Hump day and on the slide to the weekend!

Good morning! Happy Hump day! We have made it halfway to the weekend! While you are reading this post today, I am having minor surgery on my leg. I will be out of work for about a week but not MIA from posting here! Got to share my ideas and get feedback from all of you! I will be sharing ideas about items to sell at upcoming craft fairs! Need input on what you think will go best!!!

Today is another 12x12 layout relating to school last year. I didn't really care for Ash's school picture this time but I always get them to mark the changes she makes each year. I wasn't sure how to design this layout so once again - I journeyed over to my sketch books and found an idea. (Not only do I have many sketch books, but I keep them from magazines and download them from websites, so I have a binder FULL of them as well!)

I decided to coordinate the colors in Ash's shirt with the patterned paper and accent with a solid red and yellow. I tore the red and the yellow for some added depth. Have you ever tried paper tearing? Not only does it add something to your page, it just feels good!

Once again - I used my Stampin' Up punches. This time it was the scallop circle and smaller circle for the title and the corner punch for the corners of the journaling box. I know I have said it many, many times, but I just love the punches! (I am actually ordering another one this week from a friend's party! Just have to decide what one!). I added some plain red ribbon to hide the seam of the papers, some yellow between the pictures and voila! Finished! Another one for the books! I still have tons of pictures to get scrapped but one day at a time. Thanks for popping in!

Another sunshiny day

Good morning blogging world! I hope you are having a wonderful day today! The sun is shining here in Western Maine and all is well!

Today I wanted to share with you a 12x12 layout from the first day of school last year ('09). At the time I said I couldn't believe that my daughter was going to be in the fourth grade but in a few weeks- she will be headed off to 5th grade! Time flies!

The background paper I used was from a Die Cuts With A View paper pack (school days). For the top paper - I found some lined card stock in a tan color to look like notebook paper. (hey- just realized I should have used my punch on the edges to actually make it look like notebook paper!!! oh well!)

The apple is from a swap I participated in years and years ago. I journaled the pertinent info on the apple -like grade, teacher, school, etc. In the middle I made the title with a label maker. I thought it fit perfect with the theme. Very simple, as are many of my layouts! I just love the sneakers my kiddo just HAD to have for a fashion statement!

I hope you have enjoyed today's layout! I am off to have minor surgery tomorrow but will continue to post while I am recovering! Have a terrific day and thanks for popping in!!!

Everybody's working for the weekend!

I hope you are having a great weekend! The weather has turned a little cooler here in Maine so hopefully we can get some things finished around the house. We have a huge to do list with miscellaneous items on it. Perhaps this will be THE weekend! I also have a goal to get some one on one time with my scrap room!

Today I wanted to share my layout of a trip we took to Fun Town/Splash Town last August. We went with our best buds and their family!

It seems that lately I have a "thing" with circles on my pages. For this layout, I took plain blue card stock for the base and accented with some bright summertime paper. I believe (but am not positive) that the patterned paper is from BoBunny. I used my circle cutter from Creative Memories to cut the circles and then used a small blade to remove the center of the circle. I randomly placed them on my layout to coordinate with the circles on the patterned paper.

I used my scallop square punch from Stampin' Up for the small pictures on the left hand page. I added a title with simple black letter stickers (haven't used letter stickers in forever!!!) and 3 colored brads for accent.

For the afternoon of our trip - we went into the water park "Splashtown". For this layout - I found some polka dotted paper that made me think of water. After searching high and low in my house for something large enough to trace to make my half circle, I ended up winging it with a dinner plate. I matted the pictures on the blue circle with white mats to make them pop off the page. I used an arrow punch for the arrows and some more of the plain letter stickers for the title! Simple and easy!!!

I found both of these layouts in my new sketch book! Once again - the thinking was all done for me! Gotta love it!

I hope you have a fantabulous weekend!!!!

Friday once again

TGIF! Can you believe it is Friday once again? This has been a very busy week in the Walker household. I attended my very first "31" party. Beautiful bags and totes! I loved them so much I had to schedule a party of my own for November! Then meetings, work and doctor appointments to finish out the week! But the weekend is here and I am so looking forward to! Hopefully that includes some serious scrapping time!

Today I want to share the birthday cards I made recently! I borrowed the Crazy for Cupcakes stamp set from my best friend and went to town. I copied her birthday card from her blog - here. I thought that they could be used for anyone of any age or gender. So many color options as well. I even thought about adding some dazzling diamonds glitter to the "frosting" but didn't for this batch! Katie used the spritzing tool from Stampin' Up but I did not have one so I improvised! My daughter had some blow pens and I used them instead! (next time - I will get a spritzing tool!)

I stamped the cupcake and balloon onto the spritzed paper and again onto white card stock. I used my watercolor pencils and colored the cupcake on the white card stock to coordinate with the colored cardstock on the mats. I hand cut the cupcakes out and pop dotted them onto the stamped image. I even stamped the flame onto orange card stock and cut those out separately. I pop dotted those, as well as the balloons in different colored card stock.

I also wanted to share another card that my daughter made. She choose one of my favorites stamp sets, unfroggetable, and found an idea she wanted to copy in a book I made with card ideas! I thought she did a terrific job! She is getting good at making cards and will soon be flying by good old mom!!!

Ash is heading out tonight to visit her other grandparents for the weekend! She is excited for some great one on one time with them! I cannot wait to hear all that she has done when she gets home!

I hope everyone has a terrific weekend! Thanks for popping in!

Happy Friday Eve

Happy Thursday all! I have a friend who calls Thursdays "Friday Eve" - hence the title!!!

I hope you have all had a great week!!!! It has been a busy week for us! Parties and meetings almost every day! No time for scrapping so far this week but I do have some more cards to share with you!

Both cards are made with my new owl punch from Stampin' Up. I just love this punch! (I love all the SU punches but this one is so cute!). I was surfing on the Splitcoast Stampers site and saw some similar to the ones I created.

The first one is probably my favorite! I punched the owl out of dark brown cardstock with the belly out of misc patterned paper from my scrap stash. The top owl has wings that are not part of the punch. I took another punched owl and cut his sides off to make the wings! I placed the owl on the card with pop dots to add some dimension. All my cards are made with a white base and then I layer the colored cardstock on top. I used dark blue and tan on these cards. I added some light blue ribbon across the blue stripe and then mounted it onto the card. In the top left - I punched 3 small holes with a punch and added 3 small blue brads. The stamp in the lower corner is one I had from a set of studio G clear acrylic stamps from Michael's. I was just flipping through for a sentiment and found this stamp. I had completely forgotten that I had it! (don't you love it when that happens?!!) You could add googly eyes to the owl if you wanted to add some fun to the card!

The next card is a birthday card, perfect for the men in your life. I don't know about you but I really have a hard time finding cards for men. This one is fun and fancy free yet can pull off a masculine feel!

I utilized the same concept for the owl, using brown and scrap patterned paper. I layered green and brown for the base and blue and white for the center. I pulled some ribbon from my growing stash and tied it around the center mat. I fell in love with this ribbon but to be honest - never had a reason to use it. I think it goes with these owls perfectly! I used a happy Birthday stamp from my clear stamp stash.

I hope you have enjoyed these cards today! More to share tomorrow!!! Have a terrific day!!!

Pemaquid Day Trip

Yesterday we went on what we call a summertime "field trip" to Pemaquid lighthouse. This time we took my Sis-in-law, niece and my mom with us! It was such a beautiful day! The sun was shining and it wasn't too hot out. A nice breeze was coming off the ocean!

Here are a couple of pics of our awesome day!

Sunny Sunday in Maine

Happy Sunday all! I hope you have had a terrific weekend! We have had some beautiful weather here in Maine! THIS is the kind of summer I love!

This weekend I have been working on some cards! My Grandmother will be turning 90 this month and we are having a surprise party for her. So Ashley and I made cards for her birthday. We also made some other cards while we were playing! I will share those this week!

This card I CASE'd from Splitcoast Stampers. Kudos to the original designer! It was so easy to copy and the variations are unlimited! I used plain white cardstock as the base and bright green as the next layer. I made this card larger than usual to allow for the 3 rectangles. The patterned paper is one I had in my ever growing stash of paper! I then matted light blue with yellow from my scraps and stamped my design onto white. The stamp set is one of the new hostess sets from Stampin' Up called Birthday Bakery. This set is so cute and so easy to earn.

I added a small banner to the birthday quote and the "for you" quote matted with the new Large Scallop Punch from Stampin' Up. (have I even mentioned that I LOVE the Stampin' Up punches???!!! They rock!) I crimped the scallop circle for some added detail!

Ashley decided that SHE wanted to make a special card for her Great Grandmother as well. So - she picked out a card from Splitcoast as well and asked me to cut the papers for her. She picked out the papers and assembled it all by herself. I was certainly impressed. Pretty good for an almost 10 year old! She also used the Birthday Bakery set. She liked the looks of the blues and browns together so she matted the patterned paper to coordinate.

She is getting to have quite the eye for colors! She also made a few extra cards this weekend! I will also share those this week!

I hope you have enjoyed these 2 cards! Tomorrow we are off for a "field trip" to Pemaquid lighthouse and then to Boothbay Harbor. Have a great Sunday!