The Hunt for Perfect Pumpkins {Crate Paper: Farmhouse}

I'm back today with another layout using my October kit from Birds of A Feather. I might be able to squeeze another few layouts out of the kit! This is using the sketch for this month's sketch challenge at BOAF and I'm also entering it at The Paper Variety this week for their family challenge.{I used the word "family" in my journaling.}

 A few closeups:

Thanks for looking and have a great weekend! :)

Cherish {Crate Paper}

I really liked this sketch from Sketchy Thursday:

and knew immediately what photos I wanted to use when I saw the challenge was to scrap a page that reflected gratitude/thankfulness. 

Last weekend we had my niece over for a sleepover - first time in over 2 years! My girls love their cousin and I am thankful that they are close. I was not close to any of my cousins growing up since we lived so far away...but I have always wanted for my girls to know their cousins - especially this one since she is so close in age :) This is my take on the sketch:

{please click on the images for better viewing ;-) Not sure why the first one looks so blurry... }

And a closeup:

 My youngest initiated the hugging on her own - SO SWEET!

I am linking this post up to this challenge at The Paper Variety for showing "thanks" :) Thanks for stopping by today :)

Birds of a Feather Blog Hop & Crop {Crate Paper: Farmhouse Collection}

Just a quick post to let you know that this weekend, Birds of a Feather is having a birthday crop AND blog hop! I was honored to be asked to participate in the blog hop so check back on Friday to participate. I'm offering up a $10 gift card to scrapbook.com and I know there will be other prizes as well - including a $50 prize package of Bella Blvd products!

To participate in the crop, you'll want to register in the forum (totally free). Don't miss the bingo game on Saturday. Wanna know what the prize is? THIS:

I already won one so you don't have to worry about beating me ;-)

The blog hop will start at the BOAF blog and you can find that right here...or you can stop by here and I'll direct you back to the beginning so you don't miss out on the fun!

Here's another card that I made using the October Kit:


I'm busy working on a couple of layouts to share with you on Friday...I hope you join me this weekend for some fun!

A Fun Time {October Kit: Birds of a Feather Kit Co; Crate Paper: Farmhouse Collection}

I created this layout using a sketch for this week's challenge at The Paper Variety and still using my October kit for BOAF :-)

 Some closeups:

 Get it? "Time"...and the clock chipboard behind "Fun"? :-)

Hope your weekend is great - the weather for us is looking fantastic!

You're So Cute {October Kit: Birds of a Feather Kit Co; Crate Paper: Farmhouse Collection}

I pulled this layout together pretty quick using my kit from BOAF. Amy said there is only one more kit left!

That is once I figured out to use the tickets for my banner. Hard to tell in the picture but it's got two layers to the banner - with a dimensional between the tickets. I got that idea from something I saw on Pinterest!

Stitching on the border strips, around the circle and around the frame.

These zipper flowers are addictive and so easy! You do NOT need a sewing machine to make them.

Thanks for looking, I've already got another layout almost done so I should have lots more to share this weekend!

Refurbished Memo Board {October Kit: Birds of a Feather Kit Co; Crate Paper: Farmhouse Collection}

The past couple of years, I've been less into altering items and more into scrapbooking actual layouts but when I saw chalkboard paper in this month's kit at Birds of A Feather, I knew that I wanted to make something useful out of it! So I took this unused dust holder (everything in there was 3+ years old): 

and turned it into this:

I wanted the tag to be permanent so I wrote on the chalkboard paper with white pen.

I used cork that I already had on hand. I actually stole it from a wall hanging in my scrappy area...so now I have a new project to replace that wall hanging! I painted/misted the alterable Maya Rd buttons, tied thread through them then hot glued them to thumb tacks.

I inked all of the embellishments in black:

This chalk tray is a drawer pull that has been turned upside down. I simply glued this down with E6000. For the key hooks (see first picture), I bought a pack of plant hangers and painted them black. Then I had my husband drill holes for those.

A close up of the button push pins. I painted two brown, two black and then misted all 4 of the to give a shimmer that isn't really visible in the picture...

I had hoped to get this entered into last week's challenge at The Paper Variety but life got in the way and I didn't get this posted in time! I already have two more posts almost ready to go so check back tomorrow for another project :-)

Card using Birds of A Feather October Kit {Crate Paper: Farmhouse}

The last few layouts I've posted have been with the October kit from Birds of a Feather Kit Co. Today I have a card for you! 

 It was super easy because I used this sketch from Cardabilities:

Part of the reason I don't make many cards is because I feel like the inside of the card and the envelope need something to match. Who wants to read what's on the inside when the outside is so pretty, right? So I used a scrap piece of the ruler paper that wasn't quite long enough. I cut it to have a bit on the left of the heart and it was just the right length!

I just checked and there are only 4 main kits left so be sure to grab it if you are interested!

Please, Not The Bottom Lip {October Kit: Birds of a Feather Kit Co; Crate Paper: Farmhouse Collection}

This is my third layout using the October kit from Birds of a Feather Kit Co. 

Let's talk about this picture. It was from 4 years ago so I can't really remember why she was crying, but I'm pretty sure it was a combination of being tired, hot, hungry and also jealous.  Her cousin was with us for pictures and she wasn't used to sharing attention! I promise, she was not hurt ;-) Both of my girls learned very quickly, if they curl their bottom lip, we give in pretty quickly so I bet that I picked her up right after this picture was taken.

 I was so excited to see a zipper in the kit. I have zippers already waiting to be used in my stash but I felt forced to finally try making a zipper flower and this is what I came up with. They are SO easy to make! 

 But, they are bulky so I had to add some dimension to the page. I started with pleating the brown paper and then I also added a layer behind this chipboard flower. 

I added a layer of cardboard behind the picture to help it pop up off the page too. I don't normally like so much bulk on my layouts but every once in a while, it's fun! I also distressed many of the edges with my Heidi Swapp distresser as well as inked most everything on the page. I even pulled out my mists for this page! (click on the first image to be able to see the inking & misting best!)

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great weekend coming up!

Sweet {October Kit: Birds of a Feather Kit Co; Crate Paper: Farmhouse Collection}

My blog has been quiet but that is because I have been busy working with the October kit from Birds of a Feather Kit Co. Amy was so great to let me design for her again! This is my first layout to share:

 The kit is full of FALL and SCHOOL theme papers but when I saw the little tag from Jillibean Soup that says "Fresh Picked" I immediately thought of newborn baby pictures.

The dress that my little one wore home from the hospital was a cherry print and these apples actually looked like cherries to me. I used the chipboard piece and punched a scallop circle from one of the papers in the main kit. The other squares are all trimmed from a piece of paper in the add-on. The little banner sticker is a small piece from the border stickers that are in the add-on embellishments. 

I added a little stitching across the banner, under the name stickers, and in the corner of the upper square.

 The little tags in the add-on are ADORABLE! So much fun. And talking about fun, in the main kit, you get a whole collection of Maya Rd alterable wooden buttons! I distressed this button with Cats Eye Chestnut Roan ink and then used a brown marker to color in the inner crevices that I couldn't reach with the ink pad.

 I also wanted to say that I lifted the design for this layout from the packaging material that comes with the Jillibean Soup corrugated letters! The grid design really stood out to me and then the squares on the "Homemade" paper seemed like the perfect fit! The kit is available and ready to purchase as well as all of the add-ons. I'll be back soon with another layout to share! :-)

Queen of (our) Hearts {Crate Paper: Restoration}

I did it! I finally did it! I used black ink for distressing instead of brown :) I've been seeing lots of scrapbookers using black ink lately but I guess most of my paper has a brown hue to it, so I naturally grab the brown ink. I pushed myself to find a project to try black and here it is :)

I used some paper that I picked up on sale over NSD weekend from Amy at Birds of a Feather. When I saw the background PP, I immediately knew I needed it to scrap this picture ;) Everything except the alpha stickers came from BOAF.

I used the same sketch that I used in my last blog post but changed it up a bit. You can see the sketch here, just scroll down to #156. The great thing about Nuts About Sketches is that she has LOTS of sketches with LOTS of photos :) I will definitely be going back to this site more often!