Fun With Friends

Just wanted to share a fun photo of my sister, cousin, friend & I at our favorite scrapbook retreat!  There is a fun contest going on over at the Authentique blog about mustaches.  I think they are silly & fun.  I've even sold several mustaches on a stick in my craft booth.  They were hot items right before prom in the spring!

 

In the photograph, I'm the one with a goatee!  We laughed so hard at my cousin wearing the "walrus" mustache.  The paper mustaches were simply cute twice then sandwiched in between them was the skewer sticks with a hot glue gun securing it shut.

American Birthday

I know the holiday is long gone, but a little red white & blue can still be fun on cards!  I made a few using Bobunny paper scraps.  These would be great for anyone in the military or an all American kid!

 

 

The Happy Birthday stamps are CTMH & I just love that the acrylics can be curved onto the block!  The gems on the little white stars are hard to see.  How great is that weathered looking sunburst?!

 



Using Brass

I'm playing along with Vintaj Brass Company's challenge: Asian Lanterns

Using the Cricut, I made Pagoda cartridge paper lanterns.  Then using brass chain, I formed delicate tassels on this special page.  My sister & son share a birthday, being only a day apart.  The asian symbol for "celebrate" fit on a brass blank & some silk ribbon streams from the charm.

 

 

 

Voting for this page runs from September 3-7th.  Head over to Vintaj & vote for #3 , the only scrapbooking entry!  Thanks folks.

 



 

 

 

*** STARS ***

Today I'm sharing my entry for the Unity Stamp Company challenge. 

 The theme is *STARS*, but that's pretty obvious by looking at my entry!

 

 I used an Itty Bitty sentiment called Celebrate.
The big star was die cut on my Cricut. 

 The paper is some old K&Company.

 

I couldn't resist adding some glitter on to emphasize the green "celebrate".

 

Linking up to Unity's Friends With Flair also!

Checker Flower

This flower card was make by cutting a flower out of Authentique paper.  The background plaid paper is so fun to work with.  Can you ever go wrong with plaid?  Not really!

To make the flower a little more substantial, I added another one behind that was turned to show through.  A little CTMH ribbon, stamped sentiment & adhesive gems made this a "quickie".

August Tag

I made my first attempt at a Tim Holtz style tag.  His August tag of 2012 was my inspiration.  I'm still not sure I love it, but with all the work that went into it.....I MUST SHARE.

 

 

 

 

 



I've been trying some techniques from Tim's second book, so expect more grunge on my blog!

 

B&W wedding

Why does black and white come to mind for prom & weddings?  Must be a formal look.  Here a few cards using Bobunny glitter paper.  It is, after all, still wedding season!