Twisted #53 :)

Boy I have been crazy busy lately and not blogging much, but I am scrapping :)
this weeks twisted sketch was a fun one to work with, and the twist is "acrylic" I used a small acrylic bird colored with gold alcohol inks. Be sure to head over to Twisted Sketches to get your copy of the sketch!

I haven't played with my inks in a while, gotta get those out more often! 

while I was digging through my stash I found one lonely piece of grunge board....so it had to go on the page :)

Be sure to check out what all the awesomely twisted sisters did with the sketch ♥

Dads and Grads Blog hop and Crop

It’s June and for many that means Father’s Day and Graduations. To help you honor the dads and grads in your life, Scrapbook Heaven has organized a "Dads and Grads Blog Hop & Crop." 

This event will start on June 11th and run through June 19th. Visit Scrapbook Heaven's each day and you'll be directed to the next stop on the Blog Hop. Our DT will be sharing loads of inspirational sketches, layouts, and project how-to’s. You’ll have a full week to work on each project and get it uploaded for a chance at some fabulous prizes -- one every day! 

We hope you will play along with us! See you on the 11th at the Scrapbook Heaven Blog.

May Challenge at Everything Scrappin

As Heather is busy buying new items for the store, and uploading new goodies, I took a stroll through my box of scraps created over the past year working on the DT for EverythingScrappn. My card is a mix of my favorite paper lines that I worked with this past year. Webster's Pages "Nature's Storybook" for the background, Basic Grey's "Nook and Pantry" and Graphic 45's "Domestic Goddess" for the flowers, and I used the Pink Paislee Christmas line for the base of the card. So here is your inspiration for this months challenge...... Mix your manufactures! You need to use at least 3 paper lines from different companies, you can use them for layering and building a LO or for making embellishments. This months winner will receive a $10 gift cert to the ES store. Be sure to check out the ES blog for all the details. 

flower power crop

I just finished my first challenge at the Flower Power Crop (get all the deets below :) )

Scrapbook Heaven has done it again!! The Design Team has put together an amazing assortment of tutorials featuring flowers!! Have you ever wondered how to make the flowers you see on other peoples layouts? Join us for our 3 day on-line “FLOWER POWER” event and create flowers you will be proud to add to your next project! 

When: Friday May 14th – Sunday May 16th

Bring a friend and receive an extra entry for the grand prize!
Share this with your Facebook friends for yet another entry!!

Sign in and let us know you're playing along!

Just a couple of guidelines:
~ New projects only, please 
~ Project may be a layout, card or altered item
~ Please upload your project in the gallery and post a link or your image in the forum post. Projects will ONLY be counted if they are linked in the challenge post.
~ No combining, please 
~ All projects are due on May 28th, 4pm EST

ES Inspiration Day

Hi everyone :) Its the 14th which means crafty goodness from EverythingScrappn

This month while we "patiently"  :) wait for all the new product to come in... we have searched through our stashes to find some yummy "vintage" goodness to inspire you. I will list the papers still available in the ES store with links

the black patterned base paper is the reverse side of Pink Paislee's Autumn Blossom from the Amber Road range

And a fun Hambly Overlay Grandma's Wallpaper

Just ignore the still wet stickles...had to get pics while the sun was still out ;) 

The spiral flower is cut from Pink Paislee's Cupcake Cutie

If you are going to be crazy enough to put rubons on a doily....Basic Grey's rubons rock! 

I used Frozen lake glimmermist on the doily and Spring Rain on the backside of the flower

The smaller flowers are Pink Paislee's Sweet Cakes with some Cherry limeade mist on the backside 

and another one of those awesome BG rubons

twisted twice

Happy Wednesday :)

Here is this weeks  twisted sketch (#49) 

This sketch was so much fun to work with that I made 2 layouts

a sweet son and scrappy news

Okay, first things first...... 

the summer DT for Scrapbook Heaven was announced today  ...  And guess who made it???

ME!!! 

all of the new DT:

MICHELLE - lifemadecreations-MichelleN
APRIL - michellehum-April
HAYDEE 
TERESA - teresamatz

congrats ladies :)

okay, now for a LO

this one was for a challenge at Scrapbook Heaven, using a touch of glitter. My very sweet Benny made these stars and wanted me to scrapbook with them, so TA-DA

there is just a small touch of glitter, I didn't want to outshine those awesome stars :) 

I gave the robot a heart of gold, just like Ben's 

Stuck?! sketches

This is my take on the May 1st sketch for Stuck?! Sketches 

I also included Jules' May challenge over at Scrapbook Heaven 

so I had to use a title that only makes sense to my family "Tiger Moose" 

This is an inside thing with my Dad and his grandkids. He calls them tiger mooses, and they always salute him with Moose ears.

the flower is made of used drier sheets that have been colored with glimmer mist. after the circles are cut out I roll them in a ball and rub around them in the palm of my hand, this gives the circles a felted look (it also shrinks them, so make the circles bigger then you want them at the end)

Scrapbook Heaven April 23rd sketch

Had lots of fun working with the current sketch over at scrapbook heaven

a little bit of hidden journaling ♥ and lots of glimmermist

                                                                              

twisted Venti♥

I can't believe that this is sketch #47 from twisted sketches......8-)

this weeks twist is "clean", since I tend to do a lot of inking, distressing and layering I decided to use the word clean to describe my style with this LO...clean and simple!

all of the papers are from the "Nook and Pantry" range from Basic Grey.

head over to twisted sketches and check out how the rest of the DT used "clean" this week and pic up your copy of the sketch to play along

Everything Scrapping April 28th contest

Everything Scrapp'n monthly challenge in honor of Earth Day was to make a mini album using junk mail envelopes

Here are some link to video tutorials on making envie minibooks

Envelope Mini with a twist

This is the link to the video tutorial with in the forum.

Video Example 1

This is a video by Jana

Video Example 2

I made my mini out of a set of card that I found on a free table at the local community building, using this tutorial off of the ES blog

If you would like to enter the contest, you have until May 11th to link your project to the EverythingScrapp'n Blog on the contest thread. Your mini album can be as simple as one envelope or as full as all you can bind together. The winner will recieve a 6 x 6 paper pad of Early Bird from Cosmo Cricket.

I also wanted to share this card with you, just a quick and simple card with some "vintage" Sassafras Lass ♥

Don't forget to head over to the ES blog to see all the great minis from the rest of the team

I ♥ Smiles

I found this site "I ♥ Faces" on Facebook and this weeks challenge is {smiles}

Here's my entry.... I took this pic of my oldest daughter at the beach this weekend, she was falling over in the wind and laughing with glee.

I ♥ action shots of the kids!

TFL

went for a drive today- a pictorial story

so on scrapbookheaven.com the other day we were asked to list 5 things that make us smile, so while on a drive with the family today I decided to take pictures of things that made me smile. We had quite a drive!

1st stop Mary Adams beach on the Smith river :)

the kids climbed some rocks :)

we *ahem* leaned on rocks :)

headed to Brookings and ate lunch at the hungry clam...yummy :)

took pictures with a living statue, he was really cool :)

headed to Harris Beach...aaaahhhhh, I love this beach :)

played in a fort made of driftwood :)

threated to dunk a monkey in the ocean :)

got chased by a seaweed monster :)

ran from some waves :)

tried to make a sea-saw out of driftwood and a big rock :)

Him...Venti caramel frap extra caramel

Her...Venti green tea-ice tea 1/2 sweet {shaken not stirred} :)

SEE, I was there :)