Happy Valentines Day!

I hope today is one filled with happiness even if you are not "in love". Remember to spoil yourself, you are so worth it!

L is for Lisa

Mini comp book altered for my Secret Valentine. Very simple and easy. I find it is easier to cover notebooks with paper weight patterned paper and not the cardstock. Maybe it is just me!

Using stamps/stash to replicate embellishments

Second post for today please scroll down!

Here are the two measly embellishments I decided to copy this month. I loved a lot of them but I knew I would not use them so I made the two I thought I would use the most. One is a playing card and one is a journal box. Very easy using stamps and other things from my stash and they match my kit!

mini card tin

For some reason I have tons of tins in my stash ( I think they were on sale somewhere!). So I am using them up slowly. I love making these stationary/card tins. Everything you need to send off a quick thank you, thinking of you, etc. I hope they liked them as much!

CopyCat papers for CKCB Feb

So I counterfeited five papers, two I made just into strips/smaller pieces and three are full page 12X12. I did this rather simply using just stamps and ink from my stash. The left paper is on white card stock and stamped with an animal print heart in pink/red. Then we have my staple, Kraft card stock stamped with a Unity Bingo card, I masked the top, used letter stamps to spell love and added the heart where the star was. Everything was stamped in white/red. The pink card stock is stamped with a word background in smokey gray (my new favorite color). The last two are just strips/smaller pieces. I simply used background (studio G dollar ones!) and repeated the patterns. They are stamped with red on pink card stock. I was so excited to use my stamps and make something use able and pretty with the dollar ones I collect (hoard).! YAY!

Project Life week FIVE

This week we reached 14 weeks. Not really showing yet, just fat LOL! We spent a LOT of time outside this week as on the 2nd it was almost SEVENTY degrees outside! Very strange but we will take it! C loves to be outside, it makes her happy! YAY! I am in some of these pictures this week!

Project Life week FOUR

This week we had C's first big girl haircut; her first raincoat; Valentine craft day one; Skyping with family; baby appts and lots of reading.

First Creation for Momenta D lite team!

Good Wednesday morning! How are you all doing today? Today I want to share with you my first ever creation for the Momenta D lite team! Now I will confess this is actually my SECOND creation but the first is not worthy to be seen! LOL! So without further ado or fanfare here is my two page layout: A day at the Zoo!

Materials used:
DYO Dylan Large
Primary Puffy Star Icons
Earth Die Cut pad
PA 2333 OFD 12X12 (
PA 2350 FAO 12X12
Zig glue pen
ATG
Zig pen
Sharpie marker
Fiskars scallop punch
Adornit letters
Paper Trey Ink Cloud dies and white felt

What is pink, red, teal and has hearts all over?

Yep you guessed it, my February Counterfeit Kit, Love my Sweetie. You should have reached me by our awesome Guest Designer Brenda Smith. If not no worries start back there as I am the second stop on the CKCB Kit Reveal blog hop. I choose to copy the You and Me from Scrapbook Circle. I did not START out thinking I would copy this one, it is very red/pink/girly/and heart filled but I just kept going and this is what I came up with. However the more I looked at it the more I saw bits and pieces I could/would use. I love Kraft, that is no secret and I have a great stash for border punched pieces thanks to a swap that needed to be used. I pulled a lot of heart/love embellishments that I have been hoarding and lots of little bits/baubles. I have made a few of the pieces to include paper and journal spots. I will share those later this month so make sure to check back for that! I like the color scheme but wanted something a little lighter so I threw in some light teal, paler pinks, and even a few splashes of pale yellow. Most of my pattern papers are smaller simpler patterns as that is what I use the most of (and have the most of). I figure it is my kit, may as well make it something I will use. Here is my version. YAY! Enjoy!

The next stop for all the pretty kits is the talented Glinda at http://razzledscrapper.blogspot.com/. I have listed all the stops in case you get lost. Enjoy!

Guest Designer: Brenda Smith http://theimperfectscrapper.blogspot.com/

Crystal http://crystalscraftycreations.blogspot.com/

Glinda http://razzledscrapper.blogspot.com/

Helen http://craftimperfect.blogspot.com/

Jemma http://just-jimjams.blogspot.com/

Jen http://mypair-a-dice.blogspot.com/

Julie Ann http://julieannshahin2.blogspot.com/

Lisa http://lisahausmann.blogspot.com/

Margie http://scrappinmargie.blogspot.com/

Milissa http://millermall.blogspot.com/

Rebecca http://howiburb.blogspot.com/

Susanne http://www.snapsandsnippets.blogspot.com/

Bethany http://inspiredscrapper-bethany.blogspot.com/

Meridy http://www.meridy77.blogspot.com/

Coffee filter love

Talk about trying new things! I have noticed (for a few years) the love of coffee filters to make home decor and much more, and thought it was time I tried my hand at it. This will be going to one of my swap partners, her colors were blue/brown and her house is a beachy coffee house theme. I hope she liked it! I burned all the skin on several fingers for this baby! It is VERY puffy, dimensional and fluffy! I loved it so much it was hard to send it to its new home! See that bow? Yep that is my FIRST EVER tied bow. That sucker took ALMOST as long as hot gluing the 350 plus coffee filters to the foam wreath! I had this little brown seashell that I thought tied her theme in well without overdoing it. What do you think?