She believed

I saw a canvas by Nicole Pomeroy that I loved, and I wanted to make it my own.

She used a lot of paint and gesso, but, naturally, that is not my forte, so I pulled out Crate's Restoration line (again!)...



I'm off to go hang it in my 6 year-old's room!

Cloud Nine

This one is about my medium DD and her LOVE of animals...



I completed it for a Scrapdango challenge to use the color green and a banner.

Journaling Junkie: Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to the man that loves my kids almost as much as I do! :)

This is actually an 11x14 layout that I framed for him!

Such an easy prompt at Journaling Junkie this time around... come play along with us!



Journaling:
Zachary Bella
1. Because he reads me… Diary of a Wimpy Kid books Pet Shop books
2. Because he helps me… Get better at sports Open candy
3. Because he lets me… Play with him Have animals
4. Because he taught me how to… Play basketball Play soccer
5. Because he… Taught me to ride a scooter Taught me to ride a scooter
6. Because he finds time to… Give me horseyback rides Give me horseyback rides
7. Because he… Loves me Comes to have lunch with me
8. Because he takes me… Go-Karting To Cici’s
9. Because he works hard at… Teaching me to do new stuff Work
10. Because he is the BEST Dad ever!

SCY: Sympathy card

I created this one based off of the new Sketches: Creatively Yours card sketch.

New Dresses

I somehow missed posting this, though I've had it done for a few weeks.

It might be my favorite layout ever!

When my sister and her husband went to pick up their daughter from China, she picked out these awesome dresses for my girls.

Love this pic SO SO much!

Hope you do, too.

This one was for a Scrapdango challenge to use red and pink.

Red Hands, Happy Hearts

I'm in love with these Sassafras sketches!

This page is on our Mother's day trip to pick strawberries...

Gauche Alchemy

I'm trying something a little different today (I had too much coffee this morning!).


I thought I would have a little fun posting some projects done with Gauche Alchemy products(NOT mine... way cooler than mine!), that I found while trolling the web in an effort to be more artsy-thinking (which will hopefully translate into ME being able to create more artsy projects, which you know I've complained before that I fail miserably at). {Yes, I know that is a disaster of a sentence, but it fits perfectly with my disasterous painting experiments... and my high caffeine levels won't let me concentrate enough to fix it!}

One of my great addictions is cake shows. There's something about building layer after layer of yummy, creative goodness (oh, yes, and sugar... caffeine's best friend!) that keeps me looking for cake shows on TV.

Cake decorating style 1: vintage wedding

Imagine pearls and lace and dainty flowers.

Julia Stainton created this fabulous layout with producs from a Gauche kit using all three of these elements- emphasis on the amazing lace (Not Amazing Grace... that's a funeral song, not usually appropriate for a wedding.)! Look at the sparkle of the little blue gem. And, I just adore the rolled paper flowers.


Cake decorating style 2: child's birthday

Think crappy plastic toys. Horrible for a cake, right? Especially one that you paid $600 for.

But, genius for a layout. Can you imagine getting fun army men in a kit for use on a paper project?

Merdrey created this layout that I'm in love with (look at the paint splatters!)...


...{and, woot!, I just remembered that my son has a few army men that he got during the Valentine's swap at school. What do you suppose that means, anyway? I'm not sure war=love}.

Finally, cake decorating style 3: horror

{What? Have you never seen Cake Wrecks??? Go there after finishing this post!}

Horror... like a spider being stabbed to death. Okay, not really- that would be gross. But, take a look at this pin cushion by Carmen:



So.MUCH.fun!

I hope you enjoyed this post... I had fun writing it. And, now I need more coffee! I'll be back in a few days with my own work.

P.S. For more info on Gauche Alchemy, see their store or blog.