And it’s actually on Friday this week.  Very exciting

The challenge over at Scrap Freak this week was to scrap a layout using a layout that was provided as inspiration.  The original was beautiful (just head over to Scrap Freak to check it out) and I had no trouble doing a little lift and creating this:

It is pretty easy to scrap a pic of a cute little monkey like my Tucker

Supplies Used:

Adhesives: Xyron

Paper and stickers: Echo Park

Washi Tape: Gauche Alchemy

Pen: Sakura

Labels: Jenni Bowlin

Doily: Dollar section somewhere

I had the chance to work with some gorgeous Bazzill papers and my fave adhesives by Xyron recently.  They shared the projects on the Facebook page this week, so I thought I would share them here as well.  Enjoy!

Does everyone lose their mind at the end of the year?  Things have been so busy around here.  Between my husband changing work schedules and not getting home until later and kids being sick and everywhere that I need to be lately it has been nuts!  At least I’ve been making time to scrap!

The Wonderful Wednesday challenge at Scrap Freak this week was for us to make a card that uses natural elements (animals, wood grain, flowers, etc.).  This is what I made…

I started with some of my gel-a-tin stamps.  The wood grain one is called Love Knots and the one on the bottom is from the Big and Wild Things set.  I like how it turned out and I seem to be going through a lot of birthday cards lately so it will definitely come in handy!

Hope you’re having a great day!

Supplies Used:

Adhesives: Xyron

Stamps: gel-a-tin stamps

Bird: Little Yellow Bicycle (I think)

Sentiment: Martha Stewart

Trim: WRMK

Washi tape: American Crafts

Mist: Tattered Angels

Ink: Staz-On and Stampin Up

This stamp set by gel-a-tins is such a fun one to work with.  I love the way the stamps look like they’re hand drawn right onto your project!

I drew the clouds and sun myself with a sharpie, but the rest of the elements are from the set and with some colored pencils and a little fussy cutting I think this looks great!

Be sure to stop by the gel-a-tins blog to see the new DT.  Their projects start going up tomorrow!

This week’s Wonderful Wednesday card challenge over at Scrap Freak was to make a card with buttons and bows.  This simple little guy is what I made…

These pretty papers are from a new line by Bazzill and I love them!  Those fab buttons are a part of the line as well.  I used my Xyron again for attaching the paper to the card base and it makes it so easy.

Be sure to stop by the forum and join in on our challenges!

If you’re on Facebook you may have seen this little album I made when they shared it yesterday.  I thought I’d go ahead and post it here as well and share a little more detail about it.

I used a little template by Deja Views that I picked up at the LSS on clearance, but you could easily find something similar on the internet.

The papers are from a stack by DCWV called Chateau Lavender and I think the soft colors are very pretty and perfect for a Mother’s Day gift.  I cut these elements out of one of the sheets in the pad and attached two of them flat with Xyron adhesive.  The main paper is glittery, so it can be hard to get things to stick, but not with the Xyron!  The flower is attached with some foam adhesive that I made with my Xyron.

More Xyron right here!  The papers in this stack are one-sided, but I wanted double-sided pages.  I just ran half of the pages through my 510 and attached them together and voila!  Double-sided paper.

Be sure to stop by the Xyron page this week!  They are rolling out a new blog and sharing the info about the new DT!  That means lots of great prizes for you fans!

I just wanted to share a layout I did yesterday for the Freaky Friday challenge this week at Scrap Freak.  The challenge was to scrap about how arts and entertainment play a part in your life.  This is what I decided to scrap about…

I decided to scrap about our family’s love of the Rock Band game   We love to play as a group with friends or play the game together with family.

I’ll be back Monday with a new card to share.  Have a great weekend!

Supplies Used:

Xyron adhesives

Echo Park paper and embellishments

Pen by Sakura

Ink by Ranger/Tim Holtz

Today I have a card to share with you that I made using one of the new sets called Safari Friends.

This set has that adorable corner detail that I used to make a frame on the card background, and it has some sweet little animals that match.  I chose to add a little embellishment to this with the elephant stamp.  The sentiment was stamped with the Laugh Out Loud alpha and the White On! gelly powder.  For the elephant I used the Hawaiian Paradise scented embossing powder.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies Used:

Adhesive:  Xyron

Ink:  Versamark and Staz-On black

Twine: The Twinery

Papers: Sassafrass Lass, K&Co, WRMK

Paper strip:  Bazzill

Die:  Spellbinders by Xyron

This is a project that I posted on the gel-a-tins blog the other day.  I had a lot of fun making it and I hope you like it!

I stamped my clock images onto some 7 Gypsies patterned paper with Staz-On ink and cut them out.  They’re layered in with die-cuts, embellishments, ribbon and a large, folded embellishment that I made.  That base is a Canvas Corp burlap star.  I used my Xyron to attach all the paper embellishments and this came together in a flash!

I’m thinking that I’ll pick up a shadow box to put this in and I’ll probably hang it in my craft room, but you could use something like this (in a different theme) for an additional something on a wrapped gift or even as part of some party decor.  Stringing a few of these together to make a banner would be really cute!

Supplies Used:

Patterned Paper: 7 Gypsies

Adhesive: Xyron

Pins: Maya Road

Sticker: Heidi Swapp

Die-cut- Star shape by Xyron/Spellbinders

Key: Colorbok

Ink: Staz-On black

Ribbon:  May Arts

Hey again!  This week at Scrap Freak the card challenge was to make a card where you use your shape punches to make another shape on your card.

I used a Martha Stewart snowflake punch to make a wreath.  I saw a wreath like this around Christmastime and I loved it.  I used two different colors of DCWV cardstock and punched the snowflakes from that.  Once they’re layered, you don’t really see that shape as much as you see a really pretty dimensional wreath.  I thought about adding flowers or Easter eggs to this one, but I liked it simple.

The stamp is from a new gel-a-tins set called “Welcome Springtime.”

Have a great day!