Scrapdango July reveal

This month's Sugar kit screams Summer (and, oddly, three of my four layouts were from winter! LOL.).

I love hexagons, so I turned my double-layout into a hexagon party!

The sheet of Webster's Pages tags begged to be featured on a page, too:

On this next layout, I wanted to show how well the papers blended, so I punched ton of hearts and arranged them into large flowers.

And, this intertwined swirly line sheet made me think of stained-glass windows, which reminded me of the theater where I took my DD to see the Lion King. I used my exacto knife to carve out parts of it and placed different patterns behind each. Once that was set up, I spread crackle glaze over top to give it a fun stained glass look. I love how it turned out!

I also made two cards, and the end result reminded me of why I don't make too many cards... :( I am just NOT a card designer but am incredibly jealous of those that are! :)

Hop on over to the store on July 5th to pick up your kit!

Scrapdango Turn-The-Tables Week 1

This week at Scrapdango, the spice team gave the sugar team a couple of sketches to design a layout from.

Here is Jess':

This is Shannon's:

And, this is my take:

I used the basic design + banner from Jess and the confetti and the half-hexagon below the pic were pulled from Shannon's.

Submit your layout here by Sunday the 24th @ midnight.

Scrapdango/Sketch Inspiration meet up!

I hope you participated in last week's Scrapdango/My Sketch World challenge!

This week we are getting together with Sketch Inspiration.

Here is the sketch that we worked with...

 

...and here is my interpretation, using the November 2011 Scrapdango Sugar kit:

You have until June 17th at Midnight EST to post your take on the sketch on the Scrapdango forum for a chance to win a $15 GC to the store!

My Sketch World/Scrapdango layout

Scrapdango is hosting a month of sketches, and, for the first week, we teamed up with My Sketch World.

Here is the sketch that we worked with...

...and here is my interpretation, using the June 2012 Scrapdango Sugar kit:

You have until June 9th at Midnight EST to post your take on the sketch on the Scrapdango forum for a chance to win a $15 GC to the store!

Scrapdango June Reveal

This month has another amazing Sugar kit!

I finally created my son's First Eucharist layout (a year later!):

My medium DD on the first day of school this year:

Our trip to Natural Bridge last summer:

I also scrapped-up a set of mirrors that we have hanging in our home.

The only major thing that I added here were the Sassafras chipboard pieces and the bling. Be sure to stop into the store and pick up this kit starting May 5th!

Scrapdango Crowned week 2: Pageant Moms

We would be remiss to have a pageant competition and leave out those loveable, low-key pageant moms! My challenge to you is to create something for a mom in honor of Mother's Day. It can be a layout, card, or altered art. It can be made for your mom, your mother-in-law, a grandmother, a friend or sibling that is a great mom, yourself... anyone that is a mother figure. I used the May Sugar kit to create this for my mom (I just need to get a frame!) The pictures of her grandkids will go on the largest 9 circles. The three flowers at the bottom with the initials represent my sisters and I.

I was inspired by this! Entries must be posted by midnight EST Sunday, May 13th. I hope you can play along with us this week!

Scrapdango May reveal

I had been WAITING for this kit! These releases from Studio Calico and Crate Paper go so well together, I want to order another one! Be sure to mark your calendar for May 5th, when the new kits go on sale. :) So many great boy colors were in this kit. I rarely use pink in my son's book, but I like the pop that it gives this page...

I used almost every patterned paper in this layout with a picture from my parents's wedding. I was inspired by this layout from Susan Weinroth and used 30 hearts to represent their 30 years of marriage.

I wanted to feature the fab patterns again on this double layout, but there are so many awesome embellishments, that I had to work them in, too.

Lastly, I made this mini gratitude journal for my goddaughter with a Jenni Bowlin circle album. It's adorable, just like her.

Stay tuned this week for more reveals!

Scrapdango Crowned competition

Save your spot here!

Soccer Star

Again with Scrapdango kit leftovers!

Hudson Riverwalk

I made these for each of the kids' albums using the December Scrapdango Sugar Kit and some Jillibean journaling spots.

{Park} Field trip

I used more Scrapdango kit leftovers here and even a little ink!

Scrapdango & S:CY challenge

I posted a fun challenge for the month over at Scrapdango. Ali MacDonald, of Sketches:Creatively Yours, gave us an exclusive sketch to play with!!! Woot!

Ali designs sketches for an amazingly creative team of ladies once a week. You are invited to play along at her site as often as you like (and simultaneously check many layouts off of your to-do list). I've never found a sketch of hers that I could resist!

You have all month to complete the challenge and post it to the Scrapdango message boards. Of course, you don't have to use a Scrapdango kit, but you'll receive an extra point if you do.

Here's her fabulous sketch...


...and my take on it:


Journaling: I have always been able to understand you, but at your 5-year-old appointment, Dr. Chris thought that you should receive speech to correct certain sounds that you made incorrectly: sh, th, c, k, s. You had fun with the games and "graduated" in a few months. I'm always proud at you working hard in whatever comes your way!

I used the Scrapdango March sugar kit here!

Scrapdango April Sugar kit reveal

I LOVED this kit, featuring Simple Stories Fabulous line {Available April 5th)!

I remember weaving a basket as a child, so, on this layout about my niece, I decided to give it a try with paper:


I used every bit of the yarn in the kit on this layout, and I love the effect...


On this layout, I decided to only use the journaling cards in the kit as the patterned paper. The baker's twine on the second page was the actual twine from the bakery. Love that I was able to use it!


This one was simple... I only matted the picture twice and then added in lots of embellishments.


This kit just begs for cute, springy cards to be made.




Have a lovely week, and don't forget to get your own kit on the 5th!

Before tomorrow's reveal...

I wanted to share one extra card, made with last month's Scrapdango sugar kit:



My medium DD had a tea party for her birthday last week, and these doilies were the perfect touch for the card.

Scrapdango Bingo

Friday, MARCH 30th...join us on the Games board at 6pm EST to begin playing a fast paced game of BINGO!!!

Words have already been listed for you to choose your "card" from. Then, beginning at 6pm on FRIDAY MARCH 30th...we will begin to call the words until someone yells "BINGO!!"

Sound fun? It WILL be!! So mark your calendars...invite some friends and come play along!!!

A quick card...

using the leftovers from the January Scrapdango Sugar kit.

My First Friend

I created this layout for last night's Scrapdango 1 hour sketch challenge using parts of old 'dango kits.

Scrapdango sketch challenge

This Friday (March 23) at 9pm EST, come over to the Scrapdango message boards for a 1 hour Sketch Challenge. Each member of the DT will be providing you with an original sketch for you to choose from. You'll have an hour to post your take on it.

Aimee will be providing a prize pack to the winner!

RAK winner follow-up

Cheryl received the RAK I sent her for the Scrapdango blog hop, and I received this sweet message from her today...

Hi Heather,

I got my prize today!! WOW I wasn't expecting ALL of the awesome scrapping supplies!! I got so excited that I made it my Picture of the Day!! Here's a picture of my goodies (Day #79) on my 365 Project Blog. http://cherylny.blogspot.com/

Thanks again for your generosity!!!

Cheryl

Go leave this sweet woman some love if you have a chance. Enjoy them, Cheryl!

March Scrapdango reveal

I'm so excited to share my Scrapdango projects with you!

I used the Sugar kit to create three layouts and an altered bulletin board. (AND, I still have paper left to work with!)