this award, and then I need to answer a list of questions in ONE word.  Fun .... Here they are, in no particular order: BRENDA ,SUSIE ,KAYE ,DAWN , and TAMMY

There's no way I can answer using just one word...LOL
1. Where is your cell phone? Some where in my house, god only knows..LOL

2. Your hair? in serious need of some attention..

3. Your mother? In a hurry as always

4. Your father? coming to Finland Tuesday with me..to get well again!!

5. Your favorite food? Fettucine Alfredo with roasted garlic shrimp...Yummy!
6. Your dream last night? getting in an argument with a co-worker..LOL
7. Your favorite drink? coffee with Milk--wouldn't survive a day without it..

8. Your dream/goal? To be the best mom that I can be

9. What room are you in? My woman cave (scrap room)
10. Your hobby? scrapbooking/cardmaking and baking

11. Your fear? flying
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Alive
13. Where were you last night? Helping my 16yr old son with his school project-mother and son time.
14. Something that you aren't? mean or cold hearted
15. Muffins? Cinnamon Apple or Double chocolate
16. Wish list item? More Cricut cartridges..LOL
17. Where did you grow up? West Palm Beach, Florida

18. Last thing you did? packed for my trip to Florida tomorrow..gulp!! the fear is setting in..LOL

19. What are you wearing? jeans and a black shirt

20. Your TV? always on, kids worship it..
21. Your Pets? Dog named Jery a.k.a. Lil F*cker and a miniature floppy eared black bunny named Kaapo..

22. Friends? My BF Kat, whom I hold dear to my heart..
23. Your life? Alwasy happy and smiling
24. Your mood? Over Excited and nervous

25. Missing Someone? My dad, whos ill and my best Friend Kat
26. vehicle? my Opel Corsa sport.. my little black rocket..LOL
27. Something your not wearing? Shoes (never in the house)
28. Your favorite store? scrapbooking-- OH YEAH!!

29. Your favorite color? Sage Green and Black
30. When was the last time you laughed? Today while blog hopping.. seen Brendas dog in a hot dog suit..
31. Last time you cried? Last night.. Stomach hurt so bad..
32. Your best friend? Kat
33. One place that I go to over and over? work and my hubby's garage

34. Facebook? Yes!! but rarely..
35. Favorite place to eat? Olive Garden when visiting Florida.. A must stop!!!

2's Company, but 3's a HOOT..

Its reveal time at STUCK ON U SKETCHES ..

Here's the cute little layout I created for the challenge this week..

For this weeks challenge we teamed up with Practical Scrappers and Frosted Designs..

go check out the details on our challenge blog and hope your able to join in this week and try to win some awesome blog candy..

I incorporated all three challenge requirements into one layout.. It was just easier for me to do it this way..

1. Sketch 2. Owl and 3. Three different colored ribbon..

Here are some close ups and details..

Supplies Used:

Cricut cartridge: Pooh and Friends (winnie, piglet, tiger, owl, tree, butterfly, log, hunny pot,lizard, grass, photo frames)

Cricut cartridge: Pooh Font (Title)

Cricut cartridge: Tags, Bags and boxes (hidden tag)

Cricut cartridge: George and Basic shapes (half circle)

Papers: K& Co Small Wonders

Carstock: brown, black, purple(light and dark), pink (light and dark) orange, yellow and blue

Tim Holtz distress ink : black and mustard seed

Chalks: black, pink, yellow and orange

pop dots

zig two way glue pen

ribbon: pink, yellow and orange

staples

Thank you ladies so much for looking

and I hope your able to check out our challenge blog as well and join in the fun.

HUGS!!

Beauty of Body Art..

Hi everyone.. Happy Sunday to you all..

Here's a layout I made this morning.. I used the vine tutorial of Sandy's that we have posted on our challenge blog STUCK ON U SKETCHES

I'm sure you all have guess by now, but I love lilies with all of my heart, especially the pink ones..

I have been in a rut lately cause of a family members health issue, so it was nice to be able to put my mind to other things again..

I thought it was ironic that I used Prima marketing papers , but made my own flowers on a vine, which that company is really known for..LOL

Here are some close ups of the layout.. the colors are a bit lighter than what the photos show.. Its a dark autumn here in Finland, so the lighting is off a bit..

 

 

 

Supplies Used:

Cricut cartridge: Accent Essentials (Lilies)

Cricut cartridge: Indie Art (butterflies)

Cricut cartridge: Storybook (marquee's, "BODY",

Cricut cartridge: A Childs Year (leaves)

Cricut Cartridge: Opposites Attract (beautiful, of, art)

Prima marketing papers. Whisper collection

pink, green and black cardstock

Tim Holtz distress ink : worn lipstick

Versa color inks: amethyst, petal pink and white

Chalks: dark pink

Stickle: pink, cotton candy, lime green

pop dots

wire: green and pink

Please don't forget to check out Sandy's tutorial.. Click HERE..It so clever and super easy..

You can add any color or style of flowers to your vine.. the options are endless..

Thank you all so much for looking

and have a great Sunday..

Winter Wonderland-SOUS

Here is a layout I made using the sketch from STUCK ON U SKETCHES this week..

I had so much fun making this layout and using the Christmas cuts on various cartridges..

I had a hard time choosing which cuts to use, I like them all..LOL

Here are some close ups of the layout.. the little reindeer heads are tags that pull out.. I haven't journaled anything on them yet, I have to really think of something sweet.

The tag in the middle is the date and location where I took the photo at.. We were at the Helsinki International airport getting ready to board out plane.  We were going to the States to visit friends and family for the holidays.

This was our first visit back since we moved back in 1996.. the kids were so excited..

They always make silly faces when I tell them to pose..

Supplies Used:

Cricut cartridge: Winter Woodland (Title)

Cricut cartridge: Doodlcharms (reindeer heads)

Cricut Cartridge: Tags, bags and boxes (tags)

Cricut cartridge: Joys of the Season (garland and flower)

Cricut cartridge: Christmas Cheer (reindeer and sleigh)

Papers:  by Reyher (no other name on paper)

cardstock: dark redish orange, light green, deep red, mint green, tan and brown

Sitckle: xmas red, evergreen, gold, cinnamon

zig black marking pen (doodling and journaling)

pop dots

ribbon

Thank you ladies so much for looking.

Hugs