Family- Sous Sketch Reveal

Well ladies, were already in September and while you are reading this post, I am visiting Family in Dubuque, Iowa with my hubby and our boys.. and in a few days, we will be leaving Iowa and driving down to Florida to visit more family and my best buddy in the whole wide world, Kati... I miss her so much and we live so far apart from each other :(.. I hope to spend lots of quality time with her ..

so, anyway....LOL  just call me a space cadet.. onto the post, its what we are all here for right?..LOL

This week we have a wonderful sketch by our very own Sandi Clarkson.. I absolutely loved working with it and I actually had to flip the sketch on its side cause of the photo I had..but, the only thing that I actually had to change is the placement of the tag...

so, here is my take on our sketch challenge:

I bought some of these new Bo Bunny Welcome Home Papers and I luv them to pieces.. gonna have to stock up on these, the colors are so beautiful !!   I was so inspired by hand made flowers, that I wanted to make more of my own flowers.. which it seems like I haven't done in a long time.. had so much fun and my fingers are beyond inked..LOL

here is the sketch:

Here are a few close ups of the layout:

and for the supplies used:

Papers by: Bo Bunny

Welcome Home collection

Cardstock: white (colored in my imagine)

Cricut Imagine die cutter

Cricut Cartridges:

Graphically Speaking: Flowers

George and Basic Shapes: large circle

Accent Essentials: flower centers

Martha Stewart edge punch

paper doily

ribbon trim

liquid pearl: white and baby blue

Tim Holtz Distress ink: Vintage Photo

leaves by Iamroses

E-line pearls by Prima 

small circle punch: flower buds

flower tape

well ladies.. I hope I didn't leave anything and I hope you will stop by SOUS and see what the other design team members have created with this same sketch..  I want to thank everyone for stopping by today and taking a look at my take on our sketch..

Hope everyone has a wonderfully creative weekend..

hugs

Coupon Organizer-Gift

Well ladies.. Tomorrow is the big day.. I will be on a plane for 15 hours on my way to the windy city, Chicago Illinois.. Most of  my husband's family live in Dubuque, Iowa, so were flying up north and then renting a car and driving 3.5 hrs to Iowa.. We will be staying there from Fri-Monday and then driving all the way down to Florida where we will then stay for almost two weeks visiting friends and family.. 

So, that is where this cute little organizer comes in.. I made this for my sister-in-law who loves collecting and using coupons..I did too when I lived in Florida, but in Finland we dont' have any coupons.. :(

I seen this amazing video on Youtube by an amazingly talented lady named Laura at Follow the Paper Trail.. she has a tutorial on an organizer and I knew from the minute my eyes popped out of my head and I began to drool, that I had to give this a try..LOL

I did add my own twist to the organizer.. along with the two coupon pockets, I added tags to them, added a flap for a checkbook and other side of the flap is a place for a note pad.. then I added pockets to hold her B-Jays  membership card, debit card and cash..  Cause from what I remember, she doesn't use a purse only a wallet..

I thought to add a clear covered pocket for a drivers license, but I ran out of room :(  

well, here is my Coupon Organizer:

This measures 5" x 7" and I used a Tim Holtz Hitch Fastner for the closure, which I have a black hair band holding it together.. Iam going to buy a white one before I give it to her.. just didn't have any in my stash..Grrrr..

and since this is for my sister-in-law, it has her name on there..just so there is no mistaking who its too..LOL

is that blurry or is it just me?  sorry about that..

as you open up the organizer, you can see the check book will slide into place on this side of the flap and then you can see the pockets for the coupons.. I have labeled them all in alphabetical order, but I know some of the items are missing since I only had room for 5 tabs on each side..  There is also the membership card pocket here for her and I have my Winn Dixie card in there just so I knew what size to make it.. I wasnt sure if the cards here and there were the same size, but they seem to be :)

Here is the view of the other coupon pockets along with the little pockets to hold her debit card and cash.. and there is a place on the flap for a small note pad to slide into place so she can write down her list of things to buy.. BUT!! I didn not have room for a pen holder..Grrrrr :)

and just a real close up of the pockets and tags..

Supplies used for this organizer:

chipboard: 1 sheet measuring 10"x13" that I cut into two  5"x7" pieces and one  3/4" x 7"

papers by: Graphic45  12x12 Domestic Goddess Collection

White cardstock

Cricut Imagine

Cricut Cartridges:

From My Kitchen: Tabs

Plantin Schoolbook: Title font "cathie's Coupons!"

Martha Stewart Edge Punch

Atg Glue gun

Red line tape

White flower by: Petaloo

Tim Holtz Hitch Fastner

Rubber band

eyelet

Crop-a-dile to punch holes

computer generated journaling

well ladies..that about does it for me for this project.. I can't wait to give it to my sister-in-law and I hope she likes it as much as I do.. I made it really sturdy so its actually meant to be used..LOL   Do stop by again soon, I will have another project to share with you Friday Sept 2nd..

Thank you all so much for stopping by and taking a look at what I've been working on.. .I hope everyone has a wonderfully Creative weekend..
hugs

Family Layout - Prima

Hi ladies... Here is another Prima inspired layout I created as my design team project for Your Memories Here.. I used lots of sheer ribbon and tattered angles to glitter up a doily, can't forget my string of pearls either...LOL

I'm not much of an edge puncher, but wanted to add a little elegance to this layout and so grabbed my favorite edge punch by MS and went to town.. I luv how this layout came out. <-- I tend to say that a lot..LOL

 and for a few close ups of the layout:

 I luv these big white Prima Alabaster Flower.. They go so well with everything and being that they are white, you can spritz them with tattered angels glimmer mist and add a whole new look to your layout..

my pink hydrangeas, which I seem to have a lot of  LOL  and can't forget this amazing lace trim that was just so much fun to work with and adds another elegant touch of detail to the layout..

and for supplised used:

My own stash: 

Doily, sheer ribbon, liquid pearl:white, string of pearls, MS around the edge punch & Edge distress tool..

From Your Memories Here:

Glimmer Mist

Prima Papers

Prima Alabaster Flowers

Prima Leaves

Gemstone Glue: attached pearls & Alabaster Flowers

ZapDots: attached Hydrangeous

there you go ladies.. I hope this layout inspires you to want to make one of your own.. nothing very difficult about it, just lots of different size and colored flowers clustered together and those Prima Leaves, just add that last bit of detail.. luv them!!

thnx for stopping today and remember, 

Hope everyone has a wonderfully creative week.

Hugs

Dream Big- Die Cut Challenge-SKY

TGIF Ladies!! us girls over at SOUS started our Die Cut challenges the Friday before last and this week's challenge theme is "SKY".. I wanted to think out side of the box and didnt' wanna make your regular "sun shining!" type of sky layout..LOL  dont' get me wrong, those are all beautiful but I just wanted to make something a little different, even for me..LOL

One of our very favorite times when my kids were younger, was to sit and watch Disney Movies while we had lunch and some down time.. rarely did any of them take a nap once they started walking..LOL

this layout was inspired by one of those times and who doesn't like Peter Pan ?.

here is my take on our SKY challenge:

I will admit that this is by far, one of my all time favorite die cut layouts that I've created..  and the photo is of my boys, when they were just babies.. My eldest son would climb into the crib of my youngest and steal his bottle, go hide behind the couch and drink it..LOL  I luv memories like that now that they are in their late teens..

Here are a few close ups of the layout:

 the ship I cut using the "Paper Doll Dress Up" cartrige.. black cardstock and did some doodling on it with white gel pen..

Tinkerbell sitting on the cloud...I had a hard time with her face, even though she isn't cut very small.. and then the city below I also found on the "Paper Doll Dress Up" cartridge.. used my DS to weld it all together..

and a close up of my boys.. Aaron has the really surprised look on his face " o-ohhh, mommy caught me!"..LOL

and for supplies used:

Dark blue, yellow, white, red and black cardstock..

Cricut Cartridges:

Pooh and Friends : Clouds

George and Basic Shapes: Big circle (moon) and title font

Tink and Friends: Tinkerbell and stars

( I used my imagine, white cardstock and the color wheel to create my tink)

Paper Doll Dress Up: Ship and city

pop dots (clouds)

white gel pen for doodling

well ladies.. that does it for me for this Friday Reveal... I want to thank you all so much for stopping by today and looking at my take on our die cut challenge.. do stop by SOUS and check out what the other design team members have created to inspire you with.. just click HERE and you will be re-directed to SOUS..

I hope everyone has a wonderfully creative weekend..

hugs

Memories-Frosted Designs Reveal

 

yes, ladies.. you are not mistaken.. I am scarpping myself, again...LOL  I luv rummaging through old photos and I was actually looking for a few others for another project I'm working on and came accross this one.. It was taken back in 1999 while my in-laws were visiting us for the first time.. gosh, I look so young and skinny..LOL

I also played with my Imagine again, can't seem to keep my fingers off of it...LOL

I used the Imagines "Lori's Garden" cartridge and cut some simple designs with it and only used whit cardstock for everying.. I luv that everything matches!!

and just to let you all know that this will by my last design team project for Frosted Designs.. My 6 month term is up.. I want to thank the ladies of FD for allowing me on their amzing DT and I really enjoyed working with all of the wonderfully talented ladies over there and I hope you stop by there often and get inspired by the awesome DT..

Oh...almost forgot to share the amazingly cute sketch we worked with this week:

and here are a few close ups of the layout:

my beautiful prima flowers and I intentially wanted to stick with white.. I  luv how their simplicity looks on this layout.. plus, who can resist a little prima..LOL

Oh an I did some stamping as well.. I cut the flourish and then made a stencil with the left overs..

stamped some randomly on the layout, added the flourish and then punched some small flowers and added pearl drops to the centers.. 

and finally, a close up of me.. I was a super blonde back then..LOL  I've toned down a bit in the last few years...LOL

and for the list of supplies used:

Papers: white and cream cardstock 

Cricut Imagine

Lori's Garden cartridge

Home Decor cartridge

Tim Holtz distress ink. Peeled paint and

Rusty Hinge

ink applicator

pearl halves by papermania

Prima flowers

leaves by: Iamroses

lace ribbon

I think that does it for me for today.. I love how this layout came out and I really enjoyed working with this amazing sketch.. You can really add a lot of your own detail to your layout using this sketch.. So, with that said.... Stop by Frosted Designs today and check out what the other amazing DT members have created using this same sketch...

thnx so much for stopping by today and I hope everyone has a wonderfully creative week..

Hugs