So glad to be working with colours! :)

Ahhh..so glad to be working with colours again! :) The vintage photo features my mother and older brother....perfect for my guest Debbie's vintage photo challenge. I would love for you to play along! :)

 

I made these spiral flowers from an old piece of demin. And added a row of colourful buttons. 

Inspired by The Studio challenge to create your own background, the sketch at Sketchy Thursdays and the colour inspiration at Get Picky.

Supplies: Maya mists, Crate Paper chipboard, patterned papers and stickers, buttons, denim flowers, twine.

*Edited* This layout was a Sketchy Thursdays fave! :)

Have a fabulous weekend friends! :)

I generally don't scrap a photo more than once. Unless my printer malfunctioned and printed multiples....*LOL* [This photo of nephew #2 was previously featured on my mixed media canvas.]

I was inspired by the sketch at Creative Scrappers. Have a fabulous weekend friends! :)

Supplies: American Crafts patterned papers and thickers, SRM stickers, brown pen.

P/s: Your Scrapbook Stash is having a fun layout contest and a large photo contest where you can win Studio Calico and Authentique paper packs. Go check it out! :) And I would love for you to play along with my guest Debbie's vintage photo challenge! :)

C is for cute card! :)

I was looking through my scraps and decided to make a cute card using My Little Shoebox papers.:) A little fussy cutting, paper piercing and a googly eye. :) It's a 4x4 card...my current fave card size.

Inspired by the October A-Z challenge at Scrapbookers Anonymous...C is for cute card?? *LOL*

Supplies: Kraft cardstock, My Little Shoebox patterned papers, googly eye, paper piercer.

P/s: I would love for you to play along with my guest Debbie's vintage photo challenge! :)

Layout on a clipboard! :)

So I've been seeing these layouts done on clipboards and wanted to give it a try. :) Perfect for LESSology Challenge #4: Wall Art. The prize for the challenge is a $20 gift certificate to Tradefish Designs. [Have you submitted your entries?]

Supplies (from Your Scrapbook Stash): Simple Stories Baby Steps patterned papers and stickers, May Arts ribbon, The Twinery twine, Bazzill cardstock, Ranger Distress Inks, corrugated cardboard (from packaging), diecut swirl (cut from packaging), wrinkle ribbon, bling

P/s: I would love for you to play along with my guest Debbie's vintage photo challenge! :)

What is the one thing an overzealous aunt must do when she takes her nephews to school? :)

What is the one thing an overzealous aunt must do when she takes her nephews to school? Take photos in the car of course! *LOL* As always, not very successfully..haha..

Just sharing another layout I did for Your Scrapbook Stash. I was inspired by the sketch at Pagemaps. 

Supplies: Simpe Stories Baby Steps patterend papers and stickers, Maya Road kraft envelope, mist and  chipboard button, The Twinery twine, May Arts ribbon, buttons, burlap, brown pen, twine.

P/s: Come play along with my guest Debbie's Vintage Photo challenge! :)

8 is a lucky number...for 2 challenge winners! :)

Happy Monday friends! :) I had some fun this weekend playing with Gauche Alchemy's November kit - Nearly Nekkid...it's a really cool kit with neutral colours. :)

I love the textures created on this card with the braille paper, woodgrain punchinella, dress pattern tissue flower [yes I just scrunched up the tissue, put a button on it and called it a bloom! *LOL*] and twine...inspired by Moxie Fab World's textured to perfection challenge. Gotta love a 15 minute card! :)

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A big thank you to those who played along with my guest Piali's block stamping challenge and my guest Erin's faux letterpress challenge! And now for some winners...apparently 8 is a lucky number...

The winner for Piali's block stamping challenge is...

Karen B with this lovely creation....

And the winner for Erin's faux letterpress challenge is

Tejal with this fabulous creation...

Congrats to Karen B and Tejal! :) Please send me an email with your mailing details so that I can get your RAKs sent out to you! :)

Are you ready for the weekend? :)

 

Hello friends! Are you ready for the weekend? Altogether now...."yes!!!!!" I have this weekend free from baby-sitting! Woohoo! :) I mean my nephews and niece are cute and all but there's a certain amount of stress associated with keeping someone else's kids alive! *LOL*

Just a quick card to share today for Bows and Berries latest colour challenge - brown, yellow, orange, green and kraft. Come play along! :)

Supplies: Bows and Berries digi, Jillibean patterned paper, SRM stickers, Copics, stickles, distress in, wood tag.

So I did some pro bono chauffeuring...

 

So I did some pro bono chauffeuring last week [in addition to sharing my bed with the nephews] when my brother was away...lots of pickups and drop-offs at unearthly hours...*LOL* but I did manage to get some sweet pictures of my niece S....wish she had more hair though...*LOL*

I was inspired by the sketch at Get Picky. 

Supplies: Simple Stories Baby Steps patterned papers and stickers, Maya Road chipboard buttons, burlap, twine, buttons, ribbon, brown pen.

P/s: Don't forget my guest Erin's faux letterpress challenge ends tomorrow! :)

I can work with pastels! :)

Littlest nephew J loves to be surrounded by his toys when he's watching his fave Thomas the train DVD which he's seen like 50 times [at least *LOL*]...he laughs out loud before the funny parts come on...pretty entertaining to watch actually. *LOL*

This Simple Stories Baby Steps line [that I got as part of my October DT kit from Your Scrapbook Stash] was surprisingly easy to use. I tend to shy away from pastels because I love to use strong colours in my creations. Guess what? I actually made 5 layouts, 1 card and 1 altered item on Sunday afternoon. Pretty productive to be done with DT assignments before the end of the month...yay, go me! *LOL*

I was inspired by the sketch at Sketchy Thursdays.

Supplies: Simple Stories Baby Steps patterned paper and stickers, Tim Holtz mask, Maya mists, ribbon, buttons, brown pen.

P/s: I would really love for you to play along with my guest Erin's faux letterpress challenge. It ends on Friday! :)

Happy birthday Karen! :)

Today I'm joining some talented crafters in a virtual birthday party for my bloggy pal Karen Baker! Happy birthday Karen! :) [12x12 canvas created for LESSology Challenge #4: Wall Art.]

Karen loves nature so I think she would enjoy a little outdoor party! :)

Of course there must be a present for the birthday girl! :)

I decorated a coaster box with a tri-fold insert so that Karen can create a mini album about herself. :)

I would love for you to stop by Karen's blog, The Bald Dragonfly, to wish her a happy birthday! :) If you would like to see what the others made for Karen, here's the complete list of participants!

1. Erin

2. Cristina 

3. Kelly Marie

4. Christina

5. Kelley Eubanks

6. Yvonne (You are here!:)

7. Virginia

8. Laurel Beard

9. Jen

10. Dana

11. Michele

12. Lynn

13. Lindsay

14. Amy Tsuruta

15. Aimes

16. Jen R

17. Lisa

18. Lynn Miller

Canvas supplies: Old book paper (Gauche Alchemy), gesso, paint, crackle paint, gel medium, texture paste, Crafter's Workshop woodgrain stencil, mini birdcage, faux leaves, moss, twine, copics, googly eye.

Box supplies: Coaster box, Simple Stories Baby Steps patterned paper and stickers, May Arts ribbon (all from Your Scrapbook Stash), pearls, button, corrugated cardboard, kraft cardstock.

P/s: This is my second post for the day. Please check out my guest blogger post Vintage Layers with Debbie Burns! :)

Vintage layers with Debbie Burns! :)

My guest today is the lovely Debbie Burns of Love Life's Little Pleasures. Debbie has a beautiful layered style with great attention given to little details. She does amazing fussy cutting and I love how she fuses that with her love of vintage photos. Today she shares a vintage layout with lots of fussy cutting. She is also hosting a challenge with a fabulous prize package for one winner! :)

Let's have a look at her beautiful gallery, shall we?

Hi everyone, I’m Debbie Burns.  I was beyond thrilled when Yvonne asked me to be a guest blogger for her ever so creative blog!

I live in Maryland, a stones throw away from our Nation’s Capital.   I have two grown kids, both still living at home and one precious dog, Zoey.  I love to scrapbook and if I’m not in my scrap room you can find me outside
tending to my flowers!

I adore working with vintage photos and over the last couple of years I received an assortment of them from both my mom’s and dad’s side of the family.  They have sort of taken priority over my regular photos.  I had a lot of fun working on this layout which holds a precious picture of my mom and her little brother.  

One of my favorite manufacturers to work with when it comes to vintage photos is Webster’s Pages.  I save every scrap and love to fussy cut the intricate designs and layer them on my layouts. 

This is my challenge to you  . . . Make a layout or card using a vintage photo. I would love for you to use a photo of a family member, but if that is not possible you can incorporate any kind of vintage clipart on your project.

Link it up here on Yvonne’s blog and one lucky person will win a little package full of vintage goodies, including a booklet of embossed frames by K and Company.  I love to use these frames on my vintage layouts.  
 

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Wow! Isn't that a lovely RAK? Are you ready to play along? Please link your newly created projects via Inlinkz (located at the end of the post) by Friday November 4, 11.59pm (GMT+8). 

As always, please leave a little love for my guest Debbie. 

Delight in the little things! :)

Hello friends! :) Just a quick post today...delight in the little things! :) Inspired by the sketch at Card Patterns.

Supplies: Patterned papers and stickers from Simple Stories Baby Steps (via Your Scrapbookstash), cardstock, paper piercer, distress ink, buttons, twine.

P/s: Don't forget to play along with my guest Erin's faux letterpress challenge....it ends on Friday! :)

Error 99

I'm experiencing a little separation anxiety today. My "baby" has to be "hospitalized" for the next 7 days. We have not spent a day apart since 2007. *LOL* The dreaded Error 99. [Be gentle with him, good folks at Canon!]

Which resulted in nephew #2 having just this ONE not-so-perfect picture to commemorate his 5th birthday...:( Of course I could just gone to get another camera but we all really wanted to just eat the cake....*LOL*

I was inspired by the challenge at  Scrap-It-Lah this month to use old book paper, fussy cutting and handstitching.

Supplies: Simple Stories patterned papers and stickers, old book paper, gesso, distress ink, punchinella as a mask, cardboard, white pen, stickles, buttons, ribbon, thread.

P/s: Have an amazing weekend friends! :)

To pee or not to pee. That is the question. :)

To pee or not to pee. That is the question. I would say, "Please don't! "...*LOL* My brother's in the UK for work so my nephews have been sleeping with me. This morning, we woke up to a little mishap. Let's just say I'm glad I have a mattress protector...*LOL*

Somehow the yellow in my layout prompted all the pee talk...*LOL* My layout today features my niece sitting up and playing with her toys. I was inspired by The Studio Challenge (use grey, pink and yellow), Scrapbookers Anonymous (use diecuts) and Get Picky ("celebrate").

Supplies: Patterned paper: Studio Calico and American Crafts, Stickers: Studio Calico and SRM stickers, thickers and rub-on: American Crafts, Gauche Alchemy Pink Parts and Banana Hammock Yellow Mixed Media Color Kits, black pen, Spellbinders label die.

*Edited* This layout was a fave at Scrapbookers' Anonymous.