Lotus Paperie Challenge #132

Happy Friday!
Challenge #132 over at Lotus Paperie is to make something based on this sketch by Tania Lennox.

Here is my take on Tania's cool sketch.
{I had to turn the 6x12 sketch into a 12x12 layout because I am no longer going to pretend that I scrap anything besides 12x12. I too much like all my albums to be uniform.}

Supplies: Cardstock (Prism), Patterned paper (My Mind's Eye, October Afternoon), Journaling page (Fancy Pants), Alphabet & brads (American Crafts), Butterfly punch (Martha Stewart), Journaling circle sticker (October Afternoon)

Thanks for looking!
Now go make something with that sketch!
And have a great weekend while you are at it!
I will-I am at the beach.
:)
gretchen

One more

One more My Little Shoebox project for CHA, that is!
This is a little mini album based on questions from this book by Kobi Yamada.

{I totally got this idea from the fabulous Fabi who has already made a book like this and you can see her better version here. Thanks for the inspiration Fabi!}

Everything in this book is from the new Whooo Loves You? line from My Little Shoebox.
{everything except the actual album and the cool ribbon & jewels that are all from Maya Road, that is}
So here is my version of Fabi's book...

{click on the pictures if you want a bigger version}

That's all folks!
:)
gretchen

More My Little Shoebox sneek peeks!

I have been playing like crazy with the new Whoo Loves You? line from My Little Shoebox.

This is cuuuute stuff!

I love the new font for the chipboard alphas!
I am very much addicted to this particular piece of pink paper and I always love the die cuts!
{can you tell that I am totally a "B" side of the paper kind of girl??!}

{yeah, yeah, so I have used these pictures on layouts recently; but they just go so well with the papers and these layouts are going to CHA, not into my albums so back off!}

Be sure to check out the My Little Shoebox blog as new projects with the new products will be posted often!
Thanks for looking at mine!
:)
gretchen

Lotus Paperie Challenge #131

How fun!
I get to be the guest designer this month over on the Lotus Paperie challenge blog!

This week's challenge is this: Hand cut the pattern out of paper.
Easy!
I love doing that anyway!

I made a little card set using my leftovers from the June Scripts kit.

The flowers were cut out of a sheet of KI Memories patterned paper.
I also cut the sentiments out of a sheet of Jenni Bowlin patterned paper I had in my stash.
Voila!

Supplies: Cardstock (Prism), Patterned paper (Cosmo Cricket-red, Jenni Bowlin-words, KI Memories-all other), Brads (American Crafts), Bling (Heidi Swapp)
All supplies (except Jenni Bowlin paper & bling) are from the June Scripts kit!

There is a new challenge every Friday so play along with us!
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Hope you are having a great weekend!
gretchen

Happy 4th!

I hope you have a great day celebrating our freedom!
Thank you to all the men and women who serve in our armed forces so we can enjoy that freedom!
Here is a layout about last year's July 4th.

Supplies: Patterned paper (KI Memories, Creative Imaginations), Lace cardstock (KI Memories), Acrylic letters (KI Memories), Brads (American Crafts), random ribbon

Looks like this year's celebration is shaping up to be much of the same.
Except Isaiah and Preston won't be there {boo!} because they are in TX and we won't be having catfish because the boys were unsuccessful on their fishing trip.
But never fear! With a new grill/smoker there will be plenty of other meat to be eaten!
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I will be finishing Breaking Dawn today.
Yes, sireeee.
And I think I am going to like the ending after all.
I was struggling there for the first half of the book.
But I think I may get my warm fuzzies after all.
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I got a box of fun, super new {as in you can't have it yet} stuff from My Little Shoebox yesterday.
{I do not mean to rub it in}
And I could not resist diving in to it!
I got the Whoo Loves You? line to work with.
And I started off by making a few cards.

{that rick rack is from Maya Road & all the brads are KI}

There will be more to come!
And be sure to check out the My Little Shoebox blog for more projects with all the new product that you will be able to get really soon {so don't feel bad}.
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Also, head over to the KI blog, take a peek at Kelly Noel's cute July 4th layout, and then leave a comment for a chance to win a prize!
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Happy Independence Day!
:)
gretchen

My Little Shoebox + Becky Fleck

For the month of July, the My Little Shoebox team had the chance to make some stuff for Becky Fleck with her monthly PageMaps.

Since I love sketches I was pretty excited about this opportunity!
Here is the fun PageMap that I got to work with.

And here is my layout!
These are my friends Kali and Kam who are actually getting married on Saturday in Jamaica.
And they humored me by letting me take some engagement pictures of them.
:)
Supplies: Patterned papers, die cuts, photo corners (My Little Shoebox), rick rack (Basic Grey), bookplates (Junkitz), brads (KI Memories)
Check out what the rest of the team did with the PageMaps they were given here.
Thanks for looking at mine!
:)
gretchen

Freehand Scraps!

Sweet Heidi from Freehand Scraps asked me to play with her July kit.
And play I did!
This is such a fun kit full of Cosmo Cricket, Sassafras Lass, Pink Paislee, and a variety of fun embellishments & extras.
And this is what I made...
This is my Grams {she is my dad's mother}.
She is about 4 feet tall {ok she is a bit taller than that} and sweet as she can be.
I took these pictures of her on the day of Daddy Bill's funeral {that's her husband}.
She was giving away to her great grandkids some of the wooden animals that Daddy Bill was famous for making.
Journaling reads:
To the rest of us they were just silly wooden animals and bad Christmas presents.
To Grams they are little souvenirs of his handiwork.
Her perspective is better.

{insert lump in throat}

This next one is a layout about the Misner side of my family.
It's a little update on everybody right now.
This is another picture from Daddy Bill's funeral and the quote in the bottom right corner was taken from the program at his funeral.

Have I mentioned before that we have fish?
Yep, Lee takes great pride in his saltwater aquarium & the kids in the neighborhood love our little Nemos {who apparently may be immortal}!

Here's one of my crazy brothers in New York City.
{who would have thought this Sassafras paper would have worked so well with a picture of Times Square!??}

And a quickie card!
Be sure to check out what the rest of the team has done with this kit here and go get one for yourself!
Have a great day!
:)
gretchen