So In Love With You

I love when I have a fabulous picture to work with. I draw so much inspiration from it.  This one is a friend's daughter.  All I can say is so sweet and precious!♥   I completed this layout for a few challenges.  First one is the May Challenge at Zeus and Zoe, using their mood board which you can see here. I got my inspiration from the filigree butterflies, the key and pink bows.  I am also entering this in Get Creative's May 1st Challenge which is to use flowers on your layout, 

and Scrap Africa's Challenge No. 17 - Chipboard.

I used a piece of "Damaged Punchinella" chipboard from UmWow Studio which you can find here.

I painted it with some pink paint and then sprinkled it with glitter.

I've been enjoying my Silhouttee Cameo and used it to cut out these pretty filigree butteflies 

along with a fancy flourish frame for my picture.

Here a cut out a circular frame which you can find here.

More cuts from my Silhoutte which can be found here.

Here is a closeup of my flower cluster:

It's hot and humid outside today. 
I'll be staying inside and working on a few more projects that I will share
with you in the next couple of day.

Thanks for stopping by!
. . . Debbie

My Favorite

I was truly drawn to the January 15th sketch at Get Creative along with all of the inspiration from the talented DT.  In keeping up with my goal to use up some of my stash, I came across some paper and embellishments from October Afternoon's Farmhouse collection that were a perfect match for an old photo of my mom with her doll.

I enjoy working with old pictures and especially this one of my mom which I have surrounded with some modeling paste using Christy Tomlinson's She Art Mask Vintage Doily and some stamping with  My Mind's Eye The Sweetest Thing stamps.

Here I've added a doily, a little gesso, stamping and used a numbers template from Crafters Workshop.

A little cluster using some embellishments from Purple Pumpkin, Webster's Pages,
Prima and October Afternoon.

And some beautiful buttons and my newest addiction, thread!

I'm working on a couple of projects that I will be sharing with you later on this week .
Until then . . .
Thanks for stopping by!
. . . Debbie

Happiness Is A Delightful Autumn Day

Have you all recovered from your Thanksgiving dinner?  I cooked lots and lots for my family and we ate and ate and then watched the football game.  It was nice to have everyone together.  I'm sure a lot of you are out and about shopping those Black Friday Deals . . . not me!
 I'll be spending my day starting to put up my Christmas decorations. 
Now on the some craftiness . . .
I have another layout to share with you today.  I used my November kit from 

Artful Delight.  I love this kit!  I created my layout for the Happiness Challenge at Frosted Designs and the November Challenge at Get Creative, use 3 or more  different pictures.  This was a hard one for me as I usually only have one picture on my layout, but I'm happy with the result.  

Another layout completed for my friend Julina.

The pictures are from a family photo shoot taken in October.  Love them!!

I took the lined Maya Road heart from the November kit and cut out a smaller heart from pattern paper in the kit and out lined it with rick rack, also from the kit. I used an Amy Tangerine date stamp above the heart.

Below is the title which I printed on the computer.

Some leaves cut from a small punch and a Quickutz die.

For those of you out there braving the crowds to find your holiday bargains . . . have fun!
Thanks for stopping by!
. . . Debbie

Unique

Time gets away from you when life is busy and I realized it when I noticed that my last blog post was almost two weeks ago.  Yikes . . .  I sat down last night and started working on a layout for the September challenge at Get Creative and finished it up today.

We were to use the following photo for inspiration:

I drew from the colors as well as some of the elements in the picture:

The flowers from the ends of the long pillow rolls.

The frames from the bookcases.

The Admit One ticket from the drawers.

The rug in the bottom of the photo has a hexagon pattern and above the bed is a quote.

All of the supplies are from Amy Tangerine Sketchbook collection and the quote is a rub on I found in my stash.

The beautiful young girl in the picture is my friend Julina's daughter Rio on her first day of school, this past August 27th.

Thanks for stopping by!
. . . Debbie

"For You" Get Creative July Card Challenge

I can mark another challenge off my list.  It might be last minute, but I'll take that!!!  I fell in love with the July card sketch at Get Creative when I saw it earlier this month and really wanted to take on the challenge.  I still had my papers out from Webster's Pages Everyday Poetry collection and thought why not use them to create this card for my mom.

Here is their July sketch:

It's been another rough week with my mom's health and my sister and I have had a lot of issues to tackle.  I made this card for my mom and truly do hope that she will enjoy it.  Lately no matter what I do for her she is always negative towards me.  It's so sad to see what the Alzheimers has done to her brain and the way it processes things.

Some fussy cut work along with a metal frame by Making Memories!

Hope everyone has enjoyed the weekend.  We got some much needed rain last night and some cooler temperatures today.  Hope the nice weather can stay for awhile.

Thanks for stopping by!

. . . Debbie

Finally . . .

Well, its' been over 12 days since I posted a layout and I'm happy to say that I've got one to share with you. It may have been sitting on my scrapbook table for awhile as I slowly worked on it, but given how I have felt lately it was a good feeling to get it finally completed. I used my June kit from Artful Delight packed with Simple Stories Summer Fresh papers and stickers, perfect for beach pictures and the sunshine theme for the  June 1st challenge at Get Creative.  Before I share it with you I wanted to thank everyone that left me so many kind and encouraging comments on my last post. They meant a lot to me!  Today I'm in a good place and I hope that it continues.

Working on this layout was a walk down memory lane.  The year, 1989 and my son and his cousin enjoying sun filled days at the beach.  There is a year difference between the two of them and summer vacation at the beach they were always inseparable.  My little guy in the pictures in the one holding the bottle!  I really enjoyed working with the Summer Fresh Collection by Simple Stories.  

On another note Saturday my sister and I went to the Great American Scrapbook Convention in Virginia.  It's been years since I attended it.  I did get to meet and talk with Jenni Bowlin who had a booth there.  She is truly one sweet person.  I loved her booth decorated with some fabulous layouts,  her new products and lots and lots of vintage goodies. I also got to meet and talk with Jill Yegerlehner, owner of Jillibean Soup.    It was nice to meet the faces behind these two companies.  

 Thanks for stopping by!

. . . Debbie