The Journey

Hello my friends!  Thanks for visiting me today!

I've got another layout to share!

Some of you might know I've been scrappin' up a storm lately.

I used the September 2009 Simply Obsessed Kit (the one I've been hoarding) for this layout.  I LOVE this kit because of all the BEAUTIFUL Bo Bunny printed papers!  I love all these colors together!

I also played with my stamps and Distressing Inks as well as some gold UTEE!!!  Soooo fun!  I took my stamp and inked up the trunk of the tree with Vintage Photo, the leaves with that green ink (can't remember what it's called), and touched the edges of the leaves with broken china.  Didn't it turn out awesome?  I then went in with my glittery stickles and placed dots here and there....too bad you can't see this IRL...the tree is pretty blingy!

I then took a piece of scrap white cardstock and inked it up with some more distressing ink (fired brick).  Next, I inked up my stamp with embossing ink and sprinkled the gold UTEE on it and quickly heat embossed it.  Because I used the Ultra Think Embossing Enamel, the effect is different and there was some beading...which is what I wanted.  The stamped image becomes distorted, but I love the feel of it after it's done!

 I used the current prompt at Scrap That Poetry using the poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost.  The journaling consists of part of this poem:

"The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep. And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep."

This layout expresses the long journey through life.  I know how lucky I am to share it with these three.  I am truly blessed.  Even though family a joy, it is also a sacrifice.  Like many of you, there are other things in life I have to spend less or no time doing/experiencing (scrapbooking, going to movies/hanging out, freedom to make decisions that affect only one person, spending money freely, going on trips...partying...etc).  But the sacrifice is well worth it all.  I cannot imagine life without these three.  We are all on a the journey called life and I am honored to be a part of theirs.  I love The Ogre and my Monsters!!!!  He he....

Oh!  I wanted to mention also that I recently got this idea of hand cutting your own scallop border from one of the JSYS Challenges at Scrap Freak!  I've used it lots of times in the last week or so...on cards....on a few layouts and I LOVE how IMPERFECT it looks!!!!  Can you see it in the photo above?  So fun!

Okay, I've started on a mini book for my Mom for Valentines Day...I don't think she reads my blog...so I'll tell YOU!  I'll be sharing some pages as I go but I've got a stretch of 4 more days to work before I have a couple days of scrap time at home!  I'll work on the MOTW post for Sunday!  See you then...maybe sooner if Mommyhood doesn't tire me out too much over the weekend!

Hugs,

Mo

Need some prayers and well wishes....

See my little nephew there in the middle? He's in the hospital and not doing too well. Grandpa (my dad) found him lethargic yesterday when he came home from work and it seems the poor baby is sooo dehydrated. Last night he was barely moving and they couldn't register a temperature or blood pressure. They are trying to give him fluid right now in hopes of turning him around. At this point, we're not sure if he has an infection, ingested something poisonous, or is bleeding somewhere. We really don't know. He needs to be stabilized first before any further testing. My sister, Krystal (all the way on the right) is his mommy. She's not doing too well either. But, this morning, he's opened his eyes and is looking around. Hopefully he'll be up for visitors in the next couple of hours. Please keep little Diego in your prayers.

Okay, on a more fun note, here is my layout for the Dream Girls Challenge 34 called White It Out. And, I had to fudge a little, cuz I don't have a lot of white materials...so I did the best I could.

This is a photo of my nephew, Samual. If I ever had to admit that there was a baby out there that rivaled the cuteness of my Gabe, it's this little guy! Actually, I'll just admit it....he's cuter! He is soooo adorable! I will have to find a photo showing his beautiful hair one day and share it! You can see a little curl peeking out of that hat.

Here's a close up of the journaling and the vintage MoMoStamper flowers.

I also used some die cut top notes (behind the photo). I'm planning on stocking my Etsy store with them soon.

I love the look of the ribbon behind the flowers. After securing the ribbon onto the page with adhesive, I then stitched it down the middle. I too have caught on to the stitching craze! I'm sooooo glad I got a sewing machine a few years ago!

I used a mix of clear and white buttons and brads. I soooo had to try hard not to put a splash of color on this page! But, I love the way it looks now!

supply list: beige textured card stock (Bazill), white card stock (Michael's), vintage flowers and vintage top notes (MoMoStamper Etsy Store), white flowers (Prima), buttons and brads (Making Memories), chipboard (Scenic Route - worn grid redmond stencil), white ribbon (Martha Stewart)
Have a great weekend yall!

Hugs,

Mo

ATC?

I'm always up for trying something new in scrapping! Last week, the challenge over at Vintage Plum was to create an Artist Trading Card. So, I created my first one! It was quick and fun, and I thought I'd share them because they make me smile!

I'm loving these cupcake cups! I got a package of small and large ones! So....be prepared for cupcake cups in my projects!

I did some stamping here with the circles. I also did some embossing with those stamps! Fun fun fun! These cards were really my attempts at some sort of grungy style.....hmmmmmm.

I used some Crystal Effects (by Stampin' Up!) to add some clear glass like dots and texture to the top right corner of the card. Additional TIP: You can make some inexpensive bling by taking a glitter marker and place dots at desired areas on a project. Then, take the Crystal Effects and place a small dots over each area....be sure to set aside to dry. When it's all dry, it looks like a little tiny epoxy bling sticker!

I also experimented with my puff paint marker by Sakura....by adding yellow to the cupcake liner.

I love that these cards are full of TEXTURE! So fun!

Here's a close up of the clear dots.

Okay, this was a quick one!

KWerner Design Blog Color Inspiration 30

Yay! Here's my second round doing this! It's a rainy day here in Washington....lots of flood warnings! But part of me missed rainy days like this.....perfect days for enjoying a cup of cocoa next to the fireplace and scrapbooking in my craft room! Aaaaaaaah! I LOVE AUTUMN!

I pulled out some of my Hodgepodge Hardware......FINALLY!


Materials

(all Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted)

Stamps

Best Yet 111604

Eastern Blooms 111626

Ink
Old Olive Craft Ink

Versamark (watermark ink)

Colorbox Ink in Dune (for Sahara Sand)

Paper

Old Olive

Certainly Celery

Whisper White

Acessories

Hodgepodge Hardware

Certainly Celery Grosgrain Ribbon

White Paper Flowers (I think they are Making Memories)

Heat and Stick Powder

Scallop Edge Punch
Stampin' Dimensionals

I used craft ink so that I could stamp the large flower image and "to you from me" and emboss it using the heat and stick powder. I popped up the lower old olive section of cardstock with Stampin' Dimensionals (with whisper white scallop edge adhered to it).

I also stamped a smaller flower in Versamark ink so I could emboss it again with Heat n' Stick powder. I stacked the three flowers on top of each other and mounted it onto the card with Stampin' Dimensionals.

I wanted to add some old olive flowers, so I again used the craft ink and pressed some small white paper flowers in it to color them!

I wanted a slightly distressed look so I used my Colorbox pigment ink in Dune to ink the edges! You definitely would need pigment ink for this project since I'm using them to emboss and ink on dark cardstock (dye ink does not do this)!

Please leave any comments or questions! I LOVE to hear from other crafters! Now I'm super excited because I can peek at the other submissions (I reward myself in the end by allowing myself to look at the other CI entries.)......he he he.....

Happy Stamping!