Latest Projects

Hi everyone!  Here are some of my latest projects that I'd like to share with you today.  First off is a one-page layout I made that I titled "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town".  I used the "Christmas Carols" file by Cuddly Cute Designs on this layout and just love how my little caroling bears and lamp posts turned out! I co-chaired a ladies event in December where we had our "guys" (spouses, sons, friends, etc.) serve as our butlers and they all got together to surprise everyone with their rendition of the song "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town".  I'm so happy I was able to snap a photo or two of this terrific surprise and that it made such a fun layout.

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Next I made the Freebie "Swirly Tree" file from CCD which also includes a "Merry Christmas" title.  What a great giveaway!  I cut the tree out two times, each time using a different glitter paper for the swirls and different colored cardstock for the background.  I'm sort of liking the black background best, but actually love both looks!  The Merry Christmas title couldn't be any easier to assemble!

Next, a friend of mine was celebrating her son's First Birthday and asked me to make a banner for his party. It was a lumberjack themed party, and I couldn't be any happier with the way this banner turned out.  I used one of the Cuddly Cute Designs patterns from the "Banners Galore" file for the base and base shadow, and then used the lantern, campfire, roasting marshmallows, and tree elements from "The Great Outdoors" file. They worked perfectly for this theme, don't you think?  The lettering took a little patience but was soooo worth the extra effort.  I cut the letters out of a font called Pinewood and placed them on the digital woodgrain papers I had printed on a laser printer.  The red and black plaid paper is also from the digital paper pack I purchased online and was the absolute perfect background for this banner.

My latest project was using the "Pudgie Palz Gingers" file, also by Cuddly Cute Designs.  This one page layout highlights photos of me and my sister-in-law when we were at our downtown Old Fashioned Christmas Festival and "caught" the Gingerbread Man.  Imagine my surprise when I found out it was an old friend of mine!  This was such a fun layout and I just love how it turned out.  I printed all of the title and journaling from my computer but for the Gingerbread Man I used alpha stickers from my stash.  The black polka dot ribbon near the bottom was a great accent on top of the burlap looking patterned paper, and I couldn't resist using the little Gingerbread brads I had on hand either! 

Thank you for stopping by and checking out my latest projects!

Until next time ... Happy Scrapping!

Back to School Layout

Cuddly Cute Designs came out with an adorable "School Kid Cuties" file this last week and I just couldn't wait to get my hands on it AND last week's freebie, which was the "Back to School" title.  Here is my layout:

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Both of these patterns were pretty simple to put together.  For placing these piecings on my layout, I used some foam dots to pop them up to give them some dimension.  I thought this was important to do, especially with the School Kid Cuties, since I used a patterned background and didn't want my paper pieces to get "lost" on them.

The banner pieces are actually from a school-themed sheet of paper that I had in my stash that has all kinds of fun school items on it that you just hand-cut and use as embellishments.  These banner pieces were so cute and the colors worked perfectly!

And, to top off my photo mat, I used some tiny binder clips I got a really long time ago at a scrapbook store. I think they are a perfect addition to the page, don't you?

I hope you enjoyed this Back to School project! Thanks for looking and, until next time... Happy Scrapping!

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend so far! Today I'm sharing a layout I just completed that I've titled "Grandma's Little Monkey".

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These adorable patterned papers are from the "Baby BOY" collection by Bella Blvd and the dotted paper is by BoBunny. I used two cutting files from Cuddly Cute Designs; the cute little monkey is from the Zoo Animals file and the large mat is actually part of the Banners Galore set. I designed my title in SCAL2 using two fonts from my computer.

For some additional detail, I added a punched white border, punched photo corners and some little white buttons from my stash.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you've enjoyed seeing this layout!

Until next time... Happy Scrapping!

Love You TONS Layout

Here's a layout I created using the Cuddly Critter Elephant file and one of the banners from the Banners Galore set, both by Cuddly Cute Designs.

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We all have kids or grandkids, boys and/or girls, and they just fill a huge part of our hearts, so I'm calling this layout "Love You TONS" and it is perfect for a 5x7 photo of your little one(s).

Here is a closer look at the elephant paper piecings:

Since I was making this a 'boy' layout, I decided to make the inner elephant ears blue.  These adorable animals were so simple and easy to assemble and I am absolutely thrilled with how cute they turned out.

I just love the new Banners Galore set by Cuddly Cute Designs.  There are actually 10 - Yes, 10! - different "styles" of banners in this set and it is the current FREEBIE on the Cuddly Cute Designs website.  Don't wait too long to get your copy of this file as it is FREE for a very limited time!!!  And now, here's a photo of the banner and the rest of my title:

I designed the wording of my title in SCAL2 using two different fonts from my computer.

Here are some links so that you can check out these cutting files for yourself:

For the Banners Galore! FREEBIE, click HERE

For the Cuddly Critter Elephants, click HERE

And, as an added incentive, Cuddly Cute Designs is have a spectacular SUMMER SALE!!!  For more info on these sizzlin' savings, check out their website HERE

Thanks for stopping by today!  Until next time...Happy Scrapping!