May's Take Twelve

On Saturday May 12 we had a fun, relaxing day!  So I captured all the easy going things we did that day.  I love days like this, where you can stay in your pjs and cuddle or play games.  I love just spending time with my kids.  Hubby had to work so it was just us five.  If you want to get involved check out Ella's Publishing Take Twelve Challenge.   And if you already do the Take Twelve challenge make sure to link you layout or pictures to Ella's blog for your chance to win.  I also used the May Scrapbook Circle kit.

 My journaling, I used a Smash book journaling tag.

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American Crafts Guest Designer

I'm so excited to be the Guest Designer over at American Crafts!  I truly love their products and love that they offer so many different lines.  The embellishments are just so much fun to layer.  I got to work with the 6x6 Paper Pads from the Dear Lizzy & Amy Tangerine lines.  They are having a giveaway for some 6x6 pads so be sure to check the blog for more details!!

First I made 3 layouts:

 Two Cards:

And a mixed media canvas:

The Story

Today over at The Paper Bakery is reveal day!!  Go check out the fabulous new May kits! I had so much fun creating with this months add-on kit.  The tags and stickers that said "story" were perfect for this layout, because judging by her face there must be a story to tell.

Here is the "story":

I love that Crate Paper "me" sticker.  And I took the "take note" from the bottom of one of the patterned papers.

I took and cut the garland apart.

Thanks so much for stopping by!!  Come back tomorrow for a lot of inspiration!

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day!!  I feel so blessed to be a mom of 4 little ones.  I'm also blessed to have my mom, whom I'm close to.  So to celebrate Mother's Day here on my blog I'm sharing a layout I created with the Scrapbook Circle May kit.  And also it goes with their challenge #31 to scrap about "Mother's". 

"As Your Mom"

And I wanted to share a fun tip with you too.
I took the dauber that came in the add-on kit and some Martha Stewart texture paint and mixed them together.  And then I took a brush and dabbed it on to the mask that comes in the main kit.  It gave it such a fun textured look. 

Here I had fun machine stitching.  I loved changing from straight to zig zag.

 Journaling:

Thanks so much for stopping by!!  I hope you have a great Mother's Day!!

Some more SC Layouts

So today I wanted to share 2 more Studio Calico layouts I created for their NSD challenges.  These layouts have more paper on them then I'm use to but I like how they turned out and had fun with the colors.

First this layout was created using another sketch:

 Some close ups.  I wanted to get a "ruffle" look.

Second layout is using 5+ photos. 

Here are some close ups:

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Studio Calico NSD

This week I have been working on the NSD challenge over at Studio Calico.  I didn't get to scrap on the "big" day last weekend so I'm so happy they extended the deadline till this weekend. 
Here are 2 layouts using their sketches.  I also used the April kit "City Lights".

Sketch #1:

My Take:

Some close ups:

Sketch #2:

My Take:

Some close ups: Here I took the wooden element and cut out a piece from the big circle paper in the add on.

Mother's Day Frame

I created an altered frame for Mother's day using The Paper Bakery May add-on kit.  I really had fun creating this.  I did use some mini alphas from my stash and the frame was mine but everything else is from the kit.  I run you through how I made this.

First I took the lace doily that comes in your kit and took the twine that was wrapped around the bag of goodies and stitched around the doily.

 Next I inked the doily.

 I took one of the square pieces of fabric that comes in the kit and stitched around the square.

And then pull the stitching closed to make a flower.

And here you can see I add the pin that was in the kit and some Crate Paper stickers and a cute SC chipboard piece.  It says “Mothers hold their children’s hand for a short while, but their hearts forever.”

Here is the finished project.