Fashion Diva-SOUS

 

TGIF everyone and that means its REVEAL time once again at SOUS (deja-vu- I think I've said all of that before) LOL  :O)

These are photos of my mom that I snuck on Christmas Eve while we were eating dinner..LOL  :O)

she was talking and I was snapping..LOL :O)

well.. I was beyond thrilled when I seen which sketch we got  the pleasure to work with this week and here is my take on it.. Now, you all know I always have to add a little bit of ME into everything I make, so I really wanted to add a little something here and there and everywhere...LOL  :O)

*Here is this weeks sketch and its by Becky Fleck at Pagemaps:

 

 How utterly Fantastic is that?.. 

So simple, yet with a little bit imagination it can end up being so fab..

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

My mom at the young age of 63 is such a fashion Diva..

She has recently lost like 30 lbs and ever since, she has fallen in love with clothes and has a fetish with handbags and coats.. She really has a flair for looking good!!

  

I love the new Forever Young cart..most of the cuts are from that cart.

  

My mom.. Got to love her to pieces.. She smiles most of the time and we have an excellent relationship. (as long as she remembers I'm an adult..LOL  :O)

Supplies Used:

Cricut cartridge: Forever Young (new)

lady silhouette, portrait, purse, tiny flowers, "work it!" and "Glamour"

Cricut cart: Song Bird (new)

Title "FASHION" font

Cricut Cart: Graphically Speaking

Flower halves (stretched on DS)

Cricut cart: Storybook

marquee

Cricut cart: Hello Kitty font

"DIVA" font

Cricut cart: Opposites Attract

"gramma" font

Cricut cart: Plantin Schoolbook

circles and scalloped edge

Cricut cart:  Winter woodland

scalloped circle 

Papers by: BASIC GREY "Scarlet's Letter!"

Cardstock: black, white, red and green

Black embossing powder

heat gun

zig two way glue pen

pop dots

Tim Holtz distress ink: Black

green ink

Fiskars edge punch: lace

That should about do it.. 

I stretched/shrunk all of the cuts on my Design Studio so I have no real cut sizes.. sorry!!

Thank you all so much for looking.

Hugs

Brand Spanking New

Ello, Ello, Ello ladies...LOL  TGIF and its reveal time at SOUS again.. Oh I had a blast with this weeks sketch and I think with this layout you can really see how versatile these sketches can be..

 

I really really really wanted to make a masculine layout of my boys and that meant no flowers and no stickles !!:O(

I love the way this layout turned out and so did my boys!!  They are a real hard crowd to please...LOL  :O)

I made this for our Christmas album and figured that all of the gift pages will be done this same way, with no Christmas cuts on them,  but focusing more on the gift and the expressions..

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

I had made a new years resolution to start using cartridges that I haven't used in a long time.. For this layout I used 3 of them: Graphically Speaking, Locker Talk and Indie Art..

 

This is a close up of the upper left side, I had so much fun piecing together the guitar and took me forever to find the musical notes..Finally found them on JOTS (joys of the season) cart.. 

 

I figured with two teenage boys that I really could use the "parental Advisory" cut cause of the lyrics in the music they will be listening to...LOL 

 

A close ups of the bottom right.. The IPODs look great and I was actually really surprised when I found them accidentally on the Locker Talk cart.. I was like "Wow!"...

The photo of my boys is just a temporary solution till the real photo comes back from the developers.. My printer doesn't exactly print the photos high quality..LOL

Supplies Used:

Cricut cartridge: Graphically Speaking

Title, arrows, small words and oval base for title

Cricut cartridge: Locker Talk

Ipods, explosions

Cricut cartridge: George and Basic Shapes

squares, rectangles and hollow circle

Cricut Cartridge: Indi Art

Guitars, little stars and parental advisory sign

Cricut Cartridge:  Joys of the Season

Musical Notes

Cricut cartridge: All Mixed Up

Font: I POD

My minds Eye 20th street papers

cardstock: Purple, olive green, yellow (dark and light), orange and black

Pop dots

zig two way glue pen

white gel pen for hand doodling

Tim Holtz distress inks: yellow, orange and gree

Chalks: yellow, orange, dark purple and dark green

Thank you ladies so much for looking and I hope you get a chance of checking out the other designers this week, their layouts are amazing..

The 24 days of Christmas

TGIF ladies... and its once again reveal time at SOUS...

We are so happy to be posting the sketch challenges again.. The holidays were great but its a blessing to get back to normal...

 

Well... Here is my take on this weeks sketch challenge.. I don't have any big pictures, so I decided to add my twist to the layout and do the advent calendar instead..

My kids get an advent calendar every year.. Because they are all teenagers, they have asked for a scratch off calendar instead of the regular chocolate ones they used to get..

so, every morning they get to scratch off a part of the calendar and collect the little symbols and hope by the end of the 24 days they have collected enough of one symbol to win MONEY!!! 10,000 euros was this years jackpot.. My son Aaron won 5€ and I won a whopping 7€...LOL

but its not about the winnings, but the excitement of trying to win...

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

side view of the calendar

and of my gingerbread house...its pretty small, so piecing all of the decor was a pain in the toosh!! LOL

Supplies used:

Cricut cart:

Winter Woodland:

Big and little scalloped circles,calendar matting and small circle

George and Basic Shapes:

little advent squares and hearts

Christmas Cheer:

ginger bread house and tall Christmas tree

Paper Doll Dress up:

gum drops

Joys of the Season:

pears and little trees

Doodlecharms:

white circular tags

A Childs Year:

Base Marquees, ornaments

Title: The, days, of, all numbers

Storybook:

Title : Christmas

Mickey and Friends:

Lollipops

Tim Holtz distess ink (black)

Papers by : Graphic 45

cardstock:

green, cream, white, gray, tan, orange,

pearl halves

pop dots

zig two way glue pen

black mini button brads

white gel pen for hand journaling

stickles: green, red, yellow, brown and orange

white liquid pearl

thank you ladies so much for looking.

Hugs

Waitig for Santa

Happy New Year everyone..

I've been really busy with the holidays and finally got a few minutes (days actually) to get a layout finished..

My DD actually came up with the title and I came up with the layout theme..

Our dog slept under the tree everyday before Christmas.. The tree skirt was so wrinkled from him making "his bed" and at times the tree skirt wasn't even under the tree...

Then the gifts got put under the tree and he couldn't fit under there anymore...

Oh! and before I forget he liked picking the ornaments off of the tree one by one.. His favorites were the one's shaped like Ice Cream cones.. They were the first to go...LOL  :O)

Here are some close ups of the layout and all of the supplies needed.

The title... I won't lie, I actually re-made the colors on the title 3 times, cause I could not decided which looked the best..But, this is what I decided on..Looks pretty good...LOL

Oh my favorite part of the layout...The waiting in the window...I pieced this window together using cuts from the George cartridge.. The curtains are actually a "mini skirt" cut off of the Paper Doll Dress Up cartidge...LOL   and for a final touch, I added some white liquid pearl to the corners of the window for that frosty snowy look..

first of all...So sorry this photo is a bit blurry.. but you can still see the fine detail.. all of the ornaments are cut using "A childs Year "cartridge.. I stickled the tops with silver and tied a red ribbon around the bone..

Santa loves cookies doesn't he?...LOL  Here I have some chocolate chip doggy biscuits for him from our doggy...LOL  sorry, but I couldn't stop giggling when I made these cookies for Santa....LOL   I just think they are so cute, cute, cute...

Supplies Used:

Mickey and Friends cartridge:

Mickey, Goofy, Pluto, star and bones (doggy biscuits)

Winter Woodland cartridge:

scalloped ovals, ovals, circle and scalloped circle

Pooh Font cartridge:

Title

All Mixed Up cartridge:

the word "Santa"

Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge:

bowl, curtains, tree and bows

A Child's Year Cartridge:

Ornaments

Plantin School book cartridge

Thinking bubble

Christmas Cheer cartridge:

Christmas lights

papers:

My Minds Eye: Sweet Dreams Holiday Ave

Cardstock:

green, yellow, white, brown, tan, red, black and blue(pearlized)

Stickles:

red, turquoise,frosted lace, yellow, silver burgundy and gold

pop dots and ziq two way glue pen

red ribbon

green wire

green mini brads (holding the wire in place)

white gel pen (hand doodling)

black marker (dotted the doggy biscuits)

computer journaling (font: boyzRcrazy)

Thank you all so much for looking..

If any one is interested in the design file, just click HERE..

thank you so much ladies for looking..

Hugs

and Happy New Year wishes..

I'm No Martha Stewart

Happy After Christmas everyone..

Christmas Eve morning I made an Apple Pie cause my husband really wanted one... I'm not much of a pie maker, but as soon as I tasted it I knew it would make a great layout for our Christmas album..

and of course, I couldn't wait to get working on it..

The title just popped into my head while I tasted the pie..Funny how things just work out!!

This layout took me most of two days to design and create.. I have enclosed the design file once again if anyone else decided that Apple pie was their choice for Christmas dessert...LOL

For the Design File just click HERE

Here are some close ups of the layout and all the supply details..

 

 I love this apple pie sign..its so cute.. OH! and I used the cut out for the signs, instead of having to glue every single letter into its rightful place...LOL

 

 

Supplies Used:

Cricut cartridge:  Paper Doll Dress Up

Pies

Cricut cartridge: Home accent:

Apples and halves

Cricut cartridge:  Walk in my Garden

Flowers and leaves

Cricut Cartridge: Home Decor

Apple blossom branch

Cricut cartridge:  Doodle Charms

basket

Cricut cartridge: George and Basic Shapes

Chalk boards and circles

Cricut cartridge:  Plantin School Book

Titles, rik-a-rak, thinking bubble

Papers:  Rayher

cardstock: olive green, red, orange, yellow, white, brown and black

metallic mini brads

pop dots

zig two pay glue pen

Versa Color Inks: red, evergreen, brown, petal pink and green

Tim Holtz Distress Inks: orange

White gel pen- hand doodling

That should about do it, I hope I didn't forget anything..

Thank you ladies so much for looking..

HUGS!

The Splendor of Christmas

Good Sunday morning to you all..

Christmas is slowly, but surely creeping around the corner and I love making Holiday layouts..

Here is a layout I spent the last few days working on. The photo is of my hubby Mike, our youngest son Adam and in the back is our son Aaron and daughter Amber.. We were at Santa Park here in Finland for the holidays with my in-laws back in 99.. The kids had such a great time while we were there..

Here are some close ups and all of the details..

I have enclosed the download file if anyone is interested in the design.. You will have to separate all of the cuts, I have not done that for you.. I just copy and paste as I go...sorry!

Just click Here for the file..

close up of the title.. I really like how it came out.. my fingers were so full of glue by the time I got done with the title, that I'm afraid I got it all over the place..

The other part of the title..

A close up of the mantle of the fire place.. I like the way it turned out.. I forgot to add the stockings though..LOL

and close up of the candles.. I added some white liquid pearl to give it that melted wax look.

and then of the rocking horse, tree and gift box..

Supplies Used:

Cricut cartridge:

Joys of the Season:

Fireplace. rocking horse, smaller gift boxes, trees, wreath, candles, small santa, picture frame, Title foundations, little xmas tree decorations, Holly and little pearl runner underneath the mantle..

Storybook:

title: CHRISTMAS, SANTA PARK, 1999 and S in splendor

Plantin Schoolbook:

title. THE and OF

Opposites Attract:

title: slendor (minus the S)

George and Basic Shapes:

oval shape for title foundation

Cardstock:

christmas red, deep yellow, black, white, brown, and olive green

design Papers by:

No name brand

Stickles:

xmas red, holly, yellow, black and cinnamon

Pop dots and zig two way glue pen

Thank you all so much for looking and have a great Sunday..

Happy Holidays!!

hugs