More Mother's Day Cards

 I hope you all had a great Mother's Day! Here are a bunch of cards I made for the Mothers in my life.

Sketch from Silhouette Blog

 Sketch from Sketch Support

The white background paper of this one has a very subtle pattern that didn't show up in the picture very well. You can see it a little at the bottom.

Mother's Day Cards {MCM #83}

My friend asked me to make two Mother's Day cards for her to give her mom & mother-in-law. She gave me some suggestions for the colours that each of them would like, and other than that, it was up to me. Her mom is my "second mother", so I was excited to be able to make her a card :)

I saw these cards on Little Birdie Secrets this morning and loved them, so they were my inspiration for this first card. I love all the little pieces of paper and stitching on the cards.

This is the sketch for MCM #83 by Kristy Lee for Scrapbook Steals

And here is the card I made for my friend's Mother-in-Law using the sketch

Sisters {MWM #35}

I went way back into the Scrapbook Steals sketches and found this one that I love and can't believe I haven't done yet! MWM #35 by Kristy Lee.

 Here is my page

Love {Amethyst 4}

Here is the Amethyst 4 sketch designed by Kristy Lee for Scrapbook Steals

Here is my page.

Scrapbook Retreat (& Amethyst 2)

I was able to go to a great scrapbooking retreat this past weekend with my mom and a group of awesome ladies that I have met a few times before.
We had a lot of fun over the three days we were together, and got a lot of scrapping done! (Although I didn't get anywhere near the 22 pages that one friend finished!)
Here are three of the pages I did. I'll post another three tomorrow, and the last one when I get it finished!

 I will probably add some journalling to this page, but I can't decide where. The first picture is our family pic from '96, then we re-created it in 2011- second pic (that would be why my dad is holding my "little" brother!) And the bottom pic is the "real" family picture from 2011 :)

Here is Kristy Lee's sketch for Amethyst 2 for Scrapbook Steals

 And here's my page

Link With Love Blog Hop {Giveaway Closed}

Thanks for playing along! This giveaway is now closed!
***If you came here from Carolina's blog, you are on the right track. If not, please go to Practical Scrappers for the hop instructions and start from there!***

Welcome to the Practical Scrappers "Linking with Love" Blog Hop!  We believe it is important to always give credit when it is due to another crafter.  For this unique hop all of our design team members used the same inspiration piece to create their project.  Each of them will make an example of themselves as to how to properly "Link with Love" and credit the inspiration.  We'll be running the hop thru Noon EST on Sunday - so you have plenty of time to get thru it!

Liz Qualman created this beautiful layout and we have all used it for inspiration.  Each of us will tell what part we took our inspiration from.  The whole hop will culminate at Liz's blog where she'll provide us with a new sketch for inspiration.

Here is my page. I used a sketch of Liz's layout for my inspiration. I loved the bright, fun colours and the border of circles, so I included them on my page as well.

Many of the designers are providing prizes at their stop and Practical Scrappers is providing a prize for one person who becomes a follower at each stop (for all the details head over to Practical Scrappers). 

Blog Hop List 

Practical Scrappers

Christine Meyer

Kerri Yarus

Erin Morehouse

Christa Uttley

Audrey Yeager

Ann Jobes

Jenny Evans
Cathy Harper

Caz Hancock

Michelle Roycroft

Carolina Garrido

Brettaney Quinton - You are here!

Jayma Malme

Amber Goble

Sarah Nancarrow

Donna Bryant

Krissy Clark
Liz Chidester

Liz Qualman

To enter to win the prize here on my blog, please leave me a comment.
I will choose a winner via random.org and announce it here on Monday, March 5th. Winner will be contacted via email, so make sure you leave your email address for me!
That's it, and you're on your way to Jayma's Blog!

BG Sketch - 3am

Here is a sketch I found on Pinterest yesterday via a few friends. I loved it so much I decided to work on it last night (around 3am, actually!) It's by Lisa Truesdell, and can be found on Basic Grey's blog,
click {here}.

Here's my page

Yum

Practical Scrappers is featuring quilt-themed layouts on their blog today, go check it out! (click {here} to go to the post)
Here is my page for today, it was a lot of fun to do!

The quilt blocks are white cardstock that I masked and misted with Chalkboard Glimmer Mists.
The doilies are also misted with the same product.

Do you ever have a picture that you know you want to scrap, but it just sits on your desk for ages until you find the inspiration to do something with it? That was me with this picture. It was taken at my husband's 10 year high school reunion, by our friend. I really love the picture. It shows off my daughter's crooked, cheesy grin that she had for quite a while at this stage.  :)

Announcement!

I have some exciting news to share today!
I was chosen as a Fresh Face Designer over at Practical Scrappers, and my first "designer" project is being featured today! If you'd like to see it, click {here}
My term runs until the end of April, so I will have projects posted over there periodically from now until then!

Here is the card that is posted over there today and some details about it.

The base is just plain kraft paper, the patterned paper is from Echo Park's Be Mine 6x6 pad.
The hearts and "love" were made with my WRMK Sew Easy tool and hand stitched, and the scalloped heart strip was cut using my Silhouette SD.

That's all for now, thanks for stopping by!

Garnet 7 - Family

Here is Kristy Lee's sketch for Garnet 7 for SS

And here is my page

More Cards

I've been busy making cards and trying to get myself caught up for the month of January.

Here are the cards I finished yesterday!

Birthday card

Wedding card

Birthday Card

Birthday card.

The idea for this last one was borrowed from my friend Misty from a post she did on the SS blog featuring stamps :)
ETA: This card was featured on Practical Scrappers on Jan. 24, 2012 on a post highlighting kraft paper.
The post can be seen {here}

Birthday Cards! (MCM 63 & 67)

I have been really bad at making and getting cards to people for their birthdays lately. I am going to try to be better this year, and here is my first batch of cards for some of the birthdays in January (this is a crazy birthday month, it seems!)

Here is the sketch for MCM #63 by Kristy Lee for SS

 And here is my card.

 

Here is Kristy's sketch for MCM #67

And here is my card

Here are three more cards that I made for this month. (No sketches for these ones)

 This last card was inspired by one I saw on Pinterest.
You can find the original {here}

Garnet 5 - That Pout

Here is the sketch for Garnet 5 by Kristy Lee for SS

And here is my page

This sketch was so fun with all the layered scallops and embellishment clusters. Thanks Kristy!

ETA: This layout was featured on Practical Scrappers in the "Projects Using Flowers" post on 2/2/2012.
The post can be seen {here}

Garnet 2 & 4a - Visiting the Animals

Here is the sketch for Garnet 2 by Kristy Lee for SS

And here is Garnet 4a by Charity Becker for SS also

I combined the sketches and made a 2 page layout.

Thanks for the great sketches girls!

Garnet 3 - Untitled

Here is the sketch for Garnet 3. By Kristy Lee for SS.

Here is my page.

I couldn't think of a title I liked, so I decided not to have one at all!


ETA: This layout was featured on Practical Scrappers on 1/19/2012
in the post featuring layouts with machine stitching.
It can be seen {here}

Opal #8 - Smile

Here is the sketch for Opal 8.

Here's my take on it.

This was a fun one to do. Great sketch, Kristy!

Opal 5b - Trick {or} Treat!

Here is the second sketch that Cathryn did for ScrapbookSteals last week.

Here is my page.

Opal #6 - Garden Corn

Here is Kristy's great sketch for Opal #6

And here is my page