#74 Ahoy! (Paper Playtime Challenge#5) Queen!!!

Here's what the card looks like when you first look at it. Peek a boo!

Here's what the card looks like when you pull out the wave with the octopus floating.

Ahoy! The sea monster!

 The outer part of the card.

I am so happy to be Queen for a week at Paper Playtime (Paper Playtime challenge 5) for this weeks challenge it's Ahoy Matey!  I decided to make a b-day card for a little boy (or girl) using CAC for the octopus I wanted the octopus to look like a sea monster lurking on the waves, so that's why I made him blue to blend in with the water and  I embossed with my Cuttlebug, I also embossed the title. The wave attached to the octopus is from LAB. I cut 3 layers for everything because I didn't want anything to rip as you pull it out of the pocket. I made the pocket card by cutting a 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inch card in half diagonally to make a triangle, then I glued only one side of the triangle so that I can make a pocket. To make the waves on the pocket part I ripped 3 strips of paper then I used my Broken China distress ink on the waves and octopus.

#73 California Dreamin frame (Challenge 5 w/ Joanna)

Here's how the frame looks laying down, also you can see where I painted the inside and outside with black acrylic paint.

The challenge of the week! Pink glittery sunglasses with blue diamonds from Paisley.

This is what the frame looks like when it's standing on the leg attached to the frame.

A close up of the the title, butterfly and palm tree.

For my 5th challenge with my sister  Joanna I chose to make the sunglasses from Paisley. I had so many ideas of what I wanted to do so I finally decided to make a frame. I bought the frame from Michael's. I cut each object 4 times including once on chipboard, the sunglasses are from Paisley, title is from LAB and the butterfly is from a Martha Stewart punch. I put everything in my xyron sticker machine then sprinkled with Martha Stewart glitter. I painted the inside and outside of the frame with black acrylic paint. For the glasses I put glossy accents on the black part to make it look like real shades! I put 3 blue diamonds on each sides of the glasses.

#72 Grill King Father's Day Card

I cut all images from EPD on mostly white paper to make it fast, and I use chalk to color everything. The background paper is from DCWV paper stack, it's the kitchen stack. I create smoke above the grill with some doodling and gray chalk, and stamped sentiment.

#71 Father's Day family card

I cut the tags from PS, the family from GP and the oval tag for title from FF. This was a very quick and easy card I colored in the baby's diaper with a white gel pen and used Fired Brick distress ink around the tags, then put a strip of red floss across the bottom.

#70 Posh nail polish gift bag (Throwback Thursday Challenge)

For this weeks challenge we had to use PDDU I cut the monster girl and tiara from PDDU and the purse is from FY. I ran the monster and her tiara in my xyron and then put Martha Stewart glitter on it. For the "posh" I put glue then glitter. On both sides of the purse I put 3 glue dots then more glitter. I was trying to figure out what to put in here and I realized that 3 bottles of nail polish fit!!! Very exciting, I think I discovered a new gift to give to people. I used my Gypsy and cut the image to fit a 12x12 paper, it only needed about 12x6 or so. Perfect! Check out Emma's blog at Throwback Thursday

#69 Water LO

These are some cute and funny pics of my son on a very hot August day while on vacation. We bought a big gallon of water and he got so happy and was reaching for it he wanted to hold it and drink it all, my husband and I felt the same because it was hot! The title and water faucet are GS, the red frames that I CB'd are GW. The water drops are from EPDDU. I made one large water drop for my journaling.  I also put 4 buttons and 3 different strips of ribbon.

#68 Seashore LO

I put blue stickles on top of the shells.

The title and the green sand dollars are from LAB. I made a border out of burlap and real seashells that I covered in stickles. I used 2 glue dots for each shell to adhere to my page. I also put distress ink on cricut cuts and blue distress ink all over the page. I was going for a "washed up look"! I put more stickles on the sand dollars too. I did this LO for Practical scrappers glitter challenge this is my 1st challenge with them.

#67 Wish You Were Here LO

This was a pretty simply LO I made the title from GP and the pink and yellow flower from GAH. I added a blue button to the flower and blue stickles to the title. I used a Martha Stewart punch for the pink border and added a flower border strip on top of the pink paper. I cut blue strips of paper to do my journaling on.

#66 Sea Lions LO

I did this Lo about a Sea Lion show that I saw that was very funny. In the pics the man is hugging and dancing with the sea lions! The large journaling tag and zig zag border strip are from ST, sea lion CAC, title is GF, and the large rectangle frame is a frame from WC.  I cut the seal with brown and tan paper and added distress ink to alter the color. I added orange stickles to the zig zag border and randomly misted glimmer mist.

#65 Cute Bathroom Signs LO

When I was on vacation I saw these cute bathroom signs so of course I had to get a pic for the scrapbook! The man and woman are GP, hearts PS and scallop border AE. I decided to do a non Cricut title so I used my fancy letter stamps  and colored in with markers and stickles. I distresed the green cardstock border with a sanding block.

#64 Red, white and blue card for (Paper Playtime)

The challenge this week is red , white and blue, so I decided to start making 4th of July cards. I got a red card and layered it with blue then white paper. I stamped all of the red stars. I cut the talk bubble from GW and put stickers for the title. The boy is from ACY. Come check out the other great projects from this weeks theme. Paper Playtime

#63 Pool Time 2 pg LO

Pg. 1Pg.2

Here's a 2 pg LO I created about the 5 pools at our hotel. The title is from SB I distressed with white chalk ink. The boy, float, and 3 beach balls are EPDDU, the two palm trees are SYI and the marquee is SB. I did some journaling and added a border of fish stamps. I put stickles on the balls and trees. I put 2 different strips of ribbon across both pages and final touch I added Prima flowers and buttons.

#62 Smile Card for (Throwback Thursday)

So for this weeks Throwback Thursday challenge we had to do something from SYI and it had to be brown, blue and red.  Both paisley's are from SYI, title is ACY I decided to add a little border punch to the side along with a Prima flower and bling. Come check out her blog. Throwback Thursday Challenge

#61 Husband's B-day card ADULTS ONLY LOL!

Inside of card.

     Outside of card. OOps didn't take pic till after  the party, kinda dirty.

Envelope and liner.



The main reason I bought TTK was for that corset I had it all planned out, I know I'm a dork LOL! Birthday Boy is from SB the card, card frame, envelop and Liner are all from WC I think it was the wedding invite cut. I stamped the sentiment, stickled the corset and sprayed glimmer mist all over the card. I felt it was too plain but it is a challenge making manly cards, he loved it so much and he was showing it off to all his friends at his party LOL I'm glad he liked it.

#60 Pretty Statues LO (wee Memories challenge)

This is my favorite punch ever!

I was excited when I was making this LO because I was able to fit 7 photos!!! I like adding a lot of pics to my LO's because I love taking pictures. I chose to use pretty paper to go along with my  pretty statues title and of course I had to use a pretty lace punch. The butterfly is from SB, flower DC, and title is GF. i added some bling to the butterfly and the flower. "Statues" letters are stickers. This LO was for my 1st ever wee Memories challenge, it was to use a punch.

#59 Baby Boy Card (Challenge 4 w/Joanna)

I used a star stamp for the background. Stickles on animals.

For this weeks challenge  Joanna chose the elephant and giraffe from Zooballo. I decided to make a baby card. The circle scallop and circle are from GW. I stamped the entire tan paper with a small star stamp. I added Broken China distress ink to the blue scallop circle and a blue ribbon on top.   I cut the balloon, hat and gift with tan paper and I completely changed it, I colored them with orange and blue markers and orange and blue stickles. For  the elephant and giraffe I cut them with the same blue paper I used for the scallop circle and added blue stickles. I stamped the sentiment and added more stickles. The card is 5.5x5.5

#58 Sweet Birthday Wishes Card

Sprinkled with fun!

I made this card for one of my oldest friends who I've known for 10 years! The ice cream cone and "sweet" are from ACY the oval shape is from PS. I cut the top layer in white then I added brown distress ink to the cone and around the edges. I put sprinkle beads on the whipped cream part and of course a red cherry button on top! I tied a pink ribbon to the bottom of cone. The back layer was cut with tan paper and I added pink distress ink and also pink stickles. I stamped the sentiment and also added pink stickles to the title. I used a border punch for the green border.

#57 Father's Day Card (Cricut Cardz Challenge)

I thought the color combos looked perfect for my grandpa, it reminds me of the clothes he wears LOL. I cut the bird from Stamping and I distressed it with brown and green ink. I sanded the cardstock on the birds belly to make it look white. I added green stickles to the eye and wings. I sprayed glimmer mist all over card and stamped the sentiment and also added some more distress ink on the bottom. I made this card for my 1st ever Cricut Cardz challenge  http://cricutcardzchallenge.blogspot.com/2010/06/cricut-cardz-challenge-27.html

#56 Tropical Drinks LO (Paper Playtime Challenge)

I was going for a groovy theme for the Paper Playtime Challenge http://paperplaytime.blogspot.com/
The peace sign was from Cars, the title and heart are from HM and the flower is from GAH. This was a quick layout for me I added 3 vacation themed stickers on the left and I added distress ink behind the title. It was awesome being able to have a real drink out of a real coconut on the beach!

#55 Fancy Birthday Cake LO

Red and black stickles and rhinestones were added to my cake.

I was going for a really fancy theme here so I made a beautiful cake from SIP I added stickles and smeared it on with my fingers. I added rhinestones only to the middle. For the title I cut it from SB then i embossed the red background paper. The swirl on top is from TTK and I also added stickles. I got sheet music and I crumbled and used distress ink also a lacy border punch. I did my journaling on the sheet music to make it look like a song.

#54 Cliff Divers LO

I used 3 different color inks and stickles to color the fish.

For this manly LO I cut fish from Pagoda, shaped background frame from SB, title and circle from AMU. The original color of the fish was the same orange paper for the scallop borders, I did a major face lift on the fish LOL!. I added ribbon across the middle with different greens buttons. The scallop borders were cut using my shaped scissors.

#53 Mexican Fiesta LO (3rd Challenge w/Joanna)

This was the 3 rd challenge with my sister Joanna  http://scrap-making.blogspot.com/  This time I choose, I choose this dress from Paisley I thought it was so cute and I was going to do something completely different with this cut. I wanted to make a paper doll with this dress but I didn't think it looked right so I did this instead. I'm pretty happy with the outcome. I CB'd the dress and did some distressing and added gold and green stickles to it since I didn't feel like cutting a shadow...yep I get lazy with my scrapbooking sometimes! I stickled the yellow Prima flower on the left side.  "Party Time" is from Stamping I also added gold stickles to the entire outline. The border flag thing on the bottom is from Give a Hoot, I added some red bling to the tops of the flags. "Fiesta" was cut from SB on white paper I drew the outline with a red pen and colored the inside with a yellow marker. The red patterened paper is from the Citrus stack from Joann's. I  added a strip of red lace ribbon to the middle and used my corner punch for the fiesta flyer that I got when I bought my ticket to this show.

#52 Stone Island LO

I wanted this LO to look fresh, fresh like the water. I cut the swirly's and the frame from SB the font is PS. On the frame I added silver stickles to a darker blue paper. The glittery blue  patterened paper is from the Spring Glitter Stack from Joann's.

#51 The Best Guacamole LO

This was truly the best guacamole we've ever had in our lives, even my son thought so and he was only 10 months! In this pic he has guac right on the tip of his nose so of course I had to scrap it! The scallop square is AA, the star is HD, the title is ACY, the tag left of the star is AA. I had fun making this LO, I painted the beige paper with some green paint. I added  brown polk a dot ribbon and green buttons to top of the page. The Mexico flag is a sticker fom K & Company. "Guacamole" and the chips and dip on the tag are stamps....yes I had a chips and dip stamp, I totally did not plan that out I just got lucky LOL!. I was feeling glittery so I stickled the chips and dip stamps, the swirls on the star and also sticked the title. I used a border punch on both of the green papers. Then I added some glimmer mist spray. Unfortunately i sprayed all over my son's face =(             I am a bad mom! He looks like he has dirt on his face, live and learn...next time I will cover pictures with something before I go crazy with the spray, that stuff does not come off pictures!

#50 Taxi LO

I know I know I did a pink girly page even though my DH is in it! I am terrible, I am surrounded by males...my DH, DS and my 2 dogs LOL I deserve a pink page every now and then! Ha ha oh well! These are what the taxi's look like in Mazatlan Mexico. The taxi is from EPDDU I welded the scallop to the golf car's ceiling to look like my pics with my Gypsy girl! the title is from GP. I did some random stamping with a flower stamp and I also stamped cars as a border. I added 2 different brown ribbons and cut a border with my funky scissors. On the bottom right corner I did some hand stitching and added to buttons for an extra touch! While I was doing this LO I was thinking of my hot pink Barbie car when I was a kid....LOL some of the things I think about when I scrap it's amazing!

#49 Baby's 1st Boat Ride

For this LO I cut the blue frame from Wild Card, boat from GW, and font from AMU. I did some distressing all over the page and stamped a black swirl  by the boat to look like water. I then colored in the stamped image with a blue marker and used some blue stickles over the stamped image. I also did the same thing to the compass by the title. I got a piece of school paper for journaling. For the final touch I sprayed some glimmer mist all over the LO. When I did this I was thinking of a pirates map for inspiration LOL!