Scrappin' Saturday - DIRT

Hello everyone!  Today, I want to share my latest ADORABLE scrapbook layout with you!  

I used Early Espresso 12 X 12 cardstock for each page. The designer paper is from the Share What You Love and Lovely Romance designer paper packs. I also used the Rectangle Stitched Framelits and the Stitched Shapes Framelits. Oh...and don't forget the pearls!  Every muddy little girl needs pearls!!

Here they are individually!

I just LOVE how they turned out!!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  Enjoy your weekend and Happy Mother's Day tomorrow! Hope you get to spend it with people you love!

REMEMBER...use May's hostess code KBW6KJ4T and place a minimum order of $50 (before tax and shipping) and you will also receive the gift pictured below...FREE from me!

I'll be depleting my stash of retiring items

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You'll also receive the following...

• One Darla Daisy for every $50 spent (before tax& shipping).  When you have 10 Darla Daisies you can choose $40.00 of Stampin' Up! product(s) of your choice from me! Just email me your choice!
• The projects we make in my May classes!  Here's what were making this month!

If your order is $150 or more, DO NOT use the code because you will receive hostess credits. You will get the gift from me FREE automatically along with the projects we make in my March classes!

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~Today's Thought~

Share What You Love & Flourishing Phrases

Hello there everyone!  Hope you're having a great day! My morning has been busy...busy...busy!  I'm heading to Ferndale today.  It's a GROOVY little town on the coast with some really fun shopping!  My daughter has a volleyball tournament in Fortuna on Saturday so we're picking up another of my daughters and going to spend the night tonight! It's gonna be FUN!

Before I leave I want to share a really simple and really pretty card we made in my March classes! 

What makes this card so pretty is the designer paper.  I adhered a 4" X 5 1/4" piece of Share What You Love designer paper to a 5 1/2" X 8 1/2" piece of Whisper White cardstock. The sentiment is from the Flourishing Phrases stamp set and is stamped onto a stitched oval from the Stitched Shapes Framelits.  It is adhered to a Tranquil Tide scalloped oval that is cut with the Layering Ovals framelits and then is attached to the card with dimensionals.  I tied a bow using three pieces of Linen Thread and added it to the sentiment with a glue dot! 

Could it be any easier?  I LOVE this paper!!


Hey...THANKS BUNCHES for stopping by today!  I haven't had a chance to do any scrapbooking so I won't have a post tomorrow, but I will be here Sunday with some simple stamping!

ENJOY your weekend!  Hope you can find some time to create!

Don't Forget...

Sale-A-Bration ends on Sunday 3/31!!!

REMEMBER...use this months hostess code RPEWHA6S and place a minimum order of $50 (before tax and shipping...any you will also receive the gift pictured below ABSOLUTELY FREE!

Old Olive Linen Thread

a $5.00 value

You'll also receive the following...

• One Darla Daisy for every $50 spent (before tax& shipping).  When you have 10 Darla Daisies you can choose $40.00 of Stampin' Up! product(s) of your choice from me! Just email me your choice!
• The projects we make in my March classes!  Here's what were making this month!

If your order is $150 or more, DO NOT use the code because you will receive hostess credits. You will get the gift from me FREE automatically along with the projects we make in my March classes!

Your FREE gifts will be shipped separately and will be shipped during the 1st week in April!

~Today's Thought~

Share What You Love - Sketch Challenge!

Good Morning everyone!  YAY!  It's Friday...your weekend is almost here! Do you have any fun plans?  Will you have any time to create?  I have NO PLANS for the weekend! I do have to head down the mountain today, for Redding, to make a Costco run and do my taxes! My husband took the day off to go with me so we'll probably have a lunch date too!

Today's card is one that I created for a team sketch challenge.  Sketches are FUN...they get me thinking differently. I especially like this one because of the angles!  

Here's the sketch!  Will you try it? There are so many options!  Do you use embossing folders or  designer paper....or do you use only cardstock?  Do you change the circle to an oval or a square?  That banner...do you want to make it from ribbon?  Every single card in the challenge is different!  One gal used a punched dog to replace the circle!  

Let me show you what I did!!

My card base is a 5 1/2" X 8 1/2" piece of Whisper White cardstock with a 4 1/8" X 5 3/8" piece of Rich Razzleberry cardstock as the first layer.  Next I added a 4" X 5 1/4" piece of Share What You Love Designer Paper.  My banner is Old Olive cardstock embossed with the Dot to Dot embossing folder and cut into a banner with the Banner Triple Punch. The angled piece and band piece are also from the Share What You Love designer paper.  I LOVE THIS PAPER!!!

The sentiment is from the Best Bird stamp set and is stamped onto a Stitched Shapes Circle. I stamped the background image in Mint Macaron. I punched the greenery with the Sprig Punch and cut it in half, added some Old Olive Linen Thread and Linen Thread tied together into a bow and attached with a glue dot.  Last I added a flower punched with the Bitty Blooms punch pack (from the same designer paper) and added a pearl as it's center.  Everything except the two layers and the banner are attached with dimensionals!  I LOVE how it turned out! I have a friend whose anniversary is TODAY...YIKES...I'm gonna be late, but I'm gonna send it to her and her husband!

HEY...THANKS BUNCHES for stopping by today and allowing me to SHARE WHAT I LOVE to do with YOU!  Have a wonderful day and terrific weekend!  Hope you (and I) find time to create!

Don't Forget...

REMEMBER...use this months hostess code RPEWHA6S and place a minimum order of $50 (before tax and shipping...any you will also receive the gift pictured below ABSOLUTELY FREE!

Old Olive Linen Thread

a $5.00 value

You'll also receive the following...

• One Darla Daisy for every $50 spent (before tax& shipping).  When you have 10 Darla Daisies you can choose $40.00 of Stampin' Up! product(s) of your choice from me! Just email me your choice!
• The projects we make in my March classes!  Here's what were making this month!

If your order is $150 or more, DO NOT use the code because you will receive hostess credits. You will get the gift from me FREE automatically along with the projects we make in my March classes!

Your FREE gifts will be shipped separately and will be shipped during the 1st week in April!

~Today's Thought~

#simplestamping Sunday - Happy Birthday

Hello everyone!  Blessings to you all this Sunday Morning!  I'm off to church in just a little while, but before I go I wanted to share today's #simplestamping projects!

For the month of February Stampin' Up! has challenged demonstrators to create BIRTHDAY cards with the #simplestamping technique! They also said we could use designer paper if we wanted to!  Today I have two cards that I created for this challenge!  

This card is create with the Bloom By Bloom stamp set! There is a strip of dots (two rows) that I simply stamped over and over in Coastal Cabana, Lemon Lime Twist and Soft Suede.  I turned the stamp with each color so the dots would be different. If you look closely...you'll notice that there are three large dots then three little dots, then two large dots then a bunch of little dots...just a way to change it up and make it flow nicer!!

The sentiment is from the Itty Bitty Birthdays stamp set and is stamped in Coastal Cabana ink.

For this card I wanted to use designer paper and I chose the Share What You Love dsp! Isn't it BEAUTIFUL?  The floral side of the dsp is cut to 3 1/4" X 4".  I also cut a 1/2" X 3 1/4" piece of the same paper, turned it over and adhered the striped side to the bottom of the floral dsp.  The sentiment is again, from the Itty Bitty Birthdays stamp set and is stamped in Mint Macaron ink.  I LOVE this card so much! I think I'm gonna change the sentiment and make it my customer thank you card for this month!

Both of my #simplestamping cards are created with Whisper White Note Cards & Envelopes!

I'm LOVING #simple stamping!  Did I tell you I won a prize from Stampin' Up!?  I did...YAY!!!
I won with the card below!!

What did I win? I get to pick $10.00 worth of product! Now that's a nice treat!!  I'm gonna keep at it...hoping to win again!  

Thanks BUNCHES for stopping by today! Enjoy every minute of your Sunday!  

~Today's Thought~

Scrappin' Sautrday

Hello Everyone!  Happy Saturday!  What a great day it has been.  I slept in, took Christmas down, organized the garage and the sun is shining!  Now it's time to share today's scrapbook page with you! I hope it inspires you to get your photos out and create at least one page this week!  HAVE FUN!

The background designer paper is from the Share What you love paper pack.  I mounted two photos onto Basic Black cardstock.  I cut another piece of designer paper from the same Share What You Love paper pack and mounted it on Whisper White cardstock, then onto Basic Black cardstock and attached it to my 12" X 12" background.  I attached three Pearlized Doiles to the back of the photos...they are cut in half so I didn't waste lol!  The wooden Butterfly Elements from the Sale-a-Bration catalog and some Metallic Pearls to finish off the page.  

Here is an closer photo of the Butterfly Elements!  They are WONDERFUL!  I can't wait to play with them some more!  

I love how this page turned out!  I'm COMPLETELY loving getting some scrapbooking done each week!

Thank you for stopping by and allowing me to share what I've been up to with you!  

ENJOY your weekend...and find a moment or two to CREATE!!

~Today's Thought~

Scrapbooking with Frosted Floral and Share What You Love Designer Paper

Hello there and how are you all today?  I'm grateful today for blue skies and good girlfriends!  What a BEAUTIFUL DAY!  A couple of friends drove up the mountain...sat in two road work stops... a ONE HOUR and FORTY minute drive (which normally takes less than an hour)...just to spend a four or five hours visiting and creating with me!  I am SOOOO BLESSED!!  I feel rejuvenated! Thanks for pouring encouragement and energy back into me today ladies!!

I've been wanting to share a scrapbook page I made a couple of weeks ago...and what better time to share than now!

This is my youngest daughter, Kate.  She LOVED to play dress up!  She was ALWAYS hot too...so it didn't bother her at all to go out in the snow in her ballerina outfit!  Don't those snow boots go well with the outfit?

The backdrop of this page is from the Frosted Floral designer paper pack.  This paper is ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!  Next  cut some scrap strips from Share What You Love dsp, Basic Black cardstock and Gray Granite.  I cut them into banners and adhered them to the 12 X 12 piece of Frosted Floral dsp.  The photo is mounted on a piece of Whisper White cardstock with a Granite Gray and a Basic Black Mat!  I used the Blizzard Thinlit dies to cut several snowflakes from the new Sparkle Glimmer paper and attached them with dimensionals!  I LOVE how it turned out!  It's simple and doesn't take away from the photo, which is the most important part of scrapbooking!

Here are a couple of close-ups!

Here's what I used!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you have a WONDERFUL rest of your day!  I have so much scrapbooking to catch up on...I bet you do too!  I'll be sharing more ideas with you so keep checking back in! 

 REMEMBER....use this months hostess code  FGYGZMR9 and place a minimum $50 order (before tax and shipping)...and you will also receive the gift pictured below ABSOLUTELY FREE!

Colored Doilies (a $4.50 value).

* 24 doilies - 6 each of 4 colors: Coastal Cabana, Flirty Flamingo, Grapefruit Grove, Old Olive  * 3" (7.6 cm)

You'll also receive the following...

• One Darla Daisy for every $50 spent (before tax & shipping)
• The projects we make in my September classes!  Here's what were making this month!

If your order is $150 or more, DO NOT use the code because you will receive hostess credits. You will get the gift from me FREE automatically along with the projects we make in my September classes!

Your FREE gifts will be shipped separately and will be shipped during the 1st week in October or before if possible or along with the free class items if you order the bundle.

If you have ANY questions...please contact me!  I'm here to help!

~Today's Thought~

Share What You Love - TWIST...from Masculine to Feminine

Good Morning Everyone!  It's a BEAUTIFUL day!  I started with spin class and I'm going to the coast today to celebrate my birthday!  There's a really good restaurant, Moonstone, in Trinidad that I've been wanting to try and my husband made reservations!  We're leaving soon, Adam and Kate are going with us and we're meeting my son Seth (who lives over there)!  I can't wait.  First we're gonna go say hi to the bulldogs and take them to Moonstone Beach...then dinner!  YAY!!!

Today's card is yesterdays card with the designer paper turned over.  It went from a masculine to feminine with just a turn!

Here's what I did!

The card base is Early Espresso with a 4" X 5 1/4" piece of Crumb cake and a 3 1/4" X 5" piece of Share What You Love designer paper.  I turned yesterday's designer paper over to find this BEAUTIFUL feminine side. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS PAPER!!  I used my Stitched Shapes Framelits to cut Early Espresso and Crumb Cake squares. The sentiment is from the Perennial Birthday stamp set.  It is stamped with Berry Burst ink onto a 3 1/2" X 1 1/2" piece of Whisper White cardstock.   I inked the edges with a dauber and Early Espresso ink.  Last, I added a Berry Burst bow with some Linen Thread as well to replace the button from yesterday's card.

Well..that's it!  Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a FANTASTIC day....and take just a moment to CREATE!!

REMEMBER....use hostess code  B7XFSWQR and place a minimum $50 order (before tax and shipping)...and receive the gift pictured below FREE!

Glimmer Enamel Dots

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You'll also receive the following...

• Get a Darla Daisy for every $50 spent (before tax & shipping)
• The projects we make in my May classes!

If your order is $150 or more, DO NOT use the code because you will receive hostess credits. You will get the gift from me FREE automatically along with  the projects we make in May's classes!

Your FREE gifts will be shipped separately and will be shipped by the 1st week in June or before.

~Today's Thought~