Scraps, and a brand new card!

I was cleaning off my desk this morning to get started on homework. That meant putting away all of the scraps (finally) from Monday's card. Well, I started looking at the scraps and wanted to make one more card. I looked at the sketch on Split Coast Stampers, and I just couldn't think of what I would do with it. So I looked at the Sketches! {by tamara} blog and found this fun layout. It seemed great for using a lot of little scraps. Now I am waiting for Sale-A-Bration so that I can order some more cardstock. I am down to just a few scraps of Rose Red and one full sheet of Regal Rose. Have a great Wednesday everyone!!!

Mojo Monday Week 70

I loved, loved, loved the Mojo Monday sketch this week! I knew the second I saw it what I wanted to do. I have a friend who is pregnant with her 3rd baby right now (#1 and #2 are boys) and she is kind of hoping this one is a girl. She's almost far enough along for "the ultrasound" and I am hoping to give her this card if she gets happy girl news. I got a new stamp set from The Angel Company called Wild For You. I knew that the giraffe would be so fun to use for this card. I did have to make the card a 5x5 to try and fit my sentiment on the way I wanted. I found this designer paper a long time ago at a local scrapbook store when they were "going out of business." I bought every sheet they had. If ever a girl has fallen in love with designer paper, it was me when I saw this paper. I loved the different shades of pink and brown and the swirly circles. I loved everything about it. Another company ended up buying this scrapbook store and they stayed open as a scrapbook store. So when I go in I always check to see if they have this paper and if they do I buy some more. I just love it! And the big circle really is a deep brown that matches the card. It's not black...I promise!

Edited to add: the paper is Peachy Keen Dazzling Dish. If you find some, buy it. You won't regret it!!!

Onesies

I love all of the creative things that people share. Today on Susan's blog she posted cards that look like onesies. I had seen some of these in different online galleries. But I never took the time to read the details, I guess, and I always thought that the onesies were really big. Well, thanks to Susan, I actually paid attention, and they are a standard card size cut down to the onesies shape. Aha! That peaked my interest. Then I looked to see what the challenge of the day on Split Coast Stampers is. The challenge is to incorporate stars into whatever you make. Well, I thought that onesies would look really cute with some stars added. So I went back to Susans' blog, followed the link to the onesie tutorial she posted by Lauren Meader. I don't have a scallop circle punch but I figured I'd just wing it. Then my regular 1.5 inch circle punch BROKE. I was not a happy stamper. So I just traced around some tin cans and cut shapes out. These were so fun to make!

Sketch Challenge 210

This card is made for today's sketch challenge on Split Coast Stampers. I was peeking quickly at the gallery this morning before starting the dishwasher, and saw such pretty cards with the sketch, that I had to participate. I think it's a really fun sketch. I used my Artfully Asian set, which is one of my favorites and combined that with some of my favorite colors, too.

The Cold

Well, it seems like everyone I've been around has had a cold. And I've dodged it pretty well...until New Year's Eve. It caught up with me; now I can't breathe, can't talk, and can't get enough Puffs Plus! The worst part is that my cousin was going to come and scrapbook with me last night, and I just knew she wouldn't want to come since I had a cold. But, when I talked to her to tell her what was going on, she sounded as horrible as I did. We figured since we both had colds, we might as well still scrapbook and be miserable together! We had a lot of fun, and before she left I wanted to make her a card. She was wearing a gorgeous teal shirt, which made me want to use some teal paper. I added the rose red because we tease each other back and forth about the color pink. I love it, and she does not!